ELDER HYRUM RICHARDSON WEEKLY LETTER #35
JANUARY 19, 2014
Well,
I am officially no longer 田長老！ Last Monday, I got my new nametag, and
now they call me 任長老 (ren4 pronounced like the English word "run"). Now
all I have to deal with is my ward being confused for the next three
weeks until they get used to it.
Our investigator Brian is doing great! This week is going
to be rough for him, but he's working hard to quit smoking so that he
can get baptized on the 8th of February. We met with him yesterday and
he said that he has completely quit coffee, which is a really big step!
Yesterday, we all fasted for him, and I think it has helped him a lot.
He wants to be baptized so bad, and just has to quite smoking. I'll keep
you updated with how he is doing.
Something cool that I learned about Chinese culture today:
Around
Chinese New Year (and also most of the year) the people here will hang
red banners on the door frame. It comes from an old Chinese folk tale
that told about a dragon who liked to eat children, especially the
firstborn son. He would come at Chinese New Year, but if there was red
hanging around the door frame, he couldn't go in. Sound familiar?
We went and visited a part-member family, and heard a
really cool conversion story. Before she knew about the church, this
lady went to Austria to participate in a clothes-design competition.
Before the competition, she said a prayer, and told God that if He would
give her the gold medal, she would join His church. She ended up
getting the gold medal, and a few weeks later, some missionaries knocked
on her door, and she got baptized and is now a really strong member in
our ward!
My companion and I started a guitar class for the
Single Adults in our ward. We had a pretty big group on Saturday,
including one of our investigators and a less-active ward member!
My jar of Nutella that I bought at the beginning of last transfer
is almost gone.....guess I need to go to Costco again. Good thing
there's still one in my area!
The convenience
store behind our chapel has recently been selling full-size Snickers
bars for Buy 1 Get 1 Free. Usually Snickers are too expensive, about $1,
but now since they are $0.50....I think I ate at least eight this week.
Good week! I hope things are still going great in the States. The weather here is beautiful right now!
Add oil!
任長老
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