Wow, I can’t believe how fast this week went by! So many awesome miracles as we were here! So this past week we were able to get a couple new investigators which is so exciting considering from where we started after all that we lost! So many miracles! Such a blessing! So one of these miracles we ran into out in the outskirts of our area. We were knocking doors and contacting people who had previously been interested. On our way to contacting one of these people we saw this person at the bus stop. He immediately recognized the name tag as well as the white shirt and tie. Immediately we started talking and he just opened up to us and that he had been reading the Book of Mormon. He also talked to us about how his parents had died in a car accident and that was the kicker for him going into depression, which was pretty sad to see. He even lost all of his teeth because of it which was sad to see as well. Anyway, we talked to him for a little bit longer, and gave him all the pamphlets that we had, all of them talking about the Restoration, The plan of Salvation, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He was so happy and he even questioned whether or not it was okay if he could have them or not! It wasn’t until we were about to leave that we figured out his name, which was Kevin. As we were walking away, he was repeatedly saying thank you over and over again. We then started on our way to the man that said that he was interested, and it turns out, it was the same guy that we met at the bus stop! There is a sad part of the story though. This man unfortunately resides in a mental institute. However, we won’t give up on him! We just have to get permission and everything will be settled!
We also met with another person that we knocked on last week! Their names are Jeff and Destiny and they are both foreign exchange students from China which is awesome! They both speak very little english so it was very hard to get our message across. However, Elder Tan speaks their native language, which was so cool! He started speaking Mandarin and the member that was there, as well as myself had no clue what was going on the whole entire time, unless it was spoken in english. Such a cool miracle!
Not much else happened except that I turned 19! Man I am getting old! Anyway! Sister Tusitala had us over for dinner and it was some awesome Tongan food! She is this lady from Samoa and she made a ton of food! As we were at the dinner table, we hear someone coming down the steps. I knew something was up when I saw Brother Leonard coming down those steps. He proceeded to pull out his Ipad and he played me the coolest birthday video ever! Such a surprise! So cool! Later that night we went over to the Henris and had an awesome lesson with them!
P-Day was awesome too! We got everything done and then we went and played basketball with the Willoughby elders which was a lot of fun! This has to be one of the best weeks ever though! I sure miss and love you all so much!
Love
Elder McCown
