Week 4: Christmas Week

I hope everyone had a merry Christmas.

On Christmas, we had a party at the church, and I got to Skype my family! I enjoyed talking to them.

Since they were in Utah, I also got to talk to my grandparents (mom's side), and a few other people they telephoned. It is hard to describe those types of phone calls. I had so much to say, I did not know where to start.

The party was pretty good. A couple of investigators came. The food was great. The Chinese branch always has good food. I got to see Elder Eyring's family over skype, including his grandfather President Eyring.

I am getting transferred this week. I don't know where I am getting transferred, they just tell us before P-day so we can pack. Elder Wang is also getting transferred. Elder Eyring is staying in the area. He has been in North Melbourne since the beginning of his mission.
Getting transferred is exciting, but it happened right when our area was doing really well. Just a few weeks ago we had no progressing investigators. Now we have at least 3 really good investigators.

Before I started my mission, I believed I might experience only a few miracles during my whole mission. Boy was I wrong. Miracles happen much more often than that.
A couple of days ago, we were teaching an investigator, Michael, the first lesson. Michael is a college student. I believe he is from Hong Kong. He knows 3 languages, and he is very smart. During the lesson, we recited Joseph Smith's own words about the first vision. "I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head . . .". The spirit was so strong. When he heard Joseph Smith's first vision, he asked us to repeat it because he wanted to tell it to his family. That usually doesn't happen during the first lesson.
Another investigator is Tony. He was definitely prepared to be taught by us and receive the gospel. He soaks it up like a sponge. He likes reading. He's from China. I couldn't understand when he said this, but apparently he said the Book of Mormon was "the book he's been looking for"
Wow. And all of this happened after only 3 weeks in the field.
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Thanks,
Elder Andersen