This week has been pretty good! Monday was elders pray so we went to a trampoline park and played basketball. Pretty fun day.
Tuesday we had district council and we decided to do a secret Santa deal so that will be pretty cool. I got my phone back from Samsung too and lost all my photos that I took from the day it broke so that was kinda sad. Good thing i had the rest backed up Haha. I did get some other pictures from the people in my district and zone so there shouldbe heaps more. We had dinner with a senior couple serving in our ward from Utah that was pretty fun. And i ate banana cream pie for the first time in YEARS. Grandma Wilding should be pretty happy about that Haha.
Wednesday we had another district blitz but didn't really have to much luck with that but it was fun to see the district again this week. We got invited to another birthday this week and it was at the Prasads. They had a Fortnite themed party it was pretty cool Haha
Thursday we did reacting and heaps of walking. We also went to visit a guy named Shui. He's from China and we met him a like 4 or 5 weeks ago tracting and found out that his mom who is 85 was being taught by the Chinese sisters so when Shui invited us over we didn't really want to go cause he was already being taught. But we saw him while we were shopping on Monday and he insisted that we come visit. Long story short he wants to be taught in English even though he doesn't speak it very well and wants us to teach him. It's kinda crazy cause Shui and his mom were also referred to the Chinese elders so there is 3 sets of missionaries involved in this family Haha. Anyway he wants to get baptized but has to quit smoking and drinking.
Friday was crazy we got called by the mission office to help Elder Baasansuren get ready for college when he goes home so we drove to the office and dropped off my replacement phone and spent some time getting Elder Baasansuren ready to apply to BYU Hawaii. We also go the Book of Mormon stories book for Shui and went back to his house to help him understand the Book of Mormon. Pretty fun time. I'm getting really good at understanding broken English Haha
Saturday was way fun! We went to Shuis' Mom's baptism at the Chinese branch and listened to people speak Mandarin for 2 hours Haha. It was so great to see her get baptized we hardly knew her and couldn't talk to her but the happiness she had on her face was all we needed to see it was great! We hope Shui will be able to follow her in a few Months after he gives up his addictions. We still have to figure out if we can teach him or not because he goes to the Chinese branch not our ward so we will talk to the Mission President soon about that!
So Saturday night we went to a dinner appointment with the Patterson's and they made the best New Zealand style Thanksgiving ever! Pumpkin pie, Turkey, rolls, mashed potatoes! They had just about everything! It was so nice of them to help me feel at home it was great! And sorry again I stuck at photos and didn't get a picture of the Thanksgiving dinner sorry Haha. But we also taught a lesson with one of sister Pattersons new friends and taught the Restoration it was awesome we hope to visit with her again!
Sunday I gave my first talk! It was kinda nerve wracking but it turned out great. I really do love this ward and the support they have for us! We taught Selena again and we have another lesson with her on Wednesday and we hope to set her baptismal date! Pray for us cause we are so close with her!It's super excited!
I hope all of you had a great week and an even better Thanksgiving cause mine was awesome! I love you all and hope you have another amazing week! And don't forget to #LighttheWorld
Aloha atu!
Love,
Elder Wilding
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