We have seen some very different miracles this week. The last little while our most progressed people have stalled, but this week has turned that around. We just aren't sure how yet... To start off the awesome family the 王 Wang family, we went to visit them on tuesday, and we knock on the door and here the classic "哥哥來了" "big brothers came!!" Then the mom comes to the door, the 3 devious kids squeeze into the door way around her legs, and then run out to say hi. Elder Cheney starts laughing with them as i talk with the mom. Surprisingly what she said was this "let's not meet tonight, we will just go to your church and then you can meet with us." in other words she was kinda just saying no thanks. But after asking a little bit that is not what it was, Their little neighborhood area is all the same church, and long-time neighbors/relatives and they have been bagging on them for meeting with us, and have not been nice to the family. And she basically was saying we don't like what is happening here, so we can't meet here right now but when we come to church we can talk. Probably the strangest miracle of the week.
We also met a super awesome potential last week again, and began meeting with him for reals this week, he is probably one of the dopest people ever!!! He is this crazy cool dude with a young daughter. And he is just a quiet, respectful, kind man. We taught the restoration and invited to baptism, and he was loving it, but said no to baptism for the next 6 months because he is scared he won't measure up to god's expectations. We explained the atonement a little bit, and re-invited but he was still fearful. We came back later and taught plan of salvation and followed up on his reading and he literally said this. "Oh, yeah i have been reading not a ton though, i only read the first 10 chapters so far. And i don't completely understand everything that is happening but that book is definantly a good(not like the story is cool, like a good book) book. We looked at each other and nearly lost it laughing we were so happy. He is a champion!
For our P-day this week, on sunday our ward mission leader walks up to me and says, "what do you want to eat" utterly confused by the random question i asked "what? when?" and he said P-day ya siklly goose, and i guess everyone had planned to eat with him, and they told us just then. But we biked up here to Ji'An and then biked up past Mei Lun to a beack called 7 star beach. A very dangerous beach, really only meant for like wading and watching. 1- it is insanely windy 2- the waves are commonly huge 3- a short way away from shore is a deep drop off, with a strong downward current 4- just past that if you don't get pulled under and keep swimming there is very powerful riptides that if caught in, you would be to japan in 3 days 5- I am a missionary. However it was fun to throw rocks, and play around there. We threw bigs rocks, small rocks, rocks at each other, at other rocks, at the water. We stood in the water a little bit. We jumped off a ledge. All was fun!
Happy is truly a choice everyone, sometimes you can just bike through a down poor of rain, a little chilly, and have your body be utterly soaked head to toe, and just be singing christmas songs with your companion mid-febuary. And sometimes you can be biking on a gorgeous night with a slight breeze, and just be annoyed. It is up to you my friends please choose to be happy and do things that make you happy!
Love you all Elder conover!
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