Post Mother's Day call

Happy Mother's Day! The meeting went pretty good, we just answered a question that they had about which church is the true church then we told them how we knew of the truth, that you don't need to see God but you can feel the peace about it. And then their question about Noah's ark being found in Turkey as well I answered. But besides that it was pretty normal. Missed the bus by a few minutes and were forced to walk home in the slight rain so it wasn't too bad. Talked about our phone calls and other stuff comme ca. (like that). We are really trying to get this couple baptized but they aren't making the step to come to church like they need to before we can commit them to baptism and Huai Xi leaves at the end of the month to go back to China for three months, so hopefully we can either get him ready this month or teach Lei while he is gone and she how interested she is alone. Hopefully it all works out. We had a rendez-vous earlier today but got frujed so now we are emailing. (to get frujed means to have an appointment or an investigator and then it falls through. I guess there is a drink called Fruji that tastes good at first but the aftertaste is really bad. So when someone doesn't show up for an appointment we say we got frujed. anyways...) So not much happened today because of the rain too.

I remember reading or hearing something from one of the apostles of prophets that funerals aren't sad for us but more a celebration of life and it sounds like they really got that down at the funeral. Huai Xi and Lei actually asked that question; if we are sad or happy at a funeral. I made the comment that when grandad died I was sad because I won't get to see him again on the Earth but happy to know that I will be with him together after this life and that he can truly be free and happy now. I'm glad our church has that perspecitve on life.

I have learned to have fun out here, at times it is hard but I just realize the mission is what I make it, so why not make it good? and it works usually.

(This email was sent to us the Monday after our Mother's Day call--so this is just an exerpt of his email)