Hello everybody!
Sorry for not getting out a real email last week, I got busy
with some other things. The last two weeks have been pretty good. Not too much
out of the ordinary to mention, but there is one particularly interesting
experience I would like to share. Here in district six we now have a new person
that has been attending church. His name is John, and he is from China. He
lives really close to the church, and last Sunday, the 22nd of April, he
decided to come into the church. Apparently he was under the impression it was
an English school, and to his surprise it was a church building. He actually
ended up staying and found it to be pretty interesting. He doesn't speak
Vietnamese, so he listened to the English translation. We invited him to our
English class and he also came to that. And this week he came back to church
and stayed the whole time! He has not yet begun learning the lessons, but seems
to have enjoyed the experience of church and seems very interested in learning
more. We can't say anything for sure yet, but if things do work out, it will be
interesting to say the way he learned about the church was coming to it
thinking it was an English school. As mentioned, sometimes God works in
mysterious and quite interesting ways... We will see how things go in the
upcoming weeks.
Our other investigators here continue to do well. Lately, we have been sharing a good bit from conference talks. It really is great having modern prophets and apostles from whom we can receive direction from the Lord, and their words really help us in teaching others! In addition, we have also visited several members further away lately, which has been good. They are always very kind and appreciative. It also means I get to bike a lot!
Our English activities also continue to go well. This last week was interesting with the spiritual thought. We had three students stay in the class I was teaching, and one didn't know Vietnamese, so I actually ended up getting to give it in English. It went well, as I explained who God was, how we were created after His image, and how he is our Father. Those present included the aforementioned John, and another new student named Nam, whom Elder and Sister Holt had invited to come to class. Apparently he and Elder Holt work out at the same time every morning and came into contact that way. He also seems like a very good guy, and is interested in hearing more about what we believe. Our investigator, Anh Huy was also there, and he told me he enjoyed the spiritual thought as well.
Besides that, we are also preparing for our quad annual big English event. Every three months they have a big activity. This time the theme is based on the board game "The Game of Life". It should turn out fairly interesting.
Alright, well I do believe I have to go for the week. Today, my district is heading over to the 3D Artinus Museum here in Ho Chi Minh City. There should be plenty of good photos for next week! Until then!
Elder Watson/ Nghiem
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