Dear family and friends,
This last week took a huge toll on me. I'm so drained of energy. We
did a lot of bike riding and finding. It was really hot as well.
Tuesday we didn't have a whole lot of time to go out and find because we
had DTM and ward correlation right afterwards. But these two less
active brothers took us to dinner that night where one of them works and
one of them came to church on Sunday!
Wednesday seems like a blur to me for some reason. I'm looking at
my planner and still have no idea what we did. We did get to go visit a
less active that we've been working with for a few weeks. He's really
great and still reading the Book of Mormon. He just needs that fire for
church again. English class that night was probably what took it out of
me the most. We had a party night and watched a great church movie that
was probably made back when mom and dad were kids. Gotta love the
oldies. And then afterwards the Sisters had some activity thing for the
adults while us four Elders kept all the little kids busy on the stage.
And it was crazy. They didn't like the game we were trying to teach
them. They just liked to hit each other. It was hard getting them to
cooperate. We were all exhausted that night. But that night we also
confirmed with Kevin to be baptized on Sunday!
Thursday was pretty fun as we went looking for former
investigators. We found what looked like a lost/hidden ancient city
right behind where we would always contact. Elder Hoopes has been here
for 7 months and has never seen it before. It was all traditional
looking and had a rope bridge going over a river that we crossed. And
then we ran into two less active members. One of them came up to us and
told us they were members. That was really cool. We also met with a new
investigator that was referred to us. He's really cool and deeply
believes in God. We've set up to meet with him tonight as well. He was
way excited to read the Book of Mormon.
Friday we got to pick up Elder Chan from the train station. He got
to live with us for the weekend because his companion became a trainer.
So we had a great weekend with him. We got to go down to our secondary
area to meet with the family we've been co-teaching with the Sisters.
They enjoy watching the Mormon messages. We also got to visit a member
in our ward down there. He lives right on the border of our area. He's
71 with two bulging disks in his back and bikes and hour and a half to
church every week. That's hardcore.
Saturday was a little rough. It was extremely hot and no one really
wanted to talk to us. We had planned a lot of contacting time and
didn't get a huge result from it. We went shopping with Kevin for church
clothes that night though!
Sunday was so great! We had an amazing block of church meetings and
then Kevin's baptismal service immediately afterwards. He was so
nervous because it was right after church, so a lot of members were
there. But it really was so great. I had the blessing of getting to
baptize him. As we got out of the font, he said it was a really cool
experience. He loved it! Once the whole service was over, all the ward
members came and started welcoming him into the ward. That's how it
needs to be. It was such a great day.
Today is the start of a new move call. Elder Hoopes has now moved
up to Taizhong to be Zone Leader! My new companion is Elder Smith. He's
really cool. This is his first move call as Senior, as well as District
Leader, so he's excited. And we're both really searching for connections
because he's from Pleasant Grove. So this will be a great move call!
I'm way excited! Thank you all so much for the love and support! And
Happy Anniversary mom and dad!
Love, Elder Anthony Buckwalter
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