I first have to say that I am stoked for the win of the Seahawks in the superbowl, what a monumental time it must been in Seattle sports!
But, now back to the important things. This past week went pretty great! It was the Chinese New Year so we were able to eat lots of great food and build our relationships with the ward members.
We were also able to teach some great lessons to our investigators, one was with Brother Xue, what has been a catholic for many years. (It's rare to run into catholics here) I will give you the story:
We were reading from the Book of Mormon with him and were able to finish up the lesson when I just had that quiet impression to share with him Alma 40 about the spirit world even though we had not taught him the Plan of Salvation with him yet. We started to read and discuss this doctrine and the man's eyes started to light up, he continued to tell us that all the years that he has been a catholic the one part of their doctrine that he always had a hard time agreeing with was their perspective on heaven and hell. That after death you are either immediately saved or go to hell and there is no way you can change after that, but as we taught him about the "waiting period" that the spirit world is where every one has a chance to hear the gospel and accept so they can receive salvation; he really felt the spirit testifying to the truthfulness of this. I was so excited to see him recognize the truths of the restored gospel. Next time we will share the full plan of salvation and im sure he will love it!
It has been so fun to teach other about the restored gospel and the blessings it brings to our lives!
Well my time is about up for this week. Sorry the email is short and I didnt put in pictures. I promise next week!
Love you all,
Elder Bastian
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