"ENTER THOU INTO THE JOY OF THY LORD"

Drawn by a Sister in the Mission

Pday we had a lesson at night with Jason again!! We read 1 Nephi 2 in English and Chinese! He definitely enjoyed it! We found out this past week that Bro Pugmire (the one that speaks Chinese) had been inviting Jason to activities and all that jazz, and Jason has been coming!! It is way cool to see our investigators becoming the Wards investigators instead!! After all that is the way it should be!!

On Tuesday we had an appointment with a guy named Daquan that me and Elder Cranney found while street contacting!! We have been trying to schedule an appointment for a very long time, so it was pretty awesome to finally sit down and talk! We got to know him for a bit before and found out that he has a lot of interest in the Gifts of the spirit! We taught him the Restoration and he was super excited to start reading the Book of Mormon!! Please Pray for him!

We went over to Natasha and Gregory's house to check up on them!! They were really excited to see us and they wanted to start having lessons again!! I am grateful that the Lord put them in a little Spiritual Fast!!

Thursday we had interviews with President and Sister Foote! It was probably the best one yet!! They just have so much love for the missionaries, they really are examples when it comes to ministering in the Saviors way!! I am going to miss them so much!!

That night we taught Bible Study on Acts 16-20 and there were actually quite a few people there, one non-member as well!! The spirit filled the room and we had a great time!

Friday, or should I say May the Fourth be with you!! STAR WARS DAY!!! The best part of the day was when one of our investigators gave us a kinda lifesize action figure of a stormtrooper!!! Coincidence??? I think not!! 

On Saturday when we were coming back to the Apartment we saw Daquan walking home!! We decided to walk with him and we soon found out that he lives in our Apartment complex!!!!! We were all so stoked!! Coincidence??? I think not!!!

Sunday was so awesome!! Pres. and Sister Foote came to our ward today!! It was great to see the members just light up as they would share and comment in classes!! While we were in Elders Quorum, every comment after President Foote's initial comment was "I loved what Pres. Foote had to say about ___". It was pretty fun to see!!

After church we saw an event going on at the town square so we decided to do some finding over there!! We got a few phone numbers so that was awesome!! When we were biking back for dinner we saw a guy walking on the sidewalk so we went and talked to him!! His name is Dante and right as we began talking he told us everything that he was going through!! He actually started to tear up as we was telling us about these trials!! He said that he really wanted to start meeting with us, I am so glad we decided to talk with him!! #ATAP (anytime, anyplace)

Overall this has been a tiring and fulfilling week!! There were many times that I just wanted to sit down and rest, but I tried to always remember the scripture... 

MATTHEW 25:21

21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

I know that there will be a time for me and all of us to rest in the presence of our Master, but it is not that time yet! We must 'Work until all know' and when the Lord comes he will have no problem recognizing us! All of our colors will be clear!!

Love y'all!!

Elder Northrup