EEFY and Zone Training...week 52

This week was a party. The ward activity that we had this week for the youth of our ward was SO successful! We have SO many high potential investigators that will be coming out of it, and half of them are youth! It definitely took a lot of work and all the missionaries definitely had to come out of their box for it. Allow me to tell you just a few of the activities that we had:

A water fight re-enactment of the revolutionary war, a boat making competition, Jeopardy, blindfolded driving test competition (no cars, but it was fun to watch people crash as they tried to instruct each other to do driving maneuvers in a language they hardly knew. We got them all to sing the star spangled banner, we had a scavenger hunt, olympic relays and competitions, the list goes on...

You had to be there for most of it, but the pictures do an okay job of describing it.

The Zone Leaders also had an AMAZING Zone Training this week. We had the summer missionaries there, so we were able to use their language expertise to our advantage in demonstrations and roleplaying. It was very interactive, and up to this point in the month, the missionaries are keeping their commitments to the best of their abilities. The missionaries here are amazing!

This is all the missionaries that participated in the EEFY activity as well as our ward mission leader Sunny who will be leaving on the sixth of September for his mission to Canada!

Finally, the results of this weeks efforts (because we still had the same amount of lessons this week even though many hours were taken by EEFY and Zone Training) were DOUBLE the amount of investigators at church, almost double the Less Actives at church, and quite a few very excited missionaries! Blessings from heaven have never been more welcome than now!

Funny story: We are walking home after a long and successful night of finding. We think very little difference of the young man with his arm around two girls and smiling like a punk. We are just about to pass them when he says "Hey, I'm from Utah!" ...uh, okay, good job?..wait, you're here though, and you speak English. wait...what!? He describes how he (Ed), was studying in UVU recently and just got a job in Hong Kong. He's originally from Korea (which explains a lot about why he would have multiple girls with him at the same time because hong kong girls are ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED WITH KOREAN BOYS! It's scary how bad it is), and he has no idea how to speak cantonese. He said that his parents are members, but he himself has not gone to church for quite a while. We invited him, he said no, and we have him our number just in case before heading out (we almost got home late because of it!).

Less on the Funny side: I was reading in Moses this week, when I felt a prompting to go back to the first chapter. I skimmed it over, but I felt like I needed to go deeper. I read the chapter and when I reached verse 35, I felt what was intended for me that day during personal study. "But all things are numbered unto me, for they are mine and I know them." The spirit was strong. I cannot describe it in writing, but suffice it to say that I was taken aback. I simply reveled in the peace and comfort for what seemed like hours, though it was only about 10 minutes. I just kept hearing it over and over in my heart: "you are mine, and I know you." I already knew it, but my Father was merciful to tell me over and over again, minute after minute, that I was HIS! Raw knowledge of divine nature just seemed to be pouring into me. Now I feel like I want to share that with EVERYONE! That feeling is more priceless than any worldly gift! This I testify, in the name of our Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.