Well this past week has some amazing moments, and some not so amazing moments. 1. My companion is never going to bunny hop another curb EVER again. 2. An investigator announced she asked her dad to sign her baptismal form so that she could be baptized. 3. We have 2 more set dates for our Chinese investigators, Howard and Francis. 4. I wreck at Ticket to Ride 5. I found a very effective way to get my companion to stop snoring. And 6. Don't teach the Law of Chastity to Chinese men with out a translator there.....

1.) So, me and my companion we heading home for lunch. And I love to jump around on my bike and do wheelies and such, but that's beside the point. I was doing my usual, jumping around having fun, and Elder Tolman decided to follow my example.Well the first curb he jumped he got onto perfectly fine. The second one?? Not so much.... He jumped too early and his front tire smacked the edge of the curb and over the handle bars he went.. I watch in awe as this 5'11" 275 lbs kid went up on over his handle bars, chest bouncing off the ground, arms flailing, bike tumbling, and after that all happened (in slow motion it seemed like.) there he was laying on the ground. On his stomach with the bike on top of him and his legs all tangled up in the bike! Hahahaha I just sat a laughed as he was screaming for me to get the bike off him so he could get up. And, me being the jerk i am didn't help him up until I got a picture of him laying there! Hahaha!

2.) Here's an awesome story. We have an investigator named Sierra that has had a very rough home life and because of it, is now living with a very Gospelly, sound family. Well while being there she decided to take the missionary lessons and she is SO solid and man does she knows her stuff! Anyways she doesn't turn 18 until April, so she needs to get her parents to sign off on the baptismal forms. And, she has been really scared to ask them.. So are plan was to just wait until April.. Then. Sunday roles around and it is fast and testimony meeting, and Sierra gets up and bears her testimony, and announce that she got her dad to agree to sign the papers. tomorrow we will be meeting with her to set a date for the end of this month!

3.) We have set 2 dates for 3 people to be baptized. This Saturday will be our Asian's baptism. Howard and Francis. They are awesome and with the little English they speak, they give such profound and amazing answers! I love them. And we have a 50 year old man names Stephen that is so excited to be baptized on the 28th of January! We are so stoked for these people. We see the desire they have to follow the Savior and to progress in the Gospel.

4.) This is self-explanatory. We play Ticket to Ride during Lunch and when we get home at 9:00 after planning and other stuff. But, I always end up winning by at least like 30-40 points everytime. And, it doesn't matter who counts it the numbers are always the same. ( my house thought I was cheating...)

5.) My companion is like 5 chainsaws trying to cut a still I -beam.... And I can't sleep through that!? So every night I let him fall asleep and as soon as he fires those chainsaws up I jump out of bed, lift my pillow over my head, and whack that goofy sucker right on the chest. Now keep in mind I have a very heavy memory foam pillow so it packs a punch. Anyways.. I just sit back and watch in the dark as he wakes up in a panic wondering what just hit him, and then he roles over and just falls back asleep and there's no more snoring! It is just so dang funny to watch him freak out on the top bunk and almost fall out of bed! Hahahaha😂

6.) Usually we have a mandrin translator there with us, but this particualar night he was unavailable. So,we were teaching our Asians the Law of Chastity! Hahaha they don't speak very good English so our teaching has to be plain and very simple. So, my companion Has a very simple way to teach it. SPAM
S - Sex, no sex before wife.
P - No Pornography, naked girls bad!
A - No adultery, no cheating on wife.
M - Censor Alert
They looked at us so confused when we got to the M. Hahaha Elder Tolman says, "I know you know what it is." And Howard, bless his heart says, "I will look it up." And we freak out! NOOOOO. Hahaha boy we just taught you that pornography was bad!!
So we explained it to Francis what it was and then Francis goes, "Ohhhh NO HOWARD NO HOWARD!!" We lost it! It was so dang funny! Hahaha I love asians!!

So there is my week! I have been loving my new area, and the people I am able to serve! Thank you all for the prayers, the support and the love! I love you all! I miss you! I hope all is well up in WJ! Until next week! Love you!!

Love,
Elder Matua