I love the Book of Mormon!!!

This week's escapades were some good ones. Apparently I thought it would be really funny to leave the keys in our apartment because that is what I did and then we couldn't get inside. So we asked our security man if he had a key and he said that he doesn't have the keys to our apartment. So I looked at the building and did some thinking. Back story: Everyday of our time together Sister Roberts asks me if we have the keys and I always tell her that if we don't I will just climb up the building. So naturally that's what had to happen next. Luckily I was wearing bike shorts, so I took off my skirt (Not sure is that is kosher, but I did) and climbed up to our balcony on the 2.5 floor. It was surprisingly easy, but nonetheless very thrilling. Anyway I grabbed the keys and we were good. Now we aren't so scared to leave the keys. But we probably never will again.

We also made cakes at a bakery with a lady who loves Americans. Then she gave us those cakes and gave us a lot of bread. Then other people gave us bread. We have been given 29 different kinds of bread this week. I counted.

On Saturday we did an amazing activity! We always get together once a week as a district to hand out fliers for our English class and this week we decided to make things interesting. So an elder brought his guitar, I brought my violin, and the others brought their voices. We sang a lot of hymns and then I walked around the night market playing hymns and beautiful songs while people followed and handed out fliers. It was cool to see the spirit that it brought to such a packed night market, but it made a real difference! We actually ended up getting some new investigators from it because they liked it so much! I loved being able to play my violin and to use it to share the gospel through music. Music really is so powerful!

I have learned more this week about the power of the Book of Mormon in teaching. We saw miracles. I will share a couple. We have been teaching a man who has been investigating the church for a very long time and his heart is very unwilling to change. He is living with his girlfriend and says that he will get married in five years and then can get baptized, constantly unwilling to put the gospel first. So we decided to drop him and went into our last lesson with every intention of that being the last one. But we wanted to leave him with some food for thought so we read in Alma 34 about procrastinating the day of your repentance. He was really quiet after we read and asked if he got married, would he be fully repented and be able to be baptized? We told him that was the first step and definitely getting married would make it so he was not procrastinating his repentance. So now he is talking to his girlfriend about getting married. It was amazing to see the change that the Book of Mormon wrought in him. We have been telling him these things for weeks but he wouldn't listen to our words. The Book of Mormon is real and I know allows the spirit to carry truths into people's hearts.
Another is that we have been working with our investigator LinYong Liang and has wasn't progressing until he started reading the Book of Mormon and then this week has read about half of first Nephi and is asking questions and his life is so different. We shared a passage about prayer also in Alma 34 (It's a good chapter, you should read it) and it allowed him to understand prayer better and he finally committed to a baptismal date. We also got him a priesthood blessing yesterday to help him overcome his smoking habits and it was amazing. The spirit was so present and he was promised some amazing blessings. He is getting there, and has the faith required to overcome his addiction.

I am amazed at the love that I feel for these people. I think God has really allowed me to see a fraction of the love that He feels for His children and I am so blessed. I love workling with people to help them become better and I love seeing the change that the gospel makes in these people's lives. I am so grateful to have been born into this gospel and to have the knowledge that I do. We are all so blessed. I love this gospel, I love the Book of Mormon and I love being a missionary. Love you all! Big Faith!

Sister DeWitt

1- I built this cake
2- I got to the top!
3- Our musical activities
4- Climbing up
5- LinYongLiang and us. :)

Love you all!
Hayley