Dear Mom,

  Ok so first. I am a servant of our Heavenly Father our God. I am okay. I was put into a very good apartment. We just deep cleaned today and the apartment is very clean and ready. Second thanks for all the prayers this week I had some interesting turns that will definitely be for the better. As for the miracles there are so many I cannot count. Elder B. is so amazing.

Could I get the chocolate chip cookie recipe and a couple of other good recipes for regular food that would be appreciated? (* Mom tried to tell him he would want these, but he insisted he knew how to cook) This week is Chinese New Year so I wouldn’t have gotten mail this week anyway and I might not get it next week either. But that’s ok I will be happy to get a package.  Pray this week that I will remember the tasks I should be doing at the time it is needed. I have passed the past two tests by the way. So it is going good.

Alright so this week and next are Chinese New Year, So happy New Year Everyone, and also I heard about some new mission calls this week congrats to you all!  It’s crazy it’s pretty much a two week party here.  Most of the stores shut down, everyone just eats sleeps and lights of fireworks. It is crazy! It’s so cool though. It makes it little hard to talk to people about the gospel but people are more than willing to say happy New Year.

All of our investigators are out of town so we are really trying to figure out how to help the ward and get the members active. It’s a good time for that because for this whole week lunch and dinner is being taken care of by members.  It has been so cool doing this.  New Year’s technically started last Saturday so we have been going to members houses since then. The spiritual thought we decided to share with the members when we go to their homes was about the plan of salvation the eternal families part.  The other night while we were at dinner I had the strongest impression to say something and usually I would just say it but I’m in training so I was kind of waiting for my trainer to say something, but I had the impression again so I went for it and I said something that blew me away it was so simple and yet it was exactly what the family needed to hear. And on Sunday the whole family was at church on New Year’s which is a miracle in itself!  And it happened again the other night but I was more willing to just say it this time. And once again it was exactly what I needed to say!

I don’t know what I have eaten this week but I downed it.  Most of it is good and I’m so glad that I don’t ask what it is till after I have eaten it.  I have had interesting parts of a cow and some interesting fish and vegetables. And a lot of tofu still I don’t know why the hardest think for me to down is like a toffee pudding thing that they use as a dessert but man it is so crazy.

So one lesson I have learned so far is you can always learn!  Never are you done learning.   You can always learn more about something.

This week, even though it’s Chinese New Year, I know it will be a better week!  And since we are focusing on families I will say this to end my letter. Heavenly Father, our God, promised us that our families can be together forever. Not just in this life but through the eternities. And that is true. There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it, we can attain eternal families, and forever be with the ones we love. I love this church I will do the Lords work.  I know that we are all children of our heavenly father and have a specific purpose on this earth. Trust the lord love the lord trust yourself loves everyone. Read your scriptures say your prayers. I invite you all the night that you read this to ask Heavenly Father if this promise is true if you can have an eternal family.