September 11, 2016

Hello!

Is there any way I could apply to be an EFY counselor while I'm still on my mission? I don't know for sure if that's what I want to do yet but I have been thinking about it a lot lately, so if it is possible I would like to look into that more. And what exactly does it take to re-apply to BYU?  If I decide against the EFY counselor I'll probably just go back to school as soon as I can. Right now I'm still leaning toward some kind of international business. Because of a lack of information on a mission I don't know exactly what BYU has to offer, I've forgotten a lot of what options they have. Since being on my mission I have also talked to a few people that might be able to hook me up with some kind of internship in Taiwan on China. So right now I've got a lot of options and a lot of ideas and I don't really have a way to look at all of the details of these options in depth right now so I'm still not certain on what I want to do. Thankfully I still have a little time to decide for sure. Do either of you have any strong opinions or new ideas?

What do I wan't for my birthday.... A road bike, some nice hiking shoes, a go pro, the iphone 7,$1,000,000...... Nothing that would really be useful as a missionary. So this year you can just write me a card and call it good :)

A few of the highlights from my week are.....

1) We went knocking on doors to find new investigators and this is the conversation I had with someone (this conversation was in Chines)

me-"hello.."

Them-"sorry, I'm busy" (they were watching tv)

me-"we just...."

Them-"I'm sorry, I don't speak Chines"

me-"......you don't speak Chinese?....."

them-"nope, not at all. I don't understand anything you are saying."

Then they shut the door on us. Some people aren't very creative when it comes to excuses.

2)We taught the Plan of salvation to an investigator this week and his biggest concern was the spirit world.  He said there is no way that many spirits could fit in one place,  it goes against all of the laws of physics and geometry...He wasn't really willing to listen to what we had to say after that and he couldn't stop thinking about how overpopulated the spirit world must be. It was one of the more special concerns I have heard of.

3)We have an investigator that has been meeting with missionaries for a while now. A  few months ago we got her to church for the first time. It was fast Sunday and someone got up and told everyone that she came to the church earlier this week and a member locked her in a class room and took advantage of her, Which was not true. But after that our investigator  wasn't supper willing to come back to church. We finally got her to come back to church yesterday and what was the topic the bishopric had asked everyone to speak on? Dating. So all of the young single adult members in the ward talked for a few minuets and gave us all lots of dating advice. Hopefully we can get this investigator to a normal church meeting at least once.

That's about all I have for the week. I love you both and I hope you have a good week!

Elder Wills