Elder Elkington went home, Jessica was baptized

Dear Family,

Well, Elder Elkington went home this week.

And Elder Jensen got transferred up north to vista.

So, Elder Gibbons and I are together, the only two chinese missionaries. We are covering the whole chinese branch and what I had been covering before, Mira Mesa 2nd ward.

Jessica got baptized on Sunday and it was great. After the baptism and confirmation, she told her story and testimony for about half an hour. It was all in chinese, but thankfully, I understood it all. It was very spiritual.

On the other hand, both appointments with JR Tuioti fell through this week, so I haven't seen him at all since last week. I'll keep you updated.

On Friday or saturday night, the branch took us missionaries all out to dinner at a chinese buffet. Today, elder Elkington's parents took elder Gibbons and I (and him) out to a different chinese buffet. I'm sure there was another buffet in there somewhere. There's been a lot of feasting this week, I guess. Last night, we had one last caveman dinner as a Chinese district. We had chicken and mashed potatoes (skins included) and gravy and drank "grog" from bowls. Finally we had ice cream with chocolate chips. All eaten with our hands. It was a blast. We saran-wrapped the table, and yes we took pictures.

Yesterday, as Elder Jensen was packing he found he had accumulated a lot of stuff over the 13 months he's spent in the chinese branch without really being transferred, which he had ought to send home. So he loaded up some boxes and we went to the post office and he sent them for a pretty good price, mainly because he told them it was all books, so he got the media mail price. However, later on in the day he looked back at it and told me it actually hadn't been ALL books and realized that perhaps he had been a bit dishonest; there had also been a calligraphy set in there, which technically didn't qualify. And, thinking that one of the temple recommend questions is "are you honest in your dealings with your fellow men?" we decided he needed to follow the repentance procedure we always teach and "right the wrong." So later that afternoon, he went back, had them dig the box out, get the right (though much more expensive) price and pay the difference. It was a good example to me of doing something awkward to repent, an example of striving for the higher standard.

We got two more investigators this week named Dan and Danielle. They are a married couple of 20 and 18 years old respectively. Dan is in the marines. They are thinking about having children and are searching for how to bring their children up and what to teach them. They should be coming to stake conference on sunday - it's a broadcast with president monson.

Well,that's about all that happened and all I have time for. I love you all; have a great week.

Love,

Elder Myers