Transfered to Lake Forest

Dear Family,
Things are going well. they are about as hectic as they could possibly be - I got transferred up to the northernmost part of the mission, Lake Forest in Orange County. We serve in a beautiful green hilly country; and we are living with a member family. My new companion is Elder Holt from Montana. He converted to the church in 2004. He is a very well-mannered respectable young missionary. He's been out about two months. I am now a senior companion and am going to be doing English work for a while.

Well, so things have kind of started anew for me. It's a brand new area, a new companion, new place to live, everything. It feels like the day I arrived in the field again, almost, except that I have memories of the people I taught down south. Last night I said goodbye to Darla, and amazingly her husband seems to have opened up to coming to church on Sunday. We had 7 investigators at church on Sunday, which was certainly a testament to fasting. One of our investigators, Min Lin got up in testimony meeting and bore a testimony of the reality of God. This is from a lady that, when I met her a few months ago, had no interest or knowledge about God; she was raised in China where they had taught her that God doesn't exist. To see her stand up and talk for a minute was a very moving experience.

Stan that we found also came to church. His fiance flipped out at the last minute and tried her hardest to get him not to come, but he finally made it. That was a huge success, he's going to be such an asset to the ward, and it's going to help his life so much.

Elder Gibbons now has abrand new Chinese missionary straight from the MTC. His name is Elder Gould, or Guo Zhanglao. His Chinese isn't bad, from what I've heard so far, so I hope they do well.

We found another family to teach too. The parents are less active and have two 16 year old boys (not twins-- Brady Bunch style) who they haven't raised in the church. But they had always planned on letting the boys learn about the church and choose for themselves when they got older, and so we came in and committed them to hear the lessons. In all, Elder Gibbons and I found 23 new investigators last transfer, which is a mind-blowing number. I definitely attribute the success to praying by name for all the people we have been working with. Earning the Lord's trust is the most important thing we can do, and when we do that, He puts more people in our path. Remember, the Lord won't open doors if you're not prepared to enter. Maybe your part would be to open your mouth about the gospel, or give a book of mormon, or a pass along card. But if you are prepared, he will prompt you with the holy ghost, and you will help the missionary work go forward.

I'm glad you watched Elder Ballard's talk. We talked about it in our wards too.

Well, I still have a little bit of time, but I can't remember anything else that happened, my mind is kind of fried from the move. I've got a new planner, so I can't just look through the last week's plans. So, I better end it up now. I love you all, and I hope you have a great week.

Love,
Elder Myers