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This week was awesome. I'll tell you about our investigator Ryan. He is 17 and from Vietnam. He is here living with his guardians in our family ward. He was raise Buddhist but his family never kept the traditions. When we met him he had an understanding of Christianity, but really didn't know what he believed in. Our first lesson with him weeks ago he had a lot of questions about God and the purpose of life. He told us, "I'm willing to give it a shot." He's read from the Book of Mormon, prayed, and come to church the past two weeks. A while ago we invited Ryan to be baptized on August 10th, and yesterday he described to us the "fruits of the Spirit:" peace, love, comfort, the "chills" that he feels as he prays. His prayers have been answered as he has put his faith in Christ -- as he's "nourished the seed." So in our lesson last night we asked Ryan how he feels about baptism. "Let's do it." he said. We asked him, "Now would you like to wait until August 10th still, or push it forward to say, July 27th?" "Push it forward, duh." were his words. YEAH! So Ryan is entering the waters of baptism on July 27th! It's just incredible to see the Lord's promises fulfilled as we put our trust in Him. I love to see other people act in faith and receive answers to their prayers.

 

This picture is from a leadership meeting last week. That is my old companion Elder Villalva (remember him?! Yeah, I love that guy) about to chow down on a cake that Sister Lewis got for the mission. "The Book is blue. We hit 92!" Last month was RECORD high baptisms in one month (92!) for the mission in years. Our zone alone had nine people baptized. That's almost every companionship baptizing!

 

The Church is true!

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Elder Chris Andrew

California Sacramento Mission

8267 Deseret Ave

Fair Oaks, CA 95628

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