One-zero-four

This is it! What?! I can't believe that this is the last post while I am on my mission. Tomorrow I go to the mission office and spend the day with President and Sister Lewis and the missionaries from my MTC district. Thursday morning my parents will pick me up and we will visit the places I've served and friends from the mission. I am looking forward to this experience -- it will be wonderful to see the people that I love with my family.

This week has been crazy busy. It just doesn't slow down, not even your last day! On Sunday Sunny and his son Jim Yang entered the waters of baptism. They asked us to baptize them. The service was beautiful and the Spirit was strong. The Yang family invited several of their Chinese friends and they enjoyed the service as well.

The Yang family is amazing! This is Jim, his brother Neil, their parents Lianna and Sunny, and Sunny's parents.

For those of you in Moab, my homecoming talk will be in the Moab 2nd Ward sacrament meeting next Sunday the 18th at 9am. Address is 475 W 400 N, Moab UT. All are welcome.

Maybe it hasn't hit me yet, but I thought I would be freaking out right now. Honestly I feel at peace with it all. If one word could describe my feelings it would be "fulfilled." The choice to serve a mission has been the greatest decision of my life. This has been the best two years of my life and for my life. I am eternally grateful to my Father in Heaven for this opportunity to serve Him and His children. I testify that this work is true.

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Elder Chris Andrew

California Sacramento Mission

8267 Deseret Ave

Fair Oaks, CA 95628

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As I'm looking at my planner where I usually write down the cool things that happened during the week, there's nothing there. Plenty of awesome things happened this week, but I just don't have the time to write them down! This is the second to last letter from me on my mission. Time goes fast! I feel a lot of different things, but I'm looking forward to the next chapter of life.

This week we taught Harmony after her week long vacation in Hawaii. Harmony was baptized as a baby in the Catholic church, converted to Judaism in her teens, and now she has a baptismal date for August 24th! She started investigating after a member family in Tracy began having her over for family home evenings, family scripture study and prayer, and church activities. She has been praying to know if Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and her prayers were answered in Hawaii! We are very impressed by her faith and desire. She has really demonstrated "real intent" (Moroni 10:4). I feel like I've realized again how much sincerity plays a part in one's conversion -- the Lord requires that we really want to know, that we desire fervently, before He will answer our prayers.

Another one of our investigators Ali dropped us this week. She kept commitments like reading the Book of Mormon, praying, and attending church (which is half the battle) but she didn't feel like she received an answer. Elder Fullwood and I could see outward results from her, ie she was happier than before she began doing these things, but Ali didn't feel like that was an answer from God. We asked her, "Do you really want to know? If you knew it was true, would you change?" and she flat-out told us "No." That's why God didn't answer her prayers.

We also went to mission leadership council with President and Sister Lewis this week. I sure am going to miss these opportunities to learn from them.

Last Sunday when Ryan was confirmed, another family brought their neighbors and friends to sacrament meeting. The Yangs were taught by missionaries eight years ago and when they found out their neighbors were Mormon they asked if they could come to church with them! We have been teaching them, and the father Sunny and his son Jim will be baptized after church next Sunday! We are so happy. It's just incredible to see the ways that Heavenly Father sends us blessings. I love this work.

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Elder Chris Andrew

California Sacramento Mission

8267 Deseret Ave

Fair Oaks, CA 95628

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