Hearing this information makes me quite remorseful

It was a wonderful two weeks, with some stressful moments here and there but overall good. First things first is I said I would write emails every week for the rest of my mission 2 weeks ago, I have repented for last week and will be trying again. The adversary is exhorting all of his tactics to stop me from writing these emails (don't want to) but it's a good thing that the strongest warriors (me) get the hardest challenges (writing emails). I consider this my Job arch. This week I got the blessed opportunity to go outside and not freeze my toes off. There is quite literally no greater degree of gratitude one can feel when going outside for a 2 hour finding block without 3 pairs of pants on and 5 layers of coats. The utter joy from wearing a short sleeve shirt is unimaginable. We had the blessed opportunity to use our Chinese to teach the Law of Chastity twice this week to some fellas who had a LOT of specific in depth technical term questions. I will concede I have not yet developed the vocabulary to explain the church stance on gender transitioning surgery with much grace. We did it though and I assume I will likely not need to use that much anymore. We had a friend who had a son. He has had some scuffle with some children at the Chinese ward, and a lot of stuff about it came out all at once. Our friend was not as happy as we would have hoped. The stake, mission president, and bishop all got involved to get it all figured out, but throughout the week leading up to this we had a lot of early morning calls or late night calls with our friend in Mandarin. Again, my Chinese is limited, and there are only so many ways I know how to extend sympathy appropriately in Mandarin. Needless to say, about 3 minutes into our 30 minute phone call I ran out and started pulling phrases out like "Hearing this information makes me quite remorseful." We went to Best Buy to check out the fridges and washing machines for P-day. I would love to have a GE 5.5 Cu. Ft. UltraFast Electric Washer & Dryer Combo. If anyone wants any St. Patrick day gift ideas I will point you to the above appliance. Read your scriptures. They are great. 29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. - Elder Horsley

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