"If your having a bad day, you need institute. If your having a good day, institute needs you." -Anthony

Yes, FALL is upon us!! I love it. It's so pretty and fun. I just can't wait for pumpkins and colorful leaves. That's my favorite part of the season! And sister Nielsen is slightly obsessed with this time of year too, so we kind of feed off of each other... :) 

Sounds like all sorts of crazy stuff is happening back home! But sounds like a lot of fun :) 

Well, we went contacting with the Big Book. Idk if you've seen it on Facebook, but it was pretty awesome.  One of the elders in our district used to be a professional mascot guy, so we made a big Book of Mormon and stuck him inside. We built a frame of PVC pipes, and sewed a cover to fit it and painted letters on it. So cool and so fun. 

I haven't had a chance to teach with the Woodburys yet, and I found out a week or so ago that that's actually like, a thing. So I asked president to come to a lesson with us with Han. He's another Chinese investigator we have that reminds me so much of Haisu (still miss him!). So yeah. It was a great, spirit driven lesson. So crazy cool. I just adore president and his power with the spirit. It was a break through lesson.

And Han shared with us that when he was like 15, he had this really strong feeling that he would be baptized. He was living in china at the time, and didn't know much about religion or baptism. But he just knew for some reason that he would be baptized. He told his mom about it and she told him sure. 

Ha so here he is, contemplating baptism before he moves back to china in two weeks. Crazy. 

Just throwing it out there- the Chinese are so ready. Anyone who's served with a lot of them could probably testify to that. It's awesome. 

I was on an exchange with sister Olsen this week. She was asking me about BYU, and in reference to my dating life said that me going to BYU would be like "a marshmallow going to a bonfire." Hahaha idk it's a funny image. You have to know her.

Also on my exchange with sister Olsen, she found a dying bird on the sidewalk and insisted that we save it. Not knowing what to do, she carried it (ew) around all of Hyde park until it had a seizure and died in her hands. Then we took it to a park and buried it under a tree. BUT we contacted a family along that crazy journey. So... The Lord knows... Haha but it was a crazy experience I couldn't believe it was happening. 

The elders randomly had nerd guns in the trunk of their car. So we stole them. Ha. And we used them in a lesson with Kyle! :D best lesson ever. We talked about laying down our weapons of rebellion... 

A returning less active member of ours that we have been working with had a crazy party life and history before he started coming back again. We were talking to him the other night about his experience coming back (he passed the sacrament two weeks in a row!)... His response was interesting... He said that since he's come back to Christ, he's "been able to feel again." I thought that was very telling and interesting... 

"If your having a bad day, you need institute. If your having a good day, institute needs you." -Anthony

But yeah, it's been great. Pure testimony, born with love, is the way to go. Social media is a great way to share the gospel. 

Love you all!! 

Sis Walton