3 Days Later...

So it's really only been about 3 days since I last emailed, but I've got a bit more stuff to talk about this time, including things I forgot to mention.

I think it was a little over a week ago, we got to listen to a group called "The Brown Hymnbook" sing at a fireside, if we brought an investigator. It was a really good performance, and the singers were really good (One of them was Sammy J).

Also, did you know that there are free electric grills in Australia? You can just go to a park, press a button, and the surface heats up and you can just cook food! We've done it a few times on P-days. Australia has some really nice public facilities and stuff, like very clean public bathrooms, mini zipline things, cool jungle gyms, free electric grills, and much more. It's pretty cool.

And this past Saturday, we got a referral from Church Headquarters; apparently a less active member used the church website to ask the missionaries to come around, so we ended up seeing her and her nonmember fiance, and they told us they'd come to church on Sunday! So Sunday came around and my companion and I were waiting at the door, hoping that they'd turn up. Family after family came, but they didn't show up, so we assumed they weren't coming. But during sacrament meeting, we turn around and there they are, sitting down and listening to the talks! They came a bit late, but the stayed for all three hours of church and they enjoyed it! They said they'd be coming next week Sunday too, which is really exciting.

Anyways, just a short spiritual though. I think it's in the second chapter of first Nephi, maybe around verse 14, and it reads something like "And my father dwelt in a tent". That's Nephi talking about his father Lehi. The reason why he may have written this verse is to show all the sacrifices that Lehi and his family made to follow the will of the Lord. They had a lot of gold and other riches, and I'm assuming a good house and many friends, BUT, they left it all behind to travel in the wilderness all because their father claimed to have a vision. Soemtimes we're asked to make sacrifices, and we may not always be too sure about it, but if it's from the Lord, we know that we'll be blessed for our obedience. Lehi and his family were blessed; they reached the land of promise, they weren't destroyed with Jerusalem, and their seed where ministered unto by Christ.

Love you all and thanks for the support!

Elder Ho