Another Great Week

OK so THis week has been full of miracles and fun. Ill kind of go here and there so sorry in advance. But as for missionary stuff and for miracle experiences there has been quite a few happen. We were tracting and knocked on this old chinese man, john aun,'s house. HE had us in and hes like mr miago, he has the old cars and everything. HE said he was single and alone and that he doesnt go to bars, or hang out with the women, he said he was single like the son jesus christ ha but no then he siad something that touched me, he said, "I pray to the lord, to send me good people, to send people who are good, and then you knocked on my door, you are good people, you are sent form god" It was cool and we were aable to teach him> Another experience is we were knocking and this old guy talked and talked to us and we always ask if there is anything we can do to help them out and he said if you come across any furniture that no body wants then i would appreciate it and he showed us his house and all he had was a blanket to sleep on and a pillow and a bicycle so that was really humbleing so we are gonna find him some, One day we went on exchanges and so i was senior comp with the other elder for a day so i led the way to our appointments, except they were all people i had never met so i didnt know the street so i was always taking the "Scenic Route" to the places haha but the one place we were headed we both knew what way to go and i turned the opposite way and knew i was goning the wrong way but i didnt turn around and i was thinking, "Elder, turn around, what are you doing?" and even the other elder was like hey what are you doing and we went for a couple blocks down a man flagged us down and said, "I had been looking for you guys all week, i want to come to church and be taught" Kind of cool to realize that we are put into cool situations if we are obediant. ANd to realize that the lord directs us even when we dont know it.

THere is one little black kid, kelvin who we see everday cause he lives next to people we see all the time, he always runs to me and says, Booger! Booger! Booger! haha and we have a little handshake we do and stuff and then i always talk to him, hes four. But i think hes cool and stuff and then his mom was talking to the people we go see and she sida that he talks about me all day and wont shut up about booger this booger that. It made me feel pretty cool. HE always has the coolest little braids. Like a little bitty iverson haha.

We have some tongan families that always feed us. THey had a baby blessing this week so everyone was at their house for dinner. Holy cow ive never seen so much food. THey get offended if you dont eat two plates, which is equivelent to ike four plates back home. ANd the food is amazing. So much fish and pork and chicken and beef and a lot of weird stuff ive never seen before. THey cook banana like potatoes and they kind of taste like and have the same consistency as potatoes, they also have like watermelon coconut juice stuff and idk a ton of stuff. Before the meal the host, which was the dad of the baby that was blessde talks and welcomes everybody, recognizes visitors and elders, and then gives like a spiritual thought kind of, it was cool to see how they did it and he talked about their history a little bit and the pride thwey have in their heritage, hes huge he looks just like those pictures of the stripling warriors and you can see that those were his fathers. Then they had the eldest grandpa pray and even though i couldnt understand a word he said cause he speaks native tongue the spirit was way strong, the prayer i kid you not was like ten minutes, it was insane, you could only think about all the things that he said he was greatful for. ITs kind of intimitating to be there. THey have all the guys in there family there who play at like Oregon, BYU, Utah, USC, Oregon State, and tons of big school and just everyone there are huge football guys. THey also have been teaching me the ukalelee and some of their native songs are pretty sweet. Im running out of time though i love yall and its always good to hear from you.

Love
Elder SChallenberger