10 Months Baby!

September 21, 2015

Hello Family and friends!

So sorry for not having written the past two weeks! Two weeks ago I got pretty sick, but I'm all well and better now, and last week we had  Zone Activity that cut out most of our P-day time.
We got to go to the temple two weeks ago! That was such a marvelous experience and very needed. I'm so grateful for temples!
Our most progressing investigator, Shadrach, committed to baptism. We set his date for this Saturday, but we're going to push it back a little so he can prepare more.
This is the last week of the transfer and I can't believe how fast time is flying! I hit my 10 month mark this past Saturday and it feels like the longer I've been out the faster my time here as a missionary goes by! Only 55 more days and I'll have been out for a year! My Mommas birthday was this past Saturday as well, happy birthday again mom! Ham went to Homecoming! Woot woot! Hope that was fun :) The Alabama/Ole Miss game was this Saturday, Bama lost to Ole Miss- so that was pretty crazy, literally.
 Last Sunday one of our members brought a friend to church. Her name is Yu Ling, she came straight from China to here, leaving behind her husband and son to go to school at the university of Alabama. She came again to church yesterday and said she really enjoyed it. She told us she feels a warm feeling there, from all the love we have for each other and Jesus Christ. We gave her a Restoration pamphlet in Chinese and she got SUPER excited! She's really open to what we have to share and what we believe.
 Sunday night we went over to some apartment complexes to contact before we headed in. We followed up on a past investigator that Sister Young and her companion taught last transfer. His name is Tianbo, and luckily he was home! He actually traveled out to Utah a couple of weeks ago and got to go to temple square in Salt Lake and see the temple! He said that he thought it was very beautiful and truly a work from God. We taught him more about the Book of Mormon and helped him understand that the Bible and the Book of Mormon are comparable and that it's like Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches, they go hand in hand. He said the closing prayer before we left and it was the sweetest most powerful prayer I've ever heard. The Spirit was definitely there, and it brought a lot of peace to my heart. He expressed thanks to Heavenly Father for letting us teach him, and to help him as he learns more about the Mormon religion and the "peanut butter". It was such a sweet experience. I'm so grateful and happy to be a missionary! It's the best thing I've ever done! Don't get me wrong, it most definitely isn't always chocolate and peaches, or very fun sometimes, but all of the good times you have make it more worth it every day!
I love ya'll and hope your week is blessed!
Love, Sister Mason