Well, after a long and hard fought battle, I think that my fight
with the bed bugs is over. We did a final cleaning of our bedroom this
morning and so we should be done. Woohoo! Maybe I can start sleeping
well again.
The work in the area is starting to pick up a little. As I have
become acquainted with the area and Elder Campbell and I are working
better together, we are seeing more success come. I am pleased to
report that both of us were able to reach that goal of talking to at
least 10 people every day. 7 keys! It is really cool to have reached
that mark for the first time in my mission. Now the more difficult part
is to make that continue to happen and have it become part of who we are
so that it is something that happens naturally without us needing to
devote special time toward it.
Being in the Vietnamese branch has been a lot of fun. I have met a
lot of awesome people, and still have plenty more to meet. Another cool
thing about being in the branch is that it has helped me to learn
Vietnamese a lot better and quicker. I can see my ability growing and it
is exciting. Another exciting thing is that we are going to have a
Vietnamese class. Because Elder Wilkinson leaves in just a couple of
weeks .. actually like 1 week... all of us are going to be relatively
inexperienced and not particularly good at the language. So it was
decided that we would use some of our language study time each week and
would have a class for us to study the language. It will be taught by
the father of one of the members in the branch. It is pretty exciting.
To have an organized class, taught by a Viet, will be a great
opportunity. We dont know exactly what it will be like, but this week
will be our first attempt. Hopefully it goes as well as we think it
will.
Well, thats about all I have for the week.. and I am running out of time...
Thanks for everything and have a good week!
Love,
Elder Manhardt
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