Tender Mercies

Hey!

This week has been pretty crazy!  Full of all kinds of adventures.
Halloween is pretty oppressed in this country.  It's like a watered
down version of the greatness that takes place in the States.  Just
thought you might want to know that.  Also, best of luck to all of you
back there in the promised land, I know the election isn't the
best-case-scenario, but America will still be the best. Kind of easy
for me to say... being not there and all.

Anyways, this week we got to talk to a ton of people.  We are really
seeing some of our investigators progress and that is amazing.  Seeing
people change their lives, or see things in a new light is really
powerful.  It's definitely not me, it really is the Lords work.  It's
amazing to see how the Lord has prepared his children.  Some people
really have been humbled, so when we share our message of hope and joy
it really means the world to them.  It's amazing.  Kai is one of our
friends and he is slowly coming to know that this is the Lords church
on the Earth today.  It's really been amazing to watch him progress.
We also brought three Chinese University students church with us
yesterday.  They don't believe in God but they said they felt
something during sacrament... You know what that means!  The spirit is
so key in this work. That is what changes and touches people's hearts.

There have been so many tender mercies that I've been able to see.
They happen all around us every day, and we just have to open our eyes
and recognize them.  We have so much to be grateful for.  Not only
counting our blessing (which is great) but also having an attitude of
gratitude, because we really do have so much to to thank our Father in
Heaven for.

It got pretty cold here this last week!  It happened all of the sudden
too, like one day it was lovely then BOOM!  So cold.  I'm not sure how
cold... because 8 degrees Celsius (46 degrees F) doesn't mean much to me yet... I
need Fahrenheit.  Anyways, Love you all!  You are amazing! Remember to
be grateful all the blessings you get!  Have an amazing week!

All the best!

Elder Draper

P.S. I only have one picture... my bad.  It's one of my Zone Leaders
switching name tags with me.  He's great!