Week 36: Everyone in my district is cooked

 大家好!


In the last month: I went to a clinic to get my wrist checked out because it had a sharp pain, Elder Halgren got food poisoning, Elder Yip went in to get his ankle checked cause it was also being wonky, Elder Bentley went in for his shoulder surgery and is now recovering, Elder Grimley went in to get his eyes checked because his vision was fuzzy and he was getting headaches, and now Sister Nawahine is having stomach issues. So long story short everyone is dying

Highlights
- So because we took Elder Bentley to the hospital for his surgery on Wednesday, Elder Grimley, Elder Yip and I were a trio for a couple days until we got Elder Bentley back. It was so much fun, we had a great time and some awesome miracles:
 - We met this super nice mainlander that we talked to for a while and got a picture with! Talked to them a ton about Jesus
 - I had a 25-minute conversation with a lady on the bus, she was the nicest old lady I've met in Hong Kong
- I also got to go learn Chinese sign language cause in Elder Grimley's area, Aberdeen, you learn it so you can teach some deaf members. I can almost say the whole sacrament prayer so far
- Had a fire district council that went an hour over but it was worth it cause we had some amazing discussions
- Got to go to the baptism of Christine, Niel, and Hillary, which was the best thing ever
- Because Elder Bentley is now recovering from his surgery there's a possibility that Elder Yip and I will be double covering West Point and Aberdeen going forward, so I'll keep ya'll updated on that

Spiritual Thought
In a talk by Elder Bednar, he shares a story of a man who drives his truck up into the mountains to cut firewood. His car gets stuck in the snow, so he tries as hard as he can to get unstuck. After a while he prays that God will send someone to help him, since this is before cell phones. Eventually he decides he might as well start cutting wood while he waits. Once the sun goes down he realizes he won't survive in the cold overnight. He prays again and says "Father, I've done everything I know to do. Please help me." Then he starts the car one more time and because of the weight of the wood in the truck, he's able to gain traction. What I love about this story is his prayer. "I've done everything I know to do. Please help me." I think a lot of us feel that way sometimes. That we've done everthing that we know to do, but we're still stuck. That's why the promise of heavenly help means so much: God can help us to get out of anything, even when we have no idea how. But we still have to work for it too.

Love you all!
Elder Blankenbiller


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PIctures
1. Cute pic
2. Bonding moment in the middle of Disneyland
3. Elder Bentley post surgery visit (we played Skull King)
4. Hong Kong park with Chinese New Year decorations
5. New Album boutta drop







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