EVACUATION!!! j/k

Dear Family,
No, we were not affected that much by the hurricane...just some rain. JAKE are you evacuated? what's going on???? I asked people to pray for you. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD! Yours is the day before President Summerhays. Did you have a good birthday? Well, Troy is so wonderful! We had double the amount of students at our English class and have been able to set up appointments with all of them to provided a one-on-one study which has been very fruitful in the past. We finally get to start teaching a japanese student!!
Also, we got a new investigator this week through abnormal means. We were talking to a man named John who, after a while, we realized just wanted to bash with us. Well, a student named H. that I met very briefly only minutes before, came over and joined the conversation. I was really wishing that he had not because it wasn't the most ideal conversation. ANyways, I just had a prayer in my heart and tried to follow the spirit. Well, this H. began defending us even though he'd never talked to us before. It was amazing! Afterwards he talked with us and became our new investigator. WOW!
PS: Jake & Ammon: since you are teaching Chinese people....I would suggest getting a Mandarin Preach My Gospel. You will not be able to read it, but they will. I have been informed it is actually a better translation than even the Book of Mormon and has proved very helpful. I am going to try and get Brother Qi & Tianchi to write their testimonies in Mandarin, and I'll send it to you both incase that would help. As far as getting them a BOM in Mandarin you will need to determine whether they read Simplified or Traditional Characters. Also a good thing to keep in mind is that many of them will just SAY that they understand what you're telling them to avoid feeling stupid. You will need to teach mainly by using questions. We have found it useful to give copies of Preach my gospel Ch3 and have them actually study that in preparation for the next meeting. Also, have them watch Finding Faith.. and the restoration in Mandarin has proven to be very helpful also. Another thing, it is custom in China (especially in business deals etc) to offer a drink(usually alcohol or tea). It is also considered highly insulting to refuse an offered drink. SO, you're going to have to help them understand that even if someone else offers them a drink that is not in line with the word of wisdom that they still need to decline. Umm.....what else.... just remember they have most likely had no background of any kind of christianity so don't take anything for granted. One student was having difficulty because we did not explain what chapters and verses were...etc..
ANyways, much of this may be quite obvious or something you already knew, but hopefully, something will help. If you want, either of you, I can give you the email addresses of our chinese bretheren here and your investigators can corespond with them that way. It would be great because one of them is set apart as a branch missionary.
Well, Love y'all have a great week!
Love SIster Colvin