Week Fifty-Four

Hey MACHA's and MACHI's!

This week was so crazy! I love my mission!

 I have awesome investigators, and the members here in Lajpat are awesome at missionary work. They are always helping. I love just teaching lessons and helping people build faith. It makes everything worth it.

My week was awesome for two reasons, I'm in India and I'm a missionary that gets to do cool things. So I will share two awesome things that happened this week. First, we had MLC, Missionary Leadership Council and I gave a Skype training for 45 minutes to the Elders in Pakistan. It was the coolest thing I think has ever happened to me.  To train and help the missionaries and to see them through Skype was so cool. Having them as missionaries in my mission is such a blessing, the faith is unbelievable. I have met a lot of good missionaries, but the six in Pakistan are on a new level. If only you knew what type of missionary work they are doing, I don't even know all of it. The coolest was that I have no idea what they are truly going through, or what they serve through, but I felt the Spirit working so strongly through me to tell them what they needed to hear. This church is so true, and I am in the coolest mission ever.

The other cool thing that happened, and is totally another testament to the church being true is...we have a family from Afghanistan in our branch here in Lajpat Nagar, and they are awesome.  Not only are they people from Afghanistan, they are refugees. They are the most humble, down to earth, amazing, cool family that I have met on my mission. The father has been stuck in home for over a year with a back problem that he received when he was beaten in Afghanistan for having Cd's and media in his home. Then they came to India and found the church, got baptized, and have the most amazing family. The daughter is 15 and learned to play the piano, the son is learning English with us in our weekly class and the mom is a faithful member of the relief society who would do anything for anyone. Last night we went to their home and had an Afghani dinner, which was awesome, I love all the food here. 

I am just having the best time, and the experiences I am having are changing my life each week. The gospel literally changes lives. I have seen it so many times. It's all about change, it's all about becoming happier, and that's a cause I can get behind. I love this church. I love my mission. I love that we can all choose to change, and become better, and to repent. And I love my Savior, because he made all of this possible. 

Love Elder Armstrong

Making Aloo (Potatoes)  Just like dad makes