Hello
everyone!
This last week has been
pretty good, taking into account that we got to eat at P.F. Chang's and
Benihana.
I think I have told you
about Brother H, the gringo guy in our ward who takes us out to dinner
once a week. His wife is in Arizona and
she comes down to visit every once in a while, because she works for Copa Airlines and gets free
flights. She is in town right now, so
they took us out to dinner to P.F. Chang's on Friday. I had never eaten there and I liked it! The Hinckleys
have traveled the world and eaten incredible food, so it made me laugh when
they brought us the food, and they were sitting there talking about how
"inspiring" the presentation of the dish was. It reminded me of the judges on “Chopped.” It was Elder P's
birthday on Friday, so Saturday night, we took a trip down to Benihana. I had
never been there before, and we lucked out and got the best chef in the house! He did all this crazy cool fast flippy knife
chopping and cooking stuff and it blew my mind. P and I split a sushi roll (bomb) and I
got some filet mignon (bomb.) There were
eight of us there, and it was a fun time.
Yesterday, we saw a lady
sitting with a member family in our ward. We went over to meet her, and figured out she
is their neighbor and just came to church to learn more, so we set up an
appointment with her that afternoon. We
ate lunch with that same member family, and they went and got her (her name is
D and the family is the T family.) Her husband came too. Her husband said he wasn't affiliated with any
religion, and she said that they have been searching and trying different
churches for years looking for the truth. We taught them about the restoration and Joseph
Smith. D talked a lot during the lesson, but her husband didn't really say
anything, which is usually pretty typical of the guys here. Usually, the ladies listen more. So, after the lesson, we asked him what he
thought since he hadn't said much, and he said, "Well, it is really
logical, what you have told me about Joseph Smith, and it makes a lot of sense.
We have been searching for a long time, so we want you to keep coming back and
teaching us." It was a powerful
lesson. The mom of the member family
told about her conversion story and how she recognized that the church was
true, and we invited them to be baptized in July. It was an exciting lesson.
So, I am sure you all
heard that the U.S., even though they lost to Germany, still passed onto the
next phase of the World Cup. Tomorrow they play Belgium, who is pretty good,
but I think we can beat them. We are going back to S's house to watch and
then teach him and his wife a lesson, so it will be fun! The work really slows
down here when a game is on, especially when Colombia and Costa Rica play,
because they are Panama's neighbors. They
have both moved onto the quarter finals as well. Sounds like things are
pretty normal back home, except for the war zone in the front yard and mom's
surgery coming up. I hope it all goes
well and I will keep praying that it does.
That is funny that you
found C's parents at the temple! I
wrote them a letter a while back, just sharing some mission experiences and
telling them that C and I are writing. You should get to know them
better. They are awesome people. Well,
it is time to get going. I hope you all have a great week!
Love,
Elder Austin Michael
Kipp
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