BEST. DAY. EVER. October 15, 2011

WAAHHHH!

Okay, so I don't have a ton of time because I think I'm supposed to sign up for classes.
Buuuuutttttt--I have a few more miracles to add to the story of Li Hang:

1) Yesterday Elder Foong flew in from England with his mom. Today he baptized Li Hang.
2) Normally when they give people visas for England they only give it to them for 24 months exactly, no more, no less. However, somehow there was a mistake made and people had accidentally given Elder Foong a 25-month visa, which allowed him to extend for 3 weeks, which allowed him to teach/at all even meet Li Hang.
3) In order to travel anywhere else before going home as a missionary, one must get permission from people high up. Apparently the man in charge of this was a mission president in Malaysia (where Elder Foong is from) and was so ecstatic about it all that he approved it as soon as he heard about it.
4) When we first talked about him coming to baptize Li Hang, Elder Foong wasn't so sure. He prayed about coming, but didn't feel great about waiting until the 29th to come out here--a lot of extra money, you know. So he decided to try and ask us if we could move it up the next time we met. Meanwhile, we had already decided to move it up without talking to him. The next time we met, we informed him that we had moved the date to the exact date that he had hoped it would be in order for him to come.

I don't understand it all, but God has worked SO MANY miracles to get Li Hang baptized and to make it a really special experience for him. Someday he will be the first stake president in China.

The baptism was really beautiful--and in three different languages--English, Czech and Chinese. Sister Anderson read a talk that Elder Foong translated into Chinese. We sang "I am a Child of God" in three verses, one in Chinese, one in English, one in Czech. It was really wonderful. I never expected anything like this to happen on my mission in the Czech Republic. How great life is!

Also:
Yes, I have heard from Petr Bandik. He's doing really well--he just wrote me today in fact. I'll forward it to you. It's almost been a year since he was baptized.

One more random thing: I forgot to tell you. At a singing display a few weeks ago (you saw pictures of me contacting at it last week) I happened to meet someone really interesting. I stopped him in Czech and he told me he didn't speak English. Our conversation was a little like this:

'Prosim vas.'
'I don't speak English.'
'Oh, where are you from?'
'The United States.'
'Me too! Where in the United States?'
'Idaho.'
'ME TOO!'
'Really? Where in Idaho?'
'Boise.'
'Me too!'
'Well, actually it's a city right next to Boise--Meridian.'
'ME TOO! I went to Eagle High School.'
'Me too!'
'Are you lying to me?'
'No, no, one of my teachers was Ms. Taylor!'
'Oh my....'......

I know, right? He was teaching English there. He graduated a few years before me but apparently had a younger brother a year younger than me. He's not a member. I can't quite remember his name, but he's teaching English here. I couldn't get his contact because he had to run to catch a tram. How weird. I've been praying that I'll see him again.

Oh: favorite talk: about the Book of Mormon by Tad Callister. Everything I've ever wanted to tell anyone about my favorite book.

Life is gooooooooood. :)

Love you all.

Sestra Dean

Smelly: You're so grown up, it's weird. If I ever get a real p day I'll write you sometime.

Beks: Yes, I learned "I am a Child of God" in your language. I thought about you while I learned it. Ching chang chong.

Amando: Oh MY, that sounds like a party. No kaja...yet.