Thanksgiving Sushi?

 Ben is very proud that he learned how to make Sushi this week! Hmmm...

 Hello!

   It's been quite a week. Our area is kind of struggling, but I still feel good about the efforts we're putting in. We had a baptism yesterday, but I'd like a few more before I leave this place. The baptism was great, but also extremely awkward and embarrassing, haha. It was a members mom, and the member baptized her. He was extremely nervous to baptize her, he has anxiety problems as well. On top of that, when they got in the font we noticed that the water had started draining and it wasn't as high as it should have been, but she was short anyways so we figured it would be okay. After he says the baptismal prayer he basically threw her in the water and took his hand out from behind her back, and then she hit her head on the wall of the font. Although it wasn't a very pretty baptism, Elder Dodge and I (the witnesses) along with the Bishop confirmed that she was fully submerged. But our Ward Mission Leader (kind of crazy) decided otherwise and told them to do it again. This time the water was much lower, and she was in pain and scared to go again... hahaha. you can imagine the embarassment and stress. I wanted out of there! They went again the second time, and once again he didn't support her on the way down and this time her head didn't even go under. Third time... same thing happened. But then the Bishop put his foot down and said "the first one counted, we're done." Man. Crazy day. At least somebody was able to partake in a saving ordinance... hopefully. :)

   Elder Dodge and I are getting along great. In the picture I sent he's the big guy on the right. He's a great missionary, I'm grateful to be with him. He'll make great contributions to the Chinese work. For Thanksgiving this week we're going to our 2nd counselors home, it should be great! We're also hosting a Thanksgiving dinner/activity on Wednesday for the Chinese people in the area, as an opportunity for finding. We're expecting a good 50+ people there, mostly from our English classes. It should be great. We're using the "thankful feathers" as part of the activity... on one side we'll have them write what they're thankful for, and on the other side we'll have questions like "Would you be interested in learning more about the church?" etc. We'll be showing mormon.org videos throughout the dinner and have some members share their conversion experiences. If done well, much good will come out of it!

  Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving, and tell the family hello for me. I love you all!