Ice skating in Ha Noi! Yes there is a rink here, too! YAY!
Bowling with the gang in Ha Noi! This City is AWESOME!!
This has DUCK in it!
One of the recent converts to the church.
My birthday August 4th! I am 20 yrs old now! My companion got up early and made me a pancake breakfast! Everyone gave me a GREAT party, too!
Baptisms are GREAT!
This is our Branch President in Ha Noi!
LETTER FROM JUSTIN. Note...he has already transferred to a new area in Ha Noi and has a Vietnamese native companion now! More to come on that!
Hello friends, family, and all!
I am so grateful for this opportunity that I have today to share some of my thoughts with you all.
An update on how everything is going: Transfers will be in about a week and a half, and we will have 14 new missionaries coming to Vietnam! I had my very first Baptism on Saturday August 12 with my companion, Elder Bảo. My Birthday was awesome and I can't believe that i am 20 years old! I feel comfortable now speaking in the Vietnamese language, and apparently I talk in Vietnamese in my sleep! I am currently in Jacob in the Book of Mormon, and am trying to actually read the Book of Mormon from cover to cover for the first time in my life. I have just about hit my 10 month mark. One principle that I have really learned a lot about on my mission has been repentance.
I wish to share a spiritual message with you all today: First, I would like to share a scripture found in Doctrine and Covenants 123:17. At this time, the Saints are going through a very difficult time, and Joseph Smith is trying to encourage them. The Scripture reads, "Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed." I want to testify that this scripture is so true. If we do everything we can to endure to the end, we can know with the "utmost assurance" that the Lord's grace will be sufficient for us, and that we can overcome our trials in life. I know this to be true, because I have seen it in my own life. Since I have been on my mission, I have had increasing struggles with feelings of worthiness. There have been things that I have had to go through the repentance process before. But, I know that as I do this, continue to endure to the end, continue to repent and become better everyday, and continue to become more like Christ, that His grace is sufficient to save me and to lift me back up. I want to bear my Testimony that I know that we have a Savior and a Redeemer, and that if we do all that we can, that we can know for sure that His extending arm of mercy and grace will be there to save us and to lift us up. I want to say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Love,
Elder Ly (Anh Ca Dũng)
