English Blitz!

Hello Everyone! I hope you all had a great Easter! I am so excited for this group email, because I have so many great experiences to tell about! My companion and I are currently experiencing a lot of success in our Area. We currently have 1 Investigator with a Baptismal Date, 3 Progressing Investigators, and 3 New Investigators! I am also currently the teacher for our Beginning English Class that we teach once a week. Things are going really well, and it's getting super hot here!

Our Investigator with a Baptismal Date is named Em Doan. She has been progressing really well, and is scheduled to be baptized on Sunday April 23. But, she is 17 and needs her parents permission to be baptized, and her parents do not want her to be baptized. We are sad, but we continue to pray for her. One thing that is really cool about her, is that she only likes to speak English with us! Her English is pretty much as good as a native English speaker, and it's really interesting, because when we have Lessons with her we speak Vietnamese, and she always answers back an English! We also gained a New Investigator this week, Chi Trang. When we first met her, she said that she had felt something special when we had shared our message, and that she was curious to know more because of that special feeling inside. She is definitely experiencing the Holy Ghost! 

I had one really cool experience that I would like to share about from this week: For our free English Class, we do an English Blitz on Saturday. An English Blitz is basically where you go into a very populated area like a mall, and you hand out as many English cards as you possibly can and invite as many people as you possibly can to English Class. I have done two English Blitzes since I have been in Vietnam, and they are a lot of fun! On Saturday, we did an English Blitz at this huge mall in District 2 of Saigon called the Vincom Mega Mall. This is the same mall where I went ice skating. The ice skating rink is on the top floor of the mall. The mall is absolutely amazing,and there are a lot of people in the mall who speak some English. Saturday was really fun, because we just got to handout English cards and talk to a lot of people.It was also really great practice for my Vietnamese! Plus, they had a big ice skating show while we were there, and I got to film it!

Testimony Time:

This week we had a Lesson with the New Investigator we got, Chi Trang. We had just planned on focusing on her and doing How to Begin Teaching with her, but she invited someone to come with her,and this person dominated the conversation.The situation got way out of hand, and the focus was taken completely off of Chi Trang. My companion kept nudging me to take control of the situation, but I didn't know what to say, and I was just scared to be honest. After about 15 minutes, I finally got the courage to say something, and then my companion was able to step in and take care of the rest. From this Lesson, I learned some very important lessons about Faith and about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The Lord is constantly giving us nudges and promptings.Even if it is hard for us, we must act in faith and do what the Lord is prompting us to do. When we show our faith by acting on those promptings, then that's when the Atonement can come in, and when Christ can take away our imperfections!

I love and miss you all, and I hope that you all had a great Easter! 

Chao Gia Dinh! 

Sorry I can't send any pictures this week, because my SD card is not working. Hopefully there will be pictures next week though!

Love,

Elder Ly (Anh Ca Dung)

Just like texting!

Okay...so this week Elder Ly did NOT send his mother a nice long email!  However, I did "catch" him while he was online, and we emailed back and forth for a bit.  It was kind of like texting, and especially since he was asking about money, I really felt his closeness...LOL!  It went like this...

Hi mom!

I'll answer you in a longer email soon, but I have a couple of things that I need to bring up really quick: 1. Yes I did get a new camera, and it's actually a much better quality one (still canon brand), but it almost drained all of  the money that I had in debit card account. 2. I also think that I need to buy some new suitcases, because the ones that I have right now, the ones that Dad and Erin got for me, are not the best quality especially with the wheels. It gets dinged up really easily. I think I would be better off getting suitcases with hard covers like the little green one I have at home. Would that be okay? If so, I will need a lot of money in my debit card account.

Juliann Jeppsen <juliann.jeppsen@gmail.com>	Mar 26 (3 days ago)
to Justin

Hi Babe...I can put some more emergency funds in your account for you.  You need to remember to use that money wisely and try to stick within your missionary budget, okay?  As far as your luggage goes, I think you should continue to use what you have unless is breaks or is damaged in some way that makes it un-usable, okay?  Remember that I have not been working like I usually do, so our income is down a little and we need to save where we can, okay?

Did you like the photos I sent this week?

Justin Ly	Mar 26 (3 days ago)
to me

Yes I did. LOL I miss her so much!

Justin Ly	Mar 26 (3 days ago)
to me

Lisa finally emailed me back, so I am emailing her right now!

Juliann Jeppsen		Mar 26 (3 days ago)
Oh that's GREAT that Lisa emailed you!

Justin Ly		Mar 26 (3 days ago)
I know I was so excited!

Juliann Jeppsen <juliann.jeppsen@gmail.com>	Mar 26 (3 days ago)
to Justin

I'm sure you were!  It is going to be so fun to go to the ice show and see everyone on Thursday!

Justin Ly		Mar 26 (3 days ago)
Oh wow it's on Thursday? so soon

Juliann Jeppsen		Mar 26 (3 days ago)
I wish you were going to be there. I miss you SO MUCH!

Justin Ly	Mar 26 (3 days ago)
to me

I miss you so much too! 

Hey mom how much does it say that I have in my Debit Card Account right now?

Juliann Jeppsen		Mar 26 (3 days ago)
Hold on....i will look...

Juliann Jeppsen <juliann.jeppsen@gmail.com>	Mar 26 (3 days ago)
to Justin

It says your have $50.15 in there.  I will put $200 in there so you have a buffer. But be careful to live within your budget. 

Juliann Jeppsen <juliann.jeppsen@gmail.com>	Mar 26 (3 days ago)
to Justin

Okay I just transferred $200.00 but it won't be available for a couple of days.  So probably Wednesday for you. 

Justin Ly	Mar 26 (3 days ago)
to me

Ok thank you so much mom! I'm really sorry I've run out of time trying to email Lisa and some other people, so this will be quick since I've only got about 20 more minutes. I love you so much, and I'm glad that everything is going well! Goose sent me some great stuff as well, so I'm going to email her as well! How is the papa doing? I have been keeping you in my prayers about work with the Guard. Have you heard any news yet about it? Also, please keep me in your prayers right now. I am going through some tough stuff as well. I don't need to go into detail about it though. I think about you everyday, and I really miss Utsh. But, I know that Vietnam is where I'm supposed to be right now. I love you so much!

Juliann Jeppsen <juliann.jeppsen@gmail.com>	Mar 26 (3 days ago)
to Justin

I love you too baby!  I am praying for you every single day and I think about you ALL THE TIME!  You are such a good kid and I miss having your smiling face in my life.  Have a wonderful week and I will watch for your group email:-)  

SHE loves you and misses you, too!  

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So...here is a photo of Justin's district in Ho Chi Minh City...I pulled it off Facebook since he broke his camera and didn't send any photos this week!  

Until next time!!! 

The Missionary Mom