"When you're a professional pirate . . . you don't have to wear a suit (dress)."

Hello family!  It has been a fantastic week in the Great OCM!  Here's an update on our investigators:

We showed M. a few video clips this week -- one was the Restoration, the other one was about Wilford Woodruff searching for the true church of Jesus Christ as described in the New Testament.  On our way out the door, Sister T. asked, "Does M. have a DVD player?"  We were tempted to assume that he did, but felt that we shouldn't.  I said, "Let's stop by the church, just in case, and borrow a DVD player from one of the TV carts in the library."  So we did.  When we got to M.'s apartment, we found that neither of his DVD players were working.  Crazy awesome!  Between the Spirit, Sister T. and myself we managed to thwart the adversary!  Hooray!  It was a pretty awesome feeling.

Tuesday we committed M. to make a list of the qualities of Jesus Christ's church as found in the Bible.  He seemed really excited about it.  After he's made his list, we plan to show him a talk about the 17 points of the True Church that Bro. B. (our ward mission leader) found.  It's really good.  It's about five college friends who make a list like I've described, come up with 17 points, and begin a quest to find the church that has all 17 points.  They are split up by WWII and eventually reconnect years later -- only to find that all five of them have joined the LDS Church.  It's the only one with all 17 points.  It's pretty cool!

M.'s car broke down last week, but that didn't stop him from coming to church.  When we called him Saturday to check if he had a ride (having already lined one up for him if he needed it), he told us that he had already borrowed his friend's truck to get to church.  Wow!  I was tickled silly!  Look at him -- he's all grown up and savin' China!

My GPS's favorite thing to do if we're south of town and it doesn't know where our destination is: It sends us to the same gravel pit . . . every time!  It's ridiculous!