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I just gave a little presentation on my mission to our young mens' group in our ward at church. Here are the visuals. I've taken out a few slides to protect the innocent, but other than that, you get full glory, minus other props. It was fun to talk about the mission and bear testimony with that group. Vivan los Chinos!

Update

I was just looking at the performance profile of this site, and found that the slideshow load time is horrendous and the files large. Therefore, watch it by going to this article page.

Skritter is an awesome site that helps one learn some sweeto Chinese characters. Some awesomeness:

- It's easy to write characters accurately, because Skritter helps adjust them automatically.
- You get to hear the word pronounced.
- There are clues available that fade in and out at just the right moments to not make it too easy.
- The computer gives you some great feedback to help boost your confidence in your waining Chinese skills.

The downside is that it's a paid for service, but if you want to try it out, go here.

Yesterday, April and I mosied (sp!! - who knows how to spell this?) on over to the mailbox after our walk around the neighborhood, missionarying. It was just like any other day -- grabbing the mail for the elderly couple to whom we pay monthly allowance. Our excitement heightened, however, when, after keying open the box, we deduced that the extra thickness in mail offerings bestowed by our friendly neighborhood postman was due to the delivery of the monthly-anticipated Ensign magazine (a great investment). But excitement was soon to turn to a girlish scream, when upon flipping over the cover I beheld none other than my old mission companero, Elder Yuen!!