Monday, April 25, 2016

7

Hello!! :)
 We had another beautiful week. Full of miracles and success and joy. This is beautiful work and there is no where else I would rather be!! I love everything about serving a mission and being a missionary.
  The weather this week has been absolutely beautiful! We ate lunch outside at the park every day! I cant get enough of it! :)
  We had SEVEN investigators at church! This is the most I have ever had on my mission! So exciting and beautiful. AND Tristan passed the sacrament! AH! I felt like a proud momma haha.
  David's baptism is this Saturday at 6! Please keep him in your prayers. He might be the cutest thing on earth. This will be a special day! Cant believe we only met him a little over a month ago! He is an example of someone who is just so ready and willing, someone who hears the gospel and just knows its true! Like the people of King Benjamin when they said they had no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually. LOVE.
   We got a text on Friday night that the Visitors' Center is officially open!!!! WHO HOOO!! Finally. I cant wait to serve up there on those sacred grounds and see miracles miracles miracles. They are just WAITING! I can feel it! 
   We got to teach the lady from Mongolia, Javzaa! We called the friend/translator, Altan, and did our very best. It was pretty chaotic. It took us about an hour and 15 minutes to get through the Restoration. We would teach a simple principle, then we would be like okay translate! and they would talk for a while, but we didnt know what they were saying. I dont know. It seemed okay. He said she understood everything but then proceeded to tell us that he doesnt really know the gospel in Mongolian so he gave us his friends number who does. SO we are going to try again on Tuesday. At the end of the lesson I asked Altan if he could tell her that we loved her and he said, "oh sorry we dont really say that in our culture so that would be weird." I said, "too bad just do it." I think he told her and she smiled and gave us a hug so thats good :) 
   The night after the piano concert two weekends ago, the Nielsens, a senior couple from Roosevelt, Utah who serves up at the Visitors Center with us, went over to the VC to turn off the lights and lock up. There was a family standing outside the VC. They said, "Oh are you closed?" Elder Nielsen hesitated (because it wasnt officially open, it was past hours, and we werent supposed to let people in) but he did was Jesus Christ would do and he said, "Come in." They ended up showing this Hispanic family of 5 around the Visitors Center for an hour and they were SO interested and went to church with them the next day. This family is the Castellanos. 
   They found out that they live in San Leandro, which is right next to our area, but just outside of it. BUT we got permission to teach them because we are sisters duh. So one night we met up with the Nielsens and went to teach this beautiful family. They are new to the area and are looking for a church to raise their family in. They opened the door and let all 4 of us into their apartment. They were dressed up all fancy, wearing dresses and church clothes, and make up! I have never had anyone dress up for a lesson! SO sweet. So there is the mom and dad, then they have 4 kids, one of which is 8 years old!! We taught the Restoration and it went so well. The Spirit was so strong and when I invited them to be baptized, the mom said, "of course." AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! In those moments you try to act calm and reserved, but inside you are frrreeaaaking out. So happy. They are so golden. They know its true! You can see it in their eyes. They came to church on Sunday, despite some car troubles they had. Already faithful. It has been my dream to teach a family!! That is what they encourage us to do! Teach families. 
   We had two lessons with Ben this week. He is SO awesome. So sweet and sincere. A few things from the lesson (We run to the car and write these down so we dont forget):
- "I saw some missionaries in North Carolina just like you two sisters, but they never talked to me. Maybe it's because I wasn't ready!"
- He told us that he knows this is the true church because of the Spirit he has felt.
- "Man, I wish I could have had this feeling in North Carolina."
- "I had some doubts about being baptized," my heart sank, "but after church on Sunday and our lessons, I know I want to be baptized."
- In his prayer: "I know you'll guide me on my journey to be baptized. Thank you for the sisters always being there for me. They taught me that you will always love me."
    I died. He is so cute. His baptism is May 7th! Next weekend! And so it Mothers Day! :)) 
   When we serve in the Visitors' Center, we have a few hours where we teach people online and answer mormon.org chats! I answered the chat of this one man named David. I had to go so I got his email so we could keep in touch. We emailed back and forth a little. Then the Visitors Center closed for two months. When I got back on, I had this email from him from way back in February!

Hi Emma,
I know its been a while since I have written back to you two and I apologize. There has been so much happening since we last talked. I have been readying, studying and praying for an answer to all this. God does work in mysterious ways and knows whats in our hearts and he knows what I need. I was at work the other day when the lord gave me his answer. His answer came upon me so fast and it made me feel so calm and warm and I knew right then and there that the Holy spirit was in me. I have never in my life ever felt like God was right there with me. I'm so excited, all the time I have spent in church wanting some kind of spiritual uplifting and never feeling anything. I know now that being introduced to the Book of Mormon was in Gods plan for me and people like you where used by him to help me. My gosh Emma even as a I type this it feels so wonderful to express how I'm feeling. The Book of Mormon is true and I know the gospel is true and I do so want to live it. I feel born again through the Holy spirit and I know that this will bring me closer to Jesus and through him to the Father. I am so thankful that this happened to me and I feel so blessed that God has revealed to me the true path to his salvation. I know that there is a lot to learn yet but I am going to move forward in my journey and surround my self with people who can only lift me up. Emma you have been such a blessing to me and I put so much value on what you say so thank you so much. I hope to hear from you again. 
David

   We have been emailing back and forth and baptism is on the way! Beautiful. Missionary work all the way around the world through technology!
   Well I am happy happy happy. No complaints from San Leandro! Thank you for all of your love and support and prayers and fasting. Please know how much I love you and am grateful for you. 
   The Savior lives. He LOVES us. He is coming so soon! Let us be faithful and pray without ceasing. 
Love
Sister Brinton!
Balut (Egg with a fetus)
Last District activity
Bye Elder Meier!
Yum
Gorgeous Weather

Stuck
Teaching center at the visitor center


I was SOOOO cold so Elder Nielsen (One of the Senior couple) let me borrow his coat 0:)






Ali, Gaby's daugher
Tristan working at In N Out


In N Out with the Nielsens :)

Visitors' Center is officially open

Go Warriors

Monday, April 18, 2016

What a wonderful Week!

hi hi! 
  I know I say this every week, but I am the happiest missionary in the field. I think this is the happiest I've ever been EVER! We have transfers this week and Sister Benosa and I are staying in San Lorenzo!! So happy. I love this area, Sister Benosa, the ward, the people, the Visitors' Center, the weather, the work, the district, you name it. We are seeing miracle after miracle and blessing after blessing. What a wonderful week. Every night I sit down to write in my journal and I am just like where do i start? I usually start by saying something like, "today was the best day ever" or "we had a beautiful day today." I love being a missionary. I wouldn't trade this precious opportunity for anything!! :)
  We have been doing our studies outside in this beautiful courtyard just outside our apartment because it is SO beautiful.
  Tristan got the Aaronic priesthood! So awesome. He is just glowing.
  Gaby is officially getting married on May 17th! So her baptism will be the Saturday after her baptism, so the 21st! So awesome. The date is farther out than we wanted of course, but we are grateful that it has worked out! She is like a member already. The goal is to baptize her and her husband! 
   We set a baptismal date with Ben for May 7th! We taught him twice last week and he came to a baptism on Friday and church on Sunday! 85% of investigators who come to a baptism get baptized! In his prayer after our lesson this week he said, "Please help me to be baptized." I WISH all of you could hear the beautifully sincere and heartfelt prayers these investigators and recent converts say. The Spirit is SO strong and it has taught me that it is not WHAT you say, but HOW you say it, if it came from your heart. Their prayers come from the bottom of their hearts with all energy and sincere desire. I want to pray like them! One things that MELTS my heart the most is when they pray for US, their missionaries: "and please help these sweet sisters to travel safely" or "please watch over and bless these sisters" or "thank you for leading these sisters to me and helping me change my life." AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH 
   Mongolian Miracle: We were leaving our apartment one morning and as we were going through the gate, this man was walking in and he goes, "MISSIONARIES!" That has NEVER happened to us haha and we were like yep thats us! Long story short, he is 27 from Mongolia, moved here 11 years ago, convert of 3 years, goes to BYUI but is living in San Fran right now. His friend from Mongolia moved here 4 months ago, single mom with 2 little boys, no english, and she lives FIVE doors down from us. Her name is Javsaa. He said she has been wanting to learn and he has been looking for the missionaries for her!! We met her and he translated for us. We ran to the mission home and grabbed every material we could find in Mongolian and brought them to her one night. We weren't with her friend, Altan, when we dropped them off and she just lit up and hugged us even though she was nursing with no shirt on and flipped through the Book of Mormon saying, "good, good." Here we were, in a strangers apartment, at 9 at night, with a mongolian woman who doesnt speak a lick of Enligsh, and she was so happy. We have no way to communicate, yet we loved each other and the Spirit was there. It's because it's not about words, it's about the Spirit! We communicate Spirit to Spirit anyways. That is what is SO beautiful about the gospel and the Book of Mormon and the Spirit! Heavenly Father loves ALL His children, whether they are from Nigeria or Mongolian or Taiwan and He will speak to them in their own language. So powerful. :) SO we figured out a way to teach her! Obviously :) We are going to go over to her apartment and teach her with Altan on the phone so he can translate! We dont have any Mongolian speaking missionaries or members so this will have to do! Or I could learn Mongolian. Tender Mercy. 
   SOOOO best thing about this week.. We got to go into the BRAND NEW renovated Visitors' Center! On Friday morning, we woke up early early and got to the temple grounds. We waited for all the sisters and senior couples to come. We were all outside the VC just GIDDY! It honestly felt like Christmas morning, but BETTER! We were so nervous and excited, taking pictures and hugging and giggling, all 22 sisters and 6 senior couples. We are like a family. One big family on Christmas morning. We finally got to go in, all together. I cannot describe the feeling that came over me when I walked into the Visitors' Center for that first time, after months of waiting and anticipating. The Spirit was SO strong it just pierced my heart and I was FULL of warmth and LOVE! It was a very, very similar experience to entering the temple. I was filled with peace. It felt like coming home. I was so happy!!! TEARS for the first 4 hours of training. Representatives came from Salt Lake to train us on all of the new equipment and all the new exhibits!!! It was wonderful!! The new VC is BEAUTIFUL! COME SEE!! 
   We fasted from lunch on Friday to lunch on Saturday that the VC would open as soon as possible. We all knelt in prayer and poured out our hearts to the Father. I know he heard our prayers because on Saturday, right after we had broken out fasts, we began training again. All of the sudden, ELDER QUENTIN L COOK walked in. We all gasped. To be honest, I was like hmm he looks familiar. Then I realized who it was thank you Emma. We stood and he quickly told us to sit down. He shared a beautiful testimony of the Savior. The Spirit was RADIATING from him AH!!!! He left us with this special message and blessing I hold so dear to my heart:

"This is a sacred and holy work. I invoke a special blessing upon you that you will have the Spirit with you, that you will touch people's hearts, and that you will help them come to know and understand the Savior Jesus Christ. He lives and this is His work."

  Yeah. Pretty awesome. Tears. 
  This week we saw the success and power of working with members! There is a girl named Tiffany who is BEST friends with one of the young women in our ward and she has come to church for a few years now, but her parents wont let her get baptized. Her parents hearts softened and we taught her for the first time yesterday!! Her mom is a little hesitant but HEY! We can work through that. It is funny because she already knows everything. We taught the restoration and afterwards she was like, "This is what my Sunday School lesson was on today." HAHAHA so yeah she is like already a member. 
  The members here seriously just come up to us and say hey can you teach my friend? We dont even ask! They just do it themselves!!! The relief society president's husband asked us to teach his friend named Eric. He plays basketball with them on Tuesday nights and accepted the invite! He is 26, looks a little latino, a little african american. He came over for dinner last night at the Sorensons house. They are all SUPER HUGE Warriors fans and they said that because I was serving my mission here, I was automatically a fan SO I am now a Warriors fan! I just need to get a shirt to make it official. It went well and afterwards we began to talk about religion. I swear on my life this is what Eric said, "I have heard that there are like 60 different versions of 'God' out there and I have just been wondering if there is ONE true God or ONE true church. I know there is a God but I dont know where He is." I almost choked to death on my Cambodian food. I couldnt believe he had just said that. HOW GOLDEN. It took all of my energy not to just scream THERE IS A GOD AND THIS IS HIS CHURCH haha. So we went outside and Brother Sorenson kind of explained what missionaries do. It was a perfect intro because he talked about how we are not here to pressure him into anything and it was his choice to accept it, but we are just here because it has blessed our lives so much so we want to share it with him! 
   We taught him the Restoration. The Spirit was SO strong. His eyes just lit up. He was on the edge of his seat, ready to read whatever we asked him to read. We taught about how there is ONE God and how He is our FATHER and He loves us and we are His CHILDREN! He knew this was true, you could see it in his eyes. When we explained how the priesthood had been restored, he goes, "wow." We compared him to Joseph Smith, how he was confused and searching for ONE God too!!!! So golden. At the end we invited him to read and pray about the Book of Mormon. He said, "oh wow yeah I will DEFINITELY read and pray wow. But I will probably have some questions, who do I ask?" We told him that he can ask God but that that is exactly why we were there, is for him, to answer his questions. He was so happy I thought his smile would never leave his face. We talked about prayer and he said he was grateful that he could express from his heart. it is comments like that that make me realize how much I take prayer and having the gospel for granted!! He didnt even know he could talk to God! He was so happy to hear that he could PRAY! ah. At the end I bore my testimony really simply looking straight into his eyes. I told him that he didnt need to be confused anymore, that there was ONE God, who was his Father and who loved him. Relief swept over his whole being. Happiness filled mine. 
   Thought: Why doesnt God send Joseph Smith down here to prove that he was a prophet? Why doesnt God send the gold plates to show everyone that the Book of Mormon is true? Why doesnt God Himself come down and be like, "Hello I'm real and I'm here and I love you!" Because that would be taking away our agency. We would be forced to believe because we would KNOW Joseph Smith was a prophet, we would KNOW the Book of Mormon is true, we would KNOW God lives and loves us. There is no faith or choice, That would be following Satan's plan. We should be so grateful that Heavenly Father allows us to CHOOSE to believe, CHOOSE to have faith! How powerful! How beautiful that we can receive these answers for ourselves here and now through personal revelation through the Book of Mormon, which IS true, and from God, who DOES live and loves us. 
  This is His work. And I get to be a part of it!! HOW AWESOME and fun and rewarding. I am so happy and grateful. Here's to another week! 
LOVE,
Sister Brinton :) 
p.s. read Alma 5 its SO good ah




Zone Training Meeting

BEN!! at work at Sam's Burgers. I LOVE HIM!!!

Pink Wall


In the New Visitors Center!

Sis. Winters came back to visit. So fun to see her.

#thuglife
8 missionary stories

One of the new VC exhibits
Ben at the temple

Monday, April 11, 2016

My cup runneth over

  Wow. I stand all amazed. This was an INCREDIBLE week. So so full of miracles and tender mercies. The Lord is blessing this area and this mission so much. Sorry for everyone else because the Lord is giving us all the blessings, there is none left over for you!! No but that is how I feel. I was just WEEPING all week because of my joy and how humbled and grateful I was. It will be hard to express these experiences and my joy over a simple email with my inadequate descriptions, but I hope that you can feel the Spirit and feel as touched as I was. 
     We had a few minutes so we stopped by Ashley and Billy's house!! (we taught them january-february but had to drop them for various reasons) It was so good to see them. It brought tears to my eyes. It was like seeing my little cousins again. They were so happy to see me and told me how much they missed me. I DIED. But the dad was getting mad, I observed from a distance, and we left quickly but it was so good to see them. They will join the church and be faithful members one day. I might not see them until the next life, but thats okay! 
     We had a lesson with Kirsten this week. Sister Baxter, the one who introduced us to Kirsten, has 4 kids, Kirsten has 2, and another sister who was there has 3. They set up a plastic pool for them to play in, but they all wanted to watch a movie. So we moved our lesson outside. We taught for about 5 minutes until the kids slowly trickled back out to the pool. Pretty soon there were NINE loud children screaming and splashing in the pool 5 feet from me. I was getting soaked while trying not to scream my testimony so they could hear me while making sure my scriptures didnt get wet. Anyways, you get the picture. I was extremely stressful but we got through it and somehow she felt the Spirit and committed to pray about baptism!! She is awesome. We love Kirsten. 
      ULTIMATE MIRACLE OF A LIFETIME: We have been trying to set up a meeting with a guy Sister Fetzer and I met on the street about two weeks ago. His name is Ben. He is in his early 20's, from North Carolina, accent and all (y'all), African American, 5 foot even. He moved here for a change! He is working at a burger place and has been looking for a church to go to. So before our lesson with Kirsten, I shot him a text out of the blue and asked him if he would be available for a lesson at 4:30. I didnt think anything of it because he has been so hard to get a hold of. We got to Sister Baxters house and Kristen had called saying she would be late. Luckily we just had our apt. at 4:00 cancel. Sister Baxter said she prayed that we would be able to stay even if Kirsten was late and we told her that our apt had cancelled the same time she was praying. We didnt get finished with the lesson until 4:30 and we got in the car and BEN HAD TEXTED US BACK! Finally. He said, "Im here at the church where are you?" I quickly texted back, "On our way!!" We arent allowed to teach a single male. We have to have a third female with us. So we sped over to the church and were wondering what we were going to do because we didnt have a third female! We decided to pray. I was driving (with my eyes open, dont worry) and Sister Benosa prayed. She thanked Heavenly Father that he had finally texted us back. She expressed how dearly we wanted to teach him. She said, "Heavenly Father, please help that someone will be at the church so we can have a lesson, even if they just went there to pee." I thought that was pretty bold and I was sure I didnt have enough faith for that to happen. I was like yeah right. Its 4:30 on a wednesday. We giggled about the "pee" part. We pulled into the parking lot and no one was there except Ben. We talked to him for a second and we walked into the building, trying to muster all the faith I could. Just as we turned the corner, the Samoan sister missionaries were exiting the other side of the building. I choked up in disbelief and gratitude and said, "Sisters! Wait!" They were probably really confused but happily joined us in our lesson. Luckily we had just been trained on the 5 minute lessons and we had been practicing. We began with a prayer and taught the Restoration in 5 minutes. The Spirit was SO strong you could feel it physically. I think it was the strongest I have ever felt the Spirit in a lesson. Ben was totally engaged and when we invited him to read the first vision, he teared up and smiled and said, "wow." We invited him to pray to know if these things were true. I taught him how to pray. He agreed and we all knelt in prayer. He started out just repeating the things I said, but pretty soon he was on his own, being directed by the Spirit. I couldnt believe the words that were coming out of his mouth. He told Heavenly Father that he missed Him, that he was sorry, that he was going to pray more, that he wanted to know if these things were true, and that he was "definitely coming to this church from now on." He closed his prayer and kept his head bowed for a good 10 seconds. He was glowing. AH!!!!!! We arranged a return apt and a ride for him to get to church. He didnt want to leave. He was slowly stepping out the door and just kept waving and waving and saying bye. As soon as he left, we all EMBRACED IN TEARS. We told the sisters what happened and our prayer. They said that they were tracting in San Leandro, which is a good 25 minutes away. They had to pee but they felt bad coming all the way to the chapel. BUT they did anyways. They had come to the church TO PEE, just like Sister Benosa asked in her prayer. 
    The Lord works in mysterious ways. He loves His children. He will provide a way no matter what, if we ask in faith, believing that we shall receive! I am eternally grateful for that experience. It changed everything. It changed my faith, testimony, Ben's life, all of our testimonies. I wish all of you could have been there in that empty chapel as we cried and laughed and embraced. I'm sure angels were there rejoicing with us. 
     We went on exchanges and our Sister Training Leaders are in a trio so there was 5 of us!! So it was a party! We got a sudden unexpected announcement that we will be having Visitors Center training from Salt Lake in the NEW VISITORS CENTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are not sure when it will officially open, but we will be trained on all the new exhibits and everything! We have been praying and fasting for this. I love my area, but I miss the Visitors' Center and I can't wait to be back. :)
     We got to go to the Why I Believe fireside this weekend. Ann Helen, my recent convert from San Leandro AND Tristan spoke!!!! It was so incredible to see them up there bearing their testimonies, to see how much they have grown and changed! To see the Atonement and the gospel and Jesus Christ literally change their hearts and lives. It is a beautiful miracle. I am so happy and grateful I got to be a tiny part of their lives. Here is part of Ann Helen's testimony I would like to share: 

"The things I was reading in the Book of Mormon were so pure and good and beautiful. I knew that it was the Holy Spirit letting me know that what i was reading was true. I realized that the next right step was to get baptized..There are still many things I have not felt the truth of, but I choose to have faith that they are true and that I will eventually feel the truth of them. Getting baptized was one of the best decisions of my life. I am happy to be on a path that works. It works because it's true."

    I cant believe this really came from Ann Helen, who used to be so so nervous and shy and worried about everything. AH! Sitting in the congregation listening to her was heavenly.
     After Sunday School, Gaby pulled us aside and we were talking. She began to cry explaining how all of her prayers have been answered, just one after the other. She expressed to us how grateful she was for us and how her life had changed since the day we sat outside her house and stalked her. She said she is literally a whole new person. I held her in my arms as she cried and told her that it wasnt us, we were just His messengers, that it was really Him. In that moment, I realized I was the Savior's arms. Literally. Holding my crying investigator, His daughter. Surely He would want to hold her if He were here. I loved her with a love that was not my own. How beautiful. 
     Another tender mercy, I got to see my sweet Uncle Dave. He gave me a handshake full of love and brightened my day immensely. It was a good reminder of how many people are out there loving me and praying for me. Thank you.
     David V. is doing AWESOME. He just wants to do everything right. He is so so righteous and sweet. Whenever we teach him something new, he readily accepts it because his heart is in the right place and he feels the truth of it. We convinced them to have two lessons with us per week so he can get baptized sooner!
      As you can see, so so many tender mercies, I could go on and on. My companion is also a huge tender mercy to me. I love her and we are perfect together. We are seeing so so many miracles, of which we are completely undeserving. Elder Hollands talk is ringing true, that the Lord blesses those who WANT to keep the commandments, who WANT to be obedient. We all fall short, but He still loves us. He will never forsake us. 
     Something beautiful I read yesterday: Alma 1:19-24 Wicked people were teaching false doctrine and leading many to sin. They were persecuting the righteous. Many of the believers, members of the church fell away. "This was a great trial to those that did stand fast in the faith; nevertheless, they weresteadfast and immovable in keeping the commandments of God, and they bore with patience the persecution which was heaped upon them."
      Satan is leading many away. This is a trial for those of us who are trying to keep the commandments. Let us follow the people of Alma and be steadfast and immovable and keep the commandments and bear with PATIENCE all the trials that are HEAPED upon us. The blessings far outweigh the burdens. 
 I love you!!! I am happier than ever. ever. I love the Lord and cant wait to see His hand again this week!! 
Love,
Sister Brinton!! 

Below is a letter from my brother, Emma's uncle Dave, that she talked about seeing and a cool thing that happened with someone they brought to the VC.

Sister Brinton - I spoke to your mom today to tell her all about the miracle that happened in our ward because of you and the other great sisters at the visitor's center.  My counselor's family (that you met on Saturday) has been fellowshipping a young man named Bishop Warner in our ward and he has been on the fence about getting baptized.  His baptism was scheduled on 4/9, but he didn't feel good about it. He came to the temple with us on Saturday and while he was in the temporary visitor's center with you he had a cool experience during the tour.  He said that you showed him a video about amormon that is in a rock band.  After the movie he said that the sister missionaries asked a young boy (also in the tour) to share his testimony about his recent baptism.  The little boy said exactly what Bishop needed to hear.  As a result of his experience on YOUR tour he shared his testimony in fast & testimony meeting  yesterday and said, "now I know these things are true and I want to be baptized".  He has a baptismal date for 4/23 and he said that it was largely due to the beautiful experience that he had at the temple visitor's center.  I can't believe it!!!  Not only are you called to serve in Oakland, but you and the sisters at the visitor's center are actually converting PEOPLE IN MY WARD!  So amazing!  I love you!  It was so fun to see you.  You always inspire me.

Love,
Uncle Dave
We went to visit Ashley, Billy and Toby
Spring :)




We ate FROG!

It tasted like chicken



Spring on the temple grounds



Sister Neves is my favorite. She reminds me so much of crazy grandma!




Ann Helen!!!

For those who don't remember, we baptized her in San Leandro! She spoke at the Why I Believe Fireside tonight!

This is Emily! She is 17 and waiting to turn 18 to be baptized because her parents are against it!
She is so faithful and wants to serve a mission! We have grown really close!

This is Ann Helen with all of the missionaries that ever taught her!! So Special

Prehike photos

Love her



Sister Palu and Sister Rounds



Lake Chabot

a restaurant called TOSS in Berkely. I got green curry. 
EXCHANGES!!
Sleep over
Party!!
Me and the Asians