Elder Connor R. Duersch(Stan Theman鄧長老) Ministering
to Hong Kong 1 by 1! Chapter 71
你好!!!
你好!!!
Happy New Year!!!! Wow I think that it is now
finally hitting me just how fast time has gone by. It wasn't to intense when I
hit my year mark out here on my Mission, but now that it is almost 2019 I am
now realizing just how little time I have left to be a missionary. But that
just means that I have lots of good memories and lessons that I have learned
over these months and that I still have more to come now and, in my life, to
come.
This week has gotten super, super cold!!! The
temperature has now dropped to really cold hahaha. It is time to start pulling
out the sweaters and scarfs once again. Super weird to see them out because of
how hot Hong Kong gets and then they won’t be around for too much longer cause
when the heat comes the cloths go away.
well I will don't want to take up to much more of your
time so we will get right to the week.
Bruce Lai:
If you remember last year in my baby area I
was invited to a member’s house for Christmas. He wanted me to come and see him
this Christmas, but it is hard because I am not in that area anymore. So, he
called and told me that he would put it on the P-Day so that I could come. I
invited some Elders to come along and it was so much fun!!! Bruce invited some
members from Tai Wo to come and it was like going down memory lane!!! I
remember them still and they remember me. Well they asked if I got sick cause
of how much weight I lost so that was good to see that they noticed.
There was so much food prepared for us that
he bought 2 little pigs and then so much meat and vegies!!! Then he brought out
a cheese block with all sorts of Cheese from across the world!!! So, I will
remind you all that the Chinese people do not eat Dairy so when you live in
China for a while and you don't eat that stuff then a man puts a lot of cheese
in front of you, your body kinda has WWII with itself hahahaha. He shared a
super powerful message just like last year and it was so strong. He has such a
great testimony and it was so much fun to be at his house and to see my
old family again! I really do miss the Tai WO members and all the good they
have done for me in my life. They will forever be my family here in China!
Super Christmas meeting:
We met as an entire mission in Wan Chai to
discuss this year of what happened and then next year with things to come. It
took up the whole day and then they prepared some food for us. Now I can say
that I haven't eaten this good on my mission before compared to this week with
Bruce and the party. The mission ate Lasagna, sorry I don't remember how to
spell things. We had basically Olive garden and man was it super good!!!
Then we had a super huge minute to win it
game with the whole mission. We did it in Zones and then our zone (New Territories)
got 2nd. The winning zone got lots of wrapped packages and then it turns out
that it was full of American Cereal hahahah. it was so funny to see all their
faces when they got to open the gifts.
Super great conference with new things coming
next year and new goals on what will be helping us become better missionaries
and effective servants of the lord.
The Choir performed this week in a final concert down in Kowloon as well and the Chapel was full to the back! It reminded me of how many people usually come during an American sacrament meeting because of how full it was!!! The choir did so good and it was so much fun to see so many people and missionaries gathered together to hear the choir and feel the spirit.
We also had a super good lunch with Bishop on
Christmas day right after we Skyped home which also by the way was so great!!!
My goal was not to cry during skype or make my mom cry and I accomplished my
goals hahaha. But anyway the food was also super good at Bishops house and then
we did some service helping him make some plaques for the ward for the coming
year.
lets see Oh ya! Stephen got the Priesthood
this Sunday and that he will next Sunday get a calling. I can't believe as well
that church is now going to be 2 hours!! Our ward did a big meeting for third
hour about how to do Come Follow me and then other things on how church will be
organized. We now get church at 9;30 in the morning so that will be
interesting.
Well that pretty much does it for this week
as time will permit me. I have to go now and try not to turn into a Popsicle hahaha. Love you all so much and I am grateful for all of your love and for all
you have done for me in my life.
Just wanted to invite you all to really get
into the new Come Follow Me Program. I know I am not there to see it in the
states and around the world, but I am excited to see what it can do to help the
members here in Hong Kong. It is form a prophet of god and we should follow his
council. After all, it is a commandment to follow the prophet hahaha.
Yours in Fellowship and Love,🐲🐼✌🍜
鄧 長 老
Elder Connor R.Duersch
Dahng Jeunglouh
Stan Theman
