How have you all been this fine week! Good I hope.
Alright lets get started then shall we!
Alright here is what happened on this weeks episode of Elder Stan Theman: China Hong Kong Mission Impossible!
Six Months!: I cant believe that this coming Tuesday will hit my 6 month mark! It seems like yesturday that I just got off the plain and had absolutly no idea what to do or where to go. Time really does fly when you are having fun and are getting to work. True there are times when it is slow with finding efforts to get new investigators, but it is the lords work and I am glad to be a worthy vessel in his hands to lead me to the children he wants me to teach and bring to the light of Christ. They say that your mission really does fly by and I can really say that it does. There is a saying by elder Newbold that your mission is in 5 chunks!
- MTC
- First 2 Months in the Field
- All the way up to your last 2 month mark
- 2 Month mark till you leave home
- Getting off the air plain
GunYam: So you pronounce this by saying GoonYum. This is a gigantic statue of a lady named Gunyam in the middle of a nice garden in Tie Mei Tuk thats in our area. You have to have a member schedule it in advance and so we scheduled it early December to go. It was so great with all these huge traditional Chinese buildings you see in movies and temples with golden statues! We got to do some Zen Calligraphy that was free and we got to keep it so I will have a really cool souvenir of me writing characters and my name. GunYam is absolutely massive. She stands 250 feet tall and was made buy a guy who was filthy rich and wanted it to be a public place for people to come and see Gunyam and to worship. When you get up close to her it really took my breath away and I would absolutely love going back there again! There is a legend behind the statue that is super cool relating to us. About 2000 years ago the Chinese people say that a man in white came down to the Chinese people and taught them about justice and mercy! Over the years it some how changed to a woman and no one knows why. So what does this mean! It means that Christ had to have come to China when he was back on the earth 2000 years ago! I don't know if that is correct but I thought it was something cool to realize!
Elder Newbold: Elder Newbold is literally my twin! We have so much in common with our interests in Star Wars and he is a total Super Nerd in a good way! He is from Salt Lake City and went to BYU for a year and is minoring in Engineering and Majoring in Writing books for a living. He is the funniest guy ever and he Reminds me of a friend I had in Band named Jayden! He has literally the same voice and personality! I cant wait to work with him over this next transfer! I will learn more about him since its only been 4 days!
Investigators In Abundance!: So we have a grand total now of 6 investigators! Connor, Derek, Justin, Ricky, Edith, and Tom. We haven't had a chance to meet with Ricky and Justin so once we get to have a lesson they will become new investigators and they are for sure golden ones. Tom is the one we have recently been working with and he wasn't able to come to church yesterday. I think he is in main land for a bit so we will get back with him later. Connor was sad for a couple of days because Elder Besson left and he didn't want to meet for a while. I am hoping that we will meet this week and get him closer to Christ. Derek is progressing really well and we believe that soon he will get baptized and he is really excited for that. Lets talk about Edith for a bit. She is an investigator who has been taking lessons from the missionaries for a year and she always comes to church and has been taught all the lessons! She is basically a member of the ward and she just isn't baptized yet. We met with her and asked about her concerns and she says she thinks she needs to have a Joseph smith Experience and also doesn't want a calling after because she doesn't think she can do it. But She scheduled her own Baptismal date for the 28 of this month!!!! SO happy for her! And yesterday we got a call form her and she said, "Can I have my baptismal interview this Saturday?..........YES! I am so excited for her and she is so ready and I cant wait to see what will happen.
Well that is all for this weeks episode and I cant wait to see what the following weeks will bring and the stories that will come! Remember that the Book of Mormon can and will answer the questions of the soul and questions we didn't even know we had! I learned that very strongly over these past weeks. Listen to the last words of our Prophet Thomas S. Monson and prayerfully study the Book of Mormon. It will bless you beyond belief!
Stay Safe and Weird for me!
Yours in Fellowship and Love,σΎπ²πΌ✌π
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Elder Duersch
Dahng Jeunglouh
Stan Theman
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