I heard that Utah has had a drought in snow this year! Odd, usually you think it is because every one in Utah prays for different weather every 15 min hahaha! That was a great Joke I heard here! Any way I don't want to take up to much time from you all so here is the main course for this week!
The Coldest I have ever been!: So when I heard I was going to Hong Kong I never would have thought it would get this cold! It was 44 degrees Fahrenheit yesterday and with the humidity it goes straight to your bones! We went to church in short sleeves because we put our hands outside the window of our apartment and it wasn't to cold. Big Mistake! It was freezing and the church also has no heaters so we just bundled up in our suits and rubbed our legs to keep warm. The sisters in our ward asked do you need clothes? And we said "No, we will just go and buy some scarfs on P-Day." So we went back to our apartment and we put on our sweaters and our PJ bottoms over our suit pants and just huddled up by the heater we have that is about the size of a Phone Book. We got a call from our member Linda and she got some coats and Scarfs for us to wear! So we met her at MC Donald's and she was so sweet for giving us winter clothing! We will survive cause the winters don't last long here and it will get blazing hot really soon!
Temple: We got to go to the House of the Lord in China and let me tell you, it was breath taking. The inside was all gold and Chinese stuff and it was so great! It felt good to go in and be reminded of my time in the temple in my youth and at the MTC. The spirit was there and it was so great to get refreshed for the week and to have some knowledge acquired. Since it is a small temple the rooms are really tinny and it was really peaceful and you could not hear the outside world with the cars it was so great!!!
New Friend Justin: Back in November we met with a young man who is 15 years old and he was wanting to learn English from us. He was a referral from our Ward mission Leaders Son. So we taught him English every time we met until the 6 time and we asked if he wanted to learn about the gospel. He said he would when he gets back from Christmas and some camps he has to do for school. We finally met him this week and taught him a quick lesson of the Restoration and it went really well because he went to a Christian School so he already knew how to pray and about Jesus Christ which was really good. He really likes our gospel and wants to learn more so lets hope he will continue to learn. Retention rate for people here is interesting so I have hope and faith for him. He is also 6.7 so he is a really tall guy!!!
Edith Confirmation: The last thing that happened this week was Edith got Confirmed and received the holy ghost by our Bishop. It was so powerful and you could feel the spirit in the room going towards her. It was a new feeling I have never felt before in my life and I will never forget it. I also loved hearing how it was done in Cantonese and it felt like it was more powerful! I understood a little and I was able to understand a lot thanks to the language of the Spirit which everyone speaks!
Well that was about it for this week. Our other investigators are doing well and we should get a new one this week that we met with at our ward Christmas party! Also people will be leaving the country soon for Chinese New Year so that is when the work starts to slow down a bit since we cant go into main land. Well we can but it wouldn't end well for the church ha.
I want to share with you all what I have learned over the past month in my studies and with my other work. I have come to realize how important it is for us to have Charity! I know it sounds weird for me to say that but when I really went ham on studying it I learned so much and how important it is that we all need it. There is a scripture in 1 Cor that says that the three most important things are Faith, Hope, and Charity. But the most important of the three is Charity. I know that when we ask to have a piece of the Lords Charity and then use it to bless lives, we receive great courage and reassurance of peace and love. I want to invite you all to do as the Savior did and that is He served where ever he went. I Know this church is true and that Charity is the pure love of Christ and when we have it, we can never loose!
Have a great week and as always you are all in my prayers and thoughts every second of every day!
Stay Safe and Weird for me!
Yours in Fellowship and Love,σΎπ²πΌ✌π
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