Wow time really did fly fast when you are just serving the lord with all your heart mind might and strength! I am glad to hear that Utah seems to be getting back to normal I think when it comes to weather, but it is Utah and every one is praying for different weather every 10 minutes - hahaha! Sounds like you all are doing great with life and can't wait to see what is going on in the world back home. I did hear something about Syria and a new war or something along those lines? Anyway, the world sounds like it is going down the toilet and that's not good! The world is losing some values and we must remain strong in the gospel in order to help everyone! Well I will not take up to much more of your time and we can now get on to this weeks episode of
Elder Stan Theman China Hong Kong Mission Adventure!
Zone Conference: So this week was Zone conference and what we more or less did was watch the 2016 missionary broad cast from the first presidency and the Apostles about the changes in the missions and what we need to do in order to help our areas and make people come closer to the lord! It was very powerful when President Lam gets up and talks to us and we get to ask questions and he is so nice and is so smart to know just the scripture or just the page in Preach my gospel. He is so smart and knows just what we all need and is aware of all our problems! All in all really fun to go down to Kowloon Tong to see the Kowloon West mission, us, and Macau. Some really good friends I got to see and I also was able to get the birthday package which was so great thank you again for that I love everything that was in it!
P-Day: For this week we just went to Fan Ling and got to go to a temple that was so Chinese that it was just like the movies! Oh what they actually get the movie stuff rfom here hahahaha! Anyway there was so much smoke from inscents and it was so smoky with all the fire. There was a huge wild fire in MaOnShan this week because of ancestor worship and it is funny cause in America we get fires form guns and stuff and here it is from Ancestor Worship hahaha. I will send pics to show you guys! It is so interesting that when you want to send you ancestors something you have to make it out of paper and burn it! SO interesting here!
"The Guy": So this week we were out Hunting and I was able to walk with this guy and talk to him for a bit about his life and told him we had a very special message that could help his life! He told us that last month his wife passed away, he has no job cause he has to take care of his 2 little kids and that his parents are in main land and can't come down to help him. He looked us right in the Eyes and said "How can your message possibly help me know!" We told him a little of the plan of Salvation and he just nodded and walked away. We had no idea what to do in that lesson and we just walked away.
During Zone conference we asked president lam what we could have done better and he said we did the best we could and that if we prayed we would see him again and he promised us this. He told us to get him in touch with bishop cause he hold the keys over the entire area to help everyone. So we went out hunting the third day after the first encounter and guess what! We were only about a 100 feet from where we first met him and we say him again! He was some what happy to see us and we got his phone number and he walked away with his daughter! Man you can't tell me the church isn't true after that experience! We will get in touch with him this week and help him out! What an absolute blessing!
Ricky!: Ricky came to church this Sunday and he absolutely loves it! He loved the talks and the classes! He is doing really well and has started to read the Book Of Mormon and he is so strong in the spirit and he loves our church. We are going to teach him the Plan of Salvation this week and he is going to love it! He is going to do so well and he is one of my best friends!
Also got 3 new investigators this week! Taahm, Ivan, and Matthew who is a turn over from Tai Po! They are all super strong and ready to learn. 2 have baptismal dates in May and we can't wait to see there progress!
Smart Phones: We are now getting smart phones! Not much else to report on that hahahaha. We will get them before June! Really excited to use the whatsup app to text this people and help them out!
Well that is pretty much it for this episode and I again am so grateful for all your love and for all the support you give me over this time in my life! It means the world to me and I cherish every moment of my mission. There are hard times but those just make us stronger and the lord wants us to get strong so he can use us as worthy tools to help every one!
Yours in Fellowship and Love,σΎπ²πΌ✌π
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