Elder Connor Duersch Hong Kong (China) LDS Mission: Week 41:The Gathering fun, Investigators news, Make way for Moana!!!

Lieh Hou Muiyatgoyahn!!!

This week really did fly by fast and I can't believe that we are already in June!!! What happened to the time my goodness! The weather here was really intense this week with the hottest day of the year in Hong Kong at a whopping 38 Celsius with about 70% Humidity. All the natives here said that it was the strangest thing they had ever felt! They said that it shouldn't get to that type of heat until end of July and August time! I am so scared for what summer has to offer and it is really going to be a crazy! I hope that I will be able to survive the heat cause I sweat a lot. and I do mean A LOT! Every one here is baffled by how much I can sweat! It is kinda funny cause I had no idea I could sweat that much as well hahaha.😅It is kinda gross but in the end I have already lost 10 lbs in 3 weeks form eating really healthy food and also sweating my guts out hahaha. It is really gonna help to be in the best physical shape I can be in order to serve the lord with every thing I got!

That was a long intro but I will not let that go on for any longer and get to the main meat of this weeks meal for you all!

On this weeks Episode of Elder Connor R. Duersch Hong Kong Adventure!

The Gathering Fun!:

So for this weeks P-Day we went to Wong Kok to check out the Magic the Gathering Shop. Out here on this mission this game is huge and if you don't play it something is incorrect hahaha. My trainer Elder Besson got me into it when I was with him and it is just a blast to play with all the friends I have made here. We went to Kowloon and I was able to see Elder Beeson, Egen, and Newbold! We had a blast playing in the Church and also going to the shop and buying some cards and playing some more. SO much fun and laughs with all these guys out here on my mission! I will forever have eternal Friendships made with all of these wonderful people here and I will never forget them! I love all the Elders I have come in contact with and they make my day each time I see them! There are so many people out here I have come to love and can't wait to see what other fun adventures we have together!

Investigators:

So we had some really good stuff happen this week with our investigators and some interesting things as well! We will start with my good pal, Ricky!

So I was on exchanges with Elder Paulsen when we met with Ricky cause it was our plan to have him do the Baptismal interview since Elder Paulsen is our DL. We finished teaching all of our lessons with him and he is now done with all of our lessons! I asked him, "DO you believe that Joseph smith was a true prophet of god?" and he looked me right in the eyes and said, "Oh YES!!!) This mans testimony has grown so big and I love teaching him! He had his interview and things went ok with him but it turns out that in PMG if a spouse doesn't give permission for their other to get baptized they have to figure somethings out. So Ricky is currently having some family matters with trying to help them understand how baptism is a good thing. We have invited his family to multiple events and they just don't want to come. We are looking into ways to help them and if all works out he will be baptized this Sunday the 10! We are working really hard to help his family and he said that he will always read and come to church and meet with us! I love this man with all my heart and he is so ready to follow our savior and he loves this gospel!

New up-swelling of our part member family we are working with! The wife is a member and her name is Bobo and she is the coolest! They all speak English and the husband is named Patrick! We went to their house a couple of weeks ago and we met with him this Sunday! We taught the Book of Mormon and I was able to share my personal experience with how I came to know the Book Of Mormon was true and how it felt like a truck on my chest when I felt the spirit. Bobo really liked that analogy and we also invited Patrick to get baptized when he knows these things are true. He said yes I will think about it and he will read and pray about it! Really excited for him!

The next one is Brother Jang(Tsang) who is the man who's wife passed away and he has come to church about 8 times! He loves the people and all the help he is getting from the ward! Bishop pulled us aside and had an idea to have the sisters come with us to his house so they could help the daughter feel happy and to bring a sister form the ward to help them out as well to have kinda a mother figure. We went to a members house this week with him and the member in the picture I will send is Brother Lauh and he helps us out a lot! But we went to his house and we went to talk to the kids and he has a 9 year old son and the daughter is 14. We talked to the kids for a while and made friends with them and then we taught the Plan of salvation! He was so relieved to know that his wife and the kids mother was in a great place and that the gospel will be brought to her and here Brother Jang can do things in the temple! I am so blessed to have these great people in my life to teach me and for me to help them. But it is never me doing the work, it is all the Lord!

Make Way for Moana!:

That is right we were able to watch a Disney movie in Cantonese and it was the best thing ever! It made me feel like i was right at home and it was so nice. We had a total of 51 people in attendance and also had 21 of them were not Members!! SO amazing! The culture here is very interesting when it comes to ward activities and such! But the ward here is great and I really don't want to leave here but I will go where you want me to go dear lord!

well that pretty much does it for this week and there is more good to come in this month of June! Still can't believe that it came this quick.

I love the Lord and am grateful for all my blessings here and for all the trials I have gone through because if I didn't go through them I wouldn't become who I need to be and the Lord and our Heavenly Father know all of us and they will make us become the best we can be!

Thank you all again for your prayers and your love you send my way!

Have a great week and have fun!