I can't wait to tell you all about this week because it was so much fun! There was so many miracles that happened this week and the work is now starting to pick up. There are also 3 Typhoons surrounding Honk Kong and if you aren't familiar with a Typhoon, when they are coming this way to Hong Kong they suck all the air away and the weather just gets super insane! Before they arrive the weather gets even more hot!!! Then when they hit near us they cause so much rain and stuff! I have only been in a level 3 and those aren't to bad, but the people here say the past couple of years have been incredibly weird for them because of Global Warming and the weather pattern has been really messed up! The weather will continue to get hotter and then we will see what happens later on this year for more typhoon action. If it is a level 8 we are not aloud to go out and have to stay inside.
Right then lets get this show going shall we!
Elder Connor R. Duersch.(Stan Theman/Dahng Jeunglouh) Saving Hong Kong One person at a Time!
Temple Day:
So this past week was temple day for our district. Because of some people moving around this transfer our district is now a 10 person district! We have the Mandarin Sisters in our district now and they are amazing! We have So much fun as a district and I love it! The temple here in Hong Kong is so amazing! I love going to the temple. I wish we could go more because of how amazing it is to go inside and to feel the spirit and to get answers to our questions. I would invite you all to please go to the temple more! It is such a great place to go to and there is work that needs to be done for those who are now gone. I love the temple and am so grateful for the restoration of the Gospel to bless us with such a wonderful place.
Exchanges in Ma On Shan:
I had the opportunity this week to leave my baby area for a bit to go to Ma On Shan for an exchange with my District leader Elder Siddoway. He was with my MTC district back in the day and it was really fun to be with him for a day. Their apartment is really nice and it holds six elders. One of which was my MTC companion Elder Arnold and it was really fun to catch up with all of them to see how he has been. We talked a lot during the night and in the morning during Comp Elder Arnold and Taylor started singing a really funny song and I got a video and hope I can send it to you all. We went around Ma On Shan and did some finding and met with some of their People With Interest.
Speaking of which for those of you who don't know The missionary Vocab has now been changed by the First Presidency and the 12. Preach my Gospel now is different with new things added and new updates so I advise you all to go and take a look with an old one and a digital one to find the new things. Investigators are now called People With Interest(Friends) and Less actives are now called Returning to Church Members. I am so glad for this change. It never really set right with me how we called our friends. Our church is getting new things added left and right by our new Prophet and I love him and Sustain him! he is here to help us along in the affairs of life.
They Find Us!!!:
For a while now we have been struggling for the past 5-6 weeks to find a new Friend. So we made a goal every prayer we have to ask the Lord to put people in our path who are ready to hear our message of the gospel. One my way home from the exchange a man came up to me and Elder Newbold and said, "You guys look hungry!" It was in English and we were so curious why. A man from India came and talked to us while we walked home. Turns out that he lives in Hong Kong and he has been here for 26 years. He is super familiar with our church and went to temple square a long time ago. He also got up during a Testimony meeting in Logan Utah and bore his testimony. He is on Youtube because of it. He really supports the church and was really excited when he saw us. We invited him to church this Sunday and we exchanged phone numbers. We talked all week and when church came along he came!!! he sat next to a member who speak English and it turns out Victor can speak about 50% Chinese!! He said he loved Sacrament meeting and that he had issues going to church because he has to travel all the way down to Hong Kong Island for church. But now he is going to start coming because of our ward and the convenient time. He isn't even a member and he is so great!!! He asked if we could have lunch with him this week and talk some more. He is also coming to church again next week!
I testify that the lord is preparing people in this world to hear the message of the gospel! We can pray for missionary opportunities for us to find them and if we can't we can pray to have them find us. I am so grateful and honored to have this answer to my prayer and to have a New Friend to have. I love this work more and more as time now comes closer to my year mark and I am pushing hard to keep doing as the Lord expects of me! So grateful for all of you and for you love and support and Prayers!
Have a great a spirit filled week and in the words of a wise old man that once told me...
"Stay Strong and Keep Smilling!!!"
Love you all!
Yours in Fellowship and Love,σΎπ²πΌ✌π
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Elder Connor R.Duersch
Dahng Jeunglouh
Stan Theman
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