Chapter 78, Wood and Gold, Pink Apron, House of the Lord, Transfers.

Elder Connor R. Duersch(Stan Theman鄧長老) Ministering to Hong Kong 1 by 1! Chapter 78

你好!!!    

Hello everyone! So good to email you all. Ya this week not to much happened, but we had a great pday, xroads, and then a great miracle!

The Wood is Gold?!? 

So for Pday we went to the Hong Kong museum and there was a super cool wood exhibit going on. So I was just like ok let's go take a look! It was so amazing all of the work was all epic wood carvings made by hand! They all were made by a wood carving master who lives in main land China and it was super cool to walk around and see them. The detail is so small and it blew my mind when I saw it! Super cool, cause, well I love wood working! Super awesome!

XRoads

So for cross roads elder Robinson and I went to the kitchen and we cooked food. Ya the kitchen was pretty normal and nothing to special happened. Except I got to wear a pink apron and used really big knifes so that was great! Ya I am pretty weird ha! I apologize again for my horrible English ha!

Miracle!

We had a true miracle this week and I can't wait to tell you all about it! So this week we learned that Stephen could have an opportunity to go to the temple for the first time, but he may need to work on Saturday. Elder Robinson and I prayed so hard the whole week and the zone helped as well. Friday came and we got a text that night that he could come! We were so happy and then the next day we went to the temple and it was absolutely amazing! We did baptisms and confirmations and Stephen was a little confused but it was super cool because after that he had a light on his face and it was amazing! Then the coolest thing was after that we went outside and a couple came up and Stephen ran over to him and talked for a while and I was super confused. Stephen looked at me and said this was the first missionary that found me! I was speechless....2-3 years later the missionary that first met him saw him coming out of the temple. The lord lives everyone and it was not a coincidence that we went that day and elder Olsen came to visit Hong Kong!

The lord lives and I testify that he does and he hears and answers our prayers! Have a great week and I love you all. Hope you liked this email!

OH ya PS I am getting transferred to Tsing Yi on the yellow line and I am a district leader now. Oh boy..... The Duerschtrict is now real!

Love ya!

Yours in Fellowship and Love,🐲🐼✌🍜

鄧 長 老

Elder Connor R.Duersch

Dahng Jeunglouh

Stan Theman  

Chapter 77:Einar, xroads, interviews, dragon birthday!

Elder Connor R. Duersch(Stan Theman鄧長老) Ministering to Hong Kong 1 by 1! Chapter 77

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Hello everyone! Sorry for the late email. It is because of something new that has happened across the world for all missionaries as you know. I would like to say what a blessing this is for the families and the missionaries! We get to have an opportunity to share our stories, check up on family, and grow spiritual together in this great work on the earth today!

I have yet to decide if I will keep doing the video of me talking about the week now that I can actually do it through Skype and calls! I will think more about it. If you have a opinion for what you would like let me know. 

This week was super good for us!

Einar:

We received a text last week from an unknown number from a young man that he had interest in learning about the gospel. It shocked us so bad because this has never happened to us before on our missions and it was a person in our area. He asked if he could get a book of Mormon in English and Cantonese! We asked if we could meet that day as well and he said yes! He is an amazing young man and when we invited him to read the first chapter he told us he would read the whole book! Absolutely amazing and he is still reading, praying and having amazing spiritual experiences. He is a true blessing to us in this work and the gospel is really changing his life!

Giant Crates:

So we also did crossroads (X-Roads) this week and we had to help the incoming department and giant trucks came in with huge crates on them. I felt like I was in jurassic Park! Ya it was super funny! It was just full of couches and tables so we got to unload those all day super funny!

Interviews:

There was also interviews this week and it was so amazing. I love having President interviews. I won't say to much in what happened but I can say it was super good!

Elder Long:

Ya we also celibrated Elder Longs birthday today and it was so much fun to do that in the apartment.

Talk:

So I was also getting a little bit sick this week and I also had to give a talk. I gave a talk on how Heavenly Father has goals and how we have a plan to accomplish it. And the goal of us as Memebers is to make covenants and to help others keep them. I did pretty well even though I was sick and I still did good. I still am sick so if I failed typing things I am sorry.

But as an invitation to you all I invite you all to keep your covenants, make the next ones, and help those who are needing help to keep theirs and gain the next ones.

Love you all and have a great week! I know the church is true and christ lives! 

Yours in Fellowship and Love,🐲🐼✌🍜

鄧 長 老

Elder Connor R.Duersch

Dahng Jeunglouh

Stan Theman  

 

Chapter 77: Big Buddah, Zone Conference, Chinese New Year, Here is your Cookie!

Elder Connor R. Duersch(Stan Theman鄧長老) Ministering to Hong Kong 1 by 1! Chapter 76
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Hello Every one how are we all!!!???

This week was pretty good and I can't wait to tell you all about it!

 Big Buddha!!!:

Right so this week's P-day was the Deep Clean. That means you take all of P-day and clean all of your house and move all the stuff hahaha. We did it last year but this year we had a plan as an apartment. We woke up early to clean and after 9:30pm when we are done for the day to clean so that when the day came we could just leave and play! We told President Phillips and he said ok I will come check it myself on that day. And we said if we pass can we go to Big Buddha? He said he and Sister Phillips would like to go. They came and we passed!!!! They then drove us to Big Buddha and we had a super good time!!! We got so many pics and we had so many laughs! The statue is pretty big and super cool! The Phillips had to leave for a meeting and so we decided after the statue to go for a hike. It was an off trail hike and we were just like, "Hey look a mountain with a radio tower on it, lets go!" so we did and the view was absolutely amazing!!!! WE could see so many mountains and the clouds coming in!!!! I hope you all like the pictures. Later after running down the mountain, ya we ran haha. We went to some outlets in Tung Chung and it was super fun!

Zone Conference:

This Week we had Zone Conference and we had it on Chinese New Year because lots of people leave to go to Main land China. And its the other way when they all come down here hahah. There were so many good training's and it was so spiritual! Our Zone did a super good job on why we are currently still out here on a mission and what we can do to become more like the savior and serve. President Phillips gave us a super awesome training on Enduring to the End how to Endure to the end after the Mission. It ended up with a pretty trunky part at the end of how we need to worry about our eternal companion when we get home hahaha. I love President and Sister Philips they are the best!

Chinese New year:

Not to much to report here for new years hahaha. Every one basically vanishes and they come back a long time later. WE saw some lion Dances in the streets. Ya sorry missionaries really don't do much when it comes to this time of year. That is why we have Zone Conferences and Deep clean this week. Hong Kong turns into a ghost town basically.

Here is your Cookie:

Elder Robinson and I had a super strong testimony builder this week! We have been trying so hard to find people to teach and it is hard. Especially around New Year. But we went finding yesterday and it was so cool when we decided to do Half Time Prayers. We prayed and Elder Robinson felt prompted to talk to a guy on a bench and after talking for a while he had lots of questions and we sat down and talked to him for a 45 minutes!!! He was super hesitant to give us his number at the end but he warmed up and we got it and he lives in our area which is the best part. He liked to hear us speak English and asked us why bad things happen to good people. Elder Robinson told the Story of Job in English and Aaron absolutely loved it!

There is more to it and I am out of time but I talk more about it in the video.

Love you all and I hope you have a great week! God lives and he loves each and every one of you!

Yours in Fellowship and Love,󾓭🐲🐼✌🍜

鄧 長 老

Elder Connor R.Duersch

Dahng Jeunglouh

Stan Theman