Elder Connor Duersch Hong Kong (China) LDS Mission: Chapter 73: The Nunnery, I want to hang out with you, Stephen.

Elder Connor R. Duersch(Stan Theman鄧長老) Ministering to Hong Kong 1 by 1! Chapter 73
你好!!!

So for starters we are working on how to do better with Data Privacy and how we can respect things more. I will apologize now for anything that could have been offensive and or wrong. Glad to know that we can do better at this and it is definitely something I will be doing better at.

Any who the weather has gotten a bit warm again and it is super interesting honestly. One day it is just freezing and then the other it just gets warm again. Hong Kong is really a place where weather has absolutely no pattern what so ever.

For P-day this week we went with Elder Graff and Bruschke to a Monestary in Diamond Hill. It is a Nunnery and it was so cool!!! Lots of gardens and so many statues. There was also a super big temple with lots of Buddha statues. Because of how Sacred it is you can't take pictures of the Statues so there are no pictures of those. If you want to see em you have to go and see em in person. It was very peaceful and relaxing to walk around and to see all the sights. Going to these monasteries really helps me remember that I am still in China hahaha. I am surrounded by big buildings in my area and then you get to go to a cool park like that.

Ok, this story is pretty interesting. Elder Robinson and I were walking around our area one day and then a lady came up and talked to us for a while. We tried to explain our beliefs and our message but she just kept saying I don't believe even if it wasn't about the message. But then she stopped talking and looked at me and then slowly to my arm. Now as you all I know I am about as harry as a bear and the people here are not. She then reaches over and starts petting me!!!! Ewwwww!!!! Then I just stood there and I felt totally Violated hahaha. Then elder Robinson asked if she would have interest in meeting and she looked at me and said,"I want to hang out with him." AHHHHHHH SUPER EWWWW!!!! Then In English class I got pet again by a little girl and then on the way here to emails a grandma that we talk to all the time was seeing us all come around and she was super sweet. I talk to her all the time when I saw here today she shook my hand and then grabbed onto my arm!!!! oi. Super funny though. They have never seen a bear before I guess!

Also update on Stephen. He is doing super well. He is loving the Gospel and the come follow me program. The ward is helping him out so much and he is so happy!! I love him so much and he is one of my best friends!

The other thing that happened this week was that we have sacrificed a lot of time this week to just go and hit the streets as much as possible to find the elect and show the Lord just how much we want to teach these people. And who knows maybe we wont find anyone but we will see the blessings eventually from our efforts in this work.

That does it for this week and There is more to come from this week for all you lovely people to hear about. Hope you all have a great week and that the Spirit will guide you in the affairs of life. He will always be there to comfort you and to lead you along. You just have to be quite and still to wait for him. We must also remember that we must want him to come as well to us. it works the same for every one. If they do not want to feel the spirit then he will not come. Humble heart and a sincere desire to have him will bring you to learn what God has in store for you to be lead along and to be safe.