Elder Connor Duersch Hong Kong (China) LDS Mission: 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!