China Hong Kong Mission: 08/19/19

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你地好?

How is everyone? 😊

First off, I have sooo many questions in my mind right now haha you'll know why as you read my weekly email today... Well, here's my update!

Last Saturday night, we had our transfer calls. Days before that, I had a feeling that I'll probably leave the area and someone will step-train my trainee.. Idk, I just have this feeling haha. But anyways, move calls happened! Anddd.. Yeah, I am moving... But I am moving WITH my trainee/baby... They'll close [our] area and pull out the missionaries there 😭😭 SO SAAAAD. But that means, we'll have a new area! Hehe. We're moving to [a totally different area] area, whitewash those, and just do Cantonese work... Oh well, it was sooo hard to say goodbye to the ward members yesterday 😭😭 AHUHU. And telling this sad news to our investigators 😩😪😫

Vids and Pics: Our last Sunday in the Ward

Other than that we had a great week! I had exchanges with Sister Saengchai and it was so fun! She's a great missionary and hearing her conversion story was cool... She got baptized 2 yrs ago (?) and decided do serve a mission. Wow!.. And we also have common friends from Thailand who studied in BYUH. (It's a small world after all 🎶).. Haha..

Our first ward dance class was also launched last week. A returning member in our ward taught it. There were also some investigators who came so it was pretty good. The dance video below! 😁

But yeah, during the exchange with Sister Saengchai, we had a window with the Mandarin sisters. I was with Sister Teo that time. We were on the street then we found this chyun (village). There weren't a lot of people outside cos it was morning time and the street was kind of empty, but the Spirit told us that we should go to the chyun. And so, the first house we tried to knock on was actually familiar with our church! Miracle! They used to come to the Kids English class at church but [have] been very busy lately. But, we were able to share Plan of Salvation! And the family is originally from China and it was great because Sister Teo was there with me. Sister Teo was able to reschedule them 😊 so they will start teaching a family this week. 😊 yaaay!

Pics: Exchanges and eating Taro Pie!

After our exchange, me and Sister Madriaga had to go...with our investigator for her first time at church. She's super awesome and has a very high potential to be baptized. She thanked us for bringing her to the church and she said she's excited to read the Book of Mormon too 😍😭 I guess we'll just continue keep in touch with our investigators through Facebook. Thanks to technology!.. But still, I AM SO SAD huhuhu haha but I know that God has a plan 😊 2 transfers here in [this] area was so short. I want more. But I'll trust the Lord. I'll go where He wants me to go 😊

Talk to ponder this week:

As I was reading some talks this morning, this talk definitely comforted me 😊 Just want to share it too...

"The trial of our faith will always involve staying true to simple, daily practices of faith. Then, and only then, does He promise that we will receive the divine response for which we long. Only once we have proven our willingness to do what He asks without demanding to know the whens, the whys, and the hows do we 'reap the rewards of [our] faith, and [our] diligence, and patience, and long-suffering.' Real obedience accepts God’s commandments unconditionally and in advance."

Whatsoever He Saith unto You, Do It By Elder L. Whitney Clayton Of the Presidency of the Seventy

信心的考驗始終需要我們每天做到表示信心的簡單常規。到時候，也只有到時候，主才會答應賜與我們所渴望的答覆。一旦我們證明了自己願意去做祂所要求的事情，而不硬要知道什麼時間、什麼理由和什麼方式，我們就能獲得「信心、努力、耐心及恆久忍耐……〔的〕酬報。」真正的服從是先無條件地接受神的誡命。

-惠尼·克雷頓長老

七十員會長團

Obedience is they key. Exact obedience brings miracles. I know this is true. Even though I don't fully understand some things, I know for sure that God loves me and He has a plan for each of us. I love being a missionary! I know that Christ died for us. God knows us and He understands us. He will never forsake us.