Well I hear it has been crazy snowing back
home! I will have to say in Hong Kong not a lot of people celebrate
Christmas, there is not a lot of service opportunities, and it is not very cold
sooo it does not feel entirely like Christmas :( Which I guess is a
blessing and sad all at once. The most we have is decorations on
buildings and in restaurants, but I know what Christmas is all about so I guess
that is what matters right?
This week I had the opportunity
to go to the Tuesday (Filipino branch) family Christmas
Party/sacrament because I was on exchanges since sister Chi needed to go to
Kowloon. Which means that I got to take the sacrament twice this week :) It was
amazing.
The program consisted
of singing all the Christmas hymns and reading in Luke about the Saviors
birth. I must admit to never reading that and it was amazing combined
with the music about specific parts how powerful the spirit was. I am so
grateful for this time to really reflect on the Saviors birth and how grateful
I am that He atoned for my sins, mistakes, wrongdoings. It is Because of
Him that I am able to become a better person each and every day. I loved
being able to ponder and sing praise to my Savior.
After the meeting,
they made dinner and it was SO good. We had some stuff that I am not sure
what it is called, but all you guys need to know is that it was so good
haha. The Filipino sisters we live with brought us home food everyday
from each Christmas party so lets just say I ate good this week :)
Other than that
nothing much happened so I thought I would take the time to talk about some of
our investigators.
First, Zhao Jiemei:
She is one of our Eternal investigators. Her husband has some weird
reasons as to why she cannot get baptized, but she comes to church every week,
has a visiting teaching assignment and pays fast offering. She has a
really strong testimony and we are just praying that her husbands heart will be
softened and he will see the change in her and how happy this gospel makes her.
Marlo: Marlo is the
sugar plum ferry. She like Zhao Jiemei is
unable to get baptized because of her husband, but comes to church every
week. They have both been investigators for about a year now. Marlo
is very humble and just a very loving and bubbly personality.
Lily: Lily cannot get
baptized because she works every day and only gets one day off that she cannot
choose. She is probably 40 years old, but has a little bit of a childish
personality and is trying to learn English so loves to talk to me so she can
try and learn haha. WE are working with her to hopefully find her a new
job so that she can come to church and then get baptized.
Yuan Yuan and Lisa:
They are a mom and daughter. Lisa is 7 and her birthday is in
January so she has to wait until then to get baptized, but she is so
excited. Everything we teach her she just soaks right up and believes
it. I understand from her why we must all become like little
children. SO humble and so ready to learn. Her mom is a little bit
of a different story and we are working on helping her developing her own
testimony.
Well Christmas is this
Sunday! I cannot wait and cannot believe it! I hope everyone has a
wonderful Christmas. I am so grateful to have the opportunity to
represent my savior and share the true joy that comes from this gospel.
Wo ai Nimen,
Sister Loo
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Lions Rock with Sister Chi, Sister Wu, and Sister Teng
Yeah that would be pollution not fog :(
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Being a missionary means you hike in jeans :)
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