Between Friday and Saturday we attend 4 english classes. They are a great service opportunity, don't get me wrong, but sometimes I would rather be out working and finding people who are ready to listen to this gospel!
So every day before we went to our English classes, we would pray that we could find a prepared investigator from English! Well last week we walk in and there is a father with His two kids who speak Mandarin! We get his number and set up an appointment. Well our first meeting with him he asks two questions.
1. How do I join your church?
2. How do I keep in contact with you guys as you will become my friends.
We could not believe it!!! Does the Lord answer prayers or what???
We had another miracle when an investigator who works as a security guard from 6p.m. to 6 a.m. came to church and stayed for two hours! She was running on no sleep and came to church instead of using that time to sleep for work before she had to go back to work. When we asked her why she came she said "God told me I needed to come and I feel good here."
That reminded me of the quote in conference from the young women who said "well church is the right choice isn't it?" What an amazing example she is of her desire to come to church and feel of the spirit that exists here.
Last, our Mandarin branch just split into two different branches and we had a whopping total of 15 people in sacrament meeting including missionaries and investigators. To say there is a lot of work ahead is an understatement, but I am excited to see how much the branch will grow and I know it is possible!
Something funny this week. We have an investigator named Sally who has a very childlike mindset. So we had to teach REALLY simply and it has definitely been a good experience to learn how to teach to people and not just teach the first lesson. At the end of the lesson we give her a specific invitation, "Sally, will you pray to know that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God?" "Yes I can do that!" "Okay great! So what are we asking you to pray about?" Her reply, "The gospel of Jesus Christ." And that basically sums up how teaching her goes, but hey you know what? She is super cute and loves pray, so that is okay! I have learned that we have to love people for who they are and meet them where they are at!
I think that is it for the week! I get to go to the temple this week and I am so excited! More revelation!
I hope everyone had the best Easter and got to watch the Prince of Peace video. I love that we can turn to Him and immediately find peace and comfort. Not only that, but we can find peace in knowing that death is not the end, only the beginning!
I love my Savior and am so grateful to be able to serve a mission and start to better understand the Atonement and His selfless, unwavering love for me.
Elder Bennihit and Elder Huang. I am just obsessed with their companionship as they are the nicest guys you will ever meet. (not to mention elder bennihit is probably 4'10 and that is being very generous) Plus we were going to English class finding and it started raining so Elder Huang just went and hid in the bathroom entrance and talked to the people trying to pee haha
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