Yes that is right...without me.. I can not believe it either! So, this may go up a week late... chahm :(
This week we had one day that was super exciting and then it just went blehhh.
On Tuesday we had a family of visitors! I don't know if it is because my language is better than the first time I had visitors or if I just connected with them better, but this experience was one I will never forget!
So the husband and his wife walked into the church about a month ago looking for the temple and thought the Wan Chai chapel was it. It was really lucky because the night before one of the senior missionary couples (who teaches all the walk-ins) were praying to help harvest the elect and a month later these same walk ins came back to get baptized! This senior missionary elder and the husband exchanged numbers and the week before he texted him saying they were coming to HK to get baptized so sister Grover was able to arrange for us to teach them and for this elder to baptize and confirm them! They were such a sweet family and SO prepared.
The husband, when we were teaching the commandments, had already set aside money for tithing, told his wife and daughter that they were all fasting this Sunday because "if the rest of the world does it this Sunday than we can do it also".
It was interesting to see just how open their hearts were to the gospel and how much they knew this to be true. The wife in the morning seemed to very much just "be there" and then at the end after she got baptized she could not hold back her tears and could not express the joy and happiness they felt.
I truly was able to feel Christ like love for them and was so happy to be able to participate on their special day! That day reminded me again how big of a blessing this gospel is and that I need to not take advantage of this knowlege that I have!
The funny thing is that after an amazing day on Tuesday, Wednesday was a struggle. I felt so inadequate as a missionary and felt as if I was doing nothing right, could not communicate with anyone, and was just, in a sense, taking up space.
It was interesting though because that day in personal I was reading about Joseph Smith in liberty jail and in D&C 122:9 it reads, "Hold on thy way.. fear not... for God shall be with you forever and ever."
That was just a huge comfort to me. If I can carry on throughout the day,cheerfully and with a smile on my face I have the assurance that God will be with me. He never leaves!
In a talk I read this week it says something along the lines of, "Do it, do it cheerfully and then we can justifiably wait on the Lords Mercy". What a great thought for me to reflect on as I was feeling down in the dumps. If I do all things cheerfully I will receive the Lords mercy. I am so grateful for my Heavenly Father!
I hope that everyone had a great weekend hearing our living prophet and His chosen apostles. What a great opportunity to receive revelation and guidance! I can not wait to watch conference this week!
Sister Loo
我愛你們!
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