She has been investigating the church for 3 years now and finally got the approval from her husband to get baptized. It was a wonderful small, service (she wanted it that way and also had it because 08/08 is her favourite number haha) but I was so grateful to be apart of it. She was absolutely on cloud 9 and I loved seeing her so happy! The perfect way to describe Marlo is the super plum ferry :)
This week sister Clark tried to kill me... we were cooking Kung Pao chicken together and I was trying to be helpful so I decided to cut the chilis (they are the red long finger looking ones). Well apparently that was a bad idea or I just have a really low spice tolerance because 30 minutes later my hands were on fire! I cant even describe the feeling but it was quite unique. That burning feeling lasted for 10 hours before it went away no matter how many times I washed my hands or put lotion on, I tried just about everything. Luckily sister Clark was saved from my anger because the chicken was SUPER good :)
And also yesterday we had move calls and nothing changed with me and sister Clark so I am safe once again. Our mission is about to get interesting though because 27 people leave on Thursday and people who have been here less than 6 months are training! That may not seem like a big deal, but Cantonese is a hard language and so their Cantonese is not the best, BUT luckily this is Heavenly Fathers work and not ours so it will move forward as long as we are humble enough to really be His servants.
We had a surprise visitor yesterday who showed up at church because it was conveniently across the street from where she was taking her college test. Anyways we had the opportunity to teach and talk with her and it was so amazing! She was so sweet and has a desire to follow Jesus so much so that she picked up a flyer from a different church gave them a call and asked to be baptized and they said they had time that day so she went and got baptized (just waiting for that to happen to me haha).
She was telling us about her experiences and how sometimes she doesn't know what she is doing here on Earth like what her purpose is and if anyone would care if she died, had a lot of questions about the Law of Chastity and why those are "rules" specifically with Gay relationships and abstinence before marriage.
It was cool to testify to her about the Atonement of Jesus Christ and that if she can apply and use His power all these questions will be answered. This gospel answers all those questions. It even helps us know why we have commandments and the reasons behind them so we are not just aimlessly following them because, "He said so".
I am grateful for the knowledge that I have a loving Savior who is with me every step of the way and that I know why I am here and what I am doing here. I am also grateful for the different commandments that help protect me and lead me to a happy life!
Last, this week unintended I have studied a lot about prayer! It has been quite amazing because my gratitude for prayer and my testimony have both increased as I have studied this and realised how lucky we are to have this method of communication with God. It really is not something we should take for granted.
I was reading Elder Uceda talk from the October General conference and in it he asks a series of questions pertaining to our personal prayers. Things like, Are we praying from our lips or hearts? When was the last time you prayed and felt the heavens open because of it?
I loved this last question because it really put into perspective for me the fact that every time we pray God is listening and the heavens are quite literally opened at that period of time. I hope we all can either improve our prayers or start praying and developing a relationship with our father in Heaven.
I love you all and am so grateful for your examples,
Sister Loo
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| Marlos baptism! |
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Probably have gotten this text or this said to me at least 100 times in the last 9 months :(
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The famous chicken I almost died making!
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| People are sometimes so lazy... |
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