Goals to finish strong...

This month our district set goals of 3/10/10/20 (Baptisms, Baptismal dates, At church average and new investigators).  Well when numbers were sent in this week our districts actuals for the month of March was 3/13/10.5/16.  We were absolutely stoked.  At the beginning of the month we set these goals knowing that they were achievable, but that we would really have to work for them and have faith that the Lord would help us if we relied on Him.  One of the elders said he would chang the district if we hit our goals this month too which is always good :) I still remember the days when this district would pull all 0's or maybe one at church, we have come so far and we are slowly improving it is so great!

On Tuesday we were doing calls because we had one appointment in the morning and then nothing the rest of the day until english class at night so we decided to call formers.  Well much to my surprise we called and one they actually picked up and two she scheduled us for that very next day, which doesn't happen... ever.

We were super pumped and to make things even better, she has A TON of potential.  Unfortunately she is going back to mainland and wont be back until the 16 of April, but I am excited to hear about her. She is really looking for the 'right' religion and knows that if she can find the right one it will bring a lot of peace and happiness.

We taught her the Plan of Salvation as she was really interested to the answers to the 3 questions.  She is a single mother of an autistic boy.  At the end of the lesson I had the impression to testify to her that God has entrusted her with a very special, precious soul because he really loves and trusts her.  That even though I dont know how hard the path she has walked and how hard it is to be a single mother and have no family here in Hong Kong that Jesus Christ knows and He is there to help, comfort, and bless her whenever she made need it.

At the end of the lesson we all were teary eyed and she offered the most beautiful sincere prayer to know if the Plan of Salvation really was true.  Sister Dodge and I walked away from that lesson so happy.  As a missionary those are the moments you live for.  To feel the spirit testify through you and to see someone else's face light up as they hear truth!

Funny story that might have been divine design?...

I now take a nap during my meal times and then sister Dodge wakes me up once our time is up.  On Thursday she decided to also take a nap so she set the alarm, but it didnt go off!  We ended up sleeping for 45 minutes over time. She looked at the alarm and there was literally no reason why it shouldnt have gone off so it was super weird.

Anyways, we got up and went with our plan of visiting an RC and her investigator mom.  They NEVER schedule us or always cancel so we planned early in the week to go and just show up at their house. Well, when we arrived at their house she said, "wow we just got home not even 2 minutes ago!" so lets just say it was divine design.  They would not have been there if we didnt sleep longer! 

HA!

I think that might be all!
Love,
Sister Loo

Just a short note...

Okay I apologize but this is a short one!

The only thing that I can think of sharing this week was that Shirley's two friends were baptized yesterday!  I say that because it really was because of Shirley and her example that her friends were willing and had a desire to stay active.  They are really great friends and I think it was good for Shirley to see as well.  It also never hurts to have your best friends have the same beliefs as you and you can keep each other strong! :)

Any-who, one of the sisters who gave the talk on baptisms told a story about a girl who was given 1 million dollars and decided to use it all on buying make up!  She then asked what does this have to do with the gospel?  If we just place the gospel as one of the 'things' that make up our lives or one of the 'things' we do, then we are wasting the gospel of Jesus Christ.  We are not fully utilizing what it can do for us.  We need to place it at the center of our lives and allow His gospel to influence everything that we do.  That is when we fully unlock the potential of what our lives can become!

The gospel is the best!

Love you all!

Sister Loo

Funny story of the week:

So we were coming from a lesson and late to a musical practice with our district for singing at the baptism and we get a call and in order to get us to move faster (I didnt know this was their intentions at the beginning), they literally say, "Sister Loo there is a bunch of poly guys walking out of the chapel right now"  Lol my district knows me too well.  It has been too long :)

Too tired to even write...

So this week will be a short one.

We had a surprise visitor, once again her testimony shocked me.  She was a devout Buddhist or as she said her heart was Buddhist.  Her mom recently passed away (less than a month ago) from cancer and she found that no one was able or even willing to comfort her.  No one was there for her, she told us that she even had thoughts of suicide.  Well as she remembered the example of her mother and what she believed in she decided to pray.  When she prayed she felt peace and just happy.  She told us that the trial wasnt taken away, nor was the pain from the loss of her mother not there, but she felt peace.  Two months later she came down and was baptized.  She was so cute and giggly and I just love being able to participate with them!

Shirley was also baptized!  She has been investigating for quite awhile and I remember her having a baptismal date multiple times that she never really committed too.  It was interesting for me to see how much she changed.  While she is still a teenage girl, the Lord has definitely refined her and she knows her purpose and I think has a stronger testimony then she wants to give off.  She was SUPER happy yesterday and could not stop thanking everyone.  She also has brought along 3 of her friends and has set a great example for them all.  Her best friend Kay has also been investigating for over a year, but it is interesting because at some point it clicked for Shirley and she started taking it seriously and was ready and willing to be the only one to be baptized.  I am excited to see where she goes from here.

That is it.. I guess my hands are also too exhausted to type weekly blog posts haha!

Love,

Sister Loo