March 26, 2014

HELLO EVERYBODY!

It is sad to hear about grandpa sherwood. But you know what is cool? I knew it happened. I remember looking at my watch at that time, having a feeling that he had passed away, and then i prayed for elder Davis. What a cool experience it was because i just know he is happy and he is well. 

MIRACLES! well Kasey is back :) back back back. She has met with us a couple times this week and it is just so good and she is happy. She has been coming to chuch and all. Just pray for her!

So we went on 24's this past week. I went to causeway bay again. We were outside of the beautiful chapel trying to give people tours when ELDER GONG pops up out of know where. Well he is in the first quorum of the 70. He came to me, shook my hand, and pretended to be some random person on the street. He looked me in the eyes and said "sister, what is your message about"? and i said "Jesus Christ". Then he said do you think it is true? and i said "without a doubt" then he looked at me and said "good work sister, see you later". I WAS so scared! haha it was quite a shock because i have only seen him in pictures and i was just shaking in my sandals. But it was so cool to bear my testimony to him :)

We have a few more deaf investigators! Sister Chan is on a roll. We have been teaching a loot of her friends. Some accept but most don't really understand the message because they have never seen someone sign it before. So it is very hard to teach simply in sign language. but we are trying to work harder to learn it! I love sign language but i like speaking cantonese better....because i am better at speaking haha but signing is so fun! but we had one super potential deaf lady but let me tell you that it was the WORST lesson i have ever been in haha. So we have our recent convert sister chan. she is deaf. she has two sons one 6 one 7. well they are very crazy because their mom can't hear them and so they can do whatever they want. well they came to this lesson. And we were trying to teach this lovely deaf sister yuk when her sons just start screaming and throwing thing at us. Well then were reading scriptures so they didn't see anything. so we started yelling at the boys in chinese to get them so stop and so they ran out with with a gallon of water and came back with an empty jug. now where did the water go? we don't know because we were still trying to teach so then one of them runs up to me and starts poking me in the face. and we are supposed to be missionaries here so i couldn't just tell him to stop like i wanted to. so  we just try to push him away when the other one runs in with water guns and starts squirting us all in the face. Well their mom felt this one and got a little mad and kicked them out of the room. then we try to get back on topic when sister cheung and i look out the little window of the door and we see her sons squirting water all over the huge bicture of Jesus being baptized. so we booker it out of the room, tackled these little kids to the ground, took the guns and ran back in the room to finish the lesson. well the investigator caught on that something was wrong haha. and she was a little frustrated with the kids. so she left :( not a good ending but i wish i could replay that lesson for you all haha. it was the WORST lesson ever. 

Well dad, THE ASIAN SPRING IS BEAUTIFUL! especially on the island :) the trees are so bright and beautiful! and it smells good disregarding all the pollution :) it is beautiful! we were walking to general conference when just the greatest feeling of happiness filled me up :) i just couldn't stop from smiling and i looked at the chapel and the sun was shooting its rays right on the steeple of the chapel! it was gorgeous! ill try to send a pictue of it!

Well we have been finding a lot lately. we found on Lamma Island. and ap lei jau island and on our little island. We have been really trying to find new investigators because our zone has a goal this month for 101 new investigators....we usually get 30 but we are already at 78!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT A MIRACLE! the work is going forward :) but anyway we have been changing and sacrificing to find more time to find. so we decided that every time we get on our mini bus to go to aberdeen from our home in west point, we will sit by someone else. Well this has been amazing! We have 30 minutes to get to know someone and tell them how the gospel will help them! well some people do not want anything to do with us but they are stuck with sitting with us :) it is so amazing to get to know them and their families and why they are there and then introducing the gospel! Last night we were on the bus coming home and a person got on the bus. well he was a man and he wasn't chinese so i just prayed in my heart that he wouldn't sit by me...well he did. So i kind of chickened out and just sat there. Then i just couldn't stop but look at him because he wasn't chinese haha (not in a weird way, he was old) but then he took his headphones out and just said "hi" IN ENGLSIH! so i just stuttered and said "umm.....hi" haha well then i asked him why he was here and it turns out he is from peru and he works making video games! we talked for a while and then i talked to him about the church. he was just in awe that a 20 year old would give money to go tell people about a church and then have to learn cantonese haha. then he asked me if we had a card and if he could come to church!!!!! WOOHOOO! it was so good :) we talked to him for about 45 minutes and it was just ngonpaai. 

Well i have never been happier in my life. This gospel is happiness. I know that we will have happiness now and in eternity as long as we have this knowledge. I really challenge you all to invite friends to meet the missionaries. Don't be scared. just do it. The only way they will have this happiness and live with God again is through this gospel. not another gospel or another way but THIS way, And we all know this. SO SHARE THE GOSPEL! I love you all and hope you have a fantastic week sharing the gospel. and ill be asking how it went next week! so don't forget to invite someone to come to church or something this week :) ok love you all!!!!