Wow! How is it already the last week of the
transfer?!?! Where has the time gone? Next week I will have a new companion.
That will be so weird. Sis Petersen and I have had a great time together!
Last week we went to Danshui on our preparation
day, which was fun! We wandered around and bought some souvenirs, and took a
boat ride around the harbor. Two girls from America who have been doing an
internship here went with us- that was who sent you the pic of the super tall
ice cream cone!
Tuesday was our day-long Zone Conference. We
got training from President Day, the Assistants, the Sister Training Leaders,
and the Zone Leaders. It was a spiritual feast and just renewed my dedication
and motivation to serve the Lord. We also had exchanges this week with the
sister training leaders. I stayed, and we ended up doing splits with ward
members during the exchange because we had a few new investigators all set up
for the same time. That was crazy!
 |
| learning to play a traditional Chinese instrument |
There is an interesting phenomenon here, and it
is that we can think we can tell just by looking at a person's body language and appearance
who has lived in America/ speaks fluent English. It is a crazy thing, but
people who speak English or have lived in the USA literally have a different
look, even if you're just speaking Chinese with them or even just watching
them! It is sort of like a game on the street to try to spot people who we
think speak English and then test it out and see if we're right!
Exciting news of the week: Beta called us!!! He
set up a time to meet this week! YAY! We are so so excited! Please pray for
him! We have so much hope that he can get baptized!
Amazing miracle of the week: On Wednesday we
were handing out pamphlets about our free English class. We passed a guy
walking the opposite direction as us, and said hi to him, but he just kept
walking. A few minutes later, he came up to us and asked us if we were Mormon
missionaries! He said he was looking for a church to go to and wanted to come
to ours! He asked who he needed to talk to in order to learn more....uh us!! We
met with him the next day and taught him the first lesson and he said he
believed Joseph Smith's experience and when he said the closing prayer, he just
started crying! He set a baptismal date for 7/13, so we are going to do
everything we can to help him make it! His name is L- please pray for
him.
 |
| drawing characters with the side of his hands |
All 3 of our Recent converts were at church
yesterday! They are all so solid! One of my very favorite parts of the week is
getting to take the sacrament and have a clean start. It is so important!
I finished the Book of Mormon last week and
started over again, this time looking for mentions of God's strength and power.
The scriptures I found fall into two categories- how to receive God's power,
and the effects of his power. Here are some of my favorites:
How to receive God's power
-faith (1 Ne 1:20)
-have the Spirit (1 Ne 2:14)
-ask in faith (1 ne 7:17)
-humble yourself (1 Ne 13:16)
-be part of the "covenant people" (1
ne 14:14)
-keep the commandments (1 Ne 17:3)
Effects of God's power
-armed with righteousness (1 Ne 14:14)
-mighty miracles (1 ne 17:51)
-soften hearts (1 ne 18:20)
-revelation (1 ne 3:20)
-deliverance (1 ne 1:20)
I love the Book of Mormon!
I love you! Thanks for the prayers! I am
praying for you too!
Sis Murri
No comments:
Post a Comment