6/27/2016
大家好！
Hope everyone had an awesomely amazing week! I know we did over
here in SoCal! Where the average temperature is now about 100 degrees!
The first week without Elder Merriman has been a little strange!
It took a while to adjust to having three people together all the time, and now
we have to adjust back to only having two of us! Nothing too crazy happened
this week, but we have definitely seen many miracles!
One miracle happened when we had to park our car on the opposite
end of the apartment complex because they are repaving the roads inside! We
were pretty annoyed because we had to walk all the way back to our
apartment that night! But on our way home, we ran into a lady from China who
has been looking for a Christian church in the area! She was so excited to meet
us and was so excited to come to church with us! She actually lives just a few
buildings down from us on the same street! Unfortunately she had to work on Sunday, but
we're going by this week to visit with her!
This Saturday our Chinese group had a baptism! The Teng family has twins
that just turned eight. It's funny how much more things we need to do than
missionaries who are serving in an already established ward!! We were in charge
of printing and making copies of the programs, getting the key to the baptism
font, and then I was the chorister! But it was a lot of fun, and there were a
lot of people that come to support them!
Then Saturday night we went to Eastvale's "Picnic in the Park"!
Which was a big fair for the whole city! Saturday night was packed
full of people, so we went to go see if we could hand out our English class
cards to anyone! We ran into a bunch of members and investigators, so that was
a lot of fun! The had fireworks that started at 9:00, but
unfortunately we had to leave at 9 in order to be home on time. But we did get
to see a few on our way out!
Sunday was our Chinese sacrament meeting again! We had 58 people there,
which I think is a record high! There were maybe two empty seats in the Relief
Society room, and it was incredibly quiet too! Usually the kids and all the
whispering is extra loud because the room is so small, but this time it was
unusually reverent! Our stake president came to visit the Chinese group, and he
picked the perfect day to come! It was an amazing experience! It's so great to
see the progress our group is making! Hopefully after this next stake
conference, we'll meet the requirements for a branch!
This week I want to share the word for "gospel" in
Chinese, which is 福音。
福 means happiness, blessing, or good
fortune.
音 means sound, news or tidings.
I remember hearing the word "gospel" and not entirely
understanding what it meant, because in Hebrew (and Chinese!) it means good
news. We don't quite get that meaning in English word! But that's exactly what
it is! Good news! It's through the gospel of Jesus Christ that we are able to
find lasting happiness and peace in this life, and eternal joy in the life to
come. I'm grateful for a loving Heavenly Father that has provided a way for us
to go. He hasn't left us on our own! He's in each and every one of our lives.
I love and miss all of you! Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Warren
吴长老
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