7/25/2016
大家好!
This week was quite interesting to say the least! On Tuesday, we met
one of investigators, Brother Yang, at the park to practice some Tai Chi! Haha
I'm sure we all looked pretty ridiculous but it was a lot of fun! We met him
while walking around his neighborhood and he started coming to English class.
He told us how he has been doing Tai Chi for 22 years and has taught a lot of
people before! It was surprisingly difficult! It's all very slow and controlled
movements. He also came to church on Sundayand really
enjoyed it! He joined a Christian church in China and was looking for one out
here. So, it's a good thing we ran into him!
On Thursday we had our multi-zone conference in Riverside! It was a
really long day (7:00 am-4:30 pm), but it was amazing! I really enjoyed
President Mullen's training that he gave at the very end. He talked about
having the faith to baptize. He asked us if we each have the faith that the
Lord is preparing people to meet with us right now. Do we believe that there
are multiple people within our are who are ready and willing to listen to us? If we do believe
that, then how are we going to exercise our faith to find them? Elder Dyer and
I gave a short training on contacting referrals that we get from Church media (mormon.org,
temple square, etc...). We went through a bunch of scenarios of how not to go about
visiting these people! It was a lot of fun! I really enjoyed doing it.
After the multi-zone conference, we had to drive all the way out
to Hemet to go visit a family who had three foreign exchange students from
China staying with them. So we spent over an hour talking with three
14-year-old Chinese girls... It was definitely an unusual experience. None of
them were interested in church and thought it was really boring when they went
the Sundaybefore. But
we gave them both copies of the Book of Mormon and some pamphlets, so hopefully
they will have some interest later on. They go back to China this week, so we
won't need to drive all the way out there again!
Friday was also very interesting... We were supposed to exchange with
the Jurupa elders Thursday night, but because we were out in Hemet, we didn't get home
until really late. So we went by Friday morning to exchange
with them. It was a "Mission Heat Alert" day, which means the
temperature was over 100 degrees, so missionaries who are on bike are not
allowed to go out and work during the day unless they have a team-up driving
them around. I was with Elder Olsen back in Jurupa. Thankfully we didn't have
to bike for very much! We just had to get a ride over the the church building
where they had left their bikes and then bike back to the apartment! Even at 9:00 in the morning when
we were biking, it was really hot! Afterwards, we took them to a meeting they
had in Riverside and exchanged back the same afternoon!
Saturday was another exchange! We both went with the APs
in their ward.It was a little weird for both of us to be away from our area for
a full day, but it was a lot of fun to both be in the other ward! I went with
Elder Sy and it felt like we knocked on a ton of doors without much success!
When we had knocked on one door that nobody answered, we went to talk to this
old lady who was taking a break in the shad across the street. She was walking
home from the grocery store with a bunch of stuff, so we helped her carry the
groceries back home and they have a return appointment next week!
Sunday was our Chinese sacrament meeting again! These are probably my
favorite Sundays during the month! The Jiang family gave talks this week, and
their two kids gave them in English and their parents translated for them!
Their daughter is really smart and I felt so bad for her mom who was
translating! She used some really big words and really long sentences!
Thankfully I wasn't the one who had to translate for them!
Q was also confirmed this Sunday! I was able to confirm him in
Chinese, and it was an awesome experience! (I only made one pronunciation
mistake during the blessing, so I think that's an accomplishment haha!) We're
going over tonight to visit with them since they've been on vacation for two or
three weeks!
Well that's all for this week! It's pretty busy and this week is
going to be the same! We're working hard and seeing blessings each and every
day!
I love and miss you all!
Love,
吴长老
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