10/3/2016
大家好!
This week was soooo slow until the weekend! It seemed like
nothing was working out for us. I can't count how many weeks happen like this,
where the Lord waits until the very last minute to bless us! Maybe there's
something I still need to learn!
As of this past week, we cover two proselyting areas! Due to a
lack of Chinese-speaking missionaries, we cover both Eastvale and the UCR
college campus areas! We spend 1.5 days over at the UCR campus and the rest of
the week at Eastvale. It's been pretty slow since we're starting with
absolutely nothing! They all just got back in school, so we have to find a lot
of new investigators! Since Elder Zeng has served there before and will be
coming back to Eastvale when I leave, we got to go on exchanges with him to
start working in UCR! I went with him Wednesday and Thursday this week to go walk around
on the campus. We also teach an English class there every Friday night, so Elder
Yang and I will have to split up to teach that!
This Friday was our multizone conference and it was sooo long! We had
to be at the church at 7:00 am and we didn't leave until around 4:30 pm! It was a
super spiritual experience, though! At the end, we had a testimony meeting and
all the new missionaries and the ones that are leaving go up and bear their
testimonies. It was a super weird feeling. My head knows that I only have a few
weeks left, but it doesn't feel like it's happening yet. I also sang a musical
number with a sister missionary who goes home next transfer. We sang "God
Be With You 'Til We Meet Again". Quite a few people started crying! Haha
And then this weekend was General Conference! I loved it so
much! I was thinking about what I wanted to share, but I couldn't pick a single
talk that I liked the most. They were all amazing! The trending theme seemed to
be true repentance and truly coming to know our Savior! I loved the member of
the Seventy (his name was really long and Japanese so I don't remember it haha)
that talked about being ambitious for Christ! I've been reading through Alma
and it's amazing to see as the people were following Christ, giving their all,
the Lord blessed them! He didn't just make the Lamanites *poof* and disappear,
even though He could have, but He gave them the strength to keep going and keep
fighting. I think of the stripling warriors, where none of them were killed in
battle because of their strong faith, but all of them were
wounded. We're going to receive our own wounds, physical and spiritual, but
that's why we have the Atonement. There's no scar or wound that our Savior's sacrifice
can't heal! I also loved the talks on the Book of Mormon. The stories inside it
have come alive for me these past two years. I get excited when I get to read
from it every morning. It's changed my life and I love sharing it with others
because I know it will change their lives as well! I hope all of you will take
some time every day, it doesn't have to be long, to strengthen or develop your
testimony of the Book of Mormon. It's the word of God and has a power to help
us face our lives towards the Savior.
When names are translated into Chinese, they often do the
translation by sound. The word for Christ is 基督. Before a week or so ago, I hadn't really thought about what
each individual character meant. 基 means a foundation,
or base. 督 means a governor,
or to oversee, to superintend. Christ is the foundation of all that we do, of
everything we have, and of everything we are. It is through His sacrifice that
we can become someone better. He is also the head of His church. He is watching
over us and guiding His work on this earth. If we are built on His foundation
then we have no need to fear because He will lead us. I love my Savior and His
doctrine. I'm striving every day to apply the Atonment!
I love and miss you all!
Love,
Elder Warren
吴长老
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