Hello
hello,
Man, what a week – fast, busy,
rainy, cold, and everything in between!
Well, may I just say Emma, one of
our investigators from China, is golden. She is amazing, and our Chinese
teaching pool keeps multiplying and replenishing because they keep bringing
friends. We may have to rent out a theatre or something soon. Jokes, but yeah,
it’s getting pretty crowded.
But Emma is so good. She reads the
Book of Mormon every day, she prays, she understands things so well, and is
very much looking forward to her baptism on the 9th of November. We had dinner
with her, her friend Neil, and some members on Saturday and had a good time. At
the end we shared the Restoration DVD in Chinese. Afterwards we asked them how
they felt. And Neil put it very simply by saying, “I am covered in sunshine”
haha. They came to church the next day and it was good. We are seeing them three times this week – another
dinner with more members, I believe. The ward really likes her. So I am over
the moon about all of that.
The only put-off
for her was when we showed her the baptismal font at the end of church
yesterday and there were like 10 dead spiders in the bottom. You could tell she was kind of concerned
about that haha. Woops.
The only put-off
for her was when we showed her the baptismal font at the end of church
yesterday and there were like 10 dead spiders in the bottom. You could tell she was kind of concerned
about that haha. Woops.
We had a couple exchanges this week.
On one of them I went to a place called Lowestoft on the coast – really nice
town. I was with Elder Bright who is in
his third transfer. We had some powerful lessons. One was with a lady named
Carmen. She has investigated for a few months now, loves the Book of Mormon,
but hasn’t been able to stop smoking. We really didn’t know where the lesson
was going while we were with her. She got really mad about how she is so
stressed and how she doesn’t really want to come to church and all these things.
While listening to her I felt really prompted to just tell her to relax, so I
did. And I kept going on about how the gospel is there to help us find peace,
and that really she doesn’t need to get all worked up about things in her life
and that she needs to look at all of the good. Boom! The spirit was there and
it was powerful. She looked at us for a second and then I said how she just
smokes because she is stressed and if she just relaxes a bit and enjoys life
she won’t smoke. Hit the nail on the head. I am so grateful for the spirit. It
can literally fill our mouths in the moment we need it. We just need to be
worthy and listen.
Other than that this week was up and
down. So much is going on and we are really trying to get this zone to reach
its full potential. It is certainly a task but we are working at it.
Here are a couple pictures of the
meals I have had this week. I didn’t know what else to take a picture of.
Elder
Purdy
