Family!

Oh how I miss you all! It has been a long long week since our Pday is today instead of Monday. We got to go to the temple today and it was lovely. I love the temple so much. It was so relaxing. I feel so refreshed afterwards and ready to take on the Hong Kong people!

There has been so much that has happened, I wish I could just make a phone call instead of writing everything down... but alas... Christmas is 6 months away.

This week we got to meet Sister Lu (I changed her name, cause i think it would be better just in case anyone visits HK). It was really a miracle that we found her. Every night we usually call all of our investigators and then usually randomly select a few from our less active names. Sister Choi just happened to choose Sister Lu's name and sister Lu was willing to meet with us! She has been a less active for a really really long time. She was baptized when she was 16, went to church two Sunday's after her baptism and stopped going to church after that. She is now 46. She said the ward didnt even look for her, but she didnt have a cell phone then. She has had a really hard life. She got married young and had one child, then her husband started beating her so they got a divorce. A few years later she lived with her boyfriend and had two other kids together. One night she came home drunk and her boyfriend said I dont ever want to see you again and left her and the 3 kids. She was a single mom with no job or much education. She turned to selling her body and doing money scams. Recently she got all of her money stolen from some online scam. The police found out about her money fraud and she is going to prison sometime in the upcoming months. She opened up to us and told us everything about her life. (Not like I could understand all of it... but Sister Choi translated to me after...) Sister Lu had already met with the Bishop and is going through a rough repentance process. We asked if there was anything else we could do for her, but she said she just really wanted us to meet her son. So this last Sunday we went over to their house in the afternoon.

I had been fasting last Sunday, cause I REALLY wanted some investigators. We have been here a month now and still dont have any progressing investigators... so I thought I would try "waxing strong in prayer and fasting". I thought that the opportunity to meet Sister Lu's son would be awesome and maybe we could start teaching him. But when we went over and Sister Lu yelled for her son to come out, he came out angrily saying how he told her not to force him into anything and stormed out of the house. I was kinda sad... but I decided I would just focus on Sister Lu. Then while we were talking to her, Sister Lu's daughter Liz came out from the back room! She is also a non-member! Her mom had said that she goes to a different church down in Central called "The Fight", but Liz sat and talked with us and listened and participated in the lesson! And then said she would meet with us the next day at the chapel!!!! Liz is super awesome! She said that she wants to serve a mission... but I think she just wants to go abroad.... but dont worry... we will help her see what a mission is really about. :) The Lord answers prayers. He is kinda awesome. More like freakin awesome! He totally blessed us with the opportunity to meet Sister Lu and Liz. I will update you on how they do in the upcoming week. :)

Carolyn, the investigator that the Elders turned over to us, is kinda stuck at a standstill. She is no longer progressing. She already knows everything! This last lesson we talked about temple marriage and she informed us that if the temple doesnt allow dogs in she is not getting married in the temple. ..... yeah. In time I think she will change. She just needs to WAKE UP AND GET HER BUTT TO CHURCH!!! That seems to be a problem with alot of people I work with. In my last area and this area. Speaking of my last area... Remember Nicky, the girl we found who was drunk, I talked to the Sheung Shui sisters and it turns out she has a baptismal date! I cant remember when it is... but she has one! I am so excited for her!

Well I hope that everyone has a wonderful 4th of July! I will be here. Walking the streets of Hong Kong. I agree with Kelsie, people are much nicer when you just look like a lost tourist. But it is still all good! On the 4th we are meeting with Ms. Wong and her daughter Alex (who loves Jesus). Hopefully it will turn into something...

One of our members is going to Utah next week. Her name is Carol, she is one of the strongest people I think that I have ever met. But she said if i wanted to send something with her i could... So I might just send something. i will give her your email and number so she can get a hold of you. She is going to look for a house in American Fork. she is planning on moving her family over there in the upcoming months. I will let you know next week if I give her something.

But for now I love you all!

Shea

                                                            

                                 

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                       Our ward missionaries! (Me, Sister Choi, Elder Allen, and Elder Peterson)