Ga tihng! (family!)

How are things going on the other side of the world? I like it so much that you can all read Sister Wilcox's blog. She is a much better writer than I am and I am sure hers are a much better read. But things are still doing pretty good here. Nothing to new has happened since the last time I wrote... just a painfully disappointing Sunday. 

During the week it seemed like things were going to turn out awesome on Sunday. I was thinking there was a possibility of having like 7 people come to church. Which would have been freakin awesome! Since we have only had a max of 2 investigators since I got here. I actually woke up last Thursday (which was our P-day) and the first thought in my head was... "Oh man... I cant wait till Sunday" So when Saturday night came around and we started calling everyone to remind them of church, there were at least 4 who cancelled on us. Boo. But I still had hope for 3 others coming to church! The time came for church and I was waiting anxiously. Tereace, a 14 year old that we contacted on the street came, but had to leave extra earlier for tutoring, so only got to go to Young Womens. and that was it. No one else came. at all. 

I was very disappointed to say the least. Our Elders have been rocking it. They had 7 investigators in sacrament meeting, and a baptism just yesterday.  It seems like we have been really good at finding investigators for other people to teach lately. Last week we did two turnovers, gave the Elders purple underwear man (Which I think that you know about from Sister Wilcox's blog), and taught a former investigator that at the end of our lesson we learned does not live in our area which means this week we will do yet another turn over lesson. 

So it has been rough... but what makes things worse is that this week Sister Yip has not answered any of our calls or texts. She answered one on Monday saying that King loves church and missed not going last Sunday, and then nothing the rest of the week. So after an awesome Zone Training on Friday, Sister Wilcox and I decided that we wanted to draw upon the powers of heaven. President Hawks as given us these 9 points that he got from a book Drawing on the Powers of Heaven. Each is supposed to increase our faith and help us become better missionaries. One of the points is choosing something to sacrifice to the Lord, and find joy in the sacrifice. So we brainstormed together eating our gummies we had just bought after zone training and decided that we were going to sacrifice sugar. So we put our gummies in a drawer in the fridge along with all the other treats and goodies that the members had given us and labeled it as Sister Yips baptismal celebration candy. We didn't realize how much sugary stuff we actually had till it was all piled up. There was alot! Sister Yip's baptism is planned for Sept. 22. We still have faith that she can make her date. We are not eating any sugar till she gets baptized. We want to help her sooooo badly. 

I know the Lord sees our sacrifice. I know that even though he didn't prove our faith this last Sunday. He soon will. Our faith just has to be tried first.  Sister Wilcox has been helping me out alot. Every time I get frustrated as to why I cant see the blessings flowing, she helps me see the bigger picture. I am so grateful that she is my companion. I am also so grateful that God allows our faith to be tried. It only makes us stronger. He knows we need to learn and grow. This mission is truly turning me into the person that he wants me to become. 

I love you all!

Shea