General Update

Another week come and gone in the blink of an eye.

How was your week?

This week was great! We got to teach two of the part member families we have been trying to work with. We have had to have lots of patience scheduling them because of New Years. One is a less active members husband, they are both SUPER nice. The member has a great testimony, she just has to work alot. She wants us to teach her husband, but it just took her a while to find time for us to visit. Then the Leung Family have been busy the last couple of weeks because of New Years. But Leung Hingdaih, I think that I have told you about him before, the family all says that he has no interest in the church. He wont listen to his wife or three daughters when they bring up the gospel, but when we go over to visit "Leung Jimuih" we just invite him on over and he will listen to us. We have taught him now three times. He participates in the lessons, but anytime we invite him to pray with his wife he just laughs. But he came to sacrament meeting a couple of weeks ago to listen to one of his daughters give a talk. Sister Palmer and I were SO excited. It was his first time EVER coming to church. He said that his family doesnt like church. We think that is why he has been so against learning about it for so long. But this last week we had a great lesson about why we need Jesus Christ. The spirit was strong, and even though Leung Hingdaih still didnt have a large reaction to it, he is opening up more and more. :)

We had scheduled several new investigators this week, but called the day of our appointments and cancelled saying it was to cold. Which this last week it was. It was SUPER cold. We were wearing leggings and tights, two sweaters plus my raincoat and big coat. It is really only like 40 degrees F, but the humidity is like 97%, which = freezing. But it is already heating up again and is a really nice temperature. So all the new investigators that cancelled we will just see this week. I am excited to start teaching them. :)

Someone we gave a flyer to, called us last monday after emailing telling us that we left a good impression with him and thinks that we were really happy people and wanted to meet with us! I remembered him. He was an older dad who was pulling a 6 yr old son behind him. When we went up to contact him he said he was busy cause he had to take his son back to foster care. The little boy didnt want to go at all. He was crying and trying to run down into the train platform below. It was a really sad situation, and it broke my heart. We were only able to give him a flyer. But he called, wanting to change his life! So we did a turnover lesson to the Tuen Muen Elders and they were able to give him a baptismal date right there in the first lesson!!! I am so excited for him. :)

Erica and Vanessa are both progressing really well as of now. They are both reading and praying. They both have a large desire to develop their testimonies. Vanessa should be baptized March 23, and we are going to give Erica a date this week. She had a date before, but dropped off the face of the earth after they taught the Sabbeth day. But we were able to reschedule her and have been helping her re build the basics. Her testimony truly is growing, and she really wants to keep the Sabbath day holy.

We have been fortunate to work with a couple of LA's this week as well that said that they will come to church next week. :) Choi Lai Wah jimuih has changed SO much. We really cant believe how much she has softened. All that she has needed is someone to care about her and be her friend. The other LA Cheuk jimuih, we taught awhile back on Christmas with her non-member husband. Yesterday when we taught her, her husband had to work, but she came up with no excuses as to why she couldnt come to church next week. Before it was that her baby was to small, but he is six months old now, and she is ok to take him out. See that little baby made me think of the little nephews I havent met yet. I cant wait to meet them!

Our members have been playing a really big part this week. The ward is starting a 40 day family fast this week, where every family will fast a certain day for 40 days. We now have about 80 BOMs with our members testimonies written inside. They are communicating with our investigators without us asking them to. They are doing AWESOME! Our investigators know about activities that we dont even know about. Our members know how some of them are doing better than we do. For example with Mandy (the one we taught tithing to and she stopped meeting with us) we havent been able to call her. But our members can call her and chat like real pals. In fact one of our ward missionaries is going to go with Mandy to visit and help her little sister who is sick.

The work is really progressing. The Lord truly is doing great things in Butterfly. I love this area so much. Couldn't be happier I'd say.
:)

I love you all!