This has been an amazing week, one that has been blazing hot both literally and figuratively!
We have seen some incredible things happen to us this past week, one of which I count as one of the biggest miracles on my mission to date.
I contacted a Chinese woman named Rebecca Wong on an exchange last week, and managed to set up a time for a return appointment for this Wednesday. We met with her at the Pacific Chapel downtown, and she blew us away! She informed us that she previously met with a Senior Missionary Couple, who shared with her many of the lessons and helped her to gain more of an understanding of the gospel. She brought along her copy of the Gospel Principles manual to our lesson, which she has already read and understands many of the principles contained therein in detail! We began teaching her the first lesson, and responded to most every comment we made with "I know!" She especially loves the idea of the Plan of Salvation, and what it means for her young family. She has two very young boys, and she admitted to us that she wants them to be raised in the church.
Then, the moment came...we invited her to be baptized, and she said YES! We have tentatively scheduled her baptismal date for October 7th! We are thrilled and so grateful for Heavenly Father's help in bringing about this incredible miracle. We will further our discussions with her, and try this week to find a way to get her to church! Please keep her in your prayers; a baptism for the Chinese program doesn't happen very often!
I also had to opportunity to go on another exchange this week, this time with Elder Teriitahi. He is a great Elder, and has an impeccable sense of his area and his purpose as both a trainer and a missionary. We did service at a kitchen for the homeless as well as taught several lessons to potential investigators and recent converts in the Spanish Program. It was a lot of fun! I am truly honored to be leading all of the missionaries in my district. They are all incredible! We got to attend many of the baptismal services for each other's investigators this week, which is really helping us to keep unified.
I contacted a Chinese woman named Rebecca Wong on an exchange last week, and managed to set up a time for a return appointment for this Wednesday. We met with her at the Pacific Chapel downtown, and she blew us away! She informed us that she previously met with a Senior Missionary Couple, who shared with her many of the lessons and helped her to gain more of an understanding of the gospel. She brought along her copy of the Gospel Principles manual to our lesson, which she has already read and understands many of the principles contained therein in detail! We began teaching her the first lesson, and responded to most every comment we made with "I know!" She especially loves the idea of the Plan of Salvation, and what it means for her young family. She has two very young boys, and she admitted to us that she wants them to be raised in the church.
Then, the moment came...we invited her to be baptized, and she said YES! We have tentatively scheduled her baptismal date for October 7th! We are thrilled and so grateful for Heavenly Father's help in bringing about this incredible miracle. We will further our discussions with her, and try this week to find a way to get her to church! Please keep her in your prayers; a baptism for the Chinese program doesn't happen very often!
I also had to opportunity to go on another exchange this week, this time with Elder Teriitahi. He is a great Elder, and has an impeccable sense of his area and his purpose as both a trainer and a missionary. We did service at a kitchen for the homeless as well as taught several lessons to potential investigators and recent converts in the Spanish Program. It was a lot of fun! I am truly honored to be leading all of the missionaries in my district. They are all incredible! We got to attend many of the baptismal services for each other's investigators this week, which is really helping us to keep unified.
Among other activities, we've visited a few of our members this week (especially Wu Mama, and elderly woman in our branch who always needs help around the house), and had a lot of yummy food as a result of departing missionaries and transfers. Chinese people really like to eat when people are leaving!
That's the other big news this week...Transfers! I will be staying in San Francisco until further notice (probably for as long as I was in Union City), but Elder Ho has been called to serve as a trainer, and will be leaving tomorrow to re-open the Chinese Elders Area in Oakland! We now cover THREE areas in the mission. I will miss working with him, and the fact that he knows the bus schedule like the back of his hand.
As for my new companion...its not so much a new one as it is going back to old times. ELDER LI and I will be reunited for another transfer together. I was honestly shocked to have my trainer back in my mission life so soon, but here we go again! We will see how it goes!
I love you all! Have an amazing week, and say a few prayers for those literally in the eye of the Hurricane that is facing Texas right now!
Wo Ai NiMen!
Elder Butters (Bao ZhangLao)
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