This week has been good! We've had lots of lessons and member visits and it's been so good. Something I really love about this area is how involved the members are with the missionaries and with the work. They keep us really busy and I love it! One such member visit was with Si Hingdaih (Brother). Si Hingdaih meets us about once a week to do comp/language study with us, and it's pretty much my favorite part of the week because he's a Bible expert and he just tells us deep doctrines from the Bible (and how they're confirmed in the Book of Mormon), which is fun because 1. I love deep doctrine and 2. I really love the Bible (and the Book of Mormon. And D&C. And actually just all the scriptures?). It's a big challenge: when I don't understand what he's teaching us about the Bible, I have to fill in the gaps with my (limited) knowledge of Cantonese, and when I don't understand his Cantonese, I have to try to connect the dots with my (also pretty limited) Bible knowledge. It's mentally exhausting but SO FUN.
We also had a really good lesson with one of our investigators named Mr. Jeung. It was really cool to meet him and see how much the gospel means to him. He has a really hard family life (because he's raising a teenager and a 3-year-old by himself) and it was really awesome to watch him as he learned how Christ can help him. He already has such a testimony that this church is true and I'm so excited to keep working with him.
Yesterday we had a really cool meeting! It was a multi-stake conference with all 6 stakes in Hong Kong, as well as all of Taiwan. It was a broadcast from Salt Lake City especially for this area (President Nelson said that he was inspired to put it together after visiting Hong Kong a few weeks ago), and Elder Neil L. Andersen, Elder L. Whitney Clayton, Sister Bonnie H. Cordon, and Bishop W. Christopher Waddell all spoke to us. I was listening to the already translated version, and my Canto isn't THAT good yet, but from what I could understand, it was a lot about ministering and studying the scriptures. Kind of like a mini general conference, just for Hong Kong and Taiwan. :) Between Elder Stevenson visiting two months ago, President Nelson and Elder Holland visiting a few weeks ago, Elder Andersen being broadcast in yesterday, and Elder Bednar visiting Hong Kong in just a couple weeks, the work is really picking up here in Hong Kong, we can feel it! Exciting stuff!
Also I'd just like to announce to everyone that this is my first time being the American minority in my apartment and I'm loving it. I've been informed that I have an Australian sense of humor, I eat delicious Korean food all the time, and last week my life was changed by Australian Sipahh straws (Google 'em). Life is good.
Life is good and God is good. I'm so grateful for my mission and for the person that it's made me, and I'm glad that I get to keep working and keep changing and keep improving (and hopefully keep learning Cantonese, haha. Lots to learn). Keep praying and reading your scriptures--God is there and He's listening. Also give your local missionaries some love for me. :)
Love you all so much! Thanks for all the support. Gayauh!
Sister Wasden
郭姊妹
Pictures:
1. Burritos make us happy.
2. So we all decided that we wanted Mexican food (basically non-existent here), so this week my apartment splurged a little bit and made some homemade Cafe Rio! Pork barbocoa burritos, complete with REAL cheese (I haven't owned real cheese since coming to Hong Kong. Dairy is crazy expensive here) and horchata on the side. So. Good. Worth every penny.
3. The Bank of China tower, on our way back from district meeting.
4. Chilling on the beach :)
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