" No, we are not Jahovas" (said every missionary ever)

Two Previous Companions - Elder Martineau and Elder Bai

Well, we thought the remodeling was over but we were mistaken. 

They are now painting up a storm. Sometimes late when we get home, and sometimes even letter than that - 2:00 in the morning for instance. So we have taken necessary precautions, not only against the nightly remodeling, but also against the snoring.... We have some interesting sleeping habits in our apartment. 

We had another Sacrifice Saturday. Not many people are very enthusiastic about Sacrifice Saturday. It is a day where we all meet together talk about training and doctrine we need to learn/practice. Then we all break up and blitz an area in the zone (a blitz is when all the different missionaries go to another area to tract).

We were lucky enough to tract in our own area, and even more lucky to find three people with interest to learn more.

The most prominent of the bunch is Christy. We walked up to her home and there was a guy smoking on her lawn. We told him that we are missionaries and we help bring people closer to Christ. Before we could say more he told us he was not interested, so we asked him if he knew anybody in the area who could use an uplifting message or service and he said that the lady inside would like to talk to us. Right then she comes out and she seems happy to see us, but she asked if we are Jahova's Witnesses (we get this a lot, the people up here don't like them). To her remark we say no, and much like other people who ask us the same question, she invited us in and wanted to know more about what we had to share.

Me and My New Companion - Elder Wang

She was thankful that we were going around spreading the love of God. She told us that the knowledge of God helped change her life and guided her to her to where she is at today.

She expressed her distress about how her children were falling away from having faith in Christ and asked what made us want to come on a mission and we told her that we were able to obtain a knowledge and testimony of what we teach at our church. (I just realized that I may have been writing a little bit more than I originally planed sorry). This lead us to talk about how we have 2 hours at church: the first being Sacrament the most important part of church where we remember our Savior, Christ. The second is dedicated to us learning the Gospel among others things that we can take and apply to our lives. Then we explained how we now study at home as a family so that we may have a strong connection with those we love. To make this long story kinda short, she loved what we told her about our church and wanted to meet with us again.

Being a companion with Elder Wang has been a blast. He is sharp and witty and is surprisingly good at speaking English. Speaking of which we have already found several families who speak Mandarin Chinese and Elder Wang was able to make an awkward contact turn into a promising potential. He is on fire. 

1 Nephi 17:8

And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me, saying: Thou shalt construct a ship, after the manner which I shall show thee, that I may carry thy people across these waters.

Nephi was asked to build a boat, even though he has never seen the sea. He did not fear that he would not be able to do this. In fact he was ready and willing to do the will of the lord. 

Much like when Nephi was commanded to build a boat, I have been asked to do something that I previously thought impossible, but as I work and see the progress I have made in my grand adventure I can see that I have done many great and amazing through the power of Christ "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." (Philipians 4:13)

Sometimes when we start to do what the Lord asks of us we may not see the point or even the progress of his plan, but when we look back and see we have done something grand (like building a boat without knowing what a boat looks like) we can see that with the Lord on our side we are exactly where we need to be.

Thank you for all that you do, I am glad that you read about my experience and I hope it helps you grow your testimony.