and love them too.
The spirit whispers "Go teach them!"
and then I go and do,
And then I go and do!
(Copyright Elder Meanea 2017, also starting to consider if I want all these copyrights attached to my name)
Monday, 26 June 2017
It was kind of a sad P-Day to be honest. Much too much pain. Elder Densley and Sister Jones did what's called the "Duoduo challenge." You drink 20 tiny bottles of this yogurt stuff. It was Elder Densley's idea yesterday, and told us he threw up 8 times last time he tried, and so obviously that seemed like a great activity to half our district. I just videoed the whole thing. They made it and were in great pain the rest of the day. So it was really depressing to watch them... but then we made it to mission time! We had a lesson with Wang again. He's still crazy, and it's still super hard to keep him on track. But there was a moment in there where I got to bare testimony of the Plan of Salvation, and he just listened really intently, and I could feel the Spirit testify in the room, which I'm really grateful for. It was so great.
It was kind of a sad P-Day to be honest. Much too much pain. Elder Densley and Sister Jones did what's called the "Duoduo challenge." You drink 20 tiny bottles of this yogurt stuff. It was Elder Densley's idea yesterday, and told us he threw up 8 times last time he tried, and so obviously that seemed like a great activity to half our district. I just videoed the whole thing. They made it and were in great pain the rest of the day. So it was really depressing to watch them... but then we made it to mission time! We had a lesson with Wang again. He's still crazy, and it's still super hard to keep him on track. But there was a moment in there where I got to bare testimony of the Plan of Salvation, and he just listened really intently, and I could feel the Spirit testify in the room, which I'm really grateful for. It was so great.
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
Today was a super busy, super cool miracle day. It started as we were tracting and ran into a cool kid who was home and let us in to teach for a bit. He was super ripped as well, but he didn't beat us up. And then on the roads I've been trying to work on being more bold with approaching people, and on our way to visit a former investigator we saw a guy on the side of the road who I almost passed, but then then pulled off and talked to. He was super surprised because he is from China and also a Christian. He was super happy to meet fellow brothers! We shared with him the Book of Mormon, and he was super interested, but had to start going back to China that day. His name was Chris Li. I fully expect he is going to find the church and I'll meet Stake President Li when I go on a senior mission to China. And then we met with the Buddhist master Shifu who fed us food and she asked us about missions before we went with a few ward members to visit a part member family in the mountains. So today was super great!
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Go. Find. Teach. I did the going and finding bit today, not much teaching, but that's okay! It was a classic, hard-working day, which I really enjoyed. I've done a lot more tracting here than in any of my other areas. There are just a lot of people and actual homes you can find. I felt like nobody actually lived in my precious areas. But here "All the light touches is our kingdom." "But what's that big building place over there Elder Densley?" "That is a Buddhist monastery, you must never go there." *Makes plans to go visit monks the next day* Anyways. Not much to report for today except that the Church is really true and beans taste great on ice cream.
Thursday, 29 June 2017
Just a very busy and full day. We had district meeting, which is always good, and then took possibly our last picture together as a district. Most likely Sister Jones and Elder Densley are leaving, and it's very possible for me to go senior companion here! So scary!! But anyways, we were going to go outside after, but a mini-burst moved in, blew our bikes nearly out the parking lot, and forced us back inside for companion study. After study we went tracting and found a Buddhist monk that told us life is fake and nothing is real. We said that was cool and asked if he needed help with his fake lawn, he said we could come back later, so we'll see how that goes. And lastly we visited the house of a family whose dad is less active, just looking for service opportunities, and they seemed to really appreciate us coming by.
Friday, 30 June 2017
You guessed it, I'm not even going to say it (weekly planning). After which was some contacting time, followed by dinner with Carole the recent convert at her friends house. They made us some really good curry rice and invited both us and the sisters over. Afterwards all we had time for was to run over to Wang's house and have a quick sit down with him and see how he's doing on commitments. His son keeps blocking us on his phone for some reason, so we just stopped by to talk to him, and we sat down for about a half hour. He said he has Christian friends who say we're a cult, and us saying we're the restored Gospel and he doesn't know who to listen to. So he accepted an invitation to pray about it tonight, and we'll be praying as well. And that's about it for today.
Saturday, 1 July 2017
Oh boy. I've really done it now. It's all over folks. We're fried, totally fried. But before I go into that, today was great! We went up to Mr. Xiao's house and caught him just before he left. He remembers everything we've taught him and still likes and remembers us! I'm always afraid with his mind issues he has whether or not he's getting what we're saying. But he said we could come back on Monday to teach the Plan of Salvation to him finally! He actually told us last time that when he had his car accident he died for a little while and went to "heaven" and saw his mom there, who passed away a long time ago. He says that she told him he couldn't stay, that he had things to do and he had to go back to living. So we'll be quite thrilled to let him know exactly why his mom told him to come back. And then we got fed twice today! One was noodles and intestines and the other was a good-old hot pot, so that was really fun. All the members here are great. And we also had a youth basketball activity that got a little rained out, but the young men still wanted to play, so we did for about a half hour, getting totally soaked in the process. It was super fun! And well, to finish off the night, my life-disrupting text came. From the President formally known as Teh. He said I WILL BE TRAINING A NEW MISSIONARY HELP ME WHAT IS MY LIFE WHY WOULD THEY LET ME DO THIS WHOSE IDEA WAS THIS ALSO- (splutters into silence as I realize that no amount of CAPS LOCK typing is going to help the situation at all.) Yes, I have no idea what I'm doing. IF the parents of my future trainee ever end up reading this don't tell him I was freaked out. Just say I was super cool about it and he should have total confidence in my amazing-ness as a missionary. (Just joking, all we need is the Spirit and we'll be fine. Good thing it's not up to me or this island would burn) So, I'm going to go to bed pondering my life choices now. I'll talk to you all tomorrow.
Sunday, 2 July 2017
It's tomorrow. Still freaking out. Oh well. I'm just going to try and follow the Spirit and not burn our area to the ground. Cheers. :-) Sunday was really fast. We basically went to meetings, said goodbye to a lot of people, including Shifu who cried when Elder Densley left, and then we had a great last supper at Tang Mama's. I can't really walk. I'm waddling. So fat.
So, all in all, it's been a great week! I am actually so super excited to meet my new trainee! It's a day I thought should never come, but it has. I constantly reflect on 2 Nephi 32:3, and how the Words of Christ will always provide us with the Spirit we need to do those acts that God has planned for us. That has become my life work on my mission. 1. Be God's reliable tool, and 2. Love with all I've got. I know if I do that, my mission will be all every needs it to be. I love you family and friends!
-Elder Meanea
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