Typhoon."
(Copyright Elder Meanea 2017)
Monday, 9 October 2017
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
We finished the exchange and I met back up with Elder Yang, and then that night we had a lesson with Brother Zhong, who is still working on some commandment problems. But the amazing thing to me is that we asked him how it was going, and he said he had been praying to try and figure out a way to keep the specific commandment he was having a problem with. It was so incredible to me. He wasn't whining saying the commandment was dumb, or trying to find an excuse why he shouldn't have to obey it, he was truly trying to figure out a way to do the Lord's will. That was an eye-opening moment for me, and I wondered how often I asked the Lord how I could keep His commandments better.
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Elder Yang and I held our first Zone conference today! It was a little bit stressful, but we had a good time, and we received a lot of great instruction and President seemed to like our training! Most importantly, it felt like the Spirit was there, which is the most important part of any meeting or teaching appointment. If there is no Spirit, the Lord is not there in our work, and I know that we need Him so badly. We gave a training on improving our teaching skills, which I thought was pretty important, because every opportunity we have to teach our brothers and sister the Gospel is very sacred, and basically pre-arranged in Heaven.
Friday, 13 October 2017
We had a meeting with Elder Steven R. Snow of the Seventy, which was really cool! They talked a lot about history and other things, and it was really interesting to see that records are just as important today as they were in Book of Mormon times. Just as those records were preserved to strengthen our testimonies, so our records should serve to uplift the generations that come after us. We also had another exchange tonight. I worked with Elder Barney from Shizhong. It was cool because I took him contacting his first night on Island when he came, and now we're doing exchanges together! He is a great Elder and we had a lot of fun together. And worked, obviously.
Saturday, 14 October 2017
Today was mostly taken up by planning and the exchange, but the cool miracle I saw today was Elder Barney's companion, Elder George. It was amazing to see him so concerned about doing better as a missionary and trying to help his district do the same, since he is the district leader. It's just a miracle to see the Lord take us regular teenagers, and in the process of a few months, if we're willing, He'll make us a lot more like His Son than we thought we could.
Sunday, 15 October 2017
A miracle! Our baptismal candidate Sister Xu came to church today, but after sacrament her 7-year-old son wanted to leave and started crying and causing a problem. But she needed to stay at church! Elder Yang and I tried frantically to think of some way to calm him down, but then a sister that is pretty good with kids swooped in and convinced him to go play with all the other primary children in Primary. Afterwards he told us he really liked it, and Sister Xu stayed for the whole 3 hours! After meetings we met with Steven, a new investigator, who is super smart and had a really cool lesson about our Father in Heaven. He really got what the message was about, and I'm excited to see him progress in Knowledge of the Gospel.
And that's another week. I can't believe it, but it has passed, and I'm excited to find the miracles every day that the Lord is preparing for us. My love and prayers are with you family and friends, have a good one!
-Elder Meanea
A good P-Day in which most of the time was spent playing basketball with Elder Yang and the Elders from Xiaogang. That was pretty fun. It's interesting how God will put people in your path that you're supposed to meet. While we were at the court, a lawyer by the name of Mr. Cai came up and talked to me and we started discussing religion. It didn't really turn out to anything that I knew of, but at least he hopefully got to feel some of God's love that day. The rest of the night was on the street contacting!
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
I went on my first exchange today with Elder Miller from Cuihua! It was really fun. I traveled to his area, and we mostly had a day of contacting. We found a guy on the side of the road that we were just going to pass by, but had a feeling to stop and talk, and he ended up having a lot of interest. I hope they get to meet with him! It's amazing to realize that God's children are everywhere you look, especially as a missionary.
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
I went on my first exchange today with Elder Miller from Cuihua! It was really fun. I traveled to his area, and we mostly had a day of contacting. We found a guy on the side of the road that we were just going to pass by, but had a feeling to stop and talk, and he ended up having a lot of interest. I hope they get to meet with him! It's amazing to realize that God's children are everywhere you look, especially as a missionary.
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
We finished the exchange and I met back up with Elder Yang, and then that night we had a lesson with Brother Zhong, who is still working on some commandment problems. But the amazing thing to me is that we asked him how it was going, and he said he had been praying to try and figure out a way to keep the specific commandment he was having a problem with. It was so incredible to me. He wasn't whining saying the commandment was dumb, or trying to find an excuse why he shouldn't have to obey it, he was truly trying to figure out a way to do the Lord's will. That was an eye-opening moment for me, and I wondered how often I asked the Lord how I could keep His commandments better.
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Elder Yang and I held our first Zone conference today! It was a little bit stressful, but we had a good time, and we received a lot of great instruction and President seemed to like our training! Most importantly, it felt like the Spirit was there, which is the most important part of any meeting or teaching appointment. If there is no Spirit, the Lord is not there in our work, and I know that we need Him so badly. We gave a training on improving our teaching skills, which I thought was pretty important, because every opportunity we have to teach our brothers and sister the Gospel is very sacred, and basically pre-arranged in Heaven.
Friday, 13 October 2017
We had a meeting with Elder Steven R. Snow of the Seventy, which was really cool! They talked a lot about history and other things, and it was really interesting to see that records are just as important today as they were in Book of Mormon times. Just as those records were preserved to strengthen our testimonies, so our records should serve to uplift the generations that come after us. We also had another exchange tonight. I worked with Elder Barney from Shizhong. It was cool because I took him contacting his first night on Island when he came, and now we're doing exchanges together! He is a great Elder and we had a lot of fun together. And worked, obviously.
Saturday, 14 October 2017
Today was mostly taken up by planning and the exchange, but the cool miracle I saw today was Elder Barney's companion, Elder George. It was amazing to see him so concerned about doing better as a missionary and trying to help his district do the same, since he is the district leader. It's just a miracle to see the Lord take us regular teenagers, and in the process of a few months, if we're willing, He'll make us a lot more like His Son than we thought we could.
Sunday, 15 October 2017
A miracle! Our baptismal candidate Sister Xu came to church today, but after sacrament her 7-year-old son wanted to leave and started crying and causing a problem. But she needed to stay at church! Elder Yang and I tried frantically to think of some way to calm him down, but then a sister that is pretty good with kids swooped in and convinced him to go play with all the other primary children in Primary. Afterwards he told us he really liked it, and Sister Xu stayed for the whole 3 hours! After meetings we met with Steven, a new investigator, who is super smart and had a really cool lesson about our Father in Heaven. He really got what the message was about, and I'm excited to see him progress in Knowledge of the Gospel.
And that's another week. I can't believe it, but it has passed, and I'm excited to find the miracles every day that the Lord is preparing for us. My love and prayers are with you family and friends, have a good one!
-Elder Meanea
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