"Reverence is more than just quietly sitting
It's biking at top speed all day.
Sharing this gospel message with all men,
Testifying at the top of your lungs!"
(Copyright Elder Meanea 2018)
Monday, 26 February 2018
Quite an interesting P-Day, we mostly just got some groceries done and did the stuff that we needed to get ready for the rest of the week. Besides that, we had a fun family home evening with a family of converts in our ward. Most of them have been baptized in the last 3 years. A family of a mom, a son, and four daughters are all converts, and it was fun to have Family Home Evening with them. We also went and ate some Sweet Potato ice cream from a convenience store, which was another plus for the day.
Tuesday, 27 February 2018
We got to go meet with Sister Xu, our convert, for the first time in a while. The Bishop's wife also went with us to visit her and her husband. She is doing good, but right now she has a work that keeps her from coming to church on Sundays, dangit. But she is very welcoming to us coming over and sharing the scriptures with us. I was so happy to finally see her! She has been quite busy lately, and each time we tried to set up with her it always seemed to fall through. We also got to meet briefly with a woman we talked to on the road last Sunday. She was looking for a church that was closer to her house, and she happens to live not very far from our chapel. She is really interested in getting her daughter to church. Sometimes people just pop out of nowhere!
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
We met with a skeptical man today named Chen. We taught him all about his Heavenly Father, and we could all feel the Spirit in the room. He had some questions and doubts, but we tried to testify really sincerely that through learning the Gospel of Jesus Christ, he can come to know for himself that Heavenly Father exists. In the end, he admitted that he felt something, and said he'd be willing to try. To at least try. Which honestly is all that Heavenly Father asks of us. He just asks us to try as hard as we can to come closer to Him.
Thursday, 1 March 2018
Today was a very spiritual District Training meeting. We started talking about how to work with Members, but the conversation drifted more towards the question of "How do we feel successful as missionaries?" A few members of our district admitted that they found it hard to feel good about their missionary work since we are all literally falling incredibly short of the Glory of God each day. As a missionary, this seems more obvious as we try to be as Christ-like as possible, and realize how much we really aren't. That can lead to feelings of discouragement, which is a very powerful de-motivator, and something I have had to learn how to deal with. It all really comes to believing that Jesus is the Christ, our Savior and Redeemer. We will all make mistakes, sometimes large ones, but the entire purpose of life is to repent. To learn to love repentance and He who makes it possible. 3 Nephi 27:13-22 are the Savior's own words about His Gospel and how we should approach our daily repentance. Please go read it and really think about what this means to you, every day. I know that as I come to more fully know the Savior, the more I reach out for the repentance every day to draw me closer to Him.
Friday, 2 March 2018
We had a bit of weekly planning this morning and then went to the mall to meet with Sister Wang, a former investigator that I personally have run into at least 4 times just at different places on the street. We got to sit down and talk about her life for a little bit, and she told us how she is not really satisfied with her place in life right now, and we got to testify about how the Gospel might not change our circumstances, but it will always change who we are and make us happier. It was a really good meeting. We also contacted a man going into the mall who had a nice beard. He said that he could meet us the next day to learn a bit about our message, which lead to another cool miracle!
Saturday, 3 March 2018
Because today we went to the mall and he wasn't there. He didn't show, so we started walking back towards our bikes. We passed a woman sitting on a bench and complimented her bag, which was pretty cool. As we started talking, we found out that she met missionaries before, a year ago, when Elder Fanning's trainer served in this area, and she knew him pretty well. She took us into the mall and bought us some drinks while we talked, and agreed to learn more about the Gospel. And we wouldn't have even been at the mall if that man hadn't agreed to meet us and stood us up! You never know the "small and simple things" that God does to bless His children.
Sunday, 4 March 2018
We had stake conference today at which President Teh spoke about missionary work. We were pretty happy about that. We then contacted a bunch of people just on the way home that were willing to meet with us. It's incredible to see the people that are all around us that God is preparing. We also got a call this week from a member out of the blue who has a friend who wants to meet with the missionaries! That is honestly one of the best kind of phone calls to get! We are going to meet with her friend tonight, so you can all know how that goes next week!
I know that Faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior is really the only thing that can carry us through every trial in life. It is the only thing that will help us overcome our own sins, mistakes, weaknesses, insecurities, wounds, sorrows, and every other ill. I believe that Jesus Christ died for us, and that if we are willing to reach out, we will find Him there.
-Elder Meanea
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