It's already p-day again! As always, I'm having a lot of fun here in the MTC. Sister Bostwick and I taught completely in Canto for the first time last Saturday! Our "investigator" in the TA is the husband of one of the Mandarin/Canto teachers in the MTC and he's from Macau. He's so fun! I just loved it! Our task in the beginning was to eat and share a message, and then, we taught him Lesson 1 on the Restoration. The whole lesson was seriously a miracle! My comp was speaking Canto and she wasn't hesitating or struggling . . . I remember just looking over at her in shock as she was teaching cause the night before, we were having some major issues. I can't believe I'm speaking Canto either. LOL there were some times when he would just look at me like huh? but for the most part, we were able to communicate with him. AND the most important part is that the Spirit was so THERE. Each time I bear my testimony in the TA, I always end up crying and my poor companion has to figure out what to do hahaha! It's amazing! AND I saw Dar in the TA last Saturday! As soon as Sister Bostwick and I came out of our room, there she was! I was so shocked that I could barely say anything but "Hey! Ligo haih ngohge muimui!" to my just-as-shocked elders, and then my comp was like you should hug her! LOL! It was fun seeing her for like one minute.
Well, now that we're more than halfway through our stay here, every companionship switched senior comps so now I'm the senior one. And Sister Bostwick is the coordinating sister. It doesn't really mean much to both of us cause we work together so well and I just love her!
Each Sunday, the branch president randomly chooses two missionaries to speak in sacrament meeting based on a Christlike attribute from Preach My Gospel, usually one elder and one sister. Last Sunday was my turn along with Elder Ling . . . I only remember cause everyone was like it's the ABCs haha! I'm so glad I actually really REALLY prepared for once, and I absolutely loved it! I love speaking in sacrament meeting! The week's attribute was knowledge, and I shared a little bit of Dad's conversion experience in Hong Kong when he gained his testimony reading about Abinidai. I shared how we as missionaries need to help and encourage those we teach as much as possible to gain that knowledge and once that happens, to help them to have that spiritual confirmation! I love helping others have their own spiritual experiences. It's also one of the biggest challenges too.
Our days with Brother Burby are dwindling . . . he still hasn't told us who he's hired for our new teachers yet! Yesterday, we learned how to buy and sell stuff in Canto even though Brother Burby said that as missionaries, we should not bargain because the Spirit won't be with us. He set up a scenario in which he was the seller and we had to talk to him about the restored gospel as companionships. We all miserably failed because we forgot one of the most important things about being missionaries--we are to SERVE and LOVE the people first! Most of us forgot to ask him what his name was, his family, his background . . . we just jumped into the we-have-a-special-message-for-you part. Needless to say, Brother Burby put on the brakes and we all lurched to a halt. He was not too happy with us! It was a good lesson to learn even though it hurt. Our whole district was in a somber and thoughtful mood for a while. I am so glad that our teacher has enough love and foresight to help us realize when we aren't going the right way. Like Heavenly Father, He doesn't purposely want us to be unhappy. We just need these experiences so that we can be happier and help the people in Hong Kong better!
We've just met our new Canto district of two today! The elder is also an ABC and Sister Daniels is now living in our room. Her parents are mission presidents in Japan so they were pretty surprised to find out that she's been called to Hong Kong. She seems really nice and we want to help her not feel so stressed even though the first few days are pretty hum-drum with all the orientations. She's American but has lived in Japan for a while because after her dad served his mission in Japan, he just went there to work. Now that he's a mission president, they really have roots there! So she can speak Japanese if needed, which is pretty awesome. AND Spanish! Wow!
Anyway, I just want to say that I love you all!
Thank you for your emails and letters :) !
Love,
Sister Chu :)
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