Hi Everyone!!!
So here I am again! Thanks for all your emails and updates! I think it's very interesting to learn about what Dad said about the traditional dowry in Chinese culture. I had no idea!
So this week was amazing! As usual! :) I love teaching Dev, Ram, Peter, and Sutini the after-baptism lessons! They are doing so great and have great faith! Ram is helping fellowship his friends and wants to go finding with us next Tuesday! He saw Sister Benton and I contacting on the street the other day, and he stood across the street, watching and listening to what we're doing. At that moment, I had felt prompted to contact this Chinese boy . . . I think he was in his 20s. He didn't really want to listen but I'd felt prompted so oh well! He thought that we still practiced polygamy but I told him that I was pretty sure I have one mom and one dad. And then he had several questions about the history contained in the Bible. His name is Ice. It was a neat contact for me cause for once, it was entirely in Cantonese! Maybe he will be like Dad and join the Church someday! :)
We have an interesting new investigator named Amor (from the Phillippines!). I contacted him on the street, and I just remember spouting out all this Tagalog to get him to stop. And it worked! He said he thought I was Phillippina so he stopped heee! I just remember him saying, "Mass is THREE HOURS LONG?!?" when I invited him to church. LOL! Anyway, he's come to the church on Sunday and to two different activities on his own in the past week, and we taught him the Restoration yesterday! He's amazing! His sister is taking care of his one daughter and two sons in the Phillippines, and he's working to provide for them. He is very aware and intelligent and sincere about learning. The only thing is Sister Benton thinks she is allergic to his collogne because she can never breathe whenever he sits next to her hahaha!
Last Satuday, we had a FHE (family home evening) with the branch. The activity was themed "Mexican Day!" We (or Sister Benton with the other missionaries) spent hours making yummy enchiladas doused with CHEESE (glorious cheese!) while I made phone calls for a couple hours. I actually called and/or texted EVERY SINGLE NUMBER we had. Phew! In the end, Vincent (Africa) and Bhola (Nepal) came, and we got 3 referrals out of the evening! :)
Vincent is progressing well! We read 1 Nephi 13 with him last night. It's a great chapter on why we need the Book of Mormon! We always ask him what he thinks about his reading (we gave him Alma 17 for homework last time). He never responds right away, but I always think of Allison Werner and how she had this investigator who always took his time in answering questions (silence is ok! :) ). We (the missionaries and our fellowshippers) always just end up talking while he thinks. You can tell he's thinking when he's slouched ALL the way down in his seat with his legs stretched out AND he is looking straight up at the ceiling LOL! Then all of a sudden, he'll pop up with questions like, "What Bible do you use?" and about who the atonement applies to . . . "What about all the people who lived before Christ lived?" and "Where is Jesus Christ in the tree of life vision?" We LOVE his questions! Our fellowshippers are always amazed. Warren, who has been a member for a year, was like, "Wow I never thought of these questions when I was investigating the Church!"
Last Sunday, I played the piano for all the meetings again, and even "Follow the Prophet" (almost ALL the verses were sung by the Primary children in sacrament meeting hahaha! I think someone should have given me ice-cream after). It was worth it though cause Amor loved the song and Sister Benton heard him singing along in the chorus by the ninth verse!
I love you all!
Love,
Sister Chu :)
P.S. DARILYN WRITE TO MEEEEE!!!
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So here I am again! Thanks for all your emails and updates! I think it's very interesting to learn about what Dad said about the traditional dowry in Chinese culture. I had no idea!
So this week was amazing! As usual! :) I love teaching Dev, Ram, Peter, and Sutini the after-baptism lessons! They are doing so great and have great faith! Ram is helping fellowship his friends and wants to go finding with us next Tuesday! He saw Sister Benton and I contacting on the street the other day, and he stood across the street, watching and listening to what we're doing. At that moment, I had felt prompted to contact this Chinese boy . . . I think he was in his 20s. He didn't really want to listen but I'd felt prompted so oh well! He thought that we still practiced polygamy but I told him that I was pretty sure I have one mom and one dad. And then he had several questions about the history contained in the Bible. His name is Ice. It was a neat contact for me cause for once, it was entirely in Cantonese! Maybe he will be like Dad and join the Church someday! :)
We have an interesting new investigator named Amor (from the Phillippines!). I contacted him on the street, and I just remember spouting out all this Tagalog to get him to stop. And it worked! He said he thought I was Phillippina so he stopped heee! I just remember him saying, "Mass is THREE HOURS LONG?!?" when I invited him to church. LOL! Anyway, he's come to the church on Sunday and to two different activities on his own in the past week, and we taught him the Restoration yesterday! He's amazing! His sister is taking care of his one daughter and two sons in the Phillippines, and he's working to provide for them. He is very aware and intelligent and sincere about learning. The only thing is Sister Benton thinks she is allergic to his collogne because she can never breathe whenever he sits next to her hahaha!
Last Satuday, we had a FHE (family home evening) with the branch. The activity was themed "Mexican Day!" We (or Sister Benton with the other missionaries) spent hours making yummy enchiladas doused with CHEESE (glorious cheese!) while I made phone calls for a couple hours. I actually called and/or texted EVERY SINGLE NUMBER we had. Phew! In the end, Vincent (Africa) and Bhola (Nepal) came, and we got 3 referrals out of the evening! :)
Vincent is progressing well! We read 1 Nephi 13 with him last night. It's a great chapter on why we need the Book of Mormon! We always ask him what he thinks about his reading (we gave him Alma 17 for homework last time). He never responds right away, but I always think of Allison Werner and how she had this investigator who always took his time in answering questions (silence is ok! :) ). We (the missionaries and our fellowshippers) always just end up talking while he thinks. You can tell he's thinking when he's slouched ALL the way down in his seat with his legs stretched out AND he is looking straight up at the ceiling LOL! Then all of a sudden, he'll pop up with questions like, "What Bible do you use?" and about who the atonement applies to . . . "What about all the people who lived before Christ lived?" and "Where is Jesus Christ in the tree of life vision?" We LOVE his questions! Our fellowshippers are always amazed. Warren, who has been a member for a year, was like, "Wow I never thought of these questions when I was investigating the Church!"
Last Sunday, I played the piano for all the meetings again, and even "Follow the Prophet" (almost ALL the verses were sung by the Primary children in sacrament meeting hahaha! I think someone should have given me ice-cream after). It was worth it though cause Amor loved the song and Sister Benton heard him singing along in the chorus by the ninth verse!
I love you all!
Love,
Sister Chu :)
P.S. DARILYN WRITE TO MEEEEE!!!
