I am back in MACAU!!! :)This week has been so much fun seeing everyone again! There was so many people trying to get to Macau last weekend for Easter weekend (to gamble I guess?), but we managed to be on time for our first appointment Saturday at 2 p.m. to see Dev! Woo hoo he is doing SO GOOD! He is almost done reading the Bible in Nepali! He did it in just 30 days! :) He almost got caught reading the scriptures during work, though, but when his boss saw him, it was after his shift had ended. Phew!
We showed General Conference last Saturday and Sunday at 4 p.m. with a potluck dinner in between. This was so great so I could see lots of past investigators again like Ram, James, and Vincent! Too bad we pretty much always have spaggheti at activities and Ram doesn't like it very much LOL! Sister Benton was so shocked when I called James and he actually came to watch nearly all of Saturday's sessions with his girlfriend Thoa. She hadn't been able to get a hold of him the whole time while I was gone. Same with Tek and Rupa! But now they came to see us yesterday so we are so happy to continue to teach them about Jesus Christ! Tek and Rupa are so cute! They are now working out together every day at a gym, and they will now pray together every night.
Since I've left, it's like we've had lots of new visitors in the branch . . . lots of people from Africa! The only thing is that they are all waiting for visas to find work so that doesn't help us very much since we can only baptize those with jobs. It's sad because they all come to Macau thinking that they can get jobs, but then many get stuck here because of the visas, and now there aren't many jobs open. No matter though! A couple of them can be taught the gospel so that when they do get a visa and go to HK, they can be baptized there. It was so fun because at the dinner on Sunday between sessions, I was talking with a group of friends and I looked up and realized that we must appear very interesting with two tall African men, Ram from Nepal, and then me! I just love international work!
I loved Conference but I was feeling sick for the majority of it so it was hard to pay attention! I even got to watch most of Priesthood session with Dev! :) I really like Elder Holland's talk (the very first one!). Good thing Conference is going to be shown every night this week for those who did not have holidays last weekend.
Finding is always fun in Macau as well as all of the other areas I've served in! The Tagalog I've learned has really helped to stop people and to teach lessons! Yesterday, we went finding with a member Maribel, who comes to help us teach or find people on the streets every day (isn't that amazing?) since she is waiting for a visa, too. She is from the Phillippines. She met the missionaries last December and was baptized in January! She is amazing at talking to random people on the street!
I was so happy to teach an ABL (after baptismal lesson) to Sutini, who was baptized by Ram a couple weeks ago, and Peter, who was also baptized while I was gone! They have such strong faith and even though they have a hard time speaking to us in English, we usually always understand what they are trying to say. :) I've discovered that it doesn't matter where or who you serve in HK or Macau . . . there is always going to be a language gap on either or both sides! But it doesn't matter! The Spirit speaks all languages! Sutini loves reading the Book of Mormon and marked every verse we had her read. :) She looks different now. She looks very happy and at peace. And she now has the Gift of the Holy Ghost!
We did something interesting for Vincent's lesson last night. He has progressed so much since I've been gone, slowly but he is progressing! He still smiles his slow but broad Vincent smile and slouches in his chair with his legs all stretched out when we sit him down. He now comes to church every Sunday and comes to lessons and activities during the week. Why we ask? He says he wants to know if this church is true! So, we asked him how he felt like he would get an answer and on a scale of 1-10, how much desire he had to find out. We asked him how he would feel if all of a sudden, someone took away his Book of Mormon and didn't allow him to ever come to the church again. We felt prompted to leave in him the room by himself to pray to find out for himself if Joseph Smith really saw God and if the Book of Mormon is true. Warren, our friend and fellowshipper, was with us and we were all earnestly praying that Vincent would get an answer! We all got a strong confirmation that this was the right thing to do, but after a couple minutes, Vincent opened the door, saying he hadn't received an answer. Still, the confirmation was so strong that I am sure that he will receive an answer in God's time!
We went bowling as a zone for Elder Wong's 21st birthday today. Everyone came . . . even Elder and Sister Lloyd! They are such a cute couple, and even though whatever they laugh at is not funny, they always laugh together anyway! They are both get-it-done people. Elder Lloyd is the best handyman I've ever met and can fix anything! Sister Lloyd is the same with sewing and cooking. I want to be like them someday!
Sister Benton has really grown since I've gone! I love how she smiles all the time and has really taken the initiative to text our contacts. I've learned a lot about goal setting with her. She still always makes goals using her patriarchal blessing and uses the B GOLF method for types of goals:
B-body
G-gospel
O-obedience
L-language
F-fun
We do this for ourselves and then as a companionship. So great!
I heard about your Easter egg hunt at home and laughed when I read how Justin found the egg behind the vaccuum cleaner! I miss those Easter egg hunts! I remember when we trick-or-treated in the apartment once and found Dad in the closet eating all the candy hee hee!
I love you all! Happy Easter!
Love,
Sister Chu :)
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