Hi Everyone!
I'm glad everyone is getting their letters! Now that Dar has finally sent me her address, maybe she can actually get some, too! :)
Haha I had no idea the mission home would send out letters about being senior companion! You should save me the letter so I can see it later! :)
And don't worry, the swine flu stuff didn't really affect any of us in Macau! The only people I've seen wearing masks are the officers at immigration, and now they pass out health forms on the boat to Macau. When I went to HK a couple weeks ago, I didn't see anyone wearing masks on the street. Mostly, we just keep eating pork and we love it! Yum!
So this week! We have been working super hard to find more investigators to teach! We are out every day trying to contact and pull them back to the church. The members are AMAZING at helping us! Like with Brother Warren last night, we had 2 pullbacks in 30 minutes! As soon as the Phillippinas realize that they speak the same dialect (which is a big deal since the Phillippines has tons of dialects!), they are easy to persuade to come to the church with us. Brother Warren has been a member for about a year now, and even though he can't serve a mission at this time, he always helps us go finding when he can! Not only that, but he is BOLD and unafraid of meeting new people! :) Going back to Chinese work will be very different after this!
Last Sunday, I translated for the Chinese branch sacrament meeting. There is a new family from Kentucky in the branch, and the mother served a mission in Taiwan so she already speaks Mandarin. Now, they all want to learn Cantonese so they come to the Chinese meeting! I translate for their little girls and for our investigators. We have this nice translator so I just sit up in the stands with a microphone and everyone who wants a translation gets to put on these wireless headphones to hear moi! Last Sunday, President Zenos Chow came to speak to the Macau Chinese and international branches as a representative of the China Hong Kong Mission. That was the last time he will ever come in the capacity because now President Van Dam will be released and we'll be getting a new president soon! I got to talk to him a little bit after the meetings and he seems to be doing well!
Yesterday, Sister Godfrey went contacting in the rain. It was POURING but we found many people to talk to! I especially like this man we met from the Phillippines named Boyet. He was sitting on a bench under this overhead thing in Top Seak (the square where we go running every morning). Anyway, we were talking to him when all of a sudden, he pointed to my tag and said, "I like this! Can I have one? I am willing to preach the gospel!" I almost started laughing, and I told him that he would have to come to church and have us teach him some lessons first! :) He said last night that he would come at 7:30 tonight to learn and I made him promise he would. I got a text from him today, and he said, "I will go there later PROMISE" so we'll see what happens!
Oh yeah and I randomly saw Sister Slade, my MTC teacher! She came to visit Macau last Tuesday. At first when I saw all these white people sitting on the couch, I thought they were all investigators waiting for us haha but reality was pretty good too! I just love Sister Slade! She taught me so much in the MTC so if she's reading this, email me and give me all the updates on your life and your new job! :)
Another man we met the other day was Steven. He is American (LOL Sister Godfrey is terrified of contacting white people but I love it! She is getting so much better now, though, hehehe!) and was very open and friendly. We talked for like 20 minutes and wow this man THINKS a lot! He has not yet prayed because he said by praying, that would imply that you already believe in a God, which he isn't convinced of right now. We actually loved talking to him! I haven't had a conversation like this in English in such a long time! Phillippina English is very different! Anyway, we invited him to open his mind more, and try to imagine the world with a god and to pray. That was 3 days ago, and we have seen him somewhere randomly everyday since then! He is actually at the same internet cafe right now! I hope this is reminding him of the message we're sharing with him!
We went to Taipa, an island by Macau, to go finding last Tuesday and the place is GORGEOUS!!! It looks very European (or what I imagine Europe to be like!) like with lamp posts and flowers hanging everywhere. And stone steps and colored walls! I love it! We were successful in teaching several Phillippinas who work in Taipa but live in Macau so we hope to see them in Church later!
I am lucky to have Sister Godfrey as my companion! She is so nice and is willing to try anything! Even contacting white people! I tried to encourage her so I said,"Well they are all children of God! But then she was like, "They're scary children of God!" haha! It's true that it's very different contacting those of your own nationality but it makes life very interesting! I am now teaching her all the Tagolog I know.
Later today, I'll take the new sisters to the St. Paul Ruins so we can take pictures and try all the cookies and jerky! :)
Have a wonderful week!
I love you all!
Sister Chu :)
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