Hey Everyone!
Thanks Dad for sending me the history of the Dragon Boat Festival! I had no idea this festival existed! I actually went today with the other missionaries to see the dragon boat racing. Today was the last day of racing, and I guess there were international teams. There were four lanes marked out in the water. Each boat had about 20 rowers with 1 person to steer in the back and 1 person in the front to play the drums to synchronize the rowing. It was so neat! I was mostly excited to see what the boats looked like . . . they're pretty skinny with of course a little dragon head in front. They all looked like Mushu from the movie Mulan heeee! Members from the Chinese branch have been giving us a lot of steamed sticky rice dumplings, and I just thought they felt like being generous all of a sudden and didn't realize it was a festival haha! Well good thing I really like them because our companions don't. Sister Pon and I will get to eat a lot of them now.
Last Saturday, we had a monsoon! We woke up that morning and it was just POURING outside! It was black rain, which I think means super heavy rain. Missionaries aren't allowed to go outside during black rain so we stayed in our apartment till about 5 pm. We tried to do everything we could think of and then we got bored, built a fort in our room, made chocolate no-bake cookies, and played scum! It was pretty fun, but we're glad it's stopped raining finally. It's been raining for the past several days, and it's hard to stop and teach people in the rain and distinguish who is Phillippina or Chinese under umbrellas! The weather people sent us a "strong monsoon signal hoisted" text again today, but I really don't think it means anything now since they did the same thing yesterday and it there wasn't even any rain!
We are trying to see if Bhola can be baptized this Saturday! We keep setting appointments to see him, but he hasn't been able to make them. We hope to see him tomorrow and then he'll have his baptismal interview! Dev is such a great support and friend to him, and I am so glad that he has the chance to baptize his friend! I was so happy last Sunday because in the Chinese branch, all 4 our our Nepali recent converts and investigators came! I just love my Nepali friends! Even Sister Godfrey loves them, too, and she's only known them for a couple weeks. We've been calling Dev a lot because he's been feeling sad. His life really is a tough one. We sang "I am a Child of God" to him on the phone, and he even recorded it onto his phone so he could listen to it again later! Ehehe if only my voice were better but oh well! He seemed to like it anyway!
After sacrament meeting in the international branch, Brother Tim and his wife Kookai from Thailand came to talk to me while I was playing some closing hymns on the piano. He asked if we were the ones who send scripture text messages everyday to his wife, and I said yes. Apparently, Kookai received two answers to two prayers last week through our messages! I was so happy and told her that when we pray, that's how we can communicate to God. But when God communicates to us, many times it's through the scriptures!
On Monday evening, we saw this lady named Anny. I guess I'd met her a long time ago but I didn't recognize her at all! She said that she was watching the Da Vinci Code the other night and the movie somehow reminded her that she was supposed to call us LOL! Well whatever works! We taught her the Restoration and committed her to pray. We'll see what happens to her!
We saw Vincent yesterday. We talked about daily miracles since his assignment last week was to look for them and to report to us. We want to help him to recognize God's love for him and see how God answers his prayers. Still . . . nothing! He is trying hard, though, and his desire is no longer a question. We think maybe he has some doubts in the back of his mind somehow. We read 2 Nephi 32 and talked more about the Holy Ghost and the gift of the Holy Ghost. He is going slowly but progressing! :)
Sister Godfrey reminds me so much of Melissa Trujillo. Melissa! Are you reading this?! If you are, write to me cause I lost your mailing address!!! Anyway, their personalities are very calm and happy, and I just miss Melissa so write to meeee!!!
So, yes. I am very happy here in Macau! Mission conference is this Tuesday for us. It's weird that they're still splitting the conference into two halves so the other half of the mission will go on Monday. This will be the last conference with President and Sister Van Dam before they go home to Utah! So strange! In my next interview with President Van Dam on Monday, I will be setting my date to go home because I hit my year mark on June 18! Even stranger! Ahhhhhhh! So I guess in the next email, you'll know what day I'll be coming home.
I love you all!
Sister Chu :)
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