Welcome Back Summer
Hello EVERYONE!
It has been another very very fast week out here in California.
The weather has completely done a 180 on us and I don't like it. It is currently around 94 degrees outside and I am not excited for the heat to be back, but such is life!
This week was very fun and we had the opportunity of teaching some great people.
We first got to meet with Amy again who is doing really well, she has been praying and reading. She said she is still willing to be baptized and we are very hyped for her. However, she has been having some issues with her husband which I will not disclose. However, she kind of poured her heart out to us in Chinese with him right next to her! She was balling and they kind of were arguing in the lesson. We hope all goes well with them which we know it will, she is just going through a rough patch but has grown a ton!
We then later that week had MLC which is Missionary Leadership Council, we discussed technology the whole time! We are hoping to have technology full blown by the end of April. We have already seen some amazing miracles that have come from it and are excited to continue to use it!
Another crazy miracle this week was a man by the name of Own Zhu. I met Owen on exchanges with Elder Beddes at a park walking around with his Grandparents. We got his information through WeChat! He then randomly messaged me half way through the day looking for a time we could meet to discuss more about our church. We tried to set up a time and he said he was only available on Saturdays, so we met with him the same day we met him!
Owen is 21 years old, so pretty close to us, he was very interested. He has lots of questions, he said he had been searching for years to find Gods' true church on the earth. He said he had been attending another church but it didn't feel right to him. We taught him the Restoration and gave him a Book of Mormon and he was very interested. He was very willing to read and pray. He said our meeting was set up by God and he was super grateful for the opportunity to meet with us. We pray that he will seek out his answer through the Book of Mormon, truly a miracle and we are very excited for him.
Overall another very fast fun week love all y'all almost at 17 months!
Elder Nelson 孙长老
Ben with his mission plaque
Ben told us a GREAT story this week of teaching a man by the name of Mr. Jung and a woman named Mrs. Jung. Mr. Jung is the Father-in-law of Mrs. Jung and Ben refers to him as "Master Oogway" (from Kung Fu Panda)😁 A wise old man that spits out knowledge all the time. They began teaching them about the Restoration-Joseph Smith, the Apostasy, the Book of Mormon, things that are unique to our church. As they start to explain some of these topics, Mr. Jung stops them as says, "Guys! Guys! Guys! Hold on. I already understand your history." Ben was like-"Wait...what? No, you don't. Even when people say that- they really don't understand our history. But he proceeds to tell us all about Joseph Smith and how he came to know God and all about the BOM, it was crazy!" He did say, "I have 1 question. What is the difference between the BOM and the Bible?" Ben says they try to describe the difference and how the 2 books go together. The 2 are very excited to learn more so we will see where that goes in the future!
Ben is LOVING having the technology! One of the main reasons is that they can speak to so many Chinese people through WeChat! What a blessing this has been for them for the work to move forward!
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