Hello Everyone!
Wow this week went by fast but I guess time will just keep flying as the saying goes! So first of all, we had our last zone conference with President Clayton... The last time we're going to see him until he leaves... in like... two weeks! It was super biter sweet and while we learned so much in the meeting we could all feel the sorrow of a chapter coming to an end. We're all looking forward to president Shields and sister Shields but the Claytons will forever be in our hearts. Seeing them cry when we all sang to them was heart breaking but in a good way. (As a side note president told us that he's planning to do a lot of sealings for his missionaries in the coming years so....) Still the meeting was inspirational and we finished with a renewed sense of determination!
This week was very good investigator wise. (A little harder on the member side of things but we'll keep growing grace by grace there.) so here's the summery I sent out to president.
So this week was an interesting one. Our investigator Jian is really progressing well. He asked some really great questions at our last lesson about why we feel guilty if we spend all day on the computer playing games and we had a really good lesson on why God gives us the commandment to work and to be self sufficient. It was really powerful and the spirit was there. Caleb couldn't come to church this week but he expressed disappointment about it and is really looking forward to coming next week. He is also praying about whether or not Joseph Smith was a prophet or not and he told us as soon as he get's his answer he wants to be baptised! Tracy is a former with a LOT of potential, she feels a little overwhelmed in the English portions of church but she still loves the Chinese classes and believes reading and praying are good for her! ZiQi didn't talk to us a lot this week but he's also committed to coming to church next week and told us that he missed us while he was preparing for his tests. Andrew is a new we found this week who's super prepared and told us that he was a truth seeker. We're super excited to give him the opportunity to find that truth! Alex is another former but we'll be working with him mostly through mormon messages for a while but all of these people show so much potential we're so happy for them!
That's six people who are super strong in our teaching pool right now! I love each and everyone of them they are so prepared! We're also going to be working on tracting a little bit more in the coming weeks so that's going to be great!
Really there were so many little miracles this week. There are still moments where things hurt and we don't get as far as we wanted to, but it's always worth it. I know that God has been looking out for these people and even if they don't get baptised this transfer they will be better off by the end then they were at the beginning.
Hope comes from seeing Jian's eyes light up as the fact that God is our Father really sinks in and confirms to him that this is why we have commandments. Hope is seeing Caleb looking at us and saying simply. "Yes I know that God loves me." Hope is watching thoughts pass through Alex's eyes and knowing that he has a desire to know if God is there or not. Hope is seeing Tracy smile at church because she feels she belongs. Hope is hearing Andrew tell us that he felt for his whole life that China was missing something and then he came to Canada and realised that it was religion. Hope is walking down the street and realising that all these people are children of God.
There is a work for us to do and it's not going to get done just by thinking about it. Work comes from doing. When the Shields do come we will be ready. Already flying down the tracks, We're not slowing down for anything!
Till next time!
-Sister Skinner
PS Sorry for not as many pictures this week! But here we are in the car place (Because when don't I have car problems) And sister Deng likes taking pictures of food so I did a little bit of that too. Oh and a car with my future license plate on it that we followed for like 10 minutes and so I had to take a picture while we were at a stop light.
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| Last picture with President and Sister Clayton! *tears!* |
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