Sunday, October 16, 2022

S2:E3 The One Where We Have Exchanges

 

Hey everyone!

                                              


This week we focused more on reactivation. We didn't get to do a lot of finding haha yay for the break from talking to college people!!!! 🤭 I don't even know what to talk about since I have no college experience and barely know anything about the courses they're taking.

On Tuesday we had a dinner appointment with a girl named Jessica Yuen. She's a model, so she's super tall! She was baptized during my trainers' trainee days and then she never went back to church after. We talked over food and she was talking about her boyfriend haha it was hard to talk to her about coming back to church since she just kinda wanted to share about other things. I know she just needed a friend to be with and talk to! We sent her a link to general conference about marriage since she talked about wanting to start a family too. Hope we can get her to come back and be interested in learning more about Jesus! I also ordered KFC on this day and I wanted chicken and fries and the cashier was Cantonese speaking and it did not go well. She was having a bad day and was just being mean so I only had fries for lunch which wasn't good 😭

On Wednesday we had companion exchanges! I did my exchanges with sister Bills. She is such a goofy person and she was so fun to be with! She is studying something like international studies. She's lived in different parts of the world! We also got to talk to some Filipinas at the Tamar Park and friended one on FaceBook! Hope that works well for the sisters doing English work. 

On Thursday we had free lunch and dinner YAY FOR THAT!! #savemoney #imalmostoutofmoney 🥲 We met with A-min, she's inactive because she has work on Sundays and can't attend the everyday branch since she doesn't speak English. She is very patient with our Mandarin and she's such a funny girl! She treated us to KFC and had the best egg tart EVER. We also tried Wasabi fried chicken and it wasn't good 🤢 we also read the Book of Mormon with her! She likes to read with us, her struggle is not being able to come to church on Sundays. Getting people to come to church is hard here, it would be such a miracle for them to come 🙂 We also had a dinner appointment with Camille and Hober, they treated us too and that was so nice of them. They are really interested in learning more and they have questions about it. Camille started praying and she said she feels better when she prays but is still confused and hasn't recognized that those feelings come from the Holy Ghost. We are planning to refer Hober to the elders because I noticed he's not only interested in learning about the gospel but also in my trainer hahaha lol 😂

This week wasn't easy! There is no growth in comfort, and there is no comfort in growth. It is hard but it is bearable. It doesn't go away right away, but the Lord sure does strengthen and give you more courage. 

I invite you all to read Jacob 2:8 and Jacob 3:2 from the Book of Mormon ♡ and listen to Michelle D. Craig's talk from general conference.

I know that each of us have a wounded soul, but I testify that the word of God will heal it. The scriptures are right in front of us, it is a gift! And we have the choice to unbox this gift and receive it. What choice will you make?

Sister Sy
薛姐妹
XUE JIEMEI

                                                                   






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