Hey everyone!
This week was a great teaching week. We got an opportunity to teach 2 people from Mainland who came to Macau so they could get baptized. This is so special because missionaries in Hong Kong aren't allowed to teach people who are in Mainland but they can teach them if they come to Hong Kong. We got to teach Li Baozhi and Coco, 68 year old and a 9 year old. We taught them all of the 5 lessons in 3 hours last Thursday and Friday. It was crazy busy!
☆ Li Baozhi doesn't know who Joseph Smith is, she has never read the Book of Mormon because information about the church is very limited in Mainland. We thought she knew everything already before coming since most of the people who come here already know most of the principles. It was her first time to touch a book of Mormon too. She said that she already believes in it when she received a book of Mormon. It's sad how people of Mainland don't have access to this information but they have a really great desire to be baptized and even come to Macau. It's a privilege to teach people from Mainland, I'm so excited for when the day comes when Mainland China opens its borders to missionaries.
☆ We visited a family who are Buddhists but have a son who is a member and served a mission. His dad was so against his son going on a mission and going to BYU, he didn't support him but the mom secretly paid for his school and funds. When we visited them, it was so evident how the dad wanted to learn so much and he felt kinda bad that he never tried praying in his 65 years. He was really thinking and pondering and listening so intently. We have a great feeling that he really wants to learn more and we know that the Spirit was really softening his heart.
One of the verses I read in the book of Mormon in Alma said something about "hushing your fears", it was a really lovely chapter. We can all hush our fears and listen to the Savior's calming voice.
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