S4:E12 The One Where We Find Lorainne ♡

                                                       

早安！你们这个星期过的怎么样？

We went to Stanley last PDAY and I got myself a kalimba!! It's the best thing ever just playing it during my free time. It has the calmest sound ever ♡

☆ We met with some Jehovah's Witnesses this week and it was so crazy cause I met the same Jehovah's Witness I met like 6 months ago  and they shared about what they believed in and tbh they're kinda close to it  but it was just interesting getting to meet the JWs and learn more about what they believe in!

☆ We went to Chai Wan for the first time to do some finding and explore the area. We got to talk to a couple of people and it was... as usual haha. And then we got ICE CREAM with WAFFLES it was so good!! It was so fun eating it because Hong Kong is getting so hot. It feels like the Philippines haha and we need more water. I feel like I'm always sweating when I usually don't. So it's time to adjust to the weather and insect bites jajaja

☆ We were walking on our way to the chapel when we saw a girl sitting down outside the Wan Chai chapel. She looked so sad and we were also wondering why she was sitting there. We asked her if she was okay and then she started crying because her grandma passed away. And her parents didn't let her know. She kept saying she lost everything because her grandma was the only one who loved her and took care of her. It was so sad and she was so heartbroken. She said there was no hope or happiness for the future and it was really amazing how we were like her angels being sent to her to comfort her in the time she needed it the most. We told her that she would be able to see her grandma again someday and then she started asking if she died today would she see her grandma earlier :( and then she shared with us how she suffers from depression and her friends left her because she thinks her emotional issues push them away. She also shared how everyone she's loved in her life or cared about is gone. It was really so sad! But it was the perfect time and perfect place for us to meet Lorainne. It was really by divine design for us to meet her and be her friend. Literally a shoulder to cry on.

☆ We were already at home from all the things we need to do. And then sister Frear and sister Wright called us to help them do their visitor Centre shift. As we were walking we heard 2 girls behind us, Lori and Xiao Yan, speak Mandarin. We had to say something of course. Then we started talking to them and just chatting them up! They were from Shenzhen and were visiting Hong Kong. They just arrived in the morning and would go back in the evening. We got to know them a little bit and what they already did, asked them if they ate Hong Kong food and said the one they had was really bad. It didn't seem like they had a plan to go anywhere and as awesome missionaries we had to introduce who we were, why we were learning Mandarin and why we were in Hong Kong. We told them we were on our way to our chapel and asked them if they wanted a tour. They agreed cause they didn't really have any special plans. And it was so funny cause when one of the girls saw lots of people from America she started speaking English to us lol she was so patient with our Mandarin. We introduced our church so briefly and then Winnie came! Sent by God haha. She started sharing about church, exchanged phone numbers on WeChat, literally a queen cause we don't have WeChat. And then she gave them a Book of Mormon, she took away our job basically and did it for us lol. The other girl was looking at the family history kiosk too, she was so interested and surprised that we had family history records in our chapel. They were so cute! It's a privilege to help plant seeds in people's lives just briefly introducing restored truth.

☆ We attended the Saturday session with Liu JM and she loved general conference so much. She was writing her notes and telling us what her favorite part was. And she was asking why no one attended the Saturday session at church she was wondering why no one was participating in such an important event. She's awesome! She really has to get baptized but can't cause she's part of the CCP. She also started singing in front of us. Literally a singing queen! It was so funny cause she closed the doors and was facing back and singing her heart out. I love her with my whole heart!

☆ Our friend Melody is really such a great progressing friend sometimes I overlook her progress just because we haven't seen her in person yet since we last saw her and we have just been calling over phone. But we watched general conference together with her and she was actually paying attention haha sometimes I think she doesn't. We invited her to pray and she did! It was a very genuine prayer. She included being fortunate that she could watch general conference even if she's so busy and can't come to church. She included cherishing the moment that we had to watch it together. She also shared what she liked about President Nelson's talk at the end :)

☆ Yesterday we had to sit for General Conference in Mandarin from 10 to 3.  Let me tell you, I had 1000 new words just listening and adding to my cards. Will I ever use these 1000 words? Probably not! But hey it was fun trying to actually learn. I feel like I'm better at memorizing idioms than 2 sets of words for some reason. And then a friend we met a few weeks ago came to church. Her name is Sumita and she is so funny lol she's from India and the first time we met her she was really shy but yesterday it was so funny. She asked us if we had husbands or boyfriends and was asking why we didn't then she told us she had a husband and 2 boyfriends lol it was so funny and she would stick her tongue out to be funny. It really was so funny and then she saw an elder and said oh my goodness so handsome! Don't be shy LOL she's so funny and so weird and creepy and for whatever reason the Victoria 1st sisters put her on baptism date  idk what reason there was to put her on bap date but 加油

I love President Nelson's talk about becoming peacemakers. And I loved Camille Johnson's talk about sharing our burdens with Christ so He can help us carry them. I love M. Russell Ballard's talk about the things that matter most. So my invitation to everyone, especially my brother who will probably not read this email, is to be a peacemaker and say kind and nice things. I invite you to repent 

Hope you have a wonderful week!

PICTURES:

♡ waffles and ice cream!! From Chai Wan

♡ path to success... I'm on my way!

♡ Lori and Xiao Yan from Shenzhen! Cute girls with the cutest outfits.

♡ Yan Gui Rong! Finally have a picture with her after so long, she's the cutest little gramma

♡ Sumita the boy obsessed queen that she is

♡ Cindy and her mom came to church! Her mom is visiting from Mongolia. Cindy is such a sweetheart and is so so pretty!

薛姐妹

XUE JIEMEI

Sister Sy