Happy Mid Autumn Festival!
How
is everyone? Another great week of missionary work. It has been a great
week of working hard in bringing people unto Christ. It has been a test
of patience as well. The work is really tough and it takes patience and
persistence in helping Chinese people develop faith in Christ. To be
honest I learned a lot about life this week. I probably have one of the
most interesting investigator in the world. We were able to meet with
this guy two times this week. The first meeting I had with him was kind
of out of hand. It has always been hard to control lessons with him
because he would always interrupt and say things that pops out of his
mind ( Like every other main-lander). So after that first visit, I said
to myself okay next visit I am gonna control it. Next visit comes and
the lesson went out of hand again. I was so disappointed during the
start of the lesson but then I was prompted to just listen to what this
man had to say. As I opened my heart to what he was saying I felt the
sadness he had. With the way he is acting he is probably the happiest
person I have seen in Hong Kong, but last week I felt the sadness. It
was pretty sad, first time in a lesson where I got emotional. Life is
really hard. I am grateful for the gospel in my life. I am grateful for
the peace it brings. It will be tough helping this guy but I am down to
help him change! For our other investigator, we found out that he was
part of the communist party so these things are weird for him but he is
so willing to meet. We were able to help him to understand why prayer is
very important. He was able to understand and we are praying so hard
that he will start praying.
This
week was mid autumn festival as well. It was a really big celebration. I
was happy coz we got lots of moon-cake last week. It is really unhealthy
but its really tasty! I remembered last week I was asking this old lady
"Sik Jiu Fa Mei" ( Its a greeting in Cantonese which means Did you eat
already but its a greeting for Hong Kong people, its like saying hi)
Then she answered "Sik Jiu" and pulled out some moon-cakes and cookies
for us to eat. I love the old people here, they are hilarious! During
the festival there was a park with booths as well. As we were passing by
the park there was a booth that "tells people there future". As I saw
the booth, I thought of the Plan of Salvation. I am grateful for the
peace and assurance that the plan of salvation gives. I am grateful to
know what the process of life is. It is tough but that is the beauty! We
go through this world to make decisions and learn from the decisions we
make.
Hope you guys have a great week! I know Christ lives!
Elder Sy
ELDER SY
(薛 長 老)
耶穌基督後期聖徒教會
中國香港傳道
耶穌基督後期聖徒教會
中國香港傳道
China Hong Kong Mission
2014 - 2016
