LEIH HOU Channgoi ngohdeihge gatihng&pahngyau!
I am so very grateful to be here on my mission! I LOVE being a missionary! This really is the best life I've ever had! I am SO happy here! This really is my dream life! If I was a milinare and could afford it, and am allowed to, I want to do this to the day I die! This is what I want to do for the rest of my life!
I know the opposition is strong here out on the mission, but I am stronger here, I have the Spirit with me constantly and just focusing on this work only has really given me great joy. I love Love LOVE my life here! I LOVE my district! I LOVE the people! And I'm also even falling in love with the language haha :) I am finding it quite surprisingly easier to be here in the MTC than my prior life, I think because I am able to be more focused here. I am able to be more aware of the hand of the Lord in every aspect of life and my confidence in Him has grown so much, I know He has forgiven me of my sins, and I know I am His daughter, I know He is pleased with me because I can feel His Spirit working through me. I have so much strength here because of Him. I am achieving all these almost impossible tasks because of Him. I can really do and achieve ANYTHING with his strength, I know that He is with me to help and support me Every step of the way, even in my preparations.
For example, my companion and I finally got sick (this sickness has been knocking each people in the district so far and it has finally reached us), and I needed to sleep during my language study and preparation times because of it. I had to translate and study the lesson on the Atonement on Saturday morning that we had a whole week to prepare for the TRC that night. We were fortunate enough to practice our principles of the whole Plan of Salvation Lesson to our teacher Sister Masterson that morning, and I had just barely finished translating the Atonement Principle and studied it a little bit before hand (and my brain was just shutting down during the study because I was still sick). But when we taught Sister Masterson, I felt the Spirit, I taught her as if she was someone I knew, someone I loved very much that didn't know of our Savior Jesus Chirst and the sacrifices He has made for us. And the words just came back into my memory and I was able to share that principle very close to how I wanted to share it in English about the Savior and His atonement. After teaching her the whole lesson all in Cantonese, she gave us feedbacks. She told us that it was the best and most simple and clear Jesus Christ and His Atonement principle, And the whole lesson that she has so far heard in her teaching, and that with few more polishing and adding some more questions, she would actually teach that lesson the way we just taught her right out in Hong Kong to real investigators! She really complemented us and it made me realize that God has really been with us, even in our preparation and practice. There is no way I could have done what I just did, but i know that this really is God'd work, and He helps us even in our process of preparation. The MTC really is the Lord's training center. God really does love each and one of His children. So much that not only does He prepare the people to hear His message of happiness and Salvation, but He also prepares His servants the Missionaries to learn to teach with His Spirit.
I know the opposition is strong here out on the mission, but I am stronger here, I have the Spirit with me constantly and just focusing on this work only has really given me great joy. I love Love LOVE my life here! I LOVE my district! I LOVE the people! And I'm also even falling in love with the language haha :) I am finding it quite surprisingly easier to be here in the MTC than my prior life, I think because I am able to be more focused here. I am able to be more aware of the hand of the Lord in every aspect of life and my confidence in Him has grown so much, I know He has forgiven me of my sins, and I know I am His daughter, I know He is pleased with me because I can feel His Spirit working through me. I have so much strength here because of Him. I am achieving all these almost impossible tasks because of Him. I can really do and achieve ANYTHING with his strength, I know that He is with me to help and support me Every step of the way, even in my preparations.
For example, my companion and I finally got sick (this sickness has been knocking each people in the district so far and it has finally reached us), and I needed to sleep during my language study and preparation times because of it. I had to translate and study the lesson on the Atonement on Saturday morning that we had a whole week to prepare for the TRC that night. We were fortunate enough to practice our principles of the whole Plan of Salvation Lesson to our teacher Sister Masterson that morning, and I had just barely finished translating the Atonement Principle and studied it a little bit before hand (and my brain was just shutting down during the study because I was still sick). But when we taught Sister Masterson, I felt the Spirit, I taught her as if she was someone I knew, someone I loved very much that didn't know of our Savior Jesus Chirst and the sacrifices He has made for us. And the words just came back into my memory and I was able to share that principle very close to how I wanted to share it in English about the Savior and His atonement. After teaching her the whole lesson all in Cantonese, she gave us feedbacks. She told us that it was the best and most simple and clear Jesus Christ and His Atonement principle, And the whole lesson that she has so far heard in her teaching, and that with few more polishing and adding some more questions, she would actually teach that lesson the way we just taught her right out in Hong Kong to real investigators! She really complemented us and it made me realize that God has really been with us, even in our preparation and practice. There is no way I could have done what I just did, but i know that this really is God'd work, and He helps us even in our process of preparation. The MTC really is the Lord's training center. God really does love each and one of His children. So much that not only does He prepare the people to hear His message of happiness and Salvation, but He also prepares His servants the Missionaries to learn to teach with His Spirit.
This truly is the Great and Marvelous Work. And I am so honored and privileged to be apart of it. The salvation of the souls of each one of God's children are all that matters to me. I really want to do my best, give my all, to invite people to come unto Jesus Christ. Because all that I am, Everything I have, Everything good I do, is all because I turned to my Savior Jesus Christ. Because I let myself turn to Him, He really has changed me to be who I am today, and I love myself. I would be absolutley be nothing without Him. I have no purpose in life without Him. Because of Him, families can be for ever, for eternity, we can be together with our loved ones and friends, everyone we care so much about for eternity, happiness without end! This life here on earth is not everything, it's not our only life here and I Know it, without a shadow of a doubt :) And all my desire is that I can really invite people to come unto Christ. It gives me the greatest joy when they do, because I know it would make them very happy and also our Savior very happy, I know He has given us everything, His entire earthly life for us, He suffered everything and paid the price of all of our sins for us on the Garden of Gathsemany (I can't spell), and he suffered on the cross and died for us so that we really can be forgiven and be cleansed from our mistakes and sins so that we can live with our perfect Heavenly Father who is clean and pure every whit for eternity. Jesus Christ has done Everything for us because He loves each one of us and His Father very much. And it brings Him great joy when we accept His ultimate gift of atonement.
Yesterday, the older Cantonese Speaking district flew out to Hong Kong (yes, including our beloved Sister Kiene), we miss them, but we are very excited for them. I know that they are awesome people and they are as prepared as they can be, I can't wait to hear about the joy that they are able to feel as they share what is so precious to them-the gospel, the time, the love-all for the people in Hong Kong. This is really truly an exciting work.
I hope everyone had a great Pioneers day! We sure did! No, no fireworks this time, but we had a great fireside where we sang the hymn, "Come come ye saints" so powerfully together. They lyrics apply to us as missionaries SO much! We, missionaries Are pioneers ourselves because we are pioneering what we have never done, and for some of us, what our family has never done. We do this because of our love for the Lord our God and for the people. For as long as I shall live, for as long as I am here on earth, I want to do my best to testify of my Savior Jesus Christ, His love, and bring all these people I love closer to Him.
The Provo temple is back up and running :) I have really missed it so much, and our beloved whole TEN Elders will be doing the temple work for my male ancestors :) They are excited to be apart of it.
Oh yeah, funny thing, our fire alarm went off this morning at 2am, it was quite the expirience. From this I learned that although I am a heavy sleeper, that fire alarm does wake me up and that I won't die when there's a disaster in our building haha
Anyways, I think my time is up, but I really love you so very much! I pray for you, often individually, I hope everyone is doing well, God be with you, and if you ever find the time, I would love to hear from you :)
We just had our one month anniversary since coming to MTC, it's quite an accomplishment! xD
Ngoh Hou Ngoi Leihdeih!!!
Sister Burningham~!
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