MTC Week 2 Jul 5, 2011

Hi everyone! how was everyone's 4th of July?

ours was fabulous! we actually were allowed to go outside within the mtc grounds to see the fireworks from the byu stadium of fire or something on July 2nd Saturday!

we had a special program and then free icecream bar and then special permission to do that!

We didn't end up going to bed until 11:30 or so that night though, so we were dead tired on sunday, but sundays are always really peaceful and restful and relaxing and nice, so it wasn't too bad,

My district is improving and we're uniting more, we had a devotional review and when everyone shared their thoughts all of a sudden I felt even closer to them, and one of our teacher was having a struggle in her class at byu and we were able to have an experience of witnessing our power to help people by helping our teacher, it was really amazing.

I am utilizing my gym time well here, if I do say so myself, playing game of 4 squares, and I am lifting a 20 pound weight 30 times straight everyday, running on the eliptical? thing for 10 minutes, doing stretches to work on my flexibility, and some sit ups, all of that everyday. I am lifting weights because I cannot do any push ups, so I am thinking that if I have more strength in my arms, I might be able to push myself up better. It's intimidating and quite embarrasing to go lift my little weight in the middle of all these hard core Elders though, haha.

So I still really love it here in the MTC, I am actually struggling somewhat with the language though. Cantonese is so hard that it sometimes makes me cry. It's just that I have so much in my heart that I want to express that I have all these things I want to share to our investigators, but I feel stuck with the few words and phrases I know in Cantonese. I have also thought about how I'm always having to learn to express myself in new ways, like trying to speak Korean more because no one knew Japanese, and then to learn English in America, and now that I can finally maturely(?) express myself about what I feel and what I know in English, I am called to learn to express and share in Cantonese, it frustrates me a bit. I really want to share this message that has brought so much blessings into my life, but I need to start over it feels like. I also don't feel like I have a base, a foundation of who I am, not having an actual solid language. But because of this gospel, I know this. I know that I am a child of God, and that He is my Heavenly Father, and He is constant, and always there for me, He never changes and loves me completely. He is the only unchanging thing in my life. I can only trust Him, to depend on Him, to trust Him with my all, because I can't do this without Him. Without Him I can not possibly learn this so called 2nd hardest language in the world in like 11ish weeks. Without God I have nothing, all that I have now, God has given them to me, my dear family, a new father on earth, true friends that care about me, education to reach my potential, happiness, peace, and a heart full of love. I have hope because I have God. I can only rely on Him, I am going to master the language of the Spirit. I am going to make the most of this 9ish weeks I have left, I don't feel that it's enough, but I trust the Lord that that is just the time that Lord Knows I need. I am tired, but I have a fire within me, I know what I'm about to share with the people in Hong kong is true, with all my heart, I have no single doubt, it is my absolute knowledge, and I know this is where I need to be right now. I am going to work HARD. extra hard. And I am doing my best here.

I left some things behind coming here, including people I grately care about and miss, but I know that they are in the Lord's care, there is no one else on earth that could take better care of my precious things than the Lord, because those people are also very precious to the Lord. I love Him, He is my best friend, I tell Him everything and if I listen, He tells me everything I need to know as well. I am so grateful to have found Him when I did, I am grateful for who I am and who I am becoming. I love you. Ngoh Ngoi Leih!!

Leih Jimuih