Leih Hou Ma!!
Mission is truly an emotional roller coaster that's more extreme than normal life! There's such high ups and such low downs almost every hour, sometimes every few minutes, but even admist all that there's this peace that is constant, something that keeps me stable and calm. By the time I write this email I am able to look over the past week and discover so much joy. I really do love being a missionary.
TRC was wonderful as usual, this time we had 3 young women and their leader(?) volunteer, and it was different but fun, it was almost like we were teaching a family! I always love TRC especially because of the comments and feedbacks we get, this time each young woman wrote that they had good time, and that they felt special, that they learned that all of our problems are Jesus Christ's problem, we can ask God anything and their faith grew in Jesus Christ because they knew He would never give up on us, and that seeing us reminded them of the importance of the missionary work. and All three of them has wrote that they are either considering or wanting to go on a mission someday, and to volunteer again!!
That really lifts me up :)
Yesterday teaching Soren was a bit hard, he really liked Sacrament and the talks, he really enjoyed that first half of the Church, but apparently the members weren't being very examplary during Sunday school and other meeting, sleeping and texting and boring teacher, he said. I was pretty sad to hear that, I know that the church is true, but its members are not perfect, we as members still need to strive to do our best to keep our commitments as well and strive to grow in the gospel, the whole point of enduring to the end. I look at all the commitments and lessons we are supposed to teach our investigators and it's quite a lot, and it's sad to realize some members don't even keep them, it's really sad. But I know that it's the Spirit that converts us not the members.
Our other investigator Yiu Yiu last week has agreed to be baptized, she didn't believe in God at all at first, but through meeting with us she told us last week that she believes in God and want to do His will. I love having this chance to witness people's faith grow.
On Sunday we had an amazing fireside about the sucess of missionary. The speaker said that missionary success shouldn't be measured by baptisms and people coming to christ, because that kind of events involve other people's choice and agency. Our faith and hard work can influence those choices but the determining factor is still upto the person to choose. But we can have success when we know that our efforts to accomplish the work of the Lord are pleasing to Him. We as missionaries need to have the attitude of "perhaps/might" to express our desired results. As missionaries, the Lord expects us to do our best and give our all to this work with out expecting any reward. The Lord has called us for a specific purpose, which purpose we may not know, but for that Purpose, He needs our best effort, and we just need to trust in that purpose as Prophet Abinadi had to. On our missions we are not guranteed that people will accept our message, just as Christ was not guranteed that people would follow Him because of His sacrifice, but we are guranteed the joy and Joy is determined by whether we are pleasing to the Lord. If there IS baptism and people Do come to Christ, than we need to be grateful to the Lord for allowing us to witness that miracle of conversion, and remember that this isn't how the Lord shows that He is pleased with us, If there's no baptism, it is normal and expected that we feel sorrow but we must Never lower our expectations and lose our faith, because there ARE people that the Lord Has prepared that He can introduce you to. We must always continue to do our best, and our success is measured by our commitment.
I find such clarity and comfort in that message. and I am SO grateful to be here serving the Lord. I have so much I yet want to share with all of you but there's just not enough time, but I love you so very much, and I am grateful that the Lord is blessing each of you during my absense, I thank Him for His mercy and perfect love
Loves forever,
Leih Ji muih
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