Miracle!! Yuen Ying and Gaga's mother is progressing! Slowly but well! She offered the closing prayer in our last two appointments and in the first one she expressed that she "hopes that one day that I could also be able to spread to others how mormon isn't bad church. But I know that to be able to do so, I first need to change myself and also accept the mormon myself, will You help me?" And she also has no problem with baptism as long as she can see gospel/Holy Ghost's effect in her family and her life. Then the second time, we watched the Joseph Smith's First Vision DVD, and during it she expressed that she feels confused the same way as Joseph Smith! So she has committed to also ask God herself, because the whole doctrine on God's nature is also a big confusion on her part. She isn't sure if God is really who we describe Him to be: a loving Heavenly Father who will hear and answer her every prayer, and is so concerned for her, because she has heard otherwise. So we committed her to find out herself what He is like. One Sunday there was the My Conversion Story Fireside in Kowloon Tong, and Yuen Ying, Gaga, and their mom committed to come. But then the children were waiting for their mom to come home from work, she didn't show, and it turned out she was still at work, even until the fireside ended. :( But this experience has taught and confirmed one thing: Yuen Ying and Gaga cannot progress waiting for their mother, we must focus on helping them first. We had actually prayed for their baptismal dates earlier in the week and felt that Yuen Ying and Gaga will be baptized in November, while their mother felt February. So we learned rather through a hard way that what we felt was right. So Yuen Ying and Gaga is preparing themselves to be baptized on November 11th, we will do our best to help them!
The past week we also got to meet Vina's mother! But sadly, she decided she had no desire whatsoever to learn the gospel,,,Vina was pretty upset, and if it was herself before baptism, she probably would have yelled at her mother, but the Holy Ghost calmed her down, so she shared with us how grateful she felt that she didn't actually succumb herself to anger. We encouraged her to keep loving her mother, and one day she will recognize the blessings of Gospel already in her home and will desire to spend eternities with Vina. She loves her mother so so much.
This morning I read in Alma 48. Captain Moroni reminded me of our Mission President, President Hawks. I am very impressed by the covenants the followers of Captain Moroni has made. And it made me want to make same covenant as well. Though I didn't actually tear a clothing of mine, I hope that the Lord accepts my broken heart as a covenant like that of the armies of Moroni. I am coming to trust more and more that the Lord has really placed me here for His good purpose, and that things are working out the way He has designed them to work out. I am coming to trust more that things are always alright, as long as the Lord is in it. I am so grateful to have this opportunity to learn and grow from such wonderful loving Heavenly Father and His servant, our Mission President.
Loves and prayers to all of you as always,
Sister Younhee Burningham
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