17th Week in the Mission Field

Konichiwa! Well, another week, another P-Day , okay I can explain. I'm not being disobedient cause today is P-Day for us in the Utah Ogden Mission. And also HAPPY THANKSGIVING! ✨️

Well, since today's Thanksgiving, the work here is really chill, and the road is somewhat empty too and that's the first time I've seen it. Alright, let's get to it!

Kitty's Service    

Well, as chinese missionaries, we get the opportunity to help chinese non-members and members with any sort of service, and the best art is that we can help any chinese in our area. Which is Brigham City to North Salt Lake ⚰️✨️ We were able to help this former investigator Kitty with moving furniture from Kaysville to North Ogden

Met with these 2 amazing English Speaking missionaries from Kaysville, and they are fun and awesome. We got a ton of furniture in the van and the U-Haul truck, which was tiring. But it was somewhat dangerous, let's just say Bio-hazardous, and we're glad she's moving out of the house. We were able to sit in the U-haul truck with a member who was driving and had a blast✨️

Afterwards we got another set of missionaries to help unload things in North Ogden and gradually we finished the job, ate together as Kitty provided us lunch and had a lesson with her, making her a new friend to teach again!

Leading the Area    

Well, this week, I also got to have more opportunities to lead the area and just went around meeting with members as well as non-member, and it's been super duper fun. Just at the start of last week, we were able to contact this guy who has an E-bike and seemed like he's busy. We still contacted him anyways and learned that he has been having a rough time and was glad that we met and shared a simple message with him. He cried and just seeing people cry makes my eyes watery and I have more compassion for them. It's an amazing experience and lesson.

More than that I also got to learn about accepting changes and applying it in my life. And to be honest I felt like I just barely started learning in the mission and I am already like 3 or 4 months out. It's scary and I do beat myself up about it. But reflecting back, I've seen my growth and change in my life and I am eternally grateful for all of it. And I want to keep them always in my memory and learn from them. Not wasting each experience I've gained to learn the same lesson again. I am grateful for the Savior's Atonement and His love for all of us FR.

I felt like I am more charitable to others and especially to myself as well. Loving myself even more and taking great care of my health. Losing myself in this great work, at the same time to care and maintain an optimum condition to continue losing myself in the field.

DAA Chinese Branch    

Well I am gradually meeting and understanding the chinese branch even more. It feels like home right now. Just a sense of belonging and a comfort to just speak the language I have been training and improving on. I love my assigned branch!! Just last week we had a Primary Presentation during that sacrament meeting and it was AMAZING!! not only that but I got to meet Ethan Lowder's younger brother. Don't worry I forgotten the name but he is amazing! Heard that he is currently working as a MTC teacher. So Brother Huang and Sister Huggins tell him I said have fun and good luck with your boss !!

It was fun meeting with him and just learning he came back from his mission not long ago. I find that even though the chinese branch is really small, it's close and feels like home. Reminds me of my home branch. Hopefully I can help strengthen that branch and help in the Lord's work.

Trunky    

Chat I'm trunky, to be honest I am amazed how fast I missed home and also maintaining the desire to keep serving the Lord is really a hard thing to do. Where I already have days when I wished I could just SACK and also there are days I felt like I'm just not doing the work. Wasting this precious time while on my mission, It;s tough and also worrying about my own companionship like am I doing too much?, too less?, not working?, what does my comp think of me?, am I helping him at all?' Am I a burden? and etc. Mental struggle is real on the mission, and I just wish I could learn faster and remember it clearer... Yet that's not what I am capable of, I am not the Savior, but He has suffered all that we could possibly suffer in this life. That we may be perfected like He is eventually and through Him are we made perfect. And that's a lesson I have learned trying to remember each time I get a mental breakdown.

I came to learn that emotions are normal, trunky is normal. But I choose to continue serving the Lord, I just want to forget myself and do His work, whether its 100%, or 1% of energy left. I do want to consecrate all that I have to the Lord. I think it's gonna be insanely hard but there are people the Lord wants us to bless, I want to bless others, to bring that joy in their lives. I love my mission even though I do feel like dying, the Savior's Redeeming and Enabling power is so AMAZING!!!

Spiritual Thoughts

In 3 Nephi 17, it talks about toward the end of the Savior's first appearance to the Nephites in Bountiful. He finished His teachings to this people and was about to return to Heavenly Father. But He noticed that everyone needed comfort, peace and assurance. Even when no one told him about it, He invited all to Come Unto Him, at first it was to attain a testimony that He is the Christ but now its to let them know that He is our Savior. He began healing all the sick, afflicted and more. Gradually one person at a time Healed them and comforted them in their burdens and hardships. After that Angels came down and ministered to all of them, assuring them that it's gonna be A'OKAY. And He even offered a prayer for all of them as well as instituted the sacrament for them too.

我知道耶稣基督很疼爱每一个天父的儿女，他想要我们回到他生变。能一起集合到天父的家，永远的在他旁边。耶稣为我们而受苦和经验到死亡为了辅助我们个人的行程会到天父的大家庭。天父，耶稣基督和圣灵非常爱我们。我知道他们春在。这些我说奉耶稣基督的名，阿门。

THE TURKEYYY BOWLLLL! on snow tooo!!

Had to get a flat tire fix with a homie members help

Got some food along the way

Anyways that's all see you next P-Day!!

16th Week in the Mission Field

This week dun been Fun slightly depressing but Amazing

No photos for this week I think hold up let me checking. Sadly I do t have any Anyways let's get started.

Gratitude

Well this week has been a really harsh week, for my mind especially.  Had a struggle towards how I can always do better. That I felt like I could use 24 hours more effectively instead of just relaxing. But with that mindset and motive I realised just how exhausted I can be and it's CRAZYY. However as I was conveying this to my trainer he mentioned to remember that God doesn't only trust in you. And something that we learned during zone conference is that

This is not your work. It's the Lord's work.

We work together as one to bring all to come unto Christ✨️ I love that idea ✨️

Which I then realised why we needed the Atonement, to seek the Lord's help to improve. Not to help others to come unto Christ but ourselves as well. ✨️ It's comforting to remember that❤️

Also how much I've improved. It's amazing

Discipleship of Jesus Christ

During one of the member rides we had after finishing a chinese lesson. We were able to chat with Brother Shaw about the process of discipleship. And he mentioned about the parable of the workers. How different workers can come and work at different time and all workers receive the same amount of payment. Despite the difference between each duration of the work the servants gave. And it's interesting how when we first heard it it doesn't seem fair at all. However, Brother Shaw mentioned how we are all aiming for the same reward to attain eternal life. And shouldn't we all help one another to attain that reward? No matter how long we are in the work, don't we want to share that reward with everyone? I loved that parable and looking things the way God sees things it's amazing✨️✨️

So let's all work together as one, to bring all to Come and help in His work no matter when and how long they've been in this great work.

Prayer

This week I had the opportunity to teach about prayer in Gospel Principle class and it's amazing to see just how mush I still can improve in my prayer and relationship with my father in Heaven❤️ I loved it

I was able to learn how I can come ever more closer to my Father and how His live can truly be felt as we pray like the hymes a child's prayer it's soo divine when I hear it's verses and meaning.

Heavenly Father, are you really there?‍♂️❔️❓️

And do you hear and answer ev’ry child’s prayer?

Some say that heaven is far away,

But I feel it close around me as I pray.❤️

Heavenly Father, I remember now

Something that Jesus told disciples long ago:

“Suffer the children to come to me.”‍♂️‍♀️

Father, in prayer I’m coming now to thee.

Pray, he is there;

Speak, he is list’ning.

You are his child;

His love now surrounds you.❤️❤️

He hears your prayer;

He loves the children.❤️

Of such is the kingdom, the kingdom of heav’n.‍‍✨️

Likewise I know that He truly is there, and I have come to realise prayer isn't an incantation or something we do as a routine for a successful life as disciple of Jesus Christ.  It's to strengthen your relationship with our Heavenly Father.  To learn how to speak with him in a ever more personal ❤️ and heartfelt way❤️✨️I know He loves us and I know that words can come not only through our mouth and mind, but even in our heart and soul✨️

Prayer truly is a divine gift, a way he shows us hesed, we are his segullah and we are always and forever cherished

I love this divine power. Another way we can come closer to our Father through the Savior's help even though we aren't able to go to the temple as often as we liked too.

Spiritual Thought

The Lord's peace️‍✨️John 14:27

27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

A talk given from Elder Neil L Anderson in his recent talk he said:

"Yet that is precisely the joy the Savior offers. His joy is constant, assuring us that our ‘afflictions shall be but a small moment’ [Doctrine and Covenants 121:7] and be consecrated to our gain.

Brothers and sisters, the peace you seek may not come as quickly as you desire, but I promise you that as you trust in the Lord, His peace will come.

May we nurture our precious faith, pressing forward with a perfect brightness of hope. I testify that our hope is our Savior, Jesus Christ. Through Him, all our righteous dreams will be realized. He is the God of hope—the triumph of hope. He lives and He loves you. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen."

I know that in times of turmoil, that's the hope that the Savior provides us. The peace of our spirit and love. I know this to be true and I say all this things in the sacred name of Jesus Christ Amen.

 

15th Week in the Mission Field

This week has been really intriguing and fun in my opinion ✨️✨️

Also I didn't take any photos this week so it's gonna be a wordy email today. Okay let's start

Working with Members ‍‍‍✨️

This week has BEEEN THRILLING we were able to have a meeting with the Stake President, STAKE Mission Leader and Leader for Missionary work in the stake. They are all AWESOME LEADERS ATHEY ARE INSPIRING TOO. We were able to give our reports on how the Missionary work is going and they are really happy to hear the report as well. More than that we saw the start of the fruit of working with members. We were able to gain a deeper trust with a few members this week. And even able to use whatsoever resources we have to do the work, from email, to Facebook Messenger, to a new sim card HAHAHAHA GOT OUR CONTACTING DEVICES BACK, Members to place more fishing line in the water and whatsoever church resources and share it to everyone we teach and meet.

The Gospel is a Message of Healing✨️

Well as you know after the election and the result on who is going to be the new President of the United States of America. We had the opportunity to meet and teach a member of a ward that we cover, whom his family and himself were devastated in the result of the election. And while they did mentioned their opinions and thoughts about this matter. I realised how careful me and my comp had to be in resolving his concern. Which we were led to share Alma 46: 19-21 and one of the most important message is the covenants we made with the Lord. To attain the strength of the Lord through the covenants we made and overcome the world, defending and spreading peace to all of the children of God on Earth.

Power of the Holy Ghost and Faith ✨️✨️

I have come to find for myself that the power of the Holy Ghost is a powerful gift Heavenly Father has given to us all. I was able to gain an experience for myself how the gift of the Holy Ghost, Heavenly Father's given power has helped me learn and improve my mandarin reading skills. Like doing it with the Lord's help makes it so much more easier and my mind is just open and ready to learn as well. I like it✨️ More than that I am even learning how to understand its prompting even more.

Gradually something I realised is that I don't often have those huge feeling in my heart when it comes to sharing a message but rather there are small and simple thoughts that just pops in from time to time. And something I learned in the mission is that...

The Gospel changes our understanding of everything, Allignment and understanding it can help a lot in our life's. And I am still somewhat lost in that sense. Yet I still do want to learn and understand that even more about the Spirit and it's power. So yeah open minded and willing to learn and change is really hard many times, but it's the Lord's way and His way is always best for us ❤️

Also through prayer and fasting we were able to attain our new sim card just yesterday. And it was AWESOME to the the promised and experience the blessing of faith tooooooo ✨️✨️

Football Game

Okay at this point I will admit I am whitewashed into the USA CULTURE FR

Like the recent match of BYU and UOU is an insane game I heard from members also thanks to Messenger I was able to learn that BYU WONNN soo WOOOOOH

I need help I never would have thought FOOTBALLL can be such an addictive thing put of all sports. But haven't broken any mission rule yet hehe so no worry. Didn't go to a match Also in South Ogden I never knew there is so many people who are University Of Utah Fans like I thought everyone here is a BYU fan and until I learned that I was just in awe. Also Utah has the hardest adversary of charity when it comes to Football and that is something I've seen for myself It's soo FUNNY

But yeah overall that was how my week went HAHAHAHHA

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT 

I was able to learn about the power of Obedience and through the example of Captain Moroni and Helaman with his 2060 stripping warriors and it's AMAZINGG to see how the Lord has blessed them. I know that when we do so we can be blessed throughout our lives and even on the mission. I want to do better and overcome my hardship I am glad and grateful for the many experiences I am able to see.