Hi our Dear Family,
Hope this finds everyone happy and healthy! Monday was a good day. We skyped with Jenny and her family. Then we went to a goodbye picnic for Joo and Miho who are both going back to their home lands. We will miss them. They really became our good friends. Then we did a little shopping and went to FHE. Dad and I did the lesson we did a demo on the difference between a shaky testimony and a rock hard testimony. Family home evening is a lot of fun, good people, good food, good visiting.
Tuesday we taught Dan (a young man who was recently baptized). The lesson was pretty good. Dan is a new member. The Elders just turned him over to us. He offered the closing prayer and said "help me be good and not want to sin to much." It was sincere. He is awesome. It is such a thrill to work with these new members. They help us so much in our testimonies.
We went to a baptism with Elder Su and Elder Woo. We met with a girl names Elaine. She is from China and is here, in Australia, studying to be a Interior Decorator. She has no interest in religion and this is why. She was taught the first three lessons by the Elders and they offended her. So for about six months she wouldn't have anything to do with the church or talk to any of the missionaries. The Elders ran into her a month ago and she said she was interested in learning more about English. So they passed her off to us. She won't come up to the QV (the place where they teach people lessons). So that is why we were at the baptism at the church. This is the second time we we met with her. The first time we gave her an assignment to write a paragraph about fast food. When she came she was not prepared. So we asked her what she wanted to do. Elaine said she just wanted to talk because that helps her with her English. So we stared out by asking her to tell us about her favorite places she likes to go and why. That went pretty good. Then Dad started asking her about her feelings about God. She says she believes in him sometimes and sometimes not. But if she does believe in God she thinks God is a woman. So as we kept talking, before we knew it we taught her the plan of salvation and set an appointment to talk about why we have prophets. Nothing was planned. The spirit just made it happen. It was pretty amazing. So we will see how next week goes.
Saturday we had a really busy day. I love busy days. We taught four lessons and had some REALLY good discussion and good feelings. Before we knew it, it was time to go home. On our way to the tram we saw a girl that has stood us up and haven't seen for a month. She was all smiles and made an appointment to see her next week.
Sunday we took a group to a Fireside. We all went together on the tram and bus. The idea came to me the other day that is has really been a blessing not to have a car. Because it's on the bus and tram that the relationships are made. It reminds me of working in Young Womens. It's camp and youth conference and service projects where the relationships are made and developed, not on Sundays. So if we never get a car, it's okay.
Well that's all for now.
Love you all
Love,
Mom and Dad
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