January 27, 2014
Hello Family and friends!
WOW! A week plus has come and gone. It has been a long week but so worth it, The temple was amazing!! They finally have the new movie! So amazing!! No other words can describe how much I liked it.
Tomorrow starts the crazy Chinese new year dinners. I am nervous but at the same time super excited. Nothing can beat last year with 3 different wards. That was by far the most I have ever had to eat.
Monday night we had such a HUGE miracle. WE were riding our bikes home from a long night of door knocking. WE see a lady and pull over to talk with her. It turns out that she is also Christian. She has not been happy with work lately. She had said a prayer just a few minutes earlier that God would help her. Then who does she meet the MISSIONARIES! We were really able to comfort here. I felt really blessed that we listened to the spirit and pulled over.
Tuesday was exchanges with the sister training leaders. I got to be with Sister Tsai this time. I love her so much. She is one of my favorite exchanges. I loved being able to just speak Chinese the whole time. I was amazed at how I could do it. I realized I need to be more confident in myself.
Saturday was a HAPPY HAPPY day. Zhu JM our recent convert husband got baptized!!!! After her husband came up out of the water she started to cry. My heart just melted. Last night we had dinner with them and the elders. It was so cool to just see the joy that comes from having this gospel.
BTW Zhu Jm wants to meet mom and dad. I told her that you two speak Chinese and she was so ecstatic. She was like then they can talk with me.
I love seeing the joy that comes when those we love come into the fold. She has been wanting this for her husband ever since she joined. Now her dream is fulfilled. The other night at dinner she was like Qiu DX can you say the prayer.
Friday we had our Zone Specialized training. It was so good. We got trained a lot.
We got trained on what we call name tag contacting. In every contacting situation us missionaries subconsciously touch our name tags. President Day trained us after touching our name tag we tell them our purpose. He especially mentioning baptism.
I have loved doing this. It is bold and sometimes it is scary! However, as President Day said, " It is a fast way to weed out those who are ready and those who are not". Missionaries sometimes waste time with people who are not ready and those who are ready are just passing by them.
Another thing we got trained on is asking them the simple question "Would you like to be forgiven" Without a doubt everyone will say yes! Then that gives us the perfect opportunity to mention baptism.
We have really enjoyed using these tools to become better missionaries. Through this we really are finding those that are prepared.
We were able to meet with Lin JM this past Friday and Monday. On Friday we shared with her the Restoration. One of our La's (less active) was able to help us Pei ke. The spirit was so strong in that lesson. At the end we invited her to be baptized and she accepted. She set a date for 2/22/14.
Monday we meet with her again and shared the Plan of Salvation. At the end we asked her what kingdom do you want to go to. She was like Celestial kingdom. At the end we followed up on her baptismal date. She was like I am not sure about baptism. She then brought up some issues that are going on in her life. I felt prompted to turn to Alma 7- 11-14. We BOLDLY testified that through the atonement/ baptism she will be healed. She recommitted to baptism.
That's a wrap for the week.
I love you all each so very much. I know that the Lord is watching over you. I know that this church is true. I know that through the atonement we call all be healed.
Love
Sister Latimer
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