March 31, 2014
Hello family and friends!
Transfers have come and gone and nothing changed. Sister Beazer and I are still together here in Xi Zhi. This is where I will finish my mission! I cannot believe this is it. I really do feel that I just came on a mission. Time is so weird on a mission.
A lot of things have happened this week. I hope I can get it all in. :)
Last Monday was miracle night! We started off the night by having dinner with Huang JM( Carole). She is so much fun to be around. Her daughter just got her mission call to Australia. The mom is super excited.
After having dinner we set out to contact. We were walking to the road we wanted to contact and came across a man who has been to our church before. He asks you are Mormon right. We tell him yes we are. We were able to talk with him a bit and share with him about the restoration.
As we continued walking we ran into a girl on her way to dinner. It turns out that she is also a Christian. We shared with her about the restoration. She did not want to set up but we were able to give her our number.
Tuesday we went contacting in an area that both of us have never been to. We were walking around and ran into a Chen DX who was really nice. We shared with him the restoration and how the priesthood is the power of God. We told him that through this power we can be baptized and have more strength in our life. He told us I need God's power in my life. He is really great and I cannot wait to meet him again this week.
Wednesday was crazy! We were constantly running around.
In the morning we were on our way to go visit our less active Wang Xiao Hui. We decided to walk to her house. As we were walking we see a lady in a wheelchair on the road. I ask her do you need help she goes yes. We ended up walking her to her house! She even gave us her name number and address. We are planning to visit her this week.
We then meet with Wang JM! She has changed so much since I have been here. You can see that the spirit is really working on her! She even came to church this week. Not only that but she came early and stayed after to talk with people. I love seeing the spirit change her life!
After that we went to Aya's house to grab food for our English party! She is from Japan but married a Taiwanese boy. She went to BYU Hawaii too! It was fun to talk and get to know her. It is really hard for her here because she does not speak the language. She stays inside most of the time. :(
The English party was great! It was a little crazy but that is the way it goes! Then move calls came. I was surprised that neither of us moved but am so grateful God allowed us both to stay here because we got such a stride going!
Thursday we were able to visit with Tang JM. Man does she love love to talk. We were able to read with her out of Alma 56. We read with her about how the stripling warriors loved their mothers. She talked about how she does not feel like a good mom. We encouraged her and will keep working with her!
Thursday night we meet with Aya and her whole family. It is weird because the parents speak English the kids speak Chinese and Japanese. We teach in English for Aya to understand and the parents translate into Chinese and Japanese for both kids. We shared with them the video about talents. It was really good for them. We then invited them to think about how they can develop one of their talents!
Funny story! Sister Beazer and I did not go to transfer meeting and had no idea what happened. Our DL area got white washed and I had no idea who was there. I asked the Xi Zhi elder and they were like I only remember that they are in a trio. I was like hmm weird.
I call in that night to tell our DL we are home safe and sound.
He picks up and it is a familiar voice. The elder goes Sister Latimer. It then hit me and I was like Elder Farrell. He was like hao jiu bu jian. I was like yep. (We were together in Shuang He for 3 transfers)
It was really weird to report because I felt like I was back in Shuang he with Sister Koch!
Saturday was a AMAZING DAY!! The weather was beautiful!!!! We were able to good in some good contacting time. We meet some really cool people. We walked everywhere to get in more contacting.
As we were walking near our house we pass by this cute girl. I turn around and ask her can I give you a tract. She goes yes. We talked with her a little about our church. She is a senior in HS and super busy. We exchanged number and she told us to call her in June to meet again.
Saturday night we were able to meet with Zhou JM! Sadly the husband told us he is not interested. We were able to teach her the restoration. Our member was so adorable. She sat right next to her and helped her find the scriptures and other stuff. At the end we asked her do you have any questions. She says no. She told us I am very interested in what you have shared with me!!
Sunday we had a great night of contacting. We were walking and ran into this man who is a Christian. He told us how he believes that after Christ died there were no more prophets called. I told him well you are right to a point. He told us that the Bible is enough. I was like NO! It was crazy to see how he has bits of the truth but not the whole truth. I was able to give him the pamphlet about the plan of salvation. He promised me he would read it!
Sunday was fun during lunch and dinner I read through one of my journals. It was crazy to remember all the good and bad times. I love though how it might be bad one day but one or two pages down it gets way better!
WOW I got it all in!
I love you my dear family! You mean the world to me! I know this church is true. I know that God loves all his children.
Love
Sister Latimer
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