Church...week 84

The work has made a very large tremor this week. We had been doing pretty well this month with helping our investigators enjoy the Sabbath by attending the sacrament meetings and classes. We have had between 23 and 26 people zone wide. This week though...WE HAD 46 PEOPLE COME TO CHURCH, and they all stayed for the 3 hours of church and some even stayed afterwards for the baptism of someone they didn't even KNOW! The zone worked hard this month, and Heavenly Father is starting to show us just how much potential this area has.

Otherwise, we have a lot of other miracles as well. One is the upcoming and reliable miracle of General Conference! I won't get to watch it until a week after most of you, but I'M SO READY for this general conference. This is the last one that I will see in the field.

I also have tracked down a friend from a year ago, brother Ng Chun Kuen! He's doing really well, and I am having lunch with him today!

Nothing much else. I'm realizing that I have not been using the Book of Mormon as much as I should in my mission. I am guilty of what the Lord described in D&C 84:54, treating this precious gift lightly. We have to each as individuals remove this cursing from off ourselves so that we can bring forth fruit meet for the Father's kingdom! (D&C 84:58)

It's not just a book. It's not just true. It's the keystone of our religion. Why do you think the Lord required the publishing of the Book of Mormon prior to the organization of the church? BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT! So read it.

Notes from Mom:  Ian forwarded a picture and letter from his companion, Elder Johnson.  I'm so glad he did because it is the picture for the week!  Some great things happening.

"This week has been really really crazy! We have been trying to keep up with all these people that heavenly father is blessing us with and it's been keeping me on my toes.

Just yesterday we had a whole Indian family walk in the church they said we could visit anytime and they want to come back next week. We also had another Indian man named Rakesh walk in and he stayed for the full three hours and he now also wants to be taught by the missionaries. 

This week there was a giant youth conference in Hong Kong with youth from Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and mainland who all came down for a few days. Well, Elder Taylor and I had met this 16 year old Danish kid on the train just a few weeks back and so we invited him to go. Well he only had time to show up for the last bit of it, which was actually perfect because it was the testimony meeting and treats. So he got to hear all these other youth share their testimonies and how Jesus Christ has helped them. Turns out one of the girls their was already his friend and they were in Hong Kong on the same exchange program. hahaha!!! Perfect! So now he wants to come to church next week!"