Elder Taylor: Elder Stevenson...week 28

So the same day as last P-day I had the amazing opportunity to shake hands and listen to Elder Stevenson of the Twelve address our mission. He spoke about the recent Worldwide mission training they had in January/Febuary. It's so cool to have such specific revelation and questions pointed to us as a mission. Very Powerful.

This week was also a little rough. After finding a couple friends on the street that had a TON of interest, their teachers showed up and started speaking in broken English telling them to get home. It was approximately 7 o'clock in the evening (which may seem decently late for some Americans, but in Hong Kong everyone is just getting out of their sports practices (which are only an hour long maximum). The teachers followed them and, assuming that we didn't speak Chinese, started shouting at them about how we were a wicked and evil church and how they needed to avoid us at all costs. We walked away and prayed as hard as we could that the spirit would protect those two young men and that we would still be able to contact them. We still have yet to talk with them.

We also, for the first time in both mine and Elder Powell's mission, we got a street contact FAMILY! They have a beautiful 2ish year old daughter who was really funny because she kept calling me their dog's name. They weren't able to make it to church this week, but we should be seeing them soon. They read "The Family: a Proclamation to the World" and really have a lot of interest in the concept of Eternal Families. Super awesome.

We also have an investigator who is getting ready and on his way to be baptized. He is about 40 years old, not married, no children, and he loves reading the Book of Mormon! Elder Powell and I are both so glad that he's working so hard to understand this. He's willing to keep every commandment that we have taught him thus far. We're actually going to be hiking with him today, as well as with the Sha Tin elders and a member that Elder Powell knew from Wan Chai. SSSSIIIICCCCKKKK!

My scripture of the week is actually a talk by Ezra Taft Benson from his opening address for the October 1985 General Conference titled "Born of God". My favorite quote in there comes from the Addiction Recovery Book. The last paragraph says "Be changed for Him." I am willing to change for Him, and I hope that after reading this talk, you will have more desire to do so as well. OBEDIENCE! SANCTIFICATION! CONSECRATION! That is something that we all can have a little more in our hearts. I know that Jesus is the Christ. He provides the way for us to attain perfect happiness in the most perfect way.

This is a picture of the District right before transfers. Sister Lo had to leave, but otherwise no changes were made. Happy missionaries.

It was one of the sister's birthday!

The is a recently attained investigator who is pretty awesome. He runs track. His 400 meter time is 57 seconds, so he is pretty shootin' fast. He's about my age, but he is still in high school because that's just how China works.

Elder Farr of the province of Springville of the Kingdom of UTAH is HERE! Got a picture with him. Shoutout to him for making it through the MTC alive and to his family for supporting him the whole way!