This week was awesome. We are really seeing some amazing miracles. We have 3 baptism dates we set this week with some of the people we are working with! Its been a focus of ours to really try to connect with people this week. It has been a cool experience just having people open up to us about how their life is going and the struggles they have.
A funny experience this week- we were out walking and were dying of thirst so we decided to knock on a door and ask for some water. This old chinese lady answered and my comp spoke to her in mandarin and away she went. She came back with a big bottle of soda water. We looked at each other and shrugged. She poured us each a glass and I swear it was so hard to drink the whole cup. It was nasty.. But my comp was seriously struggling. It was so funny and when he finally finished she asked us if we wanted more and I said no but hesaid he did so he got another glass full haha. It was just a little thing but it was crack up. I have never seen someone struggle so hard to drink soda water!
A spiritual experience this week- We were out walking Monday evening. It was raining and windy and cold so there weren't many people out but we didnt have anything else planned for the last 30 min of our work day. A chinese girl rushed past us trying to get home out of the cold. We decided not to stop her because we knew no one would want to talk out in this weather. Then I got an impression I needed to reach out to her. I turned and called out to her. She stopped and turned and we walked up. We began talking and she threw so many barriers up. We stopped and asked "have you ever had anything happen in your past that you wish the pain could be wiped away from"? She paused and said yes. We began to talk about her life and the things she had been through. It was a powerful experience for me. Then she told us she had believed in God once, but that she had called out to Him for help and He never answered. She took that to mean He was not there. We began to talk about the Nature of God and how much He really does love us. We talked about how sometimes He won't take away the trial but will give us the strength to go through it and how its up to us to learn the lesson from it. She really opened up and we have had a few lessons now. She is loving it all.
Well I just want you all to know God is there. No matter what happens in the world. He does care about us. And through Jesus Christ and his suffering we can find peace in the darkest moments.
Love you all!
Elder White
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