Elder Holland is my Hero

Family and Friends! :)

How are you? Have you eaten rice yet? I hardly ever heard this my whole mission, until this week where i heard it over a hundred times... but... people have been telling me this whole week that i look really tired... then they say " Are you eating Rice?" " If you dont even rice you cant even have energy to walk!" so i tell them " i eat rice about once a day... but most the time im eating noodles, so its just about the same right?" to which they respond " NO! You have to eat RICE! If you dont eat rice you wont get your energy back! eat more rice! " ... surprisingly... just about that exact convorsation happened at least 10 times this last week I love Hong Kong! So... Remember to eat your rice! its alot more important than you think!
This week was SO amazing! the biggest part is.... Elder Holland came to talk to our mission!!! It was SO awsome! The mission took a picture and then we all lined up to shake his hand. When it was my turn i shook his hand and he asked "Hello Elder, How are You?" ... at this point i could not contain how happy/in awe i was... so i stutteringly answered (We were told to tell him our name and where were from) " Im Elder Wright, From St. George" completely missing his question... or asking him the same like i wish i would have... then he said " oh... We got a couple from st.george here" then moved on I shook his wife's hand Elder Jensen ( the seventy) and his wife, and Ending at President Chan with his wife... Its so amazing! i just shook their hands... but at the sametime... ive not felt more love from anyone ever my whole life as I did with them! Except my Mom of course. Love you Mom! So then we went into the meeting room and heard Elder Watson, and Elder Jensen speak a little bit about what we are doing out here on our missions... and what we should be learning from them, how we should be changing, and what this time is supposed to be shaping us to become. Then Elder Holland spoke to us. I cant even begin to say all the amazing things he talked to us about. But, the first thing he did was walk off the stand and asked if it would be okay to speak down there... and as he walked back and forth... He told us how much he loved us. How much he respects us, and how much he wants us to love our missions. He told us how much he loved his mission and how it meant Everything to him. How not a day has gone by where he hasnt thought about his mission in some way, or thought of something he learned on his mission. Then he told us that if we were to go home and turn our backs on what we have done, forget about the people we taught, and throw away what weve learned... He would "Hunt" us... " I will Find you! I will Hunt You! I make clint eastwood look like a boyscout!!!"... then he said " I say that because my mission was EVERYTHING to me... it influenced the rest of my life... it means Everything to me... and i say this because I only want the same for You"... He was So... powerful. I am 100% certian that everyone there Felt his emotion. Then, He taught us about what he hopes our expectations are, and what They expect from us. "God is hastening his work... and We Must Follow" " we can do more. We must do more" ... I cant say all that was said in the meeting... there is no time... but... That 2 hour space of time. Changed my life. He told us that what we do after is what matters. When we go home... are we going to use what we learned? " This cant be and 18 month mission or a 24 month mission... This is Expected to influence your whole life... this is eternal... god expects the same from us as we hope for the people we teach... to do a little more, push a little harder, change for the better, and not for just 18 or 24 months... forever" That night... i wrote for a whole hour in my journal ( even a little longer) and filled at least 4 pages... So amazing. Then! after the meeting me and Elder Yeung had to rush off for a lesson... so we ran downstairs and he used the restroom... i was waiting outside in the lobby... when all the seventies and Elder Holland came down! they stayed in the lobby for a minute and then he had to walk down the hall i was standing by to get to their car. I was so... i cant even describe my emotion... i remember thinking. woah its Elder Holland... i wonder if he will wave when he comes by? i wonder if he will say anything to me! I was so excited just to be in the same room as him. ha... He has no idea... Then he starts walking to the hallway... i stand off to the side and smile and wave as he is walking up... Then... HE STOPPED! (WOAH! my mind... and heart was racing... ) then he shook my hand and asked me " Hello Elder, How are you?" i said " im Great! How are you?" then he says" Good. What is your name?" I answered " Im Elder Wright" (this whole time he is looking me straight in the eye... i think... in the face... one of the two) Then He responds " Elder Wright, Ya look good... You have a nice Smile,... and Curly Hair... " then he walked away! ... so funny! as he walks away leaving me completely shocked... i stumble out a ... "thanks!" with a Huge smile... ... so fun. So... yeah... That was one of the coolest things that has happened to me my whole life... hahah! Elder Holland is my Hero! one of them
So... now breifly in news this week... 3 weeks until transfers and i cant help but to anticipate its coming. I love Chai Wan and kind of hope i can stay... but there must be a change. Anyway! Sisters moved into our district and we have turned over all of our female investegators... so we now have Dennis and Kevin... who we just met! and we have a new kid Jacky scheduled on saturday! should be super cool! Linda is going to be Baptized on Sunday! Woo hoo! Pauline is doing awsome... Loved Elder Hollands talk to the members last night... OH! Elder Bednar came too! but sadly we didnt get to see him... He was in Kowloon speaking to all the young single adults and youth. we didnt have anyone to go with... so we couldnt go. oh well. Franky is also doing Awsome! she reads scriptures way more than she used to (daily... alot!) and loves coming to church! Awsome!... Dennis and the Chan Family will All come to church on sunday and see their relatives who will now come to the wan chai chapel from now until next year! so... thats cool too!
Everything is more than Good! Thank you for your prayers and all the support you give. Thank You!

Love,
Elder Mckay Wright

Let's be Pretty Darned Good all of the Time!

Hello. How is everyone? I hope all is well where you are... GUESS WHAT!?!?!?!?

MY COUSIN IS COMING TO HONG KONG!!!
MY COUSIN IS COMING TO HONG KONG!!!
MY COUSIN IS COMING TO HONG KONG!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
... Levi Wright Is Called to serve in Hong Kong!!!! You could say I am INTENSELY EXCITED!!!! awesome!!!!
SO! I can’t even think what to say! I’m just completely off the ground right now... I can’t even think!
Ok. So this week was Awesome! Pauline was confirmed and ive never seen her look so happy. Frankie was Baptized!
She had such a special experience she has given 2 referrals already! Pretty amazing!
Yesterday we went over to visit the Chan Family and it was so special. Basically the whole family is really making some changes to try to be able to come to church, especially because now is the perfect time! Because their relatives’ chapel in West point (the biggest city part of the island... which is a giant city...) is being redone. So they will meet at the Wan Chai Chapel for the next 6 months. So they made a goal to really learn about this church and join the church while their relatives are still there. They are so great; Sister Chan totally loves us, and trusts us so much, yesterday she asked if we could help and take them into central for their friend’s birthday party. So we did... and I hope I didn’t brake any mission rules... but as we were all walking out to the bus, Hailey ( 5 years old) Was scared and wanted to hold my hand as we walked across the streets... it was so cute... to me :)... anyway, hope I didn’t do anything wrong! SO. Today was temple day. It’s pretty amazing no matter how many times we go to the temple, how much I have never realized or never thought about before, especially how much I feel like I learn in the temple. Every single. Time!!! Pretty amazing!
So in a meeting we had a while back, My zone leader Elder Kershisnik (hope I spelled that right) was talking about a pattern in our mission... how it seems like a wave... we have lots of investigators... then they all get baptized... then we have no investigators... then we find for a long time, find lots of people... then have a lot of people to teach... then... etc...
So... Quote of the week... he asks us what we can to do to have a steady line of improvement and be
"Instead of being good sometimes and bad sometimes... Be pretty darn good all the time"
ha... I thought it was funny. But True. Then i thought about it. I came up with some ideas. Then later I thought about how to be
Pretty darn good all the time in any aspect or in developing any attribute. It’s pretty cool how we can take just about any attribute we want to become and listen to what modern prophets and apostles have to say about it. So I read a lot, and it was a really special experience for me as I decided I want to become more Patient. I read a number of talks and scriptures, it was really awesome. I know that if we really try to follow today’s prophets and apostles teachings... we can become "pretty darn good ALL the time. " instead of having some kind of a cycle... :) I thought it was cool... I wish I could share my experiences better.
Oh well! :)
Love all of you!!! Thank you for the prayers and support!
Love, Elder McKay Wright

Transfers and Swimming Lessons...

Hello Family and Friends!!! :)

How are you!?!? Have you eaten rice yet? What’s the news in America? Anything special?
Pauline is getting baptized on Sunday!!! :) I’m so happy for her! She actually invited her husband, two sons, and daughter all to come to the Baptism. She wants us to teach them and is trying to get them all to come to a talent show that the ward is having on the 10th.
Frankie called me the other day and told me that she wants to be baptized. ( get ready for this... Epic Miracle!) We have been teaching her for quite a while, and all through this time she has received SO much anti. So maah faahn... anyway. about 3 weeks ago she told us that she couldn’t be baptized because she is afraid of water, and we thought that she was just making an excuse because of more anti. Turns out, when she called me she told me that she had to cancel our appointment on Friday and move it to Saturday, so I said we would schedule her baptism interview then. Ii asked (out of curiosity) “Why can’t you come on Friday”? and she told me " Because I have swimming lessons, I’ve been taking them for about three weeks"...Ii said" but you’re afraid of water!?" Then she said “I’m taking them so I won’t be afraid to be baptized"...!!!!
...I didn’t really know what to say... actually I still don’t. But isn’t that Amazing! :) I’m SO happy!
All the other people we teach are doing well. but were busy on vacation all week because, I guess they get a big Easter Break over here...I have no idea why... not a single person here celebrates it...I think they do something special at all the churches... but it’s just one day... and I didn’t hear anyone talking about it or anything. I was really confused all week when everywhere was closed... Actually... I’ve asked around and no one is really sure why the holiday is, but just know that it is. Pretty interesting.
Transfers were today! Elder Yeung and I will stay here in Chai Wan together for this one, maybe even next one,... who knows... BUT! This marks quite an event! It will officially be the longest amount of time I’ve stayed in one area! I’m happy to stay because I love the ward and I Love all the people we teach. It’s so fun, and everyone here is really into helping us with missionary work.
That’s about it for this week! Love all of you! Thank You for everything!
Elder Mckay Wright