Hello Everyone!!!
KAMUSTA KA!!! (tagolog for How are you!?) How are you!? What is the News on the Home front?
This last little while has been a little crazy!!! I have moved from Chai Wan and am now serving in the Island 1 Branch. It is a branch for philipina domestic workers. They are so crazy!!! in a good way . They are so fun and they love us missionaries SO much. I have learned SO much just from my few days of being in this work. At first i was a little dissapointed because i dont get to speak much chinese anymore... but then i came. and i Love it!!!!!! AND i am even learning a little bit of Tagolog ( im not sure if that is how you spell it...) not a lot though... i still have to work hard to keep improving cantonese. ANYWAY! It was a good last week serving in Chai Wan. i had a feeling i would move, so did most of the ward... All my recent converts and friends in the ward found me to say goodbye and things. Franky even brought us dinner! ha. I will really miss Chai Wan. In a lot of ways it was the best time of my mission. SO! now im here in Island 1... i cant even begin to explain how miracles are happening everyday!!! its Too Amazing!!! our schedule is also a bit different. We wake up excercise, eat, and get ready, get a little bit of scripture study in, and get out the door at 9:00, then off to a place called WorldWide... it is the entrance to a big mall and Tons of Philipinas go there on their holiday ( day off, they get one a week, decided by their employer) and we contact them and invite them to come back to the church with us... its 2 stops on the MTR and it takes altogether about 10 minutes. Alot of them dont want to listen... But! there are people there, that are SO prepared, literally waiting to find this gospel... Ill give an example. Not last saturday but the one before... there was exchanges between international and Hong Kong island zone to give some of the international missionaries a chance to go back to chinese work for a day. That day this Island 1 companionship "pulled back" (brought back to the church) a philipina named Jim (Chim). She didnt really want to come, but had a feeling she needed to follow the missionaries. She came got into the church, heard the Restoration lesson, and was introduced to the Book of Mormon. She loved the Book of Mormon right away and started to read it... she stayed for church that day ( oh... something i forgot to mention... because the philipinas only get one holiday a week and it is set by their employer, we have church everyday of the week to give the philipinas a chance to come to church on their holiday. The only place in the world that does this. ill talk more about it later)... turns out, that day was not her holiday, and sunday is, she just happened to have that saturday off because her employer was out of town. So, after being buried in the book of mormon for a whole day, she decided to come back on her real holiday on sunday!... she loved it,... again! she went back to work for the week, but any minute she had, she said "my heart would start to pound and i had to pick up the book"... then as she read, she said " i feel so happy, like my heart is getting bigger " and she said it kind of scared her and she wondered if she was normal... but she loved the book. she sent a text in the middle of the week that said "I KNOW THE BOOK OF MORMON IS TRUE. IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. AMAEN."... So Awesome!!! She has already almost finished the Book of Mormon... she came to church again this saturday because her employer had to leave town for a day again... then came back yesterday on her holiday... i talked to her each of these days... the first two by chance...now i am here and i got to talk to her and teach her saturday and sunday... after church on sunday... she agreed, and we scheduled a baptism interview right then... and her Baptismal goal is on the 3rd of next month... she wants to sooner... but we are giving a little bit of time... even though if she really wants she can be baptized next week!... so she went in and out of her interview in about 20 minutes and passed. Elder Fogt did the interview and he walked out with the most stunned look on his face... It is so amazing to see... SO Fast! she would give Anything for the Gospel at this point... 1 week ago she had a modesty problem... she went out and bought a entirely new wardrobe just to be able to follow the commandment. So amazing. Now to me, a miracle is one thing... i dont even know what to say about this! All the Philipinas are such a huge example of faith to me! Alot of their working, and family conditions are a horror story... then... the ONE Day they have off everyweek... they wake up early come out and Help missionaries contact at the worldwide, go to church, have activities, and Make dinner for the ward and the missionaries that are in charge of that day... SO awesome. On their One Day off. Also this week, while i was contacting on Friday we "pulled back" a lady named Beth... who prayed That Morning that God would send direction into her life. Even though a few days earlier she vowed to never go to a church again because her husband in the philipines, a Christian, left her( cheated on her) for another woman a long time ago, and has had a kid, she just found out a week or two ago and has been Super Depressed... and she is left here working to support her daughter that she cant afford to go and see because she needs all the money she can get to support her daughter to go to school. When i started talking to her and she didnt want to come back... but!... she had a prompting she needed to follow us. so she did, with another member philipina,me and elder Flynn. and after we shared with her... she was in tears, and had a sincere desire to come to church, saying " i know this is where i need to be" she kept asking when she could come to the church, she wanted to be there because she felt so at peace. She said she is coming any time she can, and next week she will bring her 2 friends with her. Saturday we met a lady named Naty who met missionaries a year ago and she recieved a book of mormon. Then her employer dropped her and she lost her phone, she lost contact with the missionaries, I stopped her on the street and she was on her way to church... I talked to her for a minute... and she wasnt very interested, until i brought up the Book of Mormon,... she realized i was from the church that gave her the book of mormon and said " ive read that Book every day since i met missionaries a year ago (sister missionaries)... i feel so happy when i read, it helps me solve so many problems, i know its true!... " ... I havent been here for very long... i wouldnt imagine everyday is like this... but, so far, Every day has Multiple miracles like this! Im Constantly Amazing by the faith and devotion of members, the miracles that the gospel brings to peoples lifes... it is SO amazing.
Anyway... im running out of time... I know this Gospel is true, it is perfect, and can help Everyone.
Thank you everyone for all you Do... I love You all, Keep your faith strong! the Gospel is True! Share it!
who knows who is waiting and ready to hear this beautiful message.
Love Always,
Elder Mckay Wright
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