Moves, Tears, and New Responsibilities

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SUPRISE!!!! 2 in one week!!!! but why!? Actually, I was transfered again! So now I am back in Chinese work in the Kowloon zone! I'm going to be serving in Tsim Sha Tsui! Right in the heart of Kowloon and Hong Kong! Pretty Epic! I have a new companion and I am with him already, His name is Elder Parkin! he is Brand new and just got done with his trainer. He is a soccer player too! From Skyline!... I feel like were already best friends! He is a great kid and a great missionary! He is ready to work too! im very excited! I hope I can take the heat!

My emotions right now are all over the place. I have left international, and it was SO sad. I love international! Im sure i will miss it very much, especially that we have 2 people that Elder Palfreyman and I taught that are being baptised Tommorow! then one on next Sunday! All the sisters are SO great. It is so funny and amazing to me how they all look up to us, They are all like our big sisters... possibly even our moms,... Im not gonna lie, It was pretty sad to leave and I actually had my little moment to cry about it. All the people that i taught and Baptised called and talked with me, and nearly everyone of them Cried. It was all fine and good until every once in a while iIjust randomly felt like i couldn't leave the people that I had taught... and it brought tears to my eyes. But they turned to tears of Joy when I talked to them about what they had learned and they thanked me for what I did and would share their testimony with me.  I challenged everyone I talked to  and challenged them to do different things, like promise that they would stay strong and prepare themselves to go to the temple, get a calling, and be a powerful missionary! They are doing SO great. It is quite sad to leave and I will miss it so much. It was an experience that changed my life forever, and I will never forget it! I am so happy to have had the opportunity to serve in international, and I hope i can go back to help any chance I get!

Now in my new area, things are a little different... actually quite alot different! On tuesday night President Chan called me to explain to me the situation to me and then make his expectations very clear. He told me that I would go to the TST area, and that I would serve with Elder Parkin. He released me as a district leader and he thanked me for my service, but explained to me that my new responsibility is to get this area going. Years ago TST was a booming area. it has been on a decline and for the last few years has seen Very little success, If any at all. In the last few transfers there has been weeks were there were 0 disscussions taught the entire week!... quite a change from what I have been used to recently. From my understanding, this area is a rock bottom, has been for a while, and hasn't changed. it is also one of the largest areas in all of Hong Kong! President Chan told me to focus all my efforts on starting the area up again. He also expressed how he expects a lot out of me and that he has a distinct feeling that Elder Parkin and I were the ones to do it. Together. I have a feeling i'm about to be humbled in a BIG way. Im actually quite scared. But, luckily! Elder Parkin is amazing! HA! I already know that unity and Obedience will not be a problem. I'm so excited!

Thats about all for today. Thank You for everything! Thank You for the Prayers, they are much needed and appreciated. Thank You.

Love from Hong Kong,

Elder Mckay Wright!

P.S. I saw my cousin. He is huge. and Powerful. and a awesome missionary. I already know! Gave him a Huge hug. took some pictures.... Awesome. IT IS SO UNREAL! I LOVE IT! hahahah

A week of miracles...

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How are You?! Everything here is going well!... Just the ordinary Crazy awesome Miracles!!!! We had 2 people this week come to church who thought they were going to be Baptised today... ("L" and "E") this is about how the conversation went with "E".. "hey! You look so sad whats wrong?"

 "I thought i would be baptised today butIi was late for church... I know I'm not ready" (Elder Palfreyman and I look so confused at each other) "Sister "E" its okay! You were just a little late, and Your goal for baptism isnt until the 30th anyway" ..." I went home after last week and prayed to know if being baptised here was the right decision and0 I recieved and answer thatI I know for sure in my heart it is right... so i decided thatIi would just be baptised today".... (!?!?!?!?!?!?!?... uhhh... we have no idea what to say)

 "ok... well... lets go into a classroom right now and we will work everything out to where You will be baptised on the 30th of this month. ok?" ... " ?.... So long?...." (hahah ...Ii guess I forgot to mention that all we had taught her to this point is the Restoration, Word of wisdom, Law of Chastity, and a intro to the Plan of Salvation. haha. ) "ok. lets go were going to get everything worked out right now."

haha.... that just about sums up our whole week! it is SO amazing to see some of the people that we teach sincerely pray, recieve a sure answer, and from that point on, There is NOTHING to them that will get in their way of being baptised and following the Prophet. We are also teaching someone right now named Joy, she has been researching different churches for most of her life because every member of her family is in a different church, for the last 3 or 4 years she has been attending the Jehovahs Witness church, and then for the past month or so commited herself to trying this church when we found her on the street. after meeting with her for about 3 weeks we watched the Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration video with her. She was crying and sharing her testimony with us that she had prayed that week and recieved an answer that Joseph Smith is a true Prophet and that Thomas S. Monson is a living Prophet of God now here on the earth, she was interviewed that day and will be baptised this week!!!  So amazing. then she came out to help us find more people to invite to church!!! it was great!

Well... that about all I know to talk about... basically... this place is miracle central right now.  Such an amazing blessing for them and for us! I mean, this week, I have never thought about prayer like I did this last week hearing the experiences of the people we are teaching and it even made me question myself! Am I praying sincerely enough to recieve answers like they have? I really have never met more Humble people in my whole life. They are my example, and they teach me so much.
I LOVE being a missionary!!!!!!  You should be jealous! haha joke.
Thank You for all of Your Prayers! Praying for You always! Miss You!
Love,
Elder Mckay Wright...

Every Sincere Prayer is Answered

Hello Everyone!!!




How are you today!? What’s the new news? Its finally starting to cool down over here and it feels pretty nice now... I think I will have to stop taking cold showers soon... ha-ha... it’s been about 7 months since I’ve had a warm shower... ha-ha... Anyway!!!!

This week has been another miracle; It was actually a little bit slow. But! It was so good because we got to hear every Sunday session talk about 3 times!!! It was Great! Because there is sacrament everyday in the Branch I am serving in... There was also conference everyday! It was pretty special I really loved Conference. Especially President Uchtdorf's talk on Saturday morning, President Eyrings talk Sunday morning and of Course Presidents Monson's talk on Sunday Morning. I think this year I was really hit by a talk that scared me... so I don’t really want to talk about it. ha-ha. And Also I LOVED Elder Holland’s talk in Priesthood session,... unfortunately that was the only talk that I could watch of it... so we will need to watch the re-broadcasting of it... probably on President Brown's (our branch presidents) computer.

“J” was baptized this Saturday! It was such a special day. She had a Great testimony, that actually she was so nervous about getting up that she wrote it all down so she could just read it, she was crying as she read mostly and it was a little hard to understand at those parts... BUT we got the papers and copied them and I’m going to send it to my Parents! So... maybe they can post it on my blog or something. It is SO amazing!!! I feel safe to say that nothing makes a missionary happier than when they hear someone that they were able to teach and share with share their own testimony of the Book of Mormon and of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that I have never been happier than those moments. I am SO thankful for this time that I have to be a missionary... i only have 1/4 left... and I’m going to make the most of every second. My mission has blessed me so much, it has changed me in every single way, I know that every goal and plan that i had before my mission has been changed. I feel so much more like i understand what i should do, i have more confidence in my future, it is amazing how my mission, (supposed to be a sacrifice) has actually ended up something that I would NOT trade ANYTHING for. I don’t feel like I sacrificed anything... I know I have... but it doesn’t feel that way one bit... I don’t know how to explain! syun la!!!!!! (Whatever la!) But I love this. I love being a missionary. Everything about it. I am so excited that this week, “A’, a sister that we have been teaching for quite a while, will be baptized. Last week she was not too sure... and we boldly invited her to "Pray unto the father with all the energy of heart" to receive an answer on what she should do about the trials she is facing in her life, and what path God wanted her to take... 1 DAY later she called crying that she knew what she needed to do,... and now she will be being baptized this coming Sunday. I know that Prayer is SO powerful. That Every Sincere prayer is answered.

I am so thankful for all the experiences and all the lessons I learn on my mission. I am so thankful for all of your prayers and support of me. Thank You. See you soon enough! :)



Love,

Elder McKay Wright

A Typhoon 8 -- and all is great!

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How are You!?!? How is the weather!? Guess what! this week i experienced my first T8 (Typhoon 8) and we actually had to stay in our apartment All Day!!! it was so boring... I think just about our whole apartment started to go a bit crazy. When we were finally let out (about 5 pm ) I seriously couldn’t wait to leave! I’m pretty sure I did everything there was to do... twice... but I am super impatient with everything so I actually didn’t get a whole lot done :(... especially because our apartment was all losing our minds!!! Ha... it was pretty interesting...

ANYWAY! In other news! It has been yet Another Great and magical week in the life of a Hong Kong Missionary!!! So many members brought their friends to us this week to give them an opportunity to hear the Gospel. It is kind of scary... but super cool when you notice that the members are bringing you people to teach and trusting us to help them... It has been quite an experience! "J" was baptized on Saturday! It was SO cool! Her whole story is so special. I remember when we found her at World Wide, and we brought 4 people back to church with us that day! It was so awesome! And then out of the 4 of them, Jocelyn seemed to show about ZERO interest in anything we said, while the other three showed quite a lot of interest. As the weeks went by... actually only 2... It turns out that she has been the only one of the 4 of them who came back consistently to church. She has a really strong testimony! I remember last week as we were talking to her and preparing her for Baptism I asked if I could see her Book of Mormon... It looked, and Felt like it was more used than my own!!! She told us how the scripture message that we send every morning she had recorded from the very first day when she read and prayed and had a spiritual experience. She now marks the scriptures that we send, writes them down, and records her feelings. After the Baptism there is always a chance for the Sister who was baptized to share their testimony. "J" is so SO shy, she told me before that she was SO scared to get up, but after her Baptism she got up and shared her testimony for about 5 minutes!!!! I’ve never heard her say more than 5 words!!! ha-ha... Her testimony was so touching. Apparently the spiritual experience she had that first time was really powerful!!! She explained how she left the church and went home that day and didn’t really want to read the book... then that night when she Prayed, she felt like she had to pick up the book... so she did and she started reading. She prayed when she was done and she said that she knows that God answered her prayers right then, and that going to church was what she needed to do, no question about it. Her husband, who normally would be against her joining Any religion other than catholic told her that she can do whatever she felt was right. She recognized this as another answer to her Prayers that it was the right thing to do. Since then she has read her scriptures, and prayed every day. She has changed so much, and while there was a short time she didn’t know if she wanted to actually join our church... it was Very brief... because of her prayers being answered. On Saturday she was Baptized, and I have never seen a larger change in anyone my whole life. It has been such an Amazing experience. I am so happy for her.

Now, on a totally unrelated note. Later that night! there was a Firework show! it is the Biggest fireworkshow in Hong Kong other than New Year... It was AMAZING!!!! 12,000 pounds (6 tons) of Fireworks! All set of in a 30 period of time..... WOW!!!! We were right next to them too... it was so loud i could feel my insides shaking!!! I love the way Hong Kong celebrates!!! haha... Hong Kong is such an amazing city, it is SO special... everything about it! I try not to think that i ever have to leave this Beautiful place. Its my Home! i know it sounds strange but its true!

This week we are looking forward to J's Baptism on Saturday... SO funny! She had Saturday and Sunday holiday this week, and she came to church in Kwai fong with us on Sunday because she lives really close to there. It was testimony meeting here because Conference is not broadcasted until the end of this week for us... SO right after the branch president opens the time to the congregation to share their testimony,... “J” RUNS to the front and shares her testimony with the congregation about how she knows the Book of Mormon is true, she knows that Joseph Smith was called by God to be a Prophet, (did i mention there were several investigators in the room?) and to tie it all up, she shocks the presidency and most all of the members who didn’t know that Actually... She is not a member yet, but is so excited and anticipating her Baptism on Saturday!!!!!!! i think that blew everyone’s mind! I was so happy! Come to think of it... it would have been VERY hard to catch me at anytime this week unhappy! ha-ha... Everything is just SO good!

Today we went Bowling... pretty awesome... then even more awesome we walked around Hung Hom and TST and took JUMP PICS!!!! ha-ha... it was to fun.

Anyway! That is about it! Thank you all so much for your prayers and your support always! SMILE! The Gospel is true!!!!

Much Love,

Elder Mckay Wright

(Excitedly anticipating every moment until my Cousin Comes!!!! whoa!!!! )