Hello Everyone!!!
Hello from Hong Kong!!! This is very likely the last Email that will be distributed to everyone from me. I don't really know what to say.
If you want to know how my week went I can Basically say that I spent the Entire week in a meeting or eating food with the wonderful members here in TST and with some of the People that we teach.
It's tough to say goodbye... really tough.
I have got multiple emails from people and I'm planning on keeping in touch with everyone I can. I think it is safe to say that this coming week will be quite an emotional one for me... I'm an emotional guy, Its pretty impossible not to end up that way when a guy has parents like mine... ( love You Mom and Dad!!!).
We had dinner as a Zone last Sunday and Elder Dastrup and I were invited to go up to the "Hot Seat" to share our advise and our testimony... I cried. ... I Love the Kowloon Zone.
Today we Had a Mission Wide Olympics with Basketball, Dodgeball, and Soccer. Each Zone was a Team. No winner Really, It was SO much Fun!!! I got to see all the missionaries in the mission... Including my former companion Elder Parkin. I love that Kid! And of Course Elder Dodd, Elder Ward, Elder Dastrup and I were always together talking to each other. We will all seeeEach other again tonight because we are going to sing together at a Fireside on Sunday. Exciting... Were all pretty nervous though, because we are singing with a Choir and we're all not exactly on the same level. HA! but! yeah. That is really about It.
Grandma "D" is doing awesome and she is going to take us to eat dim sum tommorow for a little farewell thing with the "H" Family. Also... I think we will probably see "K" and" "R" every day until I leave! haha. Many of the people I have taught have been calling me and it has been so nice to talk to them. Each Person is my dear friend.They are another family to me.
Well. I will see you all soon and You can ask me whatever you want... haha... 'Im making this short so I can E-mail my Mom!
Love all of You! Im excited to see You. Thank You for all You have done!
Next time I'll probably be thanking You in Person!
Love from Hong Kong,
Elder Mckay Wright
Friday, March 30, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
I have received so much more than I have ever given, and that I could ever give!,
Well,... I’m sitting here and I’m realizing that I only do this 2 more times before the end... wow... Today was my last time through the temple as a zone. Just one more time... on my last day.
I have finished up all the records here in TST getting it ready for the new guy and we have had some good success finding recently... TST is a powerhouse area now!!! Everyone wants to be here! It’s the coolest! I’m so thankful that I could spend the last quarter of my mission here. I love these people and I already feel how hard it is going to be to say goodbye... I don’t know how I’m going to do it.
I got permission from President Chan to call people that I have taught on my mission... it’s really weird and sad to know that I probably will not ever see most of them again. Luckily technology is amazing now days that I can still keep in contact with them.
Wow,... I really never saw myself in this spot. I mean, it still doesn’t seem real, I’m just expecting to go through with my next transfer and I'll probably just be moved to my new area with my new companion and I’ll have to haul all my luggage on to the MTR just like every other time... at least that’s how I feel... I actually just don’t really know how to feel. Here in Hong Kong I have another family! I am really excited to see my own family, more excited than I am scared, doesn’t misunderstand... But I really feel like I have to leave my family again to get there! And that won’t be fun!
On April 1st we are having our dying fireside called "My conversion story" where all of the missionaries going home invite someone they taught and was baptized or a less active member they helped to come back to speak and share their testimony and Conversion story. So I invited Rochelle. She is powerful! And I think that because the topic will be centered on the Book of Mormon, she is absolutely the one I want to invite. Good stuff.
I don’t really know what to say... if there is anything to say... Kit and Ray are doing amazing, were working with them to find an appropriate date to be Baptized, sadly I will not be in Hong Kong when that happens, same with Sam, and with Felix... But it’s okay, I'll give them a call or something, and Kit actually comes to America about once a year so I can see him after for sure!
This week we are starting to teach 2 Families! One is a Member Referral and the other is, I don’t know if you remember me talking about the Chan Family? Well... anyway! Mrs. Chan called me on Tuesday night and wants us to come over! so... that came back out of Nowhere! I’m so excited! We will see both of them this weekend.
Wow time is going by really fast; I just don’t know what to say. I love my mission... and I am so scared to leave. More scared than I have ever been before. I’m sure everything will be just fine. I’m so thankful for the blessing of my mission. I’m thankful especially for Family, and leaders at home and leaders here in Hong Kong that have helped me to get here. I feel like it is so interesting, how I came on a mission, I don’t know if I understood this at all... I’m thankful that I did! But the reason I say that is, for some reason I don’t really understand, I felt like serving a mission would help me "Give Back" to the Savior for all He has done for me or to Honor my Parents and family by doing what I knew was right and hoping that I could give back more of what I owe or to make up for all that my Parents have sacrificed or "Repay" the Lord what He did for me,... I started all this, just to realize (even more fully now looking back) that the Blessing of my mission... has actually made my debt Greater, to the Lord, and to my Family... I hope I am expressing this clearly. I have received so much more than I have ever given, and that I could ever give!, and though that won’t stop me from doing all I can to be in Their Service... I realize now that i could never "Make up" for all they have done for me. I don’t really know how to say it. In every area of my life, I know realize how much more I could have, and must now give. And it makes me excited and happy. I don’t know how to explain, hopefully you understand... if not... I’ll try to explain again some other time. ha-ha!
Anyway! I love you! Thank you so much for your prayers for the people that we are teaching, they see and recognize miracles every day. Your prayers are heard and answered. I also feel the blessings and Power of Your prayers. Thank You so so much I Love You! Can’t wait to see you again soon!
Elder McKay Wright
I have finished up all the records here in TST getting it ready for the new guy and we have had some good success finding recently... TST is a powerhouse area now!!! Everyone wants to be here! It’s the coolest! I’m so thankful that I could spend the last quarter of my mission here. I love these people and I already feel how hard it is going to be to say goodbye... I don’t know how I’m going to do it.
I got permission from President Chan to call people that I have taught on my mission... it’s really weird and sad to know that I probably will not ever see most of them again. Luckily technology is amazing now days that I can still keep in contact with them.
Wow,... I really never saw myself in this spot. I mean, it still doesn’t seem real, I’m just expecting to go through with my next transfer and I'll probably just be moved to my new area with my new companion and I’ll have to haul all my luggage on to the MTR just like every other time... at least that’s how I feel... I actually just don’t really know how to feel. Here in Hong Kong I have another family! I am really excited to see my own family, more excited than I am scared, doesn’t misunderstand... But I really feel like I have to leave my family again to get there! And that won’t be fun!
On April 1st we are having our dying fireside called "My conversion story" where all of the missionaries going home invite someone they taught and was baptized or a less active member they helped to come back to speak and share their testimony and Conversion story. So I invited Rochelle. She is powerful! And I think that because the topic will be centered on the Book of Mormon, she is absolutely the one I want to invite. Good stuff.
I don’t really know what to say... if there is anything to say... Kit and Ray are doing amazing, were working with them to find an appropriate date to be Baptized, sadly I will not be in Hong Kong when that happens, same with Sam, and with Felix... But it’s okay, I'll give them a call or something, and Kit actually comes to America about once a year so I can see him after for sure!
This week we are starting to teach 2 Families! One is a Member Referral and the other is, I don’t know if you remember me talking about the Chan Family? Well... anyway! Mrs. Chan called me on Tuesday night and wants us to come over! so... that came back out of Nowhere! I’m so excited! We will see both of them this weekend.
Wow time is going by really fast; I just don’t know what to say. I love my mission... and I am so scared to leave. More scared than I have ever been before. I’m sure everything will be just fine. I’m so thankful for the blessing of my mission. I’m thankful especially for Family, and leaders at home and leaders here in Hong Kong that have helped me to get here. I feel like it is so interesting, how I came on a mission, I don’t know if I understood this at all... I’m thankful that I did! But the reason I say that is, for some reason I don’t really understand, I felt like serving a mission would help me "Give Back" to the Savior for all He has done for me or to Honor my Parents and family by doing what I knew was right and hoping that I could give back more of what I owe or to make up for all that my Parents have sacrificed or "Repay" the Lord what He did for me,... I started all this, just to realize (even more fully now looking back) that the Blessing of my mission... has actually made my debt Greater, to the Lord, and to my Family... I hope I am expressing this clearly. I have received so much more than I have ever given, and that I could ever give!, and though that won’t stop me from doing all I can to be in Their Service... I realize now that i could never "Make up" for all they have done for me. I don’t really know how to say it. In every area of my life, I know realize how much more I could have, and must now give. And it makes me excited and happy. I don’t know how to explain, hopefully you understand... if not... I’ll try to explain again some other time. ha-ha!
Anyway! I love you! Thank you so much for your prayers for the people that we are teaching, they see and recognize miracles every day. Your prayers are heard and answered. I also feel the blessings and Power of Your prayers. Thank You so so much I Love You! Can’t wait to see you again soon!
Elder McKay Wright
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Today, we had the opportunity to help a few people be happy...
Hello Everyone!!!!
How are You!? Have You eaten rice yet? I talked to a man in our ward on Tuesday,... and he said that he is losing so much energy because he is on a new diet that only allows him to eat rice twice a day... SO... count Your blessings and eat rice for every meal everyone!!!
This week was pretty good... I really have learned so much this week. It has been a lot of work to get this area going and a lot of the work that we were doing was not so much finding on the streets (even though there has been quite a lot of that)... this week we have been able to see most of the people that we teach and meet a few new people,... we have been VERY busy! Between finding, teaching, meetings, helping other missionaries, and any other really cool random thing that comes up... I am SO tired... One of those really awesome things that just come up happened to Elder Ford and I today... I got out of a new Temple recommend interview with president Chan, and was walking back to the train station when the Assistants called me and asked what we had planned today for P-Day... Just happened to be that we had nothing important but the normal stuff like email and shopping and We were actually planning on spending the time to write letters Home!!! Then Elder Dastrup told me that there was a family here that had been on vacation in china with all of here kids for a few weeks to see what the chances were of moving there and if Her kids like it... On the trip, 4 of her 9 kids (4 adopted from in China) got sick... and also her aunt(?) had been in a accident on a bike and quite seriously Hurt her shoulder... So with a couple of the kids getting VERY sick they made the decision to come down to Hong Kong and go to the Hospital. With some of her children being in a serious condition she called the mission home asking for some elders to come to the Hospital to give her daughter a blessing... and then to their Hotel to go and give a blessing the her other kids and give her aunt a blessing. The A.P's were busy so they called us to see if we had time to go... we did... so we went! It was Incredible... of all the experiences on my mission, i will remember this forever. I am so thankful to be a missionary. I am thankful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Blessings that it brings to our lives. I love my mission so much, it has given me a greater opportunity than ever before to learn for myself how real, and how precious the truths of the Gospel are, and just only begin to understand how great the influence of Every Principle of the Gospel in our lives. This is a opportunity that I would not have had, had I not served a mission. I cannot explain how important this is to me. How much it has helped me and changed me. I Love my mission. I love to serve other people, and I love to watch the testimonies of the people around me grow. It is incredible. I am Grateful for today, and for how it helped me to even more understand the importance and truthfulness of the work. I know that Christ lives, and that He loves, and leads each one of us in striving to become better people. He has called a prophet to teach and inspire us, and to help us understand our potential as children of a Father in Heaven who loves us, and really cares about us. He wants us to be happy, and He has a plan and purpose for each of His children. Perhaps the reason I love my mission so much... is that I know i am living that plan that He has prepared for me. Today we were able to help a few people to feel happy and comfort in their current situation... That experience was a great blessing to them as well as to My companion and I. I love it! Ive never been so happy!
The people we are teaching are doing great. We are working with Sam to try to find a date in March when he would feel comfortable to be Baptized. Ding popo ( grandma) really loves church and is progressing slowly but surely. Joe, and Andy are doing well but they are having trouble coming to church because of work problems, But they are great and We are praying for them constantly. We met a new kid named A-Him (heem) That the Yip Family introduced us to he is 11 Years old but his parents are encouraging him to try out church and he really likes it... he enjoy's being with the Yip family and attending Church activities!... things are looking good! We are getting pretty busy teaching and I love it! Yesterday Brother Ho brought a friend to the church who was visiting from mainland... he had came to the church once before and when he came... I half think that he was expecting that he could be baptized... He Loves the Church and he kept telling us that he had studied so much in his life at all sorts of universities but when he came to church Once before... he felt something... and as he sang the Hymns, he felt like " there was more knowledge to be found here than anywhere i have ever been before" " i felt like this is important to me,... i felt important to God"... Yeah... he is Pretty amazing... He speaks Mandarin more, so we are going to turn him over to the elders that we live with... I could see him being a Very powerful member of the church here in Hong Kong... Wow! Miracles are happening Everywhere!!! Its amazing!!!
Thank All of You for Your constant support,love, and Prayers! Thank You. I love You and Pray for You always.
Love,
Elder Mckay Wright
How are You!? Have You eaten rice yet? I talked to a man in our ward on Tuesday,... and he said that he is losing so much energy because he is on a new diet that only allows him to eat rice twice a day... SO... count Your blessings and eat rice for every meal everyone!!!
This week was pretty good... I really have learned so much this week. It has been a lot of work to get this area going and a lot of the work that we were doing was not so much finding on the streets (even though there has been quite a lot of that)... this week we have been able to see most of the people that we teach and meet a few new people,... we have been VERY busy! Between finding, teaching, meetings, helping other missionaries, and any other really cool random thing that comes up... I am SO tired... One of those really awesome things that just come up happened to Elder Ford and I today... I got out of a new Temple recommend interview with president Chan, and was walking back to the train station when the Assistants called me and asked what we had planned today for P-Day... Just happened to be that we had nothing important but the normal stuff like email and shopping and We were actually planning on spending the time to write letters Home!!! Then Elder Dastrup told me that there was a family here that had been on vacation in china with all of here kids for a few weeks to see what the chances were of moving there and if Her kids like it... On the trip, 4 of her 9 kids (4 adopted from in China) got sick... and also her aunt(?) had been in a accident on a bike and quite seriously Hurt her shoulder... So with a couple of the kids getting VERY sick they made the decision to come down to Hong Kong and go to the Hospital. With some of her children being in a serious condition she called the mission home asking for some elders to come to the Hospital to give her daughter a blessing... and then to their Hotel to go and give a blessing the her other kids and give her aunt a blessing. The A.P's were busy so they called us to see if we had time to go... we did... so we went! It was Incredible... of all the experiences on my mission, i will remember this forever. I am so thankful to be a missionary. I am thankful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Blessings that it brings to our lives. I love my mission so much, it has given me a greater opportunity than ever before to learn for myself how real, and how precious the truths of the Gospel are, and just only begin to understand how great the influence of Every Principle of the Gospel in our lives. This is a opportunity that I would not have had, had I not served a mission. I cannot explain how important this is to me. How much it has helped me and changed me. I Love my mission. I love to serve other people, and I love to watch the testimonies of the people around me grow. It is incredible. I am Grateful for today, and for how it helped me to even more understand the importance and truthfulness of the work. I know that Christ lives, and that He loves, and leads each one of us in striving to become better people. He has called a prophet to teach and inspire us, and to help us understand our potential as children of a Father in Heaven who loves us, and really cares about us. He wants us to be happy, and He has a plan and purpose for each of His children. Perhaps the reason I love my mission so much... is that I know i am living that plan that He has prepared for me. Today we were able to help a few people to feel happy and comfort in their current situation... That experience was a great blessing to them as well as to My companion and I. I love it! Ive never been so happy!
The people we are teaching are doing great. We are working with Sam to try to find a date in March when he would feel comfortable to be Baptized. Ding popo ( grandma) really loves church and is progressing slowly but surely. Joe, and Andy are doing well but they are having trouble coming to church because of work problems, But they are great and We are praying for them constantly. We met a new kid named A-Him (heem) That the Yip Family introduced us to he is 11 Years old but his parents are encouraging him to try out church and he really likes it... he enjoy's being with the Yip family and attending Church activities!... things are looking good! We are getting pretty busy teaching and I love it! Yesterday Brother Ho brought a friend to the church who was visiting from mainland... he had came to the church once before and when he came... I half think that he was expecting that he could be baptized... He Loves the Church and he kept telling us that he had studied so much in his life at all sorts of universities but when he came to church Once before... he felt something... and as he sang the Hymns, he felt like " there was more knowledge to be found here than anywhere i have ever been before" " i felt like this is important to me,... i felt important to God"... Yeah... he is Pretty amazing... He speaks Mandarin more, so we are going to turn him over to the elders that we live with... I could see him being a Very powerful member of the church here in Hong Kong... Wow! Miracles are happening Everywhere!!! Its amazing!!!
Thank All of You for Your constant support,love, and Prayers! Thank You. I love You and Pray for You always.
Love,
Elder Mckay Wright
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