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
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Time is flying so fast... I missed the luckiest day of my life - ha-ha
Hello Everyone!!!
Well time is just Flying SO so fast... so fast in fact, that actually for the last 3 years I have been planning on 11-11-11 @11:11:11 to be the luckiest time of my entire life... and just last night at a missionary "Sports night" activity i realized... ah! its the 16!?!?!? It was the luckiest moment of my life about 5 days ago and i completely missed it!!!! Ha-ha... yeah... so anyway that fell through!
So Anyway! How are you!? How is life where You are? How is the weather? Just a fun little fact... it’s probably super cold wherever You are right now... but... it’s really hot over in good old' Hong Kong still... and just Yesterday at our multi zone conference they announced that it is that time of year again where we need to wear our suits Everyday!!! AAH! So nice and sticky :) in my one and only surviving suit! ha-ha... probably not for too long! It’s pretty fun actually. ... Anyway! This week was such a great week! And So many miracles! This last Friday we especially saw something amazing happen, We were just teaching our weekly English class like always, and just after the class finishes we get a call from a guy . He was met on the street in October and told us that he would call us when he was finished testing on November 11. Then this last Friday just happened to be November 11... And he really did call! :) ... Honestly... I wasn’t expecting that to happen... at all. MIRACLE!!! Then he said he was coming to the church right then and would be there in just a few minutes! Wow!
When he got there we all sat down and had a very good discussion. He is such a humble man. He told us how he didn’t know if there was a God, but said "if there is a God, I know that i need his help, especially now" We talked with him and invited him to come to church on Sunday, Then, He came! and after sacrament meeting he said he felt different... and special ( not exactly a special feeling, although i that was a part of it too, but as in he felt like he was a "Special Person") ... He wanted to stay! so he did! Now we are looking forward to seeing him again tomorrow! He asked so many questions to us, like "Why?" "Why are you a member of this Church?" "Why did you choose to be a missionary?" So many questions that I Love to answer! He is excited to keep learning more! Meanwhile, Elder Parkin and I are just amazed at the miracle we are witnessing right in front of our eyes!
On Sunday we were invited to go to a Members House. . We went prepared with a message for their wonderful family, and when we got there... another person walked up to the door at the same time... it was a friend of the familyand her Son that the family invited over to eat and to hear a from the Missionaries! Needless to say we were smiling Ear to Ear the whole night because that is the first referral from Tsim Sha Tsui ward in... A really really long time! We shared about families and about Family scripture reading, then we introduced the Book of Mormon!
The Spirit was so strong in that small home, as the mother and Father both testified about how much the Gospel had blessed and changed their family since they joined the church about 5 Years ago. Everything was so perfect, and now their Friend, wants to come to church and wants to find out for herself how the church can bless her life! I am So excited! These people are So amazing!
Then! Just Yesterday we met with K for the second time... He is SO cool. he is 24 Years old. He is the one that his friend in Hawaii referred to the missionaries and he accepted! Really great guy. He has told us several times that he knows the Book of Mormon is true and that he likes the teachings of the Church. He just feels like he is having a hard time changing. But he is willing to change, and he really does want to. I think deep down... He wants to be like his Friend. He is just a little afraid of what it will take. But he really is the coolest person ever. He studied in New York for a few years and speaks awesome English, He wants to go back too, so when last night, He took us to dinner! And told us that “Now when i go to America You have to take me to dinner!" i just replied " of course la!!!" ha-ha. Really awesome Person.
The mission had a Zone Conference this week. It was really good and focused on 8 "foundation principles" of teaching in preach my gospel. Elder Parkin and I were called up to give a demonstration on inviting someone to go to church and teaching them about "Revelation through Church attendance". it was Really fun....... I was a bit nervous to demonstrate teaching in front of so many missionaries though... ha-ha. Anyway it was really Great and really made me want to improve... not just as a missionary, but as a person! I think I’m finally starting to understand how to apply the principles I’ve learned in my mission to more than just my missionary work, but actually to my life as a whole. Finally! ha-ha. Not that its hard... I’m just a little slow figuring some things out ...
I LOVE MY MISSION! It is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me!... that is a serious statement. And some pretty awesome things have happened to me. ha-ha. ANYWAY!
Thank you everyone for your support and Prayers in my behalf. I love you very much and You are always remembered in my prayers as well. Have a most wonderful Week! Smile!
Well time is just Flying SO so fast... so fast in fact, that actually for the last 3 years I have been planning on 11-11-11 @11:11:11 to be the luckiest time of my entire life... and just last night at a missionary "Sports night" activity i realized... ah! its the 16!?!?!? It was the luckiest moment of my life about 5 days ago and i completely missed it!!!! Ha-ha... yeah... so anyway that fell through!
So Anyway! How are you!? How is life where You are? How is the weather? Just a fun little fact... it’s probably super cold wherever You are right now... but... it’s really hot over in good old' Hong Kong still... and just Yesterday at our multi zone conference they announced that it is that time of year again where we need to wear our suits Everyday!!! AAH! So nice and sticky :) in my one and only surviving suit! ha-ha... probably not for too long! It’s pretty fun actually. ... Anyway! This week was such a great week! And So many miracles! This last Friday we especially saw something amazing happen, We were just teaching our weekly English class like always, and just after the class finishes we get a call from a guy . He was met on the street in October and told us that he would call us when he was finished testing on November 11. Then this last Friday just happened to be November 11... And he really did call! :) ... Honestly... I wasn’t expecting that to happen... at all. MIRACLE!!! Then he said he was coming to the church right then and would be there in just a few minutes! Wow!
When he got there we all sat down and had a very good discussion. He is such a humble man. He told us how he didn’t know if there was a God, but said "if there is a God, I know that i need his help, especially now" We talked with him and invited him to come to church on Sunday, Then, He came! and after sacrament meeting he said he felt different... and special ( not exactly a special feeling, although i that was a part of it too, but as in he felt like he was a "Special Person") ... He wanted to stay! so he did! Now we are looking forward to seeing him again tomorrow! He asked so many questions to us, like "Why?" "Why are you a member of this Church?" "Why did you choose to be a missionary?" So many questions that I Love to answer! He is excited to keep learning more! Meanwhile, Elder Parkin and I are just amazed at the miracle we are witnessing right in front of our eyes!
On Sunday we were invited to go to a Members House. . We went prepared with a message for their wonderful family, and when we got there... another person walked up to the door at the same time... it was a friend of the familyand her Son that the family invited over to eat and to hear a from the Missionaries! Needless to say we were smiling Ear to Ear the whole night because that is the first referral from Tsim Sha Tsui ward in... A really really long time! We shared about families and about Family scripture reading, then we introduced the Book of Mormon!
The Spirit was so strong in that small home, as the mother and Father both testified about how much the Gospel had blessed and changed their family since they joined the church about 5 Years ago. Everything was so perfect, and now their Friend, wants to come to church and wants to find out for herself how the church can bless her life! I am So excited! These people are So amazing!
Then! Just Yesterday we met with K for the second time... He is SO cool. he is 24 Years old. He is the one that his friend in Hawaii referred to the missionaries and he accepted! Really great guy. He has told us several times that he knows the Book of Mormon is true and that he likes the teachings of the Church. He just feels like he is having a hard time changing. But he is willing to change, and he really does want to. I think deep down... He wants to be like his Friend. He is just a little afraid of what it will take. But he really is the coolest person ever. He studied in New York for a few years and speaks awesome English, He wants to go back too, so when last night, He took us to dinner! And told us that “Now when i go to America You have to take me to dinner!" i just replied " of course la!!!" ha-ha. Really awesome Person.
The mission had a Zone Conference this week. It was really good and focused on 8 "foundation principles" of teaching in preach my gospel. Elder Parkin and I were called up to give a demonstration on inviting someone to go to church and teaching them about "Revelation through Church attendance". it was Really fun....... I was a bit nervous to demonstrate teaching in front of so many missionaries though... ha-ha. Anyway it was really Great and really made me want to improve... not just as a missionary, but as a person! I think I’m finally starting to understand how to apply the principles I’ve learned in my mission to more than just my missionary work, but actually to my life as a whole. Finally! ha-ha. Not that its hard... I’m just a little slow figuring some things out ...
I LOVE MY MISSION! It is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me!... that is a serious statement. And some pretty awesome things have happened to me. ha-ha. ANYWAY!
Thank you everyone for your support and Prayers in my behalf. I love you very much and You are always remembered in my prayers as well. Have a most wonderful Week! Smile!
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Sports, Sunburns, Meeting old Pals from the MTC, and Loving the Work!
Hello Everyone!
How are You!? Is it cold over there Yet!? Today for the P-Day activity we got 4 zones together to play a bunch of sports!!! We had about 76 Missionaries there, and it was HOT!!!! We are all SO sunburned!!! haha... calling that unplanned would be an understatement! Anyway after steeming like dumplings for a few hours now I am here to write my Email!!! hahaha. It was pretty fun.
So! this week was, interesting, the work here in Tsim Sha Tsui is pretty slow to say the least, and I'm trying to push all the negative comments it recieves out of my head because I really love it here and I know it can be a great area if people will give it the chance. The people here are good!... busy... but good! and the Ward is Great! They are so nice to us!!! :)
This Week I went on an exchange with a familiar friend! Elder Jolley! from my MTC group! It was a lot of fun! We are in the same district now along with Elder Dastrup! All 3 of us! We had a good time on the exchange and I really learned a lot from him. Its good to be around missionaries like them. I really look up to them so much, they are very great missionaries.
On Sunday Elder Parkin and I were privileged (or sentenced) to be the teachers for the last class in Church! It just happened to be "Combined" and we ended up teaching the entire ward! Just like sacrament meeting!... it was great.. and a nice time to show off how lame my chinese abilities are! hahaha kidding.. We shared about Chapter 9 in Preach My Gospel and really encouraged and challenged the members to get into missionary work and FEEL the happiness that comes from it. It was difficult to express to them how happy I am to be a part of this work. How many blessings I've recieved, and the many more blessings that I realized I have, because of doing missionary work.
Although, that isn't an easy thing to do in english either. I just wish I could put into words what a miracle missionary work is. I've seen members lives change after helping the missionaries and seeing changes in their friends, and I know (not that I fully comprehend) what a blessing being a missionary has been in my life and in the Life of my family.
I wouldn't trade being a missionary for anything. THAT is a serious statement.
I Love the Lord. I Love His Work. I Love His Gospel.
I'm thankful for my mission, and for all the people I have met in it, and for all the people I will continue to meet .
Thank You for Your support and Love. I remember each of you in my prayers, everyday.
Miss You.
Love You.
Can't wait to hear from you again soon
Elder Wright
How are You!? Is it cold over there Yet!? Today for the P-Day activity we got 4 zones together to play a bunch of sports!!! We had about 76 Missionaries there, and it was HOT!!!! We are all SO sunburned!!! haha... calling that unplanned would be an understatement! Anyway after steeming like dumplings for a few hours now I am here to write my Email!!! hahaha. It was pretty fun.
So! this week was, interesting, the work here in Tsim Sha Tsui is pretty slow to say the least, and I'm trying to push all the negative comments it recieves out of my head because I really love it here and I know it can be a great area if people will give it the chance. The people here are good!... busy... but good! and the Ward is Great! They are so nice to us!!! :)
This Week I went on an exchange with a familiar friend! Elder Jolley! from my MTC group! It was a lot of fun! We are in the same district now along with Elder Dastrup! All 3 of us! We had a good time on the exchange and I really learned a lot from him. Its good to be around missionaries like them. I really look up to them so much, they are very great missionaries.
On Sunday Elder Parkin and I were privileged (or sentenced) to be the teachers for the last class in Church! It just happened to be "Combined" and we ended up teaching the entire ward! Just like sacrament meeting!... it was great.. and a nice time to show off how lame my chinese abilities are! hahaha kidding.. We shared about Chapter 9 in Preach My Gospel and really encouraged and challenged the members to get into missionary work and FEEL the happiness that comes from it. It was difficult to express to them how happy I am to be a part of this work. How many blessings I've recieved, and the many more blessings that I realized I have, because of doing missionary work.
Although, that isn't an easy thing to do in english either. I just wish I could put into words what a miracle missionary work is. I've seen members lives change after helping the missionaries and seeing changes in their friends, and I know (not that I fully comprehend) what a blessing being a missionary has been in my life and in the Life of my family.
I wouldn't trade being a missionary for anything. THAT is a serious statement.
I Love the Lord. I Love His Work. I Love His Gospel.
I'm thankful for my mission, and for all the people I have met in it, and for all the people I will continue to meet .
Thank You for Your support and Love. I remember each of you in my prayers, everyday.
Miss You.
Love You.
Can't wait to hear from you again soon
Elder Wright
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