Hello Everyone!
Kamusta ka! How are you!? I hope all is well with all of you!... and I hope you still eat your rice!!! ;)
This week was SO crazy! And Amazing! I can’t even begin to tell all the Miracles that are happening! It seems as though every prayer is being answered faster than I can handle!!!
On Wednesday we went out to the Worldwide (the place that we contact every single day) and we were talking to people for hours, it seemed like not many people were listening, and earlier that morning I had a impression that I needed to buy a ticket in advance that day to give to someone to come back to the church. So I really felt like, someone needs me to find them. As the time passed I was getting more discouraged and thought maybe I had already missed that person I was supposed to find, what had I done wrong? So, I decided to say a prayer to ask for help or for some comfort of some kind... in the middle of my prayer I had a feeling that told me "Look!"... Without thinking I opened my eyes and saw a Philippina coming down the sidewalk a way down... I walked down and waved to her... she stopped... I talked to her for a minute, found out her name is Gina, then a member Daisy came over and started speaking with her in tag log for about 30 seconds then Daisy looked at me and said... "Okay, she wants to come to church" I took out the ticket I bought earlier and gave it to her, and we went to church.
When she got there she was asking from the minute we got inside... "When can I come here" and "can I come here anytime I have holiday?” That was at about 10 o clock that day. She stayed until 8 o'clock that night talking with people and sitting and reading the Book of Mormon we gave her. Then when she had to leave, the last thing she told us is" I can’t wait to come back". It was such a special experience to me. I still can’t believe it happened! I’m so grateful for all the Miracles that Father in Heaven is letting me see and take part in. That is only one! Out of this whole week!
Granted it is the one that stands out most in my mind... but... these things are happening everyday here! Not to mention around the world! Beth came back this week and when we asked if she had any questions about what she had read in the scriptures she asked "When can I be baptized, I know the Book of Mormon is true, and that Joseph Smith really is a Prophet"... she is preparing right now to be baptized on the 8th. Jim (Chim) is also going to be baptized on the 3rd! This week we met with someone we are teaching named April a few times, because she has extra holiday because she has to move out of her house. She is preparing to be baptized on the 3rd too! She really is SO awesome! Her family... (Long story... but mostly just her mom) was really against her decision to be baptized, but she knows and feels like it is what is best for her. So on Saturday we offered to help her move, and we went over there and helped her move that night. Her mom was really happy and changed from not liking us at all to... "Thank You for all your help, now I know the kind of people my daughter will be around"... then, because they still had A LOT of stuff we asked if we could come help again, because we knew they had to be completely moved out by Wednesday... they had a lot of heavy stuff, and they probably wouldn’t be able to get it done, or it would be Super Hard!... so she called us last night to ask for our help, of course we were more than happy, And! we called 6 other missionaries and some members!... We all went over there and moved ALL of it on a 30 minute walk to their new apartment (they were going to get a van, but couldn’t find one... so we just carried it there!!! ha-ha. ) When we were done, the Mother looked like she was going to cry, April was crying... and the Mother came up to me and told me she wants to attend Aprils Baptism on Sunday.
I’ve never been more Happy! I really can’t describe... Sharing a perfect message, giving all my time in service to others, and watching people smile because of it,... it would be an understatement to say I’m Happier than ever. I love every minute, I cant explain even a part of what I feel. I’m so Happy... .
Thank all of you for all You have done for me out here, and my whole life preparing me to come out here. My heart if full of Gratitude. I love all of you. Thank You for Your prayers and all you do!
Miss You, You’re always in my Prayers.
Love,
Elder Mckay Wright
Monday, June 27, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Saying goodbye to Chai Wan
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
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
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Prayers are heard and answered constantly by a loving Father in Heaven.
Hello Everyone!!!
How are you? What’s new? Do you still remember me? ha. This week has been pretty slow over here, a lot like last week actually! But! have things I can actually talk about this week!!! First! Pauline, Linda, and Franky are all doing well. Especially Franky who is getting ready to introduce her friend to us! Pauline is Awesome!!! a member that just moved to Hong Kong was looking for a house... and Pauline found it the perfect opportunity to serve someone, because she is a real estate agent!, and although she isn’t able to be paid for her work to help (because she is looking for a good place for a good price and none of that type of house is in the area she covers... ) She has found a house that is perfect for the new family so awesome! I’m so happy, watching someone I had the special opportunity to serve, go and serve someone else especially with something as big as finding a place to live in Hong Kong!
So the past 6 or so weeks we have really been working hard to find Male people to teach... it’s so hard...I don’t know why but, it just seems like all they ever say is "I don’t need this"... or completely ignore our existence. Anyway we have been able to talk to a lot of people recently and on Monday we met with a kid named a-Fai. He was so cool! And was totally interested in everything we were saying!!! Then, last night we got a call. He talk to his Pastor, and his pastor told him we tricked him and now he needs to repent... so he called us and says he never wants to speak to us again and to get rid of his number... he never wants to talk to us again. Lame! I don’t understand why people think we don’t believe in Jesus Christ!? or the Bible? Maybe if they would care enough to ask, they would know that isn’t true! and then, don’t know why a-fai believed him because when we say him all we did was talk about Christ and read scriptures from the bible... and talked about Joseph Smith. Anyway, that was frustrating. So now we are back to only 3 people to teach. The Chan family, (Mom and Dennis) and A-wahn.I don’t think I’ve talked much about a-wahn... She is the one female investigator that we didn’t give to the sisters because we were told to keep teaching her, because she has been with us for so long.
That’s about all as far as people go... So, yesterday I had the chance to go to Aberdeen to go finding... That was quite a special experience... Aberdeen is known for being a pretty rough area, and especially recently, in the coming transfer 3 areas need to be closed... and everyone knows Aberdeen will be one of them... but! in an attempt to save the area the whole zone went finding there yesterday... 18 missionaries... when we all came back... all together we had 6 peoples numbers... that is 18 missionaries going contacting for 3 hours...I had the chance to go out with an awesome missionary named Elder Wing.I actually graduated with him! He went to snow canyon his senior year and we got to meet again on our missions! Anyway, we went out...I was talking to 2 kids, when the attack started... There were Police men, Guards of buildings, and normal people all yelling at me and telling me to leave...I was finished the contact and got one of the two kids phone number when I was about to give them my phone number a guy walks up... takes my flyer and yells in my face to leave...I stayed there for a second... looked at him. Looked around at all the people yelling at me so I stopped... then they left and I saw them walking toward Elder Wing! he had started talking to someone else who walked by... and I went over to try to rescue but they got there faster than me and told the kid to go home and Elder Wing to leave... we started walking away and a lady with her son pointed at us and told her son (maybe 5 years old) never to talk to us, and then she flipped us off. we walked up the road a little bit and I got a phone call... while I was on the phone, Tons of people walked by and said some pretty mean/false things about us... So we left... far far away... back to the church actually. That... was Crazy!!!!
So! the work is going forward! but Very slowly... that was about the only chance I had to go out this week to so I’m a little discouraged... we can’t schedule anyone because everyone is testing... BUT ! I have seen some amazing miracles... my mission has never been harder than right now... but it’s possible I’ve never seen more blessings, miracles, or felt as much love from my heavenly father as I did this week...I spent a lot of this week in meetings with doctors and talking on the phone and in meetings... but... The ward is doing so much missionary work! we have a good 5 members who are willing to give us referrals, all of the new members in the ward are progressing SO much and are safe (as far as I know) from being antied anymore, and this week President Chan scheduled me for an interview just because he had an impression he needed to speak with me... ... Prayers are heard ... Prayers are heard and answered constantly by a loving Father in Heaven.
So everything is good. By this time next week!... transfers will have come too!!! so we'll have to see what’s new!
Thank you for all your prayers and support! Love all of you!
L ove,
Elder Mckay Wright
How are you? What’s new? Do you still remember me? ha. This week has been pretty slow over here, a lot like last week actually! But! have things I can actually talk about this week!!! First! Pauline, Linda, and Franky are all doing well. Especially Franky who is getting ready to introduce her friend to us! Pauline is Awesome!!! a member that just moved to Hong Kong was looking for a house... and Pauline found it the perfect opportunity to serve someone, because she is a real estate agent!, and although she isn’t able to be paid for her work to help (because she is looking for a good place for a good price and none of that type of house is in the area she covers... ) She has found a house that is perfect for the new family so awesome! I’m so happy, watching someone I had the special opportunity to serve, go and serve someone else especially with something as big as finding a place to live in Hong Kong!
So the past 6 or so weeks we have really been working hard to find Male people to teach... it’s so hard...I don’t know why but, it just seems like all they ever say is "I don’t need this"... or completely ignore our existence. Anyway we have been able to talk to a lot of people recently and on Monday we met with a kid named a-Fai. He was so cool! And was totally interested in everything we were saying!!! Then, last night we got a call. He talk to his Pastor, and his pastor told him we tricked him and now he needs to repent... so he called us and says he never wants to speak to us again and to get rid of his number... he never wants to talk to us again. Lame! I don’t understand why people think we don’t believe in Jesus Christ!? or the Bible? Maybe if they would care enough to ask, they would know that isn’t true! and then, don’t know why a-fai believed him because when we say him all we did was talk about Christ and read scriptures from the bible... and talked about Joseph Smith. Anyway, that was frustrating. So now we are back to only 3 people to teach. The Chan family, (Mom and Dennis) and A-wahn.I don’t think I’ve talked much about a-wahn... She is the one female investigator that we didn’t give to the sisters because we were told to keep teaching her, because she has been with us for so long.
That’s about all as far as people go... So, yesterday I had the chance to go to Aberdeen to go finding... That was quite a special experience... Aberdeen is known for being a pretty rough area, and especially recently, in the coming transfer 3 areas need to be closed... and everyone knows Aberdeen will be one of them... but! in an attempt to save the area the whole zone went finding there yesterday... 18 missionaries... when we all came back... all together we had 6 peoples numbers... that is 18 missionaries going contacting for 3 hours...I had the chance to go out with an awesome missionary named Elder Wing.I actually graduated with him! He went to snow canyon his senior year and we got to meet again on our missions! Anyway, we went out...I was talking to 2 kids, when the attack started... There were Police men, Guards of buildings, and normal people all yelling at me and telling me to leave...I was finished the contact and got one of the two kids phone number when I was about to give them my phone number a guy walks up... takes my flyer and yells in my face to leave...I stayed there for a second... looked at him. Looked around at all the people yelling at me so I stopped... then they left and I saw them walking toward Elder Wing! he had started talking to someone else who walked by... and I went over to try to rescue but they got there faster than me and told the kid to go home and Elder Wing to leave... we started walking away and a lady with her son pointed at us and told her son (maybe 5 years old) never to talk to us, and then she flipped us off. we walked up the road a little bit and I got a phone call... while I was on the phone, Tons of people walked by and said some pretty mean/false things about us... So we left... far far away... back to the church actually. That... was Crazy!!!!
So! the work is going forward! but Very slowly... that was about the only chance I had to go out this week to so I’m a little discouraged... we can’t schedule anyone because everyone is testing... BUT ! I have seen some amazing miracles... my mission has never been harder than right now... but it’s possible I’ve never seen more blessings, miracles, or felt as much love from my heavenly father as I did this week...I spent a lot of this week in meetings with doctors and talking on the phone and in meetings... but... The ward is doing so much missionary work! we have a good 5 members who are willing to give us referrals, all of the new members in the ward are progressing SO much and are safe (as far as I know) from being antied anymore, and this week President Chan scheduled me for an interview just because he had an impression he needed to speak with me... ... Prayers are heard ... Prayers are heard and answered constantly by a loving Father in Heaven.
So everything is good. By this time next week!... transfers will have come too!!! so we'll have to see what’s new!
Thank you for all your prayers and support! Love all of you!
L ove,
Elder Mckay Wright
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