Hong Kong: THE OPPOSITION REALLY HAS BEEN PICKING UP

12/6/15

Family,

Mom - Hong Kong has been good. The weather has been perfect this past week. Unfortunately, we are no longer meeting with Jia JM. She told her husband about english class and church and he told her he didn't like it. She is still interested, but won't meet because of her husband.

The opposition really has been picking up. We have only met with less than half of our investigators this week. Some just stopped answering or blocked our numbers out of the blue. Also, last week we met a Filipino lady in Tin Shui park and gave her a book of Mormon. She was really excited and told us she would start reading it that night before bed. We have tried to call her to see how it was going, but haven't been able to get ahold of her. We were able to contact her on Sunday, but when I called, she asked who I was, so I told her, after which she immediately hung up. weird.

The man's name is Chen, which is about half of china's name, don't know his full name.

I received the package. Thank you! It is great.

Zone training was good. I was reminded of the importance of teaching with the spirit and teaching according to needs. It is easy to fall into the rut of teaching lessons instead of teaching people. Because teaching people is much harder work.

My retainer works great. I switch off every night between the one that keeps my teeth straight and the one that prevents the overbite. Thanks so much for sending the piano music.

Dad- thanks for updating me on the sports news. that's crazy. that will be a sweet game. thanks for praying for Jia JM. hopefully sometime her husband will let us meet her again. Langauge pass offs are good. passed of #6. Working on 7 of 13.

Haven't been able to meet with Lydia, Qiu, Jason, Zheng, A-zheng, or the Sem Family. Chen DX came to church though! That was awesome. He has been an investigator for a while and knows some of the members. He is such a nice man and great guy. We are trying to help him continue to read the book of mormon. Zhu JM was reactivated this week as well! I don't know if I told you about her. She is a 70 year old lady who lives in Yuen Long. She had stopped coming to church and the sisters found her and we started to visit her. We got her coming back to church for the past few months. She is great. The second time we came to visit her, she had gospel principles and an ensign laying out. She has a hard family situation and doesn't have very much money. The ward is helping. We visit her usually once a week.

Out of time. Love you. Thank you for your prayers.

Elder Stratford

Elder Lai. He returned to the New Territories. He came a few weeks ago from Macau. He heads home to Austrailia in a few weeks.