January 8, 2017
Family,
I love the Sabbath Day. It is my favorite day of the week. As I have been
trying better to prepare to partake the Sacrament, my Sabbath Day's have
gotten much more uplifting, refreshing and inspiring. Saturday night, one
thought that came to mind that I could work on improving is TreasuringUp. President Lam often says that Information Precedes Revelation. I have
had this prompting many times throughout my device here in Hong Kong and
whenever I start I do better, but then slowly fade back. I hope to meaningly set
goals to improve and treasure up continually. I had a wonderful personal
study as I studied about this topic this morning. It is more and more obvious to
me when I are doing what I should be doing. The spirit fills my heart and I
learn much more during study. The contrast between that and the feeling that
something is lacking is very apparent.
We are excited for this week. We have a lot of potential investigators that we will be extending baptismal invitations to and that have a lot of potential. Right now we seem to be teaching a lot of old men and college students. It is a change from my previous areas since there was no universities there.
Organization is so important to be effective. I have found if I am better organized and have things written down I can spend my thoughts more on how to help others instead of trying to remember all the things that need to be done.
Transfer week was pretty busy last week. It was a pretty big move. Everything went pretty smoothly except one thing. A sister companionship called us and told us that they found a few suitcases of an Elder's luggage on the MTR. I don't know how he lost track of his suitcase and somehow left it on the MTR. And somehow he still can't find it and it is now missing with all his books and some money and other personal belongings. Maybe the sisters just left it on the MTR. Who knows. It was making me laugh thinking of him with all his suitcases and then walking out of the MTR doors without them. Makes no sense.
Also we found a good place to find people to teach. We went with the new missionaries to pick up their ID cards and while we were waiting we were talking to people sitting down. There are a lot of people from Mainland there who are coming looking for work and getting their ID cards too. It was great.
Working with President Lam is great. He just randomly comes into the office
We are excited for this week. We have a lot of potential investigators that we will be extending baptismal invitations to and that have a lot of potential. Right now we seem to be teaching a lot of old men and college students. It is a change from my previous areas since there was no universities there.
Organization is so important to be effective. I have found if I am better organized and have things written down I can spend my thoughts more on how to help others instead of trying to remember all the things that need to be done.
Transfer week was pretty busy last week. It was a pretty big move. Everything went pretty smoothly except one thing. A sister companionship called us and told us that they found a few suitcases of an Elder's luggage on the MTR. I don't know how he lost track of his suitcase and somehow left it on the MTR. And somehow he still can't find it and it is now missing with all his books and some money and other personal belongings. Maybe the sisters just left it on the MTR. Who knows. It was making me laugh thinking of him with all his suitcases and then walking out of the MTR doors without them. Makes no sense.
Also we found a good place to find people to teach. We went with the new missionaries to pick up their ID cards and while we were waiting we were talking to people sitting down. There are a lot of people from Mainland there who are coming looking for work and getting their ID cards too. It was great.
Working with President Lam is great. He just randomly comes into the office
sometimes and shares a thought and then leaves. It is great. It is awesome to
discuss with and counsel with him about how to help the Mission progress.
Luckily, there is very little office work to do, which gives us plenty of time to proselyte. They have limited it down recently and it is really not much. This last week was more busy because of transfers. Now, this week, we have more time to find, teach and baptize. It's going to be a great week.
Living in the temple is a great blessing. 1 because President Lam sometimes randomly while we are getting ready for bed, he comes out of his door and talk with us for a half an hour to get our opinion on something. Then says thanks and heads back to his door. His door is directly across in the bottom floors of the temple. 2. We have unlimited Air Conditioning. No more falling asleep sweating.
My new companions are Elder Sy and Elder Woolley (my MTC companion). Elder Sy leaves home on Saturday, so it will be just Elder Woolley and I. I love to teach with them. They are great teachers and have great teaching skills. Elder Woolley is a good example of someone who demonstrates the character of Christ and is focused out. His comments give me a glimpse into what he spends his time thinking about and it is almost always about those we are teaching. Elder Sy also does small and simple things that remind me of the Savior and make want to be better. He is also a very good at following up which is something I want to learn to master. I really do think that so much good could come out if we were better at following-up. Think about it. If after a lesson, we wrote down the commitment, went and did it and then reported back to the person that gave it to us, they'd probably be shocked. It would show that you were listening and appreciated their lesson. Preach My Gospel says that we show our love for people by following up. Also, think of the unity there would be in the Wards and Stakes and mission if everyone followed up on what our leaders asked us to do. That would be incredible. There is a lot of power in unity.
Found an awesome quote today that is going to help me to do good in the world each day. It is from Elder Eyring. He said, "The Lord will give you, if you ask, the feelings of compassion He feels for those in need." That's incredible. That will help me to act and always be on the Lord's errand. I can't want to try it out. Actually, I have been trying it out throughout the day and I am already noticing a difference.
Elder Stratford
Luckily, there is very little office work to do, which gives us plenty of time to proselyte. They have limited it down recently and it is really not much. This last week was more busy because of transfers. Now, this week, we have more time to find, teach and baptize. It's going to be a great week.
Living in the temple is a great blessing. 1 because President Lam sometimes randomly while we are getting ready for bed, he comes out of his door and talk with us for a half an hour to get our opinion on something. Then says thanks and heads back to his door. His door is directly across in the bottom floors of the temple. 2. We have unlimited Air Conditioning. No more falling asleep sweating.
My new companions are Elder Sy and Elder Woolley (my MTC companion). Elder Sy leaves home on Saturday, so it will be just Elder Woolley and I. I love to teach with them. They are great teachers and have great teaching skills. Elder Woolley is a good example of someone who demonstrates the character of Christ and is focused out. His comments give me a glimpse into what he spends his time thinking about and it is almost always about those we are teaching. Elder Sy also does small and simple things that remind me of the Savior and make want to be better. He is also a very good at following up which is something I want to learn to master. I really do think that so much good could come out if we were better at following-up. Think about it. If after a lesson, we wrote down the commitment, went and did it and then reported back to the person that gave it to us, they'd probably be shocked. It would show that you were listening and appreciated their lesson. Preach My Gospel says that we show our love for people by following up. Also, think of the unity there would be in the Wards and Stakes and mission if everyone followed up on what our leaders asked us to do. That would be incredible. There is a lot of power in unity.
Found an awesome quote today that is going to help me to do good in the world each day. It is from Elder Eyring. He said, "The Lord will give you, if you ask, the feelings of compassion He feels for those in need." That's incredible. That will help me to act and always be on the Lord's errand. I can't want to try it out. Actually, I have been trying it out throughout the day and I am already noticing a difference.
Elder Stratford
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