This week has been amazing. It has not been easy, probably the hardest week I have had so far. But the progression I have seen in our investigators and in myself is amazing. We taught Susan 2 times last week on Facebook, which is so cool. Totally different teaching method, but very effective. We also have another new Chinese investigator that we taught last Wednesday, Mrs. Lee. Her English is ROUGH. But it helped us to teach the doctrine really really simply.
We had exchanges. Both times I stayed in our area, which was nerve wracking, but it worked out and we had a really good time. I Learned a lot. Elder Stark was Wed - Thurs. We had a few appointments but did a lot of tracting. Elder Readhead was Thurs- Fri. We had a great time. We got along really well and had a few really good lessons. We taught the Woolseys and 2 kids with the zone leaders. We taught a Jehovah witness man on Wed. It was interesting... Definitely a learning experience. It’s crazy the hold that satan has on some people. He read from an anti book while talking to us... ya. He wouldn't take a Book of Mormon, but we have a return appointment. We aren't sure if he is serious in investigating.
Friday we taught Susan in person. It went really well. We taught the Word of Wisdom, and as you know tea is really big in China. It turns out that after our 2nd lesson she found out we don't drink tea and coffee, so she got rid of all of hers. Just another Susan Miracle. She has really been encouraging us to visit her after our missions. She is just always cheerful. I will definitely miss teaching her when she leaves.
We taught Yousef on Friday night as well. As always it was interesting, he wanted us to interpret a vision.... and give him advice on marriage.... can’t do either, but it was a good time to invite him to talk to bishop about it. He said he will come to church next week. haha. He makes me laugh.
Saturday, was bad. It was a long day of tracting, most of which wasn't in our area. We doubled in to the sisters’ area for some reason and tracted for 3 hours. Had success, then Elder Thomas wanted to skip dinner, so we did. We tracted until 9 in our area. I was running on empty for several hours. I felt like I was wasting my time. But I know that even though we won't see results when we want to, we will get them when we need them. Like on Sunday... :)
So first, the Woolseys came to church and so did Rex, a new investigator who has a baptism date. Susan wasn't able to make it because she is sick. But just because we didn't see her, doesn't mean the miracles she brings stopped. She leaves on Saturday morning to go to the west coast for a month before she goes back to china. We contacted our zone leaders about getting a hold of missionaries over in Oregon to make sure Susan had a chance to be baptized. They asked if there was any way to have her baptized this week on Friday. We would have to get a hold of President Anderson and the Bishop to get permission to do it. But it was possible. We talked to Susan though. And she said she wouldn't be ready. So we didn't push it and she decided on Nov. 4th in Oregon. Well, we emailed President about it anyway, he called us yesterday, and asked if there was any way we could have her ready to be baptized on Friday. We told him that we could have her ready but it was up to her. So we called Susan. She has physical concerns with a baptism this week. We bore testimony to her about the power of faithful prayer and encouraged her to pray about and work towards being baptized on Friday. She agreed to pray about it. So we hung up the phone and prayed again. We talked to President and he and Sis. Anderson are going to see if there is anything we can do to solve her concern. I know that Heavenly Father is testing Susan's faith before baptism. I look forward to seeing her be baptized this week. She is so special. I know already that I won't meet anyone like her again. The way she can feel the spirit is amazing. We have a lesson with her tonight, and we will know if she wants to test her faith, and continue to work towards baptism this Friday. So many miracles have happened with Susan, I know there can be at least one more.
We also met another Chinese woman that is gonna come to church on Sunday. Man, our little Chinese area is full of people who are willing to listen to the message of the restoration. It’s amazing. It has been such a great experience so far. It’s crazy to think that transfers are next Tuesday! It has gone by so fast. The work is picking up though, I hope that and Elder Thomas and I stay together, we are finally getting in the grove and finding a lot of prepared people.
The church is true, the Gospel changes lives.
Love, Elder Parker
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