Ask the Missionaries!!

Have you ever wondered:

 

How it feels to be slandered by a drunk mafia member? Ask the missionaries!

How it feels to be whipped in the face by a wet towel over and over again? Ask the missionaries! (that's how it feels when my helmet straps are wet from the rain and the wind whips them into my face.)

How it feels to be biking down a steep hill but have to pedal because the wind is blowing so hard that gravity isn't working? Ask the missionaries!

How it feels to help people change their lives for the better? Ask the missionaries!

How to quit smoking? Ask the missionaries!

How to feel at peace and feel happiness in your life? Ask the missionaries.

How to feel more confident in yourself and your relationships? Ask the missionaries!

 

This week has been great.

 

I decided when I get home, I need to watch Titanic. Because a crippled 70 year old man who is going straight to heaven was teaching us gospel principles of faith and work and not judging from characters in Titanic. Apparently I can use Harry Potter, Star Wars, AND Titanic to teach gospel truths! Just kidding, the Book of Mormon has stories enough. Like a missionary cutting off peoples' arms to protect others from death. A young boy who felt the power of the Atonement in his life enough that he went out and converted hundreds of people. Prisons that fell down from the faith of men. People who withstood being thrown in flames, being stoned, and much more. People who were led by the Lord. We too can have this power and be led by the Lord.

 

News! (Mom and Nikki Ellis won't believe this, but...) I have a question, since I stopped biting my fingernails 2 months ago, I have run into a lot of problems. Like, how do you keep them clean?? It's impossible! But I'm trying. Any tips? Also, I have regotten my awesome callouses on my hands from swordfighting. Only this time I got them from bike riding...although we do have a sword in our apartment! An old couple gave it to the other sisters we live with.

 

This week we were reading in the Book of Mormon about prophets preaching repentance and going to stand on walls and stuff to call people to repent. And my companion goes, "No wonder prophets used to get killed all the time." And I laughed a lot. No wonder. We aren't getting killed, just called to call others to repentance, but we still get rejected, made fun of, hated on (mostly by other Christians), but we know it's the truth and it is worth it all to help others change their lives for the better.

 

This week was kind of rough as far as investigators go. It was Zhong Qiu Jie (MidAutumn Festival) and there was a typhoon so the wind was HUGE. So everyone went to their ancestral homes to party with their whole families and/or stayed at home and wouldn't answer the door. So we were outside for a long time. But we met with some great people, and when we're outside in the wind and rain, people are more likely to invite us in, even if it is only to give us a drink of water and a broken umbrella (true story).

But MidAutumn fest might be my new favorite holiday. We got invited to go to a member's house with her family and kao rou. Pretty much it's just a country wide barbecue. And I don't mean hamburgers and hotdogs barbecue. We went and there was beef, pork, chicken, deer, fish, shrimp, clams, pretty much any kind of meat you can imagine. And people all barbecue outside their houses on the street. So all day we were smelling steak and deliciousness and it was a great relief after a couple weeks of eating mostly vegetarian. So awesome. And also at that member's house I turned a talk about Twilight in the Plan of Salvation (story to come next week).

 

I love you all and the scripture for this week is Alma 38:5. As we trust in God, He will bless us. We just have to take a small step of faith and believe and trust.

 

Love,

Sister Perkins

 

Bad English for the week on a boy's shirt: Uillians B A very larce world. This town b conna hare me. Wakh you most be !!# Batman and Suferman.