Hey all!
Another miracle, our recent convert who has trouble waking up in the morning came to church for all 3 hours starting at 8:50! (Granted, we went and threw rocks at her window to wake her up at 8:20.) And she brought her daughter! She also helped us peike and was one of the best peikes we have ever had. She helped address his problems, explained when our Chinese was a little hard for him to understand (he is older and hasn't gone to much school, so some of the church terms that we say he can't understand so she helped us a lot!), and shared really powerful experiences and she stayed so focused on the lesson. So amazing. And her 6 year old daughter just sat quietly and drew. So crazy.
This week we also got the door shut on us for like 30 minutes at so many houses and all I had to do was pee. We would knock and all we would say was, "We're missionaries, could we please use your bathroom really fast?" And they would reply, "Thank you! I don't need it." or "Thank you, go talk to someone who needs it more." And I was like, I need it more! I need it now! The porcelain throne calls my name! Hahaha, I should learn how to say porcelain in Chinese...
This week we kept the invitation to, when touching our name badges, talk about the gospel of Christ - and in specific, baptism. Right after we got the invite in Zone meeting we went out contacting. It was freezing cold and raining and SO windy (here in the windy city) but there was this older man I felt like I should invite to English class, so we invited him and he was interested! He doesn't have a job right now, he has been to church before and when we pointed to our nametags and mentioned baptism he asked if he could be baptized! On the street we took the baptismal planner that the Zone Leaders gave to us and invited us to use and we set a date with him right there on the street. We explained what we have to teach, what he has to do and he committed to being baptized in 4 weeks! (He was gone this past Sunday to Taizhong.) Keeping invites really does bring miracles.
And! We helped a blind person cross the street!! Well, we saw this lady in a pink jacket and I said, "I love your jacket!" She ignored me and I felt a little rejected and hurt. Licking my wounds she said, "Are you talking to me?" I quickly responded with a yes. And she asked where we were from. I was a little confused, obviously we are white, but when we told her she said, "Sorry, I could tell you weren't from here but I'm blind so I couldn't see where you were from." We asked why she was waiting outside Sogo and she said she was waiting for someone to help her get to the train station (across 2 busy streets). So we helped her get to the train station by going through this little underground tunnel and it was super cool. She was a blind massuse! She's famous!
Played the Hokey Pokey in English class. And wrote poems:
I love you, ghosts say boo.
I love you like babies coo.
I love you when doves coo.
.....yeah. I'm a really good English teacher -____-
A man who was laughing at us and telling us he was already Christian said (after we read the Introduction of the Book of Mormon with him and the promise it gives at the end that everyone can know for themselves whether or not the Book of Mormon is true), "Wow! This book is better than the Bible!" Laughed again and walked away with the Book of Mormon. It was strange but also really cool.
I love you all and hope you have a great week!
Love,
Sister Perkins
No comments:
Post a Comment