week 46.5 Convert taught by my mother & Work with less active 5/22/2017

I think daily life right now is organization of records and the ward wants us to visit all the less active members in our ward list so that has been mainly what we have been doing. 

I got some brown shoes from 陳會長 (president Chen) the stake president in 新界 (Hsin Tien) so that was nice. I also went on exchanges with elder Smith and it was pretty fun, because he use to be my zone leader when I was a district leader and I guess just having that exchange again (this time he is my distric leader) helped me see how far I have come in the last months.

Below is a picture of a sister and her son in the ward I am serving in. She was a new convert many years ago, who was taught by my mother when she was a young sister missionary in Hong Kong almost 25 years ago. She currently serves in our ward relief society presidency!

Week 45.5 Happy Mother's day 5/15/2017

A wonderful mother's day!

Elder Joseph Chou in Hong Kong gets to go on google hangout for a video call with his family in Utah.
Missionaries get to exchange emails/letters with family every week during their 2 year missionary service. And twice a year, on Christmas and Mother's day, they also get to call their family!

Grateful for modern-day technology!



Hey everyone this will be short sorry but that's ok.

first item of business we were able to skype for mothers day!!! super fun and happy mothers day to you all who deal with us kids.

We taught nobody this week but that is ok! just means that we have to find people before summer comes :) finding is always interesting and definitely a growing experience. 

We also were able to have zone conference!! it was super good and we learned about miracles, and being a preach my gospel missionary. I am grateful for that opportunities of serving. We have seen many miracles, felt many miracles, and heard of many miracles. These things may be small and, as true to the faith says, may be defined as a "quiet miracle" but nonetheless they are from God and are miracles from him from on high. The scripture I have been relying on is Moroni 7:37

it is by faith that miracles are wrought; and it is by faith that angels appear and minister unto men; wherefore, if these things have ceased wo be unto the children of men, for it is because of unbelief , and all is vain. 

all I have to do is to do my part to listen to god when I get promptings and have faith enough to act on it.

So life is not necessarily easy but it is good if we trust God in the name of Jesus Christ amen.

Insights

-D&C 60:7 holy when our sins are forgiven. Only Through god can we be holy

-There is freedom within structure

     -some random I am a mormon

-Changing is a miracle because sometimes we want to change, we have a goal, but we dont know how to get there. God can answer all questions, including those to help us know what we must do to change

-You can either be bitter or better through God

     -his grace: unplanned pregnancy

-it is not about how I feel or how others feel when doing the work. It is about what god wants that is the most important

Week 44.5 Anticipating many new arrivals and departures this summer 5/8/2017

This week has been good! I guess I always say that but I really feel like things are changing in hsk. I feel like it is getting better. I cannot say we did much this week that had success, but I definitely learned a lot. 

we did go less active finding though, but we were not able to find them because they were not home :/ 

MJ (a member) also came back from college to work in the summer. it was fun to see him :) YD did not come to church :( but we were able to talk to him, and tin sau had a baptism and I played for it. It was a good week as long as I say that t o myself :)

Sister Malone finish honorably so that is good :)

We are anticipating the arrivals of 70 missionaries (from what I hear but sis. Lam says its probably wrong) and the departure of more than 60 missionaries in the next 2 transfers (I think) there will be 40 missionaries left from before that (is what elder Mcgrath told me.) but I could be totally wrong from all of that.

Scriptures

D&C 68:6

The Lord will stand by you

2Nephi 32:5

the spirit says what we must do, but not always how we will execute it or what the exact desired outcome will be.

D&C 11:12-14

put your trust in the spirit and it will fill you with joy

D&C 39:5-6

These are the peaceable things of the kingdom

Insights

we respect people because they sacrifice for us, because we know they love us. This is the case with our earthly and eternal parents.

Week 43.5 Quiet Week 5/2/2017

Quiet Week
not much to report this week.

Elder Chou is working hard in Hung Shui Kiu with Elder Chin.
They had transfer calls this past week, but no changes for them. So they with keep the same companion and continue to labor in Hung Shui Kiu

Note on transfer calls. About every 5-6 weeks, the missionaries get "transfer calls." This call from the mission office is to inform them if they are moving to a new area or changing missionary companions. Although there are some changes throughout the mission, not everyone receives a change necessarily.

Week 42.5 Game Day Activity & Temple Trip 2/25/2017

This week was pretty good! we were able to have a game day activity and it was pretty good because we had some nonmembers came, which was what our ward mission leader was hoping. It was a 3 1/2 hour activity, but little kids are so energized that they can go forever. I feel like we as HSK elders and sisters really put a lot of work into it, and used our faith, and we had miracles. The sisters were able to find a new investigator from the activity. 

 

As for church it was also pretty good because we were able to have a person we met last week come to church, and he has also been reading the Book of Mormon! :) we are happy that he is a new investigator. He is a rapper and pretty cool. It is an interesting situation. He found the church online and came and wanted to find out more. He is christian and wants to know why we receive so much flack for what we believe. He does kind of have a hard time with prophets but we hope that by reading the Book of Mormon, he can find his answer.

I also loved that we were able to go to the temple this week. I received some much needed revelation that I felt like I needed and afterward we practiced with Elder Love for the lion rock musical fireside. It is really long to go from here to Kowloon because of the time it takes to travel, but it will be worth it!

 

Also I read in D&C 20:5 and 6 it is talking about why Joseph Smith had a quiet period where he did not receive revelation, and this built my testimony because I realized that a false prophet would not criticize himself. This revelation reveals to us the weakness of Joseph Smith. so that built my testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith

Also Elder Quentin L Cook is coming in a month!!! (I think its him) but an apostle is coming and I am so excited!! its funny because Hong Kong does not have any mission that borders it, we are bordered by china and the sea. so we don't tune into a broadcast but we get to have an apostle come!! i am so very excited :)

Insights

we are the branches from the tree of life whose core is Christ. We have all the fruit that grow on us and often times forget to acknowledge Christ who if feeding and nurturing those fruit and we get to feel the success of his work. He is the greatest seed planter.

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D&C 50:24 that which is of God is light; and he that recieveth light, and continueth in God, recieveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day.

Week 42.5 Chinese Church News 4/24/2017

Elder Chou was part of the missionary Christmas choir featured on the local Church News in Hong Kong.

link to the Chinese local Church News below

http://www.lds.org.hk/about/voice/activity/2017/a0218-christmasmusical?lang=zho-hk

Week 41.5 Easter in Hong Kong 4/16/2017

This week has been fun!!

not too much change but it was good to be in Hung Shui Kiu.

We had exchanges and I was with Elder Brandse, but I didn't take any pictures of the exchange :( 

sorry not too much today but there are insights, no worries :)

Easter was great! we watched the church video a lot! #PrinceOfPeace.

Insights

we are extremely ungrateful to our Father and to his Beloved Son when in all humility with "broken hearts and contrite spirits" we are unwilling to keep the commandments

     -joseph fielding smith

gratitude fuels positivity