Well, I wish I had
some awesome story to share with you, but this week hasn't been anything
special... Elder Ward is going home.. Super sad. He is one of my best
friends on the mission. I'm going to miss him a lot. Last Monday we got a bunch of people together and played soccer
which was super fun. Then on Tuesday our stake had a temple trip, so we
got one of our less actives who is a school bus driver to take the ward,
and he had a really good spiritual experience which was good. Oh, on Saturday we got to go to Sister Moody's baptism which was awesome! She's
a great missionary. I guess she was supposed to go to Maccau but ended
up not going, so it's been a weird week for her. Last night we got to go
to a special fireside in Kowloontong called the "My Conversion" fireside. It's where all the missionaries who are going home pick
one of their recent converts to bear their testimony. It was cool. We were
able to get D, our investigator, to come which was good, I think she
had a good experience.
So, I was just going through the Mormon messages on mormon.org
cuz I love them and think they're great. I'd watch them all day if I
could. I came across the Stella one; the lady from Hong Kong.
Click here for Stella's mormon.org message
I've never met her cuz she is way out in Kowloon, but I
remember watching that video like a dozen times [before coming to Hong Kong] and not understanding a
single word they said. Like at all, and thinking... "Man, I'll never learn
that language." I actually still have days like that, but I
just watched it again just now and was amazed. I understood everything! Not
exactly every word, but I knew enough to know what they were talking
about the entire time. It hit me like a ton of bricks. I find that I compare myself a lot with other missionaries. There are some who have
been out for the same time as me or even less, and I feel like their
language is better, but I have to get over it and stop worrying about it. I am learning as fast as I allow myself to learn with the Lords help,
and that should be good enough. I don't know, I'm just grateful I guess. It
was an eye opener.
Anyways, I don't have much else to report! We have moves coming up, but I doubt I'll go anywhere. I'm still
training, so I don't think they will split us up. I'll
probably be here next week, but if not I'll let you know where I am. You
never really know with President Hawks. Love you all! Keep the faith!
Love,
Elder Mikesell
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