So this week I got to dress a naked dead guy so that was fun
Tuesday was our P-day last week and it was super awesome. Elder Hay gave me a haircut which was fun! I got to skype a Chinese investigator living in Nanimo which was really cool. The really cool thing is that it was Sister Hemenway's investigator, somebody I knew from high school, so that was a fun connection. Then Tuesday night I went on exchanges with Elder Yue, who is Elder Claflin's Trainer.
Wednesday Elder Yue and I went to go dress that dead naked guy I mentioned. He was a member in our branch who died last week. He was a pretty old guy. I had never met him but his son, Ning DiXiong (Brother Ning), is probably the greatest member of the Church I have met in my entire life. He is a convert of about 6 years and has just taken a hold of the gospel and even though he only speaks Chinese so I don't understand a lot, when he teaches he has SO much power. He is an amazing man. Dressing his Dad was a little weird, and definitely not something I thought I would be doing as a missionary, but it was kind of a cool experience. Just very different. Dead people just feel like really cold, heavy clay, in case you were wondering.
While we were out finding on Wednesday night we were going to stop for dinner, but decided to just keep going and hope we would find time to eat. Then just before we had to leave we walked into a pizza place planning to just buy 2 slices for like 4 bucks. But (A blessing from God for staying out late to find people) The guy behind the counter said that he would sell us a whole extra large pizza for 8 bucks because nobody picked it up or something. Blessings for serving a mission are evident everyday.
I Especially love the ones for food. Those are nice.
Something I forgot to mention last week is that we were going back to the apartment on Monday night to go do my missionary training and we felt prompted to go finding again for 15 mins and the first person we met was Joanne. She is Golden. We have taught her twice already and she really wants to be baptized. Her story is that her Mom died and saw God who brought her back to life, and Joanne has had some very spiritual dreams where she has seen angels and she says she knows that God sent us to find her. Very awesome. Honestly I see miracles like this everyday, It's amazing how much God's hand is in our life if we just look for it.
Friday was Ning Bobo's Funeral (the guy I dressed on Wednesday) and it was a sweet service. I got to be a pallbearer which was also not something I expected to be doing on my mission. Ning DiXiong is amazing, because after the service, a lot of people were just standing around crying and he just shouts with the biggest smile on his face: "Why are you all crying? My Dad is in heaven and he is happy and resting. Stop crying, and go Eat!" The Luncheon was cool too, because it's all Chinese food. I eat so much Asian food it's ridiculous. I thought I was in Canada! XD The members here are awesome and they also gave us tons of food to take home.
We went to dinner with one of Elder Hay's recent converts who bought us some amazing sushi. Sushi is my favourite food so anyone who knows me knows I was stoked for it.
I kid you not, I have gained 14 pounds on my mission so far, and I've only been gone for 3 months! I'm gonna get fat!
Saturday we had to go take our car in for the month service (just changing oil and rotating tires) and it took 4 FLIPPING HOURS!!! It was the biggest waste of time, and we couldn't really find any Chinese people to talk to. But we did meet this really cool man from Nigeria who said he would come to church so that made it all worth it. My first transfer calls came. I'm still staying in Richmond with Elder Hay, but we used to have a Chinese Zone but that is gone now. I'm apart of the Vancouver Zone as of Wednesday.
Sunday we taught Gospel Principles and I think it went pretty well. Chinese is still hard, but I'm able teach a little more that I could a week ago, or a month ago, so that's all that matters. I got to see how God puts us in the right place at the right time even more Sunday night. I gave a pass-along card with a picture of Jesus to a lady and she just started bawling. She said 15 years ago she found the same kind of card on the ground and she took it home and cleaned it and then kept it. She was actually just coming from a funeral of someone she really cared about when I stopped her and she said it was evidence that God really does know who she is. It feels great to be that instrument in God's hand to bless others. Also, I met a kid and talked to him all in Chinese and was able to set up a return appointment for Wednesday. It was the best because I'm finally improving my language skills enough that I can be a useful missionary.
I love being here so much, and I love seeing just how much God cares and how he blesses me and the people around me everyday. Love you all, and I challenge you to really look around you this week and see how God has blessed you, because I promise you will find it!
Wo Ai Nimen,
王長老
Elder Wallace
"...He doth require that ye should do as he hath commanded you; for which if ye do, he doth immediately bless you..." (Mosiah 2:24) God will bless us as we do what he commands us, and like it says in the scriptures, he will IMMEDIATELY bless us as long as we follow what he says.
Sorry, not a ton of pictures this week.
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