So this week I kind of performed an exorcism, killed my companion, and got E.T.'d AGAIN (Emergency Transferred)
So yeah, life has been good
So Monday was a standard P-Day. We slept over in Burnaby with Elder Claflin and Elder Russell because all of the Chinese missionaries had a meeting in Burnaby on Tuesday. Elder Claflin was my companion in the MTC and Elder Russell was about 7 weeks ahead of us, so we knew him in the MTC as well. They are companions so it's really interesting because they both don't know Chinese (but more on that later)
Tuesday our meeting was pretty cool. Nothing to talk about really, just a faith booster I guess! We taught Yu Chen about the Baptismal interview questions and she is SO ready to be baptized on the 5th! Also taught Nemo who is getting baptized on Sunday! He is so cool. If you remember Fei, from back when I was in Richmond, he met with us again so that was really cool! He seems interested again.
Wednesday we spent the whole day up at UBC just teaching lessons and finding. It was really cool, some of those guys seem pretty solid. A recent convert took us out to dinner (#foodblessings) and we had some weird Chinese food. I ended up eating some pig ears, and pig stomach lining which was pretty good actually.
Thursday was really cool. The Assistants called in the morning and said that when Elder Hay leaves on Monday that I will be going to Burnaby to be with Elder Claflin and Elder Russell! It was crazy because we all don't know Chinese! But I guess this is what God wants, so that's what we'll do. We had Zone Conference with 6 other Zones (the whole lower mainland basically) and Elder Teh from the 70. It was a good meeting, and I felt God tell me that I need to give it my all go find somebody to baptize here in Burnaby. So that's what I'm going to do! We taught Nemo about the Plan of Salvation and it was easily the strongest I have felt the spirit in a lesson. It was awesome! Elder Hay said goodbye to him because he was going home and it was cool to see just how tight we had gotten with Nemo. He really likes us, I love that kid.
Friday was the most full I've been in months! We ate Wendy's with an investigator who wanted to say bye to Elder Hay, White Spot with some awesome recent converts (picture down below) and Burgers with our ward mission leader who wanted to say goodbye. All within a few hours of each other, but somehow I was able to eat it all! (#foodblessings)
So that Exorcism thing was weird. Friday morning a recent convert (who is a little quirky) texted us freaking out and said we need to come over and give her house a blessing. So we went over there and she said that the previous night she tried contacting spirits and then weird stuff started happening. It was a nasty feeling walking into her home. You could totally tell there was something evil in there. So, we said a prayer and cast out whatever was in there and gave her a blessing and instantly felt SO much better. She promised she would never do anything like that again! I guess it wasn't a full blow exorcism with people being possessed and stuff but exorcism sounds cooler, so we are going to go with that!
Saturday Elder Hay and I just moved all of my stuff to Burnaby, helped the new missionaries move into our old apartment and visited some of his recent converts. We got to eat dinner in one of their homes which was really cool. Just some standard weird Chinese food that I didn't want to ask what it was!
Sunday I killed my companion. Before you freak out, that's just missionary slang for somebody going home. Since I was his last companion before he went home, I "killed him". Elder Hay was an amazing missionary and I'm so glad I got to be with him. He really changed my mission. Now, it's the 3 "green" Chinese missionaries so it'll be an interesting rest of the transfer! We did teach a lesson all in Chinese and it went pretty well. I was actually pretty surprised at my Chinese skills. The gift of tongues is real! That's all I can say.
BTW: Today is my 2 month mark in Canada, and yesterday was my 4 month mark on my mission. It`s CRAZY how fast time is flying by.
Well, that's about it for now. It's going to be a crazy week, but I'm really thinking it's going to go well, and we are going to have success here. Love you all! See y'all next time!
Love,
王長老
Elder Wallace
"Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever." Alma 26:12
This scripture has meant a lot to me this week because I know that if we are going to be successful missionaries here we can't rely on ourselves. We NEED God. There is no way we could speak Chinese or teach effectively if not for the Spirit.
Elder Claflin and Russell, Elder Hey right before he went home
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