Jan 26, 2015

Dear family and friends,

This past week was pretty good. We were so close to achieving the Standards. This week we are confident.

We are still teaching the Cantonese guy Tim and he brought another friend, Daniel. They are doing great! They came to church and are coming closer to Christ step by step. 

Yeah nothing too crazy this week. See you next week. Gonna go shopping now.

Elder Lee

Jan 19, 2015 Elder Oaks!

Dear family and friends,

This week was super awesome! Elder Oaks came and we all got to listen to him and shake his hand. It was great being there. He was supposed to come at 9:30 but the plane got delayed so he got there at 2. We spent that waiting time listening to President and Sister Clayton, as well as an Area 70 Elder Allard.

Then we broke for lunch and there were like 30 missionaries in the Subway sandwich place that we went to. 

We returned and waited...Finally he came! Along with a 70 from the second quorum, Elder Kasher. 

Unfortunately, because the meeting started late, we spent a lot less time than we expected with Elder Oaks. Afterwards, he had another short meeting with the local members and investigators. By 7pm, he was on the way to catch another plane.

So that was exciting. We have an investigator,Tim, that is from FoShan. Same hometown as grandpa! He came to church and now he has a goal for baptism on the 8th of Feb. Sweet!

That's pretty much the week. How about you?

Love,

Elder Lee

Jan 12, 2015

Dear family and friends,

This week was pretty good. We found an interesting investigator. She is Chinese and she chose to join the Islam faith about half a year ago. While we were walking along the sidewalk we noticed her on the other side and we crossed the road to talk with her. She agreed to meet two day later. At the beginning of the lesson, she was very unwilling to do anything, she would not even read from the pamphlet out loud. We tried our best to be patient and loving. We could tell that there were a couple instances that she paused and felt the Spirit. At the end of the lesson she agreed to read the Book of Mormon to find out more. There was clearly a change of heart. I have a testimony that the Atonement can work in minutes, if we allow it to happen. 

Since we joined the ward, we have been fed nearly every night. It was pretty awesome. Most members here are really helpful and friendly. 

Nothing much else. We are working.

Love,

Elder Lee

Jan 5, 2015

Dear family and friends,

I need to have an excited title to match my excited first week here in Kitchener. This week has been Spirit-filled. We are working with the leadership a ton to seek opportunities to serve more. 

I just feel great giving service. It is a great responsibility to be trusted by the Lord and by the members.

We went to the temple this week! Starting from January this year, temple has a day approximately each month for recent converts and returning members to go and do baptisms, Elijah is a new convert here and we had the opportunity to go with him. The weather was pretty bad that day, tons of snow! We made it to the temple and it was a great experience for everyone. It was also the first time in this temple that they have a session like this. 

I hope that we will go again. That means we are going to have to work extra hard to get them there. It is a pretty good motivation for us,

The temple really is the house of God. I felt it.

Love,

Elder Lee