Feb 23, 2015

Dear family and friends,

This week was awesome! We worked hard and achieved SoE! Which hasn't happened for me since a long time! The work is going quite well here.

We took the time to go to the temple today. It is closed but we took some nice pictures. It was about a 80 minute bus ride so it wasn't too bad. The temple is just so beautiful. It's awesome.

Not too much time today cause we traveled quite a bit.

Love,

Elder Lee

Feb 17, 2015 Happy Birthday Ben!

Dear family and friends,

Ben still has never emailed me on my mission. Come on man! 

Happy 19th Birthday.

This week I returned to Markham ward. It has been awesome. I love the people here so much. I feel that they are truly my brothers and sisters. My new companions are Elder Tam (David's son) and Elder Tam from HK. They are so fun to be around and we are getting the work done with awesome unity.

Well people are getting close to baptism again. We have an investigator Fiona that is progressing so well! She is a quick learner. She brings her daughter to morning seminary already. 

Well that's this week. 

Love,

Elder Lee

Feb 9, 2015 Tim is baptized!!! Transferring back to Toronto Cantonese!‏

Dear family and friends,

This week was great! We baptized Tim Zhu. So sweet. The bad news is that I am getting transferred! Which means that I won't get to see his confirmation next week. So but I am  excited to go back to my dear "home area" Cantonese!

Tim's baptism was so great. A lot of the branch members came and Sid, a member that got baptized the day before Tim, gave a spiritual testimony. Edward is a member that I knew from last year. He goes to school and church here and he  baptized Tim! Tim also brought some friends from 佛山. Cool eh? The baptism was very spiritual and I am just so happy for him.

I am so excited to go back. We are going to be so busy next transfer. Cantonese work is my playing field! It's gonna be my 7th transfer there. My companions will be Elder Tam from Utah and Elder Tam from Hong Kong.

Well that's it for this week.

Love,

Elder Lee

Feb 2, 2015

Dear family and friends,

This week was good. It snowed a ton last night. We took some pictures.

Last week was good. We found some pretty awesome people to teach.

Our investigator, Tim, is planning to be baptized this coming Sunday. He is doing well except he is pretty busy with school this week. We have got to finish teaching and help him to be ready to achieve that goal. Tight schedule!

Pray for Tim!

Love,

Elder Lee

Lotsa pictures from tropical Canada

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