So here is what happened. The lights
were on so we knew that he was there, we knocked like three times and waited
for 10 minutes and we didn’t get any answer. But we knew he was inside. So,
being the fool that I am, I saw that the door was not closed all the way, so I
decided to knock a fourth time, really hard, and see if the door would swing
ajar. It worked, and next thing I know Wu Ji is standing in front of us in his
boxer shorts. It was pretty funny and we all laughed it off and just let it go
that he was ignoring us not 30 seconds ago.
But then Wu Ji went on to tell us
that he just can’t stop working on Sunday. Now that alone isn’t that big of a
problem, but he just expressed to us that Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father can’t
help him if he is hungry, or they can’t help him keep his apartment, that they
just can’t help him in these areas, so that make work more important. Now you
see, that right there is a problem!! Because the only thing I ever, ever want
to teach an investigator is that we need to humble ourselves before the Lord
and realize that we just cannot do it on our own BUT that we have a loving
Heavenly Father we can trust in, we can follow his plan, and he will provide.
Long story short, we asked him if he
still wanted to be baptized, and he said he would be there on Sunday. He was
not there on Sunday, we called it off at like 9pm Sunday night, and it was the
worst experience having to call all the members. I never want to cancel a
baptism again. We haven’t heard from Wu ji since that Monday, it’s a pretty
weird situation. Man, I feel like this Letter is getting depressing, LET ME
TELL YOU ABOUT SOME HAPPY STUFF BECAUSE MISSIONS ARE FULL OF IT!!!
So we have a land-lady, her name is
Rosa and she speaks Spanish. But as missionaries, we need to open our mouths
and talk to everyone and love everyone. Not just Chinese people, or Asian
looking people (I still can’t tell the difference) but everyone. So we started
chatting, and giving them cookies when members gave us cookies. And they
started to warm up to us, and then eventually they told us they were members of
the church, but they have been less active for 15 or something years, but
seeing us (the missionaries) again inspired them to make church a part of their
life again. And Rosa and her husband and their younger daughter and her son (who
are super cool) went to church. And we saw Rosa after church and she said it
was so amazing. She said she has been suffering with like an eye diseases for a
while and it was pretty painful, but she went to church and all she felt was
peace and calm and her eye didn’t bother her. And she told us that the Spanish
sisters were going over to her house this Wed. AND she told us she has a Chinese
friend she wants us to meet and teach about Jesus Christ. So that’s super
awesome! That really got me through this week.
It just goes to show, small and
simple acts of good are amazing tools for the Lord to work with. Just like PMG
says, if we pray for opportunities to do good AND pray that we will recognize
those opportunities AND that we pray will have the strength to follow the
promptings, we will be led to people that are ready to hear the gospel. I know
that I have so much fear. Fear that I will not know what to say, or how to
answer a question. But I know that through going out of our way to help
somebody, we teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, not in some fancy word play, but
through our actions. Through our action we stand as Witnesses of God, we
fulfill our baptismal covenant to stand as witness of the God at all times.
I am so grateful God has given us opportunities
to fall, so we can know exactly what it feels like to fail and be down trodden
and when we see another person in the same situation, we will know we have to
be there for them, we have to help them. I know this Gospel is true, and that
people and families need it!
Love you guys so much, sorry if this
letter was weird.
Elder Burr
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