Well
this week is transfers, and tomorrow, sadly, Elder Vai will be leaving WVU
after 6 months to go to the backwoods of West Virginia. He'll have great fun.
My new companion will be Elder Roberts! Not sure anything about him, other than
he has been on his mission less than me. Weird! Well, this week was a fun one!
#chinesesoda
Last
Monday, we harvested some more bamboo and bought pool noodles to make our own
weapons to fight Luther with! That will be interesting, but they seem to work
pretty well.
We
were able to see Wenjie a few times this week and he is doing well. He speaks
English so much clearer than the first time we met with him. He still gets a
lot of Gospel words mixed up though. We taught him about more of the Plan of
Salvation and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He even invited one of his Chinese
friends to come and learn too! Funny story. We asked him to read chapters 11
and 12 in the Gospel Principle book to learn more about the Life of Christ. But
he ended up reading 11 and 12 in Mosiah, which talks about "the King of
the Noa-ih" as Wenjie put it. So that was interesting! He also talked to
us about what he does for work. Since his boss is out of town on vacation, he
basically gets to work on whatever he wants, and recently he has been working a
lot with stocks. He told us that in the 3 short months he has been in the
United States, he has made 150,000 dollars!!!!! That is nuts! And apparently in
China, 150,000 US dollars is 1,000,000 Chinese dollars. When he explained that
and smiled saying "I am China millionaire!" It was hilarious. We are
almost constantly laughing at his house. There is just too much funny stuff at
his house. Anyways....
We
taught Natalia with Brad on Friday and it went really well. She is super
prepared and wants to follow Heavenly Father, but she realizes that ultimately
she needs to know if the Book of Mormon is true and if she should be baptized.
She is praying a lot about it, so we are praying for her as well, we know
she'll get an answer.
So
last week I mentioned Julia, the girl who knows Luther. Well, we were able to
teach her about the Restoration of the Gospel on Friday and then the Plan of
Salvation on Monday! She is super awesome and actually reads, which is very
nice! She is super interested in the Book of Mormon and is really searching for
truth. She also made a point in our Plan lesson about the Atonement, which was
definitely unique. I'll include it in my spiritual thought though!
We
also got to teach Gui and Nicole again, which of course went super well. We
taught them simply about studying the scriptures daily and praying as a family.
Then, we got to take them on a church tour of the Cheat Lake building, which
went really well, they totally loved it! We are super excited for September
when they will all be able to come to church! He is doing really well with
living the word of wisdom too! From what we could understand, he hasn't been
drinking coffee any more, which is really an answer to prayers. We are really
excited for him and he can definitely tell the difference.
It
has been getting more difficult recently with finding people because the longer
into the summer we get, the more we run out of places to go, but it will all be
okay, we have faith to still find people, no matter how hidden in Morgantown
they are!
We
have had a good time meeting with and teaching members this last week. We
basically knew Elder Vai was leaving, so we got to visit with a lot of people
for goodbyes. For the small amount of members here over the summer, many of
them are real awesome. I will miss it here, whenever I leave.
So
something that I have thought about the last day or so came from our lesson
with Julia. She noted that Christ suffering the Atonement seemed almost like an
abusive relationship (which caught us off guard for a moment). But the more I
thought about it, it kind of makes sense for someone to think that, growing up
outside the church. In reality though, all that Christ ever went through was
purely because of His love for each of us. The Atonement and its cleansing
power is really the influence that converts someone to the Gospel, because the
Atonement is so unique in it's application to life. Nothing else helps
strengthen me like it, nothing removes burdens and brings peace like it, and
the best part is: everyone can feel that same influence. It is universal and I
hope that throughout this upcoming week, each of you can find that power and use it to bless your
life.
Hope
you all have a great, safe week!!
Take
Luck,
Elder
Goold
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