Good Afternoooon!
We had a miracle contact with one of our members' brothers! We went over to visit the member, and they had forgotten about our appointment so we waited for awhile and then decided we should leave. As we were walking outside we ran into them and their nonmember brother, and had a great conversation! We then set an appointment with them the next night for an FHE activity and it went great! He has taken a particular liking to me for some reason haha and as we walked out together for dinner he just put his arm around my shoulder and told me all his thoughts about the gospel. It was great! The Lord has been providing for us so much, we really can't do it without him.
Our ward has a return missionary who is really powerful, one of the first things he did was introduce his friend to us and we had a great time with him, and he has really solid potential. He is a great example of what every member really should be like if they were as missionary-work conscious as an rm.I'm excited to keep it all developing with him over these next weeks.
We had an awesome lesson with Luk jm and her daughter this last week! We talked We showed them the Bible video about Christ's birth and her daughter loved it! It was really cute, she gets really excited about Christ, and fortunately it is rubbing off on her mom, who gets more and more personally curious about the Gospel every time we meet. I love seeing it grow on people when they start to understand that it is something of great worth, and if it's true, which I know it is, then it means everything for them and especially for their families.
There was a huge group of people that came down from China this week that we got to meet with, one of which was the first mainland baptism I saw on my mission my second week here! It was so great seeing her again, and being able to see how she has grown and strengthened the branch she is in. It was so cool! Elder George and I got to teach a women with her nonmember friend and daughter from Guang Dong all the lessons, and she was amazingly receptive. She loved every single thing about it, and by the end, her friend asked us if she could be baptized too. I thought man why can't everyone be like this, so receptive! Miraculously we were able to jump through all the hoops involved in baptizing someone from mainland in a relatively short amount of time, and she was baptized the next day. I have never seem someone smile so big as her as she came out of the font. The spiritual cleansing of baptism is real, and I love seeing people go through it.
I love seeing our investigators marvel and wonder at the gospel when we share it. Especially those who are truly prepared to receive the gospel. Luk jm's young daughter watching the birth of Christ in wonder and excitement reminded me of the scripture "come unto me as a little child", and the truth in that principle. She was so excited by the video and believed it was true and was excited to explain it to her mom, her friends, and tell us al about it! She was excited to pray marveled at how Jesus could be born in such humble circumstances. It was so refreshing to teach a child, and was a good reminder to myself of never forget how wonderful, and amazing the Gosepl and our Savior Jesus Christ really is. We can never let the gospel become mundane, boring, or repetitive, but must be as the humble, excited, curious child!
The gospel is a blessing!
Love,
Elder Woolley
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Sisters from the first mainland baptism that Elder Woolley ever attended
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Guan Dong members
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