Soooooo. TRANSFERS. GUESS WHAT HAPPENED?????? My companion and I both stayed in Pingzhen! So here we are and we are both way happy because that means we get to see Jocelyn baptized and keneng Hong JM but maybe not her. But we are pretty excited. Sister Call (our roommate Zhongli 1 sister) got a new companion. Her name is Sun Jiemei. She is a Bendi (native) So that is super fun to have in the house because then we speak Chinese more at home.
Last week we saw the most amazing miracle of... 12 NEW INVESTIGATORS. TWELVE! We were so thrilled! We found at least one every day. And on Friday we had the sweet experience of teaching a family. We went to find and LA and knocked on the door. Then someone answered and said they had moved. And she continued to say that they were Buddhist. So we gave them a pamphlet and the grandma told her to let us in. So we went in and taught a FAMILY. It was the first time either of us got to teach a family. So we got five new investigators that night that we are meeting with Friday. They are all 8 years old and older. It was a huge miracle. I know that it is because we have been so focused on obedience that we have been able to see this miracle.
Also remember Jocelyn????? I hope so because she is INCREDIBLE. At our lesson with her last week we asked her if we could move her baptism date up. She said YES! So she is now getting baptized on the 25th of January!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!! It will be my first baptism here and it is someone Sister Bond and I found and have gotten to teach all the way through.
But spiritual thought of the week. I have been reading Jesus the Christ since the MTC and this week I got to the Garden of Gethsemane. And I really had a moment to just ponder that sacrifice. It goes into a lot of detail about Judas and what was going on with him and with the Lord's last talk to his disciples before he was betrayed. But I just know that his sacrifice was for us INDIVIDUALLY. He loves us so much. I kept wondering, Why did he do that? He knew at that exact moment that one of his apostles was betraying him to his death. He knew how wicked some of the people in the world are. He suffered for them too. I kept wondering why. But I realized, don't forget this, God is a fair God. A chance that he gives to one of his children to return home he will give to ALL. So even though he suffered for those wicked people he gave EVERY SINGLE PERSON an equal chance to return home. He loves us. I know this is true. He suffered for us so individually and I couldn't be more grateful for his loving sacrifice. I hope all of you ponder about the savior this week and his role in your life. Get to know him a little better. I know I still have a lot to know about him. Everyday we can all learn more and more.
