Hello Everyone!
Last pday we went to Chinatown with our district and got some yummy food! We went for soup dumplings, but we did things family style and I was just eating what was in front of me so to be honest half the time I didn't know what anything was😅 it was all delicious though! We also went around to some souvenir shops and they love to make you negotiate there. They don't put prices on anything and a lot of the people just stand at the street and try to get you to come into their store. After that we went and got mochi donuts which were kind of weird but good!
This week we got to meet with Megan which went well. We have started to teach the commandments and so far she has been good with things, but this week we are planning to teach the word of wisdom and law of tithing so we're hoping that goes well. She also came to a baptism on Sunday! Sadly we didn't get her to church, but she did come to the baptism and she loved it. We had a member come and watch it with us and then had a talk with her and the member afterwards. She asked if she decided to get baptized if it would have to be on a Saturday or Sunday and we told her no, and asked if she had a day in mind since she asked that question. She then said if she were were get baptized she would want to get baptized on November 19th. Her golden birthday! So she put herself on date right then and we are so excited to keep helping her prepare for that! Thank you for all of your prayers for her, please keep praying for her to have strength to overcome her concerns🙏
We also got to do some family history this week so that's always a good time! The older man we randomly met on the street came in and it was pretty cool because we found out his wife was Japanese American and Sister Rasband was able to see all of the Japanese names and help find these people. I thought it was a pretty cool experience for her to be able to do that as she isn't able to be in Japan right now. He sadly was kind of offended when we asked if we could pray at the start though because he's Jewish, so sadly after meeting with him he didn't seem to want to set something up again, but we're still so glad we were able to help him start building his family tree!
After we were done with family history one day this week, one of the security guards at the temple who has a very cool story but has had some struggles with people in the church talked to us about family history! He recently lost his father and is planning to go to Africa to see family and remember his father and he said he wants to talk to his family members over there and get all the information he needs to be able to do their work. And he mentioned that he is like 85% there with baptism and thinks within the next year he will be ready to be baptized! It was some of the best news because he is a better missionary than all of us and literally hands out pass along cards and Book of Mormons on the subway and now it's his turn to be able to make these covenants and receive the blessing that he can receive!
I also started reading The Book of Mormon again this week and I loved the first verse so much, it hit me in a different way than ever before.
1 Nephi 1:1
"1. I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents, therefore I was taught somewhat in all the learning of my father; and having seen many afflictions in the course of my days, nevertheless, having been highly favored of the Lord in all my days; yea, having had a great knowledge of the goodness and the mysteries of God, therefore I make a record of my proceedings in my days."
Nephi was highly favored of the Lord and he still had trials and afflictions come in his life. It made me think that when we have trials and afflictions, it is not the Lord punishing us or trying to make our lives horrible but we are favored of the Lord and these trials and afflictions, just like they did for Nephi, can shape us into the people the Lord knows we can become and help us become stronger. ❤
I hope you all have a wonderful week! Love you all!
**Pictures!:
1. Chinatown!
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