Hello!

This week has been full of good things! So to start it off. Last Monday wasn't pday, it was just a normal day because this week we got to go to the temple so the actual pday was on Friday. Let me just say that the temple is truly the house of God! The spirit in there is super strong every time I

go.

This week we also got to go to the little dinner restaurant that a sister in our ward owns. It was super good, just the classic noodles and soups. But it was a very good meeting we taught about faith and it was super good for my companion to get to know the ward better because there were 3 sisters from our ward that came as well!

We also got to teach our investigator Yan Yan who is really trying to know if this church is true. She knows the bible pretty well and her friends tell her our church isn't true but she really wants to find out for her self which is the first step! She keeps our invitations and commitments and is progressing really well! our bishop is super involved in helping her out as well!

This week I had the strongest spiritual feeling. The prophet was good! We took two investigators and two less actives with us and it was really good! I sat next to one investigator (Yan Yan) and our less active (Jehng ga lam or Hillary). It was super super good. He just talked about how the last time he came to Hong Kong there was like 50-60 people there but this time there was 1000 or more people there i don't know how many. He talked a little mandarin at the beginning which was cool and then just spoke English with a Cantonese translator after every sentence. and he spoke about how the work of the Lord has progressed everywhere in the world and then he made people from Hong Kong stand up and then people from mainland stand up and then he had people from all other parts of the world stand up and literally everyplace he named people stood up. So I think there was someone at this talk from every part of the world. And he talked about Christ being true and shared some story about his doctor career. I felt the spirit a lot during his talk but the time that I felt the spirit the most was when he finished speaking and I turned to the less active (Hillary) and she was crying. I didn't know what to say to her so I didn't say anything i just kind of watched her cry. And then the next day after she texted us telling us how grateful she was for us and helping her feel the spirit again. it was super cool and it just made me realize that this is what missionary work is supposed to be like. It is helping people feel the spirit and know that they can return to live with God. This truly was a blessing from heaven.

Our other less active that we came with us to the prophet traveled home with us and he was super happy and thankful he was able to see the prophet. He has a solid testimony and it was super cool to hear him talk about the prophet. 

 

As for investigators, here is a list:

Yan Yan: She is about 30s and a teacher. She knows the Bible pretty well but she is super interested in actually figuring out if our church is true. her friends call our church "cheh gaau" which literally translates into evil religion but it means cult. but she wants to find out for her self.

Nicky: Nicky is about 16 and has a less active mom in out ward. He has really good interest but recently him and his mom don't feel welcome at church so we haven't been able to contact them for a bit.

Mr. Yip: he as about 76 and he loves us. the only problem is his family might not approve of him so he is a little scared about that and we are trying to work with him.

Henry: he is 18 and we have only met with him 2 times and played soccer with him and taught the restoration. He said he already had a book of Mormon but his mom threw it away calling us a " cheh gaau" but we gave him another one.

This is pretty much it for this week! i would love to hear from you all!

Elder Gu

 The Yuen Long district at the temple.

The Avengers is crazy big here. I would love someone to tell me what happens in the movie because my family won't tell me. 

 

The Prophet and Elder Holland in Hong Kong (courtesy of Deseret News)

 

Russell M. Nelson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — along with his wife, Sister Wendy Nelson, and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and his wife, Sister Patricia Holland — pose for a photo with local multi generational church members in Hong Kong on Saturday, April 21, 2018.