I am emailing on Tuesday this week because yesterday was Labor Day here in Australia! All the libraries were closed so our emailing got pushed back to today. :)
This week has been great and we have seen so many miracles!
Last Monday we had our Zone P-day and it was so much fun. We played a couple games of laser tag and then played ping pong and had a BBQ. I love my zone so much and we are all really close which is awesome. :) also my ping pong skills are getting better since I have been on my mission so that's cool.
BIG NEWS! Our investigator Jamie is getting baptized on Saturday!! So there is a part member family in our ward - the Jee Family - where the dad has been a member for a couple years but the mom has always been very against the church. After countless prayers and fasting, Sister Jee has had a change of heart this week and said we can start teaching their 3 kids. We met with them and were able to set a baptismal date for their 10 year old son Jamie! He has been wanting to get baptized for 3 years and is soo excited and so ready!! Such a miracle to see the power of prayer and fasting this week.
On Tuesday night, we had a lesson with Fiona and Tina again. It was such a beautiful night and they live pretty close to our flat, so we decided to walk to their house instead of drive. It was so nice to walk and get fresh air.. but mistakes were made and lessons were learned. Our flat keys are on car keys and since we didn't drive I didn't think to bring the car keys. Well walking home after an awesome lesson, we quickly learned that we didn't have the keys to get into our flat. We called the Zone Leaders because they had the extra set of keys and long story short we didn't end up getting into our flat until almost 11 pm. Luckily it was a nice night & we made the best of it and took some fun pictures while waiting outside. :)
We had a dinner with our recent convert KaiKai this week and we made dumplings! Super fun to make them and we seriously ate soo many. We probably all ate at least 30 dumplings each. No regrets haha
During our district meeting this week I was feeling a little discouraged as I realized the language isn't coming as fast as I would like. I was practicing role playing with Elder Wheeler, one of my zone leaders, and it was awesome! He shared with me Alma 17:10-11 and it was exactly what I needed to hear. I have learned so much about patience this week and know that even though I may not be fluent in Chinese right now (or anywhere near fluent) the Lord will help me and that the language will come :)
I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to serve a mission in Melbourne and to be learning Chinese. I love this Gospel so much and know without a doubt in my mind that it is true. Thank you for the support and love this week. I love you all!
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