Sister Shiffert in Hong Kong : What's New in Yuen Long 2?

Leihdeih Hou!

So there have been some crazy things happening lately because of transfers so here are the updates! I am now serving with Sister Meh and she was actually in my MTC group. And the fun part is now we are serving both Yuen Long 1 and Yuen Long 2 areas! So basically all of Yuen Long haha! It's a gigantic area, but we're ready for the challenge! It used to be elders and sisters in YL1 and only elders in YL2, but now there are only one set of elders and one set of sisters for both areas. So we are going to have some fun exploring a new area this transfer! I always said that I wanted to open up Yuen Long 2 for sisters, but now that dream has come true! And I'm super excited! I'm ready to start making some miracles happen in Yuen Long with Sister Meh! She is such an awesome missionary and really cares about this work. We both have the feeling that there are a ton of prepared people out there and we are ready to do what it takes to find them. I feel like Yuen Long is ready to be harvested this transfer and I'm excited for what the Lord has in store for us! It will be craziness serving both areas, but we are ready for the challenges and blessings that lay ahead!

Our investigators are doing pretty good. Laahn Je is slowly starting to remember more and more. We are working on getting her to church right now because she is a little nervous about seeing Yip Ji Muih from YL2 and still thinks that she can't come because Yip Ji Muih told her that she doesn't know how to read Chinese. We have tried to explain to her that she will go to YL1 ward so she won't see Yip Ji Muih and that it doesn't matter if she can't read Chinese. She told us again that she wants to take things slow and will call us when she is ready to come to church. So we will keep working with her. Alice is also doing really good! She really has progressed so much over the past few months and she thinks so too. She is starting to see the difference this gospel is making in her life. Alice has not had any green tea which is seriously a miracle and she is still building her testimony.

Carson and Winnie are doing really good! They have heard lessons 1-4 and seem super committed to this gospel. We gave them pamphlets to read, and while we were talking with their mom Cat, they read all the pamphlets and started looking up the scripture references in them. They are so prepared! I have never seen kids (either here or in America) so eager to learn. They love to read and learn new things so they are accepting these lessons really well. Their mom Cat is also really good! I think she wants to hear the lessons as much as, if not more than, her kids do! She is very committed in coming back to church and raising her family in the gospel. She wants to change herself and become a better mom to her kids. The husband is not a member but he isn't opposed to Carson and Winnie coming to church with Cat and taking lessons. We'll make a goal to start working with him next and hopefully we can have that whole family active in the church. I don't know what we did to deserve to teach this amazing family but they are seriously a blessing!

So that's what's new with me lately! I hope all of you have a great week this week! Keep being amazing and follow the Savior's example :)

Scripture of the Week: Doctrine and Covenants 25:13 No matter what, always lift up your heart and rejoice!

Quote of the Week: The key ot spiritual survival is JOY. "I have learned to suffer with joy" (Russell M. Nelson)

Sister Maggie Shiffert

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