Sister Shiffert in Hong Kong : Miracles Upon Miracles

Leihdeih Hou!

Cheung Sha Wan is doing good, but Chinese New Year definitely hit us pretty hard this week. Everyone is in mainland to celebrate with their families. That's ok though! There have been so many miracles this week so it makes up for it! We did more finding than usual this week but it was good because it gives me a chance to get to know the area a little better. Still working on it, but I'm getting there!

Here is the funny story for the week. So for those of you know know me, you know that I love to make brownies. Well, brownie mix here is super expensive. We were making brownies as a treat for our members to say happy new year and missionaries are constantly on a budget so we got the cheapest brownies we could find and made them. Well, note to everyone. 1) Do not buy brownie mix that was made in Indonesia. 2) Read the instructions. the recipe called for eggs and butter so we softened the butter and started mixing it with the eggs. Nothing was really happening so we looked at the box. We were supposed to use melted butter. (Oops!) So we had a bunch of clumps of butter in a lot of beaten eggs. We had to melt the butter but melting the butter would involve heating the eggs and making scrambled eggs.... We transferred all the butter to one bowl to heat up, praying that we would not be making scrambled egg brownies. Well we did have a little scrambled egg in the melted butter, but luckily it floated to the top so we could just skim it off. That was a close call! We almost gave our members scrambled egg brownies! But we didn't. And they enjoyed them :)

Now here is the miracle story of the week. We found this absolutely golden investigator named Candace this week which was honestly the highlight of my week and one of the highlights of my mission. The West Point elders actually found her while they were out finding and turned her over to us. She told us that she wasn't usually in that area and when she would have normally gone home, she decided to stay a little longer. That is when she made eye contact with the elders and went over to talk to them. She said that she is unhappy right now and thinks that Christ might be able to help her. She is so cute because she asked us if this was a bad reason to want to get to know Jesus Christ and if she was too old to start learning about Him. We assured her that this was the perfect reason to meet with missionaries and get to know our Savior. She really wants to get to know everyone in the ward and wants to meet as many members as possible. She wants us to invite her to activities and she has a lot of interest in learning more about this church and Jesus Christ.

She originally had interest in a church tour so after our lesson we gave her a tour of our church building. It was amazing because when we were in the chapel, she said that she felt like cyring and asked if we could feel it too. The Spirit really was super strong and I am so happy that she recognized it! There have been so many times lately where Sister Vance and I can feel the Spirit but the people we are teaching seem oblivious to it, but Candace was not one of those people. That is how you know you have found one of God's elect.

She said that it was by fate that she met the missionaires and I agree! The Lord defintiely had his hand in this one. It's people like Candace that give me hope and motivate me to keep going and try even harder. Miracles don't just come walking in the door everyday, but when they do, I am 110% grateful to Heavenly Father for trusting us with his prepared child. I know the He sees our hard work and He will bless us for it. It may not be when and how we expect it to come, but the blessings/miracles do come.

I hope all of you have a great week! I love and miss you all!

Scripture of the Week: John 12:35-36 walk in Christ's light. Believe in His light.

Quote of the Week: Don't just pass through trials but let them sanctify you. There is light at the end of the tunnel - Jesus Christ.

Sister Maggie Shiffert
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