Okay. It all started Friday. We met with Arlyn, who is the Filipino who is a
complete angel and so prepared but can't come to church because she's
taking care of an ama and the boss won't give her any time off
work so she can come to church. Before I got to Xinzhu she prayed and
fasted and chose June 27th as her baptismal date. Ever since then it's
been a real struggle trying to come with new fangfa's to get her to
church. So this Friday we met with her and she was having rough day. In
the middle of our lesson her boss (the ama's son) randomly came over
and asked us if we would ask Arlyn what she doesn't like about her job
and tell us. So we translated what she wanted to tell him, and we told
him about how church would really make her feel better because she's
gone to church every week for her whole life. So he said it was
okay...HE SAID SHE COULD GO... if the ama was okay with going with her.
So Sunday rolls around and we go to her house with a member with a
car. Arlyn tells us the ama had been throwing up that morning and the
member talked with her and the ama said she would come next week. So we
were about to leave dejected when suddenly the ama's daughter and son
in law walk in to visit the ama. We talked to them and they said they
could watch the ama for an hour so Arlyn could come to church! God has a
plan for us. We may not know his timing, but He does and he has
everything planned. Faith, prayer, fasting. It works. It so works.
That's not to say I didn't know it before, but it such an amazing
experience to see how the Lord gets His work done.
Also, our 11
year old investigator walked herself to church and stayed all three
hours. And then that night we met with a motorcycle guy we set up with
at a stop light and he now has a baptismal date and a Book of Mormon.
Talking to people at stoplights works. Yes, you have to get through the
100s of rejections, ignoring, or even people making fun of you before you
get that one! Life is amazing. God is great.
wWhat else happened this week...oh! I ate intestines! They weren't disgusting...but they didn't taste good.
Also, we all have spirit animals in our apartment. My companion is a leopard and I'm a flying squirrel. Not sure why, but I am.
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