Week 34- The Best Birthday Present Ever!

Aloha Ohana and Haoaloha,

 

Hopefully this week will make up for last week because we had some amazing stuff happen!

 

First, Raymond is getting baptized this Saturday! We stopped by his house and were able to teach him and read about the Stripling Warriors and then told him that he could be like these Warriors. Then we asked if he wanted to be baptized and he said yes and then we proposed this Saturday and he said yes! So now we are pulling it all together and he is telling all of his friends and the ward is super excited for him and so are we :) He is so good! Then, his school is on a track system so he is off right now. So, the next day he told us to come over in the morning so we could have a lesson and then play basketball... I think that is a fair trade. We read 3 Nephi 11 and then played basketball till it started raining and then we ended up playing soccer with the wet basketball. Also, Raymond has become really good friends with one of our recent converts that is his age, so they are always together and going to church activities with eachother, AND this recent convert is going to share his testimony at Raymond's baptism. Plus, we might start teaching his parents... we have a lesson with them tomorrow! I'm super excited for that because I already love his family and it would be so good for them to all support eachother in this decision to be baptized! I can't wait til Saturday... PLUS this is the BEST Birthday Present ever!

 

We are still working with Renuma. We were able to teach her on Sunday after church but she wasn't able to come to church :( She is going to 2 churches right now and is finding good in both, and doesn't know which to join because she feels like she will lose something by letting one go. We taught her again about how we can know Heavenly Father's will for us. When we are physcally sick we go to the hospital and see a doctor. When our spirits are sick we go to church to feel Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ's healing power. Just like we do CPR to revive someone to do CPR to spiritually revive ourselves. C- church P- pray everyday R- read the scriptures everyday.

 

We taught the twins and Kaytlynn again this week. We taught them about the Plan of Salvation and it was super good. Sierra and Shayanne are so good and have so many questions and want to share a story about everything. After we played soccer for about 15 minutes. Gotta get my exercise in. They still want to get baptized but the only hold up is the mom is kind of backtracking. We went to get them for church on Sunday and they want to come and so I ask if they need a ride or if their mom will take them. They go back and ask and then they come back and say that their mom already has stuff planned... We were really sad that they weren't able to come especially because they really wanted to come; they love church.

 

We are working with some less-active families, and part-member families and it is all going really well. I don't know if it is being a missionary or not but it is so easy to love people here even if they aren't exactly living the way they should be. Yes, I want them to be better but I love them either way. It is amazing being a missionary and like my sister, Hermana Lang, told me: being obedient brings blessings but being Perfectly Obedient brings miracles. In the mission field we need miracles and that is what we search for. Sometimes we don't realize the miracles we are given until later. Sometimes they aren't the miracles that we were expecting but they are there. it could be a person deciding to get baptized or it is the ability to continue to find patience and love in a trying situation. Either way, both are miracles where divine help was given. I love being a missionary. Yes it is hard work but it is the best work too. There is no greater work than the work of salvation. Jesus Christ is my Savior and I have this amazing time to be His representative and do the things that He would do. That means I talk to strangers, and love them instantly. I help wherever I can. I wave at everyone. And I help people find the hope that only Jesus Christ can provide. I love you. Alofa ia te oe! Ofa atu! Aishiteru! Mahal kita! Saranghae! (Korean) Aloha wau ia oe!

 

Love Always,

    Sister Cassidy Lang