ELDER HYRUM RICHARDSON #72 -- OCT 6, 2014

ELDER HYRUM RICHARDSON #72

OCTOBER 6, 2014

We saw a lot of miracles in contacting this week! On Monday, we met Helen. She is from England, studying her Master's Degree here. We met her with her two friends, and she was really curious about our church. She said she felt like she was too young to really be sure about the nature of God, and wanted to know where our conviction comes from. She came to do a chapel tour with us on Thursday, and asked a LOT of questions. We are really excited for her!

On Wednesday, we met with James and his fiancee. He took us out to lunch again. It was cool to meet his fiancee and teach a little about the Godhead. We are still not really sure what James is hoping to get out of our lessons, but he is still willing to listen to us, so we will just keeping sharing the gospel!

On Friday, we went to go visit the Silva family. We did some service by folding boxes, sweeping, and washing some dishes while they made us pizza. Then we sat, and shared a short message. They have been out of the church for a long time, but Brother Silva knows that they need to go back, it's just hard to make the decision to give up work on Sunday. We are going to get them to come to the temple and do a chapel tour next week, which we are excited for!

I love reading the scriptures in another language. It all has the same meaning, but the way that things are expressed in Chinese is a little bit different, so it makes me think about the scriptures differently. I've been reading in the New Testament recently, and it's been really cool to rediscover the stories told in a different way!

We met with Eric, a guy from Delaware. He was kind of like Helen, in that he asked a LOT of questions. It's always easier to teach people not lessons when the people talk and ask questions! He said he wants to meet with us again, and come to church again next week!

Our Mongolian investigator Jaagie is doing really well. She was feeling sick so she couldn't meet with us and only came to Sacrament Meeting, but we're praying for her and I think she'll be doing better soon!

The problem with watching General Conference a week late is that there are all sorts of spoilers in emails or in Fast and Testimony meeting..

We taught Gospel Principles class again this week. The teacher didn't show up, so we didn't some unplanned teaching by the Spirit!

My companion and I are working on learning some Taiwanese. It's not really that useful unless you are talking to old people in Taiwan, but it's really fun to speak! :)

That's all for this week!
Add oil!

Next time I write I'll be one year older!

Elder Richardson
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Hyrum with Brother Hackey -- whom we knew in Shanghai when we lived there 11 years ago.