Typical Week For a Missionary in Klang

This week was good, even though we had a lot of appointments cancel on us and we didn't spend the whole time in our area, I felt like I learned a lot though, and as always, there were some cool moments in the week where I felt the spirit strongly, and felt capable of doing things that I otherwise would have done poorly.

The first experience that I want to talk about happened on a night when we had two appointments cancel on us all of a sudden, and so we had a lot of time to contact, visit members, or do other sorts of missionary work. Normally, we would have stuck to our back up plans, but since we had two appointments cancel, that gave us time to do activities that we would not have been able to do if one of our appointments canceled. We decided to visit the homes of one of our investigators, and we were able to have a really great lesson with them while we visited. We taught the Plan of Salvation, and I felt the spirit as we talked about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and how it applies to our progression in that plan. The Plan of Salvation is truly a plan of happiness, and it really is simple. I am so grateful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and for the opportunity that we have to learn to apply it in our lives.

The other cool experience that I want to mention happened when we were teaching an investigator about baptism. Our investigator comes from an interesting background: he is very willing to learn about Christianity, his sister is Christian (and has met with LDS missionaries and chosen a different church), and the rest of his family is Buddhist. Our lessons are also interesting because we teach him in English, but sometimes clarify things in Chinese (if a gospel word is unfamiliar in English, it might not be in Mandarin). But, despite these things, we were able to help him make the connection between baptism and happiness/being able to go to the celestial kingdom with his family. When we, as missionaries, keep the commandments of the Lord and invite others to be baptized, I know that he sends the spirit to help us, as missionaries, and also to help investigators.

Well, that is basically it for this week. I recognize that some of the experiences I share may not be too exciting for the casual reader, but they are significant to me :). One thing that I am learning, is that it is the simple things that are consistent in our lives that make the biggest difference. Learning to recognize the spirit in our lives is one of the greatest blessings that we can have. When we are true to what we know, the spirit can come into our lives, even though we are imperfect people. The Church is true :).

Sincerely,

Elder Allen

Pics: 1. Eating one of the few sweet foods available (roti susu).

         2. The family we visited in the before-mentioned lesson.