The Final Frontier

First off, I would like to apologize for not bringing my camera to email today...but luckily Elder Shirley is here to back me up with some of the pictures he took. It is just not as easy when you aren't an Elder with and Ipad... but we are probably one of the few missionaries in the world with a smart phone so I can't complain too much :)

The headline comes from all the conversations I had this week with people who are from China. There are so many prepared people here who come from China, and they are looking for the truth. I reflect on how many places in the world that the church is in. Of those places, however, one of the most obvious places where the church isn't, is in China.

This week we had a cool experience with a new investigator. We were heading home last week when we spoke in Chinese to a lady who was walking the other way. She was surprised (that we knew how to say ni hao) but it started up a conversation. We talked for a little while and then exchanged phone numbers...we didn't think that she seemed that interested. Later, she texted us back and we explained more of what our purpose is here in Singapore. She told us that she was looking for a belief, and that she had sent her son to church since he was small because she knew that religion was good. She talked to her husband and he wanted to meet with us. We met him last week and he is super cool. He is from China and was part of the communist party (which taught him not to believe in God). He wants to understand more about what his son is learning in church, and he wants to understand the bible. We taught him about the godhead and we are excited to teach him further!

There are lots of other cool things to write about, but simply not enough time. To state it simply, Singapore has a lot more resources, and a lot more people here than I have had in all my past areas. A lot of people are "free thinkers" which means they don't attach to a religion (I would say about a third of free thinkers believe in some sort of god).

Well, we have a "mission tour" tomorrow with Elder Evans of the Seventy. We are most certainly going to talk about preaching repentance and baptizing converts. I have reflected on the need to repent lately. Everyone needs to do it because no one is perfect. When I think about repentance, it is truly amazing. Christ has the power to change who we are, and not just what we do if we choose to accept him.

Sincerely

Elder Allen