The Rebound

This title comes from a few subjects of the week - one being that we literally were able to rebound after I played basketball in the church on P-day for the first time ever since I have come out into the field! Also, another highlight of the week comes from going on a 20 minute run with Elder Shirley - it was really fun and I was sore from it :). The real meaning for the subject of this week comes from the fact that we had some good success in our missionary work and we found some cool people to teach!

Lets start off with what happened 1 week ago on last P-day. We went to the Marina Bay Sands (the classic three towers with a "ship on top) towers for P-day and we got some cool pictures. On Tuesday, I held my first ever District Meeting where other missionaries besides my companion attended (my last area was only a two-person District). Then, on Wednesday, I went on my first ever exchange with someone else in my district (an exchange is where you switch companions for a day to learn from each other). Also, fun fact, on Wednesday I talked to the first Jewish man I have met on my mission (he was from London, and he had gotten to Singapore the day before. The morning he left, two missionaries from our church had sat next to him and talked to him). 

One of the people who we met with this week was a man who we found on the MRT a week ago. He has read the whole bible, but is not Christian because he feels like some of the teachings in the bible, and in Christianity contradict each other. He was intrigued by the fact that we did not believe in the Trinity, and that confirmed what he had learned from his personal study of the bible. We had a good lesson, in fact it was one of the best lessons about the Restoration that I have taught. Although he has great English, he prefers to learn in Chinese, and sometimes I reflect on how normal it has gotten for me to have a conversation that is half in English, and half in Chinese. When we gave him the Book of Mormon, he told us that he would read it in a month. Also - a sidenote - we had our lesson in a really picturesque place - we were right next to a lake and you could see a cool skyline of part of Singapore.

Well, I might be running out of time, but I thought I would end my email with something that has really been on my mind the past few weeks. Personal revelation is something that is key for us as members of the church, as well as investigators learning about the gospel. Revelation brings guidance and  comfort to us in our journey through life. One great pattern for how to receive revelation can be learned from the Book of Mormon. We must do our part and think about the decisions we are making, and question that is at hand (for example, we must read the book of Mormon to get revelation). Next, ask the Lord, really wanting to know and being committed to act on the answer that we receive. I have a testimony that when one of these elements are missing, revelation is impossible, or is at least hard to find. Learning to be willing to do the will of the Lord is one of the great challenges for us, but it is the key for revelation.