Sister Webb in Hong Kong: New Goals & A Chinese Funeral!

I couldn’t write everything about this week even if I had time!! So much happened!

I spent the first of the week over in the Tsing Yi area for about two nights. I had exchanges with two of the Sisters and then Mission Leader Council (MLC). MLC was amazing so I’ll talk about that first.

At MLC we started off the meeting with a 1 1/2 hour discussion about the Atonement of Jesus Christ, and we could have gone for another 2 hours if time had permitted. The Spirit was there and is always the best leader of discussions, IF we let Him lead.

We were encouraged to find scriptures from the topical guide under the Atonement of Jesus Christ. One that was discussed was D&C 20:22, "He suffered temptations, but gave no heed unto them". He understood temptation so perfectly that he gave it no heed. If he can give temptation no heed, we can use the power of His atonement to also give temptation “no heed”. President Lam also shared a really inspiring story of a young missionary who had A LOT of faith and changed his whole mission! This change affected every area he served in. It was really powerful! Then we sat together and discussed goals for the New Year. We came to the conclusion after a long, spiritually filled conversation, that the new goal for baptisms this year is 400. Last year we got 197 as a mission. This to me is just PHENOMENAL!!! The faith that was in that room was mind blowing!!

Our main progressing investigator right now is Genie. She is doing amazing! She is really scared to accept a baptismal date because she is scared to do it alone. Her family doesn’t really support her, but she has a lot of faith! Please include her in your prayers and also pray that she will be able to find her wallet! She recently lost it and is really upset about it!

I went to my first Chinese funeral. That was interesting! We bowed to their deceased, and they gave us candy and a dollar coin. They said if we didn’t eat the candy before midnight, we will have bad fortune our whole lives! They also told us it’s disrespectful to the ancestors, so we ate that immediately! Then we learned that the dollar coin had to be spent. If we saved it, that was also very disrespectful to the ancestors, so we went and bought egg tarts after wards. Yum (:

Overall, lots of new faith this week, hope for the future of the China Hong Kong mission, and a new desire to put my trust and confidence in God. Don’t give up on Him! He loves you!

Love, Sister Webb