2/24/11 Prayer to Go Back to Macau

Hello family,

I am sorry that a freaky lady had to go and crash a PTA meeting with the senator. I feel there are a lot of people like that in the world. Uninvited antagonisers who make illogical accusations and ignorant assumptions. We get that over here in missionary work. It sometimes seems like everyone has heard "anti" rumors over here, its not their fault though, Catholocism pretty much has a monopoly on the education system over here. I am so glad that America has public school, sometimes, of course I guess I wouldn't mind having to wear the same uniform everyday.

My father always gets to go on the best "business trips" seriously. Except when its like a nasty former Soviet Union place that is really cold, other than that it always seems to be some Pacific Island of some sort. Is Laotian harder than Cantonese? I bet it is.

I am very happy these days. Its that same old story with single mothers and college student girls, but we are doing some good work and teach with power and authority. We only have one baptismal date with a college girl, but we have many good investigators that are progressing rapidly. We just need to get past the coming to church obstacle. I think this is harder than most anything else, including Word of Wisdom, law of chastity and tithing. The Sabbath day is totally thrashed and disrespected in a city like this, in fact last sunday there was a marathon going on that caused traffic which made people late to church. It seems like everyone has to work on Sundays and students want to sleep in on their only day off instead of traveling an hour or two to church at nine in the morning.

Yeah, I really want to see what James's beard looks like. Is he six feet tall yet? Is his beard blonde? I prophesied this happening before I came home you know. Is he still skinny as junk, or is he getting chunky?

Anyways I still got a couple months. I think it might be really likely to go back to Macau. There are three new Mandarins coming in next transfer and so three will probably get kicked out of Mandarin work. I am never going to train and I probably won't be district leader ever again. The only options seem to be either put me back in Macau or put me into international work on Hong Kong island or a combination of both because Macau kicks people out really fast.

It would be kinda sad to leave Mandarin work to end my mission but I guess I deserve it for not baptising enough single mothers and students. Anyways, the Lord works in mysterious ways, and if I have to sacrafice training and leadership opportunities to have my prayer to go back to Macau answered I am more than happy. If I just get sent back to the Island again to baptise Filipina ladies I guess I will learn the Christ like attribute of patience.

Anyways, are you guys coming to pick me up or something? Just kidding, I really wouldn't mind just arriving home to an airport that has Taco Bell in it and then waiting for my father to come and pick me up at the curb like he did with Peter. Its maybe hard to tell if Im sarcastic or not, I in actuality am a person who enjoys the simple pleasures of life, such as Taco Bell.

So I love you all and just want to remind you that the Atonement can and will change people, if only we are willing to exercize faith in it. I am so grateful for my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who will never give up on me, and my parents too who relied on His gospel to bring me up.

I love you all,

Hua Zhanglao