What a dandy of a conversion story. (Mom sent me her conversion story) I am so upset that all these awesome family gatherings happen when I'm away. I think our family is so rad. How can we be so united? I hope I can be in on many future gatherings and reunions.
So anyways, the APs called me and told me that on Saturday I'm going back to Macau. I know that God hears prayers. I will probably end my mission there or get pretty close to ending it there.
I don't know what I should say. Acutally recently we had a brother from Brazil who lived in New Zealand come to have his Chinese citizen wife get baptised. Stressful situation. We had to go through a lot of authority checking and even had to call the seventy who covers Mainland up to get permission. All in all, I am so worried about how those two communicate. His wife was really prepared and somehow understood all the commandments ahead of time but she can't even really speak English at four year old level yet. I guess the spirit can help them. The Brazilian man was a high priest and obviously a powerful force in the Lord's kingdom and the language in his prayers sounded like patriarchal blessings, but I am so baffled why he married someone he can't really talk with.
Anyways, we call this sort of phenomenon being a "Larry" (marrying a Chinese lady when it would probably have been more ideal not to). I don't really want to be like that.
So I am so excited to be back with the Indonesian sisters and Mandarin speaking students over there in my home in Macau.
I know the restored gospel is true. It just makes so much sense, it gives me such a calm reassurance that any question I have about my existance on earth can be answered simply and beautifully. I just get such a peace in my heart to know that life is not an accidental occurance in the universe. I also am so comforted that our church has a clear organization and has no contradicting doctrines or systems of belief that were created by men. It helps to be made from a restoration and not a reformation, its the only way that logically makes sense to establish God's church that was once lost on the earth. I have a testimony of the Book of Mormon that it is a true history and the word of God. Joseph Smith couldn't have written it and could only have been translated it through the power of God. I read it and feel the love of my Heavenly Father.
I also have a testimony of the atonement. While I am still very far from being perfect, I know that I can be, I know that I must be if I want eternal happiness. I am so happy for the changes that Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father have helped me make so far in my life and I strive to continually better myself through repentance. I hope to be worthy to have an eternal family one day.
I love you guys and still want feedback on my hairbrained idea to be an elemenary school teacher at Wasatch. I appreciated Laura's encouragement for me to be a Larry.
Hua Zhanglao
p.s. Next time I write you, Im in Macau
Monday, March 28, 2011
2/10/11 - Future Questions
Hello Everybody,
I am not upset at all for you guys not coming to pick me up. I pretty much have a lifetime to experience China. I will probably study abroad there if I ever have hopes of pursuing Mandarin. I totally don't need missionary regulations and parents preventing me from eating scorpions and purchasing chu ko nu's (an anchient chinese semi-automatic crossbow) from the market. I know that I really want to go to Macau now next transfer though.
About Elder So, I of course want to pretty much be his roommate. I want to see what Salt Lake has to offer and save money by bumming off my parents. LDSBC or the BYU center in Salt Lake are good, I would rather not waste all the religion generals and stuff that I took by going to the U. It still isn't certain if Elder So can get in yet but I really think its so cool that my parents would be willing to take on a Chinese child. I think he's 24 or 25 actually.
Although I am pretty sure I never said I was interested in business. I remember how football discount cards went for me, I pretty much sold none. I couldn't really get people to purchase aerating either. Now I am over here selling a product that is actually true and that everyone really needs and it doesn't even cost anything and I'm not having much success. So no, I don't want to do business at all.
About living in Provo though. I had the craziest I idea ever. I really like children and children's books and stuff and I want to use Chinese, but not in a business sense. I totally think that I should be a teacher at Wasatch if it still does dual immersion a while down the road. It sounds way difficult, but Elder Coswer said that if I marry a Chinese lady, than I can do it pretty easy, she could probaby teach also.
Then I could have my children grow up in several different bubbles all at once. I wonder how weird they would be once they went to a normal junior high.
Anyways, is that a good idea? It sounds probably like a dream or something. I do think lobster farming or nuclear power or an FBI agent would be pretty cool too. I do want to use Mandarin in the future, but I don't want to have to take advantage of a bunch of poor mainland factory people or have to do sales to people and sell them junk they don't need.
I wonder how Laos is. There are a lot of people form Cambodia and Thailand that come over here to do temple work I imagine Laotian people like them. The only other Laotian idea I have is from King of the Hill. maybe they're like Vietnamese or Hmong people too.
The work is doin' good and Elder Cowser should be able to scrape up some baptisms by the time I'm outta here. We have three baptismal dates for April, which is next transfer.
I love you all and hope that this letter was informative and doesn't make you think I'm trunky for the future or want to marry a Chinese lady or anything.
Hua Zhanglao
I am not upset at all for you guys not coming to pick me up. I pretty much have a lifetime to experience China. I will probably study abroad there if I ever have hopes of pursuing Mandarin. I totally don't need missionary regulations and parents preventing me from eating scorpions and purchasing chu ko nu's (an anchient chinese semi-automatic crossbow) from the market. I know that I really want to go to Macau now next transfer though.
About Elder So, I of course want to pretty much be his roommate. I want to see what Salt Lake has to offer and save money by bumming off my parents. LDSBC or the BYU center in Salt Lake are good, I would rather not waste all the religion generals and stuff that I took by going to the U. It still isn't certain if Elder So can get in yet but I really think its so cool that my parents would be willing to take on a Chinese child. I think he's 24 or 25 actually.
Although I am pretty sure I never said I was interested in business. I remember how football discount cards went for me, I pretty much sold none. I couldn't really get people to purchase aerating either. Now I am over here selling a product that is actually true and that everyone really needs and it doesn't even cost anything and I'm not having much success. So no, I don't want to do business at all.
About living in Provo though. I had the craziest I idea ever. I really like children and children's books and stuff and I want to use Chinese, but not in a business sense. I totally think that I should be a teacher at Wasatch if it still does dual immersion a while down the road. It sounds way difficult, but Elder Coswer said that if I marry a Chinese lady, than I can do it pretty easy, she could probaby teach also.
Then I could have my children grow up in several different bubbles all at once. I wonder how weird they would be once they went to a normal junior high.
Anyways, is that a good idea? It sounds probably like a dream or something. I do think lobster farming or nuclear power or an FBI agent would be pretty cool too. I do want to use Mandarin in the future, but I don't want to have to take advantage of a bunch of poor mainland factory people or have to do sales to people and sell them junk they don't need.
I wonder how Laos is. There are a lot of people form Cambodia and Thailand that come over here to do temple work I imagine Laotian people like them. The only other Laotian idea I have is from King of the Hill. maybe they're like Vietnamese or Hmong people too.
The work is doin' good and Elder Cowser should be able to scrape up some baptisms by the time I'm outta here. We have three baptismal dates for April, which is next transfer.
I love you all and hope that this letter was informative and doesn't make you think I'm trunky for the future or want to marry a Chinese lady or anything.
Hua Zhanglao
Thursday, March 3, 2011
2/2/11 Elders So, Kershisnik, Yu and Gates
My Dearest Loved Ones,
How yall doin'? I just finished eating a Korean BBQ buffet, it was in honor of Elder Yu. Elder Yu got sent back to Taiwan. Actually an apostle changed his mission call to Taibei, so it isn't that serious. He had problems with the Taiwan government suspecting him of evading mandatory military service. So anyways I am most of his mission experience in Hong Kong. I will miss him, I hope I learned him a thing or two. I hope he doesn't have any crazy stories to tell people in Taiwan about the Hong Kong mission. Im pretty sure he doesn't have anything negative that he learned from me. Poor guy, Elder Kershisnik said that Elder Yu's situation is like if I were to have my call changed to Denver Colorado and that made me ponder; I really feel bad for Elder Yu. I don't doubt that it was all in the Lord's planning, but I wonder why the Lord gave him to me for so long. He was probably supposed to give me some sort of edge with my mandarin or something. I have totally had the most Chinese people or people of Chinese decent for a companion than any other Mandarin elder.
I just remembered one thing, about my Chinese companions that I have had in the past. I wonder how you guys would feel if Elder So, one of my companions in Macau, living in our house while he went to LDSBC. He is really cool and smiley. He even smiles when he is angry. Super nice and musically talented. He wants to transfer to BYU after, he just doesn't have much financial support or good grades at this point. His parents are non members so weren't really sure what the heck he was doing spending alot of money just to stay in Hong Kong on a mission and not come home for mid autumn festival or Chinese new year. So, I wonder if So could could stay at our place if he gets accepted to LDSBC. It was me who suggested it to him, because our home has a extra room or two and I remember everybody in the whole world has lived in our basement before.
Anyways, it is quite likely that I could go back to the city of dreams next transfer. I was just looking at my grades at BYU and let out sigh of deep dispair. My young zone leader is so powerful, he just comforted me and told me to apply the Atonement in my life. Thats true, Jesus can help me change my academic life. I hope I can apply what I learned in the mission to improve my chances and carreer possibilities in the future. President Lin of our mandarin branch told me that I can start worrying about the future now. He also was trying to hint at me coming back and marrying some lady in our branch. I don't think that single mothers are my type yet. Pretty crazy branch president, he is kind of obsessed with baptismal statistics, I will miss him when I die in international work.
I read Nathaniel Gate's letter and saw that his letters and my letters are different. If there is anyway that my letters need to be more spiritual or less negative, let me know.
Thats about all I have for now, good luck in all your numberless endeavors, don't worry about the past Rafiki might whack you again if you do.
I love you all,
Hua Zhanglao
How yall doin'? I just finished eating a Korean BBQ buffet, it was in honor of Elder Yu. Elder Yu got sent back to Taiwan. Actually an apostle changed his mission call to Taibei, so it isn't that serious. He had problems with the Taiwan government suspecting him of evading mandatory military service. So anyways I am most of his mission experience in Hong Kong. I will miss him, I hope I learned him a thing or two. I hope he doesn't have any crazy stories to tell people in Taiwan about the Hong Kong mission. Im pretty sure he doesn't have anything negative that he learned from me. Poor guy, Elder Kershisnik said that Elder Yu's situation is like if I were to have my call changed to Denver Colorado and that made me ponder; I really feel bad for Elder Yu. I don't doubt that it was all in the Lord's planning, but I wonder why the Lord gave him to me for so long. He was probably supposed to give me some sort of edge with my mandarin or something. I have totally had the most Chinese people or people of Chinese decent for a companion than any other Mandarin elder.
I just remembered one thing, about my Chinese companions that I have had in the past. I wonder how you guys would feel if Elder So, one of my companions in Macau, living in our house while he went to LDSBC. He is really cool and smiley. He even smiles when he is angry. Super nice and musically talented. He wants to transfer to BYU after, he just doesn't have much financial support or good grades at this point. His parents are non members so weren't really sure what the heck he was doing spending alot of money just to stay in Hong Kong on a mission and not come home for mid autumn festival or Chinese new year. So, I wonder if So could could stay at our place if he gets accepted to LDSBC. It was me who suggested it to him, because our home has a extra room or two and I remember everybody in the whole world has lived in our basement before.
Anyways, it is quite likely that I could go back to the city of dreams next transfer. I was just looking at my grades at BYU and let out sigh of deep dispair. My young zone leader is so powerful, he just comforted me and told me to apply the Atonement in my life. Thats true, Jesus can help me change my academic life. I hope I can apply what I learned in the mission to improve my chances and carreer possibilities in the future. President Lin of our mandarin branch told me that I can start worrying about the future now. He also was trying to hint at me coming back and marrying some lady in our branch. I don't think that single mothers are my type yet. Pretty crazy branch president, he is kind of obsessed with baptismal statistics, I will miss him when I die in international work.
I read Nathaniel Gate's letter and saw that his letters and my letters are different. If there is anyway that my letters need to be more spiritual or less negative, let me know.
Thats about all I have for now, good luck in all your numberless endeavors, don't worry about the past Rafiki might whack you again if you do.
I love you all,
Hua Zhanglao
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
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
2/16/11 Elder Cowser and the Parable of the Opera
Dear Family,
Kevin (Elder Wall) said that I sang that "Give up the Funk" song in my sleep once. He started to sing along with me but then realized I was still unconcious and felt really creeped out. Some Elders talk Chinese in their sleep, its funny.
I don't seem to ever have much to say, but I usually look forward to emailing my family. Elder Cowser is a stud and has excellent missionary skills including language and contacting and teaching.
He came up with this great analogy on the spot during one lesson about how the gospel is like a symphony or something. he said that God was the composer and that a conductor was like a prophet. there are so many different interpretations of music that you can't really know how the composer really wants it to be played with out a conductor who can chit chat with the composer.
He was telling this to a kid who was way into opera, so he just ate it up. He's powerful.
We went to the temple today, it was nice and peaceful. I pretty much did my scripture study for the day in the celestial room. I love my temple. I am barely in Second Nephi 31 as of today. I enjoy all the stuff on baptism. It spells it out so nicely. I told you I'm trying to finish the Book of Mormon in Chinese right? I wonder when I should give up.
Its hard to say who our investigators are at this moment. people just got back from break and are hard to get ahold of. I think we probably need to start all over from scratch. We just got three new investigators recently. Elder Cowser is just that much of a maniac. Of course they are all single mothers(including mainland woman married to a Hongkong dude) or female college students, but I guess they are people too, we will probably seem baptisms soon.
Im going home June 17th which seems like its pretty soon to me. Actually its a ton of time and I can probably get alot done. I hope I can finish strong.
There's a scripture in Galations by Paul which says that we are all in some sort of race and that there can only be one winner, SO RUN! that ye may obtain. or something to that effect. Our companionship theme for this transfer is RUN!
I love you all,
Hua Zhanglao
Kevin (Elder Wall) said that I sang that "Give up the Funk" song in my sleep once. He started to sing along with me but then realized I was still unconcious and felt really creeped out. Some Elders talk Chinese in their sleep, its funny.
I don't seem to ever have much to say, but I usually look forward to emailing my family. Elder Cowser is a stud and has excellent missionary skills including language and contacting and teaching.
He came up with this great analogy on the spot during one lesson about how the gospel is like a symphony or something. he said that God was the composer and that a conductor was like a prophet. there are so many different interpretations of music that you can't really know how the composer really wants it to be played with out a conductor who can chit chat with the composer.
He was telling this to a kid who was way into opera, so he just ate it up. He's powerful.
We went to the temple today, it was nice and peaceful. I pretty much did my scripture study for the day in the celestial room. I love my temple. I am barely in Second Nephi 31 as of today. I enjoy all the stuff on baptism. It spells it out so nicely. I told you I'm trying to finish the Book of Mormon in Chinese right? I wonder when I should give up.
Its hard to say who our investigators are at this moment. people just got back from break and are hard to get ahold of. I think we probably need to start all over from scratch. We just got three new investigators recently. Elder Cowser is just that much of a maniac. Of course they are all single mothers(including mainland woman married to a Hongkong dude) or female college students, but I guess they are people too, we will probably seem baptisms soon.
Im going home June 17th which seems like its pretty soon to me. Actually its a ton of time and I can probably get alot done. I hope I can finish strong.
There's a scripture in Galations by Paul which says that we are all in some sort of race and that there can only be one winner, SO RUN! that ye may obtain. or something to that effect. Our companionship theme for this transfer is RUN!
I love you all,
Hua Zhanglao
2/10/11 Sister Tan's brother and Xia
Dear family,
I am so excited to have Elder Cowser as my companion again. We are going to work very hard and be charismatic and warm and friendly to everyone, even those people who think we are a cult.
So about taking single mothers' money. Right after I wrote you guys I was asked by a member to give all the other missionaries money from her. I totally felt like I was giving pay checks to all the false priests who practice priestcrafts. But, that's Chinese culture to give money away so its not too bad I guess. The worst part was that sister Tan is a single mother of two and gave all ten missionaries money. Anyways, that was pretty much my worst nightmare come true; me giving away a poor lady's money away to missionaries. Talk about grinding upon the faces of the poor. Mortifying experience really.
I feel way better now about the future. I am quite optimistic. I feel like I can make a positive difference in world. I have moved over my funk already in just like two days, in the future I will try to be less negative because you guys could perhaps overreact and assume to worst. Moods like those only last for so long.
So we are actually baptizing Sister Tan's brother in law this Sunday. He came down from Sichuan specifically to get baptised, but it feels a lot better than an ordinary mainland visitor baptism, because we are taking a week to teach him and not five hours. So I like things right now.
I hope that Xia will come down eventually with his wife and daughter so those two can get baptised. I really feel happy about him. I hope you guys can meet him, he said he will come back before I go home. This was the family that I prayed and prayed for. If I pull it off, I will feel complete. I will have done the impossible.
I feel like I already wrote you guys this week so, I won't write much more,
I love you all
Hua Zhanglao
I am so excited to have Elder Cowser as my companion again. We are going to work very hard and be charismatic and warm and friendly to everyone, even those people who think we are a cult.
So about taking single mothers' money. Right after I wrote you guys I was asked by a member to give all the other missionaries money from her. I totally felt like I was giving pay checks to all the false priests who practice priestcrafts. But, that's Chinese culture to give money away so its not too bad I guess. The worst part was that sister Tan is a single mother of two and gave all ten missionaries money. Anyways, that was pretty much my worst nightmare come true; me giving away a poor lady's money away to missionaries. Talk about grinding upon the faces of the poor. Mortifying experience really.
I feel way better now about the future. I am quite optimistic. I feel like I can make a positive difference in world. I have moved over my funk already in just like two days, in the future I will try to be less negative because you guys could perhaps overreact and assume to worst. Moods like those only last for so long.
So we are actually baptizing Sister Tan's brother in law this Sunday. He came down from Sichuan specifically to get baptised, but it feels a lot better than an ordinary mainland visitor baptism, because we are taking a week to teach him and not five hours. So I like things right now.
I hope that Xia will come down eventually with his wife and daughter so those two can get baptised. I really feel happy about him. I hope you guys can meet him, he said he will come back before I go home. This was the family that I prayed and prayed for. If I pull it off, I will feel complete. I will have done the impossible.
I feel like I already wrote you guys this week so, I won't write much more,
I love you all
Hua Zhanglao
2/8/11 Chinese New Year
Hello family,
I can't go to BYU in the Summer? I think I might tell President Chan to change my departure date to June 17th. There's no point for me to be home at May 6th. Is this wise? I am quite trunky and app
arently a not very successful missionary. I hope there is still much good I can accomplish. I feel I have not yet completed what Heavenly Father wants me to do.
I totally don't have much energy anymore. I hope I get a spunky new companion who can't speak a lick of Mandarin. We'll find out tomorrow if I remain with elder Yu for a fourth transfer.
So anyway, I am so happy that all my brothers and sisters are baptised. A huge accomplishment for a family of our size. There are plenty of members over here who have children who still need to be baptised, but the parents went less active so the children have no opportunity. You are all so powerful, especially my PTA ruler mother and bishop father. I can't wait to see what things are like in Rose Park? (Hills?,Cottage?) I want to hang out at the cool library all the time up there in Salt Lake.
There are three or four people that say they will be baptised before I go home, so I kinda wish I could extend my mission to give them just a little more time to commit to a specific date. I'm pretty sure they aren't converted to me, I think I'm much too unapealing for that. I am way bald now and cranky all the time and have no enthusiasm; I am definately not true.
Chinese new year wasn't too bad this year. I just feel slightly bad about having single mothers take all ten mandarin elders out to dinner and afterward giving all of us money in red packets. Was it elisha who had a widow lady make a cake for him? I wish, this sister would miraculously not run out of finances after feeding the missionaries. I know that they will be blessed somehow.
Anyway, I am still pretty positive about the future and love you all. Things will happen in the Lord's time and all we can do is put forth a big effort and continuously do better, no matter what point we are at now.
Grandpa's butterfly picture is so crazy. I want to be that rad when I grow up. I might have turned into a crochety senile old man already though, it could be too late. This picture is way better than the one with him playing with a hanger. It totally lifted my spirits. hilarious.
I love you all,
Hua Zhanglao
I can't go to BYU in the Summer? I think I might tell President Chan to change my departure date to June 17th. There's no point for me to be home at May 6th. Is this wise? I am quite trunky and app
arently a not very successful missionary. I hope there is still much good I can accomplish. I feel I have not yet completed what Heavenly Father wants me to do.
I totally don't have much energy anymore. I hope I get a spunky new companion who can't speak a lick of Mandarin. We'll find out tomorrow if I remain with elder Yu for a fourth transfer.
So anyway, I am so happy that all my brothers and sisters are baptised. A huge accomplishment for a family of our size. There are plenty of members over here who have children who still need to be baptised, but the parents went less active so the children have no opportunity. You are all so powerful, especially my PTA ruler mother and bishop father. I can't wait to see what things are like in Rose Park? (Hills?,Cottage?) I want to hang out at the cool library all the time up there in Salt Lake.
There are three or four people that say they will be baptised before I go home, so I kinda wish I could extend my mission to give them just a little more time to commit to a specific date. I'm pretty sure they aren't converted to me, I think I'm much too unapealing for that. I am way bald now and cranky all the time and have no enthusiasm; I am definately not true.
Chinese new year wasn't too bad this year. I just feel slightly bad about having single mothers take all ten mandarin elders out to dinner and afterward giving all of us money in red packets. Was it elisha who had a widow lady make a cake for him? I wish, this sister would miraculously not run out of finances after feeding the missionaries. I know that they will be blessed somehow.
Anyway, I am still pretty positive about the future and love you all. Things will happen in the Lord's time and all we can do is put forth a big effort and continuously do better, no matter what point we are at now.
Grandpa's butterfly picture is so crazy. I want to be that rad when I grow up. I might have turned into a crochety senile old man already though, it could be too late. This picture is way better than the one with him playing with a hanger. It totally lifted my spirits. hilarious.
I love you all,
Hua Zhanglao
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