Transfer 10 - Week 5

We had a pretty good week! We went to go visit a Less Active that the Bishop said we could go check out and they were home and let us in! He actually mentioned this family to us at church on Sunday and said, "You could go visit Lin Wen Qi. We haven't seen him in about 10 years and we're not sure where he is... He's a nice guy though!" Most of the less actives nobody really knows, guess that's what happens when you're in a new area on top of a little mountain! So after church we biked to the guy's house (the church records didn't have any phone number) and knocked on his door. His wife came to the door and let us in so we started chatting with them and found out that they got baptized 15 years ago, stayed active for a couple years, but when he was asked to become an Elder, he was told that he needs to be keeping all of the commandments which he said he was. When asked about the Word of Wisdom he said,"Ya I keep it. I just use my own wisdom to stay healthy. That's what it is right?" 

After being told that you have to completely stay away from a few things, namely, coffee and tea, he said "Well I guess I can't be an Elder." After telling us this story he said a few months after that he became less active and has been ever since. They were, however, very receptive to our message and we invited them to read the Book of Mormon and start praying together everyday, to which they said they could do. The first less actives we've found in Daxi that are willing to meet! They're super nice people though and they actually told us about one of their other less active friends who lives in Daxi as well, whom we'll be going to see tonight. Things seem to be picking up! Chen Hui Jin did not get baptized last Saturday due to a small scooter accident she was involved in. She cup up her foot and needs to wait about a week for it to heal. She's scheduled this Saturday to be baptized and it should be a good one! The only thing is that I might move! This week is transfers and everybody thinks I'll be moving for some reason. 

At church, when the members found out it was transfers, they all started to think I would be moving and started to take pictures with me and write me thank you notes. It was really nice! But if I don't move it'll be kind of awkward haha. Guess we'll see! We find out this Wednesday if one of us is moving or not and if one of us is, we'll move Friday, before the baptism. But hey it still should be good! It was a good week and this one should be an exciting one!

Here's me knocking on a "Buddhist door".