Wow. So this is what durian is like.

So this is what Durian is like.

Surprisingly, the durian wasn't that bad! Sister Lam has been helping us teach lessons a couple times a week while she looks for a new job. This past week she invited us over for lunch before the lesson. It was so good!! Then while we were chatting she suddenly jumps up and says "Have you ever tired Durian!?! Do want to try it!?" Of course!! This bit was frozen so that it ended up having a creamy texture that was kind of a little bit close to ice cream. Kinda. I just had a little bit and I didn't puke! This may sound like I'm being dramatic, but in the summer we change how we walk home so we don't have to walk past the Durian stands and smell them. I didn't eat any more after the first little bite, but I had durian burps allllllll day. Sister Lam also made us a Chocolate cake. A REAL AMERICAN CHOCOLATE CAKE!! The cakes here in Hong Kong mostly just taste like air and disappointment, so having REAL cake was such a tender mercy #I'mJesus'Favorite #MyMembersAreBetterThanYourMembers #JustKiddingIt'sNotACompetition #ButIWouldWin

On the topic os Sister Lam, We asked her to help with a lesson on Tuesday and then she asked if she could also help us teach on Wednesday before she starts her new job Thursday. We asked if she was sure and then Sister Lam LITERALLY started shaking me! She told me that she needed more blessings and to stop blocking God from blessing her more. Wow.

So this is what being famous feels like. 

The Fanling Sisters contacted a college on the train the other day who was SUPER interested in the Church. Then they got a call last week asking if she and some friends could meet us missionaries to interview us for a school project on Mormonism. SURE!! We met at a park and then spent about an hour and a half being interviewed about our doctrine and our own conversion stories. We taught the The first 3 lessons (Restoration, Plan of Salvation, Gospel of Jesus Christ), some commandments (Word of Wisdom, Law of Chastity and Tithing) and even some bonus stuff (Temples, service in the church). WOW. It was amazing. We were honestly a little worried about it, but they had such a desire to understand that we were all able to feel the spirit. When we started they said "Can you please explain your church a little bit?" "Well. Where do you want us to start?" *all three of them in synchronized motion pull pages of questions out of their bags*

It helped us realize how much asking questions can lead to an atmosphere of the Spirit. I love that  my faith doesn't limit me asking questions. They need to be asked in the right spirit, but ultimately sincere questions are the ONLY way that we can really learn. Isn't that awesome!

ALSO I made one of my random mission goals this week. "Contact a Chinese person who speaks english with a Scottish or Irish accent". DONE!! His parents moved to Ireland before he was born so he doesn't speak Chinese, but he has a REALLLLY thick Irish accent. It got to the point that I just wished I could speak with him in Chinese. 2 countries superheated by the same language. 

One of the attachments is the Ban/Lee family! I wrote about them a while ago -- they're the ones who randomly decided to move to Chili. This is what a mom of the missionary who taught them wrote on Facebook.

"A few years ago, this Chinese family was introduced to the Gospel by some missionaries but, at that time, the family was not interested. In September 2016, the family sought out the missionaries and in October, Elders Garcia and Darrington baptized them. On October 31st, my husband and I picked them up at the Amtrak station in SLC, Utah and took them to our home in Idaho. Today, November 29th, this same family moved into an apartment in SLC! They are excited to have left China and now attend a mandarin ward in SLC and continue to learn the Gospel in their own language!"

Their story is so cool, and although I didn't teach them, I'm no less grateful that I was able to know them. I hope they'll be okay with how often I plan on visiting them in about a year.

The other attachment was not taken by me, but by Sister Crockett from my MTC district. Yes. That is a pig face. Hanging up in a meat market. For sale. Either for really cheap or a ridiculous amount of money.

Yep. That's China for ya'

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