Another week has gone by here in Hong Kong and things have been going smoothly. So a couple of interesting things happened, but I wont write all of it.
Yesterday, we had a mission conference, a conference for all missionaries (150ish missionaries in HK). And a monumental thing ahppened. We finally received our outlimate language help tool, the Missionary Vocabulary and Phrases book, MVP!!!!!! For a years now, they were developing this book to help us with the difficult Cantonese language and the first draft came out yesterday for us missionaries to begin learning correct language principles. Before, what we did was straight up learn from the Cantonese teachers' experience and phrases they used. Wit hthis book, we now have a guide with phrases and vocabulary that we would most likely use as missionaries. It also has the romanized pingyam and the chinese characters next to the english, so this is the ultimate tool for language progression!
another thign that happened was that a member in our ward told us that her husband recently was diagnosed with liver cancer and he only has a few months to a few years to live. after a long while of crying and sorrow, they finally accepted the fact that there is only so much time left before he departs from this world so they've decided to make the best of his remaining years. what we are doing now is teaching him the lessons of the gospel, which bring peace people's souls. the gospel message gives us a clear knowledge of our life on earth and where we will go afterwards. it is the appropriate time because he is only a matter of years before he goes beyond the veil to see the other side and we can share our knowledge about this to him.
the sad part of it is that he doesnt have a lot of time to apply gospel principles to his life to feel the extent of God's love for him. i see that in a lot of people in the world. there are truths that are revealed to us that people still wont accept. if we open our eyes and apply these gospel principles to our lives, we can see how much more our lives can be happier. our message won't only give us relaxation about what will happen in the future, but it will also tell us about our purpose here on earth and what we can do to achieve the best life on earth, including what everybody cherishes the most--happiness.
i want to leave you all with a testimony that has taken me a while to progress to. i know that this gospel is true and that it has blessed me so much throughout my life. for this reason, i am serving a mission for the Lord to help others receive the knowledge that i have received and to help them know that there is a loving Heavenly Father that has a plan of happiness for us and wants us all the return to Him. i also know that in order to return to God, there needs to be ordinances performed with the proper authority and through this church, we have the authority and power to perform these ordinances. each one of us on this earth are brothers and sisters. i would love it if all my brothers and sisters can live eternally happy after this life. i encourage you all to pray and ask Heavenly Father if these things are true, He WILL answer your prayers and tell you what you need to do. i leave these things with you in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Love,
Elder Stanley Cheng
Elder Stanley Cheng
China Hong Kong Mission
July 2008 - July 2010
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