Week 55 FREE CAR WASH 9/29/2020

 Mid cycles! Sister Romney (my companion before Sister Hill) was companions with Sister Snow, but Sister Snow got midcycled to LA. So I am in a trio now with Sister Hill and Sister Romney! It's been fun and I love my companions!

Miracles!

A friend we are teaching showed up to a video chat one day and told us "I'm going without coffee and alchohol to try this out" AH WHAT??

We invited to a him to a fireside about a month ago and the person speaking shared about his conversion story and talked about his experience with the word of wisdom. So our friend has been thinking about that and we hadn't even taught him the word of wisdom yet! So for our lesson on Wednesday, we invited the person who spoke at the fireside to join us (he's in our mission presidency) and we are so pumped!! He is progressing so well and all of you all, only the spirit could touch and soften his heart like this!! Everyone pray for him🙏

Also we have been doing this facebook live every Saturday called "Singing Time for Kids in Torrance" and try to find people to teach on that. One of the parents on there was willing to videochat with them so we did a Bible study and ate going to share more next week! We invited him to conference and he said he would come!

Last thing. We had a zone finding activity. We had a free car wash. No one showed up, not even ward members showed up SO you know I had to whip out some of my pretty amazing dance skills (and by pretty amazing I mean pretty terrible but at least people will look LOL) next to the free car wash sign. We got around 15 nonmembers to come! It was literally so fun. Pictures attached.

I love my mission it is just the greatest. 10/10 would recommend!!!! Have a great week!! Also conference is next week! I am so excited to hear from the prophets and apostles and receive more personal revelation and I hope you all are too. I will have to share some more spiritual thoughts next week. Byeeee

Also there is a video of me dancing so enjoy. Also, made a flyer for conference!  

Volunteered at a food bank and did yard work for a member

FREE CAR WASH! 

Week 54 WEEKLY EMAIL 9/21/2020

 Hi everyone. Working on consistency. 

A small miracle. We handed out flyers for a Chinese event this week in a parking lot of a farmers market. We handed one to this lady. Turns out she is from Taiwan, SOO of course I spoke Chinese to her. And then we got her phone number. And then we called her!! Pretty awesome. We asked if we could videochat and share a message. She said she'd call us because she's busy right now. rip. Everyone pray we are so hoping we can videochat. We still can't street contact, but we've been encouraged to tell people we see sometimes about the gospel. 

Also, Mitch our person on a baptismal date! Well, we dropped his baptismal date. He still really wants to get baptized, but is not in a place where he is keeping commitments. And hasn't been responding for a little bit now. Still feel like he is my long lost uncle and my best friend though. Still love him and he will get there one day.

Other miracles. We had a member from a different ward who said he had referrals for us so we called him and guess what? We called him and he said he had a friend he gave a Book of Mormon to. He asked us to text his friend and assign him a chapter from the Book of Mormon and we are going to do a joint call. And then also he told us about another friend he wanted to do a joint call with! So we are praying and also just so thankful!!! 

So there are some miracles for you. I really love you all((: 

Week (50, 51, 52) 53 Perfect Love Casteth Out All Fear" 9/14/2020

 It's been a bit.

Hello everyone!! 

Adventures with Sister Chou this past month include loving her mission, transfers, and lots of other things that she will write.

Warning ⚠️ exclamation points might get a little out of hand. 

Hey what is up!! (?) Lots of things to say. Haha I guess that's what happens when you let 4 weeks pass by but God's miracles don't stop.

First is transfers!! Me and Sister Romney used to be in Chinese zone and Inglewood zone but then we had to split up and not be over Inglewood zone anymore and you people I was so sad to leave Sister Romney and Inglewood zone! We are still STLs in Chinese zone, but now we are both training too! Okay but great news! We are in the SAME APARTMENT!!! Everytime me and Sister Romney talk, we just are literally on the floor laughing so hard about something. Ah I just love her so much. And then I have a brand new missionary and her name is Sister Hill! Her Chinese is already so awesome, and she is very sweet. When me and Sister Romney went to go pick the new sisters up (Sister Hill and Sister Snow), we were literally so excited!! We took them to Wendy's the first day. Maybe not the best first food to try in LA because there are so many other options, but oh well it was fun. So yay!! New companions, but we all live in the same apartment so party!!

Area changes: we split our area in half, and so I said goodbye to some friends, Sister Romney said goodbye to some other friends, and we're all going to find new friends!

Miracles:

One time we went to go drop off banana bread at a part member family's house. We prayed for the husband to be there (the one that isn't a member). We went and knocked on the door and no one was there. We said a quick prayer, and then the husband came out from the back!He was so kind! We said we wanted to do a video chat with his wife and he said he'd be willing to join!!

Then on the way home, (we were walking) we saw this man roller skating, and so Sister Romney told him that he was doing great and then he started talking to us! We promise we weren't trying to street contact or anything, but he told us to take his phone number. And then we met him at the park a week later and shared with him about faith. It was so awesome! He is so kind and we are going to continue teaching him. 

Another one of friends we've been teaching has been really busy, so one day we went to go bring her some otterpops. Well, she wasn't home. But her mother in law opened the door. We introduced ourselves, and right as we were about to leave, we were like wait, hold on. And we talked to her about eternal families and testified that the gospel had blessed our families and that through the gospel, we knew we could be with our families forever. And then she said she wanted to hear our message! Miracle!

THEN. Last one. Last pday we went to laundry and and then to the store. In the span of that time, 2 ladies came up to us to talk to us and 2 phone numbers were just given to us. Complete miracle because we're not allowed to go up to people, but God just let these miracles unfold. 

More things:

Elder Nielsen used to be the head of the mission department, and then he recently got changed to be in charge of the west coast mission and he "came" over zoom to talk to the MLC. I just feel so blessed. He talked about how faith and fear can't coexist. So in my studies I kept thinking about that and I came across a scripture while I was studying the principle "God is Our Loving Heavenly Father."

1 John 4:18-19

"18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

19 We love him, because he first loved us."

I was thinking about when I first came on my mission, I was scared of a lot of things. About my abilities to street contact, teach, speak Chinese, etc. But when I felt an outpour of love, the fear started going away. Before I found this scripture, I had been praying about how I could best help my companion, and this was the scripture I found. It meant so much to me because it was such an answer to my prayers. 

Okay friends, so this is really long, I'm going to end it here. All of you are amazing so 加油!!