Service

So this past week was filled with a lot of service opportunities! First, we had a district service and we spent at least 4 hours trying to dig out this massive stump from an investigators yard.Then on wednesday, we did around another 4 hours of yard work for a less active woman, from digging holes, weeding, cutting trees, and spreading dirt and mulch. She ended up coming to church on Sunday, which was awesome! Then, we ran into someone who needed help weeding their garden, so we spent around 2 hours doing that on Saturday! As a missionary, service is probably one of the funnest things we get to do, so it made our week pretty interesting and fun!

We were also able to set a baptismal date this week, which is pretty exciting. It's for a 9 year old boy. His family is active, but he wasn't baptized because he's a little slower mentally and wasn't ready to be baptized at 8. His parents have been having us teach him all the lessons, which has been pretty hard since he's a young energetic kid and he had the shortest attention span I've ever seen. So we have to be pretty creative with our lessons, but its fun. We saw the family this week though, and we planned for him to be baptized on the 1st of May, although that date could change depending on him and his brothers, who are going to be getting baptized soon too.

Another thing that we're excited about is one of our old investigators, Morris. We haven't been able to get in contact with him for a whole transfer and we were worried that we would have to drop him. So yesterday, my companion felt the impression to see him one final time, and he ended up answering the door. We're not sure why he wasn't home when we tried visiting him and why it was difficult to contact him, but we're excited to hopefully start teaching him again.

Anyways, I guess I'll share a little message about charity. We all know that charity is "the pure love of Christ", but as I was studying it recently, I came across an interesting chapter in the bible, I believe it's 1 Corinthians chapter 13. It talks about the importance of charity; without it, miracles, prophecies, wisdom, service, pretty much everything, is pointless. In the least verse it says that among faith, hope, and charity, charity is of the greatest importance. When I thought about it, it's true. We can serve others, but if we're doing it for the wrong reasons and not out of love, it's in vain. As missionaries, we can work hard, but if we're just doing it for the numbers or to brag to others, it's in vain. We can even perform miracles and prophecy about things, but if it's for the wrong things like fame, then it's all in vain. But when we do everything in love, because we love others and we love the Lord, then there is a real reason and purpose for why we do it. 

Thanks everyone for all your love and support!

Elder Ho

Dinner with the mission president:

District service: