Miracles

Got two weeks of things to email about! Unfortunately, I didn't get heaps of interesting door knocking experiences to talk about this past week. Well, I guess I got one that was kinda cool. We went to help out another companionship's area find new investigators, and some members came along to help too. So one of the members came with us and we went door knocking on one of the streets they gave us, and the third person that answered invited us in right away! I was slightly in shock because, well, here in Australia, that doesn't really happen while door knocking. As I recovered, I realised that this lady just lived by herself, so I was a bit ssad because, the one time we're invited in, we can't go in because of our missionary rules. Then I realised -  we have a member with us! So we went right in and ended up teaching the Plan of Salvation! She even said she wanted to learn more! So that's a cool door knocking miracle. Also got to pet her cool dog, who apparently only understands commands in the Maori language, which I think is pretty cool.

Some other small miracles that we've had thes past few weeks is being able to teach some part member families, and seeing them come to church, one of them being a family that hasn't been to church ever since I've been in this area (and I've been here for a while now). Another awesome experience happened one day, as we finished door knocking since it started to get a bit dark. We still had 20 minutes until dinner, so we went to visit a family (another part member family, with only one of the adults living at home being active). For the first time since I've been serving here, we got let in, and with our limited time we got to know them and shared a quick magic trick, that may have included a bit of fire, that just blew away the kids' minds - it was great! And of course, the trick was gospel related. It was probably one of the funner and more spiritual lessons that I've had with kids on my mission. As we were leaving, one of the adults (who's active) took us outside and said that she'd been praying just this morning that someone who could help bring her family back to church would come today... just another massive faith building experience for us! It's those types of moments that we live for on the mission.

Other things that happened this week... we went to the hospital to give a blessing, we helped someone move houses, and done the usual door knocking and teaching. We also had zone conference, where we learned a lot about the Book of Mormon!

Oh and I also got to have dinner with a family, whos parents went to BYU Hawaii! So we reminisced about local food, the funny types of people back home, the beaches, and the "haole's" that we sometimes come accross in Hawaii. Then we tried to share a cool object lesson/magic trick - but the kids were to smart and caught on to the trick - guess we have to bring a better one next time.

Anyways, thanks everyone for your love and support! Have an awesome week,

Elder Ho