Sunday, April 17, 2011
Email: December 10th, 2010
Family!!!!! I'm so sorry I didn't email on Thursday like I normally do. It's now Saturday. On Thursday we had lessons and didn't really get a P-day and then Friday the library was booked so we waited till today. I hope all of you are doing good!! I'm so excited for Christmas!!! This year is going to be amazing!!! We found a really cheap 4 foot tree and we all got something simple for everyone in the apartment so we already have some presents under the tree. But the funny thing is that we haven't got decorations yet because there too expensive but there's a member that is going to find us some cheap stuff. This is Elder Dodd's and Elder Wright's first Christmas in Hong Kong and me and Elder Lee want it to be fun for them and for us =) haha
This last week has been really good. Last weekend Trista brought a friend to an activity and we were able to teach him after. He had a lot of questions and he's really stubborn but He has some potential and Trista is doing really good at fellowshiping him.
And also Kelvin, the referral from a couple weeks ago, we taught him yesterday and gave him a baptismal date for January 9th!!!!! YES!!!!!! I love miracles!!!! When members refer their friends instead of us having to go find them then it's so much more likely that they will progress and be baptized. Kelven is so cool too. When we asked him if he wanted to be baptized he said, Very Willing. haha I've never had that answer before, it was so AWESOME!!!! I had to ask him why and he said that he knows that by doing this he will make a promise to Heavenly Father to follow him and that Heavenly Father will also make a promise to him that his life will be happier and have more direction and meaning and then somehow it will help his family relationship. He's so amazing!!!! He's mostly acts like a kid but then when he shares his feelings he becomes an adult and really shows his faith. I love being a missionary and being lucky enough to be around people with so much faith. Most of the time I feel more like some of my investigators are my examples rather then the other way around. They're willing to do anything and I still find myself complaining all the time about whatever but when we give them a commitment to completely change around their lives they do it willingly and with so much faith. I love them so much!!! I love the people of Hong Kong, even the stubborn ones. I'm so grateful that Heavenly Father sent me here. Heavenly Father wanted me to be more humble, so he sent me to china of all places to learn the hardest language in the world, and I am so grateful for it. I'm grateful for all of you. i miss you all so much. I'm excited to call home on Christmas. I'll probably call on Christmas morning here so probably Christmas eve night there. If that times not good just let me know and I'll work it out. I love you all so much!!!! I hope you have an amazing week and a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!! =)
Love Elder McAllister
This last week has been really good. Last weekend Trista brought a friend to an activity and we were able to teach him after. He had a lot of questions and he's really stubborn but He has some potential and Trista is doing really good at fellowshiping him.
And also Kelvin, the referral from a couple weeks ago, we taught him yesterday and gave him a baptismal date for January 9th!!!!! YES!!!!!! I love miracles!!!! When members refer their friends instead of us having to go find them then it's so much more likely that they will progress and be baptized. Kelven is so cool too. When we asked him if he wanted to be baptized he said, Very Willing. haha I've never had that answer before, it was so AWESOME!!!! I had to ask him why and he said that he knows that by doing this he will make a promise to Heavenly Father to follow him and that Heavenly Father will also make a promise to him that his life will be happier and have more direction and meaning and then somehow it will help his family relationship. He's so amazing!!!! He's mostly acts like a kid but then when he shares his feelings he becomes an adult and really shows his faith. I love being a missionary and being lucky enough to be around people with so much faith. Most of the time I feel more like some of my investigators are my examples rather then the other way around. They're willing to do anything and I still find myself complaining all the time about whatever but when we give them a commitment to completely change around their lives they do it willingly and with so much faith. I love them so much!!! I love the people of Hong Kong, even the stubborn ones. I'm so grateful that Heavenly Father sent me here. Heavenly Father wanted me to be more humble, so he sent me to china of all places to learn the hardest language in the world, and I am so grateful for it. I'm grateful for all of you. i miss you all so much. I'm excited to call home on Christmas. I'll probably call on Christmas morning here so probably Christmas eve night there. If that times not good just let me know and I'll work it out. I love you all so much!!!! I hope you have an amazing week and a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!! =)
Love Elder McAllister
Friday, April 8, 2011
Email: December 2nd, 2010
Hey FAMILY!!!!! How are you all doing? I hope you all had an amazing Thanksgiving. I MISS AMERICAN FOOD!!!!! haha We had a Thanksgiving activity with the ward last Friday and the only thing American was the turkey. Everything else was Chinese haha. It was really fun though and they had a lot of activities and games and we got some of our more stubborn investigators to go to it. It was pretty cool because our English class is normally on Friday nights but we forgot to tell everyone the week before that it would be canceled because of the ward activity so all the students showed up but we just made them go to the activity instead and they were able to meet a lot of members which was amazing!!!! The ward did so good with fellowshiping them too.
One member brought her non-member boyfriend to the activity too so we were able to meet him. His name is Kelvin and he's way cool. He came to church on Sunday and we taught him a lesson on Monday and it went amazing!!! He has a lot of family problems and when we asked him what he hopes the gospel can do to help him he said he just wants his family relationship to be better. We bore a lot of testimony on that and he really wants to try. Because he's dating a member she already is making him quit smoking and drinking and everything so we don't have to worry too much about that. He's a way cool kid though that really likes cars which is really rare in Hong Kong because no one drives. haha
On Monday was also Elder Wrights birthday. Trista a couple weeks ago talked to me about a surprise birthday for him and so i talked to his companion Elder Lee and we figured something out. Elder Lee scheduled a "new investigator" named A-Sing on Monday night. My Chinese name just happens to be A-Sing =) haha Anyway we planned it out that they would be nowhere near us that day so we could go buy stuff and hide in the church. Elder Lee and Wright went to the library to meet their "new investigator" and when he didn't show up Elder Lee called him (me) and then i canceled the lesson. So Elder Wright not knowing anything was pretty sad and disappointed about the new investigator so they came back to the church and when they walked in we flipped on the lights yelling happy birthday and all that good stuff. It was pretty fun.
I love you all so much!! I hope you all have an amazing week.
Love, Elder McAllister
One member brought her non-member boyfriend to the activity too so we were able to meet him. His name is Kelvin and he's way cool. He came to church on Sunday and we taught him a lesson on Monday and it went amazing!!! He has a lot of family problems and when we asked him what he hopes the gospel can do to help him he said he just wants his family relationship to be better. We bore a lot of testimony on that and he really wants to try. Because he's dating a member she already is making him quit smoking and drinking and everything so we don't have to worry too much about that. He's a way cool kid though that really likes cars which is really rare in Hong Kong because no one drives. haha
On Monday was also Elder Wrights birthday. Trista a couple weeks ago talked to me about a surprise birthday for him and so i talked to his companion Elder Lee and we figured something out. Elder Lee scheduled a "new investigator" named A-Sing on Monday night. My Chinese name just happens to be A-Sing =) haha Anyway we planned it out that they would be nowhere near us that day so we could go buy stuff and hide in the church. Elder Lee and Wright went to the library to meet their "new investigator" and when he didn't show up Elder Lee called him (me) and then i canceled the lesson. So Elder Wright not knowing anything was pretty sad and disappointed about the new investigator so they came back to the church and when they walked in we flipped on the lights yelling happy birthday and all that good stuff. It was pretty fun.
I love you all so much!! I hope you all have an amazing week.
Love, Elder McAllister
Email: November 25th, 2010
HAPPY THANKS GIVING!!!!!!! How are all of you guys? How was your Thanksgiving? Today we had a service thing at Kowloon Tong chapel where we made some Happy New Year cards for people. And then after we had our Thanksgiving lunch. They had mashed potatoes, turkey, stuffing, gravy, green beans, some kind of pumpkin pie, and cranberry sauce. =) SO GOOD!! Some of the Hong Kong Elders were asking what is the cranberry sauce and why are we eating it with everything. They thought it was pretty gross. haha It's been a pretty good thanksgiving so far though. Tomorrow Tai Wo ward is going to have a Thanksgiving activity. It's pretty rare because Thanksgiving is only an American holiday but I'm totally excited for it. The Relief Society keeps asking us if we know how to cook turkey. I guess i should have paid more attention to dad and mom in years past but I just told them I have no idea so we'll see how the turkey tastes =) haha
TRISTA GOT BAPTIZED LAST SATURDAY!!!!!!!! It was so cool!! And on Sunday she was confirmed. She told me that when they put there hands on her head and gave her the Holy Ghost and gave her a Blessing that she had a feeling like a burning through her whole body. SO AWESOME!!!!! She has such an amazing Testimony! I sent some Pictures of the Baptism. Elder Lamb who originally found her and started teaching her did the baptism. I hope that you all get the pictures. Last night we asked Trista to help fellowship for a lesson with another investigator and she did amazing! It's the same investigator that i told you about last week with the cell phone analogy and prayer. Anyway he is really stubborn but Trista bore a really strong testimony. It's amazing how much the gospel has changed her for the better. She seriously is another person now and I know that the gospel can do the same for anyone. I just found out today from Elder Ward, who is serving in West Point right now, That an investigator there that i taught (Brother Wong) is going to be baptized on December 5th!!! MIRACLE!!!!! He always told us that he would be baptized but he always said maybe in a few years but I'm so excited that he changed his mind. So many missionaries have taught him and I was lucky enough to be one of them. Why is it that around Christmas time cool things just start happening?!?! haha I LOVE IT!!!!
I love you all so much!! I wish you could all be here with me but I feel all your love and support and most important my Heavenly Father's love. I'm so thankful for all of you and your examples. When you all sit around the table for Thanksgiving dinner and say what your all grateful for add this for me...I'm most grateful for my families, all of you and our heavenly family. The Gospel is true. Jesus is the Christ. God lives and loves each and everyone of us. We are his children and His one desire is that we help each other to return to him. When President Monson was asked on his birthday what the members could do for him on his birthday he simply said, "do something for someone today." How simple is it. I stand with President Monson with that. If we could just learn to love each other and help each other and quit thinking about ourselves then I can promise you that not only your lives but the lives of MANY will forever be changed and effected. We are all, as members of the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints, representatives of HIM. You have all been an amazing example for me. I love you all so much!! I hope that during Thanksgiving we can all remember the many blessings that we have and share those blessings with all those around us. I hope you all have an amazing Thanksgiving and week.
Love Elder McAllister
TRISTA GOT BAPTIZED LAST SATURDAY!!!!!!!! It was so cool!! And on Sunday she was confirmed. She told me that when they put there hands on her head and gave her the Holy Ghost and gave her a Blessing that she had a feeling like a burning through her whole body. SO AWESOME!!!!! She has such an amazing Testimony! I sent some Pictures of the Baptism. Elder Lamb who originally found her and started teaching her did the baptism. I hope that you all get the pictures. Last night we asked Trista to help fellowship for a lesson with another investigator and she did amazing! It's the same investigator that i told you about last week with the cell phone analogy and prayer. Anyway he is really stubborn but Trista bore a really strong testimony. It's amazing how much the gospel has changed her for the better. She seriously is another person now and I know that the gospel can do the same for anyone. I just found out today from Elder Ward, who is serving in West Point right now, That an investigator there that i taught (Brother Wong) is going to be baptized on December 5th!!! MIRACLE!!!!! He always told us that he would be baptized but he always said maybe in a few years but I'm so excited that he changed his mind. So many missionaries have taught him and I was lucky enough to be one of them. Why is it that around Christmas time cool things just start happening?!?! haha I LOVE IT!!!!
I love you all so much!! I wish you could all be here with me but I feel all your love and support and most important my Heavenly Father's love. I'm so thankful for all of you and your examples. When you all sit around the table for Thanksgiving dinner and say what your all grateful for add this for me...I'm most grateful for my families, all of you and our heavenly family. The Gospel is true. Jesus is the Christ. God lives and loves each and everyone of us. We are his children and His one desire is that we help each other to return to him. When President Monson was asked on his birthday what the members could do for him on his birthday he simply said, "do something for someone today." How simple is it. I stand with President Monson with that. If we could just learn to love each other and help each other and quit thinking about ourselves then I can promise you that not only your lives but the lives of MANY will forever be changed and effected. We are all, as members of the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints, representatives of HIM. You have all been an amazing example for me. I love you all so much!! I hope that during Thanksgiving we can all remember the many blessings that we have and share those blessings with all those around us. I hope you all have an amazing Thanksgiving and week.
Love Elder McAllister
Email: November 17th, 2010
Hey Family!!!!!! How are all of you? This last week has been one of the most stressful on my mission. We're getting ready for Trista's Baptism this Saturday. She's been going to Tai Po ward but she actually belongs to Tai Wo ward but she says she doesn't want to go there because she doesn't know anyone. Anyway we're trying to figure it all out with the bishops. But the most important thing is that she's GETTING BAPTIZED!!!!! Saturday at 2:30pm!!!!! So excited! We had a really good lesson with her yesterday. we read the conversion of Alma the younger story in Alma 36. We explained to her that Heavenly Father would always be there for her. That even though it might be awkward to go to Tai Wo but that Heavenly Father would be there for her and help her though it. Right now she'll be baptized in Tai Po but eventually she has to go back to Tai Wo. Really confusing. haha Anyway
So this week is moves week. We just found out that they would split Tai Po and Tai Wo back up into two companionships. Elder Cheng moved to open a new area in Chyun Wan so I'm really going to miss him. Elder Wright is going to be covering Tai Po ward with Elder Lee and I will be covering Tai Wo with Elder Dodd. Elder Dodd came to Hong Kong with Elder Jolley. I lived with him on the island so I'm really excited to be working with him this next moves.
Other then getting ready for the baptism we've still been trying to help out our other investigators. We have one right now that has very little if no interest in the gospel. He only wants to learn English. But last night we had a really Really REALLY good lesson with him. We watched the touch of the masters hand (one of the FHE videos) in English and discussed it in English. And as we were discussing it we started taking it more into a gospel discussion. It was amazing how we all knew what and how to say everything to him. He is a very logical man and he asked me a question. He is having trouble at work and he asked me what would i do if i was in his shoes. would i quit or just endure it. I told him i don't think he would like my answer. He thought that it would be a regular logical answer like yea you should quit or just get over it. I told him that I would pray and ask our Heavenly Father for guidance. He kind of just rolled his eyes like oh yea that's what any christian would say. Then we started talking about prayer, what it really is. That it's not just something we do because everyone else is or because it's just what we're taught to do but that it really is a conversation with our Heavenly Father who loves us so much. We asked him if he's ever prayed before. He said ya. Then i asked him if he has REALLY prayed before. He said there's no way to say if he's really prayed before. And then, like as if it were heaven sent, my phone started vibrating in my pocket and i got an idea or as Elder Wright says, inspiration. I pulled the phone out of my pocket and told him that i can yell and talk into this phone all i want but it's not going to do any good. Unless I type in a number and believe that someone on the other side will answer and then I can have a conversation with that person. We can say prayers all we want, we can yell, scream, talk all we want but it's all useless, until we learn to pray, really pray and show that faith in our Heavenly Father that He will hear us and answer us. Our investigator just sat there. We asked him to pray and showed him how. IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! Elder Cheng, who has been teaching him forever, said that's the first time he's seen him pray. I LOVE THE SPIRIT!!!!!!! It's so powerful!!!! I don't know if i really explained what happened really good but all in a nutshell is that Heavenly Father answered our prayers and I know that He will answer our investigators prayers and everyone's prayers. It's so powerful. I love it. I love being here on a mission in the China, Hong Kong!! I love and miss you all so much but until we meet again, as Paul said, "Keep the Faith." I love you all!!!!
Elder Peter McAllister
So this week is moves week. We just found out that they would split Tai Po and Tai Wo back up into two companionships. Elder Cheng moved to open a new area in Chyun Wan so I'm really going to miss him. Elder Wright is going to be covering Tai Po ward with Elder Lee and I will be covering Tai Wo with Elder Dodd. Elder Dodd came to Hong Kong with Elder Jolley. I lived with him on the island so I'm really excited to be working with him this next moves.
Other then getting ready for the baptism we've still been trying to help out our other investigators. We have one right now that has very little if no interest in the gospel. He only wants to learn English. But last night we had a really Really REALLY good lesson with him. We watched the touch of the masters hand (one of the FHE videos) in English and discussed it in English. And as we were discussing it we started taking it more into a gospel discussion. It was amazing how we all knew what and how to say everything to him. He is a very logical man and he asked me a question. He is having trouble at work and he asked me what would i do if i was in his shoes. would i quit or just endure it. I told him i don't think he would like my answer. He thought that it would be a regular logical answer like yea you should quit or just get over it. I told him that I would pray and ask our Heavenly Father for guidance. He kind of just rolled his eyes like oh yea that's what any christian would say. Then we started talking about prayer, what it really is. That it's not just something we do because everyone else is or because it's just what we're taught to do but that it really is a conversation with our Heavenly Father who loves us so much. We asked him if he's ever prayed before. He said ya. Then i asked him if he has REALLY prayed before. He said there's no way to say if he's really prayed before. And then, like as if it were heaven sent, my phone started vibrating in my pocket and i got an idea or as Elder Wright says, inspiration. I pulled the phone out of my pocket and told him that i can yell and talk into this phone all i want but it's not going to do any good. Unless I type in a number and believe that someone on the other side will answer and then I can have a conversation with that person. We can say prayers all we want, we can yell, scream, talk all we want but it's all useless, until we learn to pray, really pray and show that faith in our Heavenly Father that He will hear us and answer us. Our investigator just sat there. We asked him to pray and showed him how. IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! Elder Cheng, who has been teaching him forever, said that's the first time he's seen him pray. I LOVE THE SPIRIT!!!!!!! It's so powerful!!!! I don't know if i really explained what happened really good but all in a nutshell is that Heavenly Father answered our prayers and I know that He will answer our investigators prayers and everyone's prayers. It's so powerful. I love it. I love being here on a mission in the China, Hong Kong!! I love and miss you all so much but until we meet again, as Paul said, "Keep the Faith." I love you all!!!!
Elder Peter McAllister
Email: November 11th, 2010
Hey Family!!! How was your week? Our was pretty good. We just called to repentance yesterday by President Perkins of the 70. He came to tour our mission yesterday. It was really cool and I learned a lot. He told everyone to write down two questions that we might have and then promised us that during the meeting we would have both of those questions answered. It was amazing!! He told us that revelation starts with asking a question. All revelation in the D&C are because someone asked a question. In the bible and the Book of Mormon when there was revelation it was because someone asked a question. Anyway, he really wanted us to understand that power of asking questions. So I decided that I'm going to start writing down more questions and just during the day, teaching appointments, sacrament meetings, and whatever I'll think about them and pray about them and then I'll be able to find the answers. So COOL!!! I love revelation! =) Yesterday's meeting was seriously amazing with President Perkins. We had a testimony meeting and we all got to bear our testimonies. He also told us that we aren't talking about the restoration enough. And it's true. Sometimes on the street or in lessons it's not brought up as important or as strong as it should be. He taught us how we could do better. It was really cool. We all felt the spirit a lot yesterday.
This week we haven't seen Trusta yest but we will tomorrow. We're really excited for her baptism next Saturday on the 20th!!! Bro Yeung is doing a lot better! He's been smoking less and next time we go we're going to give him the week long quit smoking plan. HE'S GOTTA MAKE IT!!!!!!! I really want him to make it. He's such a nice guy and we really love him a lot.
Last Saturday something crazy happened. We took one of our investigators to see the temple. It was amazing. We went into the waiting room and had someone from the temple come down and explain everything that goes on inside the temple and stuff. It was really good. And there's a new chapel build across from the temple and we took him there to tour it. It was a really good day but then something crazy happened. We were at the train station to go back to Tai Po and we hear a girl a few yards away from us, in her 20's, kinda screaming. They were a family from India or something. Anyway she walked up to the edge of the platform and we were just like what is she doing. And then she jumped down and laid down on the tracks screaming I want to die. We were all in shock. Her father jumped down to get her back up. We went to try to help him back up after he got his daughter back up but there were a bunch of people around him pulling him up before we got to him. The whole time the girl was just screaming I want to die, I want to die. And there were a bunch of people holding her down so she wouldn't try again. Finally some of the workers got there and helped out. It was really crazy. I couldn't even think of what to say to our investigator on the train ride back to Tai Po. That was the first time I've ever seen someone try to commit suicide. I just feel really grateful that our family has the Gospel. But that experience really helped me realize that importance of what we're doing here in Hong Kong. I've lived in a bubble and I got a wide view of what the world is without the Gospel, without hope. I am so grateful for what we have in our family!! I'm so grateful for a Loving Heavenly Father that knows and cares about each and everyone of his children. I'm so grateful that I have the opportunity to share this Gospel, This Perfect Brightness of Hope that it talks about in 2 Nephi 32, with the people of Hong Kong. I love you all so much!!! I love every minute of being here in Hong Kong and the time that I have to share what I know to be true. Thank you for all your love and examples that you've been for me. I hope you all have a good week.
Love Elder McAllister
This week we haven't seen Trusta yest but we will tomorrow. We're really excited for her baptism next Saturday on the 20th!!! Bro Yeung is doing a lot better! He's been smoking less and next time we go we're going to give him the week long quit smoking plan. HE'S GOTTA MAKE IT!!!!!!! I really want him to make it. He's such a nice guy and we really love him a lot.
Last Saturday something crazy happened. We took one of our investigators to see the temple. It was amazing. We went into the waiting room and had someone from the temple come down and explain everything that goes on inside the temple and stuff. It was really good. And there's a new chapel build across from the temple and we took him there to tour it. It was a really good day but then something crazy happened. We were at the train station to go back to Tai Po and we hear a girl a few yards away from us, in her 20's, kinda screaming. They were a family from India or something. Anyway she walked up to the edge of the platform and we were just like what is she doing. And then she jumped down and laid down on the tracks screaming I want to die. We were all in shock. Her father jumped down to get her back up. We went to try to help him back up after he got his daughter back up but there were a bunch of people around him pulling him up before we got to him. The whole time the girl was just screaming I want to die, I want to die. And there were a bunch of people holding her down so she wouldn't try again. Finally some of the workers got there and helped out. It was really crazy. I couldn't even think of what to say to our investigator on the train ride back to Tai Po. That was the first time I've ever seen someone try to commit suicide. I just feel really grateful that our family has the Gospel. But that experience really helped me realize that importance of what we're doing here in Hong Kong. I've lived in a bubble and I got a wide view of what the world is without the Gospel, without hope. I am so grateful for what we have in our family!! I'm so grateful for a Loving Heavenly Father that knows and cares about each and everyone of his children. I'm so grateful that I have the opportunity to share this Gospel, This Perfect Brightness of Hope that it talks about in 2 Nephi 32, with the people of Hong Kong. I love you all so much!!! I love every minute of being here in Hong Kong and the time that I have to share what I know to be true. Thank you for all your love and examples that you've been for me. I hope you all have a good week.
Love Elder McAllister
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Email: October 28th, 2011
Hey FAMILY!!!!! Today was pretty crazy but to put it short we were almost attacked by monkeys =) haha It was way fun!!! Anyway I'll get to that later. How are you guys? What are your plans for Halloween? I miss American Halloween. I don't even know if I can spell it right =) haha But yea Halloween in Hong Kong is really simple. I'm pretty sure I told you about it last year. Tai Po and Tai Wo aren't really celebrating it this year. Just Tai Po is having a BBQ thing with the young men and women. Trista, out investigator is going to go to it even though she is 20 and not even in the Tai Po ward area. For the last few weeks she had to work on Sunday morning and couldn't go to the Tai Wo Sacrament Meeting (Tai Wo 9:00am and Tai Po 2:00pm) so she has just been going to the Tai Po Ward. And the Tai Po ward loves her. We're trying to figure out how to get her back to Tai Wo. But anyway right now it's the gospel she needs it doesn't really matter where yet. Anyway the young women's in Tai Po ward really love her and invited her to the BBQ. I'm almost positive that after she's baptised she'll be a Young Women's teacher or something.
Bro Yeung is doing really good too. Still has a smoking problem but slowly working on it. Last week we have him a commitment to not buy cigarettes for just a day and then after that it would be up to him. He agreed and did it. This week we asked him to do it for two days and then after that it's up to him to decide. This was Elder Wright's idea and it's really working so far. Just to slowly help him quit. He let us know something last time that really let us know more of his concern. We already knew that both his parents have already passed away but this last time he told us that his mom committed suicide or something like that. (it was hard to understand his Cantonese) he told us that before in his life that he did worse things and worse drugs. He said that he feels like what he did influence his mom. He feels responsible I think for what happened to his mom. We really tried to explain the atonement and that both his parents love him and want him to be happy. It didn't seem to really help him. We're really praying for him and really trying to figure out what to teach him next. We're also looking for a fellowshipper to help him and be his friend. He told us that he knows that if he gets baptised that his life will be better with the gospel. He just needs to keep the desire to change.
We taught Trista yesterday some of the commandments and it went amazing. She said in the closing prayer that she really feels the spirit and know that what we shared with her are true. AMAZING!!!! We might even try to move her date to the 13th of Nov. Right now it's for the 20 but we will see. As long as she gets baptised!! =) There's lots of miracles happening but it's still hard but we're trying to keep working. The hard times mike the good times even better! =) We're also trying to find some new golden investigators so that when Bro Leung and Trista get baptised we still have someone to teach. After Candy and Keven were baptised on the island we didn't have any other investigators that were progressing and that was hard. So we really want to always be looking for others to teach.
So yea, about the monkey thing. This morning we went to a place called monkey mountain. There's just a lot of monkeys! We originally planned to do our emails a little later today but because they were already booked we had to come here so I didn't have a chance to go home first to get the cable to send you some pictures but I will for sure next week. I got a couple of the monkeys getting down ready to jump on us. They kinda look like baboons but uglier =) haha One of the big ones got mad at me and yelling at me and wasn't really scared of the stick that I had. It was a little scary =) Anyway I'll send pictures next week.
I love you all. I hope you have a good week this week and have fun for Halloween. Don't do anything too crazy. I love you guys!!! =)
Love Elder McAllister
Bro Yeung is doing really good too. Still has a smoking problem but slowly working on it. Last week we have him a commitment to not buy cigarettes for just a day and then after that it would be up to him. He agreed and did it. This week we asked him to do it for two days and then after that it's up to him to decide. This was Elder Wright's idea and it's really working so far. Just to slowly help him quit. He let us know something last time that really let us know more of his concern. We already knew that both his parents have already passed away but this last time he told us that his mom committed suicide or something like that. (it was hard to understand his Cantonese) he told us that before in his life that he did worse things and worse drugs. He said that he feels like what he did influence his mom. He feels responsible I think for what happened to his mom. We really tried to explain the atonement and that both his parents love him and want him to be happy. It didn't seem to really help him. We're really praying for him and really trying to figure out what to teach him next. We're also looking for a fellowshipper to help him and be his friend. He told us that he knows that if he gets baptised that his life will be better with the gospel. He just needs to keep the desire to change.
We taught Trista yesterday some of the commandments and it went amazing. She said in the closing prayer that she really feels the spirit and know that what we shared with her are true. AMAZING!!!! We might even try to move her date to the 13th of Nov. Right now it's for the 20 but we will see. As long as she gets baptised!! =) There's lots of miracles happening but it's still hard but we're trying to keep working. The hard times mike the good times even better! =) We're also trying to find some new golden investigators so that when Bro Leung and Trista get baptised we still have someone to teach. After Candy and Keven were baptised on the island we didn't have any other investigators that were progressing and that was hard. So we really want to always be looking for others to teach.
So yea, about the monkey thing. This morning we went to a place called monkey mountain. There's just a lot of monkeys! We originally planned to do our emails a little later today but because they were already booked we had to come here so I didn't have a chance to go home first to get the cable to send you some pictures but I will for sure next week. I got a couple of the monkeys getting down ready to jump on us. They kinda look like baboons but uglier =) haha One of the big ones got mad at me and yelling at me and wasn't really scared of the stick that I had. It was a little scary =) Anyway I'll send pictures next week.
I love you all. I hope you have a good week this week and have fun for Halloween. Don't do anything too crazy. I love you guys!!! =)
Love Elder McAllister
Email: October 21st, 2011
Hey FAMILY!!! How are you all doing? How was your week? How is Madelyn? I wish I could be there for the blessing! Take pictures for me. This last week has been amazing!! We now have two investigators with a baptismal date!!! Last week then we went to go teach him we asked we felt to ask him to be baptised and he said yes!!! He has a lot of things that he needs to overcome but I know that with the Lords help that he can do it. After his lesson I asked him to give me his cigarettes and he did. I tried to find a garbage out side his apartment but couldn't find one so I put them in my bag and totally forgot about them until later when getting really to leave the next day I found them in my bag. It felt weird to have them. We just taught him again the other day and he said that he's been smoking less and he reluctantly gave me his almost brand new pack. He pulled out three asking him if he could keep them. I explained that if he doesn't start now by showing faith then he won't be able to over come his addition. He put two of them back in and then after staring at me a little bit put the last one in. haha I love being a missionary! =) He's changing though and it's amazing to see the atonement working in him. He has a long way to go but I know he can do it =)
Our other investigator, Trista, just accepted a baptismal date yesterday. It was pretty interesting though. Our lesson didn't go as well as we wanted and it had it's rough spots but it's okay. She's accepted the date and we learned how we can do better next time. The threesome is a little harder then the last one. Elder Cheng is very quiet but one of the most caring missionaries I've ever met. Elder Wright is still pretty new and doesn't quite have his teaching skills down yet and I talk way to much so it's definitely an interesting threesome. We're working on it though. I'm trying to remember to be humble. =) Threesomes are never easy but in my mission the most miracles happen when in a threesome. It's harder and you have to work harder but it pushes us to do better.
I love you all so much! I'm so grateful for your support and love. I hope you all have a really good week. I love you.
Love, Elder McAllister
Our other investigator, Trista, just accepted a baptismal date yesterday. It was pretty interesting though. Our lesson didn't go as well as we wanted and it had it's rough spots but it's okay. She's accepted the date and we learned how we can do better next time. The threesome is a little harder then the last one. Elder Cheng is very quiet but one of the most caring missionaries I've ever met. Elder Wright is still pretty new and doesn't quite have his teaching skills down yet and I talk way to much so it's definitely an interesting threesome. We're working on it though. I'm trying to remember to be humble. =) Threesomes are never easy but in my mission the most miracles happen when in a threesome. It's harder and you have to work harder but it pushes us to do better.
I love you all so much! I'm so grateful for your support and love. I hope you all have a really good week. I love you.
Love, Elder McAllister
Email: October 7th, 2010
Hey! How are you all doing? I miss you all so much! How was General Conference? It doesn't start till this weekend for us. We're all excited about it. I only have one more general conference in Hong Kong after this!!!!!! President Chan hasn't asked me yet what day I want to pick but I'm positive I'm positive I'm going to pick my late date. They moved it back a week though so it'll probably be the beginning of May. I'm not totally sure when yet because the president hasn't asked me. Anyway that's depressing stuff. Let's talk about mission =) haha
This week has been pretty good. It was the first week in the threesome and trying to get to know the Tai Ward and area. We went finding the other day all over Tai Po and Tai Wo to get used to all of it. Last week we also had a couple of the Mandarin Elders come down and go finding with us. I went with Elder Wall. We were walking along the harbor on this bike trial and all of a sudden we heard bag pipes so we had to go find it. It ended up being a girl playing bagpipes and another guy playing the saxophone. Really weird combination. Se we just sat on a chair and clapped when they were over. we went up and talked to them for a little bit. It was really weird because Elder Wall was talking Mandarin with them and I was talking Cantonese. Ever once in a while they would ask me questions in Mandarin and I would just get this blank look on my face like I did when I first got to Hong Kong and didn't understand a word anyone was saying. Anyway it was really cook and I really want to learn how to play the bagpipes now =) haha
I did learn how to play an instrument this week. Our investigator, Trista, knows how to play the Erhu or Yih Wuh in Cantonese. She taught us after a lesson the other day and it was pretty sweet. I'm definitely buying one before I come home. There only a couple hundred Hong Kong dollars which is about 40 American dollars. Anyway I totally want to get one. =)
Trista is one of our best investigators right now. Eric who had the baptismal date for the 23rd called us the other day and said that he wants to go to his old church. We asked if we could see him one more time. He agreed and we taught him the restoration again and watched the dvd and he is willing to try again. =) But we're not sure when he can get baptised yet. Our other investigator, Jimmy, is doing good. He can come to church and will read the scriptures but his mom gets mad at us when we call him because she wants him to do his homework and not talk to us. She's all for letting him come to church though. Anyway, Trista is an investigator from Tai Wo and she kinda reminds me a lot of Mr Leung from West Point but a lot more humble. She's willing to try. She doesn't want a baptismal date yet though. We'll get her though =) haha
There's so much going on here it's hard to say it all in one email. I love it so much though. The work is hard but worth it. The people are amazing and the members. There's a member in Tai Wo that was baptized a couple months ago and she's constantly giving us referrals good ones too. I love the food here, except that I'm getting fat =) haha And I love my companions. I have a picture with all of us and I'll send it to you next week . I love you all so much. I love Hong Kong. One day I hope that me and some of you can come back here and I can show you it all =)
I hope you all have a good week. May the Spirit be with you =)
Love Elder McAllister
This week has been pretty good. It was the first week in the threesome and trying to get to know the Tai Ward and area. We went finding the other day all over Tai Po and Tai Wo to get used to all of it. Last week we also had a couple of the Mandarin Elders come down and go finding with us. I went with Elder Wall. We were walking along the harbor on this bike trial and all of a sudden we heard bag pipes so we had to go find it. It ended up being a girl playing bagpipes and another guy playing the saxophone. Really weird combination. Se we just sat on a chair and clapped when they were over. we went up and talked to them for a little bit. It was really weird because Elder Wall was talking Mandarin with them and I was talking Cantonese. Ever once in a while they would ask me questions in Mandarin and I would just get this blank look on my face like I did when I first got to Hong Kong and didn't understand a word anyone was saying. Anyway it was really cook and I really want to learn how to play the bagpipes now =) haha
I did learn how to play an instrument this week. Our investigator, Trista, knows how to play the Erhu or Yih Wuh in Cantonese. She taught us after a lesson the other day and it was pretty sweet. I'm definitely buying one before I come home. There only a couple hundred Hong Kong dollars which is about 40 American dollars. Anyway I totally want to get one. =)
Trista is one of our best investigators right now. Eric who had the baptismal date for the 23rd called us the other day and said that he wants to go to his old church. We asked if we could see him one more time. He agreed and we taught him the restoration again and watched the dvd and he is willing to try again. =) But we're not sure when he can get baptised yet. Our other investigator, Jimmy, is doing good. He can come to church and will read the scriptures but his mom gets mad at us when we call him because she wants him to do his homework and not talk to us. She's all for letting him come to church though. Anyway, Trista is an investigator from Tai Wo and she kinda reminds me a lot of Mr Leung from West Point but a lot more humble. She's willing to try. She doesn't want a baptismal date yet though. We'll get her though =) haha
There's so much going on here it's hard to say it all in one email. I love it so much though. The work is hard but worth it. The people are amazing and the members. There's a member in Tai Wo that was baptized a couple months ago and she's constantly giving us referrals good ones too. I love the food here, except that I'm getting fat =) haha And I love my companions. I have a picture with all of us and I'll send it to you next week . I love you all so much. I love Hong Kong. One day I hope that me and some of you can come back here and I can show you it all =)
I hope you all have a good week. May the Spirit be with you =)
Love Elder McAllister
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