Friday we went to do the
interview, and we needed to get Tianbao to another investigators house
to help translate. We were planning to walk with him, but ran out of
time and our member present couldn't walk that far. So he rode his bike.
He was almost out of site before we even backed the car!!! Fastest bike
rider I have ever seen!! It was awesome.
The next day we
stopped by to give him a white shirt for his baptism, and I barely
touched this random pole at his house, and it tipped over... Then the
ground started bubbling and all this water exploded out of the ground
and it was flooding and crazy..... Didn't know what to do, standing
there holding a pipe and a white shirt, going, "Uhmm.. What. Uhhh"
Sister Jenkins was like, TIANBAO! SHUI! (Which means water) It was sooo
funny. He came over and fixed it. We were all laughing though. Just
flooding my investigators house.... No problem.... Haha.
This
week I was reading in Alma 43:1. In the previous chapters, Alma says he
returns home after serving a mission, and his heart is grieved because
of the wickedness he witnessed. I imagine he is super tired as well. He
returns home to counsel his sons. Then in Alma 43:1, it says his sons go
back out to preach the Gospel, then Alma also went because he could not
rest. I think he was originally planning on just staying home, because
he was so tired, but then the Spirit pushed him to keep working. A
footnote in Alma 43:1 takes you to Ether 12:2-3, where it talks about
Ether went to work to preach because he could not be restrained because
the Spirit of the Lord was with him. Sometimes, I feel so tired and just
think, "If I could just take a 2 hour nap, I could finish today strong
and I wouldn't be so tired." But, just like Alma and Ether, I feel the
Spirit wouldn't let me rest. The work is too important, too urgent.
There are too many Chinese who desperately need to hear the Gospel. Last
night we had a fireside with the youth, and after Sister Jenkins and I
were talking to Brother Conner (Brother and Sister Conner as the BEST!
They are Spiritual giants!). Brother Conner said that the work Sister
Jenkins and I are doing are so important. He said that we are teaching
the Chinese, who are going to return to China where the Gospel can't be
openly preached, and teach their families. The Spirit was sooo strong. I
feel it strong again now as I just retell the story. It's so true. The
work we are doing here is so important, and I have loved seeing lives
blessed, as well as my own, as the Spirit works through us to bring the
truth to those who have been in the dark for thousands of years. I am so
eternally grateful to my Heavenly Father for giving me this opportunity
to serve him here. I love my mission!!
I love
you all so much, with all my heart. I miss you, I think and pray about
you every day. I wouldn't trade a minute of my mission to be home,
though. I love it here. I have 18 months to serve the Lord with all my
heart, might, mind, and strength. I hope and pray I do so. I'll see you
all on the other side and the end, hopefully and changed and better
person than I was when I left.
Lots of love from the Chinese speaking Sister on Saipan,
Sister Springer
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