"Spring is in the Air' and love abounds here in Sydney. We witnessed the sealing of Wynn and Tanya from China in the Sydney temple. It was a beautiful experience to see these 2 young members exercise their humble faith in the temple of the Lord.
Love was also in the air with my sweet companion of 44 years as we strolled the Chinese Gardens. The gardens are a short walk from our flat and is such a relaxing and beautiful place to visit with our good friends Wileen and Gordon.
There are waterfalls, all kinds of birds and small wildlife and you can rent Chinese costumes to wear and take pics on the grounds. Couldn't quite talk Allan into that one.
This was birthday week, Wileen on the 27th and Karli on the 28th. We decorated Wileen's office with balloons and flowers and put a sign in the window so the YSAs would know. Later we went to breakfast with the Hendersons for a very unique and "Australian" breakfast. Wish we could have showed up on Karli's doorstep with a bucket of bagels to celebrate with her.
We love our mission here with the YSAs.
There are so many small moments, when recognized, that are direct evidence of the Lord’s hand . We went to the temple for the sealing of Wynn and Tanya. They have been in Sydney for about 1 ½ years. They are both from China, found the gospel separately and then found each other. Wynn joined the church first and Tanya about 3 months later. They then got acquainted and the rest is now history. It is so inspiring to recognize how the Lord is moving his work forward with the Chinese people. One of my English students, Leigh, is cautiously coming to know of God and Jesus Christ and I can feel a real desire and sincere faith in her. She is SADLY returning with her husband to China next week and I am sending with her the contact information to find the nearest church in her area. After the sealing we went to a wonderful baptism of Angelia who has another pretty neat story. She has been living with a less active member for some time and she became interested in the church. He has returned to activity, they were married about a month ago and now she was baptized. She is an
Love was also in the air with my sweet companion of 44 years as we strolled the Chinese Gardens. The gardens are a short walk from our flat and is such a relaxing and beautiful place to visit with our good friends Wileen and Gordon.
This was birthday week, Wileen on the 27th and Karli on the 28th. We decorated Wileen's office with balloons and flowers and put a sign in the window so the YSAs would know. Later we went to breakfast with the Hendersons for a very unique and "Australian" breakfast. Wish we could have showed up on Karli's doorstep with a bucket of bagels to celebrate with her.
We love our mission here with the YSAs.
There are so many small moments, when recognized, that are direct evidence of the Lord’s hand . We went to the temple for the sealing of Wynn and Tanya. They have been in Sydney for about 1 ½ years. They are both from China, found the gospel separately and then found each other. Wynn joined the church first and Tanya about 3 months later. They then got acquainted and the rest is now history. It is so inspiring to recognize how the Lord is moving his work forward with the Chinese people. One of my English students, Leigh, is cautiously coming to know of God and Jesus Christ and I can feel a real desire and sincere faith in her. She is SADLY returning with her husband to China next week and I am sending with her the contact information to find the nearest church in her area. After the sealing we went to a wonderful baptism of Angelia who has another pretty neat story. She has been living with a less active member for some time and she became interested in the church. He has returned to activity, they were married about a month ago and now she was baptized. She is an
attorney
here and they will now be attending Summerhill ward where they have some good
friends who are also young attorneys.
The Lord heals and restores testimonies in so many amazing ways.
Then
Sat night we went to the eve session of Stake Conference. It was really good about strengthening
members through ward councils. Well we
have heard this before but this time Melina was sitting with us and I was able
to explain what ward council is and then listen to the talks through her new
member eyes. It was totally different
and after the meeting she told us how much she appreciated our friendship and
support. Wow, so meaningful.
Today
Stake Conference was really good. We all
rode the bus together and that is always fun and it was so good to look at the
bus full of YSAs and realize that we actually knew most of their names. Yipee, we are making progress. One of the highlights of conference was when
2 of our recently baptized members were asked to bear their testimonies. Guilia(Italy) has only been a member 1 week
and her and Yan Lin(Singapore) both gave such pure and sincere testimonies. How we have come to love these girls and
their enthusiasm for the gospel.
We love serving here and being a mother and
father for so many young adults who have no family and need nurturing and
someone to talk with. We are not
climbing mountains but perhaps filling some lonely valleys of these precious young people.
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