God is always in charge

Time seems to be going faster and faster for us.  I can hardly kept up blogging so here is another post on catching up:

April 20 was my birthday and I have to say I had the best birthday ever; I had the best birthday present from Heaven!

A couple days before my birthday, Ted and I have a chance to give a tour of the building to a young man from China.  It was Monday, the office was closed so we take our time coming into the office. No one was there except us.  We were talking to the guard when a young man came in wanting to visit the building.  He said he is a Christian, studying at the university in Peking.  He was on a sport competition tour over the weekend.  Monday was a free day so he decided to go to the tall building. He got lose and saw the church sign so he came in because he had missed worshiping over the weekend.  We gave him a tour of the building by talking about the pictures and what they mean - something we learned from Sister Linsie Wong on our visit to Taiwan.  He was very impressed with all the pictures and wishes China would allow them in their building.  He asked for permission to take pictures on his phone so he could share them when he returned to Peking.  We told him why he would not see a cross in our church and that we celebrate the "Living Christ" and that how we live our life is a testament to our faith and belief in Jesus Christ.  Then we went down to the media room and taught him about the first vision and the Book of Mormon.  When he saw the picture of God and Jesus Christ visit with Joseph Smith, he raised his hand and asked "Aren't they supposed to be three in one and that God has no form?"  We bore our testimony of the God head, that when Christ was on the earth, He prayed to His Father in Heaven; when He was baptized,  the Father spoke from Heaven and the Holy Ghost descended in the form of a dove; that we are created in God's image, etc, etc.  We testified of the reality of the restoration and bore witness that the Holy Ghost would tell him all thing that is true.  We invited him to pray about the truthfulness of these things we had just taught him.  Then he prayed with us and felt the warm feeling of the Holy Ghost.  He asked if there is anyway he could see all the video the Church has.  We told him he might download the gospel library on his phone but he couldn't because he was still using his phone from China.  We suggest he purchase a HK sim card; then he could download the gospel library app and videos onto his phone, when he goes back to China, he could just switch back to the China Sim card then he would still be able to watch the video he downloaded.  Then we left him watching some New testament videos.

I felt so good and happy for him but then the "fear of men" set into me.  What if when he returned to China, his friends and minister would crushed all that we had planted?  We started praying for him but this doubt and fear keep crippling into my mind.  I prayed harder knowing that God is in the detail of our life and that there is a reason why we get to talk with him.

Wednesday, April 20, was my birthday.  I prayed more earnestly in the morning.  More importantly, I feel I need to repent and have faith in God's plan for me.  I asked that we could be given opportunity to share the gospel.  Ted then has to go to finish signing a lease with a landlord and I was in the office by myself when the guard called.  There is a lady that come in wanting a tour.  She speaks Cantonese!
I did the same thing with her and by the time we got to the picture of Christ holding a black sheep in his arms with the rest of his sheep following him.  I talked about Christ's love for us and how that no matter where we are in life and what stage we are in, Christ is always willing to come for us.  I saw her tear falling on her cheek.  Later we sat down and I was able to share with her about the plan of Salvation, the purpose of life and the Restoration.  I felt the spirit so strongly I told her I felt so much love and my heart cries with joy.  She said she wants to feel that too but is sad that she could not, I testify to her that the feeling she felt at the moment is indeed the Holy Ghost.  When she left, she agree to meet with the missionaries and left her phone number.

I felt so elated and that feeling did not subside for a while.  I feel God love of His children, especially I know He knows me and is very much aware of my desire and wishes.  I am so thankful for a loving Heavenly Father, for his many tender mercies to me!  I am thankful for being a missionary and able to share my testimony even thought I don't know what they will turn out, more importantly, I know that God lives, Jesus is the Christ and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the only true church on this earth that has all the keys and allows us to have eternal families.  I am thankful for a living prophet today that Christ can speak to and direct His affair on this earth!!!