Week #77 - Chinese New Year



This past week flew by. We went on three exchanges so I was not in my area for a lot of the week. We were able to find some cool prepared people. I find it crazy that there are always people prepared to hear the gospel put into our path. On Tuesday I tracted into a rich Chinese guy who sells sports memorabilia for a living. He shut us down at our initial approach to share the gospel with him but I could see through the front door he had a signed Kobe jersey in his front entrance so I asked if it was authentic. That's when he invited us in and we got a little tour of all his cool collections. I think the coolest was the signed Kobe, Ronaldo, and Messi uniforms. We were able to share a short message with him and invite him to church but he didn't confirm anything. 






On Saturday was Chinese New Year. This year is the year of the Dragon. All the missionaries in the Dawnhaven Chinese Ward have been practicing 2 performances for the new years party. We did Tai Chi (which is basically Slow motion kung fu) as well as a dragon dance. I was at the head of the dragon and it definitely gave my shoulders a work out. There were over three hundred people who showed up to the Chinese New Year party! Another cool thing is that there were about 12 returned missionaries who served Chinese speaking in the Arcadia mission who came to the new years party. 3 of them were the first Chinese speaking missionaries from this mission back in 1984! My trainer was also there, so that was cool. 

We had ward conference yesterday and our Stake President spoke about doing good for others. He is Chinese so we don't have to translate his talks like other english stake members. I am really enjoying my mission and the weeks just keep speeding up.

Scripture of the Week:
James 2:20
 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that afaith without bworks is dead?

Have a good week! 新年快乐！
Elder Rees

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