Dear Family and those I love,
Thank you to all for the packages I
continue to receive, the reindeer scissors were an especially nice touch
and I got a good laugh from the eraser. The package from the group was
the last I have received, but I look forward to receiving mom's letter
with extras ;). On that note, Natalie, could you send me the lyrics
from Little Women (the fly far away) my brain has some lines from the
chorus, but not the rest and I'm going insane not knowing how to finish
it.
What to say, what to say. We received a fabtabulous blessing in the
form of an investigator at church and two less actives. Our
investigator couldn't stay for everything because her daughter was
putting up a riot, but when we visited after church Chi Phung said she
was very excited to come next week and we are creating a plan so her kids
will stay quieter. It did my heart much good to see the blessings of
Heavenly Father. It has been hard not being able to function for most
of this transfer and to feel like I had failed in my service as a
missionary, but yesterday was a good reminder that Heavenly Father truly
looks on the heart and knows of our desires.
Speaking of desires, He is answering mine. I've felt so useless with
the language recently, so yesterday He gave me an opportunity to share
my testimony and some experiences with two members who have been
struggling just a bit. Amazingly both people understood what I shared
and I know I felt the Spirit confirming to me how much God loves them.
I'm grateful for every opportunity I have to share my testimony in
Vietnamese, there is a power in it that I have never felt before,
perhaps because I am just barely coming to understand how precious a
testimony is. Now for the other desire of my heart, I am being given a
rather precious blessing. I love all the branches, but I always felt
like six weeks was too short a time to stay in any of them. Considering
I spent the last six weeks, dead, I feared where the Lord would put
me. In His infinite wisdom, He is giving me two branches for the price
of one transfer. Yes my dear family, this coming transfer, with the
loss of four sister missionaries at once (all of whom honorably
fulfilled their missions) Chi Hoa and I will be serving in both branch
10 and in Branch 3. I am grateful Heavenly Father is giving me the
opportunity to revisit the people I love in branch 10, while at the same
time staying with the people I am coming to love in branch 3. As my
district leader told me last night (I was very excited and told him so
with a large yahoo)" uh Chi Dao, you'll be covering two branches, you
realize that right?" yes I realize that and I realize that makes for
quite a lot of exercise on a bike, but I know the Lord qualifies and
blesses those He calls. I love the people in these two branches so much
and I think my Vietnamese is even improving enough I can express that
Love to them. I am so scared to have an American companion (not of Chi
Hoa herself, we have spent the last two weekends companion-sitting with
each other and I am so very VERY excited to serve with her, Heavenly
Father has great things for us) because the members here struggle
understanding American Viet, but the other wonderful blessing is they
have spent the last 12 weeks listening to us (Chi Hoa spent the first 18
weeks in branch 3 and the last six weeks in branch 10 and I spent the
last six weeks in branch 3 and before that in branch 10, so Heavenly
Father has prepared everything to work) so hopefully they can understand
us enough to listen to the Spirit.
I apologize for that freakish run on paragraph, but that is where my
heart is, so full and so excited. I don't know what Heavenly Father has
in store for us and I don't know how He'll do it, but I know He will. I
read Sis Linda Reaves' talk from the General Relief Society meeting, I
suggest it to everyone. I know that my Savior knows me and He will
always give me comfort in times of trial and pain, I know because He
already has.
I love you all so very much and I hope this next week will be amazing for everyone.
Love
Chi Dao
P.S
I wanted to send pictures of my adventures climbing "The mountain of 40
Buddhas" which really means foot hill here, but it was so much fun.
Anh Ca Sang found a young man to act as tour guide and we learned some
new things. I'll send pictures next week when I have a computer that
likes USB ports. Please don't let me forget. Cambodia is beautiful and
I want to share it with you.
P.P.S Dear Mom you are also beautiful, so will you share a picture of you? How did the hair cut turn out?
Well I am off to my last Pday with sister Ly,
Love me :-)
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