Chlorine Changes Skin Color -- Week 67

Hello. I was on exchanges up in the New Territories area, and we were walking and I'm with this sister who is from Thailand who leaves in 2 days. Anyways I asked her if she liked swimming and she said "yes but inside" (she doesn't like getting darker). But then she continued to say "but even inside I still get dark because of the chlorine." I just started laughing then I disagreed and she just told me it's because our skin is different. It was so funny.

Also this week a member gave us a jar of nuts from Costco, and she looked at me and said, "you will like these because they are from your home country" hahah

Just remember God is good. He loves each and everyone of us. If we let Him, he will guide us throughout everyday. 

Love you all. Have the best week. Thanks for all you do. 

Sister

Tagalog Work -- Week 66

Magandang umaga! Kumusta po kayo?

This week has been full of exchanges and miracles and learning. Went on one exchange in tagalog work. It was so fun. Even though I had no idea what was going on, the spirit led me to know what to say. Which was super cool. 

Also had so many experiences when we prepared to share something, and then either right before or in the lesson we shared something different....because the spirit whispered that what we prepared wasn't quite right, and something else was better. 

Thank you all for everything you do. Thanks for your prayers and support. Love you all. 

高姊妹

Never Leaves Us Alone -- Week 65

Hey not a ton of time, but just wanna share super-fast about an experience.

So we do this thing called language pass offs and it's to practice teaching basically. I was the one to evaluate this cute sister. She is from Philippines. So she taught me the plan of salvation and it was SO GOOD. Seriously. You could just feel her testimony and her hope and belief....okay backstory super-fast. Her mom passed away a couple of weeks ago...at the end she just looked at me and said "I miss my mom." we both just cried together she said "it's hard to be strong." We talked about how thankful we are for the knowledge of this plan. I told her I know she will see her mom again and that she is here with her.

I am thankful for the knowledge that this life isn't the end. That God has so much more in store for us. And never leaves us alone.

Thanks for all the prayers! Love you all! Have the best week you've ever had. 

Sister Clegg

Live Life To The Fullest -- Week 64

Well hello. How is everyone?

This week was good! Lots of miracles and things. Know that God is good. He loves us. Each and every single one of us.

Here's a quick experience from yesterday. Super cool. 

Sunday night window at sai ying pun. I went with sister Teo. We had been walking a road for 30 min and only a few willing to stop for a sec. We realized we ended up in Central, and so decided to turn around. When there was this girl walking by us. I told her I liked her dress....started talking for a sec and we ended up having the conversation in English. At first she said she was in a hurry to get home so I just wrote her a Flier. While doing so sister teo kept talking to her. We ended up talking for 30 min on a street corner. We got to share about God. How he loves us each and everyone of us. That he listens to our prayers. We talked about life and how hard and confusing it is. But how God answers prayers. How if we center out lives on Christ no matter what happens  around us we will be okay. How God will never abandon us. How we just need to hold on to hope. How our purpose as missionaries was to just talk to her. That this is what we do. Walk around and try to talk to people and share with them. 

Hope everyone has the best week. Remember God is there for you. Live life to the fullest. Also S/O to Tanner who had a birthday this week. You are so old. Love you.

Thanks for all the support. Thanks for the prayers. 

高姊妹

Ding ding -- Week 63

Well hello. This week was sooo good. Just so many happy moments. Sad to say goodbye to the people in my last area, but so good to be here in west point. Here are a few moments of light. 

riding the ding ding the first day on the island. Talked to this Korean family. Seriously so happy. Just love them. They barely spoke English and I don't know Korean, but they knew I was Christian. Just smiled and took selfies.

Saw this girl on the ding ding...knew I had to talk to her. Touched her arm...you don't do that in HK...and asked where she bought her bracelet. Had a solid conversation about life. How hard it is, but how God loves us.

a girl walking away. Know I have to talk to her, but don't know how to stop her without sprinting after her. So I open my "can I ask you a question" comes out. she stops and turns around. We talk. Share about our church. Why it's different. She was super willing to share about her religious beliefs. We talk about God and our purpose on life. So good.

Just remember that God is in the details of all our lives. He is living and will guide and direct us. No matter who we are, or what we have done he will reach out to us when we lean on him and trust him. 

Thanks for all the prayers! Love you all. Have the best week

Sister Clegg

Whitewash Hong Kong Island -- Week 62

Well, another week has come and gone. It's crazy how time flies. We got transfer calls and I will be moving to whitewash on Hong Kong Island. So if anyone has any tips for whitewashing again let me know😂

This week has been good. I was on exchanges with sister Caunca this week. We had just finished sitting and talking to this kid, and then they stood up and sister Caunca said, "there is one more." we turn around and see this girl sitting on the bench. We walk over, introduce ourselves and shared the video Because of Him with her. She said she wanted to learn more, but didn't have a way we could contact her. So I gave her my Facebook and an hour later she had actually added me. I was able to talk to her and she said wants to come to church. 

Oh also this week literally saw some guy changing on the MTR. I guess "no shirt, no shoes, no service" has no meaning here lol. 

Also again on exchanges with another sister, doing comp study asked her what's her story. She is a convert. She talked about how without the church there is no purpose. Life is sad. She wanted to be a nun before. Just wanted to serve God and help those around her. Talked about how this gospel gives us hope. The plan of salvation especially. Death isn't sad because we know. Others think this life is all we have. That's why they are 唔得閒。because time is everything to them. Little do they know we have eternity. 

Thanks for all the support and prayers. Literally, mean the world. Hope you all have the best week. Stay lit.

Sister Clegg

Another Typhoon -- Week 61

Well, this week was full of many different adventures. There was a typhoon and so we all had to go home and stay home....but right before we were told that we were out finding. It was super cool because it was pouring rain and windy, but people were willing to stop and talk. Most people we talked to had met the missionaries before, or seen them. We also ran into this girl to our surprise already had a Book of Mormon. She talked, and didn't have much interest, but thanked us and then told us to go home because the typhoon was coming😂. But what was cool is so many of these people had already had experiences with missionaries. So we were just one contact closer to them being willing to listen. 

Went on exchanges on the island. So fun. We got all you can eat hot pot. So yummy. And had yoga class. Talked about life and the mission. Solid. 

We found the cutest mom on Saturday at the park with her little daughter. And then she came to church yesterday. Super cool. And also that day we started and prayed to teach the plan of salvation and prayer. In 20 minutes we were sitting on some steps in the park and taught this cute 14-year-old girl the plan of salvation and prayer. God listens to us. 

Also, super sad sister Fu left last night. So now I'm in a trio with sister Tam my old comp Sister Cruz! Yet another adventure begins.

Love you all thanks for the prayers and support. Hope this week is the best yet!

Sister Clegg