- Elder Baird's #BLESSED Mission: WEEK 37 RICHMOND: Dim Sum..More Like... So Much Fun

Welp, I'm officially gonna get fat. It's the Richmond curse.

Also got chastised for being a slow eater

What has this world turned too?

The ice cream I eat, will never be as good as the one on that special day. In the Happiest Place on Earth

I digress though...

Wednesday was lowkey pretty great. We had district council in the high council room, big chairs, cool white board. Felt pretty important myself. Then had a lesson with Li, and lemme tell ya...it was fire. We played Jeopardy. So we do questions from all lessons. It's great, and it gives them the opportunity to bear their testimony. And it was just amazing. Li's testimony is so amazingly strong and powerful. Like bro, this dude is just the best. He's completely changed his life to follow God. And he's changed so much, he's just happy.

And I'm happy

And Jesus is happy

There's just so much happiness everywhere. It's pretty great.

Then had a lesson with 范弟兄 which was great. And taught come follow me. It was so good. Even though Old Testament be weird sometimes, you can always tie it to gospel principles.

Bye-Bye Ban-Ban. Thursday morning was epic. Aloysious Ho took us and Uncle to Dim Sum. It was so fire. Even though he's leaving for 5 months, I'm hyped to teach him again. He's flippin epic. Then taught English class, and our only student in advanced was a member. But it led to a really awesome convo. Our members are so cool. Got given 2 $10 certificate to a cake shop. Bro just whipped em out of the pocket and said nothing. Goated. Blessed. I love Chinese people. Finished the night with a cheeky Caeser's run.

Pizza Pizza

Apparently Fridays at a community center is like for people who've had strokes, and are getting back to moving. But like, a bunch of them just started talking to us cus we speak the 中文. They flocked to us, and gave us doughnuts too. How kind :) Again, I love Chinese people. Then we hit up Dim Sum pt. 2, with another friend. Like bro. We are getting more friend meals than member meals. Idk why, but our friends love feeding us. It's actually so blessed. Had a lesson with Tian, who may or may not have gotten humbled by our member. It was up there to the most craziest lessons I've ever been apart of. But he came to church and loved it. sooooo, 成功！Then finished the night off with a lesson with Han. Bruh pulled up drunk. So obviously, we taught him Word of Wisdom. Brotha was shocked. He started asking for our forgiveness, and we were like bro it's chill, you didn't know, but uhhh, go repent to God. We getting him locked though, he should be coming to church for the first time here soon. I still can't believe bro made it home on his bike.

Got home and de-chickened 3 rotisserie chickens. Richmond is the land of just food and missionaries.

(Just in case you wanted to know)

Saturday had our weekly cheeky James lesson. Bro is semi bashing us with the philosophies of men. Like come on. Only scripture. But it's chill, 慢慢来. Had a lesson with Li. Blessed up. Finished the night with Pickleball night.

Sunday was amazing as always. Chen媽媽️. Fire Sunday school and sacrament️ gave a fire mini talk ok, well then, gave a mini talk️ but then they said I have to give like a 15 minute talk in two weeks 😵‍💫 cooked. My Chinese apparently wasn't bad enough to escape it. Rip. Annes back, and had a fire lesson with her️ she gets baptized on the 30th, so it's soooo hype.

Monday. Found an awesome new friend named Lily. She wants to come to church. *hooray* Bought a cake for a birthday. Then planned on the 'beach' front. I say 'beach' cus the beaches here are straight buns. But hey, it was still nice. For the beauty of the earth. Then had dinner at 易会长's house. It was detectible , and his two sons Bobby and Bebe who are my age are straight rotted. Ohh the days. (take me back)

Then today. Chill. Fun. Ate cake. . Played Hooser Ball. English Class. Walmart. Li. Elder Goury. Watermelon. Happy 白.

Also, next Monday is a special event. If everything goes right, Li can get baptized. So throw up a prayer.

Preesh

"The central purpose of all scripture is to fill our souls with faith in God the Father and in His Son, Jesus Christ—faith that They exist; faith in the Father’s plan for our immortality and eternal life; faith in the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, which animates this plan of happiness; faith to make the gospel of Jesus Christ our way of life; and faith to come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom [He has] sent"

You heard the man, Read yo Scriptures.

Please

It's good for the soul