WEEK 58 BURNABY: Gobble Gobble 🦃

How cool is that?

I get to celebrate one of the greatest holidays before most everyone else!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Besides the absolutely delicious thanksgiving meal we just ate, this week was super good! It's good to be back here in Burnaby, there's a lot of work to be done.

Wednesday was the final day. It was good, a little sad to be leaving Richmond though. Blessed area, blessed branch, blessed companion, and blessed district. Truly one of the greatest 7+ months of my life, and I'm excited for the next adventure out here in the Beautiful BC! I've learned and grown so much. It's so hype!

Today we did a lot of transfer help stuff. We were driving most of the day, taking people places. We got to bring the new missionaries in which was really fun. Kinda crazy that it's been a little over a year since I did that. The new Chinese elders are actually so dope, and their Chinese are both cracked. So they finna be so good out here. I got to have a lesson with Li one final time, and we are getting him ready to go to the temple. It was also super cool, we scheduled a chapel tour at the same time so that Li could join the lesson with our new friend Louis. And bro was a testifying fool. He shared so much, and it was so cool! Did lots of ferry pickups the rest of the day.

Thursday was transfer day. Got to see a lot of the mission goats, then hopped in the car with Elder Pedersen and drove to Burnaby. It's gonna be a hype transfer! Did studies and grinded the streets. It's definitely a little different than Richmond. Richmond it's all Chinese people, and you can start every conversation in Chinese. Here it's a lot of not Asians, and a lot of Asians who don't speak Chinese. So it's def an adjustment. But we ball. We finding a lot of not Chinese people which is funny, kinda annoying (not really), but hey it's one work . We have gotten a lot of missionary, member, and online referrals for Chinese people, so it's been super blessed!

Later that night we had a lesson with our friend Charlie. And it's super cool because me and elder Tai were the first missionaries to have a lesson with him when he moved to Vancouver a year ago. Big boomerang type beat! He's grown so much, and we're hoping to get him baptized very soon! 

Friday morning we went to this community center and I saw a lot of familiar faces. One guy even remembered my name. I thought he just looked at my name tag, but I actually forgot to wear it that morning..... But talked to him and it was cool. It's actually so crazy that a year has passed, no joke, does not feel like it. We did a language study with one of the goat members, Tony. He's gonna start teaching me Cantonese, so that'll be nice, cus lowkey everyone here is from Hong Kong. FRIDAY PING PONG is BACK!!!!! I'm locking back in! Sooo good! Grinded some finding too.

Saturday was good! We taught English class which was pretty fun. A guy I found last year still goes, so that's fun! He's super cool. We went finding at a park, and met this group of young adults, who apparently new Anne. Kinda weird, but kinda funny. That night we had our ward Thanksgiving potluck. It was super good, met some new people. Saw a lot of old people. It was really fun!

Sunday was so good! A member brought a new friend, and he was super cool! Before church we met with TiTi, who's an 11-year-old kid, and bro is the most stacked 11-year-old ever. Bro was literally correcting my poor English spelling. He literally takes public transit all by himself. He's actually so incredibly independent. He'll even go camping by himself. Like holy, he's crazy. Crazy cool. It was fun, I haven't been able to teach young kids much my mission, so I'm excited for this opportunity! After church we were able to talk with lots of members, and I'm excited for the member work grind! We did finding the rest of the day, again found no Chinese people, but lots of not Chinese people haha. Finna have to learn the ropes here.

Then today, cheeky Monday P-day. But Happy Thanksgiving. Be grateful! It's a good lifestyle. Today was chill, got faded up, played some spike ball, and had an amazing Thanksgiving member meal. With turkey. So blessed!

But anyways fire week.

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Love ya'll!

There are three parts of this talk I wanna share by Elder Bednar, "Pray Always".

"Let me recommend that periodically you and I offer a prayer in which we only give thanks and express gratitude. Ask for nothing; simply let our souls rejoice and strive to communicate appreciation with all the energy of our hearts.

The most meaningful and spiritual prayers I have experienced contained many expressions of thanks and few, if any, requests.

We learned that our gratefulness for the plan of happiness and for the Savior’s mission of salvation provided needed reassurance and strengthened our confidence that all would be well with our dear friends. We also received insights concerning the things about which we should pray and appropriately ask in faith."

This talk is absolutely incredible. And I just want to add my testimony, gratitude prayers are amazing! We have so much to be grateful for, and to rejoice in. WE ARE SAVED! Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer. God Loves us!

Being grateful is so important, and something I've learned so much while I've been out here. We truly are all blessed. Even in the hard times of life. There are still so many incredible things to be grateful for. I can promise in that the more time we spend in gratitude, and giving our thanks to God, the happier we will be. We will find more joy. And we will come closer to out Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ!

Be Grateful!!! Life is Good!