[Title references this scene from Veggie Tales' "Josh and the Big Wall."]
10 February 2025
大家好！Hello Friends
I don't think anything went according to plan this week. It was Epic!
We woke up to a few surprises several days this week including, but not limited to
- Sudden schedule of interviews with the mission president
- Someone trying to meet us online to join our English class at 8:30
… that's actually about it, I suppose it is pretty limited. Weird that our schedule changed 2 days in a row before we even got to planning.
I'm continually impressed with God's mercy and miraculous work, even when His children don't see it! Here's the story: We got a call from some sister missionaries expressing that they needed to do a pass off lesson with us. All of us met with a lady named Xiuyan for the very first time. Xiuyan had been going to a Chinese Baptist church for a long time, but she has experienced some family troubles and was looking for guidance, so she actually walked in to a chapel in Calgary and said she felt overwhelmed by peace. There also JUST HAPPENED to be a Mandarin Book of Mormon in the foyer that she took with her! Our pass-off lesson happened 6 days after that on Saturday, and she seemed eager to make a goal for baptism! …and then she texted the Sisters the next day and said she "researched” the Book of Mormon and said she should stick to reading the Bible and go back to the Baptist church. *yet another facepalm* The good news is that if God is able to pull miracles like that, He won't stop anytime soon. I now have a lot more sympathy for Moses and the Israelites who were very quick to forget God and very quick to remember Egypt.
We also got to help push some cars up a freeway exit! It was a fun time. Calgary's negligence regarding road conditions makes for great service opportunities!
After 19 years of my life I finally understood the first sentence of Ether 12:27 "And if men come unto me, I will show unto them their weakness." That is to say the more we follow God the more pain we may experience from our imperfections. This is especially evident in the exchange between Jesus Christ and the "rich young ruler." We may experience more pain as we see how slowly our weaknesses become strong, but the process is real and it does happen! If you feel crippled by many weaknesses, don't stress! Ask God to help you strengthen one of them this week (I'm focusing on being more clean and organized with my belongings). If you don't know where to start, ask God! Like the young ruler he will show you your weakness, but he will also help in healing.
Stay Warm Everyone! Love you all!
Elder Baer 熊长老
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Freeway line up
Old bummy mall, poor finding, 10/10 view tho
Celestial(?) Tiwi [Editor confusion: isn't 3 green lights a perfect driving day? how is 3 red lights celestial?]
Good Hair day *brought to you by Dapper Dan*
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