Wheels on the bus

Hey everyone! It's been a long week. Glad we made it to P Day. We're working hard and doing our best. Sometimes there's a few less results than we like - but we trust that it is all in the Lord's timing. 

We spent a lot of this time looking for new methods to find investigators. We hadn't done any PT contacting in the last while, so we decided to give that a go this week. Get on the bus and go places and see if anyone will make friends with you. We spent a lot of time on the bus. There comes a point where, no matter how effectively or ineffective your work is, you have to trust the Lord to provide. I had a point where we were standing at the bus stop I just wanted to talk to someone - find someone I could serve. I said in my heart - Lord, I want to bless someone's life. I'm looking. I'm where I need to be. Send them to me. I kid you not, less than a minute passed and an older Chinese lady came up to me, we started chatting. Lovely lady - a doctor back in China, came to Melbourne to be with her children who were studying with their families. She was struggling to find ways to be useful because of the language barrier. She thinks very highly of Christianity, but fears she could never be "good enough". We committed to an English lesson later this week and hopefully we can help her see the purpose of Christianity - not for perfect people to gather with other perfect people, but for imperfect sinners to improve together. To put off the natural man and become a Saint, through Jesus Christ. I love being able to testify, all day everyday. No greater work in the world. 

Met with the Stake President and a few other members - discussing how we can better help the Chinese members in Melbourne. Very cool opportunity to sit down with the stake leadership and discuss how we can better serve. I was definitely under qualified to be there and share my thoughts, but they asked us to be there, so go we did. There's a power in unity - the Savior himself taught that we must "be one; and if ye are not one ye are not mine." It is a blessing to be surrounded by people who can come together and work together despite their differences. We seek the will of the Lord and do our best to follow Him - together. 

Another short email - lots of contacting, not a lot of results. 

Hopefully these next few weeks I'll have a few more adventures to share. 

I miss you all lots, hope you have a lovely week. So many of our missionaries are getting into the MTC - I'm so excited for you all. Keep me updated on all of your adventures.  继续加油!

Elder Blackhurst