Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things

So we had a kinda of  Martha and Mary moment this week and definitely understand that story so so so much more. We went over to one of our potential investigators house this week and earlier we called  and set kinda expectations but when we got over there the guy we talked to wasn't there but the rest of his family was. So we sit down and the wife is like i just cut up some fruit real quick while we wait a couple minute for him to get home. So we wait and she starts cleaning and putting some pots on the stove and grabbing more than just fruit and we were like wow wait we just have a few minutes do you mind if we share a quick message or help you out. And she is like it's okay it will just be a moment. but for the next like 20 minutes she is going back and forth cooking all these things having us try stuff, chopping up oranges and mangos and all sorts of things. And she was being so sweet trying to show us all the fun Vietnamese things but we just really wanted to talk to her and listen and share about happiness. Both me and my companion were like "This might have been how Jesus felt when he visited Martha and Mary." I never really fully understood that story until  i experienced it for myself. While it's important to keep things clean and tidy the gifts that Christ offers us are so so valuable. It's so important to remember to make sure and make time for the things that matter most and time to study the word of the Lord.

Also this week was full of miracles! one really cool one is we have been trying to help one of our investigators read the Book of Mormon so we have been praying really really hard for him and just got the thought to teach him about temples. We didn't know why and it didn't make sense but we went in and taught him about the temple. And he was just really confused why a christian church would have a temple. In fact he was so confused he asked how he could figure out more and we said through the words of the prophets! so he downloaded the app and has been reading conference talks and the book of mormon and wants us to come back more and explain! Sometimes the Lord works in mysterious ways. I would never think that teaching the temple would help someone want to make the commitment to read the book of mormon but the Lord did.

Also me and chi thao ly got to teach one of our people about keeping the sabbath day holy and it was so cool as he had some concerns but with the faith that he had developed in Jesus Christ we were able to come up with some good things to do on Sunday instead! He was so relieved and so happy that when it seems like one door closes another one opens! So cool!

Have a great week brothers and sisters!
Love Chi Xuan





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