YINGPING

January 14, 2011 Friday

We taught her this morning. When we saw her yesterday for 5 minutes, she explained that she’s very concerned about finding wisdom and has visited some churches. Today we asked her to explain what it is she wants to find. She says she isn’t Buddhist, but she has some Buddhist ideas: God is energy, she wants intuition, etc. She says she went sometimes to a Christian church with her father. She’s from China and speaks Mandarin as her native language. We spent an hour or so talking with her and explaining that God is her Heavenly Father and that he is a personal god who cares about her. She doesn’t quite accept that Christ is the Son of God. You can tell she has thought a lot about how she needs to overcome the bad thoughts that come into her mind. She hasn’t ever had anyone tell her that God will help her in that. She’s been here 5 years and speaks really good English. She finished her studies and hasn’t been able to find a job where the employer will sponsor her to stay here. So right now she is studying hard to be able to pass the English test that is necessary to become an Australian citizen. She’s very sweet. We hope we will be able to help her. We are going back tomorrow morning to teach her again.
This afternoon the carpet cleaner came. That is one huge HURRAY! I can’t believe how much better it looks. There were a ton of stains when we moved in here the first time that were still here. He was able to get most of them out.
Later we went to the temple. If there is one reason to enjoy being in Perth, it is to be able to attend the temple on a regular basis. We saw the Reedys; he’s the stake president in the stake we first served in. We also saw Jenelle, the sister from Jandakot who sent us the Christmas package up in Broome. I met Sister Jose. She’s in the Como Ward. She and her husband are the stake Young Single Adult leaders. A year and a half ago, she dislocated her shoulder. When the doctor tried to fix it manually, the ball part of her shoulder joint broke off. So she has a new joint. It still gives her some grief. She said they told her it takes up to two years for it to feel good again. I can’t imagine the pain she’s gone through!