Hello Everyone,
Mission life continues well. These last few weeks have been really interesting. I have provided my mailing address in the event that any person wants to write me or send something. It is not necessary that you do so, but I would welcome any new correspondence. Right now, I will try to be clear and coscise in my update. My Cantonese continues to improve. The Lord has blessed me tremendously. The mission has provided a language study program which I am trying to move quickly through. By the beginning of the next calendar year I should be able to teach all the basic doctrines and principles pertaining to the Gospel. A year after that I should know 3,000 characters and be able to translate. The more I speak the language, the quicker I learn it.
My companion is Elder Weson from Michigan. He loves Chinese culture, Chinese people, and just about everything Chinese. After his mission he plans on coming back to Hong Kong and got to the Mainland where he will study Martial Arts. Right now he is teaching me Gungfu. I am learning a lot from him. Its funny because I am super diligent while he is a little less so, but he is super caring where I am a little less so. We help each other. This is my second move in the Tsen Wan area. Right now we are tyring to teach one family the gospel and help bring another family back to church. The latter is a family of 11. The father is 82. He has 12 grandchildren. All the children are members, but only one is going to church. Its interesting, but hard to see how the decisions we make now affect all the generations after us. We met also a man who liked to read the Bible. He refused to read the Book of Mormon because his church preaches against the LDS church. We showed him how the Bible proves what we are saying is true but he refused to be humble. It is my testimony that a belief in the Bible must be met by a belief in the Book of Mormon. They are inseparable witnesses that Jesus is the Christ. I continue to grow in the mission field. My love and gratitude.
Elder Hawkins
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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