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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Read At Your Own Risk.....

On Wed, 10/27/10, Jeffrey Romney Wright wrote:

From: Jeffrey Romney Wright
Subject: hellohellohello
To: "Jolene Wright"
Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 7:42 PM

It's me elder wright with a broken computer from hong kong haha. What a joy it is to email you.
Theres only one thing that i want you to read this week, a talk called " Beware of Pride, by:Elder Benson"

So let me catch you up on my hong kong experience this week and some fun stories,
Hong kong is amazing I love it so much and there's not a better place in the world. It's so unique. Its amazing. So grateful for the opportunity that I have to serve a mission here and get to know my brothers and sisters all throughout hong kong. My language is still coming. Working on it every day. Starting monday I'm doing an english fast. That means that I can not speak english for 2 weeks at all. 100% cantonese and any other language. So thats just going to be a joy. haha Probably not much talking for the next two weeks haha. oh man. It's going to be tough, but it will help my cantonese improve so much. It's going to be great. Here in Hong Kong one thing I can never remember when we go out, is that the water they serve you is ALWAYS boiling hot . Never will you be served or have cool or cold or room temp water. haha, and everytime I get to a restrauant or somehwere to drink or a members house I'm usually so thirsty and just want 90345689056 gallons of water and thats the first thing I do is grab the cup and start downing it. Needless to say that my tongue has 8 degree burns and is going to fall of any day soon. I should know better, but I just can't remember. One funny dinner story I'm still in complete and utter shock. You aren't going to believe me, but this honestly happened. haha. YOu ready? Well this week a member took us out to eat. Elder Liu and I we were so stoke. We get to this ghetto place and a employee takes us to the back and says choose a monkey and we look and theres a huge cage of monkies. I was thinking that she wanted us to help her pick out a new monkey pet, so I chose the best one of course and was playing with it. And then the guy grabs it and we follow him, he sits us down and ties the monkey to the middle of the table. Grabs a machette ( knife huge one ) and chops the top of the monkies skull off and pours burning oil on its brain and its screaming and everyone started eating its brain. Yes, I'm for real right now. I did not take part of this animal cruelty, nor did I eat my fellow pets brain. haha This is probably the worst thing I've seen thus far on my mission. Moving on. Our investigators. We have some amazing investigators right now. The best thing of my mission so far is being able to see the change in peoples lives. It really has touched me and im so grateful to be part of it. Vincent, is one of our investigators he's going to be baptized on november 7 and he's asked me to do it. I'm so stoked. I found vincent one day and its my first real find and teaching from day one to baptism. So its been the best experience and I will never forget it. He calls me every night to just talk. Hes such a stud. I'm so excited for him. We have a couple families as well. Yesterday I had an amazing experience. I just didn't want to go contacting just so sick of it, day after day but I was out there just walking the streets and just said a prayer, asking heavnly father to give me will power and strength to give it my all and love it. Within 2 minutes this mom and children run up to me and say I see something different about you. I want to know what your teaching right now. So on the street I taught her the first lesson. AMAZING> She and her family will be baptized in 3 weeks. They say hong kong is not a spanish baptizing mission, but that is false! With faith anything is possible. Every mission can have a lot of success, if you honestly believe it and I've seen that day after day here in hong kong. I hope that you are all trying your best, to be the best disciple of christ and following Him in his footsteps. I love you and hope that you have a great halloween. KEEP THE SABBATH DAY HOLY> read that talk it will help you to draw nearer to your father in heaven.

love
e wright.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

TYPHOON MEGI......

--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jeffrey Romney Wright
Date: Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Subject: Hello Megi!
To: Jolene Wright


Hey hey hey,

TYPHOON MEGI!!! wooohooo should be here tomorrow. Biggest Hurricane of the year. so stoked!

Movin on.
Yet while there may be thorns and disappointments while there may be heartache even heartbreak there can be peace and comfort and strength from the lord for those who follow him. for it is the lord himself who said:
"Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and i will give you rest" " take my yoke upon you and learn and learn of me, for i am meek and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto your souls"
It is the lord who has said that if we keep the commandments the holy ghost shall be our constant companion ( dnc 121:26 ) to buoy us up to teach us, lead us, comfort us, and sustain us. to obtain this companionship we need to ask for it, to live it, and to be loyal to the lord.
I think that mormon knew very well from his own experience the truth of his words that the : comforter filleth with hope and perfect love, which love endureth by dilligence unto prayer until the end shall come, when all the saints shall dwell with god" Though we may sometimes be alone while among those of the world weneed not be lonely for the lord has given us the holy ghost to be our companion to walk with us.
In addition the lord has given us others with whom we may associate and thereby build up our spirits and strengthen our courage disciples of like mind, oflike heart, of like spirit. As the apostle paul said we ne longer need be strangers... but fellowcitizens with the saints and of the household of god". to the thessalonians he wrote of sustaining one another:
" Where for comfort yourselvestogether and edify one another... and we beseech you to know them which labour among you.... and to esteem them very highly in love for their works sake"
Though discipleship with the lord requires times of standing humbly and courageiously apart the lord will not forsake us. He also given us the association of others who can edify and strengthen us as we go about our work of blessings others in the world. And if we are prayerful and loyal to him and his commandments the lords promise can be applicable to us. I will go before your face. "I will be on your right hand and your left and my spirit shall be in your hears and mine angels round about you to bear you you!!!!!" (dnc 84:88 one of my favs ) This is a promise from the lord. I believe it. and beartestimony of it. The lordand always will bless you as you step out of the darkness of the world into the light of the everlasting gospel. May he bless us all to walk humbly and courageously and to know in our hearts that peace which comes from squaring ones life with principle the peace which passeth all understanding ( Philip 4:7)

This week in hk has beeen so bomb, i had the chance to go out to dinner with a-dick one of my good friends from tin sui wai which is up by yuen long. he came down to visit and eat with us. So tight. hes the man. so funny. than we had 24 hour exchanges and i went on to the island with elder fogt so we had such a good time. nice break its so nice to change thing up for a little while.Elder fogt is way chill. he went to lone peak year older than me and has been out for 8 months so its been a blast. All of our investigators are doing amazing. Vincent in paticular is doing so good. Hes my best friend. He hangs out with us all the time. Hes 19 and a total punk but yet hes changed his whole life for this church. Its been amazing to see thechange in him. He wants baptism so bad. His testimony is probably stronger than man. He just loves to call and go contacting and teaching and just doing anything with us its so tight. i love that guy.Other than that i know this church is true and there are miracles everyday. no doubt about it. i seem them constantly. love you all so much. ctr. and keep SMILING!

love
e wright

Thursday, October 14, 2010

BEST PDAY YET!!!!!

Dear friends,
Here is the latest letter from Jeffrey. It's worth a few minutes of your time to read, his positive attitude is infectious! Bishop Larson paid Jeffrey a visit while in Hong Kong. He wrote Jeffrey almost every day while he was struggling in the MTC! He hand delivered homemade cookies to him in Hong Kong, while there on business this past week. I promise you, that our positive acts of kindness do make a big difference! Don't ever under estimate the simple smile, or wave or just saying hello. Not to mention giving someone CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!!!!!

--- On Thu, 10/14/10, Jeffrey Romney Wright wrote:

From: Jeffrey Romney Wright
Subject: Hello!
To: "Jolene Wright"
Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010, 1:08 AM

Family and Friends,
Hello from hong kong! Its been the best pday yet!

Heres this weeks email:

It is easy enough to be pleasant,
when life flows by like a song,
but the man worth while is one who will smile,
when everything goes dead wrong.

For the test of the heart is trouble,
and it always comes with the years,
and the smile that is worth the praises of the earth,
is the smile that shines through tears.

Alma 40: 23 & 25 ( read it ponder it pray about it )

Song for the week is page 241 " Count your many blessings" All Verses
You have family, a house, food to eat, opportunties to wake up each morning and breathe fresh air, you have the knoweldge of this gospel and you have the holy ghost, and you have the agency to choose right from wrong, good from evil, uplifting thoughts and spiritual strength or destructing thoughts which leads to spiritual death, you can make any trial in to the best time of your life. if you have faith and a desire. Its up to you. Satan can tempt you, tell you all sorts of crap but he has no physical power or strength over you at all. He can not make you do ANYTHING. THats your choice to listen or not. Our earthly choices are our eternal consequences!

To all of you whom from anguish of heart and saddness of soul who have silently asked " Heavenly Father are you really there? Do you hear my prayers? Do you see me struggeling? Why arent you helping me?" I promise to all of you. He is aware of you. He knows you individually and knows exactly how you feel. I bear witness to you he is there. He does hear and answer all your prayers. He loves you. Have faith and doubt not. D&C 6:36 where there is doubt the spirit cant and will not dwell. Have faith.

There follows the inevitable blaming of oneself, the condemnation ofa careless action and the perennial questions: " Why such a tragedy in our family?" Why didnts i keep her/him home? If only he hadnt gone to that party? How did this happen? Where was god? Where was a protecting angel?" If why where how- those recurring words- do not bring back the lost son, the perfect body, the plans of parents and friends, or the dreams of youth. Self pity personal withdrawal or deep despair will not bring the peace the assurance or help which are needed. rather we must go forward look upward move onward and rise heavenward. It is imperative that we recognize that whatever has happened to us has happened to others. They have coped and so must we. We are NOT ALONE. HEAVENLY FATHERS HELP IS NEAR.

CONFERENCE WAS SO DANG GOOD!
some of my favorite talks:
In order...
Monson- the first thing talked about was that every young man should remain worthy to serve a mission, be worthy and the desperate need for senior missionaires.. do you think that missionary work is important? first thing said. i think so.. Are you helping your local ward missionaires? 80% of baptisms come through ward members. Pick your game up and start keeping all the commandments because missionary work is one.
Jeffrey R. Holland- so uplifting. thanks elder monson
Uchtdorf- Slow down and 4 key points ( READ THEM!!!) One of my favorites
Anderson- Be like unto a child. YOu are a leader of the world, ACT LIKE IT. Lord has not left us alone nor will he!
Kearon- Read or watch this one ( in my top two favorite of all the talks i loved this one! )
Uceada- " IM SORRY "
Uchtdorf- Beware of pride, read it. so dang good. loved this one so much.
Monson- The 3 R's. 1. right of choice 2. responsibilty to choose 3. Result of choice.
Haha the rest were in chinese so i got what i got out of them i could be way wrong with my translations.... haha oh man. it was a journey sitting through those.
Packer- very straight forward, do NOT look back. I promise you peace and happiness when you look to the future!
WOULD YOU...
THINK IT... IF HE
SAY IT.... WERE IN FRON
DO IT...... OF YOU?
I TELL YOU HES IN FRONT OF YOU EVERY FOOTSTEP YOU TAKE, SO WHAT YOU THINK SAY AND DO IS CRUCIAL NOW BECAUSE THE CHOICES YOU DO NOW WILL GUIDE AND DECIDE YOUR ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES!
BALLARD- Loved the fishing analogy so much loved it.

You shall never be in the darkness when you following Jesus Christ the light of the world.
3/4's of the talks gave main topics ex: 1-4, 1-14 ( given in two talks ) They give them to us to follow and receive the blessings that they will and do give us.

This week from hong kong has been my best week yet. I have an amazing suprise visit from my Ct. Bishop and went out to dinner with him He is the best love him so much! Brought some of the most delicious chocolate chip cooks with him so dang good! Havent had a cookie in months! Our investigator pool continues to grow. I gave a flyer out to a lady on the train systems here just because she was reading my name tag and tlaked to her for awhile she wouldnt give me a number or schedule us so i gave her mine and went on my way. Miracle of smiling. She called us one hour later ( never happens ) and asked why are you smiling why are you so happy? tell me before i leave at 2:00 am to go back to mailland, tell me everything! I need to know. Your smile has changed my life for ever. No joke no lying. Crazy miracle. We see so many each and everyday!
D&C 6:20 Have righteous desires and hell encircle you with his love which is the most profound love of all. what more could you want.

I have faith in YOU! YES YOU> that you can be the change of the world, you can have an impact on thousands of lives, change someones downhill direction into a celestial glory and way of light and truth. You can be the change. It starts with you. I have the faith that you can do it? Do you?

love
e wright

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

First week in new area.

From: Jeffrey Romney Wright
Subject: Gam Yaht Hou Mah?
To: "Jolene Wright"
Date: Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 8:19 PM

Family and Friends,

CRAZY ANOTHER WEEK HAS COME AND GONE HERE IN HONG KONG. I'VE HAD A NEW COMPANION FOR A WEEK ALREADY AND TIME HAS JUST FLOWN BY. WE ARE DOING GREAT. THE WORK IS GREAT. WE STARTED OUT WITH NO INVESTIGATORS, NOTHING AT ALL. BUT OVER THE PAST WEEK WE'VE SEEN SO MANY MIRACLES. DAILY, IT REALLY IS SUCH A BLESSING. ONE NAME, PANDA. HE'S A STUD. GOLDEN FORSURE. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIM GROW AND LEARN IN THE GOSPEL. WE WENT FROM 0 TO 10, ALL IN 5 DAYS. SO AMAZING. THE PEOPLE ARE READY AND SO AM I. THE AREA IS AMAZING, SO DIFFERENT FROM YUEN LONG. I'M IN THE CITY NOW, SO WE NEVER SEE THE SAME FACE TWICE, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GIVING EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THIS AMAZING MESSAGE WE HAVE TO SHARE. IT'S HARD WORK TO GET EVERYONE, BUT I LOVE IT. SO THANKFUL I CAN BE THE ONE SHARING THIS MESSAGE.

SO THESE ARE SOME THOUGHTS I'VE HAD AND WANTED TO SHARE (PART OF A LESSON I GAVE ) "RELATING PIONEERS TO TODAY" HAHA MY CANTONESE WAS AWFUL IN THIS LESSON, I WAS JUST MAKING WORDS UP HALF WAY THROUGH...

SOME MAY FEEL THAT THEIR LIVES ARE OF RELATIVE EASE AND CONVENIENCE, THEY LACK THE VIGOR AND FORTITUDE OF THOSE WHO SURVIVED THE PIONEER DAYS. THEY FEEL THAT THEY CAN NEVER MEASURE UP TO THE TOIL, STRUGGLES AND CHALLENGES OUR PIONEER ANCESTORS FACED AND EMERGE THE VICTOR. YET, OUR CHALLENGES ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THOSE OF THE PAST. OUR TESTING IS AS CRUCIAL, OUR CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE AS GREAT, AN ESSENTIAL QUALITY OF THE FIRST PIONEERS WAS OPTIMISM. AN ABILITY TO SEE NEW POSSIBLITLIES IN A STRANGE AND UNSETTLING ENVIRONMENT. tO BEAUTIFY THE DESERT, THEY NEEDED FAITH IN GOD BUT THEY ALSO NEEDED FAITH IN THEMSELVES AND IN THEIR ABILITY TO HELP SHAPE THE WORLD. THE NEED FOR THAT FAITH HAS NOT DIMINSHED. A PIONEER IS NOT NECESSARILY A WOMAN WHO MAKES HER OWN SOAP, OR A MAN WHO GRUBS SAGEBRUSH FROM THE LAND. PIONEERS ARE THOSE WHO TAKE UP THEIR BURDENS AND WALK TOWARD THE FUTURE. WITH BISION AND WITH COURAGE THEY MAKE THE DESERT BLOSSOM AND THEY PRESS ON TOWARD NEW FRONTIERS. THE LORD EMPHASIZED THAT THESE PIONEERS HAD TRIALS AND CHALLENGES EVERY STEP OF THE WAY AND HE ALSO EMPASHIZED THAT THOSE CHALLENGES AND TRIALS WILL INCREASE EACH AND EVERY DAY. AS WE FACE THOSE TRIALS WE NEED TO STAND FIRM WITH UNSHAKEABLE FAITH THAT HE IS GIVING US THOSE TRIALS AND CHALLENGES TO GROW AND LEARN TO DEVELOP OUR TESTIMONY EVEN STRONGER THAN IT ALREADY IS TO BE THE MISSIONARY, LEADER, MOM, DAD, BROTHER , SISTER, FRIEND , THAT HE WANTS US TO BE. HE GIVES US ALL INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGES SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THEM WITH OTHERS THAT ARE IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES, TO HELP THEM GET THROUGH THOSE HARD TIMES. HE LOVES YOU AND YOU CAME DOWN ON EARTH TO BE TESTED, YOU CAME DOWN ON EARTH TO PASS THIS TEST WITH STRONGER FAITH AND COURAGE THAN ANY ONE ELSE. YOU CAME TO SHOW HIM THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING AND ACCOMPLISH ANY TASK THAT HE GIVES YOU. HE LOVES YOU AND WANTS THE BEST FOR YOU. I LOVE YOU AND I KNOW THAT EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU CAN DO IT, THAT YOU CAN DO ANYTHING, ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE BEST IN EVERYTHING AND LOVE EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING. IF YOU STAY POSITVE 24-7 THAN HE WILL BLESS YOU SO MUCH. HE WILL GIVE YOU THE ANSWERS YOUR ARE LOOKING FOR. LIKE PIONEERS, WE ARE ALSO GOING THROUGH THE PATHS AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS OF THE WORLD. WE ARE ALSO HAVING HARDSHIPS, DEATHS AND DISEASES. THIS WORLD IS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE EACH AND EVERY DAY. NEVER STOP PRAYING. NEVER STOP DEVELOPING YOUR TESTIMONY. ALWAYS ACHIEVE TO DO YOUR BEST SO YOU CAN LOOK BACK ON YOUR LIFE LIKE THE PIONEERS AND SAY, YOU GAVE IT YOUR BEST. LIVE LIFE WITH OUT REGRETS. WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES BUT HTROUGH THIS GOSPEL THE BIGGEST MISTAKE CAN AND WILL BE FORGIVEN. HE PROMISES YOU THAT. HE LOVES YOU.

KWUN TONG IS AMAZING I LOVE IT. HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THIS PAST WEEK, WE HAD THE OPPORUTINTY TO PAINT A MEMBERS NEW APARTMENT FROM THAILAND, THEN THATS MY COMPANION AND I ON OCT 1, A HUGE FIREWORK SHOW AND HOLIDAY HERE IN HONG KONG, THE OTHER PICTURES ARE ME WITH MY BEST BUDDIES FROM THE WARD AND AROUND THE PARK.

MIRACLES WILL NEVER CEASE TO STOP HAPPENING AS LONG AS YOU (YES YOU ) ARE LOOKING FOR THEM.

LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH. I PRAY CONSTANTLY FOR ALL OF YOU. MISS ALL OF YOU.
SAMUEL 16:7

IM SO EXCITED TO WATCH CONFERENCE THIS WEEK IT'S DELAYED A WEEK HERE BECAUSE, I DONT KNOW WHY ACTUALLY. HAHA I WAS RAGING LAST WEEK THAT I DIDN'T GET TO SEE IT. PRAY THAT I UNDERSTAND SOMETHING HAHA. THE LANGUAGE IS SLOWLY COMING MORE AND MORE. MY COMPANION AND I JUST GET OWNED ALL THE TIME. WE ARE BOTH IN THE SAME AREA OF LEARNING, SO WE CAN TALK AND COMMUNICATE, BUT WHEN THEY RESPOND OR ASK US SOMETHING HAHA ALL WE CAN DO IS SMILE AND TESTIFY HAHA. IT WORKS THERES ONE LANGAUGE THAT WE CAN ALL SPEAK WHERE EVER WE ARE IN THE WORLD NO MATTER WHAT LANGUAGE WE SPEAK AND THATS THE LANGAUGE OF THE SPIRIT AND I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THAT. WHAT A BLESSING.

LOVE
ELDER WRIGHT