Hiya Mam and Dad!
4th of july! Don't think the English would appreciate us celebrating that here haha but we will do it anyway! ;p  

Sheffield is huge, it blows my mind how big it is but I know how to get from one university to the other so that's good and that's where all the Chinese are haha. The more North you go, the more engaging the people are. So the people aren't as easy to talk to down here but still nice(: i miss the Geordie, I will still practise it at church here haha

Oh funny story, it was the end of a hot, long day and we were walking home. This guy says, 'Hey girls.' And I reply to be nice, I say, 'Hola.' Haha my mind is currently mixed with Chinese, English, and Spanish. Also while I was reading scriptures with Doris for the last time, we were reading in English and I read, 'And it came to pass' as 'Shiqing shi zheyang de 事情是這樣的' I have no idea where my brain is at haha I have been working on my Spanish with sis monroy (she from Guatemala), praying in Spanish and remembering how to conjugate is so hard, it's like I am using a different part of my brain!

The flat is so posh, we live in city centre, on the 12th floor. Very modern design. Nicer than Newcastle but smaller. We have 4 sisters in the flat, but it's not too bad. This is Sister Monroy's last transfer so, Dad, I am ahead of you. I know I'll be taking over the area. So I have been trying to be a sponge and soak all that I need to know. Sis Monroy is assigned to speak English, but she can do both English and Spanish(:

The local church ward in Sheffield is pretty good, they all think Sheffield is better than Newcastle. It's kinda funny. But they are really excited to have a Chinese speaker here. Now they have two, Elder Von Cannon and I. 

I am super excited to improve this area, I want to build up the Chinese group to make it as good as Newcastle, or even better. Since before I came, the area was English speaking and only has one progressing church investigator, who's English speaking but she's great. So I have to build up the Chinese group from zero, but I am so pumped for the challenge and have the motivation to build up the kingdom of God here. I need to leave Sheffield in a better condition than how I found it. I know I am here in Sheffield for a reason, Heavenly Father has a plan for me and I will do all that I can do to fulfill that plan. To accomplish this plan, there's a lot to do but with the strength of the Lord (Alma 26:12 & Philippians 4:13) I can do it with His help. I have this great feeling of support in this area, I know it's from the Lord and my companion, Sis Monroy. Exciting things will be happening here(:

Hope yous are well, wo ai nimen hen duo 我愛你們很多!

Sis Chee

First off, Happy Father's day to the best Dad ever(: 
I am finally moving!  I am heading to Sheffield... I think I am the only Chinese speaker there...and my chinese isn't even that good hahaa And to make it better I will be with Sis Monroy, whom I lived with my first transfer in England. I will learn more Spanish than Chinese haha Sis Larson will be a Sister Training Leader in Leeds and she's watching the Chinese area there. Sis Xie is having an English speaking companion, Sis Nelson. Sis Hurst is taking over the Newcastle 1.1 area and the area is going to be English speaking. No more half Chinese and half English. I am sad to leave Newcastle, I've grown so close to the Chinese group here and my church investigators are blooming! I'll be so sad to miss their baptisms...but what matters most is I've done my bestest here and can honestly say that I have left this area better than how I found it. I am just so ecstatic to see my church investigators progress closer to Christ thru baptism. But I wish I was there to see it in person. But I know Sis Hurst and Sis Sibisi will rock this area.

The weather here has shifted dramatically. Two weeks ago we had loads of sunshine, almost too much for me and I got TAN! Who knew you can get tan in England. But this past week is so gloomy, rain and wind :( But I'll be moving down South so hopefully it'll be a bit warmer.

So just an update with our church investigators that I will be sad to leave. 

Yizhi: She's the lass with a heavy duty Buddhist background and was wee bothered in changing her beliefs. She must've had a huge change of heart when she met with us. Because she accepted baptism on the first lesson! Right now, she had a great experience with the Holy Ghost. She read the 1st book of Nephi chapter 11 in the Book of Mormon. She had an overwhelming feeling she couldn't even describe. Sis Hurst and I told her it was the Holy Spirit testifying to her that the Book of Mormon is the Word of God. She just wants to have a firmer faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ before she gets baptised. But she will get there. I am just overwhelmed with happiness for her cuz I've been praying for her to have an experience with the Book of Mormon.

Barry: CAme to Church and even when to church down south with his daughter! The surprise visits we give him have been working.

Wendy: Still working on improving but really has a love for the Book of Mormon, she says it's beautiful(:

Susan: She's absolutley ACE, so solid. She has a stronger testimony than i haha

Then we have two new church investigators. Curtis and Leo. Both Chinese and Sis Hurst will lead them to Baptism

That's all the time I have for email! i'll tell you all bout Sheffield next week!
LOVE YOU MUCHO!
Sis Chee

Hiya Mam and Dad,
The weather here has been great, so sunny and warm. I walk around in just a shirt and skirt. The weekend was poor and horrible but the sun is out and shining! Sun = happy people = easier street contacting = happy missionaries

You know I was just joking when I said those Burma lasses should cook for me. I said it jokingly! Those Burmese lasses weren't shy, they weren't interested in the gospel of Jesus Christ, so I said something to make them loosen up and let them see that we missionaries are normal people and are happy people.

My companion and flatmates thought Super Piggy was interesting haha they didn't like the dulces de mexicanos. But I ate them all in like 3 days...and perhaps my gastrointestinal system had struggles hahaha

The ipads are nice, I can show videos in Chinese about Church members, the I am a Mormon videos. We have to download everything on them, which takes ages because there is so much to download! And since ipads are a new thing they are super restrictive on how we can use them. We still email in the library, which is fine by me. I not bothered. We got the ipads with a nice zipper case. So it's WELL protected. Almost like a beehive-pattern industrial case.

So this past week. Our closest investigator to baptism is Wendy. She from Tian Jin, close to Bei Jing. It's one of the city provinces in China. She had an unfirm belief in God, she wasn't sure if He was there or not. So for awhile, I was asking Heavenly Father to help Wendy have an experience that will help her believe in Him. And when we met Wendy for our next appointment, she told us exciting news. On her exams she was a top scorer. She's taking English foundations it's requisite for her major. She scored so well that she doesn't have to take the foundation next term! And the whole time she was preparing for her exams she prayed to God and read the Book of Mormon, and asked Heavenly Father to help her. From this experience she now believes in God. ONE step closer to baptism, we pushed her baptismal date back a few weeks because she will be traveling and also because of other issues. But prayers for others to have spiritual experiences is a real thing. Just like in the Book of Mormon when Alma prays for his son to see the truth of the gospel, and then Alma the younger becomes truly converted!(: It was a great miracle to see

This week we also had a Chinese BBQ activity, I learned a great principle in diligence. The night before the activity we had no one attending. And missionaries can't attend activities without a church investigator or potential church investigator. So sis hurst and I rang and texted about 30 potential investigators. Thru several prayers and an hour later we receive a text. A potential investigator named Eileen said she'd love to come and (bonus blessing) she would bring a friend! They both came to the activity and enjoyed it, and now they are a step closer to Christ(: Eileen loved the architecture of the Church. Then I showed her Temples. 

This week was full of miracles! Love being a missionary, it's not a sacrifice, it's a major blessing!

Love yous, stay healthy

Sis Chee

Hiya Mam and Dada

Yas, I got my birthday package! I ate all the food in like a week, and I just started using the acne wash and topical creams. Like literally just started, this morning haha

That's great that yous went to the temple to volunteer work. Yous felt the Spirit so much that you passed out like Ammon in the Book of Mormon (!) and the prophet Joseph Smith-he was just exhausted tho. It's so funny and great that Ammon passes out when he feels the Spirit. You can tell he was one Spiritual man. And a SUPER great missionary.

Haha...I have been talking to everybody. 'Hi' counts as talking right? Yeah, I know. I was keeping the letter of the law, not the Spirit of it. So now I am working by keeping the Spirit of it(:

Loads of the Chinese are all going home for the summer holidays and will be back in September. But there are also a wave of new students who will be coming for summer term, a lot of them will be learning English. 

While out street contacting, I met two Chinese girls that were born in Burma! Ha, so we had a great conversation with them about Burmese food. I tried to get one of them to cook for me hahaha but these two girls weren't too interested in learning more but they may be later in their schooling.

It's funny that you have a feeling I will be moving...Because this week I've had so many humbling experiences. The first one was teaching with a recently Returned Missionary...I basically got taught on how to teach and how to missionary. I was bitter at first, but then I realised that I can do better and be better. So the RM was a good example for me(: Another time was a situation where I started to feel contentious and prideful. I felt the Holy Spirit depart from me and peaceful good feelings were replaced by my anger. I didn't like this feeling. As i evaluated my actions, I simply overreacted and forgave her for her honest mistake and apologised and repented. But I was thankful for the experiences to humble myself. So I've been working on that this week. The Lord definitely teaching me something and preparing me for something.

Oh and something cool, this morning me companion shared something about 1st John 4:6-18. Having a perfect love, is to be selfless and humble and serviceable. And having perfect love can really solve any situation. And fear, is a selfish character. While working on one Christlike attribute, you will also incorporate others, because they all all connected to each other! My mind was a lil blown, like I knew what that scripture meant but I saw it in a different light.

Sunday was Stake Conference! Our conference was broadcasted from Scotland. And Elder Jeffrey R. Holland spoke to us. He basically melted off our faces with his rock solid testimony of the Book of Mormon. Mate, the Spirit was SO strong. He spoke for 45 mins, and the majority of that was on the BoM. His testimony definitely refined my testimony of the BoM. He is definitely an apostle of the Lord. He stands as a special witness of God. I'd encourage yous to watch that conference. Idk how to find it tho...it's on lds.org somewhere.

But Sister Texeira also spoke and she taught me a special principle. She first told a story about her granddaughter. So here's the story: She was with her granddaughter and they were walking on the street. The rule was, you need to hold someone's hand before you cross the street. And so the little girl hold her own hand and says, 'i'll hold my own hand' That technique-ly didn't break the rule but she didn't understand why the rule was there. Now this principle of keeping the Spirit of the Law can be applied to all the commandments given to us. Sister Texeira focused in Keeping the Sabbath day holy but it can apply to me and a missionary and all the mission rules and it can apply to investigators and members. it's important to know why we have commandments and why it is important to keep them.

Lots learned this week, but this was the most important. Hope yous are still well(: Soon the hoose will be empty...that's crazy. Let's get a dog!(: a sausage dog, 香腸狗! Bahaha I like that translation.

Love YOUS, Sis Chee

Had interview with mission President Pilkington this past week, he asked me how long I have been out on my mission. I didn't realise I've been out for 9 months already! Time is a flying! But knowing that I only have 9 more months is giving me the proper motivation to do all that I can -- to use my time effectively, be a consecrated missionary, and be converted unto the Lord. 
To be converted unto the Lord means that when we come off our missions, we will endure to the end. We will not go back to the person that we were before the mission...not only that, but we will not look back. We will come home and do all that we can to serve the Lord in our communities. We won't think twice about being married outside of the Temple. I know I will have difficulties not reverting back to the person I was before the mission. This just gives me strength to solidify me self in the standards and Gospel of Christ and also to practise them, then when I come home I'll be more prepared to ETT3 (endure to the end).

Being a consecrated missionary means that we will take the habits and the schedule of the mission and apply it to our lives back home. Being perfectly obedient to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and fulfilling every calling that we are given. As I learn to be a consecrated missionary, I will be converted to the Lord.

In Church yesterday, we learned about being self reliant. We had a great discussion in the combined Relief Society and Priesthood meeting. We talked about a scenario-Bob needed some help and was struggling, what would we do to help him? We listed loads of things to help 'Bob': scripture study, prayer, service, Church etc. But the main point was, we have lots of ways to help others, we just need to do it ourselves first and strengthen ourselves. 

In companion study, Sis Hurst and I were doing the 12th week and we did this activity in the Preach My Gospel missionary manual chapter 8: using time wisely. The activity talked about leaving our 'fishing line in the water longer'. As missionaries we are fishers of men. Missionaries, we all have the same schedule. But some of us leave our 'line' longer in the water than others. Then we wonder why others have more success than ourselves. And Preach My Gospel say that we should put our 'line' in the water once we leave the flat, and take them out when we arrive home to our flat. This really hit me hard, I realised I need to leave in my 'line' longer and find people and talk to everyone and bring them to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I encourage everyone to talk to someone once a day to plant seeds of Christ. It doesn't have to be a gospel related conversation, they just need a good opinion of the Church, curiosity will do the rest. 

Love,
Sis Chee