Hello everyone!
Life in Vietnam as a full time servant of the Lord continues to be one of the greatest ways of life ever discovered. I'm still in the Ba Ðình area in Hanoi. 2 weeks ago I got a new companion named Elder Moore, he's great!
Things fell into place quickly and we hit the ground running. I love serving the Lord with him!
My time with Elder Vuong came to and end. We were companions for around 8 months (6 transfers) which is 1/3 of my mission with one companion. He feels like a brother. We saw so many amazing things happen together. I'll send a picture of when we had the chance to fly on a small plane to southwest Vietnam to a place where no missionaries are allowed to live. We baptized 3 friends there that we had been teaching online. Those saints are among the greatest I've ever met!
And we were blessed to teach so many amazing people, Chị Dung, Bà Minh, Chú Thích just to name a very small few. I'll miss playing basketball with him too. His playing style is just like Chris Paul.
The Lord really works miracles. I recently studied the doctrine of miracles. What are they? how and why do they happen? What miracles does the Lord have a pattern of performing to accomplish His work? The best source I can find is Mormon 9 in the Book of Mormon. I put it to the test recently in my calling and truly have seen things come to pass that align with what is taught in the Book of Mormon! Here's an example:
About a week ago Elder Moore and I baptized one of our Friends that has been taught by us and Elder Vuong for a while. After that we didn't have many people to teach. We applied what Mormon taught, to pray in the name of Christ, doubting nothing, with righteous desires to glorify God and build up His kingdom. Then this week we met Cô Lộc! She was eating dinner at the table next to me and Elder Minh on an exchange. She is 70 years old and has asked if she could come everyday to learn about Jesus. She is incredibly elect and has plans to be baptized on the 31st. She asked us lately "why didn't I know about this place sooner? Why didn't anyone tell me about it until now?" She really wants to make a covenant with the Lord.
All glory to God for performing miracles in our lives! He really is the source of all that is good! The Book of Mormon teaches how each of us can see more miracles!
Love you all!
Elder McConkie
