My Testimony

I am leaving China in about a week and a half. My family is excited, I am excited, my friends won't know until I get home, but here, what I am leaving behind, is something so special, it hurts to think I may never see this place again. I have met so many amazing and wonderful people here. Individuals I have lived with will be able to contact me on the internet, but the experiences we had together are now only memories, and so it is back to reality for us now. All the volunteers at the orphanage felt this way. I was there longer than any of them, and I watched, every couple weeks, as someone would have to leave the children and go back to their home, but not one had not felt the blessings that came from helping these kids.

I have felt the Spirit stronger than ever in China, and though I am coming home sooner then I had hoped, there will be many other opportunities in the future. I know that if I do what is right throughout my life, my testimony will grow as those experiences come and go, and the Spirit that has always been there for me, will grow and make itself known even more as well.

I have felt Heavenly Fathers love for me in difficult and scary situations. I have felt his assurance that He is with me and will never forget me when I need him the most. This is my (still growing) testimony to you and I testify that Heavenly Father lives and loves all of us.

The Chinese people are limited to a small portion of the knowledge of our Savior, but they are still loved and each one of these billions and billions of people are special in His eyes.

I have listened to general conference on the internet in English and in Chinese and I am so glad for the access I still have while so far away from home. My family has been a wonderful support and has helped me so much so that I can do the things I want to and to accomplish the goals I have set for myself. I love them very much, and I know that they wouldn't have done so much for me if they did not love me.

I want to thank my Grandparents, Larry and Mimi. They have played a huge role in the support I have had. I love you and will never forget what you have done for me. It is amazing to be walking in your footsteps and to see where you have gone and where you have taught in the university in Jinan.

Hearing President Monson's voice after I downloaded the first conference session helped me get through many days of homesickness and I am so blessed. I know he is our living prophet on the earth and he has had a huge impact on my life from his teachings and his great example and love for the Savior.

I want to experience many things, but through all of these experiences, I know they will not be happy unless I choose to let my Heavenly Gather in and guide me to stay on the right path.

I wish I could explain to my host family how much I love them and appreciate their help and hospitality. They have sacrificed a lot to make me comfortable and I am so grateful to them. I can only say "thank you very very much", but hope that I will, one day, be fluent in their language, come back and express my thanks to them. They are a wonderful family. They have taught me so much about how life is lived in China. They have also taught me how to spit like a Chinese individual, how to eat like one, how to bargain for food, how to stay safe in the scary alleys of Jinan, how to keep myself from being robbed and how to enjoy a place that many of you may not think possible to live in.

I want to be journalist. I hope that through these amazing months I have expressed my feelings in a way that will inspire you to go out and live your life in my writing. I want you to experience without fear and live how your Heavenly Father wants you to so that you can return to him and Jesus Christ again.

This is a story about a man who lived in china, came to the US and became Mormom. He is a great inspiration in my life.
http://mormon.org/me/13K6-eng