感恩節快樂 Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello hope you all had a great thanksgiving!  We had a great one here in Chaozhou!  Nothing too out of the ordinary this week just a lot of contacting and some lessons.

We have had a good week here in Chaozhou! We are trying work hard and be as obedient as possible but haven't been seeing too much success.  Not a lot of people are willing to talk to us.  But that is okay! We are pressing forward and finding the joy in it.  I think it was Saturday night and we hadn't found a new investigator in the week and i was kinda feeling a little down as we were on our way home, and then all of a sudden a peaceful feeling came over me.  I thought, "hey we tried our best and that's all He asks of us."  I am grateful for this simple truth that the Lord taught me!

Thanks for all the love and support. Have a great week!!

Love,

Elder Henderson 

 Ward Thanksgiving Dinner!

Eternal Happiness!!

Hello!! what a great week we have had here in the heat of 潮州!! To start off, Sister Xu was baptized this week!  She is an amazing lady and her desire to follow Christ is soo strong.  She has been talking about going on a mission in a year!  The baptism service was very spiritual and she bore a powerful testimony of her conversion story.  I am very grateful for the chance to have met her and witnessed her great example.

Me and Elder Whitworth have been working very hard to find new people to teach!  This week didn't come with a lot of success (besides the baptism).  I feel like I have learned a lot about this work not being easy but worth it.  I am so grateful for the opportunity to do this work.

This week I studied a lot in the book of Alma, specifically chapters 40-42.  I love the teachings of Alma, as he teaches his son of the power of Jesus Christ, and the certainty of a next life. It gives me so much comfort to know and learn everyday through scripture about mine and everyone's eternal potential.  Because of Christ we can overcome sin, disappointment, struggle, unworthiness, death, and justice. In this Thanksgiving season I am grateful for the sacrifice of our Savior, and the hope that his power gives the world.  Follow him, read his teachings, and strive to be like him everyday and you will be more happy than ever before.  I can say that I know that will happen, because I have seen it first hand in my life.  Christ's power changes the desires of our hearts.  And through this gospel, we can be made saints, disciples, and instruments in the hands of God to bring to pass much good among our fellow men.  I love this Gospel, it has changed me for the better, and if you have not experienced the love and happiness it bring to life, I invite you to do so. Try it out, or if you  previously did and have stopped and as a result you feel like you can't return to a life directed by God. Think again, trust God and you will see miracles and will feel of this power guiding your life for the better, directing you to Eternal Happiness!

I love you all!

Elder Michael Henderson

潮州！！！

My first week here in Chaozhou was soo good!! First off my new companion is Elder Whitworth from Orem, Utah.  He has been out as long as Elder Strong, so just finished training.  We had a week full of miracles.  We had an investigator named Sister Xu pass her baptismal interview on Saturday!  She is super awesome,  She is about 55 years old and has a coworker who is a member of the church from Idaho.  Her coworker this past summer took her to Utah and toured temple square and even met D. Todd Christofferson and Deiter F. Uchtdorf!  She said ever since her trip she has had a big desire to follow Christ and be baptized!

On Wednesday night we had a lesson with an investigator named Susan at the chapel, as we pulled up to the chapel and were unlocking the gate a 12 year old kid came up behind us on his bike and was just staring at us and the chapel.  So we went up and talked to him,  He said he had been to the church about a year ago, and forgot how to pray so he asked us to reteach him how to pray and said he wanted to start coming to church again!  WHAT A MIRACLE!  We scheduled another time to meet and when that time came we had a very spiritual lesson in which he committed to a baptismal date, to read, and to pray!! It was soo awesome.  We then called him last night and he was soo excited to tell us that he feels God answered his prayer.  This has taught me a valuable lesson that it does matter the age of a person, it matters when the Lord has prepared this person to fully accept his message. I love the Gospel and the mercy the Lord shows me every single day.  As I have been out on my mission, I have realized just how imperfect I am.  But these imperfections give me a desire to strive to be more like my Savior.  It is not easy, but with the Lords help it is possible.  As we rely on the Lord we can truly become the disciples the Lord needs us to be, and we will be able to be tools in helping much good happen in this world.

Sadie Crump, Ashton and Bubba's daughter was born last week!! I want to tell them how much I love them and I know they will be great parents!

Thank you everyone for the love and support!

Elder Henderson

Also, newly known as Uncle Mikey :)

 Elder Henderson's new companion, Elder Whitworth from Orem, UT.

Transfer

Very quick and I am out of Douliu! I am headed down to the bottom of the island to a place called chaozhou! I have heard great things about it and am excited for the new adventure! My new comp is Elder Witwirth (I have not met him yet) but just finished training like Elder Strong!

The last week in Douliu was a great one!! we saw many miracles to end training!  For the last three weeks we have been meeting with a College senior named Brother Luo, He has made a lot of progress, and this last week we set a baptismal interview with him!! He is so awesome and truly has a desire to change and follow Christ, he came to church for the first time yesterday and had a spiritual experience.  So awesome!

Me and Elder Strong have been really looking for more ways to find new people to teach.  One of the things we have been trying to is to teach more about the restoration of the Gospel and truths that have been restored through the prophet Joseph Smith!  As we have focused more on the restored truths of Christ's gospel it has made a difference.  

Everybody pray for my sister Ashton! Sadie will be born today!!!!!!!! I love you all!!

Thanks for all the love and support!

Love,

Elder Henderson
Finally pictures of his Douliu Apartment and Lots of Pictures saying good bye to the ward members!!

 The Bishop is on the far left of the picture.