WASHINGTON D.C. SOUTH MISSION: A BEAUTIFUL STORY-Sanghai Lung & Three Angels

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

A BEAUTIFUL STORY-Sanghai Lung & Three Angels

Sister Sanghai Lung is a sweet Chinese lady. She is 79 years old. One day in December three of our Sisters: Sister Bagley, Sis Kim and Sis Bertucci were out tracting. They had gone around a neighborhood without any luck and they went to their car because they had an appointment elsewhere. As they were leaving the neighborhood they found themselves in a dead end culdesac and turned around. As they were leaving the neighborhood, Sis Kim had a distinct impression that they needed to go back to that culdesac. They returned and knocked on the door of this sweet lady. When she asked what they were there for they told her they wanted to talk to her about God. She invited them in and was thrilled with their message. In only 2 weeks she accepted the lessons, the message and was baptized on Jan. 2, 2010. The beautiful part of this story is that Sis Lung had been desiring to know the truth about God and she had a dream one night as she slept. In her dream she had 3 angels come to her door with a message about God. And so when these sisters (they happened to be on a split and had THREE of them together) showed up on her doorsteps, she knew immediately that they were from God. They surely found a Golden one with Sis. Lung.

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Stephanie Smith Fireside

Last Sunday evening we were privileged to attend a fireside in the mission. It was held at a beautiful old chapel in McLean. One of the pictures shows the inside of the chapel and the wood beams on the very steep-pitched ceiling of the room. The gym is under the chapel in the basement. I have never seen a floorplan like this one. Very unique. This fireside hosted Sister Stephanie Smith. Her story was in the Ensign sometime in the last year. She has a remarkable conversion story. She has held very high government positions and at one time was 5th in command at the CIA. She said something at the first of her talk that I wrote down: she said, "I've been on some remarkable adventures. But no adventure in my lifetime has been as extraordinary and life-changing as my path to conversion and baptism in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. She then told about her introduction to the church. She was at a time in her life with tremendous worldly success achieved after clawing her way to the top without any regard for others, and she felt her life was shattering into a million pieces. At this time she turned to a colleague she admired who was a member of the church. He told her two things. That her Heavenly Father knew her by name and loved her and that Heavenly Father had a plan for her success. The next day he sent her a map to the temple visitor center. She told how when the missionary sisters came to her door, she didn't think she could relate to these young women. The first thing they did was ask if they could sing to her. They sang,"I am a Child of God." That was the beginning of her conversion, a long a beautiful story. You can read it on the web at Meridian Magazine. Her testimony was a real inspiration to me. There were over 350 people there and she does a great missionary work speaking to investigators. What a blessing to have heard her and felt her spirit.

Chelsea Our recent Convert

We have met the sweetest young sister. Chelsea is amazing. She joined the church during the last year and has an incredible testimony also. She never misses any missionary function and we were able to take her with us to the Stephanie Smith Fireside. She also came to the mission home a few weeks ago and we had family night. She gave the lesson and is was unbelievable. She is hoping to go on a mission next year. What a great young woman. This is a picture of her with Elders Ganaway and Gifford.