It Is About The One

What a week! I have been in Hong Kong for almost 6 weeks and I've finished 3 months of my mission!!! Time is flying!

On Thursday we did Tai Chi with the old women in the park by our apartment. They are so cute and nice! I forgot the keys to the apartment, so five minutes later we ran back. They were all continuing with the dancing and when they saw me they literally all starting pointing and waving and ran to the keys which they had brought up to the front. They were so concerned we forgot them and so kind! One handed me them and patted me on the head. hahahahaha I love these people!

General Conference was definitely the high light of the week! 2 investigators came, and the messages were so inspiring, perfect, and beautiful. I absolutely loved hearing the words of God's apostles, disciples, and Prophet. My testimony of their divine callings has increased so much on my mission. The prophets did so much to prepare for the birth of Jesus Christ. In the scriptures it says so often that He "fulfilled the words of the prophets" and "in Him is the law fulfilled." How amazing that Christ allowed mortals to prepare the way for His atoning life and that today we have a living Prophet that allows us to belong to HIS church. It is truly led by Him.

Jeung Ji Muih is being baptized next week and I could not be more excited!! She came to Conference, bright and early, dressed in a nice dress and blazer, smiling. My heart soared!! She has come SO far! We also had another investigator attend and the members were so welcoming of her!

Some of my favorite talks were Dieter F. Uchtdorf's in Women's Conference. He shared about how missionaries that taught his wife found her on the very last door of the fourth floor. He shared the scripture "Knock and it shall be opened unto you." And how sometimes the doors that are opened are not the direct answers to prayers, or that the last door, fourth floor may have our answers. We need to have faith and keep knocking. He also quoted Little Prince!! "One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to physical eyes."

Bonnie L. Oscarson said "Sometimes we just need a greater view of what's possible." I love that! It also reminded me of Kazuhiko Yamashita's talk about "being ambitious for Christ." We really are capable of so much! Because we are children of God, we have the Savior of the world on our side. We can do all things through Christ, who WILL strengthen us.

I also liked Dieter F. Uchtdorf's talk in the Sat morning about not taking gospel truths/plan of salvation for granted. "We tract a path covered in diamonds, but sometimes we cannot distinguish them from regular pebbles." That is so true! Pray to Heavenlt Father to notice the diamonds-the things of eternal weight, the tender mercies, the opportunities to serve, the reality of the Atonement. "We are of the royal house of Elohim, the most High God." This statement gave me chills!

And lastly this quote by K. Brett Nattress that made me cry...

The gospel truly is about the one. It is about one lost sheep (see Luke 15:3–7); it is about one Samaritan woman at a well (see John 4:5–30); it is about one prodigal son (see Luke 15:11–32).

And it is about one little boy who might claim he is not listening.

It is about each one of us—as imperfect as we may be—becoming one with the Savior as He is one with His Father (see John 17:21).

I am so grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ. For trials and hardships. For my family and friends. Hong Kong is where I am supposed to be.

-Sister Dopp

 Yesterday at General Conference I was overwhelmed with love. I had my
journal out and writing all my notes, and the picture of the family that I
keep inside it. I thought of my investigators, especially Jeung Ji Muih who
loves me and is getting baptized next week, and the missionaries
surrounding me, united in sharing the most important message of the
eternities with others, and of you guys, my eternal family who mean
literally everything to me. It was overwhelming. Like I literally didn't
feel like I could hold so much love in my being. I now understand Nephi
when he said "hath filled me with His love, even unto the consuming of my
flesh." A little graphic if you read it at first, haha but there is no
other way to describe how completely Heavenly Father's love envelops us! I
also understand how Heavenly Father needs to teach us "line upon line",
because there are things we simply couldn't process, understand,
appreciate, or have the capacity to experience.
I love HK and I am starting to love trials.