BYUH China Club

Tonight we attended a Family Home Evening for Senior Missionaries - all serving in either the Visitors' Center, PCC or BYHU. The program was presented by the BYUH China Club. There are 14 students at BYUH from mainland China. Six talked, sharing their conversion stories. Five of them have served missions.
One sister talked about going to school in Denmark and being contacted by LDS missionaries. Eventually she joined the church, against her parents wishes. A year later, listening to General Conference she felt she needed to serve a mission. Later her parents joined, having been taught by local mainland China members. Her father is now feeding her the names of their ancestors for temple work.
They all expressed their love for their native country and pray for the day when the gospel can be openly taught there.
One sister shared how Elder David O. McKay came to China in 1921 and dedicated the land for preaching the gospel. She shared parts of the prayer and it was prophetic and ins…