Monday
October 28, 2013
The Lord is merciful. And
His love is infinite. The Love of God is one of the most basic principles of
the gospel, but I think it might be one of the most important. It encompasses
everything else. I love that!
The primary program was
yesterday, and that was fun!! The little kids were so cute. A particularly
precocious little boy's parents sat in front of us, and he was running back and
forth between the front of the room and them the whole time. Taiwanese kids are
so cuteJ
Saturday night
the phone rang and it was President Day! He invited us to participate in the
traveling missionary Christmas Choir. Woo hoo!!! The time commitment is
kind of a lot (every p day for an hour in Taipei, and it takes us over an hour
to an hour and a half one way), but it will be worth it. I LOVE singing.
I love it. We sang I am a Child of God this past week with our investigator XXX, and she had tears running down her face. Music is SO powerful. I believe
in the power of music. I love being able to participate. And it's Christmas
music! It will definitely be something to look forward too. Plus we get to
check the mail when we go to Taipei, which is always fun.:)
We met with a girl a few
weeks ago, but she was just 13, and seemed a bit intimidated by us, not wanting
to set up any more appointments. Then Saturday night we called to invite her to come to church, and she did! Just for the last little
bit, coming to Young Women's, but it was really cool to see her show up. Also
XXX came to church yesterday! She came just for Sacrament meeting. I was so
happy to see her!! We were supposed to have 3 to 5 investigators at church
yesterday . . . and only XXX came . . . but I am so happy for that one! I
love her! And it was the Primary program, so all the doctrine was very
fundamental and straightforward . . . and very cutely delivered too. It was cool because we shared Plan of
Salvation with her Saturday night, and then Sunday at
church they mentioned it too. I have high hopes for her.
English class was another
miracle of this week! We had two new awesome girls show up to our class . . .
and then they both set up with us!! Yeah!! One was for church, and she didn't
come . . . but still! It was super cool, because I always hear about success
from English class, but I've never experienced much myself.
The bishop's wife told me yesterday that my
Chinese had improved. I don't know if
she really meant it or was just saying it because she knows missionaries love
to hear it. Either way I appreciated the compliment.
I LOVE THE BOOK OF
MORMON!! This past week I read something that has been sticking with me. Ether
6:5-12 is a beautiful analogy for trials in life and how to face them. I've noticed the analogy many times
before, but a different part stuck out to me this time. Verse 5 says "And
it came to pass that the Lord God caused that there should be a furious wind
blow upon the face of the waters, towards the Promised Land" The LORD
caused the wind, and it is furious, but it is pointed toward the Promised Land.
On my mission I get the distinct feeling
that the Lord is preparing me for things to come in my future, and that a
furious wind is needed in order to make it to the Promised Land. Sometimes we
will be buried under the water because of the fierceness of the wind, but it is
in these times that we rely fully on the Lord and call on His name to be lifted
back up upon the waters again. And the fierceness of the wind indicates the
things the Lord has in store for us. The refiner’s fire will get very hot
sometimes, but the Lord has "created the smith that bloweth the coals in
the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work." (3
Nephi 22:16) I want to become the Lord's tool, and I sense that he is
preparing me to become the tool that He can rely on and will use to bless
others.
We met with our bishop
yesterday. It was a little like a training class. He started out and I was motivated
and excited to do everything he was talking about, then I got overwhelmed, wanted to cry and give up. He ended expressing his support and understanding, which resolved some of the
just-wanting-to-give-up feeling. He really does remember what it was like to be
a missionary, and the different pressures and struggles we face, and that fact alone is
SO helpful. Plus he understands his ward, and that helps a lot as well. He has
a different perspective than we as missionaries do, and it's really nice.
I love you!! I am praying
for you!
Sister Edwards (Du4
Jiemei)"
A member in our ward who is a professional cook. Her food is always SO GOOD. when we go to visit her this is what she gives us. YUMMY
These are pig's feet, just because everyone needs to become familiar with pig feet.
MRT is Taiwan's subway system. The brightly colored bus thing is the coolest MRT train I've ever seen!!! It was like that on the outside, but the inside was evern better! It had only three cars, but each one was differently themed and they had TVs playing stuff about the area. Super Cool!!!
These are views from Danshui or Sanzhi, a place in our area.
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