tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41408543989839896482024-02-19T07:31:35.122-08:00Sister Rachel Caroline EdwardsRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11593255750843276395noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140854398983989648.post-48912421879348986512014-10-22T16:22:00.000-07:002014-10-22T16:22:44.497-07:00Monday October 20, 2014-the end<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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really been a good one. For a few weeks there it seemed like nothing was happening: we couldn't find new investigators, the investigators we had weren't
progressing, etc. But the past couple of weeks the Lord has been pouring down His
blessings on us. I wonder if all He really wanted was to teach me that it is
HIS work, not mine, and that things go according to His plan. And it's
important that I work hard, but even then, it is still in HIS time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had dinner with a member. At the end of
our share we asked for a referral. The Dad told us about a girl in is Cram
school that he has invited to church before. She is really interested, but her
family owns a breakfast shop, which is opened the same time church is, so she
hasn't been able to come. He said we
could come Monday night to meet her. When we went over on Monday night, not
only did we meet her, but we shared the first lesson, set a baptismal date, and
set up a time for our next visit! I think she was supposed to be doing homework
at that time . . . but I figure that lesson was more important than any
homework she ever has, is or will do. We met with her a few days later, and
she'd already read to I Nephi 10, which was way more than we'd invited her to.
After teaching the Plan of Salvation, we asked her if she believed it was true.
She said yes. When we asked her why, she told us she believed because it was
just so GOOD. The Spirit was simply THERE. It was a neat experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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incredible experience with a member. She's been struggling lately. We didn't
know that. We asked her to Peike. She didn't want to . . . but decided she'd
better since she has some history with that particular investigator. Then, the
investigator stood us up. We asked our Peike if we could pray for her, and then
shared a scripture with her. She began to open up to us about some of the
spiritual struggles she'd been having lately. As we talked there were tears in
both her eyes and ours. My wonderful companion received pure inspiration. She
invited this member to ask her wonderful and loving husband for a priesthood
blessing, and she agreed to. Sunday morning she and her husband were
assigned to speak. The change in her was obvious. When she first got up she
bore powerful testimony of Priesthood leaders. Later in her talk, she spoke
about meeting with the missionaries, acting on the invitation they (we) had
given her, and about the impact it had made in her life. At that moment I knew
that I was fulfilling my purpose. And oh the joy! God guides us more than we
know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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been exhausting but so wonderful this past week. And it looks to be another
really busy week this week. I hope to end with a big bang.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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finally finished the Old Testament. I had a great sense of accomplishment.
While reading the Old Testament I was struck with several things. One of them
is the sameness of God. Although people tend to talk about the God of the Old
Testament as one of wrath . . . I feel that that is not exactly true. Oh it
definitely talks about His wrath, but I feel that there is much more going on
then what we read on the surface. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that the ancient laws of sacrifice are essentially the exact same as they are
now. This life is all about sacrificing our wills and turning to God. The Old
Testament CONSTANTLY talks about trusting in the Lord. The gospel then and the
gospel now is the same-- built to turn our hearts to God. And that is the way
to happiness. I feel it, I feel the light that comes, and the understanding and
joy that comes, as I strive to follow Jesus Christ. I fail all the time, but
those moments where I draw closer to Him are so . . . filled with sunshine :)
No matter what the weather outside is there is sunshine in my soul! I love you!
Thank you so much for all of your support and love and prayers!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This will be Rachel's last blog as a missionary. She is coming home Saturday October 25. Her homecoming is November 9th at 12:30.Our church house address is :</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We would love to see you all there. Just give our family a few days, maybe 48-60 hours to get reacquainted and Rach get her feet back on the ground. Any more time then that and we will probably be ready to strangle each other. It has been quite an adventure, and even though everyone tells me how quickly it has passed, it still seems to me that she has been gone forever. I can't wait till Saturday afternoon. Teresa</span></div>
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talk to a girl at a light. We asked her if she'd ever been to church before and
she said, "Not for a while . . . " As we continued to talk to her, it
came out that she is a less-active member! She joined the church a long time
ago, but when she moved away from home she became less-active. She now has a
little baby and is working, and set up to meet with us! Heavenly Father will
guide us to them, or, as seems more frequent, them to us!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with Lesly Ann, a Philippine lady working here. As we read 1 Nephi 1:1 with
her, she began to reflect on the way God had blessed her during her trials. As
she pondered, tears came to her eyes and began to stream down her face. She
bore powerful testimony of the way that God had never left her, and had always
watched out for her. THAT is the power of the Book of Mormon. I Nephi 1:12,
as she read, she was filled with the Spirit of the Lord. As we read with her we
were too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Back in April or May,
we started meeting with Andrea. She did not believe in God, but she wanted to
know. God quickly answered her prayer, and she began to believe in His
existence. As we continued to work toward gaining a testimony of the
Restoration and preparing for baptism, Andrea had a big argument with her
devout Buddhist mother. Her mom then blocked our number from her phone. I
really love Andrea, and feet that she is one of the big reason that I am in Taiwan. So I continued
to send postcards to her at work. This Saturday we met with Andrea again!
Our number is no longer blocked, and she has been reading the Bible and
praying!! That was a huge miracle for me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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missionary! Sister Hibbert and I are having SO much fun. We finished up
exchanges this past week, and I got to go down to Taidong again, which was fun,
but it's nice knowing that this week will be spent</span></div>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18064636650514570183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140854398983989648.post-52867957542436476652014-09-30T17:49:00.000-07:002014-09-30T17:49:41.416-07:00Monday September 29, 2014Pictures!! Outdoor Zone Conference:<br />
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We also had district conference this past weekend, we had EIGHT extra sisters staying with us. There was the three companionships from Taidong, one from Yuli, as well as the the two companionships living in our apartment. So I had to get a picture of at least a small part of what our apartment looked like Saturday night. It was quite the adventure:) We found a place for everyone to sleep keeping all the white handbook rules!! (which is in the same room as your companion, but not in the same bed)<br />
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<br />Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18064636650514570183noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140854398983989648.post-24407130795148605462014-09-23T18:42:00.000-07:002014-09-23T18:42:14.873-07:00Monday September 22, 2014<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m doing well! This
past week we had an outdoor zone conference that was SO fun! We have a couple
of investigators who are really progressing towards baptism, so that's really
nice. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I can't believe you
asked about Andrea! It's just so ironic that you asked this week, considering
we had a chance meeting with her on Saturday. We were at the night market on
Saturday evening eating/meeting with an investigator. Andrea had fallen off the face of the earth
because of opposition from her mom. On
Saturday night Andrea and her mom
approached US, tapped me on the shoulder and said hello! At church on Sunday two members separately
asked me about Andrea. God is involved in her life. THANK YOU so much for your prayers for her. I
keep praying for her as well. I put her name in the temple when I went a few
weeks ago too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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miraculous! Our peike, out of the blue, brought up the Word of Wisdom during
our last lesson. We ended up teaching that lesson and David accepted it with no
problems! And he came to church!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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They are TOTALLY feeling the Spirit! But they are </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">still </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">having a hard time
recognizing it. We’re done visit them super often, but we are still
trying to work with them. They really are SO good. They just need a little more
faith and action. But I think they will make it in their own time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Last week we had no
luck knocking on doors. After a while we decided to change locations. We
started to bike somewhere new, and saw this girl walking into a hair salon. We
stopped and asked her if we could give her a tract. Less than fifteen minutes
later she had a baptismal date for October 25. So cool. All that time knocking with NO
success, so that we could be in the right place and the right time to find this
other girl. God is doing his work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Typhoon and an earthquake this week! (Yes, we did make s'mores over the stove
during the Typhoon :))<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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On Monday September 8, 2014 Rachel told us that Zheng 4 (Allen) got baptized. I believe that this is his baptismal picture.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Lin2 came to church on his
own last week, and said he felt something. He's been to other churches before
and for a time studied the Bible a lot, but something is different this time.
He was actually contacted and taught by Elder Squires in Tao Yuan around
Chinese New Year! But he was too busy then to keep meeting with missionaries or
progress. He moved to Hualian a couple of weeks ago, and is so PREPARED now! It
is so cool to see him feeling the spirit and desiring more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">On Sunday a new member,
just baptized in GaoXiong two weeks ago, came to church. She's coming back to
school and will be in our branch. As we talked to her, she told us that she was
first contacted by missionaries in Hualian . . . in June . . . right in front
of Mos Burger . . . which was in our area. Neither she nor I could remember
clearly that I had been in on the original contact. Unless we were on exchanges
that day, my companion and I were the missionaries that contacted this girl and
sent her info to Gaoxiong! It was SO incredible to me to recognize the impact
of one simple lesson on the street. A lesson that I couldn't even remember
giving. NO EFFORT IS WASTED!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The following are pictures of the Autumn festival that Rachel talked about last week: I believe that there are two sets of Sisters in Rachel's apartment. Obviously learning to make the food for Autumn Festival.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Happy Mid-Autumn
Festival!! Perhaps my favorite holiday in Taiwan, because it involves two of my
favorite foods: Moon cakes and You4zi (Someone told me it’s Pomello in
English?). Today we had a member who
came and taught us how to make moon cakes!! As well as Taiwanese pineapple cake
(very different from American). It was so fun and they were GOOD. I took a lot
of pictures, but the place we're emailing at today won't read my flash drive.
Next week. And speaking of cameras, we were cleaning things out today, and I
decided that since I'm just going to throw my old broken camera away anyway, I
might as well try using some really hard force and see if I can't force the
lens to close. And what do you know. My camera works!! I was really excited
because it's way better than the new one I bought, but now I'm not entirely
sure what to do with the new one . . .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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were TIRED. But that is when missionary work is the most fun. This week we had
an incredible miracle. Zheng4 (Allen) got baptized!!!!! Sister Steed and I
met with him for FOREVER and he had SO much potential, but after coming back to
the same questions over and over, and not being willing to take action, we
stopped meeting with him. And he started progressing. When we were teaching
him, he would never come to church. After we dropped him, he started coming
almost every week. These past few weeks the Elders felt that they needed to
start meeting with him. They met with him once or twice, Allen realized that he
was ready for baptism, and Saturday night he was baptized. It was SO
neat. And it was reassuring to see how Heavenly Father worked with him. He's
been an Eternal investigator for a long time now (way before me), and a lot of
different people have helped him along his path. It was exciting to see how
happy he was, dressed up for the first time in a suit. He brought his sister
and mom to the baptism as well. His sister gave us her information so
she can meet with missionaries in Taipei. After his confirmation on Sunday, Allen
bore his testimony in Sacrament meeting. It was such a sweet moment to see how
the Lord works in His way and in His time. Allen's prayers were answered, but
not in the way or time that perhaps he, or Sister Steed or I wanted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Lately we've been having a
hard time with finding. We have been praying so hard to find the PREPARED. Not
those who are willing to chat for a second, but those who are PREPARED. So one day
this past week we were out looking, and no one was accepting. We were rejected
time and time again. We contacted one
man as he was getting on his scooter. He continued to pull out after having
accepted our tract, we gave a last-ditch invite: "I know you're busy right
now, but do you think we could meet with you at another time and share more?"
And he said yes. I was a little taken aback to be honest. We met with him the
next day, and it turns out he almost got baptized a while ago, and has great
desires to be baptized. He is prepared. Heavenly Father answers our prayers
when our prayers our truly in the name of Christ, which means they are
according to the will of the Father and the Son.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">My study of the Old
Testament continues! This morning I read one of my favorite descriptions of the
Holy Spirit. Elijah 19:11-12 "And he said, Go forth, and stand upon
the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and
strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD;
but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the
LORD was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD
was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice." And it was
in the still small voice that Elijah found the Lord. This is usually how I feel
the voice of the Lord in my life. It is small, it is quite, and it speaks peace
to the soul. Galatians 5:22-23 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Sister Rachel Caroline
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18064636650514570183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140854398983989648.post-40982810182170054612014-09-08T20:03:00.000-07:002014-09-08T20:03:06.081-07:00Monday September 1, 2014<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Monday September 1, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">This past week we had the
opportunity to attend a memorial service for Elder Thredgold and Elder Xiong.
It is a rare opportunity for the entire mission to be together (the only other
time was when Elder Holland came), and it was a neat experience. It was so good
to hear more about them from those who knew them. When I walked in I realized
that I recognized Elder Xiong's picture. I never worked with him personally,
but I've seen him around lots. It was a nice service. Keep praying for
President and <span style="background: #FFFFCC;">Sister</span> Day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Our cute little Li family
is having spiritual experiences in the BOM! They still don't fully recognize the spirit, but I do. As I listened to Li DX talk about what he
learned reading II Nephi 2, I had the Spirit confirm to me that he had learned
that through the Spirit. It was so apparent. And it was so neat. I really feel
that they have this window of opportunity right now, and Heavenly Father led us
to them at this moment to catch them in this moment of opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Reading the Old Testament this
morning I had some thoughts about trials of faith. The children of Israel
receive the Lord's blessing to fight against the tribe of Benjamin (this is in
Judges somewhere). They head out, fight, and lose. So they go cry to the Lord,
he tells them to go again, they go again in the same manner as before, and they
lose again. They cry a third time to the Lord and ask if they should go again.
He tells them to go again in the same manner, and they will have success. They
go again, and they win. I thought it was so interesting. If I had been one of
those Israelites, I would not have wanted to head out that third time. Why
didn't the Lord lead them to success the first time? Why did they have to
suffer? I'm not the Lord, so I don't know that I can really say, but it seems
to me that He had a greater purpose in mind. To allow them to go through a
trial, to see if they would stay true to what they knew. It gave them an
opportunity to use their faith. I think that the same is true now. Everyone’s
battles are different, but earth life is meant to give us a chance to exercise
our faith. We HAVE to come across hardship, or else life would be meaningless.
But when we place our trust in the Lord, there will be a way. A way that will
lead to lasting peace and happiness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I love you and I hope you
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18064636650514570183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140854398983989648.post-86828890964231672372014-09-08T19:53:00.001-07:002014-09-08T19:53:49.698-07:00Monday August 25, 2014<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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August 25, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I've been thinking the
past few days about what it means to be redeemed. Specifically to be redeemed
from death. This past week two Elders in the mission passed away. Although they
still need to verify, it is believed that the cause was carbon monoxide
poisoning. When I first heard the news I was a little shocked, and the idea
that these two elders were actually dead was a little unreal. Death is so
all-encompassing, so final, and so un-redeemable. That was the thought I had as
I was riding my bike home. But as soon as that thought entered my mind, another
word popped into my mind, the word, "Redeemer." Another name for
Jesus Christ is Redeemer. He redeems us from death. Death is not
all-encompassing, nor is it final; it is not the last step. Hosea 13:14 "I
will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O
death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction." I
believe in the plan God created for us, and so much of that plan only takes
place after we step from this world to the next.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">On a lighter note, last
week we finally made up the cookie dough that you sent us mom! . . . It was
heavenly. It's been a long time since I've had cookie dough. We did make an
attempt at cookies . . . but in Taiwan people don't really use ovens, and after
two cookies we didn't really have the patience for the toaster when the dough
is so delicious on its own.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Last week we had this
amazing experience on exchanges <span style="background-color: #ffffcc;">Sister</span> Keung
(from New Zealand) and I had just met up with our member to teach an
investigator, when we found out our investigator was going to be 20-30 minutes
late. So we decided to take our member, <span style="background: #FFFFCC;">Sister</span> Lai,
contacting with us. We said a prayer and began to walk in front of McDonald's.
As I looked to my left, I saw a girl sitting down and thought "talk to
her." So we did. As we began to talk with her, she told us how she has
looked into a lot of Christian religions, but she is confused by the
differences and contradictions among them. She believes in God, but she doesn't
know what religion is His. We shared with her about Joseph Smith, and promised
her that God knows her, is listening to her, and will answer her prayers. She
kept saying "Really?? He'll answer??" and she began to cry as we
testified that he would. We've been praying to find the prepared, and that is
exactly where God led us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I love you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18064636650514570183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140854398983989648.post-12381138707224198782014-09-08T19:41:00.000-07:002014-09-08T19:41:08.468-07:00Monday August 18, 2014<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">To anyone who is still reading Rachel's blog. My computer is fixed and I'm through traveling. At least for right now. I have one question, some how I turned her blog into another language. Can anyone help me know what word to push to turn it back to English. Thanks and thanks to all who read this blog. Teresa</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">Sunday
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<span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt;">Dear
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I'm sorry it's taken me a
while to get a letter out! But this past week was pretty fun. Saturday we had a
fairly busy day lined up, only to have everyone cancel Friday night. Perfect.
Lots of finding! Which is what our area needs right now. So we set out with
high hopes to this area a little further away that we rarely go to. And it was
fun! We got to knock a lot of doors. As we were about ten minutes to the end of
the time we'd set aside for straight finding (the hour after that was for
finding LA's in the area), we finished knocking all the doors on the street.
There was a side street however, and we wondered if we should start up it, or
just finish early and head to the LA houses. We prayed and decided to go up it.
And I'm so glad. At the very end of that street and around another corner, we
knocked into a </span><span style="font-family: "MS Gothic"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "MS Gothic";">黃</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">
(Huang2) Xiang1 Yu3. She has a Book of Mormon and has met missionaries before,
but this time was willing to pray herself and set up! Thank you to
seed-planting missionaries. And we almost didn't knock up the street.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I also had exchanges this
week with Sister Walker! (My "grandbaby," because I trained Sister
George, and now she's training Sister Walker) It was so fun. And she is such a
good missionary. I also had exchanges with Miao4 Jiemei, the temple sister, and
that was really good. We talked about some things I'd been wondering about and
it was so good to get another person's perspective. It's so fun to exchange
because you always get a new, fresh perspective on missionary work. Everyone
has a little bit different style, and you can learn from everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Lately I've been reading
the Old Testament, and I'm LOVING it. There is so much more in there than I
remember the last time I tried to read it. And so much of it is about temples
and covenant making. This morning I was reading and had new insights about the
Atonement. The Chapter heading for Leviticus 7 reads "They [Israel]
worship by sacrifice--Through sacrifice they gain forgiveness, make vows,
consecrate their property, render thanks, and are reconciled to God." The
Bible Dictionary says that the word Atonement "describes the setting 'at
one' of those who have been estranged, and denotes the reconciliation of man to
God." Through their sacrifices, the children of Israel reconciled themselves
to God. We are the same now in our day. Sacrifice is still the method in which
we access the power of the Atonement. We sacrifice our will for God's; we
overcome our natural man for something higher. That is the process of
developing faith, repenting, being baptized and receiving the Gift of the Holy
Ghost, and enduring to the end. As I read about the sacrifices of the children
of Israel I realized that the outward sacrifices were just methods of helping
them to have the inward process just described. The process of putting the will
of God before their own will. And when we strive to do that, we find true joy
as we are made "at one" with God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I love you! I hope you
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18064636650514570183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140854398983989648.post-34766670585258138672014-07-22T18:13:00.000-07:002014-07-22T18:13:19.302-07:00Monday July 21, 2014<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> A couple weeks ago Andrea texted us wondering why some people call our church
evil and heretical, and asked if we only have one God. We got a hold of her
once after that. Then she didn't come to church, and we could not get a
hold of her whether we called, texted, or visited her. I was </span><span style="font-size: 19px;">devastated</span><span style="font-size: medium;">. But on Sunday, we were calling and waiting for investigators. I
looked out the window and saw her making her way across the parking lot toward
the front doors. I was beyond ecstatic. I ran out the doors and gave her a
giant hug, and then another!! I thought she was a goner, but not at
all! She was still interested, just super busy. It made me realize that I need to trust
God a little bit more.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On Sunday we also had another investigator come to church. They apparently work with one of our
members. They have met some other members before, and even had conversations about
the gospel with our very own missionary Wu JM (who just moved from Taidong)
before she came on a mission! We are harvesting the seeds others have planted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I hear there might be
a typhoon coming to Taiwan this week, so we'll see if anything exciting happens
there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18064636650514570183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140854398983989648.post-81890312686383007542014-07-19T17:27:00.000-07:002014-07-19T17:27:00.963-07:00Monday July 14, 2014<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> Monday July
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I hope all of you are
enjoying nice summer heat like I am! It's getting pretty warm in Taiwan . . . and I absolutely love it. There is something
about heat and sunlight that is just happy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Friday night a member
called us and invited us to go out to eat with him and his friends the next day.
This group included members, non-member Christians, and those with no religion
at all. Before going, we asked the member what he thought would be best to
share. "How to know if God exists and loves me," he told us. When we went, we met Wu2 Na4 (Apple) from
mainland China. And she is curious. She has been told from birth that God does
not exist. But she's had some experiences that were just too coincidental, and
have caused her to wonder. During the dinner we had a rich conversation about
God, before our "spiritual share" time. This
discussion led perfectly into the thoughts that we had prepared. Apple agreed to
come to church the next day. And she did! She came with her wonderful member friend. We
met with Apple both before and after church. She is so interested to know if
God really exists. It was amazing!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We went to visit an investigator, and after the visit,
we were walking down the stairs and all of a sudden one of the doors at the
bottom of the stairs caught my attention. I had a thought, "I should knock on that door." Ok. Why not? Nothing will probably come of it. I knock on the
screen door, looked past the screen into the room, and my heart dropped. Yang2
Han2 Yu4! One of my former investigators from DANSHUI! How is that even
possible??? Although she did not want to meet with us again, I believe that God
wanted me to knock on that door and witness to that girl that he is aware of
her and that he is trying to communicate with her. It was one of the most
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incredible! This is the Li Que Su Lian (Shirley) that I've talked about before.
They are 68 and 71, and the cutest couple in the world. This past week, when we
were visiting and following up on their Book of Mormon reading, Sister Li shared with us how, when she read 1
Nephi 4, she believed God existed. It was so incredible. And then as we started
to teach about faith, they already knew what it meant! Brother Li DiXiong
literally said, "Faith is power," which is part of a famous motto in
our mission. Sister Peay and I just looked at each other and grinned. They came
to church on Sunday, and in their Sunday best, and the ward loved them
as well! Brother Li told
us last week that baptism was simply not an option, this week he had already
warmed up to the idea that maybe, someday, it might be an option. When he feels
God working in his life, and feels a personal witness of the truth of the
gospel of Jesus Christ, I don't think they will have any issues.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The past couple days I've
been doing an in depth study of 1 Nephi 4, in efforts to understand better how
to recognize the promptings of the spirit. I have . . . learned so much. So I
just want to encourage anyone with interest to do the same and share with me
what they learn! Perhaps one thing that I've picked up on, is that the Spirit
works with the knowledge that we already have.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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slow and really quick at the same time. This month as a whole has FLOWN by! I can't believe it. But we've seen some absolutely amazing miracles. Sister Peay is an exceptional missionary, and
she’s teaching me so much. To start off is a little quote from President's
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said: “They who reach down into the depths of life where, in the stillness, the
voice of God has been heard, have the stabilizing power which carries them
poised and serene through the hurricane of difficulties” (Ensign, May 1979, p.
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though we had kind of dropped her, and it was perfect! Her husband was there
and we got to meet with both of them, and he became our new investigator! They
are the cutest elderly couple in the world. We love them.</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br />
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<span style="background: #E7E6E2;">Yesterday we set up a peike to help us with a
potential investigator. As we were waiting for our investigator, we started talking to this friendly man who was sitting at a table outside
McDonald's. By the time our peike showed up, we knew we
were stood up by our original appointment, and this man was all prepped for a
lesson. We sat down with our peike, had a lesson, and set a baptismal date with
him. And he even lives right across the street from the church! He was interested and earnestly intrigued by
the gospel of Jesus Christ. We were definitely guided by the Lord.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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which was nice. This morning I read a scripture I loved. Alma 32:17-18
"Yea, there are many who do say: If thou wilt show unto us a sign from
heaven, then we shall know of a surety; then we shall believe. Now I ask, is
this faith? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for if a man knoweth a thing he hath
no cause to believe, for he knoweth it." I love the perspective this verse
gives us on faith. Faith is only possible in the absence of
knowledge. The pattern for true knowledge that I've seen in the scriptures is
always through faith first. If miracles are manifest to those without faith,
the miracles produce no change, belief, or conversion. Miracles that come
through true faith lead those who witness the miracles to greater faith, and
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Last week was crazy! There
was so much going on. My new companion's is Sister Peay (pronounced
"pay"), from Mapleton Utah, and she is wonderful! I'm still waiting
for that one really hard and difficult companion, but I'm going to have to keep
waiting. She is full of love and a desire to serve. I'm really excited for this
transfer! AND Sister George, the sister I trained, moved into our apartment
too!!! I love her so much and I have missed her, so I am super excited about
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nian JM (Andrea) is
doing so well!! Last week she agreed to obey the Word of Wisdom and set a goal
to be completely following it by the 21st. We met with her on Saturday, the
21st. She has finals, she's still recovering from her car crash a couple of weeks ago,
and she didn't drink any coffee the entire week! Not only that, but she gave
all her coffee away. She told us her roommates were so surprised, because they
wanted her coffee before and she wouldn't give it to them, but now she
voluntarily gives them all of it! She is absolutely amazing! Because she's following the Word of
Wisdom, she’s been receiving blessings. Her body has been healing a lot faster
than she expected. And she's saving money from not buying coffee! These are subtle
but significant blessings. She is amazing. And so is God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Saturday! It was crazy planning his baptism while working around transfers,
but it turned out alright. And I've never seen someone laugh so much walking
out of the water--it was so cute.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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woke up early and biked to the train station to drop off a bike there. So on
our return trip we switched off one companion running, one biking. We pulled up
to a guy in a blue truck, with watermelons in the back, eating Binlang (Betel
Nut--super disgusting stuff) and looking like every other blue truck guy, which
is not super great. But we said hello and chatted for a second. As we invited
him to church, he started quoting the beatitudes from Matthew. What?! It so happens that we have a Book of Mormon in
the back of our bike. We flipped open the Book of Mormon to 3 Nephi 12 and
showed him Christ teaching the Beatitudes to those on the American continent.
And then he agreed to come to church. And then he gave us a GIANT watermelon!!
So even exercise time is a great time to contact.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lately about the agency involved in belief. We must choose whether or not we
are going to believe. In Alma 19:31-32 we see Lamoni, who has just had an
incredible experience and converted to Christ. He teaches his people, "and
as many as heard his words believed, and were converted unto the Lord. But
there were many among them who would not hear his words; therefore they went
their way." God will never take away our agency. But if we choose to
listen, we will hear and believe. But we must choose ourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18064636650514570183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140854398983989648.post-78882189667432911572014-06-20T14:46:00.002-07:002014-06-20T14:46:29.271-07:00Monday June 16, 2014<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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transfers, so Sister Steed will be going home this weekend, all the way back to
California. So that is a little sad. But there will be a new adventure starting
as well! So I will have a new companion next week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our investigator Nian,
Andrea, is doing so well!! She got in a car accident last week that left her
really bruised and in pain, but without any serious injuries. When we met with
her after church, she shared with us that she was grateful to God that it
wasn't more serious, and takes it as a blessing from God. She still came to church even though she was
drugged up with a bunch of painkillers and hurt if anyone touched her. A member
brought her :) There is something about Nian JM. I feel like she was the one we
were meant to find. I remember feeling a while ago that there was someone in
Hualian that we were meant to find, and I believe it's her. The hand of God in
her life is so apparent, and His love for her is great. I feel like I am
getting a window into something much greater than myself. I think she is part
of the reason I am in Taiwan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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reading my scriptures, I was impressed with so many things. One of them was the
spark of light that exists in human beings. The light of Christ. Just the spark
of goodness that is evident in human behavior. Bad things happen, and people do
bad things, but there is a basic yearning in human beings to reach for one
another in love. To help one another. We really are a family, a family that
consists of everyone on the face of the earth, and God wants us to lift each
other up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this morning was the promise of the Lord's presence as missionaries. The Lord
states over and over again, that He is in the midst of those that are on His
errand. I think one of my favorite ways that it is stated is in 2 Nephi 22:6
"Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great is the Holy One of
Israel in the midst of thee." I believe that the Lord is guiding this
work, and is great in the midst of us. I would say most of the time I don't
notice perhaps as much as I should, but there are moments when it becomes so
clear, just for a short amount of time, and I realize the hand of God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This week was a bit
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We met with our
investigator Andrea yesterday after church. I mentioned Andrea last week whose father died when she was 8. She told us that Saturday night
she was feeling SO tired and lonely. All her roommates were gone, she is really
busy with school and work, and feels a lot of pressure. She felt alone and
tired to the bone. She prayed, told Heavenly Father, and went to bed. At 4:00 in
the morning, she gets a text from her mom who, by the way, does not text. Andrea
says it must have taken her at least an hour to write a text that long. Paraphrased
the text said, "I had a dream, and in my dream you told me you were SO
tired." She then went on to encourage her daughter. Andrea said she cried
when she got the text. And she recognized it as an answer from God. She
believes in God now. And little did she know she was answering a personal
prayer of mine as well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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speaks. Everyone's answers are different, but they are there, if we simply
place our faith in Him and ASK. Truth is everywhere. It's just as Alma says,
"The scriptures are laid before thee, yea, and all things denote there is
a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea,
and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form
do witness that there is a Supreme Creator." Alma 30:44. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I've had a greater
understanding this week of what it means to not fear. And I've learned in a
different way that God exists. It's not finished, but it's exhilarating. Also
this morning I read Alma 11 and 12, and I invite everyone to go and study those
two chapters and look for something new! They are filled with things I never
saw before; perhaps they will be for you too. I love you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I hope you all got to eat
some good Zhongzi to celebrate Dragon Boat festival! Ask Dave and Jeff if you
want to know what Zhongzi are:) We actually got to go to the Lake and watch the
dragon boat races. Super fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Last week we had a contact
from weeks ago agree to meet with us when we called. He and his daughter
actually came to our baptism, they stayed after for a discussion, and then
both set baptismal dates!! Which was a really cool experience for me, because I
personally remember contacting, and feeling that they were special and I could
not forget to call after the daughter's test was over like they told us we
could. The dad originally wasn't super interested, but just thought it was for
his daughter. Now they are both making commitments to prepare them for baptism!
And, they came to church yesterday!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Also on Sunday, Ling2
came to church. We'd met with her for the first time Saturday night. She'd come to Wen’s baptism the previous Saturday and had come to church the
week before that. We met with her again after church. It was one of the most
intense lessons I've ever taught. Her father passed away when she was 8, and
since then she hasn't believed in God. We shared the Plan of Salvation with
her, and she . . . began to cry. She wasn't sure if it was true or not, but you
could feel the Spirit working with her. I don't know how to explain it, but you
could just FEEL God testifying to her that He exists. It wasn't . . . loud, but
it was just there. It was incredible. She NEEDS the gospel, and is reaching for
it herself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I love the tender mercies
of the Lord. As I put my faith in him, I feel the companionship of the Spirit,
and my heart is at peace. This peace comes mostly through prayer and scripture study.
I love you! Have a wonderful week!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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who came to visit on May 5 with our recent convert, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Angel. It was SO
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">On Sunday May 11, 2014 Rachel turned 22!!!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shirley, who is
Buddhist, a little older, and retired, set a baptismal date with us! From our
first visit to the second she had read the Plan of Salvation pamphlet and a
little bit from the Book of Mormon. She
was definitely reluctant to move forward because she has had bad experiences in
the past with missionaries, going to church and being "thrown into the
water" as it were. I don’t think that they were missionaries from our
church. That made her step of faith to try all the more exciting! Especially when I remember her initial
reaction to our knock on the door a couple of weeks ago. She said, "I'm
Buddhist, I don't need it." But Sister Steed kept talking to her through
the intercom, and she let us in. Last time we met she told us that because of
her bad experiences, she doesn't let missionaries in. She's not sure why she
did this time. But we know. God has prepared her for the gospel!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was church yesterday! Close to the end
of Sacrament meeting, a member tells us that some of our investigators are
sitting in the foyer. What? So we went
to look. Two super cute girls, whom we had never met, were sitting on the
couch. It turns out that they were English class students who had come to
church ON THEIR OWN. We took them in for the rest of Sacrament Meeting as well
as Sunday school. Then they not only set up an appointment with us,
but THEY LIVE IN OUR AREA! What goes around comes around. One of the girls told
us that last year a missionary had written down her number, told her they were
going to call, and then never did! So she has been waiting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">XXX who is a former
investigator, brought herself to church last week. Turns out that she has been
gone because she had a stroke, but is back now, and wants to get baptized! She
had her baptismal interview after church on Sunday and is getting
baptized on Saturday!! I was really
nervous about letting her get baptized and really didn't want her to get
baptized that fast. After praying about it with Sister Steed I felt a small
calm, the Spirit I believe, telling me it was OK. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This morning I was
reading from Alma 1, and it made me ponder on the principle of enduring, enduring
trials of all kinds. In that chapter it talks about the people of God being
afflicted with words. I think this kind of affliction is both the most common
and most destructive of all, because it wounds us in ways that can't be fixed
by just going to the doctor. I think that is what makes the Atonement that much more precious. Words are powerful. It makes me think as
well about the power of the scriptures. That is why I have a testimony which I
share with people constantly. It is
because of the words written in the Book of Mormon. I know that as we feast
upon the words of Christ as found in the Book of Mormon, we will find a power
in our lives, just like President Hinckley said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lesson with our LA's son, who has some minor mental handicaps, but we think he
can still be baptized . . . we think :)</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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confused why all the pictures happened in Israel, why Jesus never took the
train, and why the people who killed Jesus were not arrested. And he was very
confused as to why people from outside Taiwan have such long noses... I about
died laughing in the lesson as he is looking at the pictures and sincerely
perplexed by the differences of the length of those noses and his.</span> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The great and mighty.<br /><br />Now we are ready to begin to work.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKOns2HMV5YCUHgOiDuTHozAjI1-gRf2uvUlOLEJaU5ED-aeHEo9eK2KBNmjlM_7kPpyP3F_PqNeSm3gfinKXPJB-owtrEuO3Cxe396ej9vJ5r0GbpqOKrAO6GueYsZ9Ktt_WixCYXLo/s1600/DSCF5951.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKOns2HMV5YCUHgOiDuTHozAjI1-gRf2uvUlOLEJaU5ED-aeHEo9eK2KBNmjlM_7kPpyP3F_PqNeSm3gfinKXPJB-owtrEuO3Cxe396ej9vJ5r0GbpqOKrAO6GueYsZ9Ktt_WixCYXLo/s1600/DSCF5951.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Rachel in Hualien</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeEEOgA1jcKXOGw6u1HeYAbAd9QLJ9VtVjOlCvQUPqePwladAjctrok47G2_y2N6IJZaLWIY7OOLQ1I6jhKsWhw554fgrUqTBIUD0QSWPstRxXKsu_Ina19cNe8df85TYkLoPOwSSmZE/s1600/DSCF5908.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeEEOgA1jcKXOGw6u1HeYAbAd9QLJ9VtVjOlCvQUPqePwladAjctrok47G2_y2N6IJZaLWIY7OOLQ1I6jhKsWhw554fgrUqTBIUD0QSWPstRxXKsu_Ina19cNe8df85TYkLoPOwSSmZE/s1600/DSCF5908.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></td></tr>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18064636650514570183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140854398983989648.post-44310466562895341372014-05-13T16:29:00.000-07:002014-05-13T16:29:15.289-07:00Monday May 12, 2014<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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birthday wishes! I might not be able to answer everyone's right now, but I
really am grateful for your love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This past week has
been such a blast! It's interesting; we've done so much finding (something that
I used to dread) . . . and I've been happy!! There is something interesting
about missionary work, and everything really meaningful in life. I often feel lazy
and don't want to start whatever I’m supposed to be doing. But as soon as I do,
everything rights itself and I feel fulfilled and happy. Running and contacting
aren’t exactly the same thing, but just getting out the door and starting for
either one is so hard. The feelings after a good run, or a good contact, are unbeatable
and always worth the energy exerted! This we've had a lot of contacting time. It's been fulfilling and fun. We've said more
fervent prayers asking for help to find someone, and these prayers have made a huge
difference. We've seen a lot of success knocking doors. This is something I used to feel was kind of a
waste of time. But that's a lie! Most of our contacting time is actually spent
teaching. Teaching people on the streets!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We were biking down
the street yesterday. A guy riding a scooter next to me asked, (while we were
both riding) "Are you missionaries?" "Yes!" I told him. "Oh," he
said. Then I asked, “Do you want to talk with missionaries?" "Keyi." (Sure), he told us. We pulled over and talked to him for a bit.
Turns out he has talked with the missionaries before, and was willing to set up
an appointment with us again! Super cool.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One is a Tai girl who
is in Taiwan for a couple months learning Chinese. I think the most incredible
part of our lesson was teaching it all in English. It was so cool to say, in English,
"When you know that the Book of Mormon is true, and that this is the true
church, will you follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized by someone
holding the Priesthood authority of God?" And to hear, "I
will." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Also this past week we
were contacting up a street and skipped one house, because there were a bunch
of men meeting inside, a few waiting outside, and it looked like they were busy
and perhaps about to leave. As we kept contacting up the street we noticed them
looking at us. After a lesson and more contacting up the street, they drove
past us and stopped. It turns out that one of them was an investigator from
THIRTY YEARS AGO!! HE was talking to US about Joseph Smith and The Plan of
Salvation. He set up an appointment with us. We met with him a few days later,
and he had his old Momenjing (the really old translation of the Book of
Mormon), with all of the tracks that that missionary had given him. He was
super interested, and even invited all of his friends to sit in on the lesson
too! No effort is wasted. Some missionary forever ago prepared this man for
this time now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18064636650514570183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140854398983989648.post-90694651918367189072014-05-13T15:59:00.000-07:002014-05-13T15:59:12.783-07:00Monday May 5, 2014<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: -.5in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 672px;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We met Sister Liao a
couple of weeks ago, and she agreed to meet with us again on Wednesday. We went to our appointment. As we began to talk with her, she pulled out
her Book of Mormon. She had read to 2 NEPHI 2:26! In less than a week! It was incredible. And… she remembered what she had read. As we
began to teach the Plan of Salvation, she was stunned and enthralled with the
spirit world. She had never heard about the
spirit world before. It was so cool to see her so touched.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Apparently we had
stopped a Sister Huang on a scooter, invited her to church, and given her a
tract with our names and number on the back. SHE contacted US to tell us she
wanted to come to church!!! That does
not happen. And then, she and her
daughter, Sister Zeng, CAME TO CHURCH! They were humble and willing to listen. As
she introduced herself in Sunday school, the teacher asked how she happened to
be there. "Du Jiemei talked to me
at a stoplight," she told the teacher.
It was one of those moments that you never forget. Perhaps I actually do
do some good sometimes:) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve been thinking a
lot that I need to have better prayers. I love the Bible Dictionary's
definition and description of prayer. I don't have it in front of me right now,
but it goes something like "prayer is the method by which the will of the
Father and the will of the child are brought into correspondence." I love
this. When we just pray for all of the selfish things that we "want,"
we miss the point of prayer. But when we seek the will of the Father, our
prayers become much more meaningful. I also love the part that says
"prayer is a form of work." And it is! I know when I am saying true
and sincere prayers, I don't start falling asleep, because I am truly pouring
my heart out to God and crying to Him. When we TRULY cry to the Lord in our
prayers, we will find the answers we are searching for. Not in our time or way,
but in His. And they do come.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I love you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Edwards/ Du Jiemei<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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investigator, who was already dropped once before I got here, set a baptismal
date!!!! Yay!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We got fang'd, the
investigator didn't show up for our lesson. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We asked the member who was with us if we could practice teaching
her. This is something that President Day had invited us to do. As we taught her, she thought of TWO people she wanted to introduce us to. One we
met with this week and she became our new investigator!!!!!! This is the first
time I've ever seen anything like that happen!!! So cool. AND another member
that we met with when we got fanged set a date to meet with us and a friend of
hers that she wants to hear the gospel. That is the real vision of missionary
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the Lord's love while reading the Book of Mormon. Always read the Book of
Mormon, pray, go to church, and follow the prophet, and everything else in life
ALWAYS falls into place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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today, so the time is short, but I love you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Girls' night out? Does the Mission President know about this?<br />Actually quoting Rachel: "All the sisters who stayed in our apartment the day before a training so we could get there on time.<br />Sisters: Pieper, Lee, Wray, Knight, Haynes, Zhong, Chu, Wu, Williams, Tracy, Edwards and my companion Sister Steed<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: large;">Sisters: Edwards, Wray, Knight, Steed, and Du. Sister Du was in our mission but just went home last transfer; we saw her in Taidong!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDAGMI5Nkn7biRgnJVeENBfVUSAab6K-MtqTC9zbX5dxKrhhliru_Nv24d74iJYrAtDiwBFQSLX3zt9X374wYSth2B67Z-Ray6_jyJlvuGqoIyK7ESwgpZpBDbwoMFA1ShV-yaVHmEdk/s1600/IMG_4477+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDAGMI5Nkn7biRgnJVeENBfVUSAab6K-MtqTC9zbX5dxKrhhliru_Nv24d74iJYrAtDiwBFQSLX3zt9X374wYSth2B67Z-Ray6_jyJlvuGqoIyK7ESwgpZpBDbwoMFA1ShV-yaVHmEdk/s1600/IMG_4477+%25281%2529.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cool Horse-<br />I'm a bit worried about Rachel's livestock differentiation if she thinks that this is a cool horse???</span></td></tr>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18064636650514570183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140854398983989648.post-16621360698796088222014-04-28T15:53:00.000-07:002014-04-28T15:53:15.047-07:00Monday April 21, 2014<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When I was with Sister
Wu on exchanges, we went exploring in a new area in Taidong. There weren't a
lot of people/houses, so we prayed about where to go. After we prayed, I
pointed the direction that felt best to me, and she said, "That's what I
felt before we prayed." Then we found two new investigators, plus some
other set-ups, in probably about an hour and a half! Follow the Spirit. It works.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I was with Sister Zhong
in Hualian. We contacted this girl on the street, had a
lesson with her and set up an appointment. Now this accomplishment in and of
itself is one of the miracles of missionary work, but was not the part that
really impressed me. As we spoke to her I felt that she had been searching for something
like our message. She wanted to know her
Heavenly Father, and I felt the Spirit testify to her through me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Saturday night we were
calling all our investigators to remind them about church, and we called Jun1, who is a rather new investigator. She said she was in Taipei, but
that she would be home in Hualian the next day . . . and that she would come to
church! Then, despite going to bed at 2:00 the night before, she woke
up at 6:00 on Sunday morning and came to all three meetings of church!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Zhi4 is
one of those eternal investigators, but he made progress this week! For me this
was a personal miracle. As we sat in McDonald's and taught him, I was more bold
and persistent than I ever have been when I invited him to come to church.
After the lesson I worried that I was pushing too hard and not really
empathizing with him. Later as I thought back on the lesson, I realized that I
had been guided by the spirit. In the lesson, I simply KNEW what I needed to say.
It was so clear, and it felt so right. In the lesson I had no uncertainty or
worry; I knew what he needed to hear and to do. Then I called him Saturday night,
and after more talking, he committed to come to church. He did he came to
church on Sunday!!!! Only for the first
hour, but he is finally putting forth some baby steps that will allow his faith
to grow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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all had a wonderful Easter!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18064636650514570183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140854398983989648.post-18457607327113597442014-04-08T16:20:00.002-07:002014-04-08T16:20:58.095-07:00Monday April 7, 2014<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I'm sorry I didn't get
a letter out last time! I actually don't know what took me so long, but I ended
up running out of time, and only realized afterward that I didn't tell you I
moved! I moved to Hualian, the most beautiful place on the island! Hulian is along the east coast and there are
mountains and ocean. AAHHHHH!!!!! I'm in love with it already. I was really sad
to leave Danshui, but it felt right too. My new companion is Sister Steed, who
is awesome. She was trained by Sister Taylor, my second companion on the island,
and so I heard a lot about her from Sister Taylor; consequently I already loved
Sister Steed. I was pretty excited when they announced that we would be companions.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I actually am in a leadership position now,
Sister Training leader. I think it will be really fun because we go on
exchanges with lots of sisters. We have 6 exchanges this transfer (we
"watch over" six companionships). This new calling is making me rely
on the Lord more than ever, and He never lets me down :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> On Saturday we went out with a member for
pretty much the whole day. At a light I started talking to a girl on her
scooter, and she was willing to pull over. It turns out that she used to be
Christian, but now she doesn't know if God exists or not. We ended up having a
lesson with her on the street, gave her a Book of Mormon, and she agreed to
start meeting with us, as well as pray and ask God if He exists, and read the
Book of Mormon. Her name is Chen2.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hao2’s door this past week, and ended up giving him a lesson in his
doorway. During the lesson he set a
baptismal date. So cool we’ll see what happens!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We tried hard to
follow the Spirit this week. One night we rode our bikes into an area parked,
and realized that we really needed the Spirit to guide us. We said a prayer and listened very hard for the Spirit's guidance.
We went to the doors that we felt guided to, and found two new
investigators after knocking on five doors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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girl from China whom we gave a Book of Mormon to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One of my favorite
things: I'm Asian!! I had one person tell me last week that I look like an
American, with my blonde hair and green eyes, but that I gave them the feeling
of a Chinese person. I just felt like a Chinese person! And then someone else a
few days later told me that I feel like a Taiwanese person. In high school my
friends always joked that I was Asian at heart . . . it's the truth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to explode!!!! Sister Nelson sent me pictures of Sister Zhao and the Zhang
family's baptisms. I CANNOT CONTAIN MY
HAPPINESS!!!!! Oh my gosh. Zhang family is an absolute miracle. God wanted that
family badly; the spirit was so strong when </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">teaching them. I love them and I love Sister
Nelson and Sister Zhao SO much!!</span></div>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18064636650514570183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4140854398983989648.post-69119979519560390972014-03-17T17:44:00.001-07:002014-03-17T17:44:55.375-07:00Monday March 17, 2014<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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good! As you can see from pictures, we made dumplings for P-day last week! It
was really fun! We also ate real Mexican food when we went to Taipei to do
temple tours. Macho Nacho:). The first
time I have found real Mexican food while in Taiwan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">As I was studying the morning
that we were going to do temple tours, I really felt like I should prepare a
tour for a member. Even though we didn't have any member tours scheduled. Actually we didn't have ANY tours scheduled </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14pt;">L</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">. I
spent a lot of time thinking about it, and felt pretty good about what I'd
prepared. As we were setting up for tours in Taipei, we ran into Sister Duff in,
the mother of the American family that lives in our ward. We talked for a few
minutes, and then headed off. We bumped into her later and chatted some more,
and then, the third time we saw her, I finally realized that Heavenly Father
was probably trying to tell me something. We invited her to do a tour. This
tour truly felt guided by the Spirit. I don't know all of the reasons why she
needed that tour, but I felt like the Spirit was guiding us that day, which was
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Afterwards we ran into a girl on
the street who did not have much of any religious background. We began to share
with her about Jesus Christ, prayer, and baptism. After talking with her for a
while, we invited her to be baptized if she learned what we were teaching was
true, right there on the street. She accepted this challenge! So cool!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was another experience we had inviting someone to be baptized on the street. As
we were knocking doors around the church, we ran into a Philippine lady who
spoke English. As we shared with her about the restoration, I felt the Spirit bear
testimony to me that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, and of the truth of the
restoration. We invited her to be baptized when she knew for herself that it
was true, and she accepted. Two accepted invites to baptism on the street this
week. I feel like when people really understand what we are offering, there is
no way to say no.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Chinese! In church yesterday I grabbed
the Chinese book that the lesson was out of, in an attempt to follow along. Then,
the teacher, who has helped peike and knows us pretty well, called on me to
read out loud! And I did </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, with a lot of mistakes, but it was ok. This
week was also the first week that I read scriptures out loud from characters in
lessons, rather than the pinyin. It's still back and forth, but I’m improving.</span></div>
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family is doing really well! She has already finished reading the Book of
Mormon, loved it, and is moving on to the Bible. She just has to get rid of
coffee. She normally doesn't drink it unless she is working, but she works
crazy hours a lot of times, and doesn't sleep much, so it's hard. Especially
because she is a nurse, and so if she makes a mistake when she is tired, she is
afraid of hurting other people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This Wednesday we’ll
have Zone Conference, so that will be really fun. And transfers are on March
28th, just about a week and a half. I'm guessing that I will probably transfer,
but who knows! I think that I am a lot more prepared to leave now than I was
last transfers, although I would love to stay and see the Zhang family and
Sister Zhao get baptized. And Yang JM!! She is an investigator we have right
now whom I have a lot of hope for and I love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We had interviews with
President last week, and as I was asking him how to be more consecrated to the
Lord, he related with me some of the things that indicate consecration. Everything
he named were things that mom and dad do. I was struck by how very grateful I
am for you guys. President mentioned simple
things like doing home teaching and preparing a primary lesson in advance.
Things that I've seen you do all of my life. I have been set up to succeed. I
only have to follow in the footprints of my parents. And I am so very grateful.
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understand that an important part of being a missionary is being converted to
the Lord, and loving him with your heart, might, mind, and strength, and GIVING
him your heart, might, mind and strength. Mom and Dad you are consecrated unto
the Lord and the impact that has had on my life is immeasurable. Now I will try
to serve, be obedient, be consecrated and be patient to help my investigators!
And future children.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I hope all of you had a wonderful week! This week was pretty good for us. One
horrible/wonderful part for us was Zhang Family. Because of some new mission
policy (splitting our area into two sections, one for sisters, one for elders,
rather than having the same area and elders teaching men and Sisters women), we
had to give the Zhang family to the
Elders. NOOOO!!!!!! We were really sad about it. But, we still got to meet with
them once more this week. They are amazing! It's cool to see how much Heavenly Father is
working with them. Sister Zhang, because of her weekend classes, hasn’t been to
church enough times to make their baptismal date on the 15th; consequently their
new date is April 5. But their faith is strong. Brother Zhang came to church yesterday with
their daughter, while Sister Zhang was taking a test. Yesterday afternoon we
got the neatest phone call from Sister Zhang. As she was going to take her test
yesterday she was really nervous, so she decided to pray. After she prayed, she
wasn't nervous at all. As she was taking
the test, Sister Zhang came to a problem that she didn't know the answer to.
She said a prayer, and then she just knew which answer was right. After
finishing the test, she and her friend were waiting for the results. Her friend
realized she might have done a part wrong, and became really anxious.
Sister Zhang offered to say a prayer with her. In her prayer she asked that
they would both pass. And they both did! Her friend was touched by the
experience, as was Sister Zhang, as we all were :) They are a special family. I realized that I want to see them go through the temple. I believe they will.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Another cool
experience was our peike with a Brother Jiang. He is an investigator that the
Elders gave us. His biggest issue is obeying the Word of Wisdom,
especially his smoking addiction. We asked Meng Qi to come with us--
partially because she is an angel and is willing to help, and because she was
addicted to smoking for 20 years, but was able to quit. It was cool to see her
faith, hear her testimony, and feel her love for Brother Jiang. She testified
powerfully of the power of the Atonement, and faith in the Savior. When she
decided to give herself to Heavenly Father, she was able to stop smoking.
Probably the best part happened on Sunday. Brother Jiang came in to Sacrament
Meeting late, and there weren't many empty seats (which is how it is every week
lately . . . Yeah!!). Sister Chen saw him, looked at us questioningly for a
second, but then got up herself and directed him to a seat on their row. It was
just a small act of kindness, but one that was profound to me. I think he needs
just a little bit of attention from someone so badly. The Elders told us how
hard it's been getting brothers in the ward to befriend him, and I think that
this change of missionaries might give him a chance to get to know some other
members who might be able to help (seeing as we can't meet with him without a
peike, because he is male).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Angel is a miracle as
well. I don't know how to explain it, but she is just different after being
baptized. I think it is the gift of the Holy Ghost. There isn't anything
specific that I can point to that is distinctly different from before, but she
just . . . is good. She helped us peike twice this week (lately a lot of
members that used to be able to help us can't anymore . . . so finding members
to help us peike has again been difficult), and that fact alone is a miracle!
And on top of that are the things she shared. I don't think she recognizes her
own testimony. It is still a newer testimony, but her faith is there. She helped our investigator understand faith
and talked about her own experience receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost (we
were sharing the gospel of Christ with the investigator).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Another small but
significant miracle was Sister Lai and her two kids agreeing to come to English
class! They are our LA's that we've been working with for a while. Last week they
agreed to come to class, kind of half-heartedly, and as feared they never showed up. This week Sister Lai and her children were figuring out how they were going to get to the English class, what time they needed
to do stuff in order to fit it into their schedule, etc. It was soooo
interesting to see how her kids rose to the occasion. I was touched by her
son's commitment to come once he decided to come.</span></div>
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