I hope you've all had a spectacular week and plan on
having another wonderful leading up to Father's Day!!!
STORY OF THE WEEK:
Shane M Bowen "Agency and Accountability"
There
is a story told of an old Cherokee teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is
going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a
terrible fight, and it is between two wolves. One is evil: he is anger, envy,
sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority,
lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” He
continued, “The other is good: he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility,
kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The
same fight is going on inside you—and inside every other person
too.” The
grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which
wolf will win?” The old Cherokee simply
replied, “The one you feed.”
I love this story, and I read it at a very good time! I
feel like this week, i have been feeding my Gaddianton Robber Wolf a bit more
than my Ammonite Wolf. And The lord helped me to see it. I knew that i was
getting prideful, I knew that i needed to check myself before I wrecked myself,
but I didn't, and now I know that the time to be humbled is at hand. We were
doing really great, our numbers were progressively getting higher each week, and
we were improving. Then I got prideful, not in anything that i said or did, but
inside my heart and mind. It affected my ability to work well, and this week the
numbers are not so great. Now I understand exactly what I was doing wrong, and I
will not be making that same mistake again....at least anytime soon hopefully! I
always need to check my pride.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
Bill Forrest: "Two men can do anything as long as one of them is the Lord."
Bill Forrest: "Two men can do anything as long as one of them is the Lord."
LOVE THIS!!! and it can definitely tie into my pride
thing....as long as I remember that I am "about my father's business" and always
involve Him in it, asking for feedback and accounting back to Him daily, I will
not forget him. I will forget myself and only remember the Lord and his precious
children!
SCRIPTURE OF THE WEEK:
3 Nephi 5:13
"Behold, i am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the son of
God, i have been called of him to declare his word among his people, that they
might have everlasting life."
I AM A DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD. What a
great calling! What a great responsibility. We have all been called, but are we
chosen right now? Are we living our lives in a way that others can recognize us
as Christ's disciples upon sight? This is important to remember as we go about
our days making decisions and in the way that we interact with
others.
I hope that all made sense....it takes a lot of work and
thought to write these emails in full english each week! Which is super weird to
me! hahaha and i look back and realize that what I wrote was super rambly and
confusing. hahahah so sorry!!!
This week has been good, except of course being prideful
and not getting as high of numbers as we were hoping! But mei guan xi i learned
from my mistakes and this next week will be incredible I'm sure! After the Lord
is on my side!
I am going to have to get into cycling when I get
home, I love my bike so much! I feel if I had a mission that used cars, I would
struggle a lot being trapped inside and always sitting. Blegggh! Bu xi
huan!
think that i will grow my hair out....just not this
summer....because it is just way tooo hot! I do like having really long hair,
and really short hair (because it's super convenient i can let it dry it by
itself! When it's long i cannot, because it's too humid and doesn't ever
completely dry.) It's also really thick....and one of the sisters who left right
before I came had really thick long hair....and it grew mold! Even though she
washed and dried it everyday! Gross!!! I sweat way to much to have long hair
here! Anyways.... The guy who cut it is a RC from down in Gaoxiong and next time
he comes up or I go down there he'll figure how how to cut it to grow out I'm
sure. I'll probably get an a line bob next or something...thats how he cut it
for when it grew out!
FUNNY/AWKWARD/RANDOM/ADVENTURE MOMENTS:
***Awesome Zone Conference on Wednesday!!! Favorite
quote from Sister Bishop: "Figure out what stories you want to be able to tell
your children and grandchildren about your mission, then go our and make it
happen!" BOOM! Soooo good, i love this so much, and now i have to think about
the stories i want to tell you each week, and then go make it
happen!
***We met with a new investigator Zhen Jiemei! She's so
great and super friendly! She's really funny and was very concerned that i'm not
allowed to date while on my mission because "what if you fine a nice Taiwanese
boy here!? And you cannot date?! Taiwanese boys are very bu cuo! THey are very
nice....if they're Taiwanese....not Indonesian or Philippians....but
Taiwanese.....no boy is going to wait for you for 1 and a half years....no
matter how beautiful you are or how good you Chinese is! Zenme ban?! Zenme Ban?!
What then?! What will you do?!?!" She was very concerned for my future!
hahahahah i told her when i go home i can date and that i'll probably marry an
american....then she asked if i could come back and marry a Taiwanese boy when
i finished my mission. "My son is 30 and very handsome! He has a good job and
takes me out to eat all the time! He's not too fat and not too skinny!" i was
like good for him! hahahahaha she also really wanted us to go out drinking with
her....she said she'd treat us "for free!" then showed us pictures of her and
her friends partying and doing shots. Oh btw she's 52!!! Hahahaha we told her
countless times we could not drink...and she just kept offering to take us out
anytime we had free time....So excited to keep teaching her!!!
hahahahahahha
***Random moment: I met the asian version of Orlando
Bloom (Mum, he's Legolas in Lord of the Rings and Will on Pirates of the
Carribean) when i was doing English Proselyting. It was super weird and i was
super thrown off for a second!
***The Elders' new investigator really likes me....like
really likes me....and always comes up and talks to me in between classes and
meetings at church hahahhaha and I awkwardly have to be nice and then stop the
conversation and walk away. hahahaha
***I've also seen 39 cats since I've come to
Taiwan!!!
Well that's it for now, i hope that you all have
splendid weeks! The Gospel is true, and if we remember to always keep the Lord
in our hearts, we cannot stray! I love you all!!! Remember to look for
opportunities to serve others and bear your testimony to EVERYONE!
Love, Bao Jiemei 包姐妹！
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