Well, Let me just start off by saying....the
fire is burning in Xiao Gang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Operation Baptism Inferno is now in
effect and the sparks thereof have started a fire......because our
investigator IS GETTING BAPTIZED NEXT WEEK!!!! yeah!!!! she's been investigating
the church for almost a year now....and I've been so blessed to see the changes
in here in just the last few weeks I've been here. It was mostly a problem with
faith for her....but now she understands that she only needs believe and her
faith will develop with action! She's so amazing and is finally going to enter
at the gate of the strait and narrow path! SOOO PUMPED!!!
QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
ELDER JEFFREY R HOLLAND:
"...hold
fast to what you already know and stand strong until additional knowledge
comes. It
was of this very incident, this specific miracle, that Jesus said, “If ye have
faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence
to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto
you.”6The size of your faith or the degree of your knowledge is not the
issue—it is the integrity you demonstrate toward the faith you do have and the
truth you already know."
Soooo Good! This is what we used to help Amber
understand that to be baptized that she does not need perfect faith....She asked
us if she only had half faith and half belief if God would still accept her
baptism....don't worry we assured her he would! She's so amazing and I'm excited
to help her continue to progress even after she makes this first covenant with
God! :D
AWKARD/FUNNY/AMAZING/RANDOM ADVENTURES OF THE
WEEK:
***Wu DX: "Try it! It's
seafood!"
ME: "Okay!" *Grabbed one and popped it in my
mouth and bite down hard*
Wu DX: "Wait! Don't eat the
teeth!"
ME: "WHAT DID YOU GIVE ME?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE
TEETH?!"
Wu DX: "Squid Beak! don't eat the middle
part....that's the teeth/beak."
It was actually quite delicious after I de-beaked it!
Like a seafood tasting mushroom!
***Okay the first contact of the day, only 15 seconds
left on the light before it turns green. I turn around to say hello to a lady on
her scooter behind me and right after I say hello I DROOL A WATERFALL!
wow.....so I was like great, I just ruined that contact. The light turned green
so I start to ride slowly, awkwardly away on my bike.....BUT THEN....she rode up
next to me and was like "Wait! Can I have your phone number? I want to meet with
you sometime!" MORAL OF THE STORY: Drooling does not ruin the contact! Contact
on!
***Interviews with
President Blickenstaff and Sister Blickenstaff!!! They were sooo great! And they
both interviewed us actually! They are really awesome, and I'm excited
to work with and under them in such a great work as this! Great things are going
to happen to the Taiwan Taizhong mission and I'm so grateful that I'll be here
to witness it! :D
***Met with the Bishop
of the ward this week! Apparently it's supposed to be hard to set up with him
according to past missionaries? I didn't know this so last sunday when I saw
him I just was like "Hey bishop! Can my companion and I come visit your family
sometime this week?" and he was like "Yeah! How about tomorrow?" that easy! Then
we had a meeting with him and told him a bit about what we've been doing, what
our goals and plans are to accomplish them, and what we hope to do with the
area/ward of Xiaogang. Then asked him what he would also like us to do. I think
he was impressed and we will continue to work closely with the ward to further
the work and accomplish our mission....OPERATION BAPTISM INFERNO....and
STRENGTHEN AND BUILD XIAOGANG WARD!!!!!!!!
Mommy and daddy, it is
awesome that the reunion was so fun. Way to go to play with all the little
kids:) Good job aunt Jackie and Nika for organizing it. Thank you Uncle Ed and
Aunt Kathy for the money.
Sorry this email is so short, but know I love you all and the work is progressing! I hope you all have splendid, miracle-filled, and service oriented weeks. LOVE YOU! Hope on. Journey on. and "first and forever fan the flame of your faith, because all things are possible to them that believe."
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