Monday, July 23, 2012

Another Week Gone By!!!

July 23, 2012
 
Hello!!! What a week... I feel so overwhelmingly blessed it's unreal. Crystal and Sharalyn, hang in there with your cute babies on the way!!! Good luck this week with Ryan! Tell him aunt Ally says hello :) So the fair was last week, how was that? I hope you ate 11 elephant ears and at least 4 corndogs for me. Sounds like you are sewing up a storm Momma, I hope you're enjoying it! I hope Christy can get her leg and back problems sorted out, no fun to deal with pain like that... I love hearing about the family and hope you are all doing great! Know that you are thought of often, and prayed for always. I love you all!
 
First, my miracle of the week, and then it's picture explaining time. Okay, so this week we have been working really hard but it seemed like we weren't getting many results. A lot of people stood us up, weren't home when we visited, or weren't willing to talk to us on the side of the road. We still had success and met with our progressing investigators (people who are continually learning more about the church and meeting with us) but not many new ones. We said a prayer that we could have the Lord's help in accomplishing our missionary purpose (to invite everyone to come unto Christ) and got to work. We miraculously had 9 lessons in 3 and a half hours last night. It was just unreal. We taught several people how to pray and about their purpose in life. It felt so good and we are so grateful!!! I love sharing the gospel every single day. In one of our lessons with a 15 year old girl this week, we were teaching about the nature of God and how He is our loving Heavenly Father. I told her that God knew her name and that He cared for her more than she could begin to realize. She looked at us awestruck, and asked if we were telling the truth. Yes of course we are! The highlight of my day was seeing her smile after that! What a change the knowledge of who we are and who loves us can make in our lives. I am so grateful to know that I am a daughter of God. He loves me and I do my best to show Him that I love Him too. I also know that He knows us individually and personally and through prayer we can communicate our thoughts, feelings, questions, and desires to Him. He will listen! I feel so lucky that we get to teach people about prayer all the time. We asked one girl what she thought about prayer after we said her first one with her, and she said, "It's pretty awesome" YEAH. It is!!! Haha oh how happy I am!
 
Okay, I thought maybe you'd like to see some photos of my little island. The first is of our Chapel. It is 4 stories tall and about 2 by 6 or 7 rooms large. Does that make sense? Haha. Well I love our chapel. Taiwan is a very dirty place, beautiful, but dirty. The chapel is really an escape from it all and everyone can feel the spirit there.
 
The next is of what some apartments in Taiwan look like. We pass this one a lot and I just think it looks cool.
 
Ranhou, that's me preachin the gospel to ALL of Taiwan. Or at least Zhanghua. I just want to shout it from the rooftops! So that's what my companion and I did this morning haha.
 
Me and Mr. Elephant. I think some folks worship him... but we are just friends. He knows I'm not into that kind of stuff.
 
Meet the newest member of our family! Ta. Ta is my trusty ukulele that I love to play. I have a goal to learn all the hymns before I come back. I'm also teaching my companion a few songs. So fun!
 
We love ice cream and mangoes. LOVE.
 
This building is funny haha. Look how tall and skinny it is! You could be in the middle of nowhere with no buildings except one. Instead of building out and around, they always build up!
 
Me and my trusty companion Sister Wainright with a lady on our roof!
 
Creepy bug. We meet new ones all the time. It's a hate hate relationship.
 
A typical Zhonghua street. Except imagine way more scooters!!! It was a less busy time of the day. Note my trusty helmet. Safety first.
 
Well folks, that's about all for today. Remember that I love you dearly and think of you often! Remember that God loves you, I love you, and Satan hates your guts. He's just annoying and doesn't want any of us to truly be happy. Turn to Heavenly Father because His arms are always open. More next week!

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