August 12, 2013
The wonderful world of Tainan is a dream beyone imagination.
Just wait till I send you pictures. After our email last week, I jumped on a
train to Tainan. A few hours later I found myself in the most beautiful city
with an incredible companion! Sister Shen and I are just about as happy as
happy missionaries can be! We got home and got right to work. This week was
spent mainly getting to know tons of people, so let me introduce you to them
Zhou JM is our relief society president and a huge key to
succcess in Missionary work. We met with her and asked how we could help the
ward, especially the sisters. We talked about those who could use a helping
hand and we spent the rest of the week visiting them. Her husband and her met
the missionaries when their youngest child was only 2 years old. They've been
incredibley faithful these last 30 years and helped us out so much.
Chen JM is a great girl who is investigating the church. She
is in her 20's and has a strong testimony of prayer. She sells clothes everyday
(get this, their jewelry is from Forever 21 haha) and has been coming to church
the last few months. She is so great. A cute girl named Mango came with us to
teach her, which worked out pretty great. Mango joined the church 5 years ago and
has a really strong testimony of families. She is always willing to help the
missionaries. That's when I started to realize that this area is full of people
who love missionary work and are willing to do anything to help these people
come unto Christ. It's so great!
Lisa is another wonderful woman. She has intesrest in the
church because of Brother Lin, a co-worker. She think's he's the bee's knees,
so when he invited her to come and see, she was more than willing. She has been
learning so much and we'll hopefully see her again tonight for FHE. It goes to
show that the most important aspect of missionary work is our own example. If
we are living the gospel, others will want to come and see for themselves why
we are so happy.
Nina is a cool 13 year old who lives in Australia. Her uncle
is a member and invited her to meet with us. We got to know her and then shared
about how the Book of Mormon and prayer will bless our lives no matter where we
are. She'll be going back to Australia soon, but we hope shell continue to
learn over there.
Ke family! They are the greatest. They live at the top of
Gaoxiong, which is still our area, so we rode our bikes down the beach to get
there. Read that sentance again. I know, right? Biked down the beach. This area
is so beautiful. If I get a chance to ride that road on a pday I'll of course
send pictures to you. This family was baptized almost a year ago and is getting
ready to go to the temple. They have 3 cute kids, Bella, Ryan and Jordan. They
are so much fun!
Chen JM, just got baptized 2 weeks ago. Huge miracle story
I'll share with you next week if I have time. Sorry, today's time is also
pretty short. Qiu JM is so funny! She wants to be baptized so bad but her
grandpa objects. We're helping her continue to build her faith, and we know
miracles will come. Zhang JM is so cool too! We shared the word of wisdom with
her and turns out she's an alcoholic. However, as we shared the blessings of
keeping this commandment, she was willing to try it before we even asked her.
We also met with other leaders, like the Bishops of our
wards (we have 2 wards here) and they want us to help strengthen the youth and
the singles programs. They'd like us to help them throw activities and help
everyone come to the church and feel loved. We're so excited to work with them!
gahhh. The time goes by so fast! Next email will be more interesting because
I've got 2 exchanges, a pizza party, a cookie party, and much much more coming
up this next week. Haha, simply put, I love my new area, companion, and all
these people. They are so wonderful and I am glad to serve them. I love you all
and miss you so much! Don't forget to read your scriptures and say your prayers
:)
Love, Ally
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