Hello, Hola, Ni Hao!!! Happy Pioneer Day!
So obviously we have had some big changes because today isn't Friday :) Yesterday was a crazy day for us- one Elder in our district found out yesterday he is leaving tomorrow! We Sisters also found out we begin with our new Chinese district today- and it's their P Day :) We are really excited to jump into complete immersion, but also just a little whoo-hoo, but we are excited for this next part of our adventure.....we'll see how our class goes tonight! We know a few of the Chinese Elders and Sisters, and also just met a few more, but they have been so incredibly nice and welcoming to us. They all think we have better Chinese then them, but they will be suprised tehe O! and from the looks of it, it seems that Brother Danny Anderson will be my teacher! haha It will be kind of funny to teach him when he's an investigator, but he's great so it should be good! Our other teacher is actually from China so we will get the experience of listening and responding to a lot of native Chinese. O! and our companionship is getting split :( We are SUPER close so we were really worried, but they are letting us stay as roommates!! It is so true that your companions become some of the greatest friends you will ever have :) I will still be with Sister Bambrough and Sister Embley is going to be companions with a Sister from the other three-some. It has been such a great experience to be in the International Branch and I'm so grateful I got to experience it! We had incredible teachers and I met such strong people from all over the world......we had a Sister from Greenland who is one of 6 members in the entire country and we are friends with this adorable Sister from Madagascar who is the first Sister from her country to serve on Temple Square :) P.P.S. You should go to Temple Square soon and look for a Sister Puttapong from Thailand....she was our roommate and is adorable :) So if we get our Visas in time, I will be leaving August 7th! Taiwan feels more real than it ever has. We had an amazing, yet simple, testimony meeting last night with our district. The Spirit was so strong as everyone testified of God's blessings in their lives and thus far in their mission. I'm trying to be better at understanding that this is not about me in any way. It's easy to get your own thoughts going and be concerned with you, but we are literally the Lord's tools and He moves us where He needs us and we say what He wants us to say. Nothing is about us, and I love that.....I hope to strive to let go of everything so the Lord can dwell in me and use me in His work. Not too much to say, but just wanted to fill you in!
I have received more letters than I ever thought I would! Thank you SO much- I treasure every single one of them :) Aunt Mary's family also sent me a package filled with letters and her DELICIOUS chocolate chip cookies- everyone loved them!
Heavenly Father loves you each so very much :)
Love you all!
Sister J :)
No comments:
Post a Comment