Hey you wonderful folks!
Happy 3rd week of January!! This week went by so fast....we had some exciting things happen this week: some new investigators, happy lessons, guidance from the Spirit, learning, eating delicious food, and just another great week of sharing the Gospel :)
I felt really guided by the Spirit especially this week. Our mission president has asked us to focus on our own conversion this year( geng hao it's also a personal goal :) ) He has asked us to focus on recording thoughts and impressions we receive from the Spirit after praying and reading.......I really really like this because I personally find it easy to just get up and start moving again.......but when we take the time to stop, listen, and feel.....that inspiration really comes into our hearts. My trainer was a super good example of this...she would always have a little notebook next to her and write so much every night! I remember wondering how she wrote so much down, but she just payed attention to the small impressions which really guided our missionary work. I shall eternally be learning the principle of stopping and listening.... it is definitely one of my weaker points.;) I'm an always on the move kind of person, but I know as we pray and read with earnesty and really seek revelation......in the quietest moments and ways, it will come!
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Suprise Sister Exchanges this week! We were in the middle of companionship studies on Tuesday when the Zone Leaders called us and said Sister Exchanges are today! What! Everyone thought they were next week so we weren't expecting them at all, and we needed to be ready in the next hour or so to switch..... just another day in the life of a missionary :) After everything got settled, I headed off to Yong Kang with Sister Yen who is awesome! She is from Taiwan, only active member in her family, and a super great missionary :) We had two ward councils that night.......( found ourselves sitting at the big meeting tables with all the ward leaders) and I learned a lot about ward and missionary relations....they are so crazy important! One ward was really willing to help the missionaries with their ideas, and the other one wasn't quite as chipper about it......but it just helped me to see that we really all have the same purpose of helping others come unto Christ and how important it is for the missionaries and ward to work together to build the kingdom in their area.
Miracle: A long time ago last October (it really does seem so far away...) Sister Gibson and I met with an adorable college student from Hong Kong named YJM. She had been to a church in the U.S. and had really liked it so she was really interested. She committed to reading the B of M and praying.............and then we could never get a hold of her again! Then my companion asked me to try her again last week and she answered! She set up to meet with us this week and we had a ittle lesson on coming to know God through our faith...........then the best part was that she came to church on Sunday and seemed to really like it! She is super great and I feel that she is an honest seeker of truth. I love that Heavenly Father never forgets or gives up on His children :) Even if it has been 3 months, it has only been a minute to Him.....she has a really beautiful light about her and am excited for her to begin on this wonderful path of the Gospel!
Sister Liang got a call Tuesday night while I was in Yong Kang from the assistants telling her our companionship has been asked us to teach one of the training lessons at Zone Conference on Tuesday! We were both a little shocked by this, but I wasn't worried because Sister Liang is an awesome teacher :) Our southern zone conference in on Thursday, but we will be going up to Taizhong tomorrow to teach about helping Recent Converts. After some pondering and planning, we have decided to focus on how every Recent Convert's goal should be the temple and what we can do to help them get there............because in all reality, that's what it's all about. Baptism is so wonderful, but we are baptized so we can go to the Temple and take hold of the greatest heavenly and earthly blessings. I'm grateful for great leaders, parents, and friends who have helped me to see the importance of actively going to the temple. If I can help these new members here prepare to enter the temple, I feel that is about the greatest thing I can do to help them.
Have a stupendously, wonderful, week!!!! This Gospel is the happiest thing in the whole wide world!! (Even over here in little Taiwan where 1 person can ride on a motorcylcle with 3 large dogs.......I love Taiwan :) )
Love,
Sister J.
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