Hi Fam!!
Well it was so great and wonderful to Skype with you!!! I can't believe how much everyone has grown up...zhen de!!! It's crazy! I haven't been gone that long have I? ;) It's just so fun and wonderful to hear that everyone is doing just dandy. I could really see that all of you are just so happy.....what greater blessing could I ask for!
So I really don't have too much to say today because all that's on my mind right now is the Temple :) It was so wonderful!!! It was definitely worth waiting 9 months! The Taibei Temple is absolutely beautiful. It's a pretty small temple, but the visitor grounds are just beautiful with palm trees and tropical plants. When you walk in, everyone removes their shoes, just like what you do in people's homes here, and I really like that because it makes it feel even more sacred. We had the wonderful privilege of doing initiatories before our session and I was able to do them in Chinese! The Sisters which I did them for were all from China born about 1660-1750. These are the ancestors of the people whom I am serving among......how incredible is that. It touches my heart so deeply every time I think about it. Then we went and did an English Endowment Session with some other foreigners who live in the area and it was just beautiful. We had some time to sit in the Celestial Room and just soaked the Spirit in :) It was also really special to be their with my fellow missionaries, reminding me that we are all children of a so loving Heavenly Father on their pathway home to him......and helping our fellow brothers and sisters so they can come home too :) The temple is so beautiful! The furniture is all Asian design in simplicity and by the baptismal font they have a very traditional Chinese painting of people by a river...really cool. I love the temple! If I could, I would go there every day...I really would! I'm so grateful for the covenants I have made and now I may not be able to go to the temple all of the time, but can help my fellow sisters and families to go and receive their own eternal covenants. The Temple brings it all together.....I know that it is the house of the Lord, for He does walk those halls. I know that is why I am a missionary and why we work hard every day.....so that more people may experience these blessings.
We had some really special lessons on Monday after Sister Schultz and I skyped and we really accredit it to the Spirit and the joy we felt from talking with our families :) We are so imperfect, but the Spirit is not and the Restoration is real. I love you all sooooooooooooo much!!! Have a week of joy, laughter, love, service, and the Spirit! Don't forget to share your testimonies because you never know who needs to hear them :) I hope you will all be able to go to the temple soon as well!
Love you forever!
Sister J.
P.S. I'll try to stay away from all parallel parking cars this week ;) **During our phone call, Sister Jarvis shared with us the fact that she had actually been hit on her bike by a truck trying to parallel park. Her bike was munched and she got a little scraped up, but luckily was ok. The driver was very apologetic and paid for her bike to be fixed etc.
With Sister Schultz at the Taipei Temple
The Sisters at the temple
The Taipei Temple
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