Wu an!!! My dearest, darlingest family!
Hope you had a stupendous last 4 days! Has the heat come yet? :)
Fun facts that you learn only in Taiwan: My dear companion Sister Schultz is very sweet, sooo sweet that she literally gets bit when she steps outside :) At the end of this week her legs looked like a combination of chicken pox and an allergic reaction of little red dots....bless her soul. She literally has about a million bites on her legs and everyone just wants to help her! There was one day when every person we visited gave us their secret ingredients for itchy legs haha it was so great! So when itchy, bug-bitten legs arise here's what works: mouth rinse, Chinese orange medicine, sesame oil, fermented brown sugar, and many more! They work! Her legs have now become an effective finding tool as they attract people's concern on the street...you can find souls in miraculous ways! :)
Miracles: A child's answer to a prayer :) We invited the little sisters we have been teaching to sincerely pray to know if the Book of Mormon was true after they shared with us that they weren't sure if they had really felt the Spirit confirm that to them yet. Well, we went back and followed up..........suddenly D (who tends to be more quiet in the lessons) popped up and said she had just been praying upstairs before we got there. She said she had prayed to ask Heavenly Father is the B of M was true and suddenly felt the feeling of a hand on her head pushing her head down and telling her "shi! shi! shi!" which means "Yes! Yes! Yes!" She said she felt like it was God telling her that the B of M was true and now she knew it was :) We were so gang dong and touched by her experience. I feel I understand a little better why we are taught in the scriptures to humble ourselves as a child to be "submissive, patient, humble and full of love."
We also saw the love and guidance of ward leaders help our recent convert LJM..........I know that Bishops are called of God and our ward leaders truly represent the Lord in their stewardship. The sister we are working to rescue also came to church yesterday again! I have a testimony of never giving up........when we go out and find those lost sheep with the power of the Lord behind us, we can find them and bring them back :)
This week my testimony was strengthened of reading the B of M over and over again! I read Alma 32 which I have read so many times, yet learned something completely knew! I was able to understand a little better the connection between faith and knowledge. After we use our faith and see/feel something take place........we come to know it and therefore it becomes our knowledge...."Yea, your knowledge is perfect in that thing, and your faith is dormant; and this because you know, for ye know that the word hath swelled your souls..." No wonder we are commanded to read, pray daily and attend church weekly! As we act and grow in faith, it turns into true knowledge and we will have knowledge forever and forever :) I also read a lot about the Atonement in Alma 35 and again so touched by the power of the Atonement for each one of us. As it says in 35:9, we get to leave our old world behind, and come unto Christ to receive nourishment and be given all that we need for a new life :) And that is the miraculous beauty of the Atonement..........which I'm still learning about!
I asked President Bishop last week in my email how he has found he has accomplished his goals, I want to share his response with you : "Elder Evans taught that we accomplish what we incessantly work for.........we must be relentless. Never give up on the quest for finding, teaching, and baptizing families." Wow.........so inspiring!
I love you all so so much!!! I love this Gospel with all my heart and know it leads us home and helps us to truly be the happiest we can be! I know that the Atonement is real and the Savior can help us with absolutely everything, it's amazing :) I'm so grateful for all of your examples and pray for you daily!!! Love you!
Sister J. :)
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