Hi Familia!
Last week of the move-call and training with Sister Schultz.........has it really been 3 months?? I can't believe it!! My baby's all grown up.....so proud of her! I hope you all had a super, duper wonderful week.....everybody growing up and all :) So excited to hear about all the mission calls too!!
Momma- remember those li zhi (li qi) fruits that we had in China a lot? Little small balls that you peel and then have a clear skin, kind of sweet? Well they are in season here and we officially have three HUGE bags full in our fridge and we don't know what to do with them! Table bowling? :) They are only in season for 2 months so bless these members' hearts.....they just want to make sure we get a chance to eat them :D AND it is also grape season which has also led us to accumulate about 12 bunches of grapes in our fridge as well! They are delicious though! We visited a member family last night and on their open roof they have a patio with TONS of beautiful grape vines and he picked them right off- super cool! Taiwan= absolutely delicious fruit, and lots of it!
Funny story: Young boy tried to run up and kiss my hand while I was contacting a lady at an intersection........o the things that happen in contacting :)
Miracle: Little 11 year old YJM is incredible! Truly one of the greatest blessings I have experienced on my mission :) After inviting her to be baptized last week, we visited her on Thursday with the Primary President and taught the Restoration. She doesn't say much sometimes, but she asks great questions :) And whenever we would say the word happy or Heavenly Father she would just beam with the biggest smile :D She is so precious....at the end of the lesson we asked he if she believed these things were true. She said she didn't before, but she does now :) We invited her to pray to help her know for herself and she has been reading the B of M as well. She already asked her dad is she could get baptized and he said she could!!! She came to church again this Sunday and brought her 13 year old brother too! He didn't seem to happy to be there at first, but he seemed to like it more towards the end :) Sister Schultz and I are utterly so grateful to Heavenly Father for this enormous blessing.....her life will be changed forever and we are so excited for her. Keep her in your prayers, as well as her family, so that they all might be able to feel and partake of these blessings :)
This week I would love to share what I have learned and experienced with the whisperings and power of the Spirit! It all starts in Helaman 5:30 when Nephi and Lehi are in prison and earth is shaking around them, yet there is a "voice of perfect mildness, as if it had been a whisper, and did pierce even to the very soul"......real life experience: As we were teaching YJM at her house this week, her younger brother turned up some pretty loud American music in the middle of the lesson. In my mind I'm thinking, "O man Satan, it's not happening this time!" :) We kept going, kept teaching.....it was distracting to us but it didn't seem to phase YJM at all, we asked him to turn it down a little and he did but it was still there.........we kept teaching and praying in my heart that we could fight this temptation.......and I can testify that the Spirit is more powerful than anything else!!! YJM was touched by the Spirit and she felt it, music or not! It was so amazing to see the power in the small whisperings of the Spirit, pierce her soul :) I have really come to understand what these small whisperings are like, and I know that as we pray and seek to hear them, Heavenly Father will send His Spirit to us and it is powerful :) O! You can also read 3 Nephi 11 when Christ comes too about the Spirit- so good!
Again I say....the members, the members, the members! We can't do this work without them! Every member plays such a pivotal role and missionary work takes off when the missionaries are doing it with the members! So thanks for supporting the missionaries in Kaysville!! ALSO- thanks for having FHE every week, as well as fam prayer and scriptures- it has changed my life forever and it really has done so much for our family, more than I think we know!
Love you all millions!!!
Sister J.
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