Moving!
Hello family and friends!
It is crazy to think that at this time last year I had no idea
that I would be serving in Taiwan. :) How time flies and things change so very
fast. Things in the work are changing fast to accommodate the rush of elders
and sisters coming in this week. We will be getting 13 sisters and five elders.
Sisters will now be called as Sister Leaders training at it will
be a companionship. They will be like zone leaders and go on exchanges with the
sisters in their zone. I am excited to see how this all goes. I love being
apart of this! This is where I am supposed to be and I could not be any
happier!!!
This week has been a extra busy week but many many many
miracles!!! First off it is official Xin Zhu is splitting!! On Friday night
the office elders called us and told us that we will be moving to another
apartment!! Sister Cisney and I both screamed. I am so glad that we are
splitting the work here is so much it will be nice to have an extra pair of
hands! Sister Cisney will be training again because she is just that AWESOME! I
will hopefully be staying in Xin Zhu. Who knows next week I could be emailing
you from a new area!
Our zone invite for the month is that every day we are to read
the sacrament prayers every day and try to think of Christ all day. Doing this
has really made a difference in the work. Sister Cisney and I have noticed how
doing this helps us put our investigators first.
It seems as if people are coming out of the word works. The work
is hastening and Sister Cisney and I are always biking at the speed of life.
This is defiantly the way it is supposed to be.
There are so many miracle stories from this week.
I'll start off by saying one of my personal goals for my mission
is to find and teach people from China so when they go back they can build up
the church there.
I was going through our phone referrals the other day. I felt
that I should try this particular person. I then looked at the comments written
by the missionaries and saw that she was from China. I called her up and she
was willing to set up for this coming Friday! I am so excited and pray I
will still be in this area.
Zhang Jie Mei is former investigator. She was taught all the
lessons and even had her baptismal interview but her mother opposed and she then
stopped meeting with the elders. She then moved down to Xin Zhu and the elders
gave us her number and told us to get her baptized. We meet with her last
Wednesday and set with her a baptism date for next month!
Yang Jie Mei is a former that we contacted on the street. She
told us that what she remember about meeting with the sisters was the peaceful
feeling she had. She wants that again. WE invited her to be baptized last time.
She said yes and is set for June! It was so cute all of her questions were
about trivial things. She was like I don't want to drown, and do you stay in
your wet cloths after! I thought if that is her only concern then I can deal
with that.
Ding Jie mei is doing great! She pei ke'd for the fist time
yesterday. The investigator was also from Vietnam so Ding Jie mei was able to
bear her testimony in her mother language! I could not help but grin because
this church has made all the difference in her life. I am so proud of how hard
she works for her and her son.
This week we passed Liu Kang Quan over to the elders. Sister
Cisney and I both felt that there was something that we could not offer but he
needed. Thursday night Elder Montalto and Cheung went with us and did
a group lesson so he could slowly transition to them. Watching them interact
with them truly confirmed to my heart that it was the right thing! I will miss
working with him but it is the right thing.
One of our less actives came to church with her kids this
Sunday. The kids come every Sundayon their own! The kids’ faces were
beaming as they proudly sad next to their mom.
I know that this church is true! I know that the Plan of
Salvation is the best way to have happiness in this life. I know that we need
to rely on the Lord. I know that being happy is a choice and that every minute
you need to decide whether to react or act in any given situation. I know that
God loves ALL his children.
Well that's a wrap from the Xin Zhu sisters. Soon to be four! or
hen kuai si wei jie mei!!! Yes we are a little excited!!
Sister Latimer
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