August 19, 2013

Hello Family and Friends!

This week has been another busy busy busy week! I feel like I am just running around with my head cut off most of the time. However, I would not have it any other way. It is such a joy to be able to serve the Lord for this short time.

One of my favorite things this week was the gu3 Zhen1 performance we were able to go to on Saturday. The Gu3 Zhen1 is a  classic Chinese instrument. Our 11 year old investigator Zhen Li was preforming at it so we went. It was really cool to hear. It looks like a harp and sounds very similar.

I love every time I get the opportunity to see the culture of Taiwan. It is not just enough to live here.

Zhen Li is doing great she will be having her baptismal interview Tuesday and be baptized on Saturday. She is doing FANTASTIC! It is really fun to be able to work with her.  Our last visit we were able to go over the baptismal interview questions with her.  She answered all with flying colors. She knows so much for how old she is.

Liu Ting is doing awesome! This week she told us of another prayer of hers that got answered. I am always amazed at her. I was telling our district leader about this and he was like well she does have a lot of faith. I then realized how true that statement really is.

From this I have decided this week I really want to focus on developing my faith. I really how sometimes my faith lacks. The thing is it is something that I have realized does need constant daily nourishing.  It is not just enough to have faith one day and then call it good for the rest of your life.

I have rally enjoyed the challenge of giving away a copy of the Book of Mormon every day. We were only give away 4 this week but each has been a miracle of its own.

On Monday night we met with a less active young woman. We talked about priorities with her. We watched with her a Mormon add about priorities. Then after watching that we asked her what are your top priorities in life. She first said school because she needs to get in a good college in order to get a job. This will allow her to support her parents when she is older. We talked for a little then she was like wait no the scriptures are my top priority. She told us how every day before school she reads her BOM! I was so impressed. We then challenged her to write her testimony in a BOM pray and ask God who of her friends or family is ready to hear the gospel. She turns to us and says I want to give it to my history teacher.  She was really nervous and we invited her to do a role play with us. I first practiced being her then we evaluated. After that she tried and did a GREAT job. She told us that now she is more confident to give away the BOM.

We gave the challenge to our Shuang 1 Relief Society president and just the same immediately she thought of someone that she knew that is ready to hear the gospel.

On Sunday we were getting ready for one of our lessons and Sheng JM goes do you have a copy of the BOM I can have. This really reminds me at how prepared and willing these members are to help in the mission efforts. I am so grateful for the members here.

This week I have also really been studying obedience. I was reading the scriptures noted in PMG. I learned so much from it. I wish I had brought my journal so I could tell you all my notes. What really hit me was how obedience is tied to Christ and eternal salvation. It really hit me that when obedience becomes a way of living instead of feeling that oh I have to do this that is when rules are not a burden but a joy. It also hit me how all laws from anyone called of God is as if it came from God himself.  I can choose what rules I want to obey but I cannot choose what blessings I will miss out because of  disobeying God's commandments.

I have LOVED LOVED reading Jesus the Christ.  To me Christ now is not just my Savior anymore he is also my friend. I understand him better now. I am in the last week of his life on earth.  It is crazy for me to realize that even he too was sad to be crucified. I really know now with an added conviction that he really can feel my pains and sorrows because he already has been there. I know that through this my prayers have become more heartfelt and sincere.

That is a wrap for the week!

Love

Sister Latimer