December 2, 2013
Hello family and friends!
This week has been crazy! I know I probably say that about every week, but this week it felt especially crazy! Every day was jam packed and Saturday we had the opportunity to go to Taipei to be the temple sisters. I always love being able to be so close to the temple! As always temple day was crazy busy. We were constantly on our feet giving someone a tour.
Last Monday night we had a BIG miracle! We decided that we want to have a WHITE CHRISTMAS and in order to do that we need to find more people that are ready to hear this gospel. We set out that night to contact the church square. The first man we meet was really nice. He was not willing to continue to meet but we think we planted a pretty good seed.
The last person we meet is this Wang XJ. She was on her way home from school (she is a freshman in college). We shared with her our one minute talk about the restoration. We then asked her if she had interest in our message. She set up and we exchanged numbers. She was willing to meet that Friday. We meet with her Friday and it was an AWESOME lesson. In the prayer she offered at the end she talked about how she was grateful she could learn more about Joseph Smith and The Book of Mormon. We invited her to be baptized and her first reaction after seeing the picture of Jesus Christ being baptized is can I wait until after winter because it is really cold. We reassured her that it would be inside! She set 12/25/13 as her date! I pray she makes that date!
Tuesday we had about 20 minutes and we decided to tract because we had set a goal to have one other lesson. We were determined and set out. The first person we tracted into was a family that we had contacted a week earlier. It was funny because he recognized us but we did not recognize him. It was a couple and we had a nice talk with them. They are devout Daoists(?). I guess he is one that we are planting the seeds. Then we ran into this cute middle school student. It turns out that she is also a Christian. We shared with her about Joseph Smith and the BOM.
Wednesday was English class and it kind of felt like a circus. We were misinformed and last minute had to make some changes. It turned out good in the end! I have learned on a mission you have to learn to roll with the punches. That is just part of life.
Funny qing ke story (where a member feeds us). Zhong mama loves loves the missionaries! (side note she was less active but came back to the church to help the missionaries with their Chinese. She will correct you anytime anywhere even in the middle of a lesson BUT it also helps missionaries here improve faster!!)
She likes to shock the missionaries at how much she can feed us. She usually brings us boxed dinners (bian dang) but this time she decided to take us out to eat at Da Ge Zi. This place is famous for its handmade noodles. She comes and brings chicken from another store. She tells us don't worry about meat I got chicken. We each order our bowl of noodles and I think that is a good amount of food. BUT she was not done. She starts ordering things to share. She ordered so much. The waitress was even surprised at how much she ordered! Luckily we were able to wai dai (to go).
After English class we meet with Afa. She is so ADORABLE. I cannot wait to see her this week.
Thursday was packed and we had about 40 minutes to contact. We went out with the goal to find one new investigator. We ran into this soft spoken high school student. We were able to have a lesson and set her up for this Friday!
Saturday was AMAZING!!!!! I loved it! I wish I had to tell you all that happened. The best way to put it is there are so many miracles when we are at the temple!
Fun Fact: The Taiwan Temple's Moroni is facing China! We were giving a tour to one of the elders and her mentioned that. He talked about how special that is. Hong Kong's Moroni is also facing China. It is amazing to see how much China depends on Taiwan (in the church perspective). China will open in God's time but I know as I help the people here come unto Christ it does help those in China. I don't know how to describe it but that is the way I feel.
Sunday was MAGNIFICENT! I forgot to mention last week we and the elders put our hastening of the work of Salvation fireside! It was rocky and we were wondering if it really helped. IT DID!! We have a tree and people put up leaves, blossom, bud or fruit to represent the different steps! We had so many people put up leaves! The bishop bore his testimony about it and then invited our WML to come re-explain and bear testimony!! The ward is on fire with this!!!!
We went into YW to talk about them helping us pei ke( be at a lesson) we passed around a sheet they could sign with their name, number and days they are free. The YW then gets up and talks about how we all need to help in this work. She talked about how this is a great opportunity for them.
There is so much more to say but no time!
This church is true! Don't forget the reason for the season!
Love
Sister Latimer
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