January 13, 2014
Hello family!
What a crazy week it has been.
We decided that we were going to divide our area into 6 parts and focus on a part each weak. This past week we have been focusing on the west side. We have seen many miracles from that.
Monday night we set out with high goals and were determined to achieve them. The first women we talked to was a cute girl in her 30's. It turns out she was already Christian. We found out that she just got engaged recently. We were able to bear testimony and give her a BOM. She was so excited when we gave it to her. She was like really. Unfortunately, she lives in Zhong Li area. That's ok team Jesus.
The last women we contacted also is Christian. We talked with her a little about why our church is different and gave her a BOM. Sadly she too does not live in our area. Team Jesus.
When Sister Anderson and I got home we both realized that there are so many prepared people. When we gave both those women copies of the BOM they were EXCITED!!!!
After English class we meet with a student named Yang XJ. She wanted to know what the difference was between the Bible and the Book of Mormon. We were able to get one of our members to help us in the lesson. We talked a little bit about the BOM and our church. We invited her to church and she said she would come. However, at the end we asked for her address and she lives in the Tao 1 sisters’ ward. This week has really been team Jesus.
Thursday was AWESOME!!!! We visited Li dong de man. One of my favorite members to visit. She is a counselor in the RS. She helps us work with LA and service opportunities. She has a really hard life. She and her son were baptized together but now her son is inactive. Her husband does not like the church and recently he has really not been happy with the church. I have seen her grow and become better than her situation.
Her daughter was investigating the church last year but did not pass her baptismal interview. The sister missionaries decided to lay low for a bit and give her some time. This past year she has been going to different churches and tells her mom they are so much easier because they don't have commandments. That has been really hard on her mom.
Sister Anderson and I were wrapping up with Li JM and she goes I think my daughter is getting close to coming back to this church! Li JM invited her daughter to start coming to church at least sacrament portion. We are hoping to start meeting with her daughter again in February (after guo nian). That was a huge MIRACLE! I feel that the member are really starting to trust me and because of that they open up more and our giving us more help.
Friday we visited Huang JM the RS president. She is AMAZING too! She really opened up last Friday. She starts off telling us about her fu yin zhang lao (missionaries that taught you?) A year ago they visited him in Utah and he gave them experts from his mission journal about them! How special. She let us look at it. Then she told us the coolest story ever. It was about the first elder that contacted her.
He was on his last transfer. In his setting apart blessing it told him that he would find a golden family. He had only helped singles get baptized up to that point in his mission. He was feeling really down. At the time the Huang lived in a gated area and missionaries had no way to knock on their door. One day this elder was shopping and saw them he gave them a tract and they set up time to meet them latter. This elder only meet with them 2 and then went home. He did not keep in contact with them.
Years later he comes back to work in Taiwan. He was working at the temple and asked one of the man do you know a Huang ... The man said yes he is the bishop of Tao 2. This man was surprised. Sister Huang told us our family has had many callings from bishop, RS president, HP president and all of their 4 sons and 1 daughter went on missions. I got a little teary.
After sharing she asked do you like my testimony. We told her yes!!
She gave us a lot of PM families to work with. We got 5 referrals from her. We plan on contacting all of them this week!
Friday we found a new investigator. We went door knocking in the east side. We saw a women sweeping her porch. We talked to her about the restoration, BOM, and church. She really wants this gospel. She also wants it for her daughter. We will be meeting with them this week.
The church is true! God loves each and every one of us. I know that through keeping the commandments we can have more peace in our life. I know that when we take the time to listen God will speak to us. He will tell us what to do! I have relied on that a lot my whole mission.
I love you all!
Sister Latimer
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