April 7, 2014
Hello family!
I can't believe it has been a week! It has been a week full of miracles! I am so grateful that God keeps showing us miracle after miracle.
Monday night we set out to contact and it was one of the best Monday nights I have had my WHOLE mission! We were able to have 3 lessons. We go to the road and are locking are bikes and this women catches our attention. We start to talk with her and she tells us that she is super busy but we can call her later. We were able to get her number and are hoping to meet with her this week.
Then we run into this Zhu Xian sheng. He had just gotten off of work. He told us that he actually used to go to a Bible study class. We talked with him about the restoration and baptism. We were able to invite him to baptism and he told us if he gets and answer then he will. We also gave him the BOM and before we could introduce it he asks what the difference between this is and the Bible! He actually lives in TaoYuan so we gave those missionaries his information.
The last person we ran into was a XJ who is also Christian. We were able to talk with her about why are Church is different. She is really sweet. She was not interested but we wrote our number on the back of the tract and one day she will call.
Wednesday was English class and it was so much fun! Not only that but I had a really cool miracle. During English class I shared about God being our loving father in Heaven. I told them a story about a time when one of my prayers was answered. After class I start talking to one of the students I notice in the corner of my eye that Tina a new student is standing at the door. One of the other missionaries was asking her something and I hear her respond I want to ask Sister Latimer a question. I finish up talking with the other girl and then walk towards Tina.
I ask her what do you need. She then asks me “When did you start to believe in God?" I forgot to mention she is an atheist. I told her that my parents had always taught me that there is a God. However, I came to know for myself over time through prayer and experiences.
She then asks, “So you feel God?" I told her I feel God through the Holy Ghost. I told her that the Holy Ghost is God's messenger.
She then goes ok. I really was amazed. I turn to my companion and mouth did that just happen. I felt the spirit so strongly when I was talking with her.
Thursday we were able to meet with one of our less actives Tang JM. She is doing good. She is a really great person just feels weighted down by certain things in her life. Last week we shared with her about repentance. We read with her Alma 36 about Alma's repentance/conversion story. It was really good to share that with her. She was able to express how she feels sometimes repentance seems impossible. We were able to bear testimony to her that we know God forgives all who truly repent.
We were also able to meet with Xu JM. She is doing better. We shared a video about being happy. She told us how that sometimes she is not satisfied with her life. We invited her to think of things she likes to do and then every week to find time to do the things that are on her list. She is so busy! She has two kids and a job!
Friday was crazy busy. We were able to meet with our less active Wang Xiao Hui in the morning. She is slowly changing. Her son was home and he even started singing with us. In the beginning he would not really want to talk to us. At the end he wanted to talk to us for a minute. We raced cars with him for a minute. It was really cool to see how the spirit is working in her little boy.
Later in the day we were able to have some contacting time. We ran into an Ying Jm. She was really sweet. We shared with her about the restoration and BOM. She told us to call her this week. We are so excited to see her this week.
We were also able to get one of our YSA Claire to come out contacting with us. It was her first time and she was super nervous. We were able to go to our favorite Miracle exercise park. We went there and found a new friend. Her name is Wang JM. She actually has so religion. She was super sweet and we are really excited to see her this week.
Saturday we were walking out of a store after buying lunch and a man starts talking with us. We were able to share with him about the restoration. Afterwards I told my companion God is just showing us miracle after miracle!! He truly is!!!
That is a wrap for the week. As President Day always tells us the best is yet to come!!! I am excited for what miracles are in store for this week. It just gets better and better!! (That will include after the mission too!)
I love this work there is nothing else I would rather be doing than this work. I know that God loves each and every one of us. I know that he knows us individually. I know that this church is true! I know that through prayer we can know that the BOM is true.
Love
Eliza
Sister Latimer
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