NINE mosquito bites on my right arm, 6 on my left arm, and
10 on my face and neck. Man, oh man, is it hard not to itch! Why, oh why,
were mosquitoes created?! Anyway, we have lots of mosquitoes in our
apartment. My theory is they're coming from the hole in our tub that
nobody's doing anything about. So we've been trying to sleep with our
head under the covers because the mosquitoes high pitched whining when they fly
wakes us up, and it looks like I have really bad acne :(
Also, I'd like to make a disclaimer because I'm writing this
at 4 in the morning :) Since today is Temple day and we're going to
Taipei we decided to wake up early and do emailing. We're also going to
101 today hopefully so I'll let you know how that goes next week.
This week was a crazy week. We had specialized
training on Tuesday where they talked about looking for the rainbows after
every rainstorm. Kill all the Giants in the land, or get rid of our
weapons of rebellion. Bike safety, and many other things...oh yea, and WE
HAVE FACEBOOK! I was excited about it but then they told us we had to close
down our old ones and create new ones! NOOOOOOO! Me and my rebellious side was on overactive
drive and I did NOT want to close down my old Facebook. How are the
people I meet here going to find me? Also, we can ONLY have people in our area
and in our ward as our friends, which means when we're transferred we have to
delete EVERYONE and add all the ones our new companion has. But in the
end I ate some humble pie, took a step of faith and closed it down. It
was super hard because I saw that I had over 20 friend requests and
notifications on there...but don't worry! I'LL BE BACK! When we get off our
missions we can open them back up again :)
So this week one of our recent converts has this door and we
have this competition to see if we can open it without her noticing because it
is SUPER loud. The other day we almost made it, but the door gave us away
:(
This week is a little rough, but I'm trying to look at the
bright side of thing. Me and my companion are getting along splendidly.
We met with this lady this week who is Buddhist (everyone
here is) and when we told her about the resurrection in the plan of salvation
she flat out said it was impossible and wouldn't even pray about it! it was
like a slap in the face. We’re telling you about this amazing thing and
you think it's impossible and you won't even pray about it.
We also met a guy who kept asking us why God allows
extremist Muslims to kill people...and then wouldn't listen to our
answer.
But I'm trying to look for the rainbow in every rainstorm :)
I'M ENGLISH LEADER AND I'VE NEVER TAUGHT ENGLISH! In Taidong
we didn't have English class in my area because we were too far away. So
I'm starting from nothing and I’m the leader and have to get numbers and set
everything up. Fortunately my companion knows how to do it so she helps
me.
This week we decided to look for the Rainbows in the
rainstorms and we were definitely tested this week because it was a pretty
rough week. I got transferred this past week to the opposite end of the
island. I didn't realize I was living in a bubble in Taidong. Our
zone of 6 companionships made up about 20% of the whole mission's
findings. So now I'm in Toufen and it is crazy up here compared to
Taidong. But on the upside I have an awesome companion. She's
breaking me and I'm killing her because this is her last transfer.
Also, I've been reading in the New Testament lately and man
oh man it is good! It's amazing how much you can learn from the Savior and his
ministry and example. So Good!
Well, good luck over there! God is there with us, even in
the rainstorms when we can't see him. I read a conference talk by President
Monson titled, "You Never Walk Alone" In every one of our trials the
Lord know our needs and what we're going through. He is helping us
overcome our challenges and fears. As we rely on the Lord we learn how to
trust him and how he communicates with us. My challenge for this week is
to look for the rainbows. Look for the little things every day that is
God's way of telling you he's still there and loves you!
Love you all!
Fish Sister!
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