Monday, March 16, 2015

Guess what happens when you mix wind and sand and a beach with a whole lot of missionaries? yep! SAND EVERYWHERE!!! I had sand in my hair for about three days.  It's true, but it was tons of fun, so I guess it was worth it ;) Also, last week was my 8 month mark! next month is half way done! where has the time gone?!

So this week was full of meetings. Zone meeting we talked about being more bold with our baptismal invitations and the mission vision which is to work on Sheep, Sweep, and Loving them Deep (from Luke 15 parables).  This month we're focusing on LA's and bringing them back to the fold.  Here in Toufen branch we are so close to becoming a ward and me and Sister Haacke plan to help them accomplish it.  We only have around 45 active members, yet our ward list is about 8 pages long...lots of LA's. Unfortunately, that's very common in Taiwan. 

In zone conference we talked about the four languages that a missionary needs to be fluent in to be an effective missionary: the Language of Love,  the Spirit, the Gospel, and Chinese.

The miracles keep coming! It's amazing to see how hard work pays off. You show the Lord that you value the time He has given you and even when you have that random 30 minutes in a day you make the most of it. Street contact, call formers, potentials, or ward members and try to set up a time. It's amazing to see the miracles in that. The Lord literally SENDS people to us and they find us wherever we are. The Lord is in this work and when we show our dedication, He will send the prepared to us. 

We were able to get a baptismal date investigator. Her name is Wu Jie Mei and she has been an investigator for a while and has previously had a baptismal date in the past before I got here. When we set the date we were able to give her a baptismal planner and put church every Sunday on it. We were able to show her how the baptismal planner can help her get to the font. 
 
Our investigator Gan Jie Mei's lesson this Saturday was A-mazing! The Spirit was so strong and she is so close to accepting baptism! She's one of those investigators who teaches herself and we talked about the importance of scriptures and why we're supposed to read them everyday. She loved the scriptures we shared along with the tree of life. One step out at a time we're picking Toufen up and running with it. We will make that goal to help Toufen become a ward. Little by little. 

Yu Jie Mei

Having fun at the recycling center.

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