This week was so busy and it really flew by. I am the slowest typer and I have only a couple mins for this email so it's gonna be a short one! (MEIYOU SHIJIAN!)
FIRST THINGS FIRST! Congratulations Ian and Savannah! Wow I am so happy for you two and hope your wedding is incredible. I love you both and am so excited to see pictures! (with the cardboard cutout in all of them) ;) <3 AHH SO EXCITING!!!
On Monday we went hiking on ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN! Yes. Elephant Mountain. And it surpassed all of my wildest dreams. It was a billion steep stairs up through this incredible green rain forest mountain. So epic. So majestic. But the greatest thing is that after each flight of stairs is a lookout to Taipei and it is absolutely breathtaking. The photos do not do it justice!! I also found a banana spider as I was walking by and it was the gnarliest thing ever. It was easily bigger than my hand...google it if you want. Or actually don't because they'll give you nightmares. But it made for a sweet picture!
This week we saw a bunch of miracles! One of the most amazing ones happened when we were on our way to Chen Mama's house to help her move. On our way over we were stopped at a stoplight and started talking to a woman on a motorcycle. We told her we were missionaries and she ended up saying "ummm I am already a member of your church" and the light turned and it was awkward cuz the convo just sort of ended..BUT she ended up following us and having us pull off the the side to talk to her! She hadn't been to church in 10 years because her parents (she is 30 something) didn't let her take their car to church because they didn't really support her. So she stopped going. SO we invited her to have dinner with us the next night. At dinner I asked her if she missed church and she said she missed it so much and has no friends and feels like God doesn't want to hear her prayers anymore. So Sister Bradley and I were like, "Well let's meet at the MRT tomorrow and you're coming to church with us!" Her face lit up and it was the cutest thing. She was so happy! Lessons learned: God's timing is perfect. Reach out to other people and include them! Love them! This is what Jesus Christ was all about, inviting everyone to come unto Him. I love the picture of Christ hugging the little yang (sheep) because it really is how He feels about every single person in the whole WORLD. He loves us so much! Ah love is my favorite topic. It really does make the world go round.
That probably sounded a bit hippy but I hope you get the idea. I love you all!! I love Taiwan and I cherish every day I get to be here living and breathing and having no one understand my broken Chinese :') it really is the best.
I hope you all have a great week!
all my love
mo jie mei
