Hey everyone! this is gonna be short and sweet like the taiwanese because we are playing ping pong this afternoon and PRIORITIES. Fam by the time I get home you won't even know what hit you. #bringitondad
This week we found 2 new families to teach! One of the families we found through a member. The member does curtains and we have been working with her on her mission plan and she was like "go visit these people." SO we bike for a really long time and get lost and then we finally find the house down a little road called 六合二村. We knocked on the door and a young dad answered. We only started to introduce ourselves before he interrupted and said, "No no come in, we want to hear a message!" Wow!!! We got to chat with him and understand why he was so willing to let us in. He wants his kids to have a foundation and has always wanted to find a church but is confused by why there are so many Christian churches. So we shared some personal experiences about how amazing our parents are and how grateful we are to have grown up knowing our Savior. We are going back to visit them and their two cute twins (one girl one boy 一男一怒) this Thursday - please pray for them!!
The next family we met was also through a member! Sister Olsen and I were in the middle of Chinese studies when a member named 種弟兄 called and said, "hey do you sisters want a new investigator?" and we were like uuhhhhhmmm yeah I guess...hahah (the whole phone call we were trying to stay calm, keep our qi in balance ya feel) He then tells us about this woman that he has been talking to about the church for a really long time. Apparently, she had walked into his bread shop that day and she told him, "I went to my church a couple days ago and I get such a weird feeling there and they don't let me ask questions. Also I want to be baptized on Easter. Can I meet with your missionaries?" THE MIRACLES! We called her and she is this super sweet amazing mom who has so many great questions. We are stoked to be meeting with her and her kids this Wednesday! (also lowkey stoked on members who give you fresh multi-grain bread and new investigators #holla THANKS 種弟兄)
Okay let's take a moment and talk about my most used and abused word: miracles. I realized I say this word probably more than I say the word "the". Every SINGLE day something miraculous happens and it's gotten to the point where after every time one of these clear, huge, miraculous things happen, Sister Olsen and I just sit in shock and look at each other with mouths wide open. We talked about it and it's almost like an outer body experience. And pondering it more, it's because it's this feeling of knowing 100% that nothing you'd done could have resulted in that miracle but that it was solely through the power of God. I decided to study the word in the Bible Dictionary and I wanted to share this part with 大家：
Miracles are a part of the gospel of Jesus Christ. If miracles cease it is because faith has ceased.
Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ want us to see miracles!! It is a literal part of Jesus Christ's gospel. I was thinking of when Jesus Christ performed miracles during His time on the earth and how He would first ask, "do you believe I can perform this miracle?" This is so meaningful to me because truly nothing can happen - change will never occur and we will never achieve the happiness God has prepared for us if we don't make the first step. We can't sit there waiting and blaming God for never doing anything. I know with my whole heart that if we use faith and act in faith-if we do something!!- we make room for Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father in our lives! I love this gospel and I love sharing it because I know Heavenly Father wants every single one of His children to see miracles and feel that joy that only comes after faith.
I love this gospel! I love you all and I love that this email was def not short by any means hahaha
THANKS FOLKS
I love you and I am praying for you!!
sis 莫
words can't explain the LOVE for these human beans
