One of our friends from church shading us as we studied Chinese. hahaha
Miracle: While sitting here and posing for the photo a man walked up to us and we invited him to church. He came to church 2 hours later!
親愛的FAM!
This week has been the best week of my mission and I don't know where to start. Ummmm let's start with 3 weeks ago! When I first got to TaoYuan, Sister Cullen and I got straight to work at planning Easter Sunday. We set a vision and goal and decided we wanted 16 people to church on 4/16 for Easter Sunday that would eventually prepare to be baptized. After we set the goal, we began praying for the Lord's help in accomplishing it in every single prayer. Setting that super high goal gave us such a huge motivation and drive and I think the biggest thing was that we never doubted it.
So as for all the things we did! We had a prayer box that members were putting in friend's names, fasting for them, we typed up an action plan and presented it to the bishop and we met with over 5 members every week to do member-missionary plans with them. We invited every single person we met to come attend our Easter Sacrament meeting! We made cute little invitations. Sister Cullen and I seriously put our heart and soul into it. Each night we got home sweaty and late from teaching lessons, we would just start calling and call call call till 10:30 every night! It was the most exciting, joyful, miraculous experience of my mission as we got to sacrament meeting yesterday and witnessed Heavenly Father's hand at work after all we could do...because honestly when you get to Sunday, you never know who will actually come.
Yesterday, we were blessed by the Lord to have 18, not just 16, investigators attend Easter Sunday Sacrament meeting! Only 6 were investigators invited by us and all the rest were friends of members. I HAD TEARS IN MY EYES! We just sat on the pew as more and more and more people kept filtering in! The bishop was in astonishment and they ended up having to bless the sacrament water a second time because they didn't have enough. Sister Cullen and I looked at each other and were completely speechless. Even though we had the goal and wanted to see it come through, we both really felt this was God that made this happen. God knows His children and He helped every single one of those 18 people be led to church yesterday. The spirit was incredible and strong. It was probably the most spiritually uplifting meeting I have ever been to. The chapel was packed and the love of God was so real. As we went around talking to everyone afterwards, almost every single person mentioned something about how touched they felt. We observed two mothers there yesterday (one a member referral, one our investigator) crying as they cuddled their children. They told us afterwards how special the feeling was there and they found "healing." It was really really powerful. I don't have the words to describe my gratitude to God for leading His children to help them feel
His love!
His love!
It is truly indescribable!
We talked with President last night about this miracle and he said,
"Sisters, that's the most investigators I have ever heard of here being at a single sacrament meeting."
"Sisters, that's the most investigators I have ever heard of here being at a single sacrament meeting."
We are so dependent on God! I have seen what my life is like when I do not rely on Him and when I do and the difference is so strikingly obvious. We cannot possibly find the joy we are meant to have in this life without Jesus Christ and daily repentance coupled with taking the sacrament weekly!
目瞪口呆！
(Chinese idiom for eyes wide open and mouth dropping haha MY LIFE>>)
Oh man I love you all. My heart feels so swollen. like a sunburn:')
I am praying for all of you back over the ocean blue!
luv u long time
sista 莫
Our bishop's kids are the CUTEST! They made us Easter eggs:')
We got hats. It's hot and sunny in Taiwan now. We wear them while we teach... Sometimes....;)
action. hat. helmet.
glasses
