Sister Hailey Jane Armstrong: 2017-07-16

The rice paddies are white, ready to harvest :')

Okay so it's only been 5 days but I feel like we just had a summer's worth of happenings so GEAR UP SONNY.

On Thursday we met with probably the most prepared person I've met. Her name is 曾姐妹, 19 years old, and the biggest miracle ever! She walked into our English class two weeks ago. We finally got the chance to meet with her and dang I wish I could have facetimed you all in so you too could see and feel the power of the gospel!

We asked her how she found out about our English class and she said that two elders gave her an invite at a stoplight a couple weeks back. Well we shared a message about Jesus Christ with her and taught her about the Restored gospel and the Spirit was really strong. At the end, we felt inspired to invite her to baptism and she said 『好啊！』which is the equivalent of "okay!!" We asked her why she wanted to be baptized and she said that she knew God led her to our English class. She said she was never coming for English but she needed someone to lift her and help her and she felt that through God the past two weeks. She said, "I need a new start." She has jumped around to churches before but expressed that she was still searching for something. That lesson though...it was one of the most spiritual lessons I have ever experienced on my mission!

At the end of the lesson, I mentioned how amazing and brave she was for moving from China and how hard that must have been. She then pulled her sleeve to show us her wrist. She said "I am not brave. I have been depressed for almost all my life. But as soon as I came here I felt like I didn't have to wish to be happy, it came naturally." She came to the sacrament meeting yesterday and at the end she said it felt like there was a hand supporting her on back the entire time. She asked us "Why do I feel like crying happy tears every time we sing?" This is the power of Jesus Christ. Sister Jensen and I are sooooo inspired by 曾姐妹。

She is getting baptized the first Saturday in September! Please pray for her!!

Another miracle: Sacrament meeting yesterday...my goodness Heavenly Father is the BEST. Our golden investigator Cai Bi Zhen JM was FINALLY ABLE TO COME TO CHURCH! She has been wanting to come for over a month now. She usually has to go home on the weekends to the south to take care of her parents but this week her other sibling went so she was able to come to church and she loved it. Everyone was asking her if she was a member because she understands the gospel of Jesus Christ soo well!

I can't tell you how big a miracle it is that she was finally able to come!

We had a pretzel making activity this past Friday and had 30 investigators show up! They loved the pretzels although they were actually not good at all hahaha. It's kind of like when you're a kid and you make a really terrible looking bracelet of plastic beads for your mom and she wears it because she loves you and has a lot of goodness in her heart. Same with the sweet Taiwanese eating the pretzels :')

I know Jesus Christ is our Savior. He died for us.

He restored His gospel through the latter-day prophet Joseph Smith.

Ask God.

Find answers.

Much love to all of you!!

xoxoxo

sisterrrrrrrrrrr 莫

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Chronicles of elephant dress: Okay this man is Brother Zhang, 張弟兄。Legend. I met his daughter in the MTC but at the time she didn't speak any English and I didn't speak Chinese. I would go down to her room all the time and we became super good friends through our lang barrier<3 well a couple weeks ago her dad and I made the connection that I had known his daughter in the MTC! He has been SO SWEET to me and it's so cute to see how much he loves his daughter and the missionaries. Thursday night we walk into the chapel and Brother Zhang walked in 5 minutes later. He says to me "Mo JIeMei I had a dream last night that my daughter ran home and told me I needed to buy you these donuts and give them to you."ISN'T THAT THE CUTEST THING!! He drove all the way to Taipei and bought Krispy Kreme donuts. :') so sweet!! The members here are so good!