WEEK 78: HELLO. Here are some words:)

周秀 柃： sassy, adorable, loving Zhou JM! She has already read to 2 Nephi and she is progressing so well! 

She teaches me what it means to love the Lord and recognize our complete reliance on Him.

家好！

Apparently this is the last email I send home and that has definitely not hit me yet so we will just keep going as normal:D I need to tell you guys....

黃靖容姐妹 WAS BAPTIZED AND CONFIRMED THIS PAST WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was one of the most sacred moments of my life. She has never smiled like she smiled that day and immediately after her baptism she was just filled with LIGHT! It was so beautiful I am not gonna lie there were definitely tears in my eyes. After she was baptized she came in to share her testimony and I wish I could have recorded it to share with everyone. You seriously just need to look at Huang Jing Rong to know that Jesus Christ is real and his gospel is true. Her life has changed completely through the Book of Mormon and through Christ and Heavenly fathers love. Huang JM's process of conversion has been one of the most beautiful miracles and gifts from Heavenly Father. Everything is done through His hand! As she bore her testimony every single person in the room had a huge smile on their face. She even shared a scripture she found the night before her baptism in 2 Nephi 31:12. It says, "12 And also, the voice of the Son came unto me, saying: He that is baptized in my name, to him will the Father give the Holy Ghost, like unto me; wherefore, follow me, and do the things which ye have seen me do." She shared a powerful testimony about repentance and the Book of Mormon and man, every single person in the room had a huge smile on their face. THE FEELS! I promise this kind of joy is one where you know it couldn't be from any other source except heaven. Ahhhhhhhh so much love! Huang JieMei is one of the most humble and honest people I know and she will help and bless so many people in life with the light Christ has given her. Please pray for her and her son 淋期(Lin Qi)!

On top of that we saw a huge miracle on Tuesday that unfolded throughout the week: A woman came into the chapel to do family history work with some of the members during a family history activity. The woman's name is Zhou Li Huang and she is in her 60's. As the members are helping her enter her parent's and sibling's names, they click to the next page to load the family tree and A HUGE PORTION OF HER FAMILY HISTORY WORK IS ALREADY COMPLETED! How? Her brother is an insanely active member in PingDong Taiwan!!!!!!!!!! WHAT!?!

The moment this happened Sister Birch and I were prepping another lesson that was coming in 15 minutes. But we get a call from the member, Jiang JM, who was helping Zhou Li Huang and Jiang JM says, "Hey sisters are you still in the chapel?" And we said yep! Jiang JM goes on to say, "Well you know this Zhou JM? She is saying she want's to be baptized...this Sunday. Can you come here right now?" OH MY GOSH WHAT!!!! Sister Birch and I run to the fam history room and Zhou Li Huang turns to us and says, "how can I be baptized?" We met with her for 15 minutes, explained to her that she must first learn and prepare and act so that she can receive her own answer. We gave her a copy of the Book of Mormon and invited her to read and pray. We also gave her a baptismal calendar and before we could even invite her to set a date, she said, "so here it says we are supposed to write a date, what do I write here?" Sister Birch and I were actually speechless and just sort of stared at her in unbelief. We invited her to be baptized on 11/11 and confirmed on the 12th and she ecstatically wrote it on her calendar. Fast forward to Saturday and Zhou Li Huang shows up to Huang Jing Rong's baptismal service 30 minutes early. We walk into the room we were setting up and she was reading the Book of Mormon and shows us she had already read to 1 Nephi 15 and is praying about it!!!!!!! She casually starts telling us how much she admires Lehi and his faith. Okay this is real I promise. She came to church yesterday and basically became best friends with all the members and personally invited them to her baptism on 11/11. Then we met with her after church to share about Joseph Smith and the Restoration and she seriously just understood everything through the Spirit. As we read she would highlight and as we shared Joseph Smith's vision she repeated the words and then at the end exclaimed, "哇好棒！這個是終點！" 

I want everyone who reads my email to know that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is REAL. It is the true and full gospel of Jesus Christ and because this is His work there is power and real miracles every single day. Because God loves us he called Joseph Smith to translate the Book of Mormon- another testament of Christ! We can understand our relationship with God and Jesus Christ and we can experience the joy of repenting in God's way. Because the Restored Gospel is true I know that I can live with my family forever and that everyone on this earth is a child of Heavenly Father and that gives me so much hope to know that one day we will all live with God again in perfect, unending happiness. I love my Savior Jesus Christ and in my life the moments when I have felt the most joy is when I rely on Him. There is no happiness in life like the happiness that comes when we give ourselves to the Lord and try to share the teachings of Jesus Christ with others. I have felt pure joy and amazement over the course of my mission and I hope and pray that this is something that everyone in the world can experience in their life!!! I invite everyone to find a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in their area, ask the missionaries for a copy of the Book of Mormon and read it from the introduction. Do what God says - read it, ponder it, and pray to know that this is from God and that it is real. There is nothing more powerful than feeling the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ found in the Book of Mormon and the change it brings in life. Trust God and He will give you an answer that will CHANGE YOUR LIFE for the best! 

 “Men and women who turn their lives over to God will discover that He can make a lot more out of their lives than they can. He will deepen their joys, expand their vision, quicken their minds, strengthen their muscles, lift their spirits, multiply their blessings, increase their opportunities, comfort their souls, raise up friends, and pour out peace. Whoever will lose his life in the service of God will find eternal life.” Ezra Taft Benson

I love you all with all my heart and I love Jesus Christ! 

PRAYERS!

xoxox

 莫姐妹

p.s. COME TO MY HOMECOMING! (mom/ dad will you put my homecoming talk information here please? I LOVE YOU!!!)   October 22, Sunday @ 9:00 a.m. @ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 409 29th st. Glenwood Springs, CO 

happy happy happyy<3

IT'S RACHEL BARNEY! She is teaching English in Taiwan and is way too good to us <3 so much love for all these people

黃靖容 doing family history work with 姜姐妹！：）

all of the love in the WORLD for Huang JM ( yes my hair is manny the mammoth here in Taiwan:) )

SISTER BIRCH AND I SETTING UP FOR HUANG JING RONG'S BAPTISM! nothing but joy

黃靖容的洗禮會~ words could never suffice

THE JOY OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST 

黃靖容 跟她兒子淋期<33333333333333

ALL THE LOVES IN ONE PHOTOGRAPH THERE IS NO WAY TO EXPLAIN MY LOVE FOR THESE PEOPLE! (One of my best friends/RC from TaoYuan came all the way down the 竹北 to see me before I head home: remember Wu Zi Ning?!?!? She's the one on the front left<3) then Huang Jing Rong<3 then one of our amazing investigators, 張閔琇 and then the one and only Sister Birch<333333333333333333333

吳子寧 is love.

Week 77: MIRACLES!....this is gonna be loooooooooooooooooooooooong

黃靖容 IS GETTING BAPTIZED THIS SATURDAY! 

we love her so much and her adorable son Simon

HI! WHAT A WEEK! 

First, President Jergensen called telling Sister Nielsen she was needed in Hualian for 2 weeks because a Sister there has medical problems, so Sister Nielsen left us this past week and it was SO BITTER! Sister Birch and I miss her tons but she will do great things there and Heavenly Father has a plan in all things. LOVE YOU SISTER NIELSEN! #longlivethetrio

I am so excited to tell you about the miracles that happened this past week. There have been SO MANY!! Heavenly Father went to work in Zhubei haha this is about to get wild so 加油

Last Monday night my comps and I had a serious reflection/evaluation and we all three felt that we needed to do better about exercising more faith in the Lord with our invitation for baptism to those we teach. We decided to say a prayer to ask Heavenly Father's forgiveness and for His help as we go forward. We committed to using exact Preach My Gospel words in our teaching, focusing on the invitation of baptism and how it would personally bless each individual investigator. The very next day we had lesson with a member referral, 張閔琇Zhang Min Xiu, who committed to be baptized on 11/18 after only a 4 minute lesson on the Restoration of the gospel, focused on baptism! The Spirit was so strong. Also, Zhang Min Xiu came to General Conference yesterday!! 

(Moment of appreciation for General Conference and living Prophets! SO GOOD!! I learned so much in the talks that were given in General Conference. I'm so grateful that God loves us so much that He gives us the chance to hear His words every year twice! I hope you all got to watch it. If not go to lds.org :) )

THEN during Zhang Min Xiu's lesson we got 5 calls from an unknown number. Toward the end of the lesson the call came again and this time I knew I should answer it. It was a former investigator from a year and a half ago named 陳怡君 (ChenYiJun) and she asked if we were at the church. I said, "Yes come!" And she goes, "I am coming right now, don't leave!" HUGE miracle because we have been trying to meet with 陳怡君 for 4 weeks, calling a different number. Back story on 陳怡君: she has made some really crazy decisions in life that led her down some dangerous paths and because of it she feels really unworthy before God. She came to the church parking lot 4 weeks ago and a member was luckily there. The member hugged her and Chen Yi Jun just cried and told the member how much she wished she could come to church on Sunday's, but that she is too much of a sinner for God. Ever since then, we have tried to contact her to come but I guess she wasn't quiiiiiteeee ready....until this past week!! So when she got to the church at the end of Zhang Min Xiu's lesson, ChenYiJun said, to me "Are you Mo JieMei?" I said yes and she just hugged me and started crying. We all hugged her and then she said to us that she was in a bad place and basically, to put it short, if we hadn't answered the phone right then and given her an out she would've been in a pretty bad situation for herself. As we talked to her we realized how desperately she wants a new start and her desire to be baptized and follow Christ. She is one of the most humble, incredible people I have ever met. She showed us that her phone screensaver was a picture of the chapel here in Zhubei and she said that she comes to be near the chapel often when she needs peace. We ended the lesson with Zhang Min Xiu by singing "Our Savior's Love" and ChenYiiJun had tears rolling down her cheeks the entire time. We asked Chen JM if she would like to say a prayer and as she prayed everyone could feel God's love for her.  Then....after she said she would like to prepare to be baptized and set a date for December 2nd!

THEN Tuesday night we got a call from another person named Zhang, a member.  Her mother-in-law is learning the gospel. Two weeks ago, Zhang JM accepted an invitation from us to read the Book of Mormon with her mother-in -law every day and as they have been doing it, Zhang JM has testified how miraculously powerful the Book of Mormon is.  Zhang JM told us that as soon as they started reading the Book of Mormon together daily, her mother and law's heart began changing!! They will read and discuss the Book of Mormon for about an hour together every day! The coolest thing is that her mother-in-law really understands the Book of Mormon and she is always sharing how it answers her heart's questions.  God's really been working on Zhang JM mom-in-law's heart as she has been willing to open it.  On Tuesday night, Zhang JM called us and told us that during their reading that day, her mother-in-law turned to Zhang JM and told her "I want to be baptized." Zhang JM was speechless and asked her to repeat that 3 times. Then she made sure the her mother-in-law wasn't crazy and explained what would need to happen in order for her to be baptized. Zhang JM has been praying for her mother-in-law for 20 years and AFTER 20 YEARS, ZHANG JM'S MOTHER-IN-LAW IS READY TO BE BAPTIZED!!!!!!!!

Okay the miracles are NOT DONE YET! 

The next day... 

Wednesday 10:30 AM:

Huang Jing Rong passed her baptismal interview and is SET FOR HER BAPTISM ON 10/14 AND CONFIRMATION ON 10/15!!!!! Ahhh the faith of 黃姊妹－ it blows my mind!! She came to General Conference on Saturday and Sunday for all the sessions and she loved it so much. She learned a lot about how to continue as a disciple of Christ and said, "wow, every time I learn more about the doctrine of Jesus Christ's gospel it just gets more and more awesome!" 

THEN Wednesday 1:30 pm:

We met with an investigator named 鄧秀芸Deng Xiu Yun who has been on the fence about baptism because of family opposition. We used the wording of the Preach My Gospel baptismal invite after teaching her about the Plan of Salvation and she set a solid baptismal goal for 11/25! She said that she had read the Book of Mormon in 1 Nephi 3:7 and if Nephi can do what God wants him to, so can she. So incredible. AHHHHH

THEN Wednesday 4:00 pm: 

We met with the wonderful 李怡慧Li Yi Hui- have I told you about her? We met her on the street a couple weeks ago and she is so psyched about learning the gospel of Jesus Christ. After teaching her about the prophet Joseph Smith and the Restoration, she felt amazed that God really answers prayers and told us that she felt God really has been hearing her prayers. When we asked her is she would be willing to follow Christ's example and be baptized, she responded, "Yes, I am willing!" She set a goal to be baptized on November 25! 

OH THE MIRACLES!

I hope you are feeling STOKED by all the miracles because we are!  We are constantly speechless at how Heavenly Father hand was seen here in ZhuBei this past week!!! We've been on our knees a lot this past week, so grateful.  

This is His work. 

The restored gospel of Jesus Christ is true. 

There is nothing more miraculous than the gospel of Jesus Christ. 

I love my Savior with my whole heart and I love how He loves us all so mercilessly! It's so beautiful. Because of all the miracles I have seen on my mission, this past week I have been thinking about the Book of Mormon. I want everyone to know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God- everything I understand about my relationship to God and Jesus Christ is largely because God restored His gospel through the Prophet Joseph Smith. The Book of Mormon teaches us that families are forever and it helps me find answers to questions of my soul that nothing else can seem to answer. I am so grateful for the Book of Mormon! It was and could only have been given to us by the power of God. 

It you have never read the Book of Mormon I invite you to open it. 

Start from the introduction, have a question in mind and do as it invites: read it, ponder what it says, and ask God if it is true. I have done it and it and I continue doing it daily and have felt my faith in Christ strengthened.  I have felt the new start that comes through Jesus Christ. I have found a true direction and purpose in my life. I know that God hears all our prayers and answers a majority of my personal prayers so often through scripture, especially in His words in the Book of Mormon. 

I thought of something this past week as I was watching Conference: I have regretted when I trusted the world and looked for a sense of belonging and happiness from the world, but whenever I decide to let go of my pride and fears and doubt and trust God, I can't think of a time in my life when I have ever regretted it. And I know that is because God truly has a greater plan for us that we could have for ourselves. We only need humble ourself and trust in Him and Christ MORE! 

I love you all soo much 

sending you hugs and prayers

xoxox

Sister Armstrong

I wuv seeester birch

Dinner with the 尤家庭！& Fangon family and Brother Lee. I love the Taiwan fam

taiwan has my heart<33333

WEEK 76: 十月奇蹟

at the temple with my best friends/comps ^_^

ANNOUNCEMENT:  Hailey returns home on October 21st.  She will be speaking and sharing her experiences Sunday, October 22nd @ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meeting house, 409 29th St. Glenwood Springs, CO.  The meeting begins at 9:00 a.m.  We'd love to see you there!

This week Sister Nielsen and I froze Sister Birch's sandal in water and it's probably the dumbest thing you've ever heard but it was hilarious to us hahaha (see photo below). The only problem is that we aren't super practiced in the art of the prank so when I was freezing the shoe I didn't really zip the bag all the way because pressure was high and time was short. So in the morning I went to check on the shoe and THE ENTIRE FRIDGE was covered with frozen dripped water hahaha kind of fail kind of really big success. :D 

Huang Jing Rong's baptismal interview is this coming Wednesday!!! We finished teaching her all the lessons last week - actually she finished teaching us! 

She has SO MUCH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST! 

It has been the most amazing conversion experience to be a part of. Yesterday at church she was glowing, she wore a new dress she bought :) and her son, Simon (his English name), was being so 乖 (well-behaved). The ward has been incredible in supporting Jing Rong and are always there for her. I am so grateful for everyone's example here! This next coming weekend is General Conference (it is delayed a week in Taiwan because of translation) and then she gets baptized & confirmed the week after that!! Please pray for Huang Jing Rong. 

Yesterday at church we saw a huge miracle! We were in sacrament meeting and the elders came in with a very adorable woman.  They introduced her to us and she tells us that she was baptized when she was 8 but stopped coming to church 10 years ago (she is now 32) but she was SO excited to be back and radiated happiness.  She sat by my comps and me during the sacrament meeting and got a little teary during the passing of the sacrament. It happened to be Fast Sunday and it seemed that just about every single testimony that was shared was exactly what she needed to hear. Then with 10 minutes left in the meeting, she turns to me and asks, "Can I go share my testimony?" I was like "  當然可以！".  I'll just share a summary what of she said:

"Hi my name is Li Zhong Ai, I live in 新豐 and I haven't been to church in 10 years. I want to tell you my reason for deciding to come back. The past few weeks I have been thinking about my family and about the Restored gospel. My mother has been sick for a long time and I will always remember the support we received from church friends when my dad passed away when I was 24. The day I started questioning whether I should go back to church or not, I pulled out of my driveway and saw the missionaries. I haven't seen the missionaries since moving to this area. It was as if God was speaking to me. I didn't question the answer and here I am. I know the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ is true and I know that Heavenly Father knows us and is very aware of us."

It was such a beautiful, powerful testimony and after the meeting everyone was welcoming her and hugging her and you could see the joy in her face. She was surrounded in light and love and it is so amazing - the divine plan of God for each of us. We are gonna meet with her this Saturday and I will be sure to take a picture. 

李宗愛 IS LOVE! Miracles always.

This week we also met another incredibly prepared woman named 李怡慧 (Li Yi Hui).  I met her on exchanges with 謝姐妹 2 weeks ago and she was very interested in learning more. Well she came to the chapel and we started understanding her beliefs about God and Jesus Christ.  My favorite thing is just asking people why they are willing to learn more about Jesus Christ. She mentioned that she feels like her life has no direction and she feels life shouldn't just be day by day going by. We shared a little about how God and Jesus Christ and the Book of Mormon are our compass in life. We then felt super inspired to share the 因為 祂 video with her. After watching it she said, "Why do I feel like crying? It's not a sad cry, I just have never felt this feeling before." We bore simple testimony and promised her that there would be a lot of blessings in her life as she is willing to begin to prepare for baptism by reading the Book of Mormon and praying daily to develop her relationship with God. 

She is amazing! 

There are soo many miracles every single day! This week there were  many, many reminders and experiences of how when we keep the commandments of God our lives will always be filled with 

more joy, more direction, more miracles, and LOVE! 

I have been thinking a lot about how much God's hand is in our lives.  I love that He leads us missionaries to His prepared children and that if we stay focused on His work, He will always help us find those that are ready to hear what we have to share.  I have come to learn for myself that when we do the Lord's work the result is 

ALWAYS joy. 

Invite: find a way you can forget yourself or let go of something you want to do this coming week and sacrifice that to do something for someone else. If you pray for an opportunity to serve, God will provide one for you!! ! 

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH 

go see the miracles

xzoxox 

莫姐妹

This is the lovely 鄧秀芸! She has such a big heart and she loves learning the gospel and she always thanks Heavenly Father for giving her ways to feel His love. :') so cute

THE MANZONIE'S MADE US MEXICAN FOOD I REPEAT MEXICAN FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

 The Manzonie's!

my favorite hobby in life is pranking sister birch

Week 75: 愛愛愛愛愛愛

IT'S HUANG JING RONG JM! She is the one in the pink- her baptism is the 14th of October and confirmation on the 15th! no words for Huang Jing Rong. Just love <33333333333

First, let me just talk for a sec how much I love my companions. 

they are some of my best friends and I have only known them for like 20 days. 

this week was amazing as all the other weeks. guys I don't even know how to take my experiences and write them because everything happens through Heavenly Father's intricate plan that it blows my mind!

okay let's just say...

1) Huang Jing Rong: okay so we are meeting with her sharing the Word of Wisdom. AND THEN she flips open the Book of Mormon and goes, "Oh I found some scriptures and let me find them really quick. I highlighted them!" She flips for a second and shares 3 different scriptures with us about why she loves Heavenly Father and His commandments and goes, "whatever it is, I am willing to follow because I have faith in God and in Christ." 

2. Zhou Xiu Ling! Zhou Xiu Ling is another baptismal date investigator getting baptized on the 21st of October. She is an amazing Mama and she loves the gospel. 

She is probably one of the other most humble people I know and she wants to make sure that all she is doing is making God happy and proud of her! She has got a heart of gold. She came to church this Sunday for the first time ever and loved it soooo much!!! The Friday before we did a lesson on the sacrament and Jesus Christ's Atonement and we all wrote down things we hoped to learn during sacrament meeting this Sunday. 

She wrote "I want to know how Jesus Christ's Atonement can help me become a better mom and how to feel His strength." Well guys Heavenly Father answers people who are humble and ask Him in prayer and this past Sunday the ENTIRE CHURCH SERVICE WAS TALKS FOCUSED ON CHRIST AND OUR FAMILIES BEING TOGETHER FOREVER!. She told us she had never experienced anything like what happened, that  "everyone's sharing answered the question I wrote down! 好神奇！"

I wanna tell you all something that I have seen so much lately and it is that God is really really aware of all of us. He knows exactly who we are and what we love and what we need help with. He wants us to be happy and He gives us the chance to exercise our faith and see what He can do for our lives. I have seen my life change completely in the love and mercy of Jesus Christ and God. SO MUCH HAPPINESS! And the greatest thing is seeing the power in other's lives. Every time my comps and I teach people it's the most humbling thing because you just know that it is all in and through the power of God and His Spirit. If you are struggling with faith or anything in life don't ever give up your faith in a loving Heavenly Father! 

If we let Him in and soften our hearts and just give up our pride and trust Him, He will always make more of our lives than we can by ourselves! 

I love you and I invite you to try and see what you can sacrifice to allow God to have more place in your life this week. I know you will feel the power and joy of the sacrifice! Mosiah 4:9

I love you all! 

oh and EVERYONE GO ON A MISSION IF YOU CAN IT'S THE BEST EXPERIENCE OF YOUR LIFE

okay xoxoxo 

sister MO

Pictures with the baes. I love these people so much more than words can say.

Sister Birch drew up the dynamics of our relationship. 

Did I ever tell you I am serving in a foreign ward? So it's still all in Chinese but we have tons of Filipino members and a couple from random countries! But they are SO AWESOME! This is us at a surprise party for a member named Geronimo :D

楊阿媽 and the 仙草水 though >>>>>> all happiness

met a super cute girl on the street interested in meeting with us and the selfie happened

EVERY WEEK OUR SECURITY GUARD GIVES US BANANAS

EVERYONE THANK HEAVENLY FATHER FOR MR. WEI  LOVE HIM SO MUCH

WEEK 74: 三合一！

My new companions - the one and only Sister Birch and Sister Nielsen! 

Transfers came I am staying in 竹北 but we have a trio now!!! HOLLA! Guys I love trios with all my heart. 

It has been a serious party for the past 3 days and I think I am getting eye wrinkles from laughing so hard. 

My new comps are Sister Birch and Sister Nielsen and they are both so incredible~ many miracles to come!

 

Sister Birch finished off the elder's food when they left HAHAHAHA 

do u realize how tall I am here..

3 stooges

Really quick I want to tell you about Huang Jing Rong! Oh my goodness she is AMAZING! She is super set for baptism on 9/30 and she has so much faith! The past time we met with her it was so amazing to see how humble she is. 

She loves God and starts every prayer by saying  

『親愛的天父， 我愛您』 (Dear Heavenly Father, I love you). 

We have been so amazed at the members just taking Huang Jing Rong in and involving her in a billion million things we didn't even know about. 

They invite her to FHE's. 

They read the Book of Mormon with her. 

They take care of her son for her. 

We are just constantly speechless at how much the members here serve God and do Christ's work. You can see how the gospel is already changing Huang Jing Rong as she is telling us all these miracles and things she learns as she prays and reads the Book of Mormon! She even started praying for ways to share the gospel and this past Saturday she brought a friend to an activity we put on and now the friend is meeting with us this coming week!! Seriously- thank you to all those who have been praying for Huang Jing Rong because straight up miracles are happening! I wish everyone could meet Huang Jing Rong! 

Her faith is life-changing.

I wanna take a lil sec and let everyone know how much I love my Savior Jesus Christ! 

I'm constantly so amazed at His power and His love. He really did set the perfect example for us and I find that every time I try to follow Him, I am 

SO HAPPY! 

A happiness that the world can't give. I know that is how it is for anyone who tries to follow Christ's example. I have learned so much about Christ as I read the Book of Mormon. I have been pondering how sometimes investigators search for answers or want specific things from God or simply doubt that He is real. I love Enos in the Book of Mormon because he gets to a point in life where everything is weighing him down. That happens in life sometimes! But I love how Enos turns to the Lord and asks Him for forgiveness. 

In Enos chapter 1 verse 5 it says, 

"And there came a voice unto me saying, Enos, thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed." 

and then in the next verse Enos tells us that his guilt was swept away. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! I am realizing that as we humble ourselves before the Lord and ask Him for help and forgiveness through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, He forgives us immediately. The power of repentance is not something God makes us wait for. If we are humble and we are willing to change and align our will with God's, there is nothing that He is unable to help us overcome. I love repentance. For any mistake, for anything that weighs me down, for anything that pulls me away form Christ, I can repent. I love the gospel and I know it is perfect and it is for everyone! This is the way to joy and hope in this life. I invite you to think of things weighing on you or anything you need some extra help with. Doubts, worries, complicated relationships, troubles at work, tests in school, seriously anything! 

Just bring it to the Lord in prayer. 

I promise God will hear and He will answer you and give you more than is possible to achieve by ourselves!

I love you all and I love this work with all my heart and soul! It really is life-changing. This life is so so precious. LIVE IT! I love you all so much!!

xoxox sister 莫

saying bye to sister nolan:'((((((((((((((( I LOVE YOU SISTER NOLAN! plus our incredibly special Huang Amah<3

and now a moment of silence for Huang Amah's high tops. 

Dinner with investigators! 秀芸 and 佳柔<3 

Week 73: 呂婉容 and 吳子寧 baptisms!!!!!

Hailey's Mission Report & Talk

October 22nd, Sunday @ 9:00 a.m. 

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
409 29th St. Glenwood Springs, CO 

吳子寧 GOT BAPTIZED!!!! :'))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
She is an investigator Sister Jensen and I taught in Taoyuan and she is the most incredible human being. YAY!! Her Name is Wu Zi Ning<3 I got to surprise her at her baptism<3

Got to see allll the TaoYuan friends at Wu JieMei's baptism~ these people are life

呂婉容 baptism! SUCH A MIRACLE

i love my comp Sister Nolan haha

 can everyone please appreciate how cute and Asian this picture is I LOVE TAIWAN! and I love 吳姐妹:D

 This is 周姐妹~ she has the naughtiest son 小君 and he randomly screams at the top of his lungs during lessons. Also he is allllllll about the bling and it reminds me SO MUCH of Peyton when he was into bling at this age hahah 

Straight from heaven! 

WEEK 72: WUNDIFL!

OKAY so we are teaching Huang Ama and she doesn't want to get baptized because we don't take pictures during baptismal services. It is the most...interesting....concern we have ever encountered! But she got super heated about explaining to us that pictures are her life. I have never met a more technologically advanced Ama (ama's are over age 75) tbh. Anyways- we are working with her! The funny thing about Ama's is that they are kind of like children. Like with Huang Ama she randomly tells us when she has to "go" or starts complaining that she's hungry or thirsty and expects us to do something about it~ Sister Nolan and I just kind of look at each other and shrug our shoulders like "bro we are only 20 and broke but there's a water dispenser out there for free". 

One of my favorite things about Huang Ama is that when you do what she wants you to do/something that makes her happy she says in English "WUNDIFL!" and you can't hear that and your day not be made like it makes ours :') we love her so much!! hahahahah 

I NEED TO TELL YOU A MIRACLE. Do you remember Huang Jing Rong from last week? The super cute mom that came for the FHE at the Jiang Family? (see pic below) She is INCREDIBLE! She is one of the most prepared people I have seen while on my mission. We got to meet her again on Thursday and she comes in and sits down, whips out her Book of Mormon and goes "teach me!" We taught her the Restoration and she loved it. It helped her answer so many questions and we invited her to pray to know. She said, "What I love about this is that humans try to seek God but God went out seeking Joseph Smith to be the prophet." Huang Jing Rong then set a baptismal date for September 30th and she is super committed to it! You could feel the Spirit teaching her the whole time as so many things she said were things you can only learn through a humble heart and God. It was such an amazing lesson. Huang Jing Rong came to the ward activity two days later and then brought her son to church with her on Sunday. Her son's name is Simon. So cute:') We are meeting with her tonight at another member's home! Pray for Huang Jing Rong!! 

I love 台灣 and the 台灣人 with my whole heart. I love this work and I know that this is the Lord's work! I love sharing about our Savior each day and firsthand witnessing miracles God performs in the lives of those who have faith. The gospel is so cool. It's true! 我超級愛你們－我希望你們在這個禮拜都能夠感受到神。 我知道這福音是真實的。 我知道當我們去悔改我們會透過耶穌基督的贖罪的力量得到寬恕. I love my Saviour Jesus Christ.

all my love across the sea~~~~~~

sister 莫

Remember Joyce? Love of our life:')

Taught our English class how to make Banana Bread! 

New investigator Celeste Zeng. LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL

大家都很開心！ ^_^

Fresh fruit smoothies with Seester Blue<3

the most amazing Huang Jing Rong JieMei (in the middle)  :D

The views from this apartment....11th floor living! Also a little fact for you: Our apartment is 5 square steps (aka I can take 5 normal steps and walk from one side of our apartment to the other)