Dear Elder mail

Also, don't forget you can write meg on www.dearelder.com.   Just put in Taiwan Taipei mission, that you want it sent to the mission home, and write your letter in the box below.  It's $1.10 same as a stamp I think.  They will print it off and give it to her as though you had mailed it only it will get there faster.  If you need the address, it is below in the blog.  I can't remember if you need the full address or if you can just put it to the mission home.  You can't mail stuff directly to her. In her exact words: " I don't know why you can't mail stuff directly to my apartment. I know that you couldn't write the address to my apartment because it is all in characters and I am scared if I translated it into the english alphabet it would be wrong and it wouldn't get there... Sorry. Yeah we live in an apartment. In chinese it is our Susha. 

PICTURES!!!

LATE TO CONFERENCE! BUT MIRACLE ANYWAY! October 20

This weekend we had stake conference. It was all about hastening the work. I didn't understand any of it. BUT my companion told me what it was about. Haha good old language issues. But it was all about missionaries and members coming together to do this work. But funny story. So we were invited to the adult session saturday night, which never happens. But because it was about missionary work we got to go. And so six of us missionaries from my district went together because it was in Taoyuan. So we took the train and we left really early to make sure we got there early to leave a good impression. So we get off the train. We take a bus where the driver said it would go to the carrefour which was by the chapel. So we are going and going. Then all of a sudden we realize, WE ARE IN NEILI. It took us to the wrong carrefour in a completely different city!!!! So we only had fifteen minutes to get there! We went to the train station again. The next train wasn't coming until 7:18. The conference started at 7:00. So we were really stressed because it was going to look really bad for six missionaries to walk in late. So we were at the train station and me and my companion started talking to this couple. They were so awesome and we ended up having a lesson with them right there! So there are miracles even in a stressful situation(: But we ended up being 45 minutes late to the meeting. So awkward we felt so bad! But it's okay. We had a miracle that night and it's pretty funny now(:

 

So this week was a good week. We found 5 new investigators! The thing about finding investigators here is that you have to find A LOT because if we don't then we won't have any. We find a lot and then a whole lot of those drop off and don't really want to meet with us anymore. So we are really hoping these ones stick. Last night was really cool. We got to meet with one of our members Feng JM. At the end she was talking about trials and how she is just having a hard time. So we used the footsteps in the sand poem (don't worry they haven't ever heard it here). And we told her that sometimes we don't feel like God is there and we don't feel his love, but in reality he was carrying us all along. We will be able to look back and see that he carried us through that trial. She started to cry and we just told her how much God loves her and how much we love her as well. It was really cool to see her feel of that love! I can tell it is exactly what she needed and ah! I just love her so much. I love the people here. So much!

 

Love the Taiwanese people!

This week was a little harder. We didn't seem to get as much done as I think we would've liked and it seems we are always finding people but some our really good investigators have ended up being for other areas, so it can be really frustrating. But hey, we are all on Team Jesus right?! But we still have Huang Jiemei! And she is amazing.  Ah. I love the people here. Mom in your letter you asked how the people are here and they are just the most incredible kind loving people in the world! They also love gifts. If they don't feed you, they always will send us home with some sort of fruit or something or other because they are a gift-giving people. But I think our ward is starting to really just love us and trust us. I love our ward and we are just building some really great relationships with our ward.

MORE MIRACLES:c)

So this week there were just so many miracles. Every day me and my companion would just be like, "What is going on? We never have had this much success!" Haha But all of our hard work is paying off and we just see the Lord's hand in everything we do. It has been truly amazing. We found 6 new investigators this week! It was amazing!!!! We are just so excited to be part of this work. Me and my companion have been getting along so well and just working hard and seeing miracles. It has been a really great end to my first transfer out here. We have an investigator Huang JM she is the one who set a baptism date who speaks english. And in our lesson this last week it was amazing. We could just see the spirit working through her. I could see it in her eyes. We shared the plan of salvation (she is catholic) and her response was just amazing! We asked what she thought about it and she said, "I will live with my family and God forever, what more is there?" And she is so right. There is nothing better than that. I think sometimes we forget what is really important and get so caught up in the world. But don't forget what's really important and that is God and our family. If we have those two things, we have everything! I don't think I ever realized how special our church really is until I came here. Growing up in it you get used to it and things we learn. But it truly is so special. Don't ever let go of the gospel because it is truly amazing and so special. We are so lucky to have it!

 

We had another typhoon this weekend. FYDO. Haha It was supposed to hit us really bad but it didn't. We got some rain but nothing to big. We also got to do temple tours on Saturday so we were up in Taipei. It was really fun and truly exhausting! Haha But we get to do them once a transfer.

 

It was such a great week. But it was 100% the lord. He is a God of miracles, no doubt! I know my Savior lives. I know this gospel can change lives. I am lucky enough to see it first hand and it really does. I am happy and well. I hope you all are too! 

TIDBITS ABOUT THE DAILY STUFF--OCTOBER 5, 2013

Yes we ride bikes everywhere. Usually it is around a half hour bike ride to get to an appointment or longer. We have a very big area and we actually don't even live in our area. So we do a lot of biking! We ride trains a lot as well. Like if we have an appointment in Yangmei (it's pretty far away) we will just ride a train there and either members will pick us up or we will just walk to their houses. So It is a lot of biking! I don't know what to say about my city. We have three cities (I think... don't quote me on that). But it is very compact. Alot of people a lot of apartments! It's very crowded. But then when we go a little farther in my area there is more country. It's great!(: I love both the city and country part! It is so beautiful here. It took me a while to think that because it's not the kind of beautiful I was thinking. But it really is so beautiful here! We live with sister Li and sister Call. They are so cute! Sister li is a bendiren (from taiwan) and sister call is from Utah. I love them both so much!