So this past week I had some kind of weird itchy rash on my face near my mouth. It was really annoying, really itchy, red, and horrible. So I did not go to the doctor or put anything on it. Just exercized superhuman self control. And then it started like peeling (supes gross). So I tell my companion, "Oh no, this dry rash is spreading all over my face, soon I'll look like a monster!" And she goes, "Or like a leper..." I didn't even have the strength to pull a whale face (-_____-) before I busted up laughing. So great. Luckily it's gone and I don't look too much like a leper.
One day this week we were talking with people about English class, sharing about the gospel, and we went up, talked to this one guy who bought us these 2 peanut burrito things. Then we go talk with a store keeper lady, she gave us a small pringles can full of sour dried fruits. Then we talked to this random guy on the street and he goes, want an ice cream? I own this store. So many people in Taiwan are so nice! And even though only one of them wanted to know more about the gospel, they were all so nice and we got lots of free stuff! Super cool! I love free stuff! Especially free t-shirts.
This week there was this guy and his sister who we met about 2 weeks ago and we've seen the sister a few times, but she can't read. She said her brother took the Book of Mormon and read it all in one night. And we've tried to call and meet with him and invite him to church and he always doesn't answer, he fang'd us (didn't show up at the lesson...which was at his own house...and we could hear his phone ringing with a Chinese opera song...-___-), and we were slowly losing hope. We thought of him one day and called and he answered! And we went by that same night to visit him and his sister. And he said he already knows the Book of Mormon is the word of God because he has a happy good, god is with him, feeling when he reads. And he set a baptismal date for December 8! He is amazing and I have high hopes for his sister!
Another thing. We had Pday last Wednesday and went to the temple. And it was amazing. The Taipei temple is beautiful and the spirit there is so great and warm and lovely. After the temple we went and ate some Vietnamese pho, so delish. And! I fed a wild squirrel with blueberry toast crunch!!! It was so awesome! I fed it first and it took the piece of cereal so nicely. When an Elder and then my companion tried to feed it, it almost attacked them for that cereal! My comp had a little cut on her hand from the crazy squirrel. So fun. I'm thankful for the random man who was sitting at the park and told us how to feed the (hopefully not rabid) squirrel.
And then we went to GuGong. It is a museum in Taipei and there was so much cool stuff there and it is beautiful and I would recommend that you look it up and awe over how cool it is and be saddened that you can't bask in its glory.
This week we had an investigator show up at church who usually says she can't come because she has to go up to her church in Taipei. But this week she decided to come to ours and she said she'll come to ours every week from now!! So amazing! She comes to English class and says she is free to meet with missionaries any time. So awesome. She is also reading the Book of Mormon. We asked her to read and pray about it, she said she did and didn't get any special feeling. Luckily we had just had the training from Sister Day about pondering. So we sat in our lesson and all pondered 1 Nephi 1:1 together. We all pondered it and shared our feelings and she was like, no wonder I didn't get an answer. I didn't ponder!
God grants us big miracles and small miracles. I have realized that if I don't write the miracles down, I forget them. But when I take even just a small bit of time to write them down, I can notice the miracles, remember them, and thank God for them. And when I do that, He's a nice guy, and He just gives me more and more miracles.
I love you all!
Love,
Sister Perkins
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