So I never understood why it was called Sesame Street. Always thought it was pretty weird. No one knows what sesame is and no one likes it and it's weird. BUT last Pday we went to this place called Neiwan, went hiking, climbed this rope bridge across this little river, bought more Mocchi than one can possibly eat, and I found out I am obsessed with sesame. IT IS SO DELICIOUS! It is like peanut butter but more flavorful and delicious and less thick and gucky (don't know if that's a real word, but it perfectly describes what peanut butter's texture is). It is SO good. Sister Anderson and I had these delicious Sesame balls - like this chewy delicious soft outside that had hot sesame seed (sauce?) and juice in the middle. The weird part, they were in foot soup. Literally smelled and tasted like feet. I think it was taro. But it was weird and not yummy. So we left the foot soup and ate the delicious sesame stuff.
Inspirational quote of the week: "God is really helpful." He helped me remember previous stuff I memorized so I could pass off some language tests, helped us have courage this week, helped us hand out 20 copies of the Book of Mormon, helped us know where to go to help people, helped us know what to say to allow people to feel the spirit and have a chance to change and get to know God better. "God is a nice guy." - my motto for life.
This week we got invited to dinner a few times by members! One was at a Less Active's house, a less active mom and her less active return missionary son. And I ate more than I ever have in my ENTIRE life. No joke. I had beef, potatoes, tomatoes, soup, broccoli, beans, shrimp, rice, almost tried the fish but didn't. Then they were like, surprise! We have pudding! So I ate that. Then they were like, did you try this thing? You didn't like it? So I tried it. It was one of the most disgusting things I've ever eaten. The texture was nasty, it was unchewable, so I was chewing and it wasn't getting smaller...it was a huge piece of grossness. Then I just tried to swallow it to get it out, gagged, tried swallowing again, almost my whole dinner came out, swallowed the third time and it went down with a little bit of gagging. They all BUSTED up laughing and were like, you're not used to it, eh? -________- Then they said it is like cow vein or some weird part of a cow (I think it is NOT meant to be eaten, but their daughter likes it...weird.). So I am pretty sure I can't do anything else. Then they bring out this super expensive ice cream and give it to us. Oh, I thought i was going to explode. We were biking to our next appointment and my companion was laughing the WHOLE way. She thought it was so funny that I couldn't bend forward. My stomach was bulging. And I was gonna vomit. ANd I biked slower than I ever have...weird.
But at that next appointment, miracle! Our investigator came with us to a members house and we were talking. Our investigator invited her to attend institute and our investigator said, "After I get baptized, can we move the day we meet to Monday so I can attend Tuesday's scripture study class?" Our member started laughing and said, yes, they can do that. I was in shock. It was amazing! Then she came to church that week even though she said she couldn't!
Another miracle. A less active, Wendy, and her investigator daughter, Lillian, showed up at church! Originally, this past time we met with them, Lillian said she would start coming to church in January...So we were pretty bummed about that. But then we had a lesson and gave her an article about the Atonement by Bruce R. McConkie. Then we were SUPER surprised when we go to church, and who is there but Wendy and Lillian! So amazing! She said she loved the article and can't wait till we can talk about it this week! Then a recent convert just came on over and started talking to her and sat by her in church! What miracles! God loves us and watches over us and answers our prayers through other people.
In short, we have miracles every week and every day and I love serving God and the people of Taiwan and my roommates and my companion. God's a great guy.
I love you all!
Love,
Sister Perkins
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