This week we saw loads of miracles. This GuoNian we found more investigators than the last 2 weeks combined! (Granted, we didn't find many investigators the past two weeks, but still, a miracle.)
Good news! I didn't gain tons of weight! Bad news - the few meals when we weren't qing'd (invited for dinner or lunch) we starved because literally NO restaurants were open. For 5 days. It is like a super kuazhang (exaggerated) Christmas. NOTHING - not even the Taiwanese equivalent of Denny's was open...what is this world coming to?
So there has been an investigator that we have been working with for 4 months who ALWAYS has problems. And when we resolve a question, she has a new one come up. And it has been going this way for a long time even though she has known for 3 months that the Book of Mormon is true -___-. She has always wanted to keep going to her Christian church and not really been committed. But she REALLY wanted to be baptized and also partake of the blessings of the temple and so she had one baptismal interview that she didn't pass because she was trying to negotiate how many Sundays a year she could go to her other Christian church. We told her she had to be committed and that if she wasn't willing to make a choice, we would have to stop teaching her. That night she called and said she wanted to be baptized on Tuesday. So on Monday she had her interview, and yesterday she was baptized!! Such a miracle!
Since we were invited to carry around all of our scriptures my first transfer here, I always carry my Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and my Chinese Bible that I highlighted some favorite scriptures. And this past week there was this door we knocked that a Christian lady answered and she wasn't really willing to talk to us because "we wrote our own bible". But when we pulled out the Bible and showed her that it was the same, but that the Book of Mormon is ANOTHER testament of Christ, she agreed to take it and seemed really grateful to be able to learn more about Christ and she agreed to set up another time to meet with us! So cool. I love helping people realize that we really are Christians.
This week I learned that I need to be more humble. Surprising, I know -__-. Hahaha just kidding. I just didn't want to admit it until now. So I'll work on that. And our mission has a vision to "Reach Towards Heaven". To do that I am going to focus on loving. Loving my companion, loving the people: members, investigators, less actives. And not just loving them. But showing my love through actions, words, and deeds. I hope that by doing this I can reach towards heaven and help them feel God's love.
Ok I apologize that this was especially churchy (well, not really apologize, but sorry if you were expecting a super big laugh.
MIRACLE!!!! THIS IS BIG NEWS FOLKS! I FORGOT!
The first time I had fish here, it was gross. Wanted to vomit.
The first time I had fish for guo nian (Chinese New Year) I was able to eat it and keep it down.
The first time I had spicy fish for guo nian, I was able to eat it and I loved it.
God has helped me love fish. That was something I thought could never ever ever happen.
With God, nothing is impossible.
Philippians 4:13.
Love,
Sister Perkins
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