Hello all!
Last week in July!! how does this happen? the months just fly by and i'm so grateful for every moment! i can't even believe how fast July has gone by.
This week was amazing. we were able to meet with so many new sisters who are so prepared and so special. yesterday, we met with a Chen JM who is a college student. her brother was baptized last december and he came with her. this family had been contacted by missionaries 7 years ago here in Nanzi and they had an old copy of the Book of Mormon with a note from the missionaries in it. the brother Chen Dixiong, met the missionaries last year again while he was at school up in taizhong. he was baptized and is now seeking to help his sister accept the gospel. she is so amazing. we were able to share with her the first lesson and when we asked if she would be willing to pray about it, she unexpectedly bowed her head right then and started praying. her prayer was so sincere and heartfelt. when she finished, we all just sat there in this beautiful, peaceful silence. the spirit was there and was touching her heart. i was so inspired by her willingness to ask right then. She is going to college up north in taibei tomorrow and is willing to continue meeting with the missionaries up there. she wants to get baptized. i feel so grateful that Heavenly Father allowed us to have a part in her conversion process. not a big part but i just feel so grateful that i was able to meet her. she could have just waited till she went up to taibei to meet with the missionaries but Heavenly Father knew that i had so much i needed to learn from her and her brother. We are keeping in touch by email now and i'm excited to hear about how she continues to progress.
we met with one of my favorite less active sisters this week, Su Jm. she is so amazing. we talked to her about doing her family history for her dad, who passed away about 7 years ago. she has a very special relationship with her dad and everytime we talk about him, she just lights up. we want to help her prepare for the temple. we found her about 4 months ago, just calling through a list of less active members. i am so grateful that we know her. she told us last week how she has not been in contact with the church for a long time and having us come to home is just a reminder to her that Heavenly Father has not forgotten her. she told us that she wants to come back to church and that she's working on it. i love this woman so so much! she's shorter than me and tell such funny stories and buys us mango bing every time we go over. what could be better?
we were going over to a lesson yesterday and had a minute so we tracted near her home. there was this one house that looked like it was covered in cacti (cactuses?). we go closer and found out that it was dragon fruit! google that plant- it looks so scary and the whole house was covered with it! anyway, we chatted with the man that lived there and although he wasn't very interested, he just reached up and plucked us two dragon fruits (you puck it? that's it? that's it.) taiwanese people are so nice! we are having an english party activity this week and all the sisters in our relief society were offering and cooridinating with us for what food they wanted to bring. someone has a BING machine and another woman is bringing all the ice for it and another woman is bringing mangos. being in taiwan is so wonderful. it got suggested to me like 3 times this week that i should marry a taiwanese man....hmmmmm. anyway.... haha
sister Hill and i are doing well. she's amazing. nuff said. we are just laughing alot and i love it. we really have become good friends. what more could i ask for? she encourages and inspires me to be better. life is good
i hope you all have a great time in hawaii! i love you all so much and i'm glad youre going as a family. our family is the best. i'm not kidding. i love you all so much and i pray for you individually. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PACKAGE!!! exactly what i needed. chocolate. makeup. shorts. shirts. silly bands. it was perfect. my favortie part is always your letters or notes. they are the best. i love you all so much. thank you for taking the time and sending your love. i feel it every day!!
all my love
sister Newman
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