it's been a really great week in Tainan. we had stake conference the past two days and the focus of the entire conference was hastening the work of salvation. missionary work is on the mind of everyone! we had a broadcast conference from Elder Holland and Elder Hales. they were addressing the entire asia area and it was so special. something that Elder Holland said that really touched me was "everyone you meet, no matter their current religion or belief, in the pre-existence knew Christ and bore testimony of Him. They have only forgotten. as we use the name of Jesus Christ, we will help our brothers and sisters remember their Savior. it will be familiar." they also bore testimony of the power of the Book of Mormon. there was a story of a Buddhist- Mongolian family that was being taught before the Book of Mormon was translated into Mongolian. the missionaries asked them the pray about the Book of Mormon and Christ. they asked how they could gain testimony of a book they have never read. the elders came back the next day with 3 Nephi 11:10 translated onto a little strip of paper. the family prayed about that ONE VERSE, received an answer to their prayer and was baptized 2 weeks later. the Book of Mormon is so amazing and i have really felt it's power this week.
THIS WEEK HAS BEEN SO GREAT! we have had the opportunity to teach a couple new investigators that have just been so amazing. on friday, we were eating lunch and this woman comes into the resturaunt and in perfect english tells us that she wants to learn more about our church and how to help her family. oh. ok. she saw us and the sticker on the back of my bike (no success can compensate for failure in the home) and was interested. she just kept saying "i know it's no coincidence that i saw you. i know it's a sign" she came to stake conference and met the sisters for her area. teaching her was so amazing. we're still working on our teaching skills (always :/) but what was really great about that lesson was that i saw how much i needed to improve and despite my weaknesses as a teacher, she still felt the spirit and had a desire to learn more. Heavenly Father truly prepares the hearts of the people
i have never loved teaching the lesson of the restoration as much as i have recently! there is such power in the story of Joseph Smith and in the Book of Mormon. it's been really amazing to see that story and book change people's lives. one of my favorite lessons this week was with a Shi JM. she's 22 and a junior studying chemistry in college. she's so amazing. we taught her a full first lesson and extended a baptismal goal. she is planning on getting baptized on November 23. i love her so much. she came with us to stake conference this past weekend and liked it a lot. the spirit is so amazing. i'm so excited to help her continue to read the Book of Mormon and grow closer to Christ.
we've got a pretty cool halloween party coming up this wednesday for english class. we're so excited! we also have a movie night where were watching the Joseph Smith Movie and making pretzels. we're really excited! we've got a lot of investigators who recently learned the story of J. Smith so we're really excited for them to know more about the start of this Church. it's going to be so great. i feel like recently my personal testimony of the restoration has been strengthened. i'm really grateful that Heavenly Father is giving me this opportunity.
move call is this next week! we'll see what changes are in store :)
all my love
sister Newman
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