2014-01-20 I MADE IT ALIVE!!

So Pday is Monday now :)  Loads and loads has happened!  The plane ride was soo long, but I used my 21 hours well and placed 1 Book of Mormon in Chinese and handed out 1 Restoration pamphelt and planted countless seeds talking to people about the church!  Mission accomplished!

Fun fact: The Mission didn't know we were coming.  (OH yea by we I mean the District I initially entered the MTC with plus the Elders from my last Zone so like 14ish people)  We arrived in Taiwan.  With no one there to pick us up.  We waited about 2 hours, contacting people the whole time.  I dragged the Sisters to do it and encouraged the Elders too, it was actually pretty comfortable since I had already done it in Logan :)  Anyways after I was chosen as tribute to find someone to let us use their phone.  So we went to the Info desk and they paged for anyone from the "last days church", no one came.  So we called the Mission Home.  HAHAHAHA President Day (of the Taipei) mission came to get us.  We got to temple patron housing around 1 am and there was a random lady in our room haha not awkward AT ALL.

In the morning we did Personal Study not knowing what was happening and then Sister Blickenstaff and the APs came to the building!! We went to the temple :) Which is blue. Surpirse! Anyway loved it!

We then had a 3 hour bus ride to Taizhong and met President Blickenstaff and then we got into Orientation and food and what not :)  So much happened and then we finally went to Brother and Sister Darrington's home to sleep.  We woke up the next morning and ran to a track and did a mile run (i died) then ran home.  We had more Orientation and learned about the 'mission culture' which includes: Baptize, Pray with Faith, Set goals make plans and hit goals!, 100% obedience, and TALK WITH EVERYONE!  Daily when we wait for lights we are talkign to people on motorcycles, and we have done 1 car contact!!!

Anyway yes we did the Dan Jones Experience and it was terrifying!!  I got on a box, with a Book of Mormon in my hand and shouted out my testimony.  As soon as I was done a Sister came and grabbed me and we ran around talking with people and getting their numbers.  We talked to probably 15 people and got 7 numbers that said they wouldlike to meet!!  AND I PLACED THAT BOOK OF MORMON! :)

The next day we got up and did stairs at the same stadium. The Sisters were late and only did 4 sets of stairs, but they were still killer.  Then we did 80 Buddah Claps, which are like jumping jacks but just with your arms.  Ouch did that hurt!!!  I dare you to try.

THEN I MET MY TRAINER!  They had us all sit and do personal study downstairs then we came up into the chapel and a Sister grabbed me.  We did alittle more Orienting (haha so much Orienting in the Orient to which I am pretty much already Oriented hahahaha)  The Sister that grabbed me ended up being my Trainer :) Sister Graham is so great!! She's from Texas and we are both blonde.  Which I think is a little crazy but way fun for all the people we talk to!!!!  Her Chinese is so good/.

Ph yea my Chinese is barely enough to get by!!  I am depending so much on prayer right now!

We have been so busy!  Traffic here is CRAZY!  There are more motorcycles than anything. or maybe that's all I notice because they are around us on bikes all the time!  Um .. I know there is more I need to say about this amazing place but I'm drawing a blank!!

The food is really yummy!  We have had noodles and so many dumplings!  It feels like I have never had Chinese food, because this food is so much better tasting!!!!!  Chinese New Year is coming and I am scared.  Missionaries are scared.  We eat so much that time of year.  We are asked to come over EVERY MEAL AND THEY FEED US LIKE WE WILL NEVER SEE FOOD AGAIN.  I think it's a culture thing, the more food they make you the more money they have.  AND YOU HAVE TO EAT IT ALL.  Leaving anything behind is RUDE.  So I am basically going to explode during CNY.  That plus they eat weird weird food too.  Oh well.  I love it!

My investigator from Logan got baptized Saturday!!  I asked President Blickenstaff if it would be okay to call her and he said yes!  She didn't pick up but I left a message :)  She's the best I loveher so much!!  My companions said her mom (a less active) CRIED so good sign?  I think so!

Yesterday in sacrament they asked me to bear my testimony and it was such broken Chinese!  But I did it :)  Then one of the speakers talked about how much faith someone must have to not speak the language but to have the desire to share the gospel.  How we must all become like little children in God's sight.  How we are blessed in this time to have the technology to spead the gospel, but meiyouyong (it has no use) because no one does.  He said something along the lines of, if this missionary can come not knowing Chinese and speak to the people of Taiwan you can use the computer.

I am reading through the Book of Mormon and learning so much.  I never realized how pretty much everyone in them are missionaries.  It is so cool to see things they use in teaching, in Preach My Gospel!  Oh and speaking of, here there is a 3 phase program to help everyone learn Chinese.  Phase 1 is passing off the vocab and phrases from PMG, Phase 2 is everydayu vocabulary and phase 3 is learning characters.  I learned Chinese backwards from that haha.  But I am staryting from the beginning.  Everyone loves the phases and says it really does help your Chinese so I am exctied to be starting!  It was made my missionaries in our mission so we are the only ones in theworld with it and it seems to be working!!  Other missions have asked for it :)  and we share of course!  I am praying everyday that I can speak the words I need to beable to that day.  And that is FOR SURE HELPING!

I am happy to report I have only 4 mosquito bites so far!  Success!

We have seen miracles everyday!  Sunday a less active came and brought her kids who are both not members yet but they loved church!  Then we have been meeting GOLDEN people here at lights all the time!  Some are longer but they generally last 60-90 seconds and we ask if they could pull over to get their number and learn more/set up appt.  We got 6 new investigators last week!!!!

Everything here is so great!  I love it!  I love this gospel, it truly brings peace and happiness :)

LOVE YOU ALL FOREVER,

Wang JieMei

Sister King
Juju jimmie

D&C 95:1

  1 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you whom I love, and whom I ^alove I also chasten that their sins may be ^bforgiven, for with the ^cchastisement I prepare a way for their ^ddeliverance in all things out of ^etemptation, and I have loved you—

2 Nephi 1:15

  15 But behold, the Lord hath ^aredeemed my soul from hell; I have beheld his ^bglory, and I am encircled about eternally in the ^carms of his ^dlove.