This week has been so so great! Wow a ton has
happened! We had Stake Conference last week and I sang in the choir iwth
my companion! Bishop Stevenson, the church's presiding Bishop, came to
speak! His son is serving here in Taizhong and we came on the plane
together! He had a seperate fireside with just the missionaries and I GOT
TO SEE SISTER FINLAYSON!! :):)
Then we got to do something really really cool and went to
welcome the new missionaries to the island! Yes I am no longer the newest
here!! (I wasn't newest for long because Sister Finlayson came a day
after the rest of us so she's technically been the newest ;)) BUT EVEN
COOLER was the Sister Finlayson came back up to do Orientation. Because
she was late she missed it .. which meant she stayed in our apartment!!
AND I GOT TO BE COMPANIONS WITH SISTER HAUPT!! Sister Haupt was my
roomate in Startalk the first year!!!!!!! Way fun :) We went to
dinner at the TOILET RESTAURANT with Sylvia our recent convert! All the
food came in a toilet bowl/bath tub/sink. Pretty funny. Then I
orded the chocolate ice cream which came as one big swirl in a squatty potty
hahaha
THEN WE WENT TO DAN JONES! The new missionaries got up
and bore their testimonies and the APs picked those of us missionaries in the
crowd to grab them and go contact! THEY ASKED ME TO TAKE A NEW MISSIONARY
AROUND!!! I went with Sister Swan who had never learned Chinese before
and she did SO WELL!!! She has more phrases memorized than I DO! We
had such a miracle right at the end too, we went up to 2 friends and placed a
Book of Mormon and got this lady's number. She was super interested in
why 2 waiguoren (why goo-oh wren meaning foreigners) would leave home
to come to Taiwan!
And I got my new bike! But because there were 3 of us
still (Sister Graham, Sister Haupt and I) I kept riding Elder Erikison's (a
ELDER'S BIKE MEANING HIGH BAR MEANING I HAD TO WEAR LOONG LOONG SKIRTS)
But it was all good, the longer and more flowy the skirt the better
:)
Then after Sister Finlayson and Sister Haupt went back to
the south :( :( We got another companion!! Sister Parkinson!
Her companion was training a new missionary, so Sister Parkinson came
to serve with us in BeiQu! She really has been like a miracle.
I learned so much from her, I really missher .. she left today!
OH AND SYLVIA IS GETTING READY TO GO TO THE TEMPLE THIS
SATURDAY WITH OUR WARD TO DO BAPTISMS! We are so excited for her!
We had an amazing baptism this Saturday, Wang BoXun who is
10 got baptized! A previously less active member's son got
baptized!! It was so cool because her husband came to see his son get
baptized! We are starting lessons with him soon ;)
SO MUCH GOOD HAPPENING HERE!!
I am starting my 2nd transfer here in BeiQu (movecall was
today .. and no surprise I'm staying! usually trainees stay with their trainer
for 2 and in the same area. apparently it is also normal for me to stay
for next movecall too because i will be kicking Sister Graham out and getting a
new Senior Companion!)
ANYWAY
I LOVE YOU ALL BUNCHES AND BUNCHES!
THE CHURCH IS TRUE!!
Love for always,
THE CHURCH IS TRUE!!
Love for always,
Sister King
Juju Jimmie :)
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