Week 17

Ni Hao!!!!

Another great week here in Taiwan!

BIG news!!!!!

You Jiemei and Xu Jiemei are getting baptized on Friday!!!!

Story time....

So You Jiemei has been meeting with the missionaries for about 3 months... She is so great! When I arrived she had been taught almost all of the lessons but was just slowly progressing... We had been trying hard and praying hard to find ways to help her... Well all she needed was Tina. (Tina is a wonderful, solid recent convert. She is amazing!) After our lesson last week Tina invited You Jiemei to attend institute with her. She accepted. After institute Tina talked to her about baptism and shared her conversion experience and her testimony of the gospel. Then, Tina gave her the little push that she needed and invited her to be baptized on the 18th... You Jiemei said "YES!" We were rather surprised since I'm sure she has heard about baptism (even attended a baptism) and had the commitment extended quite a few times... But she needed it from Tina... It was so amazing! I'm so happy for her! SO amazing!

Xu Jiemei is a former that we have been meeting with since I got here... She is so great! When she met with the missionaries before, her parents didn't want her to receive baptism until she was 20... Well she's 20 now :) At first she was progressing pretty slow and mainly had a social interest... Well about 2 weeks ago she jumped on the happy train! She was trying to get her friend Lai Dixiong involved and asking us ways to help him... She talked to her parents and resolved their concern of ancestor worshipping... Before we met with her this week we weren't sure if her goal was still this Fri or next Fri but after she heard Sister Koay and Elder Vernon (our district leader) practice a musical number for a baptism last week she was like "hey, will you play at my baptism next week?!"... SO great! Resolved that question... She is so excited and said that she has wanted to be baptized since she first met the missionaries, she just didn't want to upset her parents... SO amazing! I'm so excited for her! She is so great!

So as you can tell it has been an exciting week once again full of tender mercies....

I feel so blessed to be a part of this beautiful work....

It truly is magnificent (aka amazing)!

I love you all!!!!

Until next week!

P.S. Here is my mailing address:
Sister Elle Kauaohilo Bray
Taiwan Taichung Mission
498-11 Wu Chuan Road
Taichung 404-46
Taiwan, R.O.C