Week 22

Ni hao!

This week has been great! Busy, busy, busy....

On Thursday I experienced my first zone conference! It was simply wonderful! Half of the mission gets together and we're spiritually fed. I was able to see some great mtc friends (which of course I started crying either because of happiness, sadness, or because i really needed their hug...) The messages were amazing and it was a lot of fun!

Then on Saturday we had a very special experience... We were able to attend the Gaoxiong Family History Conference. It was so cool! Two of the church history recorder people came and we had a meeting about the history of the church. It was just missionaries for this meeting and basically we just asked questions and they would answer. It was so cool! They know so much and they could just shoot it off from the top of their heads with names, years, articles, books, and all this information. I loved it. There were questions about Emma Smith, the priesthood, China opening, Jerusalem and so so so so many interesting topics... I loved it!

Great news for the week! Gao didi's and Zeng Yu are getting baptized! So first there's the Gao didi's (Gao being their last name and didi meaning little brother...) They are so cute! The older one is 12 and the younger one is 9. Two of their aunts are recent converts so they have been coming to church with them for awhile but finally got their mothers permission this week! They are so cute!... Zeng Yu is 13 and is the daughter of a recent convert and has also been coming to church and meeting with the missionaries for awhile but she was finally able to have her dad's approval... Her mother is a new member but her dad didn't want her to be baptized and her mom didn't want to disrupt the family (I hope that makes sense.) So it took some time but her dad is okay with it now. She's so cute and funny! Oh I am so excited for them. They are all young but so strong... They amaze me! Tender mercies from the Lord... so amazing!

Well, it's been a good week!

I love you all!!!!!!

Until next week!

Picture # 1 My companion Sister Chen and I

Picture # 2 Our district