Oh Hey!
It's been a great and busy week! We were blessed with a lot of lessons... I love lessons!
Can I just tell you how much I love Sister Li?! She is such a great companion! She has so much faith. Her example is amazing! She is so diligent and humble... I love her! She was baptized 4 years ago. Her family doesn't support her. They don't write her yet she always says that she receives so many blessings so it's okay. She knows her family is being blessed for her service so all is well. SHE IS AMAZING! So much faith... I LOVE her!
Oh the Chen Family! When we went to visit them Brother Chen asked us when Sister Chen could go to the temple. It was so cute because he was so excited for her to go and said he'll go and wait outside for her... But wouldn't it be so much better if he could go onside. He said "it's not possible".... oh it's possible.... They are going to get there! Brother Chen finished the Book of Mormon this week and just wants more..... His desire and faith are building!!!! And their baby is coming this week! :)
We experienced many tender mercies this week. We met with the Lin family and had a beautiful "gift of tongues" experience. Sister Li and I were able to teach them without Sister Wu signing for us. We taught most of the Plan of Salvation from the Book of Mormon and pictures. Sister Li also took a month of sign language before her mission so she was able to sign a little and is picking it up fast... I was able to teach Mama Lin and started to recognize how it is she communicates with her eyes.... It was a beautiful experience.
One thing I have been amazed about this week is Heavenly Fathers plan for all His children... I see many ways the Lord has prepared me to do His work. He has prepared me to teach His children, and He knows which of His children I, Sister Bray, need to teach.... I am so grateful that He knows just where I am needed.
I love this work! It's rarely easy but it is His work. Therefore, I love it!
And I love you all so so so so SO much!
Until next week!
July 25, 2011
Week 35
HELLO!!!!!!
Oh it has been such an amazing week! I have so much I want to write but not enough time to write it :)
Sister Chen got baptized! WOW! Yep, Chen family, Sister Chen got baptized! She was just ready to jump and I wasn't going to stop her. It was a beautiful baptism! She bore a beautiful testimony. Surprisingly there were no problems with her baby bump getting all the way in the water. It was wonderful. And Brother Chen said that he has noticed a big change in his wife since she has gotten baptized which has also built his desire to be baptized... Oh I love this family!
We met an awesome family this week! A member in Taipei gave sent us an address of a family she knows that was interested in receiving a priesthood blessing.Well we went over to meet them and set up a good time for a blessing and found out that the referral, Sister Lin, has no hearing. Both her and her older sister are hearing impaired. We were able to communicate through writing back and forth. They explained to us that their mother had a stroke 10 years ago and has not been able to move or speak since and that they would really like for her to receive a blessing. We were able to set an appointment for the next day...... I cannot describe the beautiful feeling that was in their mothers room. She is so beautiful. Weak and fragile but truly beautiful. The blessing was beautiful. Tears were in every ones eyes. We were able to write down parts of the blessing so that her 2 daughters knew what she was blessed with. They were so grateful. They then reiterated what had been said... I was so amazed how they would sign to their mother and she would move her eyes and blink back. I was able to witness a beautiful miracle of the Spirit speaking to their hearts...It was truly such a beautiful experience I will never forget....Sister Lin and her older sister, sister's husband and 2 kids, and their member friend all came to church on Sunday. We found out one of the sisters in their ward can sign and it just so happens that she would be teaching the lesson in Relief Society that day... What a tender mercy from the Lord!
Today we had the beautiful blessing of going to the Taipei Temple. Oh it is a beautiful temple. I love the temple. I truly feel that it is such a blessing to have a temple so close and to be able to go on my mission. I realized again that that is why I am here... to help families be together forever.
Oh I love this work! It has been a great week!
I LOVE you all sooooooooooooooooooooo much!
Until next week!
Pictures
1 Sister Chen's baptism
2 Temple
3 Our District
4 My Comp and I
Oh it has been such an amazing week! I have so much I want to write but not enough time to write it :)
Sister Chen got baptized! WOW! Yep, Chen family, Sister Chen got baptized! She was just ready to jump and I wasn't going to stop her. It was a beautiful baptism! She bore a beautiful testimony. Surprisingly there were no problems with her baby bump getting all the way in the water. It was wonderful. And Brother Chen said that he has noticed a big change in his wife since she has gotten baptized which has also built his desire to be baptized... Oh I love this family!
We met an awesome family this week! A member in Taipei gave sent us an address of a family she knows that was interested in receiving a priesthood blessing.Well we went over to meet them and set up a good time for a blessing and found out that the referral, Sister Lin, has no hearing. Both her and her older sister are hearing impaired. We were able to communicate through writing back and forth. They explained to us that their mother had a stroke 10 years ago and has not been able to move or speak since and that they would really like for her to receive a blessing. We were able to set an appointment for the next day...... I cannot describe the beautiful feeling that was in their mothers room. She is so beautiful. Weak and fragile but truly beautiful. The blessing was beautiful. Tears were in every ones eyes. We were able to write down parts of the blessing so that her 2 daughters knew what she was blessed with. They were so grateful. They then reiterated what had been said... I was so amazed how they would sign to their mother and she would move her eyes and blink back. I was able to witness a beautiful miracle of the Spirit speaking to their hearts...It was truly such a beautiful experience I will never forget....Sister Lin and her older sister, sister's husband and 2 kids, and their member friend all came to church on Sunday. We found out one of the sisters in their ward can sign and it just so happens that she would be teaching the lesson in Relief Society that day... What a tender mercy from the Lord!
Today we had the beautiful blessing of going to the Taipei Temple. Oh it is a beautiful temple. I love the temple. I truly feel that it is such a blessing to have a temple so close and to be able to go on my mission. I realized again that that is why I am here... to help families be together forever.
Oh I love this work! It has been a great week!
I LOVE you all sooooooooooooooooooooo much!
Until next week!
Pictures
1 Sister Chen's baptism
2 Temple
3 Our District
4 My Comp and I
July 18, 2011
Week 34
It's been a really good and busy week! I love being busy....
We were able to meet with the Chen family a few times this week.. I love them! Cute Sister Chen is about to pop! They are so excited to have another baby. I love them! This week we saw a big miracle with Brother Chen....HE HAS QUIT SMOKING!!!! It is a miracle. When I first got to the area he was down to 1 cig a day... which is a HUGE improvement from his pack-a-day before. But it has now been 2 weeks with zero, zip, nothin, none, meiyou yige.... MIRACLE. He said every time he wanted to smoke he would pray and if that didn't work he would read the Book of Mormon and slowly the temptation would leave him.... AMAZING! I am so amazed by his faith! His wife has been able to attend church the past 2 weeks but Brother Chen's father really opposes him going to church and getting baptized. Brother Chen does not need parental permission but he works for his dad so he hasn't been able to get the time off to come to church.... BUT his wife told him all about church and he told us how much he wants to come to church and have the same experiences as his wife.... His desire is there. He wants to get baptized..... and he will! This family needs and deserves the blessings of baptism! Oh I LOVE them!!!!
We met some really cute new investigators this week, including 3 families! I feel so blessed to be finding and teaching families.... There is no better way to come unto the gospel of Jesus Christ than with your family. Truly such a blessing!
Well I'm sorry this is so short but my time is running low.....
I love you so so so so so so sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!
Until next week!
We were able to meet with the Chen family a few times this week.. I love them! Cute Sister Chen is about to pop! They are so excited to have another baby. I love them! This week we saw a big miracle with Brother Chen....HE HAS QUIT SMOKING!!!! It is a miracle. When I first got to the area he was down to 1 cig a day... which is a HUGE improvement from his pack-a-day before. But it has now been 2 weeks with zero, zip, nothin, none, meiyou yige.... MIRACLE. He said every time he wanted to smoke he would pray and if that didn't work he would read the Book of Mormon and slowly the temptation would leave him.... AMAZING! I am so amazed by his faith! His wife has been able to attend church the past 2 weeks but Brother Chen's father really opposes him going to church and getting baptized. Brother Chen does not need parental permission but he works for his dad so he hasn't been able to get the time off to come to church.... BUT his wife told him all about church and he told us how much he wants to come to church and have the same experiences as his wife.... His desire is there. He wants to get baptized..... and he will! This family needs and deserves the blessings of baptism! Oh I LOVE them!!!!
We met some really cute new investigators this week, including 3 families! I feel so blessed to be finding and teaching families.... There is no better way to come unto the gospel of Jesus Christ than with your family. Truly such a blessing!
Well I'm sorry this is so short but my time is running low.....
I love you so so so so so so sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!
Until next week!
Week 33
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!!! I hope the fam's all having fun at a big BBQ and fireworks! I'm secretly hoping we get fireworks tonight... they do them randomly here so I thinking there is a good possibility :)
THANK YOU SO SO SO SO SO SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH FOR THE PACKAGE!!!!! Just TREMENDOUS (amazing haha) Zhende, tai hao le! I loved it so much! My companion, our investigators, members, and the beautiful people of Taiwan thank you for the foot spray. All the Amah's (grandma's) that keep telling me to wear long shirts and jackets thank you for the sunscreen. I love the shirts so much especially since they smell like home :) and the chocolate.... it's gone! Just Kidding... I have limited myself to one in the morning and one at night to make it last! :) Again, THANK YOU SO MUCH! I love you!!!!!
It's been a good week! We have some really great investigators... one is the Chen Family. They are so cute! Chen Jiemei is going to have a sweet baby boy at the end of this month... She's so cute and such a trooper. She's always so happy and bubbly. Her husband is really funny and so supportive of her. He's always running to go get her food and something to drink. They are a really cute family. Chen Dixiong's family protests him joining the church but said its okay for Chen Jiemei to join so we are really trying hard to help this FAMILY receive the gospel.
We also have a cute little old lady named Chen Mama. She is 77 yrs old and so sweet. She looks like she's in her 50's. She's still up and going. She is Buddhist so this week we focused a lot on the Savior, His atonement, and His resurrection which, I believe, really helped her better understand this gospel. She's just lovely.
Zhang Hui Zhu (last week) still has family fandui (protest) but is continuing to read the Book of Mormon and we're hoping to meet with her soon but it depends on her mom..... Also we found out cute Wang Yu Ying has family fandui.... she is so awesome. She reads the Book of Mormon writes questions that she wants to ask us. She is so great! ... These girls are so amazing! Truly beautiful daughters of God and they both love this gospel! I love them!
Oh I just love the people! The Taiwanese people are so sweet! They are so beautiful.....
This week in personal study I was reading in Mosiah... I love King Benjamin's address... I love how it says that they all came in families to listen to King Benjamin. They all turned their tents towards the temple to hear his words... I have thought about this in a few different ways... as their tents being their hearts, their minds, their focus.. towards the temple, or towards the words of the prophets, toward the Savior, towards things of righteousness... But I love that it is FAMILIES coming together to face the temple and hear the words of the Lord! Oh I love the Book of Mormon!
Well... my time is about up...
I love you all so so so so so much!!!!!
Until next week!
THANK YOU SO SO SO SO SO SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH FOR THE PACKAGE!!!!! Just TREMENDOUS (amazing haha) Zhende, tai hao le! I loved it so much! My companion, our investigators, members, and the beautiful people of Taiwan thank you for the foot spray. All the Amah's (grandma's) that keep telling me to wear long shirts and jackets thank you for the sunscreen. I love the shirts so much especially since they smell like home :) and the chocolate.... it's gone! Just Kidding... I have limited myself to one in the morning and one at night to make it last! :) Again, THANK YOU SO MUCH! I love you!!!!!
It's been a good week! We have some really great investigators... one is the Chen Family. They are so cute! Chen Jiemei is going to have a sweet baby boy at the end of this month... She's so cute and such a trooper. She's always so happy and bubbly. Her husband is really funny and so supportive of her. He's always running to go get her food and something to drink. They are a really cute family. Chen Dixiong's family protests him joining the church but said its okay for Chen Jiemei to join so we are really trying hard to help this FAMILY receive the gospel.
We also have a cute little old lady named Chen Mama. She is 77 yrs old and so sweet. She looks like she's in her 50's. She's still up and going. She is Buddhist so this week we focused a lot on the Savior, His atonement, and His resurrection which, I believe, really helped her better understand this gospel. She's just lovely.
Zhang Hui Zhu (last week) still has family fandui (protest) but is continuing to read the Book of Mormon and we're hoping to meet with her soon but it depends on her mom..... Also we found out cute Wang Yu Ying has family fandui.... she is so awesome. She reads the Book of Mormon writes questions that she wants to ask us. She is so great! ... These girls are so amazing! Truly beautiful daughters of God and they both love this gospel! I love them!
Oh I just love the people! The Taiwanese people are so sweet! They are so beautiful.....
This week in personal study I was reading in Mosiah... I love King Benjamin's address... I love how it says that they all came in families to listen to King Benjamin. They all turned their tents towards the temple to hear his words... I have thought about this in a few different ways... as their tents being their hearts, their minds, their focus.. towards the temple, or towards the words of the prophets, toward the Savior, towards things of righteousness... But I love that it is FAMILIES coming together to face the temple and hear the words of the Lord! Oh I love the Book of Mormon!
Well... my time is about up...
I love you all so so so so so much!!!!!
Until next week!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)