Week 59

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

It was such a wonderful week!!!! So amazing! We saw so many beautiful miracles... including a baptism!

 

On Tuesday night we went to Sister Wang's house. A less active that is reactivating. She was so excited! We have been working with her and her son. Her son name is Jian Jia. He's 9yrs old and super funny and fun to teach. He has been wanting to get baptized for a bit but his dad has opposed... Well we walked in and she said "He wants to get baptized and his dad is okay it!" It was so crazy! We were in total shock.... we talked to him and he was so excited! His dad just talked to him more about it and heard of Jian Jia's desire and saw his example so he finally said it's okay. He choose to get baptized yesterday. The first day of 2012. It was a very spiritual baptism. Sister Wang bore a beautiful testimony. He had the sweetest smile on his face when he came out of the font. He was also able to receive the Holy Ghost and be confirmed a member of the church. In his blessing he was blessed that through his example his family would be able to go to the Taipei Temple and be sealed together. It was so beautiful. The spirit was so strong there. It was such a special baptism. There was a special feeling and reminder to become as a little child just like sweet 9 yr old Jian Jia. I love him and his family.

 

We dropped most of our investigators a few weeks ago and we were trying really hard to find new ones but we were not seeing the success we would have liked....BUT this week totally changed! Some investigators came back and we also received some amazing referrals this week. We really were so blessed. We are so excited to work with them. They all have their own miracle stories. There is one in particular that I would like to share about a Sister Xu. She is from Mainland China. She moved here for marriage but her husband later became abusive so they got a divorce. Her 2 children stayed with him. She is far from home and her family but she said that she continues to feel Heavenly Father's love. She came to church last week and loved the feeling that she had there. She loves the Book of Mormon and prayer. This week her best friend told her not to come to our church and gave her some anti-Mormon literature. She prayed about the church and she received an answer. She knows it's true. Her strength amazes me. You can just feel her love for the Lord and His love for her.... It is beautiful. She came to church again yesterday and the sisters just embraced her and our other investigators.

 

We saw so many blessings this week with investigators and the less active families we have been working with. It truly was a week to remember. So miraculous!

 

Also... today we went to a theme park near by called Fancy World. It was a lot like Lagoon but with no one there so we were able to ride over and over again. It was a lot of fun but we are low on time :)  

 

I'll send pictures next week!

 

I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Until next week!!!!!