Un poco loco

 Now, you might be thinking, "Sister Suisse why is your subject line in Spanish? Do you speak Spanish?" no, I do not. Remember this.

This week my comp ran into a man on the train. She didn't understand what he was saying but coincidentally another member happened to be there and speak english~ miracles happened and they set up with him! So we met with this man from Spain on Tuesday and he mainly speaks Spanish but also speaks some english. Naturally we brought our Veitnamese friend with us (haha what) and we had our first lesson with 4 people who have complete different first languages. SO cool. I was like "come on 5 years of high school Spanish" and then guess what? I still can't speak Spanish haha. But we're meeting with him again this week on Thursday with Spanish speaking elders so it'll go a little smoother.

This week was awesome! We got to go to 八里，the super cool "like an island but actually is not but I will refer to it as an island" and it was beautiful! Pictures below, and the air is so clean there! We went there to find our friends mom and she has a whole garden on her home on the fifth floor. BEAUTIFUL. She sent us home with veggies for days. And for pday today we got to go to 陽明山 which is a beautiful place that has so many lilies and a volcano!

This week we also got to watch an amazing devotional from Elder Gong ~A while ago he gave my all time favorite talk "A Campfire of Faith" (look it up 吧)~ and when he talked about pearls, it got me. He talked about how the most valuable pearls are often the ones that don't fit our mold. I learned that I need to better realize people shouldn't have to fit the mold I have for them, and that the worth of others is always more than we think. Keeping this perspective in mind will help us see changes in ourselves and in others.

Love you all, be safe!