Quakes and shivers

 Waaahh

THIS WEEK

For starters we had 30+ earthquakes in one day! They're pretty little and I feel a little worried  because we're getting kind of complacent😆

Started a calligraphy night this week and it was a big success! We're getting to know the people in this area better and finding out that they are really awesome.

Today we're going to Taroko! Its wicked beautiful (might hafta send pictures next week) but holy cow we are feeling super blessed.

Our sweet friend 涵雅 is a GEM and she got baptized this last Saturday! She was in 淡水 and she has kept learning from the missionaries over the past few months. We LOVE her and she was baptized in a kiddie pool outside of the chapel to follow local laws~amazing.

Meanwhile we've been working hard and will keep it up all the way to the end. One of the missionaries in our district shared,

 "God works through simple means and really awkward missionaries"

 I have never heard anything more true haha.

So all you missionaries, at home or abroad, know that the Lord will use your awkward self to bring peace to people who need it. If it's just asking how someone's doing or if you're just there to listen to them, keep at it.

Love you! Stay safe!

蘇曉葵姐妹

America explain

 I'm 21, I'm a grandmother.

It has been an AWESOME birthday, we had cutie little mug birthday cakes (credit to my sweet parents) and my comp and our members took real good care of me. Finished it off with a Taro cake (芋頭蘇姐妹) so it's good times. Never would I have EVER expected two have a second birthday quarantined in Taiwan but that's how it goes what a life ha~

Went on exchanges wih 宜蘭 sisters and they are the best, so happy and each time we're with them it just reminds us why we're here and doing what we're doing~but ALSO one of them ate the kit kat I had hidden in the fridge so 👀

Quarantine got extended again to the 26th but some of the rules are letting up, 美娜 still can't get baptized but she's still holding strong~

This week while meeting with some members, one of them shared a super cool analogy. He said: 

"If there are two people waiting for the bus, one of them prays for it to not be late and one doesn't. This bus comes at the same time for them. At that point you'd think, why did the first person have to pray? The bus came for them both regardless." His answer was this, "The one who prayed, who hoped for the bus to come, ended up growing and being enlightened from the experience."

That's the thing about faith, sometimes we have no idea why we need it, we don't see why some have it and some do not. We sometimes really dont feel an answer to our questions. That is a real feeling. This is why faith is so hard but so worth it. When we really use our faith, we grow. It's not about the things we get or what kind of answers we feel, it is about the person we become in the process. 

SO with that being said, I wanna invite 大家 to do one prayer of faith. I'll do it too because boy do I need faith right now, ha. It might feel really small but it might be just the step to put you back on the right path.

Love you, stay safe~

芋頭蘇姐妹

An avocado... thaanks..

 Alma 5:26

"If ye have experienced a change of heart, and if ye have felt to sing the song of redeeming love, I would ask, can ye feel so now?"

Reflecting back on my mission let's me see just how much I've grown and changed. I feel like I've grown in patience, not perfect, but I've grown into a person I'm really proud of. 

That being said, something that has absolutely NOT changed is my sense of direction QQ 

We got lost last week and what should have been a 15 minute bike ride turned into an hour and our Taro soup was not looking so good in the back of our bikes haha~

Not too much this week, but we met our new mission president! Hes super sassy and he sticks up for missionaries so I'm excited to have him for the next... 30+ days... Holy cow time goes by so fast AHH

This week we also had exchanges with 賀姐妹 and 葛姐妹 we big time love them and SO COOL I can finish my mission with my first companion Sister Hutchinson~

Lots of video calls, lots of mangoes, lots of miracles, and that's our week~

Stay safe, love you!