So what happened lately: MIRACLES GALORE!
Pdays:
Last week, we went hiking, then a member bought me and my companion dinner at an all you can eat buffet (hot pot). I ate there a while ago and ate some shark, it was ok. I have definitely eaten crazy things here.
Today:
We went to the GRAND HOTEL in Taipei! It is THE fanciest hotel in Taiwan, the one where we went to on my very first morning in Taiwan to the site where general authorities said a prayer about 80 years ago or so to dedicate Taiwan to spread the gospel.
Great way to spend my last pday-end it where I started my mission.
Investigators:
Cindy Zhang- we met her and her friend outside of a 7/11 (they are like gas stations here, but just the stores only, and they are cleaner than the ones in America). We started meeting with her. Turns out she is one of our member's classmates! She is 15 and starts high school soon. So cute and so smart! We met with her on the third time and her prayer has definitely improved! It was amazing to see! She said ever since she started praying, she could feel God more at her side. She came to church for the first time yesterday! So we went with her and another 15-year-old investigator named Olivia. We read 1 Ne 1 together and asked what she liked, she said she admired how Nephi really respected and honored God, it blew my mind. She will get baptized probably next month, she is awesome!
Our other ones are Olivia, who is 15, very mature for her age, has some problems, but Christ and His gospel can fix them.
Events:
Jenny Oaks Baker concert- it was good, but she and her family seemed kinda exhausted. They were in Europe earlier that summer and they just did about a two-week tour of
Taiwan with about seven concerts. We were the last stop. Tons of people came, even investigators invited their non-member friends. It was overall a great concert, she is such an amazing person, so grateful for her and her family's sacrifice to do missionary work.
Last Testimony:
Shared my last testimony in sacrament meeting, I told stories about how past apostles have seen Christ. I've written them in past emails before. It was great! In it, I said that even though I didn't want to leave Taiwan, I must do the Lord's will. I am at peace right now going home, I just keep on doing missionary work.
One elder said that where you serve becomes a holy place, and the Taiwan, Taipei mission has definitely become a holy place for me. I love the people, the food, the members, the language, and everything about it. I definitely want to come here later this year or next summer (or be like Elder Welker, who returned a month later).
Lately I've been thinking of Christ's last week here on earth, what it must've been like for Him to serve. He served all His life, even after Gethsemane and even on the Cross. Even after His Resurrection, and right now and in the eternities. Like Christ, I strive to serve everyday like it's my last day.
The Mission has been the best 18 months of my life. I have learned, grown, and changed so much. God really takes advantage of this time and transforms his missionaries to become His disciples. I am so grateful to be a part of this church, and I know it's true. I like in 1 Ne 11:21-23: the thing that gives us the most joy to the soul is God's love.
I love you all, and I love Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. God be with you til we meet again, Taiwan.
-Sister Annie Brinkerhoff, Bei Jie Mei
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