April 15th Letter

Hello!

Wow! This move-call is fun filled and like non other!! Let me just share a few
stories...

First, I had my first trip to the police station! Sister Fu and I went to help
our investigator fill out job applications at the Rt Mart which is like a
grocery store. I wasn't feeling super comfortable with this investigator. We had
had her have an interview with the Bishop- which is unusual for investigators.
He came out of it unsure about her. He suggested we help her find a job and then
go from there. So we took his advice. Well, it took her over an hour to fill out
a one sided application. She handed the application to the worker who started to
type information into the computer. As she started to type she got nervous
eyes... Right about this time our investigator takes off running! And the lady
starts yelling in Chinese. Mei Hui is seriously gone and my companion and I are
standing there stunned. Turns out she has a warrant out for her arrest. So we
made a nice little trip to the police station informed them where she is living,
her telephone number, and all that fun stuff. It was a blessing in itself that
my companion was Taiwanese and could communicate everything clearly.

Story number 2- We have an amazing baptism on Friday. Her name is Amy Zhang. She
is about 36 and paralyzed from the waist down. She was very unhappy with her
life and felt very alone. She came to church three weeks ago for the first time
and not one person treated her differently. They all were so good to her and she
loved it. She said it was the first time she felt love in her whole life. It
probably was my favorite lesson ever when we taught her about the fuhuo and how
she would have a perfect body. She got so excited just like a little kid! It was
pretty amazing to see the Gospel become so personal to someone and to really
give someone a hope that we could see in her!

Story three... We went to Zhubei to watch general conference. Which is about a
half an hour drive- which here in Taiwan is a long time. Conference was amazing,
but what was even more amazing is the number of investigators that made the long
trip to watch it and the testimonies they left with. They all want to know when
the next one is! It was pretty exciting to see them become so interested in
Prophets. That is kind of a hard principle here to teach because they believe
Buddha and a lot of other people were prophets. So it was good to hear them
talking about how Duoma Mengsun was a special man.

Story four... we have a baptism coming up that is also pretty neat. It is an 80
year old lady who has cancer. Her son and his family are members. They asked us
to visit her and she has been eating everything right up. She is ready to get
baptized. She can't walk or anything so we are going to do the baptism in her
house. We have to wait for the Elders in Zhubei to bring down the portable font
and then she will be baptized in her home. The Bishop has been taking the
sacrament to her family because they can't leave her and she has felt the power
of the Sacrament and really seems to understand the Atonement. She is cute she
says she knew Jesus when she was little. We asked her what she meant and she
said when she was little (IN CHINA) she saw a picture of Him and knew He was her
friend.

So yes, this move-call has probably been my hardest, but I have also seen maybe
not the most miracles, but the biggest! I have learned a lot this move-call and
will continue to learn for the next few weeks. It is a good experience and this
move-call will definitely be one I remember and cherish.

My companion is going home for the day today to rest for a little bit and will
come back tomorrow morning. I am going to stay with another member today and
hang out with her. She wants to go to the glass museum so we might go there...
not sure yet. It is kinda weird to be so non missionary but missionary.
President is really trying to make sure my companion is happy because if she is
not she goes home, Xinzhu closes to Sisters, and I go in a threesome somewhere.
We really just need more sisters. We are really short on them right now. So
encourage all the sisters to go on missions. A few sisters in our mission have
made a rule that no one is allowed to go home from our mission bigger then they
came out. Their thinking behind it is if we do it is bad advertisement for
missions. So guess I need to jia you in that area... te he!

Well, I am exciting for the next few days- have lots of fun things going on.
Zone conference, Lots of meals at members houses... everyone wants to treat us
out because its someones birthday. And actually my favorite member in the whole
world, Zhou Jiemei, her birthday is on the same day as mine. So we are going to
take out her friend who is our investigator and have the most amazing lesson
with her and then have her get baptized for our birthday wishes. Her friend is
amazing she goes to every activity and everyone thinks she is a member, but she
is waiting.... ai yo! So yes, our goal is to have her set a goal on our
birthdays. Last time we asked she said in six years! So should be good.

Well, I love you all and miss you so much! I hope everything is going well for
everyone! Lots of ai!

Sister Shaver!