Taiwan is a little leaky. It has rained everyday for the past 9 days, and when I say rain I mean I am pretty sure there might not be any more water in the rest of the world, because I think it's all coming out of the sky here. But that's okay because rain always provides for good experiences and helps us to recognize a lot of the blessings that we have. Plus I love rain! But the other second part of my leaking title is that it turns out our new apartment isn't so great and it seems that almost everyday we discover a new leak in our apartment, most of them from the ceiling, but some of them are coming out of the floor. All the leak water is yellow. It's all rather lovely! Hahaha we have a lot of buckets set out because they can't fix the leaks on the roof until the rain is stopped and the roof is dry. So good luck to us, because there is supposed to be no end to the rain anytime soon due to a Typhoon that is supposed to be hitting the southern part of Taiwan this week (Don't worry mom, it's nowhere close to my area) Anyway that has been a whole lot of fun! We laugh a lot :)
Also, I think many of you will be happy to know that this week I ate a whole scoop of spicy ice cream! On Monday I set the goal and it seemed it just got on my mind and about 5 hours later I was attempting it. With great fear I went for it and took it out in a minute and a half because I think if I had eaten it any slower I may have died in real life. My stomach felt hot for a few days after, but it was definitely worth it for the experience. I cried a lot and spilled my milk in the store.
Also while we were biking yesterday I swallowed at least 16 bugs and 5 more were found in my eyes and about 100 were stuck to my forehead. Taiwan is so good. Hahaha
The work has been a little strange this week! We feel as though we are putting in our very best efforts, but our results are not very tangible. We are working to identify exactly what it is that we can improve and think that as it always seems to, it might just come down to more faith. We are working with a member referral and she is great, keeping all of her commitments and I think that she will progress towards baptism very soon. We also were given an investigator by the elders who very much believes in our church and is excited to get baptized, but also very strongly believes in reincarnation, so that has tested us a little bit to try and work with her, teaching by the spirit rather than persuasion. We will continue to see how that goes. LinYongLiang is doing really well after being baptized a few weeks ago and we are so happy about all of his progress. He is pretty busy with work and doesn't have a lot of time to meet with us, but we talk to him everyday and he shares scriptures with us and things. He really is learning from the scriptures and I love that! We are working with members and trying to strengthen their belief in member missionary work.
Today I have a testimony of families, the plan of salvation, and family history work. This gospel provides a way for every single person on this earth to be linked and live with our families in heaven, forever. Could there really be anything more marvelous than that? Sister Langley and I are learning lately that God is a God of guarantees. He gives us a condition that is always accompanied by a promised blessing and I know that as we do our part that God will come in with all of His love and power and raise us up to be something we never imagined that we could be. This eternal life is one of His guarantees. If we follow Him and keep His commandments in enduring to the end, we w
ill have those blessings. It is also our responsibility to help others receive those blessings as well. Family history and temple work is amazing and I miss being able to go to the temple frequently. I encourage all of you to go to the temple and take family names so that we might be able to strengthen our families and give everyone the ordinances that they need for salvation. I love you all and am so grateful for my eternal family.
Hayley
P.S. Pictures: I caught a pet fish. #proudmompics and also Sister Peck has come to Taiwan! So good to see her. :)
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