Dont you get me wrong I LOVE the rain so very much its really nice to be wet not from my own water if you know what I mean. And It really is way fun to ride bikes in but it stinks to contact in because NO ONE IS OUTSIDE!!!! The taiwanese are afraid of the rain so when it rains and all we have to do that day is contact well it makes us feel a little unproductive which is not a good feeling as a missionary. Anyway, Taiwan is so great!!! This week was awesome!!!
This week We got qin ke'd twice which means members payed for our meals which is fun because they take us expensive places and it tastes REALLY REALLY good!!! At one of the members dinners I made my first big Chen lao shi moment. We were talking about how americans have more wrinkles on their eyes than taiwanese I said its because we laugh and smile more than they do. To which our member agreed and began talking about how so many people there have depression and how hard it is. Well then she started touching her eyes where the laugh wrinkles would be and then said my husband has it too. So I of course respond "Oh how great!!!" thinking she was meaning her husband must laugh a lot too if he had the wrinkles... well I got a very interesting look from her and my companion. To which my companion starting laughing hard and tells me, "you jsut did a chen lao shi!" Turns out she was not meaning her husband has wrinkles. She was saying he has depression. So... okay yep I am still a greenie. And the Chen lao shi refrence is to my MTC teacher who made a simalar mistake :) I am so grateful that I think she is the best missionary ever and I can make the same mistakes as she does! must mean I am off to a good start!!!
As for other adventures this week, We saw so many miracles!!! We did a district fast and finding this week which proved so great for us YiLan Sisters!!! We really devoted our hearts and minds to talking TO EVERYONE but whats the miracle is that it was not when we were finding that we found. The actual finding was a little discouraging but each time (we did it twice) we had one girl each time so two come up to us as we ended our finding and seek us out. Talk about miracles. The one girl is you rei jia pronounced- yo ray jia. She is such a miracle! We had contacted her weeks ago on the street and invited her to english class but she never came or so we thought. Turns out she had come but didnt see anyone there so left. And she saw all of us missionaries ending and reporting on our successes and recognized my companion and I and came up and appologized she didnt come. Anyways we were able to set up with her and teach about Heavenly Father and families and give her a Book of Mormon! I am very hopeful on her and we believe she will be prepared to recieve baptism before Christmas! But it will take a lot of prayers!! Good thing I have been so strengthened in my faith of prayers here. \
The work is amazing. I find so many joys from it and I love it so much.
-Sister Thornley
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