debeigaowa!!!

(start paying attention to the subject titles) Some good old Taiwanese for you all!!! this week I saw a huge miracle come from me being a little odd and talking to a random girl to ask her if I was saying a random thing I heard on the train in Taiwanese correctly. Here in Taiwan they have 4 main languages Chinese, Taiwanese, English and some other that I havent figured out yet. So when we are on the trains traveling to and from our areas vast locations we will often hear these four languages spoken to tell us which station we are at. So I picked up on one "debeigaowa" but I wanted to make sure I was saying it right and if I had the right meaning. So I casually strolled up next to a young girl and asked her, Hey am I saying this right? And does it mean quickly arriving at..?!" Yes her face was quite precious to see and the miracle about it is that we then we are able to teach her a lesson say prayers with her and schedule a next time to meet with her!!! I know that this work can be done so easily! IT DOES NOT HAVE TO FEEL FRIDGED AND STIFF!!! Please please you guys do your part and talk to someone about the gospel the Lord will provide a way!!!

This week I finished the book Our Heritage and in there it teaches about all the prophets in the latter days. Every single one of them emphasized the importance of members being missionaries please heed the words of the prophets. You can do it. Pray for an experience and then dont be scared when it comes. It can be so easy as asking someone how to say something in a strange language. ;)

Alright now due to Mom's letter to me just barely I am going to tell you all of the cute investigator we are teaching right now. Her name is You2 rei3 jia1 (the numbers are the indicator of the tones so you can say her name right in your prayers) Okay, so she is a 19 year old girl and I love her to death! She is so amazing and has now just been taught all of the missionary lessons!! Her baptism date is set for the 4th of January but if she cant get her job to change her work schedule so she can come to church she will not be able to make the date so please pray for her. Okay so why am I telling you this because mom just wrote me that she just killed a mosquito on a Sunday! Now you all need to understand my mom  is the cutest woman ever and tries hard to not kill even mosquito on Sunday and rather brushes them off than slap them. But today she just slapped one! Okay so this is too ironic because yesterday we taught Rei3 Jia1 the ten commandments and on the commandment of thou shalt not kill i teasingly asked her do you have any problems with that and she looked up at me and was like, "can we not even kill mosquitos?" HAHAHA!  So... :) Yes I think this is very funny coincidence. Too cute!

OKay so fun fact here in taiwan there are 7-11's everwhere!!! which is nice and convenient cause they usually have toilets and not just squaty potties. Well one day this week we went to visit a member who lives kind of far away ish and suddenly I needed to use the restroom but the member wasnt home!!! ZAO GAO (messy cake) so my companion and I decided to walk around the corner to go to a place where I could use the bathroom convinced because we were in Taiwan it would be very close. Well... unfortunately there was NONE then to torture me we even passed a store that sold toilets but wouldnt you know it their was no one in sight all but a little dog. So we kept walking and finally got to a 7/11. I learned my lesson. Never walk to a bathroom ALWAYS use the bikes!! Our bathroom break ended up making us take an hour to walk to and back!

Alright and now for the spiritual cool share- Last night we went to visit an investigator that chu jie mei and I had taught but she stopped meeting with us for a while. Last night we were able to go to her house again after months of no contact. I was saddened to hear how terrible of a life she had and yet how great of faith she had been demonstrating even when we werent able to meet with her. She had been praying with her son at night to help his nightmares stop from a horrifying experience that had happened to him. And I was touched by the love she had for her son. The miracle is that the day before when we were planning what to share with her my companion and I both had odd impressions to share with her some passages from Isaiah. We were not sure why or how this would help but with faith prepared. The revelation was revealed to us as we shared with her 1 Nephi 21:15-16 and then 1 Nephi 20:10. We encouraged her faith and ensured her that the Lord has not forgotten her and that she has been chosen to endure those trials to strengthen her faith. We then were able to set a new baptismal date with her for the 21st of December. Which I have just learned is my nephew Easton's baptism as well! I am so grateful for the Lord and so privileged to be here sharing the good news.  I am so happy I will not be far from attending my nephews wonderful day as I attend a baptismal service here in Taiwan as well. I love you all. This work is so wonderful and I know the Lord is providing ways for us all to help others accept the gospel!

Love, Sister Kimberly Thornley