What an amazing experience this week has been for me. Saying goodbye to Sister O'Brien was super hard it is so awesome how my setting apart blessing is happening of developing bonds of sisterhood with my companions. I am so grateful to the Lord for knowing who to put me with and for what reasons. This mission is not only blessing me for the now while I am in Taiwan but for the rest of my life.
Much of the week was spent up in Taipei- yuck the city is so... cityish. But no it is good I like it its just different. So for being a trainer we go up on Thursday night and meet all the new misisonaries and have some training with them from President Day and his assistants its really awesome then that night they randomly assign us to a girl and we take her out for two hours and go contacting with her! My girl was Sister Keung from New Zealand! WHAAATT?? Super cool i was really really impressed with her. I have never proselyted in Taipei city before so we were both super new at it and we really needed to be led by the spirit. I turned to her and asked her where the Spirit was telling her we should go and we went. She was so stinkin brave and would talk to anyone! We were blessed and had THREE other lessons in two hours with one new investigator for Taipei. It was awesome. And then we got lost. Yikes. They dont give us a map. I guess they dont expect the spirit to lead us so far away but we were lost. haha poor girl first night on island and we get lost. I was asking everyone how to get to the Mormon Temple and we were getting pointed in the right direction it was really fun. Well the tradition here is to buy them a drink that night cause they are super delicious so we were lost we were almost out of time and I was determined to do it right and get her a drink. So we began to run! HAHA it was AWESOME! AND we made it back on time. Thats right. It was so cool being led by the Spirit that way.
So then the next morning comes and we are all sitting eating breakfast together and Sister Keung comes up to me and says I decided I want to serve on the East coast. And I am just thinkin Hmm thats nice yeah everyone wants to serve on the east coast. No other thoughts about it. Then as all the missionaries who will be transfering file into the room for transfer meeting I start getting super nervous this is my first time at a transfer meeting that I have literally no clue no feeling at all at who my next companion will be. The new missioanries start to introduce themselves and get assigned their trainers.. Sister Keung stands up says where she is from and stuff then President Day starts, SIster Keung is from New Zealand and loves to play basketball. She will be starting her mission on... the East coast... (my heart is excited for her as I expect her to be assigned to TaiDong) IN YILAN WITH SISTER THORNLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAHA I have no idea what sound came out of me but I was suddenly running up to her to hug her and start off our companionship. So ladies and Gentlemen I am a momma of a KEWI!!!! She is adorable. I love her to death and we are here safe in Yilan!
We are already seeing so many miracles and I could not be happier she is the best and her accent rocks. she is fearless! She will bear her testimony to anyone and yeah wow I love her such a rockstar!!!!
Margie got confirmed yesterday it was so special! A RECENT CONVERT cant get better than that!
Well everyone have a wonderful week I love you all so much keep doing missioanry work you can do it!
-Sister Thornley