My last email!

Hello!!!!

I can't believe this is my 2nd to last email home!!! so sad!! I don't want this to end. I'm kinda scared to go home...more like go to school. I want to stay one more transfer. It all seems like a dream. I think it won't hit me until transfer meeting. We still have a LOT to do. One more specialized training this week and leadership council. Then we have to prepare for the new missionaries and the temple tour training coming up. yay! I'm glad i get to stay busy. I got new glasses today and it took a total of 10 minutes. Crazy! I've never been in and out of an eye doctor that fast. Anything you want me to buy? I dont think I'll have time...but i can try. well we did a wonderful training this last on teaching people, not lessons from the PMG fundamentals. It was probably the best training I've ever given with my companion. The spirit was so strong and we made a few people cry. I wish we had more time to give it. Oh well, it definitely was the spirit leading it the whole time. so cool. anyways...here is what happened this week. 

I really enjoyed the Mission Leadership Seminar. There were a lot of great trainings. I felt the spirit so strong in our training of teaching people, and not lessons. Thanks for helping out with that. I hope the missionaries felt the spirit in the room and could apply what they learned to their investigators. I've never given a training like that before and I knew it was the Spirit guiding us the whole time, through planning and through giving the training. I learned a lot. 

On Saturday, we were able to meet with our 16 year old investigator Liu tongxue. She is great and really loves learning the Gospel. She FINALLY came to church on Sunday! I was so happy to see her. Her mom said that she needed to come to church a few more times before she could get baptized, exactly our thoughts! She is progressing a lot and loved church. I'm sad I won't be here for her baptism but I know she will find the happiness she needs in the Gospel. 

We also met with a referral from the missionaries who were here for the Seminar. Ma JM is a single mom and used to meet with the Jehovah Witnesses. She has one daughter who is handicapped. She said that she is looking for a religion and hasn't felt anything yet. She really wants to make sure she "feels" something before she gets baptized. We set a baptismal date with her and we used a lot of HTBT. Then she says, "I need you to be my guides then! Guide me!" She is a really happy person and I know that if she reads, prays, and comes to church, she will for sure "feel" something. I'm excited to teach her.

That night, we had a cool finding miracle! We found 2 new investigators and set a date with one of them. Lin JM, our new investigator, was just walking down the street and I felt like I should go talk to her. She said that she was Christian but hasn't been to church in a long time. She said that she had depression and almost killed herself awhile back. She came to church the next day and loved it. She shared in Relief Society how she felt like the Holy Ghost led her to find us missionaries. She was grateful that we were able to pray with her and tell her that Heavenly Father really loved her. She is so sweet! 

Sister Miao and I did a fast for our area, investigators, and sisters last week and we felt like Heavenly Father has given us so many blessing right after. We were able to receive a lot of new investigators and referrals from the time the missionaries went finding for 45 minutes during the Seminar. We saw a lot of little miracles and I know Heavenly Father was answering our prayers. It was really cool. 

Thanks for your wonderful training on being a one-eyed missionary. I really want to be a one-eyed missionary and diligent until the end, and of course, for the rest of my life. I want to be more Christ-like and truly do God's will while I'm out here. Everything we do is to glorify God, not us. We are just His servants and a tool. I'm truly grateful to be serving here and helping so many people. The sisters in the mission are awesome and have such a strong desire to do their best. I'm grateful for this calling here at the Temple and have learned so much! I'm excited for one more specialized training and mission leadership council. Last time I have to share! :) 

love you all!

Sister Chao

Every 5 new mosquito bite represents a new investigator

Hello!!!!

I can't believe this is my 2nd to last email home!!! so sad!! I don't want this to end. I'm kinda scared to go home...more like go to school. I want to stay one more transfer. It all seems like a dream. I think it won't hit me until transfer meeting. We still have a LOT to do. One more specialized training this week and leadership council. Then we have to prepare for the new missionaries and the temple tour training coming up. yay! I'm glad i get to stay busy. I got new glasses today and it took a total of 10 minutes. Crazy! I've never been in and out of an eye doctor that fast. Anything you want me to buy? I dont think I'll have time...but i can try. well we did a wonderful training this last on teaching people, not lessons from the PMG fundamentals. It was probably the best training I've ever given with my companion. The spirit was so strong and we made a few people cry. I wish we had more time to give it. Oh well, it definitely was the spirit leading it the whole time. so cool. anyways...here is what happened this week. 

I really enjoyed the Mission Leadership Seminar. There were a lot of great trainings. I felt the spirit so strong in our training of teaching people, and not lessons. Thanks for helping out with that. I hope the missionaries felt the spirit in the room and could apply what they learned to their investigators. I've never given a training like that before and I knew it was the Spirit guiding us the whole time, through planning and through giving the training. I learned a lot. 

On Saturday, we were able to meet with our 16 year old investigator Liu tongxue. She is great and really loves learning the Gospel. She FINALLY came to church on Sunday! I was so happy to see her. Her mom said that she needed to come to church a few more times before she could get baptized, exactly our thoughts! She is progressing a lot and loved church. I'm sad I won't be here for her baptism but I know she will find the happiness she needs in the Gospel. 

We also met with a referral from the missionaries who were here for the Seminar. Ma JM is a single mom and used to meet with the Jehovah Witnesses. She has one daughter who is handicapped. She said that she is looking for a religion and hasn't felt anything yet. She really wants to make sure she "feels" something before she gets baptized. We set a baptismal date with her and we used a lot of HTBT. Then she says, "I need you to be my guides then! Guide me!" She is a really happy person and I know that if she reads, prays, and comes to church, she will for sure "feel" something. I'm excited to teach her.

That night, we had a cool finding miracle! We found 2 new investigators and set a date with one of them. Lin JM, our new investigator, was just walking down the street and I felt like I should go talk to her. She said that she was Christian but hasn't been to church in a long time. She said that she had depression and almost killed herself awhile back. She came to church the next day and loved it. She shared in Relief Society how she felt like the Holy Ghost led her to find us missionaries. She was grateful that we were able to pray with her and tell her that Heavenly Father really loved her. She is so sweet! 

Sister Miao and I did a fast for our area, investigators, and sisters last week and we felt like Heavenly Father has given us so many blessing right after. We were able to receive a lot of new investigators and referrals from the time the missionaries went finding for 45 minutes during the Seminar. We saw a lot of little miracles and I know Heavenly Father was answering our prayers. It was really cool. 

Thanks for your wonderful training on being a one-eyed missionary. I really want to be a one-eyed missionary and diligent until the end, and of course, for the rest of my life. I want to be more Christ-like and truly do God's will while I'm out here. Everything we do is to glorify God, not us. We are just His servants and a tool. I'm truly grateful to be serving here and helping so many people. The sisters in the mission are awesome and have such a strong desire to do their best. I'm grateful for this calling here at the Temple and have learned so much! I'm excited for one more specialized training and mission leadership council. Last time I have to share! :) 

love you all!

Sister Chao

My last time going to the east coast

Hi!

Wow! I can't believe time is flying by so fast. It just gets faster and faster and we still have so much to do before the transfer ends!!! This last week, we went to Hualien and Taidong for specialized training. My last time before I leave. I got to see 2 of my RCs which was really happy. I miss Taidong. It really is the promised land. We had specialized training in Beitou last night and something really funny happened. So we split up with the companionships in the zone and accompany them in one of their lessons after the training. I was put with a companionship in Beitou and my companion went to Tianmu. President and sister Day were supposed to pick me up in beitou at the end of the night and then drive to tianmu to pick my companion up. There was some miscommunication and they thought I would meet them in Tianmu, but they didnt see me there when they got there. So they had to drive back to beitou and pick me up and we got home pretty late. It was funny and I felt really bad for President. But all is well now. :) Its always an adventure here. We have a 2 day mission leadership seminar that starts tomorrow and one more specialized training next week. Then we start getting ready for new missionaries to come in! yay! I love it here in taiwan and i love my mission. I really dont want to come home!!!!! i wish i had one more transfer here!  anyways here is what happened this week: 

It was so fun to attend all the specialized trainings this past week. Every single meeting had a special feeling and a sweet spirit. Although we weren't in our area very much, we were fortunate enough to see so many miracles on the east coast. The Ji'an sisters has a golden investigator who has a strong desire to change and be baptized. I was also lucky to teach an LA in Taidong and the sisters taught her all about the temple and about family history. She is starting to come back to church and is really interested in family history work. I was also really happy that I got to see Becky and Chen JM in Taidong. Becky just has a glow to her now and seems like a completely different person. So much happier! This Gospel really does change people's lives. 

We had a cool miracle here in Jin Hua. Both of our RC's Shi JM and Wendy gave talks on Sunday about missionary work. They are both ward missionaries. Their talks blew my mind and it seems like they've been members for years. I was really impressed. I'm so proud of them and how much they have progressed in the gospel these past few months. They have already gone to the temple and Shi JM is getting ready to receive her patriarchal blessing before she goes back to China. She is going to be such a great example and leader in China. The Lord really prepared her here in Taiwan to learn of the Gospel so she can be a great missionary in China. Wendy brought her mom to church to hear her speak. Her mom originally wasn't going to come but I invited her to ask her again, and she came! Her mom really loved it and stayed for all three hours. We invited her mom to the Morphis family fireside and she and her brother came! They both became our new investigators and we are excited to teach them and get to know them more. Wendy told us that her dad is really against our church but maybe the Lord will soften his heart. I hope Wendy's mom remembers the feeling she had at church on Sunday. Everyone was so welcoming to her as well. The ward is great at helping the missionaries out! I'm really lucky to be in the Jin Hua ward. I've never seen a ward so willing to do missionary work and so supportive of the missionaries. 

Another cool miracle that happened last week was with our investigator Chen tongxue. We've been teaching her for awhile on and off but she has more time to meet with us now. She is the type of person that has to ask a question that opposes to what you just taught her. It's been an interesting experience but she loves the missionaries and still has a desire to learn. We have been trying to get her to kneel with us in prayer at the end of the lesson and finally after 10 minutes of waiting for her to kneel, she did it!!! We talked a lot about humility and currently, she doesn't want to be more humble, but finally said she would "try" to kneel. I felt like that was HUGE progress with her. She has a pride thing going on, but I know the spirit can soften her heart. Sister Miao and I really want to change this person! I think we can do it, along with the spirit! It might take a little time, but I really do see her getting baptized next month. 

Last week was a little rough for me. I had a hard time feeling happy. I don't really know how to explain it but I'm good now. I think I was just stressed about my companion and not having many investigators progressing, or just investigators in general. They just seem to die off real quick sometimes. My faith was definitely being tried this week. Our family that we are teaching is going to Thailand this week and Wu DX won't be back until I leave. He has grown so much in the gospel and I think I was just sad that I won't get to see him baptized. We've worked so hard with him. I know Sister Miao will help him get baptized when he gets back though. We have one investigator who is golden, but it's summer, so she has been gone a lot with her family. I think I was just really excited to have all these baptisms that were supposed to happen this end of the month but now won't end up happening until after I leave. I know it is all up to the Lord and His timing. I need to follow the Lord's will. Lately I've been praying to do the Lord's will and seeking His help in having more faith and happiness! I'm sad that we won't have a baptism this month but there are about 2 investigators who I know will be ready in August. I'm fasting for them today, and I know Sister Miao will take good care of them. 

See you all soon! Love you!

Sister Chao

Tsunami on the east coast

Hi!

Rachel, can you update my blog? thanks!!! :) 

Today is temple day! We will be going in a few hours. Next week my Pday will also be on WEDNESDAY because of specialized trainings. I went to Taidong for the missionary tsunami last week. There were 14 companionships who went down to the east coast to FIND for 4 days straight. I was paired up with a new missionary and she was awesome. we had a great time. Saw so many miracles. We were out in the hot sun all day just finding and biking. everyone got super sunburned. i forgot how hot the summers got there. and there was no AC in the room we slept in. so great. i never sweated so much in my life. i loved the east coast. we also had specialized training this week in xinzhu and taoyuan. tomorrow we will go to Hualien and Friday to Taidong for more trainings. We will fly back with president on Saturday morning. I'm staying super busy. Our training is on effectively using our daily planners. President said our training had to be fun so we thought of a this fun game to play with all the missionaries. It was pretty successful. I am excited to go back to the east coast again. we have been traveling everywhere. its been kinda crazy. Next week is busy with more trainings. i learn so much from them every time. It's always filled with the spirit. I hope things are going well back home. I'm trying to type super fast. sorry if there are lots of mistakes. there is no time!!!! we had to go to the library to email today and we only have 30 minute blocks and then we have to wait in line again. ahh. okay keep me updated on whats going on in your lives. 

Last week's tsunami was awesome! I had a really good time with Sister Branch and saw lots of miracles. It was fun training Sister Branch for a few days. It was a good experience. I think she really got to LOVE finding. One cool finding miracle we had was on the last day. We were out at 8AM and didn't quite know where we should knock because it was so early and most of the people out at that time were old people. We wanted to find a family. We rode around and finally saw this really old small alley way with not very many houses. We decided to stop and try to knock there. It seemed like no one had knocked there before. After about 20 minutes, we had no success but we decided to knock one last door hiding right around the corner. This young mom came out and talked to us and prayed with us. We talked about how the gospel can bless her family and about baptism. She said that we could come back next week to share more with her. We were so happy that we stayed and found her. It was a good miracle to see to wrap up our tsunami experience. We also got some good sun that morning. :) I think the Lord really blessed the east coast last week. I can't believe we exceeded our new investigator goal by a lot! He is definitely hastening the work down there. I'm so happy I got to be apart of it. 

As for Jin Hua, we had one investigator come to church on Sunday. We have been teaching Chen JM for awhile and she finally finished all her tests and was able to come to church. She really liked it too. We were planning for her to get baptized this end of the month but she said that she might be going on vacation next sunday. She is progressing a little more everyday now that her tests are done. She even exercises with us in the morning sometimes. We have another investigator, Liu tongxue, who is progressing pretty fast. She said that she really wants to get baptized and be a better person. She is only 16 and has she has such high goals. She was so excited to come to church on Sunday but she slept in and didn't hear our phone calls or her alarm in the morning. I was so sad! She had a baptism date for the 26th, but it looks like we will have to change it. I really want to see her baptized before I go home. I'm praying that she will come this Sunday! 

Some bad news, our dad that we are teaching, Wu DX, had an interview scheduled for last Thursday while we were on the east coast, but he texted me right before and said he didn't want to go because he didn't feel ready. I was so sad and almost wanted to cry because we have prayed and fasted for him so many times and it just doesn't seem like he is progressing anymore. Satan is really getting at him hard. He is ready but he just doesn't see it. He said that he doesn't want to get baptized just because missionaries told him to, which I agree. I like how serious he is taking it, but he just doesn't have much faith in himself. I can just see his family in the temple one day. He is going to Thailand next week for 2+ weeks and I hope it doesn't make him forget about what he has learned. I know Heavenly Father is really testing my faith right now. I just have high hopes for this man and his family. I know that this gospel can change and bless this family so much! 

The specialized trainings we had so far went really well. I definitely felt the spirit at both the Xinzhu and Taoyuan zones. Thanks for that wonderful prayer. The spirit was so strong in the room. I know that I need to have more faith in Heavenly Father right now. Our area is struggling a little bit but I know Heavenly Father will take care of it while we are gone. I need to trust that everything will work out and that we will be able to find those who are prepared and help our current investigators progress. I've been thinking of ways how I could be a better example and magnify my calling here at the temple. The sisters in  the mission are awesome and I want to be able to help them. 

I'm really glad that I'm staying really busy this transfer. It was helped me be more diligent until the end. I'm sad this is my last transfer! Sister Miao is great. She is a good example to me. Thanks for all your hard work. I'm looking forward to more specialized trainings and exchanges this next week. 

Love you all!

Sister Chao

We had a baptism!

Hi!

This week was crazy. We had a few trainings and we had to prepare our training for missionary council. We trained on steps 1-5 of WPS. It was fun. We had a funny biyu that the assistants helped us with. This next week my pday will be on WEDNESDAY. We have specialized training starting next week so our pday got switched. Also next next week, it will be on WED as well due to the temple. :) So don't freak out if i don't email on monday. Tomorrow we are going to the east coast for 4 days to go finding!! I'm going to Taidong!! woo!!! pray that i wont get eaten alive!! ahh. okay i dont have much time. here is what happened this week. 

This week was really busy and great! I always love missionary council, even if I have to stand up there and talk in front of everyone. :) Thanks for helping me overcome my fears. We had 3 exchanges this week and all of them went really well. And to end the week, we had an awesome baptism!

As for Jin Hua, we had a wonderful baptism this last week! Our little 9 year old, Zheng tongxue, got baptized! Her dad was able to attend as well! It was so cool to see him there. I think he really felt the spirit. Zheng tongxue was really nervous and scared before her baptism and wasn't in the best mood but she finally built up the courage to go into the water. I was so proud of her! When she came out of the water, she literally was a different girl. She was SO happy and not in a bad mood anymore. She said that she felt really good. I know she was filled with the spirit and that her mom was watching over her from the other side. When she got confirmed on Sunday, she was really nervous to go up there, but she did it and after church I asked her how she felt and she said she felt really warm inside. She has changed and progressed so much and I can't wait for her to one day go to the temple and do work for her mom. She has such a big desire to go to the temple. What a miracle little girl!! Heavenly Father has definitely blessed us this month and really does answer our prayers! 

We have this cute little 16 year old girl investigator, Liu tongxue. We had an awesome plan of salvation lesson with her and she really loved the resurrection part. I also asked her how she felt about baptism and she said she was really excited. She said she wanted to be a better person. She said that her parents don't fandui her coming to church and meeting with us. Miracle!! I'm praying that they won't fandui her getting baptized. She was going to come to church this weekend but had a fever. I asked her if we could meet her family and she said that her older sister might be interested in learning the gospel. I'm excited to meet her! 

We are meeting with Wu DX tonight. We are praying this lesson goes really well and that it will be filled with the spirit. His baptism date is this weekend and he really needs to make the decision if he wants to do the interview or not. He is ready, he just doesn't have faith in himself. I've been praying really hard for him this past week. He was in Yilan over the weekend and was going to attend church there but they had stake conference in Taipei. I have faith that through my mighty prayers every night for him, he will get baptized before he goes to Thailand in 2 weeks. I know he can do it! I'm just hoping that through the powers of heaven, he will make the decision to get baptized. I can just picture his family in the temple getting sealed next year! I really want to be here for his baptism. 

This morning I read Ether 2 and it is all about mighty prayer! The brother of Jared offers a mighty prayer and God grants him the desires of his heart. He had such great faith! I hope that my prayers can be mighty like the brother of Jared. I know that God has the power to do miracles if we express our desires to him in faith. I'm trying to do that every day. I know that we can call upon the powers of heaven to help us. 

Sister Miao and I are doing well. I think she is a little stressed and really tired but she can do it. She asks me how I'm able to power through everything and not get tired. I told her that I'm super tired but I have to keep going or else I'll get behind and be not as diligent. I want to be diligent until the end. I want to keep encouraging her and help build her faith.She is an awesome missionary. I think she is still adjusting to life here. I love her a lot. It's been a good learning experience for me. I love the work and I don't want it to end. 

Love you all!

Sister Chao

My last transfer!

Hello!!!

Happy Birthday Kaitlin!!! I can't wait to go to the temple with her!!! 

Wow, I dont even know what happened last week. We had 7 new missionaries come in and we got to make pancakes for them and do some training. It was fun. I also got a new companion! She is a native and my only native companion i will ever have. FINALLY!!! I think I'm the only sister missionary that has gone this long without a native companion. She is really great and I hope my chinese will get better. I have to help her with her english though. We are going to be really busy this transfer with the missionary tsunami going on next week on the east coast. We get to go to the east coast for 4 days and find every day! wooo! Also we have specialized training coming up after that. yay! The weeks just get busier and busier. and we have a BAPTISM this saturday!!!!! Our little 9 year old girl passed her interview! She used to be scared of me and not talk to me but now she loves me! Our member said that she talks about me all the time. so cute. ha. hopefully she wont be scared on the day of her baptism. Well, I'm going strong for the next 6 weeks. No time for rest. I'm really happy to be here and I've learned so much and still am learning. I dont want it to end! The mission really is the best decision i've ever made! 

I can't believe I'm starting my last transfer! It's going by so fast. I want to make this transfer the best and work my hardest. I'm glad we will be very busy. I'm excited for specialized training and the tsunami again on the East Coast. 

The biggest and bestest news that I have for you is that our little 9 year old investigator, Zheng tongxue, passed her interview and will be getting baptized this Saturday! President, the powers of heaven is so real!!! I don't think I've ever prayed so hard/mightily this whole month for her and for a few other investigators. Mighty prayer everyday really brings the miracles! I really wanted to do the invite this month of having one baptism and I was getting really worried that we might not have one. When she passed her interview, I was so happy because she was having a little tantrum right before. I have seen this little girl grow so much. She has had a hard life and she used to not talk to me before. Now she will give me hugs! Her dad said that he will attend her baptism. I'm so excited. The member that takes her of her has really played a huge role in this. When she was having a little tantrum and in a bad mood before the interview, we showed her the temple books and went to the temple window. She LOVES the temple and as soon as she finished looking in the book, she was happy again. She said that she wanted to help her mom get baptized in the temple one day. My heart just melted right there. Here is a 9 year old girl who has the biggest desire to go to the temple. I hope that she won't be in a bad mood on the day she gets baptized! 

We had a good lesson with the Wu DX and his family. He came to church this Sunday and so did his wife! They only stayed for one hour though. His date is next Saturday and I hope he makes it. I've prayed and fasted and still am praying so hard for him and his family. I can just see them getting sealed in the temple. Something is just holding him back from making the decision to get baptized. He really liked the article we gave him from the Liahona about the Holy Ghost and about prayer. Him and his family go to Thailand on July 19th and I really hope he gets baptized before then. I know he is ready, but he doesn't know that. He doesn't have enough faith. His wife said that she and the kids will get baptized if he gets baptized, but she doesn't fully understand the commandments or the "why" of the Gospel, she is just doing it because Wu DX is. She and the kids will need more time to develop the faith and foundation. However, I have faith Wu DX can get baptized very soon. We are praying so much for this family. 

We had a few great finding miracles this week and hopefully these new investigators stick. I know July will be really busy but I know Heavenly Father will continue to bless us. 

Sister Miao is awesome and such a lihai missionary. I want to help her with her English, but I always forget to talk to her in English. I want to improve my Chinese as well. She is the first and the last Taiwanese companion I will ever have. We have English days and Chinese days. Hopefully we will remember. She is great and I know she will do wonderful things here at the Temple. 

okay love you all!

Sister Chao

I need your prayers

Hi Family! 

Hope everyone had a good week!!! Last week was probably one of the most stressful weeks of the mission but I survived! We had a sister go home because she got in an accident and broke her collar bone. We have another sister really sick and is going home this week and an elder who is really sick as well and maybe going home this week! Let's pray that we don't have anymore sick missionaries going home!!! Zone conferences started last week as well. We get to attend all of them. We do a sisters training with Sister Day. It's pretty great. We get to fly to Hualien and Taidong this week!!! I'm so excited! No train ride for me!!! That means i won't get train sick! yay. It will be an interesting/weird experience. I'm excited to go back to the east coast. I was able to do 2 exchanges this week in Songshan and Yilan. That was fun. We just had a crazy week and our investigators aren't progressing like we want them to. Pray for them and for us to find the more prepared people!!! I'm just a little worried...I really hope we have a baptism this month. Our mission invite for the month is every companionship a baptism. I just feel a little stressed sometimes about having to be the perfect example and I hope we will be able to accomplish our goals. Anyways, i love the mission life...even though it creates huge bags under my eyes and i feel like ive aged 50 years. :) 

okay here is part of the update i sent president. sorry not much time today. 

Every week just gets faster and faster. I must say, last week was pretty exhausting and emotionally draining. But I'm loving the work, wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I'm sure you and Sister Day felt that as well. Thanks for all your help with all the sick missionaries and what not. I'm sure that was a little stressful, especially with zone conferences. 

I felt like the breakout session with the sisters at the zone conferences went really well. It's always fun to have a little bit of just sisters time. They needed it. Sisters and Elders are just so different! :) I'm excited for another week full of zone conferences. 

Our family we are teaching is not really progressing as fast anymore. Wu DX, the dad, was supposed to get baptized on Saturday but he said he didn't feel ready yet. We had a really good/spiritual lesson with him and President Zhou from the temple presidency helped us peike. They have met at church before. Zhou Huizhang talked about the importance of baptism and of the priesthood. They were able to talk for a few more minutes after the lesson and Zhou Huizhang said that Wu DX is depressed right now. Wu DX is really hard on himself and expects perfection. He feels like he can't be the perfect member after he is baptized. I think he still has the desire to be baptized but he said not right now. We are still praying for a miracle right now. We are hoping he can still get baptized this month. We know he is ready! We share with him a scripture in D&C 6 about how his prayers have already been answered and what did he expect more of. He just feels like he needs a bigger feeling and a more sure confirmation. His wife and kids are doing the invites so they aren't really progressing. We are meeting with them tonight and I hope we can get them all on board again. I have just felt a little sad or stressed about the whole situation because we felt like we practically did everything right with him and his family - inviting the best peikes and having really powerful, spirit filled lessons - yet everything is not really working out the way we hoped it would. Wu DX is still reading and praying everyday. I know it all comes down to his choice and agency but we felt like he would for sure make his date and then when he  told us he didn't want to get baptized yet, we were so sad! I'm praying for a miracle with him!!! Satan is really getting at him right now. 

We are also teaching a 9 year old girl right now. Zheng tongxue is member's child's friend. She has been to church 3 times and we set a date with her for the 28th. It is hard to find time to meet with her because she goes to her grandma's house everyday so we can only meet with her about once a week because her mom died a few years ago. We talked to her dad and he gave us permission to meet with her and set that date. He currently is not interested in the Gospel but he has no problem with her coming to church with her friend. She is a little slower at learning but she says that she loves coming to church. The member really takes good care of her. I have confidence she will make the 28th! I'm praying that her dad doesn't change his mind or anything. 

We had a really good temple tour with a member's friend. He lives in Zhonghe but the tour was so good! He has met with the missionaries before in Kaohsiung and Zhonghe a long time ago. The tour was just filled with the spirit and we invited him to baptism and set a date with him! He agreed! He seemed really golden and I was excited to call the Zhonghe elders and give them that referral. 

This week we found a ton of great people for other missionaries. We have been struggling on finding people that live in our area. It's been a little rough and stressful. I feel like we don't have many people to teach right now. A lot of our new investigators have been dying off too. I'm getting a little worried but I think Heavenly Father is just trying our faith right now. We really just need to find the prepared people who actually WANT this. I really want to accomplish this month's invite of having a baptism. I'm praying we will see a miracle! We need it!! But I also have to remind myself that taking care of our sisters is just as important. I know our area will take care of itself if I am doing everything I am supposed to be doing and giving it my best effort. I was so sad to see Sister Crofts in so much pain the other day. I just wanted to help her but I couldn't. I'm glad to see that Sister Wilhelm is doing a lot better. They are both great missionaries and have gone through a lot. We are praying for the sisters everyday.  

okay love you all! 

Sister chao