WEEKLY UPDATE -- Guys..it's September!

OH my heavens, this week was SO GOOD! So many things to do, so little time....

 On P-day we went to Costco AND, funny story, on our way to the isle with the oatmeal, two very old men stop us and ask what church we were from. We share with them a short message, hand
them a tract, and then one of them turns to my companion and (in english) asks about where she's from and if she wanted to accompany him to the Hot Springs some time. These are his: "You and me, hot springs, for free! because I have a card." (He has some kind of disability card that allows him these privileges.) Well, my companion turned down this offer BUT she did invite him to come to church on Sunday. He gave us his number and off he went to buy some
probiotics.

 We were finding one afternoon around 12:00. We hadn't eaten lunch yet. My companion stopped a lady (named Huang) on the street to ask her where we could get some good food to eat. She walked us to a restaurant. On our way there with we talked with her, got to know her a little bit. We asked about her family (she lived by herself, 46 years old, never married) and she asked about what in the world we were doing in Taiwan. We told her that we are missionaries and that we are in Taiwan sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. She must have been moved by something we said because when we got to the restaurant, she told us to find a seat, she ordered for us, payed, brought us drinks and then left. We now keep a thank you card (and an invitation to baptism) in our bags for the next time we see her.

 Saturday night we went knocking on some random street by the church. We felt that we should go there. No idea why. We knocked on the first few houses and rang the first 10 doorbells and they all said the same thing, "Bu fangbian, xie xie" (Right now is not convenient, thank you) We come to this one door and we knock. An old lady asnwers. We introduce ourselves, "Ni hao! Women shi yesu jidu houqi shengtu jiaohui de chuanjiaoshi jie mei." She, looks at us, looks back into her house, looks back at us again and zeros in on our name tags and then, "Oh!" she exclaims, "I have something to give to you!" and she slowly makes her way into her house, grabs the thing, makes her way back to us, and with a smile and a "xie xie" hands us a (still looks new) Book of Mormon, she bids us "Wan an." and closes her door...and my companion and I just stand there...confused.....it was pretty dang funny.

 Before I go, I want to leave you all with an invite, to read Doctrine and Covenants 1:18-30. I LOVE YOU ALL! I LOVE this gospel! I LOVE being in Taiwan! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE my mission!

 -Sister Goo

 18 And also gave commandments to others, that they should proclaim these things unto the world; and all this that it might be fulfilled, which was written by the prophets—

 19 The ^aweak things of the world shall come forth and break down the mighty and strong ones, that man ^bshould not counsel his fellow man, neither ^ctrust in the arm of flesh—

 20 But that every man might ^aspeak in the name of God the Lord, even the Savior of the world;

 21 That faith also might increase in the earth;

 22 That mine everlasting ^acovenant might be established;

 23 That the ^afulness of my ^bgospel might be ^cproclaimedby the ^dweak and the simple unto the ends of the world, and before ^ekings and ^frulers.

 24 Behold, I am God and have spoken it; these ^acommandments are of me, and were given unto my servants in their weakness, after the manner of their ^blanguage, that they might come to ^cunderstanding.

 25 And inasmuch as they ^aerred it might be made known;

 26 And inasmuch as they sought ^awisdom they might be ^binstructed;

 27 And inasmuch as they sinned they might be ^achastened, that they might ^brepent;

 28 And inasmuch as they were ^ahumble they might be made strong, and blessed from on high, and receive ^bknowledge from time to time.

 29 And after having received the record of the Nephites, yea, even my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., might have power to ^atranslate through the ^bmercy of God, by the power of God, the ^cBook of Mormon.

 30 And also those to whom these commandments were given, might have ^apower to lay the foundation of this ^bchurch, and to bring it forth out of obscurity and out of ^cdarkness, the only true and living ^dchurch upon the face of the whole earth, with which I, the Lord, am well ^epleased, ^fspeaking unto the church collectively and not individually—