Thankful 4 Taipei! ❤
哈嘍 Fam and friends!
A lot of fun little things happened this week! We met some Australians at dinner one night that were super nice, Sis Larsen helped them order and we got to share a scripture with them! We also went and danced with the ladies in the park twice this week! We bought sweet potatoes from the morning market that were so good! never thought straight sweet potato, peel and all, could be so good! We also took a recent convert and friend we are teaching and her husband and a member to the family history center by the temple and it was so good! It's super cool that they have books of families' records, like the Lin family or Chen family, etc. as well as so much online info! A lot of Buddhist and baibai (ancestor worship) people will be interested in family history if not the gospel.
This week my English class went super well because the Lord provided and a lot of friends came and the spiritual share went smoothly! I showed the BYU vocalpoint video "I Stand all amazed" and we talked about how the Atonement of Jesus Christ can heal our hearts and souls like doctors heal our bodies (the topic was health and wellness) and the Spirit was so strong! It was another one of those moments when I am reminded why I am in Taiwan and why I love being a missionary- because I get to talk to people about Christ all day!
After English class, we went to a 7-eleven to finish daily ministering (texting or calling the people we are teaching), and we went to sit down and there was an eggshell on the table so Sister Larsen goes to flick it off and flicks it right at this guy on his phone at the table next to us! He jumped like ten feet and Sister Larsen quickly apologized and looked as shocked as the guy was. Then we both silently laughed so hard we got tears in our eyes! This week I also accidentally said "the second thing, " after Sister Larsen said "and now sister Jensen will explain the gospel of Jesus Christ". That time the elders were the ones silently laughing until I realized my mistake and started over with "the first thing".
One of the highlights of this week was on Saturday we had a ward activity were basically played big group games from 8-12 then had lunch! It was super fun, we played dodgeball, pop the balloon tied to people's feet, rock paper scissors group style, relay races, etc. We got a new friend to teach from the activity and I met this super cute young women who is going on a mission to Los Angeles in 10 days! We were immediate friends despite the fact that our communication was limited.
Scripture of the WEEK:
Mosiah 7:33 "But if ye will turn to the Lord with full purpose of heart, and put your trust in him, and serve him with all diligence of mind, if ye do this, he will, according to his own will and pleasure, deliver you out of bondage." I wanted to share something more "thanksgiving-y", but this scripture stuck out to me and my companion mentioned that when we turn to the Lord, we will find things to be grateful for and we will see His hand and miracles in our lives! That is so true! Trust in the Lord, turn to Him with all your heart, and serve Him by serving others and your heart will be happy and find things to be grateful for! Happy Thanksgiving!
Sending love and prayers!
You all rock!
Sister Jensen
Random person we met and set up for the elders on Rainbow Bridge
Wu family FHE
New friend from the ward activity
Some games at the ward activity (we were on the green team ;) )
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