Sister Nicole Scharman: I Truly Love These People!

The guy sitting next to me is hilarious!

Hey family and friends!

Update on a few of our investigators.

Rachel Is so amazing. Meeting with her or calling her to check up makes me so happy. She is one of the most amazing individuals I have met. Seeing her have a desire to come closer to her Savior and Heavenly Father is my favorite things to see. We found out she doesn't actually live in our area, but since we teach her at her work and she is hardly home we are going to continue to teach her and then she will attend her home ward!

Sophia is the cutest girl ever. Ah... I love her so much. She has grown so much from when we started meeting with her. She has the biggest desire for this gospel. She prays that we will be able to share the gospel with others. And she is already wanting to share it herself. She calls us her angels. It makes me feel so good. One night I called her to see how she was doing. And at the end of our conversation she said "I am so grateful for you and Shi Jiemei, you two are my angels" She thought she was talking to Sister Knapp the whole time hahahahaha that makes me feel good though cause Sister Knapp has amazing Chinese.

I don't think that I can express how much I truly love these people and our other investigators. I love being part of their lives and helping them come closer to Christ. Seeing the Holy Ghost testify and teach them is something I will never forget. One struggle we are having is getting some investigators to church. They have the greatest desire to be baptized but then they don't come to church, so we have to push back their date. We have taught them the importance of the sacrament and about keeping the Sabbath day holy. We just need to try and help them find out the importance of those things for themselves.

This week has been full of miracles. One day we were temple tour sisters and there were so many weddings, which is always fun to see and be around but the biggest blessing was one of the brides had two friends there that were not members. We got to know them and they live in our area!! So amazing! We were able to give tours to many part member families and other individuals. On Sunday we were asked to help out with a big group tour and it was super fun! I love giving tours!

English class was so fun this week!! We taught them some slang and they were all loving it. There are two cute girls in our class that are new. During one of our activities I went to help them out and they started asking me questions about why I was here in Taiwan. I told them to talk to me after class and I would answer all of their questions! After class they asked me lots of questions about why I would leave my family and things like that. I love those opportunities to share my testimony!

I love being a missionary, like last week I said it is hard but the satisfaction and happiness that it brings doesn't even compare and makes it so worth it. I am so happy to be here in Taiwan, and to be sharing about my Savior Jesus Christ and the plan that Heavenly Father has for us. I love helping people realize that God cares a lot more about who we are and who we are becoming than about who we once were. He cares that we keep trying.

I love you all so much, thank you for all the support!! Have a good week!