Sister Nicole Scharman: My First Earthquake!

Pouring Rain! It literally flooded!

Hey long time no email!

The past two weeks have seemed to drag on forever, but it's okay! and there were so many things that happened I wish I could tell you all of them! but here are a few!

We had zone conference and Elder Wong came! He is so awesome and I feel very lucky to have been in a training with him and his wife. We also had stake conference so I got to hear Elder Wong speak!

Sister Wong

"Love them with my whole heart"

I got to skype my family!! I loved seeing them, It is so fun. There is never enough time though. ps shout out to my Dad! Its his birthday this week!!

Sister knapp took a picture of me skyping lol

So this is what I look like skyping if you are wondering :)

This week me and Sister Knapp decided to spice up finding a little bit. We knocked on a door and they were having a family gathering. So we asked if we could sing for them.... hahahaha
They let us in and we sang, Families Can Be Together Forever, and I Am a Child of God. Then we testified how our families can be eternal and how God is our loving Heavenly Father. It was so fun and they were so cute and nice!

Family we sang to

Me and Sister Knapp got asked to be the models for the new english class tract. So we got our pictures taken and everyone in the Taipei Taiwan will be handing out our faces lol. Also they are making a commercial for our english class. Which me and Sister Knapp are going to be the teachers in that as well. They are hoping to play the commercial in taxis and around Taipei!

I also had my first earthquake, actually my first three hahaha. We were in our apartment which is on the tenth floor so the building was shaking a lot. Super scary. The first one happened when we were about to leave for lunch, the second one happened when we had just gotten back from lunch, and then the third one happened the next day. So fun!!! Our investigator chose me to say the opening prayer during our lesson because I had my first earthquake lol.

Yesterday we had a broadcast that was only for Taiwan, Moscow, and Hong Kong. we got to hear from Elder M. Russell Ballard and a few other speakers. It felt like a mini general conference just for us. I was really good and inspiring.

Missionary work is hard. It's heartbreaking, stressful, and exhausting. But I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. These past few months I have recognized that I have so many flaws. And I know I will continue to discover new ones. But I know that as long as I build my foundation on Christ, put all my faith and trust in him. I will become the missionary and person he wants me to be. It is hard, but it is worth it.

I have three weeks worth of pictures!! I apologize for the over load :)