Another Week in My Favorite Place Ever!

This is right next to our apartment! It rained a lot this week! 

Hello! 

So I found out I suffered through the recovery process only on Tylenol. Not even extra strength, just one pill of plain old Tylenol. Yikes. But I am getting better!! Which is super exciting. Since I am not allowed to workout or bike for a month me and Sister Chan have been so good at doing our arm circles hahah (the only workout I can do) and I have been helping her out with her recovery process, by giving her back massages with deep blue and scraping her muscles. I should be a physical therapist. I LOVE MY COMPANION  Sister Chan is so awesome. President calls us the "walking wounded" We are never not singing or laughing together unless we are both in pain or asleep. We have become super good friends really fast. Its so sad that we only have a few weeks left then she goes home. I hate killing my comps. Ps Sister Knapp already has a boyfriend what is life 

Zhang Dx bought me Costco muffins this week. He says he buys me things because I am his "mei mei" (little sister) hahaha love him.

One of our investigators has a smoking problem. We have been studying and praying for them trying to figure out the best way to help them. If you have any suggestions feel free to send them my way (: 

This week we had zone conference!! I love these meetings. They are so spiritual and I learn so much each time. I am so grateful for my mission!! We have such amazing leaders and missionaries here in Taiwan. I am so grateful I get to learn from their example and listen to their teachings! I LOVE MY MISSION SO MUCH I LOVE TAIWAN

I finished the Book of Mormon this week, I started it over in the MTC. I am so grateful for all the many experiences, stories, and examples we can learn from it. One scripture really stood out to me when I was reading in Alma.

Alma 5:14

"And now behold, I ask of you, my brethren of the church. have ye been spiritually born of God? Have you received his image in your countenances? Have ye experienced this mighty change in your hearts?"

When I read this scripture I really studied and pondered how I could be a better representative of Jesus Christ. I have his name on my chest, but do I have his image in my countenance? How can we have his image in our countenances? 

Have charity.

The Savior brought hope to the hopeless and strength to the weak. He healed the sick; He caused the lame to walk, the blind to see, the deaf to hear and raised the dead to life. Throughout his life he reached out in charity to any in need!  If we follow his example we will be able to love more, and we will care more about others happiness. We will do all that we can to help anyone in need. 

Be humble. 

In Preach My Gospel it says "Humility is the willingness to submit to the will of the Lord and to give the Lord the honor for what is accomplished. When you are humble you trust him."Being humble mean not being prideful. Pride is the gateway to sin. Pride is what failed Lucifer. Pride is the lack of love for others, sarcasm, enmity, ingratitude, and basically being obsessed with ourselves. (there are way more but we get the picture) When I think about all the sins I have committed they all lead back to pride! I think this is why pride hit me so hard in my studies this week. In the Book of Mormon every time the people had pride in their hearts is when they failed. Pride is such a big problem. So let's all try our best to be more like our Savior by submitting ourselves to God's will, lose ourselves in the service of others, keep our hearts in the right place, forget what the world thinks of you, because what God thinks is the only thing that matters (King Noah is a really good example of caring about what the world thinks.. and look what happened to him..) repent, and change. 

Have Virtue

Virtuous people are clean in thought. Negative thinking is like poison to the soul. When we have joy, confidence, and happiness it is most likely because we are living up to our highest standards and values. Virtue comes from being in complete control of what you focus on and learning to be in complete control of your actions. The more we control our thoughts and actions the more we control our lives and our destiny (like getting to the Celestial Kingdom). The more virtue we develop the more we can have the sacred companionship of the Holy Ghost. and the more we will tend to act, think, and become more like our Savior. 

I Know that God lives. I know we are all his children and that he loves us. I know he sent his son to this earth to be the atoning sacrifice for all mankind. I know that those who embrace the gospel and follow him will enjoy eternal life! I know that the church was restored thought the Prophet Joseph Smith. I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God. I know that the only lasting joy and happiness we can ever have during this life comes from following the teachings of Jesus Christ and keeping his commandments.