Sister Nicole Scharman: Ni Hao!

Picture Credit: Sister Vatcher (:

Ni hao!

This week has been a looooong one. But good of course! It started out getting rejected like crazy. It felt like there wasn't a single person in the world that wanted to talk to us. I even got the worse rejection I have ever had this week from one of our investigators. It is one that I will probably never forget. I had just poured my soul out to him about how the Book of Mormon has blessed my life and how I know it is the word of God and that if he reads it he will come to know for himself that it is true. Do you know what he said back? He flat out told me he will not read the Book of Mormon. It like shattered my heart in a way I didn't know it could be shattered. BUT we met with him again yesterday and he committed to reading it everyday!

So let's discuss how Satan uses the littlest of things to keep people from hearing the gospel. That new Pokemon game has become my enemy. The Taiwanese are obsessed with it. When we are out trying to talk to people we get told they have no time to talk to us cause they are busy playing it. It happens ALL the time. We have only had a few put their phones down for us. Satan is so sneaky.

We had been planning a fireside for members for so long and it finally happened!! It was super fun and super successful. We had it for all three wards in the Jin Hua chapel and themed it after the Book of Mormon. We had dinner, had a play of Ammon's story, and then had different rotations based on Book of Mormon prophets. Me and Sister Xie were the brother of Jared (I was also the Daughter of Lamoni, and a sheep!) After we came back together and talked about the roles of members in missionary work and got lots of member referrals! Members are so important in this work!

Guess what! We had Mission Conference yesterday! The whole mission was there and we heard from Elder David F. Evans from the Quorum of the Seventy and the new member of the Asia Area Presidency! It was a good reunion to see my friends (it's been so long) (and it was Sister Menzies birthday) and have a powerful conference. I really have the best mission, and the best leaders ever. I am so grateful for them and all they do for us.

We had a huge miracle this week. Zhang Dx our long time investigator that me and Sister Knapp met my first week here has not gotten baptized because of his mother. She does not like that he is going to church, and never wanted to meet us. But guess what. Heavenly Father has answered our many prayers, and she agreed to let us come over TONIGHT. This feels like the biggest/most important day of my life.

Transfers are TOMORROW It's crazy how fast each transfer goes by. I will let you know next week what happens! (: Have a good week! Thanks for all the love and support!