This Week Was Amazing!

Some of the students at Ruisui English Class!

Well, I am still in YULI! Sister Brinkerhoff is still my companion! This is the first time since training I have had a companion for more than one transfer. So, fun.

This week was amazing. No if's or but's about it. So many miracles.

For p day we went to that cool bridge again, because I am the only missionary in Yuli who had been there before. Its all beautiful, but my favorite part is after you cross the bridge and climb the big rock. I want you to imagine the last scene in Star Wars 7. That is the feeling that place gives me. After we had all of our fun, we were heading back and there was the tall, big, white guy walking right toward us. Wow honestly after being surrounded by Taiwanese white people scare me to death. He was really nice! He showed us his juggling skills with some rocks also he told us some life details and that he just quit his job and that he was trying to stay sober for a night. We had a good conversation about Heavenly Father. He wasn't interested, but he told me he listened and would think about it because he could tell it meant a lot to me. I hope he does think about it. 

At Ruisui English class we had SO MANY people show up. I remember when I first came to Yuli we had one male student show up, so we were not able to have class that night. Well this week we had 14!!! It was so fun to teach that class. I love all my students so much. Also one of them is going to go up to Taipei so we set him up for a temple tour :) This week at Yuli English class one guy showed up, showed us our english tract and flat out said he didn't come for English he came to learn about the church. That was a first, and way cool. Yay for english class :) 

After English class on Wednesday I had deepest lesson ever. We have an American investigator! Its very rare to find another foreigner in Yuli. (and weird speaking english) The way we came in contact with her is a miracle. The elders about three weeks ago met her on the street. Our investigator told them that she thought it was interesting that she met them that day, because just one day before she found the Book of Mormon online and started reading it on her own. Three weeks ago when the elders told me this I was almost in tears because you can just see how Heavenly Father puts people in places where they need to be. She is really into religion and knows her stuff. She had lots of good questions and some of them I honestly didn't know the answer to. I am used to teaching people who have little to no knowledge about God. And even though English is easier for me to speak in, its still hard to teach hahaha. But she had a lot of questions about the Bible. We shared with her the scriptures about the other sheep in John chapter 10, and then in 3 Nephi 15 when Christ tells them that they were the other sheep. It helped her to see that the Book of Mormon helped us understand the Bible. I don't have a perfect knowledge of the Gospel, but I do know that the Book of Mormon is true, Joseph Smith was a prophet, and this is the Church of Jesus Christ. 

Speaking of Joseph Smith, we had an activity this weekend where we watched the Joseph Smith movie and had popcorn! We had four investigators show up! They all loved it. Especially Ding Jm. We met with her afterward and taught about following prophets and keeping the word of wisdom. She really loved Joseph Smiths example of enduring to the end. We all are not perfect, and we all have trials, but if we trust God we can make it through anything. She already knew about the word of wisdom but we set a specific plan to get her to stop! She loves coffee. Love is actually an understatement lol. But she can do it :) Also, her boyfriend is now back in the picture.. but she is telling him she wants to get a temple marriage or no relationship. When she told us that it sounded like music. So happy. We are finding out a way to get him meeting with the missionaries in his area.

This week I ate a ton of crazy foods. I ate duck soup, (wait for the pictures) and pigs blood cake..... yum.

I know that Thanksgiving is this week! I will experience Thanksgiving in Taiwan, then tell you about it next week :) Love you all!! Eat lots of turkey while I will probably be eating pig. LOVE YOU! 

Sister Scharman

Pictures: 

pictures 1-8: pday at the bridge! The last one is me and my fisher friend Zhang xs

My fisher friend Zhang XS

More pictures of the bridge

Pig heads :) this is right next to our church.

Pretty lanterns while eating pig's blood cake!

Pig's blood cake! Yum!

Duck soup

Our branch activity with our investigators: Ding JM is the one in the purple jacket behind me, Chen Jm is behind her. Wu Jiating is the lady across from Sister Brinkerhof and Wu Jiating's husband behind her. The other three are members!