My dear family and friends!!
HHHHHEEELLLLOOOOOO
from the beautiful EAST COAST of TAIWAN!!!!! Yes, I got transferred this
week!!! I am now serving in YuLi. It is absolutely BEAUTIFUL here!! It
is a tiny small town--literally like no people but it is amazing!!! So, I
won't be up to Taipei again for a really long time.Thanks in advance
for the birthday package family! I believe we have zone conferences next
month so when President and the Assistants come down, they will bring
our packages and mail!
Thursday
morning we left early again for Taipei with all my luggage. During the
day, I was asked to be in the hospital and be Sister Juarez's companion
for the day. She had just gotten her gallbladder out and her companion
was transferring and needed to head back to ZhuBei to pack. It was crazy
but it was a great day of extra studies and catching up in my journal.
Her companion came back around 5:30 and I was on exchanges with Sister
Hadley. We spent the rest of the night out on the streets of Taipei
sharing the gospel with others. It was weird for me street finding in
Taipei. I wasn't used to that many people but it was a great experience!
Friday was transfer meeting!! We welcomed about 23
new missionaries to our mission and sadly said goodbye to 4 Elders who
honorably completed their missions. This was the first transfer meeting I
was going to that I was getting transferred to a new area. To be
honest, it is probably one of the most nerve racking things! I honestly
haven't been so nervous in such a long time! I was so excited when my
picture came up to serve in YuLi with Sister Wright. After transfer
meeting, the 5 missionaries getting transferred to the east coast got
our train tickets from the Assistants and headed with all of our luggage
to the train station--that was an adventure in and of itself!! Thanks
to two loving Member young adults who were so willing to help us all the
way to our platform. Since it is very expensive to travel from the east
coast to Taipei, only the transferring missionaries come up for
transfer meeting and the rest of them stay down--so I met my new
companion, Sister Wright, on the platform in YuLi!!
Sister
Wright is such an amazing missionary. I have already learned so much
from her in the 3 days we have been together! She is very dedicated,
hard-working, and really knows how to relate to the people here. I can't
wait for this transfer with her!!
Friday night we
went to the Night Market to hand out English tracts. On our way there,
Sister Wright told me we would probably see all of our investigators,
members, and LA's there--which was just about true :). Great daily
contact! :). Friday night, we met with one of our most progressing
investigators--Jiang DX. He has a baptismal date for the beginning of
next month. He is a farmer and about 24 years old. We taught him the
plan of salvation tonight. When we asked him what he thought his earthly
purpose was, he said, "to get baptized!" haha it was really funny! He
is super sweet and so prepared! We also asked him how much he understood
about Adam and Eve. He went on to basically explain the whole story. We
asked him how he knew and he said, "I read the pamphlet you gave me
last week, duh!!" haha he is so awesome!!
Saturday, we
had WPS since I didn't get to YuLi till about dinner time on Friday. We
also had some finding time where we were able to teach this cute 9
year-old girl how to pray. We had a lesson with a family-a mom, and her 4
boys. The 12 year old and one of the 8 year old twins has been
baptized. The mom is not a member--she is really manmanlai. But their
family is amazing. We shared with them the Family Proclamation and
invited them to write down two things they could do to strengthen their family. The 12 year-old is such an amazing member. He is so strong and
knows his responsibilities very well. Other members are taking him up to
Taipei this Thursday to attend the temple for his first time! Sadly,
they are moving to TaiZhong area next week :(. So I don't get to have
much time to get to know them. :( We also went and visited a couple Less
Actives at night and reminded them to come to church.
Sunday
was a day full of miracles! The branch here is so cute! Our chapel is
above an Internet Cafe but it is really nice. The members are really
sweet. Each Sunday after church, we eat lunch as a branch and today we
celebrated August birthdays so everyone sang to me! haha it was so cute!
In the afternoon time, we met with Zhu Hui Ling and her daughter, Zhu
Yu Zhen. We taught the Word of Wisdom and we made a plan for Zhu Hui
Ling to give up bettlenut. They are a cute family with a lot of
hardships and challenges but Zhu JM has really seen a change since she
has started coming to church. She also has a baptismal date in
September. I hope and pray she can start to follow the Word of Wisdom so that she can get baptized on her goal. We also had a lot of finding
time--we saw so many miracles. We were able to share the Book of Mormon
with many people. We met Chen JM. She is a mom of 2 boys and seems
really depressed. We taught her how to pray and when we asked her what
prayer means to her, she explained how she likes it because she feels
like someone is actually listening to her talk. We set up for next week
to come back and share more about Jesus Christ. Her schedule is crazy
though.
YuLi is such a special place. The people here
are amazing! YuLi has three large mental hospitals so many individuals
send their family members to YuLi to live in these mental hospitals. We
do service once in a while there and visit a couple people in these
hospitals. I look forward to having the opportunity to meeting these
wonderful children of our Heavenly Father. I am so grateful Heavenly
Father has given me this opportunity to serve here in YuLi. I know I
will learn so much here!
I hope you all have a great week! I loved reading all the family emails!!
LOVE YOU!!!
Sister Haacke
Sister Wright, the boys from the family we visited on Saturday, and I at church yesterday!
Sister Wright and I!
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