Well, honestly, nothing much has happened since last Wednesday.
English Class went great, though! We read a conference talk with them for the spiritual share that had a lot of advanced words in it. It was called, "The Race of Life", By President Thomas S. Monson. One of my favorite parts of it was this story about his childhood,
"When I reflect on the race of life, I remember another type of race, even from childhood days. My friends andI would take pocketknives in hand and, from the softwood of a willow tree, fashion small toy boats. With a triangular-shaped cotton sail in place, each would launch his crude craft in the race down the relatively turbulent waters of Utah’s Provo River. We would run along the river’s bank and watch the tiny vessels sometimes bobbing violently in the swift current and at other times sailing serenely as the water deepened.
During a particular race we noted that one boat led all the rest toward the appointed finish line. Suddenly, thecurrent carried it too close to a large whirlpool, and theboat heaved to its side and capsized. Around andaround it was carried, unable to make its way back intothe main current. At last it came to an uneasy rest amidthe flotsam and jetsam that surrounded it, held fast bythe tentacles of the grasping green moss.
The toy boats of childhood had no keel for stability, norudder to provide direction, and no source of power.Inevitably, their destination was downstream—the path of least resistance.
Unlike toy boats, we have been provided divineattributes to guide our journey. We enter mortality not to float with the moving currents of life but with thepower to think, to reason, and to achieve."
During a particular race we noted that one boat led all the rest toward the appointed finish line. Suddenly, thecurrent carried it too close to a large whirlpool, and theboat heaved to its side and capsized. Around andaround it was carried, unable to make its way back intothe main current. At last it came to an uneasy rest amidthe flotsam and jetsam that surrounded it, held fast bythe tentacles of the grasping green moss.
The toy boats of childhood had no keel for stability, norudder to provide direction, and no source of power.Inevitably, their destination was downstream—the path of least resistance.
Unlike toy boats, we have been provided divineattributes to guide our journey. We enter mortality not to float with the moving currents of life but with thepower to think, to reason, and to achieve."
It is such a blessing to have this gospel to guide us and help us to know our purpose on earth. Go read the rest of the talk. It's so great(:
Anyways, our gao ji ban students got so stumped! So we gave them homework to go home and read the talk again and find the words they didn't know. This week we'll go over the talk with them again to make sure they understand the meaning. We're so excited!
Then on Thursday we went finding at the MRT station in our area and had 2 other lessons with fellow Christians! It was really crazy! And then one lady who has a really xinku work for 10 days in Taoyuan then 10 days off back in Zhong He. We were so glad to meet her and pray with her.
Friday was when we started to get this stomach bug. So we stayed at home Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, except for some English Boarding one day and Church on Sunday. We started to call through our new member list. So now we have a few members to meet with this week! It's been hard to be in a new ward not knowing people, but hopefully that will change in the next few weeks. :)
We had a cool miracle happen actually! There was a man we met a few weeks ago that we kept tying to schedule. He would never set up and it seemed like he wasn't really that interested. Sister Farr invited him to pray and call us if he was interested and had time to meet. He called us this week and told us that he wasn't in Taipei, but that he wants to meet next week. I really felt like that was a huge miracle! It seems like that never happens!!! It was awesome. :)
Sorry about the short email this week! Super boring last couple days...
Thanks for the prayers and love! :)
-Sister Oviatt
Then on Thursday we went finding at the MRT station in our area and had 2 other lessons with fellow Christians! It was really crazy! And then one lady who has a really xinku work for 10 days in Taoyuan then 10 days off back in Zhong He. We were so glad to meet her and pray with her.
Friday was when we started to get this stomach bug. So we stayed at home Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, except for some English Boarding one day and Church on Sunday. We started to call through our new member list. So now we have a few members to meet with this week! It's been hard to be in a new ward not knowing people, but hopefully that will change in the next few weeks. :)
We had a cool miracle happen actually! There was a man we met a few weeks ago that we kept tying to schedule. He would never set up and it seemed like he wasn't really that interested. Sister Farr invited him to pray and call us if he was interested and had time to meet. He called us this week and told us that he wasn't in Taipei, but that he wants to meet next week. I really felt like that was a huge miracle! It seems like that never happens!!! It was awesome. :)
Sorry about the short email this week! Super boring last couple days...
Thanks for the prayers and love! :)
-Sister Oviatt
