大家好！！(Hello Everyone)
Highlites:
-Watched a Christmas Carol
-Sang for an investigator :) (iykyk)
-Got my BIKE
-First trip to McDonalds
-Recieved many gifts of bread
-Taught an English class AA (all the kids here are so cute)
-All food here is so cheap it's awesome WOO
-Saw a flying squirrel at church
-Sirius Black ahh dog
-Night Market!!!!!!
-Got free ice cream at a Cafe but it was green tea ice cream so we had to kindly reject the offering 
-Lots and lots of miracles!!!
-Elder Windgrove found another Sister that my mom taught while she was here :)
-Endowment in 中文！！！ (Actually the coolest thing I've ever done)
New Favorite phrase: 神的安排! (God's Plan
)
)Friends!
-One of our friends hit one month of not smoking this week!! He has been meeting with missionaries for years--truly 神的安排:) Pray for Ben!!
-Martty :) He brings us so much joy everytime we meet with him. He is catholic but trying to find his own truth. His spirit is so strong and I can't wait to see what God has in store for him!!
-We have another friend named 墐筵 (Jin Yan) who is progressing so so well. He is a college student here in Taiwan--he acts nonchalant about his beliefs but you can tell he cares through his actions. He shows up early to church and basically every lesson ;) Pray that he will continue to seek and find truth!
READ THIS PART"Forget yourself and go to work!"
-Gordon B. Hinckley
This is something I've been trying to do ever since I was set apart, but it's really not easy to forget oneself. The adversary really wants us to remember ourselves.
The way I see it done (slowly but surely) is truly by looking outwards. Seems obvious right? It certainly sounds easy. I think it's easier to get caught up in the 'forgetting yourself' part instead of the 'go to work' part! (For me at least). I'm so grateful that there are so many people for me to serve here in Taiwan. It's action that will change you.
Sister Holmes knows my favorite motto: "It's not about you!"
Putting that into practice has truly helped me see so many miracles and a kind of joy that allows one to glimpse into the eternities. BUT I'm definitely still working on it. I'm so grateful that God knows me and that he can help me know other people. Without him, forgetting oneself is impossible.
With Him, everything is possible :)
Ether 12:37 (a favorite!)
27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.
Quotes:
-"I also wanna see the animals I wanna see a pony" -Elder Konishi
-"Please bless Sister Haslam to close her eyes and fold arms during the prayer" (Elder Bluth)
-"Also. You have a hernia
" (Elder Bluth)
再見！
Sister 吳ardle
Pictures: Me and my trainer with the Pres and his wife, My trainer is the best, Zhubei, More Zhubei, Our chapel is huge!, Squid at the night market, The temple, More Zhubei, Anna Mama who knew my mom, local street, Zootopia
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