Sister Lily Wardle Mission Letters: November 2025

Monday, November 24, 2025

Week 60 六十週 - November 24, 2025 - 龜山 Guishan

大家好！

Highlights:

-佩華 (PeiHua) got baptized !!!!

-MLC (spiritual highlight)

-Exchanges with Sister Linford

-Sister Linford's birthday ???

-Exchange with 何姐妹 (Sister He)

-詠潔 (YoungJie) sent us a photo of her Christmas tree

-蘇彥安 (Su YanAn) helped us 陪課 (Teach a lesson)

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What is faith?

Hebrews 11: 1

1 Now faith is the substance [assurance] of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

I listened to a BYU devotional that totally change my perspective on faith:

https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/craig-manning/power-words/?highlight=The+power+of+your+words

The Power of your Words by Craig Manning

Here is the concept:

If you believe you are a good athlete, then you will work hard, go to practice and put in the time and effort to be a good athlete!

On the other hand, let's say you believe you are a bad student. You might always go to class, but because you don't believe you are a good student, you will not become one. You will not take the action/do the work required to do well in school.

Its clear by these examples how tied our actions are to our faith!

Take the man sick with palsy for example:

Mark 2: 4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

They saw the crowds of people--to someone with no faith it would have been easy to give up and think it was "impossible" to get to Jesus.

But not this man's friends!

They believed so assuredly that Jesus could heal this man that they did someone a faithless person would never have thought of doing--go through the roof!

Faith will determine our behavior! I truly believe that with 信心有辦法 (with faith there is a way). As we have faith in Jesus Christ, we will never run out of ideas! We will take action to get to the end, to Him.

早安～

Sister 吳ardle

MLC

Exchange in 三重 (Sanchong) Happy Birthday 林若伊姐妹 (Sister Linford)

何姐妹 (Sister He)

潘姐妹？？ (Sister Pan)

鶯歌 (Ying Ge)

Monday, November 17, 2025

Week 59 - 五十九週 - November 17, 2025 - 龜山 Guishan

大家好！

Highlights:

-My new companion is Sister Gardner!! Its her first time in the West and its been so fun to introduce her into the best Zone :)

-New district! Its a great group of missionaries~

-President and Sister Whitely were in Thailand this week so we started a revolution

-They added a new 'did you invite this person to church' 東西 (thing) to the PMG app + a new church confirming organization system that makes me so happy

-We met a friend who ran into missionaries 6 times that day and knew it was God :) She is getting baptized in 2 weeks!!

-Linda got baptized!! Despite getting in a car crash and having to overcome so many physical challenges, she made it!

-I have never journaled so well

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Ministering vs Administering:

Our salvation is dependent on the intent of our hearts. We must have pure motives!

Alma is a great example of how to have love as the motive:

Alma 31:

32 O Lord, wilt thou comfort my soul, and give unto me success, and also my fellow laborers who are with me—yea, Ammon, and Aaron, and Omner, and also Amulek and Zeezrom, and also my two sons—yea, even all these wilt thou comfort, O Lord. Yea, wilt thou comfort their souls in Christ.

1. --> He prays for people specifically by name!

33 Wilt thou grant unto them that they may have strength, that they may bear their afflictions which shall come upon them because of the iniquities of this people.

2. --> He prays for the strength to bear afflictions, instead of "asking amiss" for the removal of trial.

35 Behold, O Lord, their souls are precious, and many of them are our brethren; therefore, give unto us, O Lord, power and wisdom that we may bring these, our brethren, again unto thee.

3. --> He sees people as souls of an omniscient Father in Heaven.

These steps can help us avoid falling into our own personal pride cycle--doing the right things for the wrong reason (pride). This helps us 'retain a remission of our sins' and always be filled with the love of God.

This is especially important in missionary work because the minute we fall into the personal pride cycle--seeking KIs, approval from others etc--God can no longer use us as an instrument in his hands.

小心一點，慢慢走~ (Be careful and walk slowly)

Sister 吳ardle

1st District Lunch! (Guess where we went)

New companion unlocked

詠潔 (YongJie)

Linda got baptized:)

Monday, November 10, 2025

Week 58 - 五十八週 - November 10, 2025 - 龜山 Guishan

大家好!

Highlights

-Today is Transfer day! I am staying in 龜山 :) (Guishan) Sister Gardener is my new companion!

-Sister Linford is leaving me to be LSTL (its okay she is my STL now)

-Lisa got baptized!!! She is 桃園 (Taoyuan) ward but I taught her so that was cool :)

-Got to be in a trio with Sister Parker for a couple days :)

-Stake Conference was amazing!! I got to meet Elder Buckner!!

-Our friend Erin came to church and loved it so much we were so happy :)

-Final District council With that district

-辛嗎 (Xin Ma) ate lunch with us :)

-Betty ate lunch with us!

-珮華 (PeiHua) started serving people at church!

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"Don't get in my way"

-Elder David L. Buckner

During stake conference, Elder Buckner shared an experience where he doubted the revelation he had recieved from God. He recieved an impression later that chastized him, saying that if he doubts the revelation he receives, he is getting in the way of the Lords work.

When we trust revelation, we are more able to be instruments in Gods hands!

Isaiah 64:8

8 But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

再見!

-Sister 吳ardle

Final District Lunch!

The final Sunday 到了 (Is here)

Betty 請客 (Member meal)

Shoutout

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Week 57 - 五十七週 - November 4, 2025 - 龜山 Guishan

大家好！

Highlights:

-3 exchanges!!!!! Shoutout to Sister Hendrickson, Sister Weidman and Sister Howard :)

-Went to a lot of people's houses

-Had a lesson in a McDonald's with a member who brought a friend and then friend was actually interested! Member finding 結果! (Results)

-One of our friends left to China :(

-Went to one of our friends houses for the first time and put her on date! (Wormhole)

-We found this 國中學生 (Chinese student) and she walked 30 minutes to get to the church to have a lesson with us and is now also on date!

-A man came up to us while we were finding and let us into his home so we could meet his family and cried when we prayed with him. It was so special.

-Someones dog ran up to us during language study and the owner was interested! Dog finding

-It is cold now :)

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I have recommitted to 固定 (Fixed, determined) vocal prayer this week--here is what me and Sister Linford decided as steps for a meaningful prayer:

1. Enter into thy closet (Matthew 6:6)

2. Imagine yourself kneeling at the throne of God (Hebrews 4:16)

3. Give Glory to God (psalm 95:2)

5. What lack I yet? (Ask questions, seek guidance, ask for blessings)

Literally imagining yourself at the throne of God has changed my prayers. Its nice to remember that our voices are literally heard in the courts above.

Having a deeper relationship with my Heavenly Father means so much to me :)

再見!

Sister 吳ardle