Sister Lily Wardle Mission Letters: Week 63 六十三週 - December 15, 2025

大家好！！

Highlights:

- Got to go hiking for p-day

- Exchange with Sister Patterson!!!

- Went to 聖萍s (Sheng Ping) house and taught her son!

- Went to Angela's house to help her move!

- Both my trainers are dead! My very first companions to leave

- One of our ZLs died and his companion is now ZL, DL, double training and double covering 辛苦 (XingKu)

- Rachel bought us chicken waffles I almost cried

- Went to an insane all you can eat buffet 請客?? (Member Meal)

- Our relief society is practicing a K-pop dance to perform at their Christmas party next week

- Attended my first primary program here in Taiwan (I have a recording of the whole thing--our 10 year old new member performed. It was perfect)

READ THIS PART

John 3:16

16 ¶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Christmas is amazing because it helps is focus on the love that is described in John 3:16. Gods love is culminated fully in the sacrifice of His only Begotten son!

This is the condescension of God! Nephi's vision gives us even more insight into this love:

1 Nephi 11

16 And he said unto me: Knowest thou the condescension of God?

20 And I looked and beheld the virgin again, bearing a child in her arms.

21 And the angel said unto me: Behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Son of the Eternal Father! Knowest thou the meaning of the tree which thy father saw?

22 And I answered him, saying: Yea, it is the love of God (John3:16) which sheddeth itself abroad in the hearts of the children of men;

26 And the angel said unto me again: Look and behold the condescension of God!

27 And I looked and beheld the Redeemer of the world...And the Lamb of God went forth and was baptized of him; and after he was baptized, I beheld the heavens open, and the Holy Ghost come down out of heaven and abide upon him in the form of a dove.

Interesting how the birth and the Savior and His baptism are both part of His condescension right?

I love that Christmas is a time to share this love. Sometimes we think of love as saying nice things, inviting someone to an activity, doing service or sharing messages about Christ 等等. (etc)

But what I learned from the angel in verse 27 just now was that to help people truly understand/experience this love, they must follow the example of our Savior, humble themselves before God, be baptized and receive the gift of the holy ghost.

To truly love people is to do all we can to help them gain access to the ordinances of exaltation. Never let the adversary distract us :) We have the key! We are the stewards! We must do all we can!

Merry Christmas

(This is probably my last week in 龜山 (GuiShan) pray I stay another)

再見！

Sister 吳ardle

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