Wow, what an eventful week! Where do I even begin... Well, if any of ya'll haven't heard, I'm getting reassigned to Atlanta Georgia while I wait for my visa. I'm so excited! I'm leaving tomorrow morning at 2:30 am (blehh) and will hopefully start working right away. My time at the MTC has been just awesome. I've learned more about myself and about Heavenly Father than I ever have. I've learned how to love people even when I may not have a reason to love them. I've learned that different people can make things work if I just do it with the help of the Lord. Oh, and a quick update on Sister Bowman: She tore her meniscus playing volleyball and she went home on thursday to get surgery, but luckily she'll be able to come back with no problem. Once her doctor clears her, she'll go straight to Taiwan if she has her visa, and if not she'll come to Atlanta where she was originally called.
Thank you for the packages, they are always very much appreciated.
I love getting them ( along with letters) and sharing with everyone.
It just brightens up my day!
Our district, including wang and ke lao shi
Our si square pengyous! (4 square friends) Elder Clark, Wimmer, and Ethington
Zone pic. Of course they make the jiemeis crouch down.
Look who I found! Sister (Keili) Kwong is in our branch!
Yes I see Sis Giles all the time! Even though she's in a different
branch, she lives right next door to us and her classroom is just down
the hallway. I'm so glad that I met her before I came here.
So on wednesday, me and Bao JM got assigned to demonstrate 'how to
begin teaching' for all the new missionaries. On your first day, you
have a big group of missionaries teach one investigator, and it's pretty
much a train wreck because everyone just starts
bearing testimony and stuff haha. Anyway, we got to be the somewhat
experienced missionaries to show all the new ones how to start off a
lesson. It was a good experience, and I decided it's definitely easier
in English! It was good practice for Atlanta, I guess.
The day that Sis Bowman tore her meniscus was quite an eventful
one. From the trainer's room to doctor's office and everywhere in
between, I just felt so helpless. I wished I would
have had like three years of athletic training under my belt so I could at least help her out right when it happened. Maybe
Heavenly Father is hinting at me... Who knows. That same morning
though, she asked for a blessing. It was so amazing to have 7 elders
all worthy to stand in the circle, using their
priesthood power to bless someone else. That was just so powerful. I'm
so thankful for the priesthood, and especially for my dad who's been
worthy of it all my life to give me blessings when I need them. What a
tender mercy.
I saw Sis Pinder in the bathroom, as I'm sure you've seen that picture, and I
also saw KK (Kaylee) Taylor from Celtic Storm! She's going to Hong Kong, Cantonese speaking though, but it was cool to see the same characters
on her badge when I saw her on her first day.
We also had in-field orientation this week, and that was super
helpful, but like 8 hours and just a long day. We learned what you
really need to know like working with members, contacting, effective
planning, and all that jazz. I really hope I can develop
good guanxi with the members, because that's really where the work
starts! I hope you all remember that, as I'm pretty sure everyone that
gets these emails is a member haha.
I love when we read the MEMJ together as a class. This week, we
read Alma 22 when Ammon and Aaron are teaching the king. They're such
good teachers! They ask him questions, and start with the basics (do you
believe there is a god?) to get on the same
page. It just a solid chapter.
We had our final teaching appointments with Liang jiemei and He
JM. Oh boy! Liang JM's lesson was fine, but afterward, Wang lao shi
told us the real story! Liang JM was actually her companion!! WHAT?! So
we were teaching the pre-mish through half way
through the mish Liang JM. Haha that totally blew my mind. She's got
such an amazing story though.
Every sunday before a district leaves, they get to sing in
sacrament! Our district sang "A child's prayer", I just love that song.
It was really cool because on the guys part, they changed it to first
person: Pray, I am here. Speak, I am listening...
It was super powerful. I also played the piano for sacrament meeting,
and it was nice to tickle the ivories again, even stumbling through
"True to the faith". I can't tell you how thankful I am for that talent. I know that it comes from Heavenly Father,
and it's been given to me for a reason.
We also had a departure devotional with everyone in the MTC that
would leave this week. It was your standard devotional haha. But
afterward for the sunday night devotional, Chad Lewis was our speaker! He
played football at BYU and for the Philadelphia
Eagles just in case you don't know haha. So he had a lot of really good
stories about defending his faith and such. Sister Nally told me to
get a picture with her in the back room after the devotional so I went
back and got it, but also a lot of people were
trying to get one with Chad. He wanted one with all the mandarin
speakers (he went to Taichung!) so I got one with him too. Sweet!
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Chad Lewis (back leftish) and all the mandos after the devotional. Well, most of them.
As wierd as it seems, I think I'm going to miss the MTC. It feels
like I've been here for so long, and I might as well just serve my whole
mission here. I can't believe this time has finally come! I'm so
stoked to get to serve two missions! I just know
that I'm going to Atlanta for a reason, and I'm praying that I'll know
what that is.
Well, prepare yourself for a ton of pictures to come. Good byes at
the MTC means lots of pictures, and I'm sure there will be many more in
the future.
Keep the faith, and always look up. I love you!
Feng Jiemei
Qidao! Prayer every night with all the jiemeis in our branch!
are all going to Taichung
One last diqu pic. Although Bao JM is gone already and Zheng JM is sick :/
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