Teaching the Gospel

Things in Xizhi are going well, I think typhoon season has passed, but this area is known for its incessant rain. So we wear ponchos and my companion has these rain booties (remind me of space boots) to keep dry. Yep, it rains almost everyday, and they say it rains more in the winter... haha. But its fun, its as close as I will be to swimming in a pool, so I enjoy it :)

We are doing a lot of teaching here and helping our investigators to progress. We are teaching a Yan Mama and her son, and I think their family situation isn't too great, so they are willing to hear the gospel. But they are full of faith and they are so sweet.

Its kind of sad the types of people I run into here. A big majority of people here have depression and aren't the happiest of people. Right now, we are teaching quite a few sisters that have depression, and we know that with this gospel they can find hope. We are teaching a sister named Angel-Linda, she added the Angel later because she wanted everyone to know that she always has angels with her. She is from Burma but has lived in Taiwan for 30 years, and we know she needs the gospel. We are also working with Cherry, who is awesome! She is keeping the word of wisdom and stopped drinking tea and she said if God wants her to do it, then she'll do it.. woohoo!

We are doing our best and Heavenly Father is helping us along the way. Oh, did I mention the Liang Jiating? Mom and dad and 3 kids. We are starting to work with them. Pretty much they are a Mormon family without the gospel. We don't want to push them, but are building a relationship with the kids. And well, the kids really like us now, so we think thats a good start :)

Just wanted to share some thoughts from Conference-
"Put your trust in the Lord, do your best, and the Lord will do the rest."-Elder Wirthlin's talk
"The will means nothing without the will to prepare." Sis Elaine Dalton's talk
"There is no pain that the Savior's love cannot heal." Elder Quentin Cook