doing that thing! transfer 5: week 3

so, last week i forgot to tell you about our district motto. i think it's so funny. i love serving with funny people. "do that thing!" (some of us say it with a black girl flare: do that thang!) it comes from 2 nephi 3:24 which mentions being an instrument in the hands of god and "doing that thing which is great in the sight of god." so, we are reminded at least once a day by elder richter to "do that thing!" next time you ponder what i'm doing in taiwan picture me with a perspiring brow, doing that thing while also doing my thing, trying to balance sister ozawa and sister jade.

this week has gone by so fast, i can't believe it. some great things have happened. today has already been a blessed day... before coming to the email joint we stopped to develop pictures. as we walked into the picture place a 20 something girl walked out. she asked us, "are you from the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints?" i was thrown off by not being asked, "moermenjiao, ma?" we responded with the affirmative. she asked when a convenient time to come to the church was. what? that's what we ask, "what's a convenient time to meet with you?" so we told her about english class and sacrament meeting. we learned that she met with sisters before but got busy and stopped for a while. so we asked if we could meet with her. she was more than willing. she set up for TOMORROW and asked, "should i bring my book of mormon?" way cool. she's cute. i'm excited! new investigator, yeah!!

grace is still doing well. she's cute. we're seeing her on friday.

on sunday i attended church in tainan for the first time. the week before last there was a typhoon and church was cancelled. crazy! we cover two wards, they have such a different feel than the branches in pingdong. as of yet, i still prefer the smaller meetings, but all meetings are good. during the second sacrament meeting guo baba brought in a white girl and pointed to me. she came and sat with me. angelina. from new zealand. i did my best to translate but after about 8 minutes she said, "i'll just read my scriptures i think." kind of funny. the speaker was talking about the economy and america, words tied to investments and capital are still not part of my vocabulary. but when he started talking about commandments i was good to go and translated main ideas. angelina is teaching english for fun here. she served a mission a while ago in japan. i think she's brave. i remember my first days in iceland, being beside myself because i had NO idea what to do. i imagine here it's even harder. so, we gave her our number and offered our help. she's cute, and it's refreshing to speak english to a girl.

on monday i went on exchanges for the first time. i was nervous. i went to west tainan to be with sister hatch. she was with sister jiang before i was. i worried that sister jiang had told her horrible things about the amounts of patience it takes to be my companion. but, it was fun! we had some great lessons and teaching with her felt good. plus, because we only had a day to get to know each other, we talked a lot. i love talking! so it was good. plus, in xi tainan i was paid two compliments i've never heard before... sister hatch said that i run fast. dad, remember when you said i won't use the new balances we bought before i went into the mtc. they are on my feet every morning with the exception of typhoon days, zone conference days and sundays. i'm starting to really like running. i hope this sticks with me. the other, a woman that works at the west tainan sister's apartment asked me if i was a foreigner. i replied, "of course!" she said she wasn't sure. yes, i'm turning asian!

yesterday was zone conference. i love zone conference! i decided yesterday that zone conference is like a party for me. i get to see friends and play! i saw sister angulo, sister juang, elder welling, elder chen, elder yeh. it was wonderful! i love them all. and i love president and sister hsu. they are hilarious. this move was focused on the spirit, especially using our study time and prayer to bring the spirit into our days. it was cool. i'm surrounded by such amazing people!

those are the highlights of this week. things are still great. taiwan is cooling down and i'm glad. tainan is wonderful. we have 3 baptismal dates! i've never had so many before! it's exciting! i pray that you are all well and happy! i miss you! and love you!

love,
sister jade