Hello Everyone!
I've spent a decent amount of time this week reading and thinking about 2 Nephi 4. Nephi talks about how frustrated he is because he's learned so much about the gospel from the scriptures and from visions, but he still makes mistakes and messes up and doesn't live up to the things he has learned. I can relate to this a lot, because it always feels like there's more that I should be doing to fulfill my purpose. I find a lot of comfort in Nephi's following words though: 'Rejoice, O my heart and cry unto the Lord, and say: O Lord, I will praise thee forever; yea, my soul will rejoice in thee, my God, and the rock of my salvation.' Even though I am inadequate, God never is. I know that because of Him, I don't need to be frustrated with myself, because He has the power to make my offering to Him enough.
So in my last email I forgot to include a very important detail. Elder Councill's full, legal name is Erickson Enoch Aragorn Westover Councill. I'm not making this up.
Mom asked for a picture of my bike, so I figured I should probably introduce him. It took me quite a while to come up with a name for my bike. Sister Smith's bike is named Vladimir, which I thought was funny, but I decided I wanted a strong, stalwart name that symbolized how my bike and I are a team, working together to more effectively bring the gospel to Taiwan. It was as I was riding along, pondering names and marveling at the seamless merging of human and machine that allowed me to so effortlessly glide through the streets of Taiwan, that my bike dumped me on the ground (see last week's email). So, I would like to introduce you all to Genghis. He's a jerk. Vladimir is pictured in the background.
English class was fun this week. Only 5 people showed up. We have a rule that we have to have a girl student there before we can start teaching, because technically it counts as a lesson. A girl didn't show up for the first 15 or so minutes, so we filled the time by asking everyone about their favorite dinosaur. I tried to draw them on the board. We were so proud of our artwork that when the class started we didn't want to erase it. Our class was on visiting the pharmacy, so we decided to utilize the dinosaurs. The Velociraptor is the pharmacist, and each of the other dinosaurs has a different medication with different instructions. For example, the triceratops has to take his medication with food. Also, the T-rex has a bacteria-caused illness, so he needs to take antibiotics. Please enjoy this photo of our majestic artwork. Also, I am aware that viruses may very well be alive, but explaining the concept of bacteria to a bunch of people who don't speak English is hard.
I've spent a decent amount of time this week reading and thinking about 2 Nephi 4. Nephi talks about how frustrated he is because he's learned so much about the gospel from the scriptures and from visions, but he still makes mistakes and messes up and doesn't live up to the things he has learned. I can relate to this a lot, because it always feels like there's more that I should be doing to fulfill my purpose. I find a lot of comfort in Nephi's following words though: 'Rejoice, O my heart and cry unto the Lord, and say: O Lord, I will praise thee forever; yea, my soul will rejoice in thee, my God, and the rock of my salvation.' Even though I am inadequate, God never is. I know that because of Him, I don't need to be frustrated with myself, because He has the power to make my offering to Him enough.
Hope you all have an amazing week this week! Bunches of love!
Sister Hull
More pics:
1. We had dragonfruit and steamed buns for dinner one night this week. Steamed bread is seriously my favorite food ever.
2. Our ward had ice cream after church this Sunday. We're not really sure why, but we're not complaining. Elder Councill volunteered to drink the final melted bit once everyone had gotten some.
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