Spiritual Firehose

Hi Everyone!

Wow ok I don't have nearly enough time, and this week has been jam-packed, so I'll just try to hit the absolute highlights. 

First off- General Conference! We watch conference a week late here because we have to wait for it to be translated into Chinese. Not that we missionaries watch it in Chinese, that would be a disaster, but we want to show solidarity with our members. By shutting ourselves away in a different room and watching it on our own in English. It's probably a good thing that we watched it a week late though. There were so many crazy new changes and incredible teachings, that I think if it had been combined with Easter Sunday the excitement would have been too much. The feeling of the Spirit as we stood and raised our hands to sustain President Russell M. Nelson as the new Prophet of God and President of our church was incredible. I am so grateful that our loving Heavenly Father has not closed the heavens, but still speaks to us today, both through personal revelation, and through an authorized and ordained prophet. Conference was amazing, and Sister Lin and I are both super fired up and ready to go spread the gospel with increased enthusiasm and zeal. 

Before conference, we had an activity with our ward where we all made pizza. Sister Lin and I arrived early to prep the dough. 

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It was a fun activity, because pizza is really simple to make, but it was a complete novelty for all of the members. They loved rolling out the dough, carefully shaping the crust, then piling on toppings for their own personal pizzas. They came out really good! 

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Finally, I need to tell you about an absolute miracle we've seen unfold over the last week. I told you in my last email about Li Dixiong, our friend from ShanDong who we love so much, but who can't get baptized because he's not in Taiwan for long enough. This week we were feeling kind of discouraged, because we weren't really sure what direction to take with him since we couldn't invite him to be baptized. On Friday as we were planning, we decided to pray about it. We told Heavenly Father about the challenges we faced, and about how much we wanted to help him, and we asked Him to arrange a miracle so that Li Dixiong would be able to be baptized. Later that same day, we were talking to a ward member, who casually mentioned that she's in a massive group chat with a ton of members in China. They live all around China and help support and lift each other in a country where it's difficult to be a Christian. We excitedly asked if there was anyone in the chat from ShanDong. She said she'd ask, and over the last few days has been sending us a bunch of information about where to go to church in ShanDong. We were amazed to see how quickly Heavenly Father answered our prayer. 

Li Dixiong came to watch conference with us, and really liked it! When we told him there was a church near where he lived, he got super interested and has been texting us ever since asking for more information.

Heavenly Father wasn't done with the miracles yet though. This morning, we got a random text from President Teh, asking how Li Dixiong was doing, and when he'd be going back to China. We told him, and he told us that we are allowed to invite him to be baptized!!! That's right, if he decides to accept, he can get baptized while he's still in Taiwan. And, now we have contact with Chinese members, so he'll still have a good support system when he leaves. I haven't stopped smiling since I heard the news. Our God is truly a God of miracles, and he cares about each of us individually. If we have the faith to ask, He can help us overcome any challenge and accomplish any task. Every day, I am just so grateful to have this chance to serve in this beautiful country and get to know my Heavenly Father a little better every day.

Have an amazing week! Love you lots!

Sister Hull