Is the fact that you care. You care so much. You open your heart and welcome in the people you teach, the missionaries you serve with, and the members in your ward. There's no holding back. The essence of the gospel is love, and as Christ's representatives, it is your job as a missionary to make sure everyone feels that love. You put your whole self into the task of loving others. You meet incredible people with a crazy different stories. They inspire you, motivate you to become better so you can be worthy of teaching them. You pray for them, work for them, serve them and serve with them. You create lasting connections and life changing memories.
And then, one Saturday evening you get a phone call, and in less than 48 hours you have left all those people you've loved so much and started a completely new life in a completely different place. Your heart, which has been full to bursting with so many wonderful people shatters a little at the sudden loss. It hurts a lot.
Sorry if that was kind of dramatic. If you haven't guessed, I'm moving, and not incredibly happy about it. It's not the going to another place bit that bothers me so much as the fact that I have to leave Zhanghua. I feel like it's been while I've been in Zhanghua that I've really learned the joy that comes from missionary work. I've been incredibly blessed by the short time I've spent here.
As for where I'm going, I'm moving to Tainan in the South of Taiwan! My new companion is Sister Hancock, and I'm going to be a Sister Training Leader. This means we will be assigned to about 5-8 other companionships of sisters, and we will be in charge of checking in with them, helping them, and encouraging them in their work. We'll also go on a 24 hour exchange with each companionship so we have a chance to learn from each other and improve in our work. I am really excited for this opportunity to get to know more of the sisters in our mission!
Other than that, this week has been pretty chill. Sister Lin and I found a famous 肉圓 (rou yuan) restaraunt that she ate at with her mom when she was little. We sat in the same spot that she sat in years ago.
Zhanghua is famous for its 肉圓, but we found out later that only outsiders go to the restaraunt we did. It's only famous because it was in a movie directed by a famous Taiwanese director. People from Zhanghua go to another shop a few blocks over. We don't care though, because it was yummy and had fun memories!
Since it was the last week of the transfer, our district took a chair pic, stacking chairs to represent how many transfers we've served on our missions. Elder Degn and I came to Taiwan the same time, but I fudged a little and added my transfer in Utah so I'd end up the same height as him. He's 6'5".
We've had a great district, and it's been a really fun transfer! I'm going to miss all the missionaries I've served with. I'm looking forward to see what adventures and miracles the next transfer brings!
I love you all!
Sister Hull
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