All the Exchanges

Hi everyone!

This week happened so quickly that I have quite honestly forgotten everything that happened. Thankfully, I have some pictures.

Our first exchange this week was with Sister Dustin and Sister Galer from Xinying. Sister Hancock went to Xinying, and Sister Galer came down to Tainan with me. Which was slightly nervewracking since I've only been here for about 3 weeks and I'm still figuring out where everything is. We had a super fun time though! Sister Galer is a brand new missionary, and I was her first exchange. She's also studying English, so we had lots to talk about. The exchange flew by as we chatted, laughed, and shared the message of the restored gospel with anything that moved. 

One of my new favorite methods of contacting is dog contacting, where we see people taking their dog for a walk, and go and ask to pet the dog. Then, while one companion is petting the dog, the other has time to share with the owner who is now held captive by a very happy dog that does not want to leave. Works like a charm.

We had a few hours in the morning, so we decided to bike down to a college to see if there was anyone there to talk to. We forgot that summer starts early in Taiwan, so while there were lots of students at the college, none of them were willing to stay in the heat and hear our message. They were all rushing to their next air conditioned building. I don't blame them. I picked up a pretty decent sunburn in the process, first sunburn of the season! My watch tan is developing nicely.

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On Wednesday we taught English Class. Here in Tainan, we get to teach the kids' class. This week we only had two little girls, Penny and Tania. It was the craziest class I've been in. The girls had a competition of who could get their chairs closer to the whiteboard. They assured us that they could still read the whiteboard while their noses were pressed to it. They spent most of the time criticizing Sister Hancock's handwriting. Penny would also go into long performances where she babbled nonsense sounds that were supposed to sound like English. Apparently 'Kew' sounds very American, because she said that a lot. Finally, we got them settled down for Spiritual Share at the end. Turns out Penny goes to a Christian school, and knows quite a lot about Jesus. We asked her what kind of person she thought Jesus is. She tilted her head and gave a beautiful answer about how kind and loving He is. Upon finishing, she stuck her tongue out and spit directly in Sister Hancock's face. After trying to be spiritual for a little longer, we gave up and ended English class a little early.

Our second exchange of the week was with Sisters Bast and Graham from Xihu! Xihu is pretty far away, so they both came here. I was with Sister Bast, who is super sweet. She loves the people here so much, and was a great example to me of how to share that love.

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Definitely the highlight of this week has been preparing two of our investigators, Roy and Ding Ding for baptism. Both of them are amazing, and love the gospel so much. It has been such a privilege to be able to share in this experience with them. ​It's also been really cool to see how much the ward has welcomed them in. They attend activities, sing in the choir, everything. It's so fun to see the gospel light up their lives and bring them joy. Here's an example of an exchange we had the other day with Roy that shows just how golden he is:

(The phrase that Sister Hancock ​shared basically means 'the sooner you act, the sooner you get a reward')

I love the people I get to work with so much! I love that I have this chance to help and serve and love them and see them change their lives. Tainan is honestly the promised land, and I love being able to go out and share the gospel every day with these people. 

Have an amazing week!

Love you bunches!

Sister Hull