So since the time I've been in
Taiwan it has been said twice that I look like Spiderman’s girlfriend. I don't
know where that came from but maybe it's because of my red hair now. Who knows?
The best is that everyone says my new companion looks like the Twilight girl.
It's so funny because the way they describe it is "oh she looks like the girlfriend
of that vampire in that love story with werewolves" so funny to me! How
did Easter go? If you want to know the truth we forgot about Easter. Yikes! I
guess it's Easter every day in our hearts, but they don't celebrate it here and
it's not in the calendars, and they don't even celebrate it at church. We were
asking the Elders if it was Easter on that Sunday and they weren't even sure.
We had Easter on the mind but just didn't know what day it was! But I will say
this one thing I am so grateful for Easter. I was studying in Helaman 14 this morning
and read these passages:
15 For behold, he surely must die that salvation may come; yea,
it behooveth him and becometh expedient that he dieth, to bring to pass
the resurrection of the dead,
that thereby men may be brought into the presence of the Lord.
16 Yea, behold, this death bringeth to pass the resurrection, and redeemeth all mankind from
the first death—that spiritual death; for all mankind, by the fall of Adam being cut off from the presence
of the Lord, are considered as dead,
both as to things temporal and to things spiritual.
17 But behold, the resurrection of Christ redeemeth mankind, yea,
even all mankind, and bringeth them back into the presence of the Lord.
18 Yea, and it bringeth to pass the condition of
repentance, that whosoever repenteth the same is not hewn down and cast into
the fire; but whosoever repenteth not is hewn down and cast into the fire; and
there cometh upon them again a spiritual
death, yea, a second death, for they are cut off again as to things
pertaining to righteousness.
My dearest family. I know with my whole, whole heart that
because of the resurrection we will be brought into the presence of our Father.
It is because of that act that we are able to continue on the path of the plan
of salvation. Without our Savior overcoming the fall of physical death we would
be stuck just like Satan. We wouldn't have a body like our Heavenly Father we
would just be sad little lot spirits just like what one of my former
investigator thought and what most Buddhists think, but this isn't true! We
couldn't progress and we couldn't obtain all that our Father has in store. The
Resurrection is the bridge to eternal progression and it was made by our
wonderful Savior. I remember teaching Penelope and she had a problem with this.
I remember studying it so hard and trying to figure out why the resurrection
really was so important and it's really because we're so stuck without it and
it's what brings us to God's presence! God is so smart. And because of the resurrection
we will be accountable for our actions. It takes us to God to be lovingly and
justly judged. No matter who we are this is going to happen! Yikes! But not
really yikes because we're lucky to have this wonderful life to prepare.
We had a miracle week. 7 new investigators. Who knew? One is
a family. It's a Lin family and the mom doesn't believe in God. She doesn't
believe because she sees all the poverty around her and starving kids and she
just can't see how there can be a God. I get it and I can see where she is
coming from. The world really isn't fair. I have no idea how it is right now
honestly, but I know about the sadness, sickness, and poverty of course. It's
because we're in a fallen world in a fallen state. We got to learn and grow
right? We are going to have those bad things around us and we are going to
encounter heartache, but lets all remember God so loved the world he sent His
Son to atone and to experience all of our sickness and pain. Every little part
of it. Every sadness, every heartache, every pain, every dark moment, all of
it. It's Christ that can bring us light and hope when situations are dark.
Yeah, the world is imperfect so wouldn't it make sense to have a perfect
example to look to to bring light and hope? Christ went through all the heartache
so he knows how to overcome every challenge so that is why he knows how to take
us out of ours. Christ doesn't change our situations. He changes the man who
then changes his situation or is strengthened to endure what has been given. My
dearest family I have no idea where all my preachy just came from but I do know
this I know Christ lives. The last testimony I give is that He really lives and
he's helping us every day with our lives in every needful way.
ps-new investigator mom. We met her last Tuesday and she has
already read to 1 Nephi 18. It's scary how prepared she is but so exciting!
Love you all sososososo much.
xoxoxo
Sister Burr
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| We tried to go to a museum, but it wasn't even a museum. That's a big tree stump from Alishan! |
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| Look at my cute companion! It was her first time drinking papaya milk. So good. It's too hot already. Summer has started to come. Which means mangoes are coming soon. SO GOOD! And typhoons! I'm so excited, but I'm so not excited for the heat and sweat. |
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