Roller Coaster in the Rain

At Fancyland!

Hello!!

Today Sister Burr took me on a date to "Fancyland" an amusement park in DouLiu ("Doe Leeoh"). It was super fun! We wore pants cause, I mean, you can imagine if we wore our skirts on those upside down rides... But it was the weirdest thing. As soon as we both got dressed, we just couldn't get over how weird it felt to be wearing pants! So weird!! 

In the Mirror House

The Children's Playroom

Anyways, it was super nice and sunny when we left. Half way through the day we saw the storm clouds rolling in (like literally; it looks so cool!) Thankfully we were done when it hit (literally like all of a sudden pouring and thunder) but we had to run through it down to catch the shuttle back. So we didn't actually ride the roller coasters in the rain, but that would've been sweet!

And the Clouds Roll in!

This week we had District Conference; with all the members from a bunch of places around Jia Yi. Elder Funk from the 70's (a church leader) was there. Sister Burr was startled when he said her name and used us as an analogy; earlier she had to step out for a minute and motioned for me to follow. He related this to us having the gift of the Holy Ghost our constant companion; He goes where we go. We felt sort of embarrassed for being noticed leaving the conference, but how cool!

I've learned a lot this week, at District Conference, Zone Training meeting, and Chuaning the Jiao (Um....preaching the gospel...?). One was about goal setting "The danger is not in setting goals too high and not reaching them, it's in setting them too low and reaching them" We should always be making ourselves stretch and grow, and if we always hit our goals or expectations, maybe we need higher ones. Second, is that it all starts with YOU. Love, conversion, patience, kindness.... it all has to start with you before you can share it. 

I'm learning so much out here, but not because I'm in Taiwan. Because I rely on the spirit as my teacher in all that I do. In learning the gospel, teaching the gospel, living the gospel, learning Chinese, speaking Chinese, talking to strangers, serving someone.... everything is done with the Spirit by my side teaching me. He is my constant companion (my second Companion is Sister Burr; no offense to her). Rely on the Lord in all things and you will succeed! 

Love you all! Take care!

-Sister Biancardi