Reflections . . .

Hello world! It's been a long week and a half. Here's what happened.

Tuesday I went on an exchange with Sister Eo. She's from Korea and she's super cute; got to Taiwan 8 weeks ago. She's majoring in Chinese so communicating's not a problem. We saw miracles everywhere; preaching in the streets and in the houses and on the rooftops... okay scratch the rooftops. But we did teach a lesson in a 7-11. It's actually a great place to share the gospel here. (they're a lot different than American 7-11s) Yeah!

Saturday was ZengMama's baptism. Yay! Her son's a member and he got to baptize her. There was also a kid the Elder's taught who got baptized. So it was a super happy time.

Today we got to take a field trip up to the Taipei temple. Yay! Temple's are similar to our church buildings in the sense that we go there to learn and be closer with God. They're different in the level of spirit and sacredness. Church meetings can be spiritual, don't get me wrong, but when the babies are crying and you're phone's in front of you, it can get a little distracting. The temple is a dedicated place where worthy members of Christ's church can go and do sacred ordinances. It's a time and place where we can feel peace and feel God's love while doing service for others. I would definitely invite and encourage you to ask more about the temple and take the steps you need in order to be worthy to go inside.

Have a great day!

-Sister Biancardi

PS I've been reading Alma 26 lately as I've been reflecting on my missionary service. In our mission we give a "reflection talk" pretty much condensing what we've learned in 18-24 months into 3 minutes. This is kind of like Alma's reflection talk. I'd invite you to read it and reflect your own missionary service, whether it consisted of a full-time mission or not and learn from Alma's experience.