Sister Calianne Skinner: 11/20/24

 Are you inviting me to a party!?

哈囉！I hope you all are doing so GRAND! And that this week you have the best Thanksgiving EVER! Please all eat one extra roll for me and savor every bite of pumpkin pie! 感恩節快樂

On that note I got pumpkin pie this week and it brought me so much joy! It really is the little things I guess! We also had a lady in our relief society urgently ask us when Thanksgiving was! Because she couldn't figure it out! Guess I am glad to be of servive in anyway I can!

Which speaking of anyway I can this week we had zone conference and we talked all about the story of the loaves and the fishes! And how our job is to just give what we can and so right after we had very little time and usually when we need to find but don't have too much time we do it by the apartment! This time however I really felt like we should go to the closest mrt station! So we biked the seven minutes over and parked at a different spot than usual! Which all ended up being perfectly led by the Savior to this one lady! We asked different questions then we normally do and applied all the best tips we learned at zone conference! And shes meeting with us next Saturday (after she goes to the dentist) It was an amazing example of what God can do with our fishes and loaves 

Other highlights:

🌱We talked to a guy right after the elders did and he set up with us! Some seeds grow fast I guess

🍺 a drunk guy called us BEAUTIFUL and then said he and his 300 colleagues would come to church! It didn't happen this week but there's always next week haha

🐟 we went to a service activity and helped over 200 people paint fish (fake ones don't worry) ! I went around and helped all the kids name their fish! We also got to meet our friends kids and they already own my whole heart!

On Wednesday during finding we were talking to a college student from Indonesia she didn’t understand Chinese and only spoke a little English and we dont know Indonesian and so we pulled out a picture of Jesus! She looked at it and said "sorry I don't know him" so we got to bear our testimony of Him and she said "is He your motivation?" It was quite possibly the most tender experience of my mission! What a privilege I have to wear His name and to testify of Him every hour in the words I say and the way I act! What a privilege I get to go out and tetsify to people who have only heard about Jesus in school about my Jesus who understands me perfectly and can help them overcome every single one of their challenges! What a joyful message I get to share with these people in Taiwan! So we responded with and emphatic yes! 

He is my motivation! And He loves you! So do I!! Dont forget it!! 

Sister Calianne Skinner 阮書涵姐妹

PS I learned how to sign my name in Chinese finally!!!