Letter #18 - "Do you have anywhere we can get our picture taken, like a photo store? -Uncle Rico (Feb. 19, 2017)

Excuse the strange title. See photos for clarification.

If this is my last week in Yuanlin, then I'm so grateful that I was able to serve here. While it's not perfect by any means, Yuanlin has become a bit of a heaven on earth for me. I wish I had the language skills to express to these people how much I love them. They have put a handprint on my heart. We won't know til next week if I'm leaving or staying, but time has gone so fast. Sister reeve and I want to work super hard for our last week. We have so much work to do. 

Highlights from this week: Wednesday we took a train to Tianzhong, our secondary area. We found several new people who we set up with! Sister Reeve and I both needed the pick-me-up and it was an awesome day. We play contacting games when we talk to  people and our favorite is Quidditch, where we give ourselves points for every tract we give, lesson we teach, Book of Mormon we give, and number, setup, and new investigator we get. Our goal was 500 and we ended the day with 560 points! Being a missionary can be fun you guys :)

The elders had a baptism Friday night and they realized last minute they had no one to play the piano. Somehow I was called on to play (be proud of me, Mom). I played every song I knew in the hymnbook and was feeling pretty good, but then our ward mission leader said "and now we will sing I am a child of God" which I had never played before!! Uhh... I struggled through it and it was very off key, but everyone told me it was fine. Oh well.

Last thing- one of our english class students came to church on sunday. He's an older man and is a little strange. near the end of sacrament meeting, he turned around in his seat and handed Sister Reeve and I a couple of pictures he took in 1993 of him with his shirt off. We quickly got up and left the chapel because we couldn't hold in our laughter, then started laughing our heads off! It was so ridiculous! So included for your viewing pleasure....

Photos this week also include lots of food and heart shaped pancakes on Valentines Day :)

Also! Next week cuz of transfer changes my P day willl be on tuesday.

Much love!!! sister Daynes