Happy Chinese New Year

To celebrate Chinese New Year 

Danny and I ate Beef Noodle Soup.

It was spicy hot!

 I was able to talk all about my mission in Taiwan

to the youth in my ward and I loved it!

I love talking about my mission!

I shared about the many trials I went through...

Food trials, language trials, companion trials, cockroach trials...

Then I shared the biggest lesson I learned was the difference

between sacrifice and obedience and how much more

blessed my companion and I were when we were strictly obedient.

Then I shared this paragraph from my mission call...

"The Lord will reward the goodness of your life. 

Greater blessings and more happiness than you have yet 

experienced await you as you humbly and prayerfully 

serve the Lord in this labor of love among his children."

 which makes me cry every time I read it, because it's so true!

So I embarrassed my kids!

Then I talked about the many blessings that I've been 

blessed with from serving a mission. And even though it was

hard and I had lots of trials when I think back on my mission

the first thoughts that come to mind are the blessings and joy from serving.

Then I shared my testimony in Chinese.

I'm so thankful I had the opportunity to serve a mission!