Note from Kat: Wow. I'm seriously so sorry for the delay.
So, a few days ago our zone went grave sweeping in Jiayi. It wasn't a random event, just about all of Taiwan went grave sweeping on that day. It's one day in the year when families go to their ancestors different grave sites and chop down the over grown year old grass and weeds. But, since all of us missionaries don't have our own family graves to sweep, it becomes an opportunity to do some service. Like I said it was the first time I had ever done such a thing, so I really had no idea about how to go about clearing grass and weeds that came up to my waist. Luckily a super LiHai sister from Jiayi showed us how it's done. It's repeated action of stomping, crushing, hacking and rolling piles of grass around. It was a lot harder than I though it would be. After about 3 hours of cleaning unknown peoples graves I'm super exhausted, scratched up, dirty, and sweaty but I was really happy and content. I had done my best. Although afterwards I realize that usually sisters or girls aren't the ones who do all that work. Usually it's the men of the family who hack and the women prepare food and drinks. Sister Lin said it was the first time she had really grave swept like how we did. We felt like we had really accomplished something and were able to outshine about half the Elders... hahaha. All in all, it was a great experience that left me wanting to find even more ways to serve the people of Taiwan.
Oh yeah, I will be moving to a new area this Friday. When I found out last week it surprised me how much I realized I really love Douliu. When it finally hit me that I would be leaving this place I just started to cry. I really love it here. I love the people. I love the Branch. I love this city. I used to joke about wanting to just be born here and die here as well. But when I knew I would be leaving I really felt like I would be okay with never moving from Douliu for my whole mission. I know it sounds super dramatic, but that's really how I felt. Sister Lin said that how I was feeling is how most missionaries feel when they need to leave their first area.
I really thank my Heavenly Father for letting me train here and for letting me have my greenie break(3rd move-call) here. I have learned a lot and will really miss the people here. But, I do know that the next place I go to will be exactly where the Lord wants me to be.
Love you all!
Keep the Faith!
Sister Hsu
P.S. Sorry if my grammar is all weird, I'm almost positive it is in some places, but I don't want to take the time to figure it out... Haha
P.P.S. That girl I'm hugging is my favoritist Susan. She was my English Class student when I taught Advanced English Class.
The last photo is of last night at Li Family. My last time eating their delicious food and be able to spend time with such a wonderful family. :(
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