This great new member was baptized on September 13, 2014 in the Eight Planes Ward by Elder Andersen and Elder Hilyard! Her story is quite the miracle - at first contact she had no interest. She told Elder Hilyard her family was Buddhist and to try and get the missionaries off her back, but we were persistent. The first lesson with her was with a member in the ward and they kicked it off so nice; she was socially converted so fast. We had her new friend at almost every lesson after that! Her spiritual conversion was not quite as fast, though. She was only curious at first and feared family opposition if she did get baptized. She began studying, not just a little, but heaps. She stayed in the office one day for four hours and studied the Plan of Salvation pamphlet, read the scriptures in the back and answered the questions the entire time. Her curiosity was beginning to work for her, as her questions were being answered by the Gospel and even gave her peace. With a deadline of her going home about a month afterwards, we really pushed and exercised faith. We ended up teaching her daily for some time and she ended up knowing she needed to be baptized. Despite family fears that became reality, she pushed through and is now such a strong member of the church. She lives in Taiwan now, has not had been able to contact the church there yet, but has her friends that fellowshipped her, her Book of Mormon, and God, and that's enough for her.
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