Sister Amie George's Mission in Taiwan: February 22, 2015 - Qiao Jie Mei's last email home as a full time sister missionary!

Hi Mom and Dad!

Well, it's been a good week :) Thank you for the email! It was really nice to read. I'd like to make this a long, really nice email too, but I don't think I have time for that unfortunately, haha. We're going to have an adventure for my last P-day. We have lots to do, and we're going to go to the zoo with the Elders, so it should be fun.

This is my last email to you, how weird is that, haha?! I got asked to go up and bear my testimony yesterday in sacrament meeting (there were three missionaries who are returning home, including me) and I was the last one to get up. The first thing I said was "Well, I was sitting there in the back thinking that I probably wasn't going to share my testimony, because that would just mean that I'm actually returning home this Saturday and it would hit me" haha, everyone laughed, but it's true. I don't think it really hit me that this is my last week until yesterday when I had to say it out loud. I started packing last night thinking that it would take a long time, but I'm basically all done, haha. Hopefully everything goes smoothly at the airport.

So as for the release process, Friday morning is transfer meeting, and so Sister Branch and I go together for that, but then after the meeting she comes back to the area with her new companion, and all of the missionaries who are returning home stay at the chapel. We have some meetings, then lunch, then we go to the temple, then we check in to wherever we're staying, and then we have a big dinner/testimony meeting. Then Saturday we leave for the airport at 6:30 am, and then we just fly out. It's crazy.

This past week has been really great though. It's been busy with all the qingke's (meals with members) we've had at members houses, so it's been really fun. I'm sending lots of pictures today to make up for the not super long email.

Our investigators are doing really well. We're meeting with all of them this week, so I can meet with them all one last time. And we have some RCLA's we're meeting with, because I want to meet with them again. It should be a great week this week :)

My final interview with President Day was good, I totally cried, haha. And he started tearing up too. But, it was good. And it helped me feel a lot better about coming home. I was (and still am sometimes) pretty nervous about it, just like, school/work/non mission life, but after the interview I felt a lot better and had more peace and stuff. So I'm actually really thankful I had it so early. It helped me be able to not get distracted and stay focused for my last week.

Well, I love you! Haha, I guess I'll just see you later this week. I'm excited to see you. I'm sad to leave Taiwan, every time I think about leaving I kind of get teary eyed, haha, but it's ok. We'll be back. And being home will be good.

Love you Mom and Dad! Have a great week. I'm excited to see you at the airport soon! :)

Thank you for all of the support both of you have given me, and helping me serve a mission. I could not have done it without both of you, and the other support from family members. Being a missionary is the best :)

Love you!

Sister George