Hi! :)
This week has been SOOOO WONDERFUL!!!! Me and Sister Richardson having been learning so much, and working so well together.
First of all, I just want to say how happy and grateful I was yesterday. Bishop asked me to bear my testimony during Sacrament! WOO! I loved having that opportunity. As I looked at the ward, I remembered my very first sunday in Hong Kong, with my testimony written on a peace of paper in my hands, my speech slow and very robotic. And I remember looking at all these Asians who all looked the same....freaking out. Haha. Well then this time, as I looked out at all of them, I saw each person I love so much, and saw how much this ward has grown, too. Wow, it was incredible. I saw people who sacrifice much of their time to help the Lord in sharing His gospel, I saw leaders who have taught me SO much through their selfless example, I saw those who are developing faith to come back to church, those who are just finding out what this gospel even is all about. And it was such a beautiful moment! This ward truly has grown, and I'm so grateful for the opportunity to serve and love them. During Relief Society, our teacher, Sister Tong, put up a picture of 2 happy girls, and started saying how they reminded her of me and Sister Richardson, and kept going on and on about the happiness of sister missionaries and their love for people. Then Sister Wan started commenting about all we've done to help the ward, and after that, people kept coming up to us, thanking us, and even giving us food. (you guys- I ate a whole piece of some kind of coconut pie! aw man.) hahaha. I just couldn't get over how grateful I felt to be able to help Pok Fu Lam! I keep praying I'll be here for a long time, because I really have a family here. These members in the ward strengthen each other, love each other, and help each other come closer to Christ. Moroni 6 to the dot! :) I love it here. I'm so grateful God has let me serve Him in this area.
oh! I even saw Helen yesterday and she ran up to me and hugged me forever. And guess what-- I understood her!!! WHAT?!?! Haha it was SO cool! Yesssssssssss!!!!!
I'm so grateful for all the love the Lord has allowed me to feel and to express. I love these people!!!! :) :) :) But the most important thing, I truly love my Savior, Jesus Christ. His Atonement helps me everyday. I know God hears our prayers. He has answered mine over and over again. I invite you all to re-find your testimony of our Savior. You will be amazed by how God will always answer you, again and again.
LOVE YOU! Happy Thanksgiving! :)
Love, Sister Bosler
PS hi mom!!! do you have an easy stuffing recipe?? need it now haha!!! our thanksgiving is depending on this recipe! ;)
Note from mom:
Yes I do!! Ok put one onion and 2 cups of diced celery in a pan with one stick of butter and sauté. Then you can add a variety of things if you would like. (Like mushrooms, sausage, apples, artichokes, seafood, chestnuts, etc. but I just like it with onions and celery.)
After the vegetables are tender – Chris, add 2 cups of chicken broth to a stuffing mix. I just use a 12 ounce bag of Pepperidge Farms bread cubes that are already seasoned. If you don't have any kind of stuffing mix in Hong Kong, then you have to cut an entire loaf of white bread up into tiny cubes and let dry for two or three days until they are hard as rocks. Then you would add it to the onions, celery and butter and broth and mix in a tablespoon of sage a teaspoon of salt, half a teaspoon of pepper, 1 teaspoon of thyme, and 1/2 teaspoon rosemary.
You can either stuff your turkey with it or you can just put it in a 9 x 13 pan and bake it at 350 for 40 minutes.
Notes from friends & family:
From Ann Millward:
Thanks you, Kim!
Love is bursting out all over...!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Love,
Ann Millward
From Bishop Chan (Karli's bishop in Hong Kong)
Sister Bosler,
Your daughter bore a pure cantonese and spiritual uplifting testimony in our ward on Sunday, other members told me that Sister Bosler has very fluent Cantonese and choices of words, and of course we all felt her love and passion towards our investigators and the gospel, on the other hand, I also observed she sometimes has deeper thought as a Trainer, probably thinking or worrying/rejoicing about her companion, investigators, less active members or other daily chores, I believe she is ready to be an effective instrument in the Lord Kingdom, I saw she and her companion literally attract various kinds of people into the church recently.
Thank you for your good example and your faithfulness in the gospel. We don’t know when she will have the next transfer but we definitely desire her to stay with us longer, because she’s part of our ward and we all treasure her presence.
Fond regards,
Bishop Chan
From Wael Ali:
What an amazing human being Karli is. All your kids are so amazing. You should be so proud for raising such wonderful kids. If for nothing else you should feel you have succeeded and accomplished what any person wants the most in this life which is to raise wonderful family. The foundation if any family is the mother and your family has the best and strongest foundation.
From Lei Putney:
Thanks, Kim, I so love to hear the joy in Karli's letters! Also, I would
love to have your simple stuffing recipe too! Love, Lei :)
From Grandma Thomas:
I love that girl of yours and MINE too. She is an incredible missionary and she really is where the lord wants her to be. Always thanks for her letters. XXOO mom
And I Went Forth! November 19, 2014
Hello loves ! :)
I know I just emailed on thursday, but once again, so much has happened! Loving it.
1: I know I always talk about how much I love members, BUT I REALLY DO. Especially now that we can joke around and communicate better! And especially now that they trust me with people they are worried about, give us responsibilities, and have the faith to spread the gospel. love. them.
Last Sunday Angel, our LA we have been working with forever who now takes notes in church, comes to everything, and even brings food to random things! haha woo hoo! Anyway, for some reason she made her own "seui gau"--which are dumplings, and another member made "tohng seui" which is made out of bitter congee and other stuff (sometimes egg, nuts, and things i don't recognize haha). SO GOOD THOUGH. i seriously am changing here, it's crazy. I love the Chinese culture soo much! you're all missin out. ;) but then the Lord remembers to constantly humble me through ways other than sounding so silly with the language... for example, at church, i went up to go play piano, but i had just realized my foot had fallen asleep. i was sitting between 2 LAs, and so i wanted everything to run smoothly, but literally tripped and fell FOUR TIMES- twice ON one Less Active! everyone was so confused.. oh well.
Well, the other night we had an incredible lesson with an investigator we've been teaching for a few weeks now, named Cinny. I was SOOOOO PROUD of Sister Richardson, because she asked the most awesome questions that were totally inspired by the spirit! It was such a cool moment--one of those times when you witness the missionary discerning the investigator's needs, the spirit guiding the missionary, and the spirit testifying to the investigator of truth. i love love love that process. It's really special because right now we have 2 investigators who have one main question: Is this church true? I LOVE THAT QUESTION!!! I know with all my heart that if someone wants to know truth, they will find it. All they have to do is ask and search. Joseph Smith's experience is so great because he too, like millions of others, wanted truth. And he found it through searching and asking God. Our Heavenly Father is so loving and so powerful--all He wants for us is to use this tiny bit of faith or this tiny little portion of curiosity and sincerely ask if this is true or not. Many times people on the street will feel a stirring within their hearts, or they'll start crying and not know why, or they'll feel so much respect towards us--but they'll turn away from it all. Please never turn away from the promptings of the Holy Ghost! The Holy Ghost is the most precious gift the Lord has given us. It helps us know truth, feel love, feel comfort, receive power to endure, and so much more. It shows me where to go and gives me the words to say. Many times, I don't even notice the guidance of the HG until I search for it that night. I'm so grateful for this gift God has given us!
One miracle is i've been trying to listen to the Holy Ghost and discern the needs of not any investigators, but my companion. All I want to do is help her love this work more than anything. I pray for her constantly, am aware of her constantly, because I perfectly remember how hard the beginning of a mission is here in Hong Kong, China. Last night she opened up a lot... I'm so grateful the Lord gave me the words to say and the scriptures to share in hopes of helping her. Pray for my beautiful companion Sister Richardson! She is trying SO hard! I love that about her--she's very responsible and gets the job done. And even if she is feeling sick, she'll still continue the work. What an incredible quality!! Being in a companionship you didn't pick for yourself is honestly one of the most special opportunities we have as missionaries. I LEARN SO MUCH! haha love it!
Well I'm still loving this work SO MUCH!!! Sometimes Sister Richardson thinks I'm the weirdest person ever because I get so overly excited about sharing the gospel. haha i think I get moments like that from Dad, celebrating the little, precious moments in life! :)
I LOVE YOU!! Keep reading the Book of Mormon! Try going to the asian market sometime and trying some fun asian foods. stay away from dried sardines though, i still hate that. especially when we're finding in ghetto "tsuens" and i see all these dried mushrooms and fish laying ON THE GROUND outside, waiting to be stuck in bags and sold on the street. haha nasty. so yeah, go to an asian market sometime! ;) love you!
love always, Sister Bosler
When Sister Smith and I went on exchanges, we walked up a hill instead of taking the bus, and got to see this view. LOVE IT! :)
I know I just emailed on thursday, but once again, so much has happened! Loving it.
1: I know I always talk about how much I love members, BUT I REALLY DO. Especially now that we can joke around and communicate better! And especially now that they trust me with people they are worried about, give us responsibilities, and have the faith to spread the gospel. love. them.
Last Sunday Angel, our LA we have been working with forever who now takes notes in church, comes to everything, and even brings food to random things! haha woo hoo! Anyway, for some reason she made her own "seui gau"--which are dumplings, and another member made "tohng seui" which is made out of bitter congee and other stuff (sometimes egg, nuts, and things i don't recognize haha). SO GOOD THOUGH. i seriously am changing here, it's crazy. I love the Chinese culture soo much! you're all missin out. ;) but then the Lord remembers to constantly humble me through ways other than sounding so silly with the language... for example, at church, i went up to go play piano, but i had just realized my foot had fallen asleep. i was sitting between 2 LAs, and so i wanted everything to run smoothly, but literally tripped and fell FOUR TIMES- twice ON one Less Active! everyone was so confused.. oh well.
Well, the other night we had an incredible lesson with an investigator we've been teaching for a few weeks now, named Cinny. I was SOOOOO PROUD of Sister Richardson, because she asked the most awesome questions that were totally inspired by the spirit! It was such a cool moment--one of those times when you witness the missionary discerning the investigator's needs, the spirit guiding the missionary, and the spirit testifying to the investigator of truth. i love love love that process. It's really special because right now we have 2 investigators who have one main question: Is this church true? I LOVE THAT QUESTION!!! I know with all my heart that if someone wants to know truth, they will find it. All they have to do is ask and search. Joseph Smith's experience is so great because he too, like millions of others, wanted truth. And he found it through searching and asking God. Our Heavenly Father is so loving and so powerful--all He wants for us is to use this tiny bit of faith or this tiny little portion of curiosity and sincerely ask if this is true or not. Many times people on the street will feel a stirring within their hearts, or they'll start crying and not know why, or they'll feel so much respect towards us--but they'll turn away from it all. Please never turn away from the promptings of the Holy Ghost! The Holy Ghost is the most precious gift the Lord has given us. It helps us know truth, feel love, feel comfort, receive power to endure, and so much more. It shows me where to go and gives me the words to say. Many times, I don't even notice the guidance of the HG until I search for it that night. I'm so grateful for this gift God has given us!
One miracle is i've been trying to listen to the Holy Ghost and discern the needs of not any investigators, but my companion. All I want to do is help her love this work more than anything. I pray for her constantly, am aware of her constantly, because I perfectly remember how hard the beginning of a mission is here in Hong Kong, China. Last night she opened up a lot... I'm so grateful the Lord gave me the words to say and the scriptures to share in hopes of helping her. Pray for my beautiful companion Sister Richardson! She is trying SO hard! I love that about her--she's very responsible and gets the job done. And even if she is feeling sick, she'll still continue the work. What an incredible quality!! Being in a companionship you didn't pick for yourself is honestly one of the most special opportunities we have as missionaries. I LEARN SO MUCH! haha love it!
Well I'm still loving this work SO MUCH!!! Sometimes Sister Richardson thinks I'm the weirdest person ever because I get so overly excited about sharing the gospel. haha i think I get moments like that from Dad, celebrating the little, precious moments in life! :)
I LOVE YOU!! Keep reading the Book of Mormon! Try going to the asian market sometime and trying some fun asian foods. stay away from dried sardines though, i still hate that. especially when we're finding in ghetto "tsuens" and i see all these dried mushrooms and fish laying ON THE GROUND outside, waiting to be stuck in bags and sold on the street. haha nasty. so yeah, go to an asian market sometime! ;) love you!
love always, Sister Bosler
When Sister Smith and I went on exchanges, we walked up a hill instead of taking the bus, and got to see this view. LOVE IT! :)
Dear Kim and Bruce
Congratulations on Karli's new assignment !!
I am happy to know that she is making the world a kinder place to live, and she looks always so happy. Also nice to know she is learning the different culture and seems she is doing very well
about it.
Sorry, I have to miss your Thanksgiving dinner...
Love, Toshie Drury
Kim,
We love to read Karli's letters! She is so great! We saw the missionaries in a Cancun ward on Sunday. It was so fun to talk to them and think about our sweet nieces on their missions.
We are having a great time! This place is so beautiful! We went to this waterpark called Xplor yesterday. It was incredible! They had dozens of zip lines, Miles of underwater caverns where you could swim paddle these little boats. They had ATV side by sides that you drive around on these trails, and an all-you-can-eat buffet with awesome food. You would have enjoyed that chia seed orange or the spinach parsley apple pineapple drink. We started the day with an awesome smoothie bar. We were so tired by the end of the day, but we slept great and Julia dragged me out of bed for yoga, and while she stayed for Zumba class I hit the pool for a great swim.
We're off, but I wanted you to know how much fun we're having and how much we appreciate you. We love you and can't wait to see you at thanksgiving or Christmas whichever one you're coming for.
Love, Derick and Julia
Thanks so much for sharing, Kim!
Karli is a precious angel passing God's thoughts wherever she goes. As I read her words I could hear her mother's voice. You, too, are love in action!
Ann Millward
From MOM:
Dear Karli,
I love you so much. I already sent you a letter but wanted to include some pictures. Yesterday we had a blast taking Becky & Tim's family pictures. I have a thumb drive for them - but I just wanted to give you a little peek at these pictures. We took these at the same place that Mary took your Precious Promises CD pictures!! And the fall leaves are just gorgeous too. I don't know which pictures Becky will choose but all I know is that all of the photos are so cute it will be very hard to pick!
After the pictures we went to "Grandma's House" and we had a Chinese Dinner with chopsticks, and all decorated up. Debi surprised me and bought a super cute centerpiece and some Chinese desserts to go along with the dinner. It was so much fun. Dad gave out his Chinese presents to the boys (the boys all loved their presents except for poor Eli. I don't know why dad gave him a pencil! LOL He immediately said, "I don't like this one!" And Andrew got the coolest wild light toy that spun around but it was broken even before they left! ha ha - quality gifts from China!) Oh, and dad gave me a silk top/scarf that was pretty but if you buttoned it, your arms were in a straight jacket! Funny!
Dad had a great movie about his trip to China that we all watched. I am excited for you to see the bamboo rafting and the man that sang in Chinese. :)
Love you!! Mom
(I don't think I can send more than three pictures or it will be too large of a file)
HAHHAHA SO FUNNy he gave Eli a pencil! haha that sounds hilarious. wow--beautiful pictures! love them!
what a fun Chinese party! haha just wait... we'll have some good traditional chinese parties sometime ;)
Dear Karli,
I love you so much. I already sent you a letter but wanted to include some pictures. Yesterday we had a blast taking Becky & Tim's family pictures. I have a thumb drive for them - but I just wanted to give you a little peek at these pictures. We took these at the same place that Mary took your Precious Promises CD pictures!! And the fall leaves are just gorgeous too. I don't know which pictures Becky will choose but all I know is that all of the photos are so cute it will be very hard to pick!
After the pictures we went to "Grandma's House" and we had a Chinese Dinner with chopsticks, and all decorated up. Debi surprised me and bought a super cute centerpiece and some Chinese desserts to go along with the dinner. It was so much fun. Dad gave out his Chinese presents to the boys (the boys all loved their presents except for poor Eli. I don't know why dad gave him a pencil! LOL He immediately said, "I don't like this one!" And Andrew got the coolest wild light toy that spun around but it was broken even before they left! ha ha - quality gifts from China!) Oh, and dad gave me a silk top/scarf that was pretty but if you buttoned it, your arms were in a straight jacket! Funny!
Dad had a great movie about his trip to China that we all watched. I am excited for you to see the bamboo rafting and the man that sang in Chinese. :)
Love you!! Mom
(I don't think I can send more than three pictures or it will be too large of a file)
HAHHAHA SO FUNNy he gave Eli a pencil! haha that sounds hilarious. wow--beautiful pictures! love them!
what a fun Chinese party! haha just wait... we'll have some good traditional chinese parties sometime ;)
I love you Karli!
Well, it's officially fall weather- cool and rainy. Here are some pictures from our family!
Karli,
I am so grateful for you!! I am so grateful we didn't stop at four kids! I am so grateful that you are serving a mission in Hong Kong! I am so grateful for the Book of Mormon! I am so grateful for Bishop Knecht! I am so grateful for dad! I am so grateful that I come from such a big, loving family! I am so grateful that the atonement can heal all wounds. I am so grateful that we have Tyler at home with us! I am grateful for my health! I am grateful for my cozy bed! I am grateful I get to sing in the Messiah! I am grateful I get to go to a fireside tonight! I am grateful it's your birthday on Dec 7th and that I already am sending you a fun package tomorrow! I am grateful that I get to be chorister and teach the darling kids how to sing! I am so grateful that I always have the perfect friend in my life when I need some help or someone to talk to!
I could go on for hours!!!
You are so awesome Karli!!!
Thank you for teaching me the secret to happiness! Gratitude!!! And knowing I am a daughter of our Heavenly Father.
I don't know if you know this but Wael had a stroke. He is in the hospital in Beirut for a month until he recovers more. He can talk and everything but he feels things much more deeply. He wrote to me and every day calls a LOT. One day I woke up to 63 missed calls. He thinks of our family like his own and really loves all of my children. He actually thinks you are all angels. So please pray for him! He really wants to get something for your birthday and so he asked me if I could.
I went to the temple last Tuesday (I'm going every Tues at 5:30 and love it) and all throughout the session I felt a little like I wonder why Heavenly Father isn't answering my prayers? And I heard the spirit whisper, "Because these two hours you are concentrating on the work that needs to be done. " But in the celestial room, I felt a down pouring so strongly of the spirit and special answers. I know all of our lives we hear, "We are daughters of our Heavenly Father who loves us and we love him." But after going throughout the temple, I felt, "You are a DAUGHTER of GOD, and He LOVES you. " it was just so wonderful to feel those blessings! And to know that!!
This week was fun. On MOnday night was Eli's bday.
Next I'm sending pictures of the China night!!
Love, Mom
Mom, I loved your letter so much! thank you for sharing what you are grateful for! Im so grateful you are going to the temple once a week. that is seriously so important! I love that! Heavenly Father truly notices our sacrfice to set aside things of the world and set these times to put Him first; especially through temple attendance, daily study and prayer, and church service. love it. we are so lucky to have temples! i love that so much. its crazy because I pretty much had the same experience in the temple last week haha!
you are sending me a bday package??! haha wow i can't believe you! You are so thoughtful! Ive been going crazy over those cacao smoothies. they have cheap soy milk here, so i eat cacao nibs with soy milk and oats... so yum. i loooove it. thanks for everything. i love you! thank you for putting the gospel first! Love, Sister Karli Bosler
"I can't believe my life!" November 12th, 2014
SO much has happened though. We put on an activity last night where we took 2 days of meal times to prep sugar cookies so that we could all make them at the activity. haha man i love the chinese, because most people didn't even like them! they thought were too sweet!! haha i just LOVE this culture! amen to that. but it turned out really successful, we had a lot of people come! and the members were soooo great at fellowshipping and even scheduled 2 family home evenings with 2 different investigators! those. are. the BEST!
Pok Fu Lam is requiring a LOT of faith right now. our ward has been fasting for 40 days (a family/person a day) and we have seen the effects for sure. but we just need to put in a LITTLE more effort! We taught Marlo yesterday and her faith is as strong as ever. it's still her husband though. pray that his heart will soften please!!!
but I just wanted to let you all know that one thing i've learned this week is how powerful gratitude is. I am so grateful. I am grateful I am me. I am grateful God trusts me. I am grateful I am His representative. I am grateful I get to work with Sister Richardson. I am grateful for these members in Pok Fu Lam. I am grateful someone made me eat a fried whole fish with eggs in it last night. I'm grateful I hate sugar cookies. I am grateful for blenders. I am grateful for Octopus Cards. I am grateful for nutrition. I am grateful Mom never let me eat puddings/gushers in my lunches at home. I am grateful for the temple. I am grateful Ruby called us back.I am grateful for PohPos on long finding days (the old women who sit all over HK and just smile and white girls who can speak Cantonese) I am grateful to have this challenge of learning Cantonese. I am grateful for Hong Kong. I am grateful for work ethic my parents taught me. I am grateful I have trained for and ran a marathon. I am grateful for miracles. I am grateful I love music. I am grateful for the guidance of the Holy Ghost. I am grateful I got called too obedient and too optimistic. I am grateful to finally have investigators to stress over and pray over. I am grateful to change. I am grateful for you. I am grateful for the Book of Mormon, for this gospel of Jesus Christ. And over everything, I am so grateful for the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I LOVE LIFE!!! ah. Just try it, one day, just make the extra, hard effort to think of every single tiny thing you are grateful for. It changes your life. I'm now even grateful for Crocs!
I love you all so much! Thank you for your love and prayers! Keep reading the Book of Mormon, it changes lives :)
Love, Sister Bosler
Talk to you on Monday! The temple trip changed our schedule again. pics next week, i forgot my cam!
I'm so happy to hear about the Book of Mormon. I loved your letter! But i feel the same. The BoM truly has answers to every thing; thank you for sharing! It made me cry! Maybe I've just been extra emotional today because Ive already cried a ton! haha the mission will do that to ya!
thank you for serving missionaries!
Im so happy for Julie! yay!!!
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Kim Bosler <kimbosler@mac.com> wrote:
Hi Karli!!! Sister Bosler!
Well, this week has been great. First of all, dad went to Las Vegas to go to his implant course with Dr Carl Misch and guess what - he is now in the top 1% of all dentists in the nation, learning from the very best. He LOVES learning. So I went with him. We landed in LV at 10 pm and he was so tired but I really wanted to rent a car so I could go to the temple the next day. I had pre-paid for a car but THEY RAN OUT OF CARS. It took us two hours to get one and it was expensive too but I remember the prophet saying there was no sacrifice too great for the temple.
We woke up and dad went to his course and I went to the temple. It was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. SO BEAUTIFUL. I can't wait to go to it with you some time! I learned so much in the celestial room. We are so blessed to have temples. I almost felt self-indulgent, like I was at a Heavenly Spa or something. And to go from the Las Vegas STRIP to the temple is like night and day. I was so glad to get out of the downtown strip and into the temple.
I am in love with the Book of Mormon. I've been reading every day and now I can't wait to read each day -- it seems there is always an answer to what ever I am seeking inside. Karli, why are we so blessed?! How do people get through life without the gospel?? How do they find happiness and joy and peace? Thank you for doing what you are doing.
Tonight the missionaries came over so we could say goodbye to Sister Reid. She actually goes home tomorrow. WOW. That was so fast. We will miss her sooooo much!!!
Anyway, it's now a tradition that whenever anyone leaves their mission, they come over and we give them a Precious Promises CD!!! That's what they all request. Plus I put in their gift back a ton of other little fun gifts and goodies. So fun! Thank you for doing that CD that everyone loves and wants so much!
OK - picture time!!
From Derick & Julia:
Kim,
We love to read Karli's letters! She is so great! We saw the missionaries in a Cancun ward on Sunday. It was so fun to talk to them and think about our sweet nieces on their missions.
We are having a great time! This place is so beautiful! We went to this waterpark called Xplor yesterday. It was incredible! They had dozens of zip lines, Miles of underwater caverns where you could swim paddle these little boats. They had ATV side by sides that you drive around on these trails, and an all-you-can-eat buffet with awesome food. You would have enjoyed that chia seed orange or the spinach parsley apple pineapple drink. We started the day with an awesome smoothie bar. We were so tired by the end of the day, but we slept great and Julia dragged me out of bed for yoga, and while she stayed for Zumba class I hit the pool for a great swim.
We're off, but I wanted you to know how much fun we're having and how much we appreciate you. We love you and can't wait to see you at thanksgiving or Christmas whichever one you're coming for.
Love, Derick and Julia
Note from Toshie:
Dear Kim and Bruce
Congratulations on Karli's new assignment !!
I am happy to know that she is making the world a kinder place to live, and she looks always so happy. Also nice to know she is learning the different culture and seems she is doing very well
about it.
Sorry, I have to miss your Thanksgiving dinner...
Love, Toshie Drury
From a honeybee friend, Ann Millward:
Thanks so much for sharing, Kim!
Karli is a precious angel passing God's thoughts wherever she goes. As I read her words I could hear her mother's voice. You, too, are love in action!
Ann
Note from mom: We received a very special letter from Karli's mission president regarding her new assignment as a "trainer." It was send on letterhead adorned with cool-looking Chinese characters. He said such nice things about Karli and about her special responsibility now as well as how she will influence the new missionaries as well as the mission. He expressed his gratitude for our family and his letter was just so uplifting. We are so happy that she is having such great experiences and has such a caring and thoughtful mission president. Much love!
These are pictures Sister Karli Bosler sent from an activity night they had recently:
This Isn't Me!
Well I'm dying to know.... Brooke what is your baby girl's name going to be??!?! I just want to know so bad!!! I saw pics of your performance. LOVE IT! You are so stinkin gorgeous! I'm so grateful for my sibs!
Okay. and. holy. smokes. THAT HUGE BAG OF POWDERS IS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD!!!! I can't even THANK YOU ENOUGH! I loooooove the dates and almond butter, and all oils are SO cool (slowly and slowly I'm converting my comp to loving natural foods and oils. just wait. one day she was sick with a headache so i gave her ice water with the lemon oil (like Ashley had with apples in it!) and she was all better! Doterra is true. Our Bishop even says so.) but anyway, i'm just so grateful for you Mom! Thank you so much!!!!! I love being healthy and having my awesome smoothies! you velly good.
Also, at church on sunday, deaf Sister Chan and deaf Sister Lee and Brother Lee came up and talked to me forever about YOU Dad! So weird. they showed me pics and explained their journey with you. haha it's insane they were randomly cleaning the church on a monday and you were there at the same time! amazing.
Well... training is definitely an adventure alright!! haha wow. I'm so grateful to know that this is revelation and that the Lord trusts me to do this! Sister Richardson is definitely very patient with me :) Everything is great though, we are working hard, and I make her do a lot of sihfaahns (role playing! thats the word.), so her teaching skills are improving!
I think the hardest part though for sure is communicating. haha man, especially with Marlo since her mandarin accent is so thick... half of our lessons with investigators are me asking, "can you repeat that please?" or "what does that mean exactly?" or just pretending like I understand and really just praying that it wasn't that important.. i've had many moments where i feel like my brain is about to explode from confusion of trying to understand someone's problem. But, no matter what, I am always able to vaguely understand in the end. And I definitely know that this is the Lord helping me! I'm perfectly aware that I can't understand, but somehow, we are still able to help our investigators and help them feel the spirit. I love it. It definitely shows that this has nothing to do with me--it is all the Lord. The Spirit is the most precious gift we could ever have! At times, I have been so humbled these past couple weeks. Mainly because I know how weak and unlearned I truly am, but how much the Lord trusts me. I am so grateful for His trust and guidance, that I do all I can to not let Him down. I know this is His work, not mine and Sister Richardson's! We are just here to help :)
There has been soooo much drama with Marlo lately! gah! Her faith is strong, she's reading the Book of Mormon, loves the gospel, but her husband is SO against it all. this tuesday we will be teaching her again and she will also have an interview with the Bishop. keep her in your prayers! I've never met anyone so humble in my life! she's so special! i'm so so SO grateful and humbled by this opportunity to help her know of the truth and happiness through the gospel of Jesus Christ :) love it.
Eating out on p day!! we love to go all out at super normal american places in Kowloon :) SO YUM.
I can't remember what pics I've sent, but here's Ruby! miracle stories with her....but no time, sorry! :) haha love you all so so much!
Love always, Sister Bosler
Okay. and. holy. smokes. THAT HUGE BAG OF POWDERS IS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD!!!! I can't even THANK YOU ENOUGH! I loooooove the dates and almond butter, and all oils are SO cool (slowly and slowly I'm converting my comp to loving natural foods and oils. just wait. one day she was sick with a headache so i gave her ice water with the lemon oil (like Ashley had with apples in it!) and she was all better! Doterra is true. Our Bishop even says so.) but anyway, i'm just so grateful for you Mom! Thank you so much!!!!! I love being healthy and having my awesome smoothies! you velly good.
Also, at church on sunday, deaf Sister Chan and deaf Sister Lee and Brother Lee came up and talked to me forever about YOU Dad! So weird. they showed me pics and explained their journey with you. haha it's insane they were randomly cleaning the church on a monday and you were there at the same time! amazing.
Well... training is definitely an adventure alright!! haha wow. I'm so grateful to know that this is revelation and that the Lord trusts me to do this! Sister Richardson is definitely very patient with me :) Everything is great though, we are working hard, and I make her do a lot of sihfaahns (role playing! thats the word.), so her teaching skills are improving!
I think the hardest part though for sure is communicating. haha man, especially with Marlo since her mandarin accent is so thick... half of our lessons with investigators are me asking, "can you repeat that please?" or "what does that mean exactly?" or just pretending like I understand and really just praying that it wasn't that important.. i've had many moments where i feel like my brain is about to explode from confusion of trying to understand someone's problem. But, no matter what, I am always able to vaguely understand in the end. And I definitely know that this is the Lord helping me! I'm perfectly aware that I can't understand, but somehow, we are still able to help our investigators and help them feel the spirit. I love it. It definitely shows that this has nothing to do with me--it is all the Lord. The Spirit is the most precious gift we could ever have! At times, I have been so humbled these past couple weeks. Mainly because I know how weak and unlearned I truly am, but how much the Lord trusts me. I am so grateful for His trust and guidance, that I do all I can to not let Him down. I know this is His work, not mine and Sister Richardson's! We are just here to help :)
There has been soooo much drama with Marlo lately! gah! Her faith is strong, she's reading the Book of Mormon, loves the gospel, but her husband is SO against it all. this tuesday we will be teaching her again and she will also have an interview with the Bishop. keep her in your prayers! I've never met anyone so humble in my life! she's so special! i'm so so SO grateful and humbled by this opportunity to help her know of the truth and happiness through the gospel of Jesus Christ :) love it.
Eating out on p day!! we love to go all out at super normal american places in Kowloon :) SO YUM.
I can't remember what pics I've sent, but here's Ruby! miracle stories with her....but no time, sorry! :) haha love you all so so much!
Love always, Sister Bosler
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