12/08/2013Visited YongKang I and II wards: Together we gave 4 talks, and 2 hour-long Family Tree workshops. It was a fun day for the 7 of us. 拜訪永康一支和二支－我們7個人做4個演講，兩個家譜樹的訓練。謝謝大家。The Zeng Family had all of us over to their house for a delicious lunch after the workshops.
Chen Mei-Li, Bro/Sis Guo, Sis Davis, Ling Winters, Elder Davis and Bro Liu @YongKang Ward
11/24/2013
高雄家譜中心今天拜訪大寮支會. 區域家譜顧問陳賢進會長演講超棒。真是一個特別的學習機會。The Gaoxiong Family History staff visited DaLiao Ward today. The District FH President Chen XianJin gave a wonderful talk and we did an hour of training during RS/Priesthood time. What a great learning opportunity that was.
11/22/2013
11/17/2013
Had a great visit to Tainan 3rd and 4th wards! We spoke on "hastening the work of family history". We stayed with Bishop and Sister Wang on Saturday night. What a choice family. We feel so blessed to be with the saints of Taiwan.
很感謝有機會去臺南三支和四支參加聖餐聚會。我們鼓勵大家做族譜。我們感謝王主教和王姐妹的招待。
很感謝有機會去臺南三支和四支參加聖餐聚會。我們鼓勵大家做族譜。我們感謝王主教和王姐妹的招待。
November 3, 2013 - Gaoxiong Family History Center Staff:
Even if it meant to go all the way to the PengHu Islands. It was a daring adventure to say the least. Elder Davis and I have a speaking engagement at the JiaYi District Family History Training the night of November 2. The 2 Chen sisters decided that if we wanted to go visit PengHu Branch, it was now or never because of the weather condition.
We prayed and felt impressed that we could make it work. The 2 Chen sisters would go ahead and go to PengHu on Saturday, November 1. Sister LiXue Chen is from PengHu and wanted to go visit a couple of her relatives. Elder Davis and I would go ahead and visit JiaYi District and do the training. In fact, we arrived in JiaYi early in the afternoon and did one-on-one training with anyone who might be interested or had problems with Family Tree operations. It was a good decision as the director of JiaYi District Family History Office was brand new and could use some help.
We finished the training at 9 PM and Brother Chen Xian-Jin ordered a taxi to come to pick us up right at 9 PM to take us to the GaoTie Train Station. He gave the taxi driver NT$400 to drive (fly) us to the train station to catch the 9:20 PM high speed train. It was a tense trip as the elated taxi driver ran every red light to get us there. You see, JiaYi GaoTie Station is way out of the city. We could barely take a breath before the train took off. We were home by 10 PM and were able to get up to catch the 8 AM flight the next morning from Gaoxiong airport to PengHu/MaGong Islands.
Sister Xie, wife of Branch president Xie, came to the airport to pick us up. We were in our seats singing opening song at 9:05 AM. It was miraculous. The Spirit was so strong and members were so genuinely happy to see us. Our training went from a planned 45-minute workshop to a 3-hour event, on a Fast Sunday. It was one very special day at the PengHu Branch for all of us.
10/27/2013
謝謝屏東黃主教和弟兄姐妹們歡迎我們來。戴長老和戴姐妹在聖餐聚會演講“歸信主”。兩位陳姐妹，劉弟兄和我們也教大家在網路上做家譜歷史和加入照片的方式。這個工作使我們更接近我們的親人。瑪 拉 基 書 Malachi 4：6 “他 必 使 父 親 的 心 轉 向 兒 女 、 兒 女 的 心 轉 向 父 親 、 免 得 我 來 咒 詛 遍 地 。”
We had the opportunity to visit PingDong Ward today. We spoke on "Conversion unto the Lord", then Sister Chen taught about family history writing, and we all did a workshop on how to upload pictures and family history stories. It was a great Sabbath Day. Malachi 4:6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
7/29/2013
Visiting DongGang Ward in the West Gaoxiong Stake. President Chen Xian-Jin was the speaker that day. He's the director of Southern Taiwan Family History Department. He talked of the Buddhist beliefs of worshipping their ancestors with various fruits, burnt incense sticks, paper money, etc. He told us the Lord only requires us to come to Him with "broken heart and contrite spirit". It was so wonderful to hear how many our Buddhist converts need to do to come to Christ and to search for our ancestors.
A few words about the Gaoxiong Family History Center turning into a Learning Center
7/24/2013">動力火車！啟動了！As posted by Brother Liu and facebook.
9個月的時間，家譜中心五人團隊(五人加起來300歲) ，拜訪過29個分支會 (從斗六 到 恆春 ) 我們講好七月份天太熱要休息一下，每人回到自己的支會，但我們的火車頭(戴姐妹) 可能是受到 先知 以來加 的靈的指示，啟動了強力的動力火車！家譜事工會更多元化，團隊會更壯大……
在圓山的家譜顧問培訓活動中，38人參加，我們只有幾天的規化，這一切都是 先知 以來加 的靈的指示，期盼 火車頭(戴姐妹) 在鳴響了啟動聲後，讓我們坐上了動力火車！努力的在事工上，衝！衝！衝！
（Translation of the above posting by Brother Liu Lan-Sheng, written about the Davis')
During the 9 months time since the Davis' came on their mission, we, the director of Gaoxiong Family History Center, the two assistants, Sister Chen Li-Xue and Sister Chen Mei-Li, and the Davis', have visited 29 wards and branches, from Dou-Liu to Heng-Chun. We took a break in July because of the hot weather and stayed at our own wards. But Sister Davis was inspired by the Spirit of Elijah and we kept the momentum going by starting to hold Family History Training once a month, on the last Wednesday of each month. We have had 30-45 people attending each month.
July Family History Training Meeting
December 2013 Family History Field Trip:
Who would have thought of taking 40 family history buffs to a field trip in Southern Taiwan? The 5 of us Family History Center staff did. We set our minds on something good and within a month time, we had it all organized, with places to visit, fundings to pay for the trip, and mostly difficult of all, selected/invited 40 members to go on this special trip. We even had a member's brother who donated a banner for us.
All along, we knew the Spirit was with us. The idea was born in November and with the enthusiasm of the 5 of us, we moved road blocks, or mountains. It was truly amazing. I could hardly believe every piece of the puzzle was put together. It was one of the best field trips. Best of all, my own sister, Ling Winters, from Spokane, Washington, was able to join us for the trip. After all, Shi Lang is our ancestor and we wanted everyone to see for him/herself how genealogy/family history can be preserved.
It has been a wonderful ride!
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