Christmas Eve in Hualien--a true blessing.

Christmas wasn't the same this year, as you can probably already tell from my previous blogs. I was feeling pretty down in the dumps though on Christmas Eve as we were traveling to another city, and weren't surrounded by family. When we got off the train that night, this is what awaited us:

It was a blessing. I was so touched it was almost impossible for me to keep back the tears. In 1 Nephi 1: 20, Nephi, the prophet of the Lord proclaims:

Behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance.

At that time, I really felt like it was a tender mercy of the Lord for me to hear that song, and to feel something of the Christmas spirit.

The rest of the evening was perfect, complete with taro cakes, a Taiwanese Santa with a cotton mask, and a reading of Dickens' A Christmas Carol.