Sister Dalton and Lotus Lake!

On Sunday we went to church with Tricia in Kaohsiung. We happened to be in the same ward that Sister Elaine Dalton of the Young Women General Presidency was attending! Karyn, Kailey, Liz, Tricia and I got to meet and talk with her. We had a conversation with her and she told us some things that we all needed to hear. It was an amazing experience! I seriously could just feel the love emanating from her.

After church, Tricia dropped us off at Lotus Lake. It's a really cool lake with a bunch of temples and statues around it! Here are some pictures from there!

This was our first stop on our tour of the lake. We didn't go all of the way around, but we saw the main attractions! This is a Confucius Temple! It was beautiful!

I love red doors! This is at the Confucius Temple!

This is a big Buddha statue! I loved this shot with the people sitting on the beach with the big umbrella!

Almost to the big Buddha! It was pretty awesome!

An upclose of one of the statues on the bridge from the picture above!

Pagodas and dragon and tiger! We got to walk through the dragon and tiger!

Me in front of the pagodas!

We went to the top of the left pagoda! I love the view! I really like this walkway!

On top of the pagoda!


Overlooking the walkway!

Watch out, we're being eaten!

This is a carving inside of the dragon! There's a head coming out of his stomach ;)

Inside of the dragon!

I like this pond and bridge and the background!

I hope you notice the lovely dead pig and goat on the tables. Yes they are real. There was some sort of Buddhist celebration going on. We didn't know what at the time, but we heard it might have been a celebration because it's the middle of the year.

This is on the train ride back to Changhua. We bought standing room because there were no seats left and we didn't want to wait for the next train. We stood for quite a while and then some floor space opened up at the front of the car where we sat for a while and then we were able sit on some seats for the last part of the trip. It was a lovely way to end the trip :) Seriously! I enjoyed the train ride!

Once again this day was a lovely day! I am so grateful that we got to meet Sister Dalton and listen to her speak at her fireside that night. I am so grateful that we got to hang out with Tricia and that she was so willing to drive us around. I am so glad that we got to see Lotus Lake and walk through a dragon and tiger :) I am so glad that we got to see Foguanshan and all of its beautifulness!