Reflections on the Taiwan 2007 Tour

By

Sr. Susan K. Brislin, Los Angeles

I am extremely grateful to share some thoughts and stories of our recent trip to Taiwan during September 2007. I come to the Mei-Hsing Temple in Temple City [1], and am so thankful for the members, and my friend, Mrs. Anh Chau, who introduced me to the Tao. My life and health have changed dramatically since I have received Tao, and I have been so blessed to share in dinners, youth activities, classes, prayer, and recently, a miracle trip to Taiwan to visit many temples. 

I am an Irish-American, born in San Diego California, and have been a licensed occupational therapist for nine years. I work with the elderly, mentally ill, and homeless in my job, and teach in the universities. Before, I worked as a special education teacher.  I am still studying for my PhD in school, which takes forever! I am grateful for the Three Treasures to help me improve my focus! In my religious life, I am in training to become a secular Catholic nun, or “sister”, with the Daughters of Mary and Joseph order from Belgium. We take a vow of poverty, sexual chastity, and obedience to prayer five times a day, and daily mass. We must work for the poor and the sick, and do a lot of volunteering.   MORE