After our illustrious P-Day we had a really good night of working hard and just running into a ton of cool people. I can't say enough about how Elder Hansen's faith pushes me to keep going, even when I'm tired and things aren't exactly turning out like they are supposed to. He really reminds me that we have the Savior's commission to "Find the lambs, feed the sheep." It helps me remember where to turn when things don't go well, when people say no, and when you need to know exactly what to say.
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
We had Elder Hansen's first pass off for Phase one. It's just a program where the trainees have to teach a lesson by themselves without my help, and he did great. He taught Sister Jones who pretended to be an investigator and Elder Hansen taught. Then that night we went on another mountain adventure to find a college where a student from Hong Kong wants to be taught the gospel. It turns out all we had was an English name and the address of the college, so we're going to have to try again some time, but I love seeing mission work going on all over the world!
Mostly a finding day. We had a lot of interesting lessons with some interesting people, but it's really interesting to see how those who are prepared always have these certain qualities, like being willing to act on the message when they hear it. I love how often the Spirit is willing to work with us to tell us what people need to hear.
Thursday, 10 August 2017
We were going to have a lesson with a kid named Huang who we met fishing the other day, so we went there, waited for him, and then he didn't show. We were about to leave when an older guy walked up to us and asked if we were the missionaries. We said yes, and he said he was named Huang, which was good enough for me. He told us that he wasn't feeling well and that he met Elders before who gave him a blessing. And he asked us to give him one, so we did, and he started making really weird noises during it, which freaked us both out really bad. Afterwards he was normal though and said he felt a lot better... so it was good? We biked away really fast. But it was fun!
Again, lots of contacting, but today was cool because we had a lesson with Jerry! We found him on the street the other day and he set up to meet. He is super cool, a little wordly, but he has a real desire to change, and agreed to come to Church on Sunday! Otherwise just weekly planning. Originally we were going to Taichung for trainer follow up meeting, but it got cancelled, so a lot of finding time!!! We actually get a fair amount of adds each day, which is really encouraging.
Saturday, 12 August 2017
Super weird day. I got a text from a former investigator, the drunk baseball guy, and it said it was his sister, and that he passed away last week. I was pretty sad, but they invited us to the funeral this morning, so we went. It's amazing to see how sad funerals are when they aren't backgrounded against the plan of salvation. It gave me a huge desire to help everyone in the world understand this plan, if only for the reason of lessening a little bit of heartache. We also had a ward music night which one of our investigators came to! His name is Chen, and he recorded us missionaries singing as we were dressed up like angels. (Member's idea) Hopefully those get deleted some day.
Sunday, 13 August 2017
A great Sabbath. Jerry came for the last two hours, and really liked it! After church we met with him, and he agreed to a baptismal date! He really wants the Gospel to give him a new start on life. He is truly one of those prepared people we are searching for. Then tonight we gave a blessing to a sick member, and visited a part member family. Those both went okay, but we were exhausted by the time we finally made it home. It was a good close to a good week.
-Elder Meanea
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