a few white Elders so happy and bright,
and delights to tell you Gospel,
So you'll strive, to get in the font!
(Copyright Elder Meanea 2017 I'm running out of ideas)
We had a super fun P-Day! Our sisters suggested going to Sun Moon Lake and an amusement park nearby, and I, ignoring the fact that Taiwan has no building codes, agreed to take Elder Hansen and myself along! It was pretty fun, actually, and the lake was beautiful! I got some pictures, but it really doesn't do it justice. The best part of the day was coming home and giving a tour of the chapel to this one guy we met last night in a neighborhood we were tracting, so that was a great end to the day!
We got stood up a lot today, but it was good, because we got to still work really hard and taught a lesson tonight and give a few priesthood blessings! We went to a member's house to return some bowls, and she just happened to have a new member of our ward over who just moved in, and they both needed blessings, so we got to help with that! Then the sisters had an investigator coming but they didn't have a member available to help, so they asked us to teach a lesson to Alex, a cool kid they met in a family mart last night who we taught a little bit about prayer and Book of Mormon. Cool stuff!
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
We spent the morning working in Huang Laoshi's garden and burning Elder Hansen to the shade of a nearly-ripe tomato in the Taiwanese sun. After we got cleaned up we headed out for a night of contacting fun! We ran into a less active family just because we recognized the sticker on their door. Then we met a lot of cool families tonight, but something always seemed to get in the way of us sharing our message with them. It's Satan I tell you! Well it's not going to work! It makes me want to share it all the more! Then we went and closed English class with a spiritual share, after which I probably broke my hand by falling off of my bike while not using said hands. But it was a great day, all in all.
Another DTM by me! I think it went pretty okay, but I suppose you'd have to talk to the other district members to get an un-biased opinion. After which we had studies, dinner, and a lesson with Tang. He is the older brother of a member in our ward, and he's been investigating for a few months now, and he doesn't remember much of what he's been taught, so we are kind of starting over. But he's willing, so that's super cool! And then we went looking for a place to tract that Elder Densely told me about, but it turned out being a Monastary and a bunch of vacation homes at the top of a mountain. So... it was a good night!
Friday, 14 July 2017
Hahaha, sometimes you just have one of those days where you get to the end and think, "What actually just happened?" We started the day by doing W****y planning (fill in the blanks!) and then went out on the streets. We ran into a lot of really cool people today, and honestly it was one of the most productive days of my mission. We also met a psycho who learned English from watching HBO and wanted to know where we lived and how many girlfriends we had. It concerns me about what kind of content is on HBO by the vocabulary he had, but we biked away before I could ask. Then tonight we were almost late for our lesson with Wang because we got let into three houses in a row! That's doesn't happen! And we set up to go to one next week and one tomorrow night! So that was pretty great. Then we had a lesson with Wang, who is not progressing, but our members are so great and keep encouraging us to meet with him and they do a lot to help him come closer to Christ. And then I sat and thought about how many cool miracles we saw today! One was a guy named Sue, who we just pulled off to talk to and he asked if we were students. When we said we were missionaries, he took out the earplugs he had in and started talking to us. He told us on Sunday he was going to go join a church in Taichung with his friend, but he wanted to go on a chapel tour on Monday with us, so that was weird, but he was really willing to listen to our message, which was cool!
A fantastic day to find those prepared souls! We met a lot of cool people, exchanged some numbers, and set up with a few people to meet again next week! It was a really good day, and I'm really tired from biking so fast. I love how fearless Elder Hansen is. He isn't timid about bearing his testimony to anyone, which is something I'm really trying to emulate. It's so cool to see miracles just work around us according to his faith. We taught a really great lesson tonight. At first we didn't think it was going to be much, but it was to a dad that we found last night tracting, and he said he's Taoist and is pretty traditional, but he was willing to let us come back, and listened very intently while we told him about our loving Heavenly Father, and how He wants to help our family. He was listening VERY intently, and it seemed like he was tearing up. We asked him to pray at the end of the lesson, and he did! In the midst of his prayer I really felt the power of the Holy Ghost there with us, and I could tell he felt it too. His name is Zheng. And he might come to Church tomorrow, which would be fantastic! And then we biked really fast to get to a lesson that stood us up, but we were still on a high, so it didn't matter! (A spiritual high, just for clarification)
A great day. No investigators at church, but still great meetings, some good studies, another delicious dinner with Sister Fan and Brother Su, and then we went out tracting tonight. We met some really cool people, but the best moment was when we had 15 minutes left and we had to pick a door. I had just told Elder Hansen "Let's go for the Gold!" when a door with Gold on it fell into view. Without a second thought we knocked and they let us in. "They" were an old couple, Mr. Zhang and Mrs. Pan. They were really nice to us and agreed to come to the Chapel on Tuesday to learn more about this message, so it was a great end to this week!
For those of you who don't know, This past week marked my 1st year as a missionary. The time has gone by so fast, and there have been so many challenges and miracles that have marked the path. And there is still a long one yet to travel. I feel like they give us two years on a mission with a badge so that, by the time we're released, we don't need the badge. Because his name is written on our hearts. For me personally, I feel like this has been my call. From fisherman to follower of Christ. I've always believed, but I've never had to give so much of myself to who I believed in. I truly know that as we lose our lives for Christ, our whole life, not just 18 months or 2 years or what have you, we are truly going to find Life Eternal.
-Elder Meanea
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