hearing my bad chinese I utter with every prayer,
some say that Jesus is Buddah too,
but I'll read some scripture and prove it's not true!
(Copyright Elder Meanea 2017)
A good P-Day in which I got Elder Hansen his first Taiwanese Haircut. It didn't go too terribly wrong, so that's a plus! We also played pictionary and mailed a wedding present to Elder Hansen's sister. Most of our investigators were busy this week, so most of it was contacting and working hard, which is always great! Elder Hansen really has such a drive to serve and love the people here, and it is truly inspiring to see that he's already decided what kind of Elder he wants to be.
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
We had an all day contacting marathon. Our goal for the zone is to get 4 people a day to set up with us to meet later, called an "add." So we shoot for 4 a day. And by dinner time we didn't get any. But we had been pounding the pavement all day, so we prayed, set off, and what do you know? In the little time we had left we got the 4 adds that we were shooting for for the day. I really know that when we put our best effort in, God always makes up in His own ways for it. It's really fun to see.
So... we might have made a tiny mistake today. We met a man yesterday who said that he lives up in the mountains. I made a little video rant that you can watch that will explain most of it, but suffice it to say he wasn't lying to us. It took most of the night to find the village he was talking about, and then we had to hurry back to and teach English class, which was one of the most exhausting experiences of my life. I have no idea how the sisters do it every week. Props to them. But we did find a lot of cool people in a little colony up in the mountains, so as long as they aren't cannibals, it's a win!
Most of the day was taken up in traveling to Yuanlin for interviews with President Teh. It's always great to see him and just get to do a little catching up and discussing how we can make the work flow more smoothly. Then that night we basically just did some contacting and hit the streets hard again. We didn't walk away with any new investigators this week, but we met some cool people who could become investigators next week!
Friday, 4 August 2017
We had to do weekly planning and district meeting since we were in interviews yesterday. Another day of contacting. I really can't slow Elder Hansen down at all. He is a beast. In a good way. But yeah, not much interesting stuff today.
This morning we played basketball with the youth, and I actually made two 3-point shots! (And yes dad, they were for my team, thank you) Then we did a rehearsal for a music activity that we are putting together with the ward next Saturday. I'm super excited! It reminded me of many hours spent rehearsing for Musicals and stuff in High school, so that was pretty fun. Another working night after that. Talking to all the brothers and sisters and living the dream.
Sunday, 6 August 2017
An amazing fast meeting! We had two returned missionaries come visit, one of which was Elder Hansen's teacher in the MTC, so that was fun for them to meet up. Then we had two dinners that night. One was with a member named Monkey Zhou who we helped plant banana trees for a few months ago. He invited us to a members house to eat with them for Father's day. It's August 8th in Taiwan because father is 爸爸 and August Eight is 八八. A clever little play on words that I at least appreciate. Then that night we ran into a guy who looked like he was going to bury some bananas, and he gave us some and told us in English he likes American friends. So he'll probably be an investigator next week as well.
And that is my week! One of serving, loving, learning, and it seems continually trying to humble myself sufficiently to do the Lord's work. I know it is His and I'm so grateful that He is allowing me to learn how to do it with Him.
-Elder Meanea
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