23 October 2017 - Buddha and Progressing Investigators

"God save the noble zone, though a bit accident prone,
Gaoxiong West Zone!"
(Copyright Elder Meanea 2017)

Monday, 16 October 2017
All the LDS missionaries in my zone went on an excursion to a place in English known as "The Mountain of Buddha's light" and obviously had a great time touristing around and seeing a little more of the culture of our land! (Yes, it is actually from India, but they sort of adopted it so it still counts, and we didn't accidentally end up in a worship ceremony this time!) Then that night we went out contacting! Not much exciting about the day, but it was fun to get to be with the zone a little more!

Tuesday, 17 October 2017
We had one of our final lessons with Sister Xu tonight, in which we went over the Baptismal interview questions, and the real miracle of it all is that she is ready and will be baptized next week! She quit smoking because of the examples of the members we met with who said they joined the church to help their children and now follow the word of wisdom so they will have a good example. She is so amazing and such an awesome mom. Then we left just in time to go on exchanges with the Assistants in Taichung. That was fun! I got to go out working with Elder Neahaus who was my zone leader back in Puli. It was a good night of teaching and finding.

Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Our exchange ended today and we headed back to Gaoxiong. It was a 3 hour train ride both ways, so that was... fun. Anyways. We met with our friend Sister Chen who is progressing well. We actually were able to extend a baptismal goal today, which was super cool! She accepted, and though she has a lot of progress to make, she is on the path! 

Thursday, 19 October 2017
We had another exchange with some elders in our zone today. I was really worried because they were struggling a little bit recently, and so we really wanted to raise their faith and their vision. I went out to their area to work, and tried to exercise as much faith as possible. I prayed with the Elder I was exchanging with, and then we went to work. In the period of about 2 hours we had to contact that night we walked away with 4 adds and a new investigator. I know it's not because I'm super great, but because the Lord really blessed us that night and wants to help that companionship know what miracles are possible. It was super great. 

Friday, 20 October 2017
We finished our exchange and met with Brother Wei. We were getting him ready for baptism, and he is so willing and ready, it's so amazing. He just doesn't quite have the testimony yet. So we're working with him, and he'll come in soon. He'll make it, but the Spirit is willing! So I'm super excited for him. He's been a member of another church for years, and it's hard for him to change, but he is so willing to follow Christ wherever He leads. 

Saturday, 21 October 2017
We went to the Wen Family's house tonight to help them dedicate their house. I've never actually been to a house dedication before, so that was pretty cool. It was a good chance to get to know the members since half of the ward was there. And that was about it today!

Sunday, 22 October 2017
We had a cool new investigator come to church this week! She is a mom of two daughters and her name is Zhen. She just met Elder Yang on the street the other day and agreed to come to church, so she came! Another cool miracle in the string of miracles that is my mission. So that was fun, and it's been a great week here. I'm so blessed to serve where I am right now with who I'm serving with. I can't wait for another week of miracles!

I love you all!
-Elder Meanea