29 January 2018 - This is Not my Goodbye

"God be with him till we meet again! Now enroute to Taichung, Fuller.
Flying planes the ocean over!
God be with him down in Idaho!"

Monday, 22 January 2018
A miracle pday just for Elder Fuller. We asked for permission to go to Qishan, but President asked us to find a different activity. We said okay, but woke up to a text from president that said he changed his mind and we could go hiking! Woo-hoo! It was an amazing and really fun hike with my old MTC friend Elder Hansen. It was fun to see him and have a great last pday for Elder Fuller.

Tuesday, 23 January 2018
We made a last stop by Brother Ke's house tonight. He also promised to come to church since Elder Fuller is leaving. The visit to him took most of the night, so that was fun.

Wednesday, 24 January 2018
We had lunch with Brother Wei today, our recent convert. He took us out for some more refined Taiwanese food, the kind I don't usually feel like paying the money to get. That was fun, and then we started exchanges with the Cuihua Elders. That night we met with our blind member who loves to tell stories, Brother Chen, and tonight he told us the story of how his father killed 20 gangsters in a fight with a staff during World War 2. Needless to say, we were pretty impressed.

Thursday, 25 January 2018
Elder Fuller's last District meeting. Then the Yang family had us over for dinner. They cook such good American food. They even made Hawaiian haystacks! Then it was Elder Fuller's last time to see Brother Zhong, the one we baptized together. He told us he was going to find the church when he went on vacation this weekend as well.

Friday, 26 January 2018
We just had a lot of last visits for Elder Fuller this week. Tonight we visited Brother Huang, our investigator and he gave him a gift from China, a little lamp thing. Then he promised to come to church, which he hasn't done yet, so we are milking this for all we can.

Saturday, 27 January 2018
We had a little bit of service today going over to a care center for old people and telling Bible stories with the puppets we used for Christmas. The sisters have an investigator there and the nurses said we can come and tell stories, which went pretty well! It was a fun experience anyways. The coolest part about today was that we got permission to go up to Elder Fuller's old area where a few of his old investigators were getting baptized. It was so cool to see how many people in the ward remembered him and were excited he was there.

Sunday, 28 January 2018
The last Sabbath. Brother Huang came to church! He even stayed for Gospel principles class. After saying goodbye to a few members, Brother Ke invited us over to his house for an impromptu dinner, which was delicious. And we finished Elder Fuller's career by teaching the Restoration to a new investigator named Pat. He wants to see if God can help him in his life, and he was accepting of the message of the Restoration. I could really feel the Spirit there, it was quite a special lesson.

And now he's gone! My new companion is an Elder Kane Fanning. He will be here in about an hour. Until then I'm hanging out with my old friend Elder Barney. It's been a great week with many miracles, and I'm so blessed to be here. I love you all, and Happy February!

Elder Meanea