16 April 2018 - Member Missionary Miracles

"I looked out the window and what did I see?
The world melting at 30 degrees C!" 
(Copyright Elder Meanea 2018)

Monday, 9 April 2018
We had a fun P-Day on the beach and visiting some cool older streets here in Tainan is actually the oldest city in Taiwan, so there is a lot to look at here! Hopefully I've still got at least two transfers left here. After P-Day it was a normal day of contacting and finding new investigators to teach the Gospel to! 

Tuesday, 10 April 2018
We had three lessons today, which made us very happy. The first was with Flora, a lady who really wants to understand the Bible and we are slowly helping her understand the importance of the Restoration of the Gospel. The second was with another investigators named Mushroom, who is really closer to having a baptismal date and has a lot of faith and wants to start keeping all the commandments. The third was with Jeff, our English class friend who Elder Bode invited to church and he came. So that was a full day of teaching, which makes for happy missionaries!

Wednesday, 11 April 2018
We had a full of day of assorted activities. I also ate a blueberry burger tonight, and that was a singular experience, let me tell you. Other than that we taught English class tonight and then got to share about the Restoration to everyone by showing the Restoration video after class for our spiritual share. 

Thursday, 12 April 2018
A bit less eventful of a week, but I got to go on exchanges with Elder Perkins this week in the fourth ward. He is a really dedicated missionary, and we were able to put some good work in while Elder Bode lead the area for the first time! He didn't even get lost once, I'm so proud of him. We both got new investigators while we were on exchanges, so it's always fun to see the miracles that pop up when we are together that give you that little extra boost to keep working hard.

Friday, 13 April 2018
We met with a village elder earlier this week who gave us some opportunities to help him in a park cleaning up as a district, so we went and had a good time between weekly planning and other studies we had to do. Then tonight we had a cool miracle lesson with a Member family, the Su's. We went to their house and had a sumptuous dinner, after which we shared about President Nelson's talk on Prayer, and the wife told us she has a goal this year of inviting 4 friends to church with her, and she wants help to know how to do it, that was so cool! So we will be going back next week to help with some missionary member training. 

Saturday, 14 April 2018
We had an Easter activity for the primary that we helped put on that turned out pretty well! And then afterwards our district all shared two 4-person sized bowls of Taiwanese icecream. We were so close to finishing it off, but in the end there was just some ice we couldn't slurp up. It's starting to get really hot here! 

Sunday, 15 April 2018
We had a great meeting, and part way through the cousin of a member showed up by himself, and he had never come before. The sisters had taught him a little bit before, but he just showed up by himself to the meeting. That was super cool, and Mushroom also came to Sacrament! So there were miracles all around! And we will be meeting with the cousin next week after church, so that's super exciting. 

Miracles come every day, and I'm glad I've learned how to see them a little better. I want to live in the moment every day, because wherever we are, it won't last forever! And I know there isn't a day that Heavenly Father hasn't prepared to bring us joy. So go and find the joy this week!

-Elder Meanea