Waaa Taiwan is so awesome! It is so much different from
America. It's crazy. It definitely takes some getting used to. But I love it!
So on Tuesday we left around 5am to the airport. We flew to
Seattle, then to Tokyo, and then to Taipei. It was probably the worst flight I
have been on. We had like zero leg room so it was impossible to get comfortable
and we had some really hard landings... oh and the food was gross, but that's a
given. Anyways, we then took a bus to the mission home in Taichung. We did tons
of orientation things on the bus, Thursday and Friday. Thursday night we did
our Dan Jones! That means we went in the middle of a really busy night market
with President and Sister Blickenstaff, the assistants, all the missionaries in
the Taichung area, and us new missionaries. While at the night market we stood
on a little box and just yelled out our testimonies while holding a Book of Mormon!
Then we each went with a more experienced missionary and tried to place the
Books of Mormon (or Book of Mormons... The Best Two Years really confused me).
I placed one and the guy said we could meet with him the next day! Super cool!
I didn't get to meet with him, but hopefully the elders in that area were able
to do that.
Then on Friday we met our trainers and went to our first
area! My trainer's name is Elder Fleming. He is from Lehi and he is awesome! He
is super cool and he works really hard. We are serving in Tanzi. So I think
that is the most northern area in our mission. I'm not sure though. But I love
it here. That night we did some contacting. We didn't really have any success
but we did meet a family that really wants to learn english so we gave them the
information about our english class and hopefully they come!!
Then Saturday and Sunday we watched conference! Our church
is like a 30 minutes bike ride away from our apartment so that's a little rough
but not too bad. Conference was awesome. I loved watching it again. I got to
meet lots of the ward members and they are all so nice. They are awesome!
On Saturday night we actually had a baptism!!!! I never met
the person until that night but it was still super cool that I was able to be
at a baptism in my first few days. It made me super happy to see him get
baptized.
In these past few days I have really grown a love for the
Taiwanese people. They are so kind and willing to talk. On Saturday before the
baptism, me and Elder Fleming went to get some dinner and as we left this
family was super impressed that we knew chinese. They said their little
daughter always gets excited when she sees wai guo ren (foreigners). It really
hit me that people really do watch us. We get tons of looks from people as we
are riding our bikes. That is why it is super important for us to always be
looking and acting like missionaries. People notice what we do. But that isn't
only for missionaries. It is for members of this church. We need to make sure
we are always acting like children of God and acting like members of His
restored church. People watch what us Mormons do. Always make sure that they
see you doing good works. Make all your actions in accordance with God's will.
I love you all so much. Thanks for all the love you have
given me!!
Love Elder Anderson
PS I'll try to send some pictures next week. I don't have
the stuff I need to do so.
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