Well I am half way done with training! Time really flew by
on this last transfer and I can't believe that November is almost over! Where
does all the time go!!
So this week we went out and did some tracting and there was
this lady walking down the road and she was holding her baby while walking. So
obviously I thought "Hey you could share about families!" And I feel
like I had a prompting to go talk to her. But we kept going and eventually
stopped. I told my companion we should go back and talk to her. So we did, but
turns out she had no interest. Dang... That really hit me hard. I felt for sure
that I had a prompting from the Holy Ghost to go and share a message with her
but she had no interest. Why? Me and my companion had a real long talk about
it. Sometimes God gives us promptings just to see if we will follow him. He
wants to know whether we will obey him. And lots of times the prompting don't
work out. I feel like God just wants to know how faithful we really are, ya
know? And then the same thing happened later on in the week as my companion
felt really strong that we should go out and tract again. We didn't really have
any success, but I guess from both of these experiences I learned that we just
gotta plant that seed! Follow the promptings from the spirit even if they don't
turn out the way we want them too.
As of this week, we practically have no progressing
investigators. We have the one with the baptismal goal, but he did not answer
his phone at all this week so we have not been able to meet with him and he
didn't come to church. We have another one that we have invited to be baptized
but he says his family will fan dui (reject?). That has been really hard. But
on Saturday we did get him to come to a baptismal service and then we talked
about agency and how it our choice whether we want to be baptized or not. So
hopefully that will help, but he still hasn't come to church yet. And then we
have our other investigator that has come to church 3 times!! woo!! But we have
only met with him once... We were about to meet with him after church
yesterday, but one of the members said to not meet with him so he can think
about church... that was a little strange. then he told the guy he can go home
(because the investigator thought he was gonna meet with us).
However! this week we met a potential that is super golden!
the only problem is he doesn't have very much time to meet. We met with him the
first time this week and as we walked upstairs in MacDo, he was reading the
Book of Mormon! We couldn't even introduce ourselves before he started asking
questions about Jacob 5! Haha. He is such a sweet guy. He really wants to be
baptized and he just loves our church. He said he sees the missionaries out
riding their bikes so he decided that he wants to ride his bike more because
the missionaries do! So if you all have time, please pray that he will have
time to meet with us. It has been really hard to set up with him.
This week, we got to go down to Jia yi for a trainer follow
up meeting. It was super fun to see my MTC companion! We have become really
good friends so that is super exciting. President and Sister Blickenstaff
actually drove us down there so that was sweet! We got to drive through Nan
tou. Oh man, it was so pretty!!! Taiwan is such a pretty place. I love it here
so much!!
Well this week is Thanksgiving and I'm sure you will hear it
from everyone, but I'd invite you all to really focus on the things that God
has given you and thank Him for it. We would have nothing if it wasn't for Him.
But don't just thank Him because it's Thanksgiving. Do it because you truly are
grateful and do it all throughout the year. Since coming out on my mission I
have seen so many blessings in my life that I have never even noticed. Look for
the small things. It has brought me so much happiness and it will do the same
for you!
I love you all so much!!! Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Love Elder Anderson
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