Earthquakes and Applesauce

First of all, to all of those that told me Taiwan was warm (Marissa, Kelsi, and Bryant) you are liars. The past two days have literally been freezing and it has been snowing up in Nantou. We were fortunate enough to ride our bikes all they way to church yesterday... in the rain (nearly snow) and super bad wind. Soooo fun! We have had to buy winter gloves and wear extra socks and borrow jackets so we can stay warm. One of our LA's loaned me his sweet Cabela's jacket. And yes mom, it's  camo. I'll send pics later. In a nutshell, it feels like Utah out here!! 

So this week we all got to watch the worldwide broadcast on missionary work and it was pretty cool! As lots of you probably already know, the title was Teach Repentance and Baptize Converts. It's just so nice to have the general authorities talk to us and give us all advice. We already knew most of the stuff but it was just nice to have a refresher. I loved it because Elder Andersen, I think, told us that when we don't know what to say or forget what we wanted to say to just testify of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Lots of times out on the street when you are contacting someone your mind goes blank or they say some dumb response that you don't know how to respond to, that has happened to me all the time. But it really hit me that when that happens, just testify. That is the best way to invite the Spirit in. 

This week our investigator Tony came back from the military for a little bit! And guess what?? He accepted a baptismal goal!!! Right now he is set for the 27th of February. Sadly, I think I will have moved by then, but hopefully I will be in the area so I can come! He does have concerns though. His family will not like him getting baptized because they are Daoist and such and he also loves to drink tea. I really hope we can help him out with these problems and if you all have extra time please pray for Tony!!

On Saturday we had a really cool lesson. His name is James and he was a referral from the Zone Leaders in Daya! He is practically a Kiwi! He lived in Christchurch, New Zealand for like 10 years and his english is perfect! So we taught him in english and it felt so weird but it was nice to hear that good ol' Kiwi accent that I miss. He really is super prepared. He told us that he has been searching to know the truth and he has lots of Christian friends that have been trying to help him on the way but he just doesn't know what is true. He's totally gonna get baptized if he just tries out our gospel. He is so awesome!!!

Oh yeah and on Tuesday we were sitting in our apartment doing our studies like good missionaries and then all the sudden I realize  I am moving. At first I thought I was going to pass out or something and then I looked at Elder Sims too and he had a super confused look on his face. We just sat there kind of rocking back and forth for a little bit and then it stopped. Soooo my first earthquake!! Yeah! It was really fun! Now I just need to hit my first typhoon! 

I can't really think what else happened this week...  but it was just an all around good week. We are so close to catching fire. I can feel it!! It's like on NBA Jam when you hit two shots in a row and you need one more to be on fire. Yeah, that is where we are at right now! I'm super excited for this week too! You all keep being great and don't lose the faith!

Love you all!!

Love, 

Elder Anderson

Miles had to borrow gloves and a jacket from a member. We can hardly see him in the photo because he blends in ;)