Taiwan has recently decided that they are going to try to
have as many typhoons as possible. Not the best decision in my opinion. But yes
this week we had another one but it wasn't as serious. And our apartment did
not flood so that was awesome!!
We received a referral from some missionaries in our zone
and this man is so golden! His name is Victor! Victor is such a great man. He
has such a strong desire to learn how to have a better relationship with his
family. Family is soooo important to him!! Even though he is unmarried, he
still lives with his mom and sisters and we can just tell he wants to love them
more and have a better family. His desire to learn from Christ has given me a
stronger desire to follow our Savior. Victor is great! We taught him the
Restoration this week and as we talked about apostasy, we said that people
started to reject God and his prophets and would even kill them. His response
was, "What??!!! Why????" I have never seen anyone respond more violently
to apostasy than him haha. It was awesome! When we invited him to be baptized,
Elder Nelson invited him and said it very clearly and in very good chinese and
Victor didn't even hesitate. He said "I do!" Yes!" In English of
course, bu then in Chinese he said that he was very willing to get baptized and
he set a goal for October 29th! Super excited for him!
We met with Samson this week and I feel a lot better about
him. We originally planned to reteach the first lesson but as we started
following up with things, we felt we should talk about baptism. So we did. We
shared some scriptures in 3 Nephi that he really like. We were kind of stern
with him too... Sometimes it has to happen. But then we talked about what
happens after baptism and confirmation. We told him he HAS to endure to the end
otherwise this will all mean nothing. He was like, "Duh, of course!"
That made me feel better :) So things are looking up for him! Now we just need
to get him to cut his nasty long hair haha.
Gryphon is doing pretty well! He came to sacrament meeting
this week and it was really good. I was glad he was there because our Ward
Mission Leader wanted all four missionaries to bear their testimonies. It was
really powerful. I'm glad Gryphon was there to hear. And while we did that I saw
Xie mama had a big smile on her face and I was fortunate enough to have my good
friend Hubert from Xihu come and visit :) He liked it all too :)
Yesterday's Elders Quorum was sooooooo awesome!! So Elders
Quorum and High Priests gets combined sometimes so the High Priest Group leader
gets up for his lesson. And you could tell that he prepared a super super 還好lesson
and it was not going very well. I was translating for a member from the
Marshall Islands and I think even he was bored.... BUT good old Elder Jia (the
Emeritus Seventy) raises his hand to talk and he gets up to the board and
writes 'Baptism, Retention, and Enduring to the End'. And just kind of got in
everyone's faces about how this church does not do a good job at retention and
enduring to the end. Totally just switched the entire lesson. So 厲害!
He talked about that a lot, then he stopped for a second and President Li the
stake president gets up and talked about the same thing, and then President
Zhou his counselor does the same thing and the spirit was so strong. Then the
group leader talked again and tried to get back to his poorly prepared lesson
but Elder Jia gets up again and changes it back and we talked a ton about
retention and then President Zhou shared D&C107:99-100 " 99 Wherefore, now let every man learn his duty, and toact in the office in which he is appointed, in all diligence.
100 He that is slothful shall not be counted worthy tostand, and he that learns not his duty and shows himselfnot approved shall not be counted worthy to stand. Evenso. Amen."
Easily one of my most favorite scriptures. It was just the
best lesson ever and I felt like I was watching conference because these super
strong members were just telling us all this stuff about how to increase the
ward's numbers and everything. Ah it was amazing!! I know I did a pour job at
describing it, but just remember that it was awesome! And remember to always
fellowship your ward members because when you do not have a friend at church,
most the times you will go LA. Don't let that happen with anyone you know!
Well that is about it. Nanzi is the promised land
I love you all!
Love
Elder Anderson
Then he takes your AC
to fix it right before the typhoon (ruining my beautiful caulk job) and I have
to use an entire roll of duct tape to defend our home. Just call me Tim from
Tooltime (Home Improvement for all of you uneducated people out there)
When they come to fix your AC.... 15 stories up. Asia
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