Friday, October 28, 2016

Samson

SAMSON! Yes. He was baptized and confirmed this weekend and it was awesome! He is a great man and he really has a strong desire to keep learning about Jesus Christ. He really wants to go to the temple in Taibei so that is very exciting! His baptismal service was great! Before he was baptized, the ward mission leader and bishop told him to but an elastic in his hair and tuck it down his shirt because they were nervous that it would float up when he gets baptized. So while they were discussing how to do it. I whispered to the ward mission leader and pretended to clip his hair. He and the bishop got a good laugh out of that. But Samson is great! He said when he met us on the road that he was going through some hard times but once he started to learn about Jesus Christ, he realized that those things weren't that important anymore and that there is something that is more important and that is the gospel of Jesus Christ. So true. Sometimes we all get caught up on some dumb things that we forget what really matters most. 

Honestly, this week was pretty rough. Elder Nelson and I worked our tails off but just could not get anything rolling. Super weird. But we did our best and that's what is required of us. BUT, we did see some awesome miracles yesterday. So the cool miracle was we set up a potential investigator to meet with us at 7:30 last night. I confirmed him the night before so we were ready to teach him. Turns out, he just stood us up. BUT while we were waiting for him, someone else showed up. He is about 16 years old and he self contacted us a few weeks ago. He gave me his brothers' number when we met him and it was really difficult to get in touch with him so we never could get a chance to meet with him. But he decided to come and see if anyone was at the church. None of us would have been there if that other man didn't set up and confirm. Even though he fanged us, we still had a miracle. God works in mysterious ways. Oh yeah haha the best part was we gave him a tour of the church and showed him the baptismal font and talked about what baptism is and how someone got baptized the day before. He thought it was so awesome and he said "When do you have baptisms??? Can I come!?? I want to get baptized!" haha he is used to other churches where they just baptize everyone the first time they meet them and such. We told him it is a process and he seemed ok with that. Super cool!!

We also met with a new investigator on Sunday that is super awesome! He set a goal for December 3rd and said 

So this morning I was on the phone with the Zone Leaders and we were talking about some things and President Teh was brought up and they told me that there are quite a few missionaries in our mission that when they email President Teh, they just bash on him and go off on how bad of a president he is.. Well let me tell you, this made me rather angry. I feel this happens a lot in the church. People feel like they know more than God. Our leaders ARE called of God. There is no doubt about it. I hate when people talk bad about church leaders. I feel it's a lack of faith. don't ever do that!

This week we had Elder Funk (Asia Area President) come and visit our mission for a mission tour. It was super awesome! Ever since President Teh has come, all of our meetings have been focused on two things: 1) working with members and 2) Using the Book of Mormon more effectively as we teach repentance and baptized converts. These two things are so basic but we tend to overlook them a lot. Elder Nelson and I worked really hard to use the Book of Mormon more in our finding and teaching efforts and it sure has brought the spirit into the work. There is a different feel to the work. It's awesome!! At the end, Elder Funk was telling us that it is a great day to be a missionary in the Taiwan Taizhong mission. Everyone in Taiwan is now in a boundary of a stake in Zion, we have the ONLY general authority as a mission president in the church, we are celebrating 60 years of missionary work in Taiwan, and the Lord is hastening His work in Taiwan. It's so true. As he said that, I receive a very strong confirmation that President Teh is called of God to be here in this mission. Makes you wonder what the Lord has in store for Taiwan.. or China? 

Life is great. We are enjoying everything. Spam was delicious. Elder Nelson and I really learned that God is a 4th watch God. Meaning he comes after some struggle and work. So true. We are being AMBITIOUS FOR CHRIST and living the dream

I love you all!

love


Elder Anderson

No harness, no safety straps. just climbs up there. At one point he was sitting on the top of the sign haha

Samson Baptism!

Mana from heaven!! Elder Nelson is addicted to spam now!!!

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