Living the Life

Well this was another good week for us in the land on Nanzi! Gryphon was able to get baptized and that was super awesome! He has a real strong testimony on repentance. He loves the idea of a new start. As he shared his testimony at the baptism he talked about how he hopes that he gets chances to share the gospel with people around him. He is a tutor and he hopes he can teach his students about Jesus Christ and His restored gospel. Our ward mission leader was just giving us the thumbs up the whole time haha! Gryphon is awesome!!

Other than that, we did a lot of finding and had a lot of meetings. We had to leave the door early just about every single day this week for various reasons. The rule is when you leave the door early, you have to make up the studies that we missed. So there were many days that we had to spend the afternoon doing studies leaving us only the night to go out and proselyte. Really rough but we gotta get those study times in!

We went to a meeting this week at the 市中 chapel and that was awesome! I was able to see Elder Fleming (my trainer) for the last time. Crazy to think that he is going home at the end of this transfer. Time goes by wayyyyy to fast!! But President Teh had us go around and talk about ways that our companions serve them. For me, the best way that Elder Nelson serves me is just being my friend. It's so key that a companionship is also a friendship, not just business partners. Elder Nelson is one of my best friends and I'm so glad that he is my companion!! 

We also had interviews with President Teh this week! As we were waiting, Sister Teh was talking to us and asked us what we had for breakfast. I don't know why but she always asks us. Our answer: toast.... response "anything else?" nope just toast. "Any spread?" uhhhhh nutella. Nice. Nailed it. simple and delicious. Sister Teh got a good laugh out of that. Interviews were great. It's not every day that you get one on one time with a general authority. President Teh is the best!

We met with Brother He this week and it went pretty well. We just gotta help him continue to see how the gospel can help him and help him know that God exists. But he came to church again and he is looking pretty good!

Last thing, yesterday we met with an investigator from English class. Normally she brings her son, but he had cram school so he couldn't come. We taught Sister Xia the Plan of Salvation. She is just so prepared!! It was awesome to teach with so much unity with Elder Nelson and the member that came with us. Super powerful. Every question she asked, we used the Book of Mormon to answer. We talked about how Christ was baptized on earth and she asked who baptized him. We said John the Baptist and then she said "Oh yeah he needs someone with the Priesthood to baptize him!!" YES. 沒有錯. So great! She really has a strong desire. We shared 2 Nephi 31:5 about how since Christ was baptized, we all need to be baptized. She totally agreed. Yes, she accepted a goal for December 17th. We just gotta help her get to church on Sunday's because she works from 9am to noon. 有信心有辦法

Life is great here in Nanzi. We wake up everyday and just are ambitious for Christ all day every day. Never stops. We have been practicing some Christmas songs with the Elder's quorum and it has just made me more grateful that Christ was born. We would all be done for if he was never born. The hope that He gives me keeps me going.

I love you all!

Love

Elder Anderson

ps the second coming is near because the prophets always teach that there will be all these crazy things that will happen... thus, the Cubs winning the world series = the second coming is almost here!

Elder Fleming (Miles Trainer) and Miles before Elder Fleming goes home

Gryphon's baptism