Well I am out of Nanzi and I'm in the new area of Yuanlin! It's my old district haha. When I was in Xihu we were part of the Yuanlin district. My new companion is Elder Zhang! He is from Taibei and he is super cool! He just finished being trained so we are going to be having a lot of fun this transfer!
Leaving Nanzi has been really hard. I loved that area sooo much and I loved being with Elder Nelson. Serving with your best friend makes the work so much better! This week was incredible!
We were able to find many new investigators and one of them being a Mexican named Jesus (I don't know how to type the little accent thingy). He is a miracle in and of itself. A few months ago Elder Williams and I were biking and I saw a little food stand that had a sign with a burger on it and it looked really good. I told him we need to go there sometime. So we did. Turns out it is owned by Jesus and his wife who is an LA from the Philippines. He would come to church every once in a while and it was awesome. Then we were in the library at the church and noticed that there is a Spanish Book of Mormon. Like what? Why would that be here. Sadly we kind of forgot about it for a while...... but then this week Elder Nelson and I were determined that that book is there for Jesus. We stopped by his stand and talked to him about it. He was so willing to listen and to read it was awesome. He came to church this week and I am so excited for him! Never thought I would teach someone from Mexico in Taiwan. I love that man!
Another good one: We were out contacting and we were talking to this guy that didn't seem to have much interest and then all the sudden a lady just comes over to us with a big smile and waving and speaking English. At first I thought, sweet! Golden investigator! But then we started talking to her and we found out she is a member from Nicaragua that is going to school here. She wanted to know where the church was so we tried to explain it to her but she doesn't speak any chinese so it was difficult to give her directions. So we gave her a number of a member and he helped her out! On Sunday nights we have a Sacrament meeting in English because there are many foreigners here. People from the Marshall Islands, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Ecuador and America and she was able to come. She bore her testimony about how she had been praying for a 3 months to be able to find someone to lead her to church and she came across Elder Nelson and I. It was just so touching to know that we were the answer to someone else's prayer. Remember, that everyone around you could be praying for your help.
Most of our investigators right now are all new so there isn't much to report on that sense. But this week was just incredible. We came across old formers that said they could meet, or we met tons of people with interest, finding members and LAs and just having tons of fun. The church is true. God loves us and He loves everyone around us.
Even though I'm not in Nanzi anymore, I know that Elder Nelson will do wonders there. He is a very capable missionary and it has been awesome to see him grow these past two transfers. I have I expectations for you!!! (I know you will read this!!!!) :)
Elder Zhang and I have a lot of work cut out for us but we are just so ready to BE AMBITIOUS FOR CHRIST!
Last bit, I have been listening to lots of conference talks and songs recently. I keep listening to one that I really love and that is the song from Priesthood Session 'Ye Elders of Israel'. This song is just so powerful. I love the third verse and I feel it is very applicable for this Christmas season. It says:
"We'll go to the poor like our Captain of old, we'll visit the weary, the hungry and cold. We'll cheer up their hearts with the news that he bore and point them to Zion and life evermore."
大家， I want nothing more than to be like our Captain of old. Think of how many hearts we can cheer up with the gospel of Christ. Think of that member we met on the streets. Just because we were out following our plan we didn't find any golden investigator but we found a lamb in need of His help. Go and Light the World like our Captain of old!!!!
I love you all!
Love
Elder Anderson
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