Well this week went pretty well for Elder Jones and I! We
were able to see a few super cool miracles this week and we had tons of fun
doing the work!
It all started on Monday. Since we have more time on
Monday's, we went down to Zhanghua to play basketball with a bunch of other
Elders. It was tons of fun! We enjoyed it and wrecked haha. Lots of people took
pictures of us. Classic Asians. So we planned on leaving at 4 so we could get
back in time and shower so we could get back to proselyting at 6. As we were
about to leave we took a picture with everyone and as I went to grab my camera
afterwards it was gone! We were looking in all of our bags and stuff and there
was literally no where else that it could be! We spent a good portion of time
looking for it and it was looking like we would be late getting back. Then one
of the Elders pulls it out of his pocket and was laughing because he thought he
was funny. Yes, that made our district very very angry to say the least. So we
left the college as quick as possible and we were a good distance away from the
train station so we needed a taxi. I turn to Elder Jones as we were walking and
said, "How are we going to get a taxi?" Then one random and lonely
taxi pulls around the corner!! So we got in and it took us to the train
station. We were really nervous about the train times and as we walked to get
the tickets we found out that there was a 自強車 (faster train) that was leaving in a few minutes! We
grabbed our tickets and ran to the train and then when we were biking
home we made every single green light and we got back to proselyting at 6! It
was such a cool miracle that really taught me that when we desire to be obedient,
God will bless us and make things happen. So cool!
Ben is doing really well! We met with him on Saturday and we
went over the baptismal interview questions to make sure everything was all
good. I really liked one of his responses when we asked him a question. We
asked the first questions which is (I don't have them in English so I am
translating from my planner.... sorry) , "Do you believe God is our
Eternal Father? Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Savior
and Redeemer of the world?" He said yes! Then I asked him why. He pulled
out his Book of Mormon and pointed to it! It really touched me! I hope you all
remember that the promise in the Book of Mormon is true. When we read, ponder
its message and pray about it we will know that this church is true, Joseph
Smith is a prophet of God, and that Jesus is the Christ.
Ben is a stud. He came to church yesterday and the members
were really nice to him and showed lots of love to him. And he brought another
friend!! So he is looking good for his baptismal date! He is being very
ambitious for Christ in inviting his friends to come and learn about the gospel
with him. Such a great example!!
The last miracle came from exchanges! Exchanges always bring
miracles, that is a fact. And since both of our areas have been struggling in
finding investigators, it was cool because we both set up potential
investigators the day before! As in, on Thursday we called them and set up a
time to meet with them on Friday. I went on exchanges with Elder Hatch who is
from Arkansas. He is so fun!! We met this new investigator and he was super
cool. We taught him a simple lesson about the Godhead and the Book of Mormon.
As we were winding down to finish the lesson I felt that I should invite him to
be baptized. We had talked about it earlier when we gave him a chapel tour and
we showed him all the baptismal pictures and I felt it was a little too quick
to invite. Then I felt it again. And so did Elder Hatch. And Elder Hatch was
talking at the time and he started to invite him to be baptized. And he
accepted! It was so awesome and the spirit was very strong. Soo cool!!
We had interviews with President Teh this week and that is
always great. I felt the spirit very strong the whole time and I am so grateful
for him and his wisdom. We also had a Zone training meeting but there wasn't
much training that happened... kind of a waste of time..
But all is well here! Life is good!!
I love you all so much!
Love
Elder Anderson
Eating some fried rice with Elder Hatch. I think he was
going for the Darth Sidious look
the best drink in all
of Taiwan. It tastes like melted gummy bears. no joke
All the Kaysville
boys playing basketball! Elder Barker, me, Elder Jones and Elder Cook
We all got super 帥 ties that say families are forever
