First I want to start my email by giving a shout out to the awesome members of our branch. Because first of all on Pday we went to 高美濕地 (tall beautiful wetlands). On our way there Elder Chen ran over a nail and his tire went completely flat. But us being the very resourceful missionaries that we are thought we could use a 任何成功都不能彌補家庭的失敗 (No success can compensate for failure in the home) sticker. Well that did not actually work, so we called our branch president. But most of the members were at some biking activity, but he called our Elders Quorum president who just immediately came and brought us a new bike and went and took Elder Chen's to go get fixed... so awesome. Then we ate dinner at a members house on Cinco de Mayo and she made us Mexican food... in Taiwan. And she didn't have time to go to Costco to but tortillas so she just handmade them. Then on Sunday we had an activity and she made orange chicken... like Panda Express orange chicken. So clutch.
Now I have a story to tell which will explain our finding efforts this week. So we had just finished our studies and we had about 10 minutes to contact before dinner. So we made a goal to get one add (someone to set up with us). So we walked around and talked to people, but after the 10 minutes we didn't find anybody, so we walked back to our bikes. When we got back to our bikes, somebody had left and advertisement in Elder Huang's bike basket (which happened to be of golden color). Then Elder Huang turns to me and says "We got our golden AD". haha yeah but it has been pretty hard to find people lately. We did meet this one lady and we had an awesome lesson with her, but she does not live in our area.
Rose-fel and Aldrine are still doing great and are preparing to be baptized in a couple of weeks. Mrs. Huang has had to cancel two weeks in a row and she couldn't come to church yesterday because her family had planned a mothers day activity, but she is still reading the Book of Mormon and praying everyday so we are praying that she can meet with us this week.
I read these 2 scriptures in Hebrews 12:6,11 and they really stuck out to me. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
I don't think there is one person that ever thinks trials are fun. But the Lord gives us these trials because he loves us and he wants us to grow. And if we endure these trials faithfully, then the blessings will far outweigh the trial itself. I especially like this because this week we talked to somebody who just could not except our message because he knew of a lot of bad people that he felt needed to receive punishment of some sort. So he would only accept our message if they received punishment. And that got me thinking about life and how sometimes things aren't fair. Then I thought about how life isn't supposed to be fair, and it will never be fair. But because of the knowledge that we have of the Plan of Salvation, we can have joy through trials, and one day we can rest from all of our trials and everything will be made fair.
Well I love you all and I am happy to see my family next week!
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博長老 Elder Bosco
Taiwan Taichung Mission 16-18
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