Week #59

 Well to start off let me just tell you about last Pday. So when we first got into the apartment, our fridge smelt really weird, but we didn't know why so we were just going to wait until pday to clean it. So when we took out the newspaper to start cleaning it, we discovered a thing of eggs. These eggs had been left in an unplugged fridge... for 6 weeks. So there were maggots everywhere, and it smelt soooooooo bad. But we got it all cleaned up, and now everything is good. We also went to Costco, and there was a member there that paid for the groceries of like 10 missionaries... so awesome.

   

On Wednesday we had a huge miracle. I pulled up to a guy at a street light and started talking to him (he was about 16). And while I was talking to him he told me that his friend was Christian. He said he didn't know what church, but he said that his friend couldn't drink tea (so I figured it was our church). Then he told me his friends name, and he was a member of our ward! So he set up with us to meet on Saturday. And when he came to meet with us, he brought another one of his friends. We had a really good lesson on the Restoration, and both of them were really willing to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it. So pray for them that they will receive there answer!

  

 Also the craziest thing happened on Thursday. We went to go teach an old investigator of the missionaries before us (her name is sister Liu), who is an art teacher. When we got to her house, one of her art students was there (probably like a 30 year old guy). And he seemed to know a lot of things about our church (so I just assumed that he was like an anti-mormon or something), cause he was like making jokes about different things. But anyways we are teaching this lady and her student is also pretty active in this lesson. And then I forgot what we were talking about, but she just turns to her student and says "can we just tell them". And then her student was like "cats out of the bad, I actually have the Melchizedek priesthood, and I was a Branch President in Poland, and the lady in this picture that I am drawing is my girlfriend that I just baptized about 1 year ago". It was the craziest thing. But the way he was talking made it sound like he might be LA or something so I don't really know. But her lesson went pretty well. She just doesn't understand why she needs an organized religion. Because all religions have imperfect people, that say imperfect things, and she feels like she can just follow Jesus on her own. 

   

Well I would just like to leave my testimony of how grateful I am for a loving Heavenly Father who knows all things. The mission is full of ups and downs. Setbacks come at you from every angle. But Heavenly Father knows what we need to go through, and if we trust in him and keep his commandments, his promises will all be fulfilled. And how grateful I am for a loving Savior who willingly took upon himself all of my pains and sorrows. During my mission I have learned a lot about using the Atonement as a source of strength. I love this gospel so much, and although the mission is often difficult, I am so grateful for every opportunity that I have to testify of Jesus Christ. 

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博長老 Elder Bosco

Taiwan Taichung Mission 16-18