Tales in Taiwan : Week #92

好久不見! Just kidding but seriously time is just flying by so fast. It seems like I am writing these emails every other day.

Last Pday we went to the beach and just played some games so it was pretty chill.

Also Elder Bethers and I walked into this super nice watch store because he was wearing a fake Audemars watch. There was a lady who was born in Canada and her dad owned the place so she was showing us around, and we were just walking around acting like we belonged. They totally loved us and thought we were super rich. As we were about to leave she told us that in a month or two they would be having a release party at a 5 star hotel and she might be able to get us invited. haha it was pretty funny.

So last week we decided to go to this pretty far area called 山上 (which means "on top of the mountain"). There are not many people there but there was a less active member and neither of us had ever been so we decided to check it out. We didn't end up finding the less active member but we did find to people who said we could come back the next week. so fast forward to Tuesday we meet with both of these families. The first family (Lee family) are pretty cool. The husband was baptized into some random church when he was a kid, but doesn't really have a specific religion. and the wife is Buddhist. We had a good first lesson about God and prayer and they seemed to accept it pretty well. They set up again for this next Wednesday. Then the next family (Lin family) was super cool. They were in their 30s and had two super cute little kids. They both had traditional beliefs but no special feelings towards it. The husband said he prayed once and because his prayer wasn't answered he just felt God didn't exist. We had a great lesson in which we just did some How To Begin Teaching and talked about God and prayer. They both seemed to accept it well and committed to pray to know if God exists. Then they set up again for two days later. They seemed like they had a ton of potential, but then the next day the wife texted us saying that she felt that our message didn't suit her and her needs at that point... so that was super dissapointing.

We were able to meet with Jesse and Sally again this week. On Tuesday we read the Book of Mormon with them after English class, and then on Wednesday had a very powerful lesson about the Restoration. The Spirit was really strong in the lesson and we committed them to read and pray about the Book of Mormon. But since meeting with them it has been hard to follow up with them. So keep praying that they will be able to keep their commitments!

This week we went to go visit Brother Liang, the less active member we are working with. But a couple of minutes after sitting down his dad came into the house and kicked us out. He has to live with his dad because of his current lack of physical capabilities. But the good news is that he still came to church this Sunday and we are going meet with him again this week, just at a different place.

Super cool miracle happened this Saturday. We biked for a little ways in the middle of nowhere to find this LA. And first of all thank goodness for Google maps. Second of all he was actually there, which is a miracle because it was his parents address and he had just stopped there on his way back from GaoXiong. So we actually got to serve them and help move some stuff, then he took us out to lunch so we were able to talk to him then and hopefully we can set up with him this week.

A scripture that I studies this week that really stood out to me is Mosiah 4:19. I love when he says "For behold, are we not all beggars". The mission has taught me in so many ways about humility. I have come to realize just how dependant we are on the Lord. As we truly humble ourselves and give thanks to the Lord for all of the blessings we receive our hearts will always be filled with joy! Have a great week!