Great Week

Hello Everyone!

 

It's Monday morning here in Taiwan. I hope you all had a great last week! My companion and I had a great week also! We were able to teach a lot of lessons and meet several new, cool people. The highlight of the week was on Thursday. That morning, my companion and I went out to find a referral that the sister missionaries had found a week before while tracting. We went to the man's house and were surprised to find 3 high school seniors there. They turned out to be the man's nephew and his friends.  We were able to sit down with them and teach them what we as missionaries are doing here in Taiwan. They all seemed to be pretty interested, especially one of them when we started to talk about the existence of God and how each of them can come to know for themselves that God is our loving Father in Heaven who wants to help us. He kept asking great questions which we were able to answer as we helped him better understand this principle. The sad part for me and my companion is that these high school boys all live up in Taipei and not here in Yuli! So, we won't be able to teach them, but we will send their contact information to the missionaries up there so that they can get a hold of them. I'm glad that these young men will have a chance to learn the gospel wherever they go!

This past week we were able to meet with the Rong Family again. We talked to them about about their baptismal date and the parents seem really excited! They understand that they will have to make some changes in their lives, but they truly have a desire to draw closer to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ through baptism. We went by on Friday night to visit really quickly and say hi, and we were able to talk to the father. He said that he and his family have started to read the Book of Mormon together as a family most nights! I was shocked - how cool!  In the previous lesson, I had shared with them how my family just read a little bit together each night.  They took this to heart and started doing it too. It has been a really sweet experience to see this family change as they begin to live the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Jesus's Christ's atonement truly provides the power for all of us to make changes in our life for the better. I'm excited to see how the family progresses and will keep you updated!

Today is our preparation day so we have until 6 in the evening to do what we want and then prepare for the coming week. My companion and I will take the train down to Taidong and Coastal City and spend the day with the elders there. Hopefully, we will be going to the beach also, which will be my first time since I have been in Taiwan, so I am super pumped!  I will make sure to take pictures for you guys to see.

Well, that about wraps it up for this week! I'm so thankful for all the prayers and support from each of you. I hope that everyone has a wonderful week!

Elder Bastian