Happy Easter

Hello Everyone!

 

I hope that everyone had a very Happy Easter! Its been interesting in Taiwan to celebrate Easter as it is almost non-existant here. Last night, I was thinking about this difference and started to ponder about the Savior and all that he has done for us no matter where we live in the world. I felt such a warm and calming feeling come over me as the Spirit testified to me of the life and divinity of the Son of God among men. He has lived for us and continues to live for us each day.

This week has been just great! The highlight of the week was the baptism of our investigator Sister Guan. It was a cloudy and rainy day, but our spirits were bright and high as we saw her enter into the waters of baptism to make a solemn covenant with her Father in Heaven. She was just so excited! It really brought a smile to my face.  Also, Remember how I told you that Sister Guan would call us and let us know how things were going? We have found another investigatot of the same such remarkable kind! His name is Brother Lu. Actually, my last companion and I ran into him about a month ago in front of McDonald's. I contacted him again about 2 weeks ago, but he was busy getting ready to return to Tai Cheng for the weekend. Last Monday, we were finishing up dinner and heading over to the church when we got a call from him. He told us that he was trying to find our church and wanted to meet with us that night. We ended up meeting with him and sharing a message about Heavenly Father and prayer. He just seemed so curious and interested in these things, the church and missionaries. He seemed to react well to what we shared with him that day but we weren't  totally sure until Saturday night, when he gave us another call to see what time church started the next day. He said that he would be there, and he was! He seemed to really like it and he had a lot of good questions. We are hoping to meet with him again this week! Its so great when the Lord brings the prepared people to us!

Last Monday, our Preparation Day, was another fun one. We were able to go hike Mount Shi Men. It was very pretty and the view from the top was quite pretty! We were able to find a small Buddhist temple and burial sight there which was so cool! I almost got lost on our way back down, but finally made it as we navigated our way through the trails to the karaoke singers that were situated near the trail head. Sounds weird, right? People here in Taiwan love karaoke so much that they have little huts in the mountains and the people go there to do it all the time. It was a lot of fun. 

This past week has been pretty great. Were doing well and are excited for another week of successful work!

I hope that you are all doing well at home and that you have a wonderful week!

Love you all,

Elder Bastian!