This week was crazy. Or rather week and a half. We found out just a few days ago the Elder S. is leaving us-- he's becoming Assistant to the President-- obviously because he's a super good missionary. We like having him as our district leader so we'll miss him. He really cares about us and our investigators-- so it'll be hard to replace him.
Update on the family we were teaching. So sad. I guess after we left our last lesson-- the daughter who is 13 asked her mom is she could join the church and her parents were not happy. They said she didn't have enough information and so she wasn't allowed and we can't go visit her anymore because they don't want us to teach her the gospel. They're okay if we visit-- but they don't want us to share the gospel. So we can't go-- plus with the recent boundary changes we can't bike down to their house anyway. So sad. We talked to her on the phone for a half hour and encouraged her to keep reading the Book of Mormon and to pray daily. She said her parents said she's not allowed to think about joining our church until she's twenty. So she said she'll start preparing now. She's a sweet girl. I hope I can keep in touch with her well.
Also this past week we found this awesome girl to teach. We met her on the street while she was heading home and talked to her a little about the Book of Mormon. She was willing to meet with us later that week. As it turns out, she lives in our apartment complex. HOW COOL IS THAT! So we met with her again on Saturday and taught her about the restoration. She is such a sweetheart. I just love her. And on Sunday she came to church. Then we met her after church and taught the plan of salvation. She's getting baptized on March 1. (: She's a super cute.
OH ALSO THE WEATHER HAS BE GORGEOUS RECENTLY! I think people are way happier in the sun-- aka we've been a lot happier too. Taiwan is beautiful.
Okay so we found out last Friday at a big meeting how our area has been split. As it turns out we're gonna start teaching about 10 of the elder's investigators. It's crazy. And now we teach boys. Speaking of boys-- we've started teaching this boy-- P. He's about 15. He's super cool. But I want to ask my brothers-- what helps you develop a testimony of the gospel? We want to know what we can do to help this kid know this is true. He's a really cool kid.
Also we're teaching a grandpa and his two grandkids. The little boy is the CUTEST. He's 8 years old. Elder S. was teaching them before the area changes-- and now we are teaching them. The little boy asked us why "long nose" never comes anymore. He said next time we visit we need to bring "long nose." I was so confused--- and then grandpa explained that Elder S. is long nose. SO HILARIOUS! The little boy also said that my family needs to move to Taiwan and go have a sleepover with him. So cute!
Also-- this guy pulled me over on my bike and gave me a bag of candy and his card with his phone number... I guess he's expecting me to call? SO WEIRD. Maybe my companion will call and offer him the gospel. Lol.
Also we met this girl who is about to graduate from high school and taught her about the restoration. She's adorable. And she's gonna get baptized. My hands are getting tired so I'm not gonna type the whole story. She's super great though.
Okay last story. The other night we were on the street contacting (aka being rejected a lot that night). And then this man came up to us and was like "I need a church. Where is your church?!" We were super excited. And then he asked if we could pray for him because his wife likes to worship idols and he doesn't like idols and so they are having some family problems. So we said we could pray for him. Then he looked at us really closely (too closely really) and was like "wow you two are really really healthy! Why are you so healthy?" So we were like uhhh can we just pray with you. He said okay so we went to pray and suddenly he jumped back a foot and made a REALLY bizarre noise. Then he told us the the spirit inside him knows us and doesn't like us. Then he kept stepping closer and jumping back. So weird. It was really awkward. Then this kid who has met missionaries before came and talked to us for a second before leaving. We talked to the man on the street for another second and then felt like we shouldn't say so we just left. It was a weird experience. I didn't really do it justice. I'm a bad writer. But it was bizarre.
I LOVE YOU ALL! MAKE GOOD CHOICES!!
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