Yoyo Family and friends,
This week went by so fast! Elder Weng and I really wanted to do a good job so we made sure to really spend the time we needed to with our investigators and did better than we have the whole time we've been together. I can't believe that he is leaving this week! He's super excited and fighting the trunkiness. :) I'm super happy for him he has definitely been a hard working, fun, loving, and amazing missionary. I'm positive the Lord is super leased with what he has done.
I love the apartment "I'm in. I love the elders that live with us. Elder Mattson is probably the best missionary that is in our mission. He has this pure, sincere desire to spread the gospel to everyone! Works crazy hard too! Elder Nassman is one of the first Elders I feel like I can really relate to. He's seen a lot, done a lot and learned a lot. We've learned a ton as we have gotten to know each other better.
We truly have some miracles happening here in Miaoli. Honestly, IU don't want to leave this place for a long time. This is by far my favorite area that I have served in so far and no I have so much more work I need to do here! s
Our biggest miracle are two cousins named E--- and Z--. I don't know why but we have just really been able to connect with these two and they love coming to church and spending time with us. We are hoping we can help them prepare for baptism by the end of April. They both need the gospel so much.
Our second big miracle is a Z-- D--. He is a friend of a member in the ward. One of the nicest people ever! He also really loves church. We just need to teach him the commandments and he will be finished with the lessons. He really loves what he has learned so far and the youth are doing a great job of fellowshipping him. We think he will also be getting baptized in April.
Our third miracle is C-- D--. When he came to church he was dressed in his white shirt, looked happy, and hadn't smoked for a few days. He's really starting to make the effort. We had a lesson in Sunday school about temples and he expressed his desire to prepare for the temple. We also believe he will be able to be baptized in April.
We have 4 very promising investigators and we know that through faith, love and obedience we will help them to be able to take that first step towards a better, happier life.
One more miracle. Out of the 85 people that came to church on Sunday nearly 20 of those were because of the missionaries efforts. God is really blessing this miaoli Ward and the members are starting to see our efforts. we really hope they will begin to catch more of the fire of missionary work and that we can do more missionary work/finding through them.
I'm nearly finished reading the old testament. It has been so great coming to a better understanding of ancient prophets and God's interaction with them. I really am so grateful for the scriptures. Even though the old testament can be hard to understand I have learned things from it that I wouldn't have learned from another way. My goal this next transfer is to finisht he New testament and the Book of Mormon again.
My language skills are improving fastyer than they ever have. I can now basically read the Book of Mormon and have moved on to studying the Ensign in Chinese which is way more challenging. It is really helping me learn new words and better grammar though. I feel the Lord's influence in my studies and know that He wants me to succeed.
I have so much to be grateful for. Even though we weren't perfect this transfer because we continued to work hard and love we were blessed with the ability to bless the people that we needed to. I can't wait to see them get baptized in a month or so!!!
Elder Meeks
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