3/22/2015 - God is good

親愛的家人，朋友，所愛的人大家好！ 

The week was great! It was filled with service, love, fun, hard work and happiness beyond belief. I can't help but feel so blessed by the Lord every single day of my life. I have nothing to complain about. I have received blessings upon blessings and have seen miracle after miracle. It makes life worth living and makes the mission worth serving. I love the Lord so much and I love the Taiwanese people so much. I will miss the people the most when I leave. The relationships I have made on my mission are for eternity and I will never be able to forget the happiness that I have felt as I have made some of the best friends I have ever had. The Lord knows us all and sends us to the places that He knows is right for us and for the people that we serve. 

We are working out hardest to leave our area better than when we came to it and I think we are doing a great job. We do not have many investigators but we are seeing miracles in our Recent converts and less active members. A family that we have been visiting for the past 6 months has now come to church 2 times in a row and the little 9 year old boy is getting baptized next week. The family has been welcomed back with open arms and the kids are loving primary. We will be visiting them again tonight and helping the son continue to prepare for baptism. I am so grateful for the tender mercy the Lord has given to my companion and I at the tail end of our mission. It will be wonderful seeing him be baptized. 

We performed a puppet show for over 200 kids at an elementary school this week. It was really fun! The puppet show was on hygiene and the message actually sunk in well with the kids. Sister wu did a wonderful job at getting all of the kids involved. She is a total teaching rockstar. It does help that she was teacher for 4 years before her mission. :) Doing service is a blast and it brings me so much joy. There were a bunch of roadblocks we encountered along the way trying to get this service set up but at the last moment everything worked out. Amazing how that happens for us missionaries.

I went on exchanges with Elder Greenhalgh and Elder Tsai this week. It was pretty great being with an old companion and a good friend. Elder Greenhalgh is a great missionary and a great example to everyone around him. I really admire his desire to do missionary work for the right reasons. It was wonderful seeing their miracle family get baptized this weekend. Elder Tsai is also doing okay. I think everyone that serves with him has some problems. They really get an opportunity to love and be patient. Elder Tsai has great desires but sometimes his emotions get a little in the way of his relationships and the work. I know the mission has helped him so much though! Luzhou area is definitely improving with him and Elder Love serving there. Missionary work is so great! 

I'm doing my best to focus and do it right till the flight. It has been going great. Even though my companion and I go home at the same time we still just have the biggest motivation to leave it all out on the field. It is working and we are being blessed because of it.  I am so grateful that I was able to end the mission with one of the greatest friends I've made on my mission. It is also pretty cool to be the only zone leaders to have killed each other. ;) 

我愛你們每一位！ 

毛長老Elder Meeks

3/16/2015 - 26 days, but who's counting

My MTC comp sent me this picture today. We live about 4 hours away from each other but you can tell we're both thinking the same thing. :) haha All in good fun. We're still working our cans off. :) 

Hey all you beautiful people! 

I can say that I am pretty focused right now which is surprising many, especially myself! I am really just happy to be here on my mission. It has been an experience that I would not trade for anything else. The people that I have met, the ones that I've helped, the ones that I couldn't, the sad and happy experiences, etc. all made me into the man I am today. It makes me so happy to know that I have a God who loves me enough to allow me to serve this wonderful mission. I truly believe that when we lose ourselves we find ourselves. I've spent a majority (not all) of the past two years trying to care about others more than myself and have really felt how I have benefited from that. 

Our investigator situation at the present is pretty low but we have two people who we believe are going to be baptized this or next month. One is a son of a less active woman named Sister Jiang. I have met with her consistently over the past 6 months that I have served her and she has never come to church. This last week she came!!! Finally! We were so happy that she decided to make the decision to come back. She is super excited about it and her 4 children had a great time. We are going to be able to help her son get baptized most likely at the beginning of next month. He is a great little kid who already really believes and relies on God. He is wonderful. 

Paul is progressing slowly but surely. It is kind of do or die for him at this point though. He has had plenty of time and opportunity to make some decisions to bring him closer to his decision of being baptized but hasn't really taken advantage of all of them. I think that if he will make the decision he will receive the witness. I was reading a talk by Elder Oaks this morning about revelation and he pointed out that most of the revelation we receive is on the move. We can't expect to ask, sit down, ponder for a while and then receive. We have to first act and then God will confirm our actions. Most of the time. :) There are so many examples of this in the scriptures and many in Doctrine and Covenants. 

I went on exchanges with Elder Karlindsey this week. He is a solid guy. On our exchange he really wanted me to take notice of the things I felt like he could improve on in his missionary work and we set some awesome goals together. He really believes he is teaching the gospel well. But that sometimes he gets so caught up in teaching he misses the mark in loving the people. Which is the most important part. He had noticed this in himself recently and so we talked about ways that we can make sure that we are loving the people that we are meeting with. It was a very enlightening conversation and I know that he will, if he changes some of these habits, become an incredible missionary. Super happy to have him in our zone as a district leader. He is doing a great job training and leading. 

I have seen so many miracles in the past little while. I have seen so many friends from before my mission start to return to their faith. I have seen so many changes in myself and others. All of these things point to the fact that there is a God who loves and cares for each and every one of us. He truly does. As I do things that are righteous I feel the Spirit in my life stronger and stronger. This prompts me to want to continue to make right decisions thereby keeping that Spirit with me constantly. I truly believe that God loves each and every one of us. This gospel just makes me so happy. 

I'm ready for another week. It'll be great. Ready for the challenges that lay ahead and ready to tackle them. 

Keep it real, Keep it Chill, and LOVE THE LORD! Things will work out. :) 

Elder Meeks 

3/8/2015 - Having a Blast

Hey everyone! 

We are continuing to see so many miracles! My comp and I are old missionaries but that hasn't stopped us from continuing to work as hard as we can to do what we can to bring people to come unto Christ. We have what we believe to be really inspired goals for our zone for this transfer. We hope that we can Awaken the Force in our zone and bring that fire back into the lives of some of our missionaries. There are so many talented and great missionaries in our zone and we see the potential that can be achieved. During our zone meeting tomorrow we will be focusing on diligence, hard work, and faith. Our zone is going to see miracles this transfer. 

I went on exchanges with Elder Nixon this week. He is a great missionary. He's not letting his two broken arms slow him down. He tore it up down in Xinzhu and has definitely brought some of that fire to Sanchong. They are already improving and they get along so well! They really love each other a lot and believe God has put them there for a reason. I think we will rapidly see change in their area. Elder Nixon has many natural talents and abilities. He is a natural teacher and his Chinese is really good for being a somewhat young missionary. He has many great leadership qualities and I respect him a lot. 

Our area is continuing on. We are working closely with all of our recent converts and less active members. They are progressing! Two of the RC's passed the sacrament and attended the temple for the first time this week. We had 5 new members that have been baptized since January go to the temple together last Thursday! Jinhua ward is seeing tons of miracles! 

The coolest miracle this week was while we were finding last night. We were contacting on the street and we noticed a couple taking some pictures so we figured they were tourists. They were a Filipino couple that had just moved to Taiwan a couple days before. They are a very devote Catholic family that was just incredibly dedicated to living a life that God would be proud of. I was so edified by the Spirit that they gave off. Speaking in English is so much more powerful for me. It was also really cool because after we talked and exchanged information we parted ways. Right after we left I had this really strong feeling to run back and say a prayer with them. We did and they were so grateful. They really were just the nicest couple. We are hoping we get to meet up with them! I admire and respect people who are devout in their religions and just respect and love God! 

I love my mission and I'm working hard! 

Love ya'll!

Elder Meeks

3/2/2015 - Hey Family

Hey loved ones!

This week went really well. I am super happy that I got excited to BYU. We saw some miracles this week and we are continuing to work really hard. I am really really happy that I am staying with Elder McKay in Jinhua Ward. I was really afraid that I would end up moving for my last transfer but I received a big tender mercy and was allowed to stay here. I feel like I still have a work to do in this ward and I know that because I am staying here I will be able to work as hard as I can. 

Paul is continuing to progress. We had a huge breakthrough in the last lesson we had with him. He was just not getting it for a long while and I just was at a crossroads. When we started talking it was just a super natural conversation. I was really just trying to listen to the Spirit to discern what his needs were. I felt impressed to talk to him about the purpose of life and shared Alma with him. I don't know why but it just really made sense to him this time. He all of a sudden just said, I don't know why but I just have this huge desire to go to the Celestial kingdom!" It was really really cool. The Spirit hit me super strong and it was confirmed to me that he is going to get baptized. My testimony was so strengthened from this experience and I know that God is working on him. He's gonna make it! 

We are really trying to focus on just loving the people and loving our zone members. I am loving being a missionary. I am close to finishing the Doctrine and Covenants and finishing the Book of Mormon in Chinese. God is continuing to let us see miracles and we are fervently seeking them. I really do love being a missionary and I am going to hoe to the end of the roe. 

Keep loving each other and finding opportunities to serve.

Love,

Elder Meeks

2/22/2015 - Happy Chinese New Year

Hey everyone,

This week went fine. We had a lot of members feed us and had some great time to meet with RCLA members. I see the Lord's hand in my life daily and strive to have the Spirit with me. I am imperfect so it is frustrating when I do things that cause me to not have the Spirit. I'm trying everyday to get a little bit better at these things though. 

We didn't get a chance to meet with any of our investigators this week because of the new year but that's okay. We stayed in contact with them and tried to encourage them to keep commitments. We really believe we will see a lot of success in this next month. We have found two investigators for the month of February and both are above 80% to get baptized. Paul is also going to be getting baptized in the next couple of weeks. We are so happy for them. 

I have 47 days left of my mission. I'm really really excited to come home. I love Taiwan and I love America. I love America more because it is my homeland though. I have so many wonderful things waiting for me in the next 6 weeks but so many more wonderful things in the next few years. The last two years have prepared me so much more for my future and I know it is only because of God's mercy and love that I was able to make it here. I love the Lord so much. 

Keep smiling everybody! Do something nice for somebody this week. 

Elder Meeks

Zoo

2/15/2015 - Wonderful Week - Baptism

Sister Zhang getting baptized! :) 

My son and I doing some service together. It was great fun! 

My comp and I downed a ten bucket of KFC. So great! 

This is my recent convert and his family going through the temple together!!! It was so amazing!!! 

Friends and Fam!

Sister Zhang got baptized! It was a wonderful service with a great turnout from the ward! I believe Sister Zhang really felt the love of the members and had her faith increased. She will need some sincere care during the next few months and while I am here I will do my best to make sure that happens.

I am so grateful to God for all of the wonderful blessings he has given to me especially as I have served in this area. I have tried harder here then I have my whole mission combined and have certainly seen the results. I have grown to love so many people in this area and have made lifelong friends. My RC's Sister Chen, Brother Wu, and Sister Zhang will be forever etched into my heart. There are three others who we are working with who are also really close to being able to be baptized! 

Yesterday morning Paul, an amazing investigator, texted us and thanked us so much for teaching him the gospel. He hasn't smoked for two weeks now! If we met with him this week we will review the baptismal interview questions and see if he is ready! He might still need some time but if he gets baptized it will be on eof the greatest miracles I've ever seen. But if he doesn't it still is a miracle because he has improved the quality and happiness of his life and to me that is a huge success and a major reason why I came on my mission. 

Sharon is a new and Golden investigator. She is a Christian but is looking for something a little more than what she knows right now. She is a flight attendant so her work schedule is a little crazy but she set a baptismal date for Mar. 21st. She has a huge desire to know if the restored gospel is true. 

Claire is also amazing. She is in the "I just want to understand" stage but she has already read through 1st Nephi and is really enjoying the BOM. She set a baptismal goal for the 21st as well. I really hope that I stay in this area so I am able to see all the success that is going to occur! 

I got to see my Recent Convert Brother Zhang go through the temple with his family this week. It was definitely the highlight of my entire mission. He has changed so much and has become a real father figure and great husband. He was so happy and his wife was even happier. I will send you some pictures. I definitely believe that families are forever!!! I love my family so freakin much!!! 

Love you all and have a wonderful week!

Elder Meeks

2/8/2015 - Saturday will be a great day.

The first picture is me with nearly my whole generation from the MTC. The second is Sister Chen before her baptism!!! :) 

Greetings loved ones!

The past week was pretty amazing to be honest. We had a big leadership raining meeting in which we received a lot of training on how to better train the missionaries that are under our stewardship. I had the chance to translate the whole first day of the training which was an awese opportunity to test some of my Chinese skills. Stressful but exciting. One of the elders did a training using lots of statistics and math so that was a total fail for me but other than that it went pretty well. 

Lately I've been starting to trust my priesthood leaders a litle more. It's about time. I'm rying to humble myself and just believe that God is inspiring them in their callings. This has been a real struggle for me over the past 5 years or so but as I've been puting more faith in God and trying my best to do my part I have felt Him softening my heart and opening up my mind. 

I really missed home this week for some reason. I'm so excitied to finish my mission and go back to America. It's an odd feeling because I also am loving my mission more than I ever have before as well. I'm glad that I got to this point. I honestly believed for a long time that it would never come. Seeing the change in myself and in the people who I've been working with have made me realize the importance of missionary work and especially my mission experience. If I never came on my mission I would've had no way of becoming who I am now. 

Sister Gin is doing amazing. She was baptized this last saturday. It was a wonderful service and nearly 20 ward members attended. I was so happy about that. She felt bery welcomed and very happy that she is now apart of the "big ward family". She feels like her life has really taken a turn for the better. She still has many challenges ahead of her in the future but she'll be able to overcome them because she has faith in Christ. I love his woman so much and I know she is one of the reasons I was sent here to Taiwan. 

I've been pondering about the principle of how God sends us halfway across the world to comfort a little old lady who is suffering. That isn't coincidence that I just randomly came across her on the street. I can't believe it is only coincidence. I know God put my comp and I there for a reason that day on the street. She needed the gospel and we needed a miracle. I didn't do anything but love her and the Spirit of God did he rest. 

Paul is also making progress. He is reading his scriptures, cooming to church, and praying. He is slowly turning from being an agnostic to a believer. He has also quit smoking! He is taking all the right steps in the right directions but still has some work to do. The Spirit is working on him and he is feeling it more often and stronger in his life. We are hoping he will be baptized on the 28th of this month. Miracles do occur!

Sister Zhang is getting baptized this Saturday most likely! We will be for sure tonight. She is progressing and doing well. We are super happy for her and all the work she has put in to receiving her personal testimony.

THE BEST NEWS OF ALL! My recent convert from my first area Brother zhang contacted me and told me that his wife and his two sons will be sealed this Saturday afternoon. I can't even contain how happy I am about it. I really know that God is so happy with their decision. I'm so blessed to have been apart of his conversion experience but I fully recognize that it was all God and his wife. He really loves his family and Forever Families was definitely his hook. He has progressed in the gospel in the last year so much! I haven't seen him for nearly a year but he still wanted me to come to his sealing. It made me so happy! AHHHHH I love the gospel so much! 

Sorry this one was long. I love you all. Serve one another. According to President Holland service is the way that we retain a remission of our sins. Go read his talk from last conference. It has changed my life. 

Peace and LOVE!

Elder Meeks. 

2/1/2015 - Summer in February - Baptism

Hey ya'll

We are continuing to see the success that is coming from hard work and just loving people plus God. Man I really love Taiwanese people. I really love the people that we are working with right now. I want to see them succeed so much. I've really been trying to pray for them in every prayer that I say and it has helped me focus so much more on their needs. 

Paul is just a total boss!!! I kinda tricked him into coming to church but it worked super well! Haha every time he comes to church he absolutely loves it. He'll skip a couple of weeks and forget that though. What we are working on with him is how action increases faith. He has been reading his scriptures diligently and really has felt a difference in his life. He already has stopped smoking as well. He is totally gonna get baptized at the end of the month. He already feels it is all true he just is concerned that he is not going to be able to endure to the end. His environment isn't the best but he has the desire and God has provided some great opportunities for him to change. I am so happy to see him progress. It is so cool because we have nothing to do it. WE're just the tour guides. The Spirit does the rest. 

Gin is getting baptized this Saturday! |she really is just a miracle. No other words to describe her. She is the first lady I have found and baptized and seeing her make some changes that were really hard for her has strengthened my faith so much. She is definitely on the pathway to eternal conversion because that's what this gospel is all about! My faith has been strengthened so much because of seeing her make these changes. I love this lady so much I can't wait to see her baptized!

Sister Zhang is also getting baptized! Next Saturday. She has definitely made the biggest changes. I just love being apart of the process of seeing people change. It brings me so much happiness and joy. I think that God made service feel so good so that we would continuously want to do it. I want to do service for the rest of my life because it is the only way that I feel satisfaction. We never know when we have done enough. Basically, if we ever think we have done enough we haven't yet made it. When Elder Holland came to our mission nearly a year ago he told us that we could rely on his testimony because he had given his entire life to God. It really inspired me to want to be like him. 

The mission life is great. This experience has changed my life for the better. If I wouldn't have come out I would be a very different person. I'm just grateful that God let me have this opportunity. He saved my life and used me to save others. It's a great feeling. :) 

Just love the people around you. Love the Lord. :)

Elder Meeks

2/1/2015 - Letter from the President

ASIA AREA PRIORITIES, VISION AND INVITATIONS

 

Some missionaries have requested that we provide the Asia Area Priorities, Vision and Invitations in both English and Chinese.  Here they are:	一些傳教士們要求我們把亞洲區域會長團的優先，遠景和邀請提供英文和中文的翻譯。這些翻譯如下：
Priorities	優先事項
•       Doctrine of Christ:  invite all to come unto the Father and the Son through faith, repentance, baptism, receiving the Holy Ghost and enduring with deepening lifelong conversion that they might receive eternal life	•       基督的教義：邀請所有的人，藉著信心、悔改、洗禮和接受聖靈恩賜，以及在終身的深化歸信中持守，歸向父與子，使他們得以獲得永生。
•       Hasten the Work of Salvation and Establish the Church:  strengthen families and Church through the Priesthood; bring the blessings of Melchizedek Priesthood and eternal covenants to fathers and families, quorums, investigators, new members, less-active members, and those searching online and in social media	•       加速救恩的事工並建立教會：透過聖職來鞏固家庭和教會；將麥基洗德聖職和永恆聖約的祝福帶給父親和家庭、定額組、慕道友、新成員、較不活躍的成員，以及在線上和社群媒體尋找的人。
•       This is Asia Area season to plant, nurture, and harvest.  In the coming 1-5 years, we seek to:	•       這是亞洲區域播種、栽培和收割的時機。在未來的一至五年內，我們要致力於：
1)      establish many strong new stakes of Zion 2)      extend blessings of Melchizedek Priesthood and ordinances of temple to all individuals and families 3)      further open and establish Church and improve spiritual and temporal self-reliance within families and the Area	1)      成立許多堅強的新錫安支聯會 2)      把麥基洗德聖職以及聖殿的祝福散播給所有的個人與家庭 3)      在我們的國家進一步開放和成立教會，並改進家中與區域內屬靈和屬世的自立。

 

Asia Area Vision / 亞洲區域願景
「終身歸信」 “Lifelong Conversion ”	「聖職教儀和聖約」 “Priesthood Ordinances and Covenants”	「建立祂的教會」 “His Church Established”
每日指標 •       訂立和遵守洗禮聖約 •       接受和使用適當的聖職 •       去傳教 •       持有聖殿推薦書並提交名字去做聖殿教儀 •           印證配偶和家庭	每季評量 •       歸信者洗禮 •          聖餐聚會出席人數 •       活躍的亞倫和麥基洗德聖職持有人 •       服務中的傳教士人數 •       配偶印證、接受恩道門成員持有有效聖殿推薦書、提交到聖殿的姓名	多年成果 •         忠信的個人 •         快樂且自立的家庭 •         合一的支會和分會 •         許多堅強的支聯會 •         忙碌的新聖殿
Daily Indicators •       Make and keep baptismal covenants •       Receive and use  appropriate priesthood •       Serve missions •       Hold temple recommend and submit names for temple ordinances •       Sealed to spouse/family	Quarterly Measures •       Convert baptisms •       Sacrament attendance •       Active Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthood holders •       Missionaries serving •       Spouses sealed, endowed members with temple recommend, and names submitted to temple	Multi-year Outcomes •       Faithful individuals •       Happy, self-reliant families •       Unified wards and branches •       Many strong stakes •       Busy new temples
教約84：106，108 D&C 84:106,108	教約84：19-23 D&C 84:19-23	教約84: 2, 4 D&C 84:2, 4

 

 

CHINESE NEW YEAR:

 

With today being February 1, we are all very aware that the Chinese New Year is quickly approaching.

 

Members will be very anxious to have missionaries come to their home to enjoy chingke’s during this important Chinese holiday. 

 

Missionaries are permitted to attend meals with members of their ward at any time during the days of the Chinese New Year even if the members live outside of their proselyting areas without the need of requesting additional permission.  Missionaries are not permitted to attend meals outside of their ward boundaries without additional permission.

 

You have already received training on what you should do during the Chinese New Year to maximize your finding and teaching opportunities.  Make sure that you follow your training.  Let this holiday celebration be the best finding week of your entire year so far.

 

 

QUOTABLES:

 

“我真的感受到當我運用聖經和摩爾門經一起教導時,真的可以感受到強大的聖靈!”

 

“PMG is like...a guide to missionary work! BUT truly. It's the secret key.”

 

“我越來越愛我的傳教”

 

"We also had a cool miracle while we were on facebook. We were using it at the church and I had a prompting to unlock the church door in case someone wanted to come in, then near the end of our facebook time, an old lady with her daughter walked in and the first thing she said to us was "我要加入你們的教會.“ We are excited, she then came to sacrament meeting "

"We have been working with families in the ward and have set mission plans with 12 or so families. "
"We had [XXX] scheduled for the 21st of February, but he said that was Guonian weekend, so we made a plan for him to get baptized on the 14th instead!"

“我們終於有慕道友要洗禮了!!!萬歲!!!!有信心有辦法!!!!!”

 

"We had a lot of success this week with less actives. Since we used the ward mission process in last ward council we've had a lot of new less actives to visit, we have the biggest RCLA teaching pool I have had on my mission thus far and their not just "Eternal" less actives but a lot of them have real desire and intentions to return to church and will keep commitments."

“我相信每件事都是在神的旨意下!”

 

"Meimei wants to be baptized too, at the beginning of our lesson she sat and cried and said "I want blessings from Heavenly Father, I want to be baptized!!!" We explained that she only has to wait until she's 8 because she is still too perfect to be baptized right now, she was only kind of appeased. It was heart melting."

" We started talking to a Mr. [XXX] and at first he was not very interested. As we talked simply and humbly about baptism he changes and became super interested. It was such an amazing experience and Elder Wu was super excited after we shared baptism. The spirit was super strong in that lesson. It was just great."

“我發現自己真的很感謝天父一直在傳教給我很多很多祝福”

 

"Planning works miracles."

"Attitude changes everything."

“最近很喜歡的經文在摩賽亞書28：3 當我們真正去思考每個人的救恩，我們真的去思考他們所遭遇到的事情，去思考去體驗他們的考驗，陪著他們一起度過，也去思考他們的永恆，我們一定可以真正的愛每個人，包括在路上的每個擦身而過的路人!!”

 

"Thank you for the temple day on Wednesday! I know where we want our investigators to go. :)"

"We realized why recently we have not had many investigators, or many lessons or just anything really in general. It is because we spend so much time out on the streets contacting really nice and cool people, get their phone numbers or give them Books of Mormon, and then don't do anything with it. What I mean is, we go out one day, contact, get lets say ten phone numbers, and then go and do it again the next day, and the next. Ha and never call them! So we realized this. It seems so obvious and simple, so we were kinda confused on why we hadn't been doing it! That is something that we are definitely going to start doing, is just "follow-up". "

“我們有5個人在教會聚會 也很很多的不積極成員在教會聚會”

 

"We were blessed to find 5 new investigators Monday and we know it 100% was not our doing. Our language is fairly bad, a lot of times it's hard for those we meet to understand... so why in the world do they meet with us, read the BOM, and try to pray? 100% God. ! It's interesting how when we show obedience and reach our goals, or at least try our absolute best, miracles really do just fall into our laps all the time! "

"奇蹟的洗禮會：所以，[XXX] 順利的接受了他的洗禮了！我們算了算他從遇到傳教士到洗禮的時間只有25天！"

"This week we worked really hard to get the 5/5/5 and we did it! "

"[W]e were able to get 7 investigators including their families and 3 less active members including a less active MEL priesthood holder to come to church. "

“生活中常常有可愛又有趣的事可以開心，要用愛的眼光看世界，首先從身邊的人做起。”

"where the mission invites come in. As we strive to live the mission invites and be worthy of our calling as missionaries, people WILL see us as angels. "

 

“我真的知道我們完全沒有做任何事情 . 是神做了這個事工 我們做的事情就是成為神的工具並且聆聽聖靈”

 

“One of our investigators, a really really busy lady who hasn't been able to come to church yet, took out her work calendar and marked off the days she can come to church and 2 days every week that she can meet with us until she gets baptized. This was an incredible improvement since at our first meeting, I wasn't actually sure how interested she was!”

"We were blessed to find 5 new investigators Monday and we know it 100% was not our doing. Our language is fairly bad, a lot of times it's hard for those we meet to understand... so why in the world do they meet with us, read the BOM, and try to pray? 100% God. "

"When you really love the people you serve, nothing else matters. All doubts, fears and inadequacies fall away because you love the people you are serving. It doesn't matter that my Chinese is awkward or bad. I speak to them because I love them and I know the only way to eternal happiness is through Christ. Christ can and will help these people I love more than I ever can. (In my opinion, this is what makes missionary work really worth it...)"

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Thank you all so much for your great efforts this last week.  Sister Day and I again enjoyed the Specialized Training with Taoyuan, East Taipei and West Taipei Zones this past week, and we look forward to finishing up our Specialized Training with the Hualien and TaiDong Zones in a combined training meeting in Hualien on Tuesday.

 

Have a great week.

 

Love,

 

President and Sister Day