Hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo everyoneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!
Man, this week was so good. So nuts. But so great. Saw some crazy miracles! It was so SICK! We found out if we're moving or not... Stay tuned.
Monday we went to the most beautiful place in the world. I'll send a picture. TAIWAN IS SO BEAUTIFUL! I'm so blessed to be here. Monday night we were biking home and I saw this kid. Walking his bike. I stopped to talk to him. His name was Sirius. Sirius Black de Sirius. haha. He is the coolest kid! He set a baptismal date on the street! Seriously happiest kid ever, he wants to follow Jesus Christ! SICK!
Tuesday was awesome. President and Sister Day came down to Taidong for the first time. To give you a little idea how far it is, 6+ hours on a train, and 1 hour on a plane... We're pretty far from Taipei. Haha. We all had interviews with President. I love him so much. Such an inspired man. For real. Brings the Spirit so strong. Then Elder Peterson and I got to get them lunch. We had no idea what to get them because Sister Day is a pretty picky eater. We decided on wraps (Of course, classic us). Guess what, she hated them. Haha. And we got Watermelon juice to drink. She wouldn't drink that because there were seeds in the bottom... Haha. She's such a sweetheart though. Really, she's my Mom of the mission. She told us all, if we ever had a bad day, and just need someone to talk to, to call her. She's great. Then we had District meeting. I love every person in this district. So much. This night a family took us out to dinner... Seafood. This was REAL seafood. Shrimp as big as my head, the kind where you have to rip off all the parts... Head, legs, crunchy stuff on it's back, everything. So yummy..... :/ And we ate some nicely peppered snail. Haha.
Wednesday was such a great day. Service, we picked up garbage in a parking lot for an hour. :) I was stoked about it, my companion wasn't. Haha. Then we had MM meeting with our mission leader at his restaurant. Such good food. They have this Watermelon drank. It is like you are eating a watermelon but it's already chewed for you... What? It's delicious. Then we had English Class. Probably the best English class yet. First we talked about the best thing that happened to them the past week. Then we talked about our childhood dreams. What we wanted to be when we grew up. So great. I told them I wanted to be a police officer. A sick one though. And I told them how when I was younger I just new I would be famous. I don't know for what, just famous. Then Song Said, "But Relyea, you are famous. We are all here because of your reputation. If you move, I won't come anymore." I love Song. Such a good guy. We're besties. After they told me what they wanted to be when they grew up, I went around and told them all how they did those things in some small way. It was such a good class.
Thursday before WPS we visited Wu dixiong. He was sleeping. He came out of his house in only his undies(super small boxers), and he peed in the water irrogation system. Haha. Then we met with him. Taught him the W.o.W. Talked about World of Warcraft. Just kidding, Word of Wisdom. It was so great. Then we had WPS... It was rough this week. I was so sleepy. But by the end it was good. This night we met with a Zeng Dixiong. He was super cool. He told us about his love for Japanese woman. Haha.
Friday was awesome, Elder Peterson went to Hualian on X-changes with the Zone Leaders. Elder Townsend was here with me. We met with Wu dixiong again and he had read the Word of Wisdom pamphlet 10 times!.... What. Haha. He told us he pretty much memorized it. So sick. Then we met with Hou Dixiong. My best friend. We were chillin in his little house eating some dragon fruit. His wife was eating some and he says in English, "She doesn't need that, she's already too fat." Hahaha. So funny because his wife doesn't speak a word of English. Haha. I hope you guys think this is at least a little funny. I laughed so hard. Best part of the day... KEVIN PASSED HIS BAPTISMAL INTERVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE'LL GET BAPTIZED ON SATURDAY WITH HIS BROTHER! So great.
Saturday, Kevin and Eric were baptized together. Happiest day of my life. I was so happy for them The whole time I wanted to cry. Haha. From Happiness.
I also found out I'm moving from Taidong. I'm sad but it will be good. I love YOU ALL!!!!
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
September 9
Dear People that I love a tooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnn!!!!!!
Ni haooooooooooo!!! This week was so good. So many good things happened. Missions are the best. :) For real.
Mundayeeee, last P-day was so nice. Had Chubway here for the first time. It sucked. Haha. I got the Honey oat bread. The oats were so hard I thought they were bones from the Chicken (that's the norm here. You'll be eating chicken, oh, huge bone). We ate under this Gazebo thing. It was beautiful. Then we watched Toy Story 3. So good. Then after our Branch President had us over for din din. Guess what we had........ Gali. Aka Curry. But guess again, I actually liked it. It was super duper mild, but tasted nice. I didn't want to throw up everything I had eaten the past 24 hours. They have this little boy who is 2. His name is Dede. Cutest kid I've ever met. At Church, he'll run up to you and grab your leg. Haha. Makes me want to have a little asian even more.
Tuesdee, we went to Yuli for a Zone Conference. After the Conference I stayed in Yuli with Elder Bowler. Yuli is the smallest area in the whole mission. Rice fields as green as the underbelly of a sea turtle as far as the eye can see. SO beautiful. The stars there are so good. We met this ahma. Aka grandma. And she had the oldest copy of the Book of Mormon I've ever seen. Half the cover page was gone. It was about 6 inches thick from water damage. I think it was the very first Chinese translated B.o.M. I should have taken a picture! But I didn't.... Sorry. I ate pigs blood... It was in my Hot and sour soup. It wasn't bad(I actually couldn't even taste it). Today Eric had his Baptismal interview.... and he PASSED!!! "I.... Passed. I'M GONNA GRADUATE!" Name that movie.
Wednesday, we tried visiting an Investigator. Wu dixiong, but he was at work. We visited a potential family that lives right by his house. They are so great. They are 3 lil kids in this family. One is 9, cutest little girl. She has super short hair, but is so adorable. and then two sons. One is 11 and the other is like 15. They are so great. I want them to accept the Gospel. So bad. The mom is the one who is missing one of her front teeth. She is a straight up sweet heart. Then we went and sang at the Hospital. I love this service. Sometimes it makes me super sad to see some of these people in so much pain, but I know singing some happy tunes makes them feel better. Then we had English class! This week we talked all about dreams. Turns out, Taiwanese people have super boring dreams. Not one of them has ever had a flying dream. We talked all about Lucid Dreaming, of course I talked about Thatch Batch. :) Talked about how crazy Deja vu is. Haha. That was funny. After I met with Eric. We talked about him getting the priesthood! Ah! It was so sweet!
Thursday, we had WPS. Usually WPS is 3 hours. This week it was almost 4, because President wants us to go through tons of questions for each of our investigators. It was really good though. Super productive. Then we got wraps. :) It is Lai Dixiong's birthday this day. The one who isn't a member but his whole family is. And Lai jiemei wanted us to do a musical thing at the birthday party. So we practiced with the Seesters. We got his cake then went to his house. Such a great family party. Before he blew out his candles he told us his two goals/wishes(I guess they tell you here). He said, "I want to quit smoking and join the Church." .................. It was so cool! His oldest daughter who is 16 started crying. SO, we're going to start meeting with him!!! How sick is that! He'll be baptized. I know it. When we did our musical guy, we sang Love at Home. Lai dixiong's two brother's were there. The WHOLE time we were singing they had their iPhones in our faces. Taking so many pictures. Haha. It was funny. One of his brother's freaking loved me. We're best friends. He said he's going to find me in America and we'll eat Steak. I think that's what he said. :/ He asked me for my facebook information. Haha.
Fridai, for lunch we just cleaned our apartment. I'm becoming quite the work horse these days. Cleaned for 55 minutes ate for 5. PB&J. Of course. Classic me. Then we went on exchanges with Nan taidong. South Taidong. I was with You Zhanglao. He's from Taizhong. Haha. He's great. We tried to visit my best friend Hou dixiong (the one with no teeth). But he wasn't home. Don't worry, we left a note. Last week, Hou dixiong found a huge bees nest in his yard (he has a huge yard, he pretty much lives in a jungle of beautiful plants). He picked up the bee hive and a huge swarm of Tiger Head bees came out and attacked him. He said about thirty bees were just going to town on his body. WHAT?! How crazy is that! He could have Died! But, thankfully, he didn't. Best part about this experience, he feels God saved him. And that God still has things for him to do here on earth. So cool. He's the best man. I love him. I'll get a better picture of us. :)
Saturday, I was still with You zhanglao and the first and we went and visited Gou dx. The best part of this day was the night time. We were just finding. We met this kid right outside of his house named Jin dixiong (English name Simon... Kath). He was SO COOL! Super duper Christian. His faith was crazy. But he moves to Gaoxiong for College today. But he's willing to meet with the missionaries there. Then on our way home we saw this beautiful family about to go into their house. We talked to the dad and the lil meimei (little sister). She was ADORABLE. So shy, everytime we would say hi she would put her head on her dad's chest. This family was great. And, I think they have interest. We'll see. Pray.
Sundae, was great. We had 5 investies at Church. That was a miracle. After church we met with Eric and Kevin and watched Finding Faith in Christ. It was so great. They will be baptized this Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so STOKED FOR THEM!!!!!!!!!!1
I LOVE YOU ALL! Seriously so much!
Ni haooooooooooo!!! This week was so good. So many good things happened. Missions are the best. :) For real.
Mundayeeee, last P-day was so nice. Had Chubway here for the first time. It sucked. Haha. I got the Honey oat bread. The oats were so hard I thought they were bones from the Chicken (that's the norm here. You'll be eating chicken, oh, huge bone). We ate under this Gazebo thing. It was beautiful. Then we watched Toy Story 3. So good. Then after our Branch President had us over for din din. Guess what we had........ Gali. Aka Curry. But guess again, I actually liked it. It was super duper mild, but tasted nice. I didn't want to throw up everything I had eaten the past 24 hours. They have this little boy who is 2. His name is Dede. Cutest kid I've ever met. At Church, he'll run up to you and grab your leg. Haha. Makes me want to have a little asian even more.
Tuesdee, we went to Yuli for a Zone Conference. After the Conference I stayed in Yuli with Elder Bowler. Yuli is the smallest area in the whole mission. Rice fields as green as the underbelly of a sea turtle as far as the eye can see. SO beautiful. The stars there are so good. We met this ahma. Aka grandma. And she had the oldest copy of the Book of Mormon I've ever seen. Half the cover page was gone. It was about 6 inches thick from water damage. I think it was the very first Chinese translated B.o.M. I should have taken a picture! But I didn't.... Sorry. I ate pigs blood... It was in my Hot and sour soup. It wasn't bad(I actually couldn't even taste it). Today Eric had his Baptismal interview.... and he PASSED!!! "I.... Passed. I'M GONNA GRADUATE!" Name that movie.
Wednesday, we tried visiting an Investigator. Wu dixiong, but he was at work. We visited a potential family that lives right by his house. They are so great. They are 3 lil kids in this family. One is 9, cutest little girl. She has super short hair, but is so adorable. and then two sons. One is 11 and the other is like 15. They are so great. I want them to accept the Gospel. So bad. The mom is the one who is missing one of her front teeth. She is a straight up sweet heart. Then we went and sang at the Hospital. I love this service. Sometimes it makes me super sad to see some of these people in so much pain, but I know singing some happy tunes makes them feel better. Then we had English class! This week we talked all about dreams. Turns out, Taiwanese people have super boring dreams. Not one of them has ever had a flying dream. We talked all about Lucid Dreaming, of course I talked about Thatch Batch. :) Talked about how crazy Deja vu is. Haha. That was funny. After I met with Eric. We talked about him getting the priesthood! Ah! It was so sweet!
Thursday, we had WPS. Usually WPS is 3 hours. This week it was almost 4, because President wants us to go through tons of questions for each of our investigators. It was really good though. Super productive. Then we got wraps. :) It is Lai Dixiong's birthday this day. The one who isn't a member but his whole family is. And Lai jiemei wanted us to do a musical thing at the birthday party. So we practiced with the Seesters. We got his cake then went to his house. Such a great family party. Before he blew out his candles he told us his two goals/wishes(I guess they tell you here). He said, "I want to quit smoking and join the Church." .................. It was so cool! His oldest daughter who is 16 started crying. SO, we're going to start meeting with him!!! How sick is that! He'll be baptized. I know it. When we did our musical guy, we sang Love at Home. Lai dixiong's two brother's were there. The WHOLE time we were singing they had their iPhones in our faces. Taking so many pictures. Haha. It was funny. One of his brother's freaking loved me. We're best friends. He said he's going to find me in America and we'll eat Steak. I think that's what he said. :/ He asked me for my facebook information. Haha.
Fridai, for lunch we just cleaned our apartment. I'm becoming quite the work horse these days. Cleaned for 55 minutes ate for 5. PB&J. Of course. Classic me. Then we went on exchanges with Nan taidong. South Taidong. I was with You Zhanglao. He's from Taizhong. Haha. He's great. We tried to visit my best friend Hou dixiong (the one with no teeth). But he wasn't home. Don't worry, we left a note. Last week, Hou dixiong found a huge bees nest in his yard (he has a huge yard, he pretty much lives in a jungle of beautiful plants). He picked up the bee hive and a huge swarm of Tiger Head bees came out and attacked him. He said about thirty bees were just going to town on his body. WHAT?! How crazy is that! He could have Died! But, thankfully, he didn't. Best part about this experience, he feels God saved him. And that God still has things for him to do here on earth. So cool. He's the best man. I love him. I'll get a better picture of us. :)
Saturday, I was still with You zhanglao and the first and we went and visited Gou dx. The best part of this day was the night time. We were just finding. We met this kid right outside of his house named Jin dixiong (English name Simon... Kath). He was SO COOL! Super duper Christian. His faith was crazy. But he moves to Gaoxiong for College today. But he's willing to meet with the missionaries there. Then on our way home we saw this beautiful family about to go into their house. We talked to the dad and the lil meimei (little sister). She was ADORABLE. So shy, everytime we would say hi she would put her head on her dad's chest. This family was great. And, I think they have interest. We'll see. Pray.
Sundae, was great. We had 5 investies at Church. That was a miracle. After church we met with Eric and Kevin and watched Finding Faith in Christ. It was so great. They will be baptized this Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so STOKED FOR THEM!!!!!!!!!!1
I LOVE YOU ALL! Seriously so much!
September 2
Hellooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
This week was nuts. So good. I literally can't believe how fast the time is going by. It is blowing my mind. Weeks feel like minutes. Haha.
Last monday we watched HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON! I was so stoked. It was so great. Being on a mission makes the simplest things better. Stupid jokes become super funny and good movies become the best movie you've ever seen in your life. It's pretty cool. Nothing really happened this night. We went tracting(knocking doors) and I realized it's just like trick-or-treating except we're giving the treat... The Gospel. :) Then we met with our investigator Yao dixiong. He's great. So flippin busy with work.
Tuesdee, I went to Yuli. It is pretty much the Vernal of Taiwan. There are no people. We would be riding our bikes on a street, not a single person on the road. So weird, because in Taidong, people are everywhere. The Elder who is there his name is Elder Liu aka Daniel. He hasn't even been baptized for a year, and he is a duanchuan. Which is just a member who is a temporary missionary. He is so cool. His testimony is amazing. Blows my mind. He's the one in the picture.
Wednesday, coming back to Taidong we took the wrong train. Haha. That was crazy. When we got back we had district meeting. Then we went to meet one of our investigators. He wasn't at his friends house where he usually is. We asked these Lil' Homies if they knew where he was, one said he would take us to where he was. Me and this lil guy raced on our bikes. Haha. He was a quick lil duffer. Our investie Wu dixiong was playin some B-ball. I got to show them how bad I am. But I made some 3's, so no worries. Thank you first two weeks in the MTC when I hadn't discovered Volleyball yet. Then we went and ate some fried rice at Didi's. The lady there is the biggest tianxin. She know's we can't drink tea, so she makes us a special drink everytime we go. She's so nice. Then we had English class... It was pretty boring this week. BUT, we read some sick stories. For example: The Parable of the Eagle. Look it up. It's SICK.
Thursday, we tried to meet with Guodx but he forgot. Had WPS. It wasn't too bad this week. Stayed awake the whole time which is always good. This night we met with the Elder's quorum president and his family. Had some more seafood pizza. Mmmmmmmmmmm. Super weird. Found out one has crab, shrimp, and squid. Haha. Delicious. They gave us a referral, one of their neighbors. Went and visited them, while Bi zhanglao was visiting them, I talked to this dad. He was super cool. Has two sons. He seemed super interested in our message. Then we met this little guy named Hank. He is sick. He's 9. We didn't ask for his number, then he was like, "here, i'll give you my dad's number." We were like... Sick.
Friday, I had my first dream in Chinese! We tried to meet with Guodx again but he forgot AGAIN. Our peike's family lives super close to Guodx's place. So he invited us to come and eat tons of food with him. The food was haihao(okay). Here they will just put whole pieces of chicken in soup. Skin, bone, errything. It's pretty gross. Then we went to Hualian. Which is a three hour train ride. It's not even half way to Taipei. That gives you an idea how far away from taipei we are. Haha. I love going to Hualian. Get to go on exchanges with my homie Eldah Wriaght! Ma Aussie frend! We slept at there house and stayed up SO late. Then guess what, the next morning had to get up at 5. Haha. That sucked. And we couldn't sleep on the train because we had to do studies... Worst thing trying to stay awake.
Saturday, we raked up some leaves today. And it was weird thinking in Utah it will be Fall soon. I love fall. Flanny skating weather. It's the BEST. We had tons of lessons today. We met with a Caidixiong and he was so cool. So happy. I invited to be baptized and I barely finished the invite when he said, "Yes!" I asked him why, and he said he feels like it's the right thing to do. He is already praying everyday! He's great. This day we went to a part member's house and did service for like an hour and a half. Cleaned outside their house. The dad is the only one in the family who isn't a member. And it was so awesome because he hasn't been willing to meet with the missionaries for over 6 months. They gave us din din. Ate some chicken stomach. It was so bad. So chewy... :/ We had a lesson with the family. This seriously was the best night. We were laughing the whole time. Haha. Such a cool experience. They had an 8 year old little girl. And her biggest wish is that her Dad can baptize her. She prays for her dad every single day. WHAT?! Can you think of a more innocent wish in the world? How cool would it be if we taught him until he got baptized. So cool.
Sundae, was a good day. When we got to church only one of our investigators was there. But after Sacrament started 3 more walked in. That was a miracle. We met with Eric after church (His brother Kevin didn't come), Eric is so close to baptism. Probably next week. He is so ready. Made a beautiful dinner this night. I'll send a picture. It was delicious. Then we went to go visit that Huang dixiong's family. They are SO great! But this time He wasn't as stoked on our message. I want to teach them so badly. Then we visited Hank and his family. Met his older sister named Mary. Talked to his dad, asked his dad if we could come back and visit his son. He said no. :( So sad. Hank and Mary are so cool. They said if we come back their dad might beat them. Sometimes I hate parents. Heavenly Father knows their situation. This night we met a man named Dragon Wildman. Haha. He speaks English, Spanish and of course Chinese. He was sick. Remember when I told you about Chuck? He is friends with Chuck.
I love you all so much! Thank you for all the love you give me. I'm so grateful for all of you! Know that I am so happy doing missionary work! I love talking to these people all day, everday! I love you! Have the best week of your lives!
This week was nuts. So good. I literally can't believe how fast the time is going by. It is blowing my mind. Weeks feel like minutes. Haha.
Last monday we watched HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON! I was so stoked. It was so great. Being on a mission makes the simplest things better. Stupid jokes become super funny and good movies become the best movie you've ever seen in your life. It's pretty cool. Nothing really happened this night. We went tracting(knocking doors) and I realized it's just like trick-or-treating except we're giving the treat... The Gospel. :) Then we met with our investigator Yao dixiong. He's great. So flippin busy with work.
Tuesdee, I went to Yuli. It is pretty much the Vernal of Taiwan. There are no people. We would be riding our bikes on a street, not a single person on the road. So weird, because in Taidong, people are everywhere. The Elder who is there his name is Elder Liu aka Daniel. He hasn't even been baptized for a year, and he is a duanchuan. Which is just a member who is a temporary missionary. He is so cool. His testimony is amazing. Blows my mind. He's the one in the picture.
Wednesday, coming back to Taidong we took the wrong train. Haha. That was crazy. When we got back we had district meeting. Then we went to meet one of our investigators. He wasn't at his friends house where he usually is. We asked these Lil' Homies if they knew where he was, one said he would take us to where he was. Me and this lil guy raced on our bikes. Haha. He was a quick lil duffer. Our investie Wu dixiong was playin some B-ball. I got to show them how bad I am. But I made some 3's, so no worries. Thank you first two weeks in the MTC when I hadn't discovered Volleyball yet. Then we went and ate some fried rice at Didi's. The lady there is the biggest tianxin. She know's we can't drink tea, so she makes us a special drink everytime we go. She's so nice. Then we had English class... It was pretty boring this week. BUT, we read some sick stories. For example: The Parable of the Eagle. Look it up. It's SICK.
Thursday, we tried to meet with Guodx but he forgot. Had WPS. It wasn't too bad this week. Stayed awake the whole time which is always good. This night we met with the Elder's quorum president and his family. Had some more seafood pizza. Mmmmmmmmmmm. Super weird. Found out one has crab, shrimp, and squid. Haha. Delicious. They gave us a referral, one of their neighbors. Went and visited them, while Bi zhanglao was visiting them, I talked to this dad. He was super cool. Has two sons. He seemed super interested in our message. Then we met this little guy named Hank. He is sick. He's 9. We didn't ask for his number, then he was like, "here, i'll give you my dad's number." We were like... Sick.
Friday, I had my first dream in Chinese! We tried to meet with Guodx again but he forgot AGAIN. Our peike's family lives super close to Guodx's place. So he invited us to come and eat tons of food with him. The food was haihao(okay). Here they will just put whole pieces of chicken in soup. Skin, bone, errything. It's pretty gross. Then we went to Hualian. Which is a three hour train ride. It's not even half way to Taipei. That gives you an idea how far away from taipei we are. Haha. I love going to Hualian. Get to go on exchanges with my homie Eldah Wriaght! Ma Aussie frend! We slept at there house and stayed up SO late. Then guess what, the next morning had to get up at 5. Haha. That sucked. And we couldn't sleep on the train because we had to do studies... Worst thing trying to stay awake.
Saturday, we raked up some leaves today. And it was weird thinking in Utah it will be Fall soon. I love fall. Flanny skating weather. It's the BEST. We had tons of lessons today. We met with a Caidixiong and he was so cool. So happy. I invited to be baptized and I barely finished the invite when he said, "Yes!" I asked him why, and he said he feels like it's the right thing to do. He is already praying everyday! He's great. This day we went to a part member's house and did service for like an hour and a half. Cleaned outside their house. The dad is the only one in the family who isn't a member. And it was so awesome because he hasn't been willing to meet with the missionaries for over 6 months. They gave us din din. Ate some chicken stomach. It was so bad. So chewy... :/ We had a lesson with the family. This seriously was the best night. We were laughing the whole time. Haha. Such a cool experience. They had an 8 year old little girl. And her biggest wish is that her Dad can baptize her. She prays for her dad every single day. WHAT?! Can you think of a more innocent wish in the world? How cool would it be if we taught him until he got baptized. So cool.
Sundae, was a good day. When we got to church only one of our investigators was there. But after Sacrament started 3 more walked in. That was a miracle. We met with Eric after church (His brother Kevin didn't come), Eric is so close to baptism. Probably next week. He is so ready. Made a beautiful dinner this night. I'll send a picture. It was delicious. Then we went to go visit that Huang dixiong's family. They are SO great! But this time He wasn't as stoked on our message. I want to teach them so badly. Then we visited Hank and his family. Met his older sister named Mary. Talked to his dad, asked his dad if we could come back and visit his son. He said no. :( So sad. Hank and Mary are so cool. They said if we come back their dad might beat them. Sometimes I hate parents. Heavenly Father knows their situation. This night we met a man named Dragon Wildman. Haha. He speaks English, Spanish and of course Chinese. He was sick. Remember when I told you about Chuck? He is friends with Chuck.
I love you all so much! Thank you for all the love you give me. I'm so grateful for all of you! Know that I am so happy doing missionary work! I love talking to these people all day, everday! I love you! Have the best week of your lives!
August 26th
Hellooooooooooo beautiful people!!!!!!!! This week was nuts. "the bathrooms here are nuts."
Munday, was sweet. We went to a waterfall. It was pretty sweeeeet. When we went shopping we met a man from Fance who is also a missionary. For an Indian Religion. He was pretty cool. His name is Mark. This night we ate dinner with Nian dx. He took us to this super nice Steak house. It was a 5 course meal. Haha. Whoa. Yep, Monday was kind of boring...
Toosdee, we had Diqu huiyi. District meeting. I love my whole discrict. They are all so great. Then I had to take a language assesment thing for the MTC so we had to find a computer with a microphone. We went to a member's music store, and he's got a recording studio above the store. Haha. It was way too nice for what I was doing. Haha. There were drums, Dad gitahs, mum gitahs, I wanted to play all of them... But I didn't. We met with one of our investigators Cai dixiong. He's a 13 year old and has ADD for sure. No doubt about it. Haha. His mom is super loud. When we were leaving she was giving us high 5's and when we would high five she would say, "Yesu ai ni!" Aka Jesus loves you. Haha. It was funny.
Wednesday, we went to Hualian for Zone Conference... That lasted 6 hours. But it was all super good. One of our Assistants knows Colby Relyea. At this Zone Conference I got to say a lil talk for about two minutes. I talked about the importance of the Spirit in everything we do in Missionary work. My homie Elder Wright talked wright(haha) before me and told such an awesome story about following the Spirit to find a family. He's one of my besties I've met here. We were in the MTC together. We also got mail, the thing about being in Taidong is it's the farthest place away from Taipei. It's as South as you can get. So mail is Rare. and so nice. :) On the way home we met this guy from Kentucky. He was super cool. He is here for a Buddhist Program and then he was just traveling around Taiwan. We chatted about religion (of course), and he asked such simple questions. Like, "why do you guys believe in God?" It was so cool to think about this question. It really strengthened my testimony telling him why I do believe in God. Then when we got back we had English class. :) Nothing really awesome happened. Ted asked a question, "what is the difference between precious and cherish?" So we got all into Verbs, nouns, adjectives, it was crazy. I pretty much just winged it, so I don't know how much I taught them is correct. Haha.
Thursday, in the morning we went and visited an investigator Guo dixiong. He is so cool. We talked all about families. And then we had WPS. Man, WPS was rough this week. Haha. First 15 minutes, I was almost out. BUT, I pulled through. Towards the middle I feel like I was in the state between sleep and consciousness, weird thing is, I was still talking. After we went and met with one of our new investigators, Wu dixiong. He is this 17 year old. Super happy, super cool. We talked about prophets. Then we went and ate wraps, classic us. We pretty much go everyday. All the ladies there know us. Haha. They're tianxin's. This day was a complete vegetarian day. We were on our way to 7 to make calls when President called us and told us to go home because of the Typhoon. Went home, cleaned my bathroom that I KNOW hadn't been cleaned in at least 5 years. Wiped up all the mold/pubes/spider webs/spiders. That was fun. Haha. It looks nice now.
Friday we went to Luye. Which is about 20 minutes away. And met with our two investigators that will probably be baptized in a week or two!!!!!!! Yeah!!!!! I'm stoked. They are two brothers. Eric and Kevin. They've only missed church once in 3 months. What. How cool is that. I love them. We talked about President Monson.
Saturday, we met with Nian dixiong. He is an interesting man. I think he's meeting with us because he doesn't have any friends, not because he wants to learn the Gospel. Which is sad. The Sister's had a baptism today! It was awesome. The baptismal font here can only fill up like 3 feet deep. Haha. So when He was baptizing her it was super awkward. First her foot came out, and then he didn't get her head all the way under, then finally he got her all the way under. After the baptism we watched the Joseph Smith movie with Eric and Kevin. It was hilarious in Chinese. Haha.
Sundae, Church was awesome. That Wu dixiong I mentioned earlier came to church with one of his homies. We met with them Before church and set baptismal dates with both of them. It was siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick. Okay. Yes, I'm almost out of time.
I love you all!!!!! So much. Go have the best week of your lives!
Love Elder Relyea.
Munday, was sweet. We went to a waterfall. It was pretty sweeeeet. When we went shopping we met a man from Fance who is also a missionary. For an Indian Religion. He was pretty cool. His name is Mark. This night we ate dinner with Nian dx. He took us to this super nice Steak house. It was a 5 course meal. Haha. Whoa. Yep, Monday was kind of boring...
Toosdee, we had Diqu huiyi. District meeting. I love my whole discrict. They are all so great. Then I had to take a language assesment thing for the MTC so we had to find a computer with a microphone. We went to a member's music store, and he's got a recording studio above the store. Haha. It was way too nice for what I was doing. Haha. There were drums, Dad gitahs, mum gitahs, I wanted to play all of them... But I didn't. We met with one of our investigators Cai dixiong. He's a 13 year old and has ADD for sure. No doubt about it. Haha. His mom is super loud. When we were leaving she was giving us high 5's and when we would high five she would say, "Yesu ai ni!" Aka Jesus loves you. Haha. It was funny.
Wednesday, we went to Hualian for Zone Conference... That lasted 6 hours. But it was all super good. One of our Assistants knows Colby Relyea. At this Zone Conference I got to say a lil talk for about two minutes. I talked about the importance of the Spirit in everything we do in Missionary work. My homie Elder Wright talked wright(haha) before me and told such an awesome story about following the Spirit to find a family. He's one of my besties I've met here. We were in the MTC together. We also got mail, the thing about being in Taidong is it's the farthest place away from Taipei. It's as South as you can get. So mail is Rare. and so nice. :) On the way home we met this guy from Kentucky. He was super cool. He is here for a Buddhist Program and then he was just traveling around Taiwan. We chatted about religion (of course), and he asked such simple questions. Like, "why do you guys believe in God?" It was so cool to think about this question. It really strengthened my testimony telling him why I do believe in God. Then when we got back we had English class. :) Nothing really awesome happened. Ted asked a question, "what is the difference between precious and cherish?" So we got all into Verbs, nouns, adjectives, it was crazy. I pretty much just winged it, so I don't know how much I taught them is correct. Haha.
Thursday, in the morning we went and visited an investigator Guo dixiong. He is so cool. We talked all about families. And then we had WPS. Man, WPS was rough this week. Haha. First 15 minutes, I was almost out. BUT, I pulled through. Towards the middle I feel like I was in the state between sleep and consciousness, weird thing is, I was still talking. After we went and met with one of our new investigators, Wu dixiong. He is this 17 year old. Super happy, super cool. We talked about prophets. Then we went and ate wraps, classic us. We pretty much go everyday. All the ladies there know us. Haha. They're tianxin's. This day was a complete vegetarian day. We were on our way to 7 to make calls when President called us and told us to go home because of the Typhoon. Went home, cleaned my bathroom that I KNOW hadn't been cleaned in at least 5 years. Wiped up all the mold/pubes/spider webs/spiders. That was fun. Haha. It looks nice now.
Friday we went to Luye. Which is about 20 minutes away. And met with our two investigators that will probably be baptized in a week or two!!!!!!! Yeah!!!!! I'm stoked. They are two brothers. Eric and Kevin. They've only missed church once in 3 months. What. How cool is that. I love them. We talked about President Monson.
Saturday, we met with Nian dixiong. He is an interesting man. I think he's meeting with us because he doesn't have any friends, not because he wants to learn the Gospel. Which is sad. The Sister's had a baptism today! It was awesome. The baptismal font here can only fill up like 3 feet deep. Haha. So when He was baptizing her it was super awkward. First her foot came out, and then he didn't get her head all the way under, then finally he got her all the way under. After the baptism we watched the Joseph Smith movie with Eric and Kevin. It was hilarious in Chinese. Haha.
Sundae, Church was awesome. That Wu dixiong I mentioned earlier came to church with one of his homies. We met with them Before church and set baptismal dates with both of them. It was siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick. Okay. Yes, I'm almost out of time.
I love you all!!!!! So much. Go have the best week of your lives!
Love Elder Relyea.
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