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!