Well
this week was great! We started by going to TaiZhong by high speed train, which
was amazing! I got to see my old companion Elder White and some of my current
companion, Elder Cox's, recent converts,
and some members from TaiZhong that have become some of my best friends.
Elder Cox's Recent Converts
My friend, Chris Chen, from TaiZhong
On Tuesday we went on
exchanges. Elder Sims came to Taibao with me and did Brother Wu's baptismal
interview... He passed!!! He wanted to be baptized as soon as possible. We said
it would be probably be at least a week but he said this Saturday, so we made
it work and he was baptized by his brother-in-law on Saturday.
Our Crazy District
Wednesday I saw something
that made me laugh. My sweet Grandma Jensen used to joke about riding her
motorized scooter to Oregon to visit her son (my grandpa). The people of Taiwan
are living Grandma's dream. They ride these scooters down the highway... It is
very dangerous but it always makes me smile because they are really doing what
grandma would always talked about doing.
Thursday we did service
and wrapped Christmas candy into little bags to use as invitations to our
branch Christmas party. We also set up a Christmas tree in the church. It was
fun to tell the stories of Christmas to the members there. They don't really
celebrate Christmas in Taiwan so they are like little kids when they hear about
all the ways we celebrate Christmas in the States.
Friday we had to scrub
clean the baptismal font because it is outside. It is basically just a box on
the side of the chapel. We enjoyed the chance to do some manual labor. We don't
get to do much manual labor or service because the people of Taiwan are too proud to let a
white foreigner help them.
Scrubbing the Baptismal Font
Saturday was the baptismal
service, Brother Wu, who is about 65 years old but he seemed to be like an 8
year old child to me. He was so happy. It was an amazing to see Brother Wu, a man who was so difficult and stubborn be baptized in such a miraculous way. Two weeks ago we thought he wouldn't go through with being baptized and then he had a change of heart and seems to be completely different from the man I knew. I played the violin at the service... as usual. I am
glad I have a talent to share, it is not much but I can do something.
Brother Wu's Baptism
We
were also abducted that day by an investigator who is a little crazy... He told
us he wanted to feed us and then we got in his car and he took us all the way
to BeiGang which is about 30 minutes away by car!! Luckily we made it there and
back in one piece. Then we had a beautiful bike ride across this bridge in our
area, the wind was blowing pretty bad so it was bouncing around. Once again,
all ended up being okay, but it felt like our life was in danger a lot that day.
Sunday we had a crazy
fast and testimony meeting, you know how sometimes it never has anything to do
with church. Haha! There is nothing you can do about it, just smile. Brother Wu received
the Holy Ghost during sacrament meeting and got a beautiful blessing from his
brother-in-law who has been a member for over 40 years. We got to practice
singing songs for the Christmas activity, it was great.
I love you all!!
Sincerely Elder
Erwin
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