Week 16- August 12, 2012

Week  16

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Hi everyone,

We had transfers today. My companion got moved to Taipei. He will be a zone leader there. Also, the other missionaries in our apartment got moved out to other places in Taiwan. So me and my new companion get all of their investigators and area plus our old area and investigators. So now it will just be 2 of us in the apartment. My new companion is Elder Murphy. He is from Provo Utah. He is a really cool guy. Everyone says he is one of the best missionaries on the island and that his Chinese is great. So it will be cool having him train me for this transfer.

Something weird - on Thursday, the mission called us with an announcement saying that something might change between the Chinese and Taiwan relationship. This might cause riots, so to be sure and go inside if we see any riots or anything. But I haven’t heard or seen anything happening. So it’s nothing so far.

We had a baptism on Saturday. It was a twenty year old girl who my companion setup to meet a few months ago. Then she moved to Taipei and she was taught by the missionaries over there. Then she moved back here and we taught her a few times.  So then she was prepared for baptism. So my companion baptized her and I helped witness. It was nice. 

Love,

Jordan

Jordan eating clam soup with chopsticks with whole clams still in it.

The countryside of Yingge, part of Jordan's area

Jordan by the fields in the city of Bade, Taiwan.

Jordan overlooking the countryside of Bade

A cool building that Jordan passed in Taipei when they were doing transfers. Eventually Jordan served in this area. It is Zhang Kai Shek Memorial Hall Station, It is a huge memorial of the great founder of present day Taiwan

An investigator that Jordan baptized this weekend. Sister Zeng. Elder Bowcutt found her the transfer before. She served a mission in Japan about a year later.

This is from the MTC.  A picture of my buddy that plays football at the University of Arizona.

This is at the MTC. It is a picture of me and one of my companions - Elder Relyea

This is a meal that Maguire made for Jordan and his companion.  It is a typical Taiwanese meal

This is a sushi and soup meal made by recent convert - Hilary.

This is a view from our Bishop Xie's apartment.

Scenery from the countryside of Bade.