Week 36- January 2, 2013

Week 36

January 2, 2013

Xin Nian Kuaile (Happy New Years),

New Year’s Eve here is a pretty big deal. Everyone goes over to Taipei 101 where they have these huge celebrations and shoot off fireworks from the tower. It is pretty cool stuff but missionary wise it was tough to talk with people then because the streets were empty!

The good news from this week is that Benjamin is going get baptized! I’m so excited for him. I’m glad he finally decided to make this decision. We have put a ton of effort to hold on to him (if you remember the run and hide story from a few months ago!! haha) So hard work has finally paid off. His testimony of the Church is so strong. He loves the Bible and knows it so well. So it was tough for him, at first, to accept the Book of Mormon because he had believed that the Bible was the only word of God.  But after teaching him, he decided to read the Book of Mormon. He was super slow with reading it, but he read it with true sincerity. When he read it, he would read a verse and then look in the footnotes of that verse. He read every Bible scripture verse that corresponded with the Book of Mormon verse. Then after doing this for a while and praying, he knew without a doubt that the Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ and adds and supports the Bible. It is great stuff! So Benjamin's baptism will be this Sunday and then later that night, there is a big new convert fireside for all of Taipei. Ashutush (the convert we baptized last transfer from India) is going to be speaking at it!

That is pretty much what has been going on over here. Hope everyone had a happy holiday!

Love,
Elder Chatman