Week 45- March 4, 2013

Week 45

March 4, 2013

Hi from Taipei!

Here a recap of last week:

Tuesday, we had district meeting (where all the missionaries in the area meet.) My companion is the district leader and then we have four other sisters and the zone leaders in our district. Tuesday night, we met with brother Huang, an investigator, and had a do or die lesson with him. We asked him what’s holding him back from being baptized and he basically said he doesn’t want to keep the commandments and isn’t really willing to change. So we basically told him that there isn’t much more we can do as missionaries and that were going stop meeting with him until he's ready to do his part. Wednesday, we met with a new investigator who we contacted through a referral from the Taichung missionaries who met him down there. We met with him and talked about God, Christ, and baptism. His concern was that he has to go worship his ancestors with his family and because he is the oldest son. (I guess he is responsible for passing on the tradition or something.) We told him about some ways he can know there is only one God and such and he seemed willing to try it out.

Thursday, we had two lessons setup but one of them cancelled. Then the other appointment didn’t even show up, but we had ward mission meeting and did some street contacting. Friday, my companion had a meeting at the stake center (my previous area’s chapel) and then later that afternoon, we did some more translating for a local member and a Philippine member trying to change her work. Then that night, we met with a solid investigator named David. He went to college at U of San Diego and grew up Christian. We shared about the restoration and had a great lesson. On Saturday, we went out to Xizhi, about 45 min away on bus and attended the sister’s baptismal service. The baptismal font was outside, it was raining, and the water was kind of cold. I felt bad for the 75+ year older lady getting baptized in that, but I’m sure she was warm on the inside. (aka Holy Ghost).

On Sunday, during sacrament, (church time when the members speak) the bishop invited me on the spot to go up and share my testimony being that I’m new in the ward. It went pretty good.  I cracked a joke about Taiwanese thinking I am like Obama and I got the congregation to laugh. lol

Anyways, that’s the scoop for this week.

-Elder Chatman