Week 84

THE BEACH

Another great week in Tainan! I am so glad to be a missionary here. This last week we were a little busier than usual. We had our MLC (Missionary Leadership Counsel) meeting in Taichung last Thursday and we were asked by the assistants to stay until Friday so they could go on exchanges with us. So, we had about two days when we weren't in our area. 

Our investigators are all doing pretty well lately. Our investigator 子綱Zi is progressing towards baptism. He is 19 years old and really nice. He is friends with Bo Ru, who got baptized recently. So, we are hoping he can get baptized this month.

There is also an investigator who is a young kid named Jia You. He is a buddhist, but he is seriously considering getting baptized. He is struggling with coming to church though, because he has to work all day on Sundays now.

Then we have some really cool really new investigators too. One of them is named Sabrina. She is a 18 year old girl who we met on the street one day. She seemed really interested in our message so we started to share with her. Then one day we realized that she is one of the best piano players in all of Tainan. So one of the members gave her a hymn book and told her if she wanted to she could practice the hymns at home. We were surprised when she came to church that Sunday and was able to play her own version of "Come Follow Me."  The way she redid it and played it was so beautiful!  There were even some members that were moved to tears.  We are hoping we can help her get baptized too. However, her mother doesn't really like her coming to church.

Then the other new investigator is a father. He has recently separated from his wife and really wants his son to meet the church. He is really looking to find help through the church. His name is Mr. Xie. 

We have seen so many miracles. The Lord is providing so many prepared people to hear the message we are sharing. There are others we are teaching right now too. I am so grateful to get to serve in Tainan.

One story from this last week was the opportunity we had to teach an investigator with the Jehovah's Witnesses. We have this one investigator who is also meeting with the Jehovah's Witnesses. So, this last Saturday we went to visit him and it just so happened that the Jehovah Witnesses also went on Saturday to visit him. So we had a lesson, us and the JWs, about the restoration of the gospel. Our member, Guo baba, was there too, so we talked a lot and the JWs didn't really say much. However, at the end they asked how we could ever know that the Book of Mormon is true. We told them how, but they seemed to be content to have the Bible instead. It was an interesting lesson.

Things are going great here in Taiwan! I love the people here. Today the whole zone is going to the beach for a beach party for p-day, so I will send some pictures next week. 

Love you guys,

Elder Quist