Well transfers were today... And as it turns out I am not going to move! I am so happy to stay here with the great people of Tainan!
One of our new investigators, Pin yi (品逸), is doing really well lately. I think I talked about him a little bit last week. Well, this week we saw a lot of miracles with him. He is the type of investigator who is super willing to keep all commitments, but we just had the problem of getting him to have his own spiritual experiences. So, this last week we had a lesson where we followed up on his scripture reading and we asked that as he read the Book of Mormon if he would highlight the scriptures he liked and be prepared to share with us why he liked them. Well, he shared with us one of the scriptures he liked and we started talking to him about it. He then told us he suddenly had a weird feeling. He said it was like a feeling he had never felt before, a feeling that made him so happy he almost wanted to cry. It was such a spiritual lesson with him. Since that lesson he has been progressing even faster. Then it got to the weekend and he was really excited for church. However, on Friday morning his boss told him and the rest of the workers that they would have to work that Sunday. He called and told us he wouldn't be able to come to church anymore. Elder Williams and I decided that we would give him a chance to strengthen his faith, so we read with him about "ask and ye shall receive, knock and it shall be opened unto you." We shared with him that if he really wanted to go to church, and had enough faith, the Lord would hear and answer his prayers. So, during his work break he went and prayed and asked God to provide him a way to go to church on Sunday. Later in the afternoon, the boss asked all the workers in for a meeting. During the meeting the boss decided that maybe they wouldn't work on Sunday after all. Pin yi was so surprised. He was amazed that the Lord really answered his prayer. After it happened, he sent us a text and told us that he knows that the Lord hears and answers prayers. He then came to church on Sunday in the white shirt and tie that he had bought the day before!
Then a few kind of sad things happened with a couple of other investigators we have. One of them was Brother Xue. He is doing really well still, but we realized that he lives on the border of our area and the other elders' area and he is actually on their side, not ours. It is a little sad, but it's okay because he is still willing to come and meet with missionaries.
This same thing happened again last week with a different investigator. This investigator is named Carter and he is super cool. He is going to BYU Hawaii next semester and he wants to get baptized before he goes. However, he too lives on the border and he too just so happens to live on the other elders' side. It's okay though.. I know that it's all the Lord's will and there is obviously a reason they don't live in our area. I know that everything the Lord gives us is a blessing, so we are definitely going to see miracles by doing it the Lord's way.
We continue to meet good people here and see miracles! This last week we were a little busier than usual, but I am excited to go out and find some cool new people this next week. I have only two more transfers and I am going to make them the best two of my mission!
I love you guys!
Elder Quist
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