I can't believe this is the last year of my mission! Time is going by too fast. I loved the year 2015. I experienced some of the greatest joy I have ever experienced, I also learned some of my life's most powerful lessons in the year 2015. I am excited for all the adventures and joys that I will find in the year 2016.
This last week was an exciting start to the year 2016. Because it was the new year, many people had work off, so many of our investigators left town for the weekend. So this last week was kind of slow, but we saw a lot of blessings.
One of the blessings is our investigator Xie, the worker for Sister Huang. He got a call last week that he is leaving for Taizhong this week in order to prepare to be a soldier. So this last week was the last time we got to meet with him. However, this last week he progressed so much! He came to church all three hours and he really felt the spirit. He will get baptized. I don't know when or where, but he will get baptized. We got President Blickenstaff's permission, that if everything works out, he can return here one weekend and be baptized in Heng Chun. That way Sister Huang and the rest of the branch members can attend his baptism. He will move back to Heng Chun in 4 months and work down here as a soldier.
Also, Sister Lin and Monica are getting closer and closer to their baptism dates. They have interviews set tomorrow with Elder Lin! Elder Lin is an elder who lived in my apartment with me in Shalu, so he is coming down here on exchanges with me and then we are going to have baptism interviews. Their baptism date is the 16th of January, so we hope everything goes well with that.
Larry is doing okay. We still haven't met with him, but he has been talking with us almost everyday. Pray that we can find time to meet with him in order to help him.
We still haven't found time to visit the Wang brothers. We went to visit them last weekend, while it was pouring rain, but they were busy and wouldn't let us inside. They also didn't come to church because of rain...
We are encouraging all our investigators and praying that they find their way. We saw miracles last week, including a less active we had met recently. His name is Brother Dong and he is really willing to start reading, praying and coming to church again. He is also really eager to help us teach our investigators. Also, Sister Huang's daughter returned home from her mission this last week. She wants to come and be in every lesson and she is also super willing to help us in our work in Heng Chun. She is as awesome as her mom!
Things went well this last week. I am glad the holidays are over (for now, Chinese New Year is coming up) because people are always busy during the holidays. I am glad things are going to be back to normal this week.
Pray for the people of Heng Chun. They are a great people and I know with the Lord's help they can become a rock of the gospel of Jesus Christ here in Taiwan.
Love you all,
Elder Quist
We received an email today from an LDS family in California that spent the holidays in Taiwan. They attended services in the branch where Noah is serving and met him and his companion. They sent this video and picture to us...
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