During General Conference we had a new apostle called. His name is Gary E Stevenson, who also happens to have a son in Taiwan on a mission. Mark's first companion was Elder Stevenson. Later in this letter he mentions that the new apostle is coming to visit this week. I asked if this happened to be the father of his first companion, here is his response:
Yes, It is the same Elder Stevenson I was companions with.
Often we will refer to our first companion as our dad and because my first
companions father was called as an apostle I have had a few people make the
joke that my grandpa was called as an apostle.
Hello!
This has been a
pretty great week for lot of reasons. First off I think I must have gained at
least 100 pounds. I don't think I have ever eaten so much food in my life. It
started last Monday when some members offered to take us to Costco for our
weekly grocery shopping. Then on Wednesday I had an English student cook a
turkey for me to celebrate thanksgiving. On Friday there were some members that
invited about twenty missionaries and twenty other people over for a
thanksgiving dinner. On Saturday our ward had a thanksgiving activity which
also involved lots of food. So 100 pounds might have been a bit of an
exaggeration but I think I will need to do a little extra running this week to
work it all off.
There were lots of other great things that happened this
past week that i wanted to write about but I jut forgot what they all
were......
But this next week is going to be great, I'm really looking
forward to it. Last week was the last week of the transfer so this morning I
got a new companion. His name is Elder Hsu, he is also from the north part of
Taiwan and I am super excited to work with him. We have another Baptism
scheduled for this week and then of Wednesday Elder Stevenson from the quorum
of the twelve apostles will be visiting our mission. I'm sorry this Email is a
little short but i should have a lot to write about next week.
I love you all!
Elder Wills
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