March 13, 2016

Hello again!

This was a pretty crazy week, very different from a typical week of missionary work. On Monday we went to the beach with a few other elders from our district. We brought our bikes with us on a train and then rode from the train station to the beach. It was a lot of fun while we were there but when we got back to our bikes we saw that my tire had popped. There was no way for us to fix it, the hole was way to big, and there was no place near by that could fix bikes. So the other elders went on with out us, there wasn't really anything that they could do for us, and my companion and I were stuck walking for quite a while. We finally got to a place that was able to fix it and then rode the rest of the way to the train station. At the train station we were told that there wasn't another train leaving for a few more hours. So we had to ride our bike to our area which ended up taking a lot longer than the train. So by the time we finally got back from the beach it was almost 9:00. So that was quite am adventure. Then on Tuesday and Wednesday we moved all of our stuff from our old apartment to our new one, our new apartment is probably the nicest missionary apartment I have seen since getting o Taiwan. Then on Thursday we had to go buy new things for our apartment (so I might have to take a little more money from my account because of all of that) and on Friday we were gone all day for a zone conference. So overall we didn't actually have much time to do missionary work last week.  But this week we should be able to get a lot more done.

I'll do my best to answer all of your questions, hopefully these answers will work.

What is a faith building experience you've had in the last few months?

Honestly I haven't really had many giant faith building moments, most of it is made up of lots of little moments. Deciding to share a scripture and then finding out it was what they needed to hear. randomly stopping by someones house and finding out how much they just needed a friend to visit. Eating lunch at a new place and running into someone there that is totally willing to listen to our message. Speaking in a lesson and knowing that it is the spirit directing your words because there is no way I would have ever said what I just said. Every day there are lots of little faith building moments. Its great :)

What is your favorite food in Taiwan?

I like mangos cause there juicy. They actually are really good though and it is almost mango season again, I'm pretty excited about that. Most of the food I have here is rice, noodles and dumplings. They are all really good but there isn't much room for variety. Overall my favorite food is probably the curry rice.

When you get discouraged how do you motivate yourself?

I usually will think of all of the goals I have set, The things I want to accomplish wile I am on my mission and the kind of person I would like to become by the end of my two years. And then I think about how little time I have to do all of those things. Its amazing how fast this last year has gone and I only have 11 months left, there isn't time to waste. I will also keep myself accountable in my prayers before bed. I will go over the day, review the things I did well and the things I need to improve and make goals and plans to improve the next day. I hate getting to the end of the day and realize that time has been wasted because I was tired or lazy and I absolutely love the feeling I get when I end the day and know that I have given it my all.

Any other details I can share? I cant really think of anything. but if you have any more questions I would love to answer them :)

I hope you both have a great week!

Elder Wills