1 Month on the Island

Another Crazy week here in Taiwan! The highlight was with one of our investigators.  We have been meeting with her since I got here and my comp did before me.  Her name is luo jiemei and she is awesome! But she has been really struggling with coming to church.  This past week we had a great lesson with her and bore strong testimony about baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost, and why church is important.  It was awesome.  She has committed to start coming to church more and came for all three hours yesterday.  We set a baptismal date and she is preparing to be baptized on December 10th!!

We've also had some weird things happen.....We were riding our bikes down the road one day this week and some dude dressed in all black pulled up to us at the light.  He told us he was a member and wanted to talk to us on the side of the road so we went to a 711 and he talked for a bit and decided he was just crazy.  He was wearing a Nazi badge and said he loved them.  So, us being smart wanted to get a pic with him. haha   Then some guy just waved us down and we started talked to him. We asked what he was doing and in English said "Cheating on My girlfriend" He wanted us to go talk to him and his girlfriend and fix their problems.  We thought it would be a good opportunity to share the gospel with them ;)  We walked over and she was just telling us how mad she was at him and all this stuff, she was from mainland China and hadn't even heard of God.  It was crazy to see how the Mainland China people have been raised.  We talked about the gospel and gave them our number and could be meeting with them soon, so we'll see.  We also had some random crazy old guy yell at us at the park because we believed in Jesus Christ!

This week we had dinner at the bishop's house.  Every missionary and member is terrified of him because he is a retired Taiwan army general and super hard core, haha it's awesome! Me and my comp have gotten to know him well so we're not too scared!  He's a convert (just like every member in our ward), it is awesome to see how powerful of a testimony he has.  We gave a spiritual share and my comp said I needed to practice so he told me he would not say one word the entire time.  In the time leading up to it I was soo scared but I prayed for the gift of tongues like 50 times and the Lord definitely blessed me.  I was able to give the whole spiritual share by myself and it was awesome! It gave me a lot more confidence in my speaking ability and in the Lord.  He is always there!

Thanks for all the love and support, I know God is willing to help and bless our lives if we ask! This church is true and has changed my life. Give it a chance and let it change yours.

Love you all!

Elder Henderson

Quote of the week:  English Elders become masters of the gospel, South american Elders become masters of the language, Asian Elders become humble.