Thank You all for the Birthday wishes and Support!!

First off thank you for all for the birthday wishes and support!! If i didn't respond to your email i am sorry!! I will next week, I don't have a lot of time!! 

This has been another great week in Fengyuan, Taiwan!! Me and Elder Richter are really working hard and brainstorming on some news ways to make the work more effective!!  We have seen many miracles.  Here is one in particular:

Thursday night we were heading home and passed a 7/11, we went by and I noticed a lady sitting in side.  We were short on time so I did not think much of her until I had a feeling come over me to go back and talk with her.  We turned around, and walked into  the 7/11. We talked to her for about 5 minutes and she was more than willing to meet with us!  We then met the next night and she was literally drawn to the Book of Mormon.  At first she did not seem to have too much interest until we brought out the Book, we introduced it and she wanted to read it so bad!  She told us she wanted to meet next week and talk about what she had read!! We are looking forward to meeting with her again!  I truly believe the Book of Mormon has power like none else.  It contains the fullness of the gospel of Christ and is full of the Spirit of God.  It all comes down to us opening it up, reading, and praying!

 This week I read about the life of the prophet Gordon B. Hinckley and his contribution to the Lord's work on the earth.  He  was an amazing man with a vision for the future.  I loved a quote Elder Holland said he often heard from President Hinckley,"Keep trying, Be believing. Be happy. Don't get discouraged. Things will work out."  The optimism president Hinckley had is truly inspiring, and I have been trying hard to apply it to the work here in Fengyuan.  Optimism is a trait in this life i believe we all need to strive to develop.  We all live in this world that is not always the best, lot's of crime, poverty, and sickness.  But there is one thing that can always trump that, and that is the gospel of Jesus Christ.  In Ether 12:4 in talk about the gospel giving us the "hope for a better world."   I truly believe through this gospel we can have the most happiness in spite of so much bad. 

"If you do your best, it will all work out.  Put Your Trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future The Lord will never forsake you." -President Hinckley

The highlight of the week was Brother Xiao (蕭暐城), One of my best friends in all of Taiwan got baptized on Saturday and asked me to do it!!!!!

I love this gospel and all it has brought into my life.  This isn't just a religion, but a way of life, helping us to prepare to live with God forever.

love you all!!

Elder Henderson

                                                                              Brother Xiao (蕭暐城)

                                        Miracle!!! Birthday Package arrived ON his Birthday!! Prayers are answered!!

                                                       Incredible and Wonderfully Supportive Ward Members!!

Hello!!

Hello Fam and Friends!! I Hope everyone had a great week!! All is still good here in Fengyuan! This week was great and the work continues to move forward.  This week we spent lots of time finding! We are really trying hard to find those souls prepared to hear the message of the restored gospel.

Saturday night we went to visit a less active in the ward.  As we were going down this alley I realized that they lived on the next street over, so we turned around and started to head back on the main road when both me and Elder Richter felt we should go back and knock on a couple doors on that street.  As we did so, the 3rd door we knocked opened and a big buff dude answers the door and in perfect English says "Whats up guys, I speak English." hahah it caught me so off guard, but he let us in, He had lived in Canada for 12 years.  So we shared the message of the restoration with him.  It was the first time i had taught this lesson in English since Jean in my first area.  It was a very powerful lesson and the spirit was so strong, He said he has always really wanted to hear what our message is but never really has.  This definitely was a miracle and tender mercy from the Lord!!

I know i have talked about this talk before but I just love it.  "Act in all Diligence" by Henry B. Eyering.  I would like to share a quote in it with you!

"This is the Lord’s Church. He called us and trusted us even in the weaknesses He knew we had. He knew the trials we would face. By faithful service and through His Atonement, we can come to want what He wants and be what we must be to bless those we serve for Him. As we serve Him long enough and with diligence, we will be changed. We can become ever more like Him."

The Lord has given each one of us a sacred trust.  Even in the weakness he knows we have, he trusts us, he believes in us, and is rooting us on!! And as we act in diligence to better understand him. And everyone, member or not, use his atonement, we can become like him, and prepare for eternal happiness! This church is true and I invite all of you to read the Book of Mormon and pray to God for yourself, to know it is true as well! 100% of the time he will give you an answer!

Love you all!

Elder Henderson

                                                                   Elder Henderson and Elder Richter

                                                                              Beautiful Rainbow!!

                                                                                    A Typical Text! 

                                                    Some Kids in the Ward drew a Picture of Elder Henderson!

                                                         Elder Henderson's FAVORITE Taiwanese Breakfast!

A Gospel of Change

Hello!! Hope everyone has had a great week! Big week with a lot of changes, I am very grateful for the chance to be with Elder Richter!! He is a beast, from Ogden, Utah, and has been in Taiwan for about 4 months! 

This week we worked hard to find some new investigators, lots of time on the streets contacting people!! One miracle of a story that i would like to share with you!!  Saturday night we went tracting in the pouring rain!! For about the first 40 minutes we were getting doors slammed in our faces, lots of no interests, and even some yelling to get off their property. We decided to go down a different street and the first door had a picture of Jesus on it.  We got super excited and knocked on the door, a lady in about her 20s answered the door and as she saw us her eyes lit up!! She was soo excited, right there we shared the Restoration message and about the Book of Mormon.  She was so intrigued by this message of Jesus Christ she had never heard. She has spent almost her whole life trying to follow Jesus Christ but something has been holding her back from true discipleship.  It is the message of the restoration of Jesus Christ's original church.  We are hoping this week we can continue to help her learn this beautiful gospel!

This week I studied a talk by Russel M. Nelson about choices and change.  The purpose of the gospel is to change us! I thought back of stories of people in the scriptures with these kinds of experiences. I thought about Saul to Paul, I thought about Alma the Younger, and civilizations being changed through the gospel of Jesus Christ.  As I pondered about the big changes they made, I realized how applicable their stories are to our lives.  Of course our change might not be as drastic as their's but if we put our faith in the Lord and are willing to do his will,  we will be changed for the better.  We will become the disciples the Lord needs us to be, and will receive so many blessings.  At this point we may not feel like we deserve to change, we feel it is impossible to overcome habits or things of the sort, but the Gospel and the Atonement of Jesus Christ is there for this purpose us.  To literally change our hearts and desires.  The Atonement can give us the power to press on!

I love the Gospel and have seen it change so many lives, including my own! I hope all of us this week can make a plan to become better, and prayer to our Heavenly Father for the help to do so!!

Love you all!

Elder Henderson