Having a good time in Tainan

Having good times in Tainan as usual!

Monday: Had to teach a government English class even though it was p-day so they could recognize us at an awards meeting. They gave us these huge wrapped boxes that we thought were snacks. We went to the church to hang out and opened the boxes to enjoy our snacks, only to find out that they are really nice French blankets, so we cranked up the air conditioning and enjoyed them all the same. Haha.

Wednesday: Taught English class and had a good time. Met with a new investigator, Sister Wang who is interesting. She has a desire to learn, but we are still trying to decide if she is mentally capable of understanding everything we teach her. She told us that a year ago she went into a diabetic coma and "died." She said she went to Heaven and saw God. We think that she suffered some brain damage from the coma. She is a lapsed Jehovah's Witness and really wants to understand the doctrine behind God and Christ because most churches teach the Trinity.

Thursday: Good DTM, took a district pic, ft. the APs who were on exchanges with our Zone Leaders. Made some goals about how to work with the ward and work more closely with the Elders in our ward so that the Bishop will be open to having sisters (still struggling with that haha). Did some tracting, which is basically rejection practice. Haha. It was a good time.We have this new money saving plan of eating raman for dinner at the church and one of the elders saw us and was like "is that your dinner?" He laughed and said "have fun." I don't know why but we thought it was really funny.

Friday: Had interviews with President. It's always good to see him and learn from his wisdom and insights into the work. We also met a family from Utah who was visiting the chapel since the dad served in Tainan 30 years ago. It was funny to see a bunch of Americans (the family had like 10 kids haha). We had a good dinner at our favorite sandwich shop and then went to Ward Coordination meeting to talk about our investigators. We have a great Ward Mission Leader who is always willing and ready to help us.Sister Schlag and I like this snack that little kids eat here that's made from noodles but it's kind of like chips? Our ward mission leader Brother Chen saw us eating them and thought it was really funny. He even took a picture! His family usually gives us some kind of food or snack every week and he showed up to our meeting with a whole CASE of my favorite noodle snack as a joke. Hahahahaha. We have like 40 of them now because the elders gave us theirs as well.

Saturday: There was a baptism for 2 kids in our ward, which was great because we got invite all our investigators to come and see what a baptism is like. Susan came just before the actual baptism and asked a lot of questions about her own baptism afterwards. We are hoping that she can receive the answers to her questions and comfort for her concerns so that she will be prepared for baptism.

This coming Saturday they call us about transfers, so it's possible I will be moving on Monday! So far I feel/hope I will be staying in Tainan with our great ward and hopefully with Sister Schlag as well! Love you all and hope you have a great week.

Conference Spotlight this week:
The Power of the Book of Mormon by President Monson https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2017/04/the-power-of-the-book-of-mormon?lang=eng

Pics

Lunch!

繼續加油!

It's been pouring rain for like 2 weeks. Even though it's humid and sticky it's better than straight heat and the sun! Enjoying "monsoon" season as best as we can.

I HIT ONE YEAR ON MY MISSION ON THURSDAY. We wanted to do something cool but then we didn't end up having time or energy!

Funny things this past week: 
The 2nd ward Elders and our ward's elders are in a bike war, stealing and hiding bike parts. We decided to scare the 2nd ward elders and we put a warning on their bikes. The first part says "watch out" in Chinese and the next one says "you're next." Haha.

Someone gave us an Oreo and Chips Ahoy "buddy pack" and when we opened it it was just chips ahoy and Oreos in the same box. We don't know what we were expecting, but we were not expecting what we found.

I was trying to tell everyone at an FHE type gathering that we are all God's children and that He loves us. Well, the Chinese word for children is "ernu" and "nuer" means daughter.... you guessed it! I called the whole room God's daughters and everyone had a good laugh.

One of our investigators told me that I have a fitting personality to be a nun. Shes said that I like to sacrifice for people. My comp told her I want to get married and have a family so I can't be a nun. She agreed and said that I need to be a mom.

The same investigator said that I look like Dad so I must be like him. She also though Leah was older than me, like 20-something and said that Alexander is very handsome and looks like he could be my boyfriend. Hahahah. In the family pic Zander is standing pretty close to me, so lots of people have asked if we are dating and I have to say NO! THAT'S MY BROTHER. HAHAHA.

Sister Wang is doing really great, she's been coming to church and she's working on giving up coffee so she can make her July 1st baptismal goal.

Susan helped us go to the doctor this week and then she set a baptismal goal for June 24th. She knows that the Church is true and we had some good discussions about how the Spirit works. She realized that she actually has a testimony, which she wasn't sure about before.

Our other investigators have been busy with the holiday, The Dragon Boat Festival. We are working on helping everyone to continue to progressing.

繼續加油!

Love you all and hope you have a great week!