Hello Family,
I hope that this week has
been a good one for you guys, because it has certainly been a good one for us
here in Taibao. We have had some wonderful experiences this week, which I am
sure I will get too, but for now, I will address the things listed in my email
subject.
The first one is
exchange. So this week, I went on companion exchanges with my District Leader
Elder Zhu. He is a native Taiwanese, but his English is near flawless, so that
made it a little bit easier. But I went to Jia Yi again while his companion
Elder Shurtz, came down to Taibao with Elder Watson. It was a really fun
exchange. Jia Yi was a lot of fun, but it is very different from Taibao. So, as
you know, Taibao is pretty rural, with the cities in our area spread pretty far
apart. Well, Jia Yi is a big city. So it is definitely very different in terms
of missionary work. We are always talking to people on the street and going to
and from the chapel for lessons. In Taibao, we are pretty lucky if we find
someone on the street to talk to! But it was a lot of fun, and I learned a lot
from Elder Zhu. And I also finally passed off my first Phase 1 lesson. If I
haven't already told you, Phase 1 is the language learning program that
missionaries in Taiwan use. But I finally passed the first part and am
preparing to pass the second part off this coming week. So I need to 加油. But yeah, that about
sums that up.
So, I believe I have
neglected to tell you guys about one of the most delicious things I've ever had
in Taiwan, and that is 冬瓜茶, or Dong Gua Cha, Wintermelon Tea. It is like nectar from
heaven it is so good!! And because it doesn't have tea leaves, no Word of
Wisdom problems here! But it is super delicious. I always get it with 珍珠, or tapioca pearls, so
that it is like a bubble tea. (Random Fact: Bubble Tea was created in Taiwan if
I remember correctly!) But this week, I had another variation that was really
good, and that was 冬瓜鮮奶, Dong Gua Xian Nai, which means Wintermelon milk. It is simply
dong gua cha with some fresh milk mixed into it, and it is soooooo goooood!!!!!
Anyways, enough about dong gua.
And Finally, the last
part is simply because I'm a wizard. Elder Watson says that all the time. When
he tells you that you are a wizard, it means you have impressed him in some
way. Sooooo, yeah, I'm a wizard. And don't forget it.
So, today for P-Day, we are going to a Chi Dao Bao, or the Taiwanese take on an all you can eat buffet. There is one on the way to Pu Zi and we are going to eat there for lunch. You pay like 300 kuai (About 10 bucks ba. (Ba is just something you put onto the end of a sentence to show that you are suggesting something.) So yeah, it is about 10 American Dollars, and you stuff yourself full for like 2 hours or something like that. So my mouth is watering already!
Well, as I said earlier,
we had a really neat spiritual experience this week. So, we have been meeting
with this investigator, Chen Di Xiong (Di Xiong just means Brother, like we
call people in the church Brother so and so.) So, this Chen DX has been a
rather interesting guy to talk to. He is very very quiet and doesn't say much a
lot of the time. And he rarely leaves his house other than to eat food. We had
tried in the past to see if he wanted to come eat food with us and he usually
rejected the offer. But this past week, we went over to teach him a lesson, and
his whole personality had changed. He was excited to see us. He was super
talkative. He was asking lots of good questions, and then afterward, HE INVITED
US to eat with him. Yup, HE INVITED US!!! We were shocked. It was super
awesome. He is starting to love the gospel. His understanding is only very very
simple, and the scriptures confuse him at this point. So we started bringing
him a copy or two of the Church's international magazine, the Liahona. He likes
reading those because he can understand them better. But it has certainly
opened the door for letting the gospel into his life. I can personally testify
that the Lord is preparing people in his own time. We just have to have the
patience to accept His will and work as He would have us work, relying on Him
in all things, and He will put those whom He has prepared into our path.
Well, that about sums up
this week. I will attach a few pictures.
With lots of love,
Sincerely, your Son,
Brother, Nephew, Cousin, and a Flippin Wizard,
Elder Chase Joseph
Millett
雷長老
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| On Exchanges with Elder Zhu, eating at this awesome place called Shark Bite |
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| In the Chapel, drinking my Dong Gua Xian Nai |
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