Year Mark "on Island," All My Senior Comps are Dying, and Another Crazy Dude

大家午安，

所以，這個禮拜就代表我在臺灣一年多了！我自己覺得太誇張。我還記得我在臺灣第一天。時間真的太快啊！但是，我在臺灣有學習很多，還有，我也覺得我的中文進步了。。。吧。我現在就有八個月，就要回美國。這個讓我很難過！我不要離開！但是，我還有很多未來的經驗。差不多是這樣。

Secondly, all of my senior companions are dying!!! So, My trainer, Elder Watson went home last October if I remember correctly, and just this last week, my last senior companion, Elder Moore, also finished his mission!!! The only senior companion of mine that is still alive is Elder Yeh. He still has quite a while. He finishes a couple months before I do, so I will still see him. But yeah, just seeing all of these people finishing is starting to make me feel old. But yeah, I will miss all of them. I have learned a lot of things from every companion, and I have taken things from all of them as well. They have all had an influence on me and I am glad to have served around them. They really helped me get a good start on the adventure known as a mission. I thank all of them!

Photo bombing Elder Park and his MTC companion

Lastly, this week, we had another crazy dude come to the chapel. He came up and started talking to me and asked if the other Elders were there. At first he didn't seem that crazy. I thought he was an investigator waiting for an appointment or something. Well, after a minute, he comes outside and we start talking to him again. The other Elders weren't there and so we decided to try and get his info so that we could let them know. Well, after asking if he could give us his name and number, he started talking about how he wasn't comfortable giving his info to others. At first it was ok, a lot of people wouldn't just give their info to some random missionary! But then, after a minute or so, he opens his bag and he pulls out these cards with random English words written on them. And they weren't just words like "dog" or "church." No, these cards had words like "China," "Taiwanese TV Stations," "Secret Plan," "Danger." And other things like that. At this point I am really weirded out. But then he pulls out this map from his bag and starts talking in really fast Chinese that I couldn't quite understand. He said something about like China coming to war with Taiwan, and that it was dangerous if we knew and other things like that. Well, after trying to calm him down, he came really close to me and was like "Shhhh. You can't tell anybody that I told you this stuff. You are already in danger for knowing! God Bless You." And then he ran really fast to his scooter and took off. At that point, I was like "What just happened there?" But yeah, you will find crazy people like that all over Taiwan. It is kind of sad, but kind of funny at the same time. Yeah, he told us he was baptized like 5-6 years ago, but after his little display I didn't know whether to believe it or not. But, at least it was a funny memory. Good times.

Well, other than that, there wasn't a ton that went on this week. We went to JiaYi for the Trainer Follow-up Meeting. That was kind of neat. We talked about how training was going, what things have been easy, what's been difficult and other things of that nature. We discussed the 12 Weeks training program and how that was going. Training seems to be going ok right now. Can't complain. Seems weird that Elder Park and I only have like 4 weeks or so until we part ways. It seems strange to think about. I have no idea what's going to happen after training! But, I guess we will wait and see. Well, Elder Park and I are getting along great. We are working hard. We have a decent pool of people we are working with right now. We have seen some really cool finding miracles this week. We had a new investigator given to us by the Zone Leaders, and we are meeting with him this next week. So yeah, things are going pretty smooth. Yeah, "My life is good, really good....." Well, sorry for another picture-less email. I have been terrible about taking pictures again. But, I will get some this week. And I should have some fun ones from today. Apparently, today is a holiday in Taiwan, so we are going to celebrate P-Day with Ricky and the FHE group. We are going bowling I think, so should be fun! Except that I suck at bowling!!! Oh, well.

Love you guys! Hope to hear from you soon! The work goes on! Life continues! See ya in 8 short months!

Sincerely,

Elder Chase Joseph Millett

雷長老

Sent to mom with this message: "My name is *** and my son served in Taiwan. We are here visiting and met your son who is a beloved missionary here. He is doing a wonderful job representing the Lord and and your family. He is strong and happy. You should be proud!"