This P-day we had a fun time going on a hike in the morning with the whole Hualian squad, minus one companionship of sisters. It was a pretty sweet hike with a good view of all our areas from the side of a mountain. After that we went and played Dungeons and Dragons with some of the Elders and a member. Never thought my mission would get me starting on some Dungeons and Dragons but it was way fun!
Tuesday we went to McDonald's with a young returened missionary in our ward who is going to be the Young Men's President to talk about some young men in the ward. During the course of dinner he showed us this way funny video a different church made to show the baptism of Jesus. It was not at all accurate and Jesus basically just baptised himself, so we decided the video is a really good example of the importance of Joseph Smith in restoring the correct manner of Baptism and other Ordinances. Biblical accounts can be interpreted many ways, but when we get modern revelation things become remarkably clear, to the point where we can have step by step instructions in the missionary handbook of how to baptize someone! Pretty big difference.
Not too much to say about Wednesday. We had English class like usual. Although actually we are no longer an "English Class" and us missionaries are no longer "English Teachers" (for legal reasons). So now we are an English Learning Group (or as I like to call it, an English Club) and we are facilitators (club leaders). Apparently all the cram schools ( like tutoring schools that are a huge thing in Taiwan) got kind of mad we were a free English class and since we can be sued for being teachers without a 4 year degree we are abandoning all that terminology. One nice thing is the church has created a unified, structured 12 week curriculum for us to start teaching soon which should be nicer than having to plan every weeks class from scratch!
On Thursday night we helped the Sister missionaries move. As we were biking over to their apartment it was raining really really hard so I was a little nervous we would have to move in heavy rain which would have been really annoying but luckily it stopped raining by the time we had to take all their stuff outside. Tender Mercies!
Saturday we had a ward BBQ because the Mid Autumn Festival is right around the corner. It was a great time and we got one of our most progressing friends to come with her family. I'm pretty confident she will be baptised. The ward already put her in the ward group chat! The BBQ was up at this mountain river so some members gave us a ride up. Its honestly so weird to be in cars nowadays. I'm so used to biking around that going 30+mph in a car feels like we are moving at warp speed.
Sunday was good. Through some good miracle action we got two new friends!
This week I have been studying a lot about the Spirit and Prayer. I have been hoping to make my studies and my mission in general more led by the Spirit and I have come to the conclusion that powerful prayer is the key. So here are some prayer tips that have been brought to my mind recently:
- Remember to spend lots of time in prayers listening
- Pray often, even about little things
- Be completely honest and open in your prayers. Heavenly Father wants to hear what you really think
Well- hope you all have a great week and some great prayers!
Elder Neilson
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