We spend the first P-day of the transfer and the first P-day for Elder Gibson in Taiwan going to the Taroko nation park. It's a really famous national park made up mostly of a really beautiful gorge. It was a really cool place to drive through and walk around a little. Unfortunately our member rides had to go early and we didn't get to do any hiking but it was still a really fun experience to get to go into the canyon for the first time. I hope to go back and expirence more in a few weeks!
We then spend the night taking Elder Gibson out on the streets for the first time and doing some other misisonary work stuff. It's fun to have a newbie out with you because their excitement is contagious. Everything is new and fun for them so it becomes more fun for me too! Just going to a random restaurant is extra exciting now! Hahaha
Thursday we had a zone Council but instead of coming together and being at the meeting in person, president wanted to try having us all Skype in to trainings from the Zone Leaders and STLs and then do the rest on a district level. They Skype calls got a little chaotic and the whole thing was a little less organized than a normal zone Council so it was pretty funny that it was Elder Gibson first expreince with the zone!
Conference was really great! We watch it a week late here in Taiwan for translation, but then all the missionaries just end up watching conference in a separate English room anyway! Hahaha. Its a fun time though where we all get some snacks and listen to the word of the Lord through his Prophets. I especially liked the first session on Saturday where I felt a distinct theme of focusing on Christ and the Gospel as the centers of our lives. I thought that was a really apt place to start and it was nice to have that important message right at the Begining when I think everyone is the most alert! Hahaha. I also really liked Elder Uchdorf's talk, relating the Plan of Salvation to "The Hobbit." I think his talk and Elder Bednars about the Cheetahs are good examples of the importance of looking for gospel truths in everything around us. All things denote there is a God, to roughly quote scriptures.
It has been a fun week. Hope everyone has a good one!
Elder Neilson
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| Taroko National Park |
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| a cockroach that Elder Gibson found in his shoe five minutes or so after leaving the house! Hahahaha welcome to Taiwan my friend! |
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| watching General Conference |
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| Taroko National Park |
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