Dear everyone,

So for this week there are a number of things that happened which weren’t really out of the ordinary but i am definitely greatful for!

First, My companion… He is super legit! I can say that from him i have learned so much about much more than just missionary work! We have had such success together and seen many miracles! I have seen so many people as they have come to understand this gospel and gods love for them as individuals and as families, just change. This change is amazing! I get to be a part of it and i love that.

Second, The miracles. i kind of just said that in the last one but hey it deserves to be re-mentioned! Just as we go out and have fun with these people in Taiwan i get to see thier personalities and just have such a fun time with them! through all of this i also get to help them come to know the happiness of the gospel!

Third, quite honestly is just this gospel!

I love my mission! i have been humbled so much sense being out!

Story time:

This week for our english class we had an english party as we do every transfer! The theme was Minute to win it and we had to come up with some games for our part of the activity so me and my companion both came up with one! he came up with an "identity game" where you right your name then you shuffle the names and everyone gets one but they can’t look so they ask questions to figure out who they are. it was a super fun game! then i came up with a game where you have to knock over bottles with a ball thats in some nylons. now for the real story…. so we walk into a 7-11 because they have everything you will ever need! and we grab some water, candy, …and nylons. We walk up to the clerk and the whole way up there we are kind of arguing to see who is going to buy the nylons! so we decide alright we both buy one pair and we will just explain it to this teenager at the desk, great plan easy enough! so we go up and put our stuff down and she starts scanning everything and she gets to the nylons and stops for a second and just keeps going. so my companion, the all wise Elder Lindahl, decided to say something so she doesn’t make assumptions or anything so he says "oh don’t worry we are just buying these for a party we are having tonight!" at that point she doesn’t say anything just looks at us and looks really kind of worried! then we both realize how just strange that must have sounded. Two foreigners, buying nylons, having a party, which they don’t really have in Taiwan so she didn’t understand! after that we just walk out and start laughing at our selves! and that is my most awkward buy on my mission so far!! i say so far just to leave room for other things…. not planning anything i promise!

anyway love you all! the church is true, God loves you all, Repentance works!, and our life is ment to be enjoyed to its fullest so don’t let yourself get down 🙂

That kid you all used to know… 😉

Elder Miner

Hey everyone!

Alright so this week has been a great one! to start on Tuesday we had our Outdoor zone conference in a super beautiful place in Hua Lien. to be honest i forgot the name of it but its like taroca gorge or something like that! we woke up at 3 in the morning on tuesday and didn’t get back until about 10:30 that night! it was a long day but be had so much fun and it was a great day of trainings! ill add some pictures for sure don’t even worry about it!

Then we had a normal week up until saturday when we had to go back up to hua lien which is a 3 hour train ride by the way! we went up there for stake conference! they had a small meeting for the adults on saturday and then normal on sunday it was sweet! we have some amazing people in our stake down here in Taidong and Hualien! oh and last week i passed off phase 1!!! there are 3 phases in the language study thing. first is gospel chinese second is everday chinese then third is characters… so i took way longer than i would have liked on phase 1 but i am now studying harder than i have before!

Update on just the area in general because i know that i have missed the best parts in my emails im sure haha! so we have 3 baptismal date investigators! there is Tim 鄭 (zheng) he is super sick! i love this kid1 he is 16 and super prepared for the gospel! kind of quiet but he is sweet! then there is Travis 張 (zhang) he is super sweet also! when we contacted him he had already read the book of mormon all the way through and just told us straight up that he wants to get baptized when his mom says he can! super excited about him!! then its shoni who has such a great sense of humor its almost hard to teach her sometimes! haha:) they are all awesome!

Last thing that happened! so we taught a drunk guy! well we tried… haha we start talking to him and he just goes off on such random things! haha super funny, then he started to ask us if we could tickle him so that him laughing would take away his sins… it was a little strange not going to lie…. and no we didn’t tickle him…. but hey we are planning on going back when he’s a little more sober to see if we can help him!

that is it for this week! nothing super crazy! just another day as a deciple of christ! Hope all is going well back home! love you all!

Elder Miner

孟長老 (Elder Miner)

So this week we have seen some crazy miracles! we have started this thing its called the Project purification. Basically its we fast for things that we are doing or not doing that we could change to be more intune with the spirit and more successful as a missionary in general. we have been doing that and we have seen some crazy improvement! to start we had a miracle run in with this kid and it turns out that he has read through the book of mormon already and really wants to be baptized! only thing keeping him back is he has to be taught the lessons and that his mom wants him to be an adult which is 20 in Taiwan. (so yeah we aren’t adults and we kind of just do what we want 😉 )

Another thing! we have had two new baptismal commitments! which is zhang, and cai! they are sweet and im excited to see them progress! also we had a lesson with a monk1 it was super interesting but he was super willing to listen to what we had to share so i guess that works 🙂 this is the lords work and im glad im a part of it! 🙂 haha!

here are some pictures of the week with and LA and an investigator

some great chocolate from a member!

my ward mission leader and his super funny almost english shirt 🙂