or those of you that didn't hear it on the news, Taiwan got hit by a 6.4 earthquake this week! It was only like a 4 here in Minxiong though... BUT it was still one of the craziest moments of my mission so far. It was approximately 4 in the morning (or so I've been told) when the shaking starts. Elder Mitton and I both bolted out of bed and I was going to run downstairs and outside so I wouldn't get crushed but Elder Mitton had a better idea and stayed in the door frame. We kinda just stood in the door frame waiting for our house to fall over but it never did and then the shaking stopped. Then we were both super tired so we went back to bed without saying anything like nothing happened lol. The earthquake had pretty much no effect on the work here in Minxiong but it did some pretty hard core damage in Tainan which is a little bit south of us. All missionaries are ok though! Besides that, it's been a fun week. People have been in a really good mood because of Chinese New Years. However, this week is supposedly the worst week of the year for mission work according to people who have been here before. It is probably due to the fact that we get fed by the members for every lunch and dinner and we have an hour longer than usual to eat. I'm super stoked to feast though! Last night we were invited over to the district president's house to eat a traditional Taiwanese feast with his family. There was a lot of really good food.... and a lot of pretty weird stuff. I can't wait for all the weird stuff I get to eat this week. And the good stuff. Tonight our branch president is taking us to, "the best restaurant in all of Jia Yi county" (using his words). I feel so blessed to be here in Taiwan during Chinese New Year and so blessed to be in a place with such awesome members! Well, I'll try to eat enough for all of you at home (and probably still won't gain weight)! Love y'all Happy Chinese New Years!
-Elder Poon
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