Master of Minxiong April 3, 2016

Looks like I'm staying another movecall in Minxiong! I have officially now stayed longer in Minxiong than any other Elder ever! I am quite content. The work is pretty awesome here and I can make more full use of my Costco membership that I bought with Elder Mitton a few months back. I don't even know where the time goes anymore. I feel like there have been a lot of changes in the mission lately but none of them really effect the work in Minxiong. We've just been doing the work. Ali Shan was so awesome last week! However, the internet cafe that we usually go to put a virus on all of our memory cards so we can't upload pics sorry. We'll get it figured out though! Anyways, it was pretty awesome breathing fresh air again. That was probably the best part. The scenery was pretty amazing. There are a ton of Japanese Cherry trees up there and there are parts that look like the Shire. Preeeettttyyyy sweeet. We went up with the other elders in our district and one of their members, whose name is Rafiki, drove us up. We only had 3 near death experiences as Rafiki tried to pass some buses going up the mountain, not bad!! It was definitely a P-day to remember though. Other than that, our friend Kim got baptized last Saturday! It was pretty sweet. Somehow I forgot to say "Amen" while dunking her the first time so I had to do it again lol. She's super awesome and I'm really confident that she'll stay strong in the church. Her testimony about repentance is awesome. Also, I got to play the guitar for a musical number. We did 'More Holiness Give Me' which has become one of my favorite hymns out here on the mish. I sing it sometimes while riding my bike if I need a boost. Elder Jackson is crazy jacked and is way good at magic. We were having an English party the other day and it was kinda falling apart but then Elder Jackson pulled out his magic tricks and it saved the day. He has this one magic coin trick that I have seen him do like 347290 times but I still can't figure it out! Anyways, I'm really stoked for general conference. We don't get to watch it until next week, so we're still preparing. I've never been so excited for general conference before and I've been studying last October's for the last little while. It intrigues me that President Monson only gave two really short talks (probably due to his health/oldness) but that makes me think how important it is that we really "Keep the Commandments" and "Be and Example". This week we have a plan to go around with a little speaker and have people listen to President Monson's voice to get them intrigued and want to come listen to general conference, it's gonna be awesome! Well, that's all folks! Until next time!

-Elder Poon