Hangin' Out July 25, 2016

This has been the easiest move call of my mission. I believe that the only way for missionary work to be easy is 1. Have the spirit 2. Be diligent 3. Have good companionship unity. Right now all of those things seem to be in abundance. Elder Storey and I have been working super hard and have been prayerful and thoughtful about our investigators and our area. But besides that we're great friends. It honestly feels like although we are working hard that we're also kinda just hanging out all day. We've seen miracles and things have been coming together in incredible ways, but it's easy to see that Elder Storey and I haven't done anything special and the Lord is just doing his own work. 

Elder Storey and I were amazed as this week two of our investigators made great strides in their conversion process. Two investigators that are honest seekers of truth and that are already beginning to repent and change through the power of the Atonement. Our friend Zheng Di Xiong realized this week that he is ready to be baptized even though he was feeling really hesitant before. Our friend Zhan Di Xiong said, "I'm beginning to feel like there is actually someone there.", the feelings as we learned that these two brothers are experiencing a mighty change in heart manifested to me that there really is hardly anything better than knowing that you played a part, even a tiny tiny part, in helping someone come unto Christ.

As great as the movecall has been I know that personally there are still many things that I can and need to improve in order to be a more effective missionary and disciple of Christ. I need to be more consecrated. I also need to keep myself from getting discouraged by the call to be consecrated. As Tad R. Callister says, "The Lord does not require immediate perfection, but he does require immediate progress. Progress comes from consecration". I know that as I consecrate myself more I can progress more and become perfected in Christ.

Taiwanese Captain America

Friends from my first area, Taiping, came to Zhang Hua and stopped to see Elder Bradford and I because we both served there before. The girl next to me was the girl that got baptized just 3 weeks after I got to Taiwan. Wow!