This week Elder Stroud and I took a journey to a mystical land far away...... Fen Yuan. It is a secondary area that Elder Stroud and I have responsibility over. Although I've been serving in Zhang Hua for a long time, I've only been to Fen Yuan twice previous to this week. It's an hour bike ride uphill and Fen Yuan is a pretty small town so my previous companions and I have never really felt the need to go up there. This past Tuesday we had a blank schedule all afternoon and so Elder Stroud and I decided to ride our bikes up to FenYuan. This turned out to be one of my favorite days in a long time. It was nice to get out of the city of Zhang Hua and ride along the rice fields again (throwback to my days in Minxiong). That wasn't the best part though. Everyone in Fen Yuan that day seemed to be happy and very willing to talk to us. We were able to share a message with many people and set up times to meet with several people. A lady who we had met that day came to church yesterday. Her name is Sister Lin. She is a 40 year old single lady who has a lot of great questions. After her first experience of church yesterday, she told us that she plans on coming back every Sunday Gold!!! Although I've been coming over a cold all week, Elder Stroud and I have been able to go out and hit the streets each day and see miracles.
This week as I have pondered how I can continue to improve as a missionary and as a disciple of Christ, my thoughts have been drawn to a quote by President Hinckley in Preach My Gospel ch. 4, "“If it invites to do good, it is of God. If it inviteth to do evil, it is of the devil. … And if you are doing the right thing and if you are living the right way, you will know in your heart what the Spirit is saying to you.". I have made an added effort to just do good whenever I'm invited to do good in order to be able to better understand what the spirit is saying to me, and I'm grateful for the Lord's continued guidance in my life through the power of the spirit.
In other news, this week I hit my 18 month mark on mission and 7 month mark in Zhang Hua! I'm trying to think of some way to celebrate. Maybe I'll just go buy a ton of fruit....
Hot pot Buffet!
Free hair cuts from an LA :)
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