We had the kind of week that you would expect after a week where you find 15 new investigators. We got to teach a lot of lessons! 林姐妹 (Sister Lin) passed her baptismal interview yesterday and is very excited for this upcoming Saturday when she will be baptized. We also have a few baptismal goals for Christmas Eve/Christmas which will make for a pretty legendary Christmas. Sad thing is I might not be here for those.... Transfers are next week. This is the first time in a few transfers when I can honestly say that I will be sad if I leave Zhang Hua. Many of the members of our ward were at the church on Saturday night putting up Christmas decorations and it made me realize that I can't think of a place that I'd rather be this upcoming Christmas! Whatever happens it'll all be good. My Christmas spirit is unconquerable! The 'Light the World' initiative put out by the church this Christmas is awesome. For those of you who haven't checked it out yet... go check it out! Our mission has taken it and added some of it's own missionary related ideas and it makes for a very Christ-centered Christmas spirit which is how it should be. Because we've had so many lessons this past week I've been thinking about how I can do better at introducing the Atonement to someone who doesn't even really know who Jesus is. It's pretty hard! That being said, I like what it says in the Bible Dictionary, "The purpose of the Atonement is to correct or overcome the consequences of sin" "Jesus Christ, as the only begotten son of God and the only sinless person to live on this earth, was the only one capable of making an atonement for mankind". Studying for my investigators and working to be able to teach simply has really helped me to personally better understand the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Well today one of our members is taking us out to go see some cool stuff in a place called Nantou. I'm still not exactly sure what we are going to do, but it'll be a good time!
In front of the Zhang Hua Train Station there is a concrete island where all of the minorities congregate on the weekend. Vietnamese, Filipino, and Indonesian people are everywhere. We came across this rowdy group of Indonesians and I asked if I could play their guitar. After jamming out for a little bit we were all best friends! Apa Kabar! (Indonesian for "how are you")
Merry Christmas from Zhang Hua
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