ELDER RICHARDSON WEEKLY LETTER
OCTOBER 15, 2013
Today we have temple day! That's why this letter is coming on
Wednesday and will be a little bit shorter. I'll be sending a lot of
pictures though.
We went to the zoo last week after emails. I'm going to send some of the pictures.
Elder Andersen and I went to McDonalds for my birthday
lunch because I was in Jilong. That is actually a treat, believe it or
not, because it's more expensive then other food here. Then I went and
bought myself a new bag for a birthday present because my old one was
already falling apart.
At the end of every transfer, we have an English
party, and because it fell on my birthday, the them was my birthday
party! Elder Pratt made a pinata, and we had cake and salsa.
We had transfers on Friday, and I'm still here in Neihu! I'm glad I
didn't have to pack up all my stuff and move! Elder Pratt is gone
though, which is sad. But now I am companions with Elder Lin! He is a
native of Taizhong, and has been on his mission for about a year. We are
getting along really great so far, and I already feel like my Chinese
has come a long way because I have to speak it all the time! I'm
grateful for the opportunity to serve with Elder Lin. We're going to
have a fun transfer and get a lot of work done! I've attached a picture
of him.
Elder Lin (pronounced like "lean") and I have been
focusing on finding the past few days, because our teaching pool had
gotten kind of small. We've found some great people the past couple of
days. We contacted somebody yesterday who was an aborigine. I know he
felt the Spirit when we were praying with him! I hope he will set up
again!
Conference was amazing! We watched it this weekend,
so a week later than everybody else. I took tons of notes and can't wait
for the conference Liahona to get here! I especially liked Pres.
Utchdorf's talk and Elder McConkie's talk. I'm excited to read them all
again! Before now, I remember thinking that conference was super long
and it took forever to pass. This time was different! It all went by way
too fast and I feel like I missed everything that was said! I'll
definitely be grateful to have them printed!
I don't have much time this week, but I'll try to finish up next week!
Thank you for all the birthday wishes!
Elder Richardson
田長老
PICTURES FROM THE ZOO:
ELDER PRATT AND OUR UGLY SNAKE PINATA |
BiHu: means Emerald Lake |
New Companion: Elder Lin and his inflatable moose |
Chinese like cute things so I bought some adorable cards to write notes on |
Pictures Elder Deal drew for us. The characters say "Elder Richardson in Pre-Mortal Life" |
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