ELDER HYRUM RICHARDSON
WEEKLY LETTER #26 -- NOV 17, 2013
洗禮了!
We had a baptism!
After
a busy and frustrating week, we were able to see 蕭智元 (Xiao1 zhi4 yuan2)
make his first covenants with the Lord and be baptized and confirmed! I
don't really feel like I did anything as a missionary; he was already
so prepared and willing to make commitments that baptism just came
naturally. It was cool to participate in his confirmation yesterday. I'm
really excited for him starting his life as a member of God's church!
I had a really great exchange last Tuesday with
Elder Montierth up in Jilong (Keelung). We were planning to teach their
investigator who was about to be baptized, but the investigator wasn't
able to make it. But we got to meet with the member who was planning to
be at the lesson. Elder Montierth called the wrong person in the phone
the night before, so this member was actually a less-active who hadn't
come to church in a few years. It was an incredible lesson. The spirit
was there so strong, and we testified multiple times about how coming
back to church would influence his life. He had been going through some
difficulties recently, and I think Elder Montierth's mistaken phone call
might have been just what this member needed.
Everyone is freaking out here because it's supposed
to get down to 14 C this week. My companion every day wears a thick
sweater and a scarf while I wear short sleeves. I always tell people
that at my house it's probably below 0 degrees, and they can't quite
wrap their heads around that.
Sometimes kids are scared of foreigners. The babies
always stare at me because I'm white. It's a good opportunity for
contacting the parents though!
Yesterday we had the primary program in our ward! It's cool that it was just like home, just in Chinese!
That's about it this week. Transfers are on Friday,
so I might still be here in Neihu, or I might be somewhere completely
different!
Add oil!
Elder Richardson
田長老
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