ELDER HYRUM RICHARDSON LETTER #84
DECEMBER 29, 2015
Well, this week was great because we had a baptism!!
I think a week or two ago I mentioned a Sister Chen that we were teaching. She was just waiting on her husband to give her permission, and then she was ready to be baptized! On Friday, during the middle of our Skype calls, she sent us a text that said that her husband finally agreed! So we hurriedly planned a baptismal service and she got baptized and confirmed yesterday (Sunday)!
Last Monday, the choir went caroling at a Christmas Park by one of the train stations in Taibei. But unfortunately, half of the choir went to the MRT (subway) Exit #3 and the other half went to the Train Station Exit #3..so we spent awhile trying to find each other and only had a few minutes to sing in the station there. But we had a fun time singing and a lot of people took pictures and videos of a bunch of foreigners singing in the train station!
Tuesday was our only full day of missionary work this week, so we ran around and visited all of the investigators and members that we needed to. Our area is weird because there is a small "city" area where we live, but most of the people live up on the surrounding mountains, so we take a lot of buses up steep hills to visit all of these people.
Thursday was our all-day Christmas zone conference! We had some training in the morning, and then had a huge Christmas lunch with turkey and most important, REAL mashed potatoes! It was delicious. Then I played an arrangement of "I Know that My Redeemer Lives" on the saxophone with Elder Meeks playing the piano for the Christmas Talent Show! The only problem with the talent show was that all of the younger missionaries did songs or skits from "Frozen," so I was lost the whole time..
On Friday was Skype calls! Cool to hear my family all with Mainland China accents :)
On Saturday, we went to visit one of the less-active members who lives near our house. We got there, and then he insisted on taking us out to eat. He stuffed us full of hotpot and some delicious "orange" fish (it was like orange chicken, but fish). I've gotten pretty good at eating fish lately, but I'll never be able to eat the head...or the eyeballs..
Have a good week!
Add oil!
Elder Richardson
任淳楷長老
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