The Last Week

Dear friends and family,

It's was a sweet power week. We started out with a good night with the single's FHE. I think every two months they like to go out to eat, so that happened last Monday night. We went to the same place we went to for the new year with spicy German/Korean sausage. A lot of people showed up. Everyone just likes eating food. They come for the food.

Tuesday was the Book of Mormon day. We had to place 13 Book of Mormons and set up with them to meet with us later. The morning started out slow. Not a whole lot of success. But we had a DTM on the importance of the Book of Mormon. Then we exchanged with the Zone leaders and just kept going. I went with Elder Scovel to Daya. It was way cold. But we went out and kept contacting everyone. We also did some group contacting as a district there and had a lot of success in the park. As we were down to our final Book of Mormon before our last appointment of the night, I contacted this really nice guy. He was really nice and wanted to talk to me a lot. He willingly set up and was excited to read. Final miracle of the night! It was so great.

Wednesday we had to add 20 people to meet later and we had to do 2 hours of straight contacting for some part of the day. And it was probably the coldest day I've ever experienced on the mission. It was just flat out cold. And there was a wind that had never been felt before in Daya. But we still went out and did it! It was really hard because there wasn't a lot of people on the street, but we still had a lot of success in the morning. We switched back later in the afternoon after English proselyting and went to a dinner made for us at the church. I had never thought about putting fruit in a pasta with vegetables, but it was really good. At English class I taught the beginner class. It was on directions. I turned our chairs into a car like setting and we practiced driving using the vocabulary we had just learned. It was a lot of fun. All 3 of us... haha!

Thursday was a good day after weekly planning. Not a whole lot happened. We just went out and contacted and tracted the day away. A guy in our ward here that's studying at UVU right now came back and we had lunch with him. We got to talk to him a bit about the area. He was the ward mission leader for a little bit when we got back from his mission before he went to UVU.

Friday was adding people for Sacrament meeting. We had a really great lesson with Miguel for lunch. He's a very smart guy and has amazing English. We ended up discussing the doctrine of Heavenly Father through a lot of physics terms. It was a little crazy and a lot of fun since that doesn't usually happen. He has a lot of interest. He's on a roll too. Friday was also Zhuang dixiong's and the Sister's RC Grace's birthday. And they're really good friends. They ended up coming to the church with cake. We watched the Restoration movie with them and had cake that they brought. We weren't acting too excited because we were planning on surprising them the next day.

Saturday was talk to families day. There were a lot of families out! That goal was easy to reach, and a ton of fun. Some of my friends from Xihu also came up to eat lunch with me. I was so happy to see them! And as they left, our miracle add of the week came. He's from Indonesia and his name is Andre. He's really interested in the Book of Mormon. He just jumped right into it and also wanted to come to church! Then that night a bunch of us surprised Zhuang and Grace at a pizza place in the night market. It's owned by part Taiwanese people that were mainly raised in Brazil. The owner is full Taiwanese and married a Dutch guy in Brazil. It was so funny to see a Taiwanese lady with a more South American personality. She was so funny and they make a really good 20 inch pizza. Me and Elder Buhler shared one. It was HUGE!!

Sunday Miguel and Andre came to church! Miguel is really liking church, and the ward is really fond of him. He's really outgoing and gets involved in the conversations. Andre liked it too, but he left really fast afterwards and I didn't get to talk to him about how he felt. But we also were able to give him a Book of Mormon in Indonesian too. Then we had to bus it to the Mission Home because Bishop Stevenson of the Presiding Bishopric came to speak to us! It was really cool. His son just got to this mission too and is on his first move call. So it was a weird moment for him. Bishop Stevenson talked on inviting and re inviting. It was really good. And pretty much the whole mission was there. I love those meetings.

Monday came around and we just went out and had a normal day. All of us in our district was having a hard day. A lot of bad luck. Elder Buhler crashed and was yelled at a few times throughout the day. And the other Elders had a lot of bad luck with lessons, losing money, and cockroaches. So we bought some pizzas before FHE. That was the good part of the night though. We talked about using our talents. The other Elder's RC talked about how he's been shot a few times and still has pieces of the bullets inside him still. It was a cool story.

Yesterday was a full day of contacting and getting some stuff ready for our English party tonight because today is our Temple trip! I'm so excited!

I'm down to my final few days of the mission. This is my last email. I'm so thankful for all the miracles I've been able to see here. I'm so thankful for all the trials I've had. Every moment out here has been so memorable and amazing. I'm really going to miss it. I'm so thankful I've had this chance to serve my Lord and Savior. This is the Lord's work. And when it is done His way, it can't fail. I'm so thankful for the gospel in my life and the blessings of seeing it bless the lives of everyone in Taiwan. I know this church is true. I love it.

I love you all! I'll be seeing you all soon!

 

Love, Elder Anthony Kai Buckwalter  卜長老

Cold Again

Dear family and friends,

It was a good week! Time seems to have flown really fast! I don't know where it went. Monday night we had a good single's FHE at the church. It was on dating, which was a little interesting. But one thing they really focused on was body language and showing someone you're interesting in what they're saying. And that's something missionaries are good at. So we did some demonstrations. It was fun.

Tuesday Elder Buhler needed to get an MRI at the hospital across the street from the mission office due to a previous football incident. So we had to go there in the morning and ended up waiting for 5 hours for our appointment. They said it was going to be a few hours, so we originally went over to the office and had President Blickenstaff check it. He said it should be fine, but he was worried about the popping in his shoulder, so he said we should just wait. We finally got in at 4:00 and had a 5 minute check up and then had to schedule an MRI for 3 weeks later. Haha! What a day. We made a switch for exchanges with the Fengjia Elders once we got back. I went into Fengjia with Elder Brown. We just had time to make some calls at the end of the night.

Wednesday Elder Brown and I had an appointment with a lady in the ward for lunch and brought an RC. This lady makes the BEST barley tea! I loved it so much. Then we took that RC contacting in a park. We ended up finding this really nice Filipino lady there that has a lot of interest and has seen missionaries in the Philippines. She said we can come back whenever and share more! We ended the day at a Turkish guy's kabob sandwich shop in the night market. It was one of the most delicious kabobs I've ever eaten. Then at English class we had a great class just talking about the most random stuff. I love the advanced class. Ezekiel, one of my students, loves the churches hymns. He just kept looking at all the songs in my book and writing them all down. Hopefully that'll catch his interest more in the gospel.

Also, while on exchanges, Elder Buhler and Elder Christensen went to meet with Kyle! He's been struggling with family disapproval. He knows he needs to get baptized, but is scared of what they'll do. Finally after them meeting with him, he set a date for March 1st! Such a miracle! He's getting interviewed tomorrow!

On Thursday after weekly planning we went up to the top of the hill to a semi less active couple's house. She's from Indonesia and her little son stepped on a nail while playing around the previous week. So all of us in our district went up there and cleaned up around her house. There was a lot of decayed wood and nails. It was a lot of fun. Then that night we froze to death trying to make phone calls out in the cold.

Friday after ward correlation and studies, we went out into the cold again and did some hardcore finding. We went down south a bit to the more rural area and looked for a less active. We caught him right as he was going to work... But we then went to another teenage less actives house. He lives right by us. It was really fun talking to him and making him feel loved. One of his friends is taking him to his church. So we said he should now take his friend to this church and see how he likes it! He liked that idea.

Saturday felt a little better. Not as cold. We had a lot of fun out on the streets. Not a whole lot of success though. But on Sunday Miguel came to church! We kind of contacted each other about a month ago and he came to English class. He's really amazing. He's finally back from all the Chinese New Year stuff and came to church! He loved it! Also, Zhuang dixiong got the Priesthood and passed the Sacrament! It was so great! A lot of happiness going on at church yesterday. It was Elder Christensen's last day though. He's now on a plane. Last night we had our movie night and watch the full Joseph Smith movie. A lot of people came and loved it.

Today we're starting POWER Week tonight! It'll be a fun week! I'm really excited! I'm loving it here. Time is ticking down though... We'll make it count! I love you all! Have a great week!

 

Love, Elder Anthony Kai Buckwalter

Cold Front

Dear family and friends,

Another week, gone. Weird. It all started with going to ZTM after a big meal with the previous bishop here. Nothing like a fresh fish still staring at me. I ate half of it. Then at ZTM we had a good practice time contacting. We got to watch Elder Holland's talk from when he talked about Peter and the other apostles going back to fishing and then getting called again by the resurrected Christ to get out there and continue. I love that talk so much. I have a lot of interest in the life of Peter. Then I gave my reflection of my mission. At the final conference of missionaries before we go home, we give a 3 minute reflection of our mission. And last week was the last conference of missionaries I'll be at. Me and Elder Terry sat by each other during the meeting all nervous. And it was a lot of fun to speak and hear him speak. I'm glad we're in the same zone. We had Subway for dinner afterwards.

Wednesday was a good finding day. But we found an LA that Elder Buhler met with when he was last here. He's a nice older man. He's really nice. And I don't know why he doesn't come to church besides being really old. He lives right there and says he loves the church a lot. He'll show up ever two months or so. Then we went down to Fengjia for English proselyting. Everyone is starting to come back from the holiday break, but still not a whole lot of people.   English class was a lot of fun. We had some new people in our advanced class. We talked about holidays and somehow ended up on music right as we were about to start the spiritual share. One student, Ezekiel, asked me what my favorite hymn was. It came out of nowhere. When I told them "Nearer My God To Thee", they all wanted to learn how to sing it. So we sang it, and an amazing peace came over the room. The two new girls went very silent and one couldn't stop staring at the words. There is the Spirit when you sing hymns.

Thursday after weekly planning, we met with an LA and had dinner. It was a poorly chosen place and Elder Buhler ended up just eating 9 mozzarella sticks. But the LA is really nice and curious about missionaries. Then we met with Michael. He was a new student at English class and really wanted to learn about our church. And he's a Joseph Smith story! His parents have been taking him to Christian churches since he was little, but he's never felt the full truth of them, so he never got baptized. And now he ended up finding us and wants to know about the Book of Mormon. He asks incredible questions. I never get these kind of questions since not a whole lot of people know about Christ here. So it was a great lesson with questions being answered. He's super amazing!

Friday we went to sit with our RC at his parents pharmacy, but he wasn't there. As we were walking out, two Americans come up to us and say hi. That doesn't usually happen. One of them served in Taiwan 20 years ago! He was in Taibei though. They were here selling potatoes. They have an international business with all the Asian countries. It was cool to talk to them. Then we found another LA that works at another pharmacy. He's really nice and funny. He wants to come back to church, but really wants to help his family by making money. The common enemy here. He's going to try to schedule himself off on Sunday mornings though!

Saturday we had a good ward correlation with the bishop. It's so nice to have him there. Then we had a lesson with Wang dixiong. We've been working with him ever since I got here and he's now working towards getting the Priesthood! I'm really excited for him. Then we bussed up to Longjing and walked the streets looking for some formers and less actives. We had a bit of success finding them, but not a lot of interest still. It got cold again.

Sunday was raining pretty hard. But there was still a good turnout at church for both wards. In the afternoon we went to visit the Sisters' RC's family. She's a little 8 year old girl that was taken to church by her parents until she could get baptized. They themselves never got baptized, but they let her. It was really interesting seeing how much the parents knew about the church, but didn't want to join. The dad was teaching his daughter about the significance of the Sacrament. And their younger daughter has to breathe through a tube in her throat. They're a very humble family. I loved getting to meet them.    Then we had a full ward FHE. There was dinner and a spiritual share on the Holy Ghost and eternal families. Then there was a guessing game. It was impossible. They would use weird descriptions to describe a character. And people were guessing them left and right. All us missionaries decided that is the game to really make you feel like a failure after being here for 2 years. Elder Christensen and I have been here for 2 and are pretty fluent and still had no idea how they were getting that. It was so deep. But it was really funny. I did get one riddle. Everyone was shocked.

And that was my week. It was a good week. I'm really excited for this coming week! There's a lot of fun things coming up! I love this area so much! Until next week!

 

Love, Elder Anthony Kai Buckwalter

Chinese New Year

Dear family and friends,

What a week. What a week of food. Not a whole lot of people are left in the city. They've all returned home to their families in the more rural areas. Tuesday morning we left early as a district and went to a lady's house in our ward to help her clean. It's tradition to do a deep clean of the house before the new year to welcome a good full year. And her husband isn't healthy enough to help. So we did! It was a lot of fun cleaning all the windows and getting out on ledges to get the upper windows. We all had a super delicious beef noodles for lunch. It was a relatively good day. But not a whole lot happened after that. Time is flying faster and faster though.

Wednesday we went to Daya for interviews! I love seeing the Blickenstaffs. We had to stay there for a bit because our planner check time with the assistants and our interview times were far apart. It just worked out that way. But we had a great time there. We made it back just in time for dinner at Subway (still my favorite), and then English class! And no one showed up. It was insane. Well in the end we had 8 people come. And they're all really fun. It was a very chill English class with everyone in the same class. There wasn't enough to split up into classes. We sat with Zhuang dixiong afterwards and he's been doing his studying. He asked us about the Arc of the Covenant. I've never had a recent convert ask about that before. He loves to read the Book of Mormon!

Thursday was the day that the ward started making us meals. All the shops on the street are closed, so the ward signs up to have us over to celebrate the new year. And the feasts are huge! It's like Thanksgiving twice a day for 5 days. We got to eat at the Sisters' investigator family's house for lunch. It was a good hot pot. They're all doing so great, but want to do it as a family. So they're coming along. We then went straight to our DTM, which was really short since we had to run to our dinner appointment at the Li family's house. They always love having us over. It was a good fishy dinner. But they always have a ton of sausage. I eat that up! And by the end of dinner, it was time to go home. Crazy day right? The Sisters left they're keys in the church and couldn't get in they're apartment. So we had to go all the way back to the church and open it for them. And that was after we had gotten home that they called us. Love it...

Friday we were taken to an all you can eat hot pot that I love so much for lunch! Some of the family members are less active and are just here visiting from Japan. It was really nice to talk with them. They've also lived in Provo before! We got to skype the husband of one of the siblings that's still in Japan. It was pretty sweet. Then we had to do a late weekly planning and head to dinner. A nice young family with they're first child on the way. They're pretty new to the ward and loved talking to us about how they wanna help!

Saturday we had a lunch to ourselves. We've been stuffed to the point of explosion. So we took it easy on lunch. But we then had a super spicy Korean/German sausage dinner. The lady studied in Germany for 12 years and opened a restaurant that combines the meat of Germany with the spicy of Korea. It was hot. But it was so good! I got to talk to a member named Ben for a while. He's really cool. He loves missionaries.

Sunday we had a combined Donghai/Fengjia Sacrament meeting. Church was only an hour because of the holiday. But Zhuang dixiong got confirmed! He was super excited! We then got a miracle phone call from a member in Fengyuan. She has a friend that's investigating the church that has cancer and is in the hospital in our area. We went there to give her a blessing. When we got there, she had the Book of Mormon and the most recent Liahona laid out in front of her. After the blessing, we sang some hymns and read to her from the Book of Mormon. The husband stopped investigating a while ago, but is really supportive and liked us being there. There were tears as we sang one last hymn and then left. The Spirit was definitely there. She feels the struggle, but she doesn't blame God at all. It's only letting her draw closer to Him.

We then had a great dinner with a part member family. The dad isn't a member, but the mom and two of the kids that are old enough are. The mom really opened up to us about her desire for her sons to grow up in the gospel and serve missions. The oldest one that is 13 said he wants to. We played some games with the family. The dad is really nice and loving to us. And that ended the week.

After all these meals, I have actually lost weight. The mystery of my body continues... But I love this mission! I'm so glad to be out here! I love you all! Until next week!

 

Love, Elder Anthony Kai Buckwalter

A Beautiful Baptism

Dear family and friends,

What an interesting week. Monday night we were called by Elder Christensen in our district saying he's going to Taibei the next day. The office called him and said all the people that are extending and going home on a mini transfer will be going to Taibei with their original group to experience the temple and shop at the visitors center. So we had to get ourselves to the mission office early in the morning to pick up Elder Brown and be in a tripanionship for the day. We got back and had to rearrange our schedules to fit all our investigators. In the end we biked to Fengjia and back 4 times. That is quite a trek up and down that mountainside. Then we went back to the mission office and ended up having to wait and hour and a half for them to get back. They had to make a last minute trip down south. What a weird day.

Wednesday was a long day of lessons dropping because everyone is leaving town for the Chinese New Year. Everyone goes back to their parents' houses. So a lot of our investigators have left for two weeks. It will be a little rough. But that night me and Elder Buhler started teaching the advanced class at English. They're really cool. And two of them are our investigators. We also got to sit with Zhuang Yu Lun after class and work out what songs he wanted to sing at his baptism!

Thursday after weekly planning, we went to Li mama's house to fix a hole above her stove that's letting smoke fly around the house whenever she turns the fan on. So we had to fix that up a bit. And then we got two large pizzas from this little shop. It was pretty good pizza. While we were eating at a family mart, a guy came up to us and said some Sisters went to find him last year. He wouldn't tell us how he met the missionaries and why they were trying to find him. But he said if we ask around, people will know who he is. Then he left. I didn't know what to think. But he was really cool.

Friday we had a great ward correlation meeting. The bishop is really trying to make plans for the ward. The rest of the day was pretty intense finding. A lot of our investigators are gone for the holidays!

Saturday we had a good lesson with Wang dixiong, an LA we're working with. He's doing pretty great. And he likes Elder Buhler. Then we biked like crazy up to Longjing. We looked for some less actives up there and found one that was too busy to meet, but we can go back later. Elder Buhler had an investigator family last time he served here, so we went to their house. They still weren't too willing to meet again. I was a little sad about that. But he knows a lot about the area, so we'll be able to do some great finding now. We made a lot of phone calls at the end of the night and prepared for the baptism the following day.

Sunday Alex Cai came to church! And then Zhuang came all prepared to get baptized! It was a great block of meetings and we had the baptism pretty much right after church. We got pictures taken and then pretty much just started. Elder Yang was also able to come! He was the missionary that first started to meet with Zhuang and I replaced him. Also Elder Vandiford came since they're both serving in the office right now. And Elder Vandiford also served here. So it was a like a great reunion for everyone! Zhuang dixiong was so happy to get baptized! He'll get confirmed next week at church.    We then went and found a guy named Steven. He's actually American and moved here for an adventure. He married here and settled down. He's also less active, but really nice and is fine with missionaries coming over and talking with him. He's probably the most chill less active person I've ever met. He's willing to talk about the church and everything. It was a really amazing lesson.

And that was my week. I'm so happy to see Zhuang dixiong get baptized! I can see how much he loves the church. He kept leaning over to me during Sacrament meeting and saying how much he likes it at church. Such a great miracle. 

I love and miss you all! I hope your week is full of adventure. It's the start of the Chinese New Year this week. So I'll be eating a lot! Until next week!

 

Love, Elder Anthony Kai Buckwalter

THE Week Of Miracles

Dear family and friends,

It was an amazing week! Tuesday we had a fun DTM at KFC since there's a nice lounge area and our church was being sprayed for cockroaches. It was pretty funny. But then I went with Elder Christensen to Fengjia for the day. We had a lot of fun meeting with their RC of two days. He is so humble and wants to be better. He's really great. Then had a good steak dinner with two other investigators. A grandma and her grandson. He's 13 and probably one of the coolest kids I've ever met. He's really fun. Getting him to church is hard because he goes home to his mom on the weekends and she's always busy on Sundays. But he really wants to get baptized.

Wednesday was a super great day of English proselyting. There were so many prepared people on the street! A man named Miguel came up to me and asked if I was Mormon. After responding, he went on saying he really wants to learn more about our church. He never had time in the past, but now has time and really wants to learn more! Then that night he came to our party! We did a carnival. It was a lot of fun. In the end everyone was learning how to make balloon animals. We ended up sitting with Miguel after the party and he was beyond happy to learn about the Book of Mormon! He's really excited to keep learning with us.

Thursday was a pretty average day. But the wind was getting really cold again. But we were able to sit with Wang dixiong, an LA we're working with, and watch Finding Faith in Christ. He liked it a lot. He's slowly coming along, and we found out his job stops him from coming to church one or two times a month. So that much we can't really help. But he's super sweet.

Friday we switched companions again. Elder Brown came with me. We had a great time at Li mama's house for dinner. It was a really great dinner. And she loves the missionaries so much! Then we sat with Peter, another LA. He loves talking to us. We really want to get his thoughts towards the gospel though. He just loves missionaries. But then after meeting with him, Zhuang dixiong met with us and the first thing he said was "I don't have to work on Sunday anymore! I really thought about the Sabbath and prayed about it and decided to quit my job and find a new one. Now I have a new job that is a little more tough during the week, but doesn't require me working on Sunday!" It was music to my ears! We shared the baptismal questions with him and instantly got him into an interview since Elder Christensen was already at the church. He was almost to the point of tears of excitement.

Saturday we met with another English student named Justin that has a bit of interest too. He didn't have a whole lot of time, but he's pretty interested. Then that night it was as windy as all get up, but we knew we had to go out and contact. So we prayed for warmth and success. We found an amazing family with English interest. Then we pulled a guy over with interest that wanted to go to our church right there and then. So we biked to our church and he followed behind on his scooter. Then a sister from Zhanghua was randomly waiting for her friend here and helped us peike. He loved it a lot and also wants to learn a lot more!

Sunday Zhuang dixiong was announced to be baptized the following week! He's getting baptized this Sunday!! We had a great day of church. We then met with a Chen dixiong that Elders Cuartas and Brown got to sit with while on exchanges. We watched the Restoration movie with him. He loved it a lot and is loving the Book of Mormon and accepted a goal! Miracles all over the place!  We then went to Sherry's house for dinner. She has lived in California for decades now and came back to be with her mom for a bit. And her husband is coming this week and they're preparing to get sealed! She's also like a missionary mom. She loves taking care of the missionaries. We then biked super fast down the HUGE hill in crazy traffic in the dark. So much fun! And we watched 17 Miracles. It was my first time seeing it. Everyone loved it. 

Today Elder Cuartas moved to Huwei in the Jiayi zone. Pretty far away. I'm now with Elder Buhler! He's from Spanish Fork. He's really cool. I can tell we're going to have a lot of fun! We have a lot of mutual friends. And he served here 3 transfers ago. Why he came back, we don't know. But we're both way excited! 

I love you all! I'm way excited to keep this area going! It'll be a transfer of miracles! Until next week!

 

Love, Elder Anthony Kai Buckwalter 

 

ps. Mom, did you know Wee Granny is in 17 Miracles? I don't know if you've seen it or not. But I bawled at her part.

Families

Dear family and friends,

What a great week. It all started with a great FHE on Monday night with the single adults. We shared our new year's resolutions. Then on Tuesday we had ZTM in Daya. It was a ton of fun! Elder Terry and Elder McKenzie did a good job. We thought of a new Zone name. And it came out to be the North Taizhong Nebula. They couldn't think of anything good that rhymed with North. So they just took the first letter and came up with Nebula because stars are born in a nebula. It's just funny. We practiced the first time sit down and then talked about sacrifice. Really good.   We had a great lesson with Lai dixiong and the first counselor peike'd. It was really good and all came down to the fact that we need to study the scriptures and pray for God's help to overcome our trials. We have to do our own part too. It was a good lesson.

Wednesday was a long day of finding. But it was a good day. We had dinner at a member families house. Homemade fried chicken. I haven't had that in forever. We also had a great English class! The family that self contacted us came! And they had a ton of fun! I was so happy. We had a lot of people show up, including a girl from Argentina. That was pretty sweet. We sat with Zhuang dixiong afterwards. He's switching jobs, and his work schedule is harder to work around, so we need to have faith with that... But he's super willing to obey all commandments!

Thursday we had a miracle dinner with a less active. He contacted us while we did English proselyting and said he once met with missionaries. But when we called him, he was already in our phone as a less active! We were so confused. So we met with him and he was baptized somewhere else in Taizhong and then moved here 10 years ago. Really nice guy.

Friday was a sad day with some of our investigators. But then we had dinner with the less active again and then he also helped us peike with our RC as we shared the Plan of Salvation. It also helped him as well! Double miracle in a lesson. It was also really cold, so we didn't like being on the road. I nearly got knocked off my bike riding against the wind.

Saturday was a crazy day. We had ward correlation in the morning. Then we biked as fast as we could up the entire mountain to get to our furthest area to meet a former that set up. But we couldn't find his house and he wasn't answering his phone. Then the miracle family cancelled on us because they were going to the dad's parent's house. Super depressing. But that afternoon we met with Wang dixiong who's an LA that we've been helping. We talked about languages and the language of the Book of Mormon before it was translated. He's super wise and just sounds wise and loves to say "SUPER GOOD!" We taught him that. He's just got work problems.   Then at the other Elder's baptism, we had Zhuang dixiong, Cai dixiong, and a new guy that set up to meet at that time, Lin dixiong, all come! It was all over the place. And I'm pretty sure I once taught the new guy while I lived in Pingdong! He walked in and look extremely familiar. It was driving me crazy. Turns out he has a Book of Mormon already, but he left it in PINGDONG!! I'm pretty sure I was the one that referred him up here because he was moving up here. The other Elders contacted him in our referral system because our systems are combined, and it was from me and now to me! What a miracle! And he's way willing!

Sunday Zhuang dixiong came and loved church! The bishop peike'd after church and it was really great. Then the miracle family showed up after church to see if there was still stuff going on and the Sisters were having a baptism! So they stayed and loved it. The ward ate them up. I'm really excited to keep meeting with them. Then that night for our FHE we watched Legacy. The room was filled with RC's. They loved it. It was a good night.

I loved last week! This week is the final week of the transfer. We'll see what miracles come! We already have some great things coming our way! I love you all! Until next week!

 

Love, Elder Anthony Kai Buckwalter