Hello Family!
ok I got the flash drive and all the stuff that was in that package. Thanks.
Yay time for miracle madness!
Monday: I got 3 letters in the mail!
Tuesday: I played with the super cute baby for like 15 minutes. Both 陳 's said that they would "eventually" get baptized. we also got yelled at by a drunken guy for being Mormon and an old guy in a wheelchair yelled at him to go away.
Wednesday: Kevin agreed to pay Tithing.
Thursday: I got to hear 周長老 's voice. And I called him 辣哥 (hot guy) We added 24 new investigators.
Friday: Sun1 wants to be baptized as soon as possible.
Saturday: We added 17 new investigators without Elder Lloyd's help.
Sunday: We had 8 investigators at church. Over ten people called me 豆豆先生
So yeah. It was a pretty good week. Our district is pretty much leading the mission in people coming to church. With only three companionships, we had 26 people at church. So good.
Something Elder Graham loves about Grandma and Grandpa is they always say "I love you and don't you forget it"
Pops that is sweet you got to shoot guns all day. Guns are illegal in Taiwan (sad face)
I would love to read that book but I would have to get it approved first from president Bishop.
So I took some pretty sweet pictures. At the subway station. Flowers. And at the breakfast shop that we ate at this morning.
Yesterday we had something sad happen. Both my companion and I were really sad after. We met with an investigator who has been to church three times. Wants to join the church, wants to be baptized. He always tells us that he loves coming to church and he loves the feeling he gets. He reads the Book of Mormon every single day. He prays in the morning and at night and every time he reads the Book of Mormon. He knows this church is the only true church. He is good on all of the commandments. Except for one. So he had two problems keeping him from getting baptized. He told us before that his mom wouldn't let him get baptized because after you are baptized you can’t worship their family god. Also the Word of Wisdom. He smokes. After we shared the word of wisdom with him, he really didn't think he could quit. He went home that night after we shared the word of wisdom with him and told his mom that we are trying to help him quit smoking. His mom said that if we can get him to quit smoking, she will allow him to get baptized. So that leaves one problem. He still smokes. At church yesterday we had a very good lesson on agency. Then when we met with him last night, after a very good lesson on our part, it came down to "do you choose the road that leads to living with heavenly father forever and the celestial kingdom and eternal happiness? Or the road of Satan that is eternal unhappiness just for 10 cigs a day? He said right now he chooses his smoking. We were really sad. In the lesson he said he smokes because of pressure. Right after that I asked him how he feels when he reads the scriptures, prays, and comes to church. He said it feels good. I asked him if he remembered the first time I asked him that question. The first time I asked him that was about two weeks ago and his answer was "All of my outside pressure goes away". We testified that if he keeps doing those things, that he can and will quit smoking. But he needs the desire to quit. Which he doesn't have right now. At that point it was almost time for us to go home so we ended the lesson. Last night I was really sad about it and I read a lot in preach my gospel about this stuff. and We came to the conclusion that we are going to build his faith. In PMG it says that faith in Jesus leads us to repent. It also says that "true doctrine understood, changes behavior faster than the study of behavior changes behavior". It also says that when people have addictions to not just focus on that but to also continue to share the whole gospel.
Anyway. I have to go now. Love you guys
Elder Graham
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