Dear family,
Helloooo so yeah my new area.... Super... rice field-y. Taibao is super xiangxia.
So this week we... well it seemed like a lot of time was wasted. The only place where there are any people is a 20 minute bike ride away.. AND don't freak out mom.....
but I had to go to the hospital. I thought I had a sore throat but it lasted for forever and so I finally went to the massive hospital that is here. Guess what they found in my throat? an ulcer. I don't even know what that is... But its in there. And it kills. But I got some pain meds and this stuff that I have to put on the end of a q-tip and then I have to rub it all over the ulcer. It hurts all the time and sometimes keeps me up at night. It feels like when I had strep throat a few summers ago. But worse. Hurts to eat, drink, talk and breathe. Anyway. enough complaining from me.
So this week... We had a white guy come up to us and tell us that he wanted to share a message about Jehovah's Witness. But he was just kidding. He is an RM and he works as a baseball scout trying to find people who are way good at baseball. He said that there are actually a lot here in Taiwan.
Ummm lets see... Tuesday we didn't have our bikes so we just walked around everywhere.
Wednesday was English class. Two people showed up. And our "chapel" is a house. That is just rented out. We spent the entire three hours in the same room.
Saturday was the best day of the week by far. We had a good solid 7 lessons and most of the day was spent biking to far away places. 45 minute bike rides are not fun btw. Most of the lessons were with different "crazies". Like this one guy that we call the crazy sword guy, we invited him to be baptized and this was his response: "If I get baptized, will I get pregnant and then give birth to a baby boy?" No joke. This man is crazy. He may or may not need baptism. HE a MALE person thought that if he gets baptized, he will physically have the ability to have a baby. no crazy sword guy, no.
But that day was awesome for several reasons. Like I got the Christmas package! YAY for new not nasty garments! And my companion bought a giant thing (6.6 POUNDS) of peanuts butter(yes peanuts butter). He was so happy. Not a bad day at all.
Then on Sunday I got to see Sister Chen who was in my district when I served in Gaoxiong. And she lives here in the middle of nowhere! And she is going to the states sometime next week. Her English is way good. Then next year she is flying back and getting married to a guy named Thomas. Him and I are good friends cuz he is a super geek like me.
As of right now I am not district leader. Which is awesome. That would not be fun here in the countryside. My companion has been here for 2 move calls but this is his first
area and he still doesn't know it very well. So we are learning together.
My companion's sister taught at Legacy Prep Academy last year so maybe someone knows her. Her name is Mrs. Harrison.
Tell Sarah I am super sorry. I have lots of letters that need to be sent but there literally nowhere to send them. I'm going to find a member to help me out. She is expecting to get home and have lots of letters.... but Elder Graham has not been able to find a way to do that. So tell her I am sorry. Also can you ask for Cam Thredgolds mission address? thanks.
Love, Elder Graham
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OK hello family!
as in Gaoxiong. She was the one who baptized the super cute baby's mom. She is going to America about the same time Sarah is. She is going to BYU for a semester and to see her fiancée. That's kind of a long story but her future husband is an ABC and he came here to study and now he is in America again. And then they will come back here to be married. But anyway the point of that story is to tell you that the super cute baby will be in salt lake to see conference so you need to see that baby. Super cute. They are the ones that came and visited me. I haven't seen that super cute baby in like 6 months. She can run now... Oh well. they said that they will come to Utah when she is 8 so I can baptize her. And Sister Ch
en she might come up to Kaysville with her boyfriend and say hi to you guys. If she has time. So you might get a call from a 28 year old year girl with an Asian accent. Or she might have her boyfriend call for here. His English is perfect.
But that day was awesome for several reasons. Like I got the Christmas package! YAY for new not nasty garments! And my companion bought a giant thing (6.6 POUNDS) of peanuts butter(yes peanuts butter). He was so happy. Not a bad day at all.
area and he still doesn't know it very well. So we are learning together.
y here. We have to bike 2o minutes to get to where there are people to contact. It's only a branch. Its not even a ward. Which is fine. It will just be really weird. But the branch members are cool. My new companion is Elder Baxter. ------------>
Yesterday when I told everyone in the ward that I was moving, they were all sad. One of the recent converts Liu Zhen Jie, called me last night to tell me that I was a good missionary. Then he started crying. He said that I never gave up on him even when he was starting to fall away from the church and not wanting to read or pray. You would be surprised too. Because this is an 18 year old kid who works out a lot and is just a big muscular guy. With facial hair and everything. A big tough DUDE. But he was grateful for the love that I had showed for him. I won't forget that.
