Wu2an1 huo4shi4 wan3an1? wo3 bu4 zhi1
Wow what a week sounds like you all are having fun and staying very busy. Sounds like you all are doing several great things. I love you all!
Cool hat Jakob wow you have changed, you have grown up so much. Sophia, your so cute, you have changed a lot. Wow sounds like you all are biking a lot. I bought a bike computer so I would know how far my companion and I were running in the morning. As far as I have seen so far we are not biking a ton, about 10 miles a day, not quite 40. That's awesome. Sounds like your getting ready. I forgot how long is it? I remember thinking that I would love to do it some time but I forgot some of those details.
So my companion and I have decided that we want to run, and so we have found a route that we want to run that starts at my house and is about 1.5 to 2 miles to the base of a hill then there is a hill/ mountain that starts by an exercise park in Tianmu it is called the Tianmu baseball Stadium and then fun to the College up on the hill called Wen Hua College, the biggest park that I have seen so far, then runs up an hill for about three miles. It is going to be fun. We have decided that we want to take the bikes up and drop then off at the top then use a bus to come down and then run back up. It will be sweet. We need to take some time doing it though and so it is going to be a Monday thing to do because unless we wake up really really early we can't do it in the morning before studies. So I'm trying to stay in shape somewhat, trying to follow your example. Dad did you get your bike fixed? ha ha we have broken so many things on bikes. I have decided that Specialized should have our family be a tester family if it can make is through us it is good to go.
So talk to me Liesl and Chandler are going to high school and college? Last I heard Liesl was looking at BYU Idaho. I'm guessing that that didn't go through? Are you staying at Dixie state Liesl? Ok. Sounds like you all are getting going, school starts this week?
This week we had a great week! We have been teaching a lot, we are going to try to keep that up. This week we have found a few family's that we have met with already once and they are going to keep meeting with us. This week we also found other family's that we will get to meet with this week. I'm excited about that. This message really is about families and helping our families be happy and develop greater relationships than we currently have. These families are cool. We will see how interested they all are later on in the week but it seems like they are all willing to meet and learn.
This week I got to do one of my first real exchanges. Last transfer I got to do them, but it was with the Zone leaders. This transfer I have Shipai in my district, so I get to get exchanges with them. This week was fun and we had a good exchange and I think that we both learned a lot. Something that we both talked about was the power of prayer, and of specific prayer. This week we have been praying to find a family with a 10 year old son. The Shipai Elders have been praying for a person that lives in their area that is humble and that is willing to meet and pray to the Father. They think they found him this week. We found several family's with 10 year old sons this week. I believe that the Lord loves us and that we can do all with His help.
WOW you all are doing so may great things. I'm sorry to hear about a funeral this week, that is not fun, thank you everyone for helping out. Sounds like you all are making memories, having fun. Thank you for all that you do.
I'm sorry that I have no photos today. I'll have some next week though. Today we want to go up to yang Ming shan,Yang Ming mountain, and see what is up there. So I should have some photos from up there. Wow I love the photos. You all are so awesome, so active and having fun. Thank you for your prayers and for helping so many people.
Love you all so much. Talk to you next week.
Elder Harr
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Trainer, District Leader, Games for Ward Party
Hello Awesome family,
Wow what a week a lot happened. Sounds like you all are doing a lot too. Sounds like you all are having fun and making memories, that's great. How is Heber? Sounds like you all are having fun. It is hot here but it sounds like it is hot there as well but still a different kind of hot. People here are always asking if it is hot in America and what do we do when it is 110 degree Fahrenheit. I just smile and say we go to the lake and go wake boarding and that's about when they ask me "What is that?" It is really funny, they are all people that would stay inside and play computer games than go out and see what there is outside. Sometimes they go out, but it is not for the same kind of reasons.
So I've sent you some photos of some things. The first one is a photo of some calligraphy that one of our investigators did for us because we told him that we could possibly be moving. He painted that letter it is pretty good. He came to a baptism that we had last Saturday night for one of the sister's investigators.
Next photo thank you so much. That package was awesome! We love the coon skin hats! Thank you for the cookies. We didn't have any milk, so we made do with what we had. Thank you for that stuff. You all are so awesome. The root beer extract will definitely be used and loved by many. Thank you!
Another photo that I sent was of a spider that is huge. Last Saturday we went to a ward activity up in the mountains. Those spiders where everywhere. They were cool because there was so many of them the mosquito's weren't that big of a problem. Fun photo!
At the ward activity we had a BBQ and that was fun. I think I need to back up to Thursday to help you understand a bit of what happened...
Last week I have had fun and we have been working hard. Last week was the end of another transfer and that means about 8 or 9 left wow crazy. Time is going by quickly. We where working hard, trying to do our best going to meetings and getting things done, telling people that we might be moving this week, stuff like that. Then on Thursday night at about 9:10 I got a phone call from the assistants. It is kinda funny because Thursday night are trainer calls and we had been back in our apartment for a bit and I had just thought "Sweet, I have another transfer or two where I don't have to train," but I got the call! I get to train an Elder Miller. He is fresh here in Taiwan and he is excited and worried about everything that comes with going to the field and wanting to do his best. He is from Atlanta, Georgia. He is the oldest of two children and he went to study at BYU Provo for a year and a half before his mission started back in May. He's cool. He is a runner and hiker and so we will get along alright. I went to pick him up on Friday morning and that took most of the morning and afternoon, we got back and had some time before I had a baptismal interview. We threw his stuff at home and got to work. Later that night after the interview I got a call from the Elders Quorum President at like 7 on Friday night. He asked me to put on two hours of activity's for a ward event on Saturday. I was about to leave on splits with the Ward Mission leader and so just agreed that I could pull something togethethat was like OK not what. luckily I have a great family that plays and does big events for lots of people all the time and so I was able to pull some stuff together and it came out a success. We played the hoo-la-hoop game where you race and pass it around the circle. We played human knot, and did a few relays. We played the magic shoes game. It all took about two hours. It was interesting because the Elders quorum president said that I should plan on 80 people to do activity's with, in the end I think that we might have had 30 to 35 people who actually took part. Fun stuff. Thank you for teaching me how to have big party's.
So this what follows here was part of my letter to President, this was cool:
This last week we tried to work hard we had a bunch of people set up and then toward the start of the week they all stood us up. Not the funnest thing in the world but it happens. This last week I thought a lot about what it means to be successful. There where a few times when I had a wake up call as a reminder of how blessed we are. For example this last week we where contacting on one of our major streets here in Tian Mu. I asked a gentlemen if he was happy and he told me "No he was not." I asked him why he was not happy and he told me that with in the last year his wife had died and his son was killed in a car crash. He was not happy because he missed them so much and wanted to be with them. I took this opportunity to talk to him and tell him that he would see this wife again and his Son and that it is all possible though the Atonement of Jesus Christ. He really is the way. He can help everyone. This was one of the many times that I felt that I was doing what I was called to do because when he told me about his family I felt so much love for this man that I have never met before. I am so blessed to know that this is real. It is not a thing that comes and goes. It is more than just a good made up story. It is real. It will change lives.
So two weeks ago I had interviews with President. He told me my two dates to go home, wow crazy. He didn't ask me when I want to go home but it's probably time to start thinking about if I want to extend or not. The first day is July 3rd and the second day is 6 weeks later Aug 9th? I'm not thinking a lot about it but because this decision needs to be made sometime or later we can start thinking and praying about it. What do you think? Those dates are flight days, I would leave in the morning here and get there at night there. Something like that. I think that it is going to be influenced a lot by when college starts. So think about that. Wow time is gone. I got to work hard with what I have left!
Thank you for the package. I loved the photos. So many have changed. People are growing up wow!
Well I need to go awesome family. Have fun in Salt lake and I'll talk to you all next week.
Love you,
Elder Harr
Wow what a week a lot happened. Sounds like you all are doing a lot too. Sounds like you all are having fun and making memories, that's great. How is Heber? Sounds like you all are having fun. It is hot here but it sounds like it is hot there as well but still a different kind of hot. People here are always asking if it is hot in America and what do we do when it is 110 degree Fahrenheit. I just smile and say we go to the lake and go wake boarding and that's about when they ask me "What is that?" It is really funny, they are all people that would stay inside and play computer games than go out and see what there is outside. Sometimes they go out, but it is not for the same kind of reasons.
So I've sent you some photos of some things. The first one is a photo of some calligraphy that one of our investigators did for us because we told him that we could possibly be moving. He painted that letter it is pretty good. He came to a baptism that we had last Saturday night for one of the sister's investigators.
Next photo thank you so much. That package was awesome! We love the coon skin hats! Thank you for the cookies. We didn't have any milk, so we made do with what we had. Thank you for that stuff. You all are so awesome. The root beer extract will definitely be used and loved by many. Thank you!
Another photo that I sent was of a spider that is huge. Last Saturday we went to a ward activity up in the mountains. Those spiders where everywhere. They were cool because there was so many of them the mosquito's weren't that big of a problem. Fun photo!
At the ward activity we had a BBQ and that was fun. I think I need to back up to Thursday to help you understand a bit of what happened...
Last week I have had fun and we have been working hard. Last week was the end of another transfer and that means about 8 or 9 left wow crazy. Time is going by quickly. We where working hard, trying to do our best going to meetings and getting things done, telling people that we might be moving this week, stuff like that. Then on Thursday night at about 9:10 I got a phone call from the assistants. It is kinda funny because Thursday night are trainer calls and we had been back in our apartment for a bit and I had just thought "Sweet, I have another transfer or two where I don't have to train," but I got the call! I get to train an Elder Miller. He is fresh here in Taiwan and he is excited and worried about everything that comes with going to the field and wanting to do his best. He is from Atlanta, Georgia. He is the oldest of two children and he went to study at BYU Provo for a year and a half before his mission started back in May. He's cool. He is a runner and hiker and so we will get along alright. I went to pick him up on Friday morning and that took most of the morning and afternoon, we got back and had some time before I had a baptismal interview. We threw his stuff at home and got to work. Later that night after the interview I got a call from the Elders Quorum President at like 7 on Friday night. He asked me to put on two hours of activity's for a ward event on Saturday. I was about to leave on splits with the Ward Mission leader and so just agreed that I could pull something togethethat was like OK not what. luckily I have a great family that plays and does big events for lots of people all the time and so I was able to pull some stuff together and it came out a success. We played the hoo-la-hoop game where you race and pass it around the circle. We played human knot, and did a few relays. We played the magic shoes game. It all took about two hours. It was interesting because the Elders quorum president said that I should plan on 80 people to do activity's with, in the end I think that we might have had 30 to 35 people who actually took part. Fun stuff. Thank you for teaching me how to have big party's.
So this what follows here was part of my letter to President, this was cool:
This last week we tried to work hard we had a bunch of people set up and then toward the start of the week they all stood us up. Not the funnest thing in the world but it happens. This last week I thought a lot about what it means to be successful. There where a few times when I had a wake up call as a reminder of how blessed we are. For example this last week we where contacting on one of our major streets here in Tian Mu. I asked a gentlemen if he was happy and he told me "No he was not." I asked him why he was not happy and he told me that with in the last year his wife had died and his son was killed in a car crash. He was not happy because he missed them so much and wanted to be with them. I took this opportunity to talk to him and tell him that he would see this wife again and his Son and that it is all possible though the Atonement of Jesus Christ. He really is the way. He can help everyone. This was one of the many times that I felt that I was doing what I was called to do because when he told me about his family I felt so much love for this man that I have never met before. I am so blessed to know that this is real. It is not a thing that comes and goes. It is more than just a good made up story. It is real. It will change lives.
So two weeks ago I had interviews with President. He told me my two dates to go home, wow crazy. He didn't ask me when I want to go home but it's probably time to start thinking about if I want to extend or not. The first day is July 3rd and the second day is 6 weeks later Aug 9th? I'm not thinking a lot about it but because this decision needs to be made sometime or later we can start thinking and praying about it. What do you think? Those dates are flight days, I would leave in the morning here and get there at night there. Something like that. I think that it is going to be influenced a lot by when college starts. So think about that. Wow time is gone. I got to work hard with what I have left!
Thank you for the package. I loved the photos. So many have changed. People are growing up wow!
Well I need to go awesome family. Have fun in Salt lake and I'll talk to you all next week.
Love you,
Elder Harr
Contact, contact, and more contacting!
Awesome family wow your running so fast remember to breath! It sounds like your all very busy doing so many things remember that I love you and pray that you all are doing good.
Wow 38 cubs to the shooting range wow that's so many. You always are doing so much good. It sounds like you are running lots of water around. When I left we had like 6 stops now it sounds like you have more and you are very busy keeping them filled. Keep doing good, keep running and catch a breath every now and then!
Wow, lets see this week there was a ton that happened, so here it goes...
Monday: for p-day we wanted to take my bike to get it fixed and so I pulled the money to go and do it because Monday is a day that we could have be slower and we would be able to pick it up on Tuesday morning, right? Nope because they are not opened on Mondays! And they don't open until Tuesday... I thought the website said was 11:00am. OK, so because Tuesday was a busy day and it needed to happen Monday night I striped my bike and got it ready to just switch out the frame. I decided that by the time I got it up there and dropped it off and rode the very little bike around for a day and a half and then rode back there to pick it up the time would be a bit quicker if I just did it, and and so I did! Monday night I took of all the stuff and got it ready for the transfer and then I rode to the bike shop Tuesday morning. We didn't have anything planed on Tuesday morning and so we said well lets contact up to the bike shop, pick up the frame, and then during lunch I can put it all back together. Well, they didn't open until 1:00 and so we decided to lock it to a pole and then go and do work we while we are waiting. We contacted some people and were trying to teach them but nobody wants to or has time to stop for very long and talk and so we didn't get much done. We took a later lunch and picked up the frame, and then went home to put it back together quickly. It was good because we needed to update some records and make some calls that my companion did while I was finishing up. It looked great. I didn't get a picture of the bike right after I put it together on this card so I'll send that next week. I got it all back together and working in about an hour and 15 min. Good timing! So that was through Tuesday afternoon.
Tuesday: so once we get it together we had a less active that we needed to go and visit. So we went to find the address OK. We get there, he opens the door and sees its us and says "hi" and tries to open the door but his door is a key lock on both sides. You need a key to get in and out. Funny. Well this was a older man, like late 70's early 80's and he reached for his keys to let us in and they where not there. He didn't have his keys to get in and out. Funny were standing there, excited to get to talk to him and get to know him, but he can't let us in because he lost his keys. So when he sees that they are not there he turns around and tries to find them, and tries to remember where he put them. H can't find them, so he comes back to the door and asks us if they are on the outside of the door. They weren't there. He looked at us and said "Sorry," then he used his hand to hit is head lightly saying I don't remember where I put them. "I'm sorry can you come back another day?" Funny. This poor older man, locked in his house. We asked him if he would be OK and if there was someone else who had a key and he said "no, that he lived by himself and that he could not remember where they where, but that he would be fine and to go and to come back another day." Oh funny.
Wednesday was a busy day. In the afternoon we had district meeting and that went smoothly. The mission is focusing on unity especially in Mosiah 24 and 25, and how that story can help us be more unified and one in purpose and in our goals. It is good we all need to know that the Lord calls leaders to help us and we all need to follow him and and trust that this is the Lord's will at this time. It does not mean that they are perfect but it does mean that they are called and we all need to be unified. So that is the mission focus for this month. After district meeting we had English meeting and English class. Went smoothly, my companion and I teach the kids and so last time we took a bunch of small things and put them in a bag and had them try to describe it to the class. Once they had all done one we played uno.
Thursday: In the morning at 8:30 my companion had a training meeting that he had to go to. I went on exchanges with Elder Child's. He is the one who kicked me out of shipai and he is still there. It is crazy. I am on my 4th area. He has been there for 6 transfers now. So we went on exchanges and tried to do work. We talked to a bunch of people and didn't find anything. We tried to find contacts until lunch and then we went to eat lunch and wait for our companions to get back because at 1:00 we have WPS ( Weekly planing session). It's a mission rule that it starts at one and so we have lunch and we call them up and and they are still there at the training. We talked for a bit and decided to go and do work. They called, and we got started late like 2:30. That night was booked, but sadly all the appointments cancelled on us or they stood us up. That's the story of a missionary trying to meet with people and they "fang Ni de gezi" "stand you up!"
Friday we where able to hit the road and go and do some good street contacting. We went on exchanges with the Zone leaders and were contacting. We worked hard and he tried to really testify. It was all rejection for us. We found a few people who said that they might have time that they could meet later and so that was good. We had a kid that set up on Sunday but he stood us up. He did call us 25 min latter and said "oh sorry my dad won't let me go." That's too bad I wonder sometimes why people don't show. This kinda opened another view for me... the Taiwan culture is that you don't get married until you are about 30. You have a good job, you have a house and you have some money in the bank, so when they are under 26 they are still treated like little kids in that they cannot do anything without asking permission. It is different. We have had a 50 year old men tell us that his parents will not let him meet with us. Different.
Saturday more of the same it had been raining for awhile and so we did some tracting and didn't see a ton of success. We did find some but no one would set up or really talk to us. I know that there are prepared people out there I know it. I Know that we will be lead to them if we listen to the Holy Ghost. I also know that they have their agency and they get to choose how they want to spend it.
Sunday was a busy day. In the morning we had mm meeting where we talk to the ward mission leader and report to him on what we are doing in the ward. Then church and then race to the park where we wait for ten min to be stood up and then to give the sacrament to an brother in a wheel chair that cannot come to church every week. I am so grateful for a healthy body. Then back to the church because a member brought a 15 year old friend that he he wants us to meet with then because they where in a fireside. We had to set up another time because at 3:30 my companion had to teach the Zone leaders to pass off Chinese stuff then back to the church to be stood up. Then home for a quick lunch at 5:30 because at 6:00 we have another lesson, but that gets canceled too. We had a meal then went out contacting and met some interesting people that say things like destroy church over and over again. We had an older man telling us that we are wrong but may the Lord bless us for trying. Just the old mission stuff that happens all the time.
Love you. Thank you for all that you do. Sorry time is going out
Love you. Thank you. Thank you.
Elder Harr
Wow 38 cubs to the shooting range wow that's so many. You always are doing so much good. It sounds like you are running lots of water around. When I left we had like 6 stops now it sounds like you have more and you are very busy keeping them filled. Keep doing good, keep running and catch a breath every now and then!
Wow, lets see this week there was a ton that happened, so here it goes...
Monday: for p-day we wanted to take my bike to get it fixed and so I pulled the money to go and do it because Monday is a day that we could have be slower and we would be able to pick it up on Tuesday morning, right? Nope because they are not opened on Mondays! And they don't open until Tuesday... I thought the website said was 11:00am. OK, so because Tuesday was a busy day and it needed to happen Monday night I striped my bike and got it ready to just switch out the frame. I decided that by the time I got it up there and dropped it off and rode the very little bike around for a day and a half and then rode back there to pick it up the time would be a bit quicker if I just did it, and and so I did! Monday night I took of all the stuff and got it ready for the transfer and then I rode to the bike shop Tuesday morning. We didn't have anything planed on Tuesday morning and so we said well lets contact up to the bike shop, pick up the frame, and then during lunch I can put it all back together. Well, they didn't open until 1:00 and so we decided to lock it to a pole and then go and do work we while we are waiting. We contacted some people and were trying to teach them but nobody wants to or has time to stop for very long and talk and so we didn't get much done. We took a later lunch and picked up the frame, and then went home to put it back together quickly. It was good because we needed to update some records and make some calls that my companion did while I was finishing up. It looked great. I didn't get a picture of the bike right after I put it together on this card so I'll send that next week. I got it all back together and working in about an hour and 15 min. Good timing! So that was through Tuesday afternoon.
Tuesday: so once we get it together we had a less active that we needed to go and visit. So we went to find the address OK. We get there, he opens the door and sees its us and says "hi" and tries to open the door but his door is a key lock on both sides. You need a key to get in and out. Funny. Well this was a older man, like late 70's early 80's and he reached for his keys to let us in and they where not there. He didn't have his keys to get in and out. Funny were standing there, excited to get to talk to him and get to know him, but he can't let us in because he lost his keys. So when he sees that they are not there he turns around and tries to find them, and tries to remember where he put them. H can't find them, so he comes back to the door and asks us if they are on the outside of the door. They weren't there. He looked at us and said "Sorry," then he used his hand to hit is head lightly saying I don't remember where I put them. "I'm sorry can you come back another day?" Funny. This poor older man, locked in his house. We asked him if he would be OK and if there was someone else who had a key and he said "no, that he lived by himself and that he could not remember where they where, but that he would be fine and to go and to come back another day." Oh funny.
Wednesday was a busy day. In the afternoon we had district meeting and that went smoothly. The mission is focusing on unity especially in Mosiah 24 and 25, and how that story can help us be more unified and one in purpose and in our goals. It is good we all need to know that the Lord calls leaders to help us and we all need to follow him and and trust that this is the Lord's will at this time. It does not mean that they are perfect but it does mean that they are called and we all need to be unified. So that is the mission focus for this month. After district meeting we had English meeting and English class. Went smoothly, my companion and I teach the kids and so last time we took a bunch of small things and put them in a bag and had them try to describe it to the class. Once they had all done one we played uno.
Thursday: In the morning at 8:30 my companion had a training meeting that he had to go to. I went on exchanges with Elder Child's. He is the one who kicked me out of shipai and he is still there. It is crazy. I am on my 4th area. He has been there for 6 transfers now. So we went on exchanges and tried to do work. We talked to a bunch of people and didn't find anything. We tried to find contacts until lunch and then we went to eat lunch and wait for our companions to get back because at 1:00 we have WPS ( Weekly planing session). It's a mission rule that it starts at one and so we have lunch and we call them up and and they are still there at the training. We talked for a bit and decided to go and do work. They called, and we got started late like 2:30. That night was booked, but sadly all the appointments cancelled on us or they stood us up. That's the story of a missionary trying to meet with people and they "fang Ni de gezi" "stand you up!"
Friday we where able to hit the road and go and do some good street contacting. We went on exchanges with the Zone leaders and were contacting. We worked hard and he tried to really testify. It was all rejection for us. We found a few people who said that they might have time that they could meet later and so that was good. We had a kid that set up on Sunday but he stood us up. He did call us 25 min latter and said "oh sorry my dad won't let me go." That's too bad I wonder sometimes why people don't show. This kinda opened another view for me... the Taiwan culture is that you don't get married until you are about 30. You have a good job, you have a house and you have some money in the bank, so when they are under 26 they are still treated like little kids in that they cannot do anything without asking permission. It is different. We have had a 50 year old men tell us that his parents will not let him meet with us. Different.
Saturday more of the same it had been raining for awhile and so we did some tracting and didn't see a ton of success. We did find some but no one would set up or really talk to us. I know that there are prepared people out there I know it. I Know that we will be lead to them if we listen to the Holy Ghost. I also know that they have their agency and they get to choose how they want to spend it.
Sunday was a busy day. In the morning we had mm meeting where we talk to the ward mission leader and report to him on what we are doing in the ward. Then church and then race to the park where we wait for ten min to be stood up and then to give the sacrament to an brother in a wheel chair that cannot come to church every week. I am so grateful for a healthy body. Then back to the church because a member brought a 15 year old friend that he he wants us to meet with then because they where in a fireside. We had to set up another time because at 3:30 my companion had to teach the Zone leaders to pass off Chinese stuff then back to the church to be stood up. Then home for a quick lunch at 5:30 because at 6:00 we have another lesson, but that gets canceled too. We had a meal then went out contacting and met some interesting people that say things like destroy church over and over again. We had an older man telling us that we are wrong but may the Lord bless us for trying. Just the old mission stuff that happens all the time.
Love you. Thank you for all that you do. Sorry time is going out
Love you. Thank you. Thank you.
Elder Harr
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