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
