Emails 8/15/16

Alright, it was a great week! 

...That's it. Love you guys. 

Just kidding. :) It was a great week, though! Start of a new transfer, so I have a new companion, also
shoutout to Elder Ward for finishing his mission and surviving me as his last companion! :)

I have a new companion now, Elder Muscrave. He's great! We had a pretty good week. Monday was
spent at the train station waiting for new missionaries to come in so we could welcome them into the
zone, then we helped the sisters out who are new to the area find their way around and got them some
bikes to ride for the next day or two until their normal bikes come in the mail.

Tuesday was pretty standard. We had a meeting in a neighboring area, DTM, which was good. We
learned how to be better missionaries. :) I was able to see one of my previous companions, Elder
Grisenti, who's awesome! I'm super excited we're in the same district together! :D

We had a lesson set up after DTM, but he ended up not being able to come because his family doesn't
want him to meet with missionaries. Bummer. So we just contacted people. Taiwan is an amazing place.
Also, it's pretty cool because there are tons of people out on the streets you can just start talking to. It's
pretty great! But yeah, we just contacted people all day on Tuesday. :)

Wednesday we met with a less-active member and our Bishop. That was pretty good. Afterwards, we contacted some more. Also it rained very suddenly which sometimes happens here. So we contacted
people in the pouring rain, which was pretty fun. :) Wednesday night we had English class. That's
always pretty fun. :) There weren't a lot of people there, which might have been because of the rain...

Thursday, we met with our recent convert, Brother Peng and his friends. He's doing awesome! :D At
night, we met with the stake presidency and give a report or presentation, which I should've clarified
what they wanted us to do, because I wasn't sure what I presented was what they were expecting.... :/
Good to know for the future. :)

Friday was pretty standard. Weekly planning. Some lessons fell through, so we hit the streets and talked
to more people. It was nuts, because this week we did a lot of talking to people, but as we tried hard, the
time went by really fast, which is good, but also the time went too fast! :o

Anyway, Saturday we had to go to another area in Qi Shan to do a baptismal interview for the missionaries
out there, so we spent a large portion of golden Saturday finding time in Qi Shan. We did have a miracle
lesson that night from someone we had contacted earlier that week who said they wanted to meet with us
so that was pretty cool. :)

Sunday was good and sacrament was a highlight of the week, as always. I love being able to take the sacrament and know I can be forgiven of all of the things I did wrong and the mistakes I made that week.
It's great!

Sunday night we were on the roads again contacting people. :) Good week. :)

Yay European soccer! :D That's nuts that Michael Phelps won so many medals! :o 

Happy birthday, Aunt Amy Ryan! 

Anyway, I love you all and I'm praying for you!

Here's my letter to President Teh today:

Dear President,

It was a good first week of the new transfer and with a new companion. Elder Musgrave is doing well 

and seems to be excited to be here. He is very willing to work and seems to be adjusting well. I am glad I get to work with him these coming weeks. I hope I can be the kind of companion for him that Elder Ward

was for me. He worked hard, and pushed us both and we saw many miracles together. I hope I can do 

the same. This week when I was in studies, I read Helaman 8:15. The word "look" stood out to me. 

I had never really studied the word "look" in the scriptures before, so I looked up some scriptures that

also use the word "look." I thought about Lot and his wife, as well as a scripture in Doctrine and 

Covenants that stress the importance of looking towards the Lord, and not looking back when the Lord

tells you to. If you're  looking in a direction, you'll probably end up there. In Mosiah, when King 

Benjamin addresses his people, they pitch their tents towards the temple. Shortly after, they all end up

there making covenants with the Lord. In the Old Testament, (I forgot who) but they pitch their tent 

towards Sodom. Shortly after, that's where they are. If we are constantly looking towards the Lord, 

that's the direction we will head. If we keep His commandments, have faith and follow Him, we will 

be able to endure to the end, we won't have as many distractions and we will end up with the Lord.

This week, we spent a lot of time contacting. We tried very hard to get some new investigators, because

we need to find some new investigators with real intent right now. We had found some promising 

people, but no one had set up with us, despite our efforts. On Saturday, I was a little worried. We had 

tried our hardest throughout the week and had been diligent in finding, but so far, we hadn't had anyone

who had set up to meet, or if they had, they didn't show up. During dinner on Saturday, a person called 

us up and told us they were at the church and were wondering if we could meet with them. I was 

shocked. We ended dinner early and met with them right away and shared about the Gospel with them. 

We were able to set up another time to meet with them, which was a great miracle! Sometimes, the

Lord does what we think is impossible to increase our faith in Him. I like the quote "There is a power 

that causes things to happen that need to happen." In the Lord's infinite mercy, He allows us to 

participate in His work, to allow us to learn and experience the joy of helping others, when really the 

work is all in His hands. What an amazing miracle!

--

Elder Fleming