Taiwan Sept 7, 2014

Well hello everyone!!!!!! :D 

     Hope you all had a good week :D My week was awesome!!!!! I just got to work hard, ride hard, and find people to teach!!!! This week had a bit of a different spice to it, because It was the Moon festival!!!! Oh joy ;) haha 

    So mom, I think no worries about the shirts and stuff :D There's a costco here, and I think we're going to buy some shirts from there :D If that doesn't work, then I will get back to you :D thanks so much though!!! I found out american candy is a great way to get members to like you even more :D haha :D oh fun times !! 

     So dad, the hill here is very comparable to the 1800 hill haha :D There probably about the same.... just riding up one of them in sunday clothes... ya... haha :D 

So, I really like the area I'm in right now :D I'm in FengJia, and it's fun!!! The ward is really nice. They don't know very well how to work with missionaries in doing the work, but hey, that is ok, because that is something me and my companion can help with :D Ya, we're super excited to keep going!!! The next transfers are in 3 weeks, and it's pretty definite that I'll be moving..... ya.... I guess we'll see what happens ;) 

Ya this week is going awesome!!!!! We found people to teach, had some crazy times running around, and basically just worked our absolute hardest!!! That was the best part of this week :D Actually who am I kidding, every week is amazing!!! And now that I'm 20, I feel even older!!! haha, look at that ;) good times ;) 

So yes..... let me tell you how this week went!!!!! 

monday: So today for P-day we had a good time going to a pizza buffet in our area, and then going out to Costco!!! I was really happy, because It was my first time going to Costco here in Taiwan ;D It's basically the exact same thing as america, just everything has a sticker on it with the Chinese translation hahahahaha :D It was really fun :D I bought some muffins for my birthday, and enough oatmeal to last me for the rest of my mission :D Good times!! Then that night we met with a member from Paraguay, and him and my companion talked in Spanish the whole time and were all happy :D Haha 

Tuesday: Well it was my birthday!! Today we were having Zone Training Meeting, and so the Zone leaders had us go up early so that "Elder Ai Could Draw something for them". haha, but really what happened when we got there is that They had Pizza, cake, and these really yummy drinks to celebrate my birthday :D haha, they're so nice :D The for ZTM president Blickenstaff and Sister Blickenstaff came, so that was really fun to get to see them :D and then a member gave us more muffins, so now we have twice as many muffins as we would have ever wanted.... hahahahaha :D We then contacted the day away finding the prepared souls that are out there in the world!!!!! 

Wednesday: We had a good day of talking and communication... yep ;D that was fun!! Then a Kick Butt English class at night about friends and families!!!! We rocked it, and thanks to my mother sending me good american candy, I bribed there friendship with Twizzlers haha :D Good days :D Then President Called me and said happy birthday to me, because he didn't know it was my birthday yesterday :D 

Thursday: We met with one of our Mainland China investigators and she's so awesome! Sister Chen, and she's golden haha! She's going to be baptized on September 20th, and she's looking like she's going to hit that goal :D Of course it was interesting, because we had to stop our Member from trying to convert her to Buhdism haha, so that was a fun journey ;) ya, and then at night we went procelyting in the Night Market and found some really nice People from africa :D 

Friday; Ok, from here on is where our week became even more crazy!!!! So today, we were out of the house early to do service at one of our RC's house, and then ran to teach another lesson to a Sister Zhan ;D It went well, but we had to ride like the wind to get to our next lesson with a less active named matthew :D All was well, and we got to do some of our Weekly Planning, and then we ran over to meet with a new investigator named Fish. She's super smart and graduated from Taiwan nation University!!! we're going to see how teaching her goes :D haha then we practiced singing and playing the violin for tomorrow. 

Saturday: Most crazy day of my life. Ok so the Chapel isn't in our area, and we had to ride to it and back to our area so many times today! So this morning we attended a really depressing funeral, and I played my violin there. I performed "Abide with me tis eventide." and it went really well. After that, we had to run back to our house, change, and then run to the church. Had a meeting there with one of our RC's, and then ran back to our area to have lunch with an investigator. After that, we ran back to the church for a baptism of an 8 year old boy (the bishopric 2nd councilors son) and it went really well ;D Then we ran back to our area to meet with our Christian investigator Ginger. Ginger is really awesome, and has a strong knowledge of the bible, so meeting with her has been interesting, because we actually use the bible to teach here haha :D fun times :D Then we ran back to the church to have a lesson with Steven, on of our RC's, and President and Sister Blickenstaff helped us teach him. It went really well, and was really fun :D and then we ran home before we were late :D Wow. Quite the fun day :D 

Sunday. today we had church, and no lessons because of the Moon Festival. You know what else happens on the Moon festival here??? Cakes. Lots and lots of Moon Cakes. Moon cakes are not like normal cakes you see, only about half of them are sweet. The other half are salty. So it's always a journey when you bite into a moon cake expecting sweet pineapple, only to get salty scallop. ya. it was a moon cake festival journey yesterday *shudder*. but all yummy in the end :D 

So ya! That was this week :D it was really exciting all the lessons we had and all that we were able to do! pray for us this week, and pray for our investigators :D We are looking for even more miracles this next week!!!!!!!!! 

CTR, 義 

Elder Dawson 陶長老

                                                My Birthday cake :D 

                                         
                                              Me at Costco (I got in Trouble for taking this picture haha) 

Taiwan Aug 31, 2014

Well hello everyone, how are you doing?? 

     媽媽，你說的沒錯，我們每天很忙，但天父真的每天的在祝福我 ：D 希望你那邊也是如此。 愛你囉！ So mom, thanks for sharing about when you left Taiwan :D We actually just got a chance to meet a Phillipino lady who came to Taiwan for 3 years, not speaking the language at all, but came here to work to earn money for her family. They're such strong examples it's really a good testimony builder :D 

     So mom and dad, it looks like Brother Harris's grandson Tanner Redding will be arriving in Taiwan on September 25th. I saw his picture yesterday, and we're all excited to invite the new missionaries onto Island!!! :D Happy days!! :D 

     Well good to know that the world still spins around overt there while I'm over here, good to know ;) haha, oh, and on that note....... HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNY!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love you tons!!!!! And I hope you have an amazing birthday today!!!!!!! 

     So before you all ask me what we're doing today for Birthday, I'll let you know :D We're going to go to a Pizza buffet, and then we're going to go to Costco and get food for like the whole month haha :D Yay!!! Fun times.... ya, it should be a pretty good day :D 

Ya.... And on to the weekly report!!! 

Monday: Well this monday we spent at the church playing ping pong. I won, no biggie ;) haha, no but really, it was fun :D We played ping pong and and sang, and basically just had a good time :D then at night we went out and did calls, and contacted people :D 

Tuesday: Today we had a really awkward District Training meeting haha, but that's ok. Awkwardness happens. haha, and then we got to ride our bikes up the treacherous Hill! So the other Elder's in our area live on a hill. And it's really steep, and to bike from bottom to top, takes about 30 minutes of constant uphill. Lucky us they wanted to do English Proselyting at the very top of that hill. So that was a fun bike ride ;) Then we had a member visit with a Lin Zhe Hong 林哲弘 and it was a very yummy vegetarian restaurant :D I don't know if I've told you all yet or not... but My companion is Vegetarian, so we don't get to eat meat a lot haha ;) 

Wednesday: I realized that I have forgotten how to spell haha. Whoops ;) So we had a miracle today meeting with a former!!! She is a member of one of the most expensive real estate agencies in all of Taiwan, and she's super cool!!! Her name is Ginger, and she's a really funny person haha. So ya, it was a miracle getting to meet with her :D And then we had english class!! :D 

Thursday: We went on exchanges with the other Elders, and I was with an Elder Hintze from Kaysville utah :D It was really super fun!!! We rocked it in his area, and had another miracle! ok, so in the morning we did service for a family, and it went a little long... which means our study times and everything else got pushed back. So by the time we ate lunch, it was like 3 in the afternoon, and everywhere was closed. The place we wanted to go eat was closed, so we just decided to eat at a different place nearby. just like randomly pick a place and eat :D We got in there and chose what to eat, and then when we went up to pay, the boss lady said "Hey can I show you something?" and I was like, "well sure". She then proceeded to pull out a book of mormon from beneath the desk and told me "About 6 months ago people would come visit me and tell me about this book, and I would go to church with them every week. Then 4 months ago they suddenly stopped and I couldn't find them." She then continued saying "I went to church once or twice, but couldn't find any friends, so I stopped going." I was super suprised that we had found her! and then she continued saying "I watch you missionaries pass by here almost every day, but never was bold enough to go and talk to you all, because I've never met any of you, but when you walked into my shop today, i said to myself "This is it, they've finally come to find me, they've finally come!" I do have to say, I was really touched, and I've forever glad that we decided to eat lunch there and help this sister be able to know us, and start coming back to church, and hopefully be baptized :D Yay miracles!!! :D 

Friday: Well we had a good day meeting with some Recent converts, and having a good time teaching them more about the gospel :D You know, it's really nice to teach people the gospel when they've like already accepted it's true :D Amen. 

Saturday: We had a lot of lessons cancel, but we had a killer lesson with our investigator Sister Tian 田媽媽. We talked about the gospel of Jesus Christ, and it was amazing! The spirt was so strong as our member shared his testimony about the atonement and how it will make us all better if we try. It was a really amazing lesson, and it jut reafirmes the fact that the spirit is the best teacher :D 

Sunday: well we had a good sunday.... Not a lot happened because we suddenly had to go to the mission home and stay there for a while. but that's ok :D I got to talk to them a lot, and got to see what's going on in the mission recently :D Other than that, this week at church, we had an abundance of people from mainland China at church, all not members, but all willing to learn :D So yes, it was another miracle! 

So yes, that was this week!!!! As I look back at this week, I feel like it was a hard week for some reason. But then as I'm writing home to you all, I realize just how many blessings and miracles I've been recieving! It's cool how that works. Sometimes it's during the harder times that the blessings come. Yay :D 

CTR, 義 

Elder Dawson 陶長老

Some Photos for you :D Because Jenny said I needed to send more photos home haha ;) 

Well look who's in my district ;) Nichole Peng from Bountiful Utah haha ;) 

 My zebra Tiles from cleaning ;) yes they were that dirty before I cleaned them haha ;) 

Taiwan Aug 20, 2014

Hello Family, 

     Hello Family and hello all!!!! I hope you all had an amazing week, and that you all had a good chance to catch up on life, relax, party, and just have a good time :D This week was pretty good, it's been a very interesting week, but we can all make it through it if we persevere!!! 

     At this time for the missionary work in Taiwan, things are going well, and things are also going hard. This past week, we had two outstanding missionaries from the Taiwan Taipei mission pass away unexpectedly. Being here in Taiwan so close to them has been hard, and we all have felt the sadness that comes from the passing of those who are in the service of God. At this time, I hope that everyone can join with all the Taiwanese members in praying for the families of these two missionaries, and to pray for the protection of all missionaries in the world. Let us group together in these times, praying and fasting for these families. 

     So with that, I would also like everyone to know that I am doing fine, no need to worry about me :D I am still doing ok here on the island of Taiwan :D My new companion is a funny guy ;) 他的中文還OK哈哈。有時候他的發音沒有聲調，可是沒有關係：D 跟我們一般的傳教士差不多哈哈。 Mother. I'm eating healthy, no worries :D A fun fact about my new companion Elder Ai, is that he is a vegetarian haha. So it looks like I will be loosing weight in the near future. It's inevitable haha. 

     Oh hey dad, the Sealing session last week was in Chinese, so that was fun haha :D And this week went really well! We found a really cool new investigator!!! Well we didn't really find her, it was a member referral haha :D GHEE :D it was good! haha, and a good story from the mission?? ummm.... I"m not sure, would you like funny, or spiritual? haha, there seems to be a good mix of both of those types of stories in life :D haha :D 

     So yes, It's been a interesting week, here's an update: 

Monday: This P-day we went to NanTou 南頭 for the day, and I got my new companion Elder Ai :D ya that was fun!!!! Other than that, at night time, we visited a member, and got to know them better. 

Tuesday: Quite the journey today, let me tell you, quite the journey ;) haha :D We had a lot of time to find new people, and a lot of time working with some investigators :D It was a good roundabout day, the kind of day that I like :D 

Wednesday: We had a good day of tracting, contacting, doing calls, and some lessons :D and then we had some time to be able to have English class!! They switched my class, so from now on, I will be teaching the beginners class :D I'm so excited!! :D 

Thursday: A year ago from this day I entered the MTC. It was a day of pondering, realizing that I've been on my mission a year, and that from this point on, it's going downhill. I once heard a missionary say that you should live your mission like you're always in the middle :D No ready to go home, and not feeling like you just got here :D So here's to doing that!! :D Ghee :D 

Friday: We had a chance to See the Hawaiian Pianist Kuahu. He came to Taiwan to perform :D He's the one that's blind, and can hear a song, and then just play it :D It's super cool, and really amazing!!! wa :D It was pretty inspirational seeing him play the piano haha :D 

Saturday: The move call started setting in, and goals started being set. I'm super excited to go for it!! :D yeah!!! 

Sunday: We had a good time at church, and we had a lot of people we're working with come :D Unfortunately a lot of our lessons cancelled on us, but that's ok, we will persevere and move on!! :D gotta love like and moving on!!! :D 

So yes, that would be this week, I hope that You will all be praying for the missionaries in the field. If anyones out there, This is Elder Dawson signing out from his year mark. From this point on, we work harder. :D 

CTR, 義

Elder Dawson 陶長老 

Taiwan August 18, 2014

Hello!!

     Hello everyone, it's good to hear from you and hear how the week went :D It's good to think of how well the world keeps spinning over there, and how much it keeps spinning over here ;) It's almost like it's the same world.... weird thought ;) 

     Hello karen, I love you too!!!! Glad to hear a bit about how you're doing :D 

     Thanks mom!! It was good to hear from you, and thank you for everything :D It's interesting, because this week I was just barely thinking about the blessings that the Lord has given me, and how much I'm loved, and then you wrote me about it! That's awesome :D 

     So last weeks trip to the temple was awesome!!!! it was about 40 missionaries, because only the missionaries in the northernmost part of the mission get a chance to go. So I was really happy :D It was my first time ever doing sealings! That was cool, and it was in Chinese so there you go :D As for our mission area, there are currently about 200 + missionaries serving in our mission :D Quite a few!!! 

     The biggest thing that may have happened this week, is that Elder Ng moved, and I have a new companion!!!! yay!!! :D His name is Elder Alce...... Ok truth be told, I can't pronounce his english name, but we all call him Elder Ai, So.... Elder love :D He's awesome!!! He's mexican, and lived in america for 4 years, so his English is also fluent :D Looks like we're going to get along awesome!!!! I'm super excited :D 

     Other than that, today we went to NanTou, and got back a little late.... so I don't have a lot of time to email haha, however I will email even more next week!! :D Sorry for the short letter..... love you all!!! 

CTR, 義 

Elder Dawson 陶丹尼長老 

Elder Ai and I :D 

Taiwan August 10, 2014

Well hello there everyone, it's going to be a fun email ;) (actually.... probably about the same as every other email haha ;) 

     first of, let me just say thank you so much dad!!!! I wasn't expecting so much music!!! But thanks so much :D haha, love it :D We're going to use it, and create even more beautiful music!!! 

     So this week was really good :D It's not as hot here in TaiChung 台中 but it's still pretty hot haha. We've been drinking a lot of Wintermellon tea 冬瓜茶 and yes we are allowed to drink it :D It's really yummy!!! Mom, thanks for the summer wisdom, I love how much you're typing in Chinglish now haha ;) It makes it really 方便 to talk to you :D I would hope that on my mission I've become more 聰明, but you never know, I might just becoming more and more 衰老 ;) haha, kidding ;) But I'll never be as smart as Bryan, so 聰明絕頂 ;) 我傳教之後，我打算要繼續學中文，並全部時間跟你講中文：D haha, who knows, maybe afterwards I'll even be able to learn 台語 with you :D 

     So mom, about my new look, here's the story. We have a really cool singles representative here in FengJia, but the problem is he's less active haha. So we're finding his interests and bringing him back so we can hold activities with him haha :D In that journey, he's taking me out to get new Glasses, and try wearing contacts :D We'll see what happens! overall, I think it worked out pretty well :D 謝謝你跟我分享妳的智慧 ；） 

     So today I wont have a ton of time..... because we actually don't have a P-day today haha ;) You know why?? Because we get to go to the temple this wednesday!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amen. It's going to be fun haha :D I'm super excited to go, seeing as I have not been to the temple in 10 months, so ya, i'm pretty happy :D 

     It's when we reach points like this in a letter that people will ask, Well Elder Dawson, what would you like to share now? It's then that I will say, "Well dear chap, it is now that I must share my weekly update!!! :D " 

Monday: Did emails and then we celebrated Elder Watsons birthday by frying meat. It was fun :D Then we went to a cool park, took some photos, and the bought groceries. All was going good, when suddenly out of the blue, it started raining. like really hard haha. That was fun to ride through ;) Then we visited a member, and had a miracle calling this lady to meet. She was like, I was just watching a youtube video on how to pray, and then you called me, so it's a miracle!! :D 

Tuesday: Had some good new investigators, and then had a really good ZTM :D And then me and Elder Watson got to go on exchanges!!! We're from the same MTC district, so I'm really happy to go on exchanges with him :D 

Wednesday: Met with RC's, and some investigators. The highlight was Sandy Liu. She was going to be baptized this week, but her family is against her joining the church. So Today she said she's going to ask her dad to come to church with her! Ghee! We're super excited :D 

Thursday: Today we met with a lot of less actives. Mainly that one singles representative we were talking about, and his older brother :D 

Friday: We had our weekly planning session, and got to meet with two of our RC's. on of them was going through a really hard time, but then he totally got an answer to his prayers! It was awesome to be able to work with him through that time :D The the other RC is still going strong, I'm just sad that he's moving to KaoHsuing 高雄 next month :( 

Saturday: Spent a whole day finding people. And had these really awesome members the Sun Family feed us dinner!!! :D They were really nice to us :D 

Sunday: So here's what happened. This week our mission was trying to have every single companionship hit 3 new investigators no matter what. Today we had our third new investigator set up, and he cancelled. We were at the end of the week, and were short one investigator. Needless to say, we were super worried, but we went home, did some studies, made plans, and went out looking for miracles! We contacted for an hour. nothing. So we decided to change our approach, so we went to two different areas, and knocked doors straight for two hours. nothing. The night was over, and we had not found a new person. We were just a little depressed, but on the way home, we decided to knock one more street. We started walking down it, and Elder Ng is like, Hey wait, lets go to that street over there. We went over there, and there were these two guys about to go on a run. Were they a miracle? Yes they were. one of them was christian, and we had the chance to teach them a lesson right there on the restoration, and set up another time next week to meet with them. 

Now, I feel like I learned a lot from this experience. It was not during all of our hard work that we were blessed. But it was at the end, when we decided to make the last push, the Lord not only blessed us with the one more that we were looking for, but with 2 more. This was a huge miracle in my life, and I'm super grateful I was able to be a part of it! 

So yes, that was the week :D I have to go now, because I have no time haha, but that's ok, I"ll talk to you all next week!! :D 

CTR, 義 

Elder Dawson 陶長老

Elder Watson and I :D

The other Elders saying hi :D  

Taiwan August 3, 2014

Well hello all, how are you doing,

 I hope good, because of the people that receive this letter, only about 70 % will read it all the way through, and only about 5% will email me back, that's life ;) haha 

So this week was really good!!! Live here in Feng Jia 逢甲 is just a party :D Let me tell you, the biggest difference is actually having to stop my bike haha! in HengChun 恆春 there was only one red light. Here I have to stop like every block! It's a little tedious haha, but that's ok, we press on, and find people to teach! :D FengJia is a land of miracles, and that is the truth. 

This last week there was a gas explosion in KaoHsiung 高雄 that took the lives of 25 people, and left over 100 people in the hospital. In this time I ask that we please pray for all the families of those affected by this disaster, and that they will be able to be comforted in this time. 

Mom, thank you so much for your testimony, In these times, sometimes it is all we can do, share our testimonies with others to strengthen them, and support them. Thanks so much mom :D I love you!!!! I hope you and Tiffany Lu (盧佳） have fun tomorrow ;) 

Dad, sound's like you're having a fun time traveling around the world, and doing missionary work! Always good combinations :D I love hearing about it every time!!! 

So.... the big thing that happened this week is Our Investigator Sara Lee 李慈玲姐妹 got baptized!!!! We had a very good service on saturday and she bore her testimony afterwards of how the gospel has truly blessed her life and given her direction after College. It was so happy!!!! The missionaries sang "I am a Child of God" and we may or may not have made an old lady cry. From joy or pain is still to be determined, but that was good :D We're super happy! I'll send a photo :D 

Yep! that was about a good overview... now for the day by day!! 

Monday: We went and saw a food exhibition in DongHai 東海 which was pretty cool and fairly yummy :D Then had an entire night of finding. That's hard to come by, so we really had a good night Tracting, contacting and finding those prepared for the gospel! :D 

Tuesday: BRYAN'S BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!! I love him :D Happy birthday bryan!!! ya, so today we had some really good lessons on Facebook, and we had a lesson with our RC Steven Chen 陳弟兄 which we reviewed the first lesson. Had some english procelyting, had a good quick lesson at the church, and then had to run home so we weren't late haha :D 

Wednesday: Had interviews with President :D It was really nice to see him this time and talk to him about life for a whole 12 minutes :D I enjoyed that haha :D 

Thursday: The thirteenth article of faith was stuck in my head for some reason.... that was fun :D Today was miracle day haha! We had two people randomly call us and set up to meet! It was awesome! Then met with our investigator Kenny Huang, and ya. fun ;D 

Friday: It hit me that I entered the MTC this same month last year... then I felt old.... so then I forgot about it and moved on..... ya :D Then we had some depressing meetings trying to cheer people up :D But then met with this awesome less active who's coming back soon!!!! His name is Clark Liao 寥振超 and He's a super golden Less active if there are such things haha ;) 

Saturday: Sara got baptized, and it was a gulp of spiritual refreshingness :D 

Sunday: We're preparing for the next week miracle week! Every single companionship in the mission is going to find 3 Golden investigators that are willing to hear about the gospel! We're super excited, and so we fasted for that, and for the ward here. Sara also got confirmed, and we had a good family home evening together :D 

So yes, that was the week. If anyone is wondering, this land of Taiwan is a land of miracles! I love being here, and wouldn't give it up for anything! :D I love doing missionary work, and if we all get involved in this work of salvation, then everyone can be even more happy :D Amen :D 

CTR, 義 

Elder Dawson 陶丹尼長老 

Taiwan July27, 2014

Well hello everyone!!! Nice to hear from all of you, and not hear from some of you ;) haha, just kidding. 

     So this week was super fun!!! got quite a bit accomplished!! plus a whole ton happened with exchanging companions, learning from others, working with the ward, finding new investigators, ah! SO MUCH!! but it was fun :D 

     On to my topic sentence of this weeks email. I'm just grateful that I don't serve a mission in the south of America, I can only imagine how hard that is haha. So last saturday we had English procelyting at the HUGE Night market here :D Lucky us, right before we started, another Christian Church came over and wanted to talk to us. The first thing they said after they gave us their flyer was "I'm worried for your souls, with the fact that you're believing false doctrine." Right. Got that. So that was a fun discussion, they just wanted to come and argue, but that's not what we came here to do, so it ended up fairly interesting haha ;) no souls died, nobody was beaten up in the end, tensions were a little high in the middle there, but that's ok, because it was a pretty good experience. Oh, and best part of it all, I totally got them to think I was Taiwanese and didn't speak English haha ;) (Oh ya, it was two guys from Georgia speaking in English) So like I listened to the whole thing, and then when they said goodbye, they shook my hand and said "Sorry, I don't speak Chinese" then walked away. Haha, score! It's a pity Taiwanese people don't think that I'm asian ;) hahahaha, oh fun times :D 

Anyways.... on to the weekly update!!!!! 

Monday: We had a ping pong tournament in the Chapel, which I got second, and my companion Elder Ng got first, so that was a really fun time :D Then met with a really cool first meet, his name is Brother liao, and we met him on the street, and he brought his girlfriend to the visit! That was cool :D So we're going to keep teaching them! :D 

Tuesday: Had a good District training meeting, and then we wen't on exchanges with the Zone Leaders :D So I was with Elder Palmer. Elder Josh Palmer. Mom, dad, ring a bell??? Well I didn't know who he was haha, but he had also served in Heng Chun, so it was cool to be able to talk to him :D And then guess what! His Grandparents are the Bellistons :D The ones that used to live in the Billings house (next door to the Johns)!!!!! Isn't it just a small world!!! And He also knows the Tews haha, and he said something about playing miniature golf in Bear lake.... if you have a picture of that, that would be cool to see haha :D anyways, so it was fun being able to do missionary work with him!!! 

Wednesday: So everyone said it was going to be a Typhoon today. In fact they closed all the government buildings and said everyone had the day of because of the Typhoon, so I was like "Oh it's gonna be big!" In the end, it just rained all day. Nothing super special haha ;) But that was fun :D Unfortunately because it rained all of our lessons cancelled...... right. That's ok, next time!! 

Thursday: Met with our investigator Michael and had a long time talking about why we need prophets and the difference between our Church and Buhdism. Then we met with our investigator Sandy, and she set her own goal for August 9th! We're super excited!!! Last time she couldn't because her parents wouldn't let her be baptized, but she talked to them, and said that she could be baptized now! So we're super excited :D Miracle!!!! 

Friday: Elder Watsons birthday, and I went on another exchange with Elder Lin (Taiwanese). So I got to serve in Dong Hai for one day, and got to see what life was up there. 

Saturday: Swapped back companions, and then we got stood up :( but then had the fun Night market experience :D That was good :D 

Sunday: Even though we set up a lot of people for church, none came :( but that's alright, we will keep on pushing forward!! We made plans for Sara Lee's baptism this Saturday, and got everything set for that :D Visited a member from Mainland China, had a good Family Home Evening, and I learned more about the power of saying personal prayers out loud. Seriously. Try it sometime ;) 

So that was the week in a nutshell!!!!! Me and Elder Ng have been playing our violins together for other people, and it's been really fun :D One of these day's we'll be able to play Duets together (Ahem, hint hint ;) haha, and other than that, we're working hard to do all we can to help this area!!! It hasn't been easy by any means, but it's possible to hit the goals we've made, and so here we go, off to find miracles!!! 

CTR, 義

Elder Dawson 陶長老 (Miracle Seeker)