Whoops!(No dinner for us)

Yesterday was an interesting day. We did the normal things for church and then went home to get ready to proselyte. Right now it is cool enough in Taiwan to wear Suit coats, so we wear suit coats to all of our meetings. Elder Hooker and I have started to wear our suit coats the whole Sunday. I decided to not bring my stuff with me and go out finding. We moved our dinner to a little later in the evening so we could find when there was the most people. When we got done with that and headed back home to eat dinner, I realized I left the keys in the bag in our house. WE WERE LOCKED OUT!!! My wallet was also in my bag, so I didn't have money for a bus ride. Our spare keys were given to the zone leaders who live across the river which is about an hour and a half away on a bike. We had to start riding so we left. I called a member that we always rely on to see if he could drive up and get the keys from the zone leader's and then bring them back to us. He said:" Yeah no problem! I'd do anything for you guys!" We were way happy, just talking about how awesome he is and then I got a call from the zone leaders telling me they have to ride down to meet us halfway. The member had misunderstood my Chinese. He thought that I just couldn't get a hold of them so he called them and told them to bring me the keys. We were riding in our suits in the rain and the zone leaders called again saying that the last Elder who was in their apartment took the keys and they didn't know where they were. That Elder had been Whitewashed out of the area so everything happened so fast and they lost the keys. It turned into a big situation where the office elders were involved, but they finally found the keys and we were able to get home! It just used up all of our dinner time and finding time haha. 

This week has been kind of crazy. We have had lots of weird twists and turns trying to get our smartphones, but we finally have them! The way that our mission works is that we are just using a messaging app to better communicate with our investigators. We are also updating area book records online. Since we aren't using facebook our mission isn't online proselyting yet, our mission is basically the same as before, we just have better contact with other missionaries and members.

Things are starting to pick up here though, we've been getting lots of new phone numbers so hopefully that'll turn into setups. 

Our mission motto is:" Captained by Christ." It's a great thing we can just repeat in our minds whenever we are choosing to do something. I would implore all of you to use this in your life:" Am I being captained by Christ?" It's something that's always helped me make the right decisions. The scripture associated with it is: 3 Nephi 5.13:" Behold, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I have been called of him to declare his word among his people, that they might have everlasting life."

 This is my call because I am a missionary. The thing that most members don't understand is that we are all missionaries. There are so many things we can do to declare the word of Christ to all people; Family, friends, everyone. I know this work is the most important thing any of us could be doing whether we are specifically set-apart or are all called of God. If we have the truth, we also have the responsibility to share it. 

Sorry not many pictures this time. Love you all!!

Elder Grayson Thayne