你吃飽了沒?( Are you full yet?)

This week was Chinese New Year!! Really different because everyone went back  to their parents house, so most of the people in Sanchong went to every other place in Taiwan haha. Everyone asked us what we were doing for the new year and we just said we keep doing missionary work. They're all so surprised, but we still stay in our areas and do what we can. 

Krispy Kreme!!

 We have a security guard at the bottom of our apartment building who knows us by name and always does the same things. We come in after a long night and he says “你吃飽了沒?” we say yeah we ate. And then he asks us where we went to eat and then tell him. And then he asks us if we went to church that day, and we usually just say no we're on the streets today. He's just a really weird guy but he's so funny. He likes to shake our hands whenever we come in, and the past few times it's been cold he grabs my hand and then slaps me and tells me I need to keep my hands warm or I'll get sick. Sometimes we walk in and before he stands up to greet us, I hide behind the furniture and he has no idea where I am. Elder Hyde then tells him that I left him, and he doesn't see me for the rest of the night. I then come in the next day and he gets up and walks over to me demanding where I went. It's pretty hilarious, stuff like this happens every single night with him.

Since it was Chinese New Year this week, members of the ward fed us. It's over 6 days, feeding us 12 meals. I have been putting on a little bit of weight because they make me eat so much. When we want to leave, they say:" you have to eat more or we won't let you leave." So yeah my stomach has been hurting these past few days...I think it's being forced to get bigger 

It's been a pretty slow week with the work because most everyone is gone, but it's been interesting. The Sanchong ward combined with the Luzhou ward for Sacrament meeting yesterday, and they asked all 6 of us in the district to give talks. Everyone had their ideas for talks, and I had totally forgot about the talk so I prepared a little during Saturday night. I decided to do it on loving someone enough that you will do the hard thing to help them. I told them that the last time I gave a talk in Sacrament meeting apart from testimonies was in Lehi Utah with my family and friends. It's pretty weird to think that was over 6 months ago. I basically talked about how God loves us so much that he will give us trials as an opportunity for us to turn to him for help. I also shared the story of our cow Creamy and how I spent so much time with her every day and I loved her. I told them how she got sick, and we tried to keep her alive, but it just got worse and worse until we had to let her go. When I shared that part some of them were crying and thanked me after. I was just happy they could understand my Chinese!! It was weird after though because all of the members started asking me to share stories from the farm, cause it's so different to them. They think it's so funny but cool! I love that I was able to have that opportunity growing up cause not many do. 

That's basically all for this week, just a ton of eating, and seeing members.

新年快樂!!

Companionship study at the park!