Binlang isn't against the WoW??

This week was pretty awesome with a bunch of funny experiences! 

Our Zone which is in Xinzhu made a goal to get 104 setups with new people. And over 7 days we were able to get it! Pretty awesome, the Lord will help us achieve our goals.

Last Monday Elder Fernandes and I were doing some planning, and decided to call someone and he set up! A brand new investigator! We were super excited and wanted to get everything perfect! We had the church all lighted up on the inside, and had the gate and the door wide open for him to come in. As we were planning our lesson though, a member that doesn't come to church much just walked right in with her friend. We were scared because she had been in the Sacrament meeting the day before. She is a little crazy for sure. I was praying during the Sacrament and she came up and was calling people on her phone, and trying to get my attention and show me a video in Sacrament meeting. It took them about 30 minutes for her to leave and it was really awkward. So, we see her Monday night right before our investigator comes in, and she hands us Binlang (beetlenut) and some alcoholic drink. She was really excited to see us and was probably waiting for the church gate to be left open so she could get in. I told her we weren't allowed to have that stuff, but she just kept saying Binlang is okay, she was trying to convince missionaries . And then the investigator showed up while all of this was happening. We had to put all of the stuff away and get ourselves into a classroom to teach him. We had to lock the door cause she was trying to get in. It was funny haha. The lesson was great though!! 

A few days later we were biking, and then we saw her on the other side of the street, she got on her bike and started pedaling towards us pretty fast. We went a little faster and were able to lose her🤣. 

We had a few of our investigators drop us this week because they don't have any interest, so we focused on trying to find some new people. We weren't able to teach many people this week, but we are going to try extra hard to help these people. 

Saturday night we went to buy food for the next Sunday so we could have something to eat. I already had most of my food, but Elder Fernandes still had to get some stuff. It was really funny cause all of the stuff he usually gets wasn't there. A bunch of things happened that made it way complicated, but we finally had the food!! HALLELUJAH!! Little did we know that the next day was fast Sunday so it was all for nothing hahah. I had a cool experience with fasting though. Throughout that whole day I was able to feel the spirit so much better. And that's cause we were closer to God doing the things he wants us to do.

We had a lot of other things happen, but I don't have enough time to write them. I'll put some more details next week!! Love you guys! 

They also have YuGiOh cards attached to drinks for sale here. Super 方便。

I found this quote in a 7/11. It's in English but I still don't understand it. If you do, please write back and explain!🤣

-Love Elder Thayne

{Personal note to Mom}

In some news, remember when I bought all of those golf pants before my mission, and Mr Mac said they couldn't make them any skinnier because of the material? Well I found this little shop on the street that is run by a few grandma's, and they hooked us up really good. I got 4 pairs of those pants skinnier for like $15. Such a steal. 

Cool story. There is a family in our ward that is really cool and they love the missionaries. I was talking to the mom last night and she asked where I was from. When I told her Lehi, she asked if I used to have an Asian stake president. I told her yeah, president Lew? And then she said her and a few members of her family had visited Salt Lake City last summer. Around 6/30 and they went around with the Lew Family because their youngest son went to this mission. When I showed them a picture of our house, she said:" woah! We've been there!! The Lew's told us that their neighbors raised horses and stuff!" So yeah she saw our house hahaha. A super small world! And then they flew back to Taiwan July 5th, and you know why that day is special to me...