Yesterday morning we had a bunch of missionaries from our zone leave to Taiwan. We have hit the six week mark, and since we get and lose missionaries every three weeks, all the missionaries who came in with me are now the oldest. I am in the computer lab and am sitting next to Elder Howell - it is good to have some more Lehi influence.
Other notable events are my district getting a new (permanent) teacher and having the grandson of Elder Eyering (brother Eyering) teach one of our lessons. We have the same Chinese last name (Ai) so we basically have a connection. Our new teacher is the older brother an elder who is in a different district than us but still in our zone so it is kind of weird that he gets to see a family member every day he is in the MTC. The only downfall is that his Chinese name is Feng - and so is our other Chinese teacher so we don't really have any great way to distinguish between the two.
This week we got to teach our first skype TRC member (I'm not sure what TRC stands for but it basically involves us teaching a lesson to a real member who is acting as themselves - so there is no role play). We taught someone from Taiwan and it was a really fun experience to be able to hear the testimony of someone who is living sort of close to where I will be serving.
This week we had another devotional from the Nashville Tribute band - so we got to sing some pretty country-style songs about the gospel again. On Tuesday's devotional we heard from Elder Juan A Uceda and he gave a really great talk about his personal conversion experience and things that missionaries should keep in mind while they teach. He talked about D&C 4:2 - a great missionary scripture for all of you up-and-coming missionaries. As we serve the Lord, weneed to see (personally examine) that we serve the Lord with all (everything) of our heart, might (skills, talents, abilities) mind, and strength. I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve the Lord. I feel the confirming witness that the message of the gospel is true as I teach it, and I know that everyone can feel that witness as well, whether they be members or investigators.
This week's pictures:
1. Elder Eishert (not sure if that is the right spelling) with Elder Olsen and I (all from Lehi)
2. Hanging out with our new friends at the temple. Elder Tseng is on the left, and Elder Hsieh is on the right. They are super awesome and it has been fun to get help from them on my Chinese, and help them on their English. Elder Hsieh accompanied Elder Yu for their Violin and Piano performance.
3. With the older elders heading out, we inherited a mini-fridge. Basically what this means for me is more traffic to our room.
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