Hey everyone!
This week brought with it more sweat than I think the average person sweats in about a year outside of Taiwan. I go out the door in the morning and within minutes, I am sweating all over the place. It's pretty brutal. I have to wonder how some of the natives here survive. IT'S SO HOT! The heat brings gratitude though. When I get home and get to turn on my AC and all my fans, that is bliss eternal. Also, my ice showers feel really good. I will literally be so hot that the water will feel warm as I wash out my hair and such. We pretty much keep the apartment as near to a refrigerator as we can. It's so nice.
For this week, I didn't really try much new. I did have a really great drink that's called hei1tan2 niu2nai3. Basically it's milk with black sugar mixed in, with grass jelly tea (which is basically an herbal tea) and those big huge tapioca pearls. Served cold, it is the best thing in the world to cool down with. I give it 5 milky majesties out of 5. I also had some dessert tofu this week. It's an almond flavored tofu with sweet red beans which you put on top and then you top the whole thing in sweet almond milk. It is literally the greatest dessert ever. I would have to give that one 5 out of 5 tofu top-offs.
We saw a lot of miracles with finding people this week. We were able to find four SOLID new investigators and I have a lot of hope for the area and the work. I will likely be here for at least two more transfers because my next companion will be dying after this transfer, so I should just get a new companion and stay here. I am so excited.
This week, we had the baptism of our recent convert, Zheng4 jie2mei4's daughter, Da3Lei3. She was so excited for it. She picked me to baptize her and I thought it was really cool. I have grown to love their family so, so much. I look at DaLei as pretty much a little baby sister. She was really afraid of the water when we went in to get baptized, so the first try was unsuccessful. She was a little freaked out, so we talked to her for a little bit and then tried again, which was also unsuccessful. Elder Benson told me to pray with her, so I quietly asked her if we could pray together in the font and she said yes. We both folded our arms and then I started to pray. I asked for her to have courage and that it would be successful so she could have the great experience that she needed. It was amazing that in the course of praying, everyone went quiet. Whereas it was noisy when I started praying, by the time we said amen, everyone was completely quiet. After the prayer, her mom told her to just trust me, and Nina told her how strong I was and how I would surely pull her out. I said the prayer, told her to breathe in, stepped on her feet and baptized her and it was successful. It was an amazing experience. I felt like I was on fire with the spirit all night long. My face hurt from how long and big I had been smiling, but I couldn't stop.
I thank you all for your prayers on my behalf and all the support. It has been a miraculous time so far and there's plenty left!
Love,
Elder Siebert
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