Hey everyone!
I have a riddle for you! Actually I don't, but it's wet here.
Food:
Korean Stone Bowl Mixed Rice: They brought it out in a burning hot stone bowl, like a Mexican Mocahetae (no clue if that's even close to the spelling, Mama Ludwig probably knows what I am talking about). and then you mix up all the stuff and it makes kind of a fried rice sort of thing. It was superb. I think that it was mostly the fun in eating it that was great but I am still going to rave about it, especially since it's the first new thing in a while. 4 burning bowls out of 5.
Fried Banana Sushi wrap: I brought bananas to the sushi wrap place and battered and fried them with the boss--my good buddy. We then enjoyed some fried banana seaweed wraps. The texture left something to be desired, but the taste was great! 3.5 banana bonanzas out of 5.
Indian Waffle: Really rather delicious. It was a dense, pastry like thingy that they put condensed milk on. Chewy with a crispy outside and a delectable nuttiness, 5 indian ingenuities out of 5.
Verbatim:
Can you help me button my sleeve?--Guy at a red light.
You've gotta develop the black hole syndrome.--Elder Cranney at my amazement that he ate a whole plate of food and SIX OVERFLOWING BOWLS OF RICE!!!!!!!!
Whoa sir! Whaddaya think you're doing?!?--me on the guy who was taking off his pants in public.
People say Mormonism is ugly.--Some lady on the street. She did NOT set up.
Marco? Marco? POLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!--Me on a potential investigator, "Marco" standing us up.
The Cranbert Warning:
I now run on the balls of my feet because my companion is crazy about running and that's what he says to do. I feel sympathy now for Josh, because running this ways HURTS!
MIracles:
I was going down the road when I saw this guy and I just felt the urge to talk to him. I wheeled to the other side of the street and called out to him. He stopped. I told him my feeling that I needed to talk to him and he was very impressed. I talked to him about church and he agreed to sit down with me. We talked for a little bit and it became apparent that he had very strong views that were very unique. He expressed that he thinks that the strong should be in charge and that only the smart should rule. He talked a lot about that and I couldn't help but be daunted at the idea of helping him. However, I kept feeling like I should keep talking to him and I kept sharing despite the fact that he kept saying he might not be suitable for church. I finally ended up bearing testimony of how this church helped me find the fulfillment that I could never find any other way. Anyway, I told him about that and he stopped and looked at me and told me, "I am really interested in how that change happened because I feel like you. I thought that getting rich would make me happy, but I am not happy right now. How do you do it?" I shared with him how I had gained my conversion. I shared how I felt that God had answered my prayers and the spirit was so strong and powerful and he just thought about it. I told him how prayer was the start to it all and he was a little hestitant at first and told me that he really didn't believe that prayer could help and was still a bit unwilling. I testified again to him and the spirit must have to because he became willing. I prayed and then asked him to pray. As he prayed, a most exquisite feelling of happiness and peace came over me and I knew that he had felt the spirit especially when I looked at him and beheld that his countenance was changed. He sat, looking stunned and amazed. I asked how he felt and he replied "peace". I told him that was the spirit and he expressed "it feels so much better. " He set up and he is meeting with us now. It was a great miracle to me that the Lord used my previous experiences to help His child.
Love you all!
Elder Siebert
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Man, did the pidgeon coop bust? Because I keep getting my pidgeons placed!
Hey everyone!
This week was a good one, we managed to find a lot thanks to Heavenly Father even though out weekend was more or less gone with conference, which was more or less AMAZING!
Verbatim:
Me: Oh, I know why the flavor is so 淡, you totally put too many 蛋!
Elder Chen: Really?!? You think so? Oh, Ugh....---Me commenting on why the french toast that Elder Chen made was a little light on flavor. The fun from this joke comes from the fact that both characters have the exact same tone and pronunciation. It's a really awful pun.
Come Elder Chen, Join our brotherhood. --seaweed roll boss trying to get Elder Chen to eat the super japanese shrimp roll with us.
I wasn't being a peeping tom, I looked very openly--Elder Chen on when he busted into the bathroom in the morning, pouring icecold water on me.
I know this. You're top sales.--David, a guy on the street. In english.
Everytime I see that flag, I am filled with dread and think "ARNOLD!"--me on the taiwanese flag
Elder, you didn't say 'I love you' back. SAY YOU LOVE ME!--me talking to Elder Chen
I want to death.--Elder Chen when Arnold showed up at the seaweed roll place and found out that he was moving and kept saying over and over "I"m going to miss you. I'm going to miss you...."
Well this week brings some change, I am going to be staying here YAY! And my companion is going to be moving up into the downtown. I am going to be greeniebusting yet again and my new companion is an Elder Cranney. I will keep you posted on how things go!
We had a great miracle this week. I contacted a kid on the street the other day and he said that he was Christian. I told him that we shared that the gospel was restored and the truth was back. He asked sincerely, "How do I know that is true?" I told him that the BOM was the key and offered to give him one another time. He agreed and we set a date to meet. He told me that he wanted his mom to come to and that he would get her to come because he was too nervous to come alone. I said that was fine. I confirmed with him on Sunday, thinking there was a good chance that he wouldn't actually come but he said he'd be there and he was. His dad actually came with him. I thought at first that the dad would have some opposition but he didn't. They were both golden and wanted to find a place to come to church. I prayed hard for the spirit to be with us and inspire them and it did. It was such a miracle that God let them both feel the truth of the message and they are both going to keep meeting and likely bring the rest of the family next time. I know that God wants his children to be with their families forever. That is an eternal truth.
I love you all,
Elder Siebert
This week was a good one, we managed to find a lot thanks to Heavenly Father even though out weekend was more or less gone with conference, which was more or less AMAZING!
Verbatim:
Me: Oh, I know why the flavor is so 淡, you totally put too many 蛋!
Elder Chen: Really?!? You think so? Oh, Ugh....---Me commenting on why the french toast that Elder Chen made was a little light on flavor. The fun from this joke comes from the fact that both characters have the exact same tone and pronunciation. It's a really awful pun.
Come Elder Chen, Join our brotherhood. --seaweed roll boss trying to get Elder Chen to eat the super japanese shrimp roll with us.
I wasn't being a peeping tom, I looked very openly--Elder Chen on when he busted into the bathroom in the morning, pouring icecold water on me.
I know this. You're top sales.--David, a guy on the street. In english.
Everytime I see that flag, I am filled with dread and think "ARNOLD!"--me on the taiwanese flag
Elder, you didn't say 'I love you' back. SAY YOU LOVE ME!--me talking to Elder Chen
I want to death.--Elder Chen when Arnold showed up at the seaweed roll place and found out that he was moving and kept saying over and over "I"m going to miss you. I'm going to miss you...."
Well this week brings some change, I am going to be staying here YAY! And my companion is going to be moving up into the downtown. I am going to be greeniebusting yet again and my new companion is an Elder Cranney. I will keep you posted on how things go!
We had a great miracle this week. I contacted a kid on the street the other day and he said that he was Christian. I told him that we shared that the gospel was restored and the truth was back. He asked sincerely, "How do I know that is true?" I told him that the BOM was the key and offered to give him one another time. He agreed and we set a date to meet. He told me that he wanted his mom to come to and that he would get her to come because he was too nervous to come alone. I said that was fine. I confirmed with him on Sunday, thinking there was a good chance that he wouldn't actually come but he said he'd be there and he was. His dad actually came with him. I thought at first that the dad would have some opposition but he didn't. They were both golden and wanted to find a place to come to church. I prayed hard for the spirit to be with us and inspire them and it did. It was such a miracle that God let them both feel the truth of the message and they are both going to keep meeting and likely bring the rest of the family next time. I know that God wants his children to be with their families forever. That is an eternal truth.
I love you all,
Elder Siebert
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Fried Guava Flop, Lobster Seaweed Roll, Breaking the Table's Fall
Hey everyone,
This week brings a new food review:
Fried Guava: Really, I thought this would be a great idea. I think that this is one of those things that you think of because you're fasting and think it will be great because all food sounds good. It wasn't. Major flop. I think that it may have been one of the nastiest things that I have made. The guava middle turned into some sort of snot looking thing and oozed out of the batter and the rest of it had really no flavor except for a slightly foul odor of disappointment. 1 grotesquely gelatinous guavas out of 5.
Fried Snickers: still as good as the first time. This time I put it on for my comp. He gives it 5 out of 5 even though he was very dubious at first.
Lobster Seaweed Roll: A little wasabi-ish and little interesting. Kind of like a seafood potato salad put on a rice roll with veggies. Good, but not that good. 2.5 Lobster Letdowns out of 5.
Verbatim:
You're a black hole--me on Elder Chen's appetite. (this was in chinese. Yeah, I learned black hole!)
Pixie.--Me on Elder Chen's love of his hair. Also in Chinese. We both had a good laugh.
*Slap!!!!!!!*
Me: ouch!!!
Elder Chen: Look! (shows me mosquito)
Me: Chuckles, thanks I guess.
Oh! I totally failed!--Elder Chen on jumping up the curb on his bike after I did it.
Oh, Elder Chen, I know what looked so weird to me, you're not wearing a tie!--me on Elder Chen forgetting to tie a tie on before we left and went to church.
He broke the table's fall.--Me on Sister Zhang's kid pulling a folding table onto himself in the middle of our lesson. yup. That killed the spirit, but not the kid.
Me: You probably should drink that!
Sister Wu: EWWW!!
(There was a roach on the mouth piece of her waterbottle)
Later in the week she was ribbing me about something and I saw her waterbottle. I asked "Oh yeah, did you wash that thing?" She stopped ribbing right away. Hee hee.
Next time I'll put fish flakes on it. The flavors misx together so well, I can only use two words to describe it 完美. --The guy at the seaweed roll place that I am now a regular at. Man he sounds just like me!
Do you wanna look at my snot?--Elder Chen on being sick
Well this week I saw a great miracle on the street. I was going along and really praying for Heavenly Father to let me know who was ready to get the gospel and I saw a kid on the other side of the street walking away who I just a had a very clear impression about. The thought came to my mind, "He's walking really slow, by himself, clearly not in a rush and clearly could use a talking to." I waited a while before I could cross the street and talk to him but he was awesome. When I spoke to him the spirit told me what to say and he told me how he has been having a lot of problems recently and needs help from God. It was so cool as he began to trust God and that I was able to be at the right place at the right time for him. It was a great miracle.
I love you all!
Elder Siebert
This week brings a new food review:
Fried Guava: Really, I thought this would be a great idea. I think that this is one of those things that you think of because you're fasting and think it will be great because all food sounds good. It wasn't. Major flop. I think that it may have been one of the nastiest things that I have made. The guava middle turned into some sort of snot looking thing and oozed out of the batter and the rest of it had really no flavor except for a slightly foul odor of disappointment. 1 grotesquely gelatinous guavas out of 5.
Fried Snickers: still as good as the first time. This time I put it on for my comp. He gives it 5 out of 5 even though he was very dubious at first.
Lobster Seaweed Roll: A little wasabi-ish and little interesting. Kind of like a seafood potato salad put on a rice roll with veggies. Good, but not that good. 2.5 Lobster Letdowns out of 5.
Verbatim:
You're a black hole--me on Elder Chen's appetite. (this was in chinese. Yeah, I learned black hole!)
Pixie.--Me on Elder Chen's love of his hair. Also in Chinese. We both had a good laugh.
*Slap!!!!!!!*
Me: ouch!!!
Elder Chen: Look! (shows me mosquito)
Me: Chuckles, thanks I guess.
Oh! I totally failed!--Elder Chen on jumping up the curb on his bike after I did it.
Oh, Elder Chen, I know what looked so weird to me, you're not wearing a tie!--me on Elder Chen forgetting to tie a tie on before we left and went to church.
He broke the table's fall.--Me on Sister Zhang's kid pulling a folding table onto himself in the middle of our lesson. yup. That killed the spirit, but not the kid.
Me: You probably should drink that!
Sister Wu: EWWW!!
(There was a roach on the mouth piece of her waterbottle)
Later in the week she was ribbing me about something and I saw her waterbottle. I asked "Oh yeah, did you wash that thing?" She stopped ribbing right away. Hee hee.
Next time I'll put fish flakes on it. The flavors misx together so well, I can only use two words to describe it 完美. --The guy at the seaweed roll place that I am now a regular at. Man he sounds just like me!
Do you wanna look at my snot?--Elder Chen on being sick
Well this week I saw a great miracle on the street. I was going along and really praying for Heavenly Father to let me know who was ready to get the gospel and I saw a kid on the other side of the street walking away who I just a had a very clear impression about. The thought came to my mind, "He's walking really slow, by himself, clearly not in a rush and clearly could use a talking to." I waited a while before I could cross the street and talk to him but he was awesome. When I spoke to him the spirit told me what to say and he told me how he has been having a lot of problems recently and needs help from God. It was so cool as he began to trust God and that I was able to be at the right place at the right time for him. It was a great miracle.
I love you all!
Elder Siebert
Monday, March 26, 2012
Family Frenzy or Frenzied Families?
Hey everyone!
This week brings hot weather and cold weather and then hot and cold. It's either a Katy Perry song (heaven forbid, that woman is the devil on hormones) or as my mother says, the PMS days of Taiwan.
Food: Thai Sweet and Spicy Soup: This is a pretty okay dish. I tried it out this week because I thought that it would be a refreshing way to stave off the cold. I was right, but the soup gives you a rancid aftertaste in the mouth. 2.5 rank reminiscees out of 5.
Verbatim:
So why do you want to meet with missionaries?
I saw a movie that said you could a lot of wives!!!!!!!
We can't.
Oh, Fine. I'll be muslim then, they can have a lot of wives. --guy on the street
Oh shoot! I would've taught that part better, but I forgot the scripture that I was going to use and on it was my little cheat sheet! --Sister Wu after teaching me for Phase 1. She is a shameless cheater and always puts stick notes with words and phrases in her scriptures and other materials as she teaches me. She's a hoot.
Are you sure Jimmy won't stand us up? (10 minutes pass) JIMMY!!!!!!!!---me on Elder Chen's (the ZL) insistence that their investigator Jimmy wouldn't stand us up. He then stood us up.
JIMMY!!!!!!--me anytime something bad happens. I don't think that my companion understands.
But getting too close to God isn't too good, then you can't do anything bad.--Brother Zhang, our investigator about getting nearer to God through prayer
The terminator:
There's this crazy guy, A1 Nuo4 who follows us around these days. It all started a couple weeks ago when I mistakenly talked to him and then he began showing up everywhere and riding his bike after us. I actually started to tell him off recenlty, so he doesn't bug me, but he'll always come up to Elder Chen and just say, "Elder Chen, Elder Chen, Elder CHen." I told my companion not to talk to him as this will eventually cause him to leave, so my companion says nothing. It's really rather humorous. We ran into him at the store the other day and just had to give him the cold shoulder. I felt bad, but it's what needs to be done. We always joke about how we'll just find him outside our door one day or when we turn down a dark alley I'll always say, "A NUO!" and act terrified. Haha.
We saw a lot of miracles this week. One of the coolest ones was Brother Zhang who was someone that I talked to on the street. He was handing out realestate fliers and stuff when I met him but I just kept talking to him and sharing about the BOM and he was willing to listen. You could tell that he was still trying to do his job, but he was really distracted and interested in what I was sharing. He finally broke down and listened for a while and then set up a time for sunday morning. We got a new rule from our President that we don't have to do full studies on Sunday, so we were able to meet with him super early and all. He has tons of great questions and as we shared with him he was really intent on learning and meeting more with us. He is a really fun guy. He was just a hoot and his questions were breeding new questions like bunnies.
We also had a great miracle with a new investigator, a Brother Yang. He has long hair and looks like a punk, but I had the feeling that I needed to talk to him. I set him up and then he came. He really wants to know God and is willing to do pretty much everything that we ask. It was so cool that God led us to find him on a lonely street where he was the only person walking. Such a good man.
I know there are miracles,
Love,
Elder Siebert
This week brings hot weather and cold weather and then hot and cold. It's either a Katy Perry song (heaven forbid, that woman is the devil on hormones) or as my mother says, the PMS days of Taiwan.
Food: Thai Sweet and Spicy Soup: This is a pretty okay dish. I tried it out this week because I thought that it would be a refreshing way to stave off the cold. I was right, but the soup gives you a rancid aftertaste in the mouth. 2.5 rank reminiscees out of 5.
Verbatim:
So why do you want to meet with missionaries?
I saw a movie that said you could a lot of wives!!!!!!!
We can't.
Oh, Fine. I'll be muslim then, they can have a lot of wives. --guy on the street
Oh shoot! I would've taught that part better, but I forgot the scripture that I was going to use and on it was my little cheat sheet! --Sister Wu after teaching me for Phase 1. She is a shameless cheater and always puts stick notes with words and phrases in her scriptures and other materials as she teaches me. She's a hoot.
Are you sure Jimmy won't stand us up? (10 minutes pass) JIMMY!!!!!!!!---me on Elder Chen's (the ZL) insistence that their investigator Jimmy wouldn't stand us up. He then stood us up.
JIMMY!!!!!!--me anytime something bad happens. I don't think that my companion understands.
But getting too close to God isn't too good, then you can't do anything bad.--Brother Zhang, our investigator about getting nearer to God through prayer
The terminator:
There's this crazy guy, A1 Nuo4 who follows us around these days. It all started a couple weeks ago when I mistakenly talked to him and then he began showing up everywhere and riding his bike after us. I actually started to tell him off recenlty, so he doesn't bug me, but he'll always come up to Elder Chen and just say, "Elder Chen, Elder Chen, Elder CHen." I told my companion not to talk to him as this will eventually cause him to leave, so my companion says nothing. It's really rather humorous. We ran into him at the store the other day and just had to give him the cold shoulder. I felt bad, but it's what needs to be done. We always joke about how we'll just find him outside our door one day or when we turn down a dark alley I'll always say, "A NUO!" and act terrified. Haha.
We saw a lot of miracles this week. One of the coolest ones was Brother Zhang who was someone that I talked to on the street. He was handing out realestate fliers and stuff when I met him but I just kept talking to him and sharing about the BOM and he was willing to listen. You could tell that he was still trying to do his job, but he was really distracted and interested in what I was sharing. He finally broke down and listened for a while and then set up a time for sunday morning. We got a new rule from our President that we don't have to do full studies on Sunday, so we were able to meet with him super early and all. He has tons of great questions and as we shared with him he was really intent on learning and meeting more with us. He is a really fun guy. He was just a hoot and his questions were breeding new questions like bunnies.
We also had a great miracle with a new investigator, a Brother Yang. He has long hair and looks like a punk, but I had the feeling that I needed to talk to him. I set him up and then he came. He really wants to know God and is willing to do pretty much everything that we ask. It was so cool that God led us to find him on a lonely street where he was the only person walking. Such a good man.
I know there are miracles,
Love,
Elder Siebert
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Good Times
Dear Everyone,
This week was a fun one. We had some pretty good times.
Verbatim:
Me: "I got it! let's go adventuring!"
Elder Chen: Uh, I like the hiking part, but the adventuring no.
Me: Why?!?
Elder Chen: I'm a wimp....
Me: What's your name?
Guy: Robin
Me:I'M BATMAN!
Guy: Whoa! (contacting for english class)
My english name is Jackie Chan.--guy by the church ( I then covered my face in mock defense. He laughed)
Oh my gosh! Was that your cactus that just stabbed my buns?!?--me on getting stabbed in the tush by Elder Chen while taking my contacts out.
OH! My eye, you hit my eye, it hurts so bad!--Elder Chen after being wounded in our epic "boba" (tapioca ball) straw-shooter fight.
Oh, I know you're not perfect, Preach My Gospel says so.--Sister Li remarking on me telling her that I am not perfect
This week I saw a lot of family miracles. We were so lucky to have a lot of families set up with us and want to learn. It's the most that I have taught families on my mission. I hope that we will get one of these families baptized. One of my favorite families is this little family who we are teaching, the Zhang family. The kids are the most golden people ever. They are so young, but they are so interested in the gospel. They respond to questions with a depth and maturity that I have rarely seen in grown ups. It's so amazing. I hope that they can get baptized soon. They need to come to church some, but I know that other than that obstacle, it's going to be smooth sailing. I hope. Haha.
We also had a ton of success with formers this week. We found and taught three formers this week and they are all good people. I wanted to share about a Sister Xu who is a Christian but totally open to meet with us and learn. She asked me yesterday what the differences between churches are and why there are so many. She stayed for church and had a great experience. She liked the talks and the classes and it was just an awesome time. She is a great lady and I am so grateful that she wants to meet with us. We have been blessed with a lot of very open minded Christians lately. I will keep you all posted. Seriously though, I think that over half of our investigators are Christian. I've never had that happen before.
Well, I love you all.
Elder Siebert
This week was a fun one. We had some pretty good times.
Verbatim:
Me: "I got it! let's go adventuring!"
Elder Chen: Uh, I like the hiking part, but the adventuring no.
Me: Why?!?
Elder Chen: I'm a wimp....
Me: What's your name?
Guy: Robin
Me:I'M BATMAN!
Guy: Whoa! (contacting for english class)
My english name is Jackie Chan.--guy by the church ( I then covered my face in mock defense. He laughed)
Oh my gosh! Was that your cactus that just stabbed my buns?!?--me on getting stabbed in the tush by Elder Chen while taking my contacts out.
OH! My eye, you hit my eye, it hurts so bad!--Elder Chen after being wounded in our epic "boba" (tapioca ball) straw-shooter fight.
Oh, I know you're not perfect, Preach My Gospel says so.--Sister Li remarking on me telling her that I am not perfect
This week I saw a lot of family miracles. We were so lucky to have a lot of families set up with us and want to learn. It's the most that I have taught families on my mission. I hope that we will get one of these families baptized. One of my favorite families is this little family who we are teaching, the Zhang family. The kids are the most golden people ever. They are so young, but they are so interested in the gospel. They respond to questions with a depth and maturity that I have rarely seen in grown ups. It's so amazing. I hope that they can get baptized soon. They need to come to church some, but I know that other than that obstacle, it's going to be smooth sailing. I hope. Haha.
We also had a ton of success with formers this week. We found and taught three formers this week and they are all good people. I wanted to share about a Sister Xu who is a Christian but totally open to meet with us and learn. She asked me yesterday what the differences between churches are and why there are so many. She stayed for church and had a great experience. She liked the talks and the classes and it was just an awesome time. She is a great lady and I am so grateful that she wants to meet with us. We have been blessed with a lot of very open minded Christians lately. I will keep you all posted. Seriously though, I think that over half of our investigators are Christian. I've never had that happen before.
Well, I love you all.
Elder Siebert
Monday, March 12, 2012
He got away? I love Avril. And being a missionary. And my Zone.
Hey everyone!
I had a blast this last week, there's also Avril Lavigne playing right next to me, as well as My Chemical Romance, so I will get right to the meat. Not really meat though, you'll understand because....
Food:
Pig Ear: Not really meat. Mostly cartilage and skin. My companion got some the otherday and made me eat them with him, claiming that it would boost our unity. They aren't gross. They just aren't good. Not really any taste or nutrition. It's like eating cardboard. Fatty cardboard. 1.5 auricular appetizers out of 5.
蚵仔煎: This is a little egg and oyster and other stuff omlet. That's basically what it is. It's super good. I wouldn't mind eating them a lot. I don't know that I can though because they are a little expensive. 4 oyster omlets out of 5.
I hope that there will soon be even more food review soon, my companion eats like crazy, so I think that there are great hopes for it.
Game Review:
Settlers of Catan: My zone leader, Elder Chen is way into games. Like as much or more than me, which is shocking to me. He brought settlers to the Church the other day and we played. It was a blast especially with him going "oh, oh, oh!" Everytime that something even remotely big happened.
This week we had a bit of a rough start. Even though we were working hard as ever, we weren't seeing much success. I had a sneaking suspicion that the Lord was going to test our patience and wait until the end of the week to let us see a lot of people start progressing and wait to let us see new investigators. It was exactly like that. It was really cool though. I wanted to share how we revitalized one of the formers that was in the area. We went over to Sister Wei's house and brought a really great member who knew her already. We shared a really powerful message about the BOM and I was praying very hard for what to say because I had never met her. We shared some scriptures and the spirit just led. We were able to help her a lot and she told us that she was ready to "set out" again and try and again to learn and progress. It was a huge miracle. We got to meet with her again and this time she was willing to set a baptismal date with us. It was so great! I think that the ward is finally starting to trust missionaries again because of our hard work these last two weeks. They were all excited about Wei Jm, they were all very sad when she stopped meeting. I am so excited about the miracles that we are seeing.
We also saw a cool miracle this Friday. We had had a day where there was not really happening even though we were trying hard. Seriously, I didn't have a single lesson planned for the whole day. However, at the very end of the day, I had a feeling to go to this one part of the street that we were planning on tracting and knock. Sure enough, the second door opened up to a Brother Huang who was willing to talk to us even though he is Christian of another church. He feels like he is very weak and wants to be better. I shared 2 Ne 4 and he really got it. He allowed us to come back and meet again. Yesterday we met his wife and they are both amazing. I am being so blessed!
I love you all and love this work,
Elder Siebert
I had a blast this last week, there's also Avril Lavigne playing right next to me, as well as My Chemical Romance, so I will get right to the meat. Not really meat though, you'll understand because....
Food:
Pig Ear: Not really meat. Mostly cartilage and skin. My companion got some the otherday and made me eat them with him, claiming that it would boost our unity. They aren't gross. They just aren't good. Not really any taste or nutrition. It's like eating cardboard. Fatty cardboard. 1.5 auricular appetizers out of 5.
蚵仔煎: This is a little egg and oyster and other stuff omlet. That's basically what it is. It's super good. I wouldn't mind eating them a lot. I don't know that I can though because they are a little expensive. 4 oyster omlets out of 5.
I hope that there will soon be even more food review soon, my companion eats like crazy, so I think that there are great hopes for it.
Game Review:
Settlers of Catan: My zone leader, Elder Chen is way into games. Like as much or more than me, which is shocking to me. He brought settlers to the Church the other day and we played. It was a blast especially with him going "oh, oh, oh!" Everytime that something even remotely big happened.
This week we had a bit of a rough start. Even though we were working hard as ever, we weren't seeing much success. I had a sneaking suspicion that the Lord was going to test our patience and wait until the end of the week to let us see a lot of people start progressing and wait to let us see new investigators. It was exactly like that. It was really cool though. I wanted to share how we revitalized one of the formers that was in the area. We went over to Sister Wei's house and brought a really great member who knew her already. We shared a really powerful message about the BOM and I was praying very hard for what to say because I had never met her. We shared some scriptures and the spirit just led. We were able to help her a lot and she told us that she was ready to "set out" again and try and again to learn and progress. It was a huge miracle. We got to meet with her again and this time she was willing to set a baptismal date with us. It was so great! I think that the ward is finally starting to trust missionaries again because of our hard work these last two weeks. They were all excited about Wei Jm, they were all very sad when she stopped meeting. I am so excited about the miracles that we are seeing.
We also saw a cool miracle this Friday. We had had a day where there was not really happening even though we were trying hard. Seriously, I didn't have a single lesson planned for the whole day. However, at the very end of the day, I had a feeling to go to this one part of the street that we were planning on tracting and knock. Sure enough, the second door opened up to a Brother Huang who was willing to talk to us even though he is Christian of another church. He feels like he is very weak and wants to be better. I shared 2 Ne 4 and he really got it. He allowed us to come back and meet again. Yesterday we met his wife and they are both amazing. I am being so blessed!
I love you all and love this work,
Elder Siebert
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Darn Mouse!
Hey everyone!
This week I is reporting from dat dere southern place called Xindian! I just thought that I would try an affected southern drawl for a second because I am now in the south zone. I think it's be cool if I didn't leave the zone for the rest of my mission, that way I would have an equal number of transfers in the north as I did in the south.
Food:
I have become a frequent customer at a Thai shop nearby, one of the dishes that I tried was a Tofu pudding (the same consistancy as the stuff in the states) over noodles. It was okay but really strange and looked like snot. I don't think that it was particularly satisfying either. 2 gelatinous 'gumes (you know, legumes) out of 5.
Mo2Mo2ZhaZha: This is an amazing Thai drink with assorted jellies, tapiocas, and palm seeds in it. It's all in this really good coconut milk stuff and the place I had it at also served it with a squirt of cherry syrup. so good, and so refreshing! 5 bizarre baristas out of 5
Verbatim:
That's the one bad thing about this bathroom. When it's wet and you have to take a poo, you have to take your pants off. --Elder Murphy as he went to pass Congressional Acts on exchanges.
So what are they believing today? --Elder Murphy on the girl who told us that he parents believe Buddhism and Christianity on and off
The Visitor Checks in: We had a mouse come into the house Tuesday night and I was irrate. I don't mind the thing, but it was so loud and it was jumping all over my face and bed, making it impossible to sleep. I wanted to kill it so badly. I found a big cage trap in our house and I set it up thinking that I would catch the thing and then kill it. We came home and sure enough, we had caught it. (i have it on video). However, both my companion and I were a little too soft to kill it once it was in the cage, so we decided after a long discussion about drowning it, freezing it, suffocating it or smashing it that we would put it in a missionary's bike box. However, as time went on and the mouse looked worse and worse, we decided that we would just let it go. We took it on a long run and let it free. I think it was the most humane thing to do.
Benevolence with Bite You in the Bum: Well, last night I had a little bit of evidence that I am too nice. That mouse that we let free has come back. This was the only reason that I was reluctant to let it go in the first place. I am please to inform all readers that it climbed on my face this morning and this time will surely die. I set up the trap again, this time disguising it with a pillowcase and lining the inside with tissues. That little mouse will have no idea what hit it. I will though. It'll be a hammer. There's no remorse or apolgies this time. I will have a dead mouse.
The Miracle that was: This week was a good week for finding. Unfortunately a lot of my new investigators with baptismal dates ended being scummed from me because they don't live in my area. I was praying so hard for the chance to have a baptism this transfer and I saw a miracle last night. We were going to this road that I had felt good about before and I was praying in my heart that I would be able to find the right people. I kept praying and I had a subtle impression about this one stack of houses, so I told my companion and we got off. I gave him the option to knock or call and he took the calls. Haha. I started knocking, praying fervently that someone would let us in. The second doorbell got us into the stack and I just went up from there. I kept talking to people at the doors and I felt really powerful as a witness though nobody accepted, I know that they felt the spirit. It was taking a while really. I finally got the top floor and there was a girl and her little brother out. I asked if there parents would have interest and she said they were going to go to the hospital, but that her older brother would like it. She called him out. The parents lpassed us as she did and they told us they were too busy but to talk to the kids. Turns out the brother and the girl and little brother are all amazing. We shared about prophets, which they understood and then I had a feeling about Joseph Smith and talked with them about that. The older brother told us that he feels like Joseph and he has really wanted to know which church is true and has gone to many, seeking an answer. It was remarkable miracle. They were so excited about the idea that God wants to talk to us now and they accepted baptismal dates and told us they have time to learn everyday. It was the biggest miracle that I have seen in so long! I was so pumped all last night.
I know prayers are answered. I know that without a doubt.
I love you all,
Elder Siebert
This week I is reporting from dat dere southern place called Xindian! I just thought that I would try an affected southern drawl for a second because I am now in the south zone. I think it's be cool if I didn't leave the zone for the rest of my mission, that way I would have an equal number of transfers in the north as I did in the south.
Food:
I have become a frequent customer at a Thai shop nearby, one of the dishes that I tried was a Tofu pudding (the same consistancy as the stuff in the states) over noodles. It was okay but really strange and looked like snot. I don't think that it was particularly satisfying either. 2 gelatinous 'gumes (you know, legumes) out of 5.
Mo2Mo2ZhaZha: This is an amazing Thai drink with assorted jellies, tapiocas, and palm seeds in it. It's all in this really good coconut milk stuff and the place I had it at also served it with a squirt of cherry syrup. so good, and so refreshing! 5 bizarre baristas out of 5
Verbatim:
That's the one bad thing about this bathroom. When it's wet and you have to take a poo, you have to take your pants off. --Elder Murphy as he went to pass Congressional Acts on exchanges.
So what are they believing today? --Elder Murphy on the girl who told us that he parents believe Buddhism and Christianity on and off
The Visitor Checks in: We had a mouse come into the house Tuesday night and I was irrate. I don't mind the thing, but it was so loud and it was jumping all over my face and bed, making it impossible to sleep. I wanted to kill it so badly. I found a big cage trap in our house and I set it up thinking that I would catch the thing and then kill it. We came home and sure enough, we had caught it. (i have it on video). However, both my companion and I were a little too soft to kill it once it was in the cage, so we decided after a long discussion about drowning it, freezing it, suffocating it or smashing it that we would put it in a missionary's bike box. However, as time went on and the mouse looked worse and worse, we decided that we would just let it go. We took it on a long run and let it free. I think it was the most humane thing to do.
Benevolence with Bite You in the Bum: Well, last night I had a little bit of evidence that I am too nice. That mouse that we let free has come back. This was the only reason that I was reluctant to let it go in the first place. I am please to inform all readers that it climbed on my face this morning and this time will surely die. I set up the trap again, this time disguising it with a pillowcase and lining the inside with tissues. That little mouse will have no idea what hit it. I will though. It'll be a hammer. There's no remorse or apolgies this time. I will have a dead mouse.
The Miracle that was: This week was a good week for finding. Unfortunately a lot of my new investigators with baptismal dates ended being scummed from me because they don't live in my area. I was praying so hard for the chance to have a baptism this transfer and I saw a miracle last night. We were going to this road that I had felt good about before and I was praying in my heart that I would be able to find the right people. I kept praying and I had a subtle impression about this one stack of houses, so I told my companion and we got off. I gave him the option to knock or call and he took the calls. Haha. I started knocking, praying fervently that someone would let us in. The second doorbell got us into the stack and I just went up from there. I kept talking to people at the doors and I felt really powerful as a witness though nobody accepted, I know that they felt the spirit. It was taking a while really. I finally got the top floor and there was a girl and her little brother out. I asked if there parents would have interest and she said they were going to go to the hospital, but that her older brother would like it. She called him out. The parents lpassed us as she did and they told us they were too busy but to talk to the kids. Turns out the brother and the girl and little brother are all amazing. We shared about prophets, which they understood and then I had a feeling about Joseph Smith and talked with them about that. The older brother told us that he feels like Joseph and he has really wanted to know which church is true and has gone to many, seeking an answer. It was remarkable miracle. They were so excited about the idea that God wants to talk to us now and they accepted baptismal dates and told us they have time to learn everyday. It was the biggest miracle that I have seen in so long! I was so pumped all last night.
I know prayers are answered. I know that without a doubt.
I love you all,
Elder Siebert
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