Taichung Time
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!! I hope it's been a great week. This week
has gone by quickly once again. We're getting ready for the new
missionaries to arrive next week, and we're also working on training
Elder F to take my spot! He's doing great! He'll be an awesome ops
manager, and I'm excited to see what differences he'll make in the
mission! One of the highlights of this week... I'm working on a new
textbook for our free English class in the mission, and it's almost
done! I'm excited to finish it up this next week and then let Elder
F introduce it to the mission in the next coming months! It's gonna
be totally sweet!
We basically prepped for this coming week all
week... our computer crashed a couple weeks ago, and we're in the middle
of trying to get back all the information and all the software going
again... It certainly has been quite the project! It's a good thing that
Elder F is pretty good with computers, and we've saved almost
everything. Now we're just waiting on a new computer from Church HQ! So
excited! :)
Everyone is asking me, "Elder Noll, where do you
think you'll go now??" I just tell them that I've got no clue, but I'm
excited none the less! I'm grateful that I've been given this time to
serve missionaries from the background a little more... It's been a
great learning experience for me! I've grown as I've served, and I've
learned what it truly means to serve with all your heart.
Matthew 18:3 "... Verily I say unto you, Except ye be
converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the
kingdom of heaven."
As I look at these
pictures, I can't possibly imagine anyone else being worthy of the
kingdom of heaven. This is a kid who gave up hours upon hours, days upon
days of his summer break in order to serve others. This wasn't a scout
project, or homework from school! He just wanted to do it. I can't
possibly imagine doing that when I was his age... I find it hard
imagining myself doing it now! As Alec did these acts of service, I
would receive little weekly updates about it... my dad would send me a
note telling me about some fun little act they did, but I never really
took into perspective what they were actually doing. Seeing these
photo's was an eye opener for me. I see a brown little kid in muscle
shirts, shorts and flip flops (takes after his older brothers for sure)
doing all kinds of jobs all over town! You'll also notice, that there's
not one picture of him frowning or being grumpy or even the least bit
put out that he's losing personal time. Thank you Alec. You've taught me
the meaning of Christlike service, and it's something I'll never
forget.
It's been an awesome week, my friends! I'm excited for a new one! There's always miracles in the weeks to come!
OH
yeah! I almost forgot to share about one of our new investigators! I
met with him when I first came to Taichung back in March, and then he
left the country so we lost contact with him... He came back recently,
and he's totally a changed man. He is so humble. It brings such a
special spirit when we teach him. We taught the Plan of Salvation this
last Tuesday and it was incredible. I had the chance to share my
testimony of the resurrection, judgement and our eternal potential. The
spirit was so strong! He needs a little time to really pray and read the
scriptures, but he'll be coming to Church tomorrow, and he'll be ready
to be baptized in just a couple months. He's one of the most prepared
people I've ever met here in Taiwan! He truly has a kind of light about
him!
Well, I love you all! You're all awesome, and I hope you have a super great week!
Love, Elder Noll
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