Taiwan

Hello Everyone,  Well today was movecall day and as was predicted, I moved from Donghai and am now going to be serving in Gaoxiong, in a place called Nanzi. It's on the outskirts of the city and is a big factory area. I'm super happy that it's such a big area. Donghai is a small area and it feels really nice to have an area that is so big. It feels like there is so much potential inside it. Apparently because of the factories, this area is known for having some of the most serious air pollution in Taiwan. Not good.  Everyone is telling me that I need to buy one of those face masks that all the Taiwanese people wear when they ride around. Other than the air pollution, I've actually heard a bunch of good things about the area. My good friend Elder Pearce from the MTC was actually trained here when he first got on the island. (btw he actually is moving down to Tainan to the area where I was trained when I first came. We had a fun talk about that on the train...

Hey everyone! I'm happy to hear that everyone is doing well back home, that is, except for Alexa's finger... Sorry to hear about that Lex. It's a really good thing that you recorded that song before you broke your finger! Hopefully it'll heal soon so you can get back to recording more songs! That's exciting that you're going to Japan soon! Do you already have picked where you want to go? That's too bad that Alexa and Ian don't get to go though haha. Yes, I will probably move this next week. In my last interview with our mission president he said that I had been here for a pretty long time so it was about time that I moved. It's not for sure yet though. My companion thinks that I'll move down to GaoXiong next because I haven't been there. That would be pretty brutal since it's in the middle of the summer and that is the hottest place in Taiwan....we'll see what happens. I guess then I would be able to experience a real Taiwan summ...

We went down to Costco with the other Elders and a friend on pday. It was about a 40 minute bus ride down there. It's really nice though because as long as you ride under a certain amount of miles, all the buses here in Taichung are free! So we went down there and got to look once more at all the American foods that Taiwan has to offer. That's seriously like the only place you can go if you want any. We had some pizza there too! Unfortunately it was the end of the month so I didn't have any money to spend so all I got to do was gaze longingly at all the foods that I haven't eaten in a long time.   We also had our interviews with President and Sister Blickenstaff this week. It was a wonderful interview and I learn a lot on how to better serve the Lord.  President Blickenstaff is really a great guy. He is definitely a great Mission President and you can feel his love for the mission here. The work for this week was a little slow because of all the meet...