"Good Day" and "Hot Pot"

GOOD DAY!
The Assistant Elders took us to a Mexican restaurant called "Good Day". It certainly was a good day. We were able to go with the Elders and our friends Alex and Jill. They are both amazing people. Good Days food was so great and I certainly enjoyed their burritos. It tasted a bit like home. Their chips and salsa were heavenly and we will be going back very soon. Alex and Jill both work with Lloyd here in Taiwan. They are both so nice and such great friends. Jill always takes me around and makes me feel like a friend. She has introduced me to such great Chinese food. The Elders are the assistants and so they are in our English branch. Elder "Lin" (Lin we call him because his name is super long and I can't pronounce it) and Elder Wong are so awesome. Elder Lin is from Thailand and is such a positive person. He goes home in December. Elder Wong is from Singapore and is also so amazing. He goes home in 3 months. They both have perfect English and I would have guessed they were from America. Elder Wong has never been to America, but they both will be attending Brigham Young University when they go home. We sure love hanging out with these amazing people.

Elder Lin, Elder Wong, Lloyd, Gingerbread man, Jill, Myself, Alex

Me, Jill and Alex

Oh those missionaries :)

 

Gingerbread man? I don't know why he is at this Mexican Restaurant :)

HOT POT!
First off I am so happy to say that right now I am teaching 3 English classes. They are all employees of Lloyd's company. Teaching those classes are the highlight of my week. They are the greatest people on earth and make me smile every time I see them. Actually they do the teaching. Each week they come prepared to share something on a topic we chose. They talk in front of the whole class in English. I am SO proud of them. They do such an amazing job.
One of my classes decided they wanted to do "hot pot" for class. So they all came over to my apartment and we made some dinner. Hot Pot is very famous here in Taiwan. It is where you can boil meat, fish, shrimp, noodles, eggs, vegetables, etc in a big pot that's boiling. Once it is done everyone takes a bowl and eats it and then they boil more food and you eat the next round. It was so fun to have everyone over and to eat hot pot. It was really good actually. They had me try fish, shrimp, eggs, different meats, and different vegetables that I have never had. Those that know me, know I do not like seafood, but in this case I really did like everything that I ate. It was delicious. I can't wait for next "hot pot" night.

The amazing chefs

HOT POT

Love these people

My awesome English class!

I am so grateful I get to spend a couple days a week with these amazing people. They teach me a lot and I have a lot of fun. Like I said, it is the highlight of my week. They are all so nice and genuine. I never thought I would be falling in love with this place. It is amazing.

Missionaries Missionaries Missionaries

We have had the best time with the missionaries here in Taiwan. They are all so amazing and so fun. They have truly helped me feel at home and made me realize I can do things that I never thought I could. It has been so fun helping them teach investigators and helping them find investigators.
We have different sets of missionaries who we just love and adore. Right now we are in the mission presidents branch along with the assistant missionaries. Their names are Elder Lin and Elder Wong. They are so amazing and have the best attitudes. We have taught a lesson with them and enjoyed their sweet testimonies.
We had another set of Elders at our house for dinner this past Sunday. They are amazing as well. They work so hard and were able to give Lloyd a blessing when he was feeling pretty sick. Elder Christianson and Elder Brown. They are so good together. They ran into a couple that lives in our apartment building and we have an appointment set up with them now for this week. It has been so exciting. They bring the Spirit into our apartment everytime.

Sister Wadsworth and Sister Johnston

Sister Bell and her companion

Sister Bell and I outside of Costco

The Sister missionaries are darling. They are right outside our area, but we are still able to meet with them and chat with them. They live close to the Costco that is here in Taichung. So we get to take them with us on their p-day so they can go in and shop. Today was one of those days. I had two sets of sister missionaries with me. Can I just say they are the coolest. I love being around their happy faces. They are so happy and positive. We shopped for them for about an hour and ate down in the Costco food place. It was so great and I am so happy that I get to spend some time with them. One of the sisters is from Park City, Utah and attended Utah State University. She is darling and I feel like we are a lot alike and we get along great.
I think it would be incredibly hard to serve a mission. I am grateful I have the opportunity to be here in Taiwan with them and learn from them. They have taught me so much about this life here on earth. I am SO grateful for them. I feel like I can make it here just because of the gospel. I don't know how I would be doing this without the gospel.
I am also so grateful for my cute brother Kevin for serving a mission right now in Ukraine. Being here has shown me how tough a mission can be and it gives me so much more respect for my little brother and I am so grateful for his hard work.
SO- Missionaries are the BEST!