Week Forty: 5/26/14 to 5/1/2014--Hello Elder Washburn and FACEBOOK (what?)

Hello everyone,

This week has been pretty different. 

First of all, Elder Washburn came. He's great. We actually know a lot of the same people from lots of different phases of my life so that was really weird, but it's also kind of fun. He's from Lindon, Utah and went to BYU for a year before coming here. He flies planes, he's lactose intolerant(but he totally powers through it when members give him milky stuff), he's pretty tall, and he's a great man. He's been out for a little over a year. It was really funny when he first came here because he was just in the heart of Gaoxiong(I think the old romanization is Kaosiung), which is the 2nd biggest city in Taiwan so coming to Penghu and having the biggest building be our 14-story apartment building is pretty new to him. It kind of reminded me of what I was like when I first came here.

Elder Washburn at his finest.

Second, Rod is still the coolest kid in town to the max. We're teaching him out of the For Strength of Youth pamphlet right now and all his questions/thoughts are always so sweet. He called us the other day to say he was reading 2 Nephi 2 and LOVED the part about Adam and Eve and that he had some questions for the next time we met. We're still trying to set up a time for his parents to meet with us and the Branch President and discuss when he can be baptized. Right now, his dad is really set on 18. Keep praying for him! Or start. Either way, he needs some good vibes sent his way:)

If you haven't seen, I've been promoted! Haha just kidding, but they're having a few missionaries in our mission start using Facebook. Basically, what that means is I'll be on there for about half an hour every day talking with the people I've met here about the gospel and posting something inspiring. Unfortunately, I can't use it as a means of contacting anyone from home, so the same rules still apply. If you'd like to contact me, do it on here, or else send a letter with my name on it to:   

Taiwan Taichung Mission

498-11 Wu Chuan Rd.

Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C

謝謝你們的合作 :) (translated is "Thank you for your cooperation.")