So I don't know if you all heard, but there was an airplane that crashed in Penghu(where I live) during the Typhoon we had this last Wednesday. It was pretty scary. I had a nightmare the night after it happened about being chased by this lightning tornado. It was pretty scary. I was real tired the next day. I'm alright, though(in my dream and in real life). The crash was super far away from where I live, but there were quite a few people who died. Most of them were from Penghu, but there were some soldiers from Taiwan as well as two French people. They're in a better place, but the people they left are struggling. We weren't able to help much(the government has pretty much got it taken care of), but we've been praying and we'll be looking for opportunities to give comfort and service during the next week. We know the senior executive at the government building so you know, we've got connections;) We'll see what we can do.
As far as missionary work goes, Alian(the Vietnamese lady) is doing great. She wants to be baptized real bad, but she also has a family full of people who want her to be Buddhist real bad. So there's some conflict there, but she's determined not to let that get her down. She also wants to be able to take her kids with her to church later and that'll be harder if her family disapproves. It's hard teaching about how the gospel blesses families in a place where so often it doesn't seem that way at first. The traditional religions are pretty deeply rooted in the lifestyle here.
That's about all I have to report. I'm looking forward to an awesome week! Elder Washburn and I have really picked it up the past couple days and we're feeling really good and ready to find souls who need the comfort that this Gospel brings. The only downside is that when you're working hard and you're happy all the time, the time seems to go at 10 times normal speed. It's not a very nice trade-off:(. I'm almost at my year-mark and it feels like nothing! I'm going to try not to blink or else it'll be over before I know it.
Love y'all!
-Elder Smith
P.S.I still want to know what celebrity Elder Washburn looks like. It's driving me crazy.
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