11 months - Week 39

Hello Everyone! I started my mission last year in June 26th and we are fast approaching June 26th again. This is crazy actually. Yes its felt long at some points but wow it's quick. 

I'm so grateful for my mission. It has changed me so much. I still feel the same as to my personality. But I've changed so much and I have seen God's hand in my life.

Yes the mission is for helping others but really it's for yourself. It's for my growth. And I receive countless blessings for serving. It's amazing.

Anyways recap my week

Tuesday we went to zone council and at night had a non member visit to their home. It was fun. Their home is cool. they are super nice.

Wednesday was English group. It was good.

Thursday we had district council 

Friday we had interviews with our mission president. This is his last transfer as mission president, so he had us interview him. This was really cool. I asked him some good questions and he had some cool answers. Afterwards we had a fire dinner. Where you put meat on a grill and eat it. It's so good

Saturday we had some finding. And we went and gave a blessing to a member. I feel bad for her hope she gets better. We went with another member to give her a blessing. Afterwards that member gave use money and said go eat a nice dinner. That was lit. So we went and ate a all you can eat hotpot. Basically you get meat and put it into boiling pot. It's so fire. 

Sunday was good. We went to church then did some planning and finding.

That was about my week. Its was good. Recently I've been getting better at the work. But it's also been pretty hard recently. It's always going to be hard but I know I'm learning and growing a lot. Once I hit a year it's going to be pretty crazy. 

Thanks for all the love and support 

愛你們，

余福君

WEEK 37--TRANSFERS-Week 37 (forgot to send💀)

hello Everyone. This week you know, is basically the same. But it is transfers. I am moving to 頭份 toufen. It's the west side of the island. It's close to 台中 taizhong. Which is the other mission. Again I'm excited and I'm scared aswel. Switching it up is always good and you can have alot of growth.

I'm greatful for my time in jilong. I am going to miss it here. I'll miss the people snd the relationships that have been made hear. It's kind of sad to leave them. But oh well.

Monday- we went to Costco. Ate yummy food. Played baseball then bowling. It was fun. I love bowling. I'm getting alot better but still am not great. We also ran into a guy with a big python. He let us put it around our neck. It was so lit.

Tuesday we had district council and ate hotpot. We went finding after we did studies. It was the hardest time I had finding for awhile. Interacting with people has always been the hardest part. And trying to share the gospel. It's been hard. But just do what God asks and when he has someone ready he will let us know.

Wednesday. We had interviews with President yang. It went really good. I always love going to interviews with him. We also had English group that night. It was good. 

Thursday was not great. That was also a hard day ngl. But we went to a more remote area finding and it was really pretty. It's where the aboriginal people live. The aboriginal people are taiwan are so lit. And very kind. Atleast most of them are. We saw a homie shooting his bow which was cool.

Friday we went to a different area finding and after that a very out of the way area. It was cool but we didn't see any success and also got alot of mosquito bites. This is the day i found out I'm moving. 

Saturday we went and helped out with a family history activity. That was really fun actually.

Sunday was my last time to see the member's. We had are high potential friend come to. She is awesome. I hope that she will get baptized. It would change her life. We also had a mother's day feast. And me and Elder Hong shared a short section and shared. We had some other investigators come near the end and at the beggining of eating. But it was good. I will miss the bishops two kids. They are so cute. 

Another member told me a story about skinwalkers on his mission. He went to Saint George on his mission. And he heard some stories from the missionaries. He told me them. They were so cool. I love scary stuff! 😊

Today we are transfering. I'm not going to meet up with my new comp. Idk what's gonna happen actually. Whatever. My suitcase wheels got wreaked and we walked like 50 minutes with a bike two suitcase and a fat duffle bag. 很麻煩。 

I love all of you. Also happy mothers day to all the mothers and future mothers. Being a mother is not easy but it's essential. I love you mom. Thanks for everything! ❤️ 母親節快樂！

Love,

Elder Clegg 

WEEK 36 Hello Homies

This week I hit 8 months in Taiwan. Yes its been fast and no it hasn't at all.

Last Monday we went ate Costco because it's so fire. And we did bowling which was fun. I finally got over 100 points for once. I got better but still suck.

This week has been a blur. Kind of like every week. The only way i can remember what happened is look at my journal or our schedule.

Wednesday we had English group. We talked about hobbies and interests. It was pretty fun and went well. Afterwards I talked to this couple. They are trying to learn English and are going to the Philippines for language school. They are pretty sick.

Thursday we went to the doctor my companion was sick and wanted to see the doctor. Something really unusual to do in the states. It's like 200 kuai which is about 7$ usd. So it's dirt cheap compared to America. 

After that we went to our friends home and helped him clean up. I feel bad their house just has a bunch of random garbage. And bugs and stuff. His parents won't let us throw this unless junk away kind of like a hoarder. It makes me really grateful for my parents and what a great environment they provided. Thank you mom and dad I love you.

Saturday we ate dinner and went door knocking with a member after that we visited a member to meet them. 

For Sunday it was fast Sunday. So I fasted and I also bore my testimony which is always good. Like always I didn't know what to say. But it went well. We had pasta for dinner which was yummy. A member gave us like a whole box of it. Like 45 packets of spaghetti. 太多了哈哈

That's about that. 

Next week is mother's day. Make sure you give your mom a hug 🫂 and maybe write her something. For you mom you have to wait a year, sorry.

Thank you mom for all you do. I love you.

愛你們❤️ ，

余長老

WEEK 35

what's up my homies. This week has been pretty cool. Seen some miracles 

Last Monday we ate Costco I bought a Lego and we played some baseball.

We had a lot of the normal stuff this week finding and some lessons and stuff. 

Saturday morning we went to the the college near us and played basketball with a friend after that we went to a cookies activity for the Relief Society. We went because we had a family of 4 with two daughters and two other investigators come. So we had to go. It went really well and they all seemed to like it and we had a fun time there. They had a safety part about drowning. Apparently in Taiwan a lot of the people can't swim. 

That night we went to a members home and ate dinner. It was fire. We had a returned missionary that also came. Right now he is doing is military service. It was fun to be there.

Sunday we also really awesome because we had two people come to church. One of them was really awesome. We called her one day from the list of formers. And then sent her some messages. This was all perfectly planned by God. Idk how it happened but she shared how we called at the right time and texted at the right time all leading up to her coming to church. She said it was the closest she has felt to God and it was all really sweet. The member's also cared for her a lot. She shared this with us and it was really cool. 

That was a testimony builder. God truly is helping everyone where they are. He is mindful of us and knows what we need and what our challenges is. It's reminds me of Doctrine and Covenants 122:7 when joseph smith was in liberty it says "know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good." I'm grateful for this experience and hope to remember it.

Anyways Sunday we had a member meal which was fun they had a cute cat too. After we went find in some random place finding where the aboriginal people live. Earlier that day we had a weird guy following us that I've met before. Then at the random place where the aboriginal people live he appeared. He is harmless but we didn't want him to follow us to our home so we took the long route home. It was pretty lit lol.

Today for p-day we decided to go bowling with some elders so that is really fun. I'm getting better at bowling. But i still suck haha.

That was this week and it was pretty lit.

I love you guys and am thankful for all the prayers.  The mission has changed me a lot and I've seen a lot of growth. Definitely worth it even though it's hard and sucks sometimes.

Love you all ❤️

Elder Clegg 

WEEK 34 🌅🌾🌴🏹

 Another week down.

Monday we went on a sick hike which was fun. I will put some picture in the email

We had zone conference this week. It was pretty fun. We ate soft tacos. They were not great not terrible but since there aren't tacos in Taiwan really it was so much more delicious. It was so good.

From Thursday to Friday we had exchanges. I left the area and went with one of the zone leaders. Because it's just us and the zone leaders in your district.

Anyways it was a fun exchange. We saw many miracles. It was fun. We went to Costco and ran into some members so they bought us food. Which is so nice of them. It is a couple with a cute little boy. So that was also a nice surprise. It always makes its more fun when you switch it up a bit. And when you are in a different area and person it's always a good experience.

Friday night we went to the field and basketball courts at the college near us. We played with one of our friends/investigators. We won all but one game which was crazy. I don play basketball a lot. I don't know what I'm doing haha. 

On Saturday we put a person on baptismal date in the first contact on the street. So that was pretty cool. I asked him while we were on the road. We stopped and taught him. He seems to be interested and wants to learn more.

We then went door knocking with a member.

Sunday wasn't crazy. But there was another earthquake which we felt a tinny bit. In Hualien a 5.2 hit of the coast. Earlier this month as you guys may know is a 7.2 hit in the same spot. 

It's all pretty crazy.

We also watched the Saturday afternoon session of general conference. We still haven't finished watching general conference.

I gave a talk in church about loving people no matter who they are and about the 2 great commandments found in the New Testament, Matthew 22:36–39

36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself

I know these two commandments are most important. Loving God and loving others. 

It doesn't just say love others. It says love others as thyself.

Make sure you love yourself. And if you don't?

Know Heavenly Father and Jesus Love you perfectly.

I know this is true.

❤️

Elder Clegg

WEEK 33--jiufen九份 and shifen十分

Last monday we went to jiufen九份 and shifen十分 with a member. It was really fun. This member is super cool. It was fun even though I've already been before. The movie Spirited away is inspired from jiufen. It's a really cool area in the mountains. The day we went was cloudy and it was really cool.

I mostly wrote what happens in my journal then forget what happened.

Saturday was general conference. We didn't get to watch the Saturday sessions because we had zone council. It was great to see everyone. After we had hot pot and it was yum yum.

Sunday we watched general conference with the ward at the church. We ate lunch together then watched the last session. 

For dinner we ate some chicken thighs from Costco that a member gave us. He gave us some muffins and other stuff. Super nice. We thanked him and he said this. 你們真的是神的使者，我分享經文給你們. Which means you guys are truly God's messengers. And he shared a scripture in alma 8:18-22. Which talks about Amulek when he receives Alma into his home and feeds him. It was really sweet.

That night we went to the temple in Taipei for a concert In the chapel. We listened to other missionaries sing and it was really good. I loved it so much and they did really good. 

Today we are going hiking near jiufen九份. It should be really fun. We ate already up here while I'm writing this. It is really pretty up here. Taiwan is such a beautiful country. I'm so lucky to come here and serve the people here. Truly is stunning. The photos I send cannot capture it. 

My favorite thing about general conference is how they talked about Temples and priesthood keys. It's so important. And it was awesome to see a focus on this. All the talks were so good.

I love you all hope you have a good week!

Love,

Elder Clegg❤️

WEEK 32

Last Monday I hit 7 months on island. Yes its crazy haha. Also I got a new companion Elder Hong. He is a native and speaks little to no English. Now I have to try to keep up with natives speaking haha. But my Chinese should improve. He is a super funny guy.

I wouldn't say too much happened this week. It's kind of like the same every week haha. But there are some miracle and cool things that happened.

Actually there was something crazy. We had an earthquake hit off the coast of Taiwan. This earthquake was a 7.2 on the Richter scale. Pretty crazy. Where I'm serving it was felt as 4.0. And it was still crazy. Our apartment just started shaking randomly out of nowhere. I was really confused because I've never felt one before. I didn't know what was happening haha. In Hualien it was pretty serious. All the missionaries are safe. But it was devastating for some people.

For the cool moments/miracles.

We had this random homie pull to the church. Apparently he served a mission in Taiwan and stuff. He had a crew with him video taping him.

He is a member of a band that sing in Chinese I assume. Called 烈鷹 lieying which means fierce eagle. That was pretty cool.

Then another day when we went finding we walked up to this white dude. Turns out he is a member and he came to Taiwan on his mission. Also his daughter and son in law. It was cool to see their family. It was truly a miracle because that day I wasn't feeling the best. That was cool though.

I know that God is looking out for all his children. He knows what we are going through and what our challenges is.

I know the Jesus is our Savior and because of him death has no sting.

I love you all, 

Elder Clegg