Sick dog - Week 43

 

This week should be short. Basically I got sick from Wednesday till now. We didn't do much work from Wednesday to Saturday sadly. It kinda sucked. Today I'm still not feeling good but we roll.

Last Monday we went to the petting zoo which was really awesome. So happy to see capybaras.

Tuesday we had district council and did some finding. That night we had a member visit with the bishop and his family. One of his daughters is on her mission in taizhong. It went pretty lit. And it was good food. 

Like I said Wednesday I was sick. My throat hurt and I was congested. 

On Friday we got news that my companion is moving and I am staying.

I'm getting a missionary who has been here for 6 weeks. So it should be a learning experience. Also I'm becoming the district leader and an area is closing by me so I'm IN charge of that. So it's going to be really hard. 

Sunday we went to church had 3 people come. Talked to the member's and said goodbye. We did studies and finding that's about this week. I'm still not feeling great. But that's life.

Today we played some board games and ate hotpot. That's about it

Hopefully I start feeling it and can be excited to work and try my hardest. 

I only have one picture haha.

Love you all,

Elder Clegg

WEEK 42

This week has been pretty fire.

Last Monday we went to the dragon boat festival thing to watch the boats race

Tuesday we had district council and right after started an exchange. To start the exchange we ate soup dumplings. They are fire. Anyways I went with Elder Whittier on exchange. I stayed in my area. We just had a lot of finding that we did. We went to a night market that is only open on Tuesdays. It was popping. It is really cool too. We had a good exchange I saw some miracles.

Wednesday we ended our exchange.

We had are English group and we had a girl come. Afterwards she asked us some questions about church. This was her first time coming and she has a lot of questions. It was pretty cool

Thursday we did finding and stuff.

Friday was so awesome! Because we went all the way up to the temple.

We had some morning finding then got food and took a bus up to Taipei. That was pretty lit. Anyways we went to the temple to do endowments. I did the parts in Chinese it was pretty cool. It is really relaxing to go to the temple. It took a lot longer than we thought so we hurried to catch a bus but 結果 (in the end) we had to take a later one. So we got McDonalds for dinner than took our bus. It also came a little late so we didn't get home till 9. So that took up most of the day. It was worth it and very good.

Saturday we we to an activity where they made cakes(brownies basically). So that was fun. We went because we had a friend go and also had to teach a member new member lessons.

Sunday we had church. After church we ate food together. It was good to talk to the members. We did some studies and stuff. Then we went to a members home to eat dinner. It was pretty traditional. Some of it was good but it wasn't astonishing. But we are very grateful they let us come over. Super nice. 

Today we decided to go to a petting zoo. So we planned to bike a long way to it. We rented a bike to do it. Anyways at the petting zoo was the first time I've seen capybaras. They are so cute. They also had baby ones. So cute. They had some other cool stuff. Anyways we decided to bike into the city. Turn out the bikes we rented can't be parked in the city we went to so we had to take it all the way back on the train. That was very scuffed. But it was a good experience. Originally we were going to eat hot pot but because of the bike stuff it all got scuffed. I got pretty burnt too. It was so hot today.

That was about my week. I hope everyone is doing good! I'll be praying for you. 

Love yall,

ELDER CLEGG

Happy dragon boat festival? - Week 41

Hello! Apparently today is 端午節 dragon boat festival and they race dragon boats (real). So that's pretty lit. I'm not sure what the origins of this are but seems lit. 

Last Monday we went to a members house read scriptures and taught about the temple. We are trying to help the mom get her endowments. And for the dad I think he's not active so we will focus on helping the mom and kids Go to the temple.

Tuesday we had district council. we ate some 包子 baozi. Which is a stuffed steamed bun. We did some knocking.

Wednesday we fixed our bikes. My bikes tire was ripping and the inner tube was coming out so I needed new ones. We had English group and we had a lesson that day. We set a baptismal date but it's going to be hard. Hard to teach her.

Thursday we had our exchange with the ZLs. I stayed in my area and it went pretty well. Basically we did a ton of finding.

Friday we finished our exchange then we ate steak for lunch. It was fire. afterwards we had another exchange. I went to a different area with Elder Blodgett. We worked really hard and it was good. We saw some cool miracles.

I was exhausted though. Elder Blodgett is fun to work with.

Saturday we finished our exchange earlier in the morning. Then we went to the church for a primary activity. We had a friend come to the activity and she brought her daughter. It went well. Afterwards we had a lesson with a kid and his mom. They are both members we were just doing the new member lessons. After that we went with a member to help the friend find something in her garage. The member that came was really cool. She is super nice.

Sunday we went to the church early for a lesson. It didn't go the best. But it's ok. We then had church. Also that mom and her daughter came which was good. Afterwards the mom asked about Temples because that's what they learned about. We first were knocking doors then we decided to go the a big mall. There were so many dang people there it was pretty crazy. It was hard to talk to people. But I ended up finding this really cool dude. He was so chill and fun to talk to. He agreed to set up a time. That was about Sunday. 

Today we had a member meal. The food was pretty good but the ice cream was so fire. Definitely one of the bests I've had. One was like a strawberry mixed with fire vanilla ice cream. Then another one was cookies and cream. It was probably the best cookies and cream I've had. Fire.

We went to see the dragon boats and stuff. So that was cool

I hope everyone is doing good. 

Love you all,

Elder Clegg

The Homies Week 40

 

Hello Everyone! This week has been good. Recently I've been burnt out but I'm getting the hang of finding and knocking doors. It's pretty fun how much people get mad or are impolite. But there's also a lot of nice people don't get me wrong.

Here is the recap.

Last Monday we played board games a exchanged afterwards we did some finding.

Tuesday we had zone conference. We rode to get on the train and we biked through basically a flood it was crazy. We arrived at zone conference soaking wet. The zone conference was cool. It's sad though because we are getting a new mission president. President Yang was the best mission president fr.

Wednesday we did some finding had an in person lesson and we had English group. after we found a baby tiny gecko. So cute !

Thursday  we had exchanges. I went with Elder power. He is really funny and cool. Fun to do missionary work with. Actually he went to the same high-school as me and we were in Chinese class together for a little. 

Friday we ended of the exchange with McDonalds. Friday night we went to a members home and his son who is not a member was just playing on his computer in the middle of the room. So he was loud and it's harder to feel the spirit. But we talked with this member and helped him out. Hopefully we can get him to understand the importance of Temples. 

Saturday we did finding knocking and had a new member lesson. It was lit. Like I said I'm getting better at knocking and stuff. So that's good!

Sunday we went to zhubei 竹北 chapel aka stake center. We went there for stake conference. It went really well. And we sat near some crazy kids. They are so noisy. Anyways there I met the people from Utah who are doing a small study abroad. And I ran into Luke and Kyle. Two people from the same ward in Utah. It was very cool to see them. And a big miracle.

Today for pday we went to the beach. It was really fun. We caught crabs we made some stuff in the sand. Played Frisby and made a river. It was all fun. Sadly I didn't take any pictures. But I'll see if I can find some. There was just a bunch of windmills out in the ocean. It was weird but it's pretty windy out there so that's good. 

That was this week. Again I'm struggling but also growing. And it's been amazing to see the growth. 

I love you all.

I know God loves you too,

Elder Clegg

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