Dear Mom, Dad, Eric, Belle, and Coffee,
I love missionary work. We have the greatest calling in the world
and I honestly love every moment of every day. Right before we left the
door this morning, it was pouring rain. It's still pouring rain.
It's move call day. New missionaries, new beginnings. Each move
call you can become whatever missionary you want or need to become. I
love it all. I honestly can't describe how happy I am. I just want
to work hard, baptize, and see real growth in Taiwan.
Thank you all for loving and supporting me so much out here. With
regards to BYU and that return date, I would actually be coming home on the
31st of December unless I can find a way to extend it to as close to the
previous date as possible.
My new companion just got in. His name is Elder Croft. He's
incredibly great. He's five or more inches taller than I am and
incredibly strong. He's going home here shortly, but it likely won't
affect the work in any negative way. He's really great. He really
wants to do a good job. I'm super excited to be his companion and see how
we can learn from one another. We have some great plans that we want to
carry out.
I'm glad that the weather is getting better for you. It's raining
all the time right now. It's not anywhere near Typhoon season, but you
get soaked really fast when it suddenly begins raining while riding your
bike. It's a lot of fun though. The season is slowly shifting to
what it was when I was here last. Taiwan is the best.
That's great that you got to go to Korea. My companion for the
last three days is Korean. He's a really awesome guy who speaks many
languages fluently: English, Korean, Chinese, and some Thai. A really
wonderful missionary that will do wonders on his mission. I love meeting
so many different missionaries and seeing how they grow and develop into
mature, hard-working adults. It's shocking how people change. In
fact, I had a really strange experience. Because this Korean Elder, Elder
Kim, wanted to see his baptisms in Shalu (my first area),
we got permission to go back there. When I walked in, everyone said that
I had changed A TON. It was a strange fore vision of returning home I
believe. They said that I had grown up a lot.
I hope that the family in Arizona is doing well. I hope that
everyone can see the power of the Gospel and the change it can bring in the
lives of those that are willing to accept it. It's a wonderful feeling
knowing that our family changed because of the gospel and that we can bring
this life changing message to others as well. I love it. I think
that Savannah will serve a mission, especially considering they can come
younger.
Being in Taizhong has its perks. All of the new missionaries stay
their first night with us. We get to see all the fresh faces. The
fascinating thing however, is that we met the 18 year old elders who were
surprisingly mature. I was impressed. We saw the 19 year old
sisters later in the day as well. It's wonderful that a new armada of
missionaries is coming to the field. There are tons of wonderful
missionaries that are coming on at this time when previously the opportunity
was more difficult to select. I love seeing such a force. Our
mission is being flooded with sisters actually. It's fun taking them all
running their first two mornings and seeing how they do. It's fun to see
the fire in some of their eyes.
Easter in Taiwan? There is no Easter. We didn't do
anything. It barely got a mention at church.
My goals for the last few months? Sprint to the finish. I
want to help Taizhong Zone reach its full potential. I want to help as
many missionaries as possible have a pleasant experience on their
missions. I also want to baptize many souls. I want to do
everything I can to develop my Christ-like Attributes as much as possible and
to set goals for coming home. I just want to give the Lord everything.
Emails? Only one. Elder Skyler Bennett wrote me
and it was fantastic. He's such a good missionary I bet. He's a
hardworking person who has a sincere desire to serve the Lord. He's
training right now and apparently loving it. I can't wait to see how my
friends have improved when we return. What a great Elder!
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS! Keep them coming.
I love you all so much. I'm working as hard as I can. Don't worry
about me too much. Keep doing what you need to obey the Lord's
commandments.
- Elder Woolsey
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