I'M GOING TO THE ZOO TODAY!!!

Missionary work is awesome! Especially in Taiwan. Finding Investigators is like a big easter egg hunt! It takes time and patience and a lot of effort but it is so much fun! 

We use a number of methods to find when we go out.

-Street Contacting: We head over to a subway station, metro station, night market or any block that lots of people are walking around at. We walk around that area and talk to people "on the street" hence the term, "street-contacting". Sometimes its hard to have a lesson with them on the street because of all the noise or they have to hurry and get somewhere but we always manage to pray with them, give them a tract (like a pass-along card) and get their number. Most times we can even get them to set up a time to meet with us again. 

-Door to Door: In Taiwan there aren't really any houses, there isn't room for that on a tiny island. There are however, apartment complexes. To get into these, you either have to have a key or you ring the doorbell until someone lets you in. That's what we do. We ring the doorbell until someone lets us into the complex. Once we are in, we start at the top floor and work our way down to the bottom, knocking on all the doors on that floor trying to find people to teach. It is quite the adventure. 

-Motorcycle-to-bike approach: at very stoplight we will pull up next to someone on their motorcycle. We will introduce ourselves, give them a tract and if time permits, exchange numbers. 

-Cafe meet ups: we have lessons at Starbucks, bakeries and sometimes McDonald's when having a lesson at our investigator's house is inconvenient. 

-Finding in the park: by far my FAVORITE place to find! you see and talk to all kinds of cool people! Old people are ALWAYS doing taichee. Hip old ladies hold dance classes. They dance to fun Chinese songs. It is kind of funny. People are singing karaoke EVERYWHERE! ANDDDD there are dogs EVERYWHERE!!!!!  they chase the squirrels..there are squirrels in Taiwan..

My companion and I are kept very busy. most every day we have a lesson scheduled about every hours or so. Let me introduce you to some of our investigators..

-Cai ama: this 96 year old is on fire! never have I seen such an energetic and lively lady. She loves to sing and dance and loves to talk really loud! She is always thanking god for the health that she has today. 

-Jiang dixiong:  He has some kind of OCD. Everytime we call him he always says he's busy cleaning. Which he is. Everytime we meet with him at his house he is always wiping a pot or spot checking his windows....he always wears a pink collared shirt, two fedoras and two pairs of shades. 

-Alice: Is infection prone. Meeting with her is difficult because she always has to go to the hospital. Right now she has an infection on her rear...don't ask me how...before this she had some kind of eye infection and before that her foot had some kind of nasty..something.....

I'll introduce you all to more next week!

Well, that's about all I have time for right now...

Taiwan is interesting. A very special place. ITS BEEN AMAZING! UNTIL NEXT WEEK!! 

LOVE YOU ALL!!!

-Sister GOO

**side note...trying to explain how to play hangman to Chinese students in my english class was not a good idea.