MTC Week 3

We got to see an awesome devotional on Sunday (yesterday). It was by Chad Lewis. He played football for BYU and the Eagles. He talked about letting your light shine and he told us some good stories. I love Sunday devotionals. The devotional before that, we got to see Elder Lawrence from the 70.

There were a couple of times this week we needed to prepare a lesson and teach 2 mock investigators completely in Chinese, so things got a little stressful. We usually teach one lesson a day. We have taught a total of about 5 investigators. We really have to rely on the spirit, preparation, and sometimes miming words to teach the investigators. We are getting a lot better though.
I FINALLY got a letter from my mission president. I did not know that it could get down to 37 Degrees F during the winter. Looks like I'll need to get some colder clothes when I get there. It also looks like I will be biking, driving, walking and using public transportation. Unfortunately, he does not allow ipods or musical instruments. This frustrated me a little because the people going to Taiwan said that their mission president loves all genres of music, and will let them have instruments.
We got to do a session in the temple today. I saw one of the newer films. There was a lot of cool CGI. It takes up a lot of our P day, but it was worth it.

In my district, my companion and I are going to Melbourne, Australia. There are 2 elders going to Canada, and the rest are going to Taiwan. The more I hear about my mission and the area, the more excited I get. The Taiwan elders are having issues getting their visas, so they are getting reassigned state-side until they get the visas, which will probably be about a month.

My testimony of the Book of Mormon has really grown since I got here. It's teachings are remarkable. I encourage anyone reading this to read Joseph Smith's testimony in the beginning of the book, or on LDS.org.

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Elder Jordan Andersen
DEC01 AST-MEL
2007 N 900 E Unit 19
Provo UT 84602