Dear Family and
Friends,
This week has flown by... once again. I have been
in Taiwan for about 11 months... crazy. I can't even believe how the time
has gone. This week we really focused a lot with some of the RC's and
LA's we had about taking the next step!! We are hoping to help them all
get to the temple. That is the goal!!
This week we met with an LA who has been a member of the
church for the longest period of time out of any other member in
GangShan. I hope that makes sense... haha! Anyways... he is really
awesome and has recently gone through the temple to do baptisms for the
dead. We went to his house this week and brought a member with us and
shared about the temple. We invited him and his wife to come up with a
goal together of when they can go through the temple and be sealed... and then
we committed them to talking to the bishop this week about their goal so that
he could work with them... Well when we left their home the member that came
with us told us that 15 years ago they he went to this mans house with the
missionaries and taught the same thing... so unlike last time, we were
very hopeful that they would talk to the bishop this time. Well Sunday
rolled around and they were at church.. haha and I thought that I better just
remind him about what they committed to do. He remembered and went up to
the bishop and they set a time for next week to interview and talk about this
goal!! Awesome!
This week we also taught JM the Filipino again. He
is awesome! He even came to church and stayed the whole 3 hours! We
are very hopeful for him. We will meet with him again this week. They are
talking about starting up an english gospel principles class for the
filipinos. That would be awesome.
This week we also found out some sad news... On monday we
went decided to go over to "Cs" home.. we hadn't seen him in a
while.. and we thought that was really strange. Well when we got there we
found out that his dad was really sick... Long story short.. his dad is really
old and "C" was really worried. We took him to the
hospital. He had like no strength and I had to basically lift him in and
out of the car. This has been really hard on "C". He is so
young and is going through a lot right now. Keep him in your prayers.
We went running again on Saturday!! We ran 6 miles
with the GangShan running team. It was such a blast!! hahah I love this
ward so much. I feel like Ammon when he says that he possibly could spend
the remainder of his days among the Lamanites! haha
This week I did a lot of studying in the Bible... I found
the more and more I read the more it truly testifies to me of the Savior’s
mission. The Savior loves us so much. One thought that really hit
me this week was that the Savior was prepared beforehand to perform the
atonement. However, the Savior still had his agency. He was subject
to all the things that we face.. the difference is that he never yielded to any
temptations and bore all sorts of pain and trials with patience. The
reason why this thought struck me so hard is that the Savior while he was
suffering for us could have given up... but he didn't. He didn't give up
on us. For that reason we cannot ever give up on him, or anyone else for
that matter. When we let this sink deep into our hearts I truly believe
it is enough for us to take on any challenge that this life will throw at us.
JOHN 16:33
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me yemight have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation:but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
I love all of you so much! Thank you for all your
emails and letters of encouragement!! They mean the world.
Love,
Elder Redding
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