100% SYL

Anyways, this week has been good. Starting with this week, we are 100% SYL (speak your language) which means we are only supposed to speak English when we are talking with our Branch President, or having companion study, or a gospel discussion. Our teacher, Brother Hodges, or He Laoshi, said that we should be prepared to get very frustrated because he will not be speaking English anymore! The Elders in my district are still struggling with the language but they are making great progress.

My companions are doing great. It is a little different working in a three-some and teaching gets a little tough, but we are working on it. Our teachers say it is a blessing in a way because it will be easier to teach with members when we are out in the field. But we are trying to learn how to teach off of each other without reteaching. And right now they are emphasizing teaching the investigator, not the lessons. So that has been a big part of our learning, learning how to find the needs of the investigator and teaching according to what we find out instead of a rote presentation. It involves getting comfortable with asking some pretty straightforward questions, but I'm sure its going to help so much in Taiwan.

Anyways, we are having a lot of fun in the district. There are 5( one 3 some companionship) Elders and 3 Sisters. Yesterday Sister Son said something really funny... she was eating her first York peppermint patty ever, and she said, "It's like eating chocolate... and toothpaste." It was really funny in her Korean accent, but she likes toothpaste so she loved the candy! Haha.

Another funny story. We were playing a game where we were in partners and one person had to describe a word in chinese without saying the word... to the partner who had to guess the word. Elder Day, from St. George was describing binqilin (icecream) and he explained it like, "Ruguo ni chi kuai, ni tou..leng!" So in other words, if you eat fast, your head gets cold. We all thought it was really funny. And whenever our team would get a point, we say "cheng gong!" meaning, "success!"

Have a great week everyone!
Omni 1:26
3 Nephi 17- I love this chapter