Elder Baird's Something About Socks: WEEK 17 HUALIAN: Call me Daniel

This may have been my shortest subject line ever.

I'm losing my touch.

Well hello everyone! It's another week, another year, and even another decade! And of course the best thing to do is celebrate by reading this! Obviously. What could be better than me? A lot of things probably, but they're not super important right now.

Dang I gotta work on that.

Welp, yah. It's a new year. It's 2020. Like wow. I've been on my mission for like a year now. And I come home next year. Dang isn't time going fast? I'm like half way through by this logic! Ain't that something!

So yah, new years isn't really a holiday here either. Nothing happens execpet everoyene just says, happy new year. That's it. So I spent New Years on exchanges actually. And it just so happened that I went to the most out of the way place in the mission for this exchange. It was... Something else.

I feel bad for any missionaries who go there. It's so difficult there because there's like no one there, and the people there are all super old and don't want to hear about the gospel. It was definitely an eye opening experience.

It was kind of creepy in this place once it started getting late. Cause we were in like a jungle sort of place and it was scary. Like way sketch.

And that wasn't even the scariest part.

The dogs.

Holy ravioli.

They were terrifying. Like I was not a fan at all. And there were so many. So I was kinda sketched out the whole time we were knocking. And then we were trying to get down a road when what do we see?

Not popcorn. Let me tell you that.

3 big dogs guarding the way. 3 big growling yapping barking mean dogs slowly stalking towards us.

Now I was ready to turn around, but that was the way we needed to go, that was the way that our bikes were at, and it was the place of a former we were trying to visit.

But I did not want to go.

However, Elder Godfrey was a lot more brave than me and had a lot more faith. He said we should go for it, so I said a quick little prayer and asked for protection. Then putting my faith in God I started to walk forward.

And the dogs just kinda stopped.

Then we walked through them and past them and they started again, but we were on the other said completely safe. It was really cool to see that little blessing right there. And that's something I'm way grateful for.

So thus the title. It was a cool miracle.

Then we went back to their house which is in the middle of nowhere. Like really in the middle of nowhere.

So yah, I spent the new year with the bats.

Oh yah, there were bats in the house. I don't know why. But it's kinda a sketch place. Soooooo. Fun stuff I guess!

Yah that's the big story for the week. Everything's been pretty normal for the week. Kinda is just starting to get like that. Get up, work, go to bed. Then get up. I'm way tired, but this week I'm going to be able to baptize a guy we have been teaching! I'm really excited for that! It'll be my first baptism, and I've been here for all his lessons! That will be cool.

Let's see... Well I saw a guy wearing a "Gelvin Kiain" shirt... Someone does not know how to read English brand names apparently. I don't understand some Asian things. Nor will I probably ever.

Yah, that's about it. Pretty solid week. Exhausted as always, but happy nonetheless!

I can't help but feel like I have more to write. But I can't remember. And if I don't hit send I won't be able to send this. So I'm going to hit send now... Well, now...

Dang

Now!

Nope,

Right N

Love you all!

Elder Baird

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