Last week in the MTC

I love you all, thanks for writing and your prayers and support.

Hey I would love it if you would be willing to edit my poem, or add ideas or anything-  some thoughts were how the false summit got me further then if I had only seen the top, or I was on the giants shoulder when on dads, or the first-dad shall be last because he’s helping the last. I don’t know.

Also there are a bunch of foreign lang books here- want a French book of Mormon or hymns dad, or Chinese things mom or Brian or Italian things David?

I took a talk called the fourth missionary from a friend and lost it, so if you could send it to me I would greatly appreciate that.

When does Ian get here?

Any news on the drivers license?

Could I get Andrew Gibbs address?

I am looking forward to the flash cards!

Lastly did the boys get my package?

Any ways about the week

I have loved this week. I am with Elder Hsiao, (his name is spelled that way because it's the old Romanization like Taipei instead of bei) He is super nice and hard working. We lived in the same hall at byu. However we were not great friends, I just knew his name. Probably because he was always in the library studying.  But he's great, smart, obedient and we SYL about 80 percent of the time which really does help our Chinese a lot. It's great to have a hard working companion.

  

So my favorite funny story for the week- my companion calls the restroom a xishoujian (wash hand room) so zi was trying to use that word but switched the first two syllables so it was xiouxijian- which literally means rest room. It was the coolest accident ever.

I am learning about 15 characters a day and 20 other vocab.

I don't have that much to tell you, my days are all mostly the same, but I loved what elder Uchdorf said in the general relief society meeting about how the happiest people are those who notice the small things on their way to great things, and all the rest the talk-golden ticket analogy, you’re not forgotten etc. SO if you have not seen it watch it.

Any ways some of those small things were I I am dominating in B-ball and still running, and loving gym. I actually enjoy learning Chinese, and feel good about my Chinese. Obviously a little nervous, but confident that I will be able to survive in Taiwan (i hope). I have pulled a few small pranks mom, so I must confess because I told you I wouldn't, but I think you’ll be fine with them- for example I had to turn my suit coat in for dry cleaning so wore my companions suit and asked a friend of ours of the female kind who's suit was best, and a few things of that sort, the worst was  there was a guy in the shower and his towel was hanging over the edge, so i took it (I couldn't resist) but he got it back quickly.

Spiritual thought- I don't know if I told you all this last week or not but I love how there are always people supporting you or backing you up. I came to this revelation because after years of church, general conference, and BYU devotionals (one year of that) I finally asked why are there always people sitting behind the person giving the talk? I came to the realization that they are there to back him up.; then I realized every calling has people supporting you up to the prophet and down to me.

 Next one was the broken steel bow- insights- steel made of man, steel is not flexible, steel is hard to break. Wood is made of god, is flexible, and also strong in ways stronger then metal. I will let you make the analogies and comparisons Love you all Elder Sabey