July 2, 2008

Mom and Dad
Hello-- how are you? all is good here in zhong he--it is a great new area with tonz of people waiting to be baptised-- right now we are working with a man named lu he is solid-- he has been completely taught the lessons and is ready to be baptised-- he thinks he needs more faith before he is baptised-- he will be coming to a baptism this saterday and i think that will help him a bunch -- baptisms are allways very good and help people alot.
another man we are working with is zheng . he is also very good. he has only been taught the 1 lesson-- then they lost contact with him cause he is very busy but we got in touch with him the other day and he is part way trough 2nd nephi and is praying every day. we just have to find a hole in his schedual so we can meet with him.
this area is great but is very different from my others.
My companion and i are good-- he is in his 5th trasfer-- the same age as elder taylor-- we get along fine considering we are completly different- he is amazingly smart and just spent his life in a text book -- i didnt do that as much. he is struggeling with the language alot so hopefully i can help him with that.

we have spent alot of time just looking for some others to teach-- president has asked us all to have 3 people in our baptisim pool and we are sittin at 1 . finding a family would be nice.
That is sad about bryan- Mom you wrote a very good little talk for his funeral-- i didnt know about how he came into the family.-- the family pic i show people on the street has him in it so alot of asian people know who he is.
thankyou for the little artical on preisthood dad-- i enjoyed it. It is true we have to use our authority to what god wants us to. or its not really using gods power on earth it is just faking it.
Dad- What is your Favorite scripture? Just curious but please answer the question-- You to Mom
Well thank for everthing-- i love you guys i hope all goes well with bryans stuff-- Love Elder Langford

June 23, 2008

Hey!!
i Moved!!
im no longer in yinge-- im am now in zhong he-- the most densly populated area in taiwan. Big change from the small towns iv been to before no trees--no parks--just pavement and cement-- i guess this is how most of the mission is here in taiwan but im not used to it.

it should be fun-- my new companion is elder matern-- from indiana. nice kid -- he was elder taylors companion in the mtc so i already new a little about him-- he is a computer gamer-- a little different but it will be fun-
the SD cards-- i came on with 3 not 5 - i have one-- sent one to you-- and another got ruined in rainstorm but i allready took the pics off so nothing was lost.

Xu li wei past her baptism interview-- sadly i wont be able to attend the baptism cause im far away. She is way good and is excited for baptism-- just scared to bare her testamony after she gets baptised-- but that is normal.

mom you can come to taiwan and climb the stairs of 101-- the tallest building in the world-- i bet you would like that--- my companion elder bingham would run stairs and i just followed im in the elevator- it was a great work out for me!

hopefully this first week we can start working with some good people and get going for the transfer. i love you guys have fun!!-- Elder Langford

June 18, 2008

Hey Mom and dad
how are ya! every thing is good this past week-- i do enjoy the longer articals you have sent-- like the once seperatly typed that you send to us but i usually read them after i type cause they are longer and i want to make sure i have time to write. Sorry-- is wonderful you have had some good experences with investigators-- good missionary experences.-- when ever i introduce my family to investigators i just tell them you are searving a mission in new zealand-- they all think that is way cool.-- i love to read your experences-- i might not always mention them just cause i read the aweek earlier so ill try to be better.

i had surgery yesterday on my foot!! kinda - i had a nasty ingrown toenail that was getting pretty bad lookin-- we went to the docter and he did a digital block on my toe-- stabbed me like 10 times with his needle! then i didntfeel a thing-- looked up once and it was a bloody mess! kinda fun-- i was off my foot yeaterday and today is p-day-- i should be good for work tomorrow-- but it bleed alot and i have all these pills. no biggie -- kinda a little adventure.

so we fond out that the new member that just moved here from yuli is going to need some work-- doesnt really know the gospel and a girl just moved in to live with him-- ohhhh boy. his friend--Zhang-- is cool-- committed to read and pray everyday so hopefully he will set a good example for his member friend. XU li wei-- xi yu hong older sister is really good-- is liking church more and more and is developing a testamony--- baptisim will be in 2 saterdays. Steven is not good-- is still reading the Book of Mormon but isnt doing it to learn anything-- just to say he has learned it.. He also has some other big probelms that i probley shouldnt talk about. The guy we met in the rain-- du-- is gone-- dissapered-- gave us a fake address and wont answer his phone-- hopefully we can find him again but its kinda weird.

last friday we had elder rasband from the presidency of the 70 come and talk to the mission.. it was way good- more of a Q/A meeting and he shared some good experences from his personal life.

so this past week the mission has had some weird stuff happen-- a couple people sent home and another elder is gay and completely apostate-- kinda crazy

happy fathers day!-- sorry it was last sunday-- is different in taiwan-- the work for dad in chinese is ba ba-- the word for 8 is also ba and the way for augest is also ba so fatherday is on month ba day ba because the date really says fathers-- or at least sounds the same
i hope you had a great fathers day dad-- i love you- thank for all you have done for me in helping me prepare for my mission and for life!! i hope you had a good one.-- What is your favorite scripture??

Thank you for all- we are doing great-- i am planning on making a purchase with my american money for some books that i want to read in chinese when i get home-- a whole set of harry potter and narnia-- just to let ya know-- if thats ok.-- Love ya-- E. Langford

June 11, 2008

Hey
how are you-- Thank you for the chip-- i got it today by other on is full so i will be able to snap some more---yes i did get the package- i thanked laura already - the shoes are great i love em- very comfy and the soles wont get eatin away by my bike pedels
this week we got a call over from yuli-- a member that was baptised a month ago moved to yinge-- we went to met him and he is living with a friend that is way cool- the friend came to church with the member and we met with him once- his name is zhang. we will meet with him tomorrow and set a baptisimal date-- his work schedual will be hard to work with cause it changes alot but he loved church and said he would come every week he could.
the spider was about the size of my whole hand after it bit me and my hand was bloated. no it didnt bite me
well today is temple day so we are about to run to the session-- it should be good.
this monday we had presidents interviews and that went really well.
our president is really cool- he told me that i have alot of leadership ability that he will use--- i dont know if i like that-- even though i would feel happy that i was chossen to be a leader like district leader or zone leader i would rather not have to do those-- they are hard jobs-- i remember elder marble would get really stressed out-- and most zone leaders have really hard times. i would like to be called to a position and then realesed. That will be good. But of coarse i would do what i am asked.
anyway-- im thinkin i will stay in yinge for like 5 more transfers and then move-- that would be good-- any way-- i love you guys-- talk to ya next week-- Elder Langford

June 4, 2008 Baseball and the Gospel

This past week was pretty good we got qinged chied alot
(givin alot of food)-- that was really bad chinglish- on day we had a family home evening at the bishops house another day we did a family home evening for a part member family and they gave us pizza-- the lesson was way good- the husband who isnt the member loves base ball-- everyday he goes and hits balls -so we did a lesson on how baseball and the gospel relate. each base to ran to eaither by faith, baptism, temple covenets and then enduring to the end with home plate being eternal life-- he liked it alot. then we went and hit base balls-- wow it has been years since i hit baseballs at cherry hills but i didnt do to bad. The taiwan people are all really good to us so we are thankfull.
The other day it was raining bad and we were walking down the street- this guy rolled down his window and asked what we were doing in the rain-- it was more like a waterfall -- like one huge bucket of rain coming down. We told him we were sharing a special message about christ -so he got out of his car and we ran into the nearest stor where we taught him and set him up- he is aboriganal taiwanies preety cool guy- we talked about christ first church and then the apostasy and how they were all changed then went into restoration where he told us about the great need of a restoration cause everything was corupted. I like when the investigator does the teaching-- we set him up and were going to meet with him yesterday but his car got stollen and he was at the police station all day- so later this week we will find him.
on the way to the bishops house to get pizza we had a few extra min. so we trackted a little-- first house we come to is a cool guy named lin- Lin has been having alot of stress latley with afmily and work and wants to know how the gospel can help him- we are going back to his place later this week also-- we are mostly trying to find some new people to work with and get progressing-- last night we had a great lesson with xu yu hongs sister xu li wei we went through the secong lesson and she loved it Anyway thats what we have done-- oh-- we come home last nightand we had a huge spider in our bathroom sink-- massive-- bigger then the one i had and a pet when i was a kid-- we got the raid and the camera ready and went in to get it but it had dissapered-- then we were scared- we had no idea where it was. it had ran under the sink-- we got him out and the raid did a pretty good job with it.
- Anyway-- got to run-- Elder Langford

Runnin from the Guards -- April 09, 2008

this is xu yu hong
really cool kid about 15- has muscular distrophy in his legs but has a solid testamony
baptised this last saturday


Hey
how are ya all!! we are good here-- this past week was really good- we fund some really good people that hopefully will start progressing-- one of the fun things about taiwan is tracking-- most building have a guard and little electronic keys to get in buildings--- iv never seen a guard do anything except for sit in his office all day and do noting-- and we have to pay em like 2000 a month but anyway--- we have to track the building cause their are good nice people inside who want to here our message.
Missionaries are the only reson i think the guards are here in taiwan-- cause they only come after us-- we usually start by riding down the car ramp to the under ground parking lot-- rinning up the stars and stash our bikes about the 5rth floor then run to the top and switch elevator shafts so we have more time-- the usually know we are in the building and start riding the elevators uup and down every shaft-- but the just start at the bottom and go up and we can always see what floor the elevator is on so pretty easy to avoid it-- once we get into a house we are save cause we have friends in the building and that is how we get in in the future.
some times you will get a really fun guard who will walk up every set of stairs to find you-- if your in a house your save but that is the only way the have got us-- we usually then try to teach the guard but they are always old guys who are stuck in the false traditions of their fathers.

then if we finsh a building we usually ride out the front gate right past the guard station- thank him and take off. Its fun way of tracking.
The other day we got into a 12 story building with 5 shafts and 4 houses per shaft-- it was big and the guards never saw us go in. we found a lin family there-- really nice family so we are going to go back and visit them. she loves to pray and her boys all have intrest in english class.
It could be a way good family.

yeasterday we met with a daniel Gao really nice guy-- first impression was we was gay but it turn out he is ok-- he is a proffesional make up artist and a painter-- really good guy and has intrest in church caue he loves the art in church- like all the paintings and stuff. HE also said that he has always prayed every evening and for his food-- no one has ever taught him how to pray but he just has also felt like he should-- way cool we are excited to help him learn more.

Brother xu had a great baptism the other day. he has some solid friends at church and loves to go. we talked to his mom the other day, and she was just like-- i dont care if he gets baptised-- i trust in my gods and he can trust in your gods.

hope you are having a great trip with the huggins-- hey what is happening with rocky mountian griddle??-- umm next time anything gets sent out i need some deoderent-- they dont sell it in taiwan-- well the do but it is really small and very expencive--no one here uses it.
I love doing tim tam slams

Thank ya a ton--- i love you all -Elder Langford

Funny Guy Speaking English -- Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Hey Mom and Dad-- how are you--
sound like all is well-- dad is flying around the world-- fun fun--dont eat to much of the raw fish-- i kinda like it-- good stuff wow mom- you can pray in chinese!! that is awesome-- i am very impressed-- keep it up and you will be better then me in no time. we are doing well here in yinge elder taylor and i get along great- we have a ton of fun and we find alot of people. Yinge is still a really new area but it will start waking up here pretty soon

the other night we were coming home and right out side of the elevator to our place was this really funny guy speaking english--- he was drunk out of his mind-- but the will always set up when they are drunk. turns out that he was in to some way bad drugs-- just got out of prison and is ruining his life -- or already has. but he is doing better-- every day he buys one pack a smokes and takes part of the pack and puts it in our mail box every day will be more and more-- he reads the BOM alot to get over the temptations. He hasent drank any for 3 days- way good!! When we see him now he dosent look so waisted or anything-- almost has a little light about him. He will do good. The only problem is getting him to church-- we will have to find him a bike or something to come with us.

Brother xu is doing great--will be baptised this sunday or the next saterday-- His mom doesent really like us-- she is a big mean women but his dad is way cool and wants his son to have religion in his life.

transfers are this friday-- so the next time im on will be Monday.

Oh i have my credit card but no pin-- any one know about that-- i have no way to use it if i need to-- but right now im ok. Its a rule to have that if i need it.

I love ya--- Elder Langford

Temple Trip in Taibei -- Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Hey Mom and dad
How are ya!! all is great here in yinge-- doing really well That pic you sent was cool mom-- that looks like a fun hike!! and i know Elder Li- And Elder Heintz-- thats crazy-- Elder li's sister is Julias really good friend-- she was in our grade. Thats funny-- Tell him both i said hi

well our brother xu was able to come to church this last week-- he has got rides lined up to go every week know-- some members switching back and forth to get him there. The members are way good. He should be able to get baptised next saturday on the 29th. But he needs his dads permission--- his dad is cool-- a busness man that works in singapore but his mom is the one that is holding broth xu back. She thinks he is to young to do this--- i called them last night and his father wanted to take us out to steak on sunday-- but instead they will just feed us at their house. So hopefully we can get him baptised. also working with a brother yang-- a great dad with a really cute little daughter- his daughter loves to sing songs with us- we taught him the Plan of salvation last night and also the Word of Wisdom-- he has smoked for about 25 years-- and wants to stop but cant do it on his own. His daughter heard about him stoping smoking and got a big smile on her face-- she will
help him alot.

We get to go to the temple today in taibei so we are excited for that. Every thing else is great! Easter not for like a month! Anyway-- Love ya-- bye bye-- Elmer Langford

who is Elmer? -- Mar. 12th 2008

Hey Mum and Dad
how are you!!!
im Glad you got your gift!! Thank you so much for mine it was great- my birthday was really good i enjoyed it-- the day befor we made a cake we had in district meeting so we have had fun. ya that scroll i sent might be a little harder to read just becuse it is more of a art then writing characters but natives should be able to read it.

this past week has been preetty good-- our brither xu is getting alot of family opposition to him coming to church so it is really hard for him- he knows the truthfullness of the gospel and a great testamony of it. last time we couldent meet in his out so we went and found a little pash of weeds and sat on the ground. he has alot of faith we are just praying he will find away to come to church. then we have a brother wang-- a really nice kid about 25- really humble and was working on his personal testamony- we would have been baptised next trasfer for sure cause he has felt the spirit and knows it is good. But in taiwan their is a required army service that called for him-- so he is leaving in about 2 weeks to got in millitary for about 11 months-- well have to get him after. hopefull ill still be in yinge-- but probably not.

we juast added a sister lai into our baptisimal pool for the 12 or so thats a funny one-- we had a whole first lesson and we thought she was a guy-- looked like a guy sounded like a guy-- she is a bit chubbyier and was wearing really loose clothing-- i feel bad know-- after we got home she called us and was like-- ummm.. im a girl -- my comp didnt belive me-- he thought we was lieing to him. soo ya-- we might give her to the sisters. how we got the 202 lessons?? Prayed alot for one- we couldent do that with out gods help--- set the goal for it-- our goal was 200 and 60 book of
mormans be exceeded both of them-- sacraficed-- we all picked something to sacrafice for the week that we love!!-- i sacraficed pudding bread-- i love pudding bread and it was hard-- i had withdrawls!! sacrafice time-- we left the house a half hour early came home a half an hour later and all our meals we an eat and run--Pray even more-- hourly or more. then setting little goals throughout the day for contacting sessions-- like how many lessons we wanted.-- our zone saw a ton of miricals that week and are still teaching lots of those people. to bad i moved but as long as they all get baptised. we were reallly tired at the end out that week-- that week was also the time i wanted to finish the 3000---in those 7 day i woke up at 5:00 to study-- i memorized 1400 characters and finished--- you can always see gods had in every aspect of the work-- we alone couldent of done near that will out gods help. i would probably still be working on the 3000 characters and not doing very well on them if god wasent helping me. God is a cool guy!!

im glad all is going well for you in new zealand-- im telling all my friends you are a trainer-- they think that is awesome!!
love you-- Elmer langford

Hey MoM and Dad
How are you!!-- i guess this e-mail will come alot earilier then usual-- today we are running into taibei to buy my comp a bag and stuff so we decided to get it done way early-- its like 6:00 in themourning here--
the past week has gone really well. elder taylors parents e-mail is ttaylor@qwest.net He is an awesome elder- we get along real well and have lots of fun togeather. -- ya the work is different here but we are getting adjusted-- it is alot of trackting but its ok.
right now we are working with a xu that has a baptisimal date for the 29 a wang that has on for the 5th a ken that has one for the 5th and a chen that also has one for the 5th so hopefully they will all contunue to progreess. Lastnight i called the chen guy who i didnt think was to committed but i interupted his book of mormon reading- he said he would read a half hour a day after i asked him to read just 10 min. he is way good just need to gain a testimony--- the wang dude came to english class and set up with us really nice and open guy-- wanted to know abou the ten commandments cause he has alot of chritian friends who dont keep them-- we went in to teach a first lesson but we came out and had also taught Word of Wisdom Chastity sabbeth day and all 10 commandments. he asked a ton of really good questions.- just wanted to know it all.
ken we met on the street yesterday-- a really nice 25 year old that thought we were both 30-- really humble- wanted to know the pourpus of life and wanted to learn about jesus. commited him for baptism and he was all for it.
We have been really blessed this week. finding lots of new people. Last night we went to a guys house that last nov. was taking discussions--it was so good-- he had a christian back groud and belived the bible. as we read parts of the book of mormon he said he could feel the spirt-- he it was very re re in his heart really warm and hot. he need to have more time in his schedual to meet with us so we can teach him cause his work is way hard on him-- usually dosent get home till late.

who are the two elders that are teaching you chinese? thats cool-- chinese is really one of the most simple languages-- it sounds hard the the tones make it hard but the words are really simple-- the word for computer is just sticking electric and brain togeather-- electric and wind together is a fan chinese dosent have new words for things just uses all the base words and sticks em all togeather-- like i have guessed words that i have never learned and got em right just back looking at what it was made of or what it did. chinese is cool. My companions chinese is about as good as mine right now. He learned way fast- gods helped him a ton.
well i love you guys-- thank you so much--- iv been good on money i shouldent need to pull any money out i just need it just in case.
OHMAN!!!!!!!!!!! we might having to start parting our hair!!! that is going to be hard cause everyone wears helmits all day long and hair gets messy anyway-- illl just go get a way short hair cut.

Love You-- Elder Langford

brother xu -- Feb. 27th 2008

Hey Mom and Dad
- how are ya doing??
im pretty good-- here in yinge- we had a pretty good week last week and then we had zone confrence this last monday-- oh- and they gave us all cell phones!! yah-- so much more convenent. the mission 3 months ago got 30 baptisims in the trasfer-- the 2 months ago it bumbed up to about 55 then last month it was about 70--- the whole mission goal is 120 so we still have a little ways to go but we should be able to. yinge is a really cool place-- no where to contact-- not to many people out on the streets. we have been doing alot of inactive member lookups and contacting people here an there who are walking and the side of the street. And we also do alot of
tracking- tracking is tracking- it has to be done but not to much seen from it. we have a new member in out area who has come trackting with us a few times to get some good peikes.
we are working with one boy names brother xu very good kid about 15-- he has muscular distrophy so he walks with a limp and his legs are both really skinny-- but this kid really wants to come to church-- he rode his bike twice and it took him so long that he missed the first two hours of church both times. we are trying to find a member that can just take him in a car but we have 1 family that lives in yinge and 2 other new members- the two members ride scooters so cant go there and the family goes way early becuse of other callings. we will find a way though. he will for sure get baptised this trasfer.

well everything else is going really well-- i got a package but i wont open it till my birthday-- thankyou so much-- MoM-- your birthday is next tuesday!!! Happy Birthday!! thank you so much for everything you have done for me in raising me and sending me on a mission-- i am very thankful-- i love you so much-- i hope your birthday is great.-- Love Elder Joey

Transfered to Yingge -- February 18, 2008

Hey Mom and Dad

im no longer in danshui-- i moved -- im in a place called yingge- cool little place.-- ohh ya-- im senior companion now to!!!! i dont no what they were thinking when they made that call.!!! it will be good-- my new comp lived in kaysville-- this is his second transfer and is way cool-- we will do real good togeather-- name is elder taylor. so we are both way excited. its a nice new place- just got to figure it out.

last week finished really well-- the whole zone--10 companionships got 1300 lessons and places 650 bom-- it was so fun got almost 100 new investigators.-- elder bingham and i got the zone high of 202 lessons-- the zone leaders got 200. im going to miss danshui alot but i will like it here to!.

yes we have gotten the nov. ensine- iv already read it-- it was way good-- cause i dident really get a chance to listen to conference cause i didnt understand at all. we copy alot of talks out of it and give it to new investigators. so yesterday elder nichol and i taught a kid that i had set up about 2 weeks ago-- he came last week and then yesterday to. way good kid we talked about the restoration and the bom alot and he set a baptisimal date for march 15-- to bad i moved eh... as long as he gets baptised.

from what i here the work is really good here in yingge-- the people are very humble and open. so i let ya know how it is an a week and a half on that next wed.-- i love you guys-- thank you for eveything .--Elder Langford

Feb 12, 2008

(elder langfords brother here, i have to apoligize for not posting his letters lately... enjoy)

for chinese new year it is tradition to give red envelops to kids and friends with money in it-- when we get them we have to give then to the mission-- or i would be a thousand dollers richer(only about 32 bucks american)-- but we made some with pics of us and scripters on the back-- that is this pic with harry pooter on it-- we put some war pump up scripter on it--- and this other pic is a cute little 19 year couple i taught about eternal marrage-- it was funny-- but hey-- they said they would read the BOM

500 Lessons -- Feb 12, 2008

Hey Mom and Dad
everthing is going really good here in danshui-- this is the last week of the transfer--
last week was the holiday--we did really well considering it was sapossed to be dead-- our zone got over 500 lessons-- about a hundered and 50 less then normal this transfer-- all the other zones dident break 200
we sat at about 50 lessons all last week- this week is awesome-- our schedual is changed a bit so have more time out side-- no chinese study in the morning and no dps at night---- all meals are cut to a half hour-- so through out the week we have about 10 extra hours to be out working----- monday we got 30 lessons--- yesterday we got 60!!! setting records right there-- we have gevin out about 70 bom so far and have 8 new investigators--- ohh ya-- i also took 9 packs of ciggaretts and two lighters from this one guy and i commited him to stop smoking-- he set up for this sat(brother zeng) -
we are going to start dan jonesing it--getting up on busses and teaching the whole bus at once. kinda scary but it works and missionaries have gottin set ups that way--- our zone goal this week is 1000 lessons but everyone is trying to beat the zone leaders who are going to get 200 so that final number will be way high!! we already have 90 lessons and day 2.
this week we have a goal to put a family into the pool for baptism--- the guy wants to be baptised but he wants his whole family to also-- they have been out of town so we will be meeting with them very soon(brother chen and fam.) also a brother lee that committed to come to church with us-- he was a referral from a few weeks ago but we lost contact with him through the holiday.

this morning i read all about the 3 kingdoms of glory in chinese!!! so fun!! charachters are fun-- wow i cant spell anything
-- wow dad-- you are going eveywhere-- sounds fun-- broken foot!! na hen zaogao -traslation-- that is messy cakes-- people say that alot.
well it is all going well-- thank you for eveything-- scabies is gone and we have our beds back.-- tranfers this monday so i will e-mail again then--- love you-- Elder Langford

Kick Satan right back in the Face -- Feb 5, 2008

Hey --All is going well here-
scabies is ok - its a little parasite that digs into your skin and has babies and eats you insides!-- really really itchy! like i couldnt sleep forever for somereson the pills they gave me to put me out didnt have any effect on me. but im good now-- i killed all of em-- we have a week left on the floor then we can go back to our beds. well my comp will go to his bed and i will wait till a new bed for me arrives. its all good-- god has blessed us allready-- the other day we were at the train station contacting and i contacted this kid from africa- had really good english-- name is samuel -named after the samuel in the bible-- family is really christian-- he has been in taiwan for a year going to school- he chinese is pretty good-- i taught him a lesson and put in him the baptisimal pool right their-- he set a date for march 1 and he is coming to church this sunday.

we have found some other good people that we have set up so hopefully we will have some good ones set up for next transfer--

right now guo nian is starting is lasts for about a week-- everyone goes to their home-- no one is out side-- ghost town-- the whole contry-- last year our zone leader said the whole week they got 6 lessons-- thats is like what we usually get in 30 min. just hard to find people-- lots of trackting but everyone is always eating so n one will let you in-- our zone leader discribed it to us as the week that saten laughs in your face every day-- also is hard for alot of members in part member familys cause of word of wisdom-- lots of bad stuff all over taiwan.

also we are getting feed at members houses lunch and dinner till next tuesday-- starting today luch time-- i am soo full-- missionaries always gain weight this week cause members make so much food and expect you to eat it all-- tomorrow we have lunch at 12 dinner at 4 and then another dinner at 6-- we are going to get FAT.

well we are doing good- spiirits are still high and the week after guo nian is going to be so fun!! we are going for 200 lessons-- placing 70 or more BOM-- the zone is going to set a misson record for lessons and new investigators ove 1000 lessons and 150 new investigators-- in just 10 companionships--- everyone has been asked to get at least 100 lessons but our didtric wants to double it.-- Its going to be so fun. Kick saten right back in the face.

we i love you -- sounds like your hike was fun- i would love to do that-- thank you for everything- love you--Elder Langford

Scabies and Second Hand Smoke -- Jan 29, 2008

Hey Dad and Mom--
how are you all- Dads got a bad ankle- thats no good at all- i hope it gets better soon. here in the mission if we have any injuries below the waist we keep it really quite and nurst it back to health yourself- cause leg injuries get you sent home cause of our type of mission- we never drive- just walking and riding so we need heathy legs. but dont worry i have none---- BUT I HAVE SCABIES!!!!!!! oh man talk about drive me crazy!!!!!!!! i always itch or if im on my no itch medicine im the walking dead -- i could fall asleep just about anywhere not so fun-- so we are on the floor for about two weeks-- closed down 3 rooms of our house-- wraped our beds in plastic and taped em-- we are home an hour early every night to boil our clothes and do laurndry-- we then take a hot iron to our bed mats and sheets. takes up alot of time-- so much for memorizing characters or morning studies im cant focus until i take my medician and then i pass out on my desk if i do.-- two weeks of this.

well other wise- we are still working hard i contacted a kid last night who seemed really nice- we are seeing him next sunday----
thats really sad about President Hinckley-- he was really the only prophet i have known or at lest can remember-- he was a good one!! and now he is home with his wife probaly so happy. i remember we were in southern utah when his wife died and he said that he hoped he wouldent be to long after. The church still presses on-- i need to learn how to say monsons name in chinese.

well im getting alot of second hand smoke right now-- the guy next to me is going at it strong!! thats taiwan for ya.-- i love you guys-- thank you for all-- Bye bye--- Elder Langford

Bike Blew Up -- Jan 22, 2008

hey mom and dad--

all is well in taiwan--we get to go to the temple today!!- yah-- my second time on island iv been able to go-- so we are way excited--
wow those compitions sound like they are fun--id love to be their--
any way-- this past week was good-- every once in a while we will get a little strip of paper with some persons information on it from like 6 months ago when they talked to some other missonaires some where in the world-- my comp has never had any set up from them but we always call em just in case-- and this one guy set up!! he lives in bali accross the street from our bishop-- he makes meat balls-- is about 40 or 50 and has a huge desire to learn about mormonism. we are going to meet with him tomorrow again-- he is a great guy with potential. ohh-- and he gave us a bag of meat balls!!! that will be breakfast.
then yeasterday we ran in to this american that has lived in taiwan for about 10 years-- lives really deep into bali -- he teaches english-- well he asked us for a book of mormon-- he said he read it along time ago and was intrested in it again-- we are meeting with him tonight- and in english--- that scary-- i never know what to say to americans- its always weird.
dads in tahitie?? i cant spell that one at all-- their language and the native taiwanse language are really close-- to the point were thay can understand eachother--
well we are still doing well and working hard-- hong jia long is doing well and meeting with the ward members in his new member disscusions---- and the guy who committed to bap. was playing with us-- gave us a bad address and phone number-- that happens alot-- and then my bike is falling apart-- somehow my tireframe thingy is bent and my tire dosent spin right and then we were on top of a mountian and it blew up and had to walk it down and then my other tire kept lossing air- then i had to cut the lock of my bike cause i lost my keys--ohh well-- its all fun

any way-- i love you guys thanks for everything--

love elder Langford

Found the Wallet/ Learning More Characters -- Jan 16th 2008

Hey
how is everthing!!-- sounds like all is great their in new zealand- lots of fun sailing and stuff- crazy all is good here still working hard and trucking along-- hey tip of the day-- never get camo wallet-- like the army colors green black and whatever-- cause you lose it and people find it and then thy dont know they found it cause it bleands into the bottom of their lost and found.

ya i got my wallet back--- the like 4th time we went to the restraunt they finnally gave it to us about 5 days after i lost it -- it is a great blessing-- to bad we cancled eveything already--- oh well.

the other day we made a goal to add some into the baptisimal pool on the street cause we are not teaching anyone right now-- and we did. a great guy-- had a wonderful lesson about joseph smith for about 10 min. on the side of the road and gave him a baptisimal date-- we are meeting with him tomorrow again so hopefully it will be good- we also found some others that are good so we are hoping one or two will come all the way.

chinese charachters are so cool-- they all have so many cool meanings-- i have a goal to do the 3000 most common in this transfer-- so thats about 500 a week-- its hard somtimes but its fun-- everyday i review about 500 and do what i need yo do finish the 5000 for the week. today-(p-day) i did 125 in about 3 hours-- lots of fun--- and you see the gifts of god so apparent-- i mean come on-- i do really learn that fast-- - but i set a goal for a time period and say a prayer for him to help me and he does-- so good- i love being a missionary.

well all is great thak you all so much-- i love you
Elder langford

Morning Breakfast adding extra skin to the Elders FACE!!

Planting many Seeds -- Jan. 7th 2008

hello mom and dad
All is still real great here in danshui--i am in danshui again with elder bingham for another 6 weeks-- so should be good-- we are just trying to find people to teach now it was a really dry week last week -- we got over 100 lessons and hardly anyone set up -- we just need to keep the faith and find someone who wants to be baptised.

the other elders just had a baptism last week-- he is way solid and now his little brother in lookin at the church too. the sisters have some coming up also.

so im starting the characters this transfer-- i have a set of 3000 flashcards that i will be learning-- the 3000 most common characters-- then a person can read 90 or so % of characters seen on the street and in media. i am doin 36 a day and will finish in two transfers.hopefully-- if my brain can take it- i started two days early and have about 200 down already.

the next p-day is next wed. so about a week and a half. i love you all-- it sounds like everything is going so great-- so what are the chances of me coming home to newzealand?? i hear it is a fun place.
- Love Elder Joey