"Settling In"

The last month has brought us our "sea-legs," it seems. We're both more at ease with our roles and duties, meaning less panicked every day! We've done most things at least once (I think), although "you don't know what you don't know." Here's the sort of thing I'm up against every day:
But, the work is exhausing! I'm probably repeating myself, but I'm working far harder here than I did when I was working for a living! I've learned how to convert Chinese street addresses to their English (Pinyin) equivalent, which is a big milestone for me. That's only about a half of one percent of what I need to know, but it's a start! We've been asked by our Ward Mission Leader to do a short video message each Sunday.Here is the second of three we've done so far:
The love and kindness of the Taiwanese Church members towards us continues. Brother and Sister Yu invited us to dinner again, along with the office elders. Our good friend Elder Lin was about to complete his service, and Elder Anderson was celebrating his birthday. Here we are, posing with the Yus after a delicious meal at a very exclusive restaraunt "somewhere" in the countryside south of Taichung. Sister Wells and I had to get a photo in front of the iconic statue on the grounds. Such a wonderful evening!
Our apartment is the "stayover" place for missionaries arriving and departing their missions, as most need to stay a night in Taichung in order to time Covid tests, rail and airline departures, final interviews, farewell dinners, etc. We love preparing a big "American" breakfast for each group. This group of sisters were our most recent guests. Saying something about them being beautiful prompted these smiles.
We continue to help Elders England and Huang with the weekly English Conversation Group held in the Wuchuan chapel adjacent to the mission office. Each week, after English Conversation Group, we take a group photo. Here are the participants from last week's class. We had such fun! The hong bao I am holding hold one shiny kuai - worth about 4 cents. It was a gift for good luck from "Anthony" (age 73), who is standing behind me. I value it far above its monetary value!
We've met some interesting "people" here in Taichung. I had to grab snaps of these two:
Of course, the loveliest thing I see in Taichung is this lovely lady, posing with the blooming shurbs outside our building!

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