Transfer 8 - Week 1

Hello! This last week was my first full week in Bade, my new area with my new companion, Elder Nasman. It was wonderful! We visited many members and many were gracious enough to feed us! We even got fed on Thanksgiving! Though at the time I didn't realize it was Thanksgiving, the dumplings were just as good! 

Currently, we have only 1 progressing investigator so we have some work to do. We have many members willing to help us, but the main problem is not having any investigators to be helped out with. We want to go down to another city called YingGe, which is about a 20 minute bike ride east of our area and this city is actually famous for pottery so there are many tourists. We went there last night to contact and familiarize ourselves with the area and it's actually a beautiful little town. The road with all of the pottery shops lined on it is very charming, I'll have to get some pictures for you all next week. We want to focus on YingGe because no one ever goes there, because it's kind of out of the way and riding back is uphill. Also our area has 2 sets of Elders so one of us can unofficially be "YingGe Elders" and the other set can stick with Bade. But we figure we're kind of building up our area right now so why not go there and see what hidden treasures lie in wait! The weather has gotten surprisingly cold lately and biking at night will become a memorable experience. 

Thinking of investing in a thicker jacket, but also not wanting to take away from the memorability of my future memories. I'll probably go with the thicker jacket. Things are going well and I'm quite content with everything right now. Excited to get things going around here. Met someone in a park a few days ago playing basketball. Asked him if I made a 3 pointer, he would listen to us. I then shot and airballed big time. Or as my dad would say "Air Monster". Realized my basketball skills have become rather offensive. Asked if he would listen anyway and he said yes. Taught him about the Book of Mormon and he said he would check it out. We'll see if we can't get in touch with him. 

Thank you for all of the prayers! Have a wonderful Christmas season! 

Love,

Elder Hagedorn

Me and a couple of my other investigators before I left! Lyndon on the left and a new investigator, Brother Lu on the right. (New investigator, second time meeting him. Gospel hasn't quite changed him yet thus the no smile haha) 

Cleaning our apartment and Elder Lackey found an old rain jacket's hood. I was wearing a cowboy hat while taking this picture. 

Went to the temple Saturday for a tour with an investigator and JJ came with us! She's an RC and she's awesome. Super hipster.