Welcome back!
We were finaly allowed to enter the country with Davis with the restriction that we immediatly apply for an emergency passport at the American Institue in Taiwan (AIT). We traveled to Taipei and found that several documents were needed before we could apply for the emergency passport — one of which is a birth certificate.
After our visit to AIT we headed to Taichung. This is where the mission offce/headquarters are located. We had a nice visit at the misson home with several elders. A missionary zone conference had just concluded so the mission office was croweded with missionaries. The mission president, President Waterson, took a few minutes to meet with us and welcomed us to the mission. It was a great experience for Davis and Thane to see all the missionaries in action and to meet the mission president. I think they are getting a sense of what missionary life is like and what it is all about.
Tonight we stayed at the Landis Hotel in Taichung — it is a very modern hotel that was very nicely furnished and had a great breakfast with both Western and Chinese fare. Thane enjoyed a bowl of Fruit Loops (which made us chuckle).
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This post was written by Paul Pearson on July 27, 2006
