Dear Gomm Family,
Typhoon Nepartak is predicted to hit Taiwan today or tomorrow. All missionaries have been notified. We have had all missionaries ensure that their apartments have all necessary food and water. As the Typhoon, we will be in communication with all missionaries.
Thank you for your support.
Yours Sincerely,
President Jace B. Jergensen
“3 generations – my trainer me and his trainer”
” farms litterally across the road from factories”
“a random temple we found its mostly a garage tho”
“a random bird ive never seen before so wei shen ma bu (why not)”
So this week was zone conference it was good to go and hang out with people there (sorry no pictures) at it we had Pizza woo. So random side note Taiwanese traditional food im not a big fan of bean type stuff that just does not taste good ha ha um Stinky Tofu is not that bad Japanese food is fantastic rice is good hotpots are interesting sometimes.
“Random Honda Civic cars like this are everywhere I love it none of them are legal in America”
“twins and their friend we are teaching their family we were eating and they were with us ha ha”
“Wayne this is Bruce Wayne de wayne (how you introduce yourself me this me referring to the character that’s your name) But he is so cool fluent english and plays lots of fallout”
“Sometimes you need to let your inner ninja out”
but um hi not too sure what to talk about. Thanks for your support HAPPY FATHERS DAY!! good luck this next week with everyone
Also I love the cars here so part of the culture is they graduate get a job then save money to get a nice car and then get married. But the cars they buy are porches lots of lexuses lancers imprezas and… civics… But they all have body work done to them honestly a Ricers Paradise I love them lots of them have race decals too its fun.
“The calm before the storm (it poured on us after – we were soaked).”
“Such parking much wow (not my bike mine was in the closet next to this) … the bike is in the church bathroom in the lobby – we walk out and our bikes are gone – like what the crap”
“These kinds of toilets do exist ‘O’ … the toilet is at our apartment (on the 9th floor it’s not small but it’s not big awesome view tho) – the toilet we don’t use toilet paper just sprays you – super weird to get used to. “
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i totally would I love rally cars soo much they are everywhere here lots of euro spec cars (ask dad) lots of them all have race paint ill try to take more pictures to show you. Also anime stuff is everywhere.
super random but i wish i could film the average bike ride around town here Its crazy mom would not be able to watch it almost been hit by like every vehicle known to man. lots of scooters and the double yellow is just a suggestion but it’s just funny because in america never think to ride in between cars but here you are never not in between cars in between them scooters everywhere roads are lined with them. another funny thing is the lights here all have count down timers its awesome roll up ok i have 10 seconds or a minuet or whatever. lots of nice cars around saw a rolls royce and a la Ferrari the new 458 Italia (460 or something i can’t remember kinda ugly)
So this week was a good one
It’s very hot here but had some good lessons
got to meet some cool people
the language is very very slow but understanding little more every day
“me and elder johnson”
“Taibei 101 off in the distance”
“rains like every other day or every day – sometimes it’s raining but you stay dry other times just get soaked”
“part of my district at church”
“view out the apartment we are on the 9th floor I love our view”
Heyo so made it to Taiwan I am in LuZhou with my Trainer Elder Rasmussen He is dope 6′ 4″ and big I have a hard time keeping up its good though i need to get into shape.
So to start, got to taiwan, mission president picked us up, fun night, stuff happened can’t remember i was asleep it felt like for it all, but next day went to the grand hotel and to the priesthood restoration site then something else that i can’t remember intro stuff i think.
Traffic laws here are more Traffic suggestions makes biking around sooo much fun. just going in and out of traffic scooters and ricers everywhere (lots of mitsubishis bmw’s porsches and subarus so cool to see all the cars I love all the time) biking again soo much fun same with just finding talking to everyone with my very broken Chinese sure most of the time just like who is this white guy trying to talk to me…
My Trainer is dope I love it here can’t wait to be able to understand.. anything really what people reply to my questions to what i am buying for lunch.
till next time \[T]/ bye bye
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Q: What is your plan for the rest of your pday and how was church?
A: going bowling i think and church was fun i bore my testimony super short but i understood none of it ha ha
Q: So are you emailing from your apartment, a library, an internet café, a members home, or where?
A: internet cafe … for 1 hour i think
Q: Where is your companion from?
A: Texas
Q: Are there other missionaries in your area? Share your apartment?
A: yea there is 4 of us
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“me and my trainer”
“Taiwan temple and surrounding area” – pic taken from the mission home.
“trainer and trainee photo”
Dear Gomm Family,
Sister Jergensen and I are delighted to let you know that your son , Elder Landon Michael Gomm, has arrived in Taiwan safely and is doing well. The day following his arrival was spent in orientation, training, and getting to know him. We had a wonderful lunch with the new missionaries and their training companions…
… Yours Sincerely, President Jace B. Jergensen
So we leave the mtc tomorrow at 6:50 and our flight leaves at 12 (11:50) so after security I will try and call home hopefully before 10 Just letting you all know we have a 1 hour layover in LA so no calling from there then straight to Taiwan also i don’t think any calling. that is the flight plan and i think that is all for now (sorry in advanced if it does not end up working out) Zia Jian \[T]/
-Guo Zhong Lao
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i’m in a lab procrastinating packing 😀
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NOTE FROM HOME: Landon was able to call Chris and Ally. He was then able to call Christy (who happened to be on a Paris Metro at the time). His flight was from SLC to SFO to TPE.
Q: What was your favorite part of the MTC?
A: Leaving
Q: Of all the things people have told you about Taiwan, what are you most looking forward to?
A: Shaved Ice
Flight time: SLC to SFO = 2 hours + SFO to TPE = 13 hours 15 minutes
To start this week Sister Langley went home for medical reasons that was really sad. Then we had a 1 hour training on how to answer questions in an interview setting because on monday (2 days ago) we had sports illustrated come and watch our class for something about byu football (don’t really care all too much about that) but it was cool we might be in the article I don’t know when it comes out. But besides my lack of caring about it, it was a big deal and afterwards i think it was the first time I have heard Ran lao shi compliment anyone so that made me feel real good.
“my tags”
“Koreans they all took off i’ll miss em”
“random goodies on my desk like an every day thing”
“Sister Campbell on my birthday :D”
“random little drawing i put in Jones Jodo bye bye book”
“I saw Payden Jorgensen at the temple (he is going to my mission in a few months)”
“birthday stuffs”
This week was about the same as every other week here nothing really exciting other than birthday today. as far as stuff goes devotional last night was good had a kid sitting in front of me that got mad at us for talking about the song we were singing in choir and I quote “Can you Elders Please be quiet I can’t feel the spirit?” So I responded with a “No” and the straightest face I could without just dying laughing because i’d feel kinda bad if I had laughed at him but it was like really… we are not even loud we were talking about the song we were about to sing and he was like nghaaa…. After all this his companion turns around to us and apologized for him then started to talk to us too he was cool they are going to france but he was like I get it i’m with him all the time long story short it was funny. that is about all for the week so far today has been normal other than everyone walking into laundry yelling happy birthday ha love our zone and still miss the ones that just left.
“a selfie with elder Jones he is going to Japan he is awesome”
“stalker photo taken by my companion “
Elder Landon Gomm 