SO this week was pretty good but crazy. I'll try to hit on all the big stuff that happened, so sorry if i ramble alot!! So being in the south... this town isn't like the Florida that you would think of. haha no beaches or palm trees this is the south! I am right next to the Alabama border and my zone goes up there so we have to drive up to 'bama at least once a week, sometimes more often since Elder Clifford is the district leader! Elder Clifford and I are getting along great, i was worried since he was a hardcore marine and everyone made him sound like a hardy but he isnt at all!!! He is just a goofy 20 year old, its odd having a companion that is 2 years older than me, but i still like it. He is training me pretty good. We are working on tracting skills so im slowly getting better at my people skills! Ether 12:27 right?? i just have to put my weakness out there and see what happenens!! so wish me luck with that one!
So the quote of the week is from Bishop Sims, the bishop of the Marianna ward, he is stinking funny! He is as southern as you can get! so the other day we were talkinmg about southern food! and he said " Y'all in the west got food storage all wrong, God gave you food storage in your back yard with all these squirrls" haha. I thought that, that one was pretty darn funny! But i think that since i laughed at it, he is making me squirrel for dinner when i go over there on sunday!!! uh oh! But apparently it is really really good! ill let y'all know how it is once i know for myself.
Another thing that i get alot is the "oh your from California". Haha. They think i am so strange being from California! wierd right? But ya, everytime i say ya I'm from Califronia they say oh from " the land of fruits and nuts" so they like making fun of me but in good spirits! At least i hope so! but ya in the south i am the wierd one!! Never saw that one coming!!
Okay so now my jeffery R Holland spiel,I know you arent suppose to have a favorite apostle but i think i have one! Elder Holland is a stud!!! His talk sunday afternoon was so good! He talks about the father of the child who has deamons and casts himself in the fire. The man comes to him and Christ asks if the father has faith and the father responds "Ye i believe, help my unbelief"! That is something great to have. You know its hard to always have strong faith but you can rely on the Lord and he will strengthen you. SO look that talk up if you haven't seen that one!! It's a good one! Also there is one by him, I think it is called A Special Witness of the Book of Mormon. That one is so so good! He says in it that "No wicked man could write such a thing and no good man would" that just testifies of the devinity of the Book of Mormon!
OKay so last but not least! our one and only investigator is straight from God himself! He was sitting in his little house one day praying to know what to do with his life and to know where to go. He had a little voice in his head say stand up and look out the window! So he stands and looks and guess what he sees?? Two kids walking around in white shirts and ties! yup the missionaries! He ran out and stopped us and said who are you? That's awesome, especially in the south! so we have been teaching him fro alittle bit! he litterally reads everything so we dont even have to teach him that much! He does the work and we answer questions! He came to church yesterday to fast and testimony meeting and started to cry he felt the spirit so strong!! He thought it was so cool to hear everyones testimony! he also thought it was amazing how nice everyone was! He Said he had been to a few churches but none were as nice and friendly as our church! He wants to be baptized! but he just has to quit coffe and cigarettes, and then he will be! So pray for Troy HInd! that he can slowly stop smoking and be baptized!
But he is the only person that is even slightly interested so besides that the work here is super slow!! but im tring to be positive!
Oh we found a snake in our aparment and its been raining like crazy! It is 5 minute weather cause it will pour like crazy and i'll stand up to go outside and it will stop! got to love that! love you all! Pray for me! I pray for y'all!
Elder Taylor
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