Happy Mother's Day

So this week has been pretty crazy! But we had a strange experience yesterday! We were walking to a member's house for dinner and heard the loudest noise ever! I thought someone was shooting a gun so it freaked me out but it just so happened to be a squirrel that was climbing on some wires touched something he shouldn't have, and blew himself up and a transformer and all the power in 2 blocks! ha so that was definitely something i have not ever seen before! 

This week we have been getting a lot of refferals from that huge provident living expo we had last week, so we have meet a ton of people who want to learn more. I guess all the door knocking and slamming payed off, just not directly! So we have met probably 8 new investigators this week! I'll keep ya'll updated on how they all turn out! 

Last week we had a really good lesson in Elders quorum. A recent return missionary came home and shared an awesome quote that he got from his mission president. It said, "His mission was not easy so why should yours be?" That is the truth right there. Jesus Christ had a mission a million times harder. Even though we are doing the Lord's work it doesnt mean it will be all peaches and cream but its going to be tough! I really liked that quote and have thought about it as times get tough.

We got to teach the young men about missionary work and how to just talk to people about the gospel so that was pretty awesome! My favorite was these kids were all goofing off being normal 12-16 year olds and at the end of the hour I stood up and bore my testimony that i knew the book of Mormon was the word of God and I know how fast a mission comes up cause i was sitting in thier place 6 months ago! Because I really was! i told them you need to read the Book of Mormon to know its true! It was cool to see them all goofy then by the time i was done they were quiet the spirit was awesome and calmed them all down, that was an awesome expeirence that I was able to be a part of.

this week i almost finished the Book of Mormon! It is awesome I realized that Moroni really likes to throw it down at the end he really tells you about the important stuff! Moroni chapter 7 in my Book of Mormon looks like a coloring book! It is such a great chapter i challange you all to read that! It talks about what we need to have to endure to the end! We need faith and to have that faith we need hope! But in order to get either of those we need to show that we are meek and lowly in heart! but then Moroni says there is one more thing you need! Charity! if you do not have charity nothing else matters! You could be a saint but without charity it doesnt matter! So charity is key it is something i have been striving to develop ever since I ran into a kid that wasnt very nice to me in the MTC! My charity was tested! But i am working on it! 

I want to leave yall with one last challenge this week. I am finishing the Book of Mormon and will be taking Moroni's promise (Moroni 10:3-5) I challange you all to read and pray about those vereses and ask if it really is the word of God cause i know you will get an answer. So i hope you all can do it in this week and get back to me! Thanks for all the prayers they really do help so keep them coming! I love you all and am so grateful for you! 

Happy Mother's Day all you mothers out there! 

Elder Taylor

** We got to talk to Elder Taylor on Sunday for Mother's Day and he seemed great! Here's a screenshot from our call