I'm almost 19!!! Crazy I'm not the little tiny baby anymore!!! And ! am glad!!! It's funny, everyone is always inpressed to hear im only 18 but then they just call me a baby but thats alright!!! This week has been a trial of faith!!! Last Monday almost exactly I started to feel under the weather and by Wednesday I was totally sick. It wasn't fun! Thursday to Saturday were just not good at all and I could barely get out of bed i was so sick!! A darn cold in June!!! What is going on?? But I worked as hard as i could and tried to get out there and work on Thursday and we had a pretty sucessfull week with all things considered. But don't worry, I survived and am ready to get back out there and work harder than before!!!
We had a really good lesson on repentace the other day and one missionary said something that really got me. He said that "repentance is but homesickness for the soul". I had to think about it again, and it made sense. When we truly repent we are tring to get back to that presence of our loving Heavenly Father! I thought that was awesome and kind of changed my concept on repentance.
We had that big zone conference last week and i still had things i wanted to share that i just thought were totally awesome! One of them was a quote by Elder Holland. It said, "If you are not an obedient missionary then the words will choke in your mouth". That's a big one cause it says countless times that if you do what you are supposed to then the words will be given to you in the very hour you need it, but that is if you are being an obedient missionary. Exact obedience is something i have learned on my mission that has now started to bless me so much and I am grateful for that!
My mission president, President Jesnsen is so stinking awesome.. I love him so much but I'm super sad that he is leaving july 2nd! That will be really sad to see him go. Anyways, President said two things that really hit me i thought they were just totally awesome!!! The first was "you will go home from your mission prepared for the rest of your life, or you will have wasted the last two years". That is a big thing to say right there! But i have noticed and i hope everyone who reads this had noticed that i have changed slowly but surely, and I can't wait to see the changes that will come in the next 21 months as i countiune to help others and, my self come closer to Jesus Christ!! The last thing he said that i liked was "If you serve the Lord faithfully with all your heart then he WILL put you in the path of your future spouse". I know my mom probably isn't a big fan od that one but I think it is great cause dating is already a pain! If i work my mission hard then I'll just stumble upon the girl! Crazy! But anyways, that is a LONG LONG LONG time away, so dont get worried i am not that trunky!
Even though I was sick this week we got two awesome new investigators. A new family... they are 18 years old with a 1 year old but they love what we are teaching them they are super awesome!!! So ill keep you all updated on how that one goes!!
I love you all and thank you so much for all the Birthday wishes! any better way of celebrating your birthday then serving the Lord?? ! dont Think so! But Bishop is making squirrel so that a bonus!!! Love you all!
Elder Taylor
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