So i forgot my list so i will try my best to remember the blessings of this week. Sorry if it is a little less informative
2. President Smith gave a beautiful talk on obedience. He talked about so much great stuff! I wish all y'all could have been there and felt of his love for the missionaries and the Lord! He is just a man i look up too so much! he talked about trials! he talked about when he brought his sweetheart of a wife to meet his parents when they were first engaged that his mother turned around and stormed off because she didn't like her. He then related that to missionary work. that people we work so hard and love so much will just turn and walk away from something else we love so much. we cant force them. we can't make them, it will hurt but we will do out best.
3. Our mission has been putting a video together for a few months now! This is the kind of final product. If you ever wondered what the day in the life of a missionary is like, here it is! I just love seeing this and watching this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?
4. We got to go cut a tree down! the age old question of if a tree falls and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound has been answered! YES it sounds like a bomb blowing up.. it is darn crazy!! We chopped some wood for brother Joe Gregson who got in an accident a few weeks ago and is recovering, just very very slowly!
5. Mrs. White is a nice elderly lady we ran into the other day! it was so cool experience, she was just so impressed about what we go out doing! She was just so proud that in a day when the world has low to none morals that we would sacrifice so much time to go preach about Christ! It gave here hope in this world. Then she told us how much she loved "that old Mormon boy Romney". It was pretty funny! She said he stood up for Christ when others didn't! She said he won in the eyes of God which was a cool thing to think about. She also said something to us about the work we were doing and Romney did! "you'll get your pay just on a later day"! love it! eternal life is the pay we should all be shooting for!
6. We had an interesting talk in priesthood that I thought could go for a lot of ward and branches out there. We talked about missionary work, they said why would the Lord give us new members when we can't even go see our home teaching families! They talked about the potential this area has but how nothing really happens and they blamed it on home teaching, which makes sense. They all rededicated to working hard to do home teaching next month and year! I think if we can strengthen this branch many converts will come and stay and then it will be a ward!
7. There is a quote i loved by Gordon B. Hinckley this week! It talks about what really makes a successful missionary. It says "do your best, your very best. say your prayers and work hard and leave the harvest to the Lord" I just love that!
8. I have been working on that quote above this week and I think I'm getting the hang of it. I think I can see myself slowly losing myself and turning my heart to the Lird. As I do this it is amazing to see the change that is taking place. I love it, i love seeing me become the person that i have the potential to be! It is a blessing and I hope to be as great of a missionary that God gave me the potential to be. I think I still have lots and lots of room for improvement!
9. It is kind of weird how a mission changes you, I have noticed this week. We had a lesson on building zion in sunday school and its odd how my desires for my life have changed. We had to make a top five for our bucket list and i thought how different that list was from 9 months ago! There wasn't much about rugby or doing crazy stuff with friends. It was about the important things God gave us. The important things like family , missionary work and fulfilling callings. It is amazing how I have focused on things that I thought were way too far off to even consider but now i can see them clearly in the not so far distant but that are more important than some temporal things i used to focus on!
10. Baptist churches out here have the best marquee signs in front of their buildings. My favorite of the week made me laugh! It said, "Remember stop, drop and roll don't work in hell!" I hope none of you need that advice but it made me laugh a little bit!
I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas! And remember Christ's atoning sacrifice in this Christmas season! Love all y'all!
Elder Taylor
PHOTOS:
1. This is Elder Preston Davis! He is the first missionary I met in the field! he sat next to me on the transfer van from tally to marianna! He is a stud and a great friend now! He took care of me when i was a shellshocked newbie! He still laughs at me for that
2. Our car
3. Merry christmas to yall! Here is my virtual christmas card! im in the court house they filmed to kill a mocking bird! but i love you all and hope you are having a christ-centered christmas! i also hope you are having a southern Alabama christmas! fattening and full of family!
with love
elder taylor!!!
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