1. Travis "cornbread" is doing great! He is so ready and solid. We had two great lessons with him this week! It was awesome! He also came to church! He said it felt good but he was a little uncomfortable at church but he felt like it was still right. Sunday night we sat down and had a powerful lesson at a member's home, once we started to ask questions things started to flow and the spirit came so strong, it was amazing! This big southern man actually had a few tears in his eyes as he talked. He really opened up and the one thing holding him back is he feels like God hasn't answered him directly but he wants the answer so bad! He is so ready it is great!
2. One day this week we were walking around and trying to talk to a few people and we decided to try one last house! And sure enough we meet a super nice lady, Lashawnda Tucker. It is awesome to see that when we try and are just about to call it quits we are surprised when we actually get someone! But she seemed super interested and said she always saw us riding bikes but never knew what we did so we answered a few questions and set up an appointment!
3. Elder Peterson was having a rough time missing home this week so I was able to give him a blessing. I'm grateful for the priesthood and the ability we have to get blessings whenever we want or need one! it is just such a humbling gift that we have! I'm grateful for that opportunity and it was a very spiritual experience and I'm just grateful I was able to do it
4. Another day when we were just walking around we ran into an investigator! D'anne Taylor! It was so random we just talked for a few minutes and by the end of our little chat she was so happy we ran into each other and she told us a few times she has been reading the Book of Mormon and wants that answer!
5. I saw a sign which said "love the life you live and you will live a life of love". I thought about that for a few minutes and I really liked it. I realized how true that statement is. As we have trials that come our way and we say like Elder Whirthlin's mother, "come what man, and love it" We are blessed with so much happiness! We don't always get to chose our life but we can choose our reaction to what happens in our life.
6. We did service for a lady in the branch and it was horrible! The house was so filthy I could almost not stand it! iI had about a foot of garbage on the floor everywhere! And elder Peterson stepped in dog poop twice, inside the house!!! It was horrible I decided right there that my kids would never have to live in a place like that, hopefully! I know I cant provide a mansion but at least I hope to have a nice clean home! It was humbling though to see how others live and how they don't even realize it
7. Transfers were this week and nothing is changing! and i am very glad. I'm happy to see the work moving and I'm excited for 6 more weeks in Monroe!
8. The local baptist church this week said "every saint has a past and every sinner has a future" I'm so grateful for this, which is all possible through the atonement of Christ! It is amazing the gift that we have that allows us to put off the natural man and to becometh a saint! It is just so amazing the gift that we have to do that! I'm so very grateful for that knowledge and that gift for Jesus Christ!
9. Our branch president is on parole! Yess it's true! It's from Facebook but it is still very true! One of the members thought it was the funniest thing ever and decided to tell everyone! Apparently if you add too many people on facebook it will put you on parole! So watch out yourfacebook stalkers out there!
10. We ate dump! Ya the first time we heard what we were eating we freaked out a little bit also! They told us desert was dump and it only took a few minutes to make... We got super confused but they later told us it is a southern form of cobble! The south can be strange sometimes!
Love you all!
Elder Taylor
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