1. I'm blind!!! yes I've officially joined the club and have glasses. Well, not officially yet but I will have them in a few days hopefully! I'm near sighted so I was worried while driving so i went and got a prescription! Getting your eyes dilated huge is not good when you are in the Florida in the summer! It stinks! But I'm going to survive rocking some sweet glasses. Call me elder 4 eyes!
3. Update on Cornbread from Monroe! He is almost completely off chew and has payed off all his probation! So hopefully in the next few weeks he will be baptized! Thanks for all the prayers you have sent his way! They truly made the difference!
4. Our ward mission leader has a daughter they adopted from Guam and I asked about the story behind it and its a heart wrenching story! The short version is that this girl Kelsea was living with 10 people in a toyota corolla. They had no money and nothing. The summers basically supported their family! Eventually they found it in the best interest to become legal guardians because this girl became part of their family! She went from living in a car to living with a great family and in a few months she will be at BYU-I so pretty cool how one family could change a life so drastically! Crazy also is that she will be up there next spring! And so will I! The crazy thing is that I'll be up at school this time next year!!!! That's way too fast!
5. We rescued the sisters from a lizard! The lizard almost killed one of the sisters! It was pretty darn funny! Hopefully pictures will be attached and you can see the killer!
6. We have a member of the stake presidency in the ward and he is amazing! He is busier than a bee! He travels the world and at the same time works, writes books for the church and holds a calling that takes up huge amounts of time! He is like super man! He only sleep 2 hours every night but he can do it! He is awesome. I have not heard one person say a thing bad about him! Everyone loves him! If you heard the talk last conference in the priesthood session by Eyring about being a priesthood hero, that description is President Bradshaw! He will drop everything to help us out! Crazy cool guy and crazy inspired guy!
7. A quote by him which I really like is "You can always measure the spirituality of a ward by the testimonies of the men that stand on fast and testimony Sunday" It is the men's responsibility to lead families so why is it the women and children always bearing their testimonies on the 1st sunday! Our elders quorum president used that as a gentle rebuke to all the elders!
8. We called up a less active the other day and the phone call started like this "me: hello is this brother dent?' 'No its Santa Claus, who do you think it is?" I knew right there this would be a fun relationship! So far he's taken us out to dinner twice! Awesome guy! He reminds me of an old version of my dad! Or even grandpa Taylor at times! Or maybe when my dad and his brother todd get together! If you have no idea what I'm talking about, be grateful! Scott and Todd Taylor can only mean trouble!
9.The Carrols are a family that is for lack of a better term, falling apart. They are are members but sister Carrol is about to fall apart because she just has so many trials. Her husband left her and now is totally against the church , her son is going off the deep end, her health isn't good, she is losing her job since the school year is over, both of her cars are broken, and they have no drier! Yeah she is having a hard time and I feel so bad for her but all we can do is pray sometimes!
10. Last but not least is a quote i loved by CS Lewis on prayer "I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God. It changes me" There is true power in prayer!!!
So it's my birthday is soon! So write me a letter about how you became converted to Christ! Im just curious because it happens all different ways to different people! Love you lots!
Elder Taylor
THE KILLER...
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