What a crazy week! I think I drove 800 miles! but it was an adventure!
2. Yeah for Marianna! We got to see good old Bishop Sims! Although he isn't bishop anymore I still call him that! He will always be Bishop Sims of Marianna ward! Even though the current bishop is Bishop Sims, Danny Sim's cousin! Wow, that's just confusing! But he took me on a peanut picker ride! That was way fun and super slow. 1.6 mph but it was good to sit and talk with him for a while! I'm so grateful I got to spend time with him! He also fed us his homegrown burgers, they are the best!
3. Mission leadership council was why i was in Tallahassee! It was way cool and way fun! The first night we played games it was a nice relaxing evening!~ I brought my rugby ball and we played a good hour long game of two touch rugby! It was so much fun I love it! I miss the sport so much! We ended the night with a bonfire songs and a testimony meeting. The next day we had a big long meeting with a lot of the leaders in the mission! It was so darn good! It's great seeing so many great missionaries
4. We listened to a great talk by President Uchtdorf which very few people have seen. it is a talk from a mission presidents seminar where he talks about Peter and his conversion. He talks about missionaries and what it takes to be a successful missionary! I wish I could tell each and every mission friend i know to look it up but only mission presidents get accesses to it so it's a big deal! He talked about the transforming power of the sacrament and after the Lord instituted the sacrament the apostles remembered what everything meant and remembered what they had to do. the sacrament needs to be a weekly spiritual experience. a little ironic because we went to pick up an investigator and missed the sacrament... but next week!
5. Another part of this talk he talked about missionaries he knew in England. One was Elder Strong was a good hard working missionary and one of the best elders in the mission. he followed the spirit and did much good! But he was never a zone leader or an assistant, he saw much success though! Then President Uctdorf made a observation, the thing elder strong did was train many missionaries. after MLC I had an interviews with the mission president. We talked about that talk and Elder Strong. He talked about how much a responsibility training is. Then he asked me how many missionaries i trained which i told him 5. Just then i realized how much the Lord has trusted me and letting me have the privilege if training 5 missionaries. It's the most important responsibility and i feel humbled that the Lord would allow me to do it and think of me to do it
6. Interviews with president were awesome! He said I have his full and complete trust no matter what I do. I asked him what I could do with my last 5 months left. He told me SPRINT give it my all the last little bit and we can see what happens! So here we go! I'm in the straight away on the home stretch!
7. President said something super crazy about marriage in MLC! He said that many men are not called to leadership positions that could fulfill Them. the reason they aren't is because they did not marry a women as strong in the gospel as them! Interesting he then talked about how a mission presidents wife's job is a lot harder then it seems. She has to do A LOT which is super true! She is always working! We have a great mission mom! Sister smith is awesome!
8. We went over to our investigators Cody's house and there was a big blow up! His mom is a little crazy and there was a lot of yelling and profanity used! But we were able to sit with Cody outside and read the Book of Mormon with him and you could tell he was feeling the spirit It was so strong and so good! It just calmed him down and it was a total change! There is power in the Book of Mormon!
A top 8 is good enough for this week I love you all!
Elder Taylor
Me with Bishop Sims and the peanut picker
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