1. The best part of this week was Christmas and being able to call home! It is always good to see family! And we also had a surprise visit from a bearded man! Not santa but Brady Jestice, my cousin! I love my family so much and am so grateful for all their influences in my life. It was crazy hanging up that call and thinking i would never skype them again on the mission but i would see them pretty darn soon! Little things keep showing up about how much time i have left and it's pretty crazy! But I'm working hard till the end!
2. I am super grateful for all the love and support i got from my family and friends. Thanks so much for all the christmas cards/ packages and swedish fish.. i still have a few fish left... not many though!!!
3. Christmas Eve! We got to see President and Sister Smith for a few minutes. They were dropping off supplies!!! Which was awesome! And then we got to see Elder and Sister mills who are an awesome senior couple that go home next week! Sister mills is the sweetest lady in the whole world! I love her! But we got to say good bye to them so that was super nice and they delivered a package so i was not complaining at all!
4. we had Christmas dinner at Danny Sims' house! It was way good! Nothing like some good southern food! His wife made both of my favorite deserts, pecan pie and banana pudding! So I had to have some of both! You can never go wrong with too much sugar!!!!
5. Mark and Brenda Clements! They invited us over christmas eve and Christmas night and we had a good talk with them and established our expectations and talked about what they need to do! It was way good. They think they are so far but they are soooooooo close they just need a little faith and they will be there! So that our next project!
6. Christen, Brenda's nephew, is also taking the lessons and is super close. It was way cool, he was texting us and telling us how he wants to get baptized! He just has to work out a few things and he has read the whole gospel principles book! So that is awesome!
7. Tyler Marks' almost 9 year old son wants to get baptized really bad also! The one thing he wants is his dad to do it! His dad is super nervous about getting the priesthood (he's a deacon) but its' been really good motivation for them to go forward. #yeahforkids!
8. Lego party! Christmas day we were at the Clements and Evan, Mark and Brenda's 4 year old, was trying to get his 1000 piece lego set set up! So we were enlisted into a lego army! It's hard to tell a 4 year old no! But we built some space ships and a museum in the process of being robbed complete with robbers, cops and a helicopter!
9. I got a sweet watch that is definitely a highlight! Pictures soon hopefully! love you mom and dad!
10. I'm just grateful to be serving the Lord this Christmas season! it is such a blessing! the lord has blesses me so much and I'm am so incredible grateful to have spent this time serving. It makes me realize how much it means, especially as I near the close. But i know there is no place in the world i would rather be than here serving the Lord, only here could I make the friends I have and done the things to make me the man that I am this day. The mission is such a blessing!
I love you all,
Elder Taylor
Sam & Elder Peel with Sister Smith's Car:
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