1. Elder Anderson of the quorum of the 12 apostles came to our mission! And that's a big deal especially when you have a huge mission like ours! The first time in recorded history or at least in the two years I have been here that we were able to all get together! So that was way cool and it was amazing having such a close experience with an apostle. It's very rare to have something like that happen and I doubt it will happen again in this mission for a good while so it was cool I got to be there!
2. He talked a lot about a lot of different things, one big one was this scripture D&C 78: 8 Verily I say unto you, all among them who know their hearts are honest, and are broken, and their spirits contrite, and are willing to observe their covenants by sacrifice—yea, every sacrifice which I, the Lord, shall command—they are accepted of me.
He talked a lot about being accepted of christ and what we can do more to be accepted of our savior! So it was way powerful and a really good scripture! It's amazing how many good scriptures are out there, I just haven't found them all yet!
3. He and his wife talked a lot about honesty! They said that one of the first qualifications of the spirit is honesty. I think his wording was honesty is a prerequisite of spirituality! So I liked that! We need to be honest always!
4. Elder Anderson was pretty darn funny for an apostle! It's a unique environment; it wasn't conference so he had to stand up there and speak but he walked around and cracked jokes about the hard parts of missionary work! So it was humorous but funny because he was joking about our lives and the things that happen daily!
5. Mission Song! We got to sing it all together! I had a handy voice recorder and decided to record it! the quality isn't the best in the world but its alright! As we sang and started to sing about the spirit it was amazing you could feel the spirit rush in! I've already listened to it about 100 times! It also was tough for me. I cried most of the time realizing how little time I have left and watching Sister smith cry and President Smith stand up and lead us, just feeling the love they have for us and how much I love them!
6. Had a super good lesson with Brenda Clements! In the eyes of her mother in law it was a break through! We were talking about faith a lot and she has a problem believing that scripture is actually God talking through prophets so we talked about that and finally I read to her Moroni 7:13 which talks about how everything that is good and inviteth and enticeth is of God! So that was way good! The spirit was there and she loved it; she said it was enlightening! They are so close! I hope they have a date soon!
7. We had a back to back trade off with the Bainbridge elders and it was an adventure! And we had district meeting in Barinbridge which is in Georgia! So its official I have slept in all four of the states in this mission: Georgia Mississippi, Florda, and Alabama! But it was a fun two days of craziness!!!
8. Elder Lott is one of the Bainbridge Elders and he's from Cache Valley and he's a great missionary and super funny! He had me laughing all day. It was a fun trade off and I super enjoyed my time wit him, he was super nervous taking over his area for the day with me, the district leader! But that's alright, everything turned out to work out just fine!
9. We had a super crazy p day last week! We had a missionary dodgeball game in Dothan! But the rest of the week the right side of my body was way sore! It was crazy fun! We brought a less active member, Matthew Clements, who was someone I worked a lot with the first time I was here. So that was good being with him! and he came to church this Sunday so that was really good!
10. It was just a good week of seeing friends that Ilove and feeling the spirit! I'm so grateful for my time remaining here in the FTM
Give em heaven!
Elder Taylor
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