1. I finished the Book of Mormon! I think the 4th time on my mission.. maybe 5th but I always finish on Monday.. it's weird... but its still true! This Book of Mormon I marked anything to do with pride in red and humility in blue so it was lots and lots of highlighting! But its crazy the power of pride, you can trace every sin back to pride so watch out for it! Super good experience!
2. Sister Maryjane Nelson, a member of the ward gave a great talk this week and used the acronym BUSY Being Under Satan's Yoke. We get busy and forget the things that we need to do! We need to focus on the things that matter most like prayer and scripture study! think about that next time when you say I'm too busy for church!
3. We had a joint district meeting up in Dothan with the Dothan district! It was super fun I got to teach with a missionary that is like a mission legend! Everyone loves Elder Hawker! He goes home in a few weeks so it was a cool experience. We talked about church tours and then role played them! It was way powerful and I was in charge of the role plays. It was a great experience!
4. Lorenzo Johnson is a member of the ward that is less active but he is so awesome and loves the Bible! He talked about a lot of different things but the big thing was to pray for your enemy. That always confused Brother Lorenzo and he was thinking about it and came to this conclusion that you pray for you enemy because the reason this person is your enemy is because they are being attacked by the real enemy which is satan. I thought that was super cool and hopefully it makes sense to you!
5. Sister Dyer one of the sisters is brand new and going through a hard time so we got to give her a blessing right now! I love exercising my priesthood I don't think there is anything I enjoy more then giving blessings that are truly directed by the spirit I'm grateful for the many opportunities I have had to do that! Sister Lay of the senior couple said it was so perfect and exactly what sister dyer needed! #spiritforthewin
6. I got to meet a pro MLB player this week. Jeff Mathis who played for the Angles and now plays for the Marlins lives in our ward so we got to go out there talk with him for an hour or so. It was so cool he was just throwing out names for all these big name players and how he knows them. It was way cool! He also had a picture of him tagging out A-Rod at home to save the go head run in one of the last playoff games played in old Yankee Stadium! Way cool!
7. Elder Peel got his wisdom teeth out this week... so we didn't do a whole lot. I was in the apartment while he slept for 2 days! Not fun! We survived though! I listened to some good talks!
8. From one of those talks I found a new set of great scriptures Judges 6: 12-7, 36-40 this is talking about Gideon and how he is called to destroy the Mideanite armies. The lord tells him he can do it and he has the faith to do it but he asks for a sign not to help him build faith but to confirm the faith he already has. So he ask for his fleece to be wet with dew one night and the next night he asks for it to be dry! Both nights it happens! The Lord gives us fleeces or miracles not to build our faith but to confirm it! It has happened to me time and time again! I'm grateful for it!
9. Sarah Grace Mathis is a 5 year old that belongs to Jake and Brooke Mathis! They are a super cool family that had us over for dinner this week. But after church this Sunday Sarah Gracee was crying and squealing and I was like whats the matter Sarah Grace as she and her dad walked past me and all she did was give me a hug and keep walking! Jake laughed at my awkwardness but it was adorable!
10. A quote by Mark Sims, the bishop! He's a Sims so he doesn't always have a filter! "I hate line dancing, I blame line dancing for the reason there is homosexual marriage in america today!" haha you have to love it!
Love you all,
Elder Taylor
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