1. Had a great lesson with Mark, Brenda and Christian Clements! And I guess we can include Tyler now since he is 9 today... he's an investigator now! We watched Jeffery R Holland's testimony of the Book of Mormon which is super powerful! It brought the spirit strong so that was a good start! Then we talked about Neil L Anderson's talk from last conference and how he challenged us all to find scriptures from the Book of Mormon that we know to be true and to share them often. So i read alma 7:7-11 and talked about the atonement! Evan the five year old said "oh man I like chapter 7, I think thats my favorite." It was super funny! But way good! Mark's favorite is 1 Nephi 3:7, a classic!
2. At the end of the lesson I bore my testimony about the Book of Mormon and it was way good! I went on to talk about how after I left Marianna the first time I always prayed about the Clements family because they meant so much and had so much potential! I told them when ever I meet a missionary that left Marianna I would always ask them if they knew Mark and Brenda and how they were doing. I just really love that family! And turns out even when they weren't taking the lessons Brenda would always say oh man that Elder Taylor was a good kid, wasn't he! So it's cool they were thinking about me!
3. The coolest part of this story is Mark bore his testimony this fast and testimony meeting and talked about what I said in our lesson. He said he knew the Book of Mormon was the word of god and that the church is true! #awesome!!!! He then said that me talking about how I prayed about his family and was concerned about them meant so much to him and that he knew there were great people here because of that! #followthespiritforthewin! That was way cool! Mark's dad is a recently activated member and he gave me a big thumbs up and was so happy to see his son up there!
4. Tyler, Mark's son stood up there last and bore his testimony also and it was so sweet! You could tell he was feeling the spirit and didn't know what to do cause he was crying and trying to figure out why he was crying! It was just a great family experience.
5. We had a great zone meeting this week! We have great zone leaders over here! Giants compared to me! Even though one is like 5"8! The last part of the meeting was about our call as missionaries we read various articles one was the vision of Christ by Orson F. Whitney. If you haven't read it... read it: (https://www.lds.org/ensign/
6. We had a crazy night Wednesday night because in our little apartment the assistants and the Dothan zone leaders slept over! It was way fun but we were up way too late! But I just love having some good late night talks!
7. Mark Sims is the bishop we went over to his house and that's one country boy! He's really crazy! It makes life fun! Throughout the night the subjects ranged from poop to how china is the devil! He made a comment how he wanted to go see china which one of his witty kids replied saying they were the devil and he said "hey I wouldn't mind poking around hell al ittle bit to see what its like" haha it was a night to remember!
8. Interviews with president... we talked a lot! I had a pretty good long talk with him so that was great. I love that man so much! It's crazy how much he cares! He always wants what is best for you! I think its way awesome! He told me how I was a leader for any position he put me, we talked about the horrible job missionaries have done with keeping up the apartment and area book and how I was just the guy for the job. He looked at me and said, Elder Taylor you're a problem fixer. A lot of missionaries go home and I won't give an endorsement or recommend to but I know with your work ethic you will do great and i will recommend you to anything! So that was way cool! I love that man!
Sorry I'm out of town (time) but i love y'all! Have a great week!
Elder Taylor
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