Hey Family!!!!!
How is everyone??? I loved reading your emails - I probably
look like the biggest nerd when I get to the library because I feel like
I walk so fast over to the computers and log in as fast as I can so
that I can start reading your emails. Oh well!!! Haha it was great to
read about your weeks and everything that's going on with you guys -
there's some crazy stuff coming up at home! I can't believe Alyssa is
getting married so soon - CARAZZYYY!!! My week was GREAT. We got 3 new
investigators - it's so exciting!!!
So last Monday for P day we went to
lunch and then we decided to go to the History Museum, When we got
there it was closing in 10 minutes which was a bummer but we ran through
it really fast and we are definitely going to go back. There's some
really cool stuff there!! There's this one room that is about black
history basically and there's this thing where it asks black people different
questions and some were like, "Do you feel awkward eating watermelon and
fried chicken in front of white people?" "Why do you walk like a thug?" And
some others, there were like 100 questions but we only clicked on a
couple but then it had like 5 different black people that answer the
questions and it's actually really interesting and super funny!
On Tuesday we had service which is always fun. We also had a
lesson with Robert! It went so well! We focused on the second lesson
which is faith, repentance, baptism, and enduring to the end. It's
so cool to teach him because you can tell it's important to him and he
says like over and over how excited he is to make changes in his life.
It's so fun teaching Robert because it makes it exciting to be a
missionary! We also asked him more about himself because we didn't
really know a ton about him and he told us some stuff about like his
past and what not. On Friday he
called us and talked to us on the phone for like 45 minutes just about
how he hopes we know that he is really sincerely trying to change and he
is so excited to be baptized. It was pretty cool! Then we had a lesson
on Saturday with him and when he got there, his cousin, Ronnie was there and we asked if we could teach him. He said he already had a Book of Mormon but that he
just hasn't had time to read it. So, we talked about it a little bit
and he promised he would read a little bit of it this week!
On Wednesday we had district meeting and we were all asked to
prepare a 2 minute talk on charity to share with everyone. So I had
like something really good to share and I was kinda excited to share it
but then we ran out of time and no one got to share theirs. BUT, Elder
Christensen, our district leader, was like, I want you to apply what you
taught to your own life and take what you were going to share with
everyone and apply it to your life now. I had never really thought of
that before! Like it was so easy for me to prepare what I was going to
say but sadly, I never even thought about applying it to my own life and
working on being more charitable! So I guess practice what you preach
applies here??
On Thursday, we got a new investigator!!!! Remember Jade? Her
dog ran up to us?? Ya it is her! We went to her apartment and talked to
her and got to know her and it went so well.
Haha so we have this CD that we LOVE and listen to it all the
time. It's the Lower Lights you should definitely look them up. It's
like a ton of LDS singers that are all together in a singing group and
they remake hymns and other like baptist songs and it is so good!
Anyway, there's this one on it and it's a remake of Count Your Many
Blessings and Sister Johnson and Sister Wilcox hate it but I love it!
On Saturday we had a lesson with Majeed!!! The one we helped
out of the snow like a week ago! We met him at Starbucks and had a
really good conversation. He is Muslim and we have ordered him a Book
of Mormon in Arabic! Anyway, he wants to learn more so we are meeting
with him again soon!
I think I told you about Pam? We met her in Target and her mom
was in the hospital? I don't remember if I did... but anyway, she was
on my mind all week and yesterday I finally called her and she was
watching a thing on the Bible on the History Channel when I called her
and she said she had been waiting for us to call her! I asked about her
Mom and stuff and she was so glad that we had called. She said she was
going to call us back today so hopefully she does!
Anyway, this week was really exciting!!! It has been super
rainy this week and on Saturday it got really warm. It was like 60
degrees and it felt so nice not to have to wear a coat!! Tomorrow we
have the exchange sisters coming... that means there are going to be 6
of us in a 1 bedroom apartment.
Sister Wilcox is still really really quiet during lessons and
doesn't introduce herself to anyone ever and is really shy, so that's
been a little hard, but when it's just the 3 of us together she is fun
to be with and I learn a lot from her.
GUESS WHAT!!!!??????!!! As of tomorrow, I get to talk to you
guys in exactly 2 months!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! I am so
excited!!!! Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW DAD!!!!!!
Oh also, I think it's impossible for me to say "baptized"
without sounding like the guy off Nacho Libre. I have to think about it
really hard or else it comes out like baptiized. Haha hopefully it's
not too noticeable! Anyway, on Tuesday we have zone conference and this
LDS piano guy, something Miner and his wife are in charge of it. He is
doing like a musical zone conference and guess who's playing it it???
Yep, ME! Haha I'm just playing How Great Thou Art again but I'm kinda
excited!
Welp, that's pretty much my week! It probably doesn't sound
like it, but it was a really really great week!!! We had more lessons
and more investigators then we have probably combined the last 3
weeks!!! Anyway, I hope you all have a really great day, I have been so
terrible at taking pictures this last week so I will try to do better so
I can send you some!! I love you all so much and I hope you all have an
awesome day and week!!!! I MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love,
Taylor
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