2013-03-21 Letter from Mission President

Weekly Letter - 04 March, 2013

Dear Family,

Well I hope this week has found you well as well as this email. This week has been a very humbling one for me. I have been put in situations where i had to follow Proverbs 3:5-6. I have been very humbled as i have realized this week that i have been some what prideful. sadly enough  to say.

Well the report on the week! I feel like i just emailed you.

Monday - was not Pday =) we went out and worked and stopped by to try to find some new investigators. nothing really worked out.

Tuesday - we went to the Temple, I received many answers to my questions and we had a wonderful spiritual trip to the temple.Things didnt really work out like we had hoped that night. A sister in the ward bought us a bunch of food and we went to pick it up.

Wednesday- We had district meeting and went out finding for a while. ate with a member who has been sick lately. Then we stopped by a part member family that we found and no one knew existed it turns out the 11 year old daughter is not a member but would like to be. We started teaching here. Really good lesson and spiritual experience.

Thursday- I started an exchange with Elder Rivera in surrey. That night we walk the upwards of 10 miles in the pouring rain. I ended up catching a cold. We were soaked. Everything was soaked. Head to toes. My shoes are leaking and have holes in the Soles=) that was fun. The reason we did it was to be obedient. We were out of Kilometers and so we walked. We were walking to the investigators house and he was so christlike he took the shoes off his feet. gave a new socks, brought us coats so that we would be warm. He is not a member but all his family is. THe spirit was so strong as we arrived beaten and worn from the long walk and the cold rain. Sacrifices Bring for the blessings of Heaven.

Friday- was still in surrey we taught a couple of less actives and an amazing lesson with a recent convert family i found that my spanish has improved alot as i got to know the family and was forced to speak spanish and not english because they just got here 3 months ago  were baptized and they dont speak very much english.

Saturday- Our investigator who was progressing so much ended up dropping us. Carlos and Areli. It was a sad experience. but one day they will return. I was still in surrey and i made elder Olsen take care of it. He relied so much on the spirit and was very humbled and grew so much this week as he ran the area all by him self. He did such a good job and i am so proud of him.

Sunday- we had a good fast and testimony meeting the spirit was so strong.

That was the week!  Thank you for all your doing!  I love you so much. Keep Smiling!

I hope that all goes well for you this week.

with my love,

Elder Taylor