Sorry iguana!

9/8/14

Hi fam! 

I do not have a lot of time and I really have to go to the bathroom so this email is going to be really quick. 

This week was really good. We have been finding a lot of new people to teach and I hope that a lot of them will progress. Also we have investigators that we have been teaching for a while that are progressing so well and it is such a blessing to see the change in their lives. One of the is named Jose'. He is 22 years old and just so close to being baptized. I ask you guys to pray for him to recognize answers from God. 

Also the picture I attached is of a green iguana that was in the church window. And of course being a Taylor I wanted to grab it just for a second. So worked up the courage with my companion and our ward mission leader, Jesus and I went from behind to grab it by the tail because that is what Jesus told me to do -but that fatter part of the tail. Well grabbed it really fast and it started shaking uncontrolably and pop! he broke his own tail!!!!!!!! so now it is not as long as it is in the picture. Sorry iguana! I just wanted to hold you for a second! Also when that happened it really shocked me and I jumped and hid behind the door. My companion, hna salazar, was laughing so hard as well as Jesus and guess what. our branch president and the elders saw me jump as well. it was way too funny! 

WEll family love you tons!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

hermana Taylor

Turtle Egg

9/1/14

Hello my family!

This week was good. We had a zone meeting and we talked about the pure love of Christ. And I am just going to tell you family that this topic of love has come to my attention more than 10 times i believe in these last two weeks. So I have been studying and thinking about how I can be more loving and just enjoy all that happens. I am still in the process but it is amazing how much the prophet and the general conference talks talk about love. It really is the center of everything. Christ died for us because he loves us. And because of this I can live with my family, all of you, that I love so much forever!!! How wonderful the gospel is. So my family, do not be afraid to reach out to someone in love.. everybody, everybody wants to love, everybody everybody wants to be loved. You know that song? well it is true. 

We are searching for lots of people to teach that really want to progress. We are just the instrument to give them that push. Because it is something that they desire deeply, but they just do not know it yet. WEll that is all I have time for!!! Love you tons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

have a fantastic week!

Hermana Taylor

this is me about to eat a turtle egg. bottoms up! 

Prayer

8/25/14

Hola Familia!! 

Well my family this week was good. We had a little bit of trouble finding people in their houses but we talked to a lot of people in the street. We also had some family nights and it was awesome! Some miembros less actives were in them and they have been coming to church again which is awesome! 

There was a rainstorm this week that was really short, but it rained super hard. I was fascinated by it. We are working hard trying to find those people ready for the gospel. 

Something that I read this week that was really awesome was the talk by President Eyring in the priesthood session of this last conference. IT talked about prayer and how true sincere prayer can really change you. I encourage you all to read it. It gave me a new perspective on prayer and how powerful it is. I love being here in the mission and learning new things. I think almost all the words from the scriptures and church magazines have a more focused meaning. I love the gospel family and I love you all so much!!! I hope you have a fantastic week and thank you so much for writing me!!! 

Heremana Taylor

                                   

                                  

Service

8/18/14

Wow! Well this week was really busy getting ready for the baptism of Carlos y Angelica. They are brother and sister and are just young kids. But there baptism was really neat. It took a bit of work to get them there, but yes! and I asked Carlos how he felt after his baptism and he said ´happy. I feel the spirit´ how beautiful. 

AND guess what I did today!!! I went to the beach!!!!! and we woke up at 4 in the morning to go there. Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had a mission activity and we got to go to the beach. It was so great. They let us get in the water, well our feet. It was so awesome! And we played beach volleyball. IT was so great. I had a lot of fun. 

And so I do not have a lot of time. But I love you all so much! and I would like to share with you something that I was thinking about this week. As a missionary I have the opportunity to offer a lot of service, it hit me this week of the service that the members here and other personas offer to us missionaries. They answer to every beck and call and are always asking about us. It is like we have 50 moms! But really I had a moment this week when i Just felt so grateful for all of it, it brought tears to my eyes. It is a wonderful thing to be a person that can help other people, and it is also such a blessing to find help when I need it. Is this not why we are here? to help each other along the path back home to our Heavenly Father? Such a great blessing. 

Well family have a fantastic week! Love you all so so so much! 

Love, Hermana Taylor

                                 

Holy Ghost

8/11/14

Hi family! 

Well this week it was a little rainy, but more than that hot, but more than that was the awesome lighting!!!!!!! I just wanted to stand outside and take pictures. But literally lit up the whole sky with like 15 rays of lightning. Oh also this week I had the opportunity to eat armadillo. What! I did not know you could eat those! It just tasted like pork, but hey, how many people can say they have eaten armidillo? oh and wild boar. yum!

Well we are working with a few investigators that can be baptized really soon. Just need a little bit of work. But wow, the Lord really is in the small things. For example, yesterday we invited one of our investigators Arturo to church, but he told us that he could not because he is taking care of his grandparents, but there might be a slight chance. Anyways yesterday we left the house running for church and guess what! I forgot my badge, my name and so we had to run back to the house and church was almost about to start. But when we left again (now with my nametag) Arturo appeared behind us on his bike and followed us all the way to church so we practically pushed him through the doors and he stayed for a little bit. Which is a great improvement! And He really liked it and to think if we had not been in that street where he passed us he would not have made it to church. I was grateful for it. And it happened because I forgot my name tag. The Lord works in mysterious ways! But His plan is perfect so it is just great!

Also I have been studying about the Holy Ghost this week. And it has been so cool to learn more! Something that I learned is that whenever we have had the desire to do something good or to follow Christ it is because the spirit has touched our hearts. ALL good things happen because of God and He works with us through His spirit. And for this it is essential to be baptized and confirmed so that we can have this personal guide for our whole lives until we make it back home to Heavenly Father. How great is the plan of our God!? It is the best plan hands down, no competition.

Have a fantastic week!

Hermana Taylor

The Circus is Coming to Town

8/4/14

Hi Fam!

And I wrote that the circus is coming to town because on thursday we left our house to go to the church for a zone meeting and guess what passedmein the street! A giant trailer with monkeys and baboons and then another one with a camel and a GIANT hippo!! What! That has never happened to me before. It was pretty sweet. Oh and the animals really are part of the circus.
We had a few investagators in church yesterday and it makes me happy. Also those that have recently been baptized. They make me so happy! They are such great examples of faith and pressing forward! Oh! And something that I have come to realize even more here in the mission is that happiness is a choice! Wow sometimes i believe we do not like to hear this because our situation is a little annoying, bad, stressful, whatever word you would like to use and we just want to complain a little and blame it on our circumstance. BUT my family that is not the answer. We really do have the power to choose in fact that is one of the greatest gifts God has given us. And one way that helps us is if we are grateful, a little more grateful for the simple things that we have in life. Which family we have a lot because we are members of the true church!!! Woohoo! So enjoy I guess is the advice and I am still learning this as well. I believe it is a life long process. But how great. See ya later!


Hermana Taylor

WOOHOO!

7/28/14

Oh my dear family! 

I have so much to tell you but not a lot of time. So are you ready? here it goes:

Elsa got baptized this week! Woohoo!!!!!! She was such a chosen one. Our district leader told us she was way prepared and of course she was! It´s Elsa! She was so so so so happy and grateful. She was a referral from a young man in he ward named Nefi who is really awesome. And elsa was just so so so grateful for total. She has not had the easiest life and has suffered but is now so aliviated because of the Gospel. Yes it is true and truly can change the lives of totals!! She understands the Gospel amazingly well. She makes my companion and I so happy! 

Also, wow! Yesterday the class in Gospel Principles was awesome! We talked about baptism and had recent converts in there that shared powerful testimonies of the change that has come into their lives because of baptism. It was awesome! because we also had some investigators that are just learning. One of them is Hansel. He told us of his experience with the book of mormon that I want o share with you real fast: he told us his grandma had died and that in one of her boxes of books and things found the book of mormon and in this moment he did not really believe in God or anything and you know what! he opened the book of mormon and the first thing he read was what! Mormon 9:1 which says ´and now I would like to speak to those who do not believe in christ´ or something close to that, but wow! God really does know us individually and the book of mormon has a ton of power. And everyone in the class was just loving it. especially us missionaries. ah! it was awesome! 

Well I gotta go! I hope you have a splendid week! I love you all so much! 

Hermana Taylor