so I’m Emailing a little late today, that’s because we spent most of the morning doing a service project, it was supper sweet.
To much happened this week, this week almost felt like a mini life time.
My birthday went pretty sweet. the branch presidents wife feed me till I couldn’t eat any more, ha-ha
I did get small things in a package but I don’t know who its from, Pres and sister Roggia put it into a different box, So I got 2 cans of easy cheese
one box crackers, a book "Signs of the times" and letters I haven’t read yet.
Today was a good day, started working from the time I got up at 6:30, and worked till about 4 in the afternoon, and like it was work, not walking around, It felt good to get my hands a little dirty and cut up aging. First we cleaned our apartment like overhauled clean... We pulled every thing down and out, washed all the walls and floors, And I don’t mean wipe a rag on a wall this is Africa... it was scraping Africa off the wall, I would have killed for a pressure washer. then right after Elder Ameworlor and I caught a bike to go help some members move, these members are very well off so there home was above the average liberin home so they had actual couches and shelves to be moved. And they had a freezer that they decided not to empty before we moved it. It was funny our branch pres was there and he is a pretty gung-ho cleaner.
so my companion and I have been working hard, when he first came the area was so dry (NO investigators) our first Sunday together we had 3 people come to church, So we have been working like crazy and last week 19 came to church and this week 12 came to sacrament! Mission is not about the numbers at all, but I can promise you when you see people that you have been teaching progressing and receiving the gospel like that it just wants to make you work harder. And become even more obedient to the commandments.
The way I think has changed so much,
I’m learning to think by principles not by commandments, I’ve learned you can not break the commandments you can only break your self against the commandments. I had my eyes opened to how Christ was able to live a perfect life and how his thoughts helped him achieve that. And vie learned that through self discipline and trusting in the lord, we can become perfect through Christ.
When I came on mission I needed to know more about Christ, but know I need to go from knowing about Him to knowing Him.
I’m very thankful for this short time in my life to serve
I wish the best to every on Love
Elder Taylor
To much happened this week, this week almost felt like a mini life time.
My birthday went pretty sweet. the branch presidents wife feed me till I couldn’t eat any more, ha-ha
I did get small things in a package but I don’t know who its from, Pres and sister Roggia put it into a different box, So I got 2 cans of easy cheese
one box crackers, a book "Signs of the times" and letters I haven’t read yet.
Today was a good day, started working from the time I got up at 6:30, and worked till about 4 in the afternoon, and like it was work, not walking around, It felt good to get my hands a little dirty and cut up aging. First we cleaned our apartment like overhauled clean... We pulled every thing down and out, washed all the walls and floors, And I don’t mean wipe a rag on a wall this is Africa... it was scraping Africa off the wall, I would have killed for a pressure washer. then right after Elder Ameworlor and I caught a bike to go help some members move, these members are very well off so there home was above the average liberin home so they had actual couches and shelves to be moved. And they had a freezer that they decided not to empty before we moved it. It was funny our branch pres was there and he is a pretty gung-ho cleaner.
so my companion and I have been working hard, when he first came the area was so dry (NO investigators) our first Sunday together we had 3 people come to church, So we have been working like crazy and last week 19 came to church and this week 12 came to sacrament! Mission is not about the numbers at all, but I can promise you when you see people that you have been teaching progressing and receiving the gospel like that it just wants to make you work harder. And become even more obedient to the commandments.
The way I think has changed so much,
I’m learning to think by principles not by commandments, I’ve learned you can not break the commandments you can only break your self against the commandments. I had my eyes opened to how Christ was able to live a perfect life and how his thoughts helped him achieve that. And vie learned that through self discipline and trusting in the lord, we can become perfect through Christ.
When I came on mission I needed to know more about Christ, but know I need to go from knowing about Him to knowing Him.
I’m very thankful for this short time in my life to serve
I wish the best to every on Love
Elder Taylor
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