Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Longest WeeK, But all is Well

This week, has been one of the longest weeks of my mission, it has
Had many ups and many downs, but all is well,
    On Tuesday we had zone conference, talk about a spirit filled
Meeting, it was so wonderful, Pres Roggia spoke on some pretty amazing
Things, I am truly very lucky to have him as a leader in my mission,
   My personal study has been way amazing, as I’ve been re-going over
The principles we teach I feel like God has opened up my mind to so
Many thing both simple and complex, I truly feel that one of the
Major things I'm understanding from mission, is what it truly means to
be converted,
   Two stories from this week.

1.  On Thursday, we went to the Doctor (for my companion) so we had
to travel across Monrovia, and on our way back we ran into Agustine,
Agustine is the first person I baptized since mission, I was so happy
to see him, it was like seeing an old friend,  I was nervous for the
Big question "Was he still Active in the church? "
  The answer was yes!  So that made me even happier.

2.   Like all relationships some times companions have struggles,
this was one of these weeks,
On Sunday, some issues came up in the apartment so feelings were
tense, and It was poring Rain, that didnt help much haha.    So
its about 3 miles from were we live to the chapel,  and the rain is to
much for us to walk,  so we take bike (Motor Cycle),  we were almost
to the chapel, when our bike man stopped...  We can see the chapel and
between us and the chapel is a river,   (not a big puddle) a river ,
because of the rain the swamps over flowed and there is now a river in
the middle of the road.  at lest 40 feet across,   it was only a few
feet deep but very wide.    Our bike man said his bike wont make it so
he kicked us off and left us standing in the rain,
   Me I'm not upset at all I wish stuff like this would happen every
day. but my companion is having a hard time, he is upset at me at the
district leader at the zone leaders everything,   And I know this so I
try to lighten up the moment and crack a joke,   I told him we should
try and find a stick and part the water like Moses,
    I dont think he caught my humor, haha
He sharply said if I think it would work why dont I try it.
    So I was standing there looking at the water and a scripture came
into my head 1nephi 17:50, it is one of my favorite scriptures,
And I realized that we could cross the water,   So I offered a super
short prayer in my head and said,  Please help me find away across
this water, show me a path, or send a bike man or some thing.   as
soon as  I said Amen I opened my  I was planning on looking for a path,
 but then all of a sudden comes this bike man out of no ware and he
starts crossing the river towards us,
    What I was so amazed,  we are standing in the middle of no ware on
an empty road and all of a sudden this guy shows up,
     Here is were Gods sense of humor kicks in, The bike mans, bike
broke down 3 times while crossing the river towards us, as it got
closer I was able to see this bike is held together by tape,   what a
joke.... but beggars cant be choosers I guess, haha
Long story short he was able to get us across the river, no brake
downs, and we got to church only a little late, haha

Thats all the time I haveLove
 Elder Taylor

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