So, here we are again...

This week has been a pretty smashing week. Probably one of the coolest things that happened is that Jesus and Leah came to Church yesterday, and they stayed for all 3 hours! That is magnificent. They and both of their kids seemed to enjoy it, so what more could you ask for?

Here's some more of the wonderful highlights. On Wednesday we were planning on going over to another area and help them tract because their numbers for the week were all zeroes, which shows that they aren't doing anything. So, right as we were getting ready to go on over there we got a call from our zone leaders telling us that we can't go over there. They brought over a missionary that broke some rules and we chilled at our place for an hour and half before they came back to pick him up to have an interview with the mission president. That was weird. That day we ended up not doing that much.

Well, the next morning we got a call telling us that this missionary, Elder Ronneburg, was going to spend the day with us because the ZLs had to go to a meeting down the hill. I pretty much knew at that moment that the day would pretty much be a waste. But, as luck would have it, one of our district mates, Elder Grill, called up and said that his companion had been sick the past 3 days and had some appointments he had to make, so his companion and I switched! I went with Elder Grill and two of the appointments fell through. We went to some thrift stores and Grill bought himself a typewriter. Anyway, it was nice to get out and try to do some missionary work, even though nothing really happened.

Saturday was pretty intense. I was on exchanges with Elder Norton, my Canadian zone leader. He is a very strict obedient hard working missionary. That day we saw a less-active and taught a lesson and talked to every single person we saw on our way to their place, which was kinda cool. Then we had a lesson with Jesus & Leah, the third of the week, and Elder Norton was on target the entire time. Then we tracted for nearly two and a half hours solid. Icky. That. as usual, wasn't a very successful time, but it sure was interesting. We sat and talked to this guy named Michael for 30 minutes. Actually, Michael did all the talking. We just sat and listened about why he only believes in science and not God. That was super weird. We ended exchanges early because we had dinner with a totally legit family, and it was probably Elder Jackson's last time being able to eat with them, so he wanted to be there for that.

Yesterday was kinda long. Since it is the New Year, the ward's time slot got changed to 1 pm. So in the morning we tried to see some less-actives to try to get them to church. No luck. Church was cool. Like I said, Jesus and Leah came, which is the bee's knees. The testimonies were all very good and the lessons in Gospel Principles and Elder's Quorum were smashing. What more could you ask for, seriously?

Now after church we went over to Bishop Lacey's for dinner. That was a super fun time. The Lacey family is pretty darn cool. I wish that we ate over at their place more often. I have tons of fun when we are over there.
Today we went thrifting for some new ties. I didn't get anything, because nothing screamed my name. I also ate two McRibs. Man, I love those things!

Well, there you have it. My life in a nutshell. Next week I hope something amazing happens so that I can tell all of you and have it be awesome and amazing!

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Now go, and be Golden,

Elder R. Sage Taylor