I'm pretty tired right now and we've got a dinner
appointment in 30 minutes, so I'm going to try to make this email the
best I can.
My new companion is Elder Searle. He's
a pretty cool guy. He likes sports a ton. And I mean a ton. He's from
Burly, Idaho. That makes it two companions in a row from Idaho. He's
been out for 16 months today. He's a little guy and he's pretty funny. I
think this transfer is going to be pretty good.
Not a lot actually happened this week. Wanna know why?
It was because Elder Searle got sick, like super sick, and we were stuck
inside on Friday and Saturday ALL DAY. We had to cancel or dinners and
everything. So I listened to some great churchy CDs and played Solitaire
for those two days. If I didn't have legit members in this ward who
texted me and brought me McDonald's I probably would have gone insane.
Earlier in the week we went to teach a less-active
family. They are pretty neat and we found out that they stopped going to
church because when they were baptized their ward was pretty messed up
and they felt totally like outsiders. I don't blame them for not wanting
to go to church after that. After, we met with them they took us to
their son's Mexican restaurant in a little place called Silver Lakes. I
got a burrito that was as big as my head, and it was delicious.
We've taught Jesus and Leah a couple more times. They
are so awesome! I love those cats. I just want them to get married so
Jesus can get baptized. They are planning to be married in the middle of
March, which is way too long to wait. I'm hoping they somehow plan on
getting married sooner.
There was a time when we went tracting for a little
while. We only talked to 1 person that entire time. I just thought that I
should mention we went tracting. I do do that some times.
Yesterday, being Sunday, was pretty great. I freaking love the members
in the Sunset Hills ward. They are so awesome and I love knowing all of
them. Jesus and Leah didn't show up because their kids were sick, but
some miraculous things happened, nonetheless. Some non-members came to
church with their member friends and we have a couple of appointments
set up for this week with them. I'll let you know if anything comes of
those because I am super excited about that.
Today our zone played football and Ultimate Frisbee on
an actual football field! It was tons of fun. A member in the ward I'm
serving in is the superintendent of a prep-school around here so he
let us go play on the field, seeing as it is a holiday today. And I am
super pooped because of it.
Other than that, my mission is awesome. With transfers
we got moved to a different district. Elder Searle is the district
leader and we have the Elders in Lucerne Valley and the Sisters in Big
Bear, which are both SUPER far away. That's really weird because we
don't have a car...
One last thing, 4 of the 8 Elders that came out with me
are in the same zone as me. Elders Taylor, (me!), Grill, Buttars and
Schmidt. I'm super excited to serve around these guys. Also, these are
all of our second areas, which I think is kind of interesting.
I'll write to you all next week. Have fun this great January week!
Now go, and be Golden,
Elder R. Sage Taylor
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