Now Go, And Be Golden: A Story of a Missionary

So here's a little story of a guy named Elder Taylor.

Elder Taylor, a pretty average missionary, was serving in a ward called Highland, in the city of Rancho Cucamonga. During that week he and his companion, Elder Pyne, had no investigators. So they spent a lot of time knocking on doors, hoping that somebody, somewhere, would have an interest in learning more about the restored Church of Jesus Christ.

On Tuesday Elder Taylor sat in District Meeting, listening to his district leader train them on contacting people using the Book of Mormon.

On Wednesday Elder Taylor and Elder Pyne knocked some more doors. They met some really nice people, and some other people who said that they would never join, but like to talk to Mormons. They even met one man who said that they could come back tomorrow!

Later that day they taught a woman who is returning to activity about Church Attendance, Prayer, and Scripture Study. It went great!

So Thursday rolled around. More tracing ensued, and no luck was apparent. They stopped by that man's house, but his wife said that he was at an all-of-a-sudden doctor's appointment. "Darn it!" Exclaimed Elder Taylor, "I was afraid something like this would happen." Luckily for them, they had a good day planned for tomorrow.

On the Friday of that given week, the two young missionaries had told some great family in the Highland ward that they would help them move from one house in the ward to another within the same ward. It was a great day with a great family. Finally a much needed break from a monotonous task of finding people.

Saturday was a good day, too. It was spent fixing Elder Taylor's bike and visiting some other people in the ward. That night the companionship was expecting calls to tell them if they were being transferred. Their Zone Leaders came by to wait with them and play a few games of Monopoly Deal. It was fun, but no calls arrived that night.

So Elder Taylor fell asleep, self-assured that he would be staying in the ward he was currently serving. Sunday morning came and his companion answered the phone, it was a call from the Zone Leaders. They informed them that Elder Pyne would be staying in the area, but Elder Taylor was going to be transferred. Elder Taylor, mildly annoyed with the reception of such news, was not excited to say goodbye to the families he had only just barely become friends with.

Church came around and Elder Taylor said goodbye to some families there. He also got the opportunity to teach Sharing Time in Primary. It was great. After Church he and his companion went to someone's house to call their families. It was a great couple of hours, being able to talk to his wonderful parents and siblings was a great privilege.

After calling home and eating dinner, the companionship spent some time with the Hadad family, so that Elder Taylor could say good by to them. While there he received a phone call, informing him that the next transfer he would be serving as a District Leader. Then a little while later he got another phone call, letting him know that he would also be doing the last half of a young missionary's training.

After saying goodbye to the Hadads, Elder Taylor, through way of communication with other missionaries, found out that the only missionary who has been half-trained, is currently serving in San Bernardino. So that is where he is expecting to go come the next day.

Author's Notes:

I hope this was a great break from the normal way I write. I worked really hard on this entry, and I am certain that my fans will enjoy it. By the way, I hope you all had a great Mother's Day!