To Some it Might be Strange

It's not often I have quite a bit of time to write a big ol' email to all of you! It's kind of nice, actually. So I'll take this opportunity right now.

This Tuesday, like every Tuesday after the first Thursday of the month, was zone meeting! Being a zone leader is way better than a district leader, if not for any reason but you have to train during a meeting only once a month, compared to once a week. Party bonus! Elder Bushman and I trained on Companion Study, which took a lot longer than we were anticipating. Then we had the two Sister Training Leaders in the zone give a training on asking inspired questions. It went pretty well.

That day we also had our weekly Book of Mormon study. The only person that has been consistent in attending that is Donnie, a recent convert in the ward. That class is great, we hold it at a member's house and then we read from the Book of Mormon. It's super cool being able to talk about it and learn from each other. It, so far, has been one of the best ways to read the Book. I think tomorrow we are going to finish 1 Nephi. Good stuff!

There was a part of the day on Wednesday that was kind of a joke. When my companion and I got the Cruze we have it was jim dandy. After a week or something like that we had to fill the front left tire with air. Then a few weeks later we had to do it again. This last time instead of just filling it with air we were told to take it to the Chevy dealership. We waited in some seats in the sun for about 2.5 hours while we were waiting for them to patch up a hole that a nail had made in the tire. That was kinda silly. But now our car is all fixed, so it's wonderful. And they gave us a free car wash, so what am I complaining about?

There was one day this week that was such a bummer! Elder Bushman and I had a handful of lessons lined up. We were excited to have a good day. As the day went on we had appointment after appointment cancel on us. That was pretty hard, because even the people we had chosen to visit as back-ups weren't home. So by the time dinner rolled around we weren't really sure what to do with ourselves. But we kept on trucking. After dinner, though, we did have a lesson with a less-active woman happen. So it was a good thing to end on a good note.

Trying to meet with investigators is always a hassle. There are a few of them that we set up tons of appointments, but they always cancel them. We did have one lesson with an investigator name Lucas. He only had 30 minutes and actually timed it, so we only taught about the Pre-Earth Life and mostly just talked the rest of it. Lucas is really cool. Definitely one of the coolest people I've taught.

If you have any questions or comments or words of encouragement and advice, feel free to email me! I would most indubitably enjoy that. Or write me. Both my email and mission office addresses are on my blog. Pleas take advantage of that!

Enjoy your week, ya'll!

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Now go, and be Golden,

Elder R. Sage Taylor

Elder Browning and Me. Elder Browning goes home next week. ): He was in my first district, my district leader at one point, and served as the Zone Leader of the other Redlands zone.

Elder Summerhays holding all of the plastic bottles that we recycled today! We $28 for it.