Good news everyone! Lots of good things have happened this past week. Kind of unusual, right? Not really, but I like good things.
Let's take a look at last Tuesday, shall we? To start off, last Saturday we had an elder go home and then two of our distict leaders were put together as companions. So on Tuesday Elder Hevner and I split up so that Elder Robison could teach his district full of sisters. Sister Shin, my friend from Jordan High School is in that district and it was super cool to see her. It's not often you get to see people you knew back home in California.
That day we also met with this really nice guy named Aron who just wanted to talk about Christ. It wasn't that he wanted to teach us or he wanted us to teach him, he just wanted to talk. Not bad, but kinda frustrating. That night we also had our weekly Book or Mormon study class. It was a member of our ward's birthday so we had ice cream cake while we were there. It was very good times.
Wednesday was a pretty cool day. Elder Hevner got to to go San Bernardino 4th ward on exchanges and I got to be with Elder Langi for the day. The head of the proselyting department for the church was in our mission for a few days and he spent time in the San B 4th ward with those elders there for a day. Then the next day was exchanges so I got to hear what that man had to say about missionary work from Elder Langi. It was a good day and I got to learn some stuff.
The next day was MLC, but it was a massive MLC. Since Brother Hemingway, the head of the proselyting department, was down here he wanted to instruct us missionaries. Normally the zone leaders and the sister training leaders are those who attend, but this time district leaders and other missionaries with "leadership potential" were invited as well. So I got to see almost all the elders I've been roommates with in the past 9 months. All of them were doing great. It was kinda sad thinking about how that was the last time I'll see some of them, at least for a while.
The trainings from Brother Hemingway were great. Mostly they focused on planning effectively and teaching simply. I learned a ton from it. The only hard part about it was knowing that I don't have all that much time to effectively put it into practice. I'm sure that other missionaries will be able to use the things they learned a lot in the future.
I also went on exchanges on Saturday. The plan was for me to go with the two district leaders and their companion would go with Elder Hevner in our ward. So I was with Elder Bush and Elder Robison. We planned for the next day, slept, woke up and studied. During our study time Elder Robison got a call that he was being transferred to Yucaipa at 12:30! It was weird that during exchanges he left. Then it was just me and Elder Bush. That elder is such a fun loving guy that we just had fun the rest of the day. We taught lessons, but for the ward that Elder Robison left from, and tried talking to people in Elder Bush's ward, but not a lot went on. I just really enjoyed myself that day.
Mother's Day was awesome. I got to talk to my family and most importantly my mother! I think yesterday was my favorite phone call of my mission. It wasn't quite as serious as the other and it was cool to think that I'd actually be seeing them all in just a couple of weeks. Not bad, I say. Not bad.
Well, friends, family, and others who happen to read this, Just a couple of short week-a-roonies until I set foot in the land of mountains. What will we do? Who will I see? What kind of adventures can I expect? Who knows? Have a great week!
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Now go, and be Golden,
Elder R. Sage Taylor
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