Earthquakes, and Talking with Apostles...

Hola familia!

So... first off to answer your questions.

1 and 2) Send mail and packages to the mission office I think. Sorry if that doesn´t help. But I´m pretty sure you send it to the mission office.

We don´t get mail unless we come to San Jose so I usually don´t get stuff for like 6 weeks!

3) I have lost a ton of weight! Our cook never has meet so I´m only eating rice, beans, and disgusting platano every day, so I´m probalby at like 155 right now!!!! NUTS!

4) No, I´m pretty good on stuff right now, but I´ll let you know if I need you to send me anything!

Okay so this week was nuts!!!! The last monday, (not yesterday but the last) we had a mission conference from Elder Duncan, a general 70, the day of the earthquake. But only half the mission was there, Zona Atlantica ( my zone, the Caribbean cities) and Zona Guanacaste (the epicenter of the earthquake). So what a miracle that the day that a 7.9 earthquake wrecks Guanacaste, the Elders are safe in San Jose, 4 hours away. God loves his missionaries and is always looking out for them, it is the truth! So yeah, we felt it super super strong in the stake center in San Jose, it went on for like 45 seconds and the ground was rolling it was nuts. But no one really got hurt in Guanacaste! It was a 7.9 and only 3 people died, two from heart attacks, so it was a miracle. I guess a lot of crazy earthquake stuff is going on, I heard there was one in Nicaragua too and one in Sacramento?? And a couple volcanos went off to haha, end of the world!!!

Just kidding!

And you know what was even cooler than the Earthquake? Yesterday! We had our changes meeting (finished my first transfer woot woot!) and then President Wilkinson was like, ¨We have a special surprise for you... and guess who spoke to us???...

President Eyring, Elder Ballard, and Elder Cristofferson (sp?). How crazy is that!!! Three apostles in one devotional to only the missionaries of Costa Rica! It was so incredibly cool! And President Eyring is huge in person, he´s about my size! They talked to us about missionary work, and I especially loved President Eyring´s talk. He talked about being happy because we have the thing that brings all happiness, the Atonement. He also told us sweet stories from his mission. And the best part was that afterwards we got to shake their hands and talk to them. President WIlkinson told me that the apostles said that they weren´t going to shake our hands, and that the whole time President WIlkinson was praying for them to give us the opportunity and they did! I shook President Eyring´s hand and I was like, " Thank you so much President" and he said, " No thank you Elder Taylor, where are you from?" haha so rad! I love President Eyring, and he is seriously hilarious and you could see such a light about him and Elder Ballard and Christopherson (sp? again haha) So yeah that was so rad, and that’s the reason I didn’t email yesterday! But so worth it!

Okay so picture time!

1) Enrique! Boom he got baptized and he is a stud even though I can´t understand his accent hahaha. He´s also way tiny!

 

2)We took the coffee from some of our investigators. It was seriously like 2 lbs. worth! It´s so rad to see when people recognize a commandment is of God and they decide to live it!

 

3 and 4) This sweet beach in Puerto Viejo by the border of Panama! So sick, and I´m def coming back after my mission to swim.

 

 

5) My nombre. We saw a ton of monkeys on the beach too, and a sloth fighting a monkey. Pretty rad sight haha

 

Well I love and miss all of you so much! Take care, and I wish Eric and Shelby the best in their marriage! I love em! Love you all, the church is true and God loves all of us so much! haha love love love it!

Love,

Elder Taylor