Week Two in the Big City!

Buenas Familia!!!!

1)      DID YOU RECEIVE OUR TWO BOXES YET??? Yes!!! Thank you so very much for the Christmas packages! We have the tree set up in our apartment, and I already ate all of the candy, but thank you so very much!!

2)      Where do you go to get on the internet? We do internet in an internet cafe. Right now it’s sweltering hot in the internet cafe and I’m sweating!

3)      Who does your laundry now, or where do you go? A member does our laundry.

4)      Do you have a maid? No haha, nobody has maids in the mission anymore. I wish we did though.

5)      Do you have a cook? Yes! We have a cook and she is super cool. All the areas in the mission have cooks and we eat at their houses.

6)      How much time do you have to be on the internet? We only get an hour for internet every week

7)      Are you using your waterproof boots now? No not anymore. In Guacimo I was using my boots because it was always raining, but now I’m in San Jose and it never rains here.

8)       Is your new ward supportive? Hmmm... Yes I guess the new ward is supportive. It’s cool to be in a ward now. I’m used to a branch of like 50 people, but this ward has about 120.

9)      Does the chapel have a piano? Yes the chapel has a piano! I was very excited when I got here and saw the piano.

10)   Did you ever receive Aunt Deanna's family's snail mail letters??? No I haven’t received Aunt Deanna’s snail mail haha, I just received some letters from Ryan Miller, and Wesley Dean from around the beginning of November.

Well, this week was super cool! I really like Aserri. So I got my hands on a map and found out that Aserri is just a little bit outside of San Jose. So basically I am in San Jose, hence the title of this email. Well the city is a lot different than the Campo [jungle) but it’s a nice change. Aserri is really sweet though and reminds me a lot of Yorba Linda. It’s all mountains and hills, so that kinda stinks because we don’t have cars like all those rich missionaries in the United States.

Well cool story of the week... So a lot of the time, we get contacted by drunk guys in the street and they always say how much they want to change and so and so. Well we got contacted by this drunk, Virgilio, and I thought he would just be another drunk guy that contacts us. But this time we actually decided to go to his house and teach him. That was about two weeks ago. And I have seen an incredible change in him. He has been coming to teach, he quit drinking cold turkey after 8 years of being an alcoholic, and he’s reading the Book of Mormon. He’s super intelligent!!!!

He has told us about how much his life has changed since finding the gospel, and how much different and hopeful he is. In our first lesson he told us he was wanting to commit suicide because he had no hope, no faith, and no purpose. But through the gospel, he has found all these things!!! It is incredible how much the gospel changes people. He should be getting baptized this weekend and I am so stoked for him. He is unlike any investigator that I have ever taught.

Oh cool thing, so he lives with his cousin and she came out and started thanking us for all the things we have done, and how we have saved a soul and what not, and she was calling us angels and stuff like that, but best thing is she is going to listen to our lessons now! I am really stoked for this family, and I love to see the power of living the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Well, so I don’t know when I will Skype you guys. We have to talk to President and see the days that we can do it. My Skype name is ryan.sk.taylor and I will be talking to you with that account. I think I can just Skype Dad’s account or something like that. So email me and let me know what time would be best for you guys and I’ll try and see when I can Skype you.

Well love you guys. I am so thankful for this mission and for how much I am growing and learning every day. I hope all is well at home, and I hope that the Christmas decorations are up and everyone is festive and jolly for Christmas. I love you all, and miss you all very much but I wouldn’t leave the mission for anything. It really is the hardest but most fulfilling two years of my life.

Love you! Feliz Navidad!

Con amor,

Papito Taylor