The Week of Blessings!!!

Buenas Familia,

I hope everything is going well at home! Sorry that you have been sick all week mom, feel better!

Well, today was awesome! And why, you might ask?! Because we got to go to the temple. I really love the temple. Every time you enter you can just feel the peace and love of our Father in Heaven. I just love the peace that you can feel there. Well, this week was a little different. We have been working a ton with the members to try and help out our investigators, so that’s always good. Poor Virgilio is still living in the street. We see him like 3-4 times every day in the street and it’s just sad to see him drunk and melancholy. But oh well... we have done all we can.

Well this week, Elder Hernandez and I gave a ton of blessings!!!! I love blessing people, it really is such an amazing feeling to speak through the Holy Ghost. And after every blessing, Elder Hernandez and I can’t remember what we said, and we feel just spiritually and physically drained. I don’t know if that’s normal, but it happened a lot to us this week because of all the blessings that we gave.

Well cool experience of the week... So we are teaching 2 ladies, Tania (27 years old) and her mom Nadia. When we first starting teaching them they refused a baptismal date, and straight up told us "No, we will not be baptized... we'll read the Book of Mormon, go to church, but we will not be baptized!" Well I think I have had my most spiritual lessons and experiences with these two investigators. About a week ago, we taught them the Plan of Salvation. We really focused on Family History and the Redemption of the Dead, and Nadia started crying. Her husband had passed away about 3 months ago. She told us that he had always said, "Hey, let’s go to a church, we need to go to a church" but then passed away unexpectedly. I know that he guided us to these two sisters. We were passing by their house about a month ago, and I really felt the urge to knock their door, I don’t know why but I felt strongly that we needed to do it. We knocked and started talking and the rest is history. Well during the Plan of Salvation lesson, we were testifying about the redemption of the dead and she stopped us and said, "Me voy a bautizar (im going to be baptized)" And we were just like, "Whoah!!!!". So she should be baptized the 16th or 23rd of this month... we don’t know yet because stake conference is the 16th. We have also had a ton of spiritual experiences with Tania. The other day we were teaching about faith (Alma 32) and I started to testify that faith isn’t a perfect knowledge, but a hope for things to come. It was one of those experiences where the spirit was so strong and was edifying the teacher (Me) and the hearer (Tania). She told me that her heart was pounding and she was crying also! But still... she doesn't feel sure! It's so frustrating when they feel the spirit so strongly, but are still resisting it. I think that Heavenly Father feels the same with us sometimes. When we feel the spirit, and we know that something is right, but we don’t act on it, I bet that He is a little frustrated with us. But yes, I feel like that with Tania right now. I have been praying my heart out that she will accept a date, because she is so ready to be baptized. We'll have to see if it is her time or not, only Heavenly Father knows.

Well I don’t have much more to talk about, not much happened this past week. We are working very hard, and we are really trying to convert people, not just baptized them. I hope everything is well at home. You are always in my prayers. I know that this church is true. I know that sometimes Satan will fill our minds with doubts, but really lll we need to do is pray with our whole heart and soul, and the Lord will manifest to us his love and concern through the Holy Ghost. I know that only when we are humble and meek will the Holy Ghost manifest its power through us. That is one of the goals that I have for my life. Be more Humble so that the Holy Ghost can play a bigger role in my life. I love you all. Hope you all have a good week.

P.S. I attached a photo that we took with Elder Christofferson. Try and find out where I am!!! Also, mom, if you could send me the address of Sister Crays... I would like to write her. I don’t know why but I felt the impression to write her this past week. Well love you all!!!!

Pura Vida,

Elder Taylor