10/21/13 E-Mail (with Pics!)

Buenas Familia!

1. Haha you have seen pictures of my comp. He is tall, white, (he looks American) he speaks perfect English (he doesn't have an accent at all, and he speaks slang words) and he is from Guatemala!!!
2. No, I don´t have foot rot, but its just like a little bump on my big toe.
3. Today for P-day, we went to the grand opening of the "PriceSmart" right behind our house! PriceSmart is the central american Costco, and it is awesome! There are like 5 in the country so we are really lucky to have one within walking distance of the house.
4. We live in the garage of members in our ward, so we don't have neighbors, but everyone that lives around us is really rich!
5. In our area (we live 10 mins away in Bus...) is really poor and sketchy haha, so there are a ton of beggars there. Tons of people come up to us and ask us for money all the time.
6. Everybody here says Gringo haha it gets annoying sometimes
7. No I have enough gel to last me until the end of my misison, but thank you!
8. My garments are holding up well, if I need more, I'll buy them at the temple here. P.S. Thank you so much for the shirts mom! Only thing is, my neck is 15.5 not 16.5 haha, thats my fault. And you don't need to buy me size tall shirts because those are for "bigger" (chubbier) people. I'm skinny so the smaller the shirt, the better it will fit me. Just so you know haha, thank you so much for the clothes though.

Okay well this week was awesome! This weekend we will be blessed with the baptism of Jorge! This guy is so awesome and he has made so many changes in his life!!! He stopped smoking, started living the law of chastity, (all of his friends called him gay for doing it...) and he has overcome so many obstacles to get to this point! I love him, and the gospel has really changed him and brought him so much more happiness! I really love the changing power of the atonement, and how through our faith and repentance,we literally are born again in Christ!

I am so thankful for the misison, and for all the opportunities that I have had here to change and grow and to understand more about the atonement. This past week we had a conference with Elder Carlos H. Amado of the Presidency of the Seventy. He is HILARIOUS! I love that guy, and he talked to us for literally 8 hours about marriage, how to keep our thoughts clean and the law of chastity! He is super old-fashioned so everything he said was directed to us Elders, and not the sister missionaries, so I think they felt a little uncomfortable there. It was awesome though, and you know that he was being led by the Spirit as he taught us. I really love this gospel. I know that this church is true, and I know that choosing to serve the mission was the best decision I have ever made in my life. I love my Saviour, and I know that he lives, and guides our righteous decisions. I love you all, and I hope all is well at home. Take care!!!!

Pura Vida,
Elder Taylor

P.S. I attached some photos.
We took a picture with a tiny sister missionary that was in our zone. She was just serving a temporary mini mission for 2 weeks.

We have one from the baptism of Aaron a couple of weeks ago.

And the picture we took with Elder Amado when I was  in front of everybody haha.

This is a picture I took with Elder Nape my Trainer!!! He goes home in 2 weeks! We saw each other for the last time at the Zone leaders meeting this past month! I love this guy!