Costa Rica, Pura Vida.

Buenas Familia!

First off, to answer Mom´s questions...

1. I have not asked President about permission to use BYU haha, I keep on forgetting, I am asking him right now.
2. Well in  our area, we just had two baptisms! So that was really cool. And the zone finished with the most baptisms that it has had in it´s history this last month! Yeah! But this next month is looking a little worse haha, and the missionaries are getting really depressed becuase they aren't having that much success. But when we get depressed it just means we need to work harder and have more faith!!!!
3. Hmm... it will probably be my last area, but we will have to see. I would love to finish my mission training, but we will have to see what the Lord has planned for me!
4. I am feeling healthy, the thing I have to look out for here though is the food that I eat, because in the rural parts of the country, food isn´t cleaned as well and it is a little bit easier to get sick.
5. Our shower is... ice cold. It is terrible at 6:30 a.m haha, but we have to live with it!
6. But thankfully, the shower head has a super strong flow so we can shower really quickly.
7. I have no idea if the toilet tank would be considered high haha, I think it is a little higher than our bathrooms though.

Well, this week in Ojo de Agua was awesome! We found a ton of new investigators, and we put 9 baptismal dates with them! So hopefully we should be having a lot of success this upcoming month. We were also blessed with 2 baptisms this past weekend, Areyso and his older brother Arturo! I love them, and I love their family so much! We have been working a ton to help Ramon Sr. and his wife Arrelis prepare to be sealed, and they are really excited to finally have their whole family together as members of the Church of Jesús Christ of Latter day Saints. I really love that family!

We have been working a ton to find new investigators, and the Lord has really blessed us. Now we just have to do our part and help these new investigators to progress.

Oh but a funny story about our baptisms. So we did the baptismal service directly after the church meetings on Sunday. So we had to fill up the baptismal font during Sacrament Meeting, and during the meeting we forgot that the font was running. So after Sacrament, we went out to go to our next classes ... the church was flooded! Turns out that this font fills up really quickly, so we spent the next two hours mopping and cleaning before the baptismal services! It was awesomely hilarious! Welcome to the Ward Elder Taylor and Elder Baxin haha.

So that was my funny story for this week. We also had Mission Leadership counsel with President on Friday, and it was awesome! I love his trainings, and his knowledge of the scriptures is amazing! He really is called of God!

I love the mission. I love this church, and I know it is true. The Lord has restored his church again here on earth, and we do have his priesthood, the power to act in the name of Jesús Christ. I love this góspel, and I would not trade my experiences, or my testimony for anything! I love you all, and hope all is well at home. Take care! Tuanis!

Pura Vida,

Elder Taylor

P.S.: Photos

1) This is a picture of Elder Baxin and I on Christmas day with our presents.

2) This is a picture of me on my motorcycle.

3) Giant cockroach that we found in the Street! Que Rico!!!

4) Baptism of Arturo and Areyso!