Wow!!! That is so great about the baptisms in the ward!!! I cannot believe the assistence is really large! Actually, our ward just changed from 9 o clock to 11 and assistence shot up. We had about 215 the last two weeks (dont worry, we are working on activating some more to pump up the number haha). It is pretty great!!
This week was one of miracles!!! A cool experience we had was Friday. We went to the temple (our only time for this year) and it was awesome!!! The whole session was in Español, and I understood (with some prayer before which definitely helped). It is amazing in the 7 months that I havent gone, how good it felt to go back!!! After being super spiritually charged we came back and worked!! We passed by for a reference and asked them some questions like, ¨have you talked to other missionaries before?¨ and they said yes. We were a little confused but taught them a little just the same. They pulled out once (a light dinner) all of a sudden and we were obligated to stay. We left and realized that they were actually inactives and not investigators haha, that made us laugh a lot!!! We left late because of "once" and were running to our appointment with Marisol. We called her to tell her we were late, and she said she was still out of town and wouldnt be able to meet with us. We were a little crushed since she is really close to baptism. We had about 45 minutes before exchanges with Hermana Sharp. Once investigator, Jessica G and her family, were in my head all day. She worked A TON and only has the afternoon of Saturday, and Sundays off. She should have been working, but we went anyway. SHE WAS THERE along with her daughter who is really interested too. We only had about 20 or 25 minutes to get in and get out, so we talked for a minutes to see how things were going. She did abunch of errands that day so she did not work. We sang a quick song, prayed, and taught the Restoration in about 5 minutes and answered a few questions and talked about baptism for 5 minutes. We invited them to be baptized if they received an answer that the Book of Mormon was true, and they said YES!!! It was pretty awesome! It is true that we do not have to teach indepth to have the spirit testify (and he is the one that really does the teaching, we just true to invite him there). Then we left and did exchanges and it was AWESOME!!! Nothing went according to plan that night, but everything happened just right!!! The Lord truly is in charge of the work, not us!
Friday with Hermana Sharp, we saw miracles also! Basically everyone wanted to listen to us! We have two new investigators that we found, Sergio and Estela, that are a SUPER CUTE OLD COUPLE! She is 95 I think and he is 89! We talked about eternal marriage with them, and it was awesome! I have tried to pay more attention to miracles this past week, and it is true that everyday we see them! A lot of time plans fall through, but that is ok because the Lord is in charge and His plan always works if we will just listen.
Funny scripture that I found is in proverbs 28 25 I think. It explains why missionaries (especially sister missionaries here in Chile) gain so much weight. "He that trusteth in the Lord shall be made fat."
I always learned that the Lord has a funny sense of humor. I prayed really hard for the chance to run (I was praying Monday night) because so far in the mission field I cannot run without a companion and my comp has asthma and cant. I could not run in the morning the next day, and figured I just needed to be patient. In our district class we did a game where we ran to grab the marker, and I got to run for a a few seconds. Afterwards, when I realized that the Lord answered my prayer, I laughed really hard. He does not answer my prayers in the way that I expect them sometimes haha.
I love serving here in Chile!!! The mission is the best decision I have made in my life, and I am so privileged to have the chance to serve. I think I am learning a lot more than I am teaching. It is true that the Lord does everything, and He is merciful enough to let us help or be His instruments. I am so grateful for this opportunity to serve and learn!!!
To answer about Spanish, I still have A LOT to learn, but I can communicate almost whatever I want and understand too. It is really nice. Learning a new language is kind of like learning to read. I do not remember what Spanish sounded like before I knew it, and sometimes I do not recognize or differentiate if what I am hearing or saying is in Spanish or English. It is really cool. (sidenote from another email)
I love yall a TON!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you get more rain!!! les amo!!!
con amor,
Hermana Taylor
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