Hola familia!
Wow, Ben graduating is pretty bakan! That is cool about the picture that he took too. I have not heard of that before and it is a really cool picture! That is so cool!!!!! Also it is cool that the family could all get together almost. Lindsey seems super great!!!! I am excited to see my new niece in october.
This week really was full of miracles! Last Sunday, Gladys (we have been visiting her for 7 months now) told us that she felt something really special in church. This week she put her own baptismal date, July 26th, the week after they get married.After she put that baptismal date, they went through something REALLY hard, but she stayed firm and told us that they had planned it all out: July 19th marriage, July 26th baptism, November next year sealing in the temple. Even though her family was having a trial super big, she said that she was firm in her decision to get baptized. Really, this is a miracle and we are so excited for her and praying for her family!
Friday we visited Fabiola and her family. She is not a member and her husband is inactive. We talked to her and asked her questions. She said that she can see herself as a member and that she believes everything, just it is really hard to break apart from the culture and traditions where you were raised (the lamanites that converted, that must have really been tough to change). We invited her to church and she was iffy about it, but said that she would go. This is a really big progress for her. She is so receptive and we know that she will get baptized, it is just a matter of when.
Sunday was fast and testimony meeting, and always there are miracles there. One miracle is that Fabiola came to church!!!!!!!!!!!! She loved it and stayed for the three hours, and this is the first time that she came without her husband. It is a miracle that she came by herself and stayed the whole time. Another investigator, Jorge, came. He is baptist, really baptist. He was sick, but came anyway and stayed for the sacrament meeting. It was great. Also, Gladys came in the middle of sacrament meeting (normally they get there at the very end) which is a miracle in itself also. I got to give my testimony too on Sunday, the last time in Trinidad.
Sunday after church, we went to visit Gloria, a new investigator. This was the second appointment we had with her. We shared about the Restoration, and she said that she believed everything. She felt that it was true. We invited her to be baptized and she almost said yes. She has a ton of potential and we are really excited about her!!!
Today I got transferred to the ward Sotero del Río, just a couple of wards over from Trinidad. I am here with Hermana Bohman from Utah,and we are doing a whitewash (they took out the companionship and put us newbies in). Our sector is small, but it is great! Hermana Bohman is fantastic! My old companion, Hermana Escobar, is training a new missionary. Things are great here and I love the mission!!! I am learning a lot about conversion, about truly giving your will over to the Lord. As I have done this, i have been even happier here in the mission and in these short few days it has made a big difference. I am pretty stubborn, but the Lord is patient. One of my goals is to truly give my will over to Him. He knows what is best for me and how i can truly serve others. I just love the mission!!!!! I love yall too!!!!Cuídense!!!
con amor,
hermana taylor
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