November 12, 2013

I think they should let us email every 3 weeks instead of one. that way It might feel like a normal week. haha.

Well, this week, Elder Matiz and I had record breaking numbers for Willcox 1st ward, We had 6 member present lessons, got 3 baptismal dates, 3 new investigators, 26 total lessons.

Monday we played capture the flag in Dragoon again, Tuesday we drove up to Safford, picked up our car, ate breakfast with one of Matiz's old investigators, drove back to Willcox, got a call from a 20 year old super stressed out girl that wanted a blessing, so we drove to her, talked to her for a little while, gave her a blessing, went to Brother Davis's house, drove out to Bonita, taught tiffany's mom the gospel of Jesus Christ lesson, and set a bap date for dec. 7. It was a super busy day, but well worth it in the end.

Wednesday we had Zone meeting, Elder Matiz and I were asked to teach the zone how to better teach the restoration lesson. I think it went really well, and everyone had questions so they seemed to have learned something. After Zone meeting, we drove back to Willcox, And Brad Nielson needed help changing the oil in his car.. So of course we helped.

On the way to dinner, there was an older lady sitting on the side of the road with a flat tire. She said she called AAA 3 hours ago, So we told her we could just change her tire in 10 minutes and she'd be on her way. When we were leaving, she tried to pay us, we just said "do something nice for someone else now, that's how you can pay us."

After dinner, we taught Ramon, A refferal from the Cuevas family that Elder Matiz had already talked to when he served in east tucson. We set a date with him for dec 3. but he didnt come to church so we had to push that date back.

Friday we taught Roger, We set a date for dec. 7. but then he said that he might be going to texas for a job, and he wants to be mormon before he goes. haha so we set up another lesson for saturday, monday, thursday, and friday. and then in interviews with president Killpack on saturday, I asked if it would be ok to get him baptized before coming to church 3 times. I told him the situation and he agreed. So now Roger is probably getting baptized not this saturday, but the following! this is the fastest I have ever seen anyone progress. he's almost done with the BOM. And he's reading the gospel principles book, and all the pamphlets that we give him.

The lord really does prep people to hear the gospel, all we have to do is open our mouths and the spirit will tell us what to say. I know thats true. Im just some 19 year old dumb kid. I couldnt do this without the aid of the spirit. I know ALL of you can do it too. SPREAD THE WORD. love you all. have a good week.

 -Elder Taylor Alston

Dragoon

Rattlesnake kill #4 on my mission

sunrise Sunday morning