Here is Taylor's letter:
Last week I had lots of pictures, this week, 0... sorry!
It
is interesting the way that the Lord humbles us sometimes. This past
week, as I was starting my first week of my last transfer, I set some of
the highest, and craziest goals with my companion to try and finish my
mission with a "kick", as any runner would say. I was so excited to give
it my all in these last few weeks that I have left! When, all of a
sudden, my companion became very sick, and we have been stuck indoors
for the past 3 days :( At first, I felt kinda like my last transfer in
the mission had already become a failure. I felt sad about it, but then I
realized how many of you constantly are praying for me, and how many of
you are there supporting me. I realized that their must be a reason for
this pause that we had to take. I tried to take advantage of my time,
and get to know the Lord better through prayer, the scriptures, know my
companion better as well, and write a few letters to my family. I
learned that it is not so much how much time we work, but more, what we
do with the little time we have.
To give a quick update on our investigators...
Corina
is still amazing as ever. She has almost read the whole Book of Mormon,
but is not able to be baptized because her husband has not been married
with her yet. He says that he will do it to let her be baptized, but he
is not wanting to pay the fee that the state requires to be married. I
must be honest, I was tempted to just pay the fee, because it is very
small, but they need to learn from the beginning of their membership to be self sufficient. I know she will be
baptized, but I just pray that I will be here to witness it.
Luisa
and Julian are doing great, but Julian must be divorced before he
can get married to his "wife" to later be baptized. Here in Paraguay,
divorce is something that will take at least 6 months, and probably a
bit more. However, they always do their nightly prayers, come to church
and have family home evening. They are what we called "Dry Mormons" ;)
Francisca.
We just found her and she is coming to church and in the very first
lesson we had with her, we asked her "Will you follow the example of
Jesus Christ and be baptized?" She almost yelled in her response, "YES I
WANT TO!"
There are many more, but there is not enough time to write about each of them.
As
the weeks go by, my mind cant decide to be happy or sad about the fact
that my mission is coming to a close. All I know is that I have done my
best, and I am going to finish with everything I have.
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2. Send letters through the Church Pouch Mail Only postcards or one-page correspondences (no envelopes).
Fold the letter in thirds, secure the long side with tape about one inch in from each end. Do not seal the ends. Stamp and address the blank side as you would an envelope. Use the following mailing address:
Elder Taylor Graves
Argentina Posadas Mission
POB 30150
Salt Lake City, UT
84130-0150
2. Send letters through the Church Pouch Mail Only postcards or one-page correspondences (no envelopes).
Fold the letter in thirds, secure the long side with tape about one inch in from each end. Do not seal the ends. Stamp and address the blank side as you would an envelope. Use the following mailing address:
Elder Taylor Graves
Argentina Posadas Mission
POB 30150
Salt Lake City, UT
84130-0150
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3. Physical Mailing Address:
Elder Taylor Graves
Córdoba 1243
Posadas, Misiones 3300
Casilla 12
Argentina
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