The
rain was pounding on the roof. I was sleeping away, dreaming in french,
and enjoying the precious hours of sleep I have. That when I heard it.
I, groggily, woke up wondering what the sound could be. As I turned my
head to the left, nothing. As I turned my head to the right. BAM!
Mouth full of fur.
Cat fur.
Pananche,
our favorite feline friend, was purring away, feeling pretty sneaky for
jumping through my window and sleeping on my pillow all night long.
*sigh*
This cat. I found it sleeping on our table. Our washing machine. In our
Attic. And basically everywhere. It's the most annoying animal in the
world.
Other than that our nights have been pretty
uneventful. Thankfully. We live in a very safe, very quiet
neighborhood. Right next door to the Protestant Church. I'll probably
only be staying here for another 3 weeks. Which, as happy as I am to get
out of here, is slightly depressing. 6 months is a long time. You get
really close to families and investigators in that amount of time, but
we move on. And I'll be coming back.
Why
will I be coming back? Well. We have three INCREDIBLE couples we're
teaching. 2 of which will be baptized Christmas day. The only is still
working on the Word of Wisdom. And... Sœur Moli and I promised them this
week we'll be at their temple sealing. So. TAHITI HERE I COME! Again.
Later on. For a wedding. And to tear up those waves.
Speaking of waves. Sœur Moli and I hit up the end of
Tahiti for our last p-day. We were able to see a nice bit of Papeari
and went down to the beach where they have the national surfing
compétitions. Unfortunately those are in July... But it was still pretty
cool. The black sand, and McDonalds run made it even better. ;)
I
got mail this week! I'd love to know why I can get mail from Japan,
before America. (Elder Rogers is the best! Japanese mail!)
AND!!
WE GOT REESES PEANUT BUTTER CUPS! I can't explain how long it's been
since i've eaten one of those little babies. :) Yes, I know I looke
really tired. Let me explain myself. We had a 6 hour long weekly
planning session last night. It was fantastic. I loved it. Sœur Moli and
I are going to be friends for a very long time. And yes, my eye looks a
tad swollen. I almost poked it out with a metal pole. But there's no
damage to the eye, just the eye lid. And yes. That is a helmet tan line
for my hair. And Yes. I love Utah State. And yes. I've gained weight.
But guess what? I LOVE MY MISSION! And that's all that matters!
V and J. Are our best friends. We're with them
everyday, and they are so READY to get married and baptized. Want to
know a secret? The gospel changes families. It changes couples. The 2nd
lesson with V was terrible. Why? Well we got there and she was crying. J
had left the house after an argument with their baby and
wouldn't answer his phone. She was worried sick. We talked to her a
little bit and then we asked her if she had prayed for him to come back.
She hadn't. She asked me to say the pray for us. Right as we finished
the pray his car pulled up. The next day, he finally accepted the
lessons. And now, I've never seen a more unified couple here in Tahiti.
They read the Book of Mormon everyday. They pray everyday. And they are
incredible. I am going to miss them.
We had another miracle this week.
We're teaching another couple. T and L. T is a member inactive, and L is
SUPER catholic. We started heading over to teach T and see if he needed
anything. Each time we'd come over he would have to BEG L to come
listen to us. She was not interested at all. We invited them to come to
the temple with us.
The lesson after.
She's getting baptized. December 25. She never listened to our lessons. But she wants to go to the temple.
Moral
of these stories? The spirit changes hearts. Prayer changed J. And the
incredible feeling in the garden of the temple changed L immediately.
It's nothing we did. We're here to help them understand what they feel,
but we ABSOLUTELY can not change a person. We can't make them have the
desire to pray or to read or to get baptized. BUT. The spirit can, if
they're open enough to listen. That is what is incredible about this
work. It's not our work. It is really, truly, the Lord's work.
I love it.
XXo,
Sœur Taylor
p.s.
GOODBYE BIKES! WE HAVE A CAR
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