All is just dandy here
in Casa Grande! We got transfer calls because it's already been 6 weeks here!
Crazy. Well, nothing new. I am staying here in Casa Grande with Elder Fenton.
And the 2 Elders we live with are staying. BUT, Almost all of the sisters in
our district are getting transferred, and BOTH of our zone leaders. Crazy. One
died (went home) and the other is getting transferred. Which stinks, cause I
really liked our zone leaders. Anyway, PARTY ON IN CASA GRANDE.
We had our
baptism!!!!!!! DJ is now a full on member of the church with the priesthood and
everything!! It was awesome. Saturday was kind of crazy, but it was good. So
the baptism was at 4, so we got there at 3 to fill up the font, and we told DJ
and Colt, the one baptizing him, to be there at 3:30. Well, Colt got off work
late and they didn't get there til 4:15. And President Toone came! We invited
him since DJ is Samoan, and President served in Samoa. He was the only one in
the room bigger and taller than DJ. Anyway, DJ and Colt are both big and tall.
And the largest jumpsuits we had were XL. Colt fit in, but we could not get DJ
to fit. Finally, we squeezed him in. By this time it was about 4:30 and I was
just like what is goin on. But, I said a prayer, calmed down, and watched an
awesome baptism. Colt leaves on his mission to Michigan next month, so we are
now going to recruit DJ as a missionary buddy for us.
YOU WERE IN ARIZONA!?
You can't do that to me. You can go through Arizona once I get my visa. Until
then, sorry. Ha. My Thanksgiving was pretty good. We ended P-day early Monday
and continued it Thursday. We could only go out if we had a dinner appointment.
We had 2. And they were both really good food. One was really awkward because
all of the extended family that was supposed to come was about an hour and a
half late. So we just sat there waiting, then were like, "um yeah. We have
another dinner we have to go to, so......." It was awkward. Then we had a
zone activity. We party hard. We just played volleyball and things like that at
the Stake Center. It was fun.
I am back on facebook
and doing well. The homesickness creeps in every once in awhile, but as letters
from my brother and sister have said this week, STOP IT. I need to focus on why
I'm here, not just what I need to do. Thanks fools. BTW, Syd's letters are and
always will be the best.
YES. (in reference to
BYU beating USU.)
Hey Dad, maybe you
should slow down. HA. Or just be cool like me and get pulled over on a closed
road where the ticket is $750 but the cop lets you go with a warning. That was
awesome. But scary.
This week has been a
good'n. We have focused a lot on making sure we get the 20 OYM's (Open Your
Mouth; Street contacts) every day. We didn't quite get it, but we had a lot of
cool discussions with people. And we for some reason we keep running into
preachers and ministers. Baptist, Methodist, Jehovah's Witness (that one was
INTENSE. Not one actually. It's happened twice.) But it's fun. I wish people
would just chill out and realize that if our message is true (which it is) this
is the most important moment of their life.
We had 4 investigators
at church. Members have been so good. Most of them that is. They are inviting
friends. We had a lady invite her fiance. Sherman. He is a
pentecostal minister. And He LOVED our church. He was "amen" ing
EVERYTHING in Gospel Principles. And the other one that was invited was
Tashika. And yes. I love it. She came up after with the
member that invited her and wanted a Book of Mormon. We gave it to her and our
number and invited her to read 2 Nephi 31. Woot. Woot.
So that's how things are
here in House Big. Ha. Get it. Casa Grande. I'm funny.
I love you all and hope
you have an awesome week.
Love, Elder Scott
Jackson Taylor
Elder Taylor, DJ, Elder Fenton
DJ's baptism day!
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