Week 4 Update

Monday, October 7th Letter

"Last friday marked the exact month that I have been out! I swear my parents kicked me to the curb yesterday at the MTC. Its crazy how fast time goes by! I have learned a lot about what goes on in missions, a lot of it is truly amazing...while some of it seriously scares me! My mom requested that I tell everybody about the ward I am in. Its basically the best ward in the history of ever. The members feed us like kings, the bishop is Bishop Meyers, he has a 16 year old daughter that my companion is basically obsessed with.......he is almost 20. The people of the ward, like I said, treat us like kings! There are several families from Utah, I dont exactly know why they came from awesome Utah...into Rosamond, cause Utah is way better! I had the opportunity to give my first priesthood blessing this week! That was like the craziest experience of my life! I had no idea why the man wanted one, but as I started the words just came out, I honestly cannot remember what I told him! Its cool to see how the spirit uses us as tools! It is the best feeling! We had ZTM this week, that was awesome, I figured out that I am the only 18 year old in my entire zone of 40 missionaries. Ya Im a boss... It also means that they had time away from home before they came, so homesickness isnt as much of an annoyance to them as it is for me. I love working though! Its so freaking tiring! I can do service work for a member all day...like honestly its easy. Although as soon as I go out tracting for 10 minutes I start falling asleep as Im walking. Its so ridiculous! Conference was the best ever, because for the first time in my life, I actually paid close attention to all 10 hours of conference! My favorite talk was President Uchdorfs in Priesthood session, I could have sworn he said Elder Carper in the talk haha. I also loved President Mckonkies talk about teaching, Elder Christoffersons talk about women. Especially President Monsons talk about his wife. I hope you guys enjoyed conference as much as I did! Its crazy now, because while in High School, Mondays were of the devil! Like I despised mondays, but now I live for Mondays cause its P-day haha. Crazy how that works now! I hope everything is working out for you guys as much as it is for me here! I love being here, its basically the best! "

For the record, Taylor ran from the car; he wasn't kicked out.  The picture from the first post supports this claim. :)