Week 20

Hey everyone!!

So another week goes by here in Elko. We had a pretty busy week with a lot of lessons. We found two more people to teach here, and we also are hoping to get three people in Owyhee on a baptismal date within the next couple of weeks.

On Sunday we got to go to Owyhee and there were only 16 people there at the branch, but it was still a good sacrament.

We did 10 hours of service this week! A lot of it was moving people in and out of homes and that was super fun.

I got to meet 2 families I haven't met here yet in Elko and they were awesome. The first family is the Natapu's, he grew up in Compton and man....he has some stories, he is super cool. We then met the Becks, he is a die hard Dallas Cowboys fan and man he had all sorts of stuff like football cards and signed Dallas stuff, I was in heaven.

Sadly we didn't have the baptisms this week so we are trying to get them back on date. However, we are still teaching a good amount of people and staying busy which I enjoy.

My spiritual message this week comes from Elder Bruce C. Hafen, he wrote, "The Saviors gift of grace to us is not necessarily limited in time to 'after' all we can do. We may receive his grace before, during, and after the time when we expend our own efforts" This quote is pretty powerful because we sometimes get the mindset that the grace of the Savior is only there for us when we give our all. But in all reality the Saviors grace will always be there for us before during or even after whatever we are going through in life.

Hope everyone is doing well and had a great week. Love you all!

Taylor