Dear Family and Friends,
What the heck, right? I'm LEAVING TAOS! I'M GOING TO TRAIN A NEW SISTER! I can't tell you how bummed I am... I love Taos so much. I WILL be coming back. Even if I don't get to serve here again on my mission. Roadtrip, anyone? This is my town!
I'll tell you what though, it's been a great last few days in Taos since I got the news I'd be training. A real miracle happened. Story time: So Tuesday was turning out to be an unsuccessful day. We got in our service clothes, ready to... well serve. No one was home or wanted our service! Lame, right? So we go change into our pros clothes and then go to Baskin Robbins to visit an investigator who works there. Wouldn't you know it, she's not there! We get back into the truck and the elders pull up. So we ask them who we should visit on this list of part-member families. Elder Lagerstrom points to a name. We go visit! We knock on the door and the 12 year old daughter answers. We ask if her mom is home. She says no, she's IN THE HOSPITAL IN SANTA FE CAUSE SHE HAD A HEART ATTACK THAT DAY!!!!! She wasn't yelling at us, that's just me emphasizing the magnitude of the situation. So we're in shock, we ask how she's doing, she says she's fine. This girl was composed. I most definitely would not have been if my mom, or anyone for that matter, was in the hospital because of a heart attack. So let me step on my soap box for a minute before I resume the story so I can exhort you all to please please please take care of yourselves. Eat well. Get some exercise. Go get check ups. I want you all healthy and happy while I'm gone. You'll break my heart and tear me to pieces if anything happens to any of you. Got it? Thanks. :) I say that all with love. :) Ok back to the story. Composed 12 year old. We ask if she has any siblings there with her. She has a 10 year old brother. We ask if they have food, if they need anything, etc. She says politely they dont... but really if you would have been on the outside of their trailer looking in, you wouldn't have believed them. We didn't. So we give the 2 kids our number and tell them to call us if they need anything and then we leave.We call the missionaries in Santa Fe right away to go visit her and give her a blessing. They did almost immediately after we called them. So anyway, we went back to Baskin Robins and the elders are still there and so is the Relief Society president who owns Baskin Robins. She goes over to the house and has the kids go with her and stay with her for the week until their mom gets back. SO! Had we not stopped by, those kids probably would have struggled a lot with having their mom gone, feeding themselves, getting to school, etc. So we were at the right place at the right time. Our day didn't turn out like we planned for it, but had it gone as planned, just think of what could have happened. Elder Lagerstrom was inspired to point to that name. Wow, God is amazing. He's in charge.
So... lots of fun times the last few days I've had in Taos. I think Saturday was probably the best day I've had here. We started our day at a flea market in Seco. Fun stuff! We talked to a lot of people, handed out Mormon.org cards, and shared our testimonies. We went to a yard sale ($2 skirt... heheheh), talked to more people, found the most AMAZING consignment/thrift store EVER ($1 shirt... heheheheheh super ugly and awesome. Next week you'll see pictures of it.), visited one of our favorite older members who loves basketball like grandma does, and had dinner with the families on the hill. I just love the people of Taos!!!
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