Letter #76 (16th Jan, 2013)

Hey all,

Just to let you know I got my license today from the LTO. It was an interesting experience to say te least... first was some lecture by this woman who kept telling the people that when the results of the written test were checked, they could argue about it cause it was checked by a machine. She informed us about some things to do with the rules of the road here, then we started the written test. 40 multiple choice questions with a 30 correct pass. So I got my license.

Things have been doing pretty well this last week. The area is very slowly improving and is very different to what I was expecting. The work is harder than I expected but I received some inspiration and ideas from the workshops yesterday at our zone interviews (just the 6 of us elders in the zone...jejeje) of how I can improve and make things a little easier in terms of teaching.

Elder Harris and I get along really well, and have some times when we get depressed a little about the work, but we try to help each other to push and stretch ourselves. We had this one night that we hadn't reached our goal for FTE's and the people were all being wa'y claro when we tried to talk with them. So we stopped under this street light, and weighted for about 5 mins and we had 4 people basically come up and talk to us, and we were able to FTE them. It was an interesting experience.

I have started studying more in the Doctrine and Covenants, and using my old seminary scriptures as well, so I have been learning quite a lot and coming up with many questions which I have been asking President Schmutz.

I have been feeling a bit under the weather but i think its just getting used to the city air. My throat has been a bit raspy lately, but i think it may just be the pollution from all the sakyanan's. But things are all good.

We have been working a bit with te other areas, especially the PEC in each of their wards and we are excited for Basak ward with all the work they are doing to prepare for missionaries to be assigned in their ward and we feel that their ward could really be helped by some missionaries. We are looking forward to the incoming missionaries into the zone and for being able to continue to strengthen the areas in central stake.

Don't know what else to say this week...

Miss you,

Love you all tons,

Elder Taylor Addison Cox