Honestly....we barely survived today. We tried to be in bed and to sleep by 10:00 PM last night but what do you do when your brain will not shut down? This whole experience is surreal. Here we are, two old people, in the same place our children were and hundreds of youth we have known. Did we ever really believe it would be possible to retire and afford to be here ? Several retired after we did....like April....and here they are, called and ready to go to new assignments.
We saw and hugged Paige Oliver and Rachel Clair today.m so good to know they still remember us and want a hug. The food is great and we are putting ourselves on a diet tomorrow. It is like a cruise ship where everyone wears name badges. The mission president told us he has to remind these 18 and 19 year olds that this is not EFY or Youth Conference, they are here for a much more serious purpose.
Titles....when do I get to call Bruce Bruce? I called him Bishop for four + years, I called him President for 17 in the stake presidency and as YM Pres. For 2.......and now I am supposed to presto chango and call him Elder Taggart? He is having a hard time not calling me Claudia too.
Have you ever heard a missionary choir of 1100? They practice a hymn for 45 minutes before a fireside and it sounds like the MoTabChoir. I love it. We sang hymns as prelude music tonight and I got choked up. 3000 young Elders and Sisters and 101 Senior missionaries singing hymns like Press Forward Saints or Battle Hymn of the Republic and I just lost it. Why am I so blessed to have this marvellous experience? They call us the crest of the wave and if I can stay alert through classes and meetings and more classes and exercise and lines......wow......I get to be part of this wave.
Today was intense. We paired off.....investigator or missionary and had to invite people to come unto Christ......not forgetting to ask "will you" questions, and bear our testimony, and recite promised blessings, and try to cover every point on that doctrine that is in Preach My Gospel. We have been doing this with neighbours for years in Seattle but these investigators are sometimes hard nuts to crack. Stress!! I would sometimes look at Elder Taggart with a "help" look. Oh yes....and we couldn't look at the book. No problem, right, we all have that memorized!
Tomorrow we get investigators from the community.
Elder Callister from the Seventy was our speaker tonight. It was nice. We got home at 8 PM, looked at the boxes, and decided to sit and e-mail. We are exhausted. We have made so many friends. Ate dinner with our dentists receptionists brother tonight. Small world. Taggart Foster talked to us again about Wyoming Taggarts.
We love it here. We are more excited than ever. We hope we can keep this pace for two years. The work is hastening. We can definitely feel it. Love to you all.
Sister Taggart
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