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| El Oasis |
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 9:14 AM
This week.... has flown by! Wow!
Anyways as the subject states. The Mexican John Taylor. Hector Pantaleon wanted to take us out to lunch for painting his house. We weren't going to object! He took us out to a Mexican place on "Turfway" in Florence called El Oasis. The other Elders got picked up by Hector, but somehow we beat them there. When we got there we were greeted by a string bean Mexican guy. He actually greeted us as Elders, but we didn't think too much of it. The rest of the convoy made their way in, and we sat down. We then commenced to pour over the menu to decide on what we should eat. (Yo decidi Soupes de Al Pastor y 2 Tacos de Lengua. Son muy ricos!) While we got talking to the waiter (same guy who greeted us) in passing he mentioned that he was LDS! Elder Garner and I flipped open our planners to try and put a name with a face. We couldn't figure it out... When he came back we asked his name. He said, "John". He spoke better Spanish than English. So we were figuring he was ours. Especially when he said he lived in Florence. However none of our Less-Actives registered as John. We even tried "Juan", but that didn't yield any results.
Apparently he was baptized in Mexico, and his father was American. As we got his address on the way out he told us he was a decedent of John Taylor. He reminded us of the Carthage Jail pocket watch story, and he tells us that his family has a chair made by him! This find was defiantly a diamond in the rough. Who would have thought this rough is in Kentucky!
We are still trucking away with Daniel. He is slowly overcoming his doubts. I hope to be able to go over more with him as time rolls along. He still needs your prayers.
As that last Harvester stated, Alma's kids were baptized! I'm sorry I failed to mention that. Elder Luna and Elder Fisco were able to get that taken care of. When I found out about that I was ecstatic!
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| Diego and Jatziri |
Thank you for all of your prayers and love,
Para Siempre,
Elder A. Ipson
The Great Ohio Columbus Mission
P.S. This summer the branch is going to make a trip out to Nauvoo. Our Branch President is asking for all resources possible. If you could, please send some of the photos you have of our trip so we can show the members in our lessons. Also, I would like to ask you for the Doctrine and Covenant CD's in Spanish. Time after time it proves itself that visual aids are the best for Hispanics, and Elder Ipson to learn! Gracias!
