If You Give a Monkey a Machete

More Rice and More Beans :)

Well this week was a good week as well. I feel like I am getting a hang of the Miskito. Every week we go to church normally in Spanish, but then afterwards we go to the Miskito branch. Its just sacrament meeting, but they give talks and what not, and there are 11 hymns in Miskito. So we sing those as well. Its fun to listen to.

This week I ate some new things. First I finally are turtle. I was gonna take a pic, but it looks and tastes just like roast. Maybe a bit chewier. But it is really tasty. And 2nd, I ate a food that is popular here in the East Coast, its called Rondón. Its a soup with fish, plantains and potatoes. Its actually pretty tasty. (Pic included)

Every Wednesday we get to talk on the radio. Every companionship has a day, and we are on Wednesday. We pretty much just play church music, and we each share a message and then we say Hi to the people that we know are listening. Its fun. Every Wednesday on the 103.9.

We have a lot of good investigators so hopefully we can baptize this week as well. And today was normal transfers and I will be staying in my area with Elder Reyes. So life is good!

Till next week,

Elder Taylor

My area

Rondón - the soup that had a fish​

Me in the radio station

Todo Tuanis aqui mae

Well this past week was pretty good! We had lots of success this past week despite a lot of rain.

Puerto is pretty cool, cuz it is just so different from the rest of the country of Nicaragua. Right now in the rest of the country it is the dry season, but here it has been raining a lot. And here in my area is super muddy when it rains. So instead of getting our shoes all muddy, we go out in rubber boots when it rains hard so we don't get wet or muddy feet. (See pic)

We have been teaching a couple for a time now, and on Friday they got married and baptized! They are named Nick and Yuri. They are pretty awesome! (Yuri is only 7 days older than Isaac). They were really pumped to get baptized. 

As for the new language Miskito, I have a song that you can find on YouTube so that you can hear how it sounds. Look up, "Do Pali Du". It even has some English creole. But it starts out in Miskito.

I am having a good time here in Puerto Cabezas! Not too much this week, but I have a video and some pics this week! Peace out!​

-Elder Taylor

 Nick and Yuri's Baptism

Our hammocks

The barrel that is my shower

At times when I say that I am now in Somoto I feel like its kind of crazy, but here I am. Somoto is a really pretty place. A bit hotter than Jalapa, but I'm getting used to it.

This week was crazy, I got here on Monday and on Tuesday we had our district meeting. We don't have any hermanas in our district and we are only 6 of us, but all of the people here are good. I'm enjoying myself here.

On Wednesday, it rained so hard. One of the strongest rains I've seen here. Within 5 mins of the rain starting, the streets were flooded. We were lucky enough to have some random dude let us into his house while it passed. After it passed we had to go to the other side of town, but there are rivers that run through town and so it was hard to get to the other side. But we made it once we found a small bridge to cross.

We have one member here that has met and hugged President Monson. She got baptized 2 weeks ago. She works with young girls that have abuse and many problems at home. And one way she can help them is with English classes. So on Saturday Elder Asplund and I taught English to these girls (ages 8-12) . It was kind of fun.

On Sunday we had 19 people at church with 4 investigators. (3 of which are these girls that we taught English) But is a good branch.

Till next week,

-Elder Taylor

Elder Aslpund and me

The flooded street​


Here is a video of a Fly that does Backflips!

Pics y videos de Jalapa

A nice view on top of a hill in Jalapa

Stormy Ocotal

 3 of my converts playing on a swing that we made

Baptisms of Kelly and Linda

The sister that make or Lunch every day (Mamiki)

Video of an Inchworm

2 Baptisms and a Call Home

Well, this past week was a really good week! First of all we were able to have 2 baptisms! 1 for an hermana that I have been teaching since January. We baptized her daughter in February and this week she finally felt ready to take the step of baptism! On Friday she told us that she wasn't going to do it, but after a good spiritual lesson with her, she felt ready and her doubts were resolved. Her name is Eneyda.

The other baptism was a man that was pretty much a member. He has gone to church every week since I've been in Jalapa. We thought that he was baptized over 20 years ago, so we wanted to ordain him to the Aaronic Priesthood. But when we looked for his records, they didn't appear. So we had to baptize him so he has  record and can receive the priesthood. He is pretty awesome. His name is Orlando.

On Sunday at church we had 27 people which is really good with a lot of recent converts there as well. Then after church we went to the river to baptize Eneyda and Orlando.

After the baptisms we went to lunch and then to call the family for mothers day! It was pretty awesome.

After the call home, we went to visit a recent convert named Daysi. While talking with her, it started to rain really hard with thunder and lightning, when all of the sudden all of the lights go out in all of Jalapa. So we finished there, and when there is a blackout here it is kind of dangerous, so Elder Ruiz and I ran home which was a 20 minute walk or like 5 mins running in the pouring rain in a blackout. It was actually pretty fun, and a good story for later in life!

Well, that's all for this week,

-Elder Taylor

Me, Eneyda, Orlando, Elder Ruiz at the baptism

A little puppy named Pantera (Panther)

Jalapa at 4:45am

A plantain more than double the size of my hand!


A couple of videos First of a parrot and the second of a puppy