Mission Scripture

Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever.

Alma 26:12



Missionaries

Missionaries
Elder Taylor & Hermana Meryl

MTC

MTC
Goodbye at the MTC

About Me

I am a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The Ohio Cincinnati Mission was dissolved and I have been reassinged to the West Virginia Charleston Mission. I am currently serving in Salem, Virginia. I am enjoying sharing the gospel. It is wonderful to watch people's lives change as they accept the gospel. I have learned that the Lord always listens to us and answers our prayers. I have enjoyed helping people. The service that I have given has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my mission.















Monday, July 27, 2009

News from Georgetown

dear mom,
yes i do remember trek, i mainly just remember going into the outhouses to sweat alot so i could wipe the dirt off my arms. we watched a couple movies off of the church history dvds. on saturday we had a hog roast and did pioneer activites and things like that. friday morning i was having a hard time focusing on my studies because all i was thinking about was the parade that morning and things like that.
having my line of authority would be nice, especially since i have never seen it before...
at the activety zone conference we mainly just played sports, (football, volleyball, basketball, google cornhole)
if i get some time i'll probably write jaes a letter today.
shari's confirmation was yesterday, it went well...hopefully that is always the answer when you ask about something like that.
how is grandpa vern doing? thanks for the card from the cabin party
hope everything is going well
love
elder taylor call

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Monday, July 20, 2009

We Had a Baptism

i am doing good, i don't feel much like emailing but i will do my best.
Bishop little baptized her and brother neitzel will be confirming her next sunday. brother schenk and sister coleman spoke. ben came. the parvinos are the only investigators that stayed for the baptism but we had 7 investigators at sacrament meeting.
i think the parvinos are getting close to baptism, we will probably committ them in the upcoming week. zone conference was 2 weeks ago and we are going on exchanges tomorrow.
what did jaes speak on? im glad i wasn't in the mtc for more than 3 weeks, i would rather be out serving people than sitting in a class room. i have no idea about scott.
i always email meryl so im not sure what she's talking about, i email her every week...
im pretty sure the clothes are on their way to idaho falls, i put marci's address and phone number on the box so hopefully they will contact her about that in the next few days.
hope everything is going well.
love elder taylor call

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Upcoming Baptism

hi everyone,
nothing too exciting has happened this past week, mostly just getting everything finished for sheri's baptism this weekend. everything else beside that is going well. how is/ was washington? how was the tetons? marci i might have some people visiting our ward from idaho falls bring some stuff back with them so you might need to go to their house or something. it'll be a box with clothes and other things that i don't really need so i'll hopefully be able to get that sent back with them. marc- how is the tour going? how is lance doing?
well i hope everything is going well and owen is staying out of trouble, you'll have to send me some pictures next week of the trip and i will send you pictures from the baptism.
love
elder taylor call

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

4th of July

hi mommm
thats funny that you saw those people at the fireworks that i would have called white trash. we didn't really do anything fun for the 4th. just tracted alot but just in the afternoon, we avoided doing it at night time when people would be doing family stuff.
thats fun that you are going to washington, that was pretty fun last year, ( i just looked over as i was typing this and saw a twilight poster.)
i called president robbins last monday and asked him if it would be alright if we emailed monday because our library is closed on tuesday and he said that would be fine and so we did our email on monday.
sheri's baptism is july 19th, her baptismal interview is tonight. we haven't seen the fusons in a few months. they were too lazy but they know its true so thats too bad for them.
i got the talk last monday, right after i had sent the email. i have gotten quite a few ties from the salvation army and goodwill, the salvation army has ties for 50 cents but they dont always have good polyester ones. i have traded some with elder yates and elder steimenger.
hope everything is going well and that you have fun in washington
love
elder taylor call