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.















Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Going By Pretty Fast

time is going by pretty fast, thats pretty funny for meryl that she has to be on a bike, actually thats pretty crappy. the leaves were really pretty in pikeville this past weekend when i was on exchanges but they aren't that great here in martin. i'll have to see how they are down in hazard on tuesday for exchanges.
i'll see what i can do for pictures of me and elder johnson. week 6 district meeting is when we take pictures of all of the elders in the district.
it was very chilly in georgetown but they say its not that bad here becuase of the hills so we'll see what happens. i should be fine as far as clothing goes but if it starts to get cold i'll just go to the tractor supply store and buy some stuff. stuff for christmas, ties from missionary mall probably would be fine. my suit cases are pretty full right now so please no big things that i would have to carry around, maybe music cds would be good.
the package arrived fine so that was all good with that. why would they take grandpa home? the house and stairs would be downgrading. i can't wait to talk to him about horses and rodeos again.
i have done one baptismal interview thus far and i'll be doing another one hopefully soon for hazard. we have district meeting every tuesday from 11 to 12:30. this past week the assistants came and did a training but usually it is just us.
im not sure what will happen sunday night, im not planning on anyone being transfered but we will see what happens.
love
elder taylor call

Monday, October 19, 2009


It's Getting Cold

things are going well, its starting to get cold here, the high this past week was probably mid 50's. im gonna start looking for some sheepskin gloves/ mittens to keep my hands warm.
most of the lessons we taught were to the same investigators, i wish we taught 20 lessons to 20 different people, probably 13 of them were to non members then the other ones were to less active members.
i haven't had my flu shot yet but we probably will soon, alot of our investigators are sick so it would probably be a good idea. i haven't cooked the steaks that you sent me but i have cooked some that were in the freezer in our apartment, maybe i'll cook one of them today. how many of the pass along cards with the family on it do you want?
thanks for sending the books, i'll be keeping my out for it. thats pretty cool that you got to watch that broadcast. i remember meeting the temple president and how he talked about president monson, i made a promise with him after he walked us to the room where the session is held. how was the bridal shwer? welll i hope that everything is going well, grandma told me how you took grandpa peach cobbler and max was there? do you know how chance is doing?
love
elder taylor call

Monday, October 12, 2009



The Fair

saturday night we had a booth at a fair and this girl walked up to us and is like "do you have any rosaries" and we said no, but "we have lots of free videos". then she looks at me and smiles and says "does your religion let you have girlfriends?" me "yes..." her "do you have one?" me" no..." her "are you looking for one?" me "no...." then she walked away. it was probably the funniest thing ever...too bad she wasn't fly

A Very Busy and Productive Week

we had a very busy and productive week this week, we were able to teach 20 lessons for the first time this transfer, one of the apostles promised that if we teach 20 lessons each week of the transfer we will have a baptism each transfer.
things with freddie are going well, he came to church yesterday and stayed for the first 2 hours, he excommunictaed himself after he and his wife got divorced but he came yesterday, we've talked alot with him about doing whats right and let the consequence follow. his wife is active so hopefully he won't fall away becuase she is there.
thats good that nothing too bad happened to the boat, if the hub cap wouldn't have came off you wouldn't have known anything was wrong so sometimes we're shown what needs to be fixed.
thanks for getting me those addresses.
thats good that dad got to take chairs down after conference, i hated doing that. how far of a drive is it from brigham to ogden? do they know where the temple is going to be? west side of I-80? thats dumb that the bograffs might be moving (make sure to tell jeff i said that) i don't remember who the oh do the highlands live on sugarloaf? thats good that sister olsen is doing better.
i hope everything is going well, thanks for the letter.
love elder taylor call

Monday, October 5, 2009

General Conference

president robbins said that we should look for new housing but there was alot of drama that went on this week with it so we will probably be staying in the same place.
we watched conference at the church, we had an investigator come who is an excommunicated member that has the desire to be at church but doesn't have someone to push him to be there. did dad watch priesthood session? marci would change the channel on the remote when things are getting intense...she always does that. thats pretty weird there are going to put a temple in brigham city, im just very puzzled with that location. did you watch elder hollands talk? the book of mormon that he was holding looked really cool, with the black cover and gold lettering. all the talks saturday morning about the spirit i thought were really good. then preisthood was reallly good as well. im not sure about elder dastrup, i've heard of him but im not sure if i have met him yet.
thats good that byu is winning, however i really could care less at this point, i have more important things i need to be filling my mind with. i do like the ananlogy.
i hope everything is going well, when are the bosgraffs having their kid? what else has been gonig on in the ward?
hope everything is going well
love elder taylor call