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, February 22, 2010

Doing Pretty Good

i am doing pretty good, the weather here has been pretty mild the past couple days, on saturday i thought i was going to get sun burnt with the warmth that was coming from the sun. Not having to tract is very good, depending on the area, in Georgetown we had 4 people get baptized because we had to tract but we have been getting a good amount of member referrals this past few weeks. we haven't had too many media referrals lately but we are trying to follow up with people that had requested items in the past specifically ones that requested copies of the Book of Mormon to see if they had an opportunity to read it and if they want to learn more.
Elder Earl the senior couple in the office called me and asked about the bike this past week he said he would try to sell it to the new missionaries that will be coming in. I find out what mission i will be probably june 31st, President Robbins said it would be just a normal transfer and that he would be the one making the decision.
Tonight we will be talking about faith i think...we'll be reading the stories about the Liahona, Ammon, and The Brother of Jared. We'll read the stories then have the class members draw what they think it would have looked like then show the pictures from the gospel art book.
Mike is doing well, he was able to come to church yesterday so he just has to come 3 more times then he can get baptized. thats fine if you send a present i don't really care. They are having a boy and naming him Zane Tyler.
Where is preston going?
We have dinner appointments maybe once or twice a week. Mainly members have us over, we don't have any new investigators but we should get 2 new ones on tuesday. We don't have any snow right now, its pretty warm and nice. we didn't really get a whole lot in Georgetown, just cold and windy.
I hope all is well
Love
Elder Taylor Call

Monday, February 15, 2010

A Good Valentine's Day

i did have a good valentines day, i did get the package. i like that heating pad, it has an automatic shut off so i won't have to worry about it burning me or my feet getting hot. thanks for getting me katy's address.
Our Book of Mormon class is going well, last week we read 3 nephi 11 then we watched the testiments. it was alright, the storyline in the movie doesn't really catch up with the Book of Mormon until the very end so it could have been better. Tonight we are going to talk about how The Book of Mormon answers the questions of the soul. We're going to give everyone a pass along card with a question and a pass along card that correspond. (Does God answer prayers? Enos 1 with the Book of Mormon pass along card.) Mike is able to come every week, we mostly made the class for him so it goes pretty well. His wife's name is sydney, she just barely turned 19 or is about to and is expecting in about 3 months.
It sounds like Stake Conference is going to be good, during my interview with President Robbins on friday he told me that a member of the Seventy called him this past week and asked him if he would be attending Stake Conference. Stake Conference isn't until April...
Will you get on my old myldsmail account and there is a folder named sharings or something like that, its the email we get from President Robbins each week, i was wondering if you would print those out, they didn't get transfered to my new account. the screen name is skylax17.
Things are going well, but it continues to snow and our trucks continue to stay grounded. Hope the weather is nice in utah.
love
Elder Taylor Call

Monday, February 8, 2010

Not Much Snow

we didn't get that much snow much 4 inches at the most, my shoes never really got wet and i for sure do not need any boots. we can wear boots but that have to get approved by President Robbins. Our trucks didn't get grounded thankfully, they put salt on the roads but i think that, that is about it.Can you see if you can get a girls address for me, her name is katie, she graduated in 07' try to find her in the skyliner and facebook.
will you get the church news on saturday the 13th? thats when they are going to announce all the changes.when they close missions it saves alot of money i think that is one of the main reasons why.
i did get the package, thank you for the cake, tie, calendar, and pillow case.you'll probabley get some pictures next monday for sure.that's pretty cool about the baptism, where did the family move to?Mike is doing really well, he has to work on sundays but he was able to fast while he was at work and it still doing amazing and jim is still kinda just there, he's a little stubborn...hope all is going well
love
elder taylor call

Monday, February 1, 2010

This Week Was Good

This week was good, elder beck has only been out 9 months and hasn't had any leadership assignments up to this point so there is a lot that he is trying to adjust to and learn. i'll look for the package, atleast this won't be one of those 9 month things...
i did email them from the library, i'll email you pictures from the wedding next week.
our investigators are doing good, the wedding was pretty good. the service was 12 minutes exactley, nice and short.
we're not supposed to email other missionaries but see if you can get his address where he is or see if he was able to get the letter i sent him. i heard that davey got called to germany but not to the same mission.
saturday at zone leader council president Robbins gave trainings indirectly about the change in the mission. i kinda hope im in columbus...
for service we deliever mail and flowers at the hospital here, it's alright, its not that affective as far as getting people to teach.
we are both zone leaders
things in common? we're still working on that, he's pretty much the total opposite of elder taylor...he served in adams county(where the kid you picked up from the airport is from)
i just wear my normal shoes in the snow.
hope all is going well, give the baby a kiss from me.
does this mean i have to get a new plaque with my picture on it?
love
elder taylor call