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, July 27, 2010

Another Flood

the flood this past week is much worse than the other flood.
there were atleast 2 deaths. one lady was washed 6 miles from where her trailor settled.
im being transfered to buena vista, va.
elder smiths homecoming is august 29th at 11 a.m.
he goes home in 3 weeks.
glad the homecoming went well, just no crying in 6 months from now.
its scary i only have 4 transfers left.
i love you
elder taylor call

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

"Team" I Am

well i've been thinking about it quite a bit the past day or two and noticed how "team" i am, not really liking to do things alone. One thing that has helped me the most on my mission is knowing that meryl is doing the exact same thing. i'm sure i'll talk about that more when i get home.
last night we had a really good lesson with bonny, we talked about studying the scriptures everyday. most people think reading from the scriputes has to be a really big process and they feel overwhelmed and aren't able to do it. we committed her to read one or two verses everyday and to build from there. you can only feast on the scriptures one bite at a time.
we're in the same district with ashland and portsmouth.
i think i come home like the 21st ish of feb.
the past week or so i've kinda not really struggling but adjusting faster. with the change i felt like it changed then everything was fine, i think maybe the change is more of a gradual process than anything.
i love you
elder taylor call

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Elder Call & Elder Smith


Baptism Day


Elders Call & Smith with Matthew


Florida Gators

someone call my parents or mer bear and tell them to buy me a florida gators t shirt size XL while they are there
thank you
go gators
go tim tebow
go broncos
elder taylor call
i love you owen

22 Lessons and a New Investigator

we had a very good week, we taught 22 lessons and found a really promising new investigator. last night president and sister thornock came teaching with us and we had a really good visit with bonny (the new investigator). he let us borrow this book about tracting and how much we can really bennefit from it.
the transfers are different now too, i come home 2 weeks later. i think its week 4 right now. Our district was dissolved so im no longer district leader but i think i might be training next transfer...we'll see what happens...
Last saturday there was a child baptism in the branch and we were invited to be in the confirmation. it was really such an amzing experience. from my shoulder down to my hand where it was on matthew's head i could feel the spirit so strong. i felt it really strong from the hand that was on my shoulder as well, just on that side of my body, it was awesome.
hope trip is fun, buy me a florida gator shirt XL
love you
elder taylor call

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Love the Mission

how are you? did you have gluten free pancakes on saturday with the baby? where did he sleep? my shoe lace on the other shoe is about to break pretty soon, i hope the sole makes it through a few more months.
i love mission. i'm district leader again. elder taylor is in my district.
sherri probably won't be getting baptized. her health hasn't allowed us to teach her so it will be pushed back until we can teach her.
how is rhett doing?
most of the weight im trying to get rid of is from the food we ate during the flood, i got up to 215+ and now i'm around 206, im trying to get to 195. Elder smith goes home next transfer.
Our most recent new investigator is jacklynn, she's like 24ish. she was on the branch directory so we thought she was a member but she's not so that's how we found her.
wrove you
elder taylor call