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, November 30, 2010

It's Great

the mission is great, the past 2 weeks were able to meet our goal for finding new people to teach (3 each week). we have some really good potential people. on like saturday...we were tracting and we knocked on a guys door and he was reallly friendly to us, i thought he was a member. he told us that "his wife, well me too, have been intrested in learning more abou the mormon church." his wife's brother is a member of the church in north carolina and they're real intrested. mike moody will hopefully be baptized soon. on friday we started teaching garrett dillon. his mom is a member and is working her way back to activity. so we taught him friday and then saturday he came to a baptism then sunday he came to church. (i've never had that happen before.) things are getting better everyday, i really love salem.
today its raining, i would hate to be riding my bike in the snow.

so if you recall, there is a member in the hebron ward that worked for Ford. he told me while i was there that he gets a really good discount on the cars and that he would get me a discount (i wrote him while i was in olive hill to make sure that was still the case, it is.) also as you know car dealerships have to pay taxes on the cars on their lots if they don't sell before the new year. i was wondering if you could contact him and see what he can do so i will be able to have a car when i come home.

i love you
elder taylor call

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Thanksgiving Day

i got the packy, the cranberries were delish. i really liike the little picture books that you make. thank you.
we won't go tracting today. we just got back from playing football and now we're emailing and then at 2 we're going to eat.
i'll try out and see what happens. if i make it i'll stay then if i don't i may transfer to byu-sl and play lacrosse at byu. i will be coming home on january 16. i know it will be pretty crazy but we'll make it happen. tell mer to go up to pc tonight and buy me a jacket from the skate boarding store. they're really nice jackets like 2 for $20.
i love you
elder taylor call
xoxoxox

i did get the package, i also got the first package that the popcorn came in this week.
we played football with a group of missionaries and some members. we are struggling being able to teach our investigators consistently. we weren't able to see justice or sherry. mike is doing really well, he comes to church every week. he's really coming along and will hopefully be baptized in the coming weeks.
does owen still sing the batman song? what has he done new in the past little while?
i give you permission to sign me up, if i don't like it i will make the best out of it then transfer at the end of the semester. everything will be worked out. were you able to talk to the lady at admissions again?
i got a check for the other bike, i sent it home a while ago.
i love you
thanks for all you do for us.
elder taylor call

Monday, November 15, 2010

Don't Worry

don't worry, i am staying focused. when i come home its not the end, its only the beginning. salem is doing really well, so far since i've been here i've lost 8 pounds, i weigh 204. we were able to find some good investigators this past week. one of which, Justice, he's 13, his grandmother, mother, and sister are all members but he is not. he was taught in the past and has a really great understanding of the gospel. he taught us about the entire life of Jesus Christ and has a lot of potential. mike will hopefully be baptized soon, we're not sure when yet. we had a lesson with sherry on thursday that went alright, she had a hard time believing that Christ created the earth and not God. we're still working with her and her husband is pretty certain that she'll be baptized.
i'll look for the package. i'll probably go to snow in january, it feels alot better than going to the Y. do you have any other thoughts about it? (for christmas i would like a laptop with a camera so we can skype while i am away, an external hard dirve, and what ever else shelly can provide. maybe something metal with 4 wheels?)
we'll be having thanksgiving dinner with the cooks, they live 20 feet away from us. this coming week i'm looking forward to finding more people to teach and losing more weight.
did you go to the baby's birthday party?
i love you
elder taylor call

Monday, November 8, 2010

Baptisms

i fasted that we would be able to have baptisms this month and the next. i'm pretty confident that we will have "names for the numbers" and have a "white christmas" in the mission. mike was the only one able to make it to church today and he should be baptized before the end of this month. sherri works late on saturdays and we weren't able to meet with her this past week. we have some really good potential and hope to see many baptisms.
how many temples do they still do live sessions? i really want to go to the old temples and experience them.
what are they doing for his birthday?
where did you get the cabinet from? cottonwood? did brent dial come and hang out at the house? i can't believe i remember his name...
this past week has been freezing and riding our bikes doesn't make it any better. we almost went back to the house to put thermals on. doesn't dad have full length thermals?
how is the search going in finding me a wife?
i love you
elder taylor call

Monday, November 1, 2010

The 801

we'll see you in the 801, we can go on trip. not in the summer. i hate humidity.
i want my bike, im pretty sure they send us on delta.
One night in Lexington we ate with the stake presidents daughter's family. he told her when she was younger, "don't start with plan B." as you know growing up i always wanted to play college football. i kind of desire doing that, trying to walk on to byu and be the long snapper, (the one that gets the ball to the punter when they punt and when they kick the field goals.) if that doesn't work out, play lacrosse, however i want to play division I but i'm not going to play on sundays so we'll see where that goes. #3 go in to the coast guard and or search and rescue.
that are my plans.

not much time but we're doing really good
we had 2 investigators at church, mike and sherri. catherine kinda dropped us...
we have zone conference wed and we're finding a lot of new people to teach
the Lord is truely blessing us right now
i love you all
elder taylor call