ha it wasnt a big deal my glands in my neck were just golf ball size for a week or so and some elders told me i should get checked for diabetes. everything is all good and i am alive with normal glands. i didnt get any meds though. no i dont have any vitaman c but if i remember il buy some soon. i was just tired and to be honest not in the mood to stare at a computer haha i was ready to just do my own thing and chill and not worry about anything. sorry about that mondays are my sit back and relax days, we are riding an average of maybe 40 miles a day which in all reality isnt that much but it feels like a bunch and after a week of that i dont wanna do much. i wasnt sick so no worries there. oh mom i have a talk that you need to listen to by john by the way called rough start great finish, i love it and i think you would too.i remembered it when you said about your instructor saying oh dont you think you can handle it. she is in for a suprise ha im pretty sure there isnt anything that MY mom cant handle! how dare her say anything like that.im super glad that you and Shelly go to the temple and what not i knew when i challenged you to do it that it would bless your life alot and that your weeks would be better and i can tell that they have just by your letters, ha whether you know it or not even the way you write has changed. i can tell that your a little more relaxed and not as stressed, that your testimony of Gods hand is in all of our lives and how perfect his plan is. Even the way that you decide about giving your children permission to do things and what not, its kinda hard to explain but i know its been a really good thing and i am glad that shelly is doing it too.sounds like its been a week long holiday haha but a super fun one non the less. there has been stuff going on like crazy here and its nuts. are you all going door to door tonight? wow thats so awesome madeline wrote her own talk and gave it, im super proud! i almost choked when i read KaLee went to RS... she isOLD! that blows my mind! so the area is really good, the boundries are still the same but we are going to get permission to teach the guy that comes to church and teach him all this week and then set a baptismal date probably for 2weeks later, im super excited!!! ok so this family im so excited, they come to english classes and what not and church. we werent able to teach them a whole lot cuz the branch had a ton goin on and they went to EVERY activity it was semi frustrating but awesome too ha (mixed feelings) but we have a lesson with them on wednesday and we are going to set baptismal dates with all of them!!! im so stinkin stoked!!!!!!!!!!!!! this branch is goin crazy cuz they had forgotten what investigators were and what it was like to have them come to church haha its so great! a cool spiritual experience was saturday night, it was transfer news and my comp is getting transfered ,btw, so i was just prayin and i was like ok please listen to this prayer i need a good companion that i will get along with and we will work super hard and get these people baptized and that it will be a good transfer. as i said amen our phone rings and its the rest of transfer news and i was gonna find out who i was getting, idk if you remember me talking about elder tuttle from my mtc district but we are going to be comps and we are like super cool and idk it was definately the answer and the comp i think i needed for this transfer! another super cool thing was at church we told the new family that my comp was gonna leave and she was like well i have some good news for you then before you go and she says you 2 have made such an impression on my son (16years old) that told me that he wants to be a missionary and i told him ok well we are still learning and stuff but if thats what will make you happpy later ok and he says i know it will make me happy! wow my heart was pounding really hard and im pretty sure i had a smile on my face that went from ear to ear! so schedule is 620 wake up run and then shower and eat. 8 personal study 9 comp study 10 is language study. haha and you were asking about weight yes i have gained... i am 175-178 haha varies from dayto day... yes i got the package from you, thank you soooo much!!! ha everyone hammered the candy and im pretty sure they had my oreos eaten in like 10 minutes. im super glad you heard from bub and jose, you will have to get me bubs address cuz he wrote me and he leaves the mtc before my letter can get to him there. i havnt heard from jose in a while but it sounds like he is good and im super duper glad! i am so proud of all those guys well i hope its been a good week and i hope you have another good week! i love you all and dont get too cold ;) ha cuz i wont, pretty sure it still hits 100 some days. be safe and i will email again in 1week haha. love taylor

Teaching a new family this week!

hahaha im sorry im bad with sending pictures and everything, i hardly take them. i dont ever feel like I have time! sorry today is going to be short i really am just not feelin like writing much im bein super lazy...
that is so crazy chandler is home i remember when he just left and his farewell and everything haha time goes so stinkin fast i cant even believe it. ok so i just have one super cool story to tell you all and il call it good cuz im bein flojo. so on tuesday we had english class and we went a few minutes early and my comp was talkin to this guy that helps and this lady pokes her head in the doors and so i go over and talk to her and she goes there is a family that just came from mexico that want to come to church and to english classes. i was like ok and asked for the address and she didnt have it so i just gave her all the information i could think of and she left. that was in my mind all week and i wanted to go like search for this family but i didnt have enough info. so sunday comes and before church we were out visitiin people and we got to the church and after a bit the first classes end and i see this family i have never seen before and this member comes up and goes hey this is their first time here, they are a family of 7!!!! we will start teaching them this week!!!! its was the most non members the branch has had at church in over a year!!! it was soooooooo awesome!!! welp thats my story and im reallly excited and il let ya know how everrything goes.

To answer your questions... sometimes i think you love me when i get letters and stuff but sometimes no.... haha! no just kidding of course i know you love me and i really hope you all know i love you all, i know im bad at writing and im super sorry for that but i really do love you all and think about you!
well i gotta run.

love taylor

So busy!

im so sorry i have like 0 time today cuz we had a zone activity and went hikin it was way fun but toook sooooo long and yeah we are just barely emailing. so we dont have any solid investigators anymore, they all kinda bailed on us and we are back to looking. we have one guy that comes to our church and english classes but lives outside of the area which makes things difficult. so since we cant teach him he cant be our investigator but our boundries might be getting changed so we can. we can only hope.so i have learned alot this week about all sorts. i have learned alot about faith and prayer, i continually learn about the atonement and the amzing power it has. haha elder carrillo crashed on his bike and that was pretty funny and today when we were hiking elder scherbel rpped his shorts. ha i think i may also continue to shave my head like dad does cuz it feels really good. i still havnt had a schance to listen to my birthday tape, i tried to find a tape player but couldnt, life is so busy i dont have time to do or think or really anything about anything. sorry i gotta run though its short i know but i got a ton to do!

love taylor

PS.pops im not gonna lie i really needed that encouragement. the Lord did send me to this area for a reason and i can break it open... i saw a service master truck here and i laughed and said dad is probably in one of those right now! im glad you got to get out and do some huntin with the boys, we will have to get lots next year for sure! well i gotta run i love ya lots dad and i am very grateful for you!

bah i was super stressed out about KaLee cuz no one could get a hold of her and what not. haha im definately ok with a package haha i havnt been getting like any mail lately kinda stinks but i knew it would happen sooner or later. oh man the boys went hunting, il be able to go next year with them haha il be able to see ryker shoot his first deer! im definately looking forward to gettin thier letters. thats so crazy he wore my coverals i never thought he would ever be able to fit into them but sounds like he is really growin up! oh my maddy will win royalty she is the most beautiful girl! :) when i read where has all the time gone i thought of the song that i used to sing with gramps. where have all the flowers gone long time passing, where have all the flowers gone long time ago.where have all the flowers gone, gone to young girls everyone when will they ever learn when will they ever learn. its funny how certain things trigger thoughts and memories.dont worry about your stuff tonight it will go great! it will be really a neat experience i think. just go in ready to learn haha its kinda like a greenie goin to his trainer :) i did see austin, his 2nd day here. why did he go home do you know?that makes me sad but hey elder neely will be here in a month! im so excited!!! HOLY COW my bub is goin in to the mtc in 2 days! i love that kid and im super duper proud of him!!!! so visiting navuoo im so down IF we get permission from his president. i think i want to fly home, it will give me closure i think if not i think i would feel a bit wierd. idk i always wanted to fly home anyway... so let me tell you about my sunday. we go to church, we had invited a few people and we have all our classes first then sacrament so we get through all the classes and we are about to go into sacrament and this guy shows up. one of the nicest and funniest guys ever but we had one person in sacrament! im hoping and almost positive he will get baptized and it will be the first one that they have had in this branch in over a year! it was an amazing sunday! so im glad everyone is doing well and there isnt any problems or anything. i hope that everyone is studyin thier scriptures and going to the temple still too. i love you all and cant wait to get all your letters.
love taylor

ps will you look for a a cd from a band called ryan shupe and the rubber band oh man i cant go to the temple when lup goes im sad.... oh well maybe another time i guess.

Conference was amazing!

haha mom its ok that you cried, i dont really mind it anymore ha. confrence was absolutely amazing, i loved the talk about the guy that was swimming and the life gaurds had warned him but he went out anyway. the life guard watched him and went out and waited for him to call for help. he was right there right when he needed it though. that is exactly how Heavenly father and Jesus work they are always ready to help but they are waiting for our call. the 5 dollar story and the prayer. so great i love general confrence now its so crazy how much its changed for me. the father talk about loving mothers also wow that really hit home, i always need to be an example and didnt realize i guess that the way that i would treat my wife would help my daughter determine the husband she chooses. its crazy my decisions and actionsaffect alot more than just me. we watched at a stake center. im so glad you got to see elder klien, i know that he was very happy to see you. i heard from him today also and it was nice. i miss that guy but he sounds like he is doin awesome. so is KaLee's friend that she is coming to AZ with a member? if not i might be able to see if i can set up a lesson with them...anyway we shall see i guess. emotion bowl, blue posts again haha about time!!! how is jose doin, i havnt heard from him in a while. so the roads i gave you was just our area haha not my zone, my zone boundries are waaaaaaay bigger. i do live outside my zone though. we live on the southeast corner there is a pool in thebackyard and we live in the pool house haha. we dont teach many lessons cuz there isnt many hispanics in the area. we found a few potentials though and im hoping to have at least 1 baptism by the time i leave. they havnt had one here for over a year..... im gonna do it tho. ok so i gotta run but i love you lots and miss you a bunch! oh the santa thing, tell santa to hold on to his money for when i get back cuz im gonna have clothes and all sorts of stuff to buy for school... just take pics of the fam and send that i like seein everyone. il try and be better with pics, im just always so busy i dont even think about it. anyway love you all!!! Love, Elder Stosich