Lots of Teaching

haha so im glad that your trip went well, i knew that it would be good for both you and dad but also grandma and grandpa. they would do all that stuff while you were gone, they are such great people and do such amazing things. im glad you got some sun too, we get it EVERY day haha.

my week was pretty good, i had lots of meetings, we went to the temple, had to go to the dmv so my companion could get a licence (which i have no idea how he got but il talk about that later) it was a crazy week kind of a long one that went fast if that makes any sense what so ever.

so we are teaching quite a bit but its hard to find people that really want to progress, almost everyone will listen to you but when it comes to reading or acting on their answers to prayers they dont want to do it. the investigators that had to get married didnt and wont be baptized for a while... it is super sad and i am definately disappointed and upset. its rough... we are finding new people each day though so its ok we will find those that are prepared.

apartment living, really isnt bad BUT we live the "law of consecration" ,which i just put an end to for me and them eating my food, which is everyone cant eat what ever and i am out of money cuz i buy the things that i need and eat each week but there is an elder who doesnt buy anything and eats all my stuff and well what ever he wants and i am not havin that anymore.

DL stuff is good not really that hard i enjoy it cuz i get to serve the other elders more. still waiting to do a baptismal interview which will be exciting.

the only dogs here i swear are Chihuahuas and i hate them and if they chase me i kick them if they get close enough, but normally they dont get that close haha.

i excersise every morning we have a gym at our apartment complex so thats nice. i eat pretty good too, healthy wise ha at least for breakfast and lunch.

i felt the spirit the most on saturday night, we were in a lesson and we were going to talk about faith and we got going and my companion was saying what i was thinking and afterwards he told me that i was saying what he was thinking so it was really cool. way sweet lesson and the guy was the only one who came to stake confrence the next day which made me super happy.

i am in a branch that is almost a ward.

phoenix is the scary part of AZ like LA of california. its not quite that bad and im not in the worst area but i still see at least 25 to 30 cops in the areas we go which isnt too bad.

now for driving and funny stories. the fact they gave my comp a liscence is funny. he is the WORST driver ever! i almost died within the first hour he drove... he ran a stop sign and a redlight and bought ran into the wall of the on ramp of the freeway... its is absolutely terrible and i dont know what to do cuz i dont want to make him feel bad but i am gonna die of a heart attack if i let him keep driving. my heart hurts it pounds so hard. idk its somthing i gotta figure out.

not much else new except for this transfer is almost over, we find out what will happen this saturday. we did go hit some golf balls today, which is something i think i will take up is golfing. its enjoyable and i have accepted the fact of no more baseball. OH speaking of baseball at 3 i will be at a pro players house hangin out! pretty sweet! anyway il add some pics of me and the elders i went on exchanges with and my companion.

E. Lake E.Paschoalini me and E. Schrei

i hope all is well i love you all and hope you have a good week!
love taylor

great zone conference

i really liked that peom/scripture. ummmm i dont have my address... we are in an apartments and i dont even know what number i just know how to get to it haha, but no worries.

as for all this hub bub of getting in trouble and what not.... that is not like madeline and i do not like it at all. hmmmm what can we do about that cuz thats not gonna fly with me this stayin out late and what not... maybe she will learn by not havin her phone... guess we will see.

this whole TVCC thing blew my mind. i would love for her to play but at the same time i want to go to school with her. i honestly dont know where i wanna stay if klien or KaLee dont go. the thought of college is still kinda weird to me, i gotta find a job asap to when i get there cuz it sounds like im gonna have to figure out how to buy a car as well as help pay for school cuz im not making anyone pay for all of my schooling unless its a scholarship which in this moment in time i dont have any. so when i get closer to coming home il have you look for jobs there that i can apply for. idk how i feel, im super excited but worried at the same time. i have lots of time left before that all comes though.

sorry my letter is gonna have to be shorter than i thought, we email in a community college and its a joke here today they have all sorts of valetnines stuff goin on and i dont like it at all...

sounds like you got alot goin on there with sports and traveling and all that fun stuff ha im super glad that your all havin fun and doin good. i will write bub cuz that worriees me, i need joses address so i can write him as well. i emailed keg and it sounds like he is doing well he has grown alot i can see that. im so happy brandon is planning on going still!

so this week was pretty good i went on exchanges twice, which was fun. 2 of our investigators are getting married today and baptized on the 25th so that is super awesome! i really like this area but its also really tough. there are TONS of people you can teach but most dont progress, that is the hardest thing. umm tuesday was my favorite cuz we had a zone confrence and i learned alot, it was also the day i felt the spirit the most from all the things that i learned and i dont know if you remember elder pierson from canada that was my companion a while back, anyway he went home and he gave his testimony and it was way awesome. i learned alot from him and it was weird to see him go cuz he had as much time as i do now when we were comps. favorite thing about the area is the amount of hispanics cuz i can actually speak spanish with people and maybe il be good by the time i get home ha. yeah i write in my journal and i work out every morning. yes i love the weather, i go to the temple in 2 weeks... anyway i gotta go, i love you all so much and i will look forward to your valentines!!!

love taylor

Love the new area!

HAHAHA wow lots of questions this week.my comps name is elder paschoalini (pass qwa lee nee) and he is cool, he is from brazil and has been out about 6 months. the area is HUUUUUUUGE but yes we have a car and it makes life a little bit easier but its still tough. i love the area here, i have had some awesome experiences here already with teaching and the spirit being strong and just its cool. so i wont lie leaving was tough cuz i love the members there in tierra rica but i was definately happy to leave to cuz we didnt teach much there cuz of the lack of hispanics but there is not a lack of them here. i love it we teach quite a bit and there is always people to talk to. my responsibilities as a DL is i now have to worry about the other 4 elders and their investigators now, not just me and my companion and ours. we live in an apartment with our ZLS. i did get a GPS thank you so much cuz i really needed it. i did get my package thank you i loved it, i love getting homemade stuff its the best.
i think my best day this week was wednesday cuz we got to the area and i put a few things away ate lunch and we were off. we went and taught some way sweet lessons and the spirit was way strong in one of them, we taught the restoration and it was just way strong. we do have investigators, in fact we have a baptism this saturday!!! he is way cool and ready, he has taken discussions for a long time and now is finally getting baptized. there is alot of potential in this area and i am super excited cuz i am hoping by the time i leave it will be a ward! there are plenty of people to teach so it should be possible.
i cannot believe that jose is half way.... i remember when he left i had 6 months... that is sooooooo crazy. it really sounds like stuff is normal at home haha. the sports have begun haha open gyms and everything. its gonna become run run run once again. THEY ARE HAVING A BOY!!! wow when is she due? its gotta be before i get home haha im sooooo excited cuz i will have a little baby to hold at home. we see them all the time and we cant hold little kids and it kills me. haha one of my not favorite rules. any way im glad all is well and that its all normal at home. you think grandma and grandpa will come down for months? wow.
president ellsworth wrote you about me being DL? ha thats pretty cool, im definately glad for your guys support cuz i wouldnt be able to do any of this stuff. its not gonna be too much different i will just have more time to serve different people.

well all is well here and i am about out of time so i love you all and thanks for everything you guys do and i love you all sooooooooo much!

love taylor

I want to be obedient

well sounds like a busy day there as well as for me here. i am being
transfered to the paradise valley zone as a district leader. it is a
long ways away and its in phoenix so im finally leaving mesa haha. its
really exciting cuz i will be district leader and i will have a car
but i am definately nervouse to go and do it. my companion is from
brazil and has been here like 6 months. i cannot spell his name cuz
its crazy haha but he is a really good guy i have met him before so i
am excited.
now for all the buisness back home people are goin on missions
like crazy its sooooo awesome except i get home and everyone is still
gone... i cannot believe madeline driving on her own kinda scares me
lol. thats so awesome that bridger did so well and that olivia won her
game! they are definately my siblings!
ha yeah grandma was tellin me that they wanted to take me to dinner
and i just said that if they wanna call president they can and if he
says yes i am happy to go, i would love to see them but now more than
ever im trying to be more obedient. i want to become who the Lord
would have me be and i have to be an example for those around me. but
if president gives me permission then i am totally fine with it, but
if not then i wont go.
so i already told you about transfers and what not. not much happened
this last week but we had a really good lesson last night with a lady
that we have been working with. her son is a member but she isnt and
she knows it is true and we invited her to pray about it and ask God
if this was the true church and she says i cant ask that question. we
were really confused and i remember just feeling like i needed to say
some stuff and i did and she asked why do you know its true, what
happened to you and i just bore my testimony to her and the spirit was
SOOOOO strong and then after i did i invited her again and i invited
her to pray about it again and she said she would and i know that her
simple prayer will change her life.
the family that was gung ho just kinda disappeared, we passed by but
they never had time or didnt answer and we could hear them inside. i
dont really like to think about that... the weather is amazing! i love
it, its starting to warm up again and i cant wait to not have to wear
my jacket all the time haha.
anyway im glad all is well there makes me happy to hear about all that.
i love you all sooo much!!!

love taylor

The Spirit will direct us

thats sooooooo crazy that there is no snow... i can only imagine that
all the farmers are freaking out. grandma and grandpa are excited
haha.

wow i am sooooo proud that you are having FHE each week. thats really
awesome cuz we try and help people do it and so its nice to know that
my own family is too lol. im glad rykers knee isnt too bad and that he
is using a brace, he is just like me and it would kill him if he had
to drop sports. plus he is still so young and has alot of sports ahead
of him :) WOW 7 am swim meet that is crazy haha. im glad there is
more fish in the family haha i always talk about swimming or
wakeboarding or stuff about the water and everyone is like geeze you
were a fish werent you and i just laugh. RYKER was the MC, what a
stud! he is my brother :) im sure he did awesome! those kids are
really the best, we lucked out with such a great family.
haha sounds like a wild date night to me, what color did you paint it?
445 am that is ridiculous, i cannot believe that. too much stuff to
do! im soooo happy you and dad went to the temple together again :) it
makes me happy every time that i hear that!!!

i did get your letter and i wrote you one back so i wont say much
now but it was needed. dont feel like you let me down either cuz you
didnt. i was happy to get dads email today and it was good too.

Thats way cool aumberly is coming down she really likes the family.
she is definately a good friend from the mission.

my week was pretty good, i feel like they just go faster and faster
and i get less and less done... umm yes actually we did have some
progress with investigators, we have a new family of 6 but really only
3 or 4 are listening, anyway 3 came to church and then the whole
family went to the fireside with us last night and really liked it.
they are doin pretty good so it will be exciting to see what happens.

the time i felt the spirit the strongest was saturday night and it was
a super cool experience, anyway we decided to take out some young men
with us that have about a year until their mission and we went to an
investigator that we dropped bbut he called us so we decided to go. we
get there and he said a few things and then these 2 brothers who are
twins just start testifiying and holy cow the spirit was SOOOO strong!
they were saying things that were in my mind that needed to be said
and i cant even explain it. i was so proud of them, it was sweet but
this guy really just kind of wanted to bash, but there is a scripture
in the BOM that says that the spirit will direct us that we may
confound men in their words (something like that) and it was so cool
to see that happen cuz he would say something and each of us said
things that would make him think alot but the spirit was really strong
that night.

my BOM reading is good, i have restarted twice but i am in mosiah 20
in spanish and alma 7 in english. im reading them like at the same
time so we shall se how it goes, i really like it cuz i read it in
english and then i pick up the things i didnt when i read it in
spanish.

no really funny stories this week at least not that i can think of. it
was definately a pretty good week though.

i love you all and am so grateful for you!

love taylor

A Heaven sent question

so the sports are still going haha i remember those days when thats the reason we were running is cuz there was 5 practices to get to and not enough cars or time. thats so good that olivia is doing good. thats too bad about rykers knee too... put a brace on him and if he can play he can play if not well i guess he will have to figure something else out. he is a very determined kid.

those 2 boys are going to be something else when they get to school... girls are going to go CRAZY.

wow you have a very big goal, well the girls do to finish both of those. you can all do it though but you have to be like on each other all the time about it. support is a big key to completing goals. a staycation sounds like it would be fun and motivating to me. goals are the best but make sure you write them down and put them where you can see them cuz if not they just fall off the map. oh the little boys and not doing the animals, i wonder if they hate them as much as i did? i dont anymore which is funny, as a matter of fact we were at a persons house and they had chickens and a HUUUGE rooster and they said something about grabbing it and i was like yeah its not hard just grab it by the legs and hold it upside down and they were like yeah right you do it then and so i just grab it and they were all like WHAT?!?! he actually did it, i was laughin pretty hard. anyway i remember someone going outside and acting like he was feeding the chickens...

im so glad you guys go to the temple so much its the best place ever, i cant wait until i can go like every other day haha or every day. you just feel sooooo much better when you go!

me and tuttle are still doin good! we have fun stuff happen every day. ummm the spirit was strongest yesterday forsure, we were fasting and what not but we were tracting and we knocked a door and it was a lady and long story short we had to go find another guy and come back to teach her but as we were talking she stops us and says i know that you have like a set message for everyone and the community but what is it for me, what does God want ME to hear. we sat there for a sec and elder tuttle said some stuff and then kind of passed it off to me and i sat there for a second, then i felt the spirit super strong tell me to ask her a question and it was definately what she needed to hear and we built off everything and it was super good but i really had no idea what i was gonna say but the spirit told me for sure. it was super awesome, definately a Heaven sent question.

investigators: we are kind of starting over, no one wants to progress... we look everyday almost all day. we have lessons here and there but its mostly looking. we get very little referals but do alot of knocking haha.

anyway its super good to hear from you all and sounds like all is well, i miss you all but am having a great time here! i love you all a TON!!!


love taylor

Super awesome to see you guys!

well you just about got a 2 line email... now it might be 3 or 4 cuz of time but il see what i can do haha. christmas was super awesome, to see you guys. everyone looks soooo good. i cannot believe the no snow situation and that you have the same temperature as we do.

i actually heard about grandma grayce... that is sad but like you said she wasnt doin well and it was better. that is sad that jeffery came home.

the whole school thing i will figure out tomorow we have interviews with president so il ask him and see what he says and what my options are.

farewells and homecoming are crazy haha i cant wait to hear about them.

so new years resolutions im quiting pop again, and a few other things but nothing to super huge i guess. im excited to hear how that goes and what some of yours are.

well i gotta go cuz im out of time but i love you all alot and i hope il send a bigger letter next week haha.


Love,Taylor

The Lord wants us to be happy!

i am staying! thank goodness, i really didnt want to move right before christmas. as for the sending stuff i should probably get it soon if its at the mission office so we shall see, but the problem with the other is that i dont know my physical address but i will have someone text it to you.

now for calling on christmas... i will be skyping not just calling :) so i hope your all ready for that! as for what time im still not sure cuz we havnt completely set that up yet we will find out later today from the pacheco family. im super duper excited also, it will be good to be able to see you as well as talk to you!

i know how lame christmas parties go cuz our branch one was pretty lame... usually at a hispanic party there is lots of music, pasole, tomales, menudo, all that good stuff and at this one we had ham and potatos. the food was good but definately not what i signed up for... haha but it was still fun.

i work the christmas lights again tonight so i may be buying a sweater cuz its raining and pretty cold. it got below freezing here! we woke up and there was ice outside for a little bit it was crazy and we left the window open and the temp inside was 42! i love christmas lights, im sure you have seen them online somewhere and you know how amazing they are already haha.

thats awesome you passed your test! dont stress about the other, when it comes time study and pray. i have learned thats all you have to do. you do ALL you can and then you put it in the Lords hands. i promise you will do well if you do that mom. thats one thing that i have really learned on my mission is that he really does want us to be happy. he is ALWAYS willing to help us if we do our part and ASK for his help.

i cant believe you have no snow! that is rediculous, you have the same weather we have... thats not ok! haha yeah i know about vaughndavid and rachel, thanks to grandma Adeana. i found out like forever ago when everyone else did but just barely found out from your guys when i got your last letter.

elder tuttle is doing good, we are still workin hard! ha yeah i got to see sister cottrell before she left, she is sad to go cuz she is leavin all her friends here. she is way excited to see you guys though at her homecoming, and says she will come visit at our home too haha. she really wants brody and camden lol. we got in with that family again once but they didnt come to church... we have found 3 new investigators so we will keep going and hopefulyl find another family that wants to be eternal... studys are good. i changed it up im reading the BOM in english and spanish at the same time so i read like a few chapters in english and a few in spanish so il finish it in both before i leave. ummmmm when did i feel the spirit the most, idk it was probably yesterday at church during a talk about goals but the spirit told me alot and i learned alot believe it or not ha.

im glad all is well and that your happy! i cant wait to talk to you all soon!!! i love you soo sooooo much!



love taylor

Remember what the season is about

hahaha my computer is working today! yeah i dont think i have changed in skin color or voice that much but i sure do enjoy hispanic food and the people! i have no clue where i will be for christmas, transfers are comin quick and i just hope i will be here cuz i really dont wanna move right before christmas... we have a little tree already cuz a family in our ward gave it to us. ummm i think if you send it in the next day or so then you can send it to my actual address or if you want to send it to the mission office that is ok too. i dont think there is anything that i need or he needs right now but il let you know if something comes up.

wow that is so sweet that you got a 99%, haha yeah pride is a major downfall but its one thing that everyone has to work on. im glad you enjoyed it, thats what our heavenly father wants is that we have joy especially learning. gaining knowledge thats the point of our life here is to learn and grow to become like him.

im really excited for bridger that he is finally kinda taking his own course in life and doing what he likes, i kinda feel like i may have pushed him into different sports cuz that was what i loved. he will do good at swimming, he is a little fish. thats also one thing i love is swimming so i can definately cheer him on haha. thats gotta be super nice to be able to read and have some time to yourself while he is swimmin. i think i will really enjoy reading when i get home like you and dad. oh my goodness the story about grandma is hilarious, she wrote me and told it too and i was just laughin along with the other missionaries here! i can only imagine grandma with a flipper tooth.

Katie being baptized, i cannot believe that! everyone is growing up way to stinkin fast! the story about Jake in the car is pretty funny to, that is definately our family lol.

is lavern a pigmy goat? what animals do we have at the house now goat cats chickens dogs no cows but soon im guessing here in the spring. we are gonna need pigs cuz i will want some real bacon when i get home and im glad we have eggs cuz i eat them everyday but they dont taste the same. haha you have mikes mules, how is mike? i heard about the sharp boy that died in Iraq, thats sad.

ok so my last two weeks.... i wont lie i have had better. the companionship is good but the area went off the maps down hill... that family just like stopped and we dont really know whats going on, they were super solid loved everything and then the dad stopped listening to us and is dragin the whole family down too... its been really rough, we tried to pass by a couple times out of the week and they told us to stop coming by so much and then we would only come on the day that they said and the whole family wasnt there. so we didnt even get to teach them but they werent at church so we went over to see if they were ok and we knock and we could hear the dad say they dont come over all week and then they come today. so he didnt want us to come but then blames us for it idk its tough right now. so we are back to lookin really hard to find someone to teach... well there was a few other stories but they are definately stories for when i get home hahaha. so i felt the spirit super strong on friday when we worked at the lights, it was super awesome i felt like i had a HUGE smile on all night and we talked to ALOT of people and handed out 6 book of mormons it was a blast too! i think that some people are more receptive because of the holiday but i feel like alot arent because they dont understand the real meaning of all of it and they are focused on all the worldly things and everything thats happening in the world and all sorts idk its rough cuz some people are really touched by the spirit that there is during the holidays but some just get super grumpy and mean cuz they are in the worldy things. im going to temple lights again the 12 22 and 30th to so i am super duper excited.

it really hasnt been a very eventful 2 weeks, we helped put up lights and all that other stuff happened. hopefully this next week will be better!

well im glad all is well i hope that everyone is happy and enjoying their time right now, and remembers what this holiday season really is about. i love you all and hope you have an amazing week!

love taylor

I'm learning that worldly things are unimportant

yeah i have actually been really amazed in the change in me. hahaha idk if someone wrecks the boat we would have a problem and if its my truck to pull the boat also but anything else its ok haha. no its very true if we focus on the actual important things then you realize how unimportant the worldy thing was. im going to borrow a bike til im done. dont worry about it il be takin care of, especially wh
ere its christmas time i want the kids to have an amazing christmas, use any money you were going to on me on someone else whether it be one of the kids that needs something or one of the secret santa things at walmart. i really dont need anything. well maybe a letter but thats it.

so clinicals are over and it sounds like you are super excited for that, i was really weirded out that i was gonna come home to a working mom i wont lie. idk i just know you as being at home with the kids and if something happens your always there waiting to help. the cabin should be a blast and i really hope that you get to see Klien. fun fun you will have a good time with machens, i remember going up wow i guess 2 years ago now with them and me and keg hung out ridin the snowmachines and what not it was sweet. ha i guess not this year...

oh KaLee i know just exactly how she feels... i remember sitting downstairs and crying cuz really baseball was all i knew ha it had been a HUGE part of my life for a long long time and i felt like a piece of me was gone. it was definately the right thing to do though, i dont ever regret it either. im super duper glad that she went and hung out with Morgan, she is an amazing person. i know that she will always be there for KaLee if she needs it. as soon as KaLee gets there then i will be there also and i can finally be the big bro again.

they havnt destroyed anything?!?! what a miracle!!! hahaha Brody is such a goof ball! i love that kid, am i alive? my heart is beating in my head... what a goof troop! wow that blows my mind that he will be getting the priesthood so soon, 3 months after that happens i will be home. he is such a stud, i am sooooo proud that he is gettin it and will be in YM. i would love to be there too but he needs to get it when he is supposed to and not to wait for me. i want to watch him and bridger pass the sacrament together. wow airplane rides?!?! i wanna go haha maybe one day i guess. im glad that dad is havin fun, i feel like sometimes he gets stuck in work mode and and just goes goes goes and forgets that he needs to have some fun. you too though so im glad you two get to enjoy yourself once and a while and especially that you are goin to the temple together.

i thought you all went to the dentist last week to get his cavities filled??? how many did he have? a million and a half, he only has so many teeth haha. its always nice to know your test is done ha and not have to worry about it anymore.

so our week was pretty good. investigators are still progressing but slowly now, this family that we are teaching there are only like 3 or 4 out of 7 that are doing much the moms are but the dad isnt, idk what is happening with him but it makes me sad and i feel like he is pulling alot of the rest of the family down...we are gonna do all we can this week to boost them up and help them in any way that we can. we did get back into the less active kids house and it was neat cuz we talked to him yesterday right before church and he came but not only did he come but the branch president talked to him and he got to pass the sacrament! it felt really really good to see that. companionship is soooooo good i love elder tuttle and by far he is my favorite companion! idk really know what else to tell you ha its really the same thing going on we are working hard with the people we have and we are looking hard too, we have some potentials this week that hopefully will become investigators so we shall see. i love you all so much and i hope that you have a wonderful thanksgiving!!!

love taylor



pics: me elder scherbel and elder tuttle at the park

elder tuttles GIANT bike haha