Hey Everyone!

ITS SNOWING! It has been snowing since Thursday! Thursday alone we had 6 inches of snowfall! I also took some pictures that I hope will be posted to the blog. As you know as a missionary we can only access Church approved sites so its out of my power.

Lets get back to the work: So my Ward Mission Leader is so good! His name is Bro. Diamond and he is a convert for about 10 years! He was a practicing Jehovah's Witness and has an amazing conversion story to the Gospel. Every Sunday we meet to coordinate the missionary work here in the Crewe area. Bro Diamond was talking to us about how we can get people back to church and to get people to understand the Church even more. He came up with the idea to knock doors and to give out the Family Proclamation pamphlet to them. He also mentioned that it would be alot more effective if we get the members of the Crewe ward to help us out in that endeavor! I LOVE this approarch of the members here! I will keep you all posted to let you know if it goes well!

It is an exciting time to be a missionary in this work. I am privileged to be on the Lord's errand full time! My commitment to you all is to find ways to do missionary work. Pray for a missionary experience and I promise you the Lord will provide a way for you to get that. I love you all and thank you for your prayers for me; I truly feel them throughout the days, weeks, and months.

Much Love,

Elder Terrence M. Taylor :)

Hey everybody!

First before I began I wanted to let my Bishop Brad Barret and my friend Sheyla that I got your letters! Also Sheyla I sent something to you before I got your letter lol! I will respond back to you all hopefully by today!

So my new area is pretty good! It is cold like the rest of England and very wet as well! This weather makes me miss the hot dry weather back in Arizona ha ha! There are so many miracles happening here to me and Elder Methorst and of course some oppostion. I was reading in the book of Acts this morning on the ministry of the Apostles of Jesus Christ. I was blown away at how, through the power of the Holy Spirit, these men were able to speak with boldness and with courage about the Savior and His teachings. It was a big reminder to me that I must always strive to do the will of my Father in Heaven and be worthy of the Spirit of God to do the same as these Apostles in ancient times: to speak boldly and with courage the things pertaning to the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that as we strive to do what our Heavenly Father has asked us to do, we can speak as boldy and as courageous about the things pertaining to the word of God.

My mission president, President Preston, told us that the work is going so well around the world. He mentioned that we will have over 70,000 missionaries serving around the world by June 2013 and that a little under half of the applicants for missionary service are young women! If you all out there are about to put in papers for missions, let me know and keep me posted on where you will be serving! :)

Well until next time, God be with you till we meet again.

With Love,

Elder Terrence M. Taylor

Hey everyone!

As you all know I am in a new area called Crewe which is in Central England. This place is just so good: the ward here is so focused on missionary work and are so supportive of us here in Crewe! I am serving with Elder Methorst from the Netherlands! I actually served around him in Whitefield so I know him pretty well already! Also in this area we are serving with two sister missionaries: Sisters Hull and Hanson from the USA! We are really excited to be in this area and to change lives here!

I am also in a bike area so most of the time I am on bike or on foot! Missionary work is very demanding work but it is the best work you can do in this life! I love being the Lord's missionary here in the UK! I dont have that much time but I wanted you all to know that all is well and that I love you all! Also there was a typo on the Crewe address. It is actually:

14 Hightown Apartments

Flag Lane

Crewe, Cheshire

CW1 3AL

United Kingdom

I want to leave you my testimony that God lives. That Jesus Christ is the very Son of God. As we harken to the teachings of the Savior, we will one inheirit what He has which is eternal life and happiness. I leave this with you in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

With Love,

Elder Terrence M. Taylor

Hey Everybody!

I hope all of you have had a wonderful Christmas and New Years! It was so great to speak to most of my family members via Skype! I love them SOOOOO Much! I wanted to let you know that I moved areas! I am now in a place called Crewe! Its in Central England and its a beautiful place! I am also riding a bike here can you believe it!? I also found out that the mission address has changed a little bit. This is the new address:

England Manchester Mission

Springwood, Suite G5

Chelford Road

Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 8GS

England

United Kingdom

*Use the same phone number as the old address for mailing packages and such. If you sent something to the old address dont worry, it will get to me. But use this from here on out!

Here is my mailing address in Crewe:

14 Hightown Apartments

Flag Lane

Crewe, Cheshire

CW7 3AL

England

I will post pictures on Monday but for now I will write on the blog soon!

Much Love,

Elder Terrence M. Taylor

Hey there!

So before I begin I just want to say to my friends Sam and Sheyla that I got both of your letters last week and that I will mail you back by today so no worries. Thank you so much for the letters!

So last week, I went to the mission home to celebrate Christmas with my Zone! It was just so much fun! My mission president and his wife are just so amazing and just so loving! They truly made my Christmas as a missionary memorable and wonderful! I felt at home the whole time we were there; I felt like I wasn't truly away from my love ones; I felt their presence there the whole time. The Lord truly heard my prayers to not make me feel home sick during this time of the year. Being a missionary during Christmas time is the BEST! I get to celebrate Christmas one more time as a missionary before I go home! I can't wait!!!! I also got my hair cut last Monday; I took pictures so that all of you can see the new dew lol!

I read in my personal study a few days ago on the Spirit of Christmas which was in the December Ensign by President Monson. That talk is SO GOOD! It truly made me think: Do I, as a Christian and as a full time representative of Christ, ponder in my heart what the Savior means to me and do I get the true meaning of Christmas? Answer and ponder that question for yourselves! I love you all very much. Thank you for your prayers and your love; during the day I truly feel those prayers and the love you give to me. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2013!

With Love,

Elder Terrence M. Taylor

Hey everyone!

So before I begin I have a note for Merideth Christian & Lexi Jones: YAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! Congrats to both of you on your mission calls! You will do great things in your fields of labor in the months coming up! It brings my heart joy to see the work florish around the world. One more thing: I wrote everyone back home so you should all have a letter from me by now!

This week has been so amazing! Keith is doing so well and he will be ordained a Preist next Sunday! Me and Elder Kuchar took our friends Dave, our new investigator, Karen(Less Active), and Keith to the Carol Concert here in the Stake that I am serving in. It was such a great evening! Dave is progressing pretty well thus far! We taught him about the Atonement and he was just filled with the Spirit. He truly is getting an understanding of the Gospel of Jesus Christ! We will be commiting him to baptism the next time we teach him!

I've been reading the General Conference talks in my personal study in the morning! I finished reading every single talk in Conference and now I am on the Relief Society talks. I noticed every single Conference, that President Monson always tells us to re-read and listen to the Conference talks again! I can see why; I have more of a love for the sermons given in Conference when I read or listen to them again. If you haven't read it, I exhort you to do so at this time. They are just SO GOOD!

Thank you for the prayers and the love in my behalf. I love you all very much!

Much Love,

Elder Terrence M. Taylor :)

Hey all!

KEITH GOT BAPTIZED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy for him and his constant progression in the lessons we had with him! He got baptized last Friday and got confirmed on Sunday! I know that Keith will constantly progress in the Gospel and will continue to feast upon the words of Christ throughout his life!

Whilst I was sitting there at Keith's baptism, I reflected on my own baptism 3 1/2 years ago. I felt the same Spirit that I felt at my baptism at Keith's baptism. Then a thought came to me: If I wasn't introduced to the Gospel when I was in High School, I probably wouldn't be out here serving the Lord for this period of my life! If I was introduced to the Gospel, I wouldn't have met Keith and he wouldn't have been able to receive the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am so blessed to have friends who weren't afraid to tell me about the Gospel of Jesus Christ restored on the earth! Because of them I am here on the Lord's errand!

For my scripture study, I have been reading in this last Ensign on General Conference. These talks are just SO AMAZING! Today I read President Ucthdorf's talk called Of Regrets and Resolutions. If you haven't read that talk, make sure you do because it is just SO POWERFUL and it truly explains how life truly is sometimes!

Thank you for the love and prayers in my behalf. Know that you have a Father in Heaven who is mindful of you at this time right now. We can come to know our Father in Heaven better on our knees (or in other words, seek Him in humble prayer).

With Love,

Elder Terrence M. Taylor