Hey everyone!

Wow tan is looking pretty huge, im going to have to workout alittle more! It is so crazy to think that the ward is moving on and now all the sophmores are seniors! haha it is sad how fast time goes by, and it never asks permission! Things sounds pretty good up there, and i loved the photo of dal on the mountian! im so proud of him for doing cross country, when i get back, we can run together! haha

Ya so this week i was in rama 3 of tandil! it was one of the best weeks i have ever had in the mission! and we only got to work 4 day because we had to go to Bahia Blanca to get my visa! we had 5 people come to church which is great because last week this area didnt have any! it was a week of hard work and much success! there were many miracles to! Like one day we were walking in the street and the ZL´s called us and said the we needed to go to Bahia manaña but that there was still time to set a baptismal date with someone! right when we got done talking, we knocked on the first door we saw and it was a young guy named pedro! He accepted the babtismal date and said he would come to church, but that he was going out of town so we wouldnt have contact until sunday at church! we thought it was an excuse to blow us off and not come to church, but sunday he was the first person at church! it was awesome and he said he loved it! we set a time were we could go visit him and his mom later that day! when we got to the house they let us in and then the mom asked what day we found pedro! we told her wednesday and then she started to cry! we were alittle confused, but then she told us that on wednesday in the afternoon that she prayed with all her might that her son (pedro) would find the right path of god! and we found pedro about 2 hours later! it was one the biggest testimony builders of my whole mission, and i had never felt the spirit so strong with an investigador before! this goes without saying, but the whole family accepted a baptismal date! It is crazy the miricles that happen when 2 elders work hard and are focused on baptising!

So this week was really good! we are going to have a zone activity for the sucess that we had as a zone! oh ya and we found this less active guy that is 70 years old, and he has a 7 year old daughter! haha it  is crazy because she is a Great aunt! no lie, a Great aunt! crazy things happen here in Argentina! i know a guy in rauch that is 18 and has a 5 year old son! i love this place!! well i got to go, but know i can feel your love and your prayers!

Elder Taysom

Hey everyone!

Things sound like they are going good! Tan has an I-phone now? well good for him he can send me emails from his phone now! haha i loved the photos of pioneer day, you all look so tan and warm. You need to send some heat my way! i think i could use it! haha it is pretty cold here at night, but the sleeping bag i have is keeping me warm just fine and some times im even hot at night!

This week was good and we had 2 investigators at chruch yesterday! i was good, but we were hoping for mas! i really like the idea of dad and the power of prayer! it is a great idea! prayer is a powerful tool, and when we are obiedient, he will bless us! There is a chapter in PMG that talks about it! chapter 4 is the section and that would be some great advise if you could pass it on to kason and cam! sometime the mission is tough, but like it say´s in ether 12:6 that we will recive a testimony and blessings only after the trail of our faith! im way excited for this up comming week because we are doing super-devisiones! i will be serving in a city called Tandil with a new elder for all of this week! it will be a great opportunidad for my greenie to get a chance to teach with someone else and kind of take the lead! i think we will have some real success this next week!

Well life is good here! We are just working hard and learning more and more every day! if you guys want to learn more about the bible and how the church started, you should study and try to teach Jehovahs witnesses! you can learn alot trying to study to teach them! haha but we are doing good and thanks for all your love and prayers! we can feel them!

Elder Taysom

Hey Everyone!

Wow im so happy that you guys had so many opportunities to share the gosple with others! those experiences are so great and are preparing you for missions! and tan is looking pretty big..... i guess! ;) but he will have to get alittle bigger if he wants to beat me!

This week was a week of work! we worked alot and had almost 30 lessons durring the week, which is good because the goal or our mission is to have 25! but none of our investiators came to church! it was rough! my comp. was kind of down in the dumps, but we were able to still work hard and find some good new people to teach! it is a good challenge for me, because this is the first time in my mission were i have had 2 weeks in a row without investigators in the chapel, but we are going to keep pushing! we have an 18 year old investigator that is going to go to youth conference this week, and we are praying that he will have a great spiritual time there! we have a lot of new people that we found this week, so ill let you know how they progress!

So this week was also good for my scripture study and i have learned so much! it is amazing when you have a question in mind and serch the scriptures for an awnser, how you can find exactly what you need, and more! i love the story how dad felt the youth should wear their shirts! spiritual impressions are real and i can testify to that. if we take the time to say a prayer and listen after, the spirit will guide us! i have seen it thousands of time in my mission! for example yesterday i felt we sould visit a contact from earlier in the week, but she lived far away from where we were! por suerte we went anyways and she was home, and we had a great lesson with her! just one example of what happens almost daily in the mission! well got to go, but i love and miss you all! i can feel your prayers and love!

Love elder taysom

ps the photos are of a lunch with a member and 2 young men form mar del plata!

Hey everyone!

Ya! Argentina lost the finals, i dont think i have ever seen a sadder town in my life! it has been 24 years since they have won a world cup, and now it will be at least 28 years! haha the president of argentina said that if they won, no one would have to work today, but they still have to work so i can write you guys! man but yesterday we got no work done! we kind of just walked around for 4 hours. we tried to knock some doors, but as you can imagine that didnt work out to well! haha

This week was an ok week, but our investigadores arent progressing like we would like them too! they were, but we dont know what happened, and they all just seem to have come to a stand still! he have talked about it and we think we are going to focus alot on our teaching and how we can better it and apply it more to their lives! the members seem to be helping a bit more! it is awesome to see the diference when missionaries change the phrase " you have to" into " you can help us alot by"! i have really just been focusing on serving them, and showing love towards them, and they seem to be alot more willing to help us! we can feel your prayers mom!

So that was my week, and im kind of happy that the world cup is over so we can start to work really good again, but it was awesome to see all the crazy people go nuts when they won, and even more nuts when they lost! luckly im in a small town, so nothing happened! life here is pretty calm and peacful! we just go out and work! i found a scripture today that i love and it gives me great desires to serve the lord with all my heart! it is in alma 29:9! 

 9 I know that which the Lord hath commanded me, and I glory in it. I do not glory of myself, but I glory in that which the Lord hath commanded me; yea, and this is my glory, that perhaps I may be an instrument in the hands of God to bring some soul to repentance; and this is my joy.

well i love you all and miss you too! thanks for all the love!

Elder Taysom

Ps: the pics are of my birthday!

Hey everyone!

Sounds like you guys had a great week! i loved all the fotos that you sent! i always knew mom could grow facial hair! haha It is funny to see how much you all have grown, and that is great that dal ran a 5k! how did he do?

Well this week was a pretty good week. we had a lot of good lessons, but it rained all day saturday, and sunday which killed us on people comming to church! we only got 1 investigator to come to church! and our branch is pretty small anyways! yesterday a whole 19 people came to church! but 10 were under the age of 12 so our primery is doing great! haha we are having some sucess with our investigators, but the one thing holding like 3 people back from baptism is that they have to get married! and right know, no one wants to get married! its alittle hard, but i know they will come around!

Ya, so the name of my city is Rauch! i live Brown 575! ha and my b-day was pretty cool! we ate a bunch of food all day! we got invited to lunch, dinner, and dessert! it was great! my comp. bought me like a gallon of ice cream too and we downed the whole thing! the members here are really cool, but seem to be content with a small branch, and dont really want to work hard to try to better the branch, or to have more people come on sundays! but i think we will get some work out of them! haha! i recieved a lot of cards, and they were great! thanks for the photos of the cards i didnt recieve! i feel so special! haha ya so to answer your questions is that we dont have a branch pres. and onlly 3 priesthood holders, but 2 are under suspension, i dont know what they did! haha so basically we do everything! we teach all the classes and branch counsel is bacicllly us and 1 other guy! it is a great experiance! haha well i got to go, but just know i love you guys, and i can feel your prayers!

Love elder taysom

ps. now that i am back in a small town it is hard to send pics again, but next week for sure!

Hey Everyone!

Things sound like they are going good up there! you all look so tan and in good shape! ;) I wish i could have seen dad trying to surf, or dallin getting up on a wake board! And i want to know who is the wake board king, because there cant be 3 of you! haha

Well things have changed alittle bit here for me! I have been transfered to a new area! haha my time in Mar Del Plata was short, but sweet! i have been transfered to a little town that is about the size of Beaver! haha it is tiny! it is and area of 12 blocks by 12 blocks! But i am really excited to serve here! im in a branch of about 20 members and we dont have a branch pres. so we kind of act as one! I am also training a new missionary, he is from paraguay, his name is Elder Figueredo and he seems like a good new missionary ready to work! he has been here about 2 weeks, but his tranier left, and i came in so now im his step-dad! i dont know much about the areá but is it ALOT colder than in mar del plata! haha!

I was alittle suprized to hear that i was leaving and going to train a new elder, but the lord has a plan, i just have to have faith that he knows better than i, and if i can be an instrument in his hand, we can acomplish great things together! well i got to go, but just know i love you all and i can feel your love and prayers! 

Love

Elder Taysom

Hey everyone!

How are you guys! Thanks so much for all the cards that i got! haha they were awesome, and everyone in my zone thinks im way popular! haha It was nice to here from all of you and see how your doing! things sound like they are going pretty good up there, and it looks hot! But you all look good and tan!

This week was pretty good for us! but it rained sunday in the morning, so only one of our investigators came to church! E and Gare doing great, and E was able to recieve and answer to his prayers that the book of mormon is true! he accepted a babtism date for the 12 of july! it was a huge testimony builder to know that if someone really does search the truth with all thier heart, might mind and strength, then He will give them an answer! C´s husband still is skeptical, but has commited to come to church! And we found a new family of 6 that we are teaching now! ill let you know how they are comming next week, but they seem pretty prepared to accept the gospel! 

Oh and that is the last time i send you guys picks of the appartment! haha we spent like 3 hours trying to srub that stuff, but it is so humid here, that is just wont come off! every house in argentina has that stuff in there bathroom! But it´s not mold or anything, it is just moisture, and we have repainted the bathroom, 2 times! the humitity is a killer! Yes, we have a frigde, but the power went out here for like 3 days last week, and when it came back on, our fridge broke, but it is getting fixed now! Haha Argentina is the best! anyway i got to go, but i love you all and am so greatful for you love and prayers! 

Love Elder Taysom