51 days!!!!!!

Hello Everyone! Hope you all are doing so great this fine Thursday!

The temple was great today and sending those quick e-mails this morning. I love all of you so much. Never forget that ever please. No matter what. Please forward this to Spence. Sorry I can't send it directly to you Spence, 100 % obedience.

SO last Friday was excellent. Got a nice package from T. Love playing trashketball with three teachers. Good practice with all the grammar and everything else. Sentences and phrases and what not and then we shot a basketball to try and get an extra point and you can knock in the Romanian flag we have for another extra point. IT is a lot of fun. And also. Last Friday I was the NATIVE!!!! I was winning until yesterday, Elder Green really did well and gave himself 5 out of 5 points although I thought he should have only gotten 4. I'll get over it. Tonight I am taking back the lead!!!! No doubt!

Saturday was just dandy. Got a letter tot he district telling us would host the next Wednesday. Nothing really exciting ever on Saturdays. Always so long for some reason. I wish the real Saturdays and weekends lasted forever. But it's ok. 4 square. the line was crazy! way too long because it's like double the amount of people in that gym time. It's ok though.

Sunday was great. Priesthood I love and Sacrament talks were great as well. Elder James gave a good one on enduring to the end. I passed the Sacrament with Elder Mikolyski. WHOA! Can't remember the last time I did that. SO long ago it seems at BYU ward in the JKB!!!!!! Pres Born gave a really sweet talk about Nehemiah. Rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem and fighting off enemies at the same time in 52 days! So stinkin quick! Well done Nehemiah. Fireside was really great. Brother Allen. Really funny guy and gave a lot of great insights for me. Notes on it. I'll tell you in two what is was about. Give you something to look forward to. Just ask and i'll tell you ;)

no movie for me and elder mik but we just studied.

Monday was great. Service. Did trash. SO COLD outside. Elder Evans from Duchesne,, UT left for Louisville, KY today along with the rest of his district. I'll have to leave a note for Wilders and Snows and everybody there. TRC and LTRC on giving directions went well. Lesson for number 2 went really well. It's always so fast! the "investigator"'s brother died, they are drinking, and recently got a divorce. Tough but I got the job done. Baptism in two weeks. ;D too easy.

Tuesday: DEVOTIONAL!!!!!!! ELDER RICHARD G. SCOTT!!!!!! what the heck. so lucky 2 apostles in a row. Felt bad for Carter! and then come to find out Elder Dan Morain from BYU ward who came in on Wednesday and also Elder Redfearn. So cool how he is right next door to me living right there!!!!! Keniwick I think Washington is where he is going. Elder Scott gave a sweet talk about feeling the spirit and being led by the spirit. Really liked it and got a lot of great notes from it. the best!! Love Tuesdays and the discussion rather than testimony meeting was great as well. 4 square i did so well today. I hate bragging but i was king forever!

Wednesday was good. Elder P, M, and R! so cool, and i helped hosted! Hosted Elder Kaomaitotoyaa from Fiji. Such a cool guy and really sarcastic. Elder Tarti from Casbadd or something in Pacific. Pretty good English. Missed gym but it was worth it I'd say.

Thursday: Temple was so great today. One more time for 2 years. I can make it and I will have it all memorized next Thursday! So dang close today! also also also finished the BOOK OF MORMON TODAY. close with the new testament. and d and c done last week or two weeks ago.

Hope you all have a great week. Sorry this email was really rushed. Hope you all are doing well. I miss you so much and I love it here and will miss it as i leave for Romania but i am oh oh so ready. I love you.

Love,

Elder Taylor L Schroedter

6th week :) MTC

Yo!!! Salut, Buna Ziua! Ce mai faceti!!!!???

Hope all of you are having just a wonderful week. It has been a most excellent week here in the MTC. 6 weeks and 1 day. One transfer done. I think 16.3333 left. YAY! hehe, who's counting though? I am sure not! You shouldn't either.

So I weighed myself today, still 163. Week 3 I was the same thing, so I really don't think I gained anything, but the scale back home was broken...just saying. I got a letter this week from Ashley, Logan, Taryn, Laurel, Belinda, and Spencer. Thanks everyone! Means a lot. And no more or less than the dearelders or packages. Although you can take it easy with the packages, because why you send me stuff saying oh, don't gain any more weight, share with your friends and comps although everything we give you is everything you like and want. Share anyways. hehe. Just kidding and you know I am. All I am saying is you don't always have to listen to your children when they say you better send that kid a package. I don't need em although I do love em. I have had enough for my whole mish so you all did your job. Thanks. Hope that didn't sound condescending. I do love you all. And really I have plenty of food.

So it was a good week.

Last Friday. Mom and Dad in Utah just a few blocks AWAY!!!! Got a package of some sweet cookies. IN a BATMAN bag. Thanks so much! I love you Millie Kyla! Thanks for the heart and the letters.

Saturday...eh, nothing really to report. No DearElders in the dinner time so I always gotta wait till Monday dinner. What the heck?! Eh, I'll get over it...I hope. Not sure about this one this time. We'll see.

Sunday was pretty good! Priesthood was really great and we talked about giving blessings as well as Do the beginning with the end in mind. Eternal perspective. Missionary work. Plan of Salvation. Then Study time was great throughout all that day. Sacrament was good. Good mish talks on the Holy Ghost, no mishes from our District. Temple Walks canceled for Sunday because the week prior, Elders would meet up with Families, and have picnics with friends. And the grounds were left in a mess. Hate it how a few or one missionary can really ruin it for 2500 others. UGGH!!! But we had a MTC walk and I was able to finish the Doctrine and Covenants. Day 1 of MTC. My goal to finish d&c, BoM! and NT and maybe another one...PoGP. D&C CHECK!!!! BOM 100 pages left. NT...needs some work. just finished acts Tuesday. in bom for now. in 3 Nephi 11. I can do it. 2 and a half week left!!!!!

Monday was great! Another package from Mom and Dad. :) sheesh everything in there! cookies, brownies, rice krispies, sour patch, gum, sour ice breakers, cheese itz, and so much more...that was just the beginning. ;) Thank you for the notes. Mom Dad Garr and Kristi. (so the computer will lag but at least it doesn't double type letters unlike last week, sheesh what the heck was up with that last week?!?!) LTRC went excellent! talked about clothes and buying stuff in a store. Then talking about religion, and telling someone why I was on a mission. Then TRC went great. Taught the first lesson and I thought we did really well, me and Elder Mikolyski. Last week was tough with a difficult one and stickler - Grant. This week we got Kara as our investigator and it went really well this week. Able to get through everything and the sentences are coming easier going from English to Romaneste/Romana. Service was great as usual. They have a ball and cup game. Like the Japanese game where the ball is on a string and you try to get the ball in the cup. I beat the record. Service is all about records for our district and i don't clean fast or anything but i did beat the ball in cup record. haha record was 39 and i got 46!!!!!! yeah! I'll beat it again next week too easy. :)

Tuesday: was the best ever. best day of the week i'd say. just because not only Devotional but the District Testimony Meeting. And finally a member of the 12 comes to the MTC. 2 weeks prior to September 8th, Elder Holland was here and this week.....Elder Nelson came!!!! And he gave a really great talk. And even cooler, he dedicated the country of Romania in Bucuresti in 1993. And the first and last day I get to hear that dedicatory prayer in that park in Bucuresti. I am pretty excited for the last day and offer up my mission to the Lord and Heavenly Father. He talked about what everyone else has. il urmam pe isus hristos. We follow Jesus Christ. And our purpose is not only to invite others to Christ but to establish Christ's church on the Earth, in Romania! It was a great talk and I really enjoyed it a lot. Testimony was great too. Internationals always come in on Tuesdays. And the new Romanian district came in yesterday, Wednesday, but because they have an international he came in tuesday and was with us for our testimony meeting. Elder Horgmo from Norway and even cooler, his older brother went to Romania too.

Wednesday: new district came in and I am excited to be that good example that I know I can be to them and That I know I should be for them. Also a new English district came in. The Romanian district has 10 elders and 1 sister. Whew! Tough for the sister, but she'll be all the more stronger at the end of the 9 weeks. I wrote a note on their board that I am sure they understand perfectly of course. :) It's great to have them. It really is and hopefully our District can be a good example for them. I know we can do it for them.

Thursday: Another endowment session, for a guy from Italy. Paolo Gaiotti. IT was great, no ASL today, I think he did Inititories, not sure. I love being in there. So many great people and a great start to my day. It really is. Glad You Marissa and Mom could go earlier this week. It is a great place to be.

SYL this week was Tuesday and Saturday, but for me it's everyday. We just started a game "the Native" where someone (ONE) person is the native and they should try to speak only Romanian always for that day, then at the end of the day we will vote to see who the native is and i think a lot of people think i am the native. I love my District and we have really grown a lot in this past 6 weeks.

GYM!!! Outside is finally open, but that means the actual gym is empty and 4 square is the best. I got over not playing 9-Square and just own in 4 square. It is a lot of fun and good for me because it tests my patience. I love it. And it builds brotherhood.

I love you guys and thank you so much for the daily prayers and support. Hope you have a great week. Love you unconditionally and always.

Thanks so much Spence and Taryn for you letters "astazi". :)

Love,

Elder Taylor L Schroedter

more MTC

Hello Everyone,

I can't even remember what I wrote about last week. Time is a funny thing which I think I have talked about already. The time goes by so fast, yet at the same time I can't imagine living anywhere else. Ahh!!! I can't remember too well. The days really do blend. But working makes the time go by a hecka lot faster! I love it. In no time I'll be home. Too easy too easy.

How are all of YOU?! I don't want to say anything I have done, but I want to hear about you. Well...i Guess that won't be happening, I Like to e-mail all of you. :) I enjoy it here so much and all is well in Israel. Hurrah for it, alright?! K, thanks. B. Young and Heber C. Kim. Good men. I hope to be like them someday in the next two years and I think it's possible. Totally! Mosiah 28:3. I love it. Chapter 6 in Preach My Gospel is so great. I am trying to be perfect everyday of the week and it's tough! Perfect everything it way way way tough. But I manage alright. Not the best, but I am perfectly imperfect if that counts. I try each and every day. Look at your past day and be better than before. Pres. Hinckley!

SO last Friday: was good, nothing really to report about. Review week. Just kinda freaking out about our Monday's Lesson every since Day 1 and it's finalllyy 3 days away. 4-Square is a fun time each day in the gym this past week and Saturday too.

Saturday: nothing a whole lot. Story saturday so Miles and Irion tell us sweet stories from their mission which I always love to hear them talk about.

Sunday was an awesome day. Lots of study time which I love just to read the scriptures. Priesthood was good and we had a good lesson from a "sub" branch president oorr was oonnccee a mtc branch president. Pres. Callister from Utah Valley somewhere. Gave a good lesson on being simply a good missionary and he had a lot of great stories about his mission and from church history. Sacrament was great. Each week two elders are called to give a short 5 minute talk. of 3 weeks so far I haven''tt hhaadd to. anndd oonnllyy eelder green from our district has had to give one. (ok this double letter jazz is not likeable at ALLL) sheesssssssssshhhh. Talks were by sister anndd president trapnell. Goodman and Born out of town (hence sub needed). FFiirreeside was really great. Brother Heaton who takes care of us basically with meals and everytghing else here at the mtc. talked about inviting others to come unto Christ. THen after that we watched a movie, (eeaacchh Sunday you can chhoooossee our of like 4 movies what you want to see) Watched that 10 minute vid "Restoorraation" and then video where Elder Ballard is talking - "Legacy of Kirtland" and I never realliizzeedd how much really happened at Kirtland. Watch the movie and you wwiill find out a lof of stuff did! I really loved both movies.

Then Monday. Service is ssuuch a good way for me to start my day. The LGM was good, about having Faith. the speaker is "BIll Murray" look alike NO JOKE! and voice and everything. I bet they arre related. :) And beforree that.....THE T.R.C.!!!!! in romaneste! it was tough but a really great experience. first lessssoon. families. prophets. Christ. Apostasy. Restoration. Book of Mormon. andd Holy Ghost will testify. We got the one guy who really likes to give us a hard time. Great guy though and good to have because he really knows what we may encounter. His name is Grant. ;) and for LTRC this week we talked about foods and shared a scripture and what we thought aboutt it. It was fun, slow, tough, but with time I will get better at it. I know it.

Tuesday was great. Devotional was Bishop Richard C. Edgley. Always has been one of my favorite speakkers and I really enjoyed it. Great talk by him and his wife. I wish I could write you all my noteess I took from all the devotionals adn general conference talks. I really got a lot from his talk that night. And then the district testimony meeting was really great. I love testiimmony meetings so much. Excelent!

Wednesday. was good. Love those days too because they are the day before P-Day and we get clean sheets. And this week we got a lemon marangue pie from my comp's Elder Mikolyski's girlfriend who lives just down the rode. Her rooommate and past friend works here at the referrel center just down the hall from my classroomm and she drops off every wednesday personally a package for us/Elder Mik. And today we had two lessons!!!!! Miles, (Iacov) and Middleton (Stefan). Taught tthheemm both the 3rd lesson and they went slow but good as well. both in romanian. ssoo no worries.IT 'll come with time. I love teaching and need to do more of it!!!!

and today Thursday: temple was good as always. did it for a Manoel from Paipasomething, Brasil, 1890. Cool stuff.

I love you all. Dad, Mom, Shelby, Garrettt, Marissa, Grant, Caleb.

Love,

Elder Taylor L Schroedter

Week 5

Hello Everyone,

Yet another great week in the infirmary, heaven, prison, living...., paradise?, jail cell with the door wide open. I love it. hehe

It truly was another great week though. I really did enjoy it and I hope all you did too. I miss you all and hope you are all doing just excellent!!!!!! Today has been great so far. Yesterday I started having a sore throat and it is killing me today. Took some throat medicine, cold medicine, and ibuprofen. 3 Pills! I think that is more than all last year. And that just goes to show you how bad I am hurting!!!!! I never take medicine. Don't believe in it....to an extent. Exception or severe bleeding and close to death. Then Some things can help ya out. Only sometimes though. It's all mental. I've doing alright so far in my life. Although I'll probably only live till I'm 45. No biggie. :)

So last week I'll just go through it right here real quick! Last Thrusday, finished up the rest of my P-Day just mighty fine now!

Friday: Went decent, nothing really to report about, had some sweet hits as per usual in volleyball outside in the sand. Class was good. I really do learn everyday. :)

Saturday: I just remember NO GYM?!?! ARE! YOU! KIDDING! ME!!!! Come on General Conference. Just kidding. I really love General Conference. This Session(s) was my all time favorite and each time it just seems to get better and better I love it!!! They were all so great. Loved every talk. Every quorum of the 12 talk I loved. And 1st Presidency was all great. If I have enough time I'll try and recap each talk...probably not but in letter form coming soon. Took a ton of notes.

Sunday: Also fantastic. Eat breakfast. Conference. Eat lunch. Conference. Then waited a little bit, then went and had Dinner. Felt so lazy but it was very rewarding. I set a goal not to fall asleep and guess what!?! I accomplished that goal. Impossible? I make the impossible, possible. That's all I have to say.
Then Fireside. MTC Presidency is Breinholt, and Clegg. and Pres. Smith. Pres. Breinholt and his wife just had us, about 10 of us come to a mic and tell our favorite hymn and why. Sang like 20 songs! Just 1st verse but I loved every second of it. Conference and that fireside really gave me a greater appreciation for music. I love it so much. So SO SO much. D&C 25:12. My favorite...look em UP!!!!! 193 and 292 and number one spot - 220!!!!!! Love it.

Monday was "excellent"! (ex-chay-lent!) LTRC was difficult. Had to memorize a ton of words to say about helping a person "move". It was good though and I love practicing my Romanian to those fluent members in the TRC. Then we taught our last lesson in English. NU BUN!!!!!!!! (noo boon) Although the lesson went great, that means next 4 weeks are all in Romanian!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH! DOn't worry though. I got this. I got this. Too two easy. Too easy baby!

Tuesday was awesome. One of my favorites. Class was good. This week we are all reviewing all the grammar stuff we have learned and we are teaching it to the rest of the class. I got tomorrow and I am teaching the Dative Case. Uhhhhh....one of the hardest things that we've learned!!!!!! Devotional was the BOMB! Elder Emeritus Brother Dennis B. Neuenschwander. He gave an awesome talk about becoming a good missionary. 7 keys aspects we all need to do. Learned a lot and it was repeated and brought to importance again in my mind. And his wife gave a cool talk about holding onto the rod, and about her ancestor were (Pilgrim) tossed over board and held on to the rope literally for his life!!! And now he has so many ancestors! presidents, church and U.S. leaders, and influential people. and Herself! I love devotionals and especially afterward when we all are able to bear our testimonies to each other. I love it.

Wednesday was awesome. we had interviews with our teachers.

Thursday. I love the temple. 2nd time with ASL. Looks like every time will be that way from now on because of Elder Mersey. But he will leave here after us! Marissa you may see him!!!! One of the Black guys. And they will probably always eat meals 730, 12 and 5 between lines 1&2 and 3&4. :) remember that. And finally! vaccinations are taken care of...son of a......and today I need to write some letters to you all as well as a couple other peeps!

So dang hot here each week in the laundry room. WHOA MAMAA!!!!!!!!! And from now on, everyday I am trying to do SYL in Romanian. Speak Your Language and nothing else.

Also, I got a hair cut today. They didn't do a bad job. I'll take pictures eventually and send you some. Don't worry about me. :) I love you all and hope you all have a wonderful week and I will write next week around this same time. I love all of you. Te pup. (tay poop) Kisses/See ya! Te iubesc.

Thanks again to everyone for all the DearElders adn Letters adn Packages! Whoa! That thing was packed! Thanks Mom, Dad, Marissa, Grant, and Caleb. Love you.

And Shelby, Garrett, Josh and Aubrey, and Kristi, Elsie, Brodie, and MILLIE!!!!! I love you all so much. Got the pictures Amma, Thanks.

Love,

Elder T Schroedter