Taylors REALLY STRUGGLING

well i typed my letter but i closed it. Woops. anyway my comp got hit with a walking stick. pretty hard in the elbow. some drunk guy or something just saw him and smacked him. if he were to hit me i would have either leveled him or javlened his stick 500 meeters.

we have two or three babtisms not this saturday because of confrence but next. its gaby and josellin we didnt get to babtize them this week.

I sprained my frigging ankle yesterday.

Anyway i have nothing to say this week except for something thats been on my mind for quite some time. I have hated the Mtc experiance but i was going to stick with it and try the mision field. well i have and i dont like it. I can count the times i have cried (in my life) on one hand... i have cried everyday for the last 3 weeks. I havent liked serving. the spanish is comming and i know it will. Thats not the problem, i just dont like teaching. or contacting the people. the only joy i have found in the last week is dominating our cooks family at rummicube like 6 times in a row.

my feet have blisters but thats kool.. i know it will pass. i have fleas. also rad. but i just havent found that joy of serving. i can honestly say that i think the only reason i am serving is to ge some hot chick later on in life that is ONLY going to marry a RM, grandma always counts me as her 56th or whatever person to serve in the family. and i honestly feel a huge obligaten to serve with mike and blaine and josh, and everyone serving.

on my sheets (I embroidered a saying across the top of a flat sheet) it says Life is not just to be endured but enjoyed. Im not enjoying it. I cant even study anything because i am so lost in other thoughts. I have prayed more about this than anything ever before. I feel i need to go home. But im sure that if i go home that i will....

I have talked to blaine a little about it trying to get a hold of mom or dad. so ya. i guess i will stick it a week untill i can get an awnser back. I just know that if i come home. im going to get alot of crap from everyone!!... because im from UTah.. and i HAVe to serve and such. I honestly dont have a clue what to do. But i do know that im not having fun, teaching, learning, or speaking.

On the flip side. around feb 14thish... i was 262... on march 17th i was 261. today. 13 days later i am 251. woot!.

anyway hit me up...

Checking out!Elder Taylor Wood

With Elder Argumenda in Paraiso III - ALAMEDA

All right I dont have much time today because we got here late.

About the blog, not yet. As for the server''''??? I'm not sure if I have time to do that today... and my camera isn't here. but i will try to figure something out.

My comp is Elder Argumeda, de Savaldor, he has a year out. and boy am I bumbed out. I have never walked so long in my life. even at work i was able to chill.
Anyway. we have two baptisms this week both girls, age 15 and 16, Gabrella and Josellia. we went to a birthday party today, that was kewl.
it rained today. i think its starting the rainy season. I'm not sure what my area is. one is Paraiso III but I think thats my ward or something.

Easter??? what the huh? was that this week or something? i thought it was around april 6th..

o well. how do i open windows explorer??? im using vista, i think my computer skills have failed me. any way.

just alot of walking, praying and testifing. I did do 15 street contacts one day. we set up a table and he said go preach to them all. My area is in the capitol so its not jungle, just cement and tin houses. no banks, alot of little tiendas (stores out of ppls houses) anyway im gona go try the DUMPING pictures, PAz Elder Wood

President Coleman

President and Sister Coleman with a group of missionaries in March 2008.

Correction on Shooting. End of CCM Time.

Well we are done with the MTC here in guatamala. It didn't end on a good note though. 4 busses of latino´s showed up from hondura. all ages. well the latino elders here got a little excited when some chicas showed up. they broke a bunch of screens and the president blamed us. (possibly because we wrote our district MOISES on a few windows) anyway..

Mom Please dont email me this week until like the end of the week.. I already missed you this week so just combine the last two weeks emails together. keep in mind it will be my first p day and i dont know how much time i will have. I also believe my new email day will be mondays. but we shall see..

Sister brown sent me her last newsletter this week and it had a note on the top that said something like this. ^because its so expensive to send this newsletter i won't send it anymore. emails and letters will do. PERSONALLY i think she just got mad at me cause i never write her. But its ok. after the jazz take the finals, and northcarolina or kansas win the final four ,i wont need any other reason to read it. I rarly read what other elders have said. mostly because its an email focused to her. It would be better if it were a general letter going out to all the missionaries, sharing experiances ETC.

Sounds like the goats are doing well... email me some meat.!!

BREAKING NEWS ABOUT LAST WEEKS SHOOTING. This just in... a heroic security gaurd armed with a pistol was shot 3 times while trying to stop a car jacking. according to witnesses a few guys showed up at the local shell station next to the LDS temple and aimed their guns at the owner of a Brand new 2008 BMW, the security guard of the presidents son, saw what was happening and drew his pistol, he fired one shot and hit one of the attackers in the leg.. The robbers hopped into their cars and took off without getting the car. (ahh so my news casting email wasnt that good. but thats the real story, we only heard about it just after it happened we didnt have all the info yet)

In other news; Sounds like the girls have fun dancing.
I'm still a little sketchy on sending pictures home. because with those pictures will be videos. and you cant just print them out. anyway let me know exactly with Pictures, and videos.
I will be sending a package home sometime. not sure when though. depends on what i can find for nikki´s birthday. they had something i really liked buy the guy we buy from didnt show up this week!. I will send something in time.

Well thats all for week. Dad thanks for the letter. (THIS IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT)Paz Fuera (mom one to use in class. accually those are the same words from mike to me)

IF

Taylor,I was going through home videos again when I came across this poem. Dad addressed it to you at your Eagle Court of Honor. I thought of it when you mentioned your recent reprimanding; being corrected hurts, but helps us grow. Now, with all the talk of you entering the "field" I can't seem to get it out of my mind. So many experiences waiting for you to encounter them!

IF
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
~Rudyard Kipling

Love Kimberly

Nothing for a Mom to Read:

Hey, first of let me tell you what happened today. (Well, my president said to tell this story with concern... but what the heck... lets have at it. )

We went to the temple to do our first spanish session. Well when we were done we were told to stay inside and we didnt know why. but the overwelming number of missionaries and lack of chairs made us venture outside. right between the temple and the MTC there is a gas station. well i guess the body guard of the Presidents son. *if that makes sense* well he was at the gas station when someone targeted him and a few guys with fully automatic guns lit him up... either that or there was a car jacking and the body guard tried to stop it. Well lots of cops, - and the guy had been shot 3 times in the chest. he didn't die. (Now if this were Counter Strike - everyone knows a torso hit hurts you 60 damage and a stomach does about 35 to 50 depending on the spot. if my math adds up right i think he wont make it.) Just think if we werent in the house of the Lord, or weren't missionaries we could have ran into a problem. (I know he was trying to make light so we wouldn't worry. Just remember Taylor, we have turned you over to God, who loves you as much as we do, or more. And all we can do is trust He will do with you according to His plans. We will try not to worry, and wish the man the best.)

On the good side i understood a fair amount in spanish

I always room with latinos but the gringos vary, san antonio, utah, snowflake area AZ..

Things I enjoyed about the MTC: Grilled cheese. and the amount of the gospel you learn here. Things I would have done differently: Ya there are plenty of things i could have done diffrently. But don't live with regrets, they only hold you back! Any advice for new elder? ahhh just make it fun, the elders who can't have fun no one likes. so make sure they have fun but learn as well

a few things for this week. I think i have aknolowged dads emails. sorry for not mentionong them. i will get more time next week i hoope.. 30 min isnt enough.

First of all. we got busted for shooting paper footballs out the window. WE WERE GOING TO PICK THEM UP. Happy anaversity Mom and dad.. I didnt stiff you guys on an email. check my sent messages its probably there in disguise. (Picture from internet)

recieved easter package .... no jerky though. just the most amazing eggs ever.

We went on splits this week i walked up a huge hill and about died. i was going to endure to the end but about 30 seconds after i said that i had to stop because the hill was so steep. just take the over pass in delta, and double the steepness of it.

we also had an airsoft war with a little nino next door,.... i shot my comp and he got a great welt. How did you get elder davis's parents email address. its a mystery. if you send packages send a picture of mary on it. they wont mess with her.. but i have recieved two so who knows...Other than that.. my REAL mission starts next week. i hope its better than the MTC
Um... well shoot- till next week.


E wood

New Mission President Called

A new mission president has been announced for the Guatemala Guatemala City North Mission! President David J. Torres-Rodriguez will replace President Thomas R. Coleman as the current president of the Guatemala Guatemala City North Mission, effective July 1, 2008. His picture has not been in the Church news yet.

Can't spend it? Fold it!

Taylor didn't say whom gave this to him, but obviously this guy likes to "doblar" his money instead of spend it. Very precise folding and much more fun than a can of pop.

Can't spend it? Fold it!

Taylor didn't saw whom gave this to him, but obviously this guy likes to "doblar" his money instead of spend it.

95 pmh glass break

Elder Angelo Gonzolez, and Elder at the CCM from the Dominican Republic can throw a 95 mph fastball. Unfortunately the window was not designed to withstand that force.

Wood to Enter Field

Elder Taylor A. Wood will enter the Guatemala North Mission on March 17th where he will serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was lucky to be one of the few North American Elders able to attend the Guatemala MTC for the entire 6 weeks as they fill up with Latino missionaries first arriving January 16. He has loved the MTC experience and is looking forward to entering "the field". Taylor is the son of Dean and Allyson Wood and a 2007 Delta High School graduate.

Caught - Red Handed

HOLA!!!

Give the blog to my friends. I hope you enjoyed the pictures. Also the picture maggie preston SOMEHOW found was the right one. Did u just talk to aliese or something. or how did that work. next time you see her tell her thanks or something, and she owes me a letter!

Did you want me to send pictures through wallgreens or something from now on? that way it saves me postage and money.. instead you can just pay for it and i can keep my money! :P then you can have walgreens just make a cd and you can pick it up. just let me know.

the latino elder? elder paz, elder funes, and elder chaves. not sure about the other one. We go one splits tomorrow.

Blaine; http://www.dealextreme.com/ you can find a green laser pointer there. (speaking of laser pointers has anyone found my two that got sucked up by the amazing black hole of the house? if so please either send me them ,) or just pack them up for me.

As for the president seeing the movies on the grilled cheese.. go ahead and send them to him. I showed an elder some computer things and he used it for the worse. he tried sending pictures home through hotmail and someone the president was able to see the pictures he was sending. Might i just say, no mas grilled cheese. no mas king traditions, no mas master key that HAPPENS to open all bedrooms, that somehow happened to be connected to my key ring MUAHAHAHAHa. accually the samoan elder got it because he wa sthe new king. then he let the manager use the key and it took some work to get it back.. luckly he forgot the key in a room and BOOM thats how it was on my ring. well their camera caught us going to the abandonded room, and before ya know it the president gave us a little DISTRICT meeting on everything. we all felt guilty and gave him our 2 loaves of bread 2 packages of cheese (MAN... we were going to have grilled cheese that night too) It was all a good experiance though.

Mom, thanks for all the xoxoxoxox´s in the last email. its good to get them once in awhile.
and the alarm clocks were pranks we did. but only me and elder davis could sleep through them
Elder davis says that his mom saw the blog and enjoyed the pictures-
so did my glass piece break? cause i sent two glasses home.

Find out what happened to my marker.... because the thing was NOT tampered with, i think you just forgot and only put one in. also from now on put pictures of the virgin mary on packages. the wont mess with her but some people mess with pictures of christ.


Elder Taylor Wood

note from Mom: sorry President. All we can say is he's improved. :)

Touring the CCM

Have you wondered what the MTC or CCM is like in Guatemala? Well come with Taylor as he follows Elder Davis on a tour of the facilities but to get there we will have to go to a different blog. Click on the link at the left of this blog or type in this address into the bar: http://guatamtc.blogspot.com.

This photo is where they email and each sitting area has it's own desk.

One of the Warriors

Maggie Preston found this one for you. Is this the right one? THANKS TONS Maggie!
Hows that for service? These are Michael's scriptures. We got it right!!