3-8-2010

"Hello! My Sunday was really good, we had two investigators in church. The weather here is insane, last Monday it was amazing and we played soccer in short sleeves and shorts, two days later it snowed a ton, now it is better and the snow is melting thankfully. Our investigator Murat should be getting baptized on the 27th of March!! The Lord has been blessing us so much in our work here, it is amazing, and I am way grateful for it. I am way busy it blows my mind. I am doing really well though. I love you all so very much. Elder Talley

3-1-2010

"The investigators are doing really good. In the time of two weeks we have found 5 new investigators, so that is good. The Indonesian family that we found last week is doing way good, esp. the daughter. She came to church yesterday and brought a friend with!!! Murat and his father also came to church and had such a good time and felt the Spirit really strong. It was a way good Sunday." Elder Talley

2-22-2010

"This past week has been a really good one, we had Stake Conf. and it was all of the stakes that are German speaking for Switzerland, Germany and Austria. Pres. Uchtdorf spoke to us in German! It was simply amazing. It was so powerful and gave me strength to keep going. I can't even really explain it. So we found a family to teach! The mom comes fro Indonesia, she can speak way good German, her husband was Swiss, he died about a month ago. She has a daughter and a son. This morning we also met with a guy that I talked to on the Bahnhof (train) a couple of weeks ago, he is way sweet! His name is Andy. We taught him the first discussion and gave him a Book of Mormon. He is going to read the Book of mormon and seems excited to learn more." Elder Talley

Feb 8, 2010

"Murat the new investigator from last week is doing great, he wants to find out if it's true! He is so spiritual it is awesome. So, I learned something way sweet in church. I don't know why I have had the privilege of being around 70's so much on my mission, but a member in our branch was also a 70. His name is Elder Koch. He is awesome and I love when he teaches me. He was talking talking about Noah and the building of the Ark. Said he...As Noah was building the Ark people were laughing at him and calling him crazy. They mocked him because he said a flood was going to come. But, when the flood came and the rain wouldn't stop and they were half waist up in water, they probably got a little nervous. And they probably went to Noah wanting in the Ark, they now wanted to get in the exact thing at which they had mocked Noah for building, they were now about to die from the exact thing (rain) that they said wouldn't come...When we compare this to us as missionaries or members (of His church) it gets really good. As missionaries we get mocked and laughed at, we get told that these things we preach will not happen. But one day they will be begging for the exact thing that we tried to give them, the exact thing that they laughed at, that is ETERNAL LIFE the greatest of all the gifts of God. I thought that was a pretty good thought. The Church is true, and eternal life is why we do this.
I love you all." Elder Talley

Here is an Interesting E-mail!

My world has been flipped upside down!!! As of the 1st of July 2010 when Pres. Matern goes home the Switzerland Zurich Mission will be dissolved! It will be no more! The First Presidency has been praying about it for a while now, and this is what the Lord wants. Our mission will be merged with the get ready... I will give you a hint. It is where Dad served.. Yes, the Munich Austria Mission! Crazy!! I don't know if that is what it was called when he served there though. I could have the chance to serve in the same areas that he did for my last 5 months! It is going to be insane! The Swiss Government has really been cracking down lately, I mean really... Last week another missionary got sent to the states, they kicked him out like Elder Schults. Another one almost had a close call. As of May Switzerland will not allow any American Missionaries here! The ones here can stay but no new ones. I am freaking out, because about a month ago I had to go to Zurich to re-register to be able to stay here, they took my Swiss I.D. card that allows me to work here and said they would send it in 3 weeks. They should have sent it a week ago but it hasn't come... So hopefully I get it soon! That would be crazy if I got shipped to America! My new Mission Pres is Pres. Condie. He came out last June, and has been over in Austria. The future is so uncertain right now it is crazy! The work is going good though, the members are getting excited. They always praise us and are expecting to see great things, but so are we! The work in Dielsdorf is really coming along, it is exciting. Last week we found a new investigator. His name is Murat, he is about 22 and can speak French, English, and Turkish. He already had a BoM when we doored into him, he said he read in it prayed and felt good. This was all before he ever met missionaries. He has been prepared, it is exciting. I am doing well, I get to go to the Temple in a week, I am so excited. There is so much power there, so much strength. I need it! I love you Mom!
Elder Talley

Pictures

Here are some pictures Matt has taken.