tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88925114241281910282024-03-13T07:02:12.191-07:00called to serve AZ a MESAnarySister Makenzie Smith's adventures as a missionary in the Arizona Mesa Mission!Makenzie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353149505870035129noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892511424128191028.post-62082161598505622192018-02-27T06:12:00.001-08:002018-02-27T06:12:51.064-08:00Mission Accomplished<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, tomorrow is the day I return home and finish my mission. It’s been real here in the Arizona Mesa Mission these last 18 months. I’m so grateful for the opportunity I have had to serve, to love, and to grow.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This past week has been kinda bitter sweet. It’s been fun to see so many people that I have grown to love before I leave, but it has also been sad to say bye to them. Luckily, technology makes it easier to stay connected with everyone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyways, I’m going to make this short since I’m short on time with all the packing and everything today I’m short on time. But yesterday it was great to be able to speak in all 3 wards that I have been serving in for the past 7 months (it was a little stressful though...). My favorite was the First Vision talk that I gave. The Spirit testified so strongly to me that this message is true. Many people in the congregation had tears in their eyes, and I know that it was from the Spirit that we all felt. It was great to be able to testify of it one last time before I take off my missionary tag.</span></div>
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Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08415758267711052067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892511424128191028.post-30586696298930680132018-02-19T21:58:00.003-08:002018-02-19T21:58:33.646-08:00IT’S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN<div style="background-color: white;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do do do doooo. Do do do do dooo...<br /><br />Now that that song is stuck in your head, this week was pretty good. Getting down to the end, and people in my area know it, so I keep getting asked how much longer I have. There’s even people I don’t even remember telling, but somehow lots of people know. I have loved this area though.<br /><br />This week, as in all weeks as a missionary, there were some great ups, but there were also a few downs.<br /><br />One of the downs was that we get a text from Sister Wolf saying that visits to her and her kids are going to have to stop since the kids’ father is coming back into the picture (and he doesn’t really like the church...). I wanted to cry. I was so sad when I read that text.<br /><br />On a better note, we had a couple of good lessons with the Waters where Larry was more coherent and with it than he has been for awhile. So those were some awesome lessons, and I’m really hoping Larry starts to turn around a little more real soon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a funny story with flowers on Valentine’s Day. So my mom sent me flowers via a member, Sister Jensen. So Sister Jensen tricked us to coming to her house so that I could get the flowers we thought were for me. As I opened them and read the note, the note started, “To my favorite Jensen family in Arizona”... Turns out Sister Jensen’s parents had sent her flowers, too. I thought about just playing it off, but I decided it would be more awkward if my flowers came later. We all got a good laugh out of it (and I also got a Diet Coke, so that was a bonus). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />We also went on exchanges. I went to Sister McEwen’s area, and a cool experience that I had was we were just reading from The Book of Mormon was a convert, and I started asking some questions to help this person try to apply the scriptures to himself, and I was trying to get at that our “promised land” should be eternal life. Well, later on, Sister McEwen was talking to me about the lesson, and apparently a member had told her and her companion that they should probably review eternal life with him. And then there I was directing the conversation towards eternal life without even knowing the member had told them that. The Spirit is real y’all! I feel like often times I follow the Spirit with our really knowing it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope everyone is doing well, and I will be seeing y’all real soon!</span></div>
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Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08415758267711052067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892511424128191028.post-55280617131255281492018-02-14T10:15:00.001-08:002018-02-14T10:15:20.168-08:00Can’t see the point<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So one of the ward members got new contacts, and she was having a really hard time seeing with them, so I made the comment in gospel principles class as she was talking about it that she just couldn’t see the point in wearing them. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyways, this week was great! It went by wayyy too fast though! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday, we had a special mission conference with Elder Uceda and Elder Cook! It was soooo awesome! The Spirit was so strong as Elder Cook, and apostle of the Lord, spoke and bore his testimony. Even though the conference was only 2 hours, I learned so much! It was really cool too because he talked about the choosing and setting apart of President Nelson as the prophet. The Spirit hardcore testified to me that President Nelson is truly a prophet. Time sure does fly though because I remember it like it was yesterday that President Townsend told us not to expect to have another mission conference at our last one, and that was 10 months ago! It’s crazy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also had some miracles this week when it came to contacting some less actives. We were able to catch a couple of them home, and they let us in, and we were able to share a message with them! We were definitely blessed in that aspect. And we were able to meet with 2 different part member families this week (because they both love the missionaries and now it’s just chippin’ away little by little until they finally decide to be baptized).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, today we found out that here in Mesa, the bowling alleys are filled in the afternoon by all the snowbirds... So no bowling for our zone, but we did go to Krazy Air, so that was fun as always. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyways, I love y’all! Take care!</span></div>
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Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08415758267711052067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892511424128191028.post-80776983876205722222018-02-07T10:32:00.000-08:002018-02-07T10:32:04.316-08:00A true “Southern” girl<div style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So my whole mission, I have served along Southern Ave here in Mesa. I was thinking about that last week, and I came to the conclusion that it’s just because I truly am a southern girl haha<br />I also unintentionally made a pun (but no one realized except for me). At dinner, I made some whipped cream, and it took forever. We shared a dinner message on patience, and I said, “Sometimes, the Lord just wants to ‘whip’ us into shape.” Like I said, I was the only one noticed, so it wasn’t that great I guess...<br /><br />Anyways, this week was pretty good. It was about normal. We had a few good contacts with some people that needed to be contacted (like a PMF and some less actives and stuff). One experience was really cool. There’s a convert in one of our wards of about 2 years. We found out a couple of weeks ago that she has never actually read through The Book of Mormon all the way through yet. It was Monday night, and we didn’t have much planned, so we texted her to see if we could come read with her. As we were reading her, she told us that she was feeling a little guilty about missing church the day before since she was sick, but she decided she would read from The Book of Mormon (I think just a chapter a week). And then we showed up to read with her! We also invited her to an FHE last night, and it was the first time she had ever had or been to an FHE, so that was also great.<br /><br />One of the things I love about being a missionary is seeing people change, even if it is just in their attitude from the time we get to their house to the time that we leave. We had a lesson with another convert who is working on coming back to church and receiving the Melchizedek Priesthood. When we first got there, he wasn’t in the best mood, but as he answered his questions, he could feel the Spirit, and he was in such a good mood after. And he even said, “Well, that definitely wasn’t a waste of my time!” Which is always good to hear about a lesson haha</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had another 10 Sunday at the church building, but I loved the sacrament hymn we sang in one of the wards. The fourth verse has a line that says, “I have loved thee as thy friend, With a love that cannot end.” I love this so much because Christ really is our friend, and He loves us so much, and it really does never end. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyways, I hope each of you guys had a great week! Love y’all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So Caleb Frick (my recent convert from my first area) was married and sealed to Whitney (his girlfriend at the time who introduced him to the gospel) on Saturday! I got permission to go, and it was so amazing, and it made me sooo happy and joyful to see them be sealed. The Spirit was so strong during the sealing, and it testified to me of the importance of making temple covenants, especially being sealed as a family. It was a little weird being outside of mission boundaries, since it was at the Gilbert temple, but it was fun. We also had to wait awhile at the temple because the person we got a ride with was going to another sealing not too long after the one we went to, but it ran late. Being on temple grounds was good though. I’m just still smiling about them getting sealed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some background for some of the pics though—Whitney’s dad told the photographer that I was the missionary who taught and baptized Caleb to make sure she got some pics of me with them. Because of that, she also got some pics of just Caleb and I together, and I think that’s why she had us do a laughing pic<br /><br />We had zone conference this past week, and I had to give a departing testimony, which was weird. Sister Townsend made the comment that when the sisters get up she feels like we just got here, and I feel the same way. People tend to make the comment in their departing testimonies that they felt like this day would never come, and I always thought it was kinda cheesy, but it actually is pretty true. All the sudden, you are the missionary up there giving your departing testimony. It really makes you reflect on your mission.<br /><br />This week we were able to have a few good lessons with some members that we dropped by, and we were even able to contact some less actives that we haven’t been able to contact in awhile. One of them was a less active that Sister Talbot and I tried to contact multiple times with no luck back in August/September. I kinda put that person aside, but I suddenly had her name come to mind a couple of times, so I knew we needed to go and try her. Well, we went by, and she answered and was super nice and set a return appointment! It was seriously a miracle. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, we had dinner with someone who lived in Texas for a bit since their husband was going to school at Texas Tech, and for dessert they pulled out Blue Bell Cookie Two Step ice cream. Needless to say, this Texan was very excited and happy about that. #miracles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were able to have a pretty decent with Maria for the first time in awhile since Larry isn’t always all there and completely coherent during most lessons. It went downhill just the last few minutes when Larry started letting out some anger from something that happened in the past. Besides that, we were talking about God’s love for us since He is our Heavenly Father. My testimony was strengthened during this lesson, and I know He loves is so much. He has a plan for us. He gives us so many blessings, even when we don’t recognize them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope y’all each have a great week! Love you guys!</span></div>
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Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08415758267711052067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892511424128191028.post-33885884443818168492018-01-23T10:45:00.002-08:002018-01-23T10:45:41.858-08:00“Diet Coke fixes everything”<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">So I’m really running out of steam on puns, so this quote will have to do. I basically had no voice Thursday-Saturday, and I was talking on the phone with Sister Jensen on Friday, and she asked if I was sick. She then told me I could come by her house to get Diet Coke, because “Diet Coke fixes everything.” I’m sure my mom would approve of that statement.</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyways, thinking back on the week, it seems like it was forever long. But it was pretty good. Really, nothing out of the ordinary. More finding. A little teaching, mostly to the same people we normally teach each week. We had Stake Conference yesterday, so we weren’t at the church building for 10 hours, which was nice. And Stake Conference was super great. The theme was “Jesus, the very thought of thee.” As we think of Christ, we can love in His way and we can live in His way, and we can help those around us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We did have a good lesson with Nadia this week. She just continues to be so excited for everything. She was telling us how she went to the temple with the youth, and she did baptisms again for more family names, and she talked about how awesome it was seeing some of the priests performing the baptisms for the first time (even if they dunked some of the girls way too hard into the water). It’s just cool to see her continue to grow and learn. It’s been fun to be around her the last 6 months. She even told me in our lesson that she has seen me change so much the past 6 months too. It’s a growing and learning process for all of us, and it never stops.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had another lesson with someone else. It’s hard because they know what is right, and they have a strong testimony of the gospel. They just have had some experiences in their life that they can’t let go and still hold onto a lot of anger. I was thinking about this last night, and I just couldn’t help but think that Christ has infinite power. He can do anything. He can repair any hurt or wound. He can fix whatever is broken. So why not him? Why not you? Why not me? He can. It’s up to us to trust Him, to turn to Him. </span></div>
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Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08415758267711052067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892511424128191028.post-10749958495356575472018-01-15T10:01:00.000-08:002018-01-17T10:03:43.258-08:00Captivating Decapitating story<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So we were helping the Johnson’s paint their house, and Brother Johnson was telling a story about how he learned to decapitate a chicken. It was very captivating, so captivating that I accidentally painted on their sink faucet. So we named it the captivating decapitating story.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyways, this week was good, just a normal week. We did get transfer news, and I will be staying in the area for my final transfer, but I will no longer be a STL.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We were able to have an AMAZING lesson filled so strongly with Larry and Maria last night. It was so perfect, and our member present, Brother Carter, was able to extend a fantastic invitation to Larry to receive a priesthood blessing, and it was so powerful. The priesthood is real y’all! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Other than that, I can’t think of much else from this week. And I don’t have much time left anyways</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyways, love y’all!</span></div>
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Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08415758267711052067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892511424128191028.post-9208500589349337202018-01-10T09:03:00.006-08:002018-01-10T09:03:53.982-08:00Temple Trip Tuesday<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s not a pun, but it’s a nice alliteration.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyways, the week always seems long when pday is on a Tuesday, but this week will seem shorter, so I guess it all balances out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This past week, it was mostly just like any other week. I was kinda sick on Wednesday, so that wasn’t fun, and then my comp wasn’t feeling good the rest of the week. It’s just that time of year, and we have gone to so many people's homes this past week where they have been sick, and it’s not just the, “I’m sick” excuse people use to get us to go away. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We did have a lesson with a part member family about why we go to church and stuff, and we brought a member with us. We asked the member to share the blessings of going to church and how it helps him. Well, he starts talking about how hard Church really is when you have young children and talked about how it’s the hardest 3 hours of his week and what not. He even said that, “church is harder than hell.” We were getting a little nervous, but he eventually tied everything back together and said that despite the difficulties, he sees how it makes his week better and how he has learned to cherish seeing all his girls dressed up in the backseat of their car and everything. I think it helped the family to have someone give them some real talk though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also got a referral for a member who has been inactive for awhile who requested a copy of The Book of Mormon from online. We didn’t even have her records in our ward. We were able to contact this referral within 20 minutes of her requesting The Book of Mormon, and she let us right in. Apparently, her 6 year old has been a little curious since they went to church a little bit ago with the grandparents, so the mom decided that if her daughter wants to go, they will go. And they came to church on Sunday! Interestingly enough, our ward mission leader knows them a little bit and had been feeling like they needed to invite her to things. And last night, there is a group FHE put on for the missionaries to bring people to once a month now by one of the high councilors, and she came with our ward mission leader’s family. So that is exciting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also learned that the mission president looks at how much money is on all the missionaries mission cards, and if you start accumulating too much money, you get a phone call from him. This may or may not have happened to me this week... But the reason I have more money than usual on my card is because I haven’t had to buy too much with members giving us stuff and then a member payed for our groceries last week. So we just have great members, and it is a blessing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a little sad to hear about President Monson’s passing, but it has been a great time to reflect on those things he exemplified and those things he has taught us. It gave me the opportunity to think about what he taught me and some of the things he has said. Two of my favorite quotes from him are, “may we ever choose the harder right than the easier wrong,” and “never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.”</span></div>
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Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08415758267711052067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892511424128191028.post-15217259436890055222018-01-04T11:38:00.001-08:002018-01-04T11:38:14.842-08:00Juan on Juan<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">What do you call Spanish basketball? Juan on Juan.</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyways, HAPPY NEW YEAR!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week was filled with a lot of great things, a lot of miracles for the mission. To start, our zone and district were really struggling to find people to teach, so we did a fast. Last week, our whole zone only found 4 people, but this week, just our district set a goal to find 20 new investigators, and we reached that goal! Also, the visitors center set a goal of about 2,200 referrals this year at Christmas Lights (which is doubled from last year), and last night they had to get 200 referrals to reach it. That’s a crazy goal, especially because Christmas Eve had 151 referrals, which was the highest ever. Well, with the help of the Lord, they got 220 referrals last night. We all ended the year on a good note.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sister Clark and I, even though we didn’t reach our companionship finding goal, we were blessed with a few more referrals, plus meeting and being able to talk with a few other people who showed some interest. This will hopefully help us in our finding goals in the next few weeks. We also have been in contact with a few investigators who we have had a hard time contacting, and it was nice because during weekly planning, we had a few more people to talk about and plan for. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had one more exchange this week, and it was kinda nice to go to another area and not have to worry as much about planning for the day. It was also nice because I went on exchanges with Sister Caswell, and she goes home when I go home, and so we are in the same boat and understand each other on certain things. On this exchange though, we had one lesson where it was just natural to teach and testify of the plan of salvation. We stopped by a former investigator’s home, and they let us in. We really didn’t have a plan. We started talking to her, and by the end, we taught almost the whole plan of salvation. It was nice because I didn’t feel rote or like I had to teach the Plan of salvation because it was what we planned, but it really was by the Spirit and from the heart. I could feel the Spirit testify of the truthfulness of it to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just can’t emphasize enough how much the Lord blessed us this week. It was a great week to end the year. Even church yesterday, even though it was super long for us, I really felt uplifted and ready to begin this new year. We also were able to help someone move into their apartment last night. Of course, they were moving to the third floor, and my body hurt after going up and down the stairs with stuff for about 45 min, but it was totally worth it to help someone out. You could tell that they really appreciated the help.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To start the year, the mission had a big activity for all the missionaries where we could play various sports from 8:30am-12pm and then eat lunch. It was so much fun, and I played about 2 hours or so of soccer. Needless to say, I am sore, and I will probably feel it even more tomorrow morning. I also played a little bit of softball. It’s just great to be around other missionaries who want to have fun and just play sports and everything be pretty positive the whole time while playing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love y’all! Have a great first week of the year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How did the wisemen present their gifts? We’ve got gold, frankincense, but wait! There’s myrrh! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyways, hope y’all all had a good Christmas! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This week seemed kinda long, but that’s probably just because pday is on Tuesday instead of Monday. But we were pretty busy and all over the place this week. We had 3 exchanges, and we had another sister join us for Christmas Lights Tuesday night because her companion was sick. So basically, Sister Clark and I had all kinds of different companions this week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From Monday night to Tuesday night before Christmas Lights, I was on exchanges. Then, we picked up the other sister whose companion was sick. Tuesday night at Christmas Lights was fun in a trio because we felt a little more obligated to talk to people on our own because it’s a little intimidating to have not only 2, but 3 sisters come up to you and start talking, so we just kinda divided and conquered (within the rules though). So we talked to lots of people, and the Visitors’ Center got 102 referrals that night! That was crazy to get that many referrals for a Tuesday night. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wednesday, I got to go into a Spanish area again. I think the hardest part for me with that is I can understand what the people are saying, but I just don’t know enough (and am not confident enough) to respond back or make comments. Most people are nice enough to help you though when they know you don’t know much or are learning Spanish. Also, we tipped a trailer up in the air on accident at dinner that night. Long story short, Sister Shumway and I were having dinner with a family, and so were the elders in the other part of the Spanish area. Because of something, we ended up eating part of our dinner outside on the back of a trailer. As we went to get off, 3 of us were all at the back, and it was just like a seesaw. Luckily, all the food had been taken off, so everything was okay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thursday, we went caroling as a district to some people from our different areas. It’s always fun and rewarding to see the people’s faces light up with joy as you begin to carol to them. We also had dinner with the Jensen family, where we got to decorate some cookies. And mine turned out pretty great considering my artistic skills. The daughter even wanted to copy one of mine. We also got to go to Christmas Lights again, and I was finally able to actually get a few referrals myself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Friday and Saturday were basically all finding. We did day exchanges on Saturday with some sisters because it’s impossible to do a 24 hour exchange with them with Christmas Lights. We had a great conversation with one guy on exchanges, and we offered him a copy of The Book of Mormon 3 times in the course of this conversation, but he turned it down all 3 times. Friday night, I also ate some spicy Thai food. It was great, but my companion and the member who took us out for dinner couldn’t handle the heat when they tried a little bit of my food. They all thought I took it like a champ (although my lips burned sooo bad from the spice level). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Christmas Eve was great. It was weird only having sacrament meeting in all three wards, but it was nice because I felt like we didn’t have to rush off somewhere. One of our wards did a super beautiful and awesome musical program, which included four cellos being played. It was great! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We were also fasting because our zone and district have been struggling with finding new investigators, so each companionship took a day to fast, and ours was Christmas Eve. I almost accidentally broke my fast early because we went to a member’s, and they offered us a treat, and it sounded and looked good, so I grabbed one without thinking. Luckily, Sister Clark said, “Don’t do it! Don’t eat it!” and I was able to remember that I was fasting, and I slipped the treat into my bag to eat later. Sometimes, Satan is sneaky though. That night, we went to the Hewitt’s for dinner, where we ate way too much Chinese food and had a great time. And we were also sent home with all the leftovers. We now have rice for days. But a miracle happened that night! We got a call from a member in another ward with a referral for us! It was an answer to our fasting and praying. And the referral even called us back this morning, and we are going over there tonight!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Christmas was also a little more relaxed. We woke up, opened our presents, got ready, studied, and then called home. After, we went to a part member family’s home for lunch (the Abelings—they had us over for Thanksgiving too). We tried to contact the referral we got, but no luck. We then went over to one of our bishops’ houses, where we mostly played some games with them, especially the youngest daughter. We had to eat dinner really fast though because we were supposed to be at the temple at 5:45/6ish to get ready for the concert, but dinner wasn’t ready until 5:30. I don’t think I have ever gotten to the temple so quickly as I did last night. I was really pushing tiwi (a box that monitors our driving and will only let us go up to 7 mph over the speed limit before a red light comes on and tells us to “check your speed”). I was on cruise control and there were a few times when the red light blinked on for a moment but tiwi didn’t say anything. We got there just on time. Then, we had the concert, which was fun, but it was a little crowded on the stands. After, we had hot chocolate with a family, and they had lots of ingredients to make all kinds of different flavored hot chocolate. To end the night, we came home, and the daughter of the member that we live with was over, and she has a German Shepherd. So that was a good way to end Christmas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I do love the Christmas season though and being able to focus on our Savior. I know Jesus Christ loves us and performed the Atonement for us. I know He gives us light wherever we may be at, just like the symbol of His birth was light both where He was born as well in the Americas. He provides peace and joy in our lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So Maria told us this joke the other night (btw, she is Mexican). The answer is: so they can have something to unwrap</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week, not much happened within our area. We are continuing to find more people to teach since our investigator pool is pretty vacant. I have been studying Chapter 9 of Preach My Gospel on finding, and I realized that I could be much more effective during the first contact I have with most of the people I talk to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We got to help out at Christmas Lights a couple of times this week. We were able to have a few good conversations with some people there. We didn’t get any referrals (that is one of our roles when we are there), but hopefully we helped at least a few people feel the Spirit while there. I just always love being there because the lights are beautiful, but also to just be on temple grounds for a couple of hours is nice. It is exhausting though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Wednesday night, we went to mutual so we could talk to some of the young men about how to study and what to study to prepare for a lesson as a missionary. It was good. We started off by asking some questions, mostly about mission lingo. One of the questions was, “what does it mean to have a baby?” The answer is to be a trainer, but one of the young men responded with, “to be sent home early.” We all got a good laugh out of that one. After, we played chair soccer with them. Chair soccer is a lot more difficult in a skirt and with only socks on...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thursday, we had zone conference. We got to do a nativity, and I was Mary. It was funny at one part though because they talked about how Mary was with a child, and elder named Elder Child, who was also up front at the time, waved his hand at that part. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday at church, the fire alarm went off during sacrament meeting. I thought it was kinda ironic though because the person speaking was speaking about obedience and how the people should have just gotten on the ark, looked at the serpent, and how we just need to do the simple things. When the fire alarm went off, people kinda hesitated if they should leave or not. I wanted to go up to the person who was giving the talk and tell him to make the analogy that we just needed to leave the building. I was disappointed when we finally all went back inside and he gave the last little bit of his talk that he didn’t tie in the fire alarm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My companion made a good point though about how if we don’t treat the fire alarm as a real thing, even when things seem to be perfectly fine, we will never treat a fire alarm as a real thing. It made me think about following the promptings of the Spirit. If we don’t follow the first one, or don’t follow it because everything seems to be okay, then we never follow the Spirit and take the promptings seriously.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also had the opportunity to speak in church in one of our wards. We were asked to speak on experiences that helped us know that the Savior and His Atonement are real. I love this topic, so I was excited to talk about it. No matter when, when Jesus Christ and His Atonement are talked about, I can always feel the Spirit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have a merry Christmas! 🎄 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday, I felt like Buddy the Elf because we had so much sugar, and one of the contributing factors to all that sugar was being served vanilla ice cream with maple syrup on top. It didn’t really taste bad, it was just too much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tuesday night, we also got to go to the temple to do baptisms with Maria. It was great to be able to spend time in the temple. It was also great because this time I had family names, so I was able to do some baptisms as well. Maria seemed to really like being inside the temple. It just brings such a sense of peace and calmness. It was just refreshing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We got to help with the Christmas Lights on Thursday and Friday night. Thursday night, we had a slightly interesting experience. We had a lady come up and start talking to us. Just small talk, nothing much. She then offered us cookies because, she “knows how hard it is to be away from home for Christmas and [she] wanted to give us something.” We took a cookie, and then not too long after she left, we had a host from Christmas Lights tell us that we may not want to eat the cookie because this same lady was passing out propaganda/anti material the other night. I then proceeded to keep the cookie in my pocket the rest of the night since there wasn’t a trash can near. Sister Clark still ate the cookie anyways. Don’t worry, she’s okay. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday was full steam ahead all day basically. We woke up, helped someone move, got ready, went to a baptism for a child in the ward since Larry and Maria were invited to go, and they invited us. As always, the Spirit at the baptism was super strong. Then, we helped an older couple decorate their tree. Then, we got home to finally do planning and studies only to realize that we were actually supposed to be at a lesson 15 minutes earlier. We rushed over there. Then, we did planning and personal study at the church (we didn’t even do comp study because there was like no time). We had a few good contacts in our area. Then, we had the Christmas Party for Mountain Vista Ward. The whole gym was full, and there were lots of non members there. It was great! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday, it was the usual church meetings. On Sunday night though, our stake had a Christmas Devotional where each ward choir sang a song, and there was one talk at the end. It was full of the Spirit. I just love music so much. We even sang with one of the ward choirs. It was fun and uplifting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will add that it was really rewarding to do all of the service of helping with the Christmas decorations because the members appreciated it so much. Each one that we have helped has come up to us multiple times to tell us that they just love their decorations and stuff. It’s just good to know that you helped someone and they have been cheered up and blessed by it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This morning, it was a lot of fun at zone sports. We started off by playing free for all dodgeball (and I even won a game). Then, we decided to play soccer free for all dodgeball where instead of throwing the ball at each other, you have to kick it. Let’s say there were multiple faces hit. But I won 2/3 games! </span></div>
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Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08415758267711052067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892511424128191028.post-52580665309385583412017-12-05T12:29:00.003-08:002017-12-05T12:29:30.871-08:00“Mint” a lot to me<blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" type="cite">
So Sister McGee, who was my roommate for a transfer, goes home <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1881317112" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">tomorrow</span></span>. When we were roommates, her and her companion would always eat the mints I had (I gave permission to them that they could have some). They ate so many that they started buying mints and refilling my bag. Today I left her a pack of mints and a card that says, “you sure mint a lot to me.” Hopefully it makes her laugh.<div>
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Anyways, this week was good. We didn’t have a whole lot going on. We did have MLC <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1881317113" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Thursday</span></span>, and on the way there, since it was the last day of the month, we were calculating our miles for the month to see if we could also make it to the temple that night to help with Christmas Lights (since our ride to Christmas Lights told us they were leaving earlier and we didn’t want to do that). After some quick, extensive evaluation and calculation, I may have suddenly, but safely cut across a few lanes to take an exit off of the highway to cut off a couple of miles. We pushed the limit, but we ended up with 8 miles to spare for the month. I have never had this close of a call with miles before, but it all worked out okay.</div>
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The other day, I was studying 2 Nephi 4, and I feel like I connected with Nephi and what he was saying. In verses 17-19, he is all sad and down because he feels like he should be better than he is. I was thinking how this relates to me as a missionary. Sometimes, I feel like I should be so much better at things because I have been out for awhile, but then I remember how much I have grown and changed, and those things I feel like I should be better at are still a lot better than when I first became a missionary. Now, I am just more aware of my shortcomings and where I can improve, kinda like Nephi. But like Nephi in chapter 4, I know I can trust God. Verse 26 also stood out to me, “O then, if I have seen so great things... why should my heart weep and my soul linger in the valley of sorrow,...and my strength slacken, because of mine afflictions?” We may not be the best and we may have afflictions, but we have seen great things from Heavenly Father in our lives, and because of that we can have happiness and not “linger in the valley of sorrow.”</div>
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Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08415758267711052067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892511424128191028.post-86120204749930256422017-11-27T17:49:00.005-08:002017-11-27T17:49:50.921-08:00There’s always s’more room<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We went to a member’s home to pick up something Wednesday night, and they had family over and they were making s’mores. I was stuffed from dinner, but I made the comment, “there’s always s’more room.” The member painfully laughed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another funny from this week was we went to Primary in one of the wards yesterday to help with sharing time, and the Primary President read D&C 84:62 and asked what missionaries need to take with them. She gave them a hint by saying it starts with a ‘t’. One kid’s answer was a tablet 😂 The primary president responded saying that some missionaries need a tablet. But the real answer was a testimony.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the note of tablets, this week, Sister Clark and I got a smartphone! It was kinda weird at first and part of me still wants to pick up the old brick to send texts. But it’s great because we can finally see all the emojis people have been sending us, and we can be a part of group texts! It’s an exciting time haha</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of the biggest things this week was Thanksgiving. We helped at the registration table for the Mesa Turkey Trot in the morning and then did our regular studies. We then went to a part member family’s home for our first Thanksgiving dinner. We were expecting to help a lot more when it came to preparing the food than we actually did, so there was some down time while at that home between the time we got there and the time we actually ate. After we ate there, we were able to go over to an investigator’s home, where we just ate some dessert. But it was a miracle that we were able to meet with her because we haven’t been able to get into touch with her for awhile, and she finally texted us Wednesday night and invited us over for Thanksgiving. So that was a miracle! Then, we had another dinner at a member’s home, and they had friends who weren’t members over as well. It was really awesome because one of the friends started asking some questions about the church and boundaries and stuff (because I had said something about something being outside of my boundaries), and this led to a solid gospel conversation, and the members were engaged and asking questions and bearing testimony. We ended up giving the friend a copy of The Book of Mormon, and the member bore a simple but powerful testimony that, “that book changed my life.” (The members are converts). It was just really cool to see members bear testimony so naturally to their friends and be excited to answer questions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Also, on Thanksgiving, I studied scriptures about giving thanks, and it was a good reminder that we should always be giving thanks, and I love Alma 7:23 about how we need to give thanks for what we do receive. We may not receive everything that we ask for, but we need to recognize what our Heavenly Father blesses us with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The other big thing that happened this week was that Maria was confirmed yesterday, so now it is official haha. It was also awesome because her husband wanted to leave after sacrament meeting (not awesome), so she took him home. But, instead of staying at home once dropping him off, she came back so she could go to the rest of church! Like, that shows how dedicated and strong she is. She really does want to do the right things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Last night, we also had our first shift at Christmas Lights. It was fun, but I wish it was a little cooler so it would feel a little more like Christmas time. I’m excited to continue to be able to help out at Christmas Lights though and be able to talk with people. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I put eyes on my iPad (they have both fallen off now <img alt="🙁" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f641" goomoji="1f641" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f641" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" />)</span></td></tr>
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Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08415758267711052067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892511424128191028.post-89999206322038205792017-11-24T10:29:00.006-08:002017-11-24T10:29:56.937-08:00Baptism of Waters or Waters of Baptism<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So Maria was baptized yesterday! And her last name is Waters. So yeah,</span></div>
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was a baptism of Waters.</div>
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Maria's baptism was good though. It was "fourth hour" for Skyline Ward</div>
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since her baptism happened right after church. She gave a good</div>
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testimony, and everything was just very simple. Her daughter even came</div>
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to the baptism as well. And Sister Clark and I sang "Beautiful</div>
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Savior." It wasn't my best performance ever, but Maria's daughter did</div>
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tell me that I had a really beautiful singing voice (which I would</div>
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have never imagined anyone ever telling me that in my life).</div>
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I did go on exchanges with Sister Harkleroad in her area this week. It</div>
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was kinda weird because it's right next to my old area, and she lives</div>
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with the Sisters that are now in my old area. It just brought back</div>
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some memories. It was kinda cool because I was able to look at all the</div>
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people the sisters in my old area are working with, and they are still</div>
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working with a lot of the same people I was working with, and quite a</div>
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few of them have progressed even more since I left. Sometimes, we get</div>
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to see the fruits of our efforts in our areas, and sometimes we don't,</div>
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but it is always nice to be able to see what has happened since</div>
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leaving an area.</div>
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I guess a miracle that happened this week was we were just visiting</div>
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some members trying to get to know about some of their neighbors who</div>
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are former investigators. We came to one member's home, and we set up</div>
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a time to get to know this family a little better. Turns out that the</div>
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wife's mom who is living with them is not a member. We talked some,</div>
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and they actually set up a return appointment with us so that we can</div>
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come back and share The Restoration video with her and talk about it.</div>
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It's always nice when members help out, but it also shows that we have</div>
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to get to know the members before anything happens often times.</div>
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Also, this past week, we had to clean our car seat because there were</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
some stains. We had a member's help us with it, and then we had to</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
drive home. Since the seat was still wet, my companion sat in the back</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
seat. It was the weirdest feeling driving without anyone in the</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
passenger seat since I haven't done it in over a year. It's almost</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
like I felt empty, even though she was still in the car.</div>
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We also had an interesting contact that could have turned out a lot</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
more interesting than it actually did. So we go and knock of this door</div>
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of a neighbor that a member told us to stop by. She answers the door.</div>
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She was super friendly and told us that it wasn't a good time because</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
she was entertaining some guests. We look behind her, and we see</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
sitting on her couch 2 nuns and a catholic priest. She ended up having</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
us come in so she could give us some water (which we actually said we</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
were fine at the door) and she introduced us as "their Mormon</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
friends." We just introduced ourselves, got the water, and left. It</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
was a little weird, but like I said us coming in could have turned out</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
a lot different than it did.</div>
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Anyways, something that really stood out to me as I was studying this</div>
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week was 1 Nephi 14:14- "And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
power of the Lamb of God, that it descended upon the saints of the</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
church of the Lamb, and upon the covenant people of the Lord, who were</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
scattered upon all the face of the earth; and they were armed with</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
righteousness and with the power of God in great glory." I love this</div>
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because there are a lot of things that go on in our lives and the</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
adversary is trying to tempt us and lead us away in so many ways, but</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
the Lord strengthens us and gives us power to overcome those things so</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
that we can build up His kingdom and return to live with Him. But, we</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
have to keep our covenants and be apart of that "covenant people" to</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
receive those blessings.</div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
I love y'all!</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Sister Smith</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Awkward family district pic (including matching shirts courtesy of <span style="color: #333333; text-align: start;">Sister Clark's mom)</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another pic from Nadia's baptism because it's a great pic and much<br /><span style="color: #333333; text-align: start;">better than iPad quality</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Looked up this word, and definition 2 stood out to me. #nerdlife #ChemE</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Weekly dog pic</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Empty seat...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">MARIA'S BAPTISM!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maria</span></td></tr>
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</span></span>Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08415758267711052067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892511424128191028.post-27274574484838026152017-11-16T10:28:00.006-08:002017-11-16T10:29:10.446-08:00"Chunky dunk in the Jesus tank"<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Those words spoken by Sister Nadia Carey in her testimony after she</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">was baptized 😂 She was talking about a story and how things could</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
have been different and how she could could have been doing other</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
things, but instead she "took a chunky dunk in the Jesus tank."</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Another funny thing was that Sister Clark and I were called</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
"fish-onaries" by a little girl. Of course, I thought it was fitting</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
because we are fishers of men lol</div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Anyways, this week was good. NADIA WAS BAPTIZED on Saturday! Wahoo!</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
And her baptismal service was so good. We actually had to go to the</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
chapel for everything else besides the baptism because there were so</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
many people who came. And her testimony was super strong and powerful.</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
It was just super exciting and fantastic. Everything was just so good</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
and went pretty well.</div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
We had a couple of exchanges this week. I stayed in my area for both.</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Sister Clark and I almost felt like we did an exchange with ourselves</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
between the other 2 because we were gone for 24 hours, together 24</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
hours, and gone for 24 hours. I was exhausted by the end of the second</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
exchange though because it was basically a lot of finding since our</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
teaching pool is kinda winding down, and I was the one who had to lead</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
the area on exchanges and put in all the areas/names for finding. It</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
was a relief on Friday to not have to plan nearly as much because we</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
had weekly planning and a Christmas Lights meeting. On the exchange on</div>
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Thursday it was really awesome though because we got some referrals</div>
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from members that we went and visited. We went to some members to ask</div>
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about neighbors that are in our area book as formers, and by doing</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
that, they started talking about their other neighbors as well. So we</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
now have a new tactic and strategy that we are really going to try to</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
approach and use this week.</div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
It was also crazy because Saturday night we got a referral from some</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Gilbert elders about an investigator who moved into our area. We were</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
right around the corner from where that family moved in, so we stopped</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
by. Turns out that it was a family that is friends with Nadia's</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
family, and Nadia's daughter and this other family's daughter are</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
really good friends, so the daughter came to Nadia's baptism!</div>
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This week was also fun because Sister Talbot came back down for the</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
baptism. She actually came to see Larry and Maria while we were having</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
a lesson with them. She waited in her car for about 20 minutes because</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
she saw that we were there and didn't want to interrupt, but then</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Larry went out front to do what he calls, "exercising his agency"</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
(smoking), and I guess he saw her and invited her in. It was kinda</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
weird because we continued the lesson, and Sister Talbot just taught</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
like normal. It's like she was companion again, but she wasn't. It was</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
fun though. We also both had dinner at Nadia's last night since her</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
and her family were doing an early Thanksgiving with the family that</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
was in town. She smoked the turkey, and it was soo good.</div>
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Also, it looks like Maria will be getting baptized on Sunday after</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
church. She has her baptismal interview tonight, so we are hoping</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
everything goes well!</div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div>
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Anyways, I love y'all! Have a great week!</div>
</span><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Sister Smith</div>
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</span></span>Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08415758267711052067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892511424128191028.post-10695196152051473612017-11-08T07:31:00.000-08:002017-11-08T07:31:08.937-08:00Something fishy<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">I was on exchanges with Hermana Zundel in her area on Saturday, and I</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">was looking through a Spanish workbook from the MTC, I saw the word</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">for sin, which is el pecado. I thought it was close to the word for</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">fish, so I asked Hermana Zundel. The word for fish is el pescado. We</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">had a short discussion, and at the end I said, "it still seems a</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">little fishy to me."</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">Anyways, this week seemed a little long and out of order, but it was</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">great. Last Monday night, we got to carve pumpkins with the Jensen</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">family, and that was a blast. I always appreciate members who treat us</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">well and trust us (especially when there are knives involved lol).</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">Tuesday, we got to go to the temple for Halloween night. Nothing like</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">spending time with the dead on Halloween 😂 It was great though. I got</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">to participate in sealings to parents for the first time, which was a</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">fantastic experience. There definitely is power in eternal families.</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">Wednesday, we went over the final details for Nadia's baptism for this</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">Saturday. It seems like it will be great and lots of people will be</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">there.</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">We had weekly planning on Thursday this week because we had zone</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">conference on Friday. Zone Conference was really good. We were able to</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">have a great discussion on having the Spirit more fully when we teach</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">and are talking with people. Ultimately, it comes down to that you</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">have to make it personal to them, personal to you, and really make it</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">meaningful. I also studied on the Spirit teaching people yesterday in</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">my personal study, and I came up with a good example of why the Spirit</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">is so necessary. I thought about how as missionaries, we often teach</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">people about what praying is and the correct way to pray. It's kinda</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">like the what and how of prayer. But, the Spirit is the one who</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">confirms to them really why they themselves need to pray. If they</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">don't feel the Spirit while we are praying with them or when they</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">pray, they won't continue to do it. I also was studying how to make my</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">personal prayers more meaningful, and I came up with 3 words based off</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">of a quote I read. They are: Meditate, Contemplate, Supplicate. In</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">other words, we really need to think about what we are going to say</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">and ask for before we pray. This also allows the Spirit to guide our</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">prays as well.</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">Friday night to Saturday night, we had exchanges. I went to a Spanish</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">area again. The Lord showed me a tender mercy though in one of our</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">lessons. We went to read The Book of Mormon with a family in the ward.</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">I know enough Spanish to be able to read decently, but I never feel</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">confident doing it. Well, in this lesson there was a kid who was</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">struggling a little bit to read in Spanish, so it didn't make me feel</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">quite so bad about my reading, and it gave me a little bit of a</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">confidence boost.</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">So that's basically my week in a nutshell. Hope y'all all are doing well!</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">Love,</span><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;">Sister Smith</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I don't like the last three digits of the odometer reading for the<br style="color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; text-align: start;">end of this day...</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">When somehow Siri will give you the score of the World Series on<br style="color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; text-align: start;">your iPad when most things are blocked.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So Sister Clark and I were moving out of our apartment, and we were</span></div>
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chips on your shoulder."</div>
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Anyways, this week was kinda different with everything we had going</div>
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on. So we moved on Tuesday, and we moved into a member's home. It's</div>
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good, but different. There are definitely pros and cons to it all.</div>
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Pro: wifi, which means emailing while laying on a comfy couch. Con:</div>
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the thermostat is usually at 80°, but sometimes at 84°... I also feel</div>
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like I have 2 strikes right now because I apparently didn't shut the</div>
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front door all the way when we left one morning (because it is a</div>
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little harder to shut), and then I also put a canned drink in the</div>
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freezer and forgot about it and it exploded... So now I am on edge for</div>
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strike 3.</div>
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Wednesday, we had a Fall Festival for Mountain Vista Ward, which was</div>
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great. We had a less active member come, which is the first time she</div>
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has come to something in a long time. There were also lots of other</div>
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non members there too!</div>
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We had MLC on Thursday. We found out that sometime in November, our</div>
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mission is supposed to be getting smartphones! We will keep our iPads,</div>
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but it will start a transition to all missionaries having smartphones</div>
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instead of tablets. We don't know how immediately it will be though</div>
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before all missionaries just have smartphones. But I love going to MLC</div>
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because it is an extra opportunity to learn and grow. We also had</div>
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multiple lessons, and I think we finally figured out the trick to keep</div>
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the Wolf family focused and engaged in the lessons (we have had a hard</div>
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time the last few weeks focusing everyone).</div>
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On Friday, we had an STL meeting in the morning. It started off</div>
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talking about how God is always aware of us and knows what we need. It</div>
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made me reflect on how many times I have seen God's hand and known</div>
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that He is aware of me. I also like a statement that was made. It was:</div>
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"If you don't believe that you have a loving Heavenly Father, why</div>
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would anything else matter? If you don't believe that He loves you,</div>
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why would you want to return to live with Him?" This is so true. If He</div>
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doesn't love us and we don't love God, it wouldn't make sense to want</div>
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to go back to His presence. This is why as missionaries, the first</div>
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point in the first lesson, so the first things we usually teach, is</div>
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"God is Our Loving Heavenly Father." That's the basis, and because He</div>
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loves us, His Son, Jesus Christ, was sent to earth to atone for our</div>
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sins. Because He loves us, He wants us to have this knowledge, the</div>
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knowledge of the gospel. Everything is based off of those statements.</div>
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On Saturday, we helped with the Salt River Cleanup Project. It seems</div>
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like it wasn't too long ago that I was helping with this, but it was a</div>
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year ago... But it was fun. It was interesting. Sister Clark and I,</div>
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along with 2 other people we were with, went to pick up a blanket that</div>
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we thought was trash. As we were pulling it up, we saw a skeleton of</div>
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what we think was a dog 😐. So I guess we found someone's dog that had</div>
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been buried for some time. Later that night, we had Skyline's Trunk or</div>
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Treat. I think Skyline is my favorite ward that I have served in. I</div>
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just feel like I am home in that ward. There were lots of people that</div>
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came, including non members and investigators. They were playing music</div>
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though at the party, but it was kinda disappointing because it was</div>
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mostly kids singing the songs. Sister Clark called it, "Unsatisfying</div>
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Disobedience." If we were going to listen to music, it should have at</div>
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least been the real thing lol</div>
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Last night, we had a lesson with Maria where we went over the</div>
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baptismal interview questions. It's a good thing we did this though</div>
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because we found out there was a misunderstanding about the Word of</div>
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Wisdom. Unfortunately, it means we have to push her baptismal date</div>
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back a couple of weeks 😒 Everything else seems to be good for her</div>
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though. A small miracle was that her baptism wasn't announced over the</div>
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pulpit earlier yesterday. We had talked about doing it while in Ward</div>
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Council before sacrament meeting, but then when sacrament meeting came</div>
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around, it wasn't announced. Thank goodness!</div>
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Hope y'all all have a good week!</div>
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Love y'all!</div>
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Sister Smith</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">When it's 80 inside, you male it cooler yourself lol</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span>Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08415758267711052067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892511424128191028.post-65990921658139839652017-10-24T18:10:00.000-07:002017-10-24T18:10:28.016-07:00But no pun in ten (minutes) did...<blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" type="cite">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I couldn't really think of any puns or jokes from this week, and I<br />have been trying to think of one. But no pun in ten (minutes) did...<br /><br />Anyways, this week was filled with ups and downs. One of the downs was<br />that Saprina was supposed to be baptized <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_49091329" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Saturday</span></span> night. Everything<br />was set up, we were all there for the baptism, and she and the YSA<br />missionaries never showed up. Apparently, she had some last minutes<br />doubts, so they were at her apartment talking through it. We said a<br />prayer as a group though, and the Spirit was so strong as it was being<br />said. But I wanted to cry because I was so sad and my heart was a<br />little broken. But the YSA sisters got it figured out, and it looks<br />like she will be getting baptized next month.<br />The other down was that we got a text from the Cannan family saying<br />that the kids' dad doesn't understand their desire to go to church,<br />and he doesn't want them going. <span style="margin-left: 0.2ex; margin-right: 0.2ex;"><img alt="😭" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f62d" goomoji="1f62d" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f62d" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></span> another heartbreak from this week.<br /><br />On a lighter note, our investigator Darla Palmer came to the ward<br />activity we had <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_49091330" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Friday</span></span> and was able to meet some people from the<br />ward. And quite a few members came up and introduced themselves to<br />her, so that was great! We also had some awesome sacrament meetings on<br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_49091331" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span></span>. One was designed for nonmembers, and the Spirit was so strong<br />as the simple doctrines and principles of the gospel were taught. One<br />of these was the Restoration. The member who spoke on this topic did a<br />great job, and basically said something similar to what almost any<br />missionary probably would have said if they were asked to speak on it.<br />As this member spoke, it really made me realize the power that the<br />message of the Restoration has and the Spirit it can bring into the<br />room as we testify of it.<br /><br />Oh, and we got transfer news. I'm staying with Sister Clark in the<br />same area, but we will be moving to a difference place to live for<br />this transfer. Only 3 transfers to go <span style="margin-left: 0.2ex; margin-right: 0.2ex;"><img alt="😱" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f631" goomoji="1f631" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f631" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><br /><br />Anyways, I love y'all.<br />Sister Smith</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">These kids got baptized (They were taught by Sister Clark in her</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">last area. I did teach them one lesson though when I was in a trio</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">temporarily with Sister Clark)</span></div>
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Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08415758267711052067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892511424128191028.post-69820169578902551422017-10-19T06:44:00.004-07:002017-10-19T06:44:47.040-07:00Scaring the bageezus out of them<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So last night we were reading The Book of Mormon with Larry and Maria</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in 1 Nephi 17, and we were reading the part where Nephi shocks his</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">brothers. Larry made a comment about it scaring the bageezus out of</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Laman and Lamuel, to which I quickly remarked that it probably</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">actually scared the Jesus into them. 😂</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyways, this week was good, although it seemed like it was pretty</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">long. We had a great lesson with the Cannan family this week! We got</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there, and they just started asking us questions that they had about</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">what we had taught the time before because there was something they</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">didn't quite understand and they had a discussion amongst themselves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and didn't know the answer, so they asked us. The daughter Alice was</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">introduced to the word of wisdom by some people at school, so we had</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to also teach that. It's cool to see them learning and wanting to</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">know, and even discussing what we have taught them!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also had a less active member we have been working with make</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">reading/listening to The Book of Mormon a bigger part of her life, and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we were having a Skype lesson with her, and there were some technical</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">difficulties due to the fact that she was driving, so we thought the</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lesson was just going to end, but instead she pulled over just so she</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">could have this lesson with us! It was a miracle!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had a Sisters' Conference this week, too. There was a really cool</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">diagram and explanation of how men and women have different roles when</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it comes to us learning and growing and gaining eternal life. I wish I</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">could explain it via email, but it would be really hard. But it was</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">explained in a different perspective and way than I have ever heard</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and seen before.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A miracle that happened this week was that a few weeks ago, we dropped</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a potential investigator named Darla because the place where she lives</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has a gate and we didn't know the gate code, and we tried calling her</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a couple of times, but we never heard anything back. Well, this week</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we got a referral for her, and she had referred herself online. We</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">called her, and she answered! We then set up a lesson. At the lesson,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">she told us that about a month ago, she got calls from some sisters,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but she lost the number. Since she did want to have us come over, she</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">just requested to have missionaries visit. We had an awesome first</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lesson with her. Unfortunately, she didn't make it to church because</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">she woke up feeling sick, which was a little disappointing... then</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">again, what's new? Don't all investigators get sick on Sundays so they</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">can't make it to church? (I've only seen this a few times... and by a</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">few times, I mean lots of times).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday night, I stumped everyone (a family and my companion) playing 2</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">truths and a lie as a get to know you game. Granted, my lie was kinda</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cheap, but that's okay. I used 1) I try to send home a pic with me and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a dog every week in my email home, 2) My favorite color is lime green,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and 3) I have 3 dogs back home. They all thought one of the first two</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was the lie, but really I only have 2 dogs back home. It was kinda</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">funny though because they have a dog, and I guess after they pray,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they play with their dog with a laser pointer. So we said an opening</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">prayer, and the dog rushed over to the spot they keep the laser</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pointer and started freaking out. At least we know the family prays</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">often enough for the dog to have a habit and know where to go.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, even though yesterday was super long with it being a Monday with</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">no set plans all afternoon, there were a few small miracles. We were</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">able to catch 2 people, who were on a list from the ward for us to go</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and contact, at home that we have never been able to catch before, one</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of which normally would have not been home but happened to be home.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of these people, I had tried so many times before, and I almost</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">just gave up, but yesterday was our lucky day with her.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An analogy that was given by a youth at church that I liked was</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">relating a strong iTunes password to a strong testimony. This youth's</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">mom iTunes got hacked, and he talked about if you have a strong</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">password, it is harder to hack. If we have a strong testimony, it is</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">harder for others to break it down and lead us astray.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyways, I love y'all!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sister Smith</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am my mother's daughter. This is what happens when you walk down</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="text-align: center;">the Halloween candy aisle...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08415758267711052067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892511424128191028.post-62265995180285196182017-10-12T12:54:00.003-07:002017-10-12T12:54:28.182-07:00Mode of transportation<blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" type="cite">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So we had a district meeting at the Mission President's home this past week, and after we were eating lunch. We were talking about biking, and President Townsend asked what Sister Clark did with her bike. She said she locked it on our back porch. He then asked me if I had a bike, and I said no. Sister Young (my old roommate) told me right after I responded no to not having a bike to not use the broom out on the back porch because they had used it to kill some spiders. Knowing her, I knew her train of thought. President Townsend, on the other hand, thought she was telling me not to use the broom to fly around as a way to get around since I didn't have bike. We got a good laugh out of that one. (It was probably funnier if you were there and not just reading it)</span></span><div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I want to add an experience from this week though. <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1342424499" style="border: none !important; cursor: inherit !important; position: static !important; top: -2px; z-index: auto !important;"><span class="aQJ" style="border: none !important; cursor: inherit !important; position: static !important; top: 2px; z-index: auto !important;">On Thursday</span></span> morning</a>, I felt a little discouraged about how our day was going to turn out. I had this new area book I was trying to use and trying to plan with, we had a couple lessons already cancelled, we didn't have a dinner set up, and I was on exchanges, so my companion at the time couldn't really help me plan too much. I didn't know what we we going to do for the day. The Lord took this day that I thought was going to be terrible, and He filled it with little miracles to make it a pretty great day. I sent a fb message to an investigator with a scripture, and she responded saying that she needed that right at that moment. We went to contact a referral, who I was pretty sure wasn't going to be home, but I felt like we should try. He wasn't home. But then we saw one of our new investigators, whose lesson fell through the day before, walk around the corner. We were able to go and talk with her for a short time and set up another appointment. We had another good lesson with one of our investigators. We ended up with a dinner. We had a good lesson with a family in the ward. And because one of our lessons fell through, we were able to contact someone else and have a good lesson with them. So all in all, everything worked out, and the Lord helped me and really had everything planned. Then, I was reading in 3 Nephi 13 where Christ tells the disciples He has just called to basically not worry about temporal needs and such, and He will take care of them. He just did that for me! </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday, during one of our testimony meetings, there were some silences. But I looked over at our investigators who were sitting next to us, and they were reading The Book of Mormon! It is always great to see those you are working with reading The Book of Mormon. Also, we had authentic Louisiana gumbo last night for dinner that our investigator Nadia made for us. It was so good (especially after fasting all day)! </span></span></div>
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Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08415758267711052067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892511424128191028.post-37150742838578944292017-10-03T12:59:00.001-07:002017-10-03T12:59:35.035-07:00Wake me up when September ends<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, it is now October. Time sure does fly by, whether we want it to or not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This week was good. Nothing too exciting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There was General Conference, which was great as always. I personally</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">felt like there was a huge emphasis on trusting in the Lord, service,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Book of Mormon, and following the prophet's counsel. It is always</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cool that there seems to be a few topics that are really focused on</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">each General Conference, and it is always inspired by the Spirit.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Also, I love how we can learn so much from the general authorities in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the church. I was reading in 3 Nephi 1:24-25, and it talks about how</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">some people misinterpreted the scriptures, but then they came to a</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">knowledge that they had done that. I think it is fantastic that we can</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">have the scriptures clarified by listening to and reading conference</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">talks as well as anything else that is given unto us by the leaders of</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the church. We have so many resources to gain knowledge!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Something that was fun and cool this week was that we went to Mutual</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for one of our wards. They had a fire, and after eating hot dogs,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">different youth and youth leaders were called on to share an</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">experience that they have had with the scriptures. The Spirit was so</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">strong as each one testified of the scriptures and the different</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">experiences they have had finding peace, comfort, and answers through</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the scriptures. The scriptures really are true!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On Saturday, I wasn't feeling super great at all. We had a lesson with</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Larry and Maria that night, and it is amazing how the Lord provides a</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">way for us to accomplish His work and purpose because during that</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lesson, I didn't really feel sick. I know it was by the power of the</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lord I was able to make it through that lesson.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyways, not much else from this week. I hope y'all had a great week!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Love you guys!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08415758267711052067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892511424128191028.post-75834732973659699872017-09-26T13:04:00.003-07:002017-09-26T13:04:48.654-07:00One accord<blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" type="cite">
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, Nadia is on date for baptism now! She has been investigating for awhile now, and she knows that she wants to be baptized (it is a slightly long and complicated story to tell why she isn't baptized yet), but she texted us <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1472840025" style="border: none !important; cursor: inherit !important; position: static !important; top: -2px; z-index: auto !important;"><span class="aQJ" style="border: none !important; cursor: inherit !important; position: static !important; top: 2px; z-index: auto !important;">Wednesday</span></span> morning</a> saying she has decided to be baptized <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1472840026" style="border: none !important; cursor: inherit !important; position: static !important; top: -2px; z-index: auto !important;"><span class="aQJ" style="border: none !important; cursor: inherit !important; position: static !important; top: 2px; z-index: auto !important;">November 11th</span></span></a>! We are so happy that she has set a date now! </span></span></div>
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Martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08415758267711052067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892511424128191028.post-76770356571352359662017-09-21T15:19:00.000-07:002017-09-21T15:19:01.788-07:00"I feel so high!"<blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" type="cite">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So on Tuesday, I drove a Nissan Rogue that was assigned to Sister Godfrey's area in the mission because it needed to get the tires checked, and Sister Godfrey can't drive. It was really weird to drive though because I have driven smaller cars since I started my mission. I turned to Sister Godfrey and said, "I feel so weird. I feel so high!" Out of context, it could be really bad haha</span></span><div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then today during zone sports, we were playing chair soccer. The ball hit the tables, and the tables leaning up against the wall fell over, and someone else got the ball. Thus, I said, "the tables have turned." At least Hermana Young laughed and said that she misses those jokes (since she was my roommate last transfer). </span></span><div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tuesday, I got Sister Clark. Then, we had dinner. Dinner got pushed back a little because the members we were eating with invited their neighbor to also come and have dinner, but she couldn't make it <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">until <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_261808660" style="border: none !important; cursor: inherit !important; position: static !important; top: -2px; z-index: auto !important;"><span class="aQJ" style="border: none !important; cursor: inherit !important; position: static !important; top: 2px; z-index: auto !important;">5:30</span></span></a>. Needless to say, we waited for the neighbor. <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">Tuesday night</a>, I learned Apple is the forbidden fruit. I was showing the 20 min Restoration video. We were using Apple TV, and it just didn't want to work properly. We got it to at least start playing, but couldn't get it full screen. Then, when it was time for the First Vision, it started cutting the sound in and out. Therefore, Apple is of the devil lol. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we went home Tuesday night, it was weird to walk into our apartment and not have anyone else there since I have always had roommates while on my mission. It's kinda lonely in a way, but it is also nice to have my own bathroom and closet. Pros and cons to everything. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the bright side, we had 10 INVESTIGATORS AT CHURCH this week!! The Cannan family came for the first time, plus a friend of the wolf family who wants to take the missionary lessons and be baptized. And then we had some others who come pretty regularly. Also, Christian and Aaron received the priesthood this week, so that was awesome!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So our roommate, Hermana Young, will always say "Mariposa!" every time</span></div>
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we see a butterfly (since that is butterfly in Spanish). We found one</div>
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on the ground that was mostly dead, so we brought it in and put it on</div>
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her desk. We left a note that said, "it BUTTER not FLY away." And then</div>
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later I added, "now that it's dead, it's probably not in a very merry</div>
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pose." (So I made a pun using English and Spanish.)</div>
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Anyways, this week was good! Christian, Aaron, and Carson were all</div>
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baptized <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1648214552" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Saturday</span></span>! It was such a good baptism! Aaron is autistic,</div>
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but he is super sweet and he definitely added some humor to the</div>
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baptismal service. After he was baptized and changed, he walked out</div>
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and said "I'm here! That wasn't so bad." The Spirit was so strong. As</div>
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missionaries, we always do a presentation, usually on the Restoration.</div>
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President Townsend was there, and apparently our Restoration</div>
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presentation was one of the best because he went home and told Sister</div>
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Townsend that who then told us last night. So that gave us a</div>
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confidence boost.</div>
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Also, Sister Talbot and I sang in sacrament meeting for one of our</div>
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wards, so that was nerve wrecking. But I made it through. We did a lot</div>
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of running around and stuff this week to eat dinners with people from</div>
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Sister Talbot's old areas. But it was fun.</div>
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Also, Saprina had an awesome experience. We invited her to pray about</div>
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a baptismal date, and she did! And, she described her experience like</div>
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this, "I was praying about it, and it was so clear. It was all white,</div>
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and in black letters <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1648214553" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">October 22</span></span> appeared." Needless to say, she is on</div>
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date now. This is an excellent example of how we can and will receive</div>
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answers to our prayers when we are sincere.</div>
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Mhmm. What else. Oh yeah, transfer news. So I knew I would be getting</div>
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a new companion since Sister Talbot is going home. So I'm staying in</div>
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my area and will be companions with Sister Clark.</div>
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Love y'all!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Me while driving, "Look, Blue Bell truck! Sister Talbot, take a picture!"</span></td></tr>
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