tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622514172204386392024-03-05T13:04:41.230-05:00Walking By FaithAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-43916799919169288612015-04-26T10:18:00.003-04:002015-04-26T10:18:57.030-04:00Three Baptisms! (04/21/2015)<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">
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So we had our interviews yesterday for the Klamath Zone and these interviews always take longer than they say they will. For example saying that we will start at 9am and end at 1pm. WRONG. We start at 8:30 and end at 4. W<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">e had the specialized training til 11:30 or 12 and then the interviews started from the farthest away to the closest in location so time isn't super wasted. We are just 10 minutes away so we basically went last and didn't leave until 4pm. </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Again my interview wasn't long or anything special. He basically just said I'll talk to you in a couple weeks for the exit interview so I can get along to the rest of the missionaries :). Hakuna Matata. We also had a specialized training, centered on obedience and diligence. President is calling the mission to repentance for not having focused meaningful studies and not getting up on time. Of which I have not had any problem with (except one companion) my entire mission thank you ;).</span></div>
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Klamath is a strange area, <span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">but it has been great for me to feel I've ended my mission strong.</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"> Everything looks the same so we always need a GPS. We can certainly find people to listen but many of them are not truly interested. Most </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">everyone here is pretty noncommittal on religious things, but there are a few gems :)</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"> With that said, and I now realize I totally forgot to mention this... We had three baptisms this past weekend! A mom and her two daughters. It was amazing and they are a huge wonderful addition to the ward. </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">They were a referral from members in a different ward. The man in the picture is the one who referred them and baptized them. It was a very happy day :)</span></div>
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Can you send me my 4-Generation Pedigree chart? <span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">There is a wonderful family history consultant here and she is super fun. I told I had basically nothing done on my chart and she said she'd put the things I had in and see what other things she could find. She is very excited :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Yeah so I'll be sending 6 boxes home this week and that should take care of everything. I have accumulated way too much clothes these past 18 months. These will be the only boxes because we will be going to Crater Lake next Monday! Don't worry I'll take tons of pictures and make sure not to fall in ;). <Mom Note: If you have clothes that are worn out and you will never wear again, don't bother sending them home. Either throw them out or donate them.> </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"> Ok. Sounds good, I will do that. </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">I certainly have a lot of well loved clothes that need to be retired now :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">I have prayed and I feel really great about going to USU. I am especially excited about the Institute. I plan on taking classes there too :) </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">I still really like dealing with plants and am finding I really enjoy it with all the yard work and maintenance we do out here :) </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">I might try to do something that'll mix horticulture and geography.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"><Mom question to Sister Duenas: Did Kristina tell you about volunteering you to speak at the Youth Missionary Fireside when you come back home?> HA! Yeah she did! Can't say I didn't expect having to speak in something like that. Not super jazzed about talking in front of tons of Youth but, as the OEM motto goes, "Stand Tall. Doubt not; Fear not."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Ok and now I gots to go! Talk to you next week and see you in 14 ish days!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Can't wait to talk to you! Focusing on the work still but can't say I'm not countin' down the days too <3 </span></div>
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Will be going to Crater Lake Monday morning so I'll be sure to send pictures! And then to the Portland temple on Tuesday! Great last week coming up for me :)</div>
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See you soon! <3<3<3<3</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-72721222905503753012015-04-26T09:55:00.002-04:002015-04-26T09:55:39.816-04:00Spring is in the Air (04/13/2015)<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Hey Mumzy!</span><br />
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Klamath Falls has had random cold snaps this past week that have brought snow and then it would be beautiful sunshine.</div>
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Glad the snow has melted and weather can get back to normal back home in NY. Is it all brown and squishy now? </div>
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Don't worry about the Spring cleaning I won't care how clean the house is.<Mom Note: psshhh...whatever...I do this every Spring, Dear :) > Speaking of the house, are there any changes? You said a long time ago that the tvs were bad and some other stuff I can't remember.<br />
Thank you for the flowers! I still can't believe I got that scholarship. It's kind of like being in a dream.<br />
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Just to let you know I have a request for when I come home. Specifically for my first meal ;). So here is my order: Meatballs and Perogies with corn or green beans(the ones with garlic and pepper) and blueberry bread as dessert OR a nice juicy steak and a talk glass of real milk OR wagon wheels and blueberry strudel as dessert. Of course it is completely up to Jim though. Whatever he wants, he can use my coming home as a way to get the meal he wants :) (you're welcome Jimbo!)</div>
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Sad about the Sister's leaving the Greene Branch, but it does make sense. It's going to be hard with the initial wave of missionaries coming home and not as many coming out to replace them.<br />
Here's my face from yesterday, since I know you like to see me :)<br />
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I get to go to the Portland Temple one more time before I come home! All of us missionaries that are leaving on May 5th get to attend the temple with President and Sister Russell. Super exciting! I love the temple.<br />
Since we will be having interviews with President Russell next Monday, our p-day is being moved to Tuesday instead.<br />
Love you!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-56897160387772247082015-04-26T09:41:00.000-04:002015-04-26T09:41:01.419-04:00Service Work in Klamath Falls (04/06/2915)<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Holo Madre!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">I am not in 2 wards, we just visit two older ladies in the other ward since they need sisters to help out. </span><br />
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My District is small, just six of us,two other sets of Elders and me and my companion.<br />
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We have done a lot of yard work so far. We are working with the YMCA (maintenance/yard work), the Red Cross and a couple other local things every once in a while. It's been pretty great to just serve in the community. People will start to recognize us as normal human beings eventually from seeing us serving everywhere. The yard work/maintenance was<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"> just normal yard work, raking and such. For the Red Cross, w</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">e will be sitting at the sign up desk or the concessions making sure people don't faint.</span></div>
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I played rugby every Saturday morning during my last transfer in Newport. <span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Usually 8 to 14 people playing, us and the Elders. </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">It was pretty fun :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">We baked chocolate chip cookies for Easter to give out to everyone.</span><br />
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Loved the Easter box of course! The candy is almost gone since I'm trying to savor it. Tell the Branch I got their Easter box as well and that I love it too! And to whoever sent them I really like the Jane Austen note cards.</div>
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There is a member here in Klamath Falls who studied Geography in BYU. He is working on a water project here in Klamath since water is becoming scarce for the summer. He talked to me a little about it and it only solidified that I wanted to be in this major. Not sure what emphasis yet of course but I'll figure that out when I get there.</div>
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Love ya! Bye!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-61175854405251765752015-04-26T09:14:00.003-04:002015-04-26T09:14:48.139-04:00OEM Mission-wide Conference (03/30/2015)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Mumzy,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Klamath Falls is nice. We are serving in one ward. Here are a couple pics from last weeks transfers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are my long awaited for notes from the amazing OEM Missionwide Conference!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">President Russell - This meeting is making history as a mission in coming together. Listen carefully and gather promptings.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elder Brent H. Nielsen (of the Quorum of the Seventy) - </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our purpose as missionaries is to: invite the spirit, receive revelation and open the heavens.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Doctrine & Covenants 43:8-9 - "ye shall bind yourselves to act in all holiness before me".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There has been 39 million views of "He Is The Gift" video and it has resulted in 34,000 referrals.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> new Easter video </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is still in rough draft but we still got to see it before all others!! #BecauseHeLives - AMAZING!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The OEM will be rolling out the next phase of iPads. The OEM was a pilot mission to start the iPads and now we are one of the first missions to roll out the new iPads. The iPads are to be used to help fulfill our missionary purpose. The best filter for appropriate internet usage is our relationship with the Lord and our Heavenly Father. Don't let it (the internet/technology) be a distraction here on our mission OR in life in education, job or role of mother/father.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brother Heaton - 13 years Director of the Missionary Training Center in Provo, and worked for 40 yrs at the Provo MTC.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alma 39: 2-4 and 9-10, also Matthew 16 - Don't boast in thy strength and wisdom. Be humble and obedient. Don't forsake the ministry. Don't follow the "popular" crowd. Take up the cross and deny yourselves of all ungodliness. Be humble and listen to elders, counsel with your brethren.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Be the primary source through which the Holy Ghost teaches. Use the iPad to access and show church approved media/videos only to support the missionary message. Let the spirit guide.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elder Nielsen (again)-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Personal testimony and righteousness -> How firm is your foundation?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moral Agency - By choosing to be baptized and making covenants in the temple, we have chosen to follow God. By choosing to follow God, we have already 'spent' our agency. We have chosen to become agents of our Heavenly Father and we are accountable to him for our actions/choices. We have covenanted to be disciples of Christ for a lifetime.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love you bunches!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kiana</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-49667412001100180572015-03-29T11:12:00.004-04:002015-03-29T11:13:08.679-04:00Bye Bye Newport! Hello Klamath Falls! (03/23/2015)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Holo Madre!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sister Chalfant and I were double-transferred out of Newport. We will be replaced by elders and there will be no more Sisters on this part of the Coast. I am back in Klamath Falls and will be serving in the 3rd and 4th Wards. My new companion <span style="background-color: white;">is from Idaho and is in the middle of her mission right now.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sister Chalfant and I had to wake up at 4:15am (we went to bed at 12:15, since we had so much cleaning and set up for the Elders to get done) to arrive at the Corvallis transfer spot at 6:15. Left there at 6:40 or something and got to Eugene around 7:50. Left Eugene and got to Medford at 12 something, got lunch and then left for Klamath at 1:30. Arrived at Klamath at 3:15pm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Apparently I'm now in a pretty good ward and dabble a little in the neighboring ward because they are in need of sisters so bad. This'll be an interesting last transfer I think...</span><span style="background-color: white;">there was still snow in the mountain pass and it is not just light sweater weather like it was in Newport. Now I need to get my jacket scarf back out.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> On the plus side, I might actually get to see Crater Lake.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now that I've been able to ponder things a little more, I think I'd be ok if I stayed at BYU for college. (Then I can visit Mara and Josh and Desmond and help out with cooking and stuff! I can have fun cleaning other people's houses :D, just not mine hehe.) I think I just got scared my first year there because of the crazy fast pace of everyone around me, but I know now it's nothing to be afraid of. With finding what I want to do with my life after my mission, I find it a little more exhilarating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So with all that said I think I'll take summer classes at BYU. Thank you so much for getting all that college stuff done and signing me up for Summer classes at BYU. So were you able to get me signed up for those Fall semester classes? If you didn't get my email I really liked the 2F graph the best. I actually read the descriptions first and picked my fave classes and that one I think had all of them! Perfect!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-- A fabulous St. Patrick's Day package, the apple jacks, chips, pasta and caprisun are already gone :)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love you bye!! </span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-38888525441680334852015-03-29T10:40:00.002-04:002015-03-29T10:40:57.872-04:00A Crazy Busy Productive Week (03/16/2015)<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">The temple trip was amazing as usual with our entire Zone. It was a beautiful day if a bit long. We got to stop by Deseret book too, like I said last week. </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">As for the long day at the temple....Well, we had to get up at 0430 am to get ready to get to the 9am session at the temple. We started the day pretty early and that's why it seemed to last so long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">The Zone Conference we had on Tuesday was very good. We learned a lot more about how to better teach the restoration of the priesthood to investigators. </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">By not skipping or skimming over that part, they are able to know how important the power and AUTHORITY of God is right from the 'getgo'. </span></div>
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Then, we had short lessons from our Zone Leaders and Sister Training Leaders about prayer and its importance. You'd never believe how hard it is getting someone to pray out loud. People are so scared of being judged or rejected that we have to bolster their faith and confidence that they are loved by their Father in Heaven so that faith and love out weigh the fear.</div>
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Then, of course, we had the Atonement talks from various missionaries plus one certain curly haired one ;) <span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">I could send you the talk I prepared but it wouldn't be the one I actually gave. See, I had written the talk a couple weeks ago, but then we met a member who just moved into the ward and she shared her story. With her story and the spirit I felt, I realized I needed to change my talk a bit. So unfortunately, no, you kinda can't get the talk. </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">The talks were pretty good and the spirit was especially strong that Conference.</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"> </span></div>
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Then, at the end, we all got our new iPads. Basically they are the same as the ones we had previously just faster and with more storage. There is a rumor going around that Facebook will be back in a couple months in our Mission, and if that's the case it doesn't especially matter to me since I'll be back East side :).</div>
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And now I dare you to ask what eventful thing happened on our way back from zone conference ;)</div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">As for the "eventful thing" I would say you should talk to the stupid deer and give it a talking to for walking in the road but alas, I don't think it can speak at the moment...</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">The mission car has a couple good dents in it now with some nice clumps of fur :) And No, t'wasn't me that was driving :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">This past week was crazy because it's rare that awesome or even super productive things happen on Mondays since we only have a couple hours of work and people just want to be left alone at those hours (7-9). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Then we had Zone Conference on Tuesday which took the entire day, and we hit that dumb deer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">And because we hit the deer we had to take care of it on Wednesday which ruined our hours from 11-1:30. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">We were still able to get things done but it wasn't until Thursday, Friday and Saturday that we were able to get great things done in the area. We saw people we hadn't been able to have lessons with in a while and set up more lessons for this week. The best part was that we were able to meet the mother of one of our investigators. So now we know more of where our investigator is coming from and how we can best help her to understand the restored gospel.</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Sounds like you are doing great in Primary! Totally knew you could do it :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">And for being on a nice healthy diet you certainly make a lot of great food for others to gain on...hahaha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">So, I made my Strawberry cookies twice and the Pancit too. Everything was eaten by the time I remembered to get a picture. Everybody loved them :) The Pancit came out b</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">etter this time, but still not what I remember it looking or tasting like texture wise. But everyone absolutely loved it and some want recipes so :)</span></div>
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Yep I got my Pinewood Derby cars and will graphite them the day before the race. The Elders are super excited that I am letting them use one of my Pinewood Derby cars. They will share my gold car. Though I told them they can't have it until the day of the race. Sometimes boys can be very accident prone if you know what I mean.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Didn't get any other package <box for St Patrick's Day>. </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">That box is so cool!! I wish it would come so I can show everyone! Stupid USPS indeed. When do you think it'll get here?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">hmmmm....</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Me thinks my mother knows me too much since she keeps dropping movie references in the most perfect places. I have educated you too well :)</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-38027788879807952412015-03-29T09:53:00.004-04:002015-03-29T09:55:42.099-04:00I Love to See the Temple (03/09/2015)<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Hi Mom!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">HA! So now you've joined the stalker Moms huh? hahaha well I'm glad you were able to see that video. That is the OEM Mission song we sing after every lunch at Zone Conferences. President Russell had told us that we could sing our other thank you song for the people who provided our lunch. Then he started waving his hands once it was done for us to leave. Well, lets just say this, we love our President but there was NO WAY that the ENTIRE mission was gonna come together and NOT sing the OEM song. After a minute of sadness, disappointment and shuffling feet from a lot of us we all heard such a wonderful familiar song being started softly by a couple brave Elders. Then everyone burst into the song! I looked back at President standing with his wife and he could tell he had been over ruled.. even by his wife who was singing proudly with Sister missionaries a few feet from him. He gave in with a smile and joined the song. Once it was done I looked over at him again and he had tears in his eyes. This was truly a moment never to be forgotten. All the OEM together, all proud to be serving in Oregon. The spirit was pretty thick.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">The voices singing loudest were likely Elder Pickett, Perrine or bah...I can't remember who else was standing with them, but yeah they have pretty good voices. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Awww, I love my Mom. Well, it did help that I was the one practically right in front of him <the Elder shooting the video>. I'm sure I'm in the other videos too since we (Sister Chalfant and I) were in the middle of everything :) Sister Chalfant took a video too but I'm not in it. Totally bummed I didn't grab my camera before going to lunch like the others did. Oh well. I'll just get one this Zone Conference. It's likely my last one :(</span><br />
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Sorry forgot to grab my notes again from the mission-wide conf but I'll try to get it to you next week with the notes I will be taking tomorrow at the Zone Conf as well. <span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">We have zone conferences every other transfer so this one tomorrow will be my last. I will cherish it like crazy.</span></div>
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The temple was awesome as usual! I love to see the temple and am grateful that my mission allows me to go every 3 or 4 months.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">We drove up to the Portland Temple with the senior missionary couple and before we came back we made a stop at the Deseret Book store. Man! We need one of those in New York. There is so much stuff there that I wanted. Lots of great books from General Authorities and fiction and stuff, but alas I cannot touch them yet. I did get a cello hymn cd to listen to and it's beautiful to listen to on Sundays. T</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">here were a lot of great Sheri Dew books and some I wanted to look at from Elder Holland, Elder Callister, Elder Bednar, Elder Packer or Elder Ballard I think, and John </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Bytheway</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">. I didn't pay too much attention to titles since I knew I wouldn't be able to read them anyways <until after my mission> so I can't tell you anything else.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Glad the box got to you ok. Just make sure to be careful with it because there is something in there I made that is fragile. I hope it didn't get ruined even though I wrapped it pretty good. I can tell you this though...One of the gifts you and Jimbo will both love and the other will likely torture you a little ;) hehehe (both are for Jim though).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">....really quick though. The ward is having pinewood derby and ANYONE can enter. Could you send my black car and my gold car? I'd like to see if they still got it ;)</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-20317980724813412882015-03-29T08:57:00.000-04:002015-03-29T08:57:02.003-04:00"Disciples of the Digital Age" (03/02/2015)<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Holo Madre!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am now past freaking out and just trying not to think about it too much. I am excited for home (it's home, who wouldn't be?) but I am just so close that I am wondering where the days are going and finding it increasing harder everyday to not push our investigators and people to progress in the gospel before I can't help them anymore. SO from now on til the last two or three weeks of my mission zip it on the homecoming unless it is for college things or something important, if you would kindly :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">Yep I found the rice noodles and will be making the Pancit twice. First for the Relief Society birthday activity and then for an investigator who is interested in learning to cook new things. I am thinking about cutting the recipe in half though since I had a hard time last time making it in such a large portion. SO for the recipe do I just cut all the ingredients in half or no?</span></div>
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An investigator named Carol taught me how to crochet and I really like it. It's different than knitting (which I still like the best). However, if I'm ever feeling down and feel like I'm not getting anything done I can just do two rows of crochet and it looks like I've done a lot! Yay exaggerated accomplishment! hahaha;)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">As a missionary, I have learned to how to get crafty in order to create visual 'props' for object lessons. My Plan of Salvation out of felt is especially useful since we teach the Plan of Salvation frequently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">I will make sure to send you my notes on what the conference with Elder Neilsen was about. But just as a sneak peak: It was all about iPads. We will be getting new ipads next week with new handbooks and ways to do online missionary work. They want to prepare us as "Disciples of the Digital Age" for hastening the work here on our missions and also for preparation and protection for going back out into the world of technology. If we are trained here how to use social media and technology to it's proper use than it ought to be easier for us when we are back home. The new iPads have</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"> new, stronger walls of filtering and restrictions. We will be trained to do Facebook better (once we get it back that is), we can do Facetime and Skype lessons and tons of other stuff I don't remember. The iPads we have now will be exchanged next Tuesday at Zone Conference for better heavy duty ones that the missionaries, who will be going home after August 23rd, will have to pay for like a bike. They will be their own iPads instead of being owned by the church. Break it and the missionary will have to fix it or buy a new one. Since I leave before then, my new iPad is basically a 'loaner', it belongs to the church and I don't have to pay for it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">I will get to go to the temple one more time at the very end of my mission and I truly don't care which one I go to for my last time. If it's the Portland temple, yay because it's pretty and has a small visitor's center. And if it's the Medford temple, yay because I might be able to see some old friends form Central Point :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't believe it is the end of February!! I am totally gonna freak when March 1st comes along. Today is my 16 month mark, so I am already freaking a little bit. It feels like I just got here in Oregon and yet I feel so much time has gone by as well. I have no idea how I'm gonna handle being home with no set schedule. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is the District I was in before this last transfer, with the exception of the guy in the vest. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course, me and Sisters Burrell and Chalfant (lower left). The one kneeling right above me is our District Leader. Above him is his previous companion who is now home. The other two are the Waldport Elders and our Senior Missionary couple, the Deals.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I can't seem to find the Pancit recipe. Could you resend it to me? I will be making it for the Relief Society birthday party in March. I'll just do a half-batch though, since the last time I made it it was just gigantic and no one has a pan big enough.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are a bunch of pictures from the Tide Pools last p-day. It was all pretty much on the shore. We got to go at low tide and it was totally perfect. Since it was President's Day, we got to get in for free!!! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a great, long walk up too, since we had to walk across treacherous cobblestones to get to them. Talk about unsure footing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The green things are the Anemone. We weren't allowed to touch the Starfish since they are recovering from a mysterious disease they had back in June of last year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No oysters, but we did see a lot of mussels. There were entire beds of them everywhere that we were advised not to step on. Totally not allowed to touch them or pick them up. You'd be literally tearing them out of their home and possibly body if you're not careful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The only thing we were allowed to take out of the area was drift wood, which I have a huge armful of now to make something super cool ;) Not sure yet who I'll give it to yet though. I did make something for Mara and Josh that I'll be sending today hopefully. I got a 'Living Christ' and put it in a bigger frame. Then, around the edges I cut out different pictures/scenes with Jesus and put them around the border. It looks pretty good if I do say so myself ;) I'll take a picture of it and send it to you later so you can see it. And you can tell Jimbo that I got him a birthday present that I'll be sending but he isn't to open it until his birthday hehehe ;)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seals and tons of birds hangin' out on a little rock island thing we couldn't get to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And here are some super cool pictures that any one missionary who comes to the coast has to get :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo on the left is a bed of mussels.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got a Valentine's package full of awesome chocolates and letters from Jay and Kim and the kids. Please tell them Thank you from me :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hahaha (no sugar allowed in the house) sounds ok to me as long as I get to have my Foo Chow chinese food when I get home. I am dying for Foo Chow and Roma's. And even more for my bookshelf. I am just going to stare at my books for a while when I get home and then take them off the shelf, put them on my bed and sleep with them. They've been oh so neglected ;)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><Mom's response to Sister Duenas: "So, you want me to go move your books around for you? Then they won't feel so neglected......muwahahaha <evil laugh> ;) ></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! DON'T YOU TOUCH MY BABIES!!!! unless you are going to dust them of course, then feel free :) I WILL know if they are out of order :(</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What?! Movies I understand going without, but how have you lived without Foo Chow for 16 months?? I had to live without any good chinese food for a year until I got to Central Point. Now I'm in heaven with 5 chinese restaurants pretty close by. Seriously, Newport is amazing and I would totally consider living here permanently.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a new project I am doing. I've learned how to crochet and I am making a washcloth for whoever what's it :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been super crafty lately...that's just scary. I'm crocheting, made the 'Living Christ' frame thing, made a Plan of Salvation out of felt, made a Restoration tower out of Jenga blocks, and now I have my favorite "Armor of God" man to substitute for "Hangman". Crafts are addicting once you get into them. Scary, scary....hahaha. Seriously, I have soooo many visuals for nearly any kind of lesson now it isn't even funny. They are all pretty cool though. I'm proud of them :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ADIOS! Love you too!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">xoxoxoxoooo.............</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and back <3</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pooks</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-60409236540893028002015-02-22T09:40:00.002-05:002015-02-22T17:35:33.456-05:00Homework - Study the Atonement and Resurrection (02/16/2015)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Holo Madre!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We get to go to the Portland Temple March 4th! So very excited!. I have written a letter for Jimbo in response to the letter he just sent me. Great letter, highlight of the day award :) Tell Roger and Lynne I got their card as well, and the money. Please tell them that I said Thanks and that I can't wait to get back there to see everyone. Also got the chocolates and card from Gma Darling, yummy! and a card from the Collyers/Momma C. Tell everyone thanks for me. Tell Patty Mayonnaise I said HI as well!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check this out! Lilian Lane is the north boundary on the coastal area of the Oregon Eugene Mission. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is at the tippy top of Depoe Bay. Technically if we stepped over it we'd still be okay and in our boundaries but if we went around the bend past it then we would be in Oregon Salem Mission territory.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Alaskan senior couple is finally here in the OEM Mission Office. It'll be fun now that we have two sets of Christiansens in the office. We also got two Chinese sisters! Great things are going to happen in the OEM! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Haven't met the Chinese Sisters yet since I'm out on the coast. We will be having a mission wide conference though with Elder Nielsen again on the 24th so I might get to meet them. Homework for the mission-wide conference is to study the resurrection and Atonement...oh darn ;) Seriously one of the greatest subjects to focus on. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since it is the entire mission there's no telling if I'll have to talk or not. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We all have to prepare a talk and I don't know how many will be asked to speak. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Valentine's Day was just like any other day for the most part. We got some valentines from the young women and some 'mystery' white and pink tulips with chocolate covered strawberries from someone ;) Thanks Mom! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had scheduled lessons for that day, but when our people remembered that it was Valentines Day they all cancelled on us. Such is mission life. So instead we went outside and street contacted since everyone was outside anyway enjoying the beautiful day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To end the day, we had the evening session of Stake Conference. Despite the holiday there was a good number of people present. It was a great session and Elder David Evans of the Quorum of the Seventy is an awesome speaker. He was someone you wanted to listen to, you could tell that really loves the people and you could just feel that the Spirit and him are good friends. The Stake Conference was a lot about councils; Ward councils, family councils and then down to the smallest husband and wife councils. It was great for the members to know that the bishopric and all the other auxiliaries always council together in keeping the ward unified and healthy. I think most people think that the bishop is always the one who makes all the decisions, but often it is really a group of people making decisions based on what's best for the ward or branch. Elder Evans also talked about forgiveness, both giving and receiving. He mentioned that when we confess to the Lord and have gone through the repentance process that, as it states in the Doctrine and Covenants, the Lord remembers them (our sins) no more. Of course you, I and many others already know that scripture well, but then he added this wonderful insight. Once we have repented and the Lord has forgiven us, virtue lost becomes virtue again. The lair becomes honest (in a way) again and all is set back into original place with a nice clean slate to instead make the right choices. Of course I couldn't remember what he said exactly so it's a paraphrase but you get the idea. The Atonement is a beautiful gift and I am grateful to be out and sharing it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love you! I'll make sure to get pictures at the tide pools.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">xoxoxooooo</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes I got the little package! I absolutely love the little Book of Mormon!! I have given it a name it is so adorable, it's name is Bomito. BoM = Book of Mormon and then -ito for little :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have been getting tons and tons of rain this past week, and today I think is the worst. I had to drive from Corvallis back to Newport this morning at 6:45am in the crazy sideways rain and impatient drivers. It wasn't bad, though I had stayed up with Sister Haugen (love her!) helping her pack and stuff til midnight last night and so I was really tired since we had to wake up at 5:30 the next day for transfers :) We all drove up to Corvallis so Sister Burrell could get to the transfer spot at 6:30 and we wouldn't have to wake up at 4am to get her there from Newport. We stayed with Sister Haugen and her PA companion Sister Geisler and had way too much fun talking all night long. She is going to Riverside Grants Pass, neighbor to my Missionary "birthplace" (first area of her mission) Redwood.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last P-Day... laundry, eat, and wrote letters. A rare nice relaxing P-Day :). We hope to go to the tide pools next Monday since it says it'll be sunny. The low tide is at 4:30 pm so I'll make sure to get pictures to you the next Monday since I'll have already emailed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Believe me. I am in hyper-drive trying to get everything done here before I go. There is work still needed to be done and 3 months is nothing. We had a specialized training this last week and those of us going home in May, June and July have been given a challenge. Since we are the last of the people who answered the call immediately after the change (aka. part of The Wave) we are part of history and we are to be finishing the race strong and not slowing down because we see the end of the tunnel. Missionaries leaving in the month of May (me!) have been challenged to get 2 baptisms before they leave, missionaries leaving in June - 3 baptisms, and missionaries leaving in July - 4 baptisms. We are all pretty excited about it and feel the spirit working within us. As soon as President issued the challenge I thought of certain people we needed to get more serious on working with. We have a great teaching pool but now we need to really light the spiritual fire under them. These last months are going to fly by and I just hope I'll be able to help Newport out in some way before I get to the chopping block and have to leave these wonderful people :)</span><br />
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2- M&M Mover; suck up M&M with a straw and transfer it over into a cup at the other end of the table. I did this one and tied with another member, he one the second time. Though since he is a bagpipe player I feel like he cheated. Who would be able to beat that great lung capacity?</div>
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5- Stocking Smackdown; with a stocking that has a tennis ball stuffed in the end on your head you must knock over half filled water bottles on the ground. Super funny to watch.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-59387697181506343252015-01-31T10:32:00.002-05:002015-01-31T11:01:16.812-05:00Still Loving Newport! (01/26/2015)<tt style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hi Mom!</span></tt><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Yes, I am liking the ocean more but it still makes me nervous. The ocean is nice just to take pictures of and walk on the beach, but definitely not going in it now or in the future unless on a boat (but not as a missionary) :) It's pretty to look at, but not to touch because of obvious reasons like getting 'eaten' :)</span></div>
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We do "walk week" or "walk day" stuff to contact more people on the streets, and to be seen and save on gas and miles. <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica;">We usually have certain people we are seeing each day who are in specific areas, so we plan finding places and times for walking/tracting based on our appointments. We don't do much tracting (walking) at all since many people here know LDS members and they kind of just ask us questions. Plus, we do a lot of service so they come to us and members are a bit helpful in the finding too. We do have a g</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica;">ood size teaching pool, but we are trying to find more people since we baptized the ones we had in our teaching pool. We also do a good amount of work with 'less active' members, but that's typical. There are some great people out here. I absolutely LOVE the area and the Newport Ward!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">The Hatfield Marine Science Center was fun. We built houses out of Legos and sent tsunamis after them. Mine totally stayed standing! Yay me, maybe I have a future as an architect... HA yeah right :)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Yay free time at lunch! #missionfun. I built the Medford Temple and Portland Temple out of Pass-Along cards and then.....it turned into a 'bridge' because I'm clumsy and the top fell down. They were built on a 'sure foundation' - my study journal filled with notes from all scriptures, the life of Christ, General Conference, Stake Conference and Hang Man ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is very windy here! We've had tons of wind and rain on and off over the weekend. It's finally super nice today in the 60's with a light breeze :) We are planning on going to the Hatfield Marine Science Center today with our Ward Mission Leader and his family. They are super awesome! We have frequent correlation meetings with him and always keep each other informed and updated on new people coming into the ward or needing any kind of assistance spiritual, temporal or otherwise. He gets the "Fantastic Ward Mission Leader" award. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have other pics I can send you too about where I live which is basically right next to the ocean. Every time we see the ocean we want to go down and write the Plan of Salvation in the sand. We are relatively close to the church building, just 5 or 7 minutes depending on traffic and tiwi :).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have a record number of missionaries in the ward of 3 Sisters, 2 Elders (Blackwelder DL and Heaton) and a Senior Missionary couple (the Deals)! It's super nice having Senior missionary couples in the Ward to help us out. Let the Branch back home know that a Senior Mission is like you are on vacation with the Lord. The rules of regular missionaries have no ground with Senior couples. They can very nearly do whatever they wish as long as they are helping the Ward and Missionaries where they are stationed. We love our Senior Missionaries!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is so much more fun as a trio that's for sure and I think that we can get more things done and there isn't as many awkward moments in proselyting and dinners. There is always something to talk about, sing about or reflect on together. Teaching is a bit more of a balancing act but it always goes well since the Spirit is the guide and teacher.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have a food pantry that we volunteer at in this area as well. And since <u>all</u> the missionaries come to serve at the food pantry at the same time, we get tons of things done and then the boss has to think up more things for us to do. She is astonished at how much work we get done and we love doing it. We're not just a whistle while you work crowd, but one that talks and laughs together and swaps crazy missionary stories and spiritual studies as well. I'm sure that sometimes she has no idea what we are talking about and finds us strange but we can definitely see her feeling the Spirit and being more happy whenever we are over. We go every week for a couple of hours and it's so fun. Though instead of grabbing the food and giving it out to people like in Central Point we are sorting all the food and stocking the shelves... hmmm, it sounds vaguely familiar if only it was soap and candles...hehehe ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No activities Ward or Relief Society activities yet, but we are preparing one for Jan 31st, a Minute to Win It game night. Everyone is super excited about it and hopefully we have a ton of people coming. There might be some rootbeer floats too :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh my goodness.....such silly people. Everybody keeps asking me that question. It's just a pretty ribbon! :( We were helping a member wrap her presents for Christmas and she said I could keep the bow. So, not to lose it I put it on my tag. It shiney. Me likey. Me takey :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a song we've been singing to people as a trio. I mean we have a ukelele, so why not?</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-12522618922251502632015-01-17T15:47:00.001-05:002015-01-17T16:55:19.499-05:00Seals and Whales and the Pacific Ocean, Oh My! (01/12/2015)<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Holo Madre!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am really loving my new area! It is beautiful and the people here are amazing!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Newport Ward covers a couple places so it's rather large. The cities/towns of Toledo, Newport, Depoe and Siletz is the area I cover right now. Depoe Bay is by far the prettiest and combined with Newport has just tons of seafood and other places to see and visit. Love it here! Though I'm still convinced that the ocean is going to eat me. Seriously, it is way too huge for my comfort and if a tsunami comes we are totally soaked toast. We can see the ocean from our apartment and it only takes one minute to get there by foot. But since we are so close we get tons of great pics :) </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ok, here are some great photos of me at Depoe Bay! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Depoe Bay is the whale watching capital of the Oregon Coast because it is 'home' to a pod of gray whales for 10 months of the year. It is also the smallest navigable harbor in the world apparently. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a continuation of sunset pics at Depoe Bay. So so pretty.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had nothing to do on New Year's Day (turned into a p-day by President), so we went to to the bayfront. If you ever want a good dish of fish n chips DON'T go to Sail Inn Cafe...'tis gross - the fish tasted like rubber and was super bland and no juice, bleh! </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Go to Mo's restaurant instead, it's owned by members of the church and it has awesome seafood and clam chowder :) After eating there we went to peruse the gift shops where I got some cool knick-knacks to remember Newport. Newport is very tourist-y, but there aren't very many tourists here yet until the summer, since school is still in. I'm grateful I'll be leaving right as it gets crazy :) </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yep, New year's Day was the day of 'evil' tights incident that hurt my back. My back is much better now. There's just a bit of leftover soreness, but it doesn't hurt anymore thank goodness. I got a new pillow to celebrate :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is more ocean than houses and stuff in Depoe since it's a small place. Just look at the pictures! It is obviously more pretty. I've had seafood 4 times so far ;) LOVE IT!!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first pic is Newport and the second is Depoe Bay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">My companions (</span><span style="background-color: white;">Sis Chalfant and Sis Burrell) </span><span style="background-color: white;">are pretty wonderful. Sister Burrell is another "ginger" friend and she loves Doctor Who and Star Trek and other nerdy things just like me. But tell Katie not to worry because Sis Burrell doesn't know much about anything Jane Austen or whatever, so Katie is still my favorite ginger ;)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have been given permission to watch the (2015 National Football Championship - College Football Playoff Game) football game between Oregon University (the"Ducks") and Ohio State (the "Buckeyes"). Though I know very nearly nothing about football I'm still going to watch and just cheer and boo when everyone else does, that or eat chips :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's funny every time I tell someone I don't understand football they say "oh don't worry I'll explain it to you!" and then the game starts and they completely forget about their poor uninformed friend. Maybe this time I'll understand since I'll be with the Ward Mission Leader's family and the senior couple. Older people love explaining things :)</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-27643503393331891052015-01-08T18:05:00.000-05:002015-01-08T18:05:57.102-05:00Goodbye Klamath Falls, Hello Newport! (01/05/2015)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Mom,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yeah, so I am no longer in Klamath Falls. So, I had a pretty cool companion and was super excited to serve there, but alas 'twasn't in the program. I got to Klamath Falls last Monday afternoon, helped my companion pack her stuff all night, got up and cleaned the apartment, put stuff back in the car, and drove back to the Mission Home in Eugene through the snowy mountain pass. We got to Eugene around 1pm. I was reassigned to Newport and will be in a threesome for the rest of this transfer. Newport is a city on the Oregon coast. Left for Newport at 2:30'ish, picked up some extra stuff (bed and table for me) and got to Newport at almost 6pm...'twas a long day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry I only got one picture from Klamath Falls, but I wasn't even there a whole day/24 hours. Though, I did get to meet the Bishop and his family :) He and his family are very nice, and he is from PA, so it was cool to talk to more East Coast'ers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't worry, I am staying nice and warm. At the end of this transfer I'll be sending more boxes home, since it'll be warmer come February and March out here. Oregon is NOT like New York holding on to its' winter through 'til April.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I absolutely love my new companions (Sisters Chalfant and Burrell). I am in one ward (not two) again, but it feels like there are so many people here, even though it's the smallest ward I've been in so far. My first Sunday here in the Newport Ward was super nice, especially since it was Fast and Testimony Meeting. They had me give the closing prayer since I'm new to the ward.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, my back injury incident...I was finishing up packing my things last Monday, and as I bent down, and not lifting or moving anything, I got up and something in my back went kind of "snap twisty". I said 'ow' and just didn't slouch anymore for the next couple of days. It hurt, but it was manageable pain....and then the evil tights incident happened :( grrrrrr I decided to wear tights one day, even though I knew I couldn't bend very well, because it was going to be cooler that day, so I needed tights. As I was attempting to manage the tights, my back screamed in protest and I heard a very loud evil "POP". I rested for a few minutes, then get down on my knees to pray.....another discovery, Kneeling = mucho pain. We got some numbers of LDS Doctors in the area, but they are all on vacation...HAPPY NEW YEAR!! :) So, we went to a walk-in clinic and got to sit and wait in very 'nice' wooden chairs (ouch!). The doctor prescribed some pain killers, and they help, but they make my brain fuzzy and that's not good, since my brain is already weird anyways...hahaha. Between the meds, the bag of frozen corn and the heating pad, the pain is easing up. Don't worry, I got a Priesthood blessing on Saturday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a happy note, I do like Newport. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though I truly believe that the ocean is going to eat us all, since it's just ridiculously huge :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love you bunches of baby elephants!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kiana</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><Mom Note: We received an update from the Mission President's wife on January 7th </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">about Sister Duenas' back injury. The pain is lessening and Sister Duenas will be fine, but has to be careful with her back, no lifting things that are too heavy and take short breaks if driving long distances and use a lumbar support for her back where possible.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-77618109204104492862015-01-03T13:45:00.000-05:002015-01-03T14:09:42.595-05:00Transferred to Klamath Falls - YAY for SNOW!!!!! (12/29/2014)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We had a wonderful video-chat with Sister Kiana Duenas on Christmas Day! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">She loved her Christmas presents and stocking (Well, all except for the adorable pencil skirts her Mom tried to sneak in there. It was worth a shot, but Sister Duenas says NO...hahaha :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I'm off to Klamath Falls 3rd Ward. Sending two big boxes home too. Good thing you sent me warm things, there is snow and ice in K Falls. I am so excited to have snow!!! This might very well be my last area too.</span><br />
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Klamath Falls is a nice place so far of what I've seen? I am not training again, my new companion (Sister Bonetti) has been out a little less than a year. She is absolutely wonderful and we are getting along great so far. My comp is from PA!! YAY, EAST COASTERS!!</div>
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I was super close on time (getting packed for the transfer) so I wasn't able to grab a couple of things that I'll send later. The Christmas stuff that I want to keep and the 9x13 pan which still had brownies in it so they will send it to me once they are eaten :)</div>
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I don't know if I'll be driving or not but I'll let you know :) and don't worry, I'll be careful. </div>
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We are just 30 miles from Crater Lake actually so I definitely plan on grabbing a member to take us. And, thankfully, I am just in one ward now :)</div>
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(For our Christmas goals when I was back in Central Point), There aren't really any homeless people in Central Point who we could find and give a Goodie Bag to, but I hope that the Sisters there will continue to look. </div>
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I don't even remember when I lost my blue hat. I just remember one day I was looking for it and when I couldn't find it and I realized that I hadn't seen it in a long while. It's probably at a member's house or on a homeless persons head by now :( That red hat you made is super nice! Hope will love it, especially since it's similar to Donna's Dad's hat on Doctor Who.</div>
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Love you bunches of baby elephants!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-59076264290900331162014-12-28T10:32:00.000-05:002014-12-28T10:32:15.736-05:00Take Into Account ALL The Words of God (12/22/2014)<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Mother Dearest!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, the horse...I think his name is Jericho, or something like that. Oh, trust me, it's taken a while before I got to the point of not being afraid of it. I just think of it as a big, big, super big dog and stand as still as possible, and things seem to go ok :) Nope, I haven't ridden the horse, it is against missionary handbook rules to go horseback riding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Still doing yard work for the temple. S</span><span style="background-color: white;">ince it's still in the upper fifties here, we do anything for yard work still. We've planted a lot of </span><span style="background-color: white;">flowers and fluffy bush thingies</span><span style="background-color: white;">, spread/dug up dirt so plants can breathe and stuff, dug up crazy stubborn bush things and deadheaded and watered things.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> The lady is the groundskeeper/landscaper for the temple, Sister Clayson. We absolutely love her :) </span><span style="background-color: white;">We saw a picture of what the temple grounds looked like before all the yard work and it is a ton better than it was. Sister Clayson and Brother Gorze (the maintenance president guy) always shake their heads whenever they remember how it used to be. There is a cute little nativity on the grounds too that Sister Hall and I want to take a picture with/of but keep forgetting. I'l make sure to get one soon.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The warm'ish weather (upper fifties in December) is </span><span style="background-color: white;">totally normal for the area I guess. I miss snow so bad!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The song for District Meeting was pretty good actually. We sang "Mary Did you Know?" in parts and no one was wincing so I think that means it went well :)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made the Grinch Cookies for the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CP2nd Ward </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christmas party and, because people didn't know what they were, I still had some left over. Silly people :) But the Elders were excited about it since they now get them. The people that tried them at the Christmas party liked them though.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's super cool that you're in the primary now! Don't worry you'll do great! It's just a lot of patience and educational/fun activities. All of the songs are pretty catchy so you'll learn them fast and likely won't get them out of your head for a while hehehe :P</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No, I haven't gotten too many Christmas cards or anything from other people back home. I think most sent a birthday card and were done, which is totally fine :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1- send out 6 letters of love to Less Actives to invite them back to full activity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2- give a goody bag to a homeless person and invite them to learn about the gospel or come to church. (I think we'll put in the goody bag some cookies, a hat and scarf and Sister Hall might give some of her hand warmers too.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He told us these things in a conference call last night and we are all super excited, or at least I am. Especially since Sister Hall and I have already been doing these things in a way, now we just have even more purpose :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lots of missionaries are getting hurt the past few months and just not being smart. Though from the stories that Pres Young shared with us about the craziness of his time as mission president, these things are normal to happen, if not entirely preventable. They have definitely been feeling the stress of being mission parents. Lots of prayers for them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I haven't been able to look at all the college major info yet, but from what I've seen, I like it. And for some reason, as I was doing the college essays, the deaf language studies stuck out a little more for me. It'd be a really great thing for me to study. I'd always be paying attention and it's something beautiful that I could share with others too. Maybe I can combine it with Special Ed and ASL, though I am leaning more toward the ASL. It would take lots of effort, but the kind that isn't super scary for me. I'd still be DOING something instead of sitting at a desk somewhere all day every day, and I think ASL is really beautiful, so I'd love to learn it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another crazy story from last week, it was a weird experience, but it still helped to strengthen my and Sister Hall's testimony. We went to see a potential investigator that we thought would be a great investigator. This man was super nice at first and he listened to us when we asked if he'd like to learn more about the restored gospel and the blessings it has to offer his family. He then asked us what in the world we'd ever have to teach him about the scriptures and the gospel since he is in his 50's and we are just kids. He asked us to tell him what the gospel consisted of. We told him (1) Faith in Jesus Christ (which he agreed with and said he didn't need to know any more about), so then we started to talk about (2) Repentance and change for our progression to become like our Father in Heaven. His response will forever be with me. The man said, "Jesus redeemed and atoned for us, so we no longer need to be subject to the Father. We are perfect and God no longer has a right to judge us."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It hurt our hearts so much to hear such a thing.....To love Jesus so much, and yet disrespect Him and our Father in Heaven (God), and deny the true purpose and power of the Atonement that Christ went through for each of us. We just didn't understand how the man could think this, but all of this was made clear to us when the man told us that he only focuses on one chapter in the Bible as his basis for not repenting, Romans 9, talking about faith and how we must have it if we are to get back into His presence. I am grateful for the Gospel and for learning and taking into account ALL the words of God, and for the fullness of the Gospel that we have, to bless our families' lives and our individual lives continually.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">okie dokie, I gots ta go now. Bye Bye, Love you!!!!! Merry (early) Christmas!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kiana</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-54003749005592936732014-12-19T09:29:00.001-05:002014-12-19T09:31:14.539-05:00Always Be Kind (12/15/2014)<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Holo Mumzy!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">First things first, yes, I have found a place to do the Christmas call. Super nice people, the Day family. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Days are super wonderful. Sister Day is our Gospel Principles teacher and she's amazing at it. Lots of participation and fun learning. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Also made our hamburger rice and peas dish for them last night. I did not take a picture of it though because, even though they found it scrumptious, I KNEW I had done it wrong and it wasn't what it was supposed to taste like. I accidentally overcooked the rice, so it came out a bit mushy :( But they said it tasted really good and when I said I'd take it home with me so they didn't have to eat the rest of it they "Definitely NOT. That's our dinner tomorrow!" So I guess they really did like it, though if I had more time I'd make it the right way for them and drop it off so they knew what they were truly missing. <my pride kinda hurts if ya can't tell ></span><br />
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No service projects other than the food pantry still, but we've had one ward Christmas party so far and a wonderful Christmas Cantata. Amazing singing that could totally compete with the MoTab (Mormon Tabernacle Choir)... well maybe not quite, but they were super good.</div>
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Yes, we got the letters from Zone Conference. It was a nice surprise for all of us! I absolutely LOVED his <Jim's> letter tell him I was really grateful for it. He has a beautiful testimony :)</div>
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Zone Conference...it was good and spiritual. We learned a lot about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon, just testimony strengthening stuff and more basic doctrine things. It's really nice the things we feel and the strength that we get from Zone Conference. Although, I would love more lessons on how to incorporate what we learn into our teaching efforts.<br />
I got the box and the Christmas lights are already up, and the fingerless mittens were worn to keep my "fingies" warm in church yesterday. Went shopping and got the ingredients for the cookies. Will be making the brownies, Grinch cookies, my cookies, the apple thingy and the cream cheese brownie cookies for my last two weeks in Central Point, true I don't know that I'm leaving, but it's like a 100 to 1 ratio, sooooo.</div>
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Yes, I got the box of chocolate from Gma......yep :) muy delicioso :)</div>
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We have had some pretty ridiculous experiences this past week. First we ran into three crazy people (all at separate times) who were very much against the church.<br />
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We were leaving our investigator's house and on our way to our car and we saw an older lady (kinda homeless looking and sad) sitting on a half wall by our car. Of course, everyone must know that if you sit, stand or walk anywhere near a missionary's car you WILL be spoken to ;) This lady did NOT want to be spoken to at all. We said hi and she went off in saying she doesn't want to be bothered by brainwashed kids. We told her that we are missionaries anyway and asked if she's having a good day. She replied that she isn't anymore and how do we know she wasn't praying when we so rudely interrupted her and said Hi? She yelled at us some other things about how we believe in Christ way too much and we are so radical and obsessed with Him. She just kept telling us to go away and when weren't walking fast enough for her she started yelling that we better not ever talk to her ever again. I sweetly said that we won't talk to her if she wishes it, but we will say Hi and wish her a good day if we do because of course that's something a follower of Christ would do. She had nothing to say to that and so we wished her a beautiful day, got in our car and left :) KINDNESS STRIKES AGAIN!!! :)</div>
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"Love and respect will overcome every element of animosity. Our kindness may be the most persuasive argument for that which we believe." - President Gordon B. Hinckley</div>
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Signing off now since we have to go sing, but I will try to send the rest of the experiences, which were crazy <u>good</u>, another time.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-74273124250833991692014-12-10T20:52:00.001-05:002014-12-11T12:55:49.863-05:00Central Point Ward is Awesome (12/08/2014)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Hi Mumzy!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, I promise to be nice, observant and compassionate this Christmas :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The First Presidency Christmas Devotional was pretty great. I really loved President Eyring's talk. We got to go to a member's house to watch it so we were nice and comfy with some chocolate cake :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will be sending Lynn her card very soon with all the Christmas cards. Also, I plan on sending a package of extra stuff back home since transfers are coming up and its highly unlikely I'll be staying here :( </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's actually interesting, the Ward council is making a small contingency plan for when I go. There are a couple of people that have been able to come back and since I've been in the area longest they've kinda made an attachment to me. The Ward council wants to prepare for a potential fall out once I'm gone (potentially after Christmas transfers). Especially Nikki, since she might not truly understand why I'm leaving. Anyways, I just really love this Ward. It's been the best Ward I've served in so far. Everyone is so considerate and work together in everything they do. Very good balance of responsibility and hard workers here and tons and tons of love. No matter what happens everyone is taken care of.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ZTM (Zone Training Meeting) and Zone Conference are two different things. ZTM is just missionaries being taught by the Zone leaders and STLs (Sister Training Leaders) and lasts about 3 hrs, whereas Zone Conference is by the Mission Pres, one of his counselors and the APs (Assistants to the President) and lasts about 5-6 hrs. We learned lots of good stuff at the ZTM.....we learned a lot about how to use this season to find tons of people and help others in the Ward come closer to the spirit of Christ, and we are all excited to get the Share the Gift initiative into high speed action :) Just look on You-Tube and the biggest Ad up top and you can see what it is ;) Hopefully the missionaries at home have shared it with you and the whole branch.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made my cookies for the ZTM instead of the apple-cinnamon bites. I'll make that for a Ward Christmas party. Everyone loved the cookies of course. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the Sisters asked for the recipe, but I said its secret ;) The cookies</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> came out super good this time. Usually I get about 3 1/2 dozen cookies out of it, but this time I got 57 cookies and they were all pretty good size for a little treat. I have been commissioned to make more for next district meeting and for someone's birthday too.....hahaha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We got to go to the temple last week!!! It was so nice to go. It was even more special in a small way because the person I went through for was from New York while everyone else's were foreign. Just a little tender mercy at the temple :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For Nikki the MS makes her weaker than usual for holding herself up and it prevents her from getting things from her brain to her mouth. She has a hard time speaking, whenever she wants to agree with something she just says "Because I believe in God" and if she hears something, like about the wicked Lamanites, she says "They do not believe in God". She has the most beautiful simple faith I've seen on my mission. The Ward is doing really great in trying to be accommodating and taking care of her :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was a Lights Parade in Central Point last week. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was pretty neat. If you keep up with the news stations you might be able to see Sister Hall and I on their news coverage of the parade. There was a camera man right in front of us. We stepped out of the way but we are actually just right off to the right on the corner of the sidewalk.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-12281966754080893762014-12-02T18:08:00.000-05:002014-12-02T20:35:24.332-05:00#ShareTheGift (12/01/2014)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hola Madre!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The week got too busy for me to make something for District Meeting. But I'll be making the apple cinnamon cream cheese thingy for ZTM (Zone Training Meeting) this Friday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tell Gma Duenas that I tried my best with the Pancit recipe, but it's probably a far cry from how good hers is <3.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I super love the mitt you made! It's so nice and warm. Sister Slater and Sister Collins liked it too. Yep! They came and dropped in on me for my bday! It made me so so happy! <br />I got to have my MTC companion and my trainer for my birthday and they of course made MY cake. You sneaky mommy :) Thank you so so much! <Mom Note: Sister Collins contacted me by email the week before Sister Duenas' birthday and asked for the recipe for Sister Duenas' favorite cake so that she could make it and surprise her for her birthday. What a sweetheart Sister Collins is. ></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, I did get my birthday box from Kohls......you crazy mommy! I can't believe you actually sent me a mixer! The wards don't know what's coming for them now. Mwahhahahaha! Crazy baker mode is getting cranked UP!!</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We got another person on date to be baptized this month! Though she's decided to go over to the YSA (Young Single Adult) Ward, so we won't be the ones teaching her anymore. BUT she's going to be BAPTIZED, so that's all that matters . Her baptism date is Dec 27th, so we'll still be able to go to her baptism before either of us leaves. We are so so excited for her!! Her name is Shelby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The missionaries aren't getting together for opening Christmas presents that I know of. But we will get together for the movie, just the Zone though. Each zone gets to chose their own movie for Xmas and then for New Years. We will watch them both at which ever member wants to have us all over. I'm such girl! Totally got teary eyed when I saw your cookies. Miss you. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For Christmas decorations, I have just the white Christmas tree that Lynn sent me. I'm so sad that I left my Christmas lights at the Grants Pass apartment, but I'll just go to Good Will and find something good :). Thrift store shopping is the bomb! <Mom Note: psssssh...You will not go buy lights. I will send you some multi-colored Christmas lights....'tis a requirement for feeling extra 'jolly' during the holidays ;) ></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Always, but especially this time of year, we are reminded in John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a beautiful new movie about Christ and Christmas. The first gift of Christmas was a simple gift given by a father to all his children, to us. He gave us His Son, the Christ. HE </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is the gift. #ShareTheGift </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Xoxoxoxooooo --> just for you mommy
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-91330565062046666202014-11-26T15:26:00.000-05:002014-11-26T15:26:24.134-05:00Righteousness Always Conquers (11/24/2014)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Mumzy!!!<br />I got the first package. You are lucky I looked at my emails first instead of attacking my present.<br /><Mom note: Ummmmm.....packages that arrive 1 day before your birthday just may be a birthday present, so you should have assumed it was your bday box little Miss Sassy!!! :P > Hahaha, well of course I knew what it was, but if there is a letter in there I have to open it today to read it or wait til next Monday ;)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No service projects this week. But when we went to the Calvary Temple for the food pantry a person there gave Sister Hall and I pretty knit scarves.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I was perusing a members cook book and found these great recipes: Apple-Cinna</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">mon Cream Cheese Bites and Potato-Leek Soup with Ham. Could you make them and see if they are 1. do-able for me and 2. tasty :)</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">H</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ahaha....it sounds like someone doubts my attention span and reading skills :) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nah, that's ok. We can totally borrow from a member. They love us here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just used box mixes to make the Snickerdoodles and Sugar Cookies. Unlike some recipes, I don't have those ones memorized and I'd definitely rather not do them without a mixer. I made pumpkin cookies (also from a box mix) for district meeting and gave away some more peanut butter fudge. Everyone loves the fudge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have a birthday dinner and a Thanksgiving dinner scheduled... Well, we actually have two B-Day dinners and two Thanksgivings ;) S</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ince we have two wards everyone wants to show there appreciation, so two dinners :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">OH!!! And super exciting!!!!!! We will be going to the temple next week!!!!!!!!!! And for Christmas we get to watch a movie, I am so excited. We will be watching "How To Train Your Dragon 2".<br />I'll send you some pictures from the baptism from my camera. It went so so well. At first there were so many problems and we didn't know if it was gonna happen. Nikki has a pretty severe medical issue. She has a hard time walking if it's longer than a minute or two and because of that she has to be carried into the font. Problem --> Central Point baptismal font stairs are very narrow and steep... Change of venues required. TO MEDFORD!! Hallelujah!!! Accessible Stairs acquired. Anyway, lots of things could've gone wrong with the baptism <Satan doing his dirty work> but ya know that righteousness always conquers :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I'm hearing a lot of missionaries around me signing up for classes and doing other college stuff. Do I need to worry or think about any of that? </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I feel like I can do/learn the culinary things throughout my life and/or take classes over time. I'd really like to focus on the Studio Art thing and have that be my career focus. Then as my back up safety net it'd be cooking and stuff. So what do I need to do? Cause missionaries can get permission from President to work on their applications and stuff. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Will the 3D/Studio Art program involve a lot of drawing? Cause I don't think I'd be able to do that very well, whereas I think I'd be good at sculpting and ceramics and stuff like that. Colors and 3D I think work better for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HA! Well, I'm not 21 yet <still one day left>, but I feel old for sure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NO SNOW WHAT SO EVER HERE in Central Point :(((<br />BYE!!! Love you bunches!!!<br />xoxoxoxooooooo<br />Pooks</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-25711987104184773782014-11-18T18:08:00.003-05:002014-11-18T18:12:55.739-05:00Staying in Central Point (11/17/2014)<div>
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Transfer news - So yep I'm still in Central Point, and still training Sister Hall :)</div>
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I am still assigned to serve in two wards at the same time and it's just awesome! We are always busy.</div>
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We will be having a baptism this weekend! Super exciting.</div>
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Our new District Leader is Elder Galloway, who will be performing the baptism this weekend with his companion.</div>
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Sister Hall and I will be giving the opening and closing prayers for the baptism, and other ladies that our investigator knows will be giving the talks on baptism and on the Holy Ghost.</div>
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Super cool about that picture of the Cruz family (Great Uncles and Great Grandfather) that you sent. I'd love to do some family history when I get home. There's some cool stuff out there.</div>
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Haven't seen the CES Devotional but it looks good.<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A member we are working with has a farm. We get to play with the animals when we visit them.</span></div>
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Don't worry about the gloves, I still have my pink ones for now :). I'm sure they looked fine. Everything you make is awesome. </div>
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Speaking of awesome I made the peanut butter fudge for the Central Point 1st Ward correlation meeting and to randomly just give out to people. </div>
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I even gave out the recipe to our Senior Missionary couple because Sister Pease liked it so much :) It was super rich! </div>
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The new District Leader has asked if I could bring snacks to our district meetings now. Guess I got a new calling ;)</div>
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I'd really like our Mac n cheese recipe, hamburger peas and rice, and the scrambled breakfast casserole dish thingy would be nice too :) And please send the brownie recipe and stuff! </div>
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I think that's very likely what I'm going to do with the rest of my life. Make food to bring smiles and hopefully do my color artist thing too! Go to college for both is my plan :)</div>
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There wasn't anything super special about the week. Just baked, served the lord and studied bunches <3</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-39266810849466276992014-11-13T19:44:00.000-05:002014-11-15T09:38:07.359-05:00Decide to Seek the Light (11/10/2014)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey Mumzy,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This will be a shorter email for me as well. Since this is the last Monday of the transfer, we will be doing Zone activities. We will either be doing frisbee, volleyball or wiffleball. We were going to hike Table Rock, a huge plateau thingy here in Central Point, but too many weren't in favor of it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you go to Sister Hall's FB you can find a picture of us together at the temple. Speaking of the temple....we will be going there for endowments either at the end of November or the beginning of December!! So, So excited!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The temple tour with our investigator went very well of course. Brother Gorze knew so much about it and was able to answer a lot of our investigator's questions. We will definitely be utilizing the temple more often.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of our investigators (not the one that went on the temple tour) is going to get baptized on the 22nd!!! WOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yep, I got the box from Lynne. Let's just say it made me very happy. Two beautiful soft scarves, mac n cheese, my fave candy and a nice sweatshirt jacket. I will send them a letter this week or next since I don't know when this zone activity is going end.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our Stake Conference was yesterday and our speakers were: President Thomas S. Monson, Elder Neil L. Andersen, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elder Kent F. Richards and Sister Jean A. Stevens. It was pretty amazing and I got lots of good notes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Christ has told us to Be of good cheer for I have overcome the world.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Virtues of FAITH, DILIGENCE, PATIENCE - Alma 32:41-43</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">41 But if ye will nourish the word, yea, nourish the tree as it beginneth to grow, by your faith with great diligence, and with patience, looking forward to the fruit thereof, it shall take root; and behold it shall be a tree springing up unto everlasting life.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">42 And because of your diligence and you faith and your patience with the word in nourishing it, that it may take root in you, behold, by and by ye shall pluck the fruit thereof, which is most precious, which is sweet above all that is sweet, and which is white above all that is white, yea, and pure above all that is pure; and ye shall feast upon this fruit even until ye are filled, that ye hunger not, neither shall ye thirst.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">43 Then, my brethren, ye shall reap the rewards of your faith, and your diligence, and patience, and long-suffering, waiting for the tree to bring forth fruit unto you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- We should speak more of the Savior and of His divine mission.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Little by little, love changes hearts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Alma 37: 6-7 small and simple things</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">6 Now ye may suppose that this is foolishness in me, but behold I say unto you, that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">7 And the Lord God doth work by means to bring about his great and eternal purposes; and by the very small means the Lord doth confound the wise and bringeth about the salvation of many souls.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Never give up in keeping your covenants.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elder Kent F. Richards of the Quorum of the Seventy spoke about Light and the importance of deciding to seek the light. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Light is good and is always more powerful than darkness, and is truth conveyed through the Holy Spirit. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- The wonders and need of sunshine is only made sweeter by the ever present rain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Lehi's dream - started in darkness and only by prayer and faith (exercising faith) was he able to get to the light.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- The Brother of Jared, himself, came up with a way to dispel darkness. The Lord allows us to learn how to seek the light, to grow and to leave darkness and to step into the light by seeking Him and exercising faith.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- This light is within every child's reach.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Even if we can't see the tree (light), we can hold onto the iron rod in the darkness and hold to the path and and come out in the end having endured.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next pic is my continued study from this morning on bringing light into our lives (In the Book of Mormon - Helaman 5: 38-43).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We must work for the light to always be with us. Someone told me once that our testimonies are like light bulbs. There are only a couple watts for them to go out. Either we let them fade and die out because of forgetfulness and our inaction in using it; we take it out ourselves or flip the switch, meaning that we willingly abandon the things we know to be true and good preferring the darkness or we can be aware of our light and testimony and when we see that it is starting to flicker (doubts, trials, questions) we take action, go out and get a fresh bulb (studying, praying, exercising faith and enduring to the end) so that our light will never go out and our testimony is always increasing in strength. Take care of the light you have. Decide now to seek the light, choose to follow Christ's brightest example. Because, in all honesty, darkness never was happiness even if they have all the cookies and brownies in the world. It's just not worth it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Got to go now. Bye! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love you! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">xoxoxoxoxooooooo</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-15754099285546215062014-11-11T18:20:00.002-05:002014-11-11T22:15:38.249-05:00Ephesians 2 - Fitly Framed Together (11/03/2014)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey Mommy,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So since we had to chauffeur the other sisters in our area around for P-Day I didn't have time to write your letter :( They ran out of miles for the month so they couldn't drive until Saturday when their miles get renewed. So, here's a pic of ma face for you instead <3</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In ZTM (Zone Training Meeting) that we had just last Friday, yep right on Halloween, we had this great scripture to focus on. It's Ephesians 2:19-22.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">21 In whom the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">22 In whom ye also are builded together for an inhabitation of God through the Spirit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We focused on the part that says "fitly framed together". We related this to our missions and how we as servants of the Lord need to be working together. That message in itself is pretty great, but then you look up the meaning of the word "fitly" and it gets even more AWESOME!!! Fitly means "of a suitable quality, standard or type to meet the required purpose; having the requisite qualities or skills to undertake something competently". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Isn't that awesome?! When we all (and this doesn't just go for missionaries) work together as a body fitly framed together we can literally do anything when we put ourselves in the Lords hands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We will be giving a temple tour to one of our investigators too tomorrow so that'll be nice and super spiritual! </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And we have the temple maintenance president guy to help us out in telling her about it so that'll be nice. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's so great having the temple so close.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also could you pray for one of our investigators? We are going to be inviting her to baptism this week....Prayers would be nice :)</span><br />
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Those pictures <of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" movie to be released in 2015> are just too funny. And you're right in both accounts. I think it's a bit funny but also I am mortified that someone is using these precious characters so dreadfully. Jane Austen is rolling in her grave, I just know it.<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white;">This isn't quite how I remember it <the Pancit> looking, but it tasted good to me and my companion and the Elders.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The wok was a bit small for it and we forgot a lid, but other than that it was pretty easy.<span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961);"> </span>The wok was so small that, even though I stirred it at the slowest pace possible, it just got everywhere! Haha...oops, but at least it was super fun to make. <span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961);">I followed the recipe exactly so I don't know what happened. It was rather bland to my taste. </span>Everyone liked it though. None of them had ever had it before. When I first mentioned it all I had to say was I'm going to cook something and they were all for whatever it was. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These Elders don't care what it is as long as they get food :) So silly. They're like little puppies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here's basically how the conversation went when I initially mentioned making Pancit for District Meeting:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elders1 - (before I could finish) You cook? Sweet! Yeah totally.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Me - Yeah I'm gonna make...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elders1 - (to other Elders) hey Sister Duenas is going bring food next time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elders2 - Really? Sweet food!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Me - Yeah I got this Guamanian dish...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elders1 - oh sweet, Islander food! Yeah you bring and we'll eat it. Thanks Sister.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Me - (finally given up) Yeah no problem. Later Elders. **Me thinking - guess they don't care what it is, and I could be making something completely gross and they wouldn't even know** sigh, Elders.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The ward here had a trunk or treat on Halloween night, but it was at 630 and we had to be in our apartments by 6, so we couldn't go. But that's ok, since the members are giving us all their extra candy anyways ;) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some things I saw and did on Halloween :</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For Service this week, we will be doing more temple grounds work on Tuesday and we have some more wood splitting is in store and we might be helping with some demolition next week as well. Lots of fun stuff. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The wood splitting is for an older couple preparing for winter. They've got tons of wood. We got a wood-splitter and they won't let us Sisters handle the machinery. More like the boys want to play with their toys ;) So, we Sisters stack the wood. And apparently I do such a great job at it that everyone else just chucks the wood at me and let's me put it all into place. They don't want to use their brain that early in the morning to make sure everything fits and is secure. I'm happy to do it, but my back always kills me when we are finished. Last time we stacked five rows deep of wood and about 12 feet across, and 5 and half feet tall. Lots of wood. Ok, well actually, Elder Pease, the Senior Missionary, handles the machine, while the Elders lift the wood onto it and carry the split wood (or pitch it) to me. Sister Hall takes care of the smaller pieces and puts them on a wagon, which is also dragged to me and stacked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okie dokes. I gots to go now :(</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LOVE YOU!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TTM! <3<3<3</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994180054880824389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762251417220438639.post-26764753309682578332014-10-28T21:04:00.000-04:002014-10-28T21:11:36.090-04:00Favorite Quotes and Need the Pancit recipe! (10/27/2014)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hola Madre!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stat! I need the Pancit recipe! I think I sent all of the recipes you gave me home on accident, so now I got nothing. Perfect! That's what I needed! Oh I love my Mumsy!!!!! I will be feeding like 6 people at the District Meeting on Friday. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><Mom Note: Nothing like trying to remember the Pancit recipe on the fly today while out of town. I sent it with a certain 'someone' when she left on her mission, but she (who shall not be named, but who is currently my favorite Sister Missionary) lost the Pancit recipe and needed it asap so she could buy the ingredients on P-Day. She is cooking it for her entire District this coming Friday. Pancit is a Filipino recipe that I learned how to make by watching Sister Duenas' grandmother who is from Guam. The recipe has rice noodles, chicken, pork, shrimp, cabbage, carrots, onion, celery and soy sauce. It is delicious! For the sake of keeping it inexpensive, I suggested that Sister Duenas only use chicken this time (no pork or shrimp as we usually do). </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kiana has helped me make the recipe a number of times, but she has never made it all by herself. this will be her first time cooking it solo, but I'm sure she can do it :) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a friend of mine said, the Holy Ghost can bring ALL things to our remembrance...even a recipe!></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cool pictures from what I've been doing for my P-Day (Preparation Day) today. We went to old town Jacksonville. Its kinda like Ellicottville with all the antique shops. It was super fun and I was able to get some presents for people.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course she couldn't resist taking pics of adorable goats!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm sure Sister Duenas couldn't pass up giving the goats some face rubs :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Possibly the coolest license plate evah! It's New York, sooooo...... :)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some of my favorite quotes for this past week by Elder Holland, Elder Uchtdorf and Elder Eyring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some quotes and stuff that I've liked throughout all my studies on my mission.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've read so many talks that I feel like I'd never really be super nervous again to go up there myself. I know what a good talk sounds like, and ever since I left Eugene I haven't given a single one yet. I think it's because these wards are so big they have endless people they can ask to give talks, so they don't have to ask the missionaries. That's good, but I'd still love to give one :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite inspirational General Conference quotes (from various years):</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[Recently,] the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve published a letter to leaders of the Church across the world. In part it read: 'Changes in the civil law do not, indeed cannot, change the moral law that God has established. God expects us to uphold and keep His commandments regardless of divergent opinions or trends in society. His law of chastity is clear: sexual relations are proper only between a man and a woman who are legally and lawfully wedded as husband and wife.'.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">President Thomas S. Monson:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "Courage not compromise brings the smile of God's approval."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "Once we have a testimony, it is incumbent upon us to share that testimony."</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">President Dieter F. Uchtdorf:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "My dear brothers and sisters, there will be days and nights when you feel overwhelmed, when your hearts are heavy and your heads hang down. Then, please remember, Jesus Christ, the Redeemer, is the dad of this church. It is HIS gospel. He wants you to succeed. He gave His life for just this purpose."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "Even when we think we can't rise up, there is still hope. And sometimes we just need someone to look us in the eyes, take our hand, and say, "You can do it NOW!""</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elder Russell M. Nelson:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Even if everyone is doing it, wrong is never right. Evil, error and darkness will never be truth, even if popular."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">President Boyd K. Packer:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "Faith, to be faith, must be centered on something that is not known. Faith, to be faith, must go beyond that for which there is confirming evidence. Faith, to be faith, must go into the unknown. Faith, to be faith, must walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "We all live on spiritual credit. In one way or another, the account builds and builds. If you pay it off as you go, you have little need to worry. Soon you begin to learn discipline and know that there is a day of reckoning ahead. Learn to keep your spiritual account paid off at regular intervals rather than allowing it to collect interest and penalties."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">President Gordon B. Hinckley:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "The trouble with most of our prayers is that we give them as if we were picking up the telephone and ordering groceries - we place our order and then hang up. We need to meditate, contemplate, think of what we are praying about and for, and then speak to the Lord as one man speaks to another."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "God planted within women something divine." That 'something' is the gift and gifts of motherhood. Elder Mathew Cowley taught that "men have to have something given to them [in mortality] to make them saviors of men, not women. [They] are born with an inherent right, an inherent authority, to be the saviors of human souls.....and the regenerating force in the lives of God's children."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "When [an individual] is motivated by great and powerful convictions of truth, then he disciplines himself, not because of demands made by the Church but because of the knowledge within his heart."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elder Neil L. Andersen:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "As the world slips away from the Lord's law of chastity, we do not."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "While many governments and well-meaning individuals have redefined marriage, the Lord has not. In the very beginning, God initiated marriage between a man and a woman - - Adam and Eve. He designated the purposes of marriage to go far beyond the personal satisfaction and fulfillment of adults to, more importantly, advancing the ideal setting for children to be born, reared and nurtured. Families are the treasure of heaven."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "Faith is not only a feeling; it is a decision."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sheri L. Dew:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "Satan has declared war on motherhood. He knows that those who rocks the cradle can rock his earthly empire. And he knows that without righteous mothers loving and leading the next generation, the kingdom of God will fail."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "Like Eve, our motherhood began before we were born. Just as worthy men were foreordained to hold the priesthood in mortality, righteous women were endowed premortally with the privilege of motherhood."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "Motherhood is more than bearing children, though it is certainly that. It is the essence of who we are as women. It defines our very identity, our divine nature, and the unique traits our Father gave us."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elder D. Todd Christofferson:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "In measuring success, we recognize the profound truth underlying all else - - that our lives belong to God, our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. Success means living in harmony with Their will."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "Our lives should be a confession of Christ, and together with our words testify of our faith in and devotion to Him."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- "If we remain firmly rooted in faith in Christ, we are in a position both to receive and to offer divine help."</span><br />
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