tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53410214369244494802024-03-19T04:03:40.216-07:00Keep the FaithSister Emi Lee Wainwright was called to be a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and is serving in the Provo, Utah area.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06873879729570188974noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5341021436924449480.post-31307661506256219592019-03-23T15:12:00.002-07:002019-03-23T16:55:59.275-07:00May 16, 2016<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">SO!!! This week is going to be NUTS! Our APs (Assistants to the</span><br />
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">this morning because transfers are this Wednesday AND YOU WILL NEVER</span><br />
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Not me. Lololol. Our entire area is actually getting shut down and</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"washed", which means both of us are being transferred. I won't</span><br />
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">entire mission! Both Sister Saili and I are in a state of shock</span><br />
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">two people on date for baptism, and two more really close to being on</span><br />
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">not sure who will be taking over their lessons!!! It's insane because</span><br />
<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">our area isn't the only one getting whitewashed or closed either. Our</span><br />
<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">entire district is being transferred and I'm really bummed because I</span><br />
<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">love them all so much (appropriately of course).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">A lot of areas in the whole mission are being closed and new ones are being opened and people are being transferred left and right. I think part of the reason so much is changing is because a lot of missionaries are going home and not enough new ones are coming in to replace them. We're all stretched thin enough as it is...so the next couple of months are going to be craaaaazzzzyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yesterday we got to go to church with JD, our investigator who was originally scheduled to be baptized this Saturday, but he wants to push the date back until he has his "aha" moment and knows beyond a shadow of a doubt that this is the true church and yadi yada. The gas station less active that emotionally scarred me for life my first week in the field also came to church with us and hated it so that was fun. But you'll never believe who is in their ward!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Other than that we really didnt do anything super exciting or mind blowing this week. We had our first recent convert lesson with the guy who just got baptized last, last saturday on wednesday and he told us he wants to serve a mission, so that was pretty awesome!!! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">We also found Jonathan's missing records, but they say he never got baptized, even though he did when he was 12, so he has to be rebaptized! Which would have been great, except now we're being transferred and the area is being closed. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Anyway, yeah, the past few weeks have been good and i have no idea where the next week will take me, but I've really enjoyed working with the YSA. At times it's been super awkward, but it's mostly been really fun. Not to mention great practice for my social skills when I'm back home. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">I am going to miss Sister Saili like crazy. She</span><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">has been amazing and has taught me a lot, especially when it comes to charity. She really has the pure love of Christ thing down pat. I'm still working on having that Christlike love for everyone. One day I'll tell you all about the gas station less active. She has taught me a lot and changed me in a lot of ways too, and she really makes me think about things from a different perspective. We did a lot of service for her on Saturday and she owns about 645278293646282939484627288482 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle action figures. Trying to organize her basement took nearly all day, and that was with our entire district helping, and we still didn't get it all finished. People in Utah are the biggest hoarders I swear. But it was still fun, and when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God, so thats awesome and all that fun jazz. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Well, that's about all i can think of to write for this week! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">~Sister </span><span class="il" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Wainwright</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06873879729570188974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5341021436924449480.post-90020885298962445042016-05-01T20:42:00.001-07:002016-05-01T20:47:48.793-07:00April 25, 2016<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Well another week came and went! It went pretty well. We had FHE with a family down in Payson on Monday night and they had pork chops and cornbread so I felt right at home, lol. Our objective with them is to teach their daughter, Abigail, who is 18 and not a member, but we haven't had much success. She seems kinda meh towards us and the gospel, and is kinda immature. Oh well. Her mom and step dad are super awesome. They both converted from the Evangelist church and love missionary work, so we had a Q&A type thing with them for FHE about missionaries and what they do. It was pretty fun. Plus cornbread.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">On Tuesday we met with some of our less actives and recent converts, and all the lessons went really well. This one girl we've been working with, Patty, is a pun master, so she always has new puns to share with us when we come over (What do you call a belt made out of watches??? A waist of time!!!! <i>*ba dum tss*</i>). Lately we've felt like we haven't really been getting anywhere with her, and that our lessons have turned more into just visits, so we asked her what her goals were and how we could help her. She said that she really just wants to help people, like her friends because a lot of them struggle with the gospel and stuff, so I asked her if she'd ever thought about serving a mission. She told us she's considered it a little and hasn't ruled it out. I started bearing a simple testimony about missionary work and she just started crying. So I was kinda like <img alt="😯" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f62f" goomoji="1f62f" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f62f" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /> and worried I had said something to upset her, but apparently she was just really touched by the Spirit. She said she really did want to serve a mission, so hopefully we can help her do that and she'll talk to the Bishop. We also met with a recent convert, Jaylen, who is a volleyball coach for BYU, and we're trying to help him get to the temple so he can start doing baptisms for the dead.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">We met with a few more less actives this week, and they all went good. We've been working with people from all walks of life lol We're still working with Abby, who has been reading the BOM. Hopefully she's been praying about it as well since we last met with her. Both Sister Saili and I agree that once she gains a testimony of the BOM, everytthing else will fall into place. We're meeting with her tonight, so we'll see!!! We've also been meeting with JD, who is also a nonmember. His parents are less actives, but he knows next to nothing about the church. He's a very interesting person...we can't tell if he's taking what we say seriously or not. But he went to church yesterday, so that was awesome! The third investigator we've been trying to meet with is Oscar...he's the one that is next to impossible to meet with. We were supposed to have a lesson with him on Tuesday, but when we showed up at his house he blew us off because he had to take his girlfriend home. She's a member, but we're worried she's not being a good influence on him. So we've been trying to strategize ways to break them up. Just kidding! (Maybe.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Anyway, that's about it teaching-wise. We went on exchanges this weekend, which was fun, but our STLs (sister training leaders) are the spanish sisters, and we were both in their area, so everything we did was in Spanish, which I do not speak, so I really can't say I learned anything lol but Saturday night was a lot of fun! The Stake High Councilman of the 19th Stake threw a "Spring Fling" party thing for all the ward mission leaders and we did some pretty fun activities. We played gospel trivia (i really need to brush up on my Old Testament knowledge) and ate food and had a grand ole time. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Yesterday was pretty nuts. You'd think Sundays would be relaxing, but not so in the life of a missionary. They are craziest and most stressful days. We had to go on splits because we had one stake correlation meeting in Orem and another in Spanish Fork and so that was an adventure. Let's just say working with members can be really frustrating, especially when they're YSAs. With that in mind, I would like to invite all of you to reach out to the missionaries and help them with anything they might need. Will you do that? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Sorry if this email was random or rambly lol hope everyone has a great week!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Alofa ia te oi!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Well, another week has flown by! It didn't feel like it at the time, but every Monday I feel like an entire month has passed by. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Anyway, I invited 3 people to be baptized this week and they all said yes, but we don't have any of them on date yet. One of them is this kid that we have literally been trying to meet with for like 2 months; trying to contact him is nearly impossible. He'll meet with us once, and then miss our next appointment, and won't answer any of our calls or texts and it's just really frustrating! so hopefully he'll show up to our next lesson on Tuesday. We asked him to pray about a baptismal date, and if he didn't, we're gonna set one for him (via inspiration from the Spirit, naturally). The next person we invited to be baptized is Abby, the super Christian I mentioned in my last email. Our lesson with her was pretty awesome, and she said yes to our invitation, but she also is kinda iffy on whether or not Christ's church needed to be restored. She thinks as long as people are worshiping God, then they'll be saved--it doesn't matter what church they're in. Baptism and all that is not needed. So I'm just like, then why did Jesus Christ get baptized???? hopefully we'll be able to help her see why baptism is so important. Our third investigator is pretty golden...as in, he already believes that the Church is true, but he's not totally 100% committed to baptism because he wants to be sure that this is the "right path" for him. Excuse me, sir, so you want eternal life?! THEN YES IT'S THE RIGHT PATH FOR YOU!!! Some people just make zero sense to me. So those are our three investigators!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">We also (FINALLY!!!!!!!) met Braulio yesterday, who we've been trying to meet since day 1 in the field. He is pretty awesome. He's a Jehovah's witness, but not very active. He's been going through a lot of trials since he graduated high school, so he really started turning to God. He said he'd like to meet with us and learn more, but it's really hard for him at the same time because he feels like by investigating another church he's betraying his church or failing in some way. For pretty much the first time on my mission I really felt Heavenly Father's love for someone else. It's kinda hard not to in those situations, when the grown man you're talking to has literal tears in his eyes!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">So that's about the highlights of our week. Oh! Almost forgot! I met my first polygamist family! Well technically they're ex-polygamists, but I'm still counting it. They're super nice. Interesting, for sure, but nice. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">This month we did a mission wide fast for miracles and I'm really starting to see the blessings from that. We have a lot of lessons fall through sometimes, but it seems like every time that happens we find someone new to teach. So that's awesome!!! Fasting really works!!! And praying...we've been praying A LOT for miracles.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">I'm kinda annoyed that it took me going on my mission to figure all this out. The Gospel truly is a beautiful thing. And it's really the simple things that helps us keep going. CPR! Church, Prayer, Reading the Scriptures! When we're facing the Lord, all of our trials are behind us. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">So that's about it! I'm probably forgetting something, but oh well! Talk to y'all next week!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Sadly the struggle is still real here in the YSA South Valley Area. For one thing, the beginning of this transfer the APs decided to cut down our miles. Which wouldn't be a big deal if we only covered like one town, but the YSA stakes cover like, 10 towns. literally the entire SOUTH VALLEY. so yeah, trying to use as little miles per day as possible is super fun when you drive from Springville to Orem, to Provo, to Spanish Fork, to Salem Hills, to Payson, back to Provo, to Springville, and then to Benjamin for dinner, all in one day! Thank you very much, APs! im laughing, but im crying at the same time. ya know how it is. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Anyway, remember our golden investigator Raul????????</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">he is back in the Dominican Republic. our last meeting with him he literally told us he was feeling the Spirit like crazy, but he still wants more before committing to baptism. He's such a dry Mormon it hurts. never before have i wanted to bang my head against the wall more fervently than i did yesterday because the Spirit was LITERALLY SO STRONG. There was some definite burnings of the bosom going on in that room. Sister Saili and I bore our testimonies, and then so did his girlfriend Marian and it was probably the most amazing lesson I've been in so far. He was definitely feelin it, he just wants an angel to show up and smack him around i guess. Stop fightin the Christlike love, Raul! He promised to keep meeting with the missionaries back home in the DR, so keep him in your prayers!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">What else, what else. Well, one of the less actives we've been meeting with dropped us because I guess we've been doing such a great job she doesn't need us anymore lol. Which is great for her, but it weirdly felt like being dumped lol</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">We also did a lot of contacting, which is always...super fun. A lot of our lessons fell through, which is always not super fun, but we did find some new people to teach, which is awesome! One woman we met has actually taken discussions before, like a yearish ago, and as far as we know they didn't really go super great. like they werent bad, just not great. She is SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU<wbr></wbr>UUUUPER Christian. She really loves Jesus and is super into the Bible. She has a copy of the Book of Mormon, but never got past 1 Nephi lol so she already has a lot in common with most members of the church! just kidding...mostly. lol anyway, We're meeting with her Wednesday so we'll see how that goes! Hopefully we can help her see that the Book of Mormon really is all about Jesus lol</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">This weekend was also a stake conference for one of our stakes, so we got to hear a lot from Elder Dale Munk, who is an area seventy, so that was pretty awesome. President Hodgman also spoke and told us about his conversion story. It was pretty funny. Maybe I'll tell it to you guys sometime when I feel less lazy. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">So yeah that's really about it, or at least that's all i can think of that happened at the moment. Well, we did meet with this one guy who really wants to get baptized, but he kind of has some mental challenges and has a lot of anger and hatred towards his mom and family, and spent a night in jail, so we're not totally sure how best to help him. His story really made me think about some of the challenges people face in this life. like how hard his trials are, and vice versa his mom's and his family's because of something that is out of their control. a lot of the times we feel like our hardships are out of our control, and sometimes they really are, but they're never out of the Lord's control. I know that as we turn to Him, our burdens are made light and we can endure anything life throws at us.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">"Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, which leadeth to destruction, and many there be who go in thereat;</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">"Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Sometimes it might feel difficult to stay on the path, but I know that when we keep our focus on the Savior we can endure whatever trials we face. His yoke is easy and his burden is light. We've already found the gate. Now we just have to stay on the path, and we can do that by striving to become more like the Savior by going to church, saying our prayers, and reading the scriptures. Remember that Faith is like a little seed. It doesn't grow all at once. We have to nurture it! So keep watering the tree!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Week 7: 3 Nephi 9:14</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">First things first: a million sorries if my last email was in any way preachy, petulant, or pessimistic. The struggle is real, but this week was full of miracles and tender mercies plus conference!!!!!! HOW AWESOME WAS THAT? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Watching it growing up I was always kinda like, "ughhhhhhhh WHEN WILL IT END????" now i'm just like, "NOOOOOOOO IT CAN'T END!" on another note it's pretty cool driving through Provo on Saturday and seeing so many stores and restaurants closed. (you know you're in Utah when....)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">and earlier this week we passed this store with a giant sign out front that said, "BUY YOUR CONFERENCE TREATS HERE!" which wouldn't be super remarkable since we ARE in Utah, except it was an Amish Market place??? I meant to take a picture because i thought it was hilarious, but whatever.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Anyway! Last P-Day was AWESOME. We met this "treasure hunter", Brother Moon, who basically hunts down really ancient and awesome books.....You'll never guess whose Books of Mormon I am holding. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">From the bottom up: Samuel Smith, Hyrum Smith, Joseph Smith, and then on the top is Joseph Smith's pocket bible!!! IT WAS SO SMALL! apparently back then it was cool to read a bible with a magnifying glass? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Brother Moon also had a bible from the 16th century, Wilford Woodruff's glasses(!!!!!!), and the original copy of a revelation given to Hyrum Smith (written in his own hand) directly from the Prophet Joseph Smith (he wouldn't let us take a really good picture of that one though lol)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">So after that we played volleyball with our Zone, where I caused several elders on my team considerable pain since I cannot aim.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">So all in all our Zone Activity was pretty awesome!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Moving on....what else happened this week? I am kicking myself right now because I literally wrote down all the cool things I wanted to share in this little notebook...which I left on my study desk back home. So let's see.......</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Well, for the past two weeks we've been teaching this guy who is all about evolution, like, he thinks we literally evolved from amoebas and apes and all that. Our brains were exploding with all his science-y wienc-y stuff. He also believes the universe was not created. It's just always been there. Wha. Like for me, that's way harder to comprehend than God creating the cosmos, ya feel me? Like it's all just always been here? What? Anyway, his fellowshipper is pretty awesome. He's an MTC Branch President, so he knows a thing or two about the Gospel. However, despite all of our best efforts, Jordan simply could not accept Moroni's Promise. He didn't see the logic behind believing in God or Jesus Christ or anything, and he argued a lot with us about how there are plenty of other churches and religions who do the whole "read and pray" thing. His main question to all of us was: HOW DO YOU KNOW? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">So of course we talked about Alma 32 and how we read the scriptures, say our prayers, go to church, etc, and we told him that when he does these things the Holy Ghost will "manifest the truth of it unto you". </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">He just could not accept that. That wasn't enough for him. He kept going back to other religions and how they do the exact same thing and also "feel" that their religion is true. So how do we know that ours is the only true one, if there are millions upon millions of other religions who ponder and pray and receive the same kinda answers?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Long story short, he dropped us because he wanted to take a break. He just wasn't willingly to plant the seed and experiment on the words, which is kinda ironic. Aren't science-y guys supposed to like conducting experiments? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Anyway, so my question this week for you guys is: how do you know? How do you know that this is the true church of Jesus Christ? I really am curious to hear some of your conversion stories!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">And if you <i>don't</i> know... are you willingly to ponder these things in your heart and ask God with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Our experience with Jordan really got me and Sister Saili thinking about our own conversion. How <i>do </i>I know? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">I know that this gospel has changed my life. I know that the Book of Mormon has taught me more about the Savior than any other book on earth. I just know. No burnings in the bosom or angelic Hallelujah choruses required. Trying to explain how the Spirit works is like trying to explain what salt tastes like to someone who's never tasted it before (Boyd K. Packer is a genius). </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">How do we know?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">On another note, Conference was way awesome. Sister Saili got to go to the Saturday Morning Session, but I being the greenie did not :( hopefully October!!! Did anyone else see the man in the MoTab singing his heart out and sobbing during Come Thou Fount? That guy is awesome, whoever he is.</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Zoram, 'noto sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28.8px;">Keep trying. Keep trusting. Keep believing. Keep growing. Heaven is cheering you on today, tomorrow, and forever.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Accept the Savior's invitation: "Whosever will come, him will I receive; and blessed are those who come unto me". </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Turn to the Savior. He's wonderful. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Turn to him today. Turn to him always. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">"Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, <i>if</i> ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: <i>Ye shall have eternal life</i>." </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">When's the last time you read your scriptures? (I'm not talking about the last time you read a verse out loud in Sunday school, because sadly for those of us that have been diagnosed with lazy-itus that doesn't count as personal nor <i>daily</i> scripture study). So with that brain combusting revelation in mind, when's the last time you picked up the Bible or the Book of Mormon or the Doctrine and Covenants or the Pearl of Great Price or anything remotely having to do with Faith and Christ and the Gospel and read it on your own time? When's the last time <i>you </i>really "[feasted] upon the word of Christ"? For <i>you?</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Before my mission, I can honestly say I did not read the scriptures like I should have. I'm 97% sure we're all guilty of slacking when it comes to scripture study. Real life is hectic and busy and after a long day at work or school the only thing I ever wanted to do was succumb to a state of catatonia and waste the rest of my day mindlessly watching Netflix or playing LEGO Batman with the kids. But if we do as Nephi exhorts us to do and we press forward and feast upon the scriptures, we shall have <i>eternal life</i>!!! And then I can watch all the Netflix I want for the rest of eternity! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Well, probably not. I'll probably be way too busy having fun creating my own planet and turning inanimate objects into food thanks to my awesome new Godly powers. Netflix? Pfft.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Anyway, why am I talking about scripture study? Because missionaries have the luxury of devoting pretty much their entire mornings to doing nothing but studying the scriptures. It's pretty awesome. But what I've realized this past week is that if I miss even ONE DAY of reading the Book of Mormon, for ME, then my entire day pretty much goes to poo. Seriously. On the outside I might be all fine and dandy, but inside I feel meh, like I'm running on fumes because I forgot to fill up my spiritual tank or something. It's like missing breakfast, lunch, <i>and </i>dinner. When I don't "feast" upon the word of Christ, I get very hangry. Being hungry plus angry is not a good combination on any given day, but being SPIRITUALLY hangry is even worse. Don't get me wrong, when I don't read the scriptures for whatever reason that day, we still work hard and try to get a lot of things done for the Lord, but I just don't feel as good as I would had I read the scriptures that day. When I do, I can feel the Spirit more powerfully and I'm just in a better MOOD. It doesn't matter what happens during the day, because I got my daily dose of the scriptures, everything is just EASIER. So please read your scriptures. Feast upon the word of Christ. Whatever trials we're going through, we can get through them when we turn to the Lord and the scriptures He has given to us through His prophets.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">I can't say I've ever had any super mega awesome, Angels singing Hallelujah in the background, mind blowing, coincidental-but-not-<wbr></wbr>coincidental spiritual experiences. Like, when people get up in church and talk about how they heard the voice of God or saw their deceased great great great grandma's second cousin seven times removed in the temple--that kinda stuff has never happened to me. I've never had any dreams or visions or any of that spiritual mumbo jumbo. I dunno why. I like to think my faith is just as strong as the next guy's. Honestly, I've been struggling a little bit with this. Don't get me wrong, I'm not asking for angelic visions and Hallelujahs. I think I'm doing just fine without all that, and tell myself that my faith and trust and desire to follow the Lord is strong enough that I don't need an angel to show up with a flaming sword and give me a spiritual kick in the pants. What I <i>am </i>struggling with is feeling like I'm not doing enough. Praying enough. Studying the scriptures enough. Feeling the Spirit enough. Like maybe if I was doing more, studying more, pondering more, then I could<i> </i>have those crazy miracles and Godly coincidences happen all the time too. You know, like those stories when the missionaries knock on a door and find someone inside that's all like, "I literally just prayed to God that he would send me messengers!!!!!!!!! Hallelujah praise the Lord!!! <img alt="🙌" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f64c" goomoji="1f64c" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f64c" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" />" Ever since I was in the MTC, it just seemed like every other missionary had or was having all these spiritual "Eureka!" moments and all I have is my simple little testimony. No Hallelujahs. Just that Holy Ghost heartburn. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">I dunno. I just want to help people come unto Christ, but then our leaders start talking about quantity and quality and key indicators and reaching the standards of excellence and new pew date gate and being consecrated and doing this and doing that and I just want to help people come unto Christ, but yesterday I just felt like I'm not very good at any of this. All of our new investigators this past week canceled on us, and Raul still isn't on date to be baptized. Meanwhile, it seems like every other companionship is having all this success and not skipping a beat. So I started to feel like a failure. The entire drive home I was beating myself up, wondering what I've been doing wrong and how I can be better. I felt like I didn't know enough and wasn't good enough. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">And then I realized late last night: <i>Oh, wow. I didn't read my scriptures today. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Guess what. Satan doesn't want us to read our scriptures. And when we don't, he's pumping his mental fist going, "Yesssss, YESSSSS! Feel the hanger! Embrace it! Come to the Dark Side! Mwahhahahha!" (i say mental because he doesn't have a fist, therefore he cannot pump it). All these doubts and fears and insecurities that started running rampant in my mind were, I truly believe, a direct result--or consequence--of me not reading my scriptures. Jesus Christ, aside from the Father, is the most powerful being in our lives. And that same power is in His words. When we feast upon the word of Christ, we're putting on the armor of God. I didn't put on my armor yesterday, and Satan took advantage of that.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">So press forward and feast upon the word of Christ. Put on the armor of God. Endure to the end and ye shall have eternal life. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">I hope y'all had a great Easter Sunday. Despite the night I had, the rest of the day was pretty amazing. We heart attacked the mission office and some of the Bishop's houses. And this past week we mostly did a lot of contacting (since our investigators keep canceling and/or avoiding us) and met a lot of interesting people. Like this one guy who thought we were a cult. I'm surprised it took almost 2 months in the field for me to run into someone like him lol. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Anyway, love you all. Stand fast in the faith and feast upon the word!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">May the Spirit be with you,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Week 5: Moroni 7: 45-48</span><br />
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">It's almost April??!??!??!?! wHAT???? Mission life is seriously a giant ball of wibbly wobbly timey wimey...stuff, as the Doctor would say.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Anyway! This week was pretty great. Raul, our only investigator, is sadly still not on date to be baptized, but he did read every single day this past week and told us he hasn't read and prayed this much in his entire life so we're pretty pumped. He's really progressing now, and has even admitted he's getting closer to his answers (duh, Raul!!!!! That's what happens when you actually READ AND PRAY with real intent!!!) Our lesson last night with him was pretty awesome though. We talked about the Plan of Salvation and he had a lot of questions about the Spirit World and Three Degrees of Glory, but you know how sometimes someone asks a question in a way that makes you think they already know the answer and believe in what they're asking? If that makes sense. Anyway That's how it is with Raul. He's literally a dry Mormon. I reeeeally really really really hope I don't get transferred before he finally commits to being baptized...and I really reeally <i>really </i>hope he doesn't go back to the Dominican Republic before being baptized either lol. But what was super cool last night was he asked Brother Clark (his girlfriend's dad) for a priesthood blessing to help him find his answers. Sadly it was pretty late so we didn't get to stay for the blessing, but that just shows how much Faith he has! We've been doing some serious praying for him the past few weeks, so hopefully by this Sunday Raul will have his answers and will be ready to take the plunge--I mean make some sacred covenants and get baptized and receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost. loool</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">So that's about all the news I have concerning investigators. We have been busting our behinds trying to get some new ones, but trying to find YSAs in this place is like trying to find a specific needle in a haystack all made up of needles. That was a lame analogy wasn't it. Oh well. We do have some lessons with two new investigators this upcoming week, but one of them has kind of been avoiding us for the past month, so it'll probably be a little awkward. The other one seems really happy to meet with us though! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">As for our Less Actives...oh, boy. It's funny how the most missionary work you do out here is with members of the church. Two of the less active women we are working with have really been put through the ringer in this life, and are really struggling with who they are and their pasts. It's actually quite heartbreaking. Sometimes all we can do as missionaries is listen to them pour out their hearts and sob uncontrollably. Seriously. A lot of what their struggling with though has to do with members, and not feeling like they belong or have friends. THIS IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE CHARITY. We claim we're Christian, but sometimes we're not very Christlike, and the ones that are struggling and desperate for friendship are left to suffer because we don't help them and love them and welcome them into our wards with open arms. That's why "member missionaries" are so important in building up the kingdom of God...us full times bring investigators and recent converts to church, but the members are the ones who make them want to stay and make them feel like they BELONG. This is the true Church of Jesus Christ, y'all. We have the true and everlasting Gospel. We know how to navigate and weather the storms of life, so we should be doing everything we can to help our brothers and sisters do the same. I know how it feels to go to Church and feel like no one cares if I'm there or not...guys, NO ONE should feel that way. No one should walk into one of our chapels and feel like they don't belong. Let me rephrase that: no one should walk into one of HIS chapels and feel like they don't belong. This is the Church of JESUS CHRIST. Everyone should feel that, and if we're not being Christlike, if we don't have charity and compassion for EVERYONE who walks through those doors, then we are not acting like the true Church of Jesus Christ should. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Wow. I swore to myself that I would not be one of those preachy email missionaries. Sorry, guys. I'm just sharing what I've learned for--and ABOUT--myself. None of us are perfect. We all need to develop the character of Christ and have charity for ALL mankind--members and nonmembers alike. One of the most important, and hardest, commandments truly is to "love one another; as I have loved you". </span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Anyway, enough preaching! Y'all are probably going cross eyed. Saturday we got to take one of our recent converts to the temple to do Baptisms for the Dead for the first time. And you'll never guess which temple we went to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;">Well, that's it for now, folks! May the Spirit be with you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: xx-small;">This past week we visited a less active member, and lemme tell ya, Satan was there. That might sound dramatic, but I could not feel the Spirit AT ALL, and it wasn't because of me. Believe me, I was for real doing some intense praying (in my heart, not out loud, that would have been kinda awkward in the middle of a lesson am I right), but this guy just was not feelin it at all. He has ZERO desire to read his scriptures, pray, go to church, etc. His heart is COMPLETELY closed. He hates the concept of faith, not just in our Church but in religion in general. His parents are very active from what I understand, and we are not the first missionaries he's met with. He knows all about Alma 32 and planting the seed and "crying unto the Lord with all your soul" and yadi yada yada. He served a mission for about 6 months, and throughout that entire time he told us he tried to plant the seed and let it grow and gain a testimony and all the good stuff. But when he failed to receive any kind of answer, he gave up. He came home. He stopped trying.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: xx-small;">Oh! Yesterday two of our wards had ward conference. Guess who taught the Sunday School lesson? That's right. The Holy Ghost. Naturally. I was there too, but it was all Him. I just said things. He did the rest. It was pretty fun. We did an object lesson all about missionary work and how we are all "tools in the hands of the Lord". We had a bucket with a bunch of construction tools in it and so we went over each tool and what it did and I asked the class which tool they thought was the most important when it comes to building a house.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: xx-small;">Long story short the whole point in the lesson was that each tool is different, but each tool is important, just like all of us. We are all different, we all have different strengths and talents, but we're all important, and we're all NEEDED, in order to build the Kingdom of God, by reaching out to those around us and testifying of Christ. It was pretty awesome. I kinda went off script and tied in how the foundation of this house we're building (OUR LIVES) need to be built on Christ and our faith in him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: xx-small;">"Remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: xx-small;">Sadly, we still have no one on date for baptism. Out of all the people we're teaching, only one of them is a non member, and I've extended a baptism commitment twice now, but he still isn't sure. He's said several times that once he KNOWS, he won't hesitate to get baptized. He's even said he'd go to his Pastor and all his friends and family and give them a Book of Mormon and tell them to read it. If you ask me, he already knows. He's already converted. He knows that the Book of Mormon is helping him come closer to Jesus Christ, he's just hesitating to ACT, and still isn't totally sure about the Restoration.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: xx-small;">So that's what our lesson with him last night turned out to be. We asked him how he felt when he read the BoM and he said it felt good. We asked him if he was reading every single day and praying about it every single day...he said he wasn't, but he always felt like he should. I told him that was the Holy Ghost's way of trying to get him to read more of the BoM. So we challenged him to act on his desire to know, to know for himself, to really study and ponder and find out for himself whether or not the Book of Mormon is the word of God and Another Testament of Jesus Christ.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Nobody panic, I'm alive! Our P-Day has been really busy. We went to the temple this morning to do a session, which was awesome, though waiting around for like half an hour afterwards while all the other sister missionaries took 218390849089321 photos again was less awesome, but whatever. Then we went grocery shopping and all that good stuff, but anyway I'm finally online!!! Not really much new to report. We're as busy as ever, driving all over the place and just trying to get in contact with all the elusive YSAs in Utah County! If there's one thing I've learned on my mission, it's that working with members is absolutely essential to the work. The likeliness of the two of us ever running into a nonmember is slim to none, so 99.9% of the people we teach are referrals and less actives. We'd never find any investigators if it weren't for the members. Keep that in mind!!! I've gained such a huge appreciation for ward missionaries, and I've realized the importance of being involved in what the missionaries are doing. We need help, and if WE need help, I KNOW the Sisters and Elders need help and support back home. Members make all the difference in the world when it comes to investigators. Seriously.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Anyway, that's my soap box sermon for the week! Get involved in missionary work! You don't need a name tag to share the gospel. We have friends, family, and neighbors all over the place that could use a spiritual kick in the pants! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">So we're teaching this man from the Dominican Republic and he is a "GOLDEN" investigator, as they say. He's met with missionaries in the past and has a gazillion friends who have all served missions, he's reading his scriptures, praying all the time, going to church, and has a real desire to know the truth, so basically he's doing everything he's supposed to and more! He's just waiting and waiting and waiting for his "answers", so we're trying to help him recognize the Spirit and understand that we get our answers more subtly than we'd maybe like sometimes. He's a really awesome guy. I so wish I spoke Spanish!!!!!!!!!! All of his RM friends served Spanish speaking missions, so half the lesson last night was in Spanish haha. But the Spirit was so strong even though I couldn't understand some of it. It was awesome. We taught him the Restoration, and when we were going over Joseph Smith's vision he laughed and said, "Maybe I just want to see God!" And I was like, "Who doesn't?!" We're meeting with him again <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1864360239" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">tonight</span></span>, and I'm gonna invite him to be baptized. YOLO. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">It's crazy how quickly time is flying. I can't even remember everything that's happened in the past week! It's just busy busy busy. I had my first Zone Training Meeting, so that happened! I also had my very first lesson that went completely by the Spirit, which was AMAZING. We've been meeting with this one guy, Daniel, and helping him get ready to receive his temple recommend, and when we met with him this week, he asked us about what happens after we die and all that, which was sooo not what we had planned, but we had a great discussion with him about the Plan of Salvation nonetheless. Turns out, he has a lot of medical problems, and his mom--HIS MOM--told him that he would probably die young. So understandably he was a little freaked out. I can't believe his own mother would say something like that, but that's none of my business. Anyway, he had a lot of questions about death and what it would be like and all that, so we just went over the PoS and reminded him all about the spirit world and such. It was really great. The Spirit was with us. I love it when you can tell you're really making a difference in someone's life as a missionary. I've been struggling a bit with whether or not we ARE making a difference, and in some cases, depending on who you're teaching, we probably aren't just because they're not invested and don't have that "desire", but in Daniel's case, we definitely ministered to his heart and his needs and gave him the comfort that the gospel truly brings to those who seek to understand and know it!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Anyway, this guy in the library across from me is being really annoying and I can't concentrate or deal with it anymore, so that's it for now folks! Thanks for all your emails. You have no idea how much they mean to me and really make my day! I love all the pictures of Brent Russel! He's getting so big!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: small;">So I have officially spoken in sacrament meeting twice in a row now, and after spending all week reading and preparing for a talk, I ended up getting five minutes at the very end. I guess that's the Lord's way of telling me to stop relying on a written talk and just get up there and say what He wants me to say. I dunno. So I had to throw out pretty much everything I wanted to say and just go with it. It went well though, I think.Afterward one of the counselors of the YSA ward we were speaking in came up to me and told me he has family in Lake Butler, and a girl in the congregation said she served in the Jacksonville Mission (not in Live Oak though). Neato.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: small;">All in all this week was good. I'm still alive. So far, serving in Provo has been nothing like I expected...I still don't like being over multiple stakes at all, because I feel like I don't get to really know anybody, so that kinda stinks. It's good practice for talking to random people all the time though, and on the flip side it's kinda nice knowing you'll probably never see them ever again lol.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Well, It's snowed a few times, but for the most part the weather has been pretty nice. I'm so glad I didn't come out in the dead of winter...with any luck the weather will stay nice. I'm not a huge fan of the snow....it's pretty from a distance, but up close not so much. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">So the Hodgemans are pretty awesome. I've only had the one interview with President, but it was nice. He's really cool. He asked me how I felt about my call.................and I kinda ugly sobbed all over the place.... but he was totally cool about it. Apparently he and his wife felt the same way when they were called to Provo! That definitely made me feel better, and it was pretty awesome having that in common with my Mission President; the Lord really does work in funny and mysterious ways.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Speaking of which, meet my long lost Samoan sister! Sister Saili is the bomb dignity and best trainer ever. We are alike in so many ways it's kinda hilarious. We both love TV and dunking our Oreos in milk and know that the best stress reliever is ice cream after a long day. She is literally the coolest. Y'all know I'm not the mushy wushy lovey dovey fluffy wuffy type, but I love her. The Lord knew she was exactly who I needed to train with. I'm dreading transfers already! She's been out for almost 9 months now and is just such a great example to me. She is seriously just the coolest. She's from American Samoa, which is super cool. What is it about Polynesians and Utah exactly? 😂 they are everywhere! The YSA Tongan ward literally just got split into two wards....again, Utah is nuts. It's quite overwhelming.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">The past few weeks have flown by and I have been so blessed. I've never felt the Lord's love more strongly in my life than I have since I took those first few steps into the MTC. Without a doubt His hands have been holding me up and pushing me along. So much has happened, so many things have been learned, and so many minds have been blown by the Gospel and all the beautiful promises it has to offer us, including my own. Several times. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">I don't even know where to begin or really what to say. It's hard to describe missionary work and the mighty change of heart that comes along with it. It's just awesome. Even when it's stressful and frustrating and awkward and even kinda boring sometimes, it's awesome. I can't wait for Lily to experience it, and Abby, and Jace, and Romney. Everyone needs to experience this marvelous work, and I'm confident that all of you will be even greater missionaries than I can ever hope to be! Just remember that this work isn't about you. It's about our Savior, and helping His lost sheep find their way back to Him. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">So far, the most stressful aspect of serving in Provo is probably the sheer number of stakes and wards we serve. Right now I'm in the YSA South Valley area, which covers two stakes in Provo and one stake in Spanish Fork. Our area goes all the way from Provo to Santaquin, which is somewhere south of Payson. We cover like 30 something wards, just the two of us. It's nuts. And it's kinda annoying when we're driving down the street and I point at 50 different chapels and my companion just laughs at me and says, "Nope. That's not one of ours!" </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Really makes me wanna flip a table, lemme tell ya. Utah is ridiculous. There's like 10 wards in each building. No Bueno. Not a fan. It's really confusing. I don't know how I'm supposed to find my way around since they all look the same. Anyway, so yeah, I'm all over the place. We live in Springville and actually have our own house! It's pretty sweet.</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06873879729570188974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5341021436924449480.post-16648349429913809982016-02-18T15:52:00.002-08:002016-02-18T15:53:45.440-08:00February 16, 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">We received your wonderful missionary today, Tuesday, February 16, 2016. We are eager to serve together in the Utah Provo Mission as we endeavor to invite all we come in contact with to “Come unto Christ.” Thank you for preparing such a faithful missionary to enter the mission field.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">You will receive a letter in the US mail letting you know of their assignment and trainer in the next couple of days. You will also hear from your missionary by email every <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1671256764" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Monday</span></span> - their preparation day. They will look forward to an email from you every <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1671256765" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Monday</span></span> as well. Letters and Packages may be sent at any time the mission office address below. <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">John C. Hodgman and Vicki Hodgman<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Life is good. The MTC is pretty awesome. I thought I'd be a lot more stressed out, crazy, and homesick than I've been, but the Lord's keeping me too busy for all that. Please tell everyone that I'm sorry for not emailing and replying to all your emails. I type pretty fast, but there's so much going on that it's hard to type it all out. Emailing was probably the most stressful thing I've done since getting here. I've been learning so much and growing so quickly in the Gospel that I just want to tell you everything!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">The main thing I've done here though is strengthened my relationship with our Savior. "MTC" stands for several different things: Missionary Training Center, Make The Change, and My Time with Christ. The change I've noticed in myself as I devote all my might, mind, heart, and strength to the Lord has been insane. It was like as soon as I stepped inside and put on that name tag it wasn't about me anymore. It was all about Him. I never realized our entire purpose as missionaries is to bring others unto Christ. I mean obviously, but I always thought the stress would be on the specific lessons. But it all comes back to Christ, every time. It doesn't matter what you're teaching (specifically, whether it's the Restoration, Plan of Salvation, Ordinances, etc); if it doesn't relate to Christ or give the investigator a desire to change and become like the Savior, you're teaching it wrong. You're just not fulfilling your role as a missionary.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">My companion is Sister Gold. We're both going to Provo and she's pretty great. There are two other sisters in our dorm, Sister Beach and Sister McMaster, who are both going to Tuscon, Arizona. Sister McMaster's grandmother wrote the hymn "Teach Me to Walk in the Light", so there's a fun fact for you.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Starting this week each companionship was assigned two investigators to begin teaching, aside from the teachers we "roleplay" with in our classes. It's been easier than I thought it would be (*knocks on wood*). Focusing on the Savior <i>really</i> helps me. If I trust in Him, I know He'll give me the words to say (D&C 100:5-8) and the Spirit will fulfill it's role in touching the hearts of our investigators. Unfortunately, conversion is a two-way street. We may be feelin' it, but if our investigator isn't, there's not much we can do. We can invite them to read and pray until we're blue in the face, but if they don't have that desire to act in faith and seek to know by studying the Book of Mormon, we won't get anywhere with them. Conversion takes place after we've left the investigator, when they sincerely study the Book of Mormon and ask of their own free will if it is true. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Anyway, that's really about it! We spend all day in the classroom, studying and discussing and practicing. My teachers are pretty awesome. The food has been...interesting. Not half as legendary as I was led to believe. It's not horrible, but it's not great. It's just meh. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">I'm not totally positive when my next P-Day will be, since I'm leaving the MTC on a Tuesday afternoon, but keep writing me! I get Dear Elder letters really quickly!</span></div>
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