tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89395001263321294792024-03-05T04:20:49.242-08:00La Misión de Colorado Denver SurAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03554752584649893982noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939500126332129479.post-24335044425263708602015-11-30T21:11:00.002-08:002015-11-30T21:59:20.835-08:00The Smallest Part (LAST weekly update)<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">November 30, 2015</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let me tell you... it's been a crazy but wonderful week here in colorful Colorado. It's been snowing almost constantly and I'm very excited to come home to 60 degree weather!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On Tuesday I was on my last exchange out of the area with the Lakewood Sisters, Sisters Voss and Beaman. Sister Voss will actually be getting switched to Spanish and will be taking my place in Denver North with Sister Moody so I'm excited for that! Then, on Wednesday I was in the area on exchanges with Sister Chandler. I love her way too much! It was fun for us to be back in our area again and it felt just like old times. We were able to visit a lot of people and see a lot of miracles! Thursday was Thanksgiving. Holidays are always wonderful. We got to have two dinners with two of my favorite families, the Munoz's and the Leiva's. The food was great and the company was wonderful. It was a day full of visiting and lifting those that are struggling. I couldn't have asked for a better Thanksgiving. Friday was my last weekly planning! It felt weird to plan for my area that I knew I would be leaving. But, we started some goodbyes and just enjoyed the weekend. We saw SOO many miracles on Saturday. This was my last real, complete day of proselyting and the Lord definitely blessed us unconditionally. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Saturday we had been praying very specifically to find 5 new investigators in the 2 hours we had before we had to leave to drive to dinner. We prayed, and walked out of our apartment. As we were walking to the car I saw a girl. The spirit told me to go and OYM her and talk to her. I ignored the prompting, thinking that she probably only spoke English and wouldn't become a new investigator for us (yes... i'm still repenting for that thought!) She kept walking, and again the prompting came... GO TALK TO HER! (The spirit was almost screaming at me at this point). I then felt so strongly that I needed to share the Christmas Initiative, He is the Gift, with her. Not to ignore a prompting TWICE, I yelled at Sister Moody to open the car so I could get a He Is The Gift pass along card. By the time I got a card and got out of the car, she had turned the corner and was too far for me to run to. I told Sister Moody that I felt we needed to talk to her and she said, "Well, we could follow her in our car?" Haha... needless to say, we got in and started driving. When we started to near the girl, I rolled down the window and started talking to her in English. She brokenly said, "No speak English." Prayer answered. Sister Moody stopped driving and I got out and met Concha. She is from Mexico and has just recently come to the states. She has a family and children and was walking down the road in the snow in a hoodie, jeans and vans. I shared the Christmas message with her and parts of the first lesson. When I asked her if we could come back and share the HITG video, she was more than willing and gave us her address and phone number. We said a prayer and I testified to her that I knew this gospel would change her life. I got back in the car. We kept driving and Concha kept walking. Already one new investigator found and we hadn't even arrived at our destination yet. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I learned 2 things from this experience: 1. Follow the promptings of the spirit the FIRST time so you don't have to awkwardly follow someone in your car, AND 2. The Lord's timing is perfect. We then kept driving and did the same thing to another lady named Ivette. Almost the EXACT same situation (except we turned the car around to go and talk to her haha) Another new investigator. We then went to the Wolff Apartments and found a family of 3 and 2 other new investigators to make a total of 7. Prayers answered and lesson learned. No matter where you are, what you are doing, whether you are a full time missionary or not, the Lord always places people in your life to share the gospel with. We first must be worthy of the prompting, and then we must ACT on it right away.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yesterday I gave a talk in sacrament meeting about the 3 things I have learned on my mission that can help us to stay on the path to eternal life: 1. Remember the Savior in EVERY moment 2. Repentance is a necessary part of mortality and 3. COVENANTS bind us to our Heavenly Father. I felt so inspired to share these three simple concepts with the members on my last Sunday as a missionary. The talk went well, followed by a great musical # from our district, and a wonderful day of faith-promoting goodbyes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I can't even hardly believe that this mission is over. It has been hard. It has been exhausting. It has been disappointing at times. But more than anything, it has been the most joyful, spiritual, and rewarding thing I have ever done. I can't even begin to explain the smallest part of which I feel, but I know that the Lord has tailored this mission to ME. I know that He knows me perfectly and that he placed every companion, member, leader, mission president, and person that I have met in my life for a reason. He knew exactly the type of success I would need to experience in order to grow. He knew exactly the type of trials that would humble me. And He KNEW that I would undoubtedly become converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ in this past year and a half. If I learned nothing else on my mission, I know that this is the only true church on the face of the earth. There is not one other that can compare to the true doctrine of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. I will live and die holding these teachings to my heart and feel so privileged to have personally ministered among the people of Colorado. I know that I have been called of God to come to this specific place at this specific time in my life. And that has completely changed eternity. Missions are not temporal; they are eternal. Serving as a full time missionary has not only helped in the process of changing others, but it has completely changed ME. It has changed my nature. It has changed how I view mortality and the value of life here on earth. This is a probationary time of learning. I am so grateful for the past year and a half I have had to learn directly from the Lord as His servant and to "[put] off the natural man and [become] a saint."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif;">"For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father." -Mosiah 3:19</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have loved this mission I have served. It is not MY mission. It is the Lord's. I know that I was chosen to serve Him. And will continue to do so willingly for the rest of my life and eternity. I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God and that it is the most powerful book on the face of the earth. If you have not read it, PLEASE do. It will not only change your life, your family, your children, but it will change your heart. It will bring you closer to Jesus Christ. And who of us doesn't need heavenly guidance?</span></div>
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I love the Restored Gospel. I know that Joseph Smith was called as prophet to restore the basic truth of Christ's teachings. I know that we have a living prophet today that leads and guides us. We need him. We need the guidance of the Lord. We need the power of God on the earth today. And that can only be found in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.</div>
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Thank you for all of your love and support over the past year and a half. I am grateful for each and every email, letter, package, prayer, and thought that has been performed on my behalf. Most importantly, thank you to my family for their endless love and support. I could not have completed my mission without you. I will see you soon! <br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well... This was a crazy week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To begin, Juaquin was not baptized yesterday :'( </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a SUPER tough day and a roller coaster to say the least. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since we had our first snow storm this past Monday, Juaquin was up in the mountains ALL WEEK quitando nieve (can't remember how to say that in english... taking away snow? Shoveling snow?) </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">therefore, we did not get to teach him ONE TIME. It was so frustrating because he was so prepared but has to work to send money to his daughter in Mexico.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday, I was on exchanges in the Sand Creek YSA ward with Sister Allison (which was a blast! SOOO many miracles!), which ended up being a great thing because I was so worried Juaquin wouldn't make it back for his baptism in time. He didn't have great cell service so it was even harder to be in contact.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then, when I got back to the area on Saturday night, we got a call from Alberto, Juaquin's fellow-shipper. It was after our quiet time so we weren't supposed to answer, but the spirit just told me that we needed to talk to him. Alberto told us that Juaquin, earlier in the day while he was visiting him, had a heart attack and was currently in the hospital. Right away Sister Moody and I started a fast, something I haven't done in months because of my health. But, I prayed SO hard for the Lord to help me through it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday, Juaquin didn't come to church. We went over to his house after church to visit him and he wasn't there. Long story short, we found out that he was working... The DAY AFTER having a heart attack! It was crazy, insane and when we finally got a hold of him 2 hours before his baptism, he said he was still working and wasn't ready to be baptized. It was such an upsetting day and very hard for me, but I am finding light in the Lord's timing and plan. I know Juaquin will be baptized soon, Satan just happened to get a deep hold on this situation this week.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Con amor,</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Para empezar... mi mente esta enfocado en espanol ahorita y hace mucho tiempo desde les escribo en espanol, entonces, hoy voy a empezar con mi testimonio. yo se que jesucristo es mi salvador. estoy tan agradecida por este conocimiento que he logrado en mi mision y por la oportunidad conocerlo. realmente, es muy dificil conocer jesucristo, pero dare todo mi alma para hacerlo. yo tengo un GRAN AMOR por las personas de colorado y por la oportunidad servirles. estoy muy triste que solamente tengo 2 semanas mas para estar en mi ministerio aqui en colorado, pero se que he hecho lo que el senor queria que yo haga. ahora... perseverar hasta el fin!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">soooo.... big news...</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JOAQUIN IS GETTING BAPTIZED THIS COMING SUNDAY!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He had his baptismal interview yesterday and passed and is doing great! He comes to basically every activity we have and just LOVES the church! This has been SUCH a miracle but he truly qualifies for D&C 20:37. Next Sunday will be so wonderful! He will then be confirmed a member on my last Sunday :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week was fantastic. We saw sooo many miracles including... that we taught 13 member present lessons! We have been striving really hard to get the members more involved in our missionary work and it has really paid off this week! All of those lessons but 2 were taught after the first visit, which meant scheduling the lesson and then inviting a member to come. I am so very grateful for the members of our ward for always being so missionary minded! It makes the work run so much more smoothly and the Lord really does bless the members for their efforts! SO... to my family... GO OUT AND TEACH WITH THE ELDERS THIS WEEK PLEASE! Thanks :) "Now is the time for members and missionaries to work together!" We were able to teach 31 total lessons this week which was just outright CRAZY! God is so good to us! He blessed us so much this week in our efforts. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well... I can't think of too many other things to update on this week... mostly I'm just so happy that Joaquin is getting baptized! please pray for him this week to be able to overcome the temptations of Satan and be baptized on Sunday! </span></div>
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This week was great!! We are continually seeing so many miracles!<br /><br />On Saturday night, we had a lesson with Joaquin! We hadn't seen him in over a week so we decided to share something from the Book of Mormon. Well, he was acting a little weird the whole lesson. Come to find out, at the end of the lesson he told us that he had just drank a beer right before our lesson. It was really sad because he seems like he is caught so deeply in sin and heartache. We testified of the atonement of Jesus Christ and committed him to come to church the next day!<br /><br />Sunday morning, we stopped by and dropped off muffins for Joaquin but he was in the bathroom so we couldn't talk to him. We left and texted his fellow shipper, Alberto, to give him the OK to go pick him up. Joaquin and Alberto came to church and LOVED IT! They left before we could talk to them after church so we never got to invite him to Celida's baptism and confirm that he would be coming. Sister Moody and I set off for the rest of the day to have lunch and find new investigators and teach. (We ended up finding 2 new investigators and setting one on date for baptism :) - another miracle) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The reason we are emailing on Tuesday this week is because yesterday we got to have a metro-side zone conference with Wilford W. Anderson of the 70! We got to hear from him and his wife and President and Sister Murdock. It was so special to get to receive so much counsel from one of the Lord's authorities. I can't even begin to describe all of the wonderful things he taught us, but I am so grateful for the decision to serve a mission. It truly has opened my eyes to the blessings that we receive from serving the Lord and living a Christ centered life. There is no greater power on earth than that of the atonement of Jesus Christ.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, I would like to start off this email by attributing the title to my mission president, President Murdock. I had my last interview with him this morning and that is the very first thing he said to me when we sat down for the interview. It was followed by a semi-creepy grin and no other words. Oh how I love that man. I feel like we are sent to our specific missions on a large scale for who our mission presidents will be. I realized today that the Lord knew what he was doing by sending me to the CDSM when President Murdock shared a basketball analogy to explain a principle of the gospel to me in our interview. It just all makes sense now... haha ;) </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Other than that, the week was good. We've been working really diligently and seeing a lot of miracles. It seems like all of our investigators are trying to distance themselves from us, but the Lord is continually blessing us with more and more prepared people! This week I had THREE exchanges. With Sister Gogue (my baby... man I love her!), Sister Allison, and Sister Hiatt. They were all so wonderful! I actually really enjoy going on exchanges frequently, even tho I have to be out of my area a lot :( BUT, i know that the Lord is helping me to learn so much from each of these beautiful sisters. They have truly taught me how to even more rely upon Christ. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This week, during my exchange with Sister Allison, we were in my area and we were able to see one of the biggest miracles of my mission. The whole day had started terribly and we both just felt SO overcome by Satan. Finally, we decided to just get out there and go to work. I started driving to an apartment complex, even though I had no idea why. We prayed, got out and OYM'ed a woman named Veronica. We just kind of followed her home, making awkward conversation and carrying her kids' backpacks and rolls of toilet paper. When we got to her house, we sat down and the spirit just overwhelmed the room. Debating whether or not to even explain who we were to to even do the survey, the spirit whispered, "teach." We skipped the survey and just jumped right into the Restoration. Within minutes, her screaming babies were sleeping and we were reciting the first vision. When we asked Veronica how she felt when we recited Joseph Smith's words, she just said, "beautiful." Sister Allison invited her into the other room to kneel down and pray to ask God if Joseph Smith was a true prophet. She was so willing, but got nervous when it was her turn to say the prayer. We taught her how to pray and waited. She wouldn't speak. Finally, I felt the spirit whisper so softly but so boldly, "Bow your head." I obeyed. After about 30 seconds of having my head bowed, Veronica began to pray. The spirit was undeniable. She asked specifically if Joseph Smith was a prophet. When she finished her prayer, we asked her how she felt. She said she knew it was true. We invited her to be baptized on December 6th. She accepted. It was by far the most spiritual lessons I've been privileged to be a part of on my mission. I am so grateful for the opportunity to be an instrument in the hands of the Lord. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03756100613254704476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939500126332129479.post-69819829538172635602015-11-01T16:37:00.000-08:002015-11-01T16:37:07.017-08:0040 Day Sacrifice<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">October 26, 2015</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello one and all! I hope it has been a great week! Things here in Denver are great. To start off, my new companion is Hermana Ashley Moody! We have served in the same district together almost my whole time in Glenwood Springs and gone on MULTIPLE exchanges together! I was SHOCKED that we became companions! She came out into the field one transfer after me and President Murdock told us that we would NEVER be companions! So, when I talked with him after transfer meeting about it, he just smiled at me. He then told me that "he had nothing to do with this one... that it was all the Lord." Wow. Sister Moody is a really strong missionary and a Sister Training Leader. Because of this, we will be going on exchanges twice a week. I will be out of my area in the other sisters' areas with them every week for my last transfer. It has definitely been a trial and a blessing and will keep me on my toes this last transfer. I know the Lord still wants me to learn humility and to always be observing and learning from others. I feel really grateful that He is SO mindful of everything I need to become more like Christ. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also... another plot twist... Hermana Chandler got moved to Denver South! That means that we will still get to go on exchanges with her and she still serves in my ward and we eat dinner together every day :) I was so grateful for this tender mercy from the Lord because I really wasn't ready to say bye to her yet!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In other news, I have come down with a nasty cold/sinus thing this week :( I have been a little under the weather and its been hard to sleep at night, but the Lord is still giving me enough strength to work through the days! We were able to achieve the standards of excellence again this week for the 6th week in a row. I am amazed at how the Lord is continually pouring out blessings upon us. I have been able to really feel His hand in our work as we've dedicated ourselves to fulfilling His will this week. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To finish off, I wanted to share with you the sacrifice we are doing as a district. This transfer, we have a goal of baptizing 17 people between our 4 companionship's. That is a LOT of souls. But, of course, we knew this would not be achieved without a sacrifice. So, we have decided as a district to give up an hour of our p-day to go out and find a family that can be baptized in December to help our mission achieve our goal of baptizing 252 souls before the end of the year. I am so excited for this sacrifice, seeing as it has been in the back of my mind my whole mission. When I suggested it to the district I thought for sure there would be at least one objection, but everyone was so willing to give their all for the Lord. I feel really privileged to serve around such diligent, faithful missionaries. With that being said, our p-day will now end at 4 pm for the remaining 5 weeks of the transfer :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love this work! I am also sacrificing personally these last 5 weeks and will be really trying to stay as focused on the work as possible... so my emails might go slightly by the wayside... but I am so grateful this week for the opportunity to serve a mission. It has truly taught me the importance of a personal relationship with Christ. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PS: Sorry, no pics this week! also... sorry this email is very scatterbrained... trying to go fast!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a really great weekly email planned out in my mind... but then today at 11:57 AM, Jett Davis, my FIRST nephew was born. Let me tell you about my experience...</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This morning I was reading in the Book of Mormon and finished it again, cover to cover. Upon reading the last few verses of Moroni, my heart filled with gratitude for this book. I was specifically touched by these specific verses:</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 32 Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny y</span></span></i><i><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your</span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient </span></span><span style="color: black;"></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">deny the power of God.<br /> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">33 And again, if ye by the grace of God are perfect in </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christ, and deny not his power, then are ye sanctified in </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christ by the grace of God, through the shedding of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blood of Christ, which is in the covenant of the Father unto </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the remission of your sins, that ye become </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I pondered these verses, I thought about the true theme of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The meaning of what we believe is not to be perfect. It is not to do pass through mortality alone. It is not to use the atonement <i>if</i> necessary. It is use the atonement of Jesus Christ <b>WHEN</b> necessary and allow his grace to heal you. As we come to realize the importance of repentance and the necessity of a Savior, we begin to separate ourselves from man and draw nearer to God. It is then that a mighty change of heart occurs and we "can in nowise deny the power of God" and "become holy, without spot." It is then that we receive a remission of our sins. Only in and through the shedding of the blood of Jesus Christ does this life become just and merciful. Only through the gospel of Jesus Christ can we be truly saved and return to his presence. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After reading these words, thinking, and writing down my testimony of the Book of Mormon in my study journal, I checked our phone to see how much time I had left in my personal study. I unlocked the phone to see a text from a family relative that lives in our area, Scott Roosa. Included in the text was the news that my sister, Kristen, had gone into labor with my future nephew. Upon reading these words, I was first in shock, and then my heart filled with a deeper love than I could ever imagine. I put the phone down, fell on my knees, and immediately began to thank my Heavenly Father for his mercy. As I began to reflect on my life, on the life of my sister, her husband, my parents, and all that have been involved in our journey, everything just seemed right. It hasn't been easy, and it hasn't been perfect, but it has been exactly as the Lord wanted it to happen. This transfer of my mission has brought so many changes into my own personal conversion. I can honestly say that I KNOW the Savior lives and that his grace IS sufficient. I am so grateful for the change it has brought into my heart and into the hearts of others, including my family. When I arrived at the Family History Center to email, I was overwhelmed with videos, pictures, and emails about this beautiful baby boy. As I watched my sister embrace baby Jett for the first time, everything was perfect. His grace was sufficient for her. His grace was sufficient for my parents and their parents, and every other person that has ever lived. And His grace will be sufficient for this beautiful, innocent little boy, who, at some point, will also be buried by temptation, worry, and heartache. And THAT is enough. That is the message we share. That HE lives and is our Savior. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PS: Transfers are tomorrow, I will be finishing my mission in the Denver 1st Ward. Sister Chandler will be getting transferred and I will receive my new and last companion tomorrow. I have loved the opportunity to serve the Lord and will continue to do so willingly and faithfully throughout the next 6 weeks. God is good.</span> </div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Time is flying by faster and faster... but nonetheless, we had another packed and amazing week!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Thursday, we finished teaching Mirna all of the lessons and she is completely ready for her baptismal interview! She had to come to church for the next 2 Sundays in a row to get baptized on the 18th. On Thursday night we had a lesson at Mirna's and her Uncle (Joaquin- who has been quite negative towards the Church in the past) sat in on the lesson the whole time, even tho he couldn't understand it since it was in English. When we finished Mirna's lesson, I gave him a pamphlet and explained the basic doctrines of the restoration. I bore my testimony that I knew this message would change his life. Joaquin responded humbly by saying, "Yes... I hope it does." A miracle in and of itself. He committed to read the pamphlet and said he would think about attending church on Sunday.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday morning, we headed over to Mirna's to get her up for church. Joaquin answered the door and said she wasn't home and had gone to work with her mom. We had already arranged a ride for her and the member was on her way. As to not leave empty-handed, we invited Joaquin to join us again. Within 5 minutes, Joaquin was in the shower getting ready for church. In the mean time, we invited all of Mirna's brothers to join. The elders are teaching one of her brothers (Juan), but he was hesitant to come. We encouraged Juan and his younger brother Bryan to come and FINALLY, they gave in. Within 30 minutes, Joaquin, Juan, Bryan, and Pedro (2) were ready to come to church. We sent off Juan and Bryan in the first car and had to call a member last minute to come and pick up Joaquin since we had doubled the amount of people we thought would be joining us. We made it to church about 45 minutes late, but Joaquin had the biggest grin on His face. We took him to all 3 hours of church and we even got to go and take the sacrament from another branch that started at 11. When all was said and done, all 4 boys had LOVED their day at church. Later on that day, we went and taught Joaquin and Bryan and set both of them on date for baptism for November 15th. The Lord works in mysterious ways. Although Mirna will have to postpone her baptismal date, we are so grateful that we were able to focus on the concept of forming eternal families. Now, the whole family is progressing towards the same goal of eternal life through baptism :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Lord is hastening the work in Denver North! WOW! I feel so grateful for all of the miracles we have been able to see the past few weeks and the Lord is truly sending us those that are prepared! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mirna Lujan! She is 14 years old and the daughter of a part member family (her mom is the only member- her parents are separated). We started teaching her about 2-3 weeks ago and set her on date for baptism in the first lesson. She has truly started to see the fruits of the gospel in her life! This week, we were teaching Mirna Lesson 3 and after talking more in depth about baptism and reviewing D&C 20:37 with her, it was determined that she is SO ready to be baptized! She has been taught a LOT in the past by elders and has just been soaking up everything we teach. At the end, after inviting her to pray about moving her baptismal date up one week we asked Mirna if she had anything to say or if she had any questions. She is normally very quiet and attentive, so we were surprised when she had a comment. She bore her testimony to us of how much the gospel is changing her life and how much she truly loves learning about these things. She shared some tough expereinces she had in Mexico this month when her dad kicked her out of his house at age 13. She said that learning about these things was really helping her to heal from these tough moments of abuse in her life. WOW. Tears were beginning to spill over as I felt such a strong appreciation for the Spirit. What an incredible moment. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During that same lesson with Mirna, her friend Maria came to her house and sat in on the 2nd half of the lesson. After that amazing experience and listening to Mirna's testimony, before leaving we asked Maria if she would like to learn about these things too. She responded by saying, "yeah... I really would." We got her contact info and set up a return appointment. This Sunday, Mirna AND Maria both came to the church to listen to the Morning Session of General Conference. After talking more to Maria, we found out that she basically raises herself. Her dad died a few years ago, she has one older brother that lives in Mexico, and her mom works 18 hours a day (6 AM to 12 PM) at a local Qdoba. Talk about being prepared to receive the restored gospel. I have no doubt that Mirna will be our October baptism and that Maria will be our November baptism. Maria loved General Conference and was even taking notes on what the speakers said. How is God so good to us? :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GENERAL CONFERENCE was fantastic!!! I loved it so much. I can't even begin to explain all of the wonderful feelings I received while listening and allowing the spirit to teach me. One of my favorite talks was in the Sunday afternoon session by Devin G. Durrant when he talked about "Ponderizing!" It made me think of my dad always telling me to "ponder" when I go to bed every night. I am excited to start "ponderizing" every week and focusing my mind more on gospel-centered things. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well all, this quote comes from my absolute FAVORITE talk given in the General Young Women's Broadcast by Linda S. Reeves. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can listen to it here! >>> </span></span><a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/sessions/2015/10?lang=eng" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CLICK! :) </span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Thursday, we had Demarus (a member that is leaving on her mission to Mexico City) come on a mini mission with us! It was such an amazing day! We taught 8 lessons! The Lord was definitely leading and guiding us to those that would receive us. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Friday, I went on exchange to the south area again with Sister Allison. We dedicated basically the whole exchange to Alejandra Campos, their 14 year old investigator that was getting baptized this Sunday. (I spoke about the Campos family in the past when I went on exchange to the south area a couple of weeks ago---her mom is Susanna who I translated the whole lesson for). This week, Alejandra was being so overwhelmed by Satan and it was amazing to see how the Savior came in and truly saved her. The spirit accompanied us so closely as we prepared her to be baptized. Although I was not the missionary who found and taught Alejandra, I was so grateful to be a part of her journey towards eternal life. This weekend, I was able to share a lot of the experiences my mom had while also being converted and baptized at a young age. I was so grateful to have the spirit with us, and for its role in continually buoying her up. Alejandra was baptized yesterday and it was one of my favorite moments of my mission. I reflected directly on my mother and how her decision to be baptized has truly changed so many people's lives, including my own. This one small step of faith has literally influenced eternities. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stella was supposed to get baptized yesterday, but she freaked out the day before because we had to change who was baptizing her and ended up not going through with it. Baptismal programs were printed and everything. It was a really upsetting experience because she was so prepared and ready to make that covenant, but let other things get in the way of her relationship with God. I love her a lot and know she will be baptized one day. I'm finding solace in knowing that we did absolutely everything we could for her and that one day she will realize the difference the gospel has made in her life. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although the set backs with Stella were constant and very stressful throughout the week, we saw a lot of miracles!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One night this week, we had just a few minutes left... we decided we would try to see a Part Member Family that we had been trying to get in contact with for a long time but could never find at home. Well, we went to the apartment and there were people running all over... then, a girl came to the door. Her name was Mirna and is 14 years old. It said on the roster that her mom was a member, so we asked to speak to her mom, but she wasn't home. We started talking with Mirna more and found out that she had been taught by elders a LOT in the past. We taught her lesson 1 and set her on date for baptism! She was so excited for it and was so glad that we found her! </span></div>
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<br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am so very grateful for the atonement of Jesus Christ this week. I have felt Heavenly Father's love more than ever as I have undergone so many trials and tribulations. I know sincerely that our Heavenly Father is just waiting for us to come to Him in prayer and ask for His help. I have gained such a greater understanding of His timing and plan. I love this mission... I absolutely love serving the Lord... even in the hard moments. Siempre seguimos adelante! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well hello again!!! This week we had some really special experiences!! One of them being Horalia. She is one of our progressing investigators that is now on date! On Thursday night we had a lesson set to teach her about the Plan of Salvation. We got in there, and there were just a lot of distractions. I had been praying all day for us to find some way to set her on date for baptism, even tho the first time Sister Chandler and Allison tried on exchanges, she rejected it and wouldn't accept the date. Well, as we're in the lesson, there are just all kinds of distractions and it just wasn't going as planned. I kept praying in my heart for an opportunity to arise, for the spirit to be there, and for us to invite her again to be baptized. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, we were towards the end of the lesson when her granddaughter finally left and all distractions were "miraculously" removed at once. We started talking to her about the changes she wanted to make in her life and she told us that she was feeling really alone. I testified boldly that if she wanted to see a difference in her life and not feel alone, then she needed to rely on the atonement of Jesus Christ (we had just taught her about this concept in the lesson). Well, sure enough she began to cry (which she never does) and BAM.... the opportunity was there. I testified to Horalia that I know the way we can become closer to Jesus Christ is by following His example and by entering into a covenant with Him - baptism. She knows this is true, but has never thought about the ordinance of baptism seriously. I felt the spirit testify to me so strongly that we needed to REALLY invite her... not just half way invite because we "thought we should." After applying this principle to her current situation, we invited Horalia to be baptized on October 18th. She accepted. It was such a tender mercy and miracle from the Lord. As I had been praying so fervently, the Lord allowed the perfect spirit and setting to arise so that we could fulfill our purpose and invite. It was one of my favorite experiences in Denver thus far and Horalia is SO excited to change her life. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am really starting to love the ward here. Things are going great and I can't imagine that my time is coming to a close as a missionary. I have felt so upset this week at moments when I think about doing anything else in life other than this. The gospel has become such an important component in my life and I can't imagine focusing on anything else. But, all things are within the Lord's timing and I must accept that :) I have loved forming even stronger bonds with the members here and have felt like I am really here for a strong PURPOSE. The Lord has such an amazing plan for each of us!!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The title of this email is dedicated to this awesome mission I get to serve for the Lord. I can't even hardly believe that I am only 12 weeks out. It is scary and I may have had a few breakdowns about it this week, but alas, we are seeing more miracles than ever. I can't even hardly believe how much love the Lord has been pouring out His Spirit upon Sister Chandler and I. It has been hard and especially exhausting, but most definitely WORTH it. I have never felt more satisfied in my WHOLE life, never mind in my mission. It is amazing what can come to pass when we put our faith and trust in the Lord. He will NEVER forsake us. If we are righteous and obedient to the commandments, nothing we don't deserve will ever come to pass. That doesn't mean it will be easy, but it will be worth it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We saw a miracle!!! One of our investigators that I don't know if I've told you much about is <strong>Stella!</strong> She is awesome and I love her to death. She suffers a lot of mental challenges, but has been taught by missionaries since 2002 and backed out of her baptism 5 times. (Seriously... font filled and everything). Well, we had a little falling out with her after a member offended her in a lesson. We were praying and fasting so hard that she would forgive the member and allow us to keep teaching her. We weren't having any luck until we went and brought her flowers (that I arranged- thank you BYU floral design class). She wouldn't come to the door so we left them with a sweet card for her to find. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, we texted her on Monday night after not hearing back for several days since we had dropped off the flowers. At 6 when we woke up the next morning, we had a text waiting from Stella that we were permitted to come by and teach her that day!!! We were ELATED and went over to see her. She acted as if nothing had happened and we were able to set up a meeting with her and the bishop to help her with some financial needs. She has so much faith and expressed her deep desires to be baptized, even though she is suffering so much at this point in time. (recently divorced, 2 young daughters, mental challenges, no job, rent, health stuff, etc.) It was most definitely a miracle to be able to see her again! We continued throughout the day, had some awesome lessons with less actives and a few investigators. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At 6 AM we got to go the <strong>TEMPLE!</strong>!! It was an early session, but I loved it as always. Such a beautiful and sacred place. Later on, we found a new Less Active family - Los Nevarez. I love them so much! The mom, Rosa, is amazing. She is going in for surgery tomorrow to scope out more cancerous cells. She has already battled and defeated cancer once and is continuing in the process now. After a long visit on Wednesday, they came to church on Sunday and she bore a powerful testimony about her faith and trust in the Lord's timing. It was amazing to hear such a beautiful woman testify of the love of trials and timing in her life. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had a great last district meeting of the transfer!! <strong>TRANSFER NEWS</strong> is that I will be staying in Denver 1st with Hermana Chandler for the next transfer!! We were so relieved to hear the news! But, unfortunately, two of the elders in the district are getting transferred. Because we all serve in the same ward, all 8 of we missionaries have become so close. It's so fun being in such a strong bond of missionaries and we are sad to see them go :(</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Later that night, we had a lesson with the Campos family and Sister Murdock accompanied us. The Campos family are amazing but some were stubborn about the purpose of baptism by the <strong>correct authority. </strong>Since Sister Murdock was there, the lesson had to be in English, which was fine because all of the kids speak English... BUT, Susanna, the mom, does not. SO, while Sister Murdock and Sister Allison were boldly testifying and teaching, I had the beautiful task of translating everything they said.... and they weren't taking pauses to breathe. As I sat next to Susanna and translated their words, I could truly feel the spirit guiding my words. I haven't had many out of body experiences with the Gift of Tongues on my mission, but this one was definitely one for the books. I can't even begin to describe the power of the spirit I felt as I translated every word spoken. The words were just flowing out of my mouth at a speed I couldn't even control. Susanna was listening intently and her heart was completely softened. What an amazing experience to truly be an instrument in the hands of the Lord. Although I wasn't teaching, I was playing such an important role in allowing Susanna to hear, understand, and accept the teachings of Sister Murdock and Sister Allison. This was, by far, one of the most powerful experiences with Spanish on my mission. I love this language and I love these people. I can't imagine not having had the opportunity to learn this culture and love every aspect of their lives. It was such an uplifting exchange and gave me so much faith to continue moving forward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">After dinner, we thought we had a lesson set up with a former investigator of the sisters. His name is Luis and he called us the week before to ask us for the elders' phone number to help him move. He has previously been waiting for a baptism acceptance letter from the first presidency, but in the process, the previous sisters lost contact with him when he moved. We had been trying to get in contact with him all transfer and thought it was such a miracle when he called us! We set up an appointment for last night and had the member that knew him come with us. Well, needless to say, IT WASN'T EVEN THE RIGHT LUIS!!! The Luis we met and scheduled the appointment with was already a member and speaks both English and Spanish (he attends an English ward with his wife). We felt SO awkward because we set up an appointment with a complete stranger, who we thought was a former investigator. The Luis we were trying to get in contact with also moved and speaks both English and Spanish, so it seemed completely logical that we had the right guy! Well, needless to say, Member Luis is super active and has a beautiful conversion story. Luis, his wife and 3 kids live in a trailer park that we didn't even know existed!!! We taught the whole family and the nonmember family that he lives with (The Zuniga's). Turns out the Zuniga's have been to church several times and used to be taught by hermanas in the past. They all became new investigators and were happy to be in contact with missionaries again! Such a miracle and tender mercy! Then, after the lesson, Member Luis took us around to meet all of his neighbors and gave us about 5 referrals. It was SO cool and so awkwardly inspired!!! We ended the day with 11 new investigators, 8 surveys, and 10 total lessons. <strong>Why is our God so good to us??? </strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well folks, like you read, it was a week FULL of miracles and tender mercies from the Lord. I don't know what I ever did to deserve this beautiful life and the opportunity to be a member and a servant in Christ's Church. I KNOW that this is the only true church on the face of the Earth and that the Book of Mormon is in deed the word of God. I love you all so much... make it a positive and diligent week!!! Here's to another transfer in the <strong>Mile High City!!!</strong> CHIERCE. (Chandler & Pierce). LOL. I'm funny. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03756100613254704476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939500126332129479.post-38594065731698079682015-09-10T20:02:00.002-07:002015-09-10T20:20:05.056-07:00The Greater the Struggle, the More Glorious the Triumph<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">August 25, 2015</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello all! WOW such an amazing week... let me try to explain! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday we had sister's conference. It was AMAZING and Sister Murdock gave a great training on charity! It was SO uplifting! Then, I was in Green Mountain ward all day on exchange with Sister Domon! It was super fun and she is a great missionary. We attended the District Leader Council with the STL's that day since we were on exchange with them and just had a really uplifting experience. We are making a goal in our zone to baptize 10 people in the month of October. We decided to join the leadership in their fast for the next 3 Sundays to find FAMILIES and we are also beginning the water fast again. Sister Chandler and I had been having a pretty good week as far as teaching goes, but while I was out of the area on Saturday, she and Sister Allison found 5 new investigators for us! I was jumping up and down when I got back Saturday night and heard all about the miracles they saw! Our sprits were definitely up and we were completely set on hitting the standards of excellence that week. (standards set by Pres. Murdock that if we hit them consistently, we are PROMISED that we will baptize monthly.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, Sunday we set out. We had to set 2 people on date for baptism, do 12 surveys, and teach 5 lessons all in one day to meet our goal of hitting standards that week. we finished church at 12:30 and headed out. We were also fasting... not my strong suit haha. Well... reeeeeeally long story reaaaaaally short, we found 8 new investigators, taught 9 lessons, set 4 people on date for baptism and did 13 surveys. We FAR surpassed our goal and doubled the size of our teaching pool... IN ONE DAY. It was by far one of the greatest miracles I have seen on my mission. We were running from house to house, LITERALLY talking to EVERY SINGLE PERSON we saw and asking them to do our survey so we could teach them, and were completely EXHAUSTED by the time the day finished. We broke our fast at 5 pm that night. During the whole fast, I did not have the urge to eat or even drink water (in 95 degree heat) ONE TIME. I can't even begin to explain or even describe the true, incomprehensible JOY we felt knowing that the LORD had truly LED US to every single person we had spoken to that day. There are so many individual stories of people we met that are just SO prepared by the Lord that I unfortunately don't have time to type out. All I know is that the Lord knows each of us individually, he listens to our SPECIFIC prayers and answers us very specifically in return. We prayed so hard to reach those specific goals and did not even think it was possible, BUT, because we finally decided to be humble enough to see the miracle, we did. It was BY FAR, one of my favorite days on my mission yet. we finished the week with having taught 24 total lessons, 6 on date for baptism, 21 surveys, and 13 new investigators! WOW. MIRACLES MIRACLES MIRACLES. That was not us whatsoever. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love this gospel so much. I know that Jesus Christ knows us individually and that he extends his grace to us every single day as we strive to become more like HIM. I have felt his grace so strongly this week as I have completely FLIPPED and had so much physical strength! I LOVE THIS MISSION I GET TO SERVE!!! Remember that He truly is in the details of our lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ONE LOVE and make it a great week! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PIC: GABY AND FRANSISCO CAME TO DENVER!!! Fransisco was leaving to go and live in Mexico this Thursday, SO they came and surprised us in Denver to say bye! We were so so so happy to see them, but so sad to say goodbye to fransisco forever :'((( I LOVE THEM! Just brings me back to the good ole' steamboat days!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well folks... That is a DIRECT quote from our wonderful recent convert, Emma Zuniga... Her mom used to say that to her when she would get discouraged as a kid... I found it somewhat comforting ;) HAHAHAHA. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We went to go and try a new less active, the Munoz family. The sisters had previously taught her but it had been a while since anyone had been to see them. We met the mom of the family, Natalia and started talking with her. She let us in willingly, but was pretty closed off to us at first. Well, we kept chatting with her, getting to know her, her family, background, etc. We got into a really great conversation. She began to tell us about a lot of the struggles she is having right now and the reason why she's inactive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As our conversation continued, Sister Chandler and I continued to feel inspired on what to tell her. We shared a scripture in Alma about prayer (Alma 37:37) and continued to resolve her concerns. As we continued to talk, I had a never-ending stream of quotes from apostles running through my head, all of which, I had heard on my mission! It was one of the coolest teaching moments I've ever experienced... Natalia would say something, and almost immediately a quote would come to my mind from one of the apostles to help her. I know for a fact that it was not me, but direct revelation from the Lord. He was truly speaking through me, THROUGH the words of modern day prophets and apostles! It was so amazing and every quote I spoke she just about began to cry. Sister Chandler later said she couldn't believe the relevance every quote had to the conversation... she says they were "zing!" quotes... ones that leave the person thinking... haha. It is so true that what we put into our mind... STAYS. So put in good things! And that truly the Lord will bring to our remembrance what we need in the moment that we need it. We met the rest of her daughters, and she eagerly called the rest of her family to set up a return appointment for us to come back on Tuesday. It was the strongest I have felt the spirit in a long time and the strongest I have felt it in Denver thus far. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we were about to leave Natalia told us, "Ya know hermanas... I really don't know why I'm inactive... I'm so grateful for both of you for coming and finding us today... I think it's about time I come back to church." Prayer answered. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03756100613254704476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939500126332129479.post-31858445640313042282015-09-10T19:51:00.000-07:002015-09-10T19:51:05.727-07:00Cracked Windshield = New Investigator!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">August 10, 2015</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stella Mendoza! :) She's been investigating the church since 2002 and she is awesome! She's almost gotten baptized like 5 times, but is SO ready to do it this time! She's on date for September 20th! We were kinda bummed she wanted to do ti so far out, but it had a lot of personal and family significance to her, so we're just going with it. We see her almost every day and she is so ready to be baptized! She already says that this is HER church and cant wait to baptize her girls when they turn 8. She struggles a lot with mental health so she really depends on us as missionaries. It's been really awesome to develop a relationship with her so quickly. She is sweet and we can't wait for her baptism! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Monday evening Sister Chandler and I were sitting in our car next to some apartments getting ready to pray and go see a former investigator. Well, we were just about to get out of the car when all of a sudden a rock hits our windshield and cracks it! We were so jumped by it, so we got out and turns out a little 10 year old girl was throwing a rock as a joke at some kid (bad joke if ya ask me... hahah) and missed and hit our car! Well, we told her that it wasn't our car and that someone now had to pay to have it fixed, even tho it was an accident. The poor little girl felt so badly, but we had to have her go and get her dad. So, the dad, Juan, comes out and we talked with him about what happened. He was hispanic so we chatted in Spanish and then got all of his insurance info. As I was writing it all down, we got chatting with him and found out he's met with missionaries twice before. We shared a lttle bit about our purpose and set up an appointment to come and teach him that Thursday! Well, we went over on Thursday, and had a GREAT lesson with Juan! He is awesome and has so many wonderful questions about the gospel! It was definitely the most unique finding experience I've had, but what a great story it will be when he gets baptized ;) 2 HUGE cracks in the windshield later and he is now a new investigator!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">YES, It's true! Today is my birthday and I turned <b>21</b>! Ahh! How did I get so old!? Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes! I love you all so much and will be seeing you so soon! :) We are going to celebrate by getting our nails done and going to my favorite Chinese place here in Denver for dinner tonight! I am so blessed! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A cool miracle from this week happened on Monday evening. W<span style="color: black; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">e decided to try a referral from the elders. Turns out, they gave us the wrong address, BUT we found a new investigator named Alma. She is mid 30's and SO AWESOME. We did the survey, taught the first lesson, and she accepted a baptismal date of October 4th. We asked her how she felt after we recited the 1st vision and she was literally SPEECHLESS! It was such a miracle and she is SO <b>prepared by the Lord</b>! :) </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week I am working on being diligent! On Saturday night, Satan took over and basically all of our investigators tried to drop us and a lot of them are undergoing a lot of trials right now. Sister Chandler and I were so upset because we feel like we are working so hard and it sometimes just isn't panning out. Well, we decided that we will continue forward and just <b>TRUST in the Lord!</b> This area and His work will move at HIS time, all we need do is be obedient and ready and willing to be His instrument! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love my mission! This week marks 3 months exactly until I come home... AHHH! I can't believe how fast the time has gone by, but I had such a sappy moment this week as we were beginning our fast that <b>I just LOVE being a missionary!</b> I don't want it to end, but I know the Lord has a plan for me as well! I love this gospel more than anything!! I finished the <b>Book of Mormon</b> again this week and am starting on my 9th time reading it on my mission. I LOVE THAT BOOK! Please, go get a copy and start reading it TODAY!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had a wonderful day at church yesterday. The ward has about 150 people that come to sacrament meeting each week and FULL classes every other hour. It was AMAZING! The members are SO loving. Bishop Hernandez had all of the new missionaries go up and bear their testimonies yesterday (there are 6 of us out of the 8 that are new in this ward) and introduce ourselves. The spirit is SO strong in that ward! I can't even believe it. Although we are basically starting from scratch, I am super excited to serve here! It will most likely be my last area of my mission, so Sister Chandler and I are ready to give everything we have to make it great! I have never been so tired or exhausted in my mission as I have been this week. Every waking moment and every thought has been dedicated to this area and these people. But that is how it should be :) The members are wonderful. We get fed wonderful Mexican food every night and I'm loving it :) We only get to teach in Spanish in this area so i'm super excited to really be immersed in the culture. We cover the more ghetto parts of Denver so it's been quite a scare a few times... but don't worry,Mom... We're being careful! All of the stores and things are in Spanish and our area has amazing graffiti street art everywhere!!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's about all I can think to update on this week! I love you all so much! Many prayers needed for our area, but we're so excited to get to work!! :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So this past week, Sister Newell and I were completely anticipating that she would be staying in Glenwood Springs and I would probably be getting transferred (because of health reasons). As of last Tuesday at Zone Conference, we hadn't heard anything about her visa so she was expecting another transfer here. Well, this Tuesday came around and we got a call from the mission office that Sister Newell had received her VISA! It was a COMPLETE shock and we didn't expect it AT ALL! So, we were on the phone with president that night when we found out she had to be in Denver by Monday. President told us that GWS would be getting white washed and that I would be coming to DENVER to serve in the Denver 1st <b>Spanish WARD</b>! (there are 8 missionaries that serve in this ward - 4 elders 4 sisters - EIGHT! It covers all of Denver and it's like little Mexico! (Haha! Talk about immersion--- no more english!). I was a little shocked because I am also going to be white-washing Denver (all 4 of the sisters serving in this ward either went home for medical, got their visa, or are finishing their mission). So that was definitely some big news! I figured I might be going to Denver since President and I had talked about it before, but I was not expecting to have to white-wash Denver OR to have our area in Glenwood Springs get white-washed! SO, we immediately started making the preparations to leave our area. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday night, we said a few goodbyes, but the goodbyes this time around were a little rushed since we had to leave Sunday afternoon to drive to Denver. I was sad I didn't get to say goodbye to more of the wonderful people I love in Glenwood, but it was actually a little easier that way. I am so so sad to have to leave Glenwood, but I know the Lord has a purpose for me being in Denver. I am excited to experience the Metro side of our mission, but it will most definitely be a change! I have served on the western slope for my whole mission and now this will most likely be my last area! It's been a little weird, and it still doesn't feel real. But, I suppose when Sister Newell leaves for Brazil tomorrow and I get my new companion and my area assignment (Denver North or South), that will change. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[I hope you enjoy the attached picture of my reunitation (new word i just invented because who speaks real english??) with the greatest restaurant of all time after a full YEAR away from it. I was crying tears of joy.]</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, that's about all I have to update on this week! It was such a bummer leaving GWS so quickly, but I am excited to see what else the Lord has in store! Only time will tell! I will meet my new companion and receive my area tomorrow at transfer meeting! (Noticia! I'm not training this transfer! wohoo hahaha a small break :)) Thank you to all of my wonderful Glenwood Springs members that made my time in the Valley one to remember. I am so grateful for your constant outpouring of love. XOXO!!! </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03756100613254704476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939500126332129479.post-75658454181727616132015-07-26T22:13:00.001-07:002015-07-26T22:14:16.414-07:00"I Really Shouldn't Be Held Accountable For Things I Say Before 9 AM..." <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">July 19, 2015</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, the title quote comes directly from the mouth of my companion, Hermana Newell. I love her. We got the news this week that one of us will be getting transferred! Not sure which one, but we will find out this Saturday and transfers are next Tuesday! Another trasnfer, another companion! Asi es mi vida! haha. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Blanca is still progressing! On Tuesday after Zone Conference, President Murdock came to GWS and interviewed her for baptism. She passed the interview, but is not getting baptized yet. There is a really bad situation where she has to move into a room in her ex-boyfriend's apartment at the beginning of august. Well, it wouldn't be a problem, but the ex novio is A LOSER and is requiring that Blanca be his "partner" to live there... so that's not good. Therefore, we refuse to baptize her until she finds another room to rent because we don't want her to get baptized and then immediately turn around and break the law of chastity. But, we have been praying so diligently to find an apartment for her before August 1st! It's so difficult here in GWS because everything is so expensive and she has 2 children and can only pay $500 a month for rent! So PLEASE pray that we can find her an apartment so she can get baptized before transfers! Since Tuesday, we haven't been able to see her since she was working on the food for a wedding of a friend. But, she told us she has been reading the BOM on her own! She has never really taken it upon herself to do personal study so this was a HUGE step! We are praying for her to be baptized this Sunday!!! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Zone Conference on Tuesday was wonderful! We had some really amazing trainings given by President and Sister Murdock about FASTING. This is something I've struggled to gain a testimony of my whole life so i'm really excited to apply the principles taught. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope you all have a great week! Love you bunches!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">On June 6th, 2015, Sister Tycksen and I decided to go and tract the Aubrurn Ridge apartment complex in Glenwood Springs, CO. It was a new complex that hadn't really been tracted by missionaries before and we were constantly being prompted to go and do some finding there. That morning, we received a call from our Zone Leaders who challenged us to specifically go out that day and find someone "super solid" and set them on date for baptism. Well, we took the challenge, prayed specifically for a miracle to find the ONE, and set out. When we arrived, we OYM'ed a woman named Mara, taught her a little about the Plan of Salvation, but alas, no baptismal date. As to not seem awkward and walk back to our car after talking with Mara, we proceeded to walk forward and knock on the first door we came to. After two knocks, a young 12 year old boy answers. I ask him in Spanish if his parents are home. He goes over and summons his mom and a woman comes to the door, talking on the phone. She pauses, takes one look at us and says "Pasale!!! Pasale!" (Come in, come in!) Without introduction, we pass and she urges us to sit. We were sitting for about a minute or so while the young boy (Luis) is just staring at us smiling. When the woman (Alma) gets off of the phone she just walks over to us, smiles and says "I'm a member of your church! I've been waiting for you to find me!" We were shocked. She introduced herself and they had just moved here from Mexico about 6 months prior. Apparently, she had been trying to get in contact with the church since they moved and hadn't been able to find it. She had been praying for the missionaries to come and find her since they moved. She has had two open heart surgeries and is in Colorado on medical terms. Her conversion story is so inspiring and she is the only member in her family. She had been praying for us to find them and said that she knew that we were led there that day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Without delay, Alma asked us if we would be able to teach Luis so he could learn about the true church. Her husband is a very staunch Catholic and she wanted Luis to make the decision for himself if he wanted to be baptized, without any outside influences. Well, needless to say, we jumped on that opportunity and taught him the first lesson. We invited Luis to be baptized on July 11th and he accepted. Miracle #1 complete. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, we continued to teach Luis every week. The following Sunday, all 3 of them came to church, including the dad (Andres). We developed a deep relationship with the Perez/Romero family very quickly. I had an immediate love for this family and knew that Alma had been waiting for us to come and help her family become eternal. Luis received very quick answers to his prayers that this was the true church, however, every time we would ask him if he got an answer if he should be baptized, he said no. (Come on... answers about the Prophet, Joseph Smith, The Book Of Mormon, but not baptism?!) We continued to prepare him for a baptismal date of July 11th. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After about 4 weeks of learning, Luis had a STRONG testimony of the Restoration and was prepared for his baptismal interview. The Saturday before his baptism (July 4th), we reviewed the baptismal questions, and he agreed that he was prepared to have his interview the following day. Sunday came, Luis, Alma, and Andres came to church and Luis told me that he didn't feel prepared enough to have his interview. What had happened? After a long talk, I told Luis that he was ready and that if he had the interview and still didn't feel prepared, then we could push the date back. He had the interview with Elder Morales and passed with flying colors. Miracle #2. Elder Morales told me his concern was that he didn't feel like he would be able to come to church every week. E. Morales made him promise to come to church whenever he could, but said nonetheless, that he had an amazing testimony. After talking to E. Morales after the interview, we came to the conclusion that maybe Luis needed to attend church a few more times before he was baptized to feel more comfortable. However, when he left for the day, Luis was telling his mom that he was getting baptized! Miracle #3. To say the least, we were VERY confused! Sister Newell and I continued to pray for Luis to be baptized on July 11th.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Wednesday of Baptism week (July 8th), we went to Luis' to talk to him about his baptism that Saturday. Unfortunately, he was in summer school and we could only meet with him mom. We had a wonderful lesson with Alma on faith and she really opened up to us. After about an hour, we were preparing to leave and I got the guts to ask Alma about Luis' baptism that Saturday. Playing a little dumb, I said, "So, what time works best for Luis' baptism this Saturday? 1 PM?" She responded with, "Oh, that's too early, how about later on in the evening?" "WHY OF COURSE!!!" Taking that as a yes, that Luis had told her that he was ready to be baptized this week, we set the baptism for 8 PM Saturday evening. Miracle #4. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A little uncertain if we should start planning a baptism without actually talking to the baptismal candidate about the day/time, we began to call members and set things in order for Saturday, the 11th. On Thursday evening (July 9th), Sister Newell and I were finally able to see Luis again to talk about the baptismal program. Feeling inspired to share 2 Nephi 31:17-18 before even introducing our purpose for being there, the spirit was strongly attending us. After reading the scripture and further explaining the purpose of baptism, I took another gutsy move. "Luis, we talked to your mom about your baptism being this Saturday, the 11th, at 8PM. Who would you like to baptize you?" Luis paused. I felt like I couldn't breathe. He then responded with, "Can Elder Morales do it?" SIGH OF RELIEF. We continued to make baptismal preparations for the next 25 minutes. By the time we finished, Luis had chosen the necessary persons for talks, prayers, songs, etc. Andres (his non-member father) was even chosen to give the closing prayer at the service. Although a little nervous and uncertain in this newly deemed duty, Andres said the closing prayer in our lesson that night (with a little help and instruction from Luis). Miracle #5. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, on Friday we started planning full swing. Being this both Sister Newell and I's first baptisms of our mission, we wanted to make sure Luis felt completely welcomed in to the Church of Jesus Christ. After a busy day of planning on Friday, around 8 PM we texted Alma and asked how they were doing that day. At about 8:45 we got a text back saying that they weren't doing well. Apparently, for the past 3 days Alma's blood pressure had been very low and she was planning on going to the hospital that night. Shocked and uncertain of what action to take, we called the Elders and had them meet us at Alma's house to give her a priesthood blessing. Sister Newell and I began praying immediately for Alma's health, knowing that if she was not healthy, we would have bigger problems than a delayed baptism. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, when we arrived at their apartment with the Elders, Alma looked terrible. She couldn't move and was in so much pain she could barely talk (a very unusual thing for her). Luis was at his aunt's house in Carbondale and Andres was caring for Alma diligently. The Elders gave Alma a blessing and we headed home with her promise to keep us informed on her health. I had no doubt in my mind that Alma would be healed in time for Luis' baptism the following day. I had asked specifically for Alma to be healed enough to come to the baptism. Later on that night after texting a little bit back and forth with Alma, she expressed to us that she was already feeling better and no longer needed to go to the hospital. Miracle #6. That night I prayed the hardest I have ever prayed in my life. I was literally pleading with the Lord to heal Alma enough for Luis to be baptized so their family could be eternal - but to let the Lord's will be done. I received an answer after many minutes of prayer and tears, that everything would work out and that I would sleep in peace. It was the Lord's will for Luis to be baptized on Saturday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Saturday morning came- July 11th- BAPTISM DAY. I woke up feeling terrible that morning, having had dealt with some health problem of my own recently. About 10:30 we got a text from Alma saying things hadn't gotten much better and that she was still having bad symptoms and preparing to leave for the hospital. She was waiting for Andres to return from work and Luis was still in Carbondale with his Aunt. I continued to make phone calls, inviting ward and branch members to the baptism that evening. About an hour later, we had finished studies and Sister Newell and I had to make the decision... would we act in faith and continue preparing things for the baptism that day, or wait for a definite response? We decided that the Lord would want us to act in faith and continue to prepare for the baptism. We texted Alma and asked her when she would be leaving for the hospital. <span style="color: black; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Before heading upstairs to make the refreshments for the service,</span> we decided to say a companionship prayer for Alma. We specifically prayed, as always, that she would be healed in time for Luis' baptism that night at 8. Literally seconds after saying amen, our phone went off. We had received a text from Alma. She told us that she had started to feel better and was no longer going to the hospital. Miracle # 7. We continued to text with her and we rearranged the talks and prayers for the baptism that night. We made the baptismal program, refreshments, set up the church, and finalized our plans over the next 3 hours. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After dinner, we headed back to the church. Everything was perfect. Members were committed to be in attendance at 8 pm that night, the font was filled, and Alma was feeling decent. Luis and his parents were supposed to be arriving at the church at 7:15. 7:30 came and they were still not in sight. We texted Alma and she said they were almost at the church. About 10 minutes later, Alma, Luis, and Andres walked through the church doors with ear-to-ear grins smeared on their faces. Miracle #8. After changing into his baptismal suit and taking an uncanny amount of pictures, Luis was baptized. His parents and extended non-member family watched endearingly as he entered the water and descended the steps into the font. Elder Morales baptized Luis in one stroke. I will never forget the look on his face as he looked up for approval from his mom before heading into the restroom to change. Alma was crying, I was holding back tears, and the spirit was strong. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday, we went and taught Luis and went over all the baptismal questions! He is so ready to get baptized! Well, on Sunday, they came to church and Luis told me that he no longer felt prepared to be baptized and have his interview that day because he thought he might not be able to come to church EVERY Sunday. I assured him that it was our job to be STRIVING to come every Sunday and that the lord understands that things happen sometimes. He was hesitant, so I asked him if he would still have his interview anyways and then he would see that he really is prepared. Well, I talked to Elder Morales and set everything up. They had the interview after sacrament meeting and Luis passed with flying colors! E. Morales said he has SUCH a strong testimony and is so prepared. Luis expressed his concerns about being baptized this Saturday, the 11th and E. Morales told me to just be sensitive as we taught him this week and maybe just push the date back two weeks or so so he can come to church more. We will be teaching Luis tomorrow and will talk about the day he will be baptized. But, nonetheless, he still is SO ready to be baptized and has such a strong desire! We are still fasting and praying for a miracle so he can be baptized this Saturday! I really think he will be :) Then, unfortunately, Blanca couldn't come to church this Sunday because her boss wouldn't give it to her off. But, when we were leaving the church at 2 after the branch break the fast, Blanca called us. she doesn't normally get off work until 4 so i was confused. She said she had left work early because she thought that church started at 2. It touched my heart so much. She wanted to be there SO badly. We had her come to the church anyways and we had an amazing lesson on the law of chastity with a member from the branch.It was the PERFECT lesson and Blanca is so prepared to be baptized. She has such a strong testimony and we were able to talk a lot about the eternal perspective as we taught her about temples. The member that joined us had a similar life experience to Blanca that we didn't even know about. It was such an amazing miracle and although Blanca still needs to come to church twice, she said her boss gave her every other Sunday off from here on out. wow. such an answer to my prayers. I love her so much and can't wait for her to receive the blessings of baptism. She has been WAITING for this. July 19th will be one of the best days of my life <3 </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">July 4th was somewhat uneventful! Sister Newell and I just make rice krispies all morning and then delivered them to our investigators/less actives! We then went and taught an English class to Blanca. sSe is so wonderful and we love her so much :) For dinner, we went to this new less active member's house and had a great meal with them! Afterwards, we watched part of 18 Lives (an awesome musical about the Book Of Mormon that was made by the youth in the 5 surrounding stakes- love it- i've seen it about a million times and I'm sending a copy home!) :) It was a good night!! My year mark was also good! I had doctors appointments in the morning but that night our WML made me a steak dinner with baked potatoes and corn and homemade cookies :) It was amazing and made me think of BBQ's in Texas :) Thanks to my amazing family for an AWESOME package and cute cards to finish off a big day! </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's right folks... this week i hit my <b>one year mark</b> of being a missionary! Wow. so so so crazy. I can't believe i'm on the downward slope... I love serving and time just keeps getting faster. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't have a ton of time to email today because we headed up to hike Hanging Lake today (so beautiful, as always!), but here is a quick review on the week!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week, we got to see blanca several times and she is progressing SO well! We had a couple of awesome lessons with her and are starting the commandments this coming week. She is still on track to be baptized July 19th because... SHE CAME TO CHURCH THIS SUNDAY!!! :) It was amazing to have her sitting next to us. We had a branch activity after as a belated fathers day luncheon. We got to have a lesson with her about prophets in between the end of sacrament meeting and the beginning of the activity and she just kept saying how much sense it made to have a living prophet on the earth! Sister newell and I adore Blanca and know that this will bless her life so much. She is so prepared to hear the gospel. People at the branch on Sunday were asking her how she met the missionaries and she just said, "Well... I was walking home from work and these two random ladies just ran up to me and started talking to me! I told them i would only talk to them for a few seconds... and the rest is history!" Haha! I have never been so grateful to have opened my mouth with everyone we see. This will change her life forever. Please pray for Blanca that she can continue to get work off to come to church the next two weeks and make her baptismal date! It was SUCH a huge miracle that she got work off to come this week (she asked her boss twice and he said no<i> twice</i>- and then she got her schedule and she was scheduled to work the night shift instead of the morning! an exact answer to our prayer and fast--- such an amazing experience. I was jumping up and down when she told us!). Blanca was smiling ear to ear when she let the church to go to work yesterday :) .... and so were we!!! (we celebrated with a HUGE mid air high five! haha such losers.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also got to teach Luis on Saturday (finally!) and he is so amazing. We had a great lesson about prophets and the word of wisdom and he is seriously the cutest! He said he still hasn't gotten an answer about being baptized on the 11th but we told him we are so proud of him for taking this so seriously! He totally will be baptized in two weeks- he told us he already knows its all true!! :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's all I have time for today! Sorry I didn't have time to write about some of our other miracles and funny stories! but I love serving, I love my companion, and I love this gospel!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Well, this week on Tuesday I got my new baby, Hermana NEWELL! She is from Mapleton, Utah! She is 21 and is also a BYU cougar! (phew! --- #bleedblue) We get along GREAT and she is seriously a ROCKSTAR. It was an instant connection. We actually found a super cool connection that she was roommates with Kenzie Forsgren at BYU before the mish, so we bonded a lot over mutual friends and stories. I absolutely just adore her already. We have to stop ourselves from staying up late talking (haha!) AND, the best part is, she studied Spanish for 6 YEARS before her mission! Although, she was called to Brazil (same mission as Sister Tycksen) and was learning Portuguese in the MTC, I haven't had to teach her hardly anything, other than what it's like to serve in Colorado! She reminds me a lot of myself when I came out. She's a super confident person, but is so hard on herself, mostly about about her Spanish! I always tell her... TRUST your brain! You know the words, now you just need to practice speaking and you'll be set! She is so awesome and we are already teaching really well together! :) <span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Please don't let her get her visa so we can stay together for a long time! haha. I love her so much! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, this week was tough. Satan took a hold of our investigators a LOT. Hardly any of them are progressing, but we did have an AMAZING lesson with a brand new investigator, John. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We OYM'ed him about 2-3 Weeks ago, Sister Tyksen set him on date and unfortunately we didn't get to see him after that. Well, we kept in contact with him and were pleasantly persistent. FINALLY, we were able to set up a time to meet with him and to give him a church tour and talk about the Book Of Mormon. We set it all up and had two members accompanying us for the lesson. The members picked him up for the church tour, we all met at the church, did the tour and the Book Of Mormon dialogue! It was AWESOME! John was SO receptive and SO excited to hear about the Book Of Mormon! He was eating it all up. We saw so many blessings from having the lesson in the church building after we did the tour. The Spirit was so strong and the members that joined for the lesson were really uplifted as well. It was a great night. Then, 2 days later, John attended the baptismal service of the Elders' investigator, Laurie, who got baptized. He loved it and is so excited to keep working towards his baptismal date in July. The Lord has been truly merciful to us as we've begun to teach John and to really fellowship him with the ward. They love him already and he is becoming more and more comfortable every time he comes to the church. Unfortunately, he didn't make it to church yesterday for some reason, but we KNOW he will be baptized! So exciting! </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have also seen a lot of success and progress with our investigator Blanca this week. We were able to teach her twice in the church building. She loves meeting with us and is praying specifically for answers. She is so eager to accept change in her life and come to know of the truth for herself. Our lessons always take place in the chapel and she has mentioned to us several times that she loves learning there because she feels the spirit so strongly. We have seen so many miracles/blessings from having our lessons in the church building. There is something so powerful about teaching in the Lord's house. The lessons just go smoother and the investigators are more focused. We have really been trying to get better at having members attend our lessons and we had a little bit of improvement there this week!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Friday morning we had train the trainers meeting in Grand Junction. It's essentially just a meeting for the new missionaries and their trainers put on by the Assistants to the President's. I've been to about 6 of them now so it gets a little old for me, but Sister Newell really enjoyed it, so that was good :) Afterwards, we went to eat at Cafe Rio in Junction! I was so dreading having to pay for the meal beforehand because my MSF money from the mission was super low. Well, needless to say, we were standing in line and a man and his daughter started talking with us. They were members of the church. We talked more and they bought us lunch! Haha. It was such a tender mercy and all I could think about was Steven on his mission "Dining in Faith." I had a good laugh to myself afterwards as I thanked Heavenly Father. Well, as the day went on, we got dropped by a couple investigators and were dying of heat and thirst. We both were out of water and had no choice but to go to the gas station and buy some. Well, of course, not wanting to pay again, we were standing in line behind a family. One of the guys was joking with us and saying he "really wished he knew the meaning of life." He asked if he could borrow my water bottle to ring it up, I hesitantly handed it to him, confused. I didn't realize until a couple minutes later that he payed for Sister Newell and I's water! He was also a member passing through GWS and we chatted for a moment as well. It may not seem like that big of a deal, but to me it was SUCH a huge tender mercy. Sister Newell and I thanked Heavenly Father for the awesome blessings we received in the midst of our afflictions that day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Unfortunately, almost all of our investigators tried to drop us this week or just refused contact BUT, I know that the Lord is preparing something great for us! There truly is opposition in all things. <span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">I am really trying to focus on becoming more like Christ this transfer and become what HE needs of me. I am grateful for the opportunity to serve others and turn outwards. It was INSANELY HOT yesterday, (101 Degrees of DRY heat- definitely NOT what I'm used to coming from TEXAS lol) so that was slightly miserable. The Summer is definitely here and we are really trying to focus on finding this week so we can be<i> inside</i> teaching by the time July comes! haha. Although it was a little bit of a rough start to the transfer, I know the Lord will bless us this week. This gospel is the greatest blessing of my whole life! I loved getting all of the videos from the Pierce family reunion this week! Just know that although I was missing seeing all of my family this week, there is no where else I would rather be. I love being a missionary, even in the hard moments! Make it a great week. One love! </span></span></span></div>
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