tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75836205500560421422024-03-05T05:38:43.227-08:00Sister in SpokaneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02947122698533962015noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583620550056042142.post-84473195144355647602015-03-02T13:21:00.003-08:002015-03-02T13:22:32.701-08:00March 2, 2015<br />
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Oh man, I haven't even been able to read all of your emails quite yet because I want to make sure I get this taken care of... my final email home! It still hasn't hit me quite yet that I am going home in a week, being able to talk to you guys on the phone made it seem more real, what a crazy opportunity! In a way I am very thankful that I was able to do that, it has brought me a lot of comfort as far as coming home is concerned and also for Grandma. I think it is amazing how the Spirit just immediately pours over you when you receive news like that. I have felt great peace and gratitude for our Heavenly Father's plan this last week. I have always felt strongly about the spirit world and being with our families forever but I have found myself this last week really thinking about it and at times asking if Grandma is really there. I had the coolest experience yesterday as I was getting ready, kind of funny ha but I was doing my make up and out of no where I just felt an incredible burst of happiness and I felt at peace with all that I have been taught through out my life. I feel Grandma's love and I feel strongly that I will be able to see her again. It's been really cool reflecting on past memories that I have with her, every one of them are so good and it has left me feeling overwhelmed with gratitude for the amazing grandparents I have and the family that I have been given. We are so lucky.<br />
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I don't even know how to describe these last 18 months! I feel like it's only been a few :) At the same time I feel like I have been here for quite awhile and I'm super excited to see you guys. I have learned so much... I have felt more than ever before that my Heavenly Father knows me, he is so aware of my concerns and questions. I have realized how important it is to make His will my will. That has been difficult at times and super humbling and I can't say I have it perfected yet but I know if we are going to become like our Heavenly Father, sacrifice and consecration are a big part of it. I feel that God has given us weaknesses and allowed struggles to be apart of our lives so we can have the experiences and growth that come from turning them into strengths and overcoming our challenges. My companions have played a huge role in my growth.. things that are not yet perfect but are getting there (give me a couple more lifetimes haha) like patience, charity, choosing my battles, letting go of things I can't control, obedience, sacrifice and selflessness. I could go on for days, I think my mission has just been this one big catalyst in becoming like my Savior. I have recognized things about myself that I never knew and I am thankful to have had an experience that pointed them out quickly so I can start working! I'm especially grateful that I was able to serve others and help them come closer to Christ, I'm going to miss meeting so many kinds of people with different views and back rounds and teaching them the gospel. I have felt God's love for them and his concern for them and I have appreciated every moment. Luckily we don't have to be full-time missionaries to be missionaries :) This is the true gospel of Jesus Christ, every bit of it. The Book of Mormon is so true, it offers direction and comfort. It helps us to build a strong foundation for our testimonies. I know our Heavenly Father wants all of His children to return to him. Everyone has their agency but he has extended the invitation/commandment to us who have this knowledge to help His children use their agency correctly by learning more of the Savior and His Atonement. I know that God views weaknesses differently than he does rebellion and through Christ we have the power to change and feel true happiness in our lives. </div>
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I want to give you all the biggest thank you for the love and encouragement. Thank you for the emails and letters and packages. Thank you for all of the prayers. This is such a typical last email but I want everyone to know how I feel! I feel really really blessed. As far as Post Falls, Idaho, we couldn't have asked for a better last couple of weeks. Sister Ellis and I have met so many incredible people who have quickly become progressing investigators. Mickey came to church with us yesterday and got up to the pulpit to share his testimony with everyone. It was powerful!!! He is going to be a mormon any day now. We have started teaching Diana, a friend of a young woman in our ward. She has been coming to church every week for the last couple of months and is ready for the discussions! She is so elect. We placed her on date for April 11, that's coming up! I'm super excited for her. MIRACLES</div>
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I love you so much! I will see you in one week. I can't believe it. I hope you all have a wonderful week :) See you soon</div>
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Post Falls is sunny as ever and our investigators are doing well. Everyone is asking me lately when I go home from my mission and when I tell them, it doesn't even feel real. It hasn't really hit me yet but I'm starting to feel some butterflies. Good butterflies! I'm excited for the future but it's also a pretty difficult pill to swallow when I think about how I will never have an opportunity like this again really. But I know the Lord will continue to bless me with opportunities to share the gospel and to teach others and share my testimony with them. We have been doing a lot of thrift store shopping lately, Sister Ellis has the cutest style and it all comes from thrift stores! I am always so surprised when she shares her latest finds.. how on earth do you find clothes like that at a thrift store? I am trying to be thrifty like her and find cute things but all I find is awesome jewelry and odds and ends like a practically brand new Shania Twain cd, which I bought by the way. I am going to listen to it the second I get home. Serving in country towns, having a companion from the country, talking country...I'm converted to everything country.. living in the country, listening to country... some of it at least, acting country haha jk but it will be good. These next two weeks are going to be amazing!! We are going to work our butts off and leave Sister Ellis with a super huge teaching pool with Mickey leading the way! I LOVE YOU GUYS!</div>
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This week has been a good one, it felt a little long which is kind of weird because time has been flying but it's been good. Mickey is continuing to come to church with us. We are trying to help him be more comfortable with a quiet more reverent atmosphere haha the Elders went to Real Life (where Mickey goes) this last Sunday before their church services and told us it was like a free ticket to a rock concert. Super sad news... John got a job up in North Dakota.. and has since left. He has no phone, he had no idea where he was going to live, all he had was his truck and a suitcase. He said he was praying last week for a job because he was getting desperate and five minutes later he got the call. I don't know if it's the will of the Lord ha if it is then I'm totally okay with it but we are so sad to see him go. He is awesome! He said he wants to be baptized here but will only be returning once a month and we have no idea how missionaries can get in touch with him with no phone or address. I'm confident it will all work out though, we made him promise to call us from someones phone once he gets there but we haven't heard from him. Missionaries will run into him, we have been praying for it. We told him to keep an eye out for two people will tags like ours. </div>
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The Dunbars are doing well!! We had FHE with them last night, I love those guys so much. I'm excited for you to meet them! I'm excited for you to meet everyone. I was able to get in touch with Sean Foley, and Jim, and the Fleishours this last week. I didn't hear back from any others that I tried to contact but either way it was so good to hear from at least a few of them :) I feel blessed to have had these specific people to teach on my mission. I have grown to love them so much! It's a little stressful to try and help them maintain and strengthen their testimonies while I'm in a completely different area but that is what a ward is for and I just need to trust that they are being looked after and they are doing their part in praying, studying, and attending church. Sister Ellis and I have been getting a little creative lately haha at the end of the day we just turn on some music and make some music videos. They remind me of Destiny's Child hahaha they've turned out pretty good and ridiculous at the same time, she won't sing with me but she'll do some dance moves. I'll have to do "the hammer" next time just for you mom. I'm going to have to take a few more videos of the beautiful drive we take and some other pretty parts of the town so I can show you and give you a little idea of what it's like.</div>
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That would be crazy if I extended to June haha you probably wouldn't be too happy with me! I'm pretty sure those papers are wrong, it should say March 9th. The itinerary is correct! Thanks for grabbing those things from the Sorensons! I totally forgot to mention they were coming down to Utah :/ I'm praying for you guys, for Logan, and for Grandma and Grandpa.</div>
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I know this is the restored gospel of Jesus Christ for many reasons but one that has stood out to me lately is the simple feeling I feel when I talk about it vs. when others talk about what they believe. Don't get me wrong, I respect others beliefs and even feel the Spirit when they are stating truth. But I don't receive a warm comforting reassuring feeling when others try to argue with us and tell us that we are a cult, or Joseph Smith was not a prophet, or the Book of Mormon is a false book. When others say things like that to me I feel weird, I feel contentious, I feel discouraged and that is because they are not stating truth. The Spirit cultivates good feelings!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02947122698533962015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583620550056042142.post-90038161822439416602015-02-09T12:44:00.001-08:002015-02-09T12:44:08.302-08:00February 9, 2015<br />
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This last week has been interesting, I woke up a couple days ago feeling so off. I was nauseous and my body ached, I threw up a few times. You would think by the end of the day I would start feeling better that's usually how it goes but it lingered for a few days and I still feel kind of weird. Much better than the first day though. I just have no appetite at all ha but it's getting there. You know something is up when Adrienne has no appetite. That reminds me of a time when I was at Iggy's sports grill with Dillon and I was so hungry. We (or maybe it was just me) ate the whole bread basket and I wanted some more. That is not how I feel right now ha nothing looks good but it's getting better so no worries! I just feel like it has such an affect on the work. It's the worst being sick on a mission. Especially when your time is almost up and you just want to be out doing the best you can. BUT I look back and I realize how much the Lord has blessed me with good health, especially on my mission! I have only been sick once before this week so I am grateful. It's pretty incredible. I also feel very grateful to my Heavenly Father that he has taken care of all of you guys. I remember at the beginning of my mission I always had a little worry in the back of my head that something could happen to a loved one while I was away but we have been promised that the Lord will take care of our families while we are serving and I thank him every single day for keeping that promise. I realize that sometimes the Lord has other plans for us that are meant to challenge us and help us grow but I feel like I've come to a point where no matter what I happens, I have faith that it will all work out and that God's plan is a happy one despite the hardships along the way. I'm rambling haha but hands down I am just so happy that the Lord has taken care of all of you and of me.<br /></div>
Galexi is getting baptized this Friday!!!! I'm so excited for her! Yesterday we went over the baptismal interview questions with her. We asked her about the law of chastity and the word of wisdom, tithing, and other things we have taught her. Her answers were the greatest, she was making us all laugh! When we asked her what her understanding was of the law of chastity she started listing off what she knows including, "no kissing boys". Kyla, her mom, was happy about that answer. It reminded me of Dad and how he would always tell me when I was younger not to get married until I was 30 or not to kiss until I was married! I think I also remember him telling me to throw rocks at boys haha he is such a crack up! We decided to let that response from Galexi fly for now, it brought Kyla some relief. I feel such a stewardship over the Dunbar family, like I need to always be sure to keep them in my prayers forever and keep in touch with them and help them remain active in the gospel so they can receive all of the blessings Heavenly Father wants to give them.<br /></div>
We have another investigator Ray, who is on date for February 28th. He is a good guy. He loves to learn and wants to know everything which can be both great and challenging at the same time. He wants logical answers to support the Spirit that he's been feeling. What I mean by that is I'm pretty confident he has felt the Spirit time and time again confirm to him that this message is true. But he is too scared to act on it. So we are trying to help him the best we can. I have really felt the Lord's help as I've been teaching him. He asks difficult questions or shares interesting concerns that Sister Ellis and I seem to answer somehow, he isn't able to argue our responses and it looks like he is content with them. It's really cool to see the Spirit work that way. I've learned a lot about the gospel in moments like that.<br /></div>
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Galexi, one of our investigators, have I told you about her? I don't think I have but if I have you will just have to hear about her again, she's amazing!! We found her through a part-member family, she is the daughter of a returning member who we also love. She is 9 years old and is on date for January 24th. She reminds me of Sadie! I never thought I would have a cute little investigator. I've always wanted one because youth are honestly so wonderful. They are teachable and recognize the Spirit. They want to do what's right. </div>
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Last Sunday we gave Galexi a copy of The Book of Mormon Stories, the one that we read together as a family when I was younger. It has the pictures and everything. We invited her to read it and when we came back she was already half way done and told us she uses it to help her understand the real Book of Mormon! So she is reading both and is soaking it all up like a sponge. She even told us about how Joseph Smith didn't translate the Book of Mormon right away but needed to receive training from an angel until he was ready! We were pretty amazed by her desire to learn and to better herself. She was so excited to tell us about her spiritual experiences that it was difficult to get through our lesson with her and her family. It was a wonderful problem- it made us so happy. I wanted to stay there for hours and keep teaching her.. the Spirit was so strong. Galexi has a special spirit about her. She loves the gospel, it rings true to her and she is progressing so quickly.. I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY. There are so many great things that come from sharing the gospel. I have come to love teaching the gospel so much. I felt a little twinge of pain the other day thinking about how I won't be able to teach anymore... and then I was quickly reminded that we have visiting and home teaching, callings, testimony meeting, and family home evening. These opportunities to teach others especially our families and to be taught ourselves is a blessing from the Lord. The moments I have felt the closest with my Heavenly Father through out my mission is when I'm teaching one of his children or when I am doing my personal study in the mornings. You have spiritual experiences right at your fingertips, waiting to happen. You just need to make them happen. </div>
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It was a great Christmas! We were productive and felt the Christmas Spirit the whole day. Penny had her family over and we had a huge Christmas dinner. She also took it upon herself to get us somethings from Christmas, she is so cute. One of the things she got us was coloring books haha I didn't realize how much I love to color. I'll send you a picture of our backyard. It is taken from her deck.. you are going to die it's so beautiful. I feel pretty lucky to be serving my Heavenly Father in such a beautiful place. I love my mission and I love even more the people I get to work with. I am excited to find those who are prepared in Post Falls! It was so good talking to you guys on Christmas! Thank you thank you for the sweet Christmas letters and packages that were sent. I loved them! </div>
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I LOVE POST FALLS. It's not as condensed as Glenrose and I feel like I can breathe a little. I will really miss Glenrose though. So much was happening and the people are great! But Post Falls is doing so well and I'm happy to be apart of it. I hope I stay here for the rest of my mission. We live with sweet Penny Wycoff, a southern woman from Louisiana. She lives up on the mountain. We have a beautiful view from our backyard. I'll be sure to send pictures next week! She cooks for us non stop. We have had the best pasta in the world, she made jambalaya, pizza, etc. She just doesn't stop. It's funny haha her son and his family are staying for Christmas and last night he told us that a few years back he moved back in with his mom to help with his sick father and gained 50 lbs. That was a wake up call. I have to tell her she needs to stop but I think she enjoys it and she is such a great cook. She cracks me up too with all of her Southern sayings and strong personality. I love it. I wouldn't want to be living anywhere else. We also have an Elk and Buffalo farm pretty close by so we are able to go feed them little snacks. I have some pictures of that. I don't know if I will have time to attach them today but I will be sure to show you. They are pretty cute and huge. </div>
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Sister Ellis is my new companion, we are nearly the same person. She is from Clarksville, Tennessee. We get along really well and teach together really well. I feel like that is the perfect icebreaker for a new companionship... Just go into a home, teach a lesson, if it goes smoothly and you are on the same page.. you are golden. We have already invited many to be on date for baptism. We were also blessed to plan for a baptism this last Saturday. I wouldn't call it our baptism. His name is Dylan and he was taught by the Elders but they were swept out so we needed to be sure it all went smoothly. It was awesome to be able to be apart of, it makes me so excited and helps me want to be better so I can help more of God's children make that covenant with him. Dylan is 15 and so great. I'm happy to be able to teach him the new member lessons. The youth in this ward are crazy missionaries. They have had so many youth baptisms and they continue to invite non member friends to church and activities. That's how it works.</div>
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Transfers are now haha and it's shocking!!! The sixth ward Elders are taking over our area along with their ward. We had millions of sisters leave this transfer and only 6 new sister missionaries so President had to close down a few areas. I'm pretty bummed, Glenrose was a little slow. Nothing was really happening when I got here two transfers ago and I've tried my very best and things have really just been looking up these last few weeks. It's was really beginning to happen! We have so many great people on our hands that I love so much and are progressing towards baptism and reactivation so I'm a little sad, and SO SAD to not be with Sister Wilson anymore. She's a doll. But you know, the Lord knows all of us more than we know ourselves. He knows our areas, our investigators. And I think it is all going to be good. A weird transfer but good! I'm going to Post Falls, Idaho :) I will be with Sister Ellis. I have no idea who that is but I'm sure she is great. Please don't send anything to the 4607 E 16th address because I will probably never see it! Just send everything to the mission office until I let you know my address. </div>
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Amy came to church yesterday! It was perfect for her, she loves church and is really beginning to love this gospel. She will be a member soon. We started teaching a cute family who is friends with the Gerens in our ward. The Gerens are amazing!!! I love that family and I love the family they have shared with us. Her name is Angela and her kids names are Haley and Hunter. They live in a room. I'm not even kidding. Their house is so small and Angela is just trying to make ends meet. I have been so humbled as I've spent time with those who have very little but are so full of faith in the Lord and a strong love for Him. We have so much to be grateful for. I hope you have a Merry Christmas, I hoped you have shared the He is the Gift video with your friends :) Tis the season. I LOVE YOU!</div>
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Sister Wilson and I were walking down the street the other day and we saw an older couple working outside in their yard. We said hi and they started talking to us. For just a second I thought maybe they were Russian, but it wasn't a Russian accent, we found out they were from Baghdad, Iraq! They were so excited to talk to us. They had huge smiles on their faces and invited us into their home. The wife asked us if we would like anything to drink. We asked for some water and they weren't having it haha the man told us that his wife makes really really good coffee :) so then we just asked if they might have any juice. She came out with two big glasses of thick red juice, I took a sip and it tasted like cough syrup. I was so scared I was drinking alcohol hahaha I asked really politely what kind of juice it was. She brought out this bottle to show me, that made me even more scared because it totally looked like a wine bottle (can you tell that I've never tasted wine before), but when she set it down it just happened to be this non alcoholic drink from England that had tons of corn syrup in it. It was interesting. She also gave us some Iraqi cookies, those were strange too but you know me, I was happy to be experiencing a different culture so I soaked up the whole experience as untasty as it was. They told us they have been in America for four years. I asked if they missed Iraq at all... they said not at all, they said there is nothing good in Iraq. They told us they are Christian and when they were in Iraq they received a letter that told them if they did not become Muslim they would come and kill them and their family. So they found a way to come to America and are working on becoming citizens. AMERICA is amazing! We have no idea what kind of luxury it is to be in this free country. They couldn't stop complimenting America, they were just so happy to be here and it really touched my heart. He asked us why we were in Spokane and we explained to him that we were representatives of Jesus Christ and told him a little more about the church. They told us they were catholic and asked us what was the difference between Mormons and Catholics. Sister Wilson rocked it... she explained the Book of Mormon to them, bore testimony, and asked if they would read. They said they would! We are going to be bringing them an Arabic copy this week. We sang them a Christmas song and closed with a kneeling prayer and when I finished, tears were in his eyes. They were so happy to have us there and so gracious that we could come and pray with them. I was so thankful to have been given such a cool experience! I have never talked to anyone from Iraq before and I am so excited to go back. </div>
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For Christmas I don't want or need anything at all except for some notes and letters from loved ones and maybe Jakob Grimmius' homemade cookies, he'll know which ones I'm talking about hahaha they are so good and I've been craving them for 15 months darn it. :) But if that isn't possible it's okay because I honestly just love hearing from all of you.</div>
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I love you! I hope you guys have a great week, There are a lot of missionaries who think it's bad to say you miss home or say you wish you were doing something besides being on a mission but I don't even care.. I wish I could be at Logan's farewell!!!!!!!!! Good luck Logi :) MERRY CHRISTMAS! Share the gospel everyone, this is such a great time to be doing it. </div>
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The Lord has been blessing me and Glenrose in so many ways. I feel like I have spent a lot of time wondering and asking what I can do to help the area grow and then I do what I can. It seems like I focus so much of my attention on certain people that I feel are going to progress and BAM! .. the Lord blesses us with someone completely different who is much more prepared! It feels as though the Lord reaps the elect while I am trying to do my best to reap elsewhere haha hopefully I am sowing along the way. I sometimes wonder if he feels bad for me that I'm not getting it right so He just makes it happen but then again I think Christ truly knows our desires and our efforts and rewards us with great things as we do our best. I think Amy Brown is one of those situations that I know without a doubt the Lord played a hand in. To finish my story from last week.. Amy lives with a less active couple in our ward. She is a family friend of theirs and is staying there to get back on her feet after a rough divorce and an illness that left her in the hospital for weeks. One of our first days in the area Sister Dunford and I decided to go visit this family and we met Amy. She was so sweet but I couldn't tell if she was very interested, however, she did end up attending the Women's broadcast with Sister Hampton and when we asked her how it was, she absolutely loved it. She felt like Uchtdorf was speaking directly to her! I think we all feel that way most of the time haha he's good. After hearing about her good experience we invited her to come to church with us. She said YES! and even offered to come pick us up :) The meetings were perfect for her, it was the primary program so you can't go wrong with that one and she was in tears during Relief Society. You could just tell she was feeling the Spirit, I was so happy! Long story short, Amy has a crazy schedule, she only has one Sunday off during the month to come to church and even though she was able to attend a couple meetings with us, it has been difficult trying to meet with her so we just kind of left it up to chance. A little over a week ago Sister Wilson and I were looking for someone to pick us up and take us home one night. We called a couple members with no luck and I remembered Amy had told us to call her if we ever needed a ride somewhere. I thought it would be a good opportunity to see her so we sent her a text and she immediately replied with a big YES! Moments later we were in her car and she was bursting with excitement!! She said, "Sisters, I have something so great to tell you!" She told us that she has been praying and praying to find a new job so she could come back to church with us. She said, "Today I got a new job and I can come to church every Sunday!" It was a miracle! She told us about how the Hamptons had bought her a quad and a Book of Mormon study manual, she told us how she has been surrounded by Mormons her whole life and she feels so good about it. She feels like this is where God wants her to be and that she feels like she has a purpose in helping the Hamptons go back to church too. Oh man it is all just one big miracle! She is coming to church with us this Sunday. Amy is definitely going to be one of the greatest converts. See what I mean?? Blessings haha big blessings from God. I feel so blessed. I walked into my house that night feeling humbled and grateful for the Lord's help. I feel like we are actually getting somewhere after a transfer and a half and I don't even feel like I'm doing that much to be worthy of a miracle like this. </div>
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I hope you have the best week! Thank you for all of your love. Xmas is coming up! Check out<a href="http://christmas.mormon.org/" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">christmas.mormon.org</a> and share it with EVERYONE. Mom and Dad you have so many non member friends that you can influence! Invite them to check out this website and to watch the Christmas video on there. </div>
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Sister Wilson and I have been bearing the cold. It's freezing up here and it gets dark around 4:30. I will not miss that at all but it's not too bad. I feel like Glenrose is really picking up! We have met so many wonderful people within the last few weeks and our teaching pool is growing. I want to tell you all about it but I have tons of pictures to send home and just the right amount of time to upload all of them. Forgive me for not writing too much this week. I LOVE YOU!!!</div>
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Oh! Baby Thayne is the cutest thing :) Congratulations Aunt Carinne! He looks like a little sweet heart and I'm excited to meet him. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02947122698533962015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583620550056042142.post-59689905292042197102014-11-12T09:43:00.002-08:002014-11-12T09:43:41.385-08:00November 10, 2014<br />
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My new companion is Sister Nicole Wilson from Frisco, Texas. I love her so much, she is a sweetheart. She is doing so well you wouldn't even know she is a new missionary. We are going to have a fun transfer. I'll send you a picture of her soon. Mario is doing well, we had a miracle with him the other day. He is a little nervous to make the commitment to be baptized but these last few weeks as we've taught him the plan of salvation and building a foundation of scripture study, prayer, and church attendance, he has felt the Spirit and is growing so much! His countenance is changing and it's so exciting to watch. I think a lot of it had to do with Sister Dunford and the talents and experiences God has given her. She was able to connect with Mario very well and I think her bold spirit had a powerful influence on him. I'm grateful for her help in getting this area going. It's progressing haha it's getting there. For example... when initially asked if he would be baptized, Mario would say, "When I'm ready" or "We'll see". Things like that. I was starting to lose some hope but this last week when invited by Sister Wilson he said, "SOON!" He said soon! WOOOOWOWOW! That's a good answer. I'm so happy. </div>
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How is everybody doing? How is school and work and life? I am always praying for you. One thing that has become very real to me on my mission is that families can be together forever. I've always known this but my gratitude for this blessing has been strengthened, I didn't think that was possible but it is. I feel so blessed to have the loved ones in my life that I do, friends and family. It couldn't get any better than you guys! </div>
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Wellll another transfer done and gone. These 6 weeks fly so fast it's ridiculous. I am starting to feel twinges of home sickness for the mission which is weird I know cause I'm here but I really am going to miss it so much. I remember when I first came out and all I could think to myself was... I don't think I can do this for 18 more months. Then I blinked and now I'm here and I've loved every minute! Even the ugly times<br />
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Transfer calls were surprising! I will be staying in Glenrose! I'm pretty excited about that, we have had some break through moments lately. It's getting good! Mario is progressing wonderfully and we put another one of our investigators Rachael on date yesterday! Woo hoo! We have many new investigators just kind of floating at the moment. A couple of them we will be meeting with this week so I'm crossing my fingers for some who will muster up the courage to change their lives and keep commitments. Sister Dunford is being transferred (didn't see that one coming), she is headed over to West Spokane and will finish her training with another sister. Sister Dunford has taught me a lot. One being COMMUNICATION. Not necessarily because she communicated but because she struggled to communicate or sometimes she was just too stubborn to communicate and it made things rough at times. It made me realize how crucial it is to talk things out and be honest with how you're feeling. I absolutely hate having to walk on eggshells or always be wondering what's going on inside my companions head. They aren't kidding when they say communication is so big in marriage. I will never marry someone like Sister Dunford. Ever. But we have been getting along quite well lately and it has been smoother sailing these last few weeks so I'm grateful. I hope I was able to help her in some way. She is going to be a great missionary. A powerful, bold missionary. I'm not too positive who my new companion will be, it's a sweet new missionary from the MTC. We went "fear busting" today, the new missionaries got off the plane and were driven straight to downtown, we got paired up with one of them and took them out to the wonderful people of Spokane so they could break their nerves a little bit by sharing the gospel right from the get go. So I was able to meet all the new sisters and I would be happy to train any of them! We will see, I will let you know who it is! </div>
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We had the primary program on Sunday :) I love those. They make me laugh. Best part was we were able to help 4 of our investigators get to church WOO WOO! One of them we happened to contact on the street earlier that day and invite her and she was all for it. She is a little interesting though. The perfect person who fits the description of Alma 41:11. She has some ideas that are <u>very</u> contrary to the nature of God. But we still love her. I think she is up and leaving to Missouri so hopefully we planted a seed in her sweet heart.</div>
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Miracle that I have been blessed to witness... Mario was never taught how to read. He was at the level of a 5 year old. Since we have been teaching him and reading the scriptures with him he has improved tremendously and he is understanding principles quite well. We had an amazing lesson with him yesterday, he read a few scriptures for us and I was blown away. I'm amazed, it makes me so happy. The blessings of the gospel come in all different shapes and sizes. </div>
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I'm happy Brother Whittle was able to drop off all that stuff to you. They are the greatest family! I love the Whittles with all my heart. They are a huge support to us and the missionary work. Deer Park is thriving! One of my investigators, Don Temples was baptized yesterday! And Sarah Winkfield is on date for November 7. I feel grateful to be in touch with my previous areas and watch them grow. Sister Dunford and I are doing our very best to find new people to teach, we are spending a good bit of our time in members homes teaching them lessons and helping them with their missionary efforts. It's getting there! We took Mario, one of our investigators, to a baptism the other night that the Elders were having. The Spirit was great and I hope Mario was able to feel it. I honestly don't know how he couldn't. I think he is going to be one of those eternigators. But you never know! He says our church feels like a business. In a way I can see what he is saying.. God is a god of order Mario. We love him and he is going to get there.</div>
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About all those things I sent you, they are kind of miscellaneous. I wanted to try and send as much stuff home that I could so my luggage isn't super heavy. The binder has letters and things, feel free to read them if you would like, they are fun :) I have some more with me that I will bring home. I also sent one of our family history books. I can never find the time to get to it and it's a little heavy so I figured I will just read it when I get home. The kendema ball (or however you spell it) is for all of you! I bought it in Sandpoint. Every kid on the block in Sandpoint has those, they are addicting! I can totally see Isaac getting into it. I will probably be trying to send some more stuff home here in a couple transfers. I don't want to pay extra money for luggage.</div>
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Family :) This last week I had the opportunity to go on exchanges with the Spanish sisters in my zone. I loved it. It's cool to sit in on a lesson and have no idea what's being said but you feel the Spirit so strongly. It gave me an opportunity to better recognize the Spirit because I could focus on what I was feeling rather than what was being said. It was heaven and the Hispanics are just too great. When I serve a mission with my husband someday I wouldn't mind if we were called to a Spanish speaking mission one bit. I would give it all of my heart and soul to learn the language. All the Spanish missionaries and myself had dinner at their ward mission leaders house and the Elders taught the message at the end of our visit. Everyone in the house knew how to speak Spanish but me so the Elders decided it would be a good idea to have me read the scriptures haha I'm sure that was amusing for all of them. I butchered it probably but Sister Torres said I did a really good job so hey ha maybe.</div>
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I think Sister Dunford and I are really starting to warm up to our new area! I'm beginning to love it, especially our members! Our ward mission leader is so great. He was a mission president in Peru, so he knows whats up. He asked us to come over this last week and teach him the Plan of Salvation, so we did and of course he was pretending to be an investigator and was asking questions right and left. Long story short he helped us see our flaws and those things we need to work on. For a second I was a little stunned haha and had to swallow a big dose of humility but then I realized (I think the Spirit brought to my remembrance) that towards the end of last transfer I was praying and asking for Heavenly Father's help in knowing what I can do to be a better teacher. So there you have it haha obviously Brother Elmer is my answer. Once I recognized this as the Lord's help, I felt pretty grateful. I feel like I am having those incredible moments lately where I am really recognizing Heavenly Father's answers to my prayers.</div>
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Recently I have been asking Heavenly Father to help me recognize what I can focus on to find new investigators and help this area grow. This last week we had Missionary Leadership Council, a meeting for all the Zone Leaders and Sister Training Leaders. At one point we started talking about family history and how it is a huge part of the hastening of the work. We watched a few clips from <a href="http://lds.org/" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; color: #196ad4; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">lds.org</a> and even printed out our 4 generation pedigree charts. As I printed mine out I immediately felt that Spirit and excitement. The moment we began to discuss family history I immediately felt the Spirit. I knew this was the Lord answering my prayers. Duh! Family History! What an amazing way to help non members and less actives feel the Spirit as they learn about their ancestors and help them see how it connects with the gospel and Heavenly Father's plan. As their hearts are softened through the spirit of family history work, of course they will want to have the gospel in their lives. Family History is the one thing I have failed to remember in my contacting. I think Satan is so good at distracting us. He is so good at helping us focus on the good things when there are better and best things! Good general conference talk on that this last week by the way :) I loved the last session the best. I hope you all enjoyed it.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02947122698533962015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583620550056042142.post-22457262592228906852014-09-29T16:48:00.005-07:002014-10-10T14:45:42.437-07:00September 29, 2014<br />
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Sheesh ha I've turned into a country girl, so much better than the city. At least Spokane City. I can't say this is the prettiest city I've been to, everything seems so squished together. But I'm sure it has its pretty areas. I'm confined to this little part of Spokane Valley called Glenrose ward so I don't get to see very much. HOWEVER, there is much more diversity here. It's been 13 months since I have seen hispanics, black people, russians.. lots of russians. It's been fun, they're great! I feel a little homesick for Deer Park and Sister Huntsman, she was so wonderful! I miss her quite a bit. Sister Sara Jaine Dunford is my new companion, brand new from the MTC. You definitely wouldn't know it, she is on top of things. A little headstrong and very opinionated but she can be sweet. Communication is a little iffy at the moment ha I've realized even more how important that is in a relationship. It's been a challenging transfer so far so just pray for me! Look at how selfish I am.. asking for prayers! If you are willing, pray for me :) And Sister Dunford and Glenrose. </div>
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We have been able to meet some of the investigators the sisters were teaching before us. One of our investigators name is Mario! He is pretty awesome, he came to church with us yesterday and he is really growing in his testimony of the Book of Mormon. I'm excited to continue working with him and his family! </div>
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I don't have too much more to write about... Just to tell you I love you. The Women's Conference was the best! I love it every time. General Conference will be good. I always feel a little connection to home when I watch. It makes me happy, I'm excited. I hope you have a good week <3</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02947122698533962015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583620550056042142.post-65559552169220460622014-09-23T13:47:00.003-07:002014-09-23T13:53:43.871-07:00September 22, 2014<br />
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Deer Park is getting ready to explode, we have some amazing investigators right now, including Sarah Winkfield and Don Temples. They will be baptized this upcoming transfer so I'm really happy Sister Huntsman gets to have those sweet experiences. She deserves them. I have loved training her and watching her grow, she is such a great missionary! It is going to be a little strange leaving Deer Park. From what I heard Glenrose area has part of downtown Spokane. WHAT!?!? This little town has won my heart haha I love this area but I know I will love Glenrose just as much. Lots of people to contact. I wonder if I will finish my mission there? I will let you know all about it, maybe I can finally use the Chilis gift card you sent me forever ago.</div>
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The lovely Sister Gilson passed away this last Tuesday night. I am really happy for her. You know she is dancing and doing cart wheels up in paradise. How was I so blessed to spend those last few months with her? She has taught me so much. Her example of trusting in the Lord and enduring to the end is one of the greatest. As I visited with her I would often ask myself.. could I ever go through a challenge this great? And still have that kind of faith and trust in the Lord? I feel so blessed to have met the Gilsons and be apart of their lives. Don't ever hesitate to give Brother Gilson a call :) He is doing well and although I'm sure he has moments of heartache, I think he also feels a huge load of relief for his sweetheart. I am hoping President will give me permission to come back to Deer Park on Saturday for the memorial service. Pray pray pray that he will be cool with it.</div>
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Love, Sister Rogers</div>
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Okay okay I am so sorry! Last week I got distracted reading everyone's emails and before I knew it I had 10 minutes to write so I typed something up and then my computer shut down before I could send it. I was bummed! But I knew you would understand. Sister Huntsman and I just got done sheep wranglin. My arms feel like they are going to fall off. Sister Haney had Sister Fuller and I come once before... we grab huge fluffy sheep from behind and we have to flip them over one by one on their bums and wrap our arms and legs around them so the their hooves can be clipped. They are strong and chubby and smelly and goodness I just feel like taking a nap. Sister Haney was in desperate need of help, she is shipping her sheep to New York soon and wanted them to look nice. This was also Sister Huntsman's opportunity at a once in a lifetime experience haha you all would have been laughing watching her try to flip them over. She's so funny :) This time I seemed to have a better hang of it. </div>
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These last two weeks have been great. We have been praying to find those who are prepared and we were blessed with plenty of new investigators. We have also found a couple families! Deseray and Nathan and their two little girls and the Stenlund family. Both were so sincere and said we can come back. I am crossing my fingers. We also started teaching a part member family in our ward, the Winkfields :) Paul is a member and his wife Sarah is not but they do come to church almost every Sunday with their little babies and have been the whole time I've been here. Back when Sister Fuller was here we would stop by and have small conversations about the gospel. Sarah is pretty quiet and Paul had asked us to not be "pushy" with her so nothing ever really happened with our visits and they became less and less frequent. It was at a point where the Winkfields weren't really at the front of my mind but a couple of weeks ago Sarah started coming to my mind repeatedly, about a week later I woke up in the early morning and while I was laying there the thought came to my mind that I need to ask Sarah about baptism. I felt anxious once I realized it was a prompting from the Spirit haha it had to be a prompting and we needed to get there as soon as we could (I always think of the stories Thomas S. Monson shares about following promptings). So this last Wednesday while we were on splits, the Luras and I went to go see the Winkfields. We talked for a little bit and asked how their family was doing and then we said an opening prayer. After the prayer ended everyone looked at me, then I just looked Sarah and said, "Sarah, you come to church with your family every Sunday. Have you thought much about baptism?" She smiled and said, "Actually, I have." The Spirit was so strong and I was just thinking to myself, she's thinking about baptism!! and woo hoo I followed a prompting!!! It felt good. I was happy that we could be there at the opportune time to talk to her about it and show her that we cared for her and her family. The Lura's invited her to take the missionary lessons and she said that would be great. So there you have it, a miracle. One of my most favorite experiences on my mission. I have been reminded of how clear but also how subtle a spiritual prompting can be. Seriously for me I think it is most often just a simple thought. I am working on recognizing those more and more. I would encourage all of you to pay attention to the promptings the Spirit brings to you... names, ideas, thoughts of comfort, peace, change and encouragement... then act on them. It's exciting! I love you all so much, I hope you have a great upcoming week. CONGRATULATIONS MAKENZIE :) :) I'm praying it will be warm and sunny for your reception too.</div>
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Love, Sister Rogers</div>
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