tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41644688926443185922024-03-13T03:10:26.103-07:00Sister Jessica Webb in Long Beach CaliforniaJWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04593358709958368934noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-63793946237840286802017-03-28T14:48:00.001-07:002017-03-28T14:48:10.147-07:00THE WELCOME HOME PARTAY!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Funny side note - we were waiting in terminal ONE when we suddenly realized that she would be coming in terminal TWO!! We ran as fast as we could through the terminals and made it!</td></tr>
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Jason was baptized this week! That was amazing. We found out that he passed the interview so
we pulled together one of the best baptisms you have ever seen in THREE
days. Woohooo!!!! It was actually really good. It was right after the women's broadcast and
his parents came, along with some friends. The Elders Quorum showed up with
kids and treats too! The talks were a little long, but other than that it was
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We had dinner on Sunday with Jason and the Leishmans and that was fun! <o:p></o:p></div>
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I got to go on the departing temple trip on Tuesday and they
had the video with the blonde Eve. I had
never seen that video before. It was really really cool. I almost remembered
all the words at the veil! It was fun to
be with all the departing sisters, but it was strange because many of the
sisters I came with left already. I felt the Spirit really strong that day. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I also had the departing interview and that was a ton of
fun. President talked a lot about two
things. First he talked about how to be
a missionary at home. He is from Utah and he is an amazing missionary. He has
baptized more people in Utah than anyone I have ever met. I have a goal to be like him. He also talked a ton about
marriage......um...... still don't quite know what to think about that. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Lurene got a bunch of people together to visit me and my
companion on Friday. It was amazing! We
had lunch and just talked. It was all of
my "moms" on my mission who helped me become a missionary. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I have been working on being consecrated (as usual) and this
week I had a goal to talk to everyone.
There was a boy walking down the street while we were pulling away from
an appointment, and I had the impression to talk to him, so we pulled the car
over and started talking to him. He
wasn't a golden investigator but he was TOTALLY interested in what we were
talking about. God really helped us find
someone who needed to be found.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The women's broadcast was also amazing! The entire time I was tearing up because I
felt like EVERY SINGLE talk was made for Amanda! I've been praying and thinking about her so
much, and it was miraculous to me to hear the broadcast and recognize that God
has been thinking of her and he will help her get through it all. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Honestly I thought my last week would have been totally
different. I thought that I was going to be so fired up, my key indicators
would be sky high, and I was probably going to raise someone from the dead....
but this week wasn't like that at all.
This week was a normal week (with a few abnormal things)... except that
PEACE has been with me consistently. I
feel so happy and so at peace. I think
my companion thinks I'm a freak because I haven't cried or anything. I've just felt really peaceful. So for my final "Sister Webb Sermon"
I wanted to remind the members of the church what they signed up for by being
baptized and obedient. You signed up for
peace. Life will not always be easy, in
fact sometimes it's a LONG HARD road... but you have to keep going. As Elder Holland said, "some blessings come
late, and some don't come till heaven, but for those who faithfully endure,
they do come". Over every hill,
through every tear, in every trial, and in every smile those who faithfully
endure will have peace . . . the peace Christ promised his disciples as he was
nailed to OUR cross when he said, "Peace I leave with you, peace I give
unto you. Not as the world giveth give I
unto you. Let not your heart be troubled
neither let it be afraid. FOR I THE LORD
GOD AM WITH YOU whithersoever thou goest." <o:p></o:p></div>
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I witness that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
saints is the Kingdom of God and it has been established on the earth for EVERY
soul that has ever lived and will live.
I know that the gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored in its fullness
so we can have exalation and go back to our REAL home. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet and I
know that Thomas S. Monson is also a prophet.
I witness that Jesus is the Christ.
The Savior and Redeemer of my soul, and though my tag comes off tomorrow
(yikes) I don't need it anymore to be a missionary. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I love you all so much and I'll talk to you soon!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Love, Sister Jessica Webb</div>
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-44703628645520302572017-03-24T21:53:00.000-07:002017-03-24T21:53:03.921-07:00Thank You SISTER WEBB for you service!!Dear Jessica,<br />
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As your mission is drawing to a close, many of us who love you are reflecting on the last 18 months and the personal feelings, experiences and testimony you have shared with all of us. We are better disciples of Christ because of your letters and great faith! We have experienced a desire to serve others in meaningful ways, look for missionary opportunities all around us, see all those around us as our brothers and sisters, and had a desire to strengthen our relationship with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. THANK YOU for being open, honest, real, full of faith, and for working and giving all you have to the people of Long Beach, California! We love you so much!<br />
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MomJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-7671161822027640652017-03-21T11:33:00.000-07:002017-03-21T11:33:01.142-07:00Last Week Out . . . <div class="MsoNormal">
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1- Jenny- So JENNY.
This week was interesting. We got
a call from Jenny saying that she needed to talk to us on Thursday. We scheduled an appointment for Friday. Friday was exchanges and it was the longest
day of my life. I was exhausted, and
when we pulled up to Jenny's house I didn't know what to do because we didn't
actually know if she was home (she hadn't contacted us) and it was getting
late... So we decided to knock on the door anyway instead of just finishing the
night and going home (miracle #1). Well, we walk in the door and the house was
PACKED. There were people bouncing off
the walls and all of them wanted to talk to us.
In my head I was thinking "Oh crap, there goes this
lesson". We sat down and talked for
a second, and then I summoned EVERY bit of courage I had and asked everyone if
they would leave so we could speak to Jenny alone... and I never do stuff like
that (miracle #2). Jenny then COMPLETELY
opened up to us and told us all of her concerns and worries with the church and
herself. We had an incredible
discussion. The Spirit had filled the room
and near the end we asked Jenny to pray.
I have never in my life heard someone offer a more sincere prayer. I started crying and so did Jenny and my
companion. With an abundance of the Spirit, Jenny finished the prayer and
looked up she said, "I'm ready".
The tears just flowed. (miracle
#3). We scheduled the interview for the
next day and she told her girls about her decision. Even though they weren't members (except for
Rebecca) they were SO excited (miracle #4).
She passed her interview with FLYING colors (miracles #5) and she went
home to tell her husband who is less active that she was ready. Needless to say, he flipped out about tithing
and a number of other things. Jenny had
received an undeniable witness that this church was true and she was devastated
that she couldn't be baptized because she couldn't pay tithing. We were depressed too. We told President Parker and he was sad about
it. On Sunday night we received a call
from him though, saying that he had talked to our mission president. Our Mission President said that if she was
completely ready to be baptized (which she undoubtedly is) she could be
baptized and work with her husband to eventually pay tithing. (miracle #6) We told Jenny last night and we are not sure
what is going to happen. She was so excited and we are excited to see what
happens. She might be baptized this
weekend, but she might still want more time. It was an incredible experience
though and it definitely changed my life. <o:p></o:p></div>
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2- Jason also might be baptized, but he had a really hard
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3- Long (our new investigator’s name)- On exchanges I was
trying to teach the Sister I was with about prayers, and how effective prayers
can be. So we prayed to find a new
investigator and we prayed to know what to look for. We both felt it would be an Asian male who
was tall, skinny and athletic. When I
opened my eyes from the prayer there was a large, bald Asian man walking down
the street and the Spirit said "Go talk to that guy". I was thinking "Well God, the only part
of the description that fits that guy is Asian but whatever you say I'll
do..." So we hopped out of the car and went to talk to him. He wasn't
interested but we moved along, talking to everyone and to potentials. When we were starting to go back to the car a
skinny athletic little Vietnamese boy was walking towards us. He was the new investigator!! AND
the bald guy was his dad! :)</div>
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4- Pants- I know this sounds stupid but I prayed that I
would find pants. I don't really have a
pair of pants that I like or love and I wanted a pair of pants before I went
home. So I prayed for it. I told my companion what I was looking for
and she was like "okay we'll hunt on p-day". Well, we didn't have to. Sister Kirk, a member in our ward, owns an
online clothing store and she gave me some pants as a going away gift and then
she gave Sister Allen a new dress for her birthday! She had exactly the pants I was looking for
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<o:p> </o:p>I KNOW that this is God’s church. I KNOW HE KNOWS YOU! He hears your prayers and He loves you more
than anything in the world. He WANTS you
to succeed and if you rely on Him always you will . . . In one way or
another. I love you all, see you next
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Love, Jekkers</div>
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-62724583292715582612017-03-14T05:46:00.001-07:002017-03-14T05:46:15.259-07:002 weeks. AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">WHAT THE
HECK HAPPENED! I ONLY HAVE 2 WEEKS
LEFT! SO WEIRD! This week was awesome,
here are the highlights:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">2 Exchanges-</span></b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";"> We went on TWO exchanges this
week. and. I'm. so. tired. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">Interviews</span></b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">- We had interviews with President
this week and he talked with me about missionary work the WHOLE time (#bestalmostlastinterviewever)! Literally at the end he was like, "well
we will miss you when you leave" and that was IT. I wasn’t even trunky H.A.L.L.E.L.U.J.U.A. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">Zone Conference</span></b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">- We also had zone conference and
we received instruction that we need to work more with the youth. They told us that our focus should be on them
and helping them and their friends come into the church. It was really cool. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">Dylan-</span></b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">
From week one when I got here there is a name in the area book that has
always stood out to me. His name is Dylan
and he lives in an apartment complex but nobody wrote down his apartment
number. So because this name stuck out
to me so much, one day I decided we were going to knock every door in the
complex. Nobody knew who he was and so
we kind of left it at that. But I NEVER
took the teaching record out of the area book (which is so unlike me, I always
throw unhelpful things away). At church
this week a lady came up to us and asked if we were seeing him. She said she had the impression that she
needed to talk to us about him, and she told us that Brother Kirk went with the
missionaries to see him. So we talked to Brother Kirk and he agreed to come
with us that night so that we could find him.
He is 11 and he wanted to be baptized but his mom flipped out the DAY of
his baptism. When we visited him, his
oldest brother answered the door and was TOTALLY interested too. He and Brother Kirk became best buds and all of
the sudden both of them wanted a church tour and wanted to come to church with
us. He said his mom would be okay with
it if he went with Dylan. AHHHHH!!! Member missionaries are INCREDIBLE! I think that was the missing piece to us
reuniting with Dylan!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">Miley</span></b><span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">- This week when we saw Miley we
taught about Sabbath Day observance. In
the middle of the lesson she cries out, "I WANT TO BE BAPTIZED SO BAD,
I'LL DO ANYTHING TO BE BAPTIZED".
Needless to say we set a date in April (dang it I won't be there) and we
talked the rest of the time about the Law of Chastity and The Word of Wisdom, two
of Satan's favorite sins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif";">My time
is winding down yet it is going so fast here and I continue to be so busy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-78327838460789273862017-03-06T14:55:00.001-08:002017-03-06T15:13:20.155-08:00Crazy Week Full of Twists and Turns<div class="MsoNormal">
Okay people... this week was nuts and I mean REALLY nuts so HOLD
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1) Car Accident- I got in my VERY FIRST car accident and it
was a p.a.r.t.y. It wasn't that bad and
I know we were blessed. So we were in
the left turning lane and a big black SUV was turning right from the street we
were supposed to turn into. Well she was
an idiot and pulled out to turn right in oncoming traffic. She was T-boned and swung around and hit the
back of our car! Only one person was wheeled away on a gurney (and it wasn't me
or my comp) and even she seemed like she only went on the gurney because she
was so shaken up. <o:p></o:p><br />
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2) A new investigator!
- So this week we planned to go see a
former investigator and we knock on the door and Amanda comes out. She told us she wants to learn about Mormons
so we go in and start talking to her.
She is amazing! She lives with
less active members (who were not on the ward list- we found them too, and they
want to come back to church) and they have been preparing her for the
church. She told me that she had a DREAM
about a girl that looks like me. She
said I was dressed in white and I came with angels and I took her hand and
started leading her. The same night we
found her. we brought priesthood holders to give her a blessing and the next
day we taught her the restoration in the morning and took her on a church tour
in the afternoon. It was an amazing experience. She was at church this week
along with the less active family. <o:p></o:p><br />
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3) I ate wheat this week accidentally and threw up. BUT this
is really really interesting- not only did I throw up after the lesson with
Jason- but before I was about to throw up I started thinking about joy and
happiness. I wondered if it would be possible to find joy even when you are
sick. So I was hunched over the toilet
thinking about joy and right before I threw up I started laughing thinking I
was SUCH AN IDIOT for trying to find the good things about getting sick :) So I guess you can find joy when you are sick
too. <o:p></o:p><br />
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4) Jenny- I had the impression to set a date with Jenny, and
when we knocked on the door that evening, she was home alone, so we got to talk
to her privately. It was an amazing
experience. She wants to be baptized but she is so scared. We talked a lot about it and set a tentative date
that she wants to keep quite for now. It
will be interesting to see if it actually works out, but either way, now she
has the option. I really love her.<o:p></o:p><br />
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5) Jason- we were worried that the Word of Wisdome would
prevent Jason from being baptized and GUESS WHAT- he already obeys the entire
word of wisdom except for tea! So he is
going to be baptized not this weekend but next! He loves our church and he is
super excited to be a member. I don't
think I have ever met anyone so golden in my life. <o:p></o:p><br />
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6) Fireside - This week we had a fireside that the stake
coordinated and it was all about missionary work. We had Jenny and Jason there and they loved
it. At the end, the missionaries sang
the medley, Armies of Helaman/Sisters in Zion.
It was really amazing and the Spirit was so strong. President and his whole family were
there. Definitely a mission highlight
for me!<o:p></o:p><br />
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7) Sunday I show up to church and Lurene and Sister Pugeda were
there from La Mirada. Lurene was the
first person I met off the plane from Utah and the first baptism I had. It was SO COOL! We also had like 4 investigators and church
and I was able to share my testimony during sacrament meeting with my
companion. It was fun. I actually like sharing my testimony. I hope Lurene gets to go to the temple before
I leave. I want to go with them. <o:p></o:p><br />
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So here is the "Sister Webb #1 (Mandy's #2)
revelation" for this week. I was
reading this morning in John when Christ is in the Garden of Gethsemane. The guards walked up to the Savior and said,
"Whom seek ye?". The guards
replied "Jesus" and Jesus responds, "I AM HE". He had the opportunity to not allow his
identity to be recognized. He could have
run from false accusations, He could have avoided crucifixion, He could have
walked away and lived to be 95! But he
didn’t - he turned himself in on false charges and accusations. He handed
himself over. He said, "I AM
HE". When we are accused of wrong
things, when we are asked to proclaim our religion, when we are asked to stand
alone, when others are seeking to destroy us . . . do we have the courage to
say, "Yes, you are looking for me".
When our standards are compromised, when we have few places to run, when
we don't like God’s timing, when we are afraid, lonely, rejected and so many
other things, how do we stand and what do we stand for? Not only should we stand but we should be
willing to face pure rejection and even false accusation to be advocates of
Christ. There is no buttering up, beating around the bush, or being nice about
some principles of the gospel. They
simply are what they are. We can choose
to take it or leave it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-12760609093513203522017-03-05T21:54:00.004-08:002017-03-05T21:54:36.469-08:00Letter From Pres. Patterson<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Your daughter, Sister Jessica Webb, will complete her
mission on the 28th of March, 2017. We have attached her final travel
itinerary. In case flights and times change between now and the day of
departure, please check your missionary’s travel plans via Internet for
updates.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Sister Webb is
a wonderful missionary, and I am so please to have served as her mission
president. She has been dedicated to her
missionary purpose to invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive
the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement,
repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the
end. She has learned to be led by the
Spirit, study the gospel effectively, teach doctrine simply and clearly, bear
testimony with power and conviction, and love those around her. She has learned the importance of being
obedient, planning effectively, setting goals, working hard, and relying on the
Lord to accomplish the work of salvation.
Your daughter will be greatly missed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This letter is not intended to signify that your
daughter’s missionary experience is over. The Lord not only requires His
servants to endure to the end, but also pours out additional blessings upon
those who do so. We have found that
missionaries who work hard right up to their departure date have some of their
most rewarding experiences and their greatest successes in the last few weeks
of their missions. Please encourage your daughter to remain diligent and
focused right to the end of her mission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> I am certain
your daughter will continue to share her testimony and strengths to help
establish the Church wherever she may go in life. I express my deepest
gratitude to you, Brother and Sister Webb, for sending such a fine missionary
to the California Long Beach Mission. Sister Patterson and I have enjoyed
serving alongside Sister Webb in this sacred calling as a full-time missionary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Californian FB","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "californian fb" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">My week was awesome!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "californian fb" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Missionary Activity-</span></u><span style="font-family: "californian fb" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I think the
highlight of my week was the youth missionary activity. This week all the youth were combined and we
did a huge missionary activity. We had
Caesar help us by letting us practice teach the restoration. He was my
companion and we taught Sister Allen for five minutes. Then we broke everyone
off into companionships, gave them a
Book of Mormon and a Pamphlet, and we had them study. We took all the leaders
to a room, gave them a character, and took each companionship to a door where
they were able to knock and be a teacher to these people. The youth LOVED it and they did SO GOOD! It was a huge hit. After we testified and the Spirit was SO
strong. It was an awesome activity!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "californian fb" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Primary-</span></u><span style="font-family: "californian fb" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> In Primary we
also got to do sharing time. I want to
be in primary for the rest of my life.
We told stories and talked about how we can be like Jesus. I told a story about how I saved a man with a
bloody nose once... that was a good day :) <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "californian fb" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">MLC</span></u><span style="font-family: "californian fb" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">- We had Mission Leadership
Council this week and I had two favorite trainings. First was a training where
President talked about how we cannot be discouraged with less success. We have to recognize even when we are
rejected that the Gospel is ROLLING forth.
He talked about King Nebuchadnezzar's dream and how prophesies always
come true. Even if we aren't large in
numbers WE ARE SO MIGHTY! We literally
are God’s Kingdom. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "californian fb" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">My other favorite was about numbers
chasing. I'm not a numbers chaser but I
have never wanted to submit straight 0's.
I want to have good key indicators every week, and he talked about how
having that desire ISN'T NUMBERS CHASING.
In fact, in many ways, if good intentions are in mind numbers chasing is
a good thing. I loved that
training. It's like striving to get a
good grade in school. A good grade can
many times show what you know, and it's the same with key indicators. It's not a bad thing to want a billion
baptismal dates! It's actually good and
healthy. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "californian fb" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">President said something this week I
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<b><span style="font-family: "californian fb" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> A missionary can be faithful (obedient) but
not competent (effective). We need missionaries who are both faithful and
competent, in other words, obedient and effective.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "californian fb" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Imagine
for a moment you are a farmer with acres of golden wheat ready to harvest. You
hire two men to help you do the job. The first man goes out to the field and
starts up the combine, a machine that has been specifically designed to harvest
wheat in the most effective way possible. The second man goes out into the
field with a pair of scissors. He plans to first snip each individual stalk
down and then sort the grain by hand. Who will accomplish more?<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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that the man with scissors is up early snipping away. He diligently works all
day and is the last one to leave at night. While he is faithfully participating
in the harvest, his ineffective methods ensure that he accomplishes little. He
is faithful but not very competent. Meanwhile, the man with the combine
harvester goes out to the same field for an hour. Due to the effectiveness of
his approach, in an hour of effort he harvests more than his partner does by
slaving away all day. He can then take his combine to other fields and double,
triple, or even quadruple the amount of grain harvested. He is both faithful
and competent.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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missionary work, obedience (faithful) and skills (effective) are both required
if we want to harvest many souls. That is why obedience does not necessarily
translate into success in regards to helping people be baptized. Helping people
progress requires some skill and effective teaching methods. An obedient
missionary, accompanied with faith, having developed necessary missionary
skills, is most effective. A missionary who has developed skills that is
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-87559481485704034232017-02-20T21:47:00.003-08:002017-02-24T21:18:46.945-08:00My Dad<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's been a busy week full of many miracles! Here are a few of them:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1- Anaheim phone call- The Anaheim Sisters called us and told us they have someone who wants to be baptized on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_774319999" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">March 4th </span></span>who lives in our ward! I'm excited to see what he is like. It's interesting because I've been praying for the opportunity to baptize one more investigator before I leave. We'll see!</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2- Miley- Miley came to church again this Sunday with Mike and she requested her first priesthood blessing. She is going through hard things right now. She witnessed a murder and was the only one on the scene, so she was in court all week testifying. It was really hard for her. On Sunday we brought her some chocolate from the Relief Society President which brightened her day, and she just told us how much she believes in and loves our church. She talked about how she wants to be baptized, and how she knows it's true. It was an incredible experience. She is learning about repentance and it's an awesome thing to witness! </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3- John- The Spanish Elders called us and said they met someone on the street who wanted to learn more. We went with them the next day and it was a man who I had done service with at an Old Folks Home. We taught him the restoration and he was STOKED. He loved all of it. The next day we did service with him and he was preaching to all the service people about how amazing we were and how God was with us and our message- SO COOL!</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4- Stephanie- Stephanie is 17 and feels the spirit really strong. We have met with her a few times and she loves the gospel message. She wants to be baptized in March (but she needs to come to church). Her mom is not supportive of this. Stephanie told us that she is amazed how the Book of Mormon talks about the proper way to be baptized. There is a ton of confusion in the world on how someone should be baptized, but the Book of Mormon clears that right up. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">5- Jenny- We had an awesome lesson with Jenny where we talked about her barriers. Her husband was Mormon, but is now disaffected and has been introducing her to a lot of anti-Mormon material. We have been able to visit with her and answer many of her questions and she has great faith which makes all the difference. She came to church on Sunday by herself and stayed through the entire block. We really love her!</span><br />
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-62807976652841761012017-02-13T21:19:00.001-08:002017-02-13T21:20:15.993-08:00Just ACT and TRY<div class="adn ads" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid transparent; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 8px;">
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This week was SO MUCH FUN! I LOVE being companions with Sister Allen. She is incredible. She is so sweet and we laugh all the time. She is super optimistic too. I feel like I'm learning so much from her. I love that about a mission! You are always learning.<br />
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1) We were planning and I had the distinct impression to go to area 11 in the area book, start at the back, and go to the first person with an M at the beginning of their name. Well... it was Mike and Miley. We taught them a TON when Sister Watson was here and honestly I didn't want to go back but we did. It turned out that Mike had had a stroke a few days prior. Since his stroke, he has started to change. He quit smoking, He wants to come to church and change his life. It was really cool! </div>
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2) We saw SO MANY people this week who talked about and struggle with drugs. I had NO IDEA that drugs were so prevalent. Sometimes it seems like it's the exception to the rule to find someone who has never abused prescription drugs or used illegal drugs. I understand that it can numb the pain, but it is a very short fix and leads to addictions that are heartbreaking and destroy lives! We are helping many people give up drugs and it's super easy because nobody actually wants to do drugs, believe it or not. The drugs seem to control them and tell them what to do. They want to be truly happy, and Satan tries to convince people that drugs do make you happy! Many soon learn that this is NOT happiness!</div>
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I would really like to participate in one final baptism before I go home. I know there has to be at least one person in Westminster who is ready to accept the gospel and be baptized (I would love it if there were 50 people). It's interesting though because the longer I have been out, the less I realize I know! I only know that I need to rely on God and pray that He will allow me to again "sit back and watch the game". I've learned that as I open my mouth and talk, text people, set up appointments, help them get to church and firesides and everything else... miracles can happen! I love my Father in Heaven and through the Spirit I know I'm doing His will... and I guess if that is all I can do, I'll do it.<br />
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-77949608894301838932017-02-06T15:52:00.000-08:002017-02-06T15:52:06.340-08:00Late Christmas Surprise & New Comp!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Okay so here's the dealeo.... I don't have a ton of time but I'll try to write good stuff. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1) I didn't know how to get into our mailbox but we got a note on our door saying our mailbox was full and we needed to get our mail, so we went to the office and got it! I GOT SO MANY CHRISTMAS LETTERS AND CARDS hahahaha. Thank you SO MUCH! They were beautiful. I'm sorry I didn't get them sooner. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2) We had two exchanges this week, I got to go with Sister Dimmick on one and Sister Holt on another. Both of them are wonderful missionaries and they are doing so good...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3) Jenny- So this week with Jenny we taught her with her husband present. Sister Bowers from the ward came with us and bore a powerful testimony. Jenny is doing well, but her husband is a huge roadblock. He doesn't care or believe in religion or God. He wasn't argumentative, thankfully, but he very clearly stated his opinions and questioned his wife's beliefs in the lesson. Sister Bowers saved the lesson though! I didn't know what to do but she totally bore powerful testimony and the Spirit filled the room and Jenny knew what she felt. It was awesome! bogus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4) Jayleen- She is doing so well. She is excited to continue to learn about the church. Her mom isn't fully on board but allowed her to listen to us and make her own decisions. We may run into some problems when her baptisms rolls around, but we'll have faith and take it as it comes! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5) Stephani- This week we met Stephanie. We contacted her on the street and she seemed interested to learn about the gospel. She told us to come back and when we went back she was TOTALLY on board. She loved everything we told her and had awesome insights. She set a date to be baptized too so hopefully that works out. </span></div>
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1) Jayleen- We went to an investigator's home <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1073104729" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Monday</span></span>, only to find that he wasn't actually interested, but his cousin was. So we ended up teaching her, and holy cow! I have never in my life met a 15 year old with so many hard times. When her cousin got out of prision, he had changed and become an important part of her life again. He was was picking her up from school one day, and his old "friends" came and stabbed him right in front of her! Then her grandmother, who raised her, died <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1073104730" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">two months later</span></span>. She is now living at her aunt's house and is the only one who believes in God. Her friend in aneheim is Mormon, and took her to church on a day when they taught the plan of salvation. It touched her heart, and she is changing- she wants to come to our church! She wants to be baptized, and she is finding happiness in the good news of the Gospel! It's incredible and I feel so blessed to be one of her missionaires. </div>
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3)The Dominguez Family- This is a less active family that wants to come back to church. We have troubles meeting with them, but we did this week, and we talked for a long time about how to get them to come to church. In the end we decided on WAFFLES!! :) So we went to their home early on Sunday morning and made waffles for the family. THEY CAME TO CHURCH and had members fellowship them and their two kiddos the entire three hours! It was such a blessing. </div>
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4) Bernice- We had a neat lesson with Bernice this week. We decided we were going to teach her HOW to read the Book of Mormon, come to church, and pray. So our lesson was filled with many personal experiences of how we have come to do these things. At the end, I decided I would close the lesson by saying a personal prayer out loud, asking for a witness that our church is true. Sure enough, I felt the Spirit so strong in the prayer when I asked if Joseph Smith was a prophet, and if this was God's church. It was a neat experience as I prayed for my own life and for members of my family out loud with her. She and I were both visibly touched by the experience. </div>
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5) Luna new year- <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1073104733" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Saturday</span></span> I went on exchanges with SISTER HICKS (I trained her) and it. was. so. much. fun. I loved all of it. We got to talk about people we both worked with. We found two new investigators, and it was LUNA NEW YEAR! It's like Chinese new year but for Vietnamese people. A lady gave us one of the red envelopes with money in it and we got to drive past the Buddhist temple on the way to an appointment so we were able to see all of them celebrating. IT WAS SO COOL!</div>
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6) Worldwide Missionary Devotional!- We went to a big meeting where they changed the schedule for missionaries and numbers we report on a weekly basis. It was SO EXCITING! I already love the change. It has been a blessing to us. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">SOMETHING I AM LEARNING and continue to learn on my mission is that happiness is totally a choice. There are going to be times when nothing seems right, and when everything is rough. There are going to be times when God will test you, life will test you, and Satan will test you. There may even be times when you test yourself! BUT happiness is still a choice. You really can pray in hard times and receive happiness, comfort, and peace despite undesirable circumstances. It is PART OF His grace, It is part of His atonement. It's healthy to cry a little, and it's healthy to be sad, but it's so much more liberating to be happy. So may we all "fall to our knees" this week when it seems happiness is not an option and UTILIZE THE ATONEMENT </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">in a way we may normally take it for granted. </span><br />
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-63425278709698538952017-01-23T14:30:00.004-08:002017-01-23T14:30:45.785-08:00Not counting down . . . sorry . . . don't wanna<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">SO THIS WEEK WAS HARD and AMAZING all at the same time. </span><br />
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I'll start with the miracles: First, we got to see Jenny this week. When we went to the Elder Holland training I prayed and asked God to reveal to me what I need to share with Jenny to help her become more converted. He told me to relate the entire second half of Elder Holland's training. He taught about the exchange between Jesus and Nicodemus. The idea behind it is that Jesus was trying to communicate the idea that Nicodemus needed to be baptized and Nicodemus didn't get it. He had us identify all the reasons why Nicodemus didn't understand, and compared that to the people who don't accept the gospel in Southern California. He then told us that we need to overcome our barriers, and that God does care for the one. We used the same analogy with Jenny but with the Woman of Samaria at the well. The woman didn't understand the concept of living water. With Jenny we drew it out and tried to figure out the Samaritan woman's barriers. Jenny understood, but what stood out to her the most was that Christ cares for and teaches the one. Whether they are an adulteress, outcast, Samaritan woman, or if they are someone famous who consistently sins and won't give his heart to God. HE STILL TEACHES THEM, HE STILL LOVES THEM! No sinner, no ANYBODY is beneath Him. Jenny started to cry and told us many of her barriers to baptism. She told us that the story and concept was exactly what she needed to hear that day. I LOVE HER!!!!</div>
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Second, we were street contacting after one of my companion's doctor appointments (she's quite sick with back pain and leg pain). There was a boy ahead of us. We had planned to find a new investigator that day. My companion wanted to be diligent (bless her heart) so despite what the doctor said, she started running to this boy. She contacted him and we began to share our message. We set a return appointment for the next day, and went to meet him. He told us his life story. I have never in all my life met ANYONE who has gone through as much as he has gone through. His story is too personal so I won't share, but he is on 19, and most adults never have to experience what he has already gone through. God allowed us to share a message with him that touched his heart. He is exited to learn more, and I'm excited to teach him. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">We had Mission Leader Conference (MLC) this week, and that was fun. President Patterson trained us mostly on how to be good leaders, which was really helpful. I feel like I'm still learning so much about how to lead.</span></div>
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I am so grateful for my Savior. It seems as though when you can do the least, or when you are struggling to do what you use to know how to do, he helps you over-achieve and stretch beyond your bounds. I have been praying hard this week for many things and because of His love and grace, I have received answers beyond answers to many prayers I didn't even know He could answer. I love Him so much, I wish I could express through a letter what I feel, but I know He is real and I know He is there. </div>
Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-77971557602305142462017-01-16T17:49:00.003-08:002017-01-16T17:55:46.893-08:00I'm A Great-Grandma! & ELDER HOLLAND!<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">
<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">so.... ELDER HOLLAND came to our mission on Saturday!! I got to shake his hand, and we also had Elder Halstrom of the Seventy here. They both spoke to us and it was AMAZING! Elder Holland talked about how personal conversion is so important in the mission. I agree with this and was so inspired to have him with us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">It's my companion's birthday today and we have some BIG plans, so I don't have long to write, but I wanted to let you all know I'M A GREAT-GRANDMA! So I trained Sister Hicks . . . she trained Sister Saunders . . .who is now training Sister Parkin! (see pic below) That's how geneology works on a mission and it's so cool to see my posterity!!! hahahaha</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Also, I thought about Amanda yesterday and wished SO MUCH I could've been to her farewell. I hear it was awesome and that she's READY TO SERVE! I can't wait to hear from her every week on her mission!</span><br />
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-14554329599245105462017-01-09T13:54:00.002-08:002017-01-09T18:35:24.477-08:0011 weeks . . . ummmmmm 11 WEEKS!!! AND MIRACLES CONTINUE!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!</span><wbr style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></wbr><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">!! I don't what what the heck is going on but all the sudden I was thinking about life and realized I ONLY HAVE LIKE 11 WEEKS LEFT! I'm still trying to process how I feel about this . . . </span><br />
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This week you all get to hear about Catrell. She is Eddie's girlfriend. Eddie was on a mission in Mexico but had to come back early for health reasons and she is his girl. She is SUPER solid. She loves the church, she has been to church a million times already, and she is reading the Book of Mormon. Our lessons with her were so spiritual and uplifting. At the end of the first lesson, we asked her what she is going to do because of our message and she said, "I'm going to start reading the book of Mormon and praying to know if it's true. I also had the thought that I should buy a journal and record any spiritual impressions I get, and also I think I am going to go to all the YSA activities and Church with Eddie." We just looked at her in amazement! Needless to say, she came to church. The only bad part is that she lives in NY right now because she is going to school. But she said she is going to study the church there too with the missionaries. </div>
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We saw Ceasar twice this week, and he is good. He is Sister Montague's recent convert but he has been struggling with staying active. We've tried so hard to get him to church. We had super spiritual lessons and everything and then he didn't show up. If anyone has any advice on this, I would appreciate it! </div>
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1) THIS WEEK: This weekend I got to go on an exchange with Sister Pack. She is such a fun missionary! She likes to sing too and we sound really good together (not to toot my own horn or anything) so we contacted lots of people by singing. Anyway, it was coming to the end of our exchange, and one thing she wanted to work on was finding. I wanted to find but wasn't really having success- so we decided to pray. Together we prayed to know if we were in the right area, and then we asked God separately if there was anything that we needed to know about our new investigator. After a few minutes of prayer I received the answer that is was going to be a girl, that I would be a vital part in her accepting our message, but that I was to let my companion do all of the teaching. Sister Pack opened her eyes and she was just glowing. She said it was going to be a Latino mother. So we got out of the car, and knocked on the first door we saw. A young Latino mother answered the door, and we introduced ourselves, but guess what SHE ONLY SPOKE SPANISH! So using broken Spanish I got her to open up to <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://mormon.org&source=gmail&ust=1484078868010000&usg=AFQjCNFqbHreVBv31HPoJzEuMkk-H4Jl9Q" href="http://mormon.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">mormon.org</a> in Spanish and watch the Christmas video in Spanish. It was obvious that it touched her, and after the video I had no idea what to do, but my companion all the sudden started speaking almost fluent Spanish. She invited her to learn more about the church and we set a time to come back with the Spanish elders. We got back in the car and were both absolutely astounded. Sister Pack doesn't speak Spanish. Also, she told me that she knew it was going to be a Spanish mother because in her minds eye she distinctly saw this woman. She knew exactly who we were looking for! I'm still so humbled by this experience! </div>
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2) LA MIRADA: We had about 30 mins left in our evening, and Sister Hicks (my comp) decided she wanted to teach a less active lesson (trust me, you don't tell a greenie they are wrong because in my experience, God can tell them incredible things). Well we didn't know any less actives in the area, and we didn't know where to go.... so we prayed in the car, and I received the impression to follow my companion. I opened my eyes and she said "go straight". So I started driving straight and she was paying extreme attention to the road ahead. She told me to take several left's, right's, and so forth till we were in front of a tall rickety creepy old house. She said, "It's this one". I thought "to heck with this one, some crazy serial killer will come out of that thing and kill us if we knock it"... but again, I don't fight with new missionaries and their spiritual impressions. So we walk up to the house and a lady is in the garage. She was a less active member, in fact she our Bishop's sister! She had just moved in. She was amazed that we found her, and she said she wanted to come back. After we visited with her for awhile, I got back in the car and asked Sister Hicks, "How did you know where to go???" She just said "Well, the street was glowing...so I followed the glow."</div>
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GOD IS REAL. HE IS THERE. IF YOU DOUBT, FIGURE IT OUT. HIS WORK IS ROLLING FORWARD, AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU GO WITH IT IS YOUR DECISION. </div>
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-61762149511305995152017-01-09T13:20:00.000-08:002017-01-09T18:32:41.565-08:00Diligence<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">This week was an awesome food week! We found out about mid week that Sister Equihua was leaving so we had to try all of the restaurants that she wanted to try. Our tiny little area is hopping with different stuff so we got Mexican food, Indian food, Thai food, and yep :) It was pretty fun! Our area really is super diverse. We have churches and mosques belonging to the Jewish, Buddhist, Catholic and Muslim faiths right in my neighborhood! AND OUR AREA IS ONLY 11 tracts!!</span><br />
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Then on Tuesday we had a full proselyting day. We got to see so many people and had some super stellar lessons. We also had to do two more weekly plannings with other sisters. It was really long but lots of fun! I have a new companion next transfer but I still get to stay here :)</div>
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We also had a neat finding experience. Our mission president has been stressing that we need to work on planning. So we planned at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_621155691" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">six o'clock</span></span> to find a new investigator. So at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_621155691" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">six o'clock</span></span> we went crazy. We went through all our plans, we pulled our car over on random streets to talk to people outside and then it was <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_621155693" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">6:50</span></span>!! We still hadn't found, and we prayed, got out of the car and FOUND someone!</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">So the lesson this week was DILIGENCE, to quote Ann Anderton "you oughta be where you oughta be when you oughta be there". If you do, it all works out. LOVE YOU ALL!!</span><br />
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-28418525574959074982016-12-26T13:00:00.001-08:002016-12-26T13:05:15.761-08:00CHRISTMAS!!!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">So this week was a party! </span><br />
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Christmas eve was a normal day, but better :) God tends to bless missionary holidays. We had hot chocolate with Brother Bartholomew, then we went to lunch with MIKE AND LURENE! We got to see Sister Webb and Sister Barber (two old less active ladies who are a little lonely) and then we had an incredible dinner with Sister Bowers. Then we went to the Howe's for fun and we went to the Mirandas (I'M ABSOLUTELY IN LOVE WITH MEXICAN FOOD !!)</div>
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Then on Christmas we woke up and tried our hardest to study, opened presents, went to church and then visited the lady we met last week who is alone. It was pretty neat. THEN I TALKED TO MY FAMILY! It was so good to see them. I held it together until the end and then lost it a bit. I continue to miss them A LOT!! We had a really nice dinner with the Relief Society President's family and she even made me GF apple crisp for dessert. </div>
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Merry Christmas everyone! Here's to an awesome 2017 New Year!</div>
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Love, Jes<br />
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-73316407688828151542016-12-26T09:20:00.000-08:002016-12-26T09:26:27.713-08:00Service and Prayer<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">This week was cool but it was strange too!</span><br />
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Tuesday I was on exchanges in the Harper Park ward with Sister Caldwell. I love her so much. She is the sweetest missionary in the whole world. She is such a good example to her companion. We had some stellar lessons with investigators, and we found new investigators! </div>
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Friday was Sister Watson's LAST DAY! We just did normal missionary work and said goodbye to some of her favorite people. </div>
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Saturday was the worst-best day of my life. We had to get up really early to take Sister Watson to the airport. The night before we stayed up past curfew to do her hair and we watched Mr. Kruegers Christmas. IT WAS SO SAD! Then we got to do service at the Catholic church. We helped put together food boxes for low income families, and it was pretty fun. We worked for a few hours and then in the evening we had the ward Christmas party. It was amazing, it was one of the better ward Christmas parties I have ever been to. They started with a tour of the nativity. They had people in enacting the shephards, angels, wise men, and the stable scene in Bethlehem. Then they had a whole big spread of Mediterranean food. We took some plates to MIA investigators after the meeting! We also found out that another one of our investigators might want to be baptized!!!</div>
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Sunday, our mission president showed up at church and he talked to our investigators about baptism. They had a really good conversation! Our mission president is very impressive in gospel conversations with investigators and tends to be able to commit them to baptism in a powerful way.<br />
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I hope you all enjoy this week before Christmas and make sure to take time to reflect on our Savior!</div>
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-89932054400093948192016-12-12T22:36:00.000-08:002016-12-12T22:42:41.831-08:00Goodbye Sister Watson:(<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two of our investigators moved this week. This is the family that made me the wonderful creme brulee! We spent a few hours this week helping them get packed up and ready to leave. Then the elders quorum came and helped moved the heavy things <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_949984609" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Saturday</span></span> morning. It was really good for them. They basically believe everything, we are just waiting for the day they want to be baptized. I think they were impressed with the member's genuine care, help & fellowshipping! </div>
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We had two exchanges this weekend. My first was in Seapoint with Sister McGarry. She is my MTC companion. We had a ton of fun. Her ward is the hardest ward in the entire mission. They get so much rejection everyday. We had people screaming at us, yelling at us as we were walking away that we were a cult, telling us that "john-jacob-jingleheimer-<wbr></wbr>smith" (AKA Joseph Smith) was not a prophet, and we had plenty of doors rudely slammed in our face. It was one heck of an experience. But WE STILL HAD FUN, and WE WERE STILL HAPPY! I'm struck with how differently those with affluence in this area reject the missionaries in such harsh and offensive ways. There really is truth to the humble people of the earth receiving the gospel. We needed a good lunch to ease our beaten up efforts, so we went to this Thai place called Lemon Thai, and it. was. so. good. </div>
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Then we went on exchanges again the next day. We had a cool experience. I was with Sister Equihua and Sister Chapman, and I wanted to teach them that they can do anything with God's help. So we specifically prayed for a new investigator who wanted to hear our message, wanted us to come back, and was excited to hear the gospel. Then we prayed to know where to go. We felt impressed where to go and we drove there, got out of the car, and NO ONE was there. But there was someone in a car in their driveway. I decided to knock on the car window. God said to talk to everyone right? Even if they are in their car? That was something my first STL taught me. Anyway, turns out she was interested in hearing our message! It was a neat experience and I felt a lot of gratitude. Then after that WE GOT STREET CORN from the street corn guy. It's called elote, and it's awesome. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's our threesome! We all love getting frozen yogurt!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We've only gotten to the beach a few times. It's really pretty!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, it is Christmas at our apartment . . . a humble one!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sure love these two comps of mine!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, I took a fall a while back. This is probably what caused my vertigo for a few weeks. i'm doing good now!</td></tr>
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-56779095666566576372016-12-07T21:06:00.002-08:002016-12-07T21:06:50.399-08:00CALI CRAZY<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">OH MY WEEK! WHERE DO I BEGIN!</span><br />
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Last p-day we get a call from the mission president saying that Sister Equihua's family is going to come pick her up from LA for the evening so they can fill out some immigration forms. Sister Equihau is our 3rd companion waiting in our mission for her visa to Mexico. So we met her family! They are really neat people. So Sister Equihua was with them till the early afternoon <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_914758378" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Tuesday</span></span>. We got to go to the beach too! </div>
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We had a super stellar lesson with Mike and Miley that night. Miley has been investigating the church for a while and both of them have hard pasts. Miley really opened up about her life, her opinion of the church, and her relationship with God. I think she might be baptized soon! We still need to set a day, but we are not sure when yet. </div>
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We also had dinner with an investigator at Sister Howes house (she's a member). This was the first time I have invited an investigator to a dinner with a member. It was a wonderful experience! The member and her really got along great, and she loved it. If you want to make a missionary happy tell them to try and bring an investigator or a less active member to dinner!</div>
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I was asked to give a training in district meeting on commitments, and it went well but then guess what.... THE AP'S CALLED AND ASKED ME TO GIVE A TRAINING IN MLC ON COMMITMENTS! DO YOU KNOW WHAT MLC IS?? It's missionary leadership council, and DO YOU KNOW WHO GOES TO THAT MEETING??? THE MISSION PRESIDENT AND ALL THE HOTTEST ELDERS IN THE MISSION!!!! I almost yelled at Elder Oniki (the AP who asked me to train), AND I was the only one giving a training except for the AP's and President. I was so scared! I was shaking and flipping out all morning. It actually went really well though. My companion said I was amazing and President said I did a good job too, but I'm still mad at Elder Oniki!</div>
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We also got to go on exchanges this week. I was with Sister Greener in the beach ward, and she is the sweetest missionary ever. She is a twin and has an awesome life story. </div>
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I love the new christmas initiative. It's so much fun to tell random people on the street to pull our their smartphone to watch a video. They all love the video. So make sure you watch it!</div>
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I've been thinking about lots of things this week, and one thing I have been thinking about is listening. I've gotten so much better at listening to people on my mission, but I've learned that the friends who stick around are the ones that listen. They are the kind of people that ask about my life and how I'm doing, they are the friends who actually care. I want to be that kind of friend to people because I like having friends like that. I've thought back on lots of my "friends" and realized that the ones who listen to me and care about me personally are very few...but they have never left me, and I have never left them. So maybe to light the world this season, you could actually listen to someone. Even if they are not struggling, just ask about their life, how they are, what they love, what drives them crazy, and tell them how amazing they are. There is more to "true friendship" than having a true friend. Half of the fun comes by being a good friend!</div>
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I love you all so much, have a wonderful miracle filled week!</div>
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-28887464754381315332016-12-07T21:05:00.002-08:002016-12-07T21:05:35.184-08:00Chilly Thanksgiving in Cali<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">So this week has been absolutely insane.</span><br />
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Monday night, my companion went to the departure dinner so I was with the beach sisters, running around the Beach ward, saying goodbye to all the Beach members.... because Sister Montague was leaving. It was really strange, but it was fun! I also got to see all of the departing missionaries and that was a treat. Some of my favorite sisters in the mission went home this transfer. I've never seen missionaries going home this close up before and it's so strange! I don't like it at all, it's super sad, and it's really weird to think that I'm going to be doing that in a few months!</div>
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Tuesday we got to pick up our new missionary. Her name is Sister Equihua, and she is from LA, but she is going to Mexico on her mission. I get to be her companion for 5 more weeks, then she will leave. She is a really good missionary. She is a convert of two years and is super funny. She loves the church and she speaks fluent Spanish so we can officially talk to everyone who is not Vietnamese (Westminster has a high Vietnamese population too). </div>
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Wednesday was district meeting and they trained us on how to present the new Christmas initiative! I'm so excited for this, it's going to be awesome! Look on <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://mormon.org&source=gmail&ust=1481258637244000&usg=AFQjCNEgWsGQi0oXCdzcOhJ5ECGTK7mrsQ" href="http://mormon.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">mormon.org</a> to see it :)</div>
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Thursday was Thanksgiving and HOLY PHAT!!! We. had. so. much. food. The day started out good, we had a meeting with our ward mission leader (I think he took pity on us so he held a meeting) and then we got to meet with Brother B. a nice less active man who is really smart! Then the fun began, we got to go first to Eddie's family party. He is Samoan, so all the Samoans there were so excited to see us. We had to leave early (so we didn't get to eat, thank heavens) because we had to get to another dinner. We had an amazing dinner with Tammy and her Kids (the recent converts). They had the WHOLE spread, and it was all super good. They had these garlic brussel sprouts that were AMAZING, and the potatoes were way good. Then we went to the Miranda's (a recent convert/ investigating family) and their food was super good too. They had Ceviche which is a Mexican thing and it's so good. I've had it a few times on my mission from Latino families I've served with. They also had the best sweet potatoes I've ever had in my life. Then we went to the Bower's and by they time we were done with them, I wanted to curl up in a ball and die. Needless to say, I didn't eat anything for about a day and a half hahahaha. </div>
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The weekend was really rainy and cold. However I feel very blessed because my mission is not usually rainy and cold. We also got to see Vince's (our investigator) chickens, and we were taught by a Jewish couple, and some guy gave us a book he wrote on with his philosophy of life (you can tell how great of a missionary I am, I'm supposed to be giving people books and I'm supposed to be teaching people about my religion... but whatever).</div>
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I don't have a spiritual thought this week but I love you all!! </div>
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Love, Jes</div>
Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-12795057109749883452016-11-21T17:05:00.000-08:002016-11-21T17:05:41.833-08:00Only 18 Weeks Left!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">So this week was just the bomb. W</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">e get a call from the Spanish elders and they told us to get over to our investigators house right now. So we go and he is FINALLY HOME. We taught a super powerful restoration lesson. He's Samoan and comes from a family of all Mormons. He wants to be baptized in December. The only problem is that his girlfriend messaged us yesterday and said they wont be investigating the church anymore because she has tattoos and that makes her a "tainted" woman (whatever the heck that means). So we might stop by and pretend like we didn't get the message. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.8px;">We also had a really neat lesson this week with M (the man) & L (the woman). M is a less active member who wants to be active again. L lives with him and both of them have had crazy life experiences. M's wife was killed in the hospital on accident by one of the nurses, and L's companion was shot through the window when she was in the passenger seat by a gang member. (Westminster has lots of gangs sadly). Both of them want peace, and both of them want to be happy. Missionaries have tried to teach them for forever, but have had little success. This week though, we decided to take them on a church tour, and we did and they came to church the next day! L has never come to church before so this was a huge step for her. They loved it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">C was also at church this week. He is this kid that was baptized about a year ago. He loves the church, he is 16. He was baptized by himself and knows more about Mormons than most 16 year old kids. He has had a rough few months, but I can only imagine how hard it would be being Mormon without a supportive household. I feel like my testimony is strengthened every time I talk to him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">T and her kids are doing good (the family that was recently baptized)! We think we get to go over to their house this Thanksgiving so that should be fun. They love the church so much! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We also taught S and C this week. They are fun to teach and talk too, I just wish they would progress more. C found out I'm gluten free and made us Creme Brulee! I haven't had that my whole mission! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm not sure what my "spiritual thought" for today should be. I think this week I learned about Joy. It's so important to always have joy. God can give us joy on good days, bad days, hard days, easy days... Joy plays more of a role in the Plan of Salvation than I think we realize. Why is the gospel so appealing? Because it promises joy! People generally desire to be happy, and by following his gospel, WE CAN BE HAPPY, no matter what. If you haven't had a chance to read Elder Nelson's talk on joy from the most recent conference, here it is! https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2016/10/joy-and-spiritual-survival?lang=eng&_r=1</span></div>
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-75932240227839980212016-11-14T21:16:00.001-08:002016-11-14T21:31:24.344-08:00The Tabernacle of Moses and The Beach!Jessica spent most of her time today writing to Amanda on her birthday and giving her some really amazing advice in preparation to serve a mission. Jessica's companion kindly sent her weekly email of their activities which I will publish below. It was fun to hear about the week through her companion's eyes!<br />
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"<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">This week </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">we had the opportunity to help build a life size replica of the tabernacle that Moses and the Israelites carried around in the wilderness. Its AWESOME!! We got to carry heavy things and wear jeans all day! It was the closest I have come to being normal on my mission and I felt so weird! We also went to the "beach" and got peanut butter milkshakes! It was great! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Sister Webb had a run in with the road and it was so scary but hilarious at the same time. We were jay walking/running across the street and she tripped on the bumps they use to help drowsy drivers wake up. I looked back to find her curled up in a ball in the middle of the road and I was prepared to stop traffic!! It was so funny though because she pops up and grabs her shoes and we ran across the street the rest of the way. We used the crosswalk on the way back haha!!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Wednesday we did weekly planning and got all the good stuff planned and figured out. Sis Webb made homemade salsa and it was super good!! Then we went down to help the Seapoint Sisters with their issues. We had lunch and they are in a trio so we talked out all their problems. We basically had a good sit down and tell us how you feel. It went super well and they are doing lots better now. Tears were shed and the spirit was felt. #SistersTherapyLeague for the win!</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">We had a lot of lessons to teach on Wednesday and went strong until dinner. We had to go to the bathroom really bad, so we stopped at</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> Jack in the Box and when we came out, all these gang guys were standing around our car and watching our every move, so we jumped in the car and locked the doors and drove off as fast as possible! We were laughing. We are really protected as missionaries and our week went really well and so fast! We have so many people progressing and I love being a missionary!"</span><br />
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I don't think I could even begin to adequately describe my week, but I will try!<br />
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I know it's hard to express feelings over email but this week I have an overwhelming testimony of this work! I KNOW that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints is the kingdom of God and it does have every saving ordinance and doctrine of the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is the only way to be eternally happy, this is the only way to return back to live with Heavenly Father, and this is the peace the world needs. I've thought about how as the world gets more and more wicked, we need more converted disciples of Christ to love and serve and be examples of hope and righteousness. I am touched that this week, FOUR PEOPLE THAT I LOVE decided to join the disciples of Christ! I am so grateful that God has asked me to be a part of His mighty work and wondrous glory. I will never stop being a missionary!!</div>
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<br />Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877484983482633054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164468892644318592.post-27142870935737967462016-10-31T12:13:00.001-07:002016-10-31T15:37:46.688-07:00Mission Prep, Temple Prep & My Week<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My mom asked me to focus my thoughts this week on the temple and preparing for a mission. Of course I'm thinking of Amanda who will soon be a missionary, but these thoughts are very personal and might not apply to everyone, so take what you would like from them . . .</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><u>The temple for me as a missionary:</u></b> I was really homesick at the beginning of everything. California, even though it is not Hong Kong, has a totally different feel than Utah. Homes here are different and everything felt messy and crowded,. The pace of life is fast and nobody wants to listen to you unless they have recently been humbled my the Lord. When I first got here, we had a missionary out with us who had just returned home from Mexico. He was shocked when the first door we knocked on was slammed in our face and they yelled at us to go away. He was more surprised when the people on the street weren't even cordial with us, even if they have nothing better to do. Everything felt superficial and hard. I was just tired and felt so far away from everything that was comfortable to me. We went to the temple, and the second I walked in, for the first time in two and a half months, I felt like I was at home. I went through the endowment with just complete peace in my heart. I wasn't worried or scared or tired. I was happy -FINALLY HAPPY. I cried because I was so relieved to finally feel normal. Then I went to the celestial room and told God how grateful I was for this home, His home. I asked Him if I could feel His Spirit. I feel the spirit powerfully, . . . that is something I have learned since I have been a missionary. The spirit comes to me with a very distinct feeling, and I can feel it any time I am worthy. But it usually only lasts a short time and then it leaves. This time in the temple, it just kept coming. There was no limit to how much I could feel it and it felt like home. It was wonderful. That is why I love the temple. I care a lot about the covenants I make there and I am keeping them, but on my mission, the peace and happiness I have felt there has been life sustaining for me! I love the temple because it is the closest thing to our heavenly home that the world offers. AND YOU CAN FEEL THAT when you go. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1) Practice teaching as much as you can . . . it is necessary! You should practice teaching every mission prep class. So sorry to the instructors who talk a lot, but practicing teaching is the way to go. The more we practice teaching, the better we will get. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2) Use the best three resources money can provide for missionaries every lesson: Preach my Gospel, The Book of Mormon, and recent RM's. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1) Homesickness- Recognize that you will be homesick for something. It may be your family, your old culture, watching movies, or living normal life. Everyone is homesick for something. I know very few missionaries who are never, and have never been homesick... and the ones who claim it are probably liars:) A good cure for homesickness for me has been journaling, praying, and reading The Book of Mormon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">T AND HER KIDS ARE GETTING BAPTIZED THIS WEEK! That's four people! The missionaries found T and her kids three weeks before I got here and we have been teaching them 2-3 times a week since I arrived. They are so neat and I really like them. They are golden investigators, and have been super prepared by the Lord. They were ready to be baptized when they were found. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first day together in our new apartment and it was FREEZING COLD!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Think I may be loosing it some nights!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is as dressed up as we get on Halloween:)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stole my comps companion in the bathroom #alwayshavetopeetogether</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glad she's the driver!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">THANK YOU Jim, Rach & Family for sending me a Halloween package. I LOVED IT!</td></tr>
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