tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59262036365160499792024-02-19T07:06:15.909-08:00Sister Catherine McMasterAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01113575466026415693noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926203636516049979.post-28987202184555744732015-01-05T14:47:00.000-08:002015-01-06T14:47:30.999-08:00Be Thou Humble<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hello Family Dear!</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">One cool thing from this last week, Sister Harris is teaching me how to play the guitar! Cool right? I've for the longest time been the only challenged one in our family that can't play any form of string instrument, but that my friends is changing! I can play a few primary songs and that's pretty sweet! The power of music is changing my life again and again. This week was weird because time is going by in weird intervals. Sister Harris and I are having such Joy though... it's pretty great. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">One of the best things to do as a missionary is to help people catch the vision of missionary work. This last week my favorite Sister Frahm had a tea party! She invited a long ago investigator and she came to meet a bunch of the other sisters in the ward. That was so cool! Missionary work is not about teaching people and moving on, it's about helping them build relationships with other members of the church, relationships that help them reflect on their own relationship with the Savior and have a desire to draw closer to him. That's what Sister Frahm did this week. I love seeing people be such talented missionaries. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We are starting to see people catch the vision of progressing. This week we'll be teaching Ashley the Plan of Salvation, the Elders taught her the restoration and we're going to keep teaching her now, I hope and pray that she continues to progress. I know that we are beginning to see people change we are seeing hearts soften we are finding the prepared and it's so cool. The Lord's work will not ever stop going. I hope we can each always try to see his hand in our life and progress the way he would have us progress.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I learned something cool in my studies yesterday. First of all it's really cool to see how you learn the same things again and again but they strengthen your spirit each time you learn them. Anyway I was studying 2 Nephi 29 and it was prophesying about the Book of Mormon. I love the Book of Mormon... but it talked about how it is proof that God loves all his children!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I love you all! Thank you for your encouragement and support. I'm praying for you all too!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sister McMaster</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01113575466026415693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926203636516049979.post-20634437718898079262014-12-29T14:53:00.000-08:002015-01-06T14:54:01.506-08:00I Looked out the window and what did I see?<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">SNOW FALLING ALL OVER THE TREE...S...</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hi People! How are you this blustery snowy morning? Living the High life of that week of no school? I hope so! </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So it was cool to see your smiling faces this last week and meet little Jace Face... He's just as cute as he looks in pictures so that's a relief. :)</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We're just going to town here in North Platte, it was cool because last week while I was e-mailing you I realized how important it really is to focus on the Temple (I guess you can receive revelation where ever you are if you're seeking the spirit) So we titled this week the week of progression. We are going to help this ward be progressing. We are all at different points but it is so important that we never stop progressing. We have to keep climbing up, no plateauing okay?</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So here's the Progress for this week... It snowed the day after Christmas... (thanks for hogging the snow clouds you crazies!) The Kroons now have an established vision of their family being sealed in the temple. That's cool! The Bowkers are also more committed to their goal of being in the temple again. We starting teaching their granddaughter-in-law and she's more committed to read from the Book of Mormon and learn. We met a lady that had received a He is the Gift card earlier in the week that accepted a Book of Mormon. We're working more with the members and helping them have a better vision of doing missionary work. The Clutters are praying for people we're hoping to teach. We're praying for people they're hoping to teach. It's a good system. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Missionary work is a work of progression. I feel like the more we do it we seriously do grow closer to our Savior. I hope you all understand that, that's why we'll all be missionaries for the rest of our lives okay? Our Savior is right there just waiting for us to choose to grow closer to him.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I love this promise. The lord will be our LIGHT forever. No matter how dark it may seem or busy or chaotic or whatever. Our responsibility in receiving this promise is to hear the words. Listen. So that's what I want to share with you this week. I hope you are all listening to the spirit. Stop and be still for a moment and really listen. Then let that light guide you forever because it will.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I love you all! I hope you have a fantastic week and New Years! Talk to you Next Year!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01113575466026415693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926203636516049979.post-12960662626127946042014-12-22T14:52:00.000-08:002015-01-06T14:52:42.189-08:00Let Earth Receive Her King<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Yellow Family!</span><br />
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Another crazy week out here in the fields of Nebraska! So much Joy, who knew that sharing glad tidings of great Joy would be such a special experience? It really is the most Joyous thing a person could do. Perhaps I mentioned this last year but I'll say it again, I truly feel that we were among the angels declaring good tidings of great joy at the time of the Savior's birth, and our spirits haven't changed! We to this day will forever have the greatest joy as we Declare this Joy! </div>
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So it was busy! Christmas Zone Conference was such a treat... So much love from all of those missionaries. President and Sister Weston gave training's on the Savior and how our hearts have been changed from reading the Book of Mormon. It was perfect. Because the Savior loves us so very much he gives us the opportunity to Change every day and he gives us a perfect tool to change us, the book of Mormon. If I haven't said it enough than I'll say it again, I know that book is true and I am so very grateful for it and the strength it gives me every single day and hour of my life. I don't know what I'd do without that. </div>
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We also were blessed with an opportunity to go to Kearney and work in the Kearney area for a day, that was exciting. Sister Lutz and Sister Wilson are our Sister Training Leaders and they are fantastic. They have such love and are very skilled in helping me personally to feel loved, appreciated and capable to press forward. It was a good exchange and I got to meet a family that Sister Youngberg helped activate, that was a tender mercy. I love all the people that we get to meet and to cross paths with. </div>
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Once back in North Platte it was back to work! We are trying to find a solid family to be teaching! We're doing what we can! I was reminded this morning about how important it is to be exactly obedient. That is our sole responsibility, the Lord will provide all the rest to accomplish his work if we are obedient. Cool right? It's simple but not so easy! </div>
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There are some incredible people we are working with however, families that are preparing to go to the temple! That's a really cool conversion to be a part of as well. We will hopefully be able to help these families have the Faith to Live all of the commandments and truly receive all the blessings our father has in store for them. That will be a miracle I hope to see, seeing more than one family enter the walls of the temple! (it feels like forever since I've been to the temple! It's rough living so far away from the temple!) I hope you all appreciate how close the temple is to you and take advantage of going often! That would be my Christmas Wish for you, that you get to all be in the temple together. I'll be there in spirit and we'll all go some day :) </div>
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I love you all so very much! I"m excited to see your little faces on Thursday! Thank you so very much for your love and support! Thank you for the letters and little packages! I appreciate all that you do for me! You truly are the best family in the whole world! Love you forever!</div>
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This week was transfers!! They took my Sister Newbold away! I was actually quite shocked! But it seems the Lord has plans greater than we can see so I'm trusting him every single day. It's the best!</div>
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My new companion is Sister Harris, and crazy enough she has served in North Platte before! (she was trained here by Sister Stiles... small world!) So she knows the area better than I do so that's useful! The ward was super surprised to see her back but it's cool to work with her. </div>
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Our week was kind of crazy! We were just going going going which is great, but also a bit tiring. We helped a family move in and are excited to be helping them adjust to the ward. We also had some really powerful lessons one with my favorite people the Redhouses... We invited them to read the Book of Mormon every day and if they did we'd act out the tree of life for them.... I never thought that would make an 8 year old so excited, so this week we have plans to act out the tree of life... should be pretty epic.</div>
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So weird study experience this morning I wanted to share. So I have a very distinct memory of watching General Conference with Grandma McMaster October 2003. I don't really know why but it was one of the years you all went to St. George with out me and I stayed with Grandma, but I remember really loving the talk by President Monson about bridges. This was just a vague memory but this morning I was reading Sister Harris' ensign which happened to be from Oct. 2003 and found the talk by President Monson. It's a sweet talk and I wanted to share with you the poem from his talk:</div>
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Hope you are all having a beautiful <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1833849693" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Monday</span></span>! It's crazy here... 70 degrees... so much for winter! But I'm not complaining. </div>
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So short update from North Platte. Things are going well, seeing miracles as always. We got to go on an exchange to Kearney! My first one in a while... it was a good little adventure :) We got to see Sister Smith and Sister Lutz! They're fantastic sisters that I love a lot! Sister Lutz and I shared the "he is the gift" video with lots of people and invited them to Loan a book of Mormon to someone by Christmas. It really is the best way that we can share the gift. Have you all seen that video? If not look it up here ya go <<a href="http://christmas.mormon.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">christmas.mormon.org</a>> it's a real treat. It is so powerful, I think I've watched it at least 50 times in the last couple weeks. </div>
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So ya see? The gospel is the gift from our Heavenly Father, and that gift is the atonement. Today in my studies in Moroni 7 (where you should be if you are caught up with finishing by <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1833849694" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">tomorrow</span></span>) I learned that Hope=The Atonement. So the gift that we were given upon coming to this earth was <b><span style="font-size: medium;">HOPE.</span></b> That is beautiful to me, I hope it is to you as well. I know that our Father in Heaven wants us to share that gift the best we can with whoever he places in our paths.</div>
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This week we found some new people to teach which is fantastic. A lady approached us asking how we knew that God was real, we told her that the Book of Mormon was evidence of God's love and that she could pray to know that God loves her. She took the book and gave us her address. So we went and met with her.. and she actually got baptized like 20 years ago... so kind of a pre-baptized investigator situation... but still a cool experience. She said she hadn't prayed in years because she felt like god wasn't real. But because we invited her to she did. And she said... "Sisters... I just know that God is real, he really answered my prayer" Such a sweet lady. I hope we can somehow help her progress in the gospel. </div>
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We also will be working with the youth and we have 3 potential investigators that are quite promising. We talked to a lady that had visited with Elders years ago and she was interested in us coming back... so lots is happening! We still have faith that people will have a desire to be baptized in the coming weeks. </div>
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Oh exciting family! There is a less active family named the Redhouses, and they have come to church the last 2 weeks. They have a son that turned 8 in July and isn't baptized yet, we finally got the Ward Council on board and it's amazing how that is what get things going! He loved primary when he went and the family is beginning to progress towards the temple, that is the most fulfilling thing ever!</div>
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We'll find our about transfers this week! I hope Sister Newbold and I get to stay together for Christmas! I'll let you know next week :) OH we also moved back into the Marshall's house yay! It's good to be with members again :) </div>
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Be happy and healthy! Don't get ear infections! or colds or any of that stuff. And keep reading the book of Mormon. That's all I got for ya. Love you to the moon and space!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01113575466026415693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926203636516049979.post-70741251243891150262014-12-01T15:28:00.000-08:002015-01-06T14:49:19.865-08:00Stand at the Door and Knock.<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Dear Family,</span><br />
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Really though. It was a sweet week. Faith building for sure. We actually got to go to a homeless shelter on Thanksgiving and serve Thanksgiving Dinner there. That was cool. We're going to start doing service there regularly, but it was so cool to forget ourselves and how we weren't with the people we're most grateful for (you guys!) and just serve people. That's the best thing about missionary work. You just get to love serving people everyday. It's the best thing ever.</div>
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Miracle of the week... so I'm sure you're wondering about how our 25 Book of Mormon loans did... well I'm sad to report we only got 15. So i'm assuming you all did your job and our combined efforts equal 25! right?! Haha regardless, our faith grew like a weed. (That's what Sister Newbold says grows fastest) ready for the story??</div>
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Praying. What's new right? We decided in our companion study that we needed to pray in every prayer to find a family to teach. Combined faith is super powerful. We went to district meeting and were inspired by a training that was recapping instruction from a General Authority, it was incredibly motivating and gave clear instruction on how we can work with the Members better in helping this work become a team effort. Then we received a phone call from a recent convert from Kearney (random... unexpected...) She asked us to come visit her because she was in North Platte for Thanksgiving. So we did. We drove to an obscure part of our area hoping to help this girl. While parking we saw a girl sitting on the corner of the street... "Go talk to her!" was the thought in my head... but the girl we were visiting ran out of her house and we didn't get to go see that girl... ( I mentally named her Charlotte..) Our lesson with her went well but it was time to go home after the lesson. No family yet.</div>
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Two days later: The girl from Kearney calls us again.... and wants us to come over again... (strange... we doubted our need to go) We called the Kearney Sisters to see if it would be helpful to visit her multiple times and they strongly encouraged us to go.... so we did. And again had a decent lesson with her in an obscure part of our area. This time it wasn't too late, so we went to go find Charlotte. We stood at the door and knocked. Miracle of miracles Randy opened the door. He and his family want to be taught, and they know 2 members of the ward. They were very open and we invited them to come closer to Jesus Christ. Doesn't mean they'll get baptized... but they could! My faith was strengthened. I know the Lord is aware of every single person in this world. He cares enough to teach us. So keep praying, and press forward when opposition seems to arise. He'll provide a way. He always does.</div>
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I hope to report more miracles. Mostly though I want you all to know how grateful I am for each and every one of you. I hope you have seen your testimonies grow in the last few weeks, I hope you thank our Father in Heaven for the testimony that you have. Keep the Faith! Love you all!</div>
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Happy Thanksgiving week family of mine!</div>
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Well you'll never guess, I learned new things this week, felt the spirit, worked hard, prayed hard, struggled some days, laughed others, and it was a really good week. Sounds like a week as a missionary right? Hope you're not bored to death of adventures in Nebraska, it's the greatest place on the earth right now. <span class="s1">North Platte</span>. Such a cool place to learn. I have no doubt that I am supposed to be here right now. It's been a week of struggling to know that, struggling to know how I can give my all in this area without throwing other peoples efforts out the window. It's a place where I'm learning more than ever to be humble, to serve better, to love more, to work the best way I know how and to <span class="s1">TRUST </span>that that's what the Lord needs. TRUST that the<span class="s2"> Lord will provide</span>. </div>
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So here I am a missionary serving in<span class="s2"> Nebraska</span>. Being a missionary is such a time warp that you sometimes need to stop and realized how incredible it is. It really is incredible. And it's incredible that all of you are where you are doing what you are doing right now! The Lord has a plan for you and he's guiding you and helping you become a little bit better than you were yesterday. For all of this we have so much to be grateful for. I decided the thing I am most grateful for is the Book of Mormon. That is the one thing in this world that I cannot imagine living my life without. It's changed my life. I hold it in my hands and it's like an<span class="s1"> old friend </span>waiting to share more light and knowledge. The power in it is more than I'll ever be able to put into words. This week I found a new scripture that I love. I flipped to it on a day that was hard... and it was exactly what I needed to hear. </div>
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verse 29 is my favorite because it paints this picture in my head.... there we are like a little person tied to a Balloon that just began letting out air... zooming around loop-de-looping up and down through the wiles of the devil and the cunning snares.... and<span class="s4"> </span><span class="s5">BAM</span>. We land there. Our IMMORTAL souls Land at the right hand of God. And why did they land there? Welp. it was because they read the Book of Mormon. They held on to the Word of God which is quick and powerful. So that is why I am most grateful for the Book of Mormon. It has the power to literally tie us back to our Heavenly Father. That is incredible. So we have decided everyone in the whole world needs to understand know and feel this power. So this week we are going to be giving 25 people a Book of Mormon. Because it's what we're most grateful for. So here's your challenge. <span class="s4">Join the cause</span>. Share a book of Mormon with someone because it's what your grateful for. If you don't feel grateful for it today...<span class="s5"> read it</span>,, and keep reading it until you feel the power in it that is tying you back to the very being that created you, I can absolutely promise you that you will feel more gratitude for that little book than you have felt for <span class="s4">anything</span> in this whole world.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01113575466026415693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926203636516049979.post-74681255883869638122014-11-17T19:31:00.000-08:002014-11-24T19:32:40.133-08:00Pray in Faith<div class="p1">
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Life is charming here in Nebraska. We had a spiritual feast this week, I wish I could send you each your own personal to-go box of the feast... because well it was delicious to the soul. </div>
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If you're smiling then I've accomplished my purpose, you don't need to read on. :) Really though, Elder Brent H Nielson gave some incredibly powerful trainings, as did his wife! My favorite thing that I learned was from Sister Nielson. She is a really powerful teacher! She taught us about how miraculous the Lord's work is and how we each truly are his instruments. She invited us to study Holiness, and to invite others to do so as well, so now you're smiling and have an assignment to study Holiness. (if you want to! but will you do it?) We can find holiness in everyday life. That was her message. Don't ever think that the trivial things you do are unimportant, Father in Heaven knows what you do, and needs you to be his instrument. Be an instrument of the Lord, not just a person doing everyday people things... cool thought right? So that's was what I decided to change this week, I want to really be an instrument in the Lord's hand, not just a missionary sitting in someone's home. There's a difference, but we cannot doubt our ability to be an instrument. We simply have to practice being holy everyday, and we can do all that we are needed to do. Simple yes, easy? Not as much... but most definitely possible :)</div>
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So we went on a road trip to Lincoln... which means Sister Newbold and I got to know each other really well... she's fantastic... we are like best friends. I'm so grateful to be serving with her now. We also are temporarily moved out of our housing... because the Marshalls have family coming in for Thanksgiving... So we live in a vacant house... that was formally owned by a lady in the ward. It's a tragic story about how she passed away in childbirth, long story short a man in the stake is taking care of the house and we get to live in it for 2 weeks. It's mildly creepy but kinda a neat experience. </div>
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There were miracles here in North Platte of that there is no doubt. I love it here. I love the people so much. How is it possible to sit in a Sacrament meeting and recognize the strength and variety of each of these spirits. They each have a special relationship with Heavenly Father, as a missionary you feel that, it's real. The Lord is so good to us. Having charity for people you've known for a week is a weird thing but man it's cool. We should all be missionaries for forever because it is the happiest we could ever be, hands down. </div>
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So one miracle was meeting Anne. So there is an incredible man in the ward named Charles. Charles goes by "Sarge" and is thrilled by anyone who will listen to his stories of when he was a Sargent in the military. He loves missionaries and the gospel but his dear wife is not a member. She's a tough cookie to crack but has a very sweet heart. Anyway, Sarge takes us to McDonalds once a week to get lemonades and to have a lesson with him and his wife. It's pretty great. This week we were able to talk to some of the other veterans that meet there. One of them is named Don. Don has seen the Sisters come week after week and was very aware that we love to do service! So he asked us this week, will you stop by and help me clear out some sunflower stallks? So we agreed! And the next day we were put to work clearing out his yard, after which we met his wife Anne. She's a sweetheart that loves to talk to us and share some of her faith. She hates calling us Sister so she calls me Molly... that's a little weird but I think she'll get over it soon. But the best part of meeting with her is that we were able to testify of Eternal Families! ( I just read Kasandra's e-mail and was super inspired... how cool that universally this is the best thing ever to teach people) The family is of God. There is no doubt about that and what a miracle that that simple principle ties us all together and back to Him, our wonderful Father in Heaven. </div>
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So North Platte is the Furthest West possible for Sisters in the mission... So I'm 4 hours away from Omaha and the mission office and the like. It's flatter here than any part of Nebraska I have seen ever. The people are classic Nebraskans so that's the same, and I still love being a missionary so that's the same! I completed a year as a Sister Training Leader so they finally put me in a "normal area" So only one exchange for me this transfer! Woot woot! That will be a weird adjustment but I'm really looking forward to being focused on North Platte 1st ward. :)</div>
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So it was a week of miracles. It was crazy to say goodbye to York. I knew my time there was probably going to be short but it was still hard to say goodbye. That area has changed my life and will forever hold a very special place in my heart. I'll be forever praying for Rene and Hilda's family! We set Sherman for baptism last week too! So I hope that that also goes well! He is seriously one of the most prepared people. We came back and he had watched the Restoration DVD and had all kinds of questions, he told us "I feel like I'm just like Joseph Smith, serching for truth" So cool. I'm sad I wont' get to teach him more, but I know he'll still progress. The Lord takes care of his children. </div>
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North Platte is so different! There are 2 wards here and it's kind of like a mini ish Lincoln or Grand Island (not sure if that means anything to you!) They had a baptism right before I got here so we have a fantastic Convert to help get to the temple (Troy) and a teaching pool to fill! I am excited to see the work explode here because that's the goal. One thing that really stood out to me my first day here was that the Spirit was so strong everywhere we went. Heavenly Father is ready for us to help strengthen this Area. Be perpared to hear about miracles next week!</div>
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Spiritual thought: I was studying in Alma 56 about the armies of Helaman (that's technically where you should be if y;ou're on track for finishing in December) They were powerful because they didn't doubt. How cool is that? I was pondering what it means to not doubt. That entails a lot! I started writing down all the things that I can say that I do not have any doubts about, I know that I am a daughter of God, I know that our Savior Jesus Christ truly knows our pains and afflictions but also our Joys, he just knows us perfectly. I know that the Book of Mormon is true, I know it is God's words for us today. I know that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God and truly restored the gospel to the earth. I know that our Family is forever. </div>
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It was cool to think of this list, to see that the things I don't doubt encompass my testimony. But most importatnly I can thank you Mom and Dad and family for helping that testimony to take root. I never doubted that you knew it. What an incredible thing. I love you all and I hope you have a terrific week.</div>
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Hmmm so what happened this week.... I ate ghost pepper chili! That my friends is never a good idea, ever. Don't do it because you will cry! haha I only dipped a corner of a cracker into it and it had me crying... haha. We had a chili cookoff for the branch and Brother Lindsey made his famous sizzle your face off chili. What an adventure! All the missionaries were the taste testers so we ate some of all the chilis and were required to try some of his.... thus a cracker dipped in slightly. Good experience nonetheless.. </div>
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We had some crazy adventures this week! We got a referral from a member which was fantastic... except he didn't know the exact address... just an appartment complex... so Sister Beers and I being crazy decided we'd try everyone in the complex.. because why not right? We found a new investigator named Sherman! It was cool, sometimes the Lord is just so good to us. Sister Beers also lost her voice (which wasn't cool...) But she sounded really funny... so that was funny...But we went to try the referral at their work (because we also had that information) But ended up just being weirdly creepy... and ordering strawberry burritos.. yup it was a good story but for some reason doesn't really make sense right now. </div>
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We had an exchange in Columbus which was fun! I got to make Cuban food with their recent convert. He started yelling at me in Spanish because I accidentally dumped in a whole cup of garlic... opps! But I was forgiven and we enjoyed fried fish and Cuban rice. We also taught an English class which was great because I've needed to learn how so we can teach Rene English. Rene is still set for <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_827994325" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">November 8th</span></span>, but will need to move it because we haven't been able to get people over there that speak Spanish... we told the branch council this and they were so sad there were several volunteers to help us teach him.. cool right! It's an answer to prayers really. The lord works in mysterious ways. We had tried several times to get an Hermana down to york for the day and everytime something would go wrong, So I thnk it's because the Branch will be strengthened as they take charge of this investigator. And we're praying his kids will follow too.. They're so sweet.</div>
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So a bit scattered here today, but very grateful for everyday. Being a missionary is beautiful. It's the most remarkably life changing thing a person could ever do. I don't know if I'll ever be able to express how grateful I am to be here. This week Sister Call, Sister Youngberg and Sister Schrader go home! Yikes! I'm going to miss their spirits out here in the field. That's half my companions... weird. So many things will probably be changing.... We have a busy week planned which is good because It helps me not stress about the coming weeks. </div>
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Sister Beers and I have been learning a lot about foundations this week (perhaps because our foundation in our house is letting in lots of mice... we caught two this morning... they run around with traps stuck to their legs... ick..but they're becoming cuter... maybe that's a spiritual gift so I am less afraid of the little guys) But really we learned about spiritual foundations, they are absolutely necessary to have. We both got to speak in church on Sunday (third time in this branch! that's more than my whole time in Fairview... haha) We spoke about missionary work (easy topic right?) I had this crazy idea to talk about powder... who knows why! But I talked about how when we first got Powder he would run around crazy, and we would chase him quite fruitlessly trying to bring him home, but then Dad would come home and would call for him and he'd be there in an instant. Then over time we each learned to call to powder with the power and authority that Dad did so that he would know his name. Similarly in missionary work we learn to call to people with the voice of the good shepherd. Sometimes as missionaries we run a muck... not super effective... but as we learn the voice of the Shepherd (through studying the book of mormon and prayer) We can learn to open or mouths and be the voice of the good shepherd. So that my family is why we read the book of mormon, and build our foundation on that. That we can be the instruments that the Lord needs us to be. </div>
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How are you today? (you should respond to this question) Having a happy week out in UTAH? Are you all pumped for GENERAL CONFERENCE!!! I sure hope so because I am! Best weekend of our lives right? Can't believe that it's here again. We are so fortunate to have a prophet that speaks to us every six months. We are so blessed.</div>
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So this week was really great and crazy and full of adventures and miracles and blessings and laughter and all of that good stuff. First off, good news! Rene (Hilda"s husband) Is going to be baptized on November 8th! He's super excited about it and asked us 3 questions after accepting the invitation 1. When will we invite his kids (answer this week!) 2. Will we teach him English and 3. Can he sing at his baptismal service. Great questions right? He's such a prepared person. He and his family are just such a blessing to the branch. I'm beyond grateful that Heavenly Father dumped this blessing into our hands. We literally witnessed a miracle with their family this week. They were having issues with their housing situation and things were looking extra bad. Things were falling apart and if they didn't get better there was a possibility of the kids being taken away.... so we were stressed, and so was the RS president and the branch president and everyone... yet as we went to help her in her home to fix things and clean Hilda was just bubbly as could be, she kept saying "we just need to Trust the Lord" or have Confienzas as she would say. So among all the chaos she ran into some random lady at McDonalds and started sharing the gospel with her and invited her to come to church.... (this was all she would talk about as we tirelesly scrubbed and folded clothes) She just kept saying "sisters I have work for you... for the mission" Best part of the story is that her friend that she met came to church, and loved it... and they passed the inspection and will get to keep their kids. Who knew the Lord could literally pour out these kind of blessings. My faith was strengthened soooo much! What a miracle. </div>
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So this week we had a mild winter scare and I had to whip out my sweaters and tights.... it was terrifying. Not to worry the Sun is back today and Fall is putting up a better fight I believe. </div>
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It was a really sweet week here in Nebraska, so many miracles so many smiles and tears and laughter and donuts!</div>
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So we had back to back Zone Trainings this week. One in Grand Island and one in Lincoln. Sister Beers and I gave a training on how we need to clean the inner vessel and really focus on strengthening our companionships in order to have greater unity in the units we serve and in the mission as a whole. I loved this topic! We have a greater desire to do missionary work if we love our companions! So I thought we could apply that to our family! When our family is unified we are more likely to be doing missionary work. So here's the question: How can we be unified when we're all everywhere spread out and far far away? Well for starters the gospel of Jesus Christ unifies us (see 3Ne 3:7 for a bad example of something that unifies people) so how can we strengthen our Unity as a family? that's your pondering question okay? Yeah we trained on that and it was really cool how our companionship was strengthened. Sister Beers is a really fantastic missionary and I love working with her.</div>
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We also had exchanges this week! We got nearly rained out in the first exchange and had some crazy interactions with people. We taught the restoration to this new investigator and she was super receptive, then at the end she was like "I'm not going to commit to do anything! Get out of my house!" So I guess the wicked take the truth to be hard maybe? She was kinda sweet about her rejection... maybe we'll stop by again if we're in her area... haha. On our exchange in Lincoln I got to spend the day with Sister May... she's a rockstar! For our morning exercise we walked to a donut shop... and bought freshly made cherry turnovers... (perhaps not the most useful exercise of my week) It as delicious... we also had some crazy weird lessons.. but the joy of bearing testimony of the Book of Mormon comes whether they reject you or not :) </div>
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So to top off our crazy week Hilda got baptized!!! It was one of the most powerful baptisms ever! She was so spiritually prepared. I can't even describe to you how humbling it is to see someone accept the savior and his atonement. It changes people's lives and it's amazing. As she came up out of the water she just stood there and held her chest, she was just soaking in the spirit. I truly believe she received a new heart as she made the covenant to serve god until she dies (Mosiah 18:13) She walked up the stairs and said "Sisters, I feel different, but i'm not complete yet" And after her confirmation yesterday she was just beaming. She told Brother Byers, "I feel like a flower that has blossomed!". Man I wish you all could see how incredible this is, it would totally eliminate any fears you ever have about sharing the gospel. What an incredible week.</div>
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Well I love you all! I'm doing well out here in the middle of nowhere fighting off mice and crickets... It prevents sleep occasionally because I dream about mice...that's kind of horrible. I hope you don't dream about mice.... and yes we woke up this morning and one of the traps we set out is missing... and we found a tail... so now we may not be able to use our kitchen. Pray for our toes! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01113575466026415693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926203636516049979.post-17071913246839309082014-09-08T10:54:00.000-07:002014-09-29T10:54:50.476-07:00Tender Mercies: Our Little Reminders to Smile<div class="p1">
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How are you all doing this week? Hope you're smiling a lot, life is such a happy thing and we should always remember to smile! How's your book of Mormon reading going? If you're on track for finishing by Christmas you should be starting 2 Nephi... so Book of Mormon Marathon if need be :)</div>
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We had a busy week yet again! Heavenly Father truly guided us with where to be and it was a privilege to be a missionary this week. </div>
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Don't have lots of time so I'll just share with you my favorite moment of the week: Hilda is progressing so well! We had a lesson at her house with Rene and the two of them are fantastic. After talking about the Book of Mormon for a little bit she got really excited and asked us to help her find a scripture that she could share with her friend that recently lost her mother. She then proceeded to tell us all of the people that she has been telling about the Book of Mormon, and how she's been inviting them to see how it can change their life. She then whispered to us (while Rene was in the other room) "I asked him if he knew it was true, and he said he does... " Wow! So Hilda is convinced that he will want to get baptized soon too! We'll need to find a real spanish teacher though because he speaks less English than Hilda... but He and I make a deal that for every time I pray in Spanish he prays in English... it's great. I love working with these people.</div>
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We had Leadership council this week which is one of my favorite meetings. I love seeing so many powerful missionaries. It's super motivating and I'm excited to share that excitement this week in our Zone trainings.... We'll be in Lincoln and Grand Island... so it's going to be a crazy week! </div>
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One other cool thing, we had a Relief Society Stake activity on Saturday and I went to Kearney! That was my first time there.. it was cool to see the place where some of my favorite companions served for a really long time. Joannie was supposed to come but couldn't make it :( Hopefully we'll be able to teach her about Joseph Smith this week! She had so many questions! </div>
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Well, I love the Book of Mormon, it's so powerful.. Read it everyday for the rest of your life. I'm so grateful for the strength that it has brought to my spirit. I know that no matter where you are in life it will strengthen you and you will truly have a greater understanding of God's love. How sweet that is, keep reading family!</div>
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So we went on exchanges in Grand Island this week, I think it's the 3rd or 4th largest cities in Nebraska... so bigger than York. It was good to be in a city kind of again. I also got to work with the Spanish sisters. I spent the whole day with an Hermana... and alll of our appointments were with very non-english speaking hispanics. How fun right!? I felt so lost and confused the whole day! Ha ha actually it was a miracle because I understood quite a bit.. I just couldn't really say anything. I tried though! In two of our appointments they asked me to pray! I think I understand better what it feels like to be someone unfamiliar with prayer, it's quite scary to be praying and literally to not know what words are accurate to bless a family. I did my best though and the spirit was strong so it was a really good day. One crazy moment however was when we were in a lesson with their Investigator Osday, and in walked two deaf ladies that were signing in Spanish.... talk about a braincram.. I had to just stop thinking because they were like soap opera-ing and I wished so badly I could put on some subtitles or something haha it was funny. </div>
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So humbling experience! Remember how Hilda and Rene are amazing? But also we are teaching them in English when their prefered language is Spanish? Well we found out on Thursday night that Hilda was't clear on the word of wisdom (we finally had a spanish team up who could clearly explain it to her) So we had to move her baptism to Sept 13, so she can be all ready! It was probably one of the hardest moments I've had as a missionary. I really didn't want to move it because she is so sincere! And she was so willing to give up her Tea once she understood... and it was "just tea".... I was really trying to justify but the Lord's will is so important! After lots of prayer and scripture study Sister Beers and I decided we did need to move it. And man the Spirit truly testified that this was the right thing to do. We both felt at ease. </div>
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I'm so grateful that Heavenly Father does help us grow each week, I hope you all have been able to recognized his goodness in your lives this week. I love you all and I pray for you!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01113575466026415693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926203636516049979.post-52198988318704304212014-08-25T10:42:00.000-07:002014-09-29T10:42:42.842-07:00August 25<div class="p1">
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Hello! How are you today? Healthy? Happy? Seeing miracles? I hope so! My week here in York was quite eventful. We've been going crazy getting things all situated for Hilda's baptism this Saturday! It's amazing how much opposition is coming to Hilda! Her family probably has to move this week, they had to start school, health issues... the list just keeps going! But she has such great faith and knows how important her baptism is. We sort of teach in spanglish... it's interesting but I think that we're understanding each other somewhat, so that's good! Fortunately the spirit doesn't need a translator so everyone can understand, that's one of my favorite miracles.</div>
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We also had zone conference this week and we focused on the Book of Mormon. It was amazing. One of the best zone conferences ever. I don't usually cry a lot but the spirit was so strong I was like sobbing.. weird. Did you realize how powerful the Book of Mormon truly is? It's so fantastically life changing. I was reading in Preach My Gospel in Chapter 5 (best chapter!) and there are activities at the back (pg 112) one of the questions asks you to pinpoint a scripture in the Book of Mormon that has changed your life. Have you ever asked yourself that question? I did during personal study and I had a hard time finding one moment, it's hard to think of when your life changed. Do you have a life changing scripture? Honestly the whole book has changed my life that's why it's hard. One scripture I do recall as changing my life a bit was Alma 34:41, sometimes we don't really think that we have afflictions but life can be hard! We get stressed a lot, but that scripture answered a question of my soul and was clear assurance that as I patiently worked through the challenge, I would one day find rest. That's the purpose of the Book of Mormon, to speak to your soul. How has the Book of Mormon answered questions of your soul?</div>
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So President Weston challenged us as a mission to read the Book of Mormon together! We are starting it Today and the goal is to finish by December 8 (Christmas Zone Conference) I wanted to invite you to read it with us too! It's 5 pages a day, so not too bad! I know that the power that comes as we all read from the book of Mormon is so real and can truly change our lives. Are you up for the challenge? </div>
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The rest of our week was really fantastic, we had an exchange with the Yankee Hill sisters and Sister Papavero came to York with me, that was cool to have a Full exchange finally(where one of us is in each area) we went to Adopt-a-pet and played with a blind dog, Joannie loves it when we give love to god's creatures. She's seriously like a dog missionary, I hope she continues to progress and read the book of Mormon! We also went to Nebraska City this week, which is great! I really like Nebraska City, and the amazing miracle was feeling charity for the Sisters that are serving there. I didn't know one of them very well (which is weird for me because I'm getting to the point that I feel like I know every one really well) but I was struggling with loving her for some reason, so I prayed for charity, and guess what!? By the end of the exchange I loved her a lot. We left smiling as we drove back to York.</div>
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Missionary work is so happy! I hope you all are able to have a happy week! Look for missionary opportunities, not because I told you to, or because you feel guilty if you don't, but because it makes you happy. If you want something to smile about share a simple truth you know to be true with someone you love. I love you all so very much. I'm grateful for your love and support! </div>
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Happy life lovely family! How are you all doing today? Wonderful I hope? I love you all so much and I hope you know that this gospel is worth it. Every sacrifice we make for it is worth it. The Lord loves us so much.</div>
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So this week I experienced joy. This is something that you experience a lot in life but I have never felt such incredible joy as hearing Hilda and Rene (her husband) do their best to tell Sister Beers and I in English that they know what the Holy Ghost feels like. I literally just can't put it into words but I know that her strength will do so much for our sweet little Aurora branch. She's solid and is set to be baptized on the 30th, We'll be seeing her this week with lots of members, I know that it will strengthen them so much!</div>
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We had a really busy week, Sister Beers and I trained in the Grand Island zone training and the Lincoln South zone training as well, and President showed up to the one in Lincoln so that was a pleasant surprise! We talked about consecration, and how when we put our whole heart into the work we see with the eyes of God. We literally see the miracles that he puts in our path because we aren't distracted by anything else. It's exciting to invite other missionaries to commit to be more consecrated. </div>
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After our training on consecration we got to drive with a member to Central City! That's the other half of our area, (did I mention that York is just like a 10th of our area?). Sister Carr and her family are like the most amazing people I have ever met...you all need to meet them. First of all she drove an hour to come pick us up for dinner, then we got to her house and we made homemade churros! (totally delicious!) and they told us about why they live in Central City. (because it's literally in the middle of nowhere!) They had no intention of living in Nebraska but really felt strongly that Heavenly Father needed them there. They put their trust in the Lord and now they are such a strong part of the Branch serving humbly all along the way. I'm so grateful for their example. It's not always easy or convenient to trust the Lord, but man the blessings that come from doing so are so worth it. Don't ever underestimate God's Love! When you are obedient he pours out blessings, no questions asked!</div>
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So yes, A wonderful week In Nebraska. I love Sister Beers and I love being a missionary. I'm grateful for all of you and I hope you continue to enjoy the miracle that Heavenly Father places in your paths. Let me know about them! I always love to hear about your miracles too :)</div>
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Glad to hear everything with the Wedding went well this week! I prayed for all of you! I know that this is where I am supposed to be and I love it here with all my heart. Good luck with school starting up! Don't have too much fun getting smarter!</div>
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So news here: Transfers! Yikes how I hate this time of mission life... it's mega stressful...I kind of knew Sister Wrubell would be leaving (because she had been here for 10.5 months) But I selfishly hoped she'd stay... but the Lord knows best and Sister Wrubell is off to Sioux city to work her magic there! And I get to work with Sister Beers! Woot woot! She's like a walking angel... so sweet and I'm excited to work with her. She was just barely with Sister Schrader so that's kind of a cool fun fact. </div>
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So there we were... trying to locate the yellow house where Hilda and her family live currently.... upon finding their sweet little house we were warmly invited into their home where Maria (the oldest daughter) excitedly told us she had made browinies for us! So we sat on this little couch and were talking to Hilda and Her husband when Hilda interrupted and asked "When are you holding a baptismal service?, I'm ready to be baptized". I've never had someone say this, I didn't know what to say! haha I stumbled through words and said, well I I guess on the <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1069911597" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">30th of August</span></span>... blah! Haha so we will probably move her date up but she's so determined to be baptized. She's the sweetest woman I know. And continued to tell us about how she's been able to feel the spirit so strongly and that she has really felt like this is the best thing for her right now. Their situation right now is super crazy but she kept saying, I know that this is where I need to be. I love her so much. The branch is thrilled to have them and is so supportive of them as they prepare to be baptized.</div>
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Other adventures, we canned a lot of green beans with members this week... we ate a squash from Sarah's garden, we chased geese for a few moments... we found some lost sheep(not actually sheep... less active members who aren't on our records) We are seeing so many miracles here in York. I love it here! We get to go to Grand Island, Central City, Aurora, and Lincoln this week! Woot woot! </div>
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Well I hope you all have a beautiful week, I know the Lord's hand is in this work. I've been learning a lot about how consecrating our efforts truly allows us to be instruments in the Lord's hands. I feel so blessed to be able to serve a mission. I know it has changed my life and I am so grateful for the faith of the people I meet and the people that are at home. You are all fantastic. The church is true, don't forget it! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01113575466026415693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926203636516049979.post-89634227349539196722014-08-04T16:54:00.000-07:002014-08-06T16:56:11.041-07:00Whale of a Tale...<div class="p1">
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So this morning the geese were running wild, we had a horrible encounter with a cricket and a goat tried to eat my hair... phew! But we also had really good studies and the book of Mormon is amazing. I'm reading in 3 Nephi 28 and it's amazing. It's the part about the 3 Nephites, they don't want to ever stop serving the Lord and because of their desire they will never taste of death. Sister Gomez an amazing Sister that was in my first ever district told us this last week that this is her motto, she want's to be a three nephite missionary, a never ending missionary. How cool is that? I love this idea. I don't live every day waiting for tomorrow, I love and serve today because today prepares me for eternity. That's the eternal perspective family, we don't live for endings we live for eternal beginings. (I'm pretty sure President Uchtdorf said something like that...) </div>
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This week was really really busy, which is good but also stressful and exhausting! But I loved it :) We saw so many miracles. We started off with an exchange in Columbus! How sweet! I haven't been to Columbus since my first transfer in Nebraska! Talk about a weird flash back! It is such a cool place and the Sisters there are in a Zebra companionship (meaning one english and one spanish sister) They are soooo cool and we saw tons of miracles. We met some super interesting people and we ate fresh cucumbers! Cool right? </div>
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Well the church is true, I know Heavenly Father Loves you all so much. Thank you for your faith and prayers. Thanks for being my favorite people on the planet. I hope you have a fantastic week and don't forget that I love you!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01113575466026415693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926203636516049979.post-80280643543745966592014-07-28T16:53:00.000-07:002014-08-06T16:54:17.219-07:00Called to Serve "Yay God!"<div class="p1">
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So I guess I'll tell you about my interesting week. Lots of miracles happening everywhere we turn. We were in our area on Tuesday and Wednesday (two days in a row!) York is a fantastic little town. We went and did service at an animal place called Adopt-A-Pet, we meet fantastic people there. Our favorite is a woman and her husband (Jim and Joannie). They are an elderly couple that has been through a lot, they're a little rough around the edges looking but the sweetest people on the planet. Joannie has such a big heart and talks endlessly about how each creature is a child of God, she gets so excited when different dogs get adopted she throws her hands up in the air and shouts "Yay God!" It's fantastic. How sweet of an example she is to so many people. I learn from her to be grateful at all times. We should always remember to stop and thank the Lord for the incredible blessings we receive each and every day. </div>
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Sister Wrubell and I celebrated Pioneer Day on Thursday! We dressed up like pioneers and listened to the Trek National Tribute CD as we drove to Hastings (aka through 8 million cornfields and pastures) to go to our district meeting. It was the most epic trek of our lives. Haha the best part though was when we told Sarah (who we live with) about our fantastic day and she said "I thought you always dressed like pioneers" haha what a turkey. It was a memorable day though! We had to feed the chickens of some members that went out of town so we just felt so pioneery! Did you all enjoy pioneer day? </div>
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Then Friday and Saturday we did back to back exchanges so we got to go to Nebraska City and Lincoln, It was exhausting! But also soo good! It's really an incredible opportunity to see how each sister is doing. The spirit is really strong when we are on exchanges. While in Nebraska city we went up to the little city of Auburn(passing by the little city of Peru.. who names these places?)and Sister Stutler and I were able to have a lesson with this really sweet lady! She was a friend of a member and had so many good questions! We sat in her kitchen cutting green beans and talked about the restoration of the gospel, and the sweet 17year old girl that came with us testified of Joseph Smith and how he restored the truth to the earth. I love hearing the testimonies of the future missionaries of the world, what prepared people. It was a really cool lesson. In Lincoln we saw lot of miracles too! And I had the most awkward lesson of my life.... you'll have to write me a letter about it for more details... but basically when we got there there was a Jehovah's Wittness teaching our investigator in some chinese dialect... talk about random... I didn't even know what to do... so I prayed! That went well... :S</div>
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Then Church yesterday was busy! HIlda's family made it for sacrament meeting, unfortunately Julie's family didn't :( Both families have a lot of struggles but Hilda just kept saying "I know that it's probably time for me to get baptized" I would love to see her family make this covenant and be able to be sealed together for eternity! What a cool thing. I love them so much. I really love this branch too, they are so supportive and fantastic.</div>
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So yes busy long week! Hope I haven't bored you too much. I hope you are all having an enjoyable summery week too! Can't believe that this week is that crazy kid's sweet 16! wow! Thom you are so old. Have a happy birthday week! Let me know how your week goes!</div>
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One of the most worrisome animals ya know? You have no idea when it will hop... just like the toster you never know when it will pop! But the work of the Lord is cooler than both because we don't have to worry, it will pop when it's supposed to and when it does you just embrace being showered with blessings. That's the kind of week I had family... that's it.</div>
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Where to even start really though? How are you all doing? Probably not as hot and sticky as I am but that's okay. It's good to see you climbing to the top of mountains and such! Let me know when Jace goes mountain climbing... :) </div>
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So we had a busy week! We do as much as we can when we are in York because we have to leave a lot for weird meetings and such, so it's like power missionary work. I love it. We got to take Debbie to the Trail Center this week. I love the trail center! We were able to show her paintings that are on exhibit there and they were so powerful. They are pictures of Christ serving and then a parallel picture of a pioneer serving the same way. It's amazing to me to see that Christ's mission was to serve and love and that is our mission as well. We get to serve and love the way the Savior did. Debbie opened up a little bit about how she feels about the church but she still seems to be an enigma. </div>
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Oh! Sad story, so we got a call from Elder Coleman (the car guy) and he said to Sister Wrubell and I "sisters, are you sitting down?" Which is always the worst question to be asked on the phone.... then he talked about how we have to make sacrifices as missionaries.. yatat yata... But he told us he was taking away our Truck, so we sobbed a little bit... haha but we get a Jeep! So we weren't too sad, only kind of really sad. </div>
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Okay so here is the gem of the day, here is the pop of our week! So we have been teaching a lady named Julie, who is set for being baptized on the 9th of August, she's been super hesitant lately and we haven't been sure how to help get over that barrier, but then one day we went to her house and there was another family over and the mother (Hilda) was so excited to see us! She started going off on how she had been preparing to be baptized in Las Vegas but when she moved here (over a year ago) she wasn't ever able to find the church. She was so excited to come to church and her excitement just rubbed right onto Julie who stared asking us lots of question about baptism. :) So Hilda and her 6 children and Julie and her 3 children all came to church yesterday! WOW! I've never felt so excited like ever. Best day ever! There were 97 people in our branch house (Almost enough for us to be building qualified!) Best line of the day as Hilda's little clan walked through the door "whelp... we just turned into a ward" haha. THe miracles that heavenly father has in store for us are just fantastic! </div>
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I'm so grateful for all your love and support. The work is hastening here, how's it going in Cottonwood Heights? You having fun missionary experience amongst your crazy summer adventures?? I hope so!</div>
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I love you soo much. Press forward, keep choosing the right and don't worry, the Lord's work will pop when it is supposed to. </div>
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