tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89740077135890200682024-03-04T22:54:58.636-08:00Sister Friend Vickie Nelson on the Square January 2013- June 2014Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299533936166318287noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8974007713589020068.post-131517721566372842014-07-14T20:05:00.003-07:002014-07-14T20:05:25.751-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The meeting started out so differently than usual. Instead of the piano playing and the sisters chatting with each other noisily, they were all very quite except for the sisters sitting next to our guests. Welcoming everyone after the song and prayer we had everyone introduce themselves. Then we dove right into the teaching by partnering each companionship with a guest. For 45 mins we taught. We than came back together and had open feedback time form those who we taught. It was really nice to ask directly for feedback. All of them had really positive comments including feeling the spirit, although described differently than we would. Some said, "My thoughts were just very clear, and I knew it was true." and "I could feel from how you boldly talked about it that it was something worth finding out for myself, I just didn't know how." Than we had comments that helped us learn how to be better, "I was a little confused. You talked about a lot of different things that did not connect together." or "If you were a little more confident I would feel more assured about the things I do know that are true." </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="14737e955cfa3250_14736b4bbc1314ad_11"> </a> And behold, <span style="color: #990000;">I am the light and the life of the world; and I have drunk out of that bitter cup which the Father hath given me, and have glorified the Father in taking upon me the sins of the world</span>, in the which I have suffered the will of the Father in all things from the beginning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="14737e955cfa3250_14736b4bbc1314ad_12"> </a> And it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words the whole multitude fell to the earth; for <span style="color: #990000;">they remembered </span>that it had been prophesied among them that Christ should show himself unto them after his ascension into heaven.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="14737e955cfa3250_14736b4bbc1314ad_13"> </a> And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto them saying:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="14737e955cfa3250_14736b4bbc1314ad_14"> </a> <span style="color: #990000;">Arise and come forth unto me</span>, that ye may thrust your hands into my side, and also that ye may feel the prints of the nails in my hands and in my feet, that ye may know that I am the God of Israel, and the God of the whole earth, and have been slain for the sins of the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="14737e955cfa3250_14736b4bbc1314ad_15"> </a>And it came to pass that the multitude went forth, and thrust their hands into his side, and did feel the prints of the nails in his hands and in his feet; and this they did do, going forth one by one until they had all gone forth, and did see with their eyes and did feel with their hands, and did <span style="color: #990000;">know of a surety and did bear record, that it was he</span>, of whom it was written by the prophets, that should come."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He <i>has</i> taken all things upon him. For us to happily return to our Father. That is why we do the things we do each day (this is for those of you reading this email, yes YOU:) Not to make life hard or because you are supposed to. This is WHY.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Than right after the greatest thing happened! Our investigator sean (fake name) from California came! We finally met him! His family was doing a trip to the national parks in Wyoming and Utah so he made them stop in SLC. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We met him over Mormon.org chat about 2 months ago. He is the one that was interested because he went to a church building to check it out while traveling through utah. We thought it was institute he went to but he explained he just saw the church logo and went inside. It was actually a seminary building. A young guy probably 17 showed him around, even though it made the kid late for school Oh man am I exited to thank that kid, if not here than in Heaven for taking that time out to give a tour to Sean who was a stranger and just wondered in. Sean was so surprized when he found out that all those kids volunteered to get up so early and go to a scripture study! Man again, you have no idea what impact you have on others. It started with that young man and now Sean is planning on being BAPTIZED in September! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He also wants his family to learn about the church and experience the discipleship of the members as well. He brought them the next day (his parents and aunts) so they could have a tour from us and know that we believe in Jesus Christ too. They come from a non-denominational church and didn't know much about our church other than our nick name. They loved the tour and were so much fun. Than we dropped them off at the Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration movie. When we picked tem up his mother was deeply touched. She said she had watched the movie with Dale before, but watching it again it really touched her. She later made a comment of how it felt so different on Temple Square than anywhere else. I used this questions an opportunity to explain the Light of Christ. With already having a christian background she really thought it was just the Location. I testified to her that it was the truthfulness of the teachings that are here and that she can continue feeling this way as she learns at home. I could see her thinking more about it. Sean was so pleased. He really wants her to also be baptized</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">said it so well after htey left: "I feel like we knew them before." I do feel like that as well. It was really hard to say goodbye. Sean is planning on coming back for October General Conference though! </span><br />
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This week has been incredible. It was filled with fun too! We had alot to do on canada day (mission leadership council and district meetings) so we just dressed our best in white and red. Than for Independence day the mission had a BBQ with J-dawgs! I didn't know wht they were until I had them either, no worries! But they are delicious! I am sorry family but I really Like the USA. I really consider part of me to be american now! (along with all the nationalities of my companions.) </div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">We had the finish strong meeting. I didn't realize the time was far spent until than. We were going around saying how we would be strong. i blanked. I jokingly looked at president adn said, "what do you think about giving me a 14th?" Than i bust out crying. Like I mean ugggs crying. Nose running, shaking to catch my breath. it was weird. All I could say was: "I dont want to finish....*trying to catch my breath*...I just want to meet our baptismal goal." I guess it just hit me. Sister Sorto promised me we would not talk about that event anymore hahah.</span></div>
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A testimony is a spiritual witness given by the Holy Ghost. The foundation of a testimony is the knowledge that Heavenly Father lives and loves His children; that Jesus Christ lives, that He is the Son of God, and that He carried out the infinite Atonement; that Joseph Smith is the prophet of God who was called to restore the gospel; that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Savior's true Church on the earth; and that the Church is led by a living prophet today. With this foundation, a testimony grows to include all principles of the gospel.<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;"></span></div>
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“A testimony of the gospel is a personal witness borne to our souls by the Holy Ghost that certain facts of eternal significance are true and that we know them to be true. Such facts include the nature of the Godhead and our relationship to its three members, the effectiveness of the Atonement, and the reality of the Restoration.”</div>
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I am so grateful for this powerful tool Heavenly Father has given each of us. Size does not matter, it is simply if you,"open your mouth".</div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">Hello Everyone I Love!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #222222;">Life is swell at the square. Cool new news!:</span><br /><br /><ul>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="color: red;">Top secret!</span><span style="color: #222222;"> The church has produced a new movie that will play in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building instead of the Movie about Joseph Smith and the restoration. It is really good, Sister mulliner and I ushered for the General Authorities to watch it (Tad Callister was there! With another famous one I cannot remember his name but he is African American!) and got to watch it as well. IT is a very good introduction to the church for those who are just learning or have never heard of it. IT focuses on the lives of members around the world, its kind of like a documentary. One family they focus on live in Atlanta Georgia and he is a black bishop, another is a couple from brazil and the wife and husband work together teaching boxing while the wife does it at a professional level, another is a man from Peru who is a humanitarian and the last is a missionary mom and her conversion! I was slightly critical until I saw it, but its amazing and i wish every investigator could watch it. it shows how applying the teachings of Christ can help everyone despite their situation and it gets rid of stereo types. It should be publicly accessible soon they just have to have the General Authorities approve it!</span></li>
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<span style="color: purple;">Crazy stuff just found out our progressing investigator in B</span><span style="color: purple;">razil got baptized! We were teaching her through email. We found her through</span><span style="color: purple;"> </span><a href="http://mormon.org/" target="_blank">mormon.org</a><span style="color: purple;"> </span><span style="color: purple;">chat and helped her until the local missionaries got to her, than helped her when they couldn't (like odd hrs and with things she wasn't comfortable asking them about. Christianie is the best! I love her!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">We finally got a hold of one of our potential investigators Ureco. Ureco lives in Florida and is deaf. Sister Mulliner has been calling him over the video phone for months now and finally last week he answered it! I am learning ASL with sister mulliner and I want to keep on learning about it. Mostly because it is really hard for deaf people to go to church. If they dont have someone to interpret for them it is really boring. I can only imagine it would be like going to a Chinese ward week after week for me. So that was our big concern for Ureco. Find him a translator for church. There are sometimes deaf branches in big cities but often not. And in his area there was not. We told him that if he prayed and we would pray with him the Lord would provide a way. And guess what HE DID!. The moment we finished talking with him we started to call the bishops in his designated steak. We Left a message one ones phone telling him the situation. We were so appointed at the time, but went out on the square to help take tours and proselyte that way leaving it in the hands of the lord. We got back the next day to our computers and found a message in our voice mails, from that very same bishop. When we called him back he said that he had correlated with the bishop that is the bishop for Ureco's designated ward (thats a miracle in itself! Bishops are so busy, they have good reason to be with a full time career, family and service in the church. I have never worked with such quick and resourceful bishops before!) When we called that bishop he told us....wait for it.......wait for it.....their was a member of their congregation who translates for a deaf member as well. WOW we only prayed for a translator but now he has a potential friend too! Heavenly Father really does answer our prayers and works in the details of our lives!</span><span style="color: #45818e;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">There you go! That's your invite to </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">FOCUS</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> and prioritize your lives to make scripture study and family prayer </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">EVERY DAY</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"> and family home evening. The Lord will help you fulfill this commandment as you put forth effort and you will witness his help intervening in your life. I testify to you, not just as Vickie, or vicbic or as Sister Nelson but as a representative of Jesus Christ that He lives. As you follow in Christ's footsteps you will someday look up and be before your Father who is in heaven. I know as you do these 3 simple things you will be able to, "</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">look up to God at that day with a pure heart and clean hands.... having the image of God engraven upon your countenances" (Alma </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_589916413" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">5:19</span></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">). I promise this in the name of Jesus the Christ. Amen.</span></span></div>
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Life is good, no Life is the BEST. I am back with sister Barros teaching up a storm. But first watch this video, it is Christ teaching as a young boy. Every time I learn more about the life and ministry of Jesus Christ I strive with more devotion to be more like him. I hope it does the same for you:<br /><br /><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><u><a href="https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2014-01-003-young-jesus-teaches-in-the-temple?category=bible-videos-the-life-of-jesus-christ&lang=eng" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.lds.org/media-<wbr></wbr>library/video/2014-01-003-<wbr></wbr>young-jesus-teaches-in-the-<wbr></wbr>temple?category=bible-videos-<wbr></wbr>the-life-of-jesus-christ&lang=<wbr></wbr>eng</a></u></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEghN8SBxU87bE-nnPHwAIVMuY9reMs4nqOi1rHOTQzPv1_hN5mYyCzklEfGWle7vhGCnTbeQUjXusxIpFehY9bAHR9eu82-W1HEPrsv1mnMi_u6Upt_mRYUAfrgA4znoxs-MTlIvqehP_dxMVbx0eIGoxpiLOdQB57XaCodDrpVBc5FljvUpPrdCnvMXnx_aD7gws8=s0-d-e1-ft" style="display: inline;" width="420" /></span><br /></div>
I finally feel like I know what I am doing here! it only took alittle over a year but I got it! ahahah I seriously would do this for the rest of my life if i was permitted to have the family move here. When ever I think of how short I have left I get sad and have to stop thinking about it. We are teach a guy named troy from Ogden UT. Both of his sisters are baptized members, him and I assume his parents are still catholic. We taught him the restored gospel yesterday with a member on the phone as well. The spirit was so strong and I can tell he is being prepared by the lord because he is catholic and excepted the need for a restoration of Christ's teachings with is very uncommon. When the spirit was strong my companion asked him: "when you come to know these teachings are true troy, will you follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized by someone holding the restored authority of God?" Without hesitation and conviction he agreed. Than I was prompted to say, "How would you come to know these things are true?" This is why I love Troy so much, he said, "by living them". he is so smart and I know he has already felt this because he has gone to church several times with his sisters. Than we extended the goal to be baptized on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_350421974" 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;">March 30th</span></span>. He agreed again without hesitation and conviction. These are litterally the happiest moments of my life. Guiding others to Christ so He can lead them to their Heavenly Father.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img alt="Inline image 1" class="" height="315" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=45b9b8a43c&view=att&th=144dc2b8b5c87c14&attid=0.1&disp=emb&realattid=ii_144b813377a246b5&zw&atsh=1" width="420" /></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">It is good to be back at temple square!</span><br /></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Ps. Shout out to Tanner for the letter and sharon, mom, dad, friends from wisconsin and sister Johnson for the email! Letters and emails are a rarity for sisters in my class, so one goes a long way.</span><span lang="es" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> gracias </span><span lang="es" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">los amigos</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299533936166318287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8974007713589020068.post-32154699829573106422014-02-28T15:39:00.002-08:002014-02-28T15:39:36.228-08:00From irmã to 姐妹<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
<span lang="pt">Olá beautiful people! This week has been a marvelous work and a wonder. So many changes, so many lessons and even one baptism! Last Wednesday morning President Cutler (president of the Wisconsin Milwaukee Mission) called me to inform me I had missed my <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1911239814" 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;">8am</span></span> flight to SLC neither of us knew about! He than informed me that my next flight was leaving the following morning at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1911239815" 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;">9am</span></span>. This gave me just enough time to say goodbyes:<br /></span><br /><span lang="pt"><span lang="pt"></span><br /> Alex (the sisters recent convert)<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img alt="Inline image 2" class="" height="314" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=45b9b8a43c&view=att&th=1447ad807af35636&attid=0.4&disp=emb&realattid=ii_1447a39c3441c36d&zw&atsh=1" width="420" /></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">the elders in my district</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img alt="Inline image 3" height="314" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=45b9b8a43c&view=att&th=1447ad807af35636&attid=0.6&disp=emb&realattid=ii_1447a3ac5000cd34&zw&atsh=1" width="420" /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="pt"><br />packed my belongings, do some good old fashion door knocking and mall contacting, part from my companion sadly and hop on a plane. It was so quick, that day and serving in Wisconsin. I am so greaetful for all that I learned and experienced there. I learned from the best missionaries I know in the world (believe me I know, this was my 3rd mission people!). I also learned to rely completely on the Lord, the spirit and my companion. I feel blessed to have that experience. King Benjamin can explain it much better than I can:<br /></span><br />"as ye have come to the knowledge of the glory of God, or if ye have known of his goodness and have <sup>a</sup><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/4?lang=eng#" rel="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=bofm&bookUri=mosiah&chapterUri=4&noteID=11a" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">tasted</a> of his love, and have received a <sup>b</sup><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/4?lang=eng#" rel="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=bofm&bookUri=mosiah&chapterUri=4&noteID=11b" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">remission</a> of your sins, which causeth such exceedingly great joy in your souls, even so I would that ye should remember, and always retain in remembrance, the greatness of God, and your own <sup>c</sup><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/4?lang=eng#" rel="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=bofm&bookUri=mosiah&chapterUri=4&noteID=11c" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">nothingness</a>, and his<sup>d</sup><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/4?lang=eng#" rel="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=bofm&bookUri=mosiah&chapterUri=4&noteID=11d" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">goodness</a> and long-suffering towards you and humble yourselves even in the depths of <sup>e</sup><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/4?lang=eng#" rel="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=bofm&bookUri=mosiah&chapterUri=4&noteID=11e" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">humility</a>, <sup>f</sup><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/4?lang=eng#" rel="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=bofm&bookUri=mosiah&chapterUri=4&noteID=11f" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">calling</a> on the name of the Lord daily, and standing <sup>g</sup><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/4?lang=eng#" rel="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=bofm&bookUri=mosiah&chapterUri=4&noteID=11g" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">steadfastly</a> in the faith of that which is to come, which was spoken by the mouth of the angel."<br /><div style="text-align: right;">
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Well when I got off the plane I was greeted by sister Garrick! It was a joyous reunion! (we served together in the mission office 6 months ago.) And seeing many other sisters I have missed. Walking back to the Square from the apartments I felt at home and peace. Not only have I grasped my purpose as a missionary (<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>To invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in <a href="http://mormon.org/jesus-christ" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Jesus Christ</a> and His Atonement, repentance, <a href="http://lds.org/study/topics/baptism?lang=eng" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">baptism</a>, receiving the gift of the <a href="http://lds.org/study/topics/holy-ghost?lang=eng" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Holy Ghost</a>, and enduring to the end.</i>) but now I have the knowledge of how to do that here on Temple Square.<i> </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">This week I had some interesting lessons over the phone and on the square with Sister Barros (from Brazil in her 3rd transfer. She is one of the most soft spoken yet powerful missionaries I have ever met, she has taught me so much in this little time we have had together). We called one of our chat investigators (anna from the UK) from the summer and recieved the lovely news she had been baptized that past <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1911239817" 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;">sunday</span></span>! She is so sweet and it took awhile for her to know the church was Christ's true church today restored, but once she started to actually read the Book of Mormon she knew. Every single conversion I have heard always has to do with the Book of Mormon. Once we actually read the book, think about it and pray to ask Heavenly Father about the teachings in it we are more converted. Its that simple and its that true!<br /><br /><img alt="Inline image 6" height="314" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=45b9b8a43c&view=att&th=1447ad807af35636&attid=0.5&disp=emb&realattid=ii_1447a8067abfbd55&zw&atsh=1" width="420" /><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No pain no gain right? We are frrrrreeezing but we had a neat experience right before debbie's appointment. We were driving to her house and I felt prompted to stop at certain complex of apartments. Sister reed and I felt strongly a miracle was going to be there waiting for us! We prayed that we would be able to have the spirit to help us recognize it and be given the words to say when it did. We knocked the WHOLE thing and nothing! So disappointed we headed back to the car. As we were getting in we heard a young man calling us back saying, "did you know on my door?". We ran back to the door and started teaching him. As we did sister reed connected right away with some of the issues he was currently struggling with and I was prompted to share the account of Jesus praying for the children in 3 Nephi 17. Christian, standing in his shorts and a T-shirt almost freezing to death stayed outside adn talked with us for at least 20 mins. After we said a prayer with him and were about to leave he tld us that he took awhile to get to the door because he was nervous to answer it. When we knocked he had been praying to God that if he really wanted to help him that he would send a miracle to his front door. WOW. We told him of how we ended up knocking on this apartment building. The spirit was very strong as we bore witness to him of his worth and How Heavenly Father really did love him and that's why he sent us, to share with him the restored Gospel! IT was by far one of the coolest experiences I have had while serving. The church is true! Christian is heavily involved with his church right now so we are doing what we can to meet with him and teach him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="color: black;">This is soo true as we were talking with one person (maria the devout catholic who had gotta be at least 102 years old haha) I was going to give up, I felt it was not going any where</span>.<span style="color: black;">Than I thought of her beloved husband, who passed away a couple of years ago. I knew he was being taught on the other side of the veil. I than was filled with more desire to reunite these two people through the covenants that are essential. As she went on about how the boy who shovels her side walk had tried to scam her out of more money, I asked her how that made her feel in the end. Through this random tangent we were able to teach her how to utilize the atonement to repent and feel refreshed and full of love towards all men.</span> <span style="color: black;">Right than and there I asked her to try it to pray and repent. She said I could ahahaha. So I prayed and repented for her ahhaaha. Not exactly how its done but she did feel the spirit and committed to continue to try this for herself. THis is great I figure she already has immense faith in Jesus Christ, she is now repenting the next step in the gospel is baptism right? hahaha or I can somehow take a picture of her birth certificate and get baptized for her, I would just have to wait a couple years or sooo......hey! it worked for repentance! ahhahaah<br /></span></span></div>
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Here is the update with our people we are teaching(or trying to. I have changed the names) We have not been able to meet with Sarah and Megan, although we have tried, but texting daily scriptures has been the only communication they have responded to and are appreciative of. The Smith's family (Megan's fellowshippers) are trying to set up a lesson this week.<br /><br />We have met with Murray (a less active member of many years now, but has shown some interest in returning in the past couple months) with the ward mission leader and his family which went well. It is difficult for him to attend church because of work conflicts. We have recently built a better relationship with Bishop Nussbaun, He is an amazing leader (while being a young father and an ER doctor) and is striving to work with all of the members especially our recent convert who is fighting depression currently. For her we are scheduling regular appointments again but always having her home teachers, visiting teachers or fellow members leading the discussion to help her build faith. We have been able to teach several lessons through mall contacting and door knocking. It is fun! We also had a pretty funny experience with a Lutherine Family who was referred by members of our ward. Judy and Bob were borne Lutherine and go to Bible studies and hymn singing every week! They love singing the Lords prayer so much that in the middle of our discussion of Romans 8:16-17 how we are literal children of God Judy stood up and started playing and singing! It was lovely and strange. Bless their hearts, we may go back when they get back from snow-birding in Arizona.</div>
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All my mission I have planted seeds, never fully able to see the fruits of my labors. It had me down this week a bit until the Elders in our ward sent us this scripture:</div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px;"> Now he<span style="font-size: medium;"><em> <span style="font-size: x-large;">[she] that planteth and he that watereth are one</span></em></span>: and <span style="font-size: medium;">every man shall receive his own</span><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/1-cor/3?lang=eng#" rel="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=nt&bookUri=1-cor&chapterUri=3&noteID=8a" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-size: medium;">reward</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> according to his own labour. <em>For we are </em></span><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/1-cor/3?lang=eng#" rel="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=nt&bookUri=1-cor&chapterUri=3&noteID=9a" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-size: medium;"><em>labourers</em></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><em> together with God</em></span>: </span>ye are God’s <sup>b</sup><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/1-cor/3?lang=eng#" rel="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=nt&bookUri=1-cor&chapterUri=3&noteID=9b" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">husbandry</span></a>, ye are God’s building. According to the <sup>a</sup><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/1-cor/3?lang=eng#" rel="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=nt&bookUri=1-cor&chapterUri=3&noteID=10a" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">grace</span></a> of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But <span style="font-size: medium;">l</span>et every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.</div>
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This Gave me so much comfort, I think my expectations for outbound were to finally reap all the rewards of my labours on Temple square. I know this is not Heavenly Fathers way. I also have faith in and have seen many progressions in those around me. This is His work and I am greatful to help build those foundations for Him.</div>
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What did Santa get you for Christmas? I got a self heating jacket, fuzzy warm PJs and Davids tea! (herbal tea yum) the best. We went to families houses all Christmas eve and day. We shared the Christmas story from the Book of Mormon with Nephi and angels telling the story!</div>
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<em>And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God. - Alma <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1282456371" 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;">7:10</span></span></em><br />
Lift up your head and be of good cheer; for behold, the time is at hand, and on this night shall the sign be given, and on the morrow come I into the world, to show unto the world that I will fulfill all that which I have caused to be spoken by the mouth of my holy prophets. - 3 Nephi <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1282456372" 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;">1:13</span></span></div>
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A man unhappily answered his door and opening it a crack he said, "cant you see?!" while gesturing up. We were so confused. He continued to gesture up and than said, "just above the door, you see it right?" We finally were able to see a tiny metal fish hung just over his door. We said "oh the fish?" "YES, I'm Lutherine" followed by a large door slam. What is that about? We laughed so hard.</div>
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WE DID IT!!! The Wisconsin Milwaukee Mission reached 300 Baptisms for 2013! This is very great and memorable time for the mission. This is a goal that we have been striving for, for a long time! Through faith and diligence!</div>
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"And now, i ask, what great blessings has he bestowed upon us? Can ye tell? Behold i answer for you; for our brethren [<i>and sisters</i>], the [<i>Wisconsinites</i>], were in darkness, yea, even in the darkest [<i>coldest</i>] abyss, but behold the marvelous light of God! And this is the blessing which hath been bestowed upon us, that we have been made instruments in the hands of God to bring about this great work. Behold, [<i>300</i>] of them do rejoice, and have been brought into the fold of god." <b>Alma 26:2-5 </b></div>
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<strong>Love you all family! Thanks for all the cards and presents that were sent (from fam and friedns) LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU ALL</strong></div>
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(Be prepared for this). So on transfer day, we moved from the Jones' house for a few weeks while they have family in town. They need our room for other people! So we are living at the Stake Presidents house while they are on a trip to California! It was a crazy move because we stayed one night at a different members house between moves. The night we were between moves MY COMP got the flu and was up all night sick! So we had to take a day and sleep by order of the mission nurse haha. Then we moved in to the new house and unpacked. Then that night there was a mega snow storm and we got about eight inches of snow! So Church got cancelled for most of Wisconsin, but luckily ours didn't! Sister reed and I are working really hard to find people to teach, but it doesn't seem like much is happening.. yet. It has seemed like every roadblock we can think of has come up to prevent us from fulfilling our purpose. But it's His work, so we will await when the people are ready. We have some really big goals though, so we'll make it through.</div>
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All that aside, we had a fun experience with a referral we got this week:<br /> When we went to see the lady we got as a referral, we were welcomed in by her husband before he even knew who we were, it was really funny! Then when she came in, she proceeded to tell us about how she was a Minister for the Lutheran Church.. and gave us a sermon for an hour about circumcision and women's rights! Baaahaha, it was crazy. We tried sharing a Christmas message with her by having her read a scripture in Luke Chapter 2, but she read the verse.. and kept going.. and then went on about the circumcision thing. Oh boy. (her wig was a little crooked so it was kindof hard to stay totally focused on her eyes). Moral of the story is... sometimes we have expectations that seem totally perfect and we prepare all we can, but it still goes way off from what we expected. But that's okay!! These things just happen sometimes, and if we sit and stew in it, thinking "I prayed about this! I felt it was right! I thought that Heavenly Father was leading me..", then we're never going to progress. Sometimes experiences just happen. Sometimes there's something we need to learn from what happens to us, but sometimes we just have to let things go. And maybe that takes learning in itself.</div>
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I love you all. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas holiday! Keep Christ close to you. let Him walk with you. He came into the world to do all the Father asked him, so to accept Him, I invite all of you to study His life and discover what He can do for you every day, and then live off what you know. I can promise you that if you will live the teaching He gives in the New Testament as well as the Book of Mormon, you will find Him, and you will be happier. I have been so blessed as a Missionary to stand as a representative of Christ. His name is written on my tag. My prayer is that His name can be written on our Hearts. He loves you!!!</div>
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"Christ says, ‘Give me All. I don’t want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want You. I have not come to torment your natural self, but to kill it. No half-measures are any good. I don’t want to cut off a branch here and a branch there, I want to have the whole tree down. … Hand over the whole natural self, all the desires which you think innocent as well as the ones you think wicked—the whole outfit. I will give you a new self instead. In fact, I will give you Myself: my own will shall become yours.’” (C.S. Lewis)</div>
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Here are a bunch of random questions family/ friends have asked so here are the answers!</div>
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<strong>Are you a missionary that like walks around talking to people now?</strong></div>
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Ya i am one of those missionaries now that walk around! Its pretty cool you meet all kinds of people and get to go to chruch with familis adn little nuggets (kids). I found this part of<a href="http://lds.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">lds.org</a> the other day and it is full of sweet videos about christmas and jesus christ. I really liked the video called emanuel or soemthing, it really helped me feel the spirit.</div>
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<strong>And where in wisconsin did you get sent?</strong></div>
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Brookfield, it is a city just 15 mins from Milwaukee and kind of a ritzy area. People have really big homes with huge lawns and drive ways which doesn't make any sense with the amount of shoveling they have to do with all the snow but different strokes for diffferent folks! There are also alot of trees! like leafy ones so they look really cool with all the snow it is beautiful.</div>
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To answer your question my mission is THE BEST! sometimes I get sad but when I have happy moments, like when I'm bearing my testimony, reading the scriptures and something finally makes sense, praying and I feel Heavenly Fathers love for me or I am laughing with my companions so hard I get a stomach work out. Its the best! So I am so happy that I remembered you told me you wanted to serve a mission. Is that still true?:)</div>
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<i>"A dispensation of the gospel is a period of time in which the Lord has at least one authorized servant on the earth who bears the holy priesthood and the keys, and who has a divine commission to dispense the gospel to the inhabitants of the earth. When this occurs, the gospel is revealed anew so that people of that dispensation do not have to depend basically on past dispensations for knowledge of the plan of salvation. There have been many gospel dispensations since the beginning. The Bible suggests at least one dispensation identified with Adam, another with Enoch, another with Noah, and so on with Abraham, Moses, and Jesus with His Apostles in the meridian of time. Paul writes of "the dispensation of the fulness of times...The fulness of times is the final dispensation and began with the revelation of the gospel to Joseph Smith. It is a glorious time, the time in which we live today...Although the Bible contains historical information pertaining to the ancient prophets and patriarchs, it is latter-day revelation that makes it clear that the leaders of former dispensations had the gospel of Jesus Christ and that certifies to the divine calling, ordination, and high intelligence of those early brethren."</i></div>
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The thing that helped me understand was that even before I knew all about these things I knew in my heart and leaned upon my faith. Now that I know them I still must lean upon my faith. It remindes me of a talk by Elder Holland a 12 apostle who said: "...remember, <b>in this world</b>, everyone is to <b>walk by faith</b>." ("<i>Lord I Believe"</i>April 2013 general Conference). In order to gain this faith I must read and pray. This is the same for you. I testify to you, as you do these simple things that can take 10min only per day, you will gain this testimony and feel His love as well.</div>
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Life is good here! IT IS FREEZING! I mean we know cold but this is entirely different! When you look out the windows and it looks like a sunshiny day you need to bundle up because you get outside and it is unbearable! When there is snow you know it will be warmer. It is so weird here! But no worries I am smart I wear 3 pares of socks, a warm scarf, 2 undershirts, a sweater, my big parka jacket, gloves inside mittens and "hot paw" warmers in my boots! I am set :) nothing can make the warmth of the spirit leave me!</div>
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It feels so right being here! I love it hear I feel right at home with the ward! My flight left SLC at 830am. I flew to Georgia atlanta than to Milwakee. In georgia I asked if there was a smoothie shop to a lady. Her ascent was so thick and her drawl so crazy I said "okay thank you very much!" and walked in the general direction she pointed in I had no clue what she actually said! hahha It felt so weird be on my own while traveling. It was such a relief so be greated by President Cutler and Sister Cutler at eh airport. They took me to the mission office there where I did some driving tests and got approved! Than they took me to there house where I was interviewed and had dinner wither their family. They are so nice and young! They still have a 15 year old daughter at home. They moved from SLC to Wisconsin in July to serve this past summer. Than they took me to meet my new companions! I am loving my two comps Sister Reed (she is a hippie and I love her, and she loves essential oils). She is also the very kind and considerate of others needs at all times. I have no clue how she does it so much and all the time. And sister Brewster (who is the sassiest shortest diva in the funniest way possible who loves food I call her a Buffalo nugget cuz she is bite size and spicy!) She is so short like 4.11" I swear she reminds me of the dwarf character on the Chronicles of Narnia hahahahha. She also connects with people and our ward very well. The first full day I got there was Thanksgiving! We had four meal appointments! (don't worry Aaron I refused to eat deserts or stuffing and paced myself so I didn't get a stomach ache!). It was great to meet the ward members some investigators and recent converts. THe people have funny accents but they tease me like im suppost to have an accent its so funny. The work is slow becasue we are in a ritzy and highly catholic / lutherin nabourhood but its good. We have a new finding stratigie (? I can't spell) that is using a youth talk given to us by our mission president by Diane Holster. She talks about 2 different types of conversion that everyone needs to be sucessfully and continually converted. 1. Social 2. Spirtual. It helps teach how members can do the social and missionaries the spiritual. It is really good, her parents did it with their kids because they were promised in blessings that if they had their whole family work together in missionary work they would never fall away. Since than her family has had over 50 missionary discussions in their home and 30 baptisms. WOW. It is all through simple means as well. I will send a CD home with the notes sheet. Its great too because she is from Wisconsin and has a funny accent! I love you all But got to run! BYE LOVE YOU!</div>
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This is going to be random but long story short BEST WEEK EVER!<br /><br />Sister Kuo and I are doing swimmingly! We are on track with the 12 week program, tired (like missionaries should be :), Using methods from the "adjusting to missionary life" booklet and preaching the gospel to every Asian from nu skin convention haha. But really we have received many miracles this week. The man Leo (about in his late 20's) was such a miracle. He is from the Bejing area here with his fiance for Nu Skin. We met him alone awhile opening the Joseph Smith Movie an we could tell he was experiencing the feeling of the Holy Ghost for the first time. As we identified to him what that feeling was he asked how he could essentially feel it more and become more familiar with our religion and join it. We arranged to meet with him after the movie to discuss what he watched and teach him more. When we did we answered many of his questions and taught the restoration. We also taught him how to pray. He told us how he was already Christian, but how he wasn't very familiar with it. We invited him to pray, to read the Book of Mormon and to meet with us the next day. He did and he brought his fiance! He wanted her to experience everything he had. We than taught them both the plan of salvation and the power of praying as a couple relating it to sister Kuo and I how it has strengthened our teaching companionship by involving God in it. They really liked that. Leo also confided in us that he really did know that God existed until he prayed the day before with us. He said he knew in that moment that God did exist and was watching over him. WOW. I feel Leo, jessica and China are very ready for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am going to have to start practicing my mandarin more!<br /><br />Today on the Square we met a man from china who was trying to get in adn take pics of the temple from the lobby lol. Jian was crazy but he accepted to read the BOM. He also told us he has faith in prayers being answered. This is his story: "I pray for many days to get a paper [Visa] to live in the french. One night I just pray and when I close my eyes I saw a image in my mind. A face with BIG smile was looking at me and nodding!" I wish you could have seen him showing us with his own face so funny and so sinseare. He asked if that was from God. Sister Kuo looked at me... and I said "The Holy Ghost tells us in many different ways that God loves us." He than said "are YOU god?!" Even though I understoud he didnt actually think we were god but he was unable to phrase what he was thinking, I assured him we were not but God sends messengers, and we are representatives of Jesus Christ serving to deliver this message to God's Children. The simple version of the restoration, introduction to the book of mormon and about 30 mins later he had a chinese book of mormon, a large smile on his face and many other materials. He accepted the invitation to read, pray about the book of Mormon (teaching him to pray was a whole other story ahaha) and to have the local missionaries in Pennsylvania to teach him there. He was one of the strangest contacts I have had on temple Square. The spirit was definitely there though, so all is well all is well.<br /><br /></div>
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One of my favorites is Jonni. She is in her 6o's and we met her after the movie "<i>Joseph Smith: the Prophet of the Restoration" </i>as we were closing the film. We were actually late and when we got to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building everyone was gone. I felt so bad because I know missionary opportunities there are few and far between but when they come they are solid. There was one person studying the timeline of Joseph Smith's Life. For a moment I thought, "oh we shouldn't bug her" than the spirit firmly prompted me that we needed to speak to her. We went over and the moment i said hello to her I knew why. As she spoke to us her countenance was changed. I had never met her before but I knew it had. Jonni was experiencing the spirit work in her in a way she had never experienced before. Its hard to understand or describe what this is like until you experience it for yourself. I have seen it in every person that is taught a doctrine of truth that rings true to them or just makes sense. I think the best way to describe it was Jonni was radiating the light of Christ, or as sister Kuo would say "there is a 'spack-oh' in her eyes!" We testified that the Book of Mormon was true and that she can continue to feel the spirit in the way she was right now when she reads it. We gave her a copy and exchanged information. She hs been to temple square everyday since that day. She came to hear our mission music fireside (which was so fun and the spirit was very strong), and yesterday we read the book of Mormon with her and taught her to pray out loud (she does in her heart but never out-loud) and ask for specific questions to be answered. Jonni is a choice spirit. We invited her to attend our temple square sacrament <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_597810122" 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;">on Sunday</span></span> and to Music and the Spoken Word. We are also trying to get her tickets to "Savior of the World" (which we saw as a mission last night so we can invite people to go to it, it was very good I highly suggest going or looking at it). She is only here for 6ish more days however and we haven't been told when it starts. The best part about it all is she wants to read the Book of Mormon with her Husband and son! To describe Jonni she has grey curly shoulder length hair, glasses, wheres jean button up shirts and is my height, she is sooooo cute. Her personality reminds me of a more laid back version but just as forgetful and sweet as mom!</div>
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Funny fact: The Mission Music performance held in the Assembly Hall was really good. We have been rehearsing for it for along time. The purpose was for our investigators and other missions investigators to come with their missionaries and feel the spirit through the music. There were violin, choir, harp, flute, acoustic, viola, and ASL. They were great! My favorite song was a group of 6 sisters who sang Joseph Smith's First prayer to the tune of Homeward Bound. I felt the spirit testify strongly that Joseph Smith did see heavenly Father and his son Jesus Christ. Than there was a traditional folk song written by the choir director that was suppose to be what the pioneers would have sang. It was weird. The worst part of it though is that there was a dance that went along with it. Can you guess who was dragged into participating in it by their precious companion they love so much and would do anything for? You guessed it me! I felt ridiculous we even danced in the audience, which completely weirds me out. I didn't even know the dance so I kind of just followed in the direction everyone was going in when I wasn't laughing or waving at a cute 3 year old girl in the row closest to me. Needless to say i have left my dance career behind long ago when I was 9 in jazz.</div>
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So yesterday morning Sister Kuo and I had Tabernacle duty. That is where we are assigned to greet people who walk into the Tabernacle and use it as a finding and teaching tool its very effective....when there are people. That morning no one walked in for over a half hour! We were walking around, singing songs and chatting when an organist started practicing. He played a song that reminded me of a carnival song. We fought it at first but than we would not take it we started dancing about. All of a sudden we heard laughter from behind us! A couple was standing there watching us bust our moves! We all laughed and we apologized for not being more professional. They assured us that for 22 year old young adults we were doing pretty good. Man I can't believe it, in the tabernacle you can hear a pin drop but you can't hear a door open? What's the deal?<br />
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we went to a space museum for our last pday! we are on the moon in this picture! This mission really doesn't have any boundries!<span style="font-size: x-small;"><img alt="Inline image 1" height="421" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=45b9b8a43c&view=att&th=1426cc1ccc9ae8d5&attid=0.2&disp=emb&realattid=ii_14239b9ea04ba543&zw&atsh=1" width="562" /></span><br />
here is a picture of sister Kuo and I! this is her first time experiencing snow! what a hozer eh? she was so excited! She has been one of my favorite companion. She is so strong, fun and has an amazing testimony. I am so sad that on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_597810121" 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;">nov 27th</span></span> I'll be leaving temple square for my outbound mission experience. I really wanted to finish training her and learning from her. I know though that I will see her again when I return to temple Square. I really feel like I will stay good friends with her for a long time or at least I hope so.<br />
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thanks a lot dad! I had no idea about Thierry, and as I read about your experience I realized how ungrateful I am for my situation. We get to teach every single day here, people<i> ask </i>for us to teach them. wow I need to repent and get back to work. That's actually what sister Kuo and I did. We recognized that we were not trying to be exactly obedient in all things even the easy little things. we recognized and repented as a companionship and resolved to help each other by correcting each other and consciously repenting daily for our short comings. What a blessing this has been. We have received 5 new investigators since I last emailed! As a missionary here and in general like you said we do not see the fruits or the exponential effect we actually have. I know I must trust in the Lord and his plan more.<br />
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PS SHAWNY!!!! MOM TOLD ME YOU PASSED!!!!! congrats!!!!!!!! So prouddd of you, may the plumbing force be with you!!!!!<br />
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Wow general conference was amazing right? It was busy for us sisters with a 7:30 am start S<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_947075335" 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;">aturday</span></span> and S<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_947075336" 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;">unday</span></span> and a 930 pm finish each night but man was it worth it! My favorite highlights from watching the S<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_947075337" 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;">aturday</span></span> morning session was: Elder Bednar's talk on tithing:<br />
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<i>"Sometimes we may ask God for success, and He gives us physical and mental stamina. We might plead for prosperity, and we receive enlarged perspective and increased patience, or we petition for growth and are blessed with the gift of grace. He may bestow upon us conviction and confidence as we strive to achieve worthy goals. And when we plead for relief from physical, mental, and spiritual difficulties, He may increase our resolve and resilience..." </i></div>
The best part is when he throws down (in a Christ like way) and invites the world to repent:<br />
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The other talk that pricked my heart was by Elder Edward Dube (of the 70). His words inspired me not that I am reaching the half way mark of my mission and can help many others I believe in any stage of their lives:<br />
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<i>"As a boy working in the field with my mother....we had been working for along time...I stopped to look at what we had accomplished and said to my mother look at what we have done! She did not reply finally she turned to me and said 'Edward, never look back look at what we still have to do<b>.'....To be a disciple of Christ (baptized) is a life long commitment.</b>"</i><br />
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I announced and messed up so badly but i did manage to say "hi there! my name is Sister Nelson your neighbor from Canada! as a missionary and a member of the church I have felt the peace and joy that comes from the gospel of Jesus Christ. Although I am large in stature and may be intimidating i would love to help you with your missionary work! thank you." It was fun but i don't know if I like that many people staring at me...as I mess up haha.</div>
It was great to see some friends too! (Katie and Dan Baradoy, Laura Dunford, Carlos Rojos, Heidi Halsted, Tyler Henry, Tanner Hopkins, Kent Harker, Sister Simpson & Sister Garner, David and Peter Blomfield, President Craig, any Canadians! and many more!)</div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">My favorite part was uplifting members on the square and in the beehive house (we covered for 3 hrs.) One member in particular I will never forget. This brother was sitting outside of the Assembly Hall during Priesthood session. As we casually talked with him he told us he was a recent convert and from what we sensed with the help of the spirit he was struggling with understanding and applying the gospel of Jesus Christ and his marriage. We invited him to read Sister Stephens talk from the Saturday </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">morning Session. It is about the important role of men and women and how working together to keep our covenants is the way to attain salvation and true happiness. He seemed a little shocked and than explained how him and his wife were having problems with seeing eye to eye and struggling. We than promised him as he did this and followed the gospel of Jesus Christ with his wife they would be able to be happy again. Heavenly Father really does place people in our paths and guides us in what to do to help them. In that moment through really listening and discerning through the spirit we were given the words what to say, just like in D&C 100:6. </span><br />
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This email is going to be a little scattered because people keep on coming in and out of our office, but if you don't mind neither do I!<br />
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Hearing about Uncle Frank in the letter mom sent me was so sad, he will be in my prayers along with the rest of the family. (Uncle Frank and Aunt Vickie helped me a lot when I was making important decisions, I am so grateful for what they did for me). SHOUT out to Aaron for contributing to my mission. I appreciate it so much! This is the happiest I have ever been and it is only possible because the support I have back home. SO thanks I love you.<br />
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WOW tell ROBBY HEY! and i miss his stinkin guts. lol its so weird its been 2 years since he left<br />
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I was reading a scripture that goes along with that the other day:<br />
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"Seal you his" To live with him and our families forever. The importance of temples are really manifest through this.<br />
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I had a prompting to call a member who was preparing for his mission when I met him at last conference, even though I didnt know why I called him anyways and explained why i was calling. Turns out he leaves for Tahiti in January!! Ye-haw. Than he explained how he was having a lot of temptation thrown at him lately. As we talked more, we realized his temptations were the same as mine before I left. I was able to advise him on what to do to defeat it. :) heavenly Father knows us all very well.<br />
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I have been having miracles in being able to have time to teach this week (because sister bahr is amazing) and because the Lord is merciful. I have reached 3 people I have been trying to teach for weeks now and received many referrals from people themselves that are interested in learning more! One man was on one of our tours was baptized a member when he was 8 but because his parents were not he fell quickly into inactivity and has little to no experience or knowledge of the church. He was however recently with his wife (former catholic) looking for a religion for their little young family of 4. I was able to get the information needed to send him the Book of Mormon, a finding faith in Christ video and the missionaries. I am praying for his family every prayer I have now.<br />
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These are a few of the miracles that have been pouring out. I love temple square so much! I am so happy to tell everyone I was told by president Gillette today that I will not be going outbound untill <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1661567265" 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;">nov 27th</span></span>!!!!! (mostly because renewing my passport is taking soooo long. But I am excited to have at least one more transfer here while the presidency is the same and the work is great. Also I can't imagin not being in the shadows of the SLC temple this is my home.<br />
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Today in Deseret book I ran into the actors from Ephram's rescue! the woman who played the pioneer "Elizabeth" talked to be for almost 15 mins! It was so neat hearing the behind the scene info from TC and now the actress herself. The scene she played where Elizabeth Nearly drowned was a very emotional one.</div>
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"Armed with righteousness" stood out to me. I have heard that many times in primary with the little diagram of the person in actual armor that represents things like "prayer, scripture study , CTR/......" I felt like there was more so I read the reference it has which is "Mission of Latter Day Saints". It spoke of our mission as members of the church, these Covenant people. We are to be missionaries and help others make it. This made me refer to my patriarchal blessing and realize through inspiration through the Spirit of my particular mission and how to accomplish it. I am so grateful for the power of the Book of Mormon, Prayer, and pondering. Now my mission in life is much more clear, worries are gone and I am more focused. I will never forget my personal study on Monday Sept 23, 2013.<br />
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On a funnier note, I bumped my head pretty hard on the office dividers in the phone teaching center while on exchanges with my districts. Now big blue has a a friend, Little red lol.</div>
WE FINISHED the TREE of LIFE!!!! Hope yall like it! LOVE YOU CTR<br />
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4.The tree of life crew (Sister Friend Takahashi -love this girl so much, Sister Lee -same and she is much more Asian-, Sister Bahr, President Seppi who provided the shop for metal work and the moral support :) and myself)</div>
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We are all children of God so we want to as Lehi did to have our family partake of this fruit and be filled with joy. We are focusing on reactivating less active members and finding new investigators. I really like this , I have always seen members as a high priority.<br />
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This week we had some pretty crazy things happen...like our car battery die on the way to walmart. Power steering was gone and i dont know how we made it but we did even though the break light turned on as well. I know we were protected because the breaks completely worked when everything else didnt. We had a strange investigator lesson where even though we cationed the elders who wanted to show a family "Gods Plan for the family" even though they had experienced domestic abuse. It didn't make them feel the spirit needless to say because they felt bitter they neverhad a family like that. We taught them about the power of the atonment which helped. It just goes to show we really need to be careful and teach to the needs of the poeple.<br />
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"> Several 11 hour office days straight & with the help of yogurts on the go WE MADE IT THROUGH TRANSFER WEEK- "YEE-HAWW!"</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">My companionship was truly inspired. This week has been...difficult. Senior Companion is scary in the office :) BUT I am so grateful for this stretching and spiritual growth and I had SIster Bahr, she is everything I lack and more, sorry for the cheese, but it is true. It truly was an inspired decision, I know this because I have the inside scoop: The Ap's told they had me paired with a couple different sisters until a week before transfer conference President and sister Gillette returned from the bountiful temple with the inspiration to have sister Bahr as my companion. WOW I cannot thank Heavenly Father enough for that. She is a sweet, kind and fun missionary! The important qualities she possesses as a missionary is: Want to be obedient, caring for others, able to have a clear mind and knowledge for office service and missionary work. Sister Bahr is everything I needed to strengthen my weaknesses.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Getting pictures of the new sisters with each other is like herding cats, 2 sisters where still missing from the pic so I had to photoshop them in with out the use of photoshop lol it was brutal</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Stuck in Costco for a half hour when the mission card did not work for the lunch in the next day</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Investigator lesson with Elders from the SLC mission was so boss. Mostly because the spirit was so strong, and it made me feel like a missionary and not just an office missionary.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Secondly I am learning balance and to multiply my love for others I sound like a mom when I say that...weird.. for my district/companion, office service, and investigators. I am still working on it but I know through consistent council with my Heavenly father and following the spirits promptings I can do my best. </li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Man this week has been hard but I learned a really good lesson through much tribulation, many prayers and a few tears: life is meant to be hard, heaven is for rest and thats ok, as long as I am following Jesus Christ, it's ok.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">sister bahr and I: realized americans have no clue what "zed" is</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">had my first district meeting! and got to hang out with my district. They are all the best and I love how we are all so unique but we all love each other and are so hard working!</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">We have a progressing investigator who we were teaching over the phone and just before we invited him to meet with the local missionaries and attend church he said, "sisters I love learning from you and plan on continuing to, is there also some people like you who live close by that could meet with me in person? And is there a church near by I can go to <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1661567262" 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;">this sunday</span></span>?" DING DING DING! YES!</li>
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This week was intense. So many things happened, I loved it! I will break it down by each day:</div>
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2nd All day P-day!! We did everything from hiking in Mill creek canyon, so tie dying for zone activity! Tiring but worth the memories.</div>
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Early in the morning Elder Jeffery R. Holland spoke to our mission! I've known for several weeks now from staff meetings but it was so fun to see all the sisters so shocked and excited. Elder Holland is an amazing apostle. The spirit was intensified when he entered the room. I will never forget the way he started his address to us. He started by saying how much he loved and cares for us, you could tell how he said it that he really did. He continued on to talk about our calling as missionaries, how it is similar to the commission the Lord gave his apostles just before he ascended back to heaven. The importance of our calling is that of the last words he spoke to His apostles. Every prophet and apostles commission has been the same since than and before than.</div>
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"Isiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Alma, Amulek, peter, James, and John all knew they would not succeed in their time. They kept on going because they saw you. Your hour, your day, and your face is what kept them going. Ours is the dispensation that will succeed. It is your day. Your mission. <i><b>Ours is the day that every Prophet, Priest and King would dream of.</b></i> You are shoulder to shoulder with us. You have been sent with a message." </div>
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He went on to encourage us to to not miss a minute of it. "It will never come again (He said with emotion in his voice). I have thought about my mission everyday for 50 years. You are never supposed to be the same." You are guaranteed one devoted convert, and that is <i><b>you</b></i>. You are God's investigator. You want your investigator(or kid or friend or family member) to read the Book of Mormon, well He wants you to read the Book of Mormon. You want your Investigator to repent to relieve burdens of guilt and sorrow, He wants you to repent to relieve burdens of guilt and sorrow.<i><b>Change what ever you must change, walk away from who ever you must. You think you are going back to real life? This is 'Real Life' you are on a mission for the rest of you life. God wants you to come and stay. </b></i>You do all you can. Pledge this day and everyday to commit to that."</div>
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As I type his words I am filled with that spirit he came with. I know that God has called prophets and apostles in these days to lead us in His great work to bring all to His happiness. I hope these words also inspire or lift any others who read them. I know they made me turn to action in these last few days I get in this transfer.</div>
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The dreaded day of doing mission numbers. The only reason I dread it is because I feel like a mom (no offense mom haha). I have to nag everyone to hand them in who is late and correct people when they don't do it right. Yuck I don't enjoy that part. It especially was frustrating this week because several days prior to the deadline I reminded the sisters through: email, texts, face to face and typed out and printed inserts for their planners as reminders of the specific guidelines in how to successfully hand in their numbers on time. Some still forgot or didn't even use the resources I gave them. Sisters always come into our office asking for help with this and that and we happily help them. With out a doubt they always leave saying "your the best we love you! Is there anything we can do for you?" This is where I want to kick and scream and say "YES just do what I have asked you to." This is when my spiritual ears perked up and made the connection. Heavenly Father must feel similar to us (although He is perfect with much more patience and love then I have, I'm still a long shot from that kind of charity and patience). He gives us everything we need to be successful in this life, and is always there for us when we need His assistance. I can recall many occurrences where I have been in need and prayed, received an answer or comfort and than carried on my marry way with a "thank you so much! is there anything I can do for you?". The words I felt repeat in my mind, <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Yes, just do what I have asked you to." </i>Heavenly Father has given me very specific commandments to help me be successful and happy and all I need to do it heed to his reminders: the Holy ghost's promptings, the scriptures, the prophets, my mission president, companion, the white handbook and so on. He loves us so much and just wants us to be happy. We must do our part. </div>
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While I was fixing the mission finding source chart, Sister Garrick turned to me and said, "Can you smell that?" and I said, "Oh my gosh couldn't you have gone out of the room!" than she said "No, no Sister nelson it smells like BBQ propane!" Sister Garrik's sense of smell is strangely so powerful but than I smelt it as well. Soon all of us were popping our heads out of our office's like gophers. Soon enough the fire alarms went off. We were all evacuated to across the street and were checked by paramedics and firemen. We were all fine, I wasnt effected other than a small head ache that could have been from the fumes or the alarm, and Sister Garrick's eyes were watering a bit. On the mission blog ( <a href="http://slctemplesquaremission.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://slctemplesquaremission.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/</a> ) there are pictures and another link to a local news broadcast (which hams it up a bit, it wasn't bad at all I promise, don't worry). It turns out is was a Chlorine Cloud evacuation. We were medicated with Chick-fil-A so we were well taken care of :)</div>
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For a couple of weeks the relief society (temple square sisters run it) presidency has been planning for the mission enrichment activity. We were all so excited for this particular one to hike "Ensign Peak" and listen to different speakers along the hike. For those of you who are unaware of what that hike is like it is comparable with "Bears Hump Hike" in Waterton in elevation and steepness but is only 0.6 miles. Not difficult at all but for those who are not used to physical exertion it can be hard. Sister Garrick and I were at the end of the pack taking our time when we heard commotion near the top of the peak. We ran up to see sisters circling Sister Barret, a brand new missionary to the mission. She had blacked out and hit her head on a large rock. Without a good cell signal or anything to cool her down Garry and I booked it down the trail to get help. Grabbing supplies and calling the senior missionary couple we turned around within minutes of reaching the bottom and ran back up the trail. It was so hot, steep and without much water I know Heavenly Father helped me make it back up quickly. When we had reached her there where too many sisters crowed and too much chaos. For some reason after she had come to Sisters and tried to stand her up right away so she blacked out again and started convulsing. This happened a total of 3 times by the time we got back up. I wrapped my jacket that I drenched in water around her head and shoulders to help her cool down. We got her in a comfortable recovery position and in shade. She was coherent and talking to us, but I was afraid she had a concussion. Another Sister and myself helped her down the mountain when she was stable enough to stand up. We took her to the hospital for treatment right away. She is doing really well now and even back to work! I think she had heat exhaustion and was dehydrated. It was a crazy day but I was glad to have remembered a little bit of first aid.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299533936166318287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8974007713589020068.post-13661477125307044152013-08-25T20:47:00.001-07:002013-08-25T20:47:21.314-07:00Just thought I would post a few pictures of some fun things Vickie has been up to!<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Serving as OA is a very different way to serve. I feel as though I have an office job. The difference is that my boss is Heavenly Father and manager is the president. Both of them are very patient (thank goodness, because I am a shmag but learning) and I have my wonderful comp Sister Garrick who is fun and is a great teacher. I am using Microsoft excel, word and outlook (for email) to organize and run the legistics of Temple Square. I am so grateful I was in graphic design at the U of L for a year and a half. I know that was something that really helped prepare me. We do daily numbers, scheduling for the presidency, anything to do with paper work for the sisters (baptism reports, other numbers) and odd ends. It is very busy and piles up but I know that Heavenly Father is truly helping me. I don't get stressed or frustrated. If anything I became more calm when sudden things pop up or must be changed. I've had maybe 3 hrs of teach time on the phone, a couple hrs of square time, 2 personal studies and zero companionship study this whole week. But I love serving the sisters. That is what this assignment is all about. Helping the sisters serve. I know it will become less busy over the next week or so as well so there's nothing to complain about. If anything I am just am thankful Heavenly father trusts and supports me in such a large task. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">This week we had 2 different transfer weeks. The first we had all 24 of the new sisters from the MTC come. We helped them get all there new things sorted, fed and helped them until they were interviewed and sorted into companion ships by the AP's and President. After running around trying to get all the paper work done that day the next day we had 13 new sister come from the Mexico mission and all the sisters returning from there out bounds. So we did it all again! It was crazy but fun. We now have 191 sisters serving on temple square! I love them all and are trying to learn all there names, some are super hard though especially some of the Polynesians and Europeans. Those 2 days were a blur, they went by so quickly. Running around making huge group meals, cleaning, doing office work and than making and cleaning up another big meal. We were in Cosco one day picking up food and I envisioned mom doing this very same thing day after day but with little nuggets hanging off of her and her shopping cart. How did you do it mom? </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">I had a bunch of "Sister Vick" moments this week, here are some: I mispronounced several sisters names on the phone while setting up interviews with them on the Phone. the best one was "sister Snee-deerr" she was very polite while correcting me, I now know it is sister Seidere. Its a Latvian name, you gotta cut me some slack on that one. We scared the AP's so bad by hiding in there closet before they got home one night. Just as they were kicking off there shoes to get ready to plan Sister Gordan screeched and did a little scared dance lol. Classic. I was taking a million pizza boxes out of the car for the new sisters and the trunk door landed on my head (softly dont worry) and I couldnt move! lol Sister Garrick came to my rescue after finishing laughing. I love serving with her. Its like I'm with Sister Pickrel again. I get to have fun and serve! (I have before but I think serving with Americans is different, they understand my humor better). We just have a hoot together. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">I ran into Little Diana Torres!!!! SO cool! it was like i was seeing LG, Lauren mark and Diana. They are all so similar with some of there mannerisms. Man I miss those chikas! I haven't seen her since the day she was set apart to be a missionary! I love her and her mission sounded so cool. (PS what is your emails lady's?) I hated saying by to her and I still wanna talk to you miss Torres!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">Well I gotta run but I love yall! your in my prayers always. Keep it cool and stay good!</span><br /></div>
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Craziness this week happened! Sister Weng and I were both running low on missionary funds and somehow the lord provided us with 4 free meal! yum free food my fave! One however was the strangest food i have ever eaten. I ate wait for it.....Cow stomach, Asian foods and the best part CHICKEN FEET! Yummmm all which was pretty good in taste texture however was...uh different. This special meal was provided by sister Weng's sister who attends BYU business Collage. I have to admit l liked the cow stomach.<br /></div>
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We were able to have many Mandarin Motor Coach Miracles in the past several days! and small group mandarin tour miracles! One, "Jin" is progressing with her local missionaries. She is so cool, we like the same music she is currently living in the west coast from originally China working for IT with Nike. I should remember more but my brain is a little tired :)</div>
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So this morning during exercise me and Sister Hitchrich (my fellow Canadian sister Friend) were guessing our transfer predictions. She new she was going outbound, so I guessed she would go West coast or Idaho lol. Than to get back at me she said your going to train and be a district leader at the same time. I thought well that wouldn't be sooo bad. I said: "the thing that would really suck for me would be to get like office assistant or something, they never get to teach or even see day light." We laughed it off and got ready for early morning transfer conference. The time came for the Zone leaders to announce my new companion, zone, and assignment. Every day I am learning that Heavenly Father has a very good sense of Humor because they put THE BIGGEST shmag as the new office assistant. :/ I don't even know what this means! All I have seen is the OA's always in the office on computers.</div>
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Today we hosted a youth conference and took a great large group mandarin tour with 11 year old class of Kids and their parents learning English from Bejii! The youth conference was one of the best we have done. It was fun, and spiritually violent! As we sang the opening hymn I looked around at the 160 something youth and almost started to tear up (I can't cry in front of them, it makes it awkward for them lol). I will miss this calling sooo much. I pray for these people always. They are me, I still feel and remember what it is like to be them (mostly because it was like a couple years ago lol). I am so grateful for the opportunity I was given to be with them for 2 whole transfers! Same thing happened with the Mandarin tour. While introducing myself in Mandarin I had to put a big cheesy smile on my face to stop from crying (I hope I didn't "smile" Smile cray). I will miss their energy of never ending "NEHOWWWS!", them sneaking next to us while we sing a hymn for them so they can be in a picture with them but mostly I will miss their eyes. The moment you know they have felt the spirit for the first time in their lives and connected it to the gospel. I will also miss Sister Weng. She is a great companion. She taught me a lot of things :) Mostly how to treat your companions and to openly resolve issues swift to the point and finish with love.<br /></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Man this week has been full of spiritual violence. To my face. We have been praying to find people who are ready and Heavenly Father has definitely placed people in our path. He placed a cute couple in our path 2 weeks ago from Arizona. They are the miracle couple that said they wanted to become members after a tour. We have been texting them and calling here and there and our fasting was for them. We hadn't had a chance to call them for several days because of tours (Mandarin and English) and youth conference, but we trusted in the lord. And he completely took care of them! When we called they explained how they had met with the elders twice and were set for <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_799052726" 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;">Saturday</span></span> as well as church for <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_799052727" 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;">Sunday</span></span>. I am so grateful for all the missionaries, especially these ones who brought a Spanish speaking fellowshipper for the wife and are so great! Heavenly Father is so aware of us and those who we pray for. This gives me comfort for my family and friends who I miss and want to be happily engaged with the gospel always. i know they will continue to progress. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other day Sister Weng and I were planning and I was so bored! I asked her if this is how she planned in Missouri, because I was just doing it how everyone else (or so i thought) did it here. Well I decided to try to fix that, I watched the Preach my gospel the section on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_799052728" 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;">9pm </span></span>daily planning. Wow I have been doing it all wrong. We implemented what we studied on planning and it is night and day. I have been praying and really thinking of how to improve my work and the excitement for it. I realized that when I really ponder and discuss with Sister Weng how we can help our investigators, the people on the square we meet, Mandarin tours and youth individually and plan specifically for them I love the work. Also more is accomplished, I hope and ask heavenly father to help me to continue doing this his way. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We picked up 2 new investigators this week! and they can actually come to the square for lessons! I cannot wait! Both are from Taiwan, and speak Mandarin and English!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another Lesson I learned is that the spirit is a much better teacher than myself. I am trying to let it speak more and slowly but surly I hope to be able to better utilize it. I can know it is there when I am at ease, my companion is, and so is the person we are teaching.<br /><br /><br />(Galations <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_799052729" 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;">5:22</span></span>-25 <a href="" name="13ffce6193562dc3_13fd4918e0a0eb82_22"></a>22 But the <sup>a</sup><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/gal/5?lang=eng#" rel="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=nt&bookUri=gal&chapterUri=5&noteID=22a" target="_blank">fruit</a> of the <sup>b</sup><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/gal/5?lang=eng#" rel="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=nt&bookUri=gal&chapterUri=5&noteID=22b" target="_blank">Spirit</a> is <sup>c</sup><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/gal/5?lang=eng#" rel="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=nt&bookUri=gal&chapterUri=5&noteID=22c" target="_blank">love</a>, <sup>d</sup><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/gal/5?lang=eng#" rel="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=nt&bookUri=gal&chapterUri=5&noteID=22d" target="_blank">joy</a>, <sup>e</sup><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/gal/5?lang=eng#" rel="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=nt&bookUri=gal&chapterUri=5&noteID=22e" target="_blank">peace</a>, <sup>f</sup><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/gal/5?lang=eng#" rel="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=nt&bookUri=gal&chapterUri=5&noteID=22f" target="_blank">longsuffering</a>, <sup>g</sup><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/gal/5?lang=eng#" rel="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=nt&bookUri=gal&chapterUri=5&noteID=22g" target="_blank">gentleness</a>, goodness, <sup>h</sup><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/gal/5?lang=eng#" rel="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=nt&bookUri=gal&chapterUri=5&noteID=22h" target="_blank">faith</a>,<a href="" name="13ffce6193562dc3_13fd4918e0a0eb82_23"> </a>23 <sup>a</sup><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/gal/5?lang=eng#" rel="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=nt&bookUri=gal&chapterUri=5&noteID=23a" target="_blank">Meekness</a>,<sup>b</sup><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/gal/5?lang=eng#" rel="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=nt&bookUri=gal&chapterUri=5&noteID=23b" target="_blank">temperance</a>: against such there is no law.<span></span><a href="" name="13ffce6193562dc3_13fd4918e0a0eb82_24"> </a>24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the <sup>a</sup><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/gal/5?lang=eng#" rel="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/footnote?lang=eng&volumeUri=nt&bookUri=gal&chapterUri=5&noteID=24a" target="_blank">affections</a> and lusts.<a href="" name="13ffce6193562dc3_13fd4918e0a0eb82_25"> </a>25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh I had "hot pot" for the first time yesterday with several other sisters. I have found my absolute favorite food! It is a an Asian dish, this one in particular was Taiwanese! It is just a soup broth you bowl and had different sea foods and veggies and meats to! Oh man I could eat it every day!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PS congrats Brittany on your new beautiful baby! I'm so exited and I wanna meet your baby so bad! when you able to come here!!!!! <3</span></div>
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