tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50591229842622868162024-03-04T18:51:38.457-10:00Elder Hunter VincentAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703222784065323909noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059122984262286816.post-16017688820140981292015-08-03T08:03:00.001-10:002015-08-03T13:54:56.305-10:002015-08-03: Finishing Strong-Go Forth with Faith and NEVER FORGET!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Hey well the final P-day of
the mission has come around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are in
zone 1 writing only for about half an hour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This past week flew by, and it has just been an emotional
rollercoaster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Worked hard my last week
just trying to make the most of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
had to fly and run around to get everything worked out for the wedding on
Saturday, but it happened!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My last week
in the mission and finished with a wedding and a baptism!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was GREAT!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They got married Saturday afternoon and Sunday right before church held
the baptismal service for JE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is great
and it was a real struggle and stressful to lead up to the baptism, but it was
all worth it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">No one knew that I would be
going home this week because I didn't tell anyone, but everyone was happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They found out after I went up in sacrament
meeting and bore my testimony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel
honored to have been able to train Elder S.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is great and I know that they will be seeing many miracles and
baptisms continuing in Puerto Barrios.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Well the day has finally
come.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2 years has gone so fast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel like Jacob from the Book of Mormon in
saying that time has passed by like a dream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I loved my time here in Guatemala.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I loved the experiences that I had and I loved all the things that I was
able to accomplish and for the lives that I could help the Lord and spirit
touch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a scripture that says El
que pone su mano al arado y mire para tras no es digno de mi reino (He who puts
his hand to the plow and look after is not worthy of my kingdom).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only thing that I have to do now is go
forth with faith and NEVER FORGET!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apply
all that I learned and never go back to the person I was before the mission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love the Lord, I love the people of this
country, I love the Gospel, and I love the mission!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Antes de terminar, solo
quiero compartir mi testimonio con ustedes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yo se que nuestro Padre Celestial vive, y que nos ama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yo se que Jesucristo vino al mundo para
salvarnos y murió y resucito el tercer día para ayudar personas imperfectas
como yo a regresar a la presencia del padre.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yo les doy mi testimonio de que este evangelio cambia vidas! Me ha
cambiado y se que el autor de este plan tan maravilloso es un ser
perfecto.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yo se que Joseph Smith fue un
profeta de Dios, y que realmente restauro la iglesia de Jesucristo de nuevo
aquí en la tierra. Hoy en día tenemos un profeta viviente, Thomas S. Monson que
dirige esta iglesia verdadera. También se que El Libro de Mormon es la palabra
de Dios, y que "el hombre se acercaría mas a Dios al seguir sus preceptos
que cualquier otro libro.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Translation: Before
concluding, I just want to share my testimony with you . I know that our
Heavenly Father lives and loves us. I know that Jesus Christ came into the
world to save us and died and rose again the third day to help imperfect people
like me to return to the presence of the father. I give you my testimony that
the gospel changes lives! It has changed and that the author of this wonderful
plan is a perfect being. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God and that
really restored church of Jesus Christ again on earth. Today we have a living
prophet, Thomas S. Monson that directs this true church. The Book of Mormon is
also the word of God, "the man would get nearer to God by abiding by its
precepts, than any other book.</span></div>
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<![endif]--><o:p></o:p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703222784065323909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5059122984262286816.post-63663380487282470482015-07-28T19:18:00.001-10:002015-07-28T19:18:12.661-10:002015-07-27 Finishing Strong<span style="font-size: large;"><b>WOW!!! THE MISSION HAS </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>REALLY CHANGED HUNTER</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />WE HARDLY RECOGNIZE HIM ANY MORE</b></span><br />
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JUST KIDDING. Here is his latest email:<br /><br /><br />
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Hey guys, well the second to the last week down here and it
has just flown by. We have been working hard and not trying to think about the
time. </div>
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Our investigators are doing good and it looks like we will
be having a wedding and a baptism on my last Saturday here! So I am pretty
excited about that. The zone has been doing very good and we have been
seeing a lot of success. </div>
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This past Sunday there were many people in church and our
investigators are coming too. The old lady that sings Christian songs to
us came to church for the second time now, and I really admire her because she
is sooo poor and lives alone and she wakes up super early and starts the long
walk to church just to get there. She is good and progressing too... </div>
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We have been teaching this guy that got shot up a little
while ago and he is still recovering, but he is doing well too. He wants
to change and be better, but he has a lot of bad friends, but he really has
come to love the Book of Mormon. He reads it everyday and seems to be leaving
behind the bad things.</div>
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Right now I am starting the book of Moroni, the last book in the Book of Mormon.
It feels good to read the book through again and to see the faith and the
experiences of the people. Just being here in this mission has helped me
gain an appreciation for the BOM. </div>
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Every Friday for a few weeks now we have been having an
activity named Mormon Night, where our investigators and members get together
for a spiritual message, and for games etc. It is really a success.</div>
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This Saturday I had my last interview with President Crapo. It was sad!
Haha.<span> </span>He talked about dating,
marriage, how to stay strong holding on to the iron rod to be able to return to
the Celestial Kingdom. It was really good.
We shared goals and experiences, and attributes. I broke down near the
end though. He said "well Elder, you've served well..." and I
just started bawling. Haha he said that that is a good sign because the
mission has helped me changed, and that the love that I feel is a confirmation
that the Lord has accepted my offering. It was great. I feel sad
though. After that for the past few days I just feel sad, and kind of
empty. It will be really hard to leave.<span>
</span>I cannot believe the time is here.<span>
</span>Oh well. I'll get over it.</div>
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So here is my schedule for next week before I head home. On
Sunday, we head to the capital.<span> </span>Then on
Monday we get to go to central market etc. to buy stuff to bring home and say goodbye
to areas. Then Tuesday, we will have a big lunch with President, and then
go to the temple.<span> </span>Then we spend the
night at the assistants’ house to sleep.<span>
</span>Then the DAY… Wednesday at 4 in the morning, we go to the airport.</div>
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I love you guys, have fun and have a good week!</div>
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From las escobas nature walk/park:</div>
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Found a new pet. He really likes me.</div>
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Hey guys, well this week went by fast... like normal.
Monday we just played soccer in the hot sun here, but the highlight of my week
was Tuesday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a conference
with President Crapo. We woke up at 2 in the morning to get on a bus and
head to an area called Chiquimula. The conference was great. It was
based on a talk that I wished I had read ages ago called "Becoming a Consecrated Missionary" or something like that given by Tad R. Callister. He
talked a lot about how the culture of the mission is being affected by the
culture of the world and Central America. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Presidente shared much concern about how the mission and the
missionaries are going down the drain because some missionaries are being
sucked up in the things of the world. </div>
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President emphasized the phrase "Men of
God". He said, now is the time to lay all of our sins, weaknesses,
and bad things aside and sacrifice them upon the altar. We must become
Men and Women of God. We cannot serve 2 masters, we cannot have one foot
in the world and one foot following God. We must "decide now whom we
will serve". </div>
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There are so many heroes and men of God that I look up to in
the scriptures and in my life. Captain Moroni, and his righteousness,
Nephi and his faith, the 2000 stripling warriors and their integrity at all
times, Abinadi in the face of death, Joseph Smith, my parents, Leaders, and finally
my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. </div>
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We are born in this world but we need not be on it.
Jesus was tempted of all kinds of sins and temptations, but he did not act upon
them. Like the hymn says "Rise Up O Men of God",<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must rise up, and leave the darkness
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As a mission we have started a "40 day fast" see
the JST of Matthew of the fast of Jesus. We started fasting on Saturday and
we each think of 2 or 3 things that we are willing to sacrifice and do away
with, weaknesses, sins, etc. And for 40 days we work hard to avoid and
eliminate all things that associate or invite those things in our lives.
At the end of the 40 days, we should have our weaknesses become our
strengths. Each of us have things that hold us back and keep us in the
world. Let us sacrifice these things and leave them behind. We are
greater than we think or know, and the only thing that limits us is our
personal righteousness. </div>
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I love all of you and I testify these things. Just in
these few days avoiding and thinking about these things has helped me a
lot. Have a good week!</div>
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Hey guys!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
are seeing a lot of blessings as the days go by because we have been having
investigators going to church. One of the people that we are teaching her
name is P and she is suuper old! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Haha
she could be my grandma, but she is doing really well with the lessons.
It is funny because every time we go and visit her she likes to sing Christian
rock songs to us and stuff, because she grew up in another church, but she is
really progressing and wants to know the truth. </div>
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That family that we reactivated of 11 people is doing good
and the girl that we are teaching that is the girlfriend of one of the sons of
the family wants to get baptized and married to him, so we are hoping that all
goes well with them. Keep them in your prayers! </div>
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Other than that things have been good... just working hard
and enjoying the time. All the missionaries are starting to say "it
smells like death here!" whenever I walk in the room, but I just want to
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Haha I love talking to people and getting to know
them. Haha I think it will be hard to get back and speak in English
because I don't know how to speak it anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hermana C one of the sisters in the district, one night this
past week, when I called for daily numbers, was saying "my tonsils
hurt." and I was saying "you didn't get them taken out?" and she
kept saying tonsils, tonsils and I just kept thinking wisdom teeth, wisdom
teeth. Haha so we had a conversation about what are tonsils and then it
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I am doing great! Have a great week guys! I love you all!</div>
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Hey guys! Well, glad to hear that everything is alright
there. This past week has just flown by. We have been working hard,
and trying to find and teach as many people that we can. We have been
teaching this family that we found this past week and last Monday, we found and
met the father of the family when we were going to another place in the zone in
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As missionaries, we are encouraged to always talk to all the
people that God puts in our path. He is a taxi driver and responded really
well to our questions and to what we said. When we asked if we could come
and visit him, he said sure and was super happy about it. When we visited
them they were super receptive to the message and are progressing. They
said that they have been looking for a church to go to and they felt that their
prayers were answered when we came. We were super happy!</div>
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All in all the week went by really well. Time goes so
fast that I forget at times things that have happened. I have to write
them down in the night so not to forget. Well haha I don't have much to
say this week... so many things going on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Hey guys, this week went super great! My comp and I
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Presidente Crapo wants us to implement more contacts on the street
and go house trackting. He wants us to talk to all the people that we see
and be bold about it. Get to know them and help them feel the
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We had a fairly good amount of investigators in church
yesterday. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That made us very happy
and we are seeing a lot of blessing in their lives. There is a family of
11 that came to church for the first time together in many years and we were
super glad to see them in church. They were very active before and some
of them served missions but went inactive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we have been working with them to get them reactivated.
We are also teaching the girlfriend of one of the son of the family and we are
seeing a lot of progress with her too. </div>
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Today we got to go to see the ruins and ancient sculptures
and artifacts of the Mayans (Lamanites). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a good time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Two zones (Zacapa and Puerto Barrios) met up together and went to see
the ruins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was very interesting
place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got up at 5am and got
there at 8am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The place was very
peaceful and got to study our scriptures while we were there. </div>
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I was reading Helaman in the Book of Mormon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I was reading about how Nephi the
son of Helaman is in his garden tower telling the people of their wickedness
and problems and reminding them to change their ways otherwise they will be
destroyed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All I could think of when
we were looking at the ruins “of how could a great civilization like that just
go down the drain?" And first thing that comes to my mind was because of
PRIDE! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is very sad to think
about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all have to beware of
pride! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All throughout the Book of Mormon,
you will see that Pride kills! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pride destroyed the people in the Book of Mormon. What we
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Satan is always attacking us, our cities, our families and our
communities. We can see that in the government now with same sex
marriage. I can tell you that once the voice of the people and the
government leaders chooses evil, speedy destruction soon follows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our prophets have said that over and
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Let us repent and read the signs of the times. Let us
not be like the hypocrites and the Pharisees that could read the weather but
not the things happening around them. Let us cast off our sins and pride
and be strong in this time so that we as the people of Zion do not end up like
these ruins, desolate and a whisper in the dust testifying of a once great
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I know that the Book of Mormon is true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only thing that can save this dying
world in sin and our souls nowadays is the restored góspel and the teachings of
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Hey guys, well this week went well. A lot of things
have been going on in the work. We found a lot of people and they are
listening to the lessons and progressing. I think the biggest problem
that we have here in the area is that the people just can't and have no time to
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Puerto Barrios is one of the few places in Guatemala that
there is actually work for everyone. No one complains about not having
work because they all work in the ports here. But at the same time that
creates a problem because they work on Sundays and can’t attend church.
It is hard to tell them to give up their work on Sundays to go to church
because they have children and families to feed and a lot of times they really
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Other than that things are going good. Had a lot of
really good lessons with investigators and It is interesting to see how the
gospel changes lives and works for the better in them. </div>
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entered the mission together and in the night after the division we just sat
there talking about how 2 years has gone so fast and how it seems just like
yesterday that we were sitting in the CCM not knowing Spanish and thinking
about how far away things seemed. We both agreed that we are kind of
scared and nervous for the future and that it is kind of a leap into the
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final resting place is going to be Puerto Barrios. I am happy to be
here. I have never been happier in my life. It really is true that
when you lose yourself in the work of the Lord you find yourself... I am having
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Hey guys well another week has passed quickly and a lot of
things are happening. I can't even remember some of the things that
happen because it passes so quickly. I just know that it was great!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My companion has asked why time goes by
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This week has been good, we had to go to the city to sign
papers for the visa of my comp. We had to ride into town for 7 hours on a
bus. We went to bed at 10:30 woke up at midnight to get ready then we
hopped on the bus at 3:00 in the morning to get to the city on time. We
got to the city at about 10:00 in the morning and we signed papers for 15
minutes and then we headed back to the bus station to wait for the bus to go
back. We had to make the journey with another pair of sisters in my
district so it wasn't that bad because we had people to talk to, but we didn't
get back to the house until 10:30 at night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was suuuuper long and suuuuuper tiring, but at least we
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We had a super interesting visit with this man that has been
progressing so much lately. His name is A.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has been married to his wife for 6 years and they have
been trying to have a baby the whole time. She is now expecting and she
is well into her 9 months of being pregnant. We found them a few weeks
ago from a member referral. They didn’t know what gender the baby is
going to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So the member friend
predicted and prophesied that they will have a daughter and was so sure about
it and that he said he even dreamed about them having a baby girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So she finally gave birth towards the
end of last week and it was a baby GIRL!</div>
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Last Sunday we had a cool visit with them and it was super
spiritual lesson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We taught them
about the Plan of Salvation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
are very receptive and we extended the invitation to be baptized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He accepted and committed to be
baptized in July!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has been
going to church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s an awesome
feeling!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love what I do as a
missionary… It is a privilege to teach and help our brothers and sisters on
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In the Book of Mormon I am just starting the book of
Alma. Mosiah really impacted me a lot and I loved it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sermon of King Benjamin, the reign
of King Mosiah, Abinadi and the conversion of Alma, Alma the younger and the
sons of Mosiah... I love the Book of Mormon! It is a book that can change lives
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Well this past week has been good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just working hard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It has started to rain here in Puerto Barrios.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A good change from the usual hotness, but sometimes I feel
like the rain just makes things more hotter, and humid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have been finding a lot of people to
teach and getting the branch to help us with the work here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also have been seeing miracles
recently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are teaching a family
named C and P, and they have been listening to the missionaries for 2-3 months
now and we will hopefully be able to have 2 baptisms for the family the first
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Things have been looking up here in the district.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A lot of things are progressing and the
investigators are answering well to the message.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
am always tired, but I feel good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The last few months in the mission is when you have to go at things full
blast, not hold back, but apply all that you learned in the mission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have been reading the Book of Mormon
again from cover to cover, and I am just starting Mosiah chapter 1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2nd Nephi really is a great part of the
book because it has a lot to do with the gathering of Israel and the
restoration and things like that in the last days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel sooo honored and grateful that the Lord has called me
to preach to these people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It says
that the BOM would be like a voice calling from the dust, and that is what it
does to these people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are
super receptive and ready to listen to this message about their ancestors, and
their fathers that came before them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Hey well glad to see that everything is going great on that
side of the world. Congrats to Michael on his mission call and for the
opportunity to serve the Lord. There is no other cause greater than this,
and the Lord is grateful and happy to have a soldier like you among his
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Congrats to Breiden! I knew that you would be great! Haha I
can hardly believe that time has passed so fast! We were kids a few years back
drumming and eating spam musubis at UH games during halftime, and now you’re
growing into someone great! Keep it up, and remember always to stay close to
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lot happened. We have been working hard in the area, kinda crazy to see
how fast time flies especially in the last part of the mission. We had a
baptism this past Saturday for A. He is a great guy and has been looking
to change for a while now. He said that he came down here to be with his
family. 4 weeks ago he was praying and said that he was telling God that
he was willing to follow him, but needed to know where to go. The next
day the family invited him to church, and we were getting to know the members
the day after we got here, and he was there. We have been teaching and
helping him since then and he has progressed so much. I am grateful for
the opportunities that the Lord gives me to see and help lives change.
People like these are the reason that I am here. It’s the reason that I
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Hey well we are writing today because yesterday we had
interviews with President Crapo and a training meeting for the new
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This past week has been great. Just working hard and
getting to know the area. The members are good and willing to help and
all. The members are helping a lot and we are having fun. We
are finding and teaching and had a really good week. We are preparing the
baptism for A this week. He is super excited and wants to change.
He leaves with us to visit every other day, and we can see that he is
progressing and changing. The branch has not had very much progress in
the last year. I was thinking about what was happening and I came across
a verse in Ether I think in chapter 9:1-2 and it says that the Lord began to
curse the land and that whenever the people would put their swords or things on
a shelf or in its place, on the next morning it wouldn't be there. The
Lord can't bless us if we don't take care of what we have. There are
1,100 members in total here, but only 80-100 come to church. There is a
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The meeting and interviews were great, we learned a lot and
we have a goal as a mission to start the Book of Mormon over again and read it
together, finishing before August 27th. So we are all reading together
trying to finish it over again and receive a stronger testimony of the book and
be able to understand and appreciate it more. Things with my companion
are great and he is a good guy. He is ready to work and learn, so we are
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Today we went to the beach "Punta de Palma" and I
am sun burnt!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Haha it was good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got to wade in the water and take a lot of
pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The beach is one of the
attractions here in the zone.</div>
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Other than that everything is well, I love you guys and take
care!</div>
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will send next week.</div>
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New area, my 3rd son, Filipinos; and mom... I guess your
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Note: We have been praying that he gets to see the rest of
Guatemala not just the capital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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am training my third son in the mission. His name is Elder S from
Bolivia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just turned 20 and my son is 23 years old. He has been a member for only a year and two months
now. He just completed the year then came out. He is good, kind of
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night I said goodbye to all the people I met in Alameda. It was so hard
to say goodbye to the people that I have learned to love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That one family again made me a
cake!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it was good. I
enjoyed my time there. Now I have to focus on the work to come.</span></div>
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Farewell, Until next time or I'll keep you in my thoughts</div>
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Tuesday, I woke up at 5 in the morning to pack my bags.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then at 8:00, the taxi came and we went
to zone 6 for changes. They gave me the changes, I met my companion and
then we got on a bus to go outside the capital. The bus ride was 6
HOURS!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Haha I have not sat that
long since the flight to get here. We left at 1:30 pm and got to Puerto
Barrios at 8:15 because we took a 15-minute pit stop. We had to find the
house and get the keys from the branch president because we are opening the
area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The house we have is
HUGE!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has a carport, 3
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We
got settled in and got ready for the next day. The rest of the days of
the week have blown by like the wind. We are just working hard to get
things up and running, and I know and testify that the Lord is blessing us with
miracles. We found a guy whose name is A that is just covered in tattoos
that has just gotten out of jail a month ago. His mom and brother are
members and he went to church for the first time one week before we got
there. He wants to change and be a better person because he has not seen
his mom in his whole life. Because of problems at 9 months of age he was
taken from the family, and since then has lived a rough life. We have
taught him 2 times so far and he has dropped smoking, drinking, and drugs since
the time he left jail, and we have a baptismal date with him for the 30th of
this month. We also put another baptismal date for next month with
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Ilocano and we are teaching the family. She is from Iloilo something like
that. I told her that my mom is Ilocano too. I guess she came here
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members here are good. Only about 80-100 people go to church every week
because it is a branch not a ward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We also have a lot of reactivation to get done here. There are a
lot of inactive people in the branch here. I am the district leader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are 5 hermanas in my district and
not many elders here in the zone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Other
than that, things are great and the weather here is suuuper, suuper HOT and
HUMID!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sit at my desk to study
and I drip, drip, and drip with sweat. I am just soaked and covered with
sweat walking around the area and during our lessons. I love it though. I love the area. A
lot of work to be done, but we are ready to take on the area and see what we
can do to bring it up.</span></div>
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next week! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love you guys!</span></div>
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Hey guys not much to say here since we just talked
yesterday. This week has just been a blur and I found out that I have
changes tomorrow to another area!</div>
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Looking back at these fast 6 months here, I realized that I
have had the time of my life in this area. I thought it would be hard to
top my experiences in La Leyenda, but this is just about as good. I have
met a bunch of people that have changed my life and I am grateful for the Lord
for giving me the chance to serve here in this area. We may not have seen
a ton of baptisms, but there were successes in other areas.</div>
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One of the biggest experiences that impacted me this week
was a family that we are teaching, the father once in a while has problems with
drinking and on Wednesday night he went a little over and was drunk.
(This is the family that made the cake).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are a super nice family, and they treat us like their
sons, and part of their family. We were walking to the house at 9 at
night, and usually the father of the family is silent and a calm person, but he
was drunk and his tongue was loosed. He stopped us and started to talk to
me in English. He said "You are my friend. You always will
be. Don't forget me and my family, but more importantly my family.
Thank you for your friendship and you have my respect and love for what you do.
Don't ever forget us, and ALL THAT YOU DID HERE." It was in broken
English, but I got the point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
thanked him for it, gave him a hug and directed him home. Before he went
in his house he said "I am muy macho and you probably won't hear me say
something like that again. But don't forget."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was so nice hearing that from a non member
family. These experiences are here to stay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am so grateful for all that I learned here. The
people are so awesome, their love for me like their own son, all these
experiences will stay in my heart. </div>
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Well next week I will let you know where I am at, but until
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Hey guys well this past week has been one of the slowest,
fastest, tide turning, weird, crazy weeks that I have had in the mission.
So on Monday after writing you guys, president called Elder S and told him that
he would have to go home because they did not have machines and technology here
in the country that could solve or find out the problem or relieve the pains
that he is having. So we were all sad and bummed about him leaving.
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We went and did a whole bunch of stuff, bought a cake and
celebrated my birthday together with them in the night. It was super fun
and got his mind off of the imminent problem. So we just celebrated and
had fun on Monday. Tuesday they had to clean the house and pack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we helped them clean their house and
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Elder P and Elder S left Tuesday in the night. That
was one of the hardest feelings in the mission. Haha I got suuuppper
attached to those guys because they made being here in the mission much more
fun. I had so much fun with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I learned a lot from them and I am grateful for the opportunity I had to
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Elder S went home to Idaho on Wednesday morning and Elder P
went to an area called Campo Marti with another elder... Now we have double the
area to cover because we have to catch their side now. They just put
together the 2 areas and the assistants came by, gave me the keys to their
house and told me good luck and get at it! And so that is what we
did. Right now we are just getting to know the other area, and it is
HUGE!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Haha so many people, but
so much potential. I was kind of getting bored in my area but now that we
are covering the other area too, I am getting excited and pumped up to work
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Elder for one day, because president put him with us to see where he would put
him. He was returning to the mission, and so president at first did not
know where to put him. So we worked in the area for a day with him, and
the next day the AP’s came by to take him to an area where he will be for a
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great. We worked hard like normal, and I didn't tell anyone it was my
birthday, but then they started to find out slowly as the word got
around. Actually we didn't celebrate my birthday until a day after.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On Sunday, a family invited us to eat
lunch, and then in the night, another family invited us for dinner and
surprised me with a huge birthday cake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span> All in all, it was a great day! I really like this
area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would be fun, and I would
be fine finishing my mission here. The members are soo cool, and it is
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Hey guys, hope the week is going great for you and that all
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This week was great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We had a lot of things that were going on. On Wednesday, we had a
multi-zone conference with the area president Elder Duncan. He is a
really cool guy and I learned a lot from him. He taught us a lot and was
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One thing that he instructed us is to work more on the
reactivation of members. That is one of the weaknesses that we have here
in the mission. Sometimes the newly baptized member stop coming to church
after the missionary that baptized them moved and somehow that new member did
not make close ties with the members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Elder Duncan talked a lot about how to work more effectively
as missionaries and explained that every one of us needs to know the Savior and
his Atonement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The atonement is
very important and we need to apply it in our lives and help others to realize
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He said that nothing is impossible with God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even those things that we seem to think
that it is difficult to accomplish, but with God everything is possible. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We cannot let doubt come into our minds
about anything. Be unbreakable, and immoveable. </div>
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It is a privilege to serve and walk among these people whom
I have learned to love. It has helped me appreciate the Book of Mormon
even more. This is the Promised Land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The people here are the remnants of the Nephites and Lamanites
that they talked about in the BOM. We need to teach these people the
gospel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must do all we can to
help them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We must act and live as
such. I have so many things to improve on... haha I can feel a great
change from the first day I stepped off the plane onto Guatemala soil.
But I know that I have a long way to go. Our duty as missionaries,
members and sons and daughters of God is to seek perfection. ELIMINATE
THE GOOD, REPLACE WITH THE BEST!!! I loved the conference. </div>
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Another highlight of my week was going on divisions with
Elder F from Arizona. He is a cool kid and we found a lot of
success. He has been out for 7 months in the mission and we learned a lot
from each other. Their area is cool and we had some good lessons, and we
put a baptismal date. It was a nice change from the normal routine in my
area with my comp. Elder F’s comp. has a violin and I played it in the
night before going to sleep. It felt good to play after a long time of
not doing it... haha I am kinda rusty at it. </div>
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We brought some new investigators to church, and things are
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I can't believe I will be turning 20 in a week... haha that
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Hey guys glad to hear that everything is going good on that
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On Monday for P-day, we watched the movie “Meet the Mormons”
in Spanish at the stake center. And yes, I understood every thing in
Spanish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess my Spanish is
coming along pretty good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People
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Hmmm… I’m trying to think what else we did this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes I just forget about things we
have done. The weeks are just flying by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I look back and just remember waking up and going to
bed. We had a good week otherwise and we have had some interesting
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We were teaching this old guy that was a pastor in his day,
and he came up with an interesting question "where in the bible does it
talk about other worlds and planets that God created?" and he started
going on about how he always questioned that and that he could never find the
answer. So I pulled out my triple and turned to Moses and explained
things that talk about just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span class="verse"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3 </span>And God spake unto Moses, saying: Behold, I am
the Lord God Almighty, and Endless is my name; for I am without beginning of
days or end of years; and is not this endless?<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="4"> </a><span class="verse">4 </span>And, behold, thou art my son; wherefore look, and I
will show thee the workmanship of mine hands; but not all, for my works are
without end, and also my words, for they never cease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>. . . .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="verse">33 </span>And <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">worlds
without number have I created</i>; and I also created them for mine own
purpose; and by the Son I created them, which is mine Only Begotten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="verse">35 </span>For
behold, there are many worlds that have passed away by the word of my power.
And there are many that now stand, and innumerable are they unto man; but all
things are numbered unto me, for they are mine and I know them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="verse">37 </span>And
the Lord God spake unto Moses, saying: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
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</span><span class="verse">38 </span>And as one earth shall pass away, and
the heavens thereof even so shall another come; and there is no end to my
works, neither to my words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="verse">39 </span>For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to
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This man just sat there reading the passage over and over
again. Then he turned to us and asked "why is this not in the
bible?" and so we explained to him how some things were taken out of the
bible and these were revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the end of the lesson he turned to us
and said "You have the truth! You have the truth!" I was super
happy and we are trying to get him to come to church and hopefully he will
continue to learn more.</div>
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Hahaha funny lesson was when we were talking to a family and
asked why they could not come to church, and the mom of the family starts going
off about how they have to go to the hospital, then she started to go too deep
and explained that her daughter has some personal medical problems so she has
gained weight and her voice has changed, etc. Haha too much information
lady! The daughter was just sitting there mad and silent.</div>
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Another highlight of my week was teaching this part member
family and the man that is not a member in the family after watching the
restoration and reading the history of Joseph Smith, turned to us and said
"you are the first set of elders in 10 years to actually spark my interest
and get me thinking about really asking God if this is true. I don't know what
it is but I want to know." <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
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Also, we found a fat cat, definitely a house cat that look
like Jazz (grandma’s Hawaiian cat).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was walking on the street alone, so I picked him up and took him to
one of my favorite member family here in the ward, and now my cat has a home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their cat recently got run over by a
car and now they have a replacement for their dead cat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were happy to get another one.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> Hey guys!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well glad to hear everything is going
great there and that you are all having fun. People are starting to tease
me now that I have only a little time left. Whenever a plane passes by my
companion always points up and says, "hey comp, 4 months left!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Haha it kind of gets on my nerves. But
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We are working hard and one of the highlights of my week was going on divisions
with the ZLs. I went with Elder H from North Carolina/Arizona, and it was
great. I guess this past change I have been worried about things so much,
that I forgot what it felt like to work hard with a companion that really knows
what he is doing and wants to work hard too. The division was great and
we got a lot done. I learned a lot and the next day back, we put 4
baptismal dates with a family we are teaching.</span></div>
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I forgot to tell you about is that before the Saturday session of conference,
in the morning we went hiking in this hill near our area, we took pictures and
we decided to go down the hill a different way, so we started our descent and it
is beautiful in the forest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we
get near the bottom of the hill and come out to a clearing where there is a
warehouse and a house fenced in by an electric fence. Then 4 dogs came
running out and start barking like crazy and want to rip us apart, but then we
start circling the perimeter looking for a way out, and we see this armed guard
with a shotgun come walking toward us, and as he is walking toward us he loads
the shotgun and cocks it and yells "who are you!?" and we put our
hands up and yell "we're missionaries!" and then he starts going off
about why we are trespassing in a private property, and because of that he has
the right to shoot us, etc. And we are just yelling "we are looking
for a way out!" <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Haha it was scary
and funny at the same time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then
finally the man showed us the way out. We hurried home, got ready,
studied and then went to conference. I will always remember that incident
when I watch conference now...</span></div>
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Hey guys, well all good and marching along in this part of
the vineyard. I really enjoyed conference and a lot of the talks stuck
out to me. I really liked the last 2 talks of the Sunday morning session
by Jeffery R. Holland and President Uchtdorf. They really were powerful.</div>
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The work is progressing and little by little we are becoming
better as missionaries and as a ward here. Holy week was really slow
though. Everyone went on vacations and did not want to do anything with the
missionaries and church. We ate a lot though, and took a lot of the
pictures of the Catholic ceremonies and parades. On Friday, everyone go
out and watch the parades where the Catholics decorate the streets with colored
sawdust almost like a carpet that goes down the whole street. Then in the
night people carry this huge thing with a wooden carved Jesus Christ in a glass
box down the street on this carpet. Supposedly they pay 100Q to carry the
big thing to be able to be forgiven from their sins. </div>
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been smoking for 50+ years so that he would be able to stop smoking. We
fasted and for the last 3 weeks he has not touched a cigarette and feels sick
when he has the desire to do it. How cool is that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know that the Lord works daily
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liked it, so we will see how that goes and if they progress. Other than
that this week was great. I love what I do, and I know that we are here
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Hey guys, another week here in the area, and it has been
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On Wednesday we had a meeting of three missions where we
were able to hear from an apostle. The missions East, Central, and South
missions all met up and we hung out for a while waiting for the meeting to
start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then at 2 in the afternoon
Elder Anderson and Elder Maynes from the presidency of the seventy came.
We all got to pass and shake their hands, and it was a good spiritual
experience. We were fasting as a mission and a lot of questions were
answered about the work and how we can be better.</div>
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Elder Maynes talked first and something he said that really
stuck out to me is that we are all connected and that our decisions and actions
affect others in a chain. He told us that we should ask ourselves every
day "If every missionary in the world were like me, would the work move
faster and the world be a better place?" and that is true. If we
would all strive to be the best missionaries and the best people that we could
be, the world could be a better place. We can apply it to our normal
lives. If we were all working and being the best that we can be, the church
and its members would be having a bigger positive impact in the world.</div>
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Elder Anderson talked about the Atonement and how it is so
important to use it and understand it to be able to help our own lives and the
lives of others. He also talked about how every mission is different and
the duties of missionaries and way of work is different, and how our job as
missionaries in Central America is to help the people realize that they are a
part of the house of Israel and that the Book of Mormon is <u>THEIR</u> book.
That the past really calls out to them. </div>
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Other than that the week was kind of normal. But the
work is going great. Changes are in 1 week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But oh well, working hard, playing hard. I love the
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Hey guys, well checking in after another week here in
the area and this week went by fast (as usual). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was great this week because we got to do a whole bunch of
stuff. On Tuesday we were called in the morning by the bishop of the ward
and he told us about a service project that we were going to do in a
school. So we go to the school and for a Mormon helping hands project, we
helped hand out school supplies to all the children in the school (about
460 of them). It was fun to be able to see the children enjoying
themselves and now whenever we are walking in the street we hear "hey
gringos!" because all of the children know us now.</div>
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Another highlight of my week was talking to an investigator
and his family named A. His wife goes to the Christian church and her children
too, but her husband A does not because he is an atheist. The first time
we talked to him it was shocking to hear that he did not believe in God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guatemala is a strong Christian country
and it is really, really, really rare to be an atheist. So we went back
for the second time this week and we had a really deep and spiritual
lesson. He had a lot of questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We were able to relate science and the existence of God to him and
helped him open his mind a little about God and how religion and science can
work together. At the end of the lesson he was saying that he will have a
lot of thinking and evaluating to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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open up his understanding more. I hope that we can continue to teach him.</div>
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Other than that the week was pretty normal. This
coming Wednesday, we have a mission meeting with the apostle Elder Anderson, so
that should be good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Looking
forward to it.</div>
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Oh well, have fun I love you guys!</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">3/09/15</b></div>
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Hey guys another week has gone by and since last Wednesday
we have been working really hard. As a mission we had a goal to find at
least 15 new investigators and put 2 baptismal dates for every companionship,
and we did just that!</div>
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It was kind of funny working this week because I burned my
companion out. He doesn't really like to contact and walk up and down
hills and stairs so I just took him to "hell and back" like coach
Roland would say. He is super tired, so tired that we did not go to the
gym the whole week because he wanted to sleep. But in the end we taught
30 lessons with member, found 25 new investigators, and put 2 baptismal dates
with our investigators. </div>
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It was kind of frustrating though because we are teaching
this super good investigator named MF and her son. She goes to church
every week, and wants to get baptize, but she is not married and her husband
for some reason does not want to get married. I feel super frustrated
with him when we talked to him because he always fights with her over her
desires to search out God, but we are working on that. I was reading in
2nd Nephi about how there is opposition in all things... and that is how it
will be forever. To learn and grow we need opposition, and through the
problems our faith will grow. We will continue to fight through the
opposition and do all we can to help M and her son.</div>
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The rest of the week was great, we had another interview
with president as a zone, and it was good. We just talked about
conversion, how I am doing, and the area.</div>
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On Friday, there was a gun down in our area and being
typical nosy missionaries, we went back the next day and the blood was still on
the sidewalk. COOL! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Haha. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found some of the crime scene tape and
put it in my journal.</div>
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Yesterday, my companion had his patriarchal blessing given
to him by the stake patriarch. It was a great experience. It is
weird because when I try to remember what was said, I can't. I guess that
is how the Lord works to protect things. I feel like bishops and stake
presidents forget things that people confess too? But I do remember the
spirit in the room. It was a good, charged feeling.</div>
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All in all I am loving what I am doing. Just working
hard and trying to enjoy time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well,
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Hey guys, well this past week was great and we got a lot of
things done. We are working hard and things are getting a little
better. I have had to work and talk with my companion to get things
rolling there, but it is all good. We had 2 interviews in a week and a
half, and the first interview was on Friday with President for the situation
with my companion and yesterday we had our normal interviews. </div>
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The leaders are focusing a lot on personal conversion, and
how having a testimony is not enough, and it is true. In these last days,
having a testimony is not enough and we need to act and be converted upon what
we know. I think Elder David A. Bednar gave a talk named "when thou
art converted" and it is really good. He quotes Joseph Smith, and he
said that "when a man comes closer to the perfection and true conversion,
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is why we are only writing you today. So other than that we had a good
week. Working and studying hard. We have some baptismal dates for
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Hey guys! This past week has been pretty crazy... actually
one of the weirdest and frustrating weeks of my mission.</div>
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On Monday, we just went around saying goodbye to people with
Elder R. He is a great guy and I know that he will do better from now on
out. I was really touched because we had a good, long talk about how he
turned it around with me. Good guy, good missionary.</div>
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On Tuesday, we had changes and I received Elder G from El Salvador.
He has 7 months in the mission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
past week has been the most challenging in the mission comp. wise... but we'll
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After changes we went back to our area, and visited members
and investigators, and as we were walking up this hill in the bottom of our
area, these 2 cops stop us and say "drop your bags, and spread out on the
wall." They searched us and did a pat down, the cop even tapped my
balls to make sure I wasn’t hiding a gun or something down there!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Haha I was laughing the whole time, and my
comp was sooooo scared!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He says "we
are missionaries!” and the cop says "I don't care if you have money!"
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Haha and my comp looked like he was going
to crap his pants. They looked in our bags and books for stuff, and then
took down our names. </div>
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Wednesday, crazy stuff passed too, we went to an appointment
at 2 in the afternoon and as we enter the house this old guy is having a
seizure on the floor, so we pick him up and put him on the bed and he just
keeps having these seizure attacks off and on, and he could barely breathe.
So we call the ambulance and like typical Guatemala emergency service, the
ambulance did not come and we were waiting there with the guy practically dying
there for about 45 minutes, and so we just went and got a taxi to take him to
the hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is okay now.</div>
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Thursday, we saw a dead body on the street. A group of
people were surrounding the crime scene and I guess the guy was shot like 4
times and the cops were all running around looking for the bad guy. We
passed the scene on the way to an appointment and it was sad. Then about
an hour after we contacted a house and a guy let us in, all tattooed, and as we
were teaching the lesson, he stopped us and talked about how he was an ex gang
boss and how he had killed many guys, and how there are people from the other
gang looking for him etc. You could see death in his eyes... it was weird.
I felt bad and sick in the whole lesson. I have only felt that way a few
times in my mission in houses like that.</div>
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Hahaha oh well, we will see how things unfolds, time to
crack the whip and straighten things out. But other than that, I am
loving the mission. I love what I do and the people I meet! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have a great week guys! Take Care!</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">Hey guys,
well another week down here and the change comes to an end. My companion has
changes and I am staying here in Alameda. It was a fun run with the
kid. He is super sad to be leaving because this is his first area, but it
is all good. We got a lot of work done here in the area this past week
and we taught and found a whole bunch of people. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">I was
talking to Elder F this past week, and he will be going home on Wednesday.
It is crazy how time just flies away here. Time goes by and you look back
and say "how did I get here?" haha. But everything is going
well here. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">I did
divisions with the other area in my district, and we got a lot of work
done. I went with this guy from Blackfoot Idaho, named Elder S, and he is
great. Has about 7 months in the mission, and was kind of down about
everything because the work was moving slow in his area, but we just went in
there and tore it up. He came out happy and with the excitement needed to
keep going. I love helping others. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">I was
reading in the teachings of the prophets that Wilford Woodruff said in a temple
dedication that the portals of the heavens were opened and the destroying
angels were loosed upon the earth in 1894 and that things would get tougher and
tougher as time went on. I read an article and a study that said that
since that year the number of wars and destructions grew substantially.
That made me think that if the angels were already sent down to begin the
separation of the wheat and the tare as it says in the scriptures, we are in
the last days. Things are coming to a close, and those that are not
willing to work and strive in the faith will be burned with the other unworthy
and unwilling servants. Things may get bad, but do not lose hope.
Keep the faith, and work hard in the service of your God. Others have
agency, but our duty is to fulfill our calling to the best of our
ability. And like it says, if we continue faithful until the end, we will
receive a crown of glory, and all the things the Father has, we will be partakers
of those blessings too.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">I love you
guys, have a great week!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">Hey guys,
how are you all doing? This past week was great and we got a lot of work
done. Finally are getting a good number of people to go to church, but we
still need to find more investigators that really want to progress. We
lost some baptism dates because of unseen factors, and my comp. and I sat down
to really assess what is going on. We talked it out and had some help
from the leaders and we started to act and attack the work in a different
way. After that, things started to fall into place and go well.
Just work. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">Nothing
much happened this week. It seems like drunks are always attracted to
us. I feel like this week we have been approached by more drunks than
ever in my mission. They always say "hello mah friend" and try
to speak English, and my comp. gets the most of it because he is whiter than
me. They think I am the Latino and he is the gringo. But other than
that a good and sobering week.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">Love you
guys, take care!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Hey guys! I am glad to hear everything is going well over
there in that part of the world. We had a good week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We just got back from the Church Area
Offices in zone 10 so we kind of just had a slow p-day, didn’t do much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This past week was great and we had a baptism. The
baptism was for K.R. She is a young woman, 15 years old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was referred by one of the
members. We started teaching her 7 weeks ago and since she is under 18
years old, she needed to attend church several times before she can be baptized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we have been working with her a
lot. She is super, super great, one of those "Golden
Investigators" that everyone talks about. She reads the Book of Mormon
everyday, prays, and picked up super quick on everything that we teach
her. She is the only member in her family, and her parents support her
going to church, joining the church and attending the church activities.
The family said that they have seen a change in her since she started going to
church, and they can see that she is super excited about it. They have
this calendar in the house and she marked all the Tuesdays in the year with
"mutual" and the baptism date after the first time we talked about
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The baptism service was good and it went smoothly. One
of the priests in the church baptized her, and everything went well. Not
as many people showed up as we expected or invited, but the important people to
her showed up so at least that was good. Guatemala reminds me of Hawaii
because everyone here acts and does things on Hawaiian time... but oh well.
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Other highlights of the week, Friday I did divisions
with the ZLs and we worked and everything was great. Haha this week I
have just been having bad stomach problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh I tell you it was soooooooo bad!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was very hard holding it. </span></div>
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Hey guys another week down here in the mission. Time is just flying. I have
been talking to Elder F lately and he only has 24 days left... it is so crazy
to just think that more than a year ago we were in Palencia, and I was just
starting the mission. It seems like yesterday. But all is well in Zion here. <br />
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On Tuesday, we had a Zone Conference and we had workshops with president,
hna. Crapo, and the assistants. 4 zones showed up to the conference and it is
all good. Right now F is training so I have a brother in the mission. He is
from New York.
Cool kid. But all in all it was a great conference. We talked about ways to
accelerate the work. We learned different ideas and things that we need to
better. <br />
In the night on Tuesday, we went to an appointment with an investigator. He
is a pastor of a church and he is a friend of a member. And so we get there and
he pulls out his bible and a sheet of paper full of questions, verses and
things to just try and tear us down, and he says "are you ready to be converted
to the truth?" I laugh and take out my Bible and Book of Mormon, and we go
to a discussion. The first appointment with him was about the restoration, and
we were going to read the Book of Mormon with him, but he started to bash with
us, and so out of 20 questions, and verses he pulled out, he could not confound
us. We defended verse after verse using just the Bible. He was sooooo
frustrated with things that after the 20th question, he just sat there in
silence. So I pulled out some verses in Ezekiel that talk about the stick of Judah and
Ephraim and I ask him what does this mean. And he could not explain it. So I
told him that the Book of Mormon is there to show men that God completes all
his promises, that if he did not believe in continuing revelation given to man
through prophets, then he did not know anything about the bible, or the nature
of God. So he stood up and left, and said that he would study it and bring more
verses to tear down Joseph Smith, and the Book of Mormon.<br />
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Experiences like that just tell me how bad the world is lost in confusion,
and how the restoration of the gospel came forth, but the apostasy still runs
rampant. It also testifies to me the truthfulness of the church and the Book of
Mormon. I am so grateful for the knowledge of the gospel, because it helps me
and others to change their lives. With the true gospel we are not in darkness
but we have the light. With this light, we need to know it well, and use it to
help others in the darkness. Hahaha I didn't want to bash with the guy, but oh
well.<br />
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The rest of the week went great, and we have been giving a lot of service
this past week. Shoveling dirt, etc. and it’s all good.<br />
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We had stake conference here too, and it was great. They are focusing on the
basics: prayer, scripture study, family home evening, fasting, and church
attendance. These things help us stay healthy with the spirit and in the right
path.<br />
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Well have a good week guys, take care, and I love you!<br />
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Hey guys! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another
week down here in Alameda.
Time flies and this week went by really fast as well... I can't believe that
the sister missionaries that arrived at the MTC the same time when I came are going
to finish in a few weeks! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wow, eighteen
months already?</div>
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Haha! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well this past
week was great. We worked really hard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On Wednesday, President Crapo, Hermana Crapo, and the Assistants came to
work in the zone with us. We woke up early to prepare for the
meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had to give a district meeting
in front of the missionaries from my district, and one of the Assistants, Elder
G. from Guatemala.</div>
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Then we went to work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>From 3:30 in the afternoon to 9 at night we worked with one of the Assistants’
Elder S. It was great and we gave it our all. He helped us learn
some new ways to teach, and we took him around our area. One of the
things that we learned is that the Lord is preparing families. We contacted
all the families we saw on the street and we got return visits later on in the
week. A lot of the families are really good and receptive. So we
worked like that for the rest of the week. We are finding a lot of
investigators teaching a bunch of lessons... but the biggest challenge for us
right now in the area is getting people to go to church. We cannot baptize
them if they do not go to church. Yesterday we were kind of let down
because only a few of the investigators showed up to church. But it is
all good... we are going to work on that and focus on that this coming week.</div>
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I was reading in the teachings of Joseph Smith, there is a
section called "the evils of rushing ordination" and he says that we
should not rush ordination or any other ordinance on people that are not ready
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The second half of the week we kind of hit a wall. I
was thinking long and hard about why... and I realized that the Lord is telling
us he wants us to work in a different way. Out of 18 new converts only 3 shows
up regularly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We cannot expect the Lord
to bless us with more blessings or people to teach, nor baptisms, if we cannot
take care and respect what we already have and have been blessed with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week we are going to work with what we
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your scriptures everyday.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">hahaha that
is pretty funny that Hermana mentioned me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well this past week went by real fast, and we were able to
enjoy the time here in the area. I think the best thing that makes the
area enjoyable are the members. The members here are super fun and very kind
to the missionaries. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">On the 31<sup>st</sup>,
I taught district meeting and the rest of the day was spent visiting members
and investigators sharing messages of New Years and putting goals. Most
of our appointments fell through because everyone leaves to go to travel to the
beach for the day and do stuff with family in other parts of the country, but
it was all fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">In the
night we went and had a BBQ with the prior bishop of the ward here. I
love that family. We both put half-half of the food, and we just spent
time with them. They are struggling a little on the financial side and a
few days ago the wife, Hermana mentioned that they did not know what they were
going to do for new years with the family. So we went and shared food with
them. After we got there, more members came to the house at 9pm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">Then we
went home and had a bonfire on the roof of the house with the other elders in
my district who live next to us. We had smores and just watched the
fireworks and people milling about in the street on the rooftop. Then we
went to sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">The rest of
the week was good and normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People
are a little more receptive because they want to make a good start to the New
Year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">I’m loving
it here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This Sunday, I will have a chance to go
back to La Leyenda and baptize C. I am looking forward to that and I am
really excited.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">In this
area, I feel like we are here to help reactivate a lot. Recently that is
where we have been having success. Yesterday, we helped a woman that was baptized
2 months ago. </span></div>
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is all for now, I love you. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have a
good week, and take care!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">Hey!
This past week was super, super great. I was able to go back to La
Leyenda, my last area and baptize C. O. the father of familia O. It was
great! </span></div>
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services here finished at 1pm and so we were scrambling to leave and catch 2 buses
to get to La Leyenda. I got off the bus and as we walked into the chapel
I was greeted by a whole bunch of people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was so surprised to see all the people there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Somehow all of them including all
of my converts found out that I would be there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So this room was packed with families and people from the
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great service and the baptism went by really well. One thing though was
that there was almost no water in the font. Only enough water to come up
to my shin, or almost to my knee. We tried doing it standing 2 times but
there was not just enough water so finally I told him "kneel down"
and so we both knelled down in the water and finally I was able to submerge him
completely. I cannot explain how much joy I felt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My joy was full!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel so satisfied. </span></div>
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was one of the hardest investigator and may I throw in there the least likely
candidate for baptism. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was
drinking, and smoking the whole time we were teaching him and his family, but
he was always was attentive and listened to what we had to say. We won
his confidence little by little helping him with English as he knows and
understands a lot of it. And as we were changing he told me that after I
left, he said that he just sat down and thought about what we told him, and
then realized that he needed to get things right with God. That he is too
old to be fooling around with his health, physically and spiritually. I
am happy and I felt good. </span></div>
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thing that really touched me was that the people that participated in the
baptismal program were Jason, my convert and others that we worked with.
Hearing their testimonies and how they turned around their lives just testifies
to me that the Lord knows, and prepares people in small and diverse ways.
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biggest regrets that a missionary can have is looking back and saying "I
could have saved him..." and that is one of my biggest
nightmares. Not working and saving the souls that God has prepared.
I am really trying my best and working really hard here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am happy at how things are turning
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt;">Time just
keeps passing and I know I will have to start life and school in about 8 months
or so, but right now none of that matters. I testify and know that I am
engaged in the Lord’s work for now and I am in the Lords Errand.</span></div>
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guys and have a great week!</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This past week was
great and we are all just preparing for Navidad. We had a whole bunch of
stuff going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had meetings
with president Crapo and Hna. Crapo and yesterday we celebrated Navidad together
with 4 other zones. We met up and I got to see Elder Farr and some of my
old comps. It is kind of weird standing in meetings like these and being
one of the older guys in the crowd. Not really in age but have more time
in the mission. You see all these young and new faces with all their
preoccupations and excitement. There is an elder in our zone that is just
suffering. He is homesick and I tried to talk to him, and cheer him up,
but it is going a little rough for him. I remember back when I started
and a year ago I was in Palencia with barely 3 months talking to you guys last
Christmas was very hard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I’m
sure he is missing his family this Christmas.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">At the conference we
ate turkey, mashed potato, and stuffing. Then we watched a movie called
Iron Will by Disney. It is really great. It is about a young 17
year old boy that goes on a dog sled race against seasoned veterans to win and
save the family farm in order to go to school and study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I recommend it.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Well Christmas week
went really well here. I am glad that I got to talk to you guys. I am
glad to see that you are all doing great there. Elijah is so big, and you
guys look great Mom and Dad.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This past week was
great and we were able to get a little work done here, but we mainly just
enjoyed the week with members and investigators that invited us to spend
Christmas with them. On Wednesday, they call it la noche buena or the
night before Christmas. We just roamed around that day eating with
people. We ate 14 tamales, and they make this fruit cocktail kind of hot
drink called Ponche. We had fun and in the night we had to be in the
house by 9.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The day after the 25
we just practically did the same thing. We learned how to make bread and
so in the afternoon with a group of investigators we made bread, and then went
back to eat in the night. All in all we had a good week. Just preparing
for new years now.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I found out that I
have permission to go back and baptize C.O. on the 13<sup>th</sup> of January
from my last area so we will see. I’m excited to be able to go back and
baptize him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This coming week is
changes, so I don't know yet if I am staying.</span></div>
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12/03/14</div>
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Well I’m sorry that I am only writing you today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our P-day was moved because we went to
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Guess where I am at now? You cannot believe it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I came back to Alameda, Zone Alameda
Paraiso 2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the same area I
was in 8 months ago (was only there for 2 weeks though), the same house, the
same ward, the same members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is this for real?...
haha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I heard that, my heart
just dropped and I was kinda salty. I was thinking before changes,
"I am okay going anywhere, except for Alameda", and the Lord saw fit
to send me back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There must be a
reason why I have to come back here.</div>
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I am training again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My companion is named Elder R from Honduras. The elders that were
here before us were both going home so they did not find or leave much for us
to work with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So this past week
was just finding investigators to teach. It was hard to change areas, and
especially to come back to Alameda, but we found a few promising people.
The second time back here was a little better, I can feel that I have matured
and am able to change since the first time I was here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After leaving Palencia I was basically
in depression. But the members are great! The first few days they
all said "Have I met you before?" <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Haha yeah I was here a while back but only for 2 weeks.
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All in all, it’s a good week. I can see the difference
how the days go by, and how the work moves forward if we are working
hard. I am also the District Leader. The missionaries are great and
I really like being a DL. I get to help other missionaries with their
areas, and difficulties. </div>
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I love you guys... back to the concrete jungle! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have fun, and talk to you next week!</div>
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12/08/14</div>
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Hey there!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
past week was kind of hectic and full of stuff. On Monday and Tuesday we worked
the usual routine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then on
Wednesday we went to Zone 15 to assist in the Temple. It was good and we
had a lot of fun as a zone. When we were there, the lights went out
halfway through and so we were sitting there until they got it up running
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It feels weird being one of the older missionary in the
zone. Not in age but time in the mission. I see all these new
missionaries coming in and it reminded me that I was like them a few months ago,
new and learning how things work in the mission. I feel privileged to be
able to help other missionaries on their journey in the mission. </div>
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My district is doing good. We put a goal to find 18
new investigators this week for each area, and we all found 18 and more.
It is very good.</div>
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I am adjusting well and loving the area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The members are super cool and
loving. I’m very happy how things are turning out here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything is just going well.</div>
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We had interviews with president, his wife, and the assistants
this past Friday. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is always
refreshing to see them. I feel like each of my presidents have different
attributes and ways of running things, and I am just loving the mission right
now.</div>
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Right now we are finding and trying to get the cycle
rolling. It is like an electric elevator and escalator. We find
people to teach, focus on them, and then they either get baptized or some just seem
to be not interested to listen so we go back to the cycle of finding new people
to teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But we have been trying
to work on an escalator approach where we are constantly finding, and helping
those that we find to reach the top. </div>
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This past week it has been really foggy. Sometimes you
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This week, I was reading Lehi’s dream in 1 Nephi chapter 8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It talks about the mists of darkness,
temptation, etc. And so I was thinking about the mists of darkness that
Lehi saw. If we think about it, a mist can enter everywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can enter under the doors, in the windows,
and can even enter in through the smallest cracks. It can enter in our
lungs and body when we breathe it in. Well, Satan is like the mists, that
if we are not careful, we can easily let him in our houses, and our being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Satan is always ready to temp us or
lure us into bad things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then if
we let Satan in, the room to fall is everywhere. But it is up to us to be
strong and not follow or let the mist (Satan) get to us. The gospel of
Jesus Christ is our spiritual Gas masks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The gas mask filters the mist to help us remain strong and healthy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gas mask help us to not give in to
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I reread the talk by Ballard about the boat, life vest, and
holding on, and I know that that is true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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use your Gas mask! :)</div>
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Wow, sounds like you had a really great week. </div>
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This past week was great and we got a lot of work done. We
are working our hardest here trying to get things up and running.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our hard work paid off!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We reported numbers that I have not
reported in a long time. We had 24 lessons with members, 18 new
investigators, and a baptism! (I forgot to bring the memory from the
camera, so you will have to wait until next week for the pictures)</div>
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The baptism was this past Saturday for a guy named JP.
He is 15 years old and we found him the first week I was here in the
area. He has a really broken family, and grew up all his life without a
father. His mom and the rest of the family are alcoholics, but he has a cousin
that is a member. He really have great desire to change and he wants to
be the example for his family. The baptismal service was really great and
spiritual. The family assisted and they told us they wanted us to stop by
this week, so we will see how that goes.</div>
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I feel really satisfied. I don't know why, but I am at
peace right now. The mission is so amazing and I love every bit of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I continue to grow and learn
everyday. I get satisfaction knowing that we get to help a lot of people
all the time.</div>
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Yesterday we were working and not really having
success. We put the goal of 5 new baptismal dates with the investigators
for the week, and we had only 4. It was already getting dark, and so we
were scrambling to make the goal. We sat and thought, and we decided to
go visit an investigator that was not progressing, smokes and has a whole bunch
of problems. We got to his house, and when he opened the door, he had a
huge scab on the side of his face. Come to find out he was beaten up, and
robbed. So we start teaching, and had a really spiritual lesson. We
told him if he wants change and to come closer to God he needed to be
baptized. And he accepted. I love this work and I know that there
are people, brothers and sisters of ours waiting and ready for this message.</div>
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Christmas is coming and everyone is busy preparing.
There are lights outs and I can hardly believe that about a year ago, I was
fresh out of the box as a missionary.</div>
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Haha Elijah is using my jersey, sleeve, bat... haha just
kidding, you look good Elijah. (I can't believe that helmet still fits
you...) and First chair! You must be pretty good :) I have a photo in a
Santa suit too... I just forgot the camera today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will send it next week.</div>
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This past week has been kind of slow and sad because I felt
it coming from the start. But we visited and helped those that needed the
visits. Yesterday I started saying goodbye and today we are going to go
back to the area and finish up. I loved this area. I loved every
moment and day that I spent here. I may have a transfer, but I will never
forget the memories and moments that I have had here. I feel so privileged
to be able to work here in this part of the Lord's vineyard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel satisfied to have been able to
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The father of the familia O gave me a gift, a book. He
knows and understands how to read English, and so he collects books in
English. He gave me the book "The five people you meet in
heaven" I remember reading the book a few years back and one of the
messages that I remember that stuck out to me in this book, is the message that
all of us are connected. There are no mistakes, and that a small touch or
ripple in someone's life can extend into the eternities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have enjoyed my time here, and I hope
I have been able to make at least a small ripple in the people that I have met
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Les quiero mucho, y espero que tengan una buena
semana! Muchas veces pienso en el tiempo, y cuan rapido es. Hace un
año, yo solo tenia 3 meses aqui en Guatemala, ahora tengo 15. Pues, sean
feliz, hagan sus oraciones, y les quiero! </div>
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three months here in Guatemala , now I have 15. So, be happy, do your prayers
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Another week down here in the mission and it is week six of
the change... I feel like I am getting changed next week. I am 99%
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I have been working this past week like a dog trying not to
leave any regrets, but I have this sadness starting to build up thinking about
leaving. Nevertheless we had a good week. We are trying to work
more with the members and trying to get them excited and more involved in the
work. I realized that I am going. It’s going to be hard to leave
this area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The elders will only be here
for a short amount of time, and in order for the change and progress you made
with someone in the area to continue, the ward and members need to pick it up
and there should be a smooth handoff.</div>
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One of the things that was a highlight of my week was doing
divisions with our Elder P. We worked together and got a lot of work done
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We were walking to a visit and I felt like we should change
plans and go visit N. We had not visited her for a week because we just
wanted to give her a break to think about things because she was not
progressing. We started and we taught about the Book of Mormon. I
asked her if she really felt like she was doing her part in reading the book to
get an answer and she said no, but we challenged her to read. We asked
her in what way did she expect to receive her answer and she said a
dream. So we said okay and left. The next day we passed to see if
she was going to be able to go to church with us. She said no, but she
said that she had a dream. Haha we got all excited. She said, she didn't
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She said she dreamed about me. That I was walking
alone, dressed all in white from head to toe, down an endless highway, with
darkness on both sides of the highway, and that I was carrying the Bible and Book
of Mormon in my hands. She said in the dream she was calling out to me
but I did not turn to look where the voice was coming from or did not respond
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I am still thinking about her dream. What do you think
is the meaning of her dream?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was
thinking about Lehi's dream. Maybe we need to share that with her on the
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Hi guys, I am really enjoying my time here in the
mission. Sometimes I just wake up and I can't even remember all the
people that we talk to or all the lessons we teach.</div>
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We are teaching a whole bunch of people and some of the
highlights of my week was teaching family members of the Familia O.
Before the baptism of E, other people in the family did not have any interest
in what we do or didn't really want to get involve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But now we have a baptismal goal for the 22nd
with 2 of her cousins and her sister. Even the sister's boyfriend now wants to
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Every Wednesday we have an activity in the church called
"Mormon night" and the members invite and bring family members,
investigators etc. and we share a message, play games, and have a snack. These
people are really enjoying it and they said that they are ready to change. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The messages that we share are inspiring them
to make the right choices. They want more commitment than just living
together. I’m just so excited for them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The best thing about missionary work is that I get to see people
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gospel of Jesus Christ does
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highlight of my week was a bonfire we had Sunday night with the Familia
O. We made s'mores and just talked story and just had a good time. I
introduced them to making s'mores. I showed them how to make them. I
couldn't find graham crackers and Hershey’s chocolate is expensive so we bought
cookies with chocolate on them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It went
great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All in all a great week.</div>
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Hey guys! Another week down here in Guatemala. </div>
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This past week was hectic and packed with stuff so I am just
going to summarize it. Wednesday we had a zone meeting and worked like
normal preparing for the zone conference with Presidente and the assistents.
On Friday we had the zone conference. We started at 9 in the morning and
finished at about 4. It was really good, and we learn a ton of stuff in
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One of the things that we talked about in the zone
conference is having more meaningful prayers. How are you all on your
prayers? Hna. Crapo has been focusing on having more meaningful prayer
and she said that a lot of times we fall into the habit of waking up in the
morning, rolling off our beds, and sprawl out and say the prayer half awake.
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She said we need to show more interest and action in what we
are doing when we are praying. When we pray, we are talking to our Father in
heaven!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wanted us to
have more meaningful prayers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
right there in the meeting, she wanted us to say our personal prayers out loud and
to focus on what we are thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Giving thanks to our Heavenly Father rather than always asking for
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These past few days I have been trying to put that into
practice and I feel like I get more out of my prayers. I get up, jump
rope and wake myself up for a minute or 2 then say the prayer. </div>
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This past Saturday and Sunday were the celebrations of the
dead here and Guatemala’s Giant kite festival. On Saturday we woke up
studied, etc. Then we went down to the cemetery to visit and see their
celebrations. There were a whole bunch of people, and the cemetery in my
area has one street that leads to it, and it was just packed full of vendors selling
food, toys, kites, etc. </div>
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Family O was selling papas fritas so we hung out with them
for a while and just took in the sites. Everyone that lives in our area
came down and decorated the graves, flied kites and just spent the day
there. The streets were empty except for the street of the cemetery.
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All in all good day, I love this area, the people, and the
culture. Haha I am enjoying myself so much here!</div>
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Well, have a good week, and have fun! Say your prayers!</div>
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