tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90602224838527445952024-03-14T06:36:54.997-05:00sisteranacoloradoMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-45881530017367182222018-02-05T21:16:00.000-06:002018-02-05T21:16:57.512-06:00Grand Junction 5<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today Is a Gift That Is Why It Is Called the Present </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Something that my mission has taught me is that in every day there is
something great that happens. It might be a super little thing or
something big in every day there is a miracle to be grateful for. Also
that Heavenly Father has His timing and He really does know what is best
for us and what we need. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I got reminded of that a
lot this week. It also stood out to me this week that Heavenly Father
always answers our prayers. A few different times this week there was
something we prayed for that happened. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The first experience
was when we were planning for our day we prayed for an unplanned service
opportunity and that same morning we got a text from someone seeing if
we could come help them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The second experience was when we
decided to walk to the Benefields. It was super far and I was not sure
we were going to be able to make it on time. At least not in the two
hour slot we allotted. At one point we ran into a member who offered us
a ride; we said we were good because we still thought we would be able
to make it. A few minutes after we ran into her Sister Lokotui
remembered how far it was, she had forgotten about part of the walk. She
said a little prayer that we would run into someone who would be able to
give us a ride. Not even two minutes later a member pulled over and
offered us a ride. We had dinner with the member that night and we
shared that experience with him. He said that it was definitely Heavenly
Father's timing. He was not even so supposed to be over there, but
someone had cancelled so he decided to go to Fruita to do something else
and on his way he ran into us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The third is that one day I
had not gotten much sleep the night before and I was super tired. I
prayed that I would have enough energy to be able to get through the
day. I think that I had the most energy that I had in a while.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Fourth,
Sister Lokotui's eye started bothering her in church. After Church it
just kept getting worse. Eventually it got to the point were she could
not open it. We said a prayer that we would be able to figure out what
to do. We remembered that there was a member near by. We decided to stop
over there and see if we could try rinsing out her eye. We tried that
and it didn't really work. Then the member realized that a member of
the ward was an eye doctor. We called him and he was able to do an eye
exam and now she gets to wear some super nice looking glasses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This
week we were also able to start teaching Steve. We have been able to
teach him three times now. His wife was there for the last lesson and
that was a miracle. She is super against missionaries. He is doing
great and loves the gospel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We helped the Knowles family take apart a car and that was super exciting. We tried to
take a picture in it and we dropped the keys behind the seat so we had
to rip off the back seat to get them out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <span>Breakfast was great it was exciting to
see Grandma. We went out to ihop and both sister Lokotui and I have
never been there so that was fun. (</span><span>I didn't mean to strike a pose I pulled a face because I almost dropped
my leftovers on the floor then caught them and that is when the
picture was taken. I was supposed to be smiling.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I hope you all have a great week. </span></div>
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Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-36479562734223933122018-01-29T20:04:00.000-06:002018-01-29T20:04:10.420-06:00Grand Junction 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We Are Going To Build A Ship!</div>
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This week was exciting we had Zone Conference. I love zone conference
you always feel so inspired. President Gifford gave a training on how
this last year we as a mission have gone through some struggles but now
we are in a good place. He related this to the story in 1 Nephi 17 and
said Nephi's family had to travel in the wilderness and got to Bountiful
and it was good. Then the Lord commanded Nephi to go and build a ship.
He said the Lord has commanded us that we should build a ship and work
together so we can get to the Promised Land. Now we are all super pumped
to build a ship. </div>
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Yesterday Sister Lokotui and I
spoke in Church all about missionary work. We talked about how we can
be better missionaries. Now the ward is pumped about missionary work so
that is great. </div>
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Steve came to church this week so that is great. He is so ready to meet with us; he just doesn't know it. </div>
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I
went on exchanges to Fruita and that was fun. We found three new people
that want to learn more so that was amazing. I actually got to ride in
the same car Sister Davies and I drove in Bowels Grove. I don't know if
anyone remembers, but I love that little blue Ford Fusion. </div>
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There is a park by where we live called The Duck Pond and it makes me think of the park by home that we call the duck pond.</div>
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<i>[Excerpt from Ana's letter to me] </i></div>
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<i>I got my flight info this week. This week was interesting it
was pretty good. I have kind of been having a rough time because it was a week full of lasts. I had my last zone conference my last interview
with president.[She also shared a story about a mild disagreement with her companion about not feeling included in planning and she still want to "</i><i>serve with all my might mind and strength."]</i></div>
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seeing grandma next week. </i></div>
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Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-44990794440417381482018-01-22T14:19:00.000-06:002018-01-22T14:19:28.857-06:00Grand Junction 3<i>From Ana's letter to me: </i><br />
<i>This week is my last zone conference so that is a little strange. This
might be bad but I have kind of reached the point when I don't really
want to come home I just want to be a missionary forever. It is kind of
weird being in an area that you know you are never going to be taking
over. It is a little stressful because I just want to work but you also
can't just like over work. I don't think that explained it very well.</i><br />
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Sister Lokotui Hits Her 11 Month Mark </div>
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Steve's wife came to church yesterday. He was so excited. His wife has
been giving him anti and things and said she would never come so that
was a huge step. He went hunting with some members this last weekend. The
member said they talked a lot about the gospel and Steve said he is
just looking for the truth. The member said he testified that he will
find it. Steve is up to 1 Nephi 10 in The Book of Mormon.</div>
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We
taught this less-active man named Ron. We are going to start reading
the Book of Mormon with him because he said he has never really seen how
it applies to today. He has always loved the history of it and how it
teaches of the people in the Americas but he has never seen it help
him. He said he is excited to start reading it with a new perspective. </div>
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We
also have been working with a family, the Laukes. Their daughter Ali
recently got baptized. She is 9 and the mom has been less-active for
years and is trying to come back. Ali loves crafts and art projects so
we have been thinking of ideas to help her focus in lessons. </div>
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Yesterday
there was a stake music recital and we were able to go help hand out
programs. Music is always a great way to feel the spirit and to remember
how much heavenly father loves us. </div>
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Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-87301309653867401852018-01-16T15:06:00.000-06:002018-01-16T15:06:54.027-06:00Grand Junction 2<div style="text-align: center;">
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This week was exciting. We have been walking a lot because we are a
little short on miles*. We have this song called "I Will Get There," and we
joke that it is our song because we walk all the time and we motivate
ourselves by singing the song, "I Will Get There." We like walking for a
few reasons though. You talk to more people when you walk and we need
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This week 4 less-active [members] came to
church so that was great. We have appointments scheduled with all of
them this week so that is great. </div>
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On the
investigator front we ended up dropping all of them so we are starting
from scratch. Our ward mission leader brings his friend Steve to church
so maybe we can start teaching him soon. One of the less-active [members] also
brought a friend with them so that is fantastic. </div>
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I met sister Lokotui's trainer yesterday she was visiting Fruita and stopped by. </div>
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I hope you all have a great week. </div>
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<i>*The missionaries are supposed to only drive a certain number of miles in so many days- I think mostly for wear and tear reasons.</i></div>
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<i>Just a guess, but<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V28frhsooDw"> this could be the song</a> Ana is talking about.</i></div>
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<i>It seems Ana did not have a lot of time this week for writing (even though this letter isn't much longer than her others lately). Normally she writes a little something to her parent's personal letters, but this time it was "sounds like an eventful week. I am running out of time but I love you and will talk to you more next week." </i></div>
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<i>At least Ana's grandma wrote me an adventure of Ana's she heard through the grapevine:</i></div>
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<i>This is as I remember it from Dad [Ana's grandpa] telling me what Grandma [Ana's great grandma] said, which
makes it a condensed she said she said he said version. Grandma's
friend Lola lives in a ward that is not the Monument Ward, but her
friend Lola goes to dinner at a friend of hers in the Monument Ward.
The sister missionaries were there when Lola went to the friends' and
Ana mentioned her [great] grandmother lives in Grand Junction and Lola asked her
name. "Martha Sharp," said Ana. Lola was delighted of course because
Lola Sampson was a very dear friend of your grandmother [Ana's great grandma]. Lola taught
your Dad [Ana's grandpa] Primary [Ana's grandpa's family joined the church when he was primary age] and also her husband was the branch president of the
Aspen Branch who filled out your dad's [Ana's grandpa] mission papers and called your
dad [Ana's grandpa] into his office and asked your dad [Ana's grandpa] to sign them. I think he also
encouraged your dad [Ana's grandpa] to go to BYU instead of Colorado State [BYU is where Ana's grandparents met]. So anyway,
Ana and her companion ran out of miles on their car, so they had to walk
to the dinner appointment with Ana on crutches. Apparently it was like
a 4 mile walk. After the dinner they also had a teaching appointment,
so Lola took Ana and her companion to the appointment. At the
appointment, Lola knew the man there (I suppose a member, not the
investigator) and Lola asked him to be sure and drive the missionaries
home, which we suppose he did. Lola fully intends to get Grandma and
permission if necessary to take Ana, her companion, and Grandma to
lunch. :)</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Well I have left Gunnison and I am now in Grand Junction in the Monument ward. My companion's name is Sister Lokotui and she is great. She is from California, but her family is Tongan. She is super fun and loves the gospel. <br />The last week in Gunnison was great. Shay kept her commitment to read the Book of Mormon so that was good. We met with Maria and she said she wants to set a goal to get to the temple and wants to be a better example for her brothers. The Branch seemed excited about that. Sister Carlson also got to stand on a frozen lake for the first time ever.<br />We are already seeing miracles here in Monument. We have been able to make contact with a lot of less-actives that have said no in the past and have been able to meet them and set up return appointments so that is awesome. The ward here is a lot bigger then in Gunnison and will take some getting used too.<br />I hope you all have a great week.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Our District (Gunnison)<br /><br />[in a letter to me in response to my question about how her ankle is doing]<br />My ankle is healing, the Branch President looked at it just before I left and said it is just badly sprained and will take a while to heal I will just have to wear the brace for a few months. <br />[in response to my very excited, "Grand Junction?! Are you in your great grandma's ward?"] <br />No, I am actually in the other zone (non mission term other stake) so I probably will never see her. I am not allowed to leave my zone. Also in doing this my plan thing I just signed up for an institute class and have committed to go to the temple once a week. I just thought I should let you know so when I am home I am not like, "well I got to go to Institute" and you like planned something. I signed up for Tuesday nights at 7 at the Anoka building.<br /> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />In contrast to the institutions of the world, which teach us to know something, the gospel of Jesus Christ challenges us to BECOME something.”<br />ELDER DALLIN H. OAKS</span></span></div>
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Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-32475623358292338262018-01-02T16:01:00.000-06:002018-01-02T16:03:50.118-06:00Gunnison 17 & 18<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>Ana's letter this week is pretty short- she mentioned when we talked on Christmas that it would be short because Monday the library would be closed and Tuesdays are usually busy, being a regular work day and that she would need to spend most of her free time today working on <a href="https://www.lds.org/youth/article/my-plan-the-plan-for-after-your-mission?lang=eng">My Plan</a>.</i></div>
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<i>It was great to talk to her on Christmas. She seemed in a very good mood and we laughed over a handful of jokes. She mentioned her ankle is still healing and also that she's used her Minnesota winter weather driving skills and gained mountain winter weather driving skills after being in rural mountain areas most of her mission. She and her companion (who is from Texas) were driving and hit a patch of black ice. Her companion kept saying, "What are we supposed to do?!" and Ana kept saying, "I'm doing what we're supposed to do!" and she did (stayed steady and steered straight) and they were safe and didn't go off the road which would have been bad because they were in a rural area meaning no cell service and no other travelers. We are glad they are safe :-) (and glad we got to talk to her because she tells more stories in person than in writing).</i></div>
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Well it happened, I have officially spoken to all of the less-actives [members not attending church regularly] in
the Gunnison Branch. Or at least tried to find all of their houses and
the houses that we found I have talked to. That is pretty exciting; I
don't think I have been able to do that in any of my other areas.</div>
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Shay still is not coming to church. She did start reading the Book of Mormon by her self again so that is progress. </div>
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This
less-active family, the Chonas, we were able to meet with. The daughter
kept her commitment to read the Book of Mormon so that was great.</div>
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We
had another family move into the branch this week. Also Chris brought
his mom with him to church this week and she is not a member so that is
super exciting. </div>
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I hope you all have a great week.</div>
Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-24810315531208003332017-12-18T14:47:00.000-06:002017-12-18T14:47:02.703-06:00Gunnison 15 and 16<div style="text-align: center;">
Merry Christmas! </div>
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Zone Conference was this week. It was great as usual. The entire thing
was focused on Christmas. I gave a training on how to have a more
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We have been showing
everyone the Christmas video and we have been able to get in and see
some less-active people because of it so that is awesome. </div>
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We
went caroling with the Harvey family and stopped by some members and
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Monique was in the hospital this week so we went and saw her and showed her the <a href="https://www.mormon.org/">Light the World</a> video.</div>
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The
members of the branch are doing a great job fellow-shipping Shay. The
Branch President invited the entire branch council that if they did not
know her they have to find a way to meet her and introduce themselves. </div>
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Something super exciting though is
that a member moved into the Gunnison Branch yesterday and he is super
on fire about missionary work so that is awesome. He got back from a
mission about a year ago it is great. </div>
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Last Night I Had A Dream I Was Drinking A Root Beer Float</div>
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We were watching the <a href="https://www.lds.org/?lang=eng">Christmas Devotional</a> at the Seelbinders and Mark
made us all root beer floats. He said "Last night I had a dream I was
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week was the <a href="https://gunnisoncrestedbutte.com/event/night-of-lights-in-gunnison/">Night of Lights</a>. That is were the entire town of Gunnison
gets together and people have booths that line Main Street and at the end
of the street there is a giant Christmas tree and Santa comes; at some
point all the kids follow him and he lights the tree. The church had a
booth and it was pretty close to the tree so that was awesome. We handed
out a lot of pass along cards about the <a href="https://www.mormon.org/">Christmas video</a>. We also had a
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was also the Branch Christmas party this week. We ended up singing
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were finally able to meet with Grace this week. Grace is a 13 year old
girl who wanted to be baptized, but her mom does not think she is old
enough to make that decision. Grace really loves church and the
gospel. We started doing personal progress with her so she can still
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<i>[the link for "Christmas Devotional" links to the lds.org main page. Currently you can watch the video right on the main page. I don't know how long it will be up, maybe for the week. </i></div>
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<i>Ana may eye roll at the version I picked for "Mary Did You Know?", but some of the versions are pretty cheesy (imo), and I thought this one was pretty great.]</i></div>
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Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-82630535948866013612017-11-27T17:05:00.000-06:002017-11-27T17:05:19.358-06:00Gunnison 13<div style="text-align: center;">
Gunnison for Christmas</div>
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Well I am staying in Gunnison for the next 6 weeks. It will be an adventure and we will have to see how cold it gets. </div>
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<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1787835953" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">On Monday</span></span>
we met with a less-active named Monique. She is super great and is 19.
Her sister went on a mission so that is exciting. She hasn't been to
church in about a year and said she wants to start coming again. At the
end of our lesson she said you know I was planning on not showing up <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1787835954" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tonight</span></span> but I am glad I did. </div>
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Shay
is doing great. The Seelbinders had her over for our lesson and then
they also had her over for Thanksgiving. They are great fellowshipers.
Shay and Mark have very similar pasts and both struggle with anxiety
and depression. Mark's testimony has really helped Shay realize how
important the gospel is and that it can help. </div>
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Our landlord's family had us over for Thanksgiving. They are super great. </div>
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The
new church Christmas video came out. It is amazing everyone should
watch it. It is about 2 minutes and you can find it by just going on <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://mormon.org&source=gmail&ust=1511900267916000&usg=AFQjCNGYkK0ach8ESQTIq21h0XjTj7TbAg" href="http://mormon.org/" target="_blank">mormon.org</a> </div>
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I also sprained my ankle this week so that was exciting. </div>
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I hope you all have a great week. </div>
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<i>[Part of Ana's letter to me because I asked her some related questions and thought maybe this could be inspirational to some:]</i></div>
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In church <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1787835957" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Sunday</span></span>
two sibling gave talks on being grateful in times of trial. [one]
said he was going to go a little different way and talk about a life
experience. He went on to say that on his mission he was assigned to
go to Brazil. When he was in the MTC he thought he got over his
homesickness and all the emotions of a mission. He then went on to talk
about how it was apparent that his Visa was not coming so he got
reassigned to the Las Angeles mission to wait for his Visa. While he
was there he realized that he was not happy and not enjoying himself and
he realized something was wrong about 5 months into his mission. He
ended up being diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety that meant
the they were going to permanently reassign him to the Las Angeles
mission. He said that in all of that and with the help of a loving
mission president, patient companions, and kind members and less-actives
he was able to serve a full 2 year mission and it was an amazing
experience. He never thought he would be able to finish. He said when
it was happening he felt abandoned but he knows now that he was never
alone and the it is only because Heavenly Father loves him that he was
able to do it. It was a super powerful story. <div>
There are a lot
of missionaries that struggle with depression and anxiety and people
are willing to work with it. If [anyone] wants to serve a mission it is
possible. </div>
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<i>[And this little "oh yeah, by the way" because I asked how her hike last week went cracked me up and I thought other moms might appreciate it:]</i></div>
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I sprained my ankle while hiking.
Other then that it was pretty good though. If you get a notification
about someone using your insurance that is why. </div>
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I love you</div>
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Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-3571626308701646332017-11-20T18:43:00.000-06:002017-11-20T18:45:05.005-06:00Gunnison 12<div style="text-align: center;">
Donny Osmond Really Knows How to Get Down to Business </div>
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He came in with the force of a great typhoon.</div>
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Well I
think that was the highlight of my my week. Skyping with Donny; it was a
blast. He really has a testimony like a coursing river. He has a
pretty good Minnesotan accent. He was so happy he was able to join us
for a lesson and he was very grateful we thought to Skype. He has a son
on a mission in Italy so he was happy that he can tell him about his
missionary experience. He talked about how it is a miracle that his son
was even able to go on a mission because he had struggled with anxiety
for a long time. He talked about how the gospel had helped his son.
Then he also shared about how he gained his testimony of the book of
Mormon. It was super cool and the Spirit was so strong. Shay ended up
praying about a day to be baptized and Donny said he would come. He
ended up having to hang up because he was supposed to be on stage soon
and his manager kept coming and telling him he needed to start getting
ready. It was a great lesson and probably one of the best ones I have
had with Shay. </div>
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The other member that we brought to the
lesson (Sister Seelbinder), has started to fellowship her. She offered to
pick up Shay for church and invited her to dinner. We are going to have
a lesson in her home <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1490630538" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tomorrow</span></span>.
Sister Seelbinder thought it would be a good idea to have her over and
to have her and Mark talk because it sounds like they have very similar
pasts. I was going to send a picture of the lesson, but for some reason
the member that took the photo says it won't send to my email so that is
weird. </div>
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I also got crazy sick the night before the lesson. I had a fever of about 103 it was crazy. I am doing okay now. </div>
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I hope you all have a great week. </div>
Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-24117313384486468052017-11-13T13:51:00.000-06:002017-11-13T14:32:14.366-06:00Gunnison 11<div style="text-align: center;">
We Made it On Time to Seminary</div>
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We were actually the first ones there, we were so proud of ourselves. We went to Seminary to give everyone in the class a Book of
Mormon. A week ago the class had a discussion about handing out copies
of the Book of Mormon to their friends and not many of them had done it.
We had dinner with the teacher last night and we talked about sharing
the Book of Mormon with our friends and talking about it and she told us
about the conversation with the class. This morning we went to invite
the class to write down their testimony of Jesus Christ in the front
then pray about who they could give it to. I figured I would just share
a little bit of mine, since I committed all the seminary kids to share
it with their friends I should probably do the same. </div>
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I
know that the Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ.
Through reading it I have come to know that Jesus Christ is my Savior and
that he really did come to the earth and suffer and die for each of
us. I have felt Heavenly Father and Jesus's love for me. I know that
they know exactly what I feel and know how to help me. I have learned
that because of Christ I can feel happy even in trials. I know that
Heavenly Father loves all of his children all around the world. </div>
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This
week we went on exchanges I was with Sister Pond for a day. She got to
teach a Spanish lesson with me to Ruben. We read a little bit of the
Book of Mormon with him. We talked about how sometimes God asks us to
do hard things but if we have faith then we can do what he asks. </div>
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<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1015822138" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Tuesday</span></span>
we had a lesson with Shay. We talked about prayer and how if we pray
then the Spirit can witness to us of the truth. Also how we can ask for
peace and comfort. She turned to the Book of Mormon this week when she
was having a bad day. She opened it to a random page and it was exactly
what she needed. She read <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/ether/15?lang=eng">Ether 15</a>. I had never before thought of
that chapter as a comforting one. It helped her realize that sometimes
we do have to sleep on our swords in a sense because we need to always
watch out. We also need to keep fighting until the end no matter what.
It was a new perspective. </div>
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We got to help
Claressa with service this week. She is doing a craft fair. We helped
her to make bird feeders and pine cones for starters. After we did
service she let us share a message and we set up an appointment to go
back, so we are now teaching Claressa again.</div>
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We
taught Jared again this week. We taught him the restoration of the
gospel. We asked him to read the Book of Mormon so we will see if he
does that. </div>
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We saw the Heckers this week. We
talked about Sabbath day observance. They also fed us dinner and brother
Hecker taught us how to make a stew out of all food storage things.
That was exciting; he is supposed to get me the recipe. </div>
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We
also did service at the High School play. They did Willy Wonka. We
helped hand out tickets and concessions. We got to talk to some of the
cast so that was fun. </div>
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I hope you all have a great week.<br />
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[a little extra from her letter reply to her dad: In Gunnison we have zero snow right now. On the mountain is Crested
Butte, they have some. I do like the snow I am excited for it. I think the most exciting lesson we taught this week was
that we were talking about the word of God and how we need to read it.
On the TV that was going that was not going to be turned off it started
talking about the Book of Mormon so that was fun.] </div>
Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-47758826503017250172017-11-07T10:26:00.000-06:002017-11-07T10:26:15.647-06:00Gunnison 10<div style="text-align: center;">
100 Days More</div>
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JK Sister Carlson did the math wrong. I was trying to figure out if I
wanted to read the Book of Mormon another time before I get home how
many pages I needed to read a day. I did not want to figure it out
though because then I would know how many days I had left and I did not
want to know that. Sister Carlson ended up doing the math for me and
was like you have 100 days. I was like the whole point of you doing
this is so that I would not know how many days I have left. Now she
wants to make a paper chain. I agreed that we might be able to make one
until <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1133566752" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">February 15th</span></span>
when all the candy goes on sale from Valentines day. We will see if it
ends up happening. We did find out that she did the math wrong though
so that is good.</div>
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Last week Brother Richter our Branch
Mission leader gave us some names to go try of less-actives. A lot of
them I had tried before but we decided to do it again. We have been able
to see miracles. </div>
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We got in contact with this
Lady named Donna. We had tried her last week and she told us that she
was not interested. We went back this week to try her again and she
opened her door and was like I know who you are come in. We went in and
shared a scripture with her. She mentioned that she really missed
having the Sisters come over and the church. </div>
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Another
is named Doug and he was in the middle of chopping wood when we tried
him but we were able to set up another appointment to teach the whole
family.</div>
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We were also able to get in and see Sister Friedman again which was great. </div>
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Shay
is doing great. She didn't come to church again. She did tell us that
she made a covenant with God that she would meet with us once a week
though.</div>
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Jared ended up getting stuck doing a
group project so we were not able to meet with him but hopefully this
week. His Birthday was <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1133566753" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Wednesday</span></span> so we told him that he missed out because we might have brought him a treat or something. </div>
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We
had dinner with the Harveys this week. Which is always fun. Anders
and Alex had to tell me all about how badly the Gunnison High School
band lost at state. They are still really bitter about it. Anders is
going to be drum major next year and is super excited about it. They
also all shared their missionary moments from the week with us. Anders
was telling his friend about the Book of Mormon and put one in his back
pack so next time it comes up he can give one to her. It is always
exciting to hear about the members' missionary moments. </div>
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I hope you all have a fantastic week. </div>
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Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-41179286443862354082017-11-06T16:04:00.001-06:002017-11-06T16:04:18.511-06:00Gunnison 9<div style="text-align: center;">
WE ARE GOING TO A LAKE </div>
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Well this week was Mark Seelbinder's birthday. We decided to 'heart
attack"* him. We pulled it off. Sister Thompson told me that they always
get caught. It was a miracle that the dog did not bark. </div>
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We
were able to do a church tour with Shay this week. She enjoyed it.
She also came to the Halloween party so that was amazing. She didn't
come to church but baby steps. </div>
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We were able
to teach Jared Jacobsen again this week. It was awesome. We taught him
about how Heavenly Father loves us and he sent Jesus Christ. We can
trust Christ with anything. It was a super good lesson. We are
hopefully going to go over and teach him again this week. His best
friend goes to USU and he goes there for every Thanksgiving and
Christmas break. </div>
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This week was our Branch
Trunk or Treat and our land lord helped us decorate our car. Her
daughter Realynn came and helped us with our game at the trunk or treat
and dressed as a Sister Missionary it was awesome. We were all going to
be old ladies but then we were not aloud to dress up so she decided to
come as a Sister Missionary. </div>
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I hope you all have a fantastic week. </div>
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[*"heart attack" is when they cover someone's door in lots of paper hearts]</div>
Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-46187170358320277722017-10-23T14:17:00.000-05:002017-10-23T14:17:47.555-05:00Gunnison 8<div style="text-align: center;">
Sister Carlson Knows Alex From Target </div>
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We found another Spanish investigator this week her name is Alejandra.
She is great. We talked about the book of Mormon with her and she said
she wanted to read it. </div>
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We met with Ruben and read a little of the Book of Mormon with him and talked about recognizing the Spirit. </div>
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We
got to see Shay this week and she is doing good. She says she doesn't
want to commit or make a promise to God that she might break. We
started to read the Book of Mormon with her because if she reads it then
that is how she is going to get a testimony. I also ended up promising
her that if she reads the whole thing then by the time she gets to the
end she will not want to smoke any more. </div>
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This week was Train the Trainers and the Mission tour. That means that <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_649687292" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Tuesday</span></span> morning we left for Grand Junction and then we got back <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_649687293" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Wednesday</span></span>
evening. The Mission Tour was great; Elder Gaverrett of the Seventy
came and it was great. It was a whole day of training and it was
great. We also got to spend <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_649687294" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Tuesday</span></span>
night with the Grand Mesa Sisters in Grand Junction. Sister Crawford
and I went on an exchange. We found a new investigator named Leah and
she is great. She was super excited to learn more about the gospel. </div>
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There is a less-active guy named Chris who is moving here in January so we got to meet him and teach him a little this week. </div>
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We have been giving everyone in Gunnison an invite to the Branch Halloween activity so we will see if anyone ends up coming. </div>
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Random funny story of the week is that at the mission tour we were all
supposed to prepare a training. I was not called on but there was an
Elder that got called on and he gave pretty much the same training that I
had prepared. </div>
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Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-69960111235076740132017-10-16T16:01:00.000-05:002017-10-16T16:01:43.689-05:00Gunnison 7<h2 class="hP" id=":ld" style="text-align: center;" tabindex="-1">
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Well a miracle happened yesterday. We were going to try someone then we
remembered that a member had not showed up at church and we felt like
we should go make sure she was doing okay. While we were there we
decided to try another member that was not at church that day first.
They live in the same apartment complex. As we were walking around the
back we ran into Able. We got to talk to him a little and that was
good. He said that he had been reading the Book of Mormon and that it
has been "heavy" (when he says that he means it has been calling him to
repentance) and he needs to meet with the missionaries. He also is
moving to California soon so we will have to hook him up with the
missionaries there. </div>
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We were finally able to meet
with Shay again this week. It went great. She has been talking with
Donny a lot about commitments and covenants. She wants to be baptized
but is not really sure she can do it. It was great because our lesson
that day was all about covenants and commitments. She already started
keeping one of her commitments. She texted us to let us know that she
read the chapter in the book of Mormon we wanted her to so that is
great. </div>
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Joe has officially gone to Lakewood.
He made it to church though before he left and that was the greatest.
We were so happy especially since one of the first things he said to the
sisters was that they could teach him but he would never be attending a
church meeting so don't bother with that. He looked so happy. We also
were able to have one last lesson with him before he left. We talked
about the atonement and how we can be forgiven of anything if we look to
the Savior. </div>
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We went to Young Womens
yesterday and it was great. We talked about having a grateful attitude
and how miracles and things to be grateful for happen every single day
and we need to find them. It was great. </div>
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Brother Seelbinder wrote me a song on his a guitar and it was pretty great. I told him I need to get a video of it. </div>
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This
week we went with the Barretts to Subway for dinner. Brother Barrett
is the band professor at the college. Both of the people working
decided to write him a song on the spot and that was also pretty good.
(It's my email subject line)</div>
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Oh also, my
companion's name is Sister Carlson. She is from Dallas Texas. She
worked as a life guard. Yay for pool staff. She is great and super fun
to be around. She is super "excited" to spend winter in Gunnison.
Another miracle was that she did not bring winter stuff and we were able
to get permission to buy some in Montrose after district meeting <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_326241624" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Thursday</span></span>.
We were like okay we are going to stay focused and only get what we
need then leave. We were able to go to Target and as soon as we walk in
there were the hats and gloves. Then we walked around the corner and
there were the boots; we didn't even have to look for things it was
great. I think it might have been the fastest Target trip ever. </div>
Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-85369755317643742332017-10-10T13:14:00.000-05:002017-10-10T13:14:49.932-05:00Gunnison 6<div style="text-align: center;">
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Yep it is snowing outside right now so that is super exciting.</div>
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Well, transfer news came and I will be staying in Gunnison and training a new missionary. </div>
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We
ended up finding a Spanish investigator this week. We taught him The Restoration* and he loved it. I really didn't know what was going on but
it was great. Since Sister Thompson is leaving a member has agreed to
translate for us so we will see how it goes. </div>
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We
have been trying to contact this less active guy named Jared. We
finally were able to meet with him this week so that was awesome. He is
not really interested in coming back but said we could come teach him
the lessons if we want. We are hoping that the lessons might re-kindle
his testimony. His best friend also goes to Utah State so that is
cool. </div>
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I got to go on another exchange in Uncompahgre which was super exciting. </div>
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Shay is still on bed rest but she did watch conference which was awesome. </div>
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The older Nelsons decided to bring waffles back so that is amazing. </div>
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[*Two video links for The Restoration: <a href="https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2016-02-0001-the-apostasy-and-restoration?lang=eng">"Apostasy and Restoration"</a> and <a href="https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2008-06-01-the-restoration?lang=eng">"The Restoration</a>"] </div>
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This time we lit the W on fire. Actually we just watched as it was lit on fire but still it was cool. </div>
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This
week we were going to invite Shay to watch conference. She has been
put on bed rest so it has been hard to meet with her. We didn't get the
chance to stop by so <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1007673193" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday</span></span>
night we texted her about it. She responded back that Donny had
already told her about it and to watch it. He beat us to the punch.
She ended up having unexpected company though so she was not able to
watch it. </div>
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This week I went on exchanges in
Uncompahgre and that was a blast. I was able to teach Mike and Mitch. I
also was able to see some of the members. It was a great day. </div>
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Joe
is doing great. He is probably the most progressing person we are
teaching right now. He has been reading his scriptures and is super
excited to come to church <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1007673194" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">next Sunday</span></span>. </div>
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HOMECOMING WEEK!!!!</div>
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Shout out to Anders Harvey for getting the marching band to take a
picture with me. The band might all think I am crazy, but they all know
who the Sister Missionaries are now so that is great. I accidentally
forgot my camera so you will all get the picture next week. </div>
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Shay
is doing great. We taught her the <a href="https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2011-06-06-our-eternal-life?category=topics/plan-of-salvation&lang=eng">Plan of Salvation</a> and she loved it.
She has been praying and says that she is starting to know that it's true
which is weird [to her] because she has met with the missionaries before but for
some reason this time it is different. She still has not made it to
church but wants to. She says it is strange that Donny will text her or
have a conversation with her about what we are going to teach her next
before it happens. I don't think that I have ever prayed that "Donny
Osmond could continue to be a great example and keep being a great
missionary" before so that is fun.</div>
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We had an
interesting experience with Able this week. We had some great lessons
and he felt the Spirit. He said that he could feel it and knows what he
needs and wants to do. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2024468437" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">On Friday</span></span> we went back and his entire attitude had changed, the Spirit was definitely no longer there, and that was weird. </div>
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Also
Mark Seelbinder blessed that sacrament for the first time yesterday.
He got baptized in April I believe. He got up and shared his testimony
on how much joy the gospel had brought him. This Sunday marked a year
since he had come to church for the first time. </div>
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Zone
Conference was this week. As always, it was fantastic. President
Gifford gave a training on Mission Rules. He talked about how so many
people always ask why missionaries have so many rules. We talked about
why the church has rules. He mentioned that as we stay in the church and
learn and grow then the more responsibilities we have. The guidelines
we have now are helping prepare us for guidelines in the future. There
are so many church handbooks of things to do. We read scriptures on why
it was important that there were rules and expectations. It was a very
interesting training. </div>
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Also Women's session of General Conference was amazing. Everyone should <a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference?lang=eng&cid=HP_SA_23-9-2017_dGC_fBCAST_xLIDyL1-B_">go watch it</a> if you have not. </div>
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<i>[link to Plan of Salvation is to a video this time since I think I've shared the link to the lesson a couple times already]</i></div>
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We taught Shay this week. She is doing great. We taught her a little more about <a href="https://www.lds.org/manual/the-restoration?lang=eng">The Restoration</a> and she thought it was great. </div>
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The
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to be thinking of some questions to think about during <a href="https://www.lds.org/church/events/october-2017-general-conference?lang=eng&cid=HP_FR_15-9-2017_dPFD_fCE_xLIDyL2_">conference</a>.</div>
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We
also are teaching this less-active man named Joe. He is super cool. He
makes masks and belts then sells them. He signed a contract to sell
his masks in Crested Butte for another few weeks <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1217228902" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Sunday</span></span>. This week he said after that he really wants to start coming to church again so that is fantastic. </div>
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We
had an amazing lesson with Able the other day. The Alarcon's came and
they are great. He said that he knows it is true. He is going to meet
with President Hall <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1217228903" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Saturday</span></span>
and see what he needs to do so he can be baptized. He also has been
doing missionary work and has started to stand up for what he believes
so that is amazing. </div>
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Sad waffle news. The
family that does waffles is moving. There last day of doing waffles was
yesterday. That does mean that they went all out though. We had pizza
waffles, strawberry cake waffles, and regular they were super good. </div>
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a highlight of the week was I saw someone at district meeting and it
was fantastic. Brother Caras my ward mission leader in Craig showed up
and it was the greatest thing ever. It was great to see him and catch up
on how he has been the last 4 months. </div>
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<i>Saturday Henry received a letter from Ana in the mail. Here's a portion that everyone may enjoy: "Earlier in the week we ran into a lady that had been looking for a dog. We decided to help look. After looking for a little while we decided to say a prayer. Less than a minute later the lady found her dog so that was cool.</i>"</div>
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<i>Here's an excerpt from an exchange between Brian and Ana today about her brush with fame a couple of weeks ago:</i></div>
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<i>"None of the missionaries know who Donny Osmond is. I was actually really proud of myself for knowing who he was."</i></div>
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<i> "Tell the other missionaries that Donny Osmond was the Harry Styles of
1975. That's when he was super popular and in all the teen girl
magazines."</i></div>
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<i> "I will. I tried to tell Sister Thompson that he was like Harry Styles
and she was like, 'oh, are you sure?' and I was like, 'yeah.' She was like, 'that
is probably what will happen to Harry Styles too, no one will know who he
is.' and I was like, 'nooooooo.'"</i></div>
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Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-19832275009548188662017-09-11T15:09:00.000-05:002017-09-11T16:15:07.344-05:00Gunnison 1 & 2<div style="text-align: center;">
(This is Gunnison 1 and 2 because last week was Labor Day and the Library is closed so Tuesday she just wrote that she didn't have time to write.) </div>
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How Zelda Relates to Missionary Work 101</div>
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Sister Thompson is way into The Legend of Zelda. She started making a list this week of all the ways the two relate. </div>
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Little
update from last week. Before transfer meeting I had this feeling that
I should bring the <a href="https://www.lds.org/new-era?lang=eng">New Era</a>s that we got for the Roybal family with me
to transfer meeting. I was like that is a weird idea. On the way to
transfer meeting we got lost three times. We didn't have a GPS so we
were trying to follow the road maps. In all that mess guess what? We ran
into the Roybals so that was crazy. Lesson that if you feel like you
should do something and it is good, Do It because it might be the <a href="https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2010-08-16-voice-of-the-spirit?category=topics/holy-ghost&lang=eng">Holy Ghost</a>. </div>
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We are teaching this girl named Maeve.
She is a 19 year old studying law at Western. A lot has happened in the
last two weeks with that. She has been reading the book of Mormon for a
little while and she wanted to learn more. We started teaching her and
she came to church and wanted to be baptized. Her mom she was not sure
would be on board, but we had a lesson and she said she talked to her
mom and her mom said she would support her so that made Maeve really
happy. Then we had a lesson a few days later and she said she called
her mom and dad and told them that she decided to be baptized.
Apparently there was a lot of yelling and crying and basically they are
not really on board. She said they think she needs to focus on school
more and if in a year she still wants to be baptized then that is okay.
She still wants to meet and come to church but not as much. The branch
is aware of the situation and says, "well we will still welcome her of
course and even if she doesn't get baptized that is okay." The branch is
fantastic. That is the really short sum up story. </div>
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are also teaching this guy named Able. He has <a href="https://www.lds.org/manual/the-word-of-wisdom?lang=eng">word of wisdom</a> issues.
He knows that this is the restored gospel. He is afraid to stand up to
people and is always concerned about what people think of him. He says
that we should not give up on him and keep teaching him. </div>
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There
is this nice lady named Shay. She likes to feed us sometimes. She is
really good friends with Donny Osmond and will tell you all about it. </div>
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We are teaching this less-active family named the Heckers. They are super cool. They have a goal to get to the <a href="https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2015-06-1020-mormon-temples?lang=eng">temple</a>. </div>
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The branch here every <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1944961148" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Sunday</span></span> has waffles for all the college kids and it is fantastic. </div>
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I hope you all have a fantastic week.<br />
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(Here's a portion of Ana's letter to her Dad this week- adds just a few more little details about her week)<br />
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Gunnison
is good, very pretty. We cover a lot of tourist towns and so people are
like, "no, I am not interested in the gospel I am on vacation." People are
usually nice though so that is good. It is just a branch so not that
big. I think the most exciting thing that happened is that Donny Osmond
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Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-21626187937361787572017-08-28T14:22:00.000-05:002017-08-28T14:22:27.622-05:00Uncompahgre 12<div style="text-align: center;">
Uncompahgre is Family</div>
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Well we got transfer news. I will be leaving for Gunnison <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_541498009" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tomorrow</span></span>.
I don't think anyone was expecting me to leave but that's what is
happening. I am super sad to leave Uncompahgre but I am sure I will love
Gunnison too. Sister Thompson told me that it is already getting cold
and they have to scrape frost off their car in the morning. That means
that snow is coming soon which will be amazing. I will be with Sister
Thompson. She is super sweet. We have been on exchanges before. Her
companion is also going home this week so we get to spend today together
too. She is being super awesome and helping me to clean out the
apartment and pack. I really don't remember a lot of what happened this
week. After this weekend everything is a blur. </div>
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Mike
and Mitch are doing great. Mitch is super excited to be baptized. We
taught the <a href="https://www.lds.org/manual/the-word-of-wisdom?lang=eng">Word of Wisdom</a> this week and he smokes. We told him that as
homework we wanted him to make a plan. He said "I already know. The goal
is to get baptized on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_541498010" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">September 16th</span></span> the plan is to stop smoking and trust that God will help me." Mike just loves learning and the gospel. </div>
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Chuck
is starting to study his scriptures more. We taught a lesson on
scripture study and have really been focusing on finding the principle
in what we read and how we can apply it to our own lives. </div>
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I hope you all have a fantastic week.</div>
Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-10263673950091178662017-08-21T16:25:00.000-05:002017-08-21T16:25:53.658-05:00Uncompahgre 11<div style="text-align: center;">
Looks Like Firebending is Back On</div>
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Well the eclipse was super exciting. We laid on the Pulsipher's trampoline and ate french bread; it was a blast. </div>
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Mitch
is doing great. Yesterday he told us the he feels like he has walked onto a football field with the lights on. The gospel is just so clear
and makes sense. It is so simple and is just the greatest thing ever. </div>
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Mike
this week ended up moving out of his old house and is renting
a room from Mitch. They have little study sessions every night where
they study the things that Mitch is learning. They are just both so
excited. Mike also has read half of Preach My Gospel. He mentioned it
yesterday and was like, "Oh, it says that in your book." and we were like, "What?" He said, "You did that one lesson with me on charity so now I read the entire chapter on <a href="https://www.lds.org/manual/preach-my-gospel-a-guide-to-missionary-service/how-do-i-develop-christlike-attributes?lang=eng">Christlike attributes</a> and I also just started
reading it. I am about half way." I think they might study more then we
do. They only study what we have taught Mitch though when they study
together. </div>
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Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-32966752678452751922017-08-15T08:55:00.000-05:002017-08-15T08:55:30.925-05:00Uncompahgre 10<div style="text-align: center;">
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It's Just A Tiny Spaceship-Mike </div>
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Well we went disc golfing this morning that was super fun. Mike has
wanted to teach us how to disc golf for a while so he was super
excited. The Purpers also came so it was super fun. </div>
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Also
this week a member always has been teasing us about how we need to get
permission to go to the bike rally in Sturgis. He said he guessed we
were never going to get permission so he went without us and just
brought us t-shirts so that is awesome. </div>
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This
week was crazy... well you remember that guy Mitch? He is on date to be
baptized. Crazy miracle that happened with that. On Monday Mitch
cancelled on us so we were a little sad, but later that night we got a
text from Mike asking where <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne?lang=eng">Jesus comes to the Americas in the Book of Mormon.</a>* We told him and asked why; he said well you see I am with Mitch
he had a bad day and so we are just reading the Book of Mormon together
and we wanted to read that part. The next day we had a lesson with
Mitch and Mike came. We taught <a href="https://www.lds.org/manual/the-restoration?lang=eng">The Restoration</a> and Mitch was like, "oh ,
Mike and I went over this pamphlet yesterday. He told me about the app.
This thing is awesome. We read the Book of Mormon for 2 hours yesterday
and then Mike left and I just explored the things on the app for 4 more
hours." Mike was like "sorry." We were like, "Mike, it is fine." We finished
teaching The Restoration and Mitch loved it. They are both so
passionate about the gospel and it is super awesome. We taught Mitch
the <a href="https://www.lds.org/manual/the-plan-of-salvation?lang=eng">Plan of Salvation</a> and he said that it totally made sense. He and
Mike have decided that they are going to get together and read 2 Nephi
together. That is right, Mitch has already read to 2 Nephi 5. He is just
so excited about the gospel it is amazing. He came to church yesterday
and loved it. </div>
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Sister Purper was also super awesome and invited her friend that we are teaching and got her to come to church; it was amazing. </div>
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Chuck also came to church and that was awesome. </div>
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[*this is a link to the book of Third Nephi in the Book of Mormon. If you click the link you can read a summary of each chapter; if you click on the chapter you can read the entire chapter] </div>
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Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-6606815746610634972017-08-10T19:11:00.001-05:002017-08-10T19:11:21.988-05:00Uncompahgre 9<div style="text-align: center;">
Baptisms and Sweet Corn</div>
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Well Mike got baptized and that was super awesome. He is so happy. We
asked him yesterday how he felt and he said, "Can you not tell I am
literally like glowing! Also my cheeks hurt I don't think they have ever
hurt this bad" (from smiling so much). His family came and that was super
awesome. He is super excited to share the gospel with all of his
friends. </div>
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We found this guy named Mitch. He is
friends with one of the members and also with Mike. The member's
daughter came out of the house as we were trying to visit their neighbor. She
said, "Hey so you know that guy Mitch? Well, he told my mom that he wants
you guys to teach him more about Jesus. Do you guys want to do that?" We
said, "of course" and we taught him the <a href="https://www.lds.org/manual/the-gospel?lang=eng">Gospel of Jesus Christ</a>. He is
super excited to learn and loved everything that we said. We are seeing
him again tonight. </div>
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This weekend was Cornfest
and we helped out with trash duty. It was super fun... since basically you get all you can eat Olathe Sweet Corn for free and it is
great. Then you can put different things on it. Sister Poulton tried a
poultry meat rub. I also tried sweet corn gelato. It was surprisingly
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I also just read my Mission President's email and he is <span style="font-size: x-large;">GETTING
ALL OF US GLASSES FOR THE SOLAR ECLIPSE!!! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
THING SINCE 8TH GRADE AND I AM SO EXCITED. HE IS THE BEST. </span></div>
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Hope you all have a super great week. </div>
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(Ana with the Bakers- a family that used to live in our ward, but moved to CO. They were able to go out to lunch together one day this week since they are in Ana's area) </div>
Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658764606974968255noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060222483852744595.post-73544795410828227002017-07-31T15:18:00.000-05:002017-07-31T15:18:11.596-05:00Uncompahgre 8<div style="text-align: center;">
I Thought it Was a Dead Cat But it is Just a Pile of Poop!</div>
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I went on exchanges in Gunnisen and we helped at the assisted living center and helped them play bingo. That was super fun. </div>
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I
also hit my year mark which is just crazy. Elder Lunt from my MTC
district is in my district so we took a picture. I will have to send it
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MIKE IS GETTING BAPTIZED <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1836390469" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">ON FRIDAY</span></span>!!!
I am only a little excited. He also asked if he could teach the lesson
this week because he had a friend that was really struggling and he
wanted to share the gospel with him. We said of course. The friend
didn't end up coming but we ended up talking about humility and it was a
great lesson. His mom also sat in again which was awesome. </div>
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Chuck came to church again and loved it. </div>
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Also we saw an entire rainbow. Like we could see the full arch and see where both ends touched the ground it was amazing. </div>
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