tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6274823795454741032023-11-15T23:55:23.914-08:00Hermana Katie HoltBarbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00787363529992779916noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627482379545474103.post-39606537869847467862015-09-21T14:09:00.002-07:002015-09-21T14:13:01.011-07:00Week 78: This is it! The Final letter & Katie's testimony<div dir="ltr">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, this is it. I've been thinking about what I am going to say and to be
honest, I don't even think I have the words! Finishing the mission has been
probably one of the hardest, most emotional things ever. It is absolutely
incredible to me how fast time goes - I feel like I just entered the mission
field yesterday and it is crazy to think that it has already passed! But of
course, something that the Lord has taught me in the mission and especially
these past few days is that he doesn't just need full-time missionaries for a
couple of years, but he needs disciples forever. I will be forever grateful for
the time I had to serve as a full-time missionary. It's something that I truly
don't ever want to stop doing, and it's hard to think that I'll be leaving a
place I've come to love so much and people that I adore! In these past 18 months
I've learned A LOT of things haha more than I think I can count! But more than
anything, I've truly seen and felt how much our Heavenly Father loves us. It's
completely mind-blowing and yet so simple! We have a Father in Heaven who loves
us with a love more deep than we can understand. Sometimes, we might think, why
don't I feel it? He must not love me because I don't seem to be receiving any
blessings. But, that's just what Satan wants us to think - trust me. And it's
not true! In our times of trial, in our times of despair, Heavenly Father is
just waiting and waiting and pleading that we will just turn to Him! And when we
do that, when we recognize all the small blessings, when we take that step of
faith, we realize that He is always by our side and never leaves. The secret
(not that it is or ever has been) is faith. Everyday for the past 18 months I've
had to put it into practice - and let me say that it wasn't always easy! There
were some days where literally I would just think, why? Where's the progress?
Where are the miracles? What should we do? Rarely did I ever receive a direct
answer, and so I had to act on faith! And I will be forever grateful for that,
because I learned to truly rely on the Lord and take a step of faith. I testify
that faith works. It's an eternal principle, even the first principle of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. I testify that he lives and that he loves us. That he
came to earth, preached the Gospel, lived a perfect life, atoned for us and was
resurrected! As I've studied about the Restored Gospel I've come to realize
truly how important our Savior is. We literally cannot to anything without him!
So we are very wise to strive to live how he lived, and I promise you, there is
joy in living the Gospel! I know with all of my heart that Heavenly Father
restored the true Gospel and that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God!! The
priesthood has been restored and we can know that families are forever!! In the
mission, there has been nothing more sweet than to testify of forever families!
Another thing that I will never be tired of saying is that we have a living
prophet today that is guiding us! He does receive revelation from God! The Book
of Mormon is true. There is such a powerful spirit when you read it!! Prayers
are heard, and miracles do happen. We have all been called to preach the Gospel
to everyone!! I promise that there is nothing greater that we can do!! Never
give up on the Gospel of Jesus Christ, it is WORTH IT!! It is all worth it, no
matter what happens. There are blessings God wants to give us if we just turn to
Him. I'm grateful for Him and for His love. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for all the love and support given!! I have truly felt many
prayers for me, and for the people here. Can't believe I'm saying this, but see
you soon!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hermana Holt</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mi Hermana Quenia</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Logsdons-the sweetest family</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was hard saying goodbye-Hermana Giovanna</span></div>
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Barbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00787363529992779916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627482379545474103.post-29891422260306711752015-09-14T16:18:00.000-07:002015-09-14T16:18:01.712-07:00Week 77: We are all a family<span style="font-size: large;">Hola a todos!!
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gahhh time is going by WAY too fast!! I can't believe this is my last full
week!! Heavenly Father has been so good to me in my mission. I can't thank Him
enough for the experiences He has given me that has brought me up to this point!
This past week was a good one, we had some great experiences! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First, there is a member in our ward, her name is Silivia and let me just
say I LOVE Hna Silvia!! She's already served 2 missions (being a senior sister
missionary) and she wants to serve another haha and she's almost 70!! Well, she
went out with us and all of our plans fell through.. so you know what she says
to us before we can say anything? Let's start contacting!! HAHA we were dying!!
I love this lady!! And she spent the whole afternoon, WALKING, and knocking on
doors, and teaching lessons with us - now that is a faithful member of the
church :) And let me tell you this lady has NO fear whatsoever, she would
literally get up as close as she could to these houses and yell with her strong
voice, BUEENNAAAAS! Some people accepted us more than others haha but it was so
fun! See? We can all be missionaries! Make sure you give the missionaries a hand
this week, they would love to have members come and contact with them, or just
be in a lesson and support the investigators and less actives! If you've never
done it, DO it! It is ALL of our responsibility!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A while ago I think I had mentioned a family we had found, Josefina and her
kids. Well, after a few weeks of losing some contact, we finally got to see
them, and I truly think it's time for them to accept the Gospel! Just last week
her dad passed away, and she's been trying to raise her 3 kids with not much
help from her husband. We were able to share a little bit with her, and Hna
Silivia came too :) and it's amazing what kind of spirit comes into the home as
you talk about the family - what an amazing knowledge we have of the Plan of
Salvation! Just yesterday Hna Silvia had told us that the 14 year old daughter
was talking to Hna Silvia later that day (they are neighbors) and that they are
making plans to come to church this week!! YAY! We are praying for a miracle,
and we are excited to see what happens!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stake Conference was AMAZING! And our Stake President Rosa, who is only 31,
is absolutely incredible. We had a super cool theme of missionary work through
our temple work. But how if we don't have a temple?? Pte Rosa said something
amazing that I loved, <i>The construction of the temple already has begun in our
hearts</i>.. it all starts with the desire to have a temple, and than doing all
we can, acting on our faith, to get one! And since we don't have one here, it
all starts with our Family History work. Awesome, right? I wish I could have
recorded his talks! So for all of you who have a temple close, GO. Receive those
beautiful blessings that the temple brings, and help those people who have
already passed on, our own family and others (because we all are a family) to
receive those same blessings. Heavenly Fathers Gospel and plan are
perfect!!</span></div>
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Barbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00787363529992779916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627482379545474103.post-75141271900756240092015-09-08T13:16:00.001-07:002015-09-08T13:16:32.920-07:00Week 76: Final District Meeting<div dir="ltr">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday was Labor Day so we are writing today :) Haha and you are not
going to believe what our district did to me and Hna Van Kammen this morning!
Well, today was my last District Meeting because next week is Zone Conference so
they decided to throw us a little "surprise"! I was a little nervous because the
past transfers we've stuffed the Elders faces in whipped cream haha and I was
not ready for that! We had just finished talking about the Spirit when our
District Leader says, Ok Hna Van Kammen and Hna Holt you two are going to be
blind folded, and you have to follow the voice of the "Spirit" to the other side
of the room - the rest of us will distract you with loud noises. HAHA nice try!
I knew they were up to something but we just went with it! And they weren't
kidding about the loud noises haha there we are trying to walk to the other side
of the room, trying to listen for the still, small voice when POP POP POP..
balloons popping everywhere!!! When we both got to the other side there was just
silence.. so we both took off our blindfolds and there was the whole district in
front in a line and they start to sing, Para Siempre Dios Este Con Vos.. or God
Be With You Til We Meet Again.. Wow! How amazing is my district? It was a really
touching moment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We got some new investigators this week and had a lot of success contacting
so I know the Lord is aware of this area and wants it to succeed! Now lets just
see if we can get these people to church!! It seriously has been such a struggle
with these people and we aren't sure why.. but this week we have Stake
Conference, lets see if they'll come to that! But things are good :) I've felt a
lot this week the love the Lord has for me and for the people we are teaching.
I've also felt the power of prayer and of fasting. Also, there is power when we
bear our testimony! It strengthens our own. Anyway, can't wait to let you know
how Stake Conference goes! Have a great week everyone!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love, </span></div>
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Barbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00787363529992779916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627482379545474103.post-10402398551699501722015-08-31T13:13:00.001-07:002015-08-31T13:13:53.667-07:00Week 75: 17 miracle months<span style="font-size: large;">Hola a todos!!
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<span style="font-size: large;">So it's begun, the final countdown!! Haha but believe it or not, all of the
members and investigators are the ones that keep reminding me, it's ridiculous!!
But, luckily the work keeps me focused so everything is great :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sorry I'm writing so early, and I won't be able to say much - we have a
Zone Activity a little later today and all I heard is that it involves Minute to
Win it games and kickball.. haha so this should be interesting!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, this week was super funny and a little weird because Puerto Rico was
expecting a hurricane, and then a "big" tropical storm and we ended up with
basically nothing haha. Well, at least on our part of the Island! I do know that
some of the small islands got rained on pretty hard, but by the time it came up
to us it had already settled down a lot. The hardest thing for us was, all the
Puerto Ricans were expecting something and so NO one was leaving their house! NO
one wanted to do anything, just locked in their house! So, a little slow lesson
wise, but we were blessed with some rain so that's the miracle! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had some crazy lessons this week, crazy as in lots of questions! We've
got some new investigators that are just drilling down questions, mostly related
with the Book of Mormon! They aren't doing it to be mean or anything, which is
nice, but they've been reading a lot which is great! I've just been reminded how
important it is to have the Spirit teach the lessons. He's the one that brings
the peace and testifies of the truth to these people! We may not know the answer
to everything, but Heavenly Father has give us many ways to know the truth of
all things - one of the most important being prayer and through the Holy Ghost!
What a blessing! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a little ward game night and you won't believe it, but Quenia
actually brought her husband!! I haven't talked much about him, but let's just
say he isn't that interested in our message! When we first met him he didn't
even say hi to us, but he's warmed up a lot. And it was such a great surprise to
see him come!! Now that is a miracle!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sorry I've got to go! Remember that the Lord loves us and is so aware of
everything we are going through. I've definitely have felt His love and support
in these past few days! Have a great week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Super fast week this week, it feels like I was just writing yesterday! This
week we had a lot of different things going on so it kept us busy! Love it! This
week we had our intercambios and I got to go to Trujillo Alto for the day and
work with Hermana VAN KAMMEN!! It was so fun to be able to work with a sister
I've known since Day 1!! And now we are finishing the mission together, at least
in the same district, how cool is that? I absolutely love intercambios because
you totally get to see how the Lord is working miracles in different parts of
the island! It's definitely a true work :) That's why it works!! We were able to
find and teach a new family, and the Spirit just filled the room! I know for a
fact that it's the Spirit that does the heart changing. It was a super fun
experience too because a member came with us and even went out contacting with
us! Haha it's super fun to see a Puerto Rican contacting Puerto Ricans!! Try
contacting with the missionaries one day, it's fun and they would love the
help! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Super cool experience!! About 2 weeks ago we had contacted a lady and she
told us that we could come back. So we past by when she told us to and she said
she was busy and that we should come back later.. we were a little hesitant
because she didn't seem too sincere, but I don't know why, I just felt the need
to go back! So, for the 3rd time we go back determined to teach her, and she let
us in! Her name is Irene and we hit it off right away! Her husband Gabriel even
joined us in the lesson and we immediately got talking about the Book of Mormon,
great topic right? :) It was such a fun lesson, they had a lot of great
questions and were super receptive to the message of the Restoration. They both
go to an iglesia Evangelica but were super open to reading the Book of Mormon!
We are excited to go back this week and see them! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not sure what you've heard, but basically what everyone has been talking
about this past week is a hurricane that apparently has been off the coast of
Puerto Rico for quite some time and supposedly we should be getting a ton of
rain this week.. not sure how true it is because every one is saying different
things!! But we need the rain! So we'll see what happens haha</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last thing, QUENIA IS REACTIVATED!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you believe it?? She had
her interview yesterday with the bishop and now she has the calling of working
in the library until she heads to Texas!! What a miracle we have seen with her!!
I still clearly remember the day when Hna Ahlander and I first met her and she
straight up told us that she would never be going back to church, at least not
for a long time.. and yet here she is!! And with a testimony, wow, incredible of
our Savior and of the scriptures!! We stopped by this past week and she just
looked at me and expressed to me how much her testimony has strengthened and how
much she has grown and changed as a person, just by reading the scriptures and
the words of our modern day prophets. There are no words to explain the joy I
felt as I heard her testify to me! I've been really blessed to see the progress
of many less actives in my mission and I can say that the one thing that really
made a difference in all of their conversions, was their desire to read the
scriptures - especially the Book of Mormon. I think I've said this a thousand
times in the mission and I will keep saying it, the Book of Mormon changes
lives! It changes our temporal perspective to an eternal one. It changes our
attitude and reverence toward our Savior. It changes our way of thinking to a
way that then changes our actions. Our Heavenly Father truly loves us because He
has given us this tool to fill our lives with more joy than we can
imagine! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Heavenly Father has started to answer basically every Puerto Ricans prayer
this week because WOW did it POUR!! Pouring rain isn't as fun for us as
missionaries haha but we need the water! We now only have water on Tuesdays and
Saturdays.. so.. it's quite the experience! I think Hermana Patino and I have
mastered the art of saving water! This is a time where we've had to be
completely prepared in every moment, because sometimes the water barely turns
on! But really, it makes me think of how blessed we are as a church to have
living prophets who have been telling us for years to be prepared for times like
these, we never know when they might come, but our living prophet receives some
pretty accurate revelation about it ;) Listen to him!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Guess what we put this past week?? UNA FECHA!!! Our investigadora accepted
to be baptized the 12th of September and we are SO excited!! So now is when we
truly need to see the miracles!! But I see a lot of potential in her, so I feel
truly blessed to be able to see how Heavenly Father works through her. The
Gospel is true!! We also had a cool experience this week. We were trying to find
people from the Area Book but no one seemed to be home, nor wanted to answer,
but before we went to the next person on our list, we decided to contact all of
the neighbors with the time we had left, and I'm so glad we did!! After failing
to contact another person on our list, we felt to go the house right next to it
first. Out comes a lady named Josefina, and she lets us right in! And even
better, she knows one of the members that lives by and her daughter had come to
our church before and loved it! We focused a ton on families (which is one of my
favorite things to testify about) and her 3 kids sat through the whole lesson!
It comes to show that Heavenly Father has a plan for every tiny thing, He knows
our plans before we even decide to do them! And even better, He knows every one
of His children and prepares them for when they need to hear the message of the
Gospel!! We are excited to work with them :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been learning a lot about faith in these past few days, which I feel
like is a principle that we should continually strive to learn about and put
into practice daily. I think it's interesting how in the scriptures it says that
faith is a <b>hope</b> for things <i>which are not seen</i>.. and I feel that
the "not seeing" is the part that might make us stumble a little bit at times.
But that is why when we speak of faith, it isn't having faith and hope in the
things of the world and it's ever changing values (things that we may see), but
it's faith in Jesus Christ, who has a foundation that will never fall (we may
not see him, but he is there). The most important thing is to keep going! Keep
having faith, keep having that hope that things will work out, keep trusting in
Christ, and the blessings will come. It may not be in the form we would like and
they may not be blessings we physically see, but the amazing thing is is how
Christ helps us and lifts us up, as we <b>show</b> him that faith. It's not
always easy, but the Gospel is so worth it! </span></div>
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Barbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00787363529992779916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627482379545474103.post-17300336634871785852015-08-11T09:03:00.002-07:002015-08-11T09:04:15.600-07:00Week 72: Final Transfer: Staying in Guaynabo<span style="font-size: large;">Hola a todos!!
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<span style="font-size: large;">So as I mentioned last week, we had a Mini Missionary with us, Hermana de
Jesus!! Wow it was so fun to be in a trio again, it's been a while!! Some
missionaries aren't a big fan of trios but Heavenly Father has helped me learn
to love them, more testimony givers :) Anyway, it was a good week and even
though Hermana Patino and I were kinda nervous about it, she ended up loving
it!! Of course, who doesn't love spending every minute sharing the Gospel?? We
made her walk.. quite a bit.. hahaha but she was a super good sport and had a
lot of patience with Hermana Patino and I :) She has such a powerful testimony.
It was so amazing to hear her conversion story. She got baptized just 2 years
ago and wow. I am completely amazed with the youth of this church! They just
shine!! Her gradparents were baptized first, than her with her mom and her
brother (who was also serving a Mini Mission) and just this past February her
dad took the discussions and was baptized! A whole family!! They are planning on
going to the temple next year, can you hear anything more amazing than that? She
definitely got us pumped in finding a family! Our goal really is the
temple!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, transfers are tomorrow and Hermana Patino and I are STAYING IN
GUAYNABO!!!!! Wow, I never thought it would come to the day when I would say
that this is my LAST transfer. Trust me, in missionary time, one transfer is
like nothing haha it goes by so fast. SO you know what that means? Work harder
than ever!! Hermana Patino and I are so ready. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This past week we met an old investigator from the Area Book who actually
is the daughter of a member here and it went super well!! I feel like she has a
lot of potential! It was a super spiritual lesson and she had a lot of desire to
know about the Restoration. Our investigator Dominga accepted a baptismal
invitation!! Haha that came at a complete surprise to us! We have to teach her
very simply and kinda slow haha but she has such a desire to follow Jesus
Christ, which is the most important! She's coming to church this next week :)
FINALLY!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just feel like testifying about the love of the Savior. That is probably
one of my favorite things to testify about, because I know it's true and it's
real. I feel it every time I testify to the people we talk to. If the people we
teach don't ever come to really accept our message at this time, I just hope and
pray that they can feel and understand that they are loved. And really, I've
come to truly understand and feel that the message of the Restoration of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ IS a message of love! It completely amazes me every time
I study more and more about our Savior, the Gospel, and His plan of happiness.
We are truly loved :) And we are blessed everyday! Have a great week :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Guess what?? So Presidente called us this past week and this morning we got
a Mini Missionary!! Her name is Hermana de Jesus and she's from the Ponce Stake
- she's going to be with us for a whole week, basically as a missionary! It was
so fun to go to the office this morning and see all these youth from the Island
willing to serve a mini mission!! Their families were there and everything, we
took some pictures, heard some words from Presidente, and were off! She's super
cute, she's a convert of about 2 years, and she has THE most Puerto Rican accent
so it's gonna be an amazing week :) We are excited!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week was a fun one! I don't remember if I had mentioned it, but with
our investigators Yubelki and Mariano, apparently Mariano's sister is Mormon! So
this week her and her kids came into down so they invited us over to meet them!
They have plans on staying here in Puerto Rico so ahora more members, AND
Yubelki and Mariano have some member support! And it's even better because they
are family! We taught a super great lesson with some help from them and it
turned out super great! Now we just need to get Yubelki and Mariano to church!!
I'm not sure why that's the hardest thing for everyone!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We FINALLY got to see Victor and Mari - it scared us for a bit because we
thought they were ignoring us, but they had been in the hospital for a few days
with Victors mom. They are doing good, they want to come to church but when
Sunday morning comes they don't show up! I have so much faith in them though,
they have so much potential!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I don't know if I have mentioned, but some months ago after Elder
Holland came, he encouraged us to be a Book of Mormon mission. With that in
mind, Presidente asked us to read it together as a mission, and we finished it
on Sunday. Also, that Sunday night we ALL got together (that's right, the whole
mission) and we had a testimony meeting about the Book of Mormon. Could there be
anything better? It was absolutely amazing, not only to see everyone, but to
hear everyone's testimonies and experiences from these past months reading and
sharing about the Book of Mormon. This time reading it I decided to mark every
time it said God or Heavenly Father or Jesus Christ, and all the other names
they are given; and I can testify with all of my heart, just as clear and bright
as you can see those names marked in pink color pencil in my scriptures, that
They live!!!! They love us so much, more than we can imagine! Heavenly Father's
plan is perfect, He gave His perfect Son to us, and we can know about them for
ourselves!! There is power in reading the Book of Mormon, I testify that it can
change people. I know that because I've seen it and because it has changed me as
well. It's hard for me to completely understand what God has planned for us, but
the fact that He has blessed us with the Book of Mormon helps me to realize that
it's something amazing. How amazing are the prophets that we read about! That
most of them spent their life and others gave their life keeping the records,
writing history, and testifying about our Lord and Savior! I encourage everyone
to read it, to really study it, to treasure it, and to pray to know if it is
really true!! The true in heart and the sincere seekers will know of it's
truthfulness. I hope we can all take time to truly read it this week!! Have a
great one :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hermana Holt</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are just on a roll!! Or better said, Heavenly Father is SO merciful!!
This is our third week in a row finding more investigators to teach and it has
been a blessing. It's kinda hard sometimes going a while without teaching a
single lesson; so it just feels so good, so amazing to just sit down with these
people, feel the Spirit, and just testify and share what we know is true. There
is no other feeling like it! We hope and pray that these people will want to
progress, but I've learned a lot about faith this week, and that it all is in
the hands of the Lord. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a super fun Noche de Hogar (Family Home Evening) this week with our
amazing less active Quenia! She had invited over some other members too and let
me just say that there is POWER in hearing the testimonies of the members!! They
gave her so much encouragement and support which makes her process of coming
back so much easier. We are all pumped now and want to do one with all of the
less actives! Success? Si :) I've come to realized that just spending some time
with the people who need it and just offering help, love, and support can make a
lot more of a difference than we think! It's the pure love of Christ that
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hermana Patino and I have been focusing a lot on the Book of Mormon,
especially in the contacts we do and we have been amazed at how much we are
using it and how many we are giving out to people! Who doesn't want to hear how
Christ came to the Americas?? There is so much power in the Book of Mormon and I
love reading it and studying it everyday. We have been reading it together as a
mission and we will be finishing this week - what better way to feel the Spirit
of the Lord than to read the prophesies and testimonies of the prophets? I
testify with all of my heart that the Book of Mormon is true and that it does
testify of Jesus Christ. It changes the lives of people - I know because I have
seen it, and I know that it has changed me as a person, as a missionary, and as
a disciple of our Lord and Savior. How blessed we are to receive so much love
from our Heavenly Father!! I hope we can all be a little bit better this week in
our personal study of the Book of Mormon, it has been given to us for a
reason!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have ANOTHER new investigator, and even
better it's the wife of Victor, the new investigator from last week! WOW. What
an amazing lesson, the Spirit was so strong and I really feel that they are
prepared to hear the Gospel! When we got to the lesson and they had both read
the Restoration pamphlet and were ready to learn! And it was so crazy because
apparently last week when we were teaching Victor, one of their family friends
had had a serious accident but survived. And that all happened in the same hour
we were there! He said that after we had left he had immediately started reading
the Restoration pamphlet and as he finished he received the phone call from his
wife telling him. It was obviously super hard for them and he said that he
started to pray with his family, which he never does, and that he felt something
telling him that all of what had happened (us passing and then the accident) was
a testimony to him that it was true and that God was in charge, and that it was
giving him the strength that he need during this time. He was basically crying
when he told us this and his wife was too!! I was so shocked but wow, I felt so
grateful! I KNOW Heavenly Father hears the prayers of His children. We are super
excited to get to know them more and to teach them more :)<br /></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Quenia
now has THREE sundays in a row coming to church!! I LOVE it!! She's doing super
great. Still is struggling with some things at home, but it's so amazing to me
to see the strength of these people with what they go through. She has so much
faith and is an example to me of really relying on the Lord in ALL things.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wow, time is going by super duper fast.. my companion hits her 9
months this week and it feels like i was just there!! Time really does go by
fast when you're sharing the Gospel :) Share it with someone this week!! Your
week will go by SO much better!! The Church is true everyone!<br /></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Love,
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week Heavenly Father definitely heard all of our prayers over here in
Puerto Rico because man, did it RAIN! We've had about 3 or 4 days of pretty good
non stop rain - it'll pour for some hours and then sprinkle for a few more and
then pour again! Luckily it has been pouring mostly at night but I'm pretty sure
I've been wet for about half of the week haha. But we need it! What they've been
saying is that this drought is SO bad that we'll be in it if not until December,
until 2016, and then until who knows when! It's pretty bad. This week they
actually started turning off completely the water; living out of water gallons
is definitely a different experience, but it's a good one! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And due to the rain, the people were locked up inside their houses! BUT,
Heavenly Father has blessed us even more this week with 3 new investigators!! We
are SO excited. And even better, one is a family! They have a 2 year old
daughter who is so cute! The mom's name is Yubelki and we actually contacted her
taking the bus one day and she was super willing to have us over! We stopped by
and met her husband and had a great lesson about the family! It was SO crazy
though because right when I was about to mention baptism, a ton of their nieces
and nephews came running into the house!! Hahaha not the best moment, right? But
we are super excited to get to know them more! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our other new investigator we found on my intercambio with Hna Madrigal!!
Love that Sister Missionary! Anyway, we decided to go contact into the mountains
a little bit when it started to POUR like crazy.. but we still felt we needed to
keep walking and I'm so glad we did because we met Victor! He let us teach him
right then, but since his wife wasn't home we just shared our message outside
and we have a return appointment this week and his wife is going to be there
too! It was such a blessing for me to be in the lesson because I felt really
that the Lord truly is preparing people to hear the Gospel. Victor kept thanking
us for stopping by and kept telling us how he felt so much peace as we shared
with him about our Savior Jesus Christ. I felt it too! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Guess who came to church again?? Quenia!! She's great and I love her SO
much!! She's still thinking about moving to Texas with her kids which kinda bums
me out, but if that is where the Lord needs her than I'm ok! I loved it because
we went home with her after church for lunch (she makes the BEST Sancocho!) and
I asked her, So what have you done this week? She just looks at me and said,
Well, basically I've just been reading the Book of Mormon! WOO HOO! I love it :)
It's a powerful book you know! Make sure you are reading it EVERY day!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have some high goals this week and I know that with our Savior, Jesus
Christ that we can reach them. This is the Lord's work!! How grateful I am to be
a part of it! Have a great week everyone!!</span></div>
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Barbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00787363529992779916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627482379545474103.post-52639433436956617822015-07-06T15:40:00.000-07:002015-07-06T15:40:09.578-07:00Week 67: Meet Hermana Patino<div dir="ltr">
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<span style="font-size: large;">So my new companion is not Latin haha but she is SO great!! Her name is
Hermana Patino from Jacksonville, Florida and we have already had a blast
together!! People have already told us like 10 times that we could be sisters
which I don't know why haha but that's a compliment for me because she is
adorable!! Tuesday was a long day of waiting for her to arrive but as soon as
she got her we were right off to work! Poor thing, I've already taken her around
like only part of the city on foot so we've been super tired (and apparently I
walk super fast.. oops!).. the city has been a change for her since she was just
in the mountains for the past 4 months, but she has adapted quickly and is
already a city girl - she is already teaching me so much!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well this week has definitely had its ups and downs, its funny times and
scary times! It has been interesting but good! You guys aren't going to guess
who came to church yesterday, QUENIA!!! When she walked in I seriously wanted to
cry!! Haha I probably almost knocked her over because I basically ran up to hug
her, but I was just too excited! After sacrament I asked her how she had felt
and she just looked at me and said, Let's just say that I'm going to keep
going.. Wow, it was amazing and we are so excited to see the changes that she's
making, what a testimony builder to me! Church was also amazing because all the
youth just got back from SOY, or their EFY and WOW best testimony meeting ever??
6 of them had gone, 4 of them were counselors and 2 went as youth and let me
just say that not only is that SOY changes lives, but it is more that the Gospel
changes lives. These youth came back stronger than ever with SO much energy to
live the Gospel everyday of their lives! The Gospel is just pure joy!! It was
amazing because one of the youth, who I had never seen before, bore her
testimony and shared how she left not even wanting to go and came back not even
wanting to leave, she said she was a whole different person.. what an example!
What an experience those youth had! Haha I remember those EFY days, and I add my
testimony with those youth! The Gospel is the one thing that brings us happiness
and something that should be lived everyday to the fullest! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Soo this week we kinda worked without our cell phone.. hahaha super long
story but lets just say that it was left in someones car and we've been without
it for like 4 days now.... oops!!! I know back then they might not have had
phones as missionaries but it has been so hard to work without it!! Technology
really is a blessing that we can use to hasten the Lords work and we should take
advantage of that and never loose it haha!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wow time goes back so fast, that's all I have time for right now! The
Gospel is so worth it, the Church is true, the scriptures really do testify of
Christ, and I know that with all my heart! Heavenly Father knows who we are and
what we need and He is a lot more close to us than we think He is. Have a great
week everyone!!</span></div>
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Barbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00787363529992779916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627482379545474103.post-87143937186028756732015-06-29T12:43:00.000-07:002015-06-29T12:43:18.974-07:00Week 66: 15 Months!<div dir="ltr">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, transfers are here anndddd I'm STAYING in Guaynabo!!! We kinda
guessed it but we were surprised to find out that Hna Ahlander is headed to
Humacao! I'm a little sad - she is seriously one of the funnest sister
missionaries ever and we've gotten along SO well, but at the same time I'm super
duper excited for her because it's her first change in the mission; I know she's
going to go on to work miracles in the mission, how grateful I feel to have been
her companion. She has taught me SO much!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week was definitely a lot better and we are seeing some progress!
Quenia ALMOST made it to church this week! We stopped by to see how she was
doing and she just says, Sisters I want to go to church this week! ... WHAT?! Is
this not the less active that just two weeks ago and told us straight up that
she wasn't ever planning on coming back? I seriously just wanted to cry in that
instant. She has been trying so hard to change and has made a lot of progress!
The Relief Society sisters had started this week reading the Book of Mormon in
90 days and when we told her about it, she got right on! She's super strong and
I have learned a lot by her example. For health reasons she didn't make it this
Sunday but there is always the next! Prayers for her! </span></div>
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like a living miracle! We LOVE her! She told us this week that she really
believes that Joseph Smith was a prophet, wow! We keep pushing her with love to
come to church and know that someday she will make that step. I know that she's
been feeling the Spirit more and more, and I know that he will give her the
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<span style="font-size: large;">NEW INVESTIGATORS!!!!! WOO!! Don't you just love those two words? I do! One
of them is Marcy who is actually the friend of Cecilia! One day when we were
teaching Cecilia she was there and told us that we can stop by anytime, so we
definitely took that invitation! She's really Catholic but she's super sweet and
willing to listen. We taught her about the Family Proclamation this week and she
really liked it so that's a start! </span></div>
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mentioned last week.. well anyway, she has a LOT of potential and she's really
looking for some spiritual guidance, and I know where she can get that from!!
The only hard thing is that she talks a ton.. haha which is super good to get to
know her but it's a little bit more complicated to teach! But we are super duper
excited for her! I know Heavenly Father put her into our path for a reason, and
the amazing thing is that Rosa recognized that too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, the church is true everyone! I realize that more and more everyday as
I share that with the people here! That's the awesome thing that happens when we
share our testimonies, it is strengthened! I testify that God loves us and He
truly knows us better than we know ourselves. We are His children! And what
Father doesn't want the best for His children? He has a perfect plan for us and
as we faithfully and willingly follow that plan, He will guide us to greater joy
and happiness than we could have ever imagined! Have a great week!</span></div>
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Barbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00787363529992779916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627482379545474103.post-59146127866732078892015-06-22T13:17:00.001-07:002015-06-22T13:17:44.020-07:00Week 65: Zone Conference<span style="font-size: large;">Hola a todos!
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week, not everything seemed to go as we had planned, but we were
blessed to have our Zone Conference that really gave us the spiritual boost that
we needed!! The Zone Conference was awesome, Presidente is really pushing our
mission so we can reach our potential as missionaries and servants of the Lord.
Sometimes we have the tendency to look at the numbers he wants and we think..
what?! But at the same time, I think, this is what the Lord wants so it truly is
something we can achieve! I'm super excited and it makes me SO happy to know
that this mission, and the missionary work going on in this island really is
getting better every day!! The Lord loves the Puertoricans and I do too
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, it decided to rain super duper hard this week on my intercambio with
Hermana Madrigal, super hard that there was no way we could walk straight
because the wind was pulling us so many different directions! And then no one
decided to be home when it rained so we ended up staying soaking wet all day
haha! I learned a valuable lesson that day that the Lord truly sees and knows
our efforts. It's not always our favorite thing as missionaries, when no one
seems to be home, nor interested as you contact, and you're soaking wet. But we
kept going because we can do hard things! I love the Lord and I knew He was
aware of us that day because at the LAST minute of the day someone decided to
listen to us, and we have another appointment for this next week. We have to
trust in Him, even though at times we feel it's just better to whine and
complain and do what we feel is best! We just have to allow Him to bless
us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know this church is true, and that our Heavenly Father loves us - He has
given us the gospel!! What a blessing! Have a great week everyone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our mission nurse, Hma Heidenrich went home.</span></div>
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Barbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00787363529992779916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627482379545474103.post-10954092672418958512015-06-15T19:06:00.000-07:002015-06-16T19:06:40.711-07:00Week 64: Summer in Puerto Rico- Hot and Sweaty<span style="font-size: large;">Hola a todos!
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<span style="font-size: large;">Puerto Rico is definitely entering the summer time because WOW is it
starting to real boil up!! I'm pretty sure Hna Ahlander and I find new tan lines
everyday haha! It's always a joy to have to apologize to people for being so
sweaty!! I'm pretty sure that the heat is all that people are talking about now
a days! We are still on water rationing and we've just heard that we are going
to be on 3 days without water, and 3 days with - but it's always unpredictable
so we constantly pray for rain! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Guess what?! Dora, our less active, got a calling!! WOO!! We are so excited
and she is too!! She's going to be the one choosing and directing the music for
sacrament meeting! She is always talking to us about music (she likes to write
songs in English too) and so we thought this would be perfect for her! So we'll
be choosing and practicing with her so she's already to start this next Sunday
:) It's always fun to see the light that people have and their excitement as
they start coming back to church, especially with a new calling (which is SO
important for them!) and that they know they'll be serving the Lord and
others! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Maria Margarita is doing good, she is constantly reading and praying and
even though she is still unsure about changing and everything, we saw a huge
miracle this week with her! In the previous lessons that we've had, she has her
own way of praying, the way she was taught growing up, which really is so great!
But we talked to her the other week about the importance of ending in the name
of Jesus Christ. To our surprise, when we passed with her on Saturday, we asked
her to say the closing prayer and she ended in the name of Jesus Christ, which
she has never done! It might not seem like a big deal, but to us it was! By
small and simple things are great things brought to pass! Even in the change and
conversion of a person - baby steps :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also found another less active this week, her name is Quenia and she is
so cute!! She's Dominican and I love her personality!! She is so fun! She's only
been less active for about a year now and we really feel that we can help get
her back :) We had a super spiritual lesson with her but the only thing is that
she might be moving to Texas! So, we are hoping and praying that we will be able
to her strengthen her up so she'll be ready to find the church out in Texas! It
has always been so amazing to me to know that the Church is the same wherever we
are! It MUST be true :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Things are going good, the bishop has asked all the members to keep up with
the references, since all of the converts in the past year from the ward have
been references, so we'll see what will happen! I completely trust in the Lord
because I know that when we do, it will all work out according to His plan,
which is a lot better than anything we could ever come up with! Have a great
week everyone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week was super great and we have seen a ton of blessings and little
miracles! I'm really excited for what the Lord has planned for these next couple
months, cause there is going to be some great changes! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Like I mentioned last week, fasting works and is real! After we finished
writing, a member came to help us with our groceries, and as soon as we got into
the car she said, I have a reference for you guys and we are going on
Wednesday.. OK!! We now have a new investigator, Maria Margarita!! And the
awesome thing is, is that her daughter who is a member in another ward has
already given her a Book of Mormon and the Gospel Principles book and she's
almost done reading both of them.. HOW great is that!! She has a desire to know,
but the thing that we are working with is helping her with the change because
she is really really catholic. She told us that it's going to take time for her
to change, but she is willing to do it! The Lord asks for a willing heart,
right? We are super excited to start working with her!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We passed by with Cecilia again this week and now we are a little confused
haha the lesson went really great and she is just loving the Book of Mormon but
when we reminded her of church (and we thought she had stopped going to her
other church) she told us that she couldn't because she already has an
assignment in her church so she needs to be there Sundays.. what?? We had no
idea and we aren't sure what happened! Little bump in the road there, but we'll
see what will happen this week! I know that Heavenly Father is control of the
situation and that He can work miracles! That's our little theme that Hermana
Ahlander and I have as a companionship, that God is a God of miracles! It's so
true!! And I testify and promise that as we look for them, we will see that they
are everywhere! He is constantly blessing us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, our less active Dora bore her testimony yesterday and it was so
great!! We have loved seeing her come to church and we love teaching her - she
has a strong testimony of the Restoration and it's amazing how much the Spirit
can fill the room has one testifies of the blessings one has because of a boy
who asked such an important question in 1820. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last night we had dinner with some of the members, Hno y Hna Olmo, and it
ended up being such a spiritual experience! As Hna Ahlander and I have fasted,
we have felt impressed to start contacting and working in Bello Monte, the area
where these members lived. As we shared with them our thoughts and feelings,
right there on the spot they gave us 9 names of less active families that they
knew lived in the area!! The sister even pulled out her phone right then and
asked one of her friends about taking the missionary discussions!! We finished
the evening in a kneeling prayer, which they asked me to give, and I know that
the Savior was with us in that moment. The Spirit was just so real as we asked
for help with the missionary work in this part of the area! Wow, Hna Ahlander
and I are super excited to start and even more excited that we've got two other
companions with us as well!! ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The days keep getting hotter and hotter, and our faces seem to get more red
everyday haha but I just love it! Not the heat so much haha but just being out!
Out in the city sharing what we know! It's not always easy, but it's so worth
it! Have a great week everyone!</span></div>
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Barbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00787363529992779916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627482379545474103.post-65073990475646510482015-06-01T17:06:00.000-07:002015-06-02T17:06:59.326-07:00Week 62: We walked and it rained<span style="font-size: large;">Hola a todos!!
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week has been a good one! LOTS of walking, but it is all worth it :)
Also, the Lord has blessed us with a TON of rain which is always the best! It's
not always fun to walk around all day with wet shoes haha but we need the water!
We are still on the water rationing but Hna Ahlander and I have been surviving
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week I really want to testify of the power of fasting. Being in a new
area, sometimes it's a shock and you realize that you really really need the
Lords help in everything - trying to remember where you are, get used to the
change of scenery, getting to know the members and investigators, etc! We've
been trying especially to get the ward going with the work here, and we both
felt that we should fast for the area, and for help knowing in which direction
we should go. These past couple of days I feel like the Lord has heard our
prayers and is guiding us to what we should be focusing on and how we can really
strengthen this ward! It's going to take some time, but I am confident that it
will all be worth it, because the Gospel of Jesus Christ is worth it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week I met another investigator, her name is Joana! She's a single mom
with a 4 year girl who is so cute! Joana is super powerful and has a lot of
potential I think! She lost her mom a year or so ago and it's still been hard
for her. There is nothing more sweet than testifying of forever families! She
wasn't able to attend church this week because her dad was in town, but we are
praying really hard for next week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, I love being a missionary! The mission has its ups and downs, some
things are better than others, but I just can't imagine what my life would be
like without this experience that I am having. I just love this Gospel so much
and there is nothing better than sharing it with others, even when it might be
scary!! And believe me, hahaha sometimes it is, but remember, it's worth
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<span style="font-size: large;">shout outs to my mom and brother on their birthdays this week </span></div>
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Barbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00787363529992779916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627482379545474103.post-45876086127866395592015-05-26T16:13:00.000-07:002015-06-02T16:59:28.621-07:00Week 61: City Girl<div dir="ltr">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Saludos de GUAYNABO!! I'm now officially a city girl and wow it is so
different!! Luckily I'm still blessed because there are still trees like in the
country, but I've never seen so many buildings and cars and closed
neighborhoods! But at the same time it's nice to have a change of scenery. Now,
I've had to change my strategies a little bit haha but it's all coming together!
And there are BUSES here!!!! WOW I've never been so happy to see them and let me
tell you, we are a little bit more spoiled here in the city haha but it has it's
difficulties too. So far I really like the apartment because we have been
blessed with a DRYER and AC!! I could not believe it when we first walked it but
it's true! Buuut as of right now, we are on water rationing haha so every other
day we don't have water.. cleaning and showering is a bit challenging haha but
we are surviving just fine :) Now, the hard thing about the city is that most of
the urbanizations are closed with gates so getting in is a little bit difficult.
We usually just wait for cars but they either don't let us in or they just give
us the dirty look haha but luckily there are some nice people and cool guards
still that let us in! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My companion Hermana Ahlander is from Utah and she is so cute and has a lot
of energy to do the work! She is fresh off her training but she studied Spanish
for 4 years before her mission so we are being extra good and only talk together
in Spanish :) Well.. for the most part haha because there are a lot of people
that speak English here; the only English ward in Puerto Rico meets in our same
building so we see a lot of Americans often! AND we are teaching an English
class which is pretty interesting too haha. Mostly members just show up but it's
super fun! The ward is great, pretty small but they all have big testimonies and
big hearts <3 Now let's see if we can get the missionary work moving :) I've
officially been made the ward pianist and it's pretty cool cause Presidente and
Hermana Boucher are a part of our ward too! We haven't seen them yet, but it's a
blessing! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My first week was a pretty good one! We don't have a lot of investigators,
but the ones that I've met so far are super great and have a lot of potential!
One is named Dessue and she's been meeting with the missionaries for a while.
Her husband (well, actually boyfriend) is a less active and has been helping her
learn a lot about the church, even though he doesn't go haha. They aren't
married.. so that's our biggest thing right now. But we'll get there and I know
that she wants to know if the church is true. She wasn't in town this past
Sunday, but she should be coming this Sunday to church so prayers for
her! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also have another investigator, Cecilia. She is so cool! She's an older
lady who has been listening to the missionaries these past couple of months and
Hermana Ahlander had told me that she wasn't so sure about the whole baptism
thing. So, we read the Book of Mormon with her and we invited her to be baptized
and she just said, Well sure - I'm doing this for something, right? I'm not here
to waste my time, right? RIGHT! So, we are hoping to give her a baptismal date
BUT she is going to the states for like a month...... so. We aren't sure when
she's leaving exactly but if we have to have lessons over the phone that is what
we'll do!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We work with a lot of less actives here which is awesome :) We have one
less active whose name is Dora and she is SO funny and so great!! Haha she just
loved the fact that I was American so she could practice her English! She has so
much faith and a really big testimony, but getting to sacrament seems to be the
problem. She comes to Relief Society but then she leaves!! She takes care of her
mom, who also is a member, but she can't leave the house for her health. But,
Dora came to church on Sunday and we have gained a lot of trust with her real
fast which is great :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm really excited and I already know that Heavenly Father really loves
this area of Guaynabo! Now, it's just a matter of finding the people that are
prepared, and we know they are there!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know this church is true and that Heavenly Father loves us SO much!!
Remember to be aware of the blessings that are given to us everyday - they are
there! Have a great week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hermana Holt</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> matching shirts<br />
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We loved serving together </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> My new companion Hermana Ahlander<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> She's a cutie<br />
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living in the city </div>
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people are so good to me and bring me gluten free food</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> my new city<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> district activity at La Marquesa<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> hello birds<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I'm pretending I'm not scared<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> look how close I am </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> our district<br />
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crazy kids</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My MTC companion Hermana Van Kammen</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We both hit 14 months</span></div>
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Barbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00787363529992779916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627482379545474103.post-16337778992782083462015-05-18T16:41:00.001-07:002015-05-18T16:42:14.359-07:00Week 60: Hola Guayanabo! Nice to meet you!<div dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size: large;">Hola a todos!!
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, this week I'm pretty sure everything you could think of happened!
First of all, we have transfers and.. I'm off to GUAYANABO!! It's near San Juan,
so close to the mission home and from what I've heard it's definitely a lot more
city. But, we'll see what part we actually live. So no more ocean from what I
know, but a new atmosphere so we'll see what happens! Mi hija Hermana Lopez is
going to take on Arecibo, and she is going to do absolutely amazing!! She is
completely prepared and has a lot of work set out for her; but she definitely
won't be doing it alone because she is going to be in a TRIO!! Can you believe
that?? The mission has had a lot of changes, apparentely 24 missionaries are
going home this transfer and of course more are coming in! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think Heavenly Father told me without me realizing it that I was going to
Guayanabo haha here is what happened! A contact had given us some pasta de
guayava which is from a fruit here and Hna Lopez asked me, What's this called?
Pasta de Guayanabo? Hahaha I was like, no Guayanabo is a city here! And the
crazy thing is, she's never heard of Guayanabo!! So as soon as she said that I
thought, haha that would be funny . . and it happened! So here we go :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So talking about this week, like I said, we experienced a bit of
everything. A lot of success, a lot of rejection, a lot of small miracles, and a
lot of faith trying moments. But I've come to realize that really no matter how
many bad and hard moments there are, they just all seem to disappear as we focus
on the good we are given! And the Lord blessed us a lot this week.. because.. we
have a BAPTISMAL DATE with Kayla!!!!! Yayaya!! I've never seen someone so
willing to change and to be baptized! She is working for the 6th of June and we
are super excited :) Yes, it's going to be a little hard not to see it, but I am
confident that Hna Lopez is going to work miracles here! Also, we found 2 other
new investigators this week who are both willing to be baptized as well, how
great is that?? One is a college student who is truly looking for the truth, and
she told us that with just reading about the Restoration and some of the Book of
Mormon, she feels like she's found it. LIKE WHAT?! I am so excited for what
Heavenly Father has in store for Arecibo. I know He loves the people here and it
has been amazing to feel just a little bit of the love as a missionary! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't have too much time but we also had our Zone Conference this week
with Presidente Cornish, who is presidente of the Carribbean Area! It was
incredible and he gave us a lot of good ideas and tips to better work with the
members and how to help the investigators come to their own conversion. I
testify that the Lord speaks through His servants!! How grateful I am for
that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, on to a new adventure! How amazing it is to know that no matter where
we are or where we go, that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is always the same!! So,
here I go to teach the people of Guayanabo! Wish me luck!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hola a todos!!
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, this past week was a great one, with many miracles, and it ended
SUPER because I got to see you guys!!!! How grateful I am for technology that
allows us to see each other even though it's just 2 times a year!! And it's
absolutely crazy because I'll actually get to see your faces in person in less
than 5 months!! I don't think I've ever felt time go by so fast!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, you guys won't believe what happened this week! Hna Lopez and I truly
saw and felt the hand of the Lord guiding us to 2 new people that we are
teaching :) The first one is Kayla! She was a reference from the Elders that we
have been trying to contact for weeks put her phone never worked and whenever we
passed by (and she does not live close haha) she wasn't there. SO! One of the
members came with us to a lesson but right as she picked us up, the investigator
that we were going to go with canceled. Pues, ok then! So then I thought, well
lets take advantage that we have a ride and lets stop by with Kayla and see if
she's home.. and she WAS! The lesson that we had with her was amazing. Super
duper spiritual and she is super prepared! She's a single mom with a 5 year old
son who is the cutest thing!! The Elders had passed by like one or two times so
she already knew a little bit of the Restoration. So we got to know her a little
bit and she started to tell us how she is ready to change and how she wants to
help her son and raise him in the right paths, well that's perfect because we
can help her with just that :) We testified strongly on the families and how the
Gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ can change us and when we invited her to be
baptized, she accepted!!! Woo!!! So she has a lot of potential :) She should be
coming to church this week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our other miracle investigator is Joliana! We stopped by a members house to
get our hair trimmed and the members best friend, Joliana, had stopped by in the
exact moment that we got there.. :) Coincidence?? The member had told us that
Joliana had been asking her in the passed couple of weeks why the member kept
saying that her family is a forever family. Perfect! So we got to know her a
little bit, super casual, and then she started to tell us that it had caught her
attention because the church that she is attending right now teaches that after
we die, we aren't going to recognize anyone, we aren't going to know our
families. Saying that outloud really hit her hard because then she started to
cry and told us that she can't imagine not remembering her 2 daughters and that
it didn't seem right. Wow, how grateful I am for the knowledge we have that our
families can be together forever, and that Heavenly Father makes that possible!
And we taught and testified of just that :) The spirit was super strong and she
is super receptive to the spirit!! We have another lesson with her this week and
we are super excited!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love the Gospel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tomorrow we have our Zone Conference with Elder Cornish! It's going to be
with 3 other zones and almost an all day thing so we are super duper excited :)
And also tomorrow we have our Member Missionary activity!! Wish us luck!!!! We
have been preparing really hard for this and feel that the Lord has even guided
us in our plans. Well, that's all I've got right now!! This week is my last week
training Hermana Lopez, I can't even believe how fast the time has gone.. she is
an amazing missionary and I have been so blessed to spend these past 12 weeks
with her. We'll see what the transfers bring this next week! Have a great week
everyone!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hermana Holt</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hola a todos!!
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sorry I'm writing so late, this morning we had a Zone Activity! It was here
in Arecibo and we went to La Cueva del Indio! Hna Lopez and I had already been
before, but it was fun to go with the Zone! We had our personal study right on
the beach, explored the caves, and then went to go eat after! It's great to see
other missionaries and share with each other what we've been learning and what's
been happening in our areas! We are definitely one big team, and that's the most
important! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week was a little low on lessons but we've been doing our best to
brighten our faith! We ran into an old investigator and happened to pass by in
the perfect moment when she was cleaning her house, service!! Woo! And it
definitely paid off because we got to share a super good lesson at the end,
reminding her of the Restoration and of the Book of Mormon, which she
recommitted to read! We hope and pray that she'll be ready this time..</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We couldn't teach our two investigators this week, Yesenia nor Ana and we
are dying to see them!! Everyone seemed to have a lot of crazy things this week,
but we know this next week is going to be a good one :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our less active Carmina came to church again!! YAY!! She's such a
sweetheart and I am so blown away as I see her humble example of coming back to
our Savior Jesus Christ. Her coming back has really pumped up the ward and
they've become really involved with her, it's a great thing to see!! Speaking of
the ward, Hermana Lopez and I talked with the Bishop and he allowed us to have a
mission activity with the members, to see if we can get them a little bit more
excited to do missionary work :) Us missionaries are planning a great activity
full of Preach My Gospel, practicing, and sharing of testimonies! Most of the
members in the ward are coverts so I know that as they share their experiences
of when the missionaries first knocked on their door, not only will it
strengthen all of us, but I feel like it will strengthen them personally and get
them excited to share this happiness with everyone! The activity is next week,
so we'll see how it goes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just want to testify of something super special that Heavenly Father
reminded me of this week, that He knows us. He, the Creater of all things, KNOWS
us and is so aware of what we are going through at this point in our lives. He
cares about everything we care about. He knows what we need and wants to help us
achieve it. I have been so blessed this week through the example, words, and
testimonies of the people I have talked to. He knows me. He knows you. And He
knows that we need His son Jesus Christ. That's why He sent him to us :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love you all and hope you have a great week!! And for all the mother's
out there, Happy Mother's Day this coming week!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love, </span></div>
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Barbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00787363529992779916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627482379545474103.post-33825769442289377272015-04-27T11:33:00.000-07:002015-04-28T12:02:26.759-07:00Week 57: Five Months Left<span style="font-size: large;">Hola a todos!!
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, I'm kinda freaking out thinking that I've only got 5 months LEFT!!
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week was a good one :) Besides the fact that we've been melting every
second we step outside, we have managed to survive the week! Our amazing less
active Carmina came to church this week! WOO!! Finally!! Hermana Lopez and I
were super excited and she loved it. She also came to our Ward Activity that we
had and she loved that too! It was such a sweet experience because at the
beginning of the activity, everyone went around and introduced themselves and
when it came to Carmina, she said, Hi I'm Carmina and just so you all know, I'm
coming back. AWE I about died when she said that! She's on her way back home and
we love visiting with her and helping her in the process :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the Ward Activity we watched the documentary, Meet the Mormons!! I
hadn't seen it before and it was awesome!! I imagine that a lot of you have seen
it, but if not, watch it!! It's so cool! I loved how every story talked about
something different and showed how we really are just ordinary people who live
normal lives, but the thing is that as members of the church, we've got
something extraordinary! I love how the Gospel of Jesus Christ enriches our
lives and can help anyone no matter who they are or what their circumstance is.
Haha the last segment about the missionary mom touched Hermana Lopez and I a
little bit harder than we thought, once Hna Lopez started crying I just lost it
haha good tears :) But we felt a little bit better when we found out that our
Elders (there are 4 of them) also shed a few tears haha! How sweet!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So we have a new investigator! Her name is Ana and we are super excited to
teach her! We taught her the first time this week and we basically touched the
first and second lesson for all of the questions that she had from baptism to
what will happen after this life to faith to Joseph Smith, etc haha but we ended
on the best note, the Book of Mormon! She loves the Bible and knows it front and
back, so we were a little surprised that when we explained to her that Christ
had gone to the Americas that she just looked at us and said, De verdad?! She
then took the Book of Mormon and opened to a random page and the scripture
happened to talk about faith and baptism.. 2 things we had just discussed, it
was PERFECT!! I almost had tears streaming down my face the Spirit was so
strong. She has such a strong desire to follow Christ so we are excited to teach
her! She was going to come to church but she had a little emergency, but next
week :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, this week is going to be a little busy with meetings, but we are
excited to see what the Lord has in store for us :) Have a great week
everyone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, this week was a lot better teaching wise, and we were able to see
some small miracles throughout the week! Our mission has been really focusing on
inviting our investigators to be baptized so we can get some baptismal dates!
Hermana Lopez and I were a little worried because none of our investigators seem
to be progressing that much, but we had a lot of faith this week and invited
some of them to be baptized, and they all accepted!!!! So, now we just have to
get them with baptismal dates, and help them really recognize their answer!! I
want to talk about Yesenia, and investigator that we have a lot of faith
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<span style="font-size: large;">We started teaching Yesenia about 3 weeks ago and she loves it when we come
over! She is super open and is already loving the Book of Mormon, which is
awesome! When we first shared it with her, we read the last 2 paragraphs of the
Introduction with her and as she finished, she said, wow - why don't other
churches tell us about this?? Haha she is so cute! She told us that she loved
the part that said that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the
kingdom of God here upon the earth.. she's gold!! She also loves the testimony
of the prophet Joseph Smith which is great! This week we watched The Testaments
movie with her and her 2 little girls, and it was awesome. SO spiritual and we
know she felt the Spirit, and her daughters did too! I love testifying of when
Christ came to the Americas. The Spirit of the Book of Mormon is incredible! She
accepted to be baptized, but the ONLY thing is that her and her husband aren't
married...... AND he is never in the lessons, nor is he there when we are there,
so that's going to be the hardest thing! We are hoping and praying that he'll be
able to join us in the next lessons so we are able to talk about all of that
with them. But, they should be coming to our church activity this week so we are
super excited about that!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We found a new investigator this week and let me say, there is no excuse
for age!! Haha this women is 89 years old and the first day we stopped by, she
had already read the whole Restoration pamphlet!!! Hahaha talk about will
power!! She is the cutest little old lady, and all though she doesn't exactly
remember everything, she is super willing to keep studying so she is able to
remember! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had intercambios this week and guess who is our new Sister Trainer??
Hermana Watkins!!!! It was SO good to see her and to work with her in her area
of Vega Baja!! Haha we haven't seen each other from San Sebastian and it was so
great to catch up with her!! We got rained on super duper hard haha that we had
to literally wait under the roof of a basketball court for all the rain to pass
because the water was up to our ankles!! So we were soaking wet half of the day,
but it was fun! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh one more thing!! We finally got into contact with a convert that was
baptized about 6 months ago, but who is now less active because she hasn't been
coming to church for health issues.. it's been super sad to see and super hard
on us because we can barely come in to contact with her, but we were blessed
immensely because she happened to be in her house when we passed by. Wow! Let me
just say, I was completely shocked and my testimony grew so much more of the
power of the scriptures!! As we were talking to her about her church attendance,
she started to cry and told us how she is going to try really hard to get up on
Sundays, but it's been hard with her health problems. Then she just looked at us
and testified of the scriptures and how they have helped her in these months..
after reading the Book of Mormon, she has read the entire guia de las escrituras
and is already reading doctrine and covenants!!!!!!!! The WHOLE thing!! Wow, I
was completely blown away!!!! She testified of the strength that she has
received in these hard months just from reading every night. Just another
testimony builder to me of the power that we receive as we read the word of
God!!</span></div>
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continually feast upon the words of Christ!! For they will tell us all that we
should do!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What a week it has been! The sun has decided to reallllly come down on us
haha it has begun :) I kid you not, I've never used so much sun screen in my
entire life! The people literally tell us that we smell like the beach haha but
it could be worse, right? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Where to begin? Well, our testimonies were really tried this week, but I've
never felt my testimony stronger! So, a few weeks ago I mentioned a contact that
we made that was literally an answer to our prayers! Well, she invited us over
finally and she was so sweet to make us lunch. Her cousin who was visiting her
was over too and he was super cool! He mentioned to us that for his work he has
been to Utah several times and even visited temple square! Everything was going
super well, so after we finished we taught them about the Restoration! We barely
started talking about when Christ established His church when she begins to go
off on.. a lot of different things!! Oh man! Haha in that moment I was thinking,
poor Hermana Lopez, she's probably freaking out!! So I lovingly tried to
continue the lesson as we discussed everything with the priesthood and the
apostasy. She seemed to calm down a bit but I literally had a huge pit in my
stomach because I knew where it was going. I then testified to her that because
God loves us so much, He called a prophet in our days to restore the truths that
had been lost for so many years.. I then began to testify of Jospeh Smith. Wow,
in the moment that I began to say the first vision, I began to feel the warmest
feeling I have ever felt in my chest, that slowly begun to spread throughout my
whole body - that by the time I finished the words said to Joseph Smith, "..
este es mi Hijo Amado, escuchalo.." I felt completely covered by this warm
sensation. I KNEW that the Holy Ghost was confirming to me in that moment, that
was I was saying was true. That Joseph Smith really did see our Heavenly Father
and His son Jeus Christ! And how grateful I am for the testimony I have, because
our investigator didn't seem to happy about that. I'm not going to say what she
began to say, but I do want to say that we MUST know for ourselves that these
things are true. That Joesph Smith was a prophet, that the Gospel is restored!
That we have the priesthood keys here on the earth, that the Book of Mormon is
true and testifies of Jesus Christ!! We are in the last days and we must be
prepared for what is going to come - we must stand strong and testify of what we
know is true!! I'm super grateful for experiences like this in my mission, not
that they are easy to have, but they make me and my testimony stronger. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wish I had more time to explain all the experiences we've had this week,
but I'll have to keep it at this for now! Things are going well, we are still on
the lookout for the people Heavenly Father is preparing, so we are praying we
will find them in the coming weeks! We have a lot of faith in an investigator
named Yesenia, I'll talk about her next week!! We also received a lot of names
this week to contact so we are excited about that too! The work continues and we
love it!! Have a great week everyone :)</span></div>
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Barbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00787363529992779916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627482379545474103.post-28821425048131020312015-04-06T16:42:00.000-07:002015-04-14T14:46:42.063-07:00Week 54: Conference was Amazing<div dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size: large;">Hola a todos!!
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, I think I know what every missionary is going to talk about today..
Did you see Conference?? HOW AMAZING IT WAS!! I am completely blown away by the
messages that we heard, all the leaders who spoke were completely inspired by
the Spirit and said exactly what we needed to hear. I can testify again and
again that I know that if we go to Conference with specific questions, and an
open heart ready to learn, we will receive the answers we need. And as
missionaries it's super amazing because we get to think about others and what
they need, and I can tell you that the questions I had for them were even
answered! Heavenly Father loves His children! How grateful I am for living
prophets and apostles, we are super blessed :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ok so you don't even have to ask because there is no way I can pick a
favorite talk, but I'll just touch on a few of them! First of all, after the
first talk by Elder Erying to open the conference, my comp and I just thought,
well.. I think we can end the conference with that! WHAT power he had as he
testified of the power of fasting and the blessings of paying a generous fast
offering! Really, as missionaries, as crazy as it seems sometimes, one of our
favorite things to do is fast. I testify along with Elder Eyring that we are
richly blessed spiritually and temporally as we keep this commandment! I also
loved L. Whitney Claytons talk, that if we search and have a desire to believe,
there will always be a spiritual light beckoning us. We just need to act! This
is a great principle we are going to use with some investigators :) The
afternoon session I think was the session that I loved the most!! Elders Bednar
and Christofferson spoke with such power and who didn't love the talk from Elder
Andersen of the 70?? Coming from a musical family, this one one of my favorites
:) How sweet is President Monson? I loved how simple and powerful his talk was
on temples, it truly is a place where we can go with any condition of heart and
find peace. HOW exciting for the new temples!! We are all stoked to have another
temple here in the Caribbean!! Yaya! Puerto Rico is going to be next.. haha :)
Elder Holland took down the house as always and President Ucthdorf truly taught
us what the grace of Christ is. How grateful I am for my Savior and the grace
that he is so willing to give us. The final session was super funny because us
missionaries in the other room were watching the Conference in English, but when
they announced that there would be a speaker giving his talk in Spanish, we all
ran to the other room to hear it, and then we had to run back! And then like 2
talks later we had to run again to the other room to watch the other talk in
Spanish! Haha the members thought it was funny! It's crazy to think sometimes
that I actually can understand what they are saying haha! And what a good way to
end the Conference with the delightful words of Elder Nelson, the Sabbath really
is a delight!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope everyone was able to think of our Savior Jesus Christ as we
celebrated His resurrection, even though it is something we really should think
about daily! I am so grateful for Him in my life and for what His resurrection
means for me personally and for every single one of us. I hope that we all can
take a moment to really really think about what His death and resurrection mean.
I love how the scriptures describe it! And I love (and I hope you have all seen)
the new video of the church, Gracias a que El Vive! Seek Him, and share this
gift with others :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week was a little bit more difficult for Hna Lopez and I, lessons
wise. Since it was Holy Week, with a strong culture here, most of the people
didn't have school and either weren't home, or were at the beach haha soo we
didn't have much luck but we received SO many blessings. We got to share with
more people our testimony of Jesus Christ and about the new video! There were a
lot of times this week were we just seemed to walk and walk and there was no one
and we kept thinking, what are we supposed to do now? But Heavenly Father
blessed us with a lot of animo (not sure there is a word for that in English..
haha) this week - even though number wise we weren't having a lot of success, I
have never felt so happy to just walk around and talk to people and just be
outside sharing the great news! He gave us a lot of strength and a lot of faith
to keep walking that thinking about it now, it's incredible! Heavenly Father
sure does love us and is literally there with us every step of the way. We just
need to put some faith in every footstep :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, that's all I have time for! I love you all and hope you have a great
week!! I challenge you all to share your testimony of Christ with someone this
week and to share what Christs resurrection means to you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hermana Holt</span><br />
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