tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24230025456514355752024-02-20T20:20:26.187-06:00Sister Katie Heilner's MissionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423002545651435575.post-91548221466144553402014-12-08T23:55:00.001-06:002015-01-05T17:12:05.664-06:00Week 78: THIS IS IT!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">December 8, 2014</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I feel pretty good
titling this email "This is It" because, well, that's what Michael
Jackson's last concert tour was called, and if there's anyone in this life to
emulate, it's the King of Pop. Wait...I might be confused. King of Kings is who
we are supposed to be emulating. Either way, THIS IS IT.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.63636302948px;">Transfer calls came last night. The assistants told me I was being transferred to America! Zr. Mashburn is staying here. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">ALSO,
ZR MASHBURN IS TRAINING! SHE IS GOING TO BE AMAZING!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">And we went to Brugge
today. It was exquisite. Also, Christiaan from Lelystad came because he had a
Sinterklaas gift for me: THE SORTING HAT. YES. He's probably sending a picture. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I've been thinking a
lot about what I would say, and I thought I'd use the scriptures to tell you
about what I've learned because one of the biggest things I've learned on my
mission is to love, love, love the scriptures. Not that I didn't like them
before, but they've definitely taken on a new meaning for me these past 18
months. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Helaman 5:12. </span><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And now, my sons,
remember, remember that it is upon therock of our Redeemer, who is Christ,
the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil
shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when
all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have
no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo,
because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a
foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This tells us a few
things. One, that trials WILL come. It doesn't say "if" anywhere in
that verse. It does say "when" and "shall" though. But it
also promises us that if we build upon the rock of Christ that we CANNOT fall.
I like to use this scripture when I talk to people about getting answers from
God. We get those answers when we pray often, read in our scriptures, and
attend church meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alma 7:11-13. </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">11 </span><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And he shall go
forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every
kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take
upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind
his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be
filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the
flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Spirit knoweth all things; nevertheless the Son of God suffereth
according to the flesh that he might take upon him the sins
of his people, that he might blot out their transgressions according to the
power of his deliverance; and now behold, this is the testimony which is in me.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This tells us that we are never alone. Christ
suffered, and I think we all know that. But WHY: so that he would know how to
help us. It's sort of the same reason that we suffer. So that we can help
others when they stand in need. We have sympathy for others when we notice them
going through something we've gone through. Christ has more than sympathy for
us. He died for us so that we don't have to feel guilty or sad or lonely. He
has a perfect plan and he will never leave us alone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Abraham 3:25. See
also Romans 12:1-3. </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #486fae; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto
God,<i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">which is</span></i> your reasonable service.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye
may prove what <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">is</span></i> that good,
and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not
to think <i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">of himself</span></i> more highly than he
ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath
dealt to every man the measure of faith.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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supposed to be easy, discipleship. We have to give everything we've got,
actually. Doing the will of God is not just a good idea, but it's the test of
why we're here on earth.</span><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Alma 5:28. Pride
is a sin and we must be clean to see God. Luckily we're here on earth to
repent. Further, Alma 34:32-34. We are eternal. What we become while on the
earth stays with us. We are here to change, but in the end, what we've become
while here is what we will always be. So we need to take this opportunity to
change, to repent, every day while we can.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mormon 9:19-22.
Miracles still happen, people. But only if we have faith. I've learned a lot
about faith and expectation on my mission. Dad and I talked about it before,
but I got to put it into practice here in the Field. God can only work with the
amount of faith that we have. He can help us develop more faith, but faith
ultimately is a choice. Something we need to choose every day. If it's not
growing, it's shrinking, and THAT'S when miracles cease.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">D/C 128:24.</span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">24 </span><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Behold, the
great day of the Lord is at hand; and who canabide the day of
his coming, and who can stand when he appeareth? For he is like
a refiner’s fire, and like fuller’s soap; and he shall sit as
a refiner and purifier of silver, and he shall purify the sons
of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the
Lord an offering in righteousness. Let us, therefore, as a church and
a people, and as Latter-day Saints, offer unto the Lord an offering in
righteousness; and let us present in his holy temple, when it is finished, a
book containing the records of our dead, which shall be worthy of all
acceptation.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> This is why God
refines us. SO that we can be with Him. He wants us to come back to Him, but we
have to work. That's why he gives us the Gospel. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is
a refining PROCESS that requires a lot of sacrifice. Sacrifice brings forth the
blessings of heaven. When we sacrifice, we increase in faith and in order to be
able to abide in the Celestial Kingdom, we have to have sacrificed. Sacrifice
is required for salvation. That has carried me through the toughest times on my
mission. See also 3 Nephi 12: 19-20, Alma 34:17<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jacob 4:6. </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"> </span><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore,
they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto
you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words
of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do. For
behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by the way, and receive
the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things what ye should do.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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search the prophets, and we have many revelations and the spirit
of prophecy; and having all these witnesses we obtain a hope, and our
faith becometh unshaken, insomuch that we truly can command in
the name of Jesus and the very trees obey us, or the mountains, or
the waves of the sea.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SCRIPTURE POWER keeps
me safe from sin. But seriously. I already said something about this, but I
KNOW that our days are better when we read in the scriptures. I am so grateful
for them. Anyone reading this, just know that if your day has been hard, it can
get better if you take 15 minutes and just read in the Book of Mormon. It gives
a strength that we can't get from anywhere else. It might sound cheesy, but
it's true. The scriptures give us power. They give us hope. I love the
scriptures. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2 Nephi31:20. </span><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wherefore, ye must
press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect
brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore,
if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ,
and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall
have eternal life.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is on my plaque.
It tells us so many good things. First, why we should do things: LOVE. There
are a lot of other reasons to do things, but if it's not out of love of God or
fellow men, re-evaluate it. It will make you happier. It will give you the hope
mentioned in this verse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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learned a TON about Spiritual Gifts, but mostly that they're given to us so
that we can help people. Again, we have to look at WHY we are doing things.
Everybody has something. Everybody can develop themselves more. Shout-out to MJ
Aston for teaching me that we won't get any new talents if we don't ask for
them and do our part to develop them. Love you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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behold the decrees of God concerning this land, that it is a land of promise;
and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall serve God, or they shall
be swept off when the fullness of his wrath shall come upon
them. And the fullness of his wrath cometh upon them when they
are ripened in iniquity. And it came to pass at the end of four
years that the Lord came again unto the brother of Jared, and stood in a cloud
and talked with him. And for the space of three hours did the Lord talk
with the brother of Jared, and chastened him because he remembered
not to call upon the name of the Lord.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have realized that I don't know where the "and" sign is on this
keyboard. BUT. WHY GOD CHASTENS US. Because he loves us! He wants the best for
us. He told the Brother of Jared that he could live in the best land ever.
EVER. But if he wanted to live there, he had to be better. SO he chastened him
so that he would repent and be worthy of that huge blessing. He does that with
us too. I know that the days that we feel chastened are actually a blessing. We
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ether 12:4. </span><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wherefore, whoso
believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea,
even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh
of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men, which would make
them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led
to glorify God.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Hope. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hope which carries us through the day. What would we do without hope? The
hardest days of my mission are the days that I've forgotten about hope and how
it is an anchor for us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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come and fear not, and lay aside every sin, which easily
doth beset you, which doth bind you down to destruction, yea, come
and go forth, and show unto your God that ye are willing to repent of your sins
and enter into a covenant with him to keep his commandments, and witness it
unto him this day by going into the waters of baptism.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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stands between me and God is whatever I personally place there. God's willing
to give me answers, help, forgiveness. I have to drop my pride and be ready for
it. Heavenly Father knows what I can handle, but when I show Him that I'm ready
for something, He will give it. Sometimes that's uncomfortable, sometimes
that's scary, but if we let go of our pride and realize that it's what God
wants, we will be so much happier. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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part. See also 1 John 4:18. Fear and faith can't coexist. So if we're
afraid, it's because we aren't trusting in God. Luckily, faith drives out fear.
I know that trusting in God is ALWAYS the better option, although that is
definitely easier said than done. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ye contend no more against the Holy Ghost, but that ye receive it,
and take upon you the name of Christ; that ye humble yourselves even
to the dust, and worship God, in whatsoever place ye may be in, in
spirit and in truth; and that ye live in thanksgiving daily, for the
many mercies and blessings which he doth bestow upon you. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I love this one.It's all about humility and
gratitude. I've been so blessed to be able to come on a mission. I've learned
so much and I've changed so much. I hope I continue to grow the way I have on
my mission. I've learned what it means to take the name of Christ upon me.
Every investigator I've had or every lesson with members has taught me too.
I've learned so much about people and about what it is to be a true disciple of
Christ. I know that Christ is the center of the gospel. It's all for us. We
were sent here to become more like Him. It's hard. It hurts. But it makes us
more prepared for the future, be that here on earth or later. I'm so grateful
for the examples I've seen here on my mission. I love these people. A lot of
times I notice parts of my personality in them, and then I know why I was
called here. I can't believe it's been 18 months. They've been the hardest,
scariest sometimes, points in my life, but I wouldn't have given it up for
anything. I've had so much fun and learned so much. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">IK HOU VAN JULLIE! See
you Thursday?!!?!?! AHHHHH. Everybody keeps asking me how i feel. I know I
am going to NL on Wednesday to see other missionaries, but I don't really
realize that I'm going to be seeing you the next day. It's so weird. But I am
excited. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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these past 18 months. I'm so blessed to have such a great team of
supporters behind me. I LOVE YOU ALL.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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letter to President, we were supposed to share our most memorable
experience. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mission experience would have to be entitled, "Is this a trick?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was so good for me because I learned a lot of really hard lessons. I had a
steady investigator there the whole time. She is from Italy and is very
intelligent. She was raised Catholic, but grew to resent that because of what
she had seen in the Catholic Church and around her in Italy by people that
called themselves Catholics. When we found her, she was completely athei</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">st, and
was quite convinced that there could be no God that loves us. She's a
philosophy major, so naturally she wanted to discuss this matter with us.
Teaching her was fantastic. She loved the Plan of Salvation and really WANTED
to believe, but was having trouble receiving answers to her prayers. We
eventually got to the Word of Wisdom though. She LOVES coffee. She told us that
WE wouldn't want her to stop drinking coffee because she is so grumpy without
it. She's also very determined though. We taught her the Word of Wisdom on
Saturdaymorning, and invited her to stop drinking coffee the next day and come
to church with us. I think she said yes just to show us how big of a mistake WE
would be making. </span></div>
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station and had brought her an apple (they're supposed to help). She wasn't
particularly talkative, but didn't seem too bad. She told us that she didn't
have a headache YET, but she was sure it would come. We had talked a lot about
faith with her, and on the train ride to the church in Heerlen, we taught her
about Priesthood blessings. We told her that we could ask a brother in the ward
to give her one and it would help. She agreed, again, probably to show us how
wrong we were.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">During church, the
headache started. She got restless, but after the meetings, the institute
teacher that she already knew and respected gave her a blessing of strength to
quit drinking coffee. We rode the train home with her, and she seemed to be
doing a little better.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We had an appointment
with her the next Wednesday. Her phone didn't work, so we hadn't had
contact with her since then, but we had made an appointment to have a lesson
and then travel together to institute after that. We got in her house and were
talking and decided to just start with the next lesson before following up on
the coffee...but before we could begin she asked if she could ask us a
question. She looked really nervous as she said, "Was that some sort of
trick?" We were worried about to what she could be referring, but she
clarified that she believed the Priesthood Blessing must have been some sort of
magic trick. She said that when she got home from church on Sunday that
the headache, in a second, went away completely. She said that she noticed that
she actually had MORE energy and that she hadn't wanted to drink any coffee
since then. At that point, we could testify that Priesthood blessings only work
according to our faith, so she must have had faith in God! She still was
bewildered, and had to ask the institute teacher herself is he had just played
some sort of trick on her. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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still searching, but I know that she is making huge progress. I know, through
this experience, that Heavenly Father can work with even the smallest amount of
faith to bring about miracles. I know miracles haven't ceased and I know that
Heavenly Father loves His children. I know that the Priesthood is restored and
that it's here to bless us. I am so grateful to have seen this work in the
lives of others and also in my own life. I know that Heavenly Father is ready
to bless us when we drop our pride and come to Him. I know that the Book of
Mormon teaches us how to come closer to Christ. I am so grateful for this
knowledge, and I say that in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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emailing at the church today. We tried to go to a spin class with the Elders
this morning, and we knew the trains would not be running because of strikes,
but after 20 minutes of waiting in the cold and dark at a bus stop, we also
learned that the buses weren't going between Lokeren and Sint-Niklaas either.
So after a series of miracles, some members came and brought us to the church.
These people are wonderful. We've probably ridden in their car too much this
week. I shall tell you why.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Friday night. We
were with the district leaders in Lokeren so we were walking everywhere. We
were all going to meet at the WML's house so we could go with his wife to visit
him in the hospital, but we (Zr MB and I) had to run home to get something
before we got there. So we ran, got what we needed and then came downstairs to
our bikes so we could ride to their house faster. Well. Zr MB's bike key was
gone. Luckily, I got my brakes fixed last week, so she could ride achter-op,
and we made it on time. But after searching EVERYTHING, even the path we took
while running to our apartment, we still couldn't find the keys. So we were
doing everything on Saturday with one bike. Luckily, Lokeren is small
so we can walk most places, but in the evening we went to go look someone up
who had referred herself that lives like 15 minutes away on the bikes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Someone was home, but
they didn't answer the door! Frustrating. But we decided to just knock in the
area for a while before moving on. So after knocking the street, we went back
to my bike and as I was searching my pockets for MY bike keys, I said,
"Ha, it'd be funny if I also lost my key." Lo and behold.....it was
gone. Unbelievable. We looked all around the places we'd been, I emptied out my
bag...nothing. HOW?! We basically felt like Job. Just kidding, but seriously,
TWO BIKE KEYS LOST WITHIN 24 HOURS OF EACH OTHER?! Amazing. We just had to
laugh, cause, like...what's crying going to help? So we put my bike against a
fence and decided we'd tell members about it at church the next morning and see
what to do. Then we walked home and talked to people along the way. I kept
thinking, "There has to be some sort of purpose for this. Obviously we are
going to see people we would not have seen and we're going to need to talk to
them." There weren't really people outside though...But we knocked a
little bit as well. I was just bewildered by why it was happening. Then I was
looking back at all of the things we had to do because of our bikelessness. We
saw some real miracles! First, we ran into Comfort and her mom while walking
home. That was a huge miracle because Comfort really, really wants to come to
church every week and activities, but her mom wants her to go to her church
every other week and stuff. And her mom usually leaves the room when we come
over to teach Comfort, so we were discussing ways to get a better relationship
with her and then BOOM, we had to basically walk home together. It was good to
just talk to her and let her see that we're normal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Also we ran into
Cassandra, a potential investigator; Marc, a new investigator who offered us a
ride; and another potential's mom. We talked to all of them and confirmed
appointments. I guess that must have needed to happen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So we got to church
because a member drove us and we told one of the members that is the go-to guy
for bike issues. He came by last night and cut Zr MB's chain and then drove us
to my bike and took it with him, will cut my achter-slot, and is going to bring
it back with us when he takes us today. What a doll.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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my last zone conference this week. I think it sort of hit that I'm going home.
It was so weird, like, everybody kept asking me how I'm feeling and stuff and I
just haven't really thought about it that much that seriously. But then we had
to give dying testimonies, and as I was sitting up on the stand during a
musical number, I just felt so weird. I didn't like it. Then I was all nervous
and dumb as I was giving my testimony, which is lame cause I had actually sort
of prepared. But oh well. We got to sleep over in Dordrecht that night. It was
so cute. I'm kind of Holland home sick. Plus, I got to see Zr Watkins. Anyway
President talked about how loving the people (and motivations in general...I
got a shout-out because of a zone training I’d given a couple transfers ago
about the same thing...ha), obedience, and faith are all related. It's so true.
If we're not happy, we need to be throwing ourselves into the work more. I love
that about missionary work. If you want change, work harder and you'll see
positive change. I really loved zone conference. Elder Moreira of the 70 came
too. His wife only speaks Portuguese and I saw her in the bathroom and said something
I remember hearing when Spencer had those CDs in the car before his mission
haha. She liked it. Pretty sure it was "how are you" but you can
never be positive. Elder Moreira talked about a lot of stuff, but what stuck
with me was the story of Portuguese sea men that basically broke all of the
self-limiting beliefs in the world. We are the only ones that limit ourselves.
Heavenly Father wants to help us so bad, we just have to be willing to let Him.
We decide how we're going to work with our circumstances and make them
better. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, at zone
conference, President came up to me and goes, "Your extension papers have
been processed." Then I laughed and told him that my mom would kill me and
then he responded with "No, she'd kill ME!" Probably true.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just so you know, I'm
emailing to the tune of...the Elders screaming at each other in ping pong.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oh my goodness let me
update you about Eline! She's amazing. We have lessons with her every Monday
night, and she asks the best questions. Last week she asked us if her inactive
boyfriend would have to be re-baptized before he could baptize her. The best
part is that the inactive boyfriend has a very active sister and we teach them
in the sister’s house! They came to church yesterday and really liked it. We were
freaking out because they came late, but they MADE IT! There's nothing better
than having investigators at church. When the chapel smells like smoke like it
did yesterday, you know the missionaries are doing something
right...well...kinda. It means people want to change!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I only have to weekly
plan one more time in my life. Halle-freaking-LUJAH.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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working on making sure I stay strong until the end. I have to start
packing...yesterday I made myself put 20 things in my suitcase during dinner.
That was a good plan. Ugh. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">IK HOU VAN JULLIE!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423002545651435575.post-8192232063515925132014-11-25T01:38:00.000-06:002014-12-02T01:39:48.290-06:00Week 76: Christmas Time!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Happy
birthday Madeline!!! I can't believe you’re going to be 14! Mom, if she doesn't
see this, make sure to tell her I love her and I'm thinking about her. Really
all of those cute Pfortladies. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This week has been
good. We rode a lot of buses and talked to a lot of Muslims. WE HAD AN
INVESTIGATOR AT CHURCH! And I heard from Christiaan that they had SIX
investigators at church in Lelystad this week, so I was SO happy to hear
that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Comfort. She is so
cool. She's 11 and I think I've told you a little about her. She lives with her
mom here and she got permission to come to church with us! So we got picked up
to go to church and Comfort just rode with us. She lives on our same street.
She is really smart I really think she
is getting it! She's so sincere and wants to do what's right. Zr Mashburn just
stuck with her while I was in ward council, and when I got out, she was just
talking to all the members. They love her and she loves them. A fairly recent
convert, Angela, who is 17, just really took her under her wing. It was so good
to see. After church, Comfort was like, "I want to come again!" and
we were like, "Yeah, next week!" And she was so happy. She turns 12
on Saturday and she might be going to an activity with the YW in Brussels--to a
war museum or something. If she goes, we can go too! We have another lesson
with her tonight. Woo!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let me just brag about
how amazing my companion is for a moment. First off, she's adorable. She is
good at sports and loves animals and is just so sweet. She also is AMAZING at
sports. Soccer, basketball. She dominates. The elders love it that there’s a
sister that can actually hold her own. This is what it was like With Zr A too.
She's SO smart, too. Goodness. Her Dutch is fantastic and she just really needs
to see that she is doing SO well. I hope that in these next two weeks I can
really help her build her confidence. She’s amazing. I love her. She's so funny
and cute and we get along really well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mom, you asked if I
want people at the airport. Sure, why not. Especially Alex Self. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So Muslims. Basically,
twice this week we thought we were entering a situation where we'd be doing the
teaching, but both separate times, they have dominated the conversation. They
completely don't see the need for a savior. It was so interesting to me. I kept
asking them questions about heaven and if we need to be perfect to get there
and how we can become cleansed from sin, and they just believe that it's like a
balance. As long as you help enough old ladies cross the road, you'll be saved.
They don't see that no matter how much good we do, we all need Christ. I love
how the Book of Mormon is so plain about that. People are constantly chastised
but it’s all so that they can become clean. God gives us so many chances to
accept Christ, and I'm so grateful for that. I know that we distance ourselves
from Christ every time we make a mistake, but we are so blessed to have a plan
from our Heavenly Father that allows us to repent, become clean and to come
closer to Christ. I've seen it a lot on my mission--people coming closer to
Christ. And they’re so much happier for it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Went on an exchange to
Gent and we saw some really cool miracles. A 16 yr old kid really wanted to
learn more and he gave us the information of his girlfriend too. we were
waiting for his mom to get home so we could share a lesson, but she wasn't
there by the time we had to leave, but it was cute, the kid kept sticking his
head out the door to see if his mom was home. We went by to say that we had to
go and he was like, "I looked on the website!" he loved it. I hope
that's going well. Then that night I finally got to eat fu fu. It's this African
food that's actually really good. Everybody kept telling me you either love it
or hate it, and so I tried it and I really liked it. Mission bucket list item
checked off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This week I have my
last zone conference. Weird. And a member of the 70 is coming, so that'll be
cool. We have to go to the Netherlands. I am excited, but the trains have been
so weird recently because of riots...idk why.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our WML is in the
hospital right now. He had to get surgery yesterday on his liver and he has two
more operations this week. He's such a great WML so we are really praying he
gets better soon. He makes our lives go so much smoother, especially at church.
He and his wife are really strong. We had a lesson at their house last night--a
referral they gave us. Eline. She is soooooo cool. Such a golden investigator.
She loves learning about the gospel and about the Plan of Salvation. I love
seeing her get it. She's coming to church on Sunday! YES!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I can't wait to see
you. Cannot believe it's actually soon. I can count on my fingers and toes the
number of days...what. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Heilner<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">P.s. thanks for all
the letters. You guys are champs. <3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423002545651435575.post-69272696872958246922014-11-17T00:43:00.000-06:002014-12-02T00:43:57.816-06:00Week 75: The Power of the Book of Mormon. Miracles!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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kind of rough. I don't know why, but I woke up just feeling like I was never
going to get through it. For some reason it just felt like it was going by so
slowly (and…it was Tuesday haha) but then Tuesday night, I was studying a talk
by Henry B. Eyring and it basically told me to just study the Book of Mormon. I
don't know if that's what the talk actually said, but that's what I got from
it. So I decided I needed to be doing that better. At some points on my
mission, I made it a point to really dive into the Book of Mormon, but I
realized I hadn't been doing that. I would read a chapter in personal study or
something, but I hadn't been applying it as well as I have in the past. So I
decided I was going to give it a try. I don't know HOW, but studying the Book
of Mormon deeply really does change our days. Thank goodness. I also studied in
Preach My Gospel about hope and then more in the scriptures. I don't know if I
WOULD have made it through the week without that. We see rejection every day
and when we aren't equipped to fight back with a smile, it can wear you down
fast. I was so grateful that I did because it made such a tangible difference
in my week. Of course things are always hard, but the Book of Mormon will get
you through the really tough days. I know that. And after I had that experience,
I was able to testify of it much more powerfully to an inactive member that
lives on the Elders' street that has never opened the door for them, but did
for us. We are going back there soon! Miracles. </span></div>
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to go my whole mission without having to give a last minute talk in Sacrament
Meeting until the second counselor of the bishopric came to me right as the
meeting was starting. Missionaries are always the back up plan. I talked about
the Atonement. It's one of those things that I have learned a lot about on my
mission, and I coincidentally had a Liahona about Jesus Christ with me, so it
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help others to theirs. That was cool. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Evert is so positive in appointments! It's so cool. He really wants to learn
and he's making great progress but then he WON'T COME TO CHURCH! I don't know
why, but three weeks in a row he has promised to come but then doesn't. It's so
disappointing. We talked so much about it in our lessons this week too. I don't
understand why he won’t come! He always has rides and we tell him about it so he
won't be surprised by anything, but oh well...agency.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shower on steroids this week and it was in the church and there were a ton of
nonmembers and we had some really cool conversations with them and THEN, this
one lady came up and showed us pictures of Utah. I MISS THE MOUNTAINS AHHHHHH<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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will you please follow up with Lucy just to make sure. She was very willing but
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WOO!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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love you. I hope you like the thing I sent. If anyone can pull it off, it's
you. Man, I love you so much and I can't wait to seeeeeee you. Holy crap you’re
eighteen...you’re still 15 to me...tops. Keep being a babe and keep it classy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week. You guys will be proud to hear that I run every morning. And it's kind of
enjoyable too. I think it helps that I know Zr MB loves it, so I just do it for
her. We don't go that far, and it's dark and cold, but it's good for me haha.
I'm missing my little Jillian Michaels boost every morning though. Oh
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to pin point lessons that I've learned in each of my cities. Groningen: to get
over myself and get to work. I learned that I feel good when I come home tired
and feeling like I've done what Heavenly Father wanted me to do that day,
Maastricht: apply that even more and charity. LOVE IS DA KEY. Den Haag: I
learned a lot of really personal things there and I'll always treasure that,
but I also learned that all is never well in Zion, but it sure is a lot easier
if you have good company. In Lelystad I learned a lot about the Terrestrial
Kingdom and how to recognize the small beautiful things around you and enjoy
the gooooood people in life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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see what Lokeren teaches me. I learned this week that Heavenly Father gives us
exactly what we need. This week has been one of those "no more and no
less" weeks. I know that He provides. I know that fasting works, too. A
couple of nights this week, I've gone to bed thinking we are going to have an
appointment in the evening the next day. (Side note: It's dark here and people
hate it when we go to their doors when it's dark, so I always like having
appointments in the evening) but then during the night, the person texts us and
tells us it's not going to happen. But how merciful that Heavenly Father lets
me go to sleep thinking that I'll have a good evening haha. And then, those
evenings that the appointments fall through, we still see huge miracles. Plus,
this week, we got the list of who is inactive, so we can start looking them up
at night, hallelujah. I remember praying one morning this week after reading
the text that we didn't have an appt anymore, and I was just asking that our
back up plans would be good and that we'd be able to do what He needed us to
do, and I just felt so much peace and sort of realized that it happened because
He wanted us to do something else. And we had good nights! We found potentials
and saw small miracles. My faith is sometimes really tested here, but I know
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">And so is Belgium! I can't believe it. But
it's been fun. My companion is Zr Mashburn and she is from Lindon and she is an
ANGEL. We have seen a ton of miracles here. It's TINY. But it's okay because
since we are new there’s a lot of work to do and it's not as scary as tiny
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everything, it took us until 8:30 pm to get to our new apartment. The
sweetest members ever picked us up from the station. Luckily we both had bikes
(thank you, Antwerpen missionaries for making sure my greenie would have one)
so we have been able to just get right to work. Our ward mission leader is
fantastic. And he lives here in Lokeren. It’s way harder to get around here in
Belgium so that’s nice haha. That said, the members have been wonderful and
they’ve given us rides to church and everything like that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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many. First, we set a baptismal date at our first lesson here. Amazing. It
happened on Saturday. His name is Evert and he was in the Elder’s area book. He
said he had thought of the Elders last week and then the next day we showed up
at his house. So that was cool. We made an appointment for the next day and
brought a member who shared her testimony and it was just so good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I am the ward </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">missionary leader of Sint-Niklaas. Your
daughter is here now for a week. It’s nice to work with her. She looks very
enthusiastic to work in our ward. She has a collegua who is now for a couple of
days in Europe, a brand new missionary sister. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">You daughter is giving
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spirit. She is giving herself for a 100% the last 5 weeks of her mission : )
you can be really proud at her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hope she will have a wonderful time in Sint Niklaas, I will do my best to make
her feel welcome in our ward and to make the last 5 week of her mission the
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TRANSFERRED! Sint-Niklaas, België! I'm opening it up for sisters with a
GREENIE! WHAT?! I'm stoked. It's gonna be hard I'm sure, but wooooo. I'm really
sad to be leaving the people here. This branch is fantastic, and I've made some
amazing friends here. This week was so fun with all of them. But I'm ready for
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to have ended on. We had our mini missionary Zr Stein, and that was so fun.
She's just such a cutie. Actually, it was probably really good prep for
training just because of how much of a routine you get into with people that
have been on a mission. We forgot that not everyone knows when daily planning
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gifts. We should be working to develop them so that we can not only save
ourselves, but also those that we serve. I thought it was so perfect for a
missionary. I could literally be anywhere in the world right now, but I'm
here....and getting transferred to Belgium. But anyway, I'm where I am for a reason
and I know that if I do the will of God, I'll be able to help a lot of people.
I hope I can at least. And that goes for you all too. I encourage you all to
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this week. With M. She was given to us by other missionaries and she is SO
COOL. She LOVES it. She reads the BoM every day and watches conference and all
that glorious jazz. She is having problems coming to church because she watches
over her mom and doesn't want to leave her alone, but we are seeing her again
tonight and we will try to overcome some of those barriers. I'm sad to be
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decorating this week for a Halloween dance on Friday...weird that I won't
be here for any of this stuff!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Keep up the good work. I will see you in like 6.5 weeks?!?!?! AH. Zr Aston's HC
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great--we got to go to the TEMPLE! I loved it. We watched one of the new videos
and it was SO educational. The emotion was over-the-top, but it helped me understand
so much more. Zr AA had already seen it, so she was laughing at how all of our
faces lit up when a different video turned on. But it was just such a contrast
to the other video. I loved it. I feel like I really learned a lot. I'm SO
happy that I'll never have to go 6 months without going to the temple ever
again, but at the same point, I really, <i>really</i> prepared myself
for the temple these past few times. And then once there, I took a lot of time
to focus on why I was there and what I was trying to know. And I really do
think I received answers to some questions I've been having--especially about
what Heavenly Father wants me to focus on for my last transfer and a week.
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fire. We've worked our butts off and it's been hard, but we are definitely
seeing the fruits of our labors. I'm so happy about it. We set another baptismal
date this week. With V. We had the Elders at a lesson with us because we
couldn't find a joint teach, and we were talking to him about the covenant
of baptism. Mostly about how the Holy Ghost will help him. His life is crazy--he
tells us that every time we meet. He doesn't feel peace, and he's looking for
it. Well, that's what the gospel does! So finally he was like, "Okay,
okay. Let's choose a date, and then I will take a week and not meet with you
and I will just read in the Book of Mormon and pray and then I will tell you if
God gave me an answer next week." So....I really hope he gets an answer in
this week! He's going to be serious about it, so Heavenly Father will be
serious back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mini-missionary on Monday. We're pretty excited about it. Her papers are in
Salt Lake, so within the next 6 weeks she'll know where she's going on her
mission!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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member from Austria this week and as we were about to share the thought, I was
like, "Wait, do you have a German Book of Mormon?" so I got to read
in German! Ether 12:4. I sounded like a Dutch-speaker. This'll be rough. But
anyway, it was so fun and I could totally understand it! I'm probably going to
make you guys only speak to me in German and then I'll only respond in Dutch
and then we'll all become tri-lingual. Well, dad, quadri-lingual.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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gospel is true. And I'm really grateful for that. I'm grateful for covenants we
can make that keep us on the Path to eternal life. I know that making and
keeping covenants are the way that we show our gratitude to Christ for his Atonement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423002545651435575.post-50994973947641776452014-10-13T00:34:00.000-05:002014-10-20T00:35:43.642-05:00Week 70: Exhaustion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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business: Ilyza was baptized, the girl we accidentally re-found in Den Haag! We
were sooooo happy to hear that. She started coming to activities while we were
still there and so we were so happy to hear that she was finally baptized.
She's so cool. It's good to know that Heavenly Father is so aware of us. This
week was crazy, but so good. Also weird. I shall explain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Watched Gen Conference! So great. Then we were invited to the singles FHE. It
was so fun. They're basically all about 50-80, so it was just so funny. Elder
DW, the greenie, accidentally said that he needed to pee instead of saying he
wanted to share a little spiritual message. Hehe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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GREAT lesson with U, the investigator that was basically a golden egg dropped
at our feet. She really wants a temple marriage. She just accepts everything we
say and is always smiling. I love it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wednesday: Exchange. I
was here in Lelystad with Zr Hoff--she is so funny. We just laughed and did
yard work and had fun. And had some AMAZING contacts in the evening. I really
felt the Spirit while we stopped some people--we even got a new investigator
out of one of them--he gave us the address of his ex-wife, and we had a little
lesson with her and she invited us back, so we will do that tomorrow! Also,
while we were doing yard work, we got a call from the APs. Elder Alston was
being really friendly on the phone, and I was wondering why--my first thought
was that I would be getting emergency transferred -- and then he told me
we're getting a mini-missionary. I was skeptical at first, just cause I know
how hard tripanionships are, but then I thought, "Heavenly Father answers
prayers in mysterious ways" and I realized that this is an answer to
prayers. So I've been saying a lot of gratitude prayers. SO this means I won't
have P-day next Monday. It's on Saturday though. This coming Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I just love talking to Zr Robinson. She Always says what I need to hear. My
interview with her was really short though. Then I talked to president for like
20 minutes. Just about what I'm learning and stuff. He's so aware of us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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out of cardboard boxes for the Halloween Party at the end of the month, had an
EXCELLENT lesson with C about Fasting and tithing. She also got a blessing from
the Elders, and once they left, she started freaking out about how amazing it
was that she had a message from Heavenly Father. One of my favorite things on
my mission is to see people realize how much their Father in Heaven loves them.
I think just knowing that there is an all-powerful being that LOVES us and is
aware of us gives us so much peace. Then, the sisters from Turnhout slept over.
I got to talk to Zr A the whole night. It was amazing. I love her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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CONFERENCE! It was...weird. It was in the mission home and I've never seen so
many females in the mission home. It was loud and crazy. Ethlyn was there!!!
She sat right in front of me and Zr Aston. We talked about working in councils,
which is something everybody needs to hear. We are ALWAYS in councils. There
needs to be a Mutual agreement that it doesn't matter if our own ideas are
chosen, as long as it's what Heavenly Father wants. Then we talked about the
House of Israel and how once we're baptized, we are adopted into it. It helped
me remember that I love missionary work. We bring so much hope to people.
Then we talked about how soo many of us are leaving soon and how the other
sisters are going to keep the culture of the mission the way it
is--hard-working, professional, and loving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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good. We are working with this lady M, who actually doesn't live in our area,
but she comes to Lelystad for church. I Always translate for her. She loved
Church. She's from New Zealand. Then we had a GREAT lesson with Allister. His
questions are fantastic. He is searching and he wants to know. He will, as long
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morning, I was thinking about how some things on a mission are just hard. They
just ARE. Then I was thinking about how some of the situations we're in....I
never want to find myself in them again. I was sort of panicked thinking that I
would have to do all of these same hard things all over again, and then a
really peaceful thought came to me that said that if I learn whatever I need to
here, maybe I won't have to have this same thing again. Maybe I'll just be able
to help somebody else later in life that's facing similar challenges. One of
the things that was said at sisters conference that I really liked was this:
Satan's plan was presented because he was scared. He feared that he wouldn't
make it back to Heavenly Father if left to his own devices. Heavenly Father and
Christ trust us. They do enough to let us come here and have hard times and
they know that we CAN still make it back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tiring and hard and frustrating sometimes, but then when I'm in lessons with
people like C or U or A, everything is put into perspective. These people are
learning about something that will change their eternity. This message I bring
is amazing, and I love being a part of it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Conference. I was listening for things about revelation and unity. Mostly
to help my relationships with others and any future mission companionships, but then it
just started to get really clear that I better find someone to marry who WILL
NOT leave the Church ever and who will keep me from letting any of my doubts
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onderzoekers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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progress. She is just so willing to learn. I love it. I want to be as open as C is. She's going to England for 14 days, so we are making her a care
package which is actually just a bunch of scriptures she will have to read. We
are sneaky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and just fell into our laps. She has basically been taught everything before
and she is just waiting for some logistical things to happen so that she can
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on Christ. We talked about why we need to make covenants with our Heavenly
Father to receive more power. I loved the lesson. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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important love is. It truly is the very essence of the gospel. We need to do
things out of love or else it means nothing. Why are we on missions? Why do we
have families? The successes of others do not mean that we aren't good enough.
I love that about the gospel--er is ruimte genoeg voor iedereen in het
celestiale koninkrijk. There’s room for everyone in the celestial kingdom.
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DEANNA!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU. Thanks for being the big sister I never had. I
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I love you all. I just want to be an eternal family so bad. But, I and my
personal institute teacher (Elder Warner) were talking about what that actually
means. We are all family with each other, so our family is literally never ending.
I had never thought about it so plainly like that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I'm not gonna lie. We saw a lot of miracles in the beginning of the week, but
it just was rough. I got flipping sick again! I hate food poisoning! But, it
was really cool because we've been learning about how we need to have improved
studies and make really tailored lesson plans and once studies started, I was
feeling fine. Then we had the lesson that we had planned for. It was so good!
It didn't go exactly as planned because we planned on sharing a video that we
couldn't get to work on her TV, but we talked about eternal families and being
sealed. We asked if she believed she could be sealed to her family forever and
she said, "I don't know, but I want that." So that was cool. The
Spirit was strong. Then we started biking away and I got feeling so sick. Zr AA
was raving the whole bike ride about how cool the lesson was and I was just
praying that I wouldn't throw up. Then we got to our next lesson, and
miraculously, she couldn't meet. WHAT?! It was okay though because we are
getting another appt with her. It was positive. Then we went home and I was
siiiiick, but I started feeling better so we could go to our next appt (this
was a really busy day). So, basically, the rest of the day was kinda rough, but
it worked out because I think we REALLY needed to be at that lesson with
M. She's from Ghana and she told me that my Ghanian name would be
Katherine Mame Adjoa Heilner. Do you think we can change that on my birth
certificate?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Phantom of the Opera this week. All I Ask of You. I loved it. It made me miss
Alyssa--she LOVES Phantom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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great! I got to see the WML from Den Haag. He bore his testimony there. He's
the most Christ like man I've ever met. He is the epitome of "turning
outward."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with some really cool investigators on Friday night. Anyway, we were teaching the plan of
salvation and we were able to answer all of their questions. Long story short,
the lesson was intense, but I liked it. It was challenging, but we had a
comeback to every one of their issues. I thought we taught with clarity. But I don’t think we are going to be able to
continue to teach them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After this very rough
week, I started reading my patriarchal blessing and praying and then I was
reading a talk from Pres Eyring called Trials of Faith. It's a devotional that
he gave at Ricks College, and I can't find it right now, but it basically says
that we need to be humble. It also says you'll understand that some of
those days when you thought things were going badly were a great blessing. You
might not have sought them, but if you react to such days by recognizing your
dependence on God, you could actually be in a better situation that if things
had gone extremely well. I really needed to hear that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I miss you guys a lot.
This is never easy, but it's okay because I didn't sign up for easy. And
neither did any of you when you chose to come to earth. I love you all and I am
thankful for the love and support.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SEE YOUUUUU!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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do a bunch of weird things together, one of them was take an upside-down
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So this week at
church, I translated all three hours. My tongue is actually sore from rubbing
against my retainer so much...pathetic? Yes. I never realized how much people
talk. Usually I get an hour break in between sacrament and RS for Sunday School
(which is usually taught in English) but I had to translate all three hours.
Why, you ask?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">BECAUSE WE FINALLY HAD
INVESTIGATORS AT CHURCH! HALLELUJAH. F and his mom, C. They are two of three
members of the B family that we teach. They also invited one of their friends
to take the lessons with them. It's amazing. F especially is so ready to learn.
C has a lot of interesting views about spirituality, but I think she liked
church. She said it was kind of distracting how loud the children were...shoot,
welcome to Mormonism. We have another appt with them on Friday, woo!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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but we still met with her once. She is doing well. We love it. She's so humble
and willing to learn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A, the African I told
you about last week is SO COOL! I love teaching him. He has the BEST questions
and is SUCH an honest seeker of truth. He wants to know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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seeker. He's a little bit...well, he's going to be difficult to get to church,
but it'll be okay. We can do it. He has a crazy story, involving people having
a weed plantation (I don't think that's the proper term, but it's okay), but
basically he needs the gospel and he knows it and he loves reading the BoM.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this week. Roti, one of my favorite things I've had op zending. I'll need to
learn how to make it without the packets you can buy at the grocery store so
that I can make it for you guys.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well, I love you guys.
I love learning about the Pre-existence. You know, we chose each other because
we knew we'd be what we needed to get through this life. And to learn from each
other. We all developed very very different gifts before we came here, and so
now we're better equipped to help each other. I love you and I'm so grateful
for your examples. Post a Mormon message on Facebook this week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We didn't get
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oh so Mom, James' area in Hamburg is right next to where your's was. And he loves it. He's like, "I bet I'll meet
people that your parents know!" So that's pretty cool!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I had a pretty
interesting talk with Zr Robinson after Mission Conference. She told me that
there's a reason that I'm here in Lelystad. She also told me that the more
leadership positions she's held, the more her circle of influence increases,
but the lonelier she feels. Sure, she's got President, but who's to say that
his day was any easier? It was really interesting. She said at the end,
"You're a good missionary, Zr Heilner. And you're a good woman." It
was good to know that she really believes that I'm here for a reason.<br />
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So want to hear something cool that Elder Ballard shared with the Stake and
Ward leaders of the Europe area? He told them to speak their mission language
for 20 minutes a day because you never know when you'll get called to use it
again. COOL. I hope I use Dutch again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">C:
she's doing great. We had a bit of a scare when she told us her parents don't
know we meet, but then she told us that she did get permission, so phew. It's
going well. We introduced her to more ward members and she loves them. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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weeks ago, before we were told not to go door-to-door, we found a really cool African,
and we'd been trying to follow up for weeks and we taught him last night
finally. He gets it. We were talking about why he can't just keep going to his
church and reading the BoM. Why he needs the Priesthood. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One of the members who
was on a mini mission two years ago took us to look up a family that he had
taught. They set up an appointment, and we met with them this week. The mom has
some really interesting ideas about Spirituality and reincarnation, but the son
is REALLY open and cool. He wants to know everything about all the churches,
but he committed to reading in the Book of Mormon and praying about it, so I
know that in time, he'll come to know that it's true.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mission conference was
awesome. I got to sit by Ethlyn and Zr A. I miss her so much. I realized the
importance of surrounding myself with people of like mind and testimony. Zr A
leaned over and said to me, "Is this what the Celestial Kingdom will feel
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kinda lame, but I love you guys and I know that sacrifice brings forth the
blessings of heaven. We have a lot of new investigators and we're going to be
working really hard to get them to progress. Seeds of faith have been planted
and I hope they grow into huge trees. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Oh my, oh my goodness. This week was fun. We left Lelystad a lot,
actually. We went to Amsterdam last Monday and toured around a bit, which was
lovely (I'll send pictures in a sec), and we went to Enkhuizen (across the dijk
in Noord Holland), which is a super old and beautiful little town to look up a
bunch of inactives, and I went to Zoetermeer on an exchange with Zr Watkins and
GW! It was a blast and we talked a lot about squares and how we never want to
marry one or become one. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Marit. We had a great lesson with her too. She
broke up with her boyfriend, who was not good for her at all. We went in and
read 2 Nephi 2 with her because she hadn't read it. She was asking amazing
questions throughout and at the end of the lesson, she told us that she
was planning on dropping us, but that chapter made her curious and want to
learn more. We then were able to testify about how the Spirit works when we
actually read the Book of Mormon. She promised to come to church, and was even
on board when we texted her Saturday night, but didn't show up. Jammer genoeg.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Back to the subject line. CHARLIE. She is
amazing. I love teaching young people! They're so smart and so teachable at the
same time. I love it. We were talking to her this week about the Word of Wisdom
and the Law of Chastity. The first lesson was awesome. She totally got it. Some
people don't get why tea is bad, but we explained to her that it is addictive
and she got it really fast. My favorite quote of hers during that lesson was
after Zr AA said "Studies have shown that members of the LDS Church are
some of the healthiest people in the world." She goes, "I'm becoming
a part of the healthiest clan in the world?" So yeah, from there it was
pretty easy to set a baptismal date. We have to wait until she's 18, so I'll
already be home, but that's actually not that far away and hopefully I can Skype
in. We are praying that she'll be able to find strength in this time that Satan
will definitely be trying her faith. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I need to explain something about Harry
Potter. In your last few years at Hogwarts, you basically start thinking about
what you want to become, and Harry decides in book 6 that he wants to become an
Auror. An Auror is someone who is trained to fight Dark Magic. Basically, you
have to pass some tests and prove yourself--much like getting a real degree in
our Muggle world. So, as I sort of start to think about what I'm going to do
with my life, I feel a lot like Harry. He wants to be an Auror so that he can
best prepare for fighting Voldemort. Now, listen, I am sure most of you know
how much I love HP, but this is serious! Satan is just as real for us as
Voldemort was for Harry. Harry knew that he'd come in contact with some scary
things in his life. We are just the same. The adversary is out there and he
wants to destroy us, so we have to make sure that we are becoming Aurors too.
Whatever I study, whatever I DO really, it's either preparing me for the
challenges ahead or not. That said, I still don't know what I'm going to do
with my life. But for now, I guess I'm building up my Spiritual protection
pretty well, so I'll just keep finding, teaching, and baptizing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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WEEK IM STOKED OMG<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Grammy, thank you, thank you, thank you for
that package! I love it! The necklace is so pretty and of course, a girl can
never get too many Reese's. Bless your soul. And ironically, the morning before
I got it, I was thinking about how I wanted more notebooks, and then BOOM, two
super cute ones just showed up at my apartment. I can always count on you to
read my mind. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Adventure of the week: burned a tortilla in
the oven, so we opened the back door to let it air out. The smoke alarm went
off and everything haha. Anyway, later that night as we were shutting the door
(yes, it is a two person job...) my companion screamed "SISTER SISTER OH
NO OH NO OH NO" So I'm like "WHAT DID WE SMASH YOUR FINGER" but
she then whispered that the neighbor was naked on the balcony smoking. I was
like "OH NO, did you see...?" She goes, "YES I SAW HIS HAIRY
NAKED BUTT" in a whisper scream hahahahahah Poor thing. She was pretty
affected by that trauma.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Uchtdorf said about gratitude being the catalyst for all Christ like
attributes. When we think about Spiritual Gifts and how we need to first
develop Christ like attributes before we can have them, it makes me realize how
necessary it is to be grateful. It just took me like 30 seconds to think of the
word 'necessary' in English. Oh no. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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usually am exhausted just because of all the high-intensity haha but last week
I was sort of feeling like something was missing and then I realized that it
was because I didn't give a Charlie update!! She's our 17 year old investigator
that LOVES the Spirit. Every time we have a lesson with her, we can be really
open. She trusts us a lot. I love teaching youth! We ask her how she's feeling
every time she's with us and she gives us this amazing explanation (well...idk
if amazing is the word...usually she fumbles around for words that are things
like, "happy? excited? nervous? loved?") of how she feels the Spirit
so we just get to testify that it's coming from God and that He's happy that
she's taking these steps. Her foster mom isn't exactly jazzed about her coming
to church, so she's not allowed to until she's 18, but that's in January. So
she'll be baptized then! It's kind of a long buffer period but I hope that we
can just keep giving her bi-weekly spiritual bombs so that she'll have to stay
on the right path.</span></div>
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fun. We had a ward activity (well...really a birthday party for a member, but
the DL said we could go) so we went mini-golfing! It was so weird. We had one
of the really old members there, Ben, he's so sweet. He was helping me haha. He
was like, "okay, you wanna aim for that wall so that you can bounce it
just right" and I actually did alright! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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miracle of the week: We had a free evening, so we decided to go look somebody
up. We both felt pretty good about one address, but it was kind of far away and
in a really rich area. So we went, and it turned out to be a business, so that
was confusing. But we chose a random street to go door to door for the rest of
the night. We started asking people if they needed service, then giving them
our card and telling them they could call if they ever needed anything or knew
anyone that needed anything. And then we would ask them if they'd ever heard of
our church. But one door, the lady actually told us about how she'd JUST gotten
off the phone with the bank talking about how she'd have to sell her house
because she couldn't afford it anymore. But she needs to fix up the yard and
everything. She was at first really hesitant to receive help, but she needed it
so she even called us angels and gave us a huge hug right there at the door. We
went to help her on Saturday and it was really nice. We talked about our
beliefs. She's really spiritual and cool! And I hope that more service
opportunities come. I love being the answer to somebody’s prayer. She told us
how she was thinking before we showed up that she didn't know how she was going
to do it all, so when we came she knew we were sent to help her!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We had zone conference
this week! It was great. They first hit us really hard with how true the Book
of Mormon is. And, since this will be read to the ward, I'd like to expand on
that. The Book of Mormon is true. I know that. It's written FOR US, so
everything that is in the Book of Mormon is something that we can use. Heavenly
Father only let them write things that could be applicable for our time--He
KNEW it would be buried in the ground until our time. I have been changing my
studies recently, making sure I ask myself what the importance of every passage
is for ME and how I can learn from it. It's really enhanced how I look at the
Book of Mormon, and I challenge you all to do the same. Even when you’re
thinking that SURELY it has nothing to do with your life, dig a little deeper
(Like the Tongan, Dallace Leota taught my class) and find the meaning. It's
there, and it will probably open a huge channel of revelation. I've been able
to have some really humbling experiences through this process, and I'm
definitely still learning, but I know it'll become more natural and that
Heavenly Father will want to give us more knowledge once we really use what
He's already given us. The Book of Mormon strengthens families. I know that as
we read it individually and as families every day that we will be able to
withstand everything the adversary throws at us. He will make it hard for us,
but we can be prepared.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dad, I'm so jealous
that you’re going to the Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia! That will be so
cool! Make sure you eat saute sauce when you go to Indonesia. It’s so so so
good. We have a ton of Indonesians here because it used to be a Dutch colony.
I'm so excited for you. You and your super star lifestyle..I can't believe it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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get going. I love you so much. I know that Christ's church is back on the earth
through the efforts of a prophet. I'm so grateful that we have so many things
on the earth to help us throughout this journey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lucy and she said she'd sing at my homecoming, so make sure there's room in the
program for that, thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hello you beautiful
people. This week was crazy. Our branch president has wanted us to be knocking
doors less and seeking service opportunities more, so we did some window
washing this week for some people who don't quite understand the Word of Wisdom and smoke. So as we were washing them
with a squeegee, all of this brown water would fall onto the window sill. I looked
at Zr Adams and said, "Never, ever, ever start smoking." She was
like, "OH THAT's why it's brown." Yes. Nasty.</span></div>
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hour kits today. You never know. This country needs humbling, and maybe the
dijks will break to make that happen. So I purchased a water purifier and food
storage, among other things.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week! And miracles were attached. We needed to go to Dronten for a dinner
appointment, which is about 15 minutes on the train away. A while ago, the
leaders told us to use our public transport card less, so we decided we'd bike
there! Plus, we had other work to do in the city, and we didn't want to have to
walk around all of Dronten. So, we printed off directions at the library and
took a bunch of pictures of a map, since we don't have one of Dronten and have
no idea where to get one. It took a long time, but we made it, and had
miraculously beautiful weather. We had, luckily, prepared for the worst though.
So we got there, and the first look-up wasn't home. The second one (it was a
wonder how we got to their address) had moved, so we decided to ask one of the
neighbors if they knew what had happened to them. We went to the last door on
the street (because that's where we had left our bikes) and they said that they
were the only ones in the area that knew where they were. So they told us they
were in an old folks home. But they had no idea where in the facility. So we
went. Reception desk: closed. Nobody could help us. In Nederland, you can just
walk around freely in those places though, so we did. Finally a worker asked if
she could help us and she didn't know where she was, but after a few other
workers, they led us to another place that DID know. And then we found this old
couple! They were so sweet and you could tell that they hadn't had visitors in
forever. They were so happy to see us. It was definitely a miracle that we
found them because the branch didn't know they had moved or where to find
them.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We were told at our
dinner appointment that we were the first missionaries to have biked to Dronten from
Lelystad in 12 years. Now I know why haha. We made it home safely though. Right
at 9:30.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then the next day
nobody was at church. No investigators, no inactives. Ugh. So we started weekly
planning after church and it was really cool to see how we were led through the
process. We texted some of the people that didn't come and found out that they
needed service (WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR!!) so we're going by
this week to help!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We had a pretty funny
experience too. Zr Adams had found a lady to whom she gave a Book of Mormon,
and we had a follow up appointment this week. We went by, and she brought the
BoM to the door. We were thinking, "crap, she wants to give it back to
us," but after talking to her for 45 minutes about it (at her door), and
feeling prompted to ask about her family and show a picture of my own, we got a
follow up appointment and we committed her to reading in the BoM! The best part
about it (besides the fact that she wants to learn about the Book of
Mormon) is that it's a dinner appointment. Woo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I had a really cool
exchange with Zr Watkins this week. She was in my MTC district, so we're
friends. She's awesome. She is so real, and I just love it. I needed the
exchange with her. She's a great missionary, but she has also mastered the art
of relaxing and not taking life too seriously. She helped me chill haha. It's
easy to get caught up by the rigors of this work and to lose your personality.
I don't want that to happen to me. I love Zr Watkins. She helped me see again
that Heavenly Father wants us to be happy. We're sent here to learn and go
through hard things, definitely, but the test is if we can be graceful through
trials. I was reading Bednar's "Bear up their Burdens with Ease" and
he talks about how we sometimes think that happiness is the absence of trials.
That's not true. Trials are completely necessary, and if we didn't have them,
we'd be cheating ourselves of learning experiences. Sacrifice brings forth the
blessings of heaven. We can do hard things because we can share the burden with
Christ. Matt 11:28-30.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I love you so much.
Thank you for the love and support. Mark Richards is in my prayers. I know Heavenly Father has a plan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Also, OUR Mark...I
can't believe how big he is. And Annie's a babe. Spencer, you should send me a
first day of school outfit picture too!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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'Brony' paraphernalia in our apartment...including a pencil-drawn depiction of
two my little ponies reaching for each other with tears in their eyes. So on an
exchange with Zr Watkins, we wrote, ''I, the undersigned, do solemnly swear
that I will never marry a Brony'' and then we signed and dated it.</span></span></h3>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423002545651435575.post-41253815513539828692014-08-18T23:57:00.000-05:002014-08-24T23:59:26.307-05:00Week 62: Miracles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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start out with the coolest miracle of the week (and we've had a lot...Heavenly
Father is really blessing us here--it's wonderful. I think opening up a city is
what He does when He really needs people to rely on Him and commit to seeing
miracles.). Last Saturday night. We were looking up the potential
investigators that were written in the area book, and in one area, we saw a guy
outside and decided to talk to him. So we had a cool conversation and shared a
scripture and left. Actually, we got to teach two little kids how to pray also,
which is one of my favorite things (and probably one of the riskiest because of
scary parents) about missionary work. But before we left, the guy told us to go
visit his daughter, who lives in a foster home. So we went on Monday night.
Miracle #1: It didn't even rain a little while we were biking. We luckily found
the place (the dad drew a dot on our map because he didn't know the actual
address), and miracle #2: Charlie was home. She's 17, and spoke to us in English
because she's actually from England. She invited us in (even though her foster
mom wasn't exactly stoked, but since we had permission from her real dad, and
she wanted to talk to us, we got to go inside), and we taught an AMAZING
restoration lesson. Probably the best of my mission. Zr AA and I had great
unity, we used a bunch of Visuals so that she could understand, and we asked
her how she felt. The biggest miracle: listening to her try to explain the Holy
Ghost. It was so cool. She was like, "I don't know! Happy? Excited? Like
you two are my best friends? Curious?" We were able to take that
opportunity to bear our testimonies that we knew that it was the Holy Ghost and
that He testifies of truth. She was blown away. We asked her to be baptized and
she said that she wants to learn more, but she loves learning more so probably
later. We had another lesson with her on Friday, and she had kept all of her
commitments AND she had to work to get to the appointment (it wasn't at her
home this time), so I think she's really serious. She loves the Plan of
Salvation. It really hit her that we can become like God. We have more lessons
with her this week, so there will be updates to come! We love Charlie!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">So you got the picture
of us drenched. Actually, we were dry in the pictures. I had puddles in my
boots. Not lying. It was disgusting and I don't know if they'll ever dry, but
we were really close to the ocean and it was almost like we had just jumped in.
The poor member that had to give us towels and socks when we showed up to her
house. There was nothing to be done except laugh.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am actually starting
to enjoy Lelystad. It's still the ugliest place ever and I don't necessarily
like the feeling here, but I am enjoying the work. I really do like finding,
I'm just scared that we'll actually be able knock the whole city. However, on
that note, we talked to our Branch President yesterday (he's so cool) and he
wants us to be doing a lot more service than we are doing. So I'm looking
forward to that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Zone Leaders came
last Saturday to help us find more potentials, and at one door, the guy stopped
us and told us that our testimonies will have diminished by the time we're 25.
So I asked him for his email so that I can email him in a few years to tell him
that I have an even stronger testimony of the restored gospel. He gave it to me
and as we were walking away, he told me that I'm too spontaneous and that I
need to be more "rustig" like Elder Bitters, whom I was with. It was
kind of funny, especially because I don't think I was being especially
spontaneous, but oh well. He wasn't being mean, he was honestly giving me
advice haha. I just wanted to write on my blog that I have to email that guy because
maybe someday when I’m reading this, I'll remember and do it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I sent you a letter of
more details of my life here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I love you people. I
hope you're taking time every day to not just read the Book of Mormon, but to
LEARN from it. There is so much we can learn that goes deeper than just the
story. Dad, I'll never forget your example of scripture study for
me. Almost every time I would walk into your room, you were studying
in your scriptures. Not just reading, but you also had a pen. I love looking at
your scriptures too. You can tell that they're the most important thing you
own. I hope someday my kids know that about me based on my scriptures.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don't forget that
being chastened is a good thing. Chastisement leads us to repent, which then
leads us to deliverance. We can't be saved without it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">IK HOU VAN JULLIE!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Also...thanks for the
study abroad research, Mom. And for updating the blog. Love you love you love
you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423002545651435575.post-80987202798794257882014-08-11T23:21:00.000-05:002014-08-24T23:35:25.600-05:00Week 61: I am here. Lelystad.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This city is ugly. This city is small. But we
are seeing a ton of miracles. Zr AA is a really hard worker, and we are praying
for miracles frequently, so they're coming. Our ZTL called and said that
miracles always happen when you open a city. It's true! A small example: we
didn't have a dinner appointment last night, and we also don't have a lot going
on investigator-wise, so our whole day would be just finding. But before church
we were like, ''Let's have the faith to get a dinner appointment tonight!'' so
we changed our plans to allow for time for a dinner appointment. Well, we got
one with the coolest family ever. One of the sons is going on a mission to
Nebraska and all the other kids are inactive, but it was such a fun
appointment. AND it was raining like nobody's business, so we were happy to not
be going door-to-door. </span></div>
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should email her a happy birthday. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This transfer is weird. I've decided to study
temperance and self-control. It's been interesting. Since we don't have any
investigators to study for most days, I can just study what I want for most of
personal study. The gospel is all connected. I've been learning that temperance
is not being passive. It's an action and it takes work. It also takes a lot of
faith, which is how I know the gospel is so interconnected. Because faith is
also the driving force for spiritual gifts and miracles and results. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Can I just take a moment to bear my testimony
of the Atonement? I know it's real. I know that when we truly want to change,
Christ will help us. We all do things that aren't right. If we didn't we would
be assumed into heaven already. We are here to learn and make mistakes and
learn from them and SEEK forgiveness. But the Atonement is long suffering and
it works for us all. I'm so grateful for that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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weird things happen, such as people coming to help us with yard work and asking
us on dates, getting lost hopelessly because of this WEIRD address system, but
we've also seen so much success. We decided we were going to have a ''power
hour'' before dinner one day, so we went out, taught a lesson, got an
appointment, met people from St. Martin (my favorite island in the Caribbean
based on how friendly the people are), and didn't get lost! This is going to
work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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glorious people. Weird, huh?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So yep, I'm getting
transferred. I sent Mom the address so if anybody needs it (I LOVE LETTERS)
email her at <a href="mailto:rheilner@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">rheilner@gmail.com</span></a>. Lelystad, here I come!
It'll be interesting because me and my companion are new, but I hear Zr Adams
(we'll call her Zr AA I guess because her first name is A) is a really
hard worker, so I'm glad. I also got released as ZTL. I'll miss getting to go
on exchanges and going to mission leader council, but I know Zr Spencer is
going to be amazing. I'm still in den Haag zone, so I won't be super far I
guess. Zr A is going to Turnhout in Belgium and Zr W is coming here
with een groentje!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">EVERYBODY is leaving.
Some of my favorite missionaries are going home this transfer, and then if you
can believe it, my trainer is going home next transfer! Well, she extended
three weeks, but...I told myself I wasn't allowed to freak out until Zr H left,
and here we almost are. She just got called to Maastricht. She's gonna love it.
I'm so excited for her. That's such a great place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cool miracles this week. We have been working a TON with less active members,
and one of them has been really struggling--she's even suicidal. I may have
told you about her last week. But anyway, she wanted a blessing, and we went
over there with the Elders to do that. So after the blessing, we decided we wanted to show her a Mormon
message, and lo and behold, there's a new one! So we were like, well, it'll
probably be good, so we played it. It's the story of a guy who was suicidal and
how he found the Savior. It's beautiful, and it was EXACTLY what she needed.
I'll share the link of it, because it's awesome and you should all share it on
Facebook or something.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So we were fasting
yesterday, and I realized how badly I miss Mom's pulled pork sandwiches...can I
request to have that on the first Sunday when I get back? I know it's random,
but I don't want to forget it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We were at a dinner appointment, and it was going awesome. They're this young
couple that is just really fun. Anyway, we were leaving, and they asked if we
had any appointments. We told them no, but we had some people to go look
up....unless they knew anybody that needed a visit. Then they gave us this
referral of two Brazilian ladies that are SO CUTE! We went over there and they
invited us right in and we told them we had a book to share with them in
Portuguese. We of course bonded over me knowing a city in Brazil--Campinas. Anyway,
we called the Elders to see if they could meet us with a Portuguese BOM so that
we could give it to them right then, and they did and we brought it back and
taught them about the Book of Mormon and they said they'd read. It was so cool!
We planned on stopping by again this week...we will have to tell the new
sisters to do that. Oh man, soo much to do before Wednesday!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that Heavenly Father is aware of us. I know He is. There is a sister that
served here and went home about 4 months ago who is sort of a legend here.
She's awesome. She has something called "vapor trails," or some sign
that you see that lets you know that God loves you. I thought that was so cool,
but I couldn't figure out what mine was until a few weeks ago. I actually
prayed to know if there WAS something that He did when He just wanted me to
know He's aware. And in the middle of the night, I was woken up by a
thunderstorm, which is one of my favorite things ever. So I considered that an
answer to my prayer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of upset about transfers. I know it'll be fine, but I was just sad to be
leaving. I COULD NOT fall asleep, which isn't usually an issue for me, but
Wendi Self-taught me that when you can't sleep, it's because God wants to talk
to you. So I was just prayin'. And then I heard rain! Yep, thunderstorms in the
middle of the night. Love it. He's aware of us. AND THEN, I had a prompting to
open my scriptures this morning as I was packing my desk, and I flipped to a
section in the D&C that basically says, just go. It'll be okay and I don't
want you to tarry here forever. He knows.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423002545651435575.post-3719051971976110922014-07-28T09:21:00.000-05:002014-08-03T09:23:36.192-05:00Week 59: One More Week Together!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well, well well,
another week GONE. That means I have only one full week left with Zr A. We have
no idea who will be leaving, but the APs have told us one of us is leaving.
It's cool, we are preparing emotionally. It's gonna be hard, but we have to do
hard things in life. We are thinking of telling the APs when they call us that
we will only accept the transfer calls on some conditions: that we can call
each other every week and sleep in the same city the night before temple
conference. We'll see how it goes down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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quite eventful. I can't say much, but I'm sure you heard about what happened
with Russia shooting down that plane. We had a national day of mourning on
Wednesday because of it. And the day before, a little boy from the den Bosch
ward drowned at an LDS camp for families. Just a lot of depressing things.
We've heard of a lot of people dying and it's just really good to know that
there's more to life than this life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this week. Yes, Mom, I should be on the mission blog from a MLC the week
before. Anyway, Elder Bitters (who was in my MTC group) talked about our
calling, I talked about change and how the Lord chastens us so that we can grow
into what He knows we can become, and Elder Sumter talked about the Book of
Mormon and how we can always have a spiritual experience when we read. I was SO
impressed with Elder Bitters. He planned so much for it. This was his first
Zone Training, and he did so well. It's been so cool to see him grow throughout
his mission. I'm so glad we get to come on missions. Just getting to interact
with Elder Bitters (Remember, I spent six weeks in a room with him and 8 other
people...we know each other pretty well) lets me see how much we change and
become what Heavenly Father wants us to become.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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were just biking to look somebody up, and as we were turning a corner, we saw a
lady. Mid-sentence, I was like, "Stop, we gotta contact her," so we
did and we shared a little bit about the Book of Mormon and got her
information. So we looked her up a few nights ago, and she was home! We asked
if she had a little bit of time to hear more about it, and she took us to a
bench outside so we could talk in peace (she has four kids, so I could totally
sympathize with how noisy her house was haha) we shared a great lesson with her
and she's now a new investigator! We were so happy. It was exactly what we
needed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wonderful. She's exactly what I needed at this point on my mission. She got a
blessing that said that we're gonna be eternal friends, so that was pretty
sweet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sacrament Meeting and we couldn't go in the chapel because the choir was
practicing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this slide show/video that was 12 minutes long but would only play 3 minutes of
audio, so we had to do it separately. So when we finally COULD go in the
chapel, nobody knew what we were talking about so it was just really hard and
in the end it didn't work and one of the members just played the piano.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cookies in the kitchen because we had no time the rest of the week, and we were
fighting off mobs of all ages asking to try them before the baptism. NO, BACK
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justice. But anyway, we've been getting to actually teach Ethlyn again, which
is nice. I love teaching her. The Spirit is always there in her house. For like
the last two weeks before her baptism, we were just doing logistical things
every time we went over mostly, but now we are actually teaching her the
lessons again and I'm loving it. It's amazing how much you can still learn no
matter how many times you've read or heard the restoration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So here in den Haag,
we hadn't seen a lot of miracles. It was kind of discouraging. But I went on an
exchange to Zoetermeer this week, which is where the temple is. Our plans had
fallen through for the evening, so I was like, "Zr Watkins, are there any
look ups we can do close to the temple? And can we bike by, like...really
slowly?" I just really wanted to see the temple. I miss it. So we found someone
close and went by the temple. It was glorious. We stopped and took a picture
even. It helped. Then we went to the look up. There was so much opposition
getting into that house--there were loud people so she couldn't hear us as we
were trying to ring her bell to come up. There was pee EVERYWHERE. Luckily Zr W
had hand sanitizer because the walls of the elevator had pee dripping down
them. Anway, we rang her bell. Nothing. Knocked. Nothing. Knocked louder and
FINALLY she came to the door and invited us right in. It was amazing. She had
been meeting with the missionaries a few years ago and when we asked why she
stopped she was like, Ï don't really know..." so we made another
appointment for them and she's a new nvestigator! Amazing. Miracles have not
ceased as long as we have faith. I prayed that I would have the faith to see a
miracle in Zoetermeer that day. Moroni 7:35-37. It's all about our faith.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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prayed for the same thing. We were doing a lot of finding and we were just
trying to keep it fun. I even flicked a spider on its web, that was terrifying.
Anyway, we went all the way down this street and NOTHING. Then the last door, a
lady opened up and told us to speak English. She and her family are from Iran.
They invited us in. It was so cool. The Spirit was so strong and I know they
felt it. We taught about Joseph Smith and the Restoration. After the prayer, we
looked up and Zara (the mom) was crying. It was so cool. We brought them an
English book of Mormon, but they are leaving for Iran for a month, but when
they get back, we have an appointment. I'm so excited. These people are
prepared. Miracles have not ceased, we just have to have the faith that we will
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tacos: we only had beef, pears, and white cheese in the fridge basically. So we
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emotional. So many ups and downs with the world cup and the "after
baptism blues" (A quote from our District Leader...I didn't know that was
a thing). Zr A and I literally ended last night lying on the bathroom
floor cry-singing to the hymns we have haha. We were fake crying, don't worry.
We were just forced to do some things we didn't really want to do today for
P-Day, so we were upset, but whatever. We are alive, Nederland got third
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we had brownies and trash talked in all the Spanish we knew. Ethlyn is from
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happy birthday. You're the best little brother in the world. Hope you enjoy the
letter--I sent it to Grammy's. Sorry I can't wake you up this year by lying on
top of you or anything. Love you. SpockSpockSpockSpockSpockSpockSpockSpockSpock<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pictures from Ethlyn. I got the skirt at a 2nd hand booth in the market for
3.50. Oh also, Mom, to answer your question--the people from Maastricht that I
was teaching. Iv got baptized!! He's so awesome. And D isn't allowed to
get baptized right now. F is the cutest person ever still, and I hope
she's doing well. She got a new job so she's staying in Maastricht longer than
we thought. I love her so much. I need to write her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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confirmed yesterday, so I guess last week's freak-out about her being a member
was actually not quite true. Anyway, she is now! And she said that she could
definitely feel the difference. We asked what the Gift of the Holy Ghost was
like and she said, "Well, He's definitely always there!" She's
amazing. Now that she's baptized we have less investigators, but that's life.
We're working hard. Ethlyn's seeing a lot of opposition too, with her family's
health. Pray for her sister Celly. She got some bad news today. There were a
lot of people at her baptism, and they all had a positive view of the church I
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hope you're having fun in Utah. Weird that I was there a year ago when you
stalked me walking to the Marriott center haha. I want to bear my testimony on
trials. I know Heavenly Father wants us to grow. When we have hard times, it
isn't because he's ignored us. He wants us to be happy, so he gives us hard
things so we can learn from them. It's like how we have to do awkward things in
district meeting so that we won't find ourselves in awkward situations in real
life. Anyway, Heavenly Father is preparing us for something much more
important. It's like in the song "Savior, Redeemer of My Soul." It
says "Chasten my soul till I shall be in perfect harmony with thee. Make
me more worthy of thy love, and fit me for the life above." We need to
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Oh mijn GOEDHEID that was the most stressful baptism ever, but it was really
special to get to talk to her right after and see her huge smile. She's so
great. Such a good member. I know that there were a lot of things (and
missionaries) that helped her, and I'm so glad I got to be a part of it. We
gave her beads for her dreads that have to do with how she describes us. I gave
her one with a cool texture because when you rub it against your hand, it's
uncomfortable. She always tells me I push her out of her comfort zone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Santiago East. I'm so excited for you. You're such a good example. You're going
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district meeting this week. We were talking about how we can better learn
Dutch. We were talking about how most of us have learned languages before, but
never has it come so quickly as with Dutch. Then our DL brought up how we were
foreordained to come on a mission here, meaning, in the preexistence, we
already knew we'd be learning Dutch. So the MTC was probably not the first time
we'd learned it. How cool is THAT?! The Spirit was really strong as we were
talking about it. I'm not gonna lie, I sort of think a lot about how I just
want to study German after this, and if I keep my Dutch, great, but if not, I
won't be too sad as long as I speak German. But after we talked about that, it
made me want to keep my Dutch even more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mormon 9 this week. One of my favorite chapters of the Book of Mormon. It talks
about doubting nothing. I will never forget 28 April 2013--Mom and I were
driving back to Texas from BYU and I was sitting in the car reading in Mosiah
10 and I came across the footnote "Trust Not in the Arm of Flesh" in
the topical guide. I've let that guide my studies on multiple occasions since
then, and it's been cool to see a lot of things build on that. Trusting in the
Lord is SO important. If we don't have faith in His timing or His ways or His
plan, we'll never progress. If we want Spiritual understanding (what I've been
studying a lot recently), we have to doubt nothing that comes from Heavenly
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my whole life resenting the fact that my name is Katherine, and not just Katie,
thinking that your reason of "Well, now when you're older you can change
it if you want," was lame, but I think I understand it now, and I'm
probably going to start introducing myself as Katherine after this.
Congratulations. No, Annie, I'm not going to go by "kit kat," but you
can call me Kat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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missionary. It's hilarious; it's hard; it's stressful. I get told the WEIRDEST
THINGS. I get cool gifts (Ethlyn's sister gave me her necklace, that was super
nice). Actually Mom, before I forget, I would LOVE to read some of your journal
entries from your mission. Or Dad. That would be so cool if you could scan them
and send them to me if you want.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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forget, let me just say that it sounds like Spencer is rocking summa time. Also
I heard that you fb messaged one of my investigators. Thanks for that! She'll
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that since our companionship is bulletproof, Satan's gonna start attacking us
in different ways. We got dropped a lot this week and had a bunch of
appointments fall through. Not to mention two of our favorite missionaries left
us. But, we are surviving and trying new things (like bacon tacos...hahaha...we
forgot to buy beef on Monday, but we had bacon! They're not bad, but we'll
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miracle this week though when we had about an hour to contact. We decided to go
to the park to draw out the plan of salvation in chalk (why not?) but on
the way, we realized that we were in an area that we recognized--then we remembered.
It was where a potential lived that Zr GW showed us in our first week. So we
went there and she was home and we were able to have a lesson with her! She
didn't seem particularly ready for the gospel, but we'll give it a try. My
favorite part of the appointment was when she was saying the closing prayer.
She didn't speak a word of English except to say, "Father, the Holy Ghost
is just like Dynamite." Amazingly, Sis A and I didn't even laugh until we
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convert, Estrella, we showed her the <a href="http://familysearch.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">familysearch.org</span></a> website!
It was so cool! I love that website. She loved it too. It's just cool to look
at our different profiles. I looked at mine, and there's a lot of work (almost
all) done. But hers...she has a completely blank slate. We are going to be
BUSAYYYY in the Millennium. I'm excited for that. Zr A and I have AWESOME
companionship studies. This week we talked for a long time about sealing. And
how everything will be worked out in the Millennium. It's cool. I learn so much
from her every day. I'm SO blessed to get to be her companion. I at least hope
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baptized this week. We are stoked. Satan is definitely attacking her, but she
is a strong lady. I'm so excited for it. Sunday at 2. Photos to come!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hope you have an awesome week and enjoy the sun. I was actually thinking about
how thunder makes me trunky! Weird right? It never happens here, but when it
does, it makes me miss Texas storms so bad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423002545651435575.post-1917643188555382822014-06-28T23:59:00.000-05:002014-07-06T23:59:55.072-05:00As a tribute to Alyssa on her birthday!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
June 28, 2014<div>
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Happy Birthday, Alyssa!<br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy Birthday!!!</td></tr>
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