tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40541435392961418922024-03-21T21:57:05.545-07:00Hermana Bingham's Adventures in San JoseAmayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02894886539841197905noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054143539296141892.post-88633631839047030292014-12-15T13:09:00.002-08:002014-12-15T13:15:56.410-08:00This Is It!!!2 John 1:12 <i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">(Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></i><br />
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<span class="s1">Wow. This is it. This is my last day. Well, not counting tomorrow, which will include going to the temple and hanging out at President's house. It's crazy to think that I'm already here. I've been a full time missionary for the last 18 months and it's about to end. This has been the greatest experience. I don't even know how to describe my mission in words. I have learned SO much, I don't even know where to start. I feel that on my mission I have truly come to learn who Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father are. I have found a personal relationship with each of them, and I can truly say that I KNOW They live, and that They love me. And I love Them. I don't know everything. I'm still a 20 year old girl trying to figure out life, but I do know that this is the true church of Jesus Christ that has been restored to the earth. I know that the Book of Mormon is true, because I have witnessed it's power, and have felt of it's spirit. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">But more than all that, I am I witness that Christ lives. I am a witness of the healing power of His atonement. "Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed." I have felt the healing power of the atonement in my life. I truly have. Sometimes in life, we feel alone. We feel weak, and like we can't do it. And in reality, we can't do it--alone. But with Christ, we can do all that the Father requires. And that is because of His atoning sacrifice for each and every one of us. I've seen the atonement heal me, and it continues to heal me and perfect me every day. I'm a work in progress, but I know that someday, with Christ's help, I can truly be even as He is. I've seen it work in the lives of so many others. I have seen people change, and become more happy and free. And I know that as we apply the atonement, and strive to become like Christ, we too can be truly free, and become perfected in Him. That is a promise given by God to each one of us. I am so grateful that I have learned that on my mission. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">I've also learned that this isn't the end! This is just a new beginning. And because of that, I'm not sad to leave. Of course, I'm leaving a piece of my heart here in California with all the people I have come to love, but I am not sad. I know that I will see theses people again, and that one day we will stand before the throne of God together and rejoice, because we have the gospel, and we can all live together as His children in His kingdom. I know that I can STILL be a missionary, just a little bit of a different kind of missionary. But I am so excited to see where life takes me. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Thank you all for all your love and support. I love you all with my whole heart, and I'm so excited to see you all soon! </span></div>
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<span class="s1">See y'all Wednesday!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">2 Timothy 4:6-7 <i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">(For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.) </span></i> </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Wow, what a great week it was! It was fantastic! The best second to last week that one could possibly have. First off, nothing crazy or bad happened this week, so that was good! It was a week of normal missionary work! And then, we had the ward Christmas party on Saturday, which was a blast! I love our ward so much. It sounds like you've already seen some pictures of us and crazy elf hats, and even a video, but I'll send you some more. I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and had fun showing it off to people. It was fun. The sister that always sends you those pictures has a son serving in Salt Lake, so she gets how it is to be a missionary parent and loves to send pictures every time we see her. :) But the ward Christmas party was great. There was tons of yummy food, including tamales!!! So we all ate delicious food, talked to everyone, and we even got to get our picture taken with a Mexican Santa Claus! So that was really fun. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Well, I hope you all have a great week. I'll see you all really really soon! Oh, and I'm sending two packages home today. One with books and stuff, and one with bedding and stuff. We have some spare bedding in our apartment, so no worries, I'm not going to freeze this week. :) I love you all. I'll see you really soon!!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">So this week was nuts. I decided that I really don't like doctors (no offense Dad. :) ). The problem was that my poor companion has been pretty sick lately.. like feeling SUPER dizzy, and having stomach problems and everything, so a couple months ago we had to go to a gastro doctor, but last week ever since she started driving her dizziness has been worse. So our mission nurse told us to go to urgent care, so we went and they are having her go see an ENT later in December. Then we went home, went to one appointment, and then to dinner. And at dinner we were eating some Indian food that the member had brought from the restaurant she works at, and Hermana Buys started having an allergic reaction to the food that was really similar to her nut reaction. And she's REALLY allergic to nuts. So I drove her home since it was possibly and emergency, the elders met us at home, broke into our apartment before we got there to get her Benadryl and water, and then gave her a blessing. And then we waited, and waited, and she didn't get any better, in fact, she was feeling worse. But we pretty much figured that it wasn't her nut allergy, that it was something else, but we didn't know what. But the mission nurse told us to take her to the emergency room. So I had to drive her to the emergency room, and we were there for a couple hours. The doctors gave her some steroids to help with the reaction, and we waited. We got home around 9:30pm and crashed. But Wednesday morning when we woke up, she was SUPER exhausted... understandable, her body had just taken a huge hit with the reaction and everything. And we had a return appointment with the gastro doctor from a couple months before. So I don't like doctors because I've spent WAY to much time in a doctors office this week. But I am grateful for them. They helped us a lot this week. But all day Wednesday we pretty much stayed in and let her sleep. So I felt pretty useless and like I couldn't really do anything. But other than that she's been doing pretty good. This week we have to go get her blood drawn for a blood test for the gastro doctor, and get her some medicine for the dizziness... The poor thing. I feel so bad for her. So that began our crazy week!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The rest of it was pretty normal. Thanksgiving was great. We had a pretty normal thanksgiving dinner this year, at a family's home. We ate with the Navarro family. It was really fun. Then we headed over to Amada and Bernardo's house to help Bernardo with his talk, and she fed us more turkey and mashed potatoes, and TAMALES!!! They were so yummy. But I felt so sick... I ate WAY to much. But it was really fun, and a really good day. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Then on Saturday Andres and Adriana got married! We helped decorate the church gym Friday night, and then again on Saturday. The wedding was beautiful, the reception was great, and we had a lot of fun. And now they are living the law of chastity, and he's one step closer to baptism, so that's the best part. He gets baptized on December 7th, at 7pm. Happy Birthday Daddy! haha. We're super excited. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Well, it was a good week overall. Thanks for the love an encouragement. I love you all, and I hope you have a great week! Please pray that we can stay out of the hospital, or out of any kind of craziness this week. I just want to have a normal week! haha. I love you!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Adriana walking down the aisle!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">us and Courtney Haight, the bishop's daughter</span></div>
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<span class="s1">us with the bride and groom!!</span></div>
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Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909294161547108376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054143539296141892.post-9060804307541011592014-11-24T14:33:00.003-08:002014-11-24T14:46:08.367-08:00Emotional Trauma<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">Hey Family!!!</span><br />
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<span class="s1">How's everything going? It sounds like you had a great week, which is awesome to hear. It makes me happy! </span><br />
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<span class="s1">First off, I have a couple more favor's to ask.. man by the time I get home I will have asked for so many favor's that you'll never want another missionary to come home every again!! Sorry Bryce... haha just kidding. First: My eyes seem to be getting a tad bit worse, especially at night. Can you set up an eye appointment for me before I go to school? And a dentist appointment? It's been 18 months.. I'm long overdue. Thanks, you're the best!!!</span><br />
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<span class="s1">Also, has Julia had her baby yet? And how's Taylor doing? He's been on my mind a lot lately.</span><br />
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<span class="s1">So I'm going to start off this letter with my bad news. Last Monday after I emailed and everything we were driving back home and I went to change lanes, and apparently didn't check my blind spots as good as a thought I did because when I changed I swiped another car... Now before you get all worried, no one was hurt, I was just really shaken up. Because um, hello, when you hit another car it kind of rattles you. I just made a scrape on the side of the other car, and a little dent and a couple scratches (not bad at all) on the front of our car by the left tire. But we just exchanged info with the other car and then I got to call our vehicle coordinator and work everything out. I also had to call President, and he took away my driving privileges... because on the mission when you get in an accident, your privledges get yanked. So thus began our crazy week. I was an EMOTIONAL WRECK!! and super depressed for a couple days because I did something super dumb, and my companion was stressed because now she has to learn to drive on CA roads, and she does't have a ton of experience... but now we're doing good. We're going to have to bike for a couple days when our car goes in to get fixed, but other than that we're good. The church insurance is taking care of everything and my brain is a lot more calm. But it was really rough. Needless to say, I cried... a lot. And I still feel bad. But I've learned my lesson, and next time I drive, I'll be checking my blind spots WAY better than I ever have in my life. </span><br />
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<span class="s1">In other news, I got my trunky papers (flight plans) on Saturday!! Looks like I'll be leaving here at 10:15 am and getting to SLC at 1:09. Get ready Utah, I'm coming home! But not for 3 weeks, so don't get ready too fast. :) You should be so proud, I didn't even cry when I looked at them. :)</span><br />
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<span class="s1">Even amidst the crazy we still saw a ton of miracles this week. We found 4 new investigators (not nearly as high as Bryce's 21, but good for us!) and taught 20 lessons this week. WE HIT STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were so excited. We busted our butts though. It was so much fun. We also have started sharing a Thanksgiving message with everyone, and it has made me realize how much I have to be grateful for. We've been watching "In the Spirit of Thanksgiving" the mormon message, and it just reminds me of all the good in this world. I have so much. I have a family that loves me, I have amazing friends, I have a roof over my head and clothes to keep me warm. I have a great companion, I have so much! But most important, is that I have the gospel. I know that I have a Heavenly Father who loves me more than I can comprehend. I know I have a brother, Jesus Christ, who suffered and died for me so that I can be clean, and gain eternal life. And there are SO many people that don't know that. So this Thanksgiving, I'm grateful for the opportunity I have to share my knowledge with all those around me, and help others come unto Christ. </span><br />
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<span class="s1">I love you all so much. I hope you have a great Thanksgiving. Just know that you're always in my prayers, and that I'm grateful for each and every one of you. I love you!</span><br />
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<span class="s1">Love,</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Hermana Bingham</span></div>
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Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909294161547108376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054143539296141892.post-77840652812611364262014-11-17T13:40:00.002-08:002014-11-17T13:40:48.056-08:00Hey Family!<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">HOLY COW, IT SNOWED!?!?!?!? I'm going to die!!! It's been like 60 degrees here and I"m already freezing to death. What is wrong with me? As I type this my hands feel like ice cubes, as well as my toes. I think I"m going to die. Literally. Bring something to keep me warm to the airport okay?</span></div>
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<span class="s1">First off, to answer some questions, Hermana Boyd is going to go to UVU, but she did before the mission too, and she's fine with driving. In fact I think she wanted to live at the south end of BYU if I"m not mistaken. She has a plan. No worries. :)</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Second, thanks dad for all your hard work with my classes!!! I just dropped one, so now I have all the classes I want, and a near perfect schedule! The one problem is that night class, but there isn't another option for that one, so I'll just deal with it. haha. But thanks so much. I really appreciate it. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">So this week was incredible! Different for sure, because we went from having 4 sisters in our apartment to just 2. Hermana Buys and me. Alone. So it's weird, a little empty, but it's fun. But I really miss Hermana Boyd and Hermana Fuentes. Good news is, we'll all be in Utah together! We just have to go to temple square to see Hermana Fuentes. But now there are elders in the Sister's old area. Elder Rich, who goes home to Las Vegas at the same time as me, Elder Prince, and their trainee, Elder Wilson. So we have 7 missionaries in the ward now, which is NUTS! But it's super fun. Also, Elder Magana's new companion (other elders in our ward) is Elder Barlow, who just happens to know Alex Minson, because Alex served in his ward at the beginning of his mission! Small world right?!?</span></div>
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<span class="s1">But the reason that this week was so great, was that on Saturday we got to go up to the Tri-stake center next to the Oakland temple to have a combined meeting with our entire mission and the entire Oakland/San Francisco mission to listen to Elder Bednar. He came to do a fireside for the 50 year anniversary of the Oakland temple. And holy cow, that missionary meeting was so incredible. 550 full time missionaries, our mission presidents, Elder Packer, our area 70 and his wife, and Elder and Sister Bednar. It was incredible. But he didn't just speak to us. WE had a giant discussion. He asked us to study 3 talks before hand, and we just talked about them all. Then he gave us time to ask him questions, and it was so incredible. But it was so much information! He told us we weren't allowed to write down anything that was said, only what we felt. And after looking over my notes serveral times, I have come to the conclusion that what I learned most was about being an agent, not an object. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Now let me explain what I mean by that. We have all been given the gift of agency. That is the freedom to ACT. Well, duh Hermana Bingham, we've all known that since we were 3. But here's the catch. How man times to we go into a meeting, learn lots of good stuff, but then not do anything about it. How many times do we actually act on what we've learned. Or when we pray for blessings, do we actually go out an act so that we receive those blessings? It's really cool. I realized that most of my life, I've been an object. I've been acted upon. I'll go to meetings, and people will say things.. I'm being acted upon. But until I do something about it, I'll still be an object, not an agent. I don't know if that makes any sense. But something that helps clarify it are "Ask in Faith," "Seek Learning by Faith," "Converted unto the Lord" all by E. Bednar, and "Free Forever, to Act for Themselves," By E. Christofferson from this last conference. Read them or listen to them, they are all incredible talks on how we can be agents, rather than objects. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">I love you all. I hope you have a fantastic week! You're always in my prayers! Love you!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">The new elders, eating the Chilean food that our member made for the Chilean... but she got transferred. :(</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hermana Buys and I with the view of the SF bay from the visitors center at the temple</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isn't it beautiful?<br /></td></tr>
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Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909294161547108376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054143539296141892.post-13687515489340012122014-11-09T20:18:00.001-08:002014-11-09T20:22:41.987-08:00Expectations <div class="p1">
<span class="s1">**<i>This actually arrived on November 4th. I was just delinquent in posting it. Sorry!</i></span><br />
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<span class="s1">Hello family!!! </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Wow, Bryce is on his way to Argentina! Or is he already there now? Who knows! That's so cool! I'm so excited for him. I hope you made it there safely kid, and let us know how you're doing! Write me! </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Charlie is also home now, as you've probably all noticed. It's weird. For me, it just kind of tells me how close my time is. I've only got 6 weeks. It's crazy! I promise I'm not trunky or anything, but with Hermana Boyd headed home, and Charlie just got home, and Bryce on his way to Argentina, time is just a very real thing for me. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Thanks for helping me with classes everyone! It looks like a great schedule. I emailed dad with a fix suggestion he asked for. I would do it, but if he can get me the best professor available at that time, I would appreciate it. Hopefully I can get into the classes I'm on the waitlist for... That would make class life awesome! If I only had one class on Tuesday, and one class on Thursday I would die. It would be so great! But anyways, thanks for your help! I appreciate it a lot. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">I didn't email yesterday because we went to Santa Cruz! It was a blast. It was a much needed p-</span>day, and a much needed trip to the beach because this week was a little stressful. We found out that our Bishop doesn't think we're working hard because we honestly haven't been hitting standards of excellence lately. We've be getting lower numbers, but the quality has been great, and we're working our rear ends off. so that was frustrating. And our WML (Ward mission leader) wants us to shoot to get 30 lessons (not realistic at all right now) and keeps trying to get us to go tracting. Which we will get sent home if we do. It's really hard to work with, but we're trying. It's just been a little bit stressful. But one thing I've learned it that we are accountable to the Lord, and He is the only one that matters. If we're doing good in His eyes, then we're okay. I'm really grateful for that. Over the course of my mission I've really learned the importance of accountability. It's so important to be accountable to the Lord for what we do each day. And I know that as I apply that more and more, I see more and more how proud He is of what I"m doing. It's incredible. </div>
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<span class="s1">Thanks so much for all your love and support. I hope you have a great week. I love you all!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Love,</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pizza My Heart for lunch! Yum!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and Hermana Buys</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Halloween lunch with Sister Haight!! (Bishop's wife)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last p-day. Picnic at a part. That water is the edge or the San Francisco Bay. :)</td></tr>
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<br />Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909294161547108376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054143539296141892.post-74632070146631729092014-10-27T11:41:00.001-07:002014-10-27T12:12:28.449-07:00LIFE IS NUTS!!!<div class="p1">
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<span class="s1">Oh my goodness! Kyla is 14, Lauren is home, Bryce is going to Argentina soon... LIFE IS NUTS!! That's so awesome. Also, Charlie gets home this Thursday. Isn't that crazy! Time flies. And I only have 7 weeks left. AHHHH! There isn't enough time! </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Thanks for calling the counselor mom. I wish they would've been more helpful, because the classes on the map some of them I've already taken, and some of them I can't take until I've been accepted into the program. So the map doesn't really help me a super ton right now. But we'll work on it. And yeah, if you can call someone about the spanish class and religion, that would be awesome. I would love to take the 2nd half of the Book of Mormon, and that spanish class. I need to take my Civ 1 GE credit... but I'm not sure what class sounds the most interesting. But yeah. My class registration date is Nov. 3rd starting at midnight. We're probably going to Santa Cruz that day so I won't be emailing or on the computer. Which means I'm going to need you to register for me. Is that okay? I could do it on the Tuesday, but it will be better if we can get it done before then. That way I can get better class times and stuff. You can go on mybyu and look at the class schedules and figure something out ahead of time. my username is ****** and the password is my usual. I don't know. It's stressing me out a bit. If you have questions, shoot me a letter this week. Ahhh school! I just don't know what to do!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">But in other news, it's been a great week. I got the package. Thanks so much! I loved it! Also, we set a baptismal date with Andres this week. He will get baptized the same day as his daughter on Dec 6th. I'm super excited! It was a huge blessing because this week I have been super stressed out about school, finding a job... and then there is the missionary stuff too. We haven't been hitting our goals or standards of excellence, investigators aren't progressing, no one wants to talk to us, and it's just been a little disheartening. But we met with Andres yesterday and he told us that he decided to get baptized on Dec 6th, and then later we met with Amada and she told us that she and Bernardo are going to the temple to do baptisms for the dead this week! So it was a really big blessing to know that we are doing okay, and that the Lord is still blessing us with miracles. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Thanks so much for all your love and support. I love you all, and I hope you have a great week!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ward trunk-or-treat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">me with some of the girls from the ward!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a member brought his 4 wheeler and took us on a ride!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It started to rain while we were on our ride!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Us with our crazy suckers!</td></tr>
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Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909294161547108376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054143539296141892.post-42345077635762402882014-10-21T11:47:00.005-07:002014-10-21T11:47:56.770-07:00Mission Conference<div class="p1">
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<span class="s1">How is everyone? It sounds like you've had a pretty awesome week, so that's great! I"m glad you had fun at Cornbelly's. I've never actually been to that one, so I might have to give it a try next year. :) If you want another good one, Castle of Chaos in Orem is really good. It's worth the money. :) I"m glad you all enjoyed your fall break this week though!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Also, Happy Birthday Kyla! I know it's not until Saturday, but I can't believe you're turning 14! That's nuts! I hope you have an awesome birthday. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">So I bet you're all wondering why I'm emailing today instead of yesterday. Well, it's because yesterday we had a mission conference with Elder Pino of the seventy. So it took up from about 9 to 4, so they moved our pday until today. But it was a really great meeting that was really inspiring! He talked a lot about our calling and our purpose as missionaries, and it was a really good reminder. It really made me want to work even harder. But it did stress me out just a little bit, because we're already having a hard time meeting standards of excellence (20 lessons a week, and 140 contacts) and doing our hour of training every day and an hour of language study, and service. I don't know how to balance everything out. Everything we're doing is what we need to be doing, but we can't fit it all in! There isn't enough time! So basically, a lack of time is stressing me out. But I know that if I council with the Lord in this, that He will help me to know what to do. That is something that I really have learned. As we put our complete trust in the Lord, He will ALWAYS guide us to do what we need to do. Always. He never leaves us alone, or leads us astray. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Yesterday Sister Mella also talked about the spirit. She talked about how we can have the spirit more in our lives/what keeps us from feeling the spirit, and she talked a lot about comparing ourselves. I struggle with that sometimes. I feel like I'm not doing as well as everyone else, so therefore I"m not good enough. But she taught us that when we do that we are 1. giving into Satan, and 2, not allowing the spirit to be in our lives! It thought it was a really interesting spin on things, and so that's what I'm going to work on this week! I"m really excited to see how it goes. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">I love you all, and I hope you have a great week. Thanks for all you do! </span></div>
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<span class="s1">After our RS Zumba activity!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Milkshakes to celebrate hermana Boyd's 17 month mark, </span></div>
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<span class="s1">our home entertainment system for movie nights. :)</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Mission conference yesterday. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Hermana Quintana and I matched almost perfectly. By accident!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Hermana Raney and I</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Mini golf for pday last week!</span></div>
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Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909294161547108376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054143539296141892.post-19025503457234238402014-10-13T13:58:00.003-07:002014-10-13T14:10:52.930-07:00Things That Matter Most<div class="p1">
Dear family,</div>
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It sounds like y'all had a great week! I'm excited to see the new car! But I'll be okay waiting for a while. :) Jayson, you looked super good at homecoming. I loved the pictures.<br />
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As for SD card, I have a DANE-ELEC card, that's 8GB. It's blue with a red and white stickers. If that doesn't help, I can just go look for one. :) But thanks so much! I'm excited for the package. It also sounds like Bryce is doing really good! That makes me happy! </div>
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This week was a really good week. We got to watch the new Meet the Mormons movie! Have you seen it yet? Aee you going to see it? It was fantastic. I was so inspired by it! It dives into the lives of 6 Mormon families from all over the world, and just shares who they are. I love it. It's really well done, and super fantastic. If you haven't seen it yet, go see it this week! It's incredible!!!! We also got to go to the temple. I got to see the 3rd new video this time, with blonde Eve. That threw me off for a minute, but it was fine! I liked it, but I still think I like the first one better. But it's been 6 months, so I can't really remember. Now I just need to see the 2nd one and I'm good! but it was amazing. I just love the temple so much. I literally feel homesick when I leave, and I want to go back. But it made me excited to think that I don't have to wait 6 months to go again! Woohoo! </div>
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Speaking of temples, I just want to tell you all that Myley and Mathias are engaged!! The big day is January 2nd. I'm just so excited and happy for her, I want to brag to the whole world! </div>
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Also, we found out this week that in November we will start receiving training for Facebook proselyting and iPads. So that is super exciting. We'll get more info in November, and start using it all. So I'll be back on facebook for like a month before I get home. That will be fun! :) I'm excited for it all. It will be really different, but it will be good! </div>
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This week I've had to really focus on the things that matter most. <a href="https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2011-06-012-moments-that-matter-most?lang=eng"><span class="s1">https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2011-06-012-moments-that-matter-most?lang=eng</span></a> This video is a Mormon message that really helps me when I'm struggling. A lot of times, I feel like I get caught up in the little things. Like for example, I get caught up in the fact that we have too many things to do, and not enough time in the day. I get caught up in trying to make everything perfect for my trainee, when I really should just focus on teaching by the spirit. Little things like that. I know that when we focus on the things that matter most, we truly will be led by the spirit, and really come to know our Father in Heaven and our Savior Jesus Christ better. I challenge you all to really focus on the things that matter most this week. It will help so much. I promise!</div>
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Sorry this letter is short, I had a lot of letters to read this week. A lot. :) suddenly I'm popular! Just kididng. But I love you all, and I hope you have a great week. I love you!!</div>
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Love,</div>
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Hermana Bingham</div>
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P.s. Our goal was to take a picture a day this week. :) Also, I like to match my companion. :)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;"><i>on the roof of the temple</i></span></td></tr>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Ice cream!!</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>last night. We just happened to have the same color of blazer. :)</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">in front of the fountain</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Hermana Buys and I</span></i></div>
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Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909294161547108376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054143539296141892.post-66544056679127826162014-10-06T20:26:00.004-07:002014-10-08T19:05:32.509-07:00Training<div class="p1">
Dear family,</div>
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This week has been amazing! I got my baby, general conference was awesome.. basically that was it. It was super fun. Kyla, that drawing is incredible! I love it so much! Good work! And it was super good to hear from you Bryce. Thanks for keeping us posted! </div>
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My nena's (another word for baby) name is Hermana Buys! She is from Eagle Mountain, UT, is 19 years old, went to the Mexico MTC, and is AMAZING!! I love her. She's a wonderful missionary, and a really hard worker. I feel super blessed and privileged to be able to work with her. It's been interesting adjusting our schedule to training demands, but it's been super fun. We're learning together, and having a blast. She likes music, and food, and we have really similar personalities so we get along great. She's allergic to gluten and nuts, so it's a good thing we're in the Spanish program! We just eat a lot of corn flour! I love her to death!</div>
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Conference was amazing wasn't it? I LOVED IT! It's always so good, but I really liked how they talked this time about prophets and gaining our own testimonies of the things that they talked about in conference. I thought it was really interesting. I feel like especially in the Sunday morning session, every single talk was about prophets. It was really cool. That is something the world really needs, and it's going to give us a lot of good tools to use with our investigators. Woohoo! I feel so spiritually recharged after conference, it's so great. The hard part is that with doing training, and having conference, and not being in my area for two days while I was waiting for baby, our numbers were shot. But that's okay. We'll make it up this week. </div>
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Our temple day got moved back so we'll be headed to the temple this week. We also get to watch Meet the Mormons this Thursday morning, so I'm super excited. I've heard how awesome it is. Speaking of Meet the Mormons, you can go to <a href="http://meetthemormons.com/glorious"><span class="s1">meetthemormons.com/glorious</span></a> and download a free song. It's an EFY song, but in this version they have David Archuleta singing it, and I love it. So if you want to send me the soundtrack for that movie, or that song, I would probably die with joy. :) Also, I'm in need of a new memory card for my camera. I'm just about out of space and I don't think It's going to last. Can you send me one? Oh, and am I supposed to be getting that reunion shirt? Grandma A said something about it right after the reunion but I haven't seen one. Just let me know. :)<br />
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I just want you to know how grateful I am for you. I love you all so much, and I'm really grateful to have you in my life. Thank you for all the support and love that you always send me. You're all the best. </div>
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I hope you have a fantastic week! Don't forget to go back and study the conference talks and apply what was said in your lives! I know I have a lot of work to do, and I'm super excited to be able to go back and study more! I love you all! Have a great week!</div>
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Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909294161547108376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054143539296141892.post-13735556006526029252014-09-29T14:27:00.003-07:002014-10-15T19:23:39.310-07:00It's A Girl!!<div class="p1">
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Please do not be alarmed by the subject of this letter. But do know that I am indeed going to have a child! I'm TRAINING!! Let me explain. In the mission, we refer to our trainers as our mom, and our trainees as our babies! So when we get training calls, we are pregnant! And I am pregnant!! I'm so excited! Hermana G-G goes home this week, and I will pick up my new companion Thursday morning. I can't wait! So my last two transfers in the mission I will be training. </div>
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Hermana Kofford is so excited to be a grandma, but she goes home this week as well, so she won't get to meet her grandbaby. :( But Mom, you're right, Hermana Kofford ended up finding an internship in Alabama, so she is moving out there for a couple months after she gets home. But thanks for being willing to take her in! </div>
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So Bryce is in the MTC!! Oh my gosh! I'm so excited. I bet it's so weird to only have 2 kids at home! Hey Dad, if you do end up selling the truck and getting something smaller, start looking for me too. That's going to be a purchase that I'll probably want to make soon after getting home. </div>
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So it's crazy, but I've been thinking about Bryce all week. I thought about him when he got set apart, and when he entered the MTC, and it's been amazing because I've felt a difference. I've really felt blessings from having another missionary in the family. I've had more energy and I've been able to get things done more effectively. It's awesome. Missionary work truly does bring blessings!<br />
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This week we also got to go to women's conference. I LOVE that meeting. The talks were all so good, and I was going to bring my notes to share some of my thoughts with you, but I forgot. Whoops! But I loved the focus on the temple. And I loved how they talked about preparing for the temple. Something that I took from that is that each time we go to the temple we need to prepare ourselves to go. We should think of things we need help with, questions we have, or just things that we are grateful for, and prepare ourselves to be spiritually uplifted. We get to go to the temple next week and that's something I'm going to try to do. I really want to prepare myself to go and feel the spirit in that sacred building. </div>
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So guess what? We just found out that we get to have a special missionary screening of "Meet the Mormons!" I'm super excited. Hermana Fuentes has already seen it because she was serving on Temple Square, and she said it was really good. Rumor is that it's playing for free at the Joseph Smith Memorial building, so that would be a good place to go see it, but also paying to go to a theater to see it will keep it in theaters longer. So that's something to consider! But I say, go see it! I hear it's awesome and really good. So go see Meet the Mormons. I haven't seen it, so I can't tell you anything other than to go see it, but I bet it's worth it! </div>
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I love you all, and I hope you have a great week. I'm praying for all of you! Wish me luck with the greenie!! I'm so excited! Love you all!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium;"> Me, Adairis, Angelo, Miguel, and Hermana Kofford. This family is one of our old investigators in our first area. They still aren't members, but they are the best!</i></td></tr>
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<i>Kofford, me, and her hand on my pregnant belly. :) </i></div>
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Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909294161547108376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054143539296141892.post-12570505573064442782014-09-23T16:29:00.003-07:002014-10-15T19:26:57.900-07:00This is it!<div class="p1">
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Also, sorry for emailing so late! We took a bus down to Santa Cruz for pday yesterday. It was fun, and I got pretty sunburnt, but Today it doesn't hurt very bad so it's all good. But it took all day, so that's why I am emailing today! </div>
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It's been a crazy week. The most exciting piece of news is that we got another sister! So I told y'all about how Sister Quintana got emergency transfered so Sister Boyd was companions with us again right? Well, Thursday morning we went and picked up Sister Fuentes to be Sister Boyd's new companion! Sister Fuentes is from Chile, and she is currently serving a mission in the temple square mission. But something cool about temple square sisters is that for 3 months they get assigned to another mission, so they get to come out and have a totally different experience! Their transfers are different than ours, so she came in on Thursday, and will go back to Utah on December 10th, 7 days before I do! So I told her I would come see her on Temple Square. She's awesome, and Hermana Boyd is so happy to have a companion again. They are working hard, and things are going great. And Hermana Fuentes is super fun. She's a sweetheart. I'll take you all to temple square to meet her. You'll love her. :)</div>
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Here's another crazy story of the week! So yesterday when we got back from Santa Cruz, we had just enough time left to go grocery shopping. So we went to Grocery Outlet, and shopped there. I only took my wallet in, because my purse had clothes and stuff in it. We did all our shopping, and took the groceries out to the car, and took them home, and went about our nightly business, came home, and cleaned a little, and fell asleep. Well, this morning I woke up and realized my wallet wasn't in my purse, or anywhere in the apartment. So I prayed to know what to do and to be able to find it. I decided that after studies we would go to the car to look for it, but ALL during personal study I couldn't stop thinking about where it could be. And I got really nervous, because my companion can't drive, so if my drivers license was gone, then we would have to walk, or bike, and I would have to cancel all my cards, and I wouldn't have any money, and I was so nervous. So I asked Hermana G-G if we could go look for it in the car, so we did, but it wasn't there. We searched the ENTIRE car, but nothing. So by then I'm close to tears and throwing up because my tummy hurt and I was nervous (bad combo), but we go inside and I call 411 to get the number for Grocery Outlet. Then I call them, and THEY FOUND IT! I was so happy I cried. Big surprise right? But we couldn't go get it until later in the day. So i came to terms with the fact that probably something would be missing out of it, but when we went and got it, everything was still inside. Nothing was missing. It was a HUGE tender mercy, and a miracle. I am so grateful that Heavenly Father answers prayers, and that there are still good people on earth! :) But really, it seems like something so simple, but for me it was a huge miracle. I know my Heavenly Father knows me and loves me and wants the best for me. I'm so grateful for that. </div>
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I hope you all have a fantastic week. I love you all, and I'm praying for you all! I love you Bryce, you will make an amazing missionary! Get me your info ASAP! I love you!</div>
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<i> Diana made this beautiful sticker decorating person thing. It's suppose to be me. :)</i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium;"> Roomies! Hermana Boyd, Hermana Fuentes, me, Hermana GG</i></td></tr>
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Sounds like you all had a fun week! The tough mudder looks like it was a blast! We'll all have to do it sometime!</div>
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That's so funny that this week went by fast for you, because it was really slow over here! It was mostly just CRAZY, so time went by slower. Let me start at the beginning:</div>
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Monday night I was folding our laundry from early, when all of a sudden Hermanas Boyd and Quintana come out of their room and toss their phone at me, both of them crying. Immediately, I knew something bad was going to happen, and when I saw President's name on the phone, I knew someone was either leaving, or someone had died. So I picked up the phone and talked to President, and he had me put it on speaker. He explained to us that hermana Fischetti (remember her from like a year ago) is super sick and has to end her mission 9 weeks early. Problem is that that leaves her companion companion-less. This companion is also a brand new missionary. So President felt like Hermana Quintana needed to be emergency transferred to go up and finish training this new missionary, and that she would go to her new area Wednesday morning. So we spent the night crying, and then Wednesday morning we drove Hermana Quintana to San Jose to be picked up by her new trainee. It was really sad. So that left Hermana Boyd, Hermana G-G and I back in a trio, but this time covering two areas. Problem is that our areas are pretty far away from each other, and there's usually lots of traffic getting from one to the other. So we have been left with the challenge of working in both areas, reporting numbers separately, trying to find members to come help us, and dividing time between the two areas. Lets just say it's been insane. It's super hard, because we all have things that we need to do in our different areas, but trying to condense that down so we can work 50-50 in each area is really difficult. But we're working on it, and we think we have something figured out. in two weeks we'll go back up to 4 missionaries, but the two weeks will be hard. But we'll do it! It's been really fun though. </div>
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Friday we got to have our ward Cultural night activity in honor of the 16 of September, which is Mexican Independence day. I bet you all thought that was 5 de Mayo huh? Well, it's actually el 16 de septiembre! surprise! But we had a fun activity, and you got to see the videos and everything. We got special permission to do the dance, and it was super fun. I felt like a real Mexican. :) Just kidding. But it was really fun to be able to participate and learn a little bit about the culture. They also asked the missionaries to sing something, so that was fun too. :) The member that keeps sending you videos and pictures is Hermana Martinez. Her son is serving in SLC so she is super good to missionaries, and always wants to send pictures and videos home to parents--she gets it. :) She's a sweetheart. I love her so much! </div>
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Then on Sunday we found out that the sewer pipes had been backed up at our church building, and the carpets needed to be cleaned and none of the bathrooms were working. So church was cancelled, and we spent an hour yesterday morning calling and texting the whole ward and getting information on different spanish services. We ended up going and visiting in a little branch that's pretty close to our house. A lot of our members were there too, and it was really fun. I think we tripled the attendance of the branch yesterday. :) </div>
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It's been a crazy week, but a big learning experience and I'm grateful for every minute. I hope you all have a great week. Good luck with final mission preparations, with school, with work, and whatever else you have going on! I love you all, and hope you have a fantastic week!</div>
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I'm glad you got the pictures from Hermana Ponce. She is an active member that we work with a lot because she's going through a really rough time right now. She's a sweetheart and takes good care of us. In the pictures we are about to eat some pan dulce, so basically bread with lots of sugar on top. That specific one we were eating is called a concha. It's super delicious. Usually you eat them with hot chocolate or milk or coffee if you aren't Mormon. :) I would suggest hot chocolate. But the good Mexican kind. Don't worry, I'll bring some home. :) Probably not the bread, because it would get stale. We'll just have to ask the Finkenthals where a good panaderia is. :) Or I'll just go to the Mexican stores. they'll probably have it. :)</div>
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That's so crazy that Bryce is leaving in two and a half weeks! and shortly after that I'll be starting my second to last transfer. Crazy! It's so weird how fast time flies. Bryce, the mission will the the longest, hardest, but shortest thing you have ever done. That sounds really weird, but I'm serious. Days are long, but the weeks and months and transfers FLY by. You'll be so exhausted, but you won't want to trade it for the world. And then at the end of your time, you'll wish you had more. Trust me. So just live it up from the first minute. Enjoy EVERYTHING! </div>
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This week has been full of miracles AGAIN! Wow, this area is amazing. So I was all stressed out this week because Amada and Bernardo are now members, so the problem of "what do we do now?" arouse. But only for a second, because we know we just have to go find. But sometimes it's stressful! But we were do blessed for our diligence. I was on exchanges up in Menlo Park on Thursday, and Hermana GG and another sister went and stopped by Adriana's house. Adriana is a recently re-activated member that introduced Amada and Bernardo to the gospel. She lives with the father (Andres) of her two girls, who is not a member. They are planning on getting married in November (hopefully we can push that up). So Andres has not really been interested in learning more. We've taught him a couple times, and the last time we went we thought that there was no potential there. That he was completely uninterested, and that we needed to give him some time. But, on Thursday when Hermana GG stopped by, he was there. And he was a totally different person. He brought out chairs for them, smiled, was happy, and told them he was planning on coming to church on Sunday, because he asked for Sundays off. They only had time to talk him for a minute, but then on Sunday he showed up to church, and was a COMPLETELY different person. He was happy, and he really enjoyed it! Then Sunday night we talked to him more, and taught him the restoration. He was really interested, had a smile on his face the whole time, and said that he wants to gain a testimony of his own. He wants to know for himself. He accepted a baptismal invitation, and is going to pray about a date. It was a miracle. He is completely changed. The Lord really does soften people's hearts and has prepared people to receive the gospel. It was such a testimony building experience. </div>
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Yesterday I kept thinking about how Bryce was giving his farewell talk! That's so crazy!! I bet he did wonderfully! I would love a copy of the talk! (hint to Bryce). Also, if you want any information about Argentina, we have a member of our ward from Argentina, and she said you could give her a call. Her name is Claudia Auxier, and her english is really good, so no worries there! But if you want to ask her some questions, she is up for it. She has some family in Mendoza so maybe she can give you a few hints as to what to expect. Her number is (650) 400-2169. </div>
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Our week was awesome. Amada and Bernardo got baptized!!! It was so incredible! Their 10 year old daughter Nicole didn't though, but that's alright. That was super up in the air. Nicole has some learning disabilities, and her mental stage is that of a 3 or 4 year old. But she retains information about Christ, and how we can live with him in the sun someday, and she knows baptism makes you clean, and she LOVES learning about Joseph Smith. They found the Joseph Smith movie on youtube for her. She's adorable. She wants to be baptized, but she wants to wait a while. President Mella met her and said she could get baptized now or later, but he would baptize her now, but Amada and Bernardo decided to let her pick (they had wanted her to wait and learn a little more so that she understands what she's doing). Nicole decided she wanted to wait and get baptized with her little sister. Problem is that Diana is only 6. so we're going to keep working and see if we can get Nicole baptized before I go home. :) But Amada and Bernardo got baptized, and it was incredible experience. Even the baptismal service was focused on the temple. They talked about how they were so excited to get sealed, and the RS president gave them a picture of the temple, the bishop talked about their sealing... it was incredible. President Mella's big focus has been "Beginning with the end in mind" and to me, the Chavez family really has done that. They have begun with the end in mind. They temple is the centerpiece of their conversion, and they are doing everything they can to get there. they come to ever activity, participate in church, read their scriptures and pray as a family, they hung up a "Family: Proclamation to the world" in their home, along with pictures of them at the temple... wow. They have allowed the gospel to enter into their home and change their lives. It's amazing. I just feel so blessed to be a part of their story. The other day they asked when I go home, so I told them December, and they asked if we can have a big reunion in January. They want us to come back quick. But I promised them I would be back for their sealing. So just so ya'll know, I will need to be back in California the end of next August or the beginning of next September. That's something I can't miss. :) It's just so incredible to see the changes in their lives. Yesterday was Amada's birthday, and it was so perfect. she received the gift of the Holy Ghost on her birthday. But we got to talk to them about how they felt after, and they feel this new found sense of energy--like they aren't tired and feel like they've been on vacation. :) They are the sweetest family, and are making so many changes in their lives. We have a recent convert temple baptism trip this Saturday, and we're hoping to get them to come to that. And then Bernardo will start preparing to receive the priesthood really soon here. Bishop is on top of things. It's so amazing. </div>
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Wow, what a crazy week. Sounds like you had fun too with school starting and everything. That's so crazy, everybody is growing up! Jayson driving to school, Kyla is wearing makeup (you look beautiful by the way hermanita!), Bryce isn't even IN school... crazy! </div>
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So I know you all want to know what happened with transfers, so I'll cut to the chase. I stayed companions with hermana G-G and we're staying in our area, and Hermana Boyd got a new companion-- Hermana Quintana (I served with her in Monterey! She's awesome), and they are taking over on the the elders areas, while the elders are in a trio. It's fun. The poor hermanas are so stressed and so tired, but they are working really hard, and I know that things will get figured out soon. That means that there are 4 of us in our 1 bedroom 1 bathroom apartment though, which always makes things fun. We got a bunk bed, and had to rearrange all of our furniture, but it was really fun. And now our apartment is dejunked of all the former missionary clutter, and it's clean and fresh! Yay!</div>
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So the highlight of this week is that Amada and Bernardo got married on Friday! It was such an incredible experience. They were so happy, and glowing, and we can already see the difference it has made in their lives. They've changed so much, and it's all from repenting and keeping the law of chastity! And they have the goal of the temple. For their wedding gift from us, we printed out some of the pictures from our day at the temple and bought a frame to put them in, and displayed it at the wedding. They were so happy. They told their family about it, and it was a great teaching opportunity. Even though they aren't members, they both sat and talked with us and their family about eternal families, and how that is their goal. It was like teaching a member present lesson without a member. It was awesome! But really, the change in them is incredible. And on Saturday the came to a baptism, and then we taught them a lesson afterwords, and they are just so happy! And they were talking about having us come back and visit after we all go home, and we told them we would for sure be back for their sealing, and they got so excited. :) And yesterday Amada told us that they are thinking about August 31st for their baptism. That's so soon! They are making so much progress. I'm so excited for them. Really, they are the greatest! they just make my week, every week. I feel so blessed to be able to work with them. They are amazing, and I know the Lord has prepared them. I just feel grateful to have the chance to know them. And I am so grateful that they are progressing towards the temple. Presdient Mella has been really wanting us to "Begin with the end in mind." (there is a talk about that from the mission presidents seminar.) With the Chavez family, I really truly believe that we are beginning with the end in mind. Our goal is the temple. And they are going to get there. </div>
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Hello family!</div>
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Thanks for all the letters this week! It's crazy that school is starting so soon! The summer flew by! I'm excited that summer is over, because that means less people will be on vacation. :) Which means more people will be at home for us to teach! </div>
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Bryce is going to the temple on Friday! That is so exciting! Don't worry Bryce, you'll love it. You go in not knowing much, but you'll figure it all out, and you'll understand the sacredness of the temple. It's my favorite place in the whole world.</div>
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This week has been a great one. Wow. Speaking of the temple, we got to go yesterday! We took Amada and Bernardo and their daughters. They are getting married on Friday, so this was PERFECT for them. Really, it was a game changer. Amada is ready to get baptized. But Bernardo has been a little more hesitant. But he felt the spirit so strongly while we were there. It was incredible. And now he understands the spirit, and how this gospel is what he wants. And he actually wants to work towards baptism now. I'm so excited for them. Hopefully they'll get baptized here soon. We're working really hard with them. It was so incredible to see the change that took place in him while we were at church, and then at the temple. It was amazing. It really testified to me that the spirit changes people. And of the spirit that is there at the temple. We didn't even have to go inside to feel something incredibly different. And I appreciate it a lot more now since I don't get to go to the temple as often. But wow, it was amazing. We basically took their engagement pictures for them outside the temple. It was so fun. I'll send home some of my favorites. </div>
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At the Visitor's Center we were able to watch the hour long Joseph Smith movie. And as I was watching it, it was amazing to feel how tangible the spirit is. We were watching the part about the first vision, and Joseph was in the grove praying, and Satan comes and tries to overtake him. And it was dark. Like, the cinematography didn't have much light, but the spirit wasn't really there either. I didn't like the feeling. But then, as soon as I saw the pillar of light burst through the darkness, I was overcome with this feeling of peace. It was so interesting to see how the spirit works. Throughout the rest of the movie, when there was a scene with yelling, or the scenes with persecution, the spirit wasn't there. When Joseph was in Liberty jail, you hear the voice of Satan talking to him, and it's just dark. But as soon as the voice of the Lord jumps in, there is an overwhelming spirit of peace. After that, my companions and I were talking about how the spirit is driven away so quickly when there is contention or loudness. That's something I really want to always have. I want to be sensitive to the spirit, and be able to feel him leave, so that I know what I need to do to have it back. It was an incredible experience, and I'm so grateful I had it. I'm grateful for the constant guidance of the spirit, and the heightened sensitivity I have as a missionary. I'm learning a lot. </div>
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I love you all, and I hope you have a fantastic week. Always remember to live so that the spirit can be where ever you are. :)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium;"> last monday. We made yummy lunch!</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium;"> last monday. piggy backs!</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium;"> Matching in blue, dinner at a pupusaria</i></td></tr>
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<i>Youth from the Menlo Park Stake. We helped them with their youth conference</i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium;"> I caught this precious moment... So cute!</i></td></tr>
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I'm so glad you got to see Myley this week! I'm glad she's going to come over too. It will help you get a little bit of an idea of what to expect, and it will get her out of the house. It will be good for everyone. :) And Bryce can get some pre-mission pump up stories! </div>
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That's crazy that all those sacrament meetings will be missionary speakers again. I guess it makes sense, people left, now they're coming back. But I didn't think Matt and Conner left that long before I did. I guess they did though. I just have a really terrible memory. Wow, that's crazy. We're all old now. WEIRD!</div>
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Anyways, this week was a really good week. We had a really good MLC (Mission leadership council) and we got to talk a lot about consecration. And it really made me just want to be better. I want to be even more consecrated, and just give EVERYTHING to the Lord. I would say throughout my mission, I've given a very good chunk of my all, but honestly I haven't been completely 100% consecrated. I've had the desire to be, but sometimes I think about home, sometimes I worry about things that I don't really need to waste my time with. I worry about the past, when really, I need to look at what I'm doing right now, and devote 110% of it to the Lord. That is what I want. I'm in my last area, and I want nothing more than to give my all to Him. I want to work harder than I've ever worked before, and be more obedient than I ever have before. I want to testify with more power, I want to be more bold, I want to do my all to bring others to Christ. So that's what I'm going to do. consecrate myself. And I know that if I do, I'll see miracles here. In Doctrine and Covenants 130:20-21 it says "There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this world, upon which all blessings are predicated--and when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law upon which it is predicated." As we are obedient, and consecrate ourselves to the Lord, we will see blessings. I know that is true. With all my heart. </div>
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Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909294161547108376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054143539296141892.post-57116071228001697342014-07-28T20:01:00.001-07:002014-12-14T21:01:46.673-08:00Zone Conference<div class="p1">
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I can't believe you already got my trunky papers... Ay! That's still MONTHS away! Good thing I'm not trunky! haha. But for reals. Does San Jose do flights into Provo? If not, I don't think they'll take me up to San Francisco, so it will probably be SLC. We'll see. </div>
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Happy Birthday Mommy! I'm glad you had a good day! Bacon wrapped meatloaf? sounds yummy. anything with bacon is good! Sounds and looks like the reunion was a blast! I loved the pictures, thanks Daddy! I'm excited to be able to go to those again next year. Sad I had to miss it! But it sounds like it was a blast. </div>
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This week has been so good! We had an incredible zone conference on Thursday. President Mella talked about how his first day here, Elder Packer (our area 70) asked why we couldn't double or triple the number of baptisms we had in this mission. Right now we're on track to get about 500 baptisms this year. So that means like, 1000-1500 would be double or triple that. That's A TON of baptisms! But we talked about changing the way we do missionary work. He talked and said how the definition of insanity is doing things in the same way, and expecting better results. He said that we have to change the way we do missionary work if we want to see more baptisms. We have to up our game too. We have to get more investigators at church, and find more investigators. So we have to change the way we contact. We have to start teaching immediately, testify with power, get to know other people's beliefs. It was really inspiring. He showed us numbers and statistics, and we learned that basically, any investigator that comes to church regularly will most likely get baptized. That's so cool! So if we work hard, and the wards fellowship, every investigator we get to church will be baptized! So cool! So we're working really really hard on getting EVERYONE to church. It's going to be awesome. Really. </div>
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We've been shaping up on the obedience. Every week we get a little better. Progress! I'm really grateful for that! Also, I've decided that I'm changing my studies to only in Spanish. I finally finished the Old Testament, and now I want to do EVERYTHING in spanish. So I'm going to send home a package sometime next week probably with my English Preach My Gospel in it. You're more than welcome to look through it, but save it for me because I'll do more with it when I get home. :) But for now I'm focusing on Spanish. :) </div>
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I got to go on exchanges with another sister in our zone this week, Sister Wheeler. she's great. But we got to eat dinner with their investigators who are Russian! Problem is, they don't speak a ton of english. The wife does, but the husband doesn't understand much. We had a member there translating, but it was still interesting. I've never had the experience on my mission of being "out of the loop" with the language. Usually I understand what's going on, because I've only been in Spanish and English. It was fun though. We had fish (complete with tails and heads), and chicken with wild mushrooms... I'm still alive though, so I don't think they were poisonous. That's good. :) It was fun. </div>
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Yesterday some members of our ward hosted a Peruvian party to help our investigators Amada and Bernardo (who are Peruvian) feel fellowshipped. Some other members from Palo Alto and San Jose came too, and it was fun. BUT, the cool part was is that some members from Palo Alto brought their family from Davis, and we were talking to the lady from Davis, and she has two kids. We asked their names, and get this, one of them is named Amaya! Spelled the same and everything! It was really cool. I finally met someone with my name. Spelled the same! It was fun. the little girl is 6, so her mom looked at her and said, "Amaya, guess what this missionary's first name is? Amaya!" And the girl was so surprised! It was adorable. And then I asked her, "Amaya, how old are you?" Yeah, I felt like I was talking to myself. Never had that problem before! It was funny. </div>
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My companion is from Texas... I say y'all now. Especially because this is my second comp from Texas. </div>
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First off, sorry I'm emailing a bit later today. We went lazer tagging this morning with our zone. It was super fun. I definitely ran around like a crazy person. But lazer tag is totally different when you have to stay within sight and sound of your companion at all times. Not to mention your TWO companions! But it was really fun. So now we're back, and I'm emailing. super late. But that's alright! I'm here now, and that's all that matters. :)</div>
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So to answer some of your questions mom, yes, I did get the package. Thanks for the shirt and the candy. :) It got here, even without the apartment number. Second, yes, it's a Spanish ward, and it's on FIRE! Like seriously, the members are really strong, and really supportive of missionary work. Which honestly isn't super typical for Spanish wards since most of the people are recent converts. But here everyone knows what they are doing, all the auxiliaries are really strongly formed, and have really solid people in the leadership positions. It's really nice. And there are a lot of miracles happening right now. More details on that later. Third, I am still an STL, even though neither of my companions are. The other STL is in a different companionship, so now exchanges will be a little different. We'll have to figure that out. </div>
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Having a native companion is really nice, because my Spanish does get corrected. The hard part however, is that she points them out ALL the time, so it's put a damper on my self confidence. And they are like, really tiny things, but every time I say it wrong she kind of jumps on me. So that's hard, but good. I'll get used to it. My struggle now is that I'm almost nervous to speak Spanish. Oh, and since there are 4 natives in this ward, I've been learning more bad words. Yikes. I had a goal not to learn any of those. And I had been doing good. they will just say it in a joking way, but it's not the greatest thing. But we do have a goal to speak more Spanish. </div>
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So MIRACLES ARE HAPPENING! We've seen a couple big ones this week! We have this investigator named Amada. She is currently living with her "esposo" that she's not really married to, and their two children. She had been learning, but he wasn't super interested. But this week he started listening to us, and they decided on a date to get married! August 15th! Which is a huge step for them! That means they can get baptized soon! They are praying about that date right now! And it will be their family! Amada and Bernardo, and their daughter Nicole. We're so excited! </div>
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The other big miracle that we saw this week is with Andres. Andres is the "esposo" guy of one of our active members named Adriana. He had been taking the lessons from missionaries a couple of years ago, but since then has wanted nothing to do with the church or us. But he's been warming up. The bishop has been visiting him, and last night he told the bishop that he wants to marry Adriana in November, and then get baptized on their daughter Genesis's birthday in December. SWEET! It's progress. So we're going to go start meeting with him soon. </div>
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The obedience thing has been getting better. Lucky for me, hermana Boyd and I are on the same page. So we're able to help set goals that will help us be better in the little things. So it got a little better this week, and we have more goals this next week to help us get even better. But as we've been increasing our obedience and the quality of our missionary work, we are really seeing those miracles. It's amazing. I'm so grateful for all the Lord does for us. And I know that it's by our obedience that we receive blessings. Even in the small things that seem insignificant. They are great in the eyes of the Lord. And it's worth it, because we show our Father how much we love Him, and then He blesses us, more than we can possibly imagine. I'm so grateful for this time I have to be a missionary. I couldn't imagine being anywhere else. I love you all. Have a fantastic week at the family reunion! </div>
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First off, it sounds like you all had a fun week! Golfing, meat, girls camp. Sorry it was a little frustrating mom, but it's sounds like it was lots of fun. Oh, and a rocket launcher, fun! </div>
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So I know you all really just want to know where I'm at, so I'll talk about that later. Just kidding. I'll tell you now. Right now I am serving in the El Camino ward, here in Santa Clara, CA. Our ward actually covers Santa Clara, Mountain View, and Sunnyvale, but our area is Santa Clara. Which is a 3rd of the stake. The other two elders cover the other two thirds. So far it's been really fun. This is one of the more "coveted" spanish areas in the mission, so I'm super excited. It's a big ward, the bishop is great, the members are really strong... it's great. There is so much potential here! I'm excited. This will be my last area, which is a little weird to think about, so I don't. But it's been fun. I'm in another trio, so that puts a whole new spin on things. my companions are Hermana Garcia-Gomez (or Hermana G-G) and Hermana Boyd. Hermana G-G is from Veracruz, Mexico (NATIVE!!) but raised in San Diego. She goes home in October. Hermana Boyd if from Flower Mound, Texas (close to Dallas), and she goes home in November. And then me in December. Yes, we are all dying here. :) I love them both. They are super great. They are both really hard working, excellent missionaries, and I'm excited to get to know them even more. We've had a lot of fun already. And I actually have some pictures to show ya'll. And I never have pictures on week one! That's pretty impressive. </div>
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This week I've learned a lot about obedience. I've been noticing that this area has some problems with disobedience. Not huge problems, but just disobedience in the little things. Like staying too long and hanging out at members homes, or being out past 9, even when we're not in a lesson, or morning schedule problems. Or even just what does and doesn't count as a lesson or a member present lesson. Even just effective planning. And I'm not saying that I was always exactly 100% perfect in my obedience before, but I tried my best. And most days that best is pretty good. And I have a really firm testimony of being exactly obedient. Obviously we are all human, and we make mistakes, but this week has been really hard. I want to change these things, but trying to figure out how I can help the missionaries around me without making them feel like I'm attacking them is hard. This area has so much potential, but I know that we can only reach that potential by being exactly obedient. And sometimes that's hard. When no one around you is being obedient, it's hard to stand alone. But it's something you have to do. Always keep the commandments, and we receive blessings. If we don't, we don't get blessings. And blessings are so important, especially in missionary work. We have NO room to afford being disobedient. Really we have no room anywhere in life to be even just the slightest bit disobedient. It's been a really big learning experience for me, and I'm determined to be EXACTLY obedient this week. No matter what. and don't worry, it's nothing big, just little things. and I'm doing my best. Sometimes we just have to fix tiny things. :) That's why we have the atonement right? :)</div>
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I love you all! Have so much fun this week, and have fun at the family reunion! I love you all!</div>
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Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909294161547108376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054143539296141892.post-72841852847923573942014-07-10T20:09:00.002-07:002014-12-14T21:11:37.401-08:00Changes Are Coming<div class="p1">
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First off, I'm getting transferred! So today is my last day here in Seaside. Tomorrow I'll wake up bright and early and drive to San Jose for transfer meeting. I have no clue where I'm going yet, but I'll let you know next Monday. I'm excited! It will be a new adventure. </div>
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It's been a pretty good week. We have had tons of success. We met most of our goals, slacked on a few, but it was okay! We had tons of help from the members. It was fun! </div>
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This week we had meet and greets up in San Jose with President and Sister Mella. Let me tell you, they are awesome! I'm so excited to work with them. They will do wonderful things in this mission! I'm very excited to see everything he has in store. It will be so fun. They have really shown and told us how they are going to focus on following the spirit. They really want every decision that they make to be spirit guided. It will be so interesting. He also told us that we will become a technology mission! We don't know when yet, but very soon here we will be getting facebook and iPads. Woohoo! My guess is sometime within the next 12 weeks. It will be an interesting change. I thought it was really cool though; he talked about how the First Presidency and Quorum of the 12 want us to learn how to use mobile devices responsibly on our missions. I thought that was really interesting. I had never thought about it like that before. And it's a really good point. Most youth, even adults, have all these smart/mobile devices, and they get to a point where it becomes an addiction. They can't live without it, and are constantly wasting time on it. Before the mission, I was guilty of that. I wasted way too much time on facebook and netflix. But if we learn how to use these devices responsibly, and for good, to hasten the work of the Lord, then we will take that back with us after our missions. I'm excited to be able to learn that. I think it will be an excellent thing for missionaries to learn. Bring on the iPads!!</div>
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For the 4th of July we got to do service at the Monterey parade! We were on traffic control duty: making sure cars didn't try to drive where they weren't supposed to, which basically means we just got to sit there and watch the parade. It was super fun. We did that, went to lunch with our zone because everyone came up for service, we did weekly planning (planning ALL our lessons for the week--takes a few hours), and then we headed up to the Bowman's house for dinner. She is our RS president, and invited us, the Seaside elders, and the Fort Ord elders over for dinner. It was a beautiful 3 course meal, complete with appetizers (veggies and dip, and bacon-wrapped scallops), a main course (salad, mashed potatoes, watermelon, chicken, bread...) and dessert (homemade peach pie with fresh peaches and vanilla ice cream. Yum!) It was super good. Also, super classy. The Bowmans are fairly wealthy, so the best of manners are expected at their house, which is like a museum... yeah, it's nice. Lets just say we ate our watermelon slices with a fork and knife. Yup. That happened. Then we headed over to visit Tiffany, a less active member, and we got to watch the fireworks from her balcony! President Mella gave us permission to be out until 10 if we were invited to watch the fireworks by a member and there was a proselyting opportunity. Since Tiffany is a less active, and invited us, we got to stay! And there wasn't even a show, but just a TON of illegal fireworks. It was super great. And she has a killer view of all of seaside, so it was pretty great. </div>
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Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909294161547108376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054143539296141892.post-49385856874420917172014-06-30T13:11:00.004-07:002014-12-15T20:48:47.879-08:00Prayer and Scripture Study<div class="p1">
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So it has been a good week here in Seaside. I'm glad you all had fun at Lake Powell, sounds like it was a blast! Start planning next summer's trip now. I'm thinking a week long thing. Just so you know. But just as long as I get to go there, I'll be happy. Also, I bet the Ashcroft reunion will be super fun. And also girls camp. Look at you all, planning tons and tons of trips and camp outs and stuff. Sounds like it will be a busy summer! And indexing! Wow! Keep up the good work. That BBQ sounds nice. And super fun. Buying food with names. Good work bishop! Also, sad that Afton Chambers had to come home. I'll keep her in my prayers. Hopefully she can get better and go back out. Speaking of coming home, Myley goes home July 29th. She is headed home a bit early, and she said it's a long story so she'll tell me later, but if you could just keep her in your prayers. She loves her mission, and I can tell she's really sad to be going home, but she knows that it's the right thing to do. So just pray for her. And then take care of her for me when she gets back. :) </div>
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It's been a pretty good week. I got to go on a couple exchanges. The first one was with the Marina sisters, so I got to go work in Marina for a day with Sister Ikegami. She is my favorite. I love her so much. She's trying to transfer over to BYU right now, so you'll probably meet her next winter. She goes home in November, and we're talking about rooming together. We'll see what happens. But it was really fun. She is a really hard working missionary, and we are super good friends. I also got to go on exchanges with Sister Bassett this week, one of the Santa Cruz sisters. We came down here and worked, and she's super awesome as well. I feel so blessed. I get to work with all these incredible sisters. Seriously. We cover the sisters in our zone and in the Santa Cruz zone, and all of the sisters are INCREDIBLE! They are amazing! I just can't believe the caliber of sisters we have in this mission. Seriously, it's zion down here. </div>
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In other news, President and Sister Watkins have officially gone home, and we have been graced with the presence of President and Sister Mella. They sound great. I haven't met them yet, but we'll be headed up to San Jose tomorrow morning for a meet and greet, so I'll get to meet them. I'll let you know how it goes! I'm sure they are great.I'm super excited to work with them! Hopefully I'll get to be an STL for a while so that I can work more closely with them. And I should be getting transferred next week, but I'll let you know for sure on Monday. We'll find out soon!</div>
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This week has been interesting. I'm in a great area, with a great companion, but a lot of things have been happening that try my patience. Investigators, different things my companion does, the ward on occasion... and I thought I was a pretty patient person, but I'm not at all. Sad day. This morning though I just sat there and thought about what was going through my head, and decided I was acting like a teenager... wow. Yeah, thought I got out of that phase a month ago... haha. But really, and it hit me hard how much I let little things that I can't control and that don't matter bother me. So I just prayed. And studied prayer. And wow, it's amazing what scripture study and prayer can do. I feel 100% better. I'm excited to have situations that try my patience. Not really, but more so. But when I prayed, and when I studied, I immediately felt better. And it's incredible the difference you can feel. The spirit was so much stronger, and I knew that that is what I have to focus on. Prayer, and scripture study. Those work when nothing else does. I can testify of that. So keep doing the little things. They will bless your life more than you know. I love you all. I hope you have a fantastic week. You are constantly in my prayers. Love you!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium;">Happy one year to me! My district got me a balloon. And a chicken. But that's a long story. :)</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium;"> I was on exchanges with sister Bassett on my one year, and we made a sign for Sister Craig, since she gets married this saturday.</i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<i> day after.. but look what Hna. Thornton made for my one year the day before! </i></div>
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Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909294161547108376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4054143539296141892.post-9893120938375154282014-06-25T21:05:00.002-07:002014-12-15T20:50:30.275-08:00Rescue<div class="p1">
Hola familia!</div>
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It's been a good week! I am jealous of the fact that you are at lake powell right now, but as long as we go first thing next summer too, I think I'll be okay. I might forgive you. </div>
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Sounds like you've got a lot of stuff going on! Girls camp prep, talks in sacrament (go Kyla!), indexing, exploring on the boat and fishing, Jayson is working at Magleby's too... wow! Pretty soon we'll have a family legacy at that place! My kids will work there too? Jokes. But like, for reals. We'll just keep this going forever. But in order to keep the chain, one of us will have to work there for a while after missions. I vote not me. :) </div>
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It's been a good week here too! We had an awesome week for lessons... we got 26! Usually we get around 23, so this was awesome. We've had a lot of really good solid ones as well. Have a told you about Melanie? If I haven't I should. </div>
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Here in the California San Jose Mission we focus a lot on the rescue. Basically bringing people that have already made sacred covenants back into the fold. It's really awesome. We believe that a rescue is just as important as a baptism. We just don't report them in numbers. But it is amazing!!! So Melanie is a less active that is returning to church. She has an amazing story! She grew up in the church down in Southern CA. She went to church, went to seminary, but as a teenager decided that she wanted to prove that she could be a good person and not be Mormon, and be a good person and drink, gave into peer pressure, and took her first drink of alcohol. After that it went downhill. She left the church, didn't really want anything to do with it, and became an alcoholic. She always believed in God, always was really in-tune to the spirit, was a spiritually aware person, had awesome experiences, and went to different churches. She thought she was winning. Right? Wrong. Well she hit rock bottom with the alcohol, and started going to AA meetings. She has now been sober for a few years. But her husband is an alcoholic that doesn't want to do anything about it. And there is a lot of other stuff that was wrong in the marriage, and she had been praying to know what to do. Should she get a divorce? She felt like he was holding her back, and it wasn't a very good situation. She has a 7.5 year old son, and didn't know what to do. Well one day she felt very strongly that she needed to get a divorce and leave him. So she and her son were staying with a friend, and they went to church on Sunday. And while she was sitting there she heard, "What are you doing here Melanie? I want you in the Mormon church." And she realized she didn't know what she was doing there. And as much as she didn't want to go back to the Mormon church, the next Sunday she showed up in our sacrament meeting. She met the bishop and the RS president, and decided that she wanted to take the discussions over again. The last time she had gone to church was 20 years earlier. We met her, set up an appointment with her, and all was well. But apparently the same day she came to our church, her husband showed up at her old church looking for her. So it was a miracle that she was at ours! And she is the most amazing person in the whole world. She really truly wants to know of the truth, she is so grateful that she is back in the church, she recognizes the hand of God in her life like no one else I've ever met... she loves the Book of Mormon and reads it all the time, and we are just lucky enough to be a part of teaching her and her journey back. She is preparing to receive her patriarchal blessing here in a couple months, and we are so excited for her. She is amazing! I feel so blessed to be able to learn from her. She is incredible. I will you all could meet her. But I just love the fact that missionary work isn't always finding people that have never been baptized. It's also helping the lost sheep that have wandered away from their covenants, and bringing them back. Missionary work is the greatest. I love you all. I hope you have a fantastic week. Say hi to Lake Powell for me, and tell it that I love it and miss it. :) Jokes. I love you all, I miss you all. Have an awesome week! </div>
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Love,</div>
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Hermana Bingham</div>
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p.s. I decided what I want for Christmas. Or wedding. It would make a good present on either occasion. It's a book that is pictures of a lot of the temples in the US. It's called His Holy House by Boyd. you can find it at Deseret Book. A member of our bishopric just bought one, and it's like the greatest thing in the world. You should go look at it!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium;"> Point Lobos!</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium;"> More</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium;"> Just watching some waves. On rocks. Right next to the ocean. No big deal.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium;"> Um yeah. Beautiful, right?</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><i style="font-size: medium;">Just trying to catch some little crabs! Right next to the water!</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: medium;"> Sister Smith turned into Santa at the RS party!</i></td></tr>
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