tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17485707913440798812024-02-18T18:36:51.175-07:00Rebecca Rocks ClevelandCalled To Serve: My experiences as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Ohio Cleveland mission: Historic Kirtland Visitor's Center!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11943683792072626694noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748570791344079881.post-65050026627281789452014-04-01T17:14:00.001-06:002014-04-01T17:14:24.230-06:00Just The Usual...<div class="im" style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px;">
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Sorry to say that nothing funny or exciting happened this week. Just the usual! We gave a tour to some New Zealanders and they were so beautiful I wanted to die, but that's about it. We got a bunch of LAMMMEEE excuses from the less-actives in our ward about why they didn't come to church. The ward chili cook off was on Friday and that was super fun! We taught the restoration as the entertainment haha...It was good though! I wish I could send the video, but it's too big.</div>
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Let's talk about the General Women's Broadcast! WOW! I loved it so much and basically cried though the whole thing for no apparent reason...</div>
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We have a new investigator named Scott. He is 16 and is really interested in religion. Especially after his grandpa died. He is very prepared. I hope we can continue to meet with him! (:</div>
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Once we were stopping by this former investigator from 2008 and turns out she is no longer interested. It seems she was some sort of mail order bride. Her husband brought her over from China and made her stop meeting with the missionaries and she became (another religion) :( It was soooo funny though. We taught a lesson on their doorstep and the husband kept trying to convert us to their religion; not happening. He dropped the name of his church like a billion times lol. </div>
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Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve written! Even writing a letter can feel impossible at times.</div>
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A lot has happened! Let’s see…</div>
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We had a great Zone Training Meeting recently. I learned that inner conversion is what success as a missionary is! The sooner we realize that we are nothing and truly give our will to the Father, the sooner we will be successful. I also learned a little more about faith and drew this conclusion: we must not only have faith, but ACT on it. If you pray for rain, dress for it. </div>
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“Cynics do not <span style="font-family: 'Curlz MT';"><span style="font-size: medium;">contribute</span></span>, skeptics do not <span style="font-family: 'Curlz MT';"><span style="font-size: medium;">create</span></span>, doubters do not <span style="font-family: 'Curlz MT';"><span style="font-size: medium;">achieve</span></span>.” –President Gordon B. Hinckley</div>
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Also recently, we had our Kirtland Training Meeting in the Kirtland Temple. That was obviously super cool. I hope I never take the experiences we are privileged here to have for granted. I can just feel the early saints and my ancestors smiling down (: I will never get sick of testifying about the sacredness of Kirtland and THE OHIO!</div>
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Sadly, our sweet investigator E dropped us. He talked to his Lutheran minister about whether or not he should continue to meet with us and obviously he encouraged E to stop meeting with us. What did you <i>think</i> he was going to say, E?</div>
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A less-active and part member family we are working with came to church for a few weeks in a row! The mom shared her testimony in sacrament meeting and the non-member husband came the following week. We were so happy for them and we love to see people grasping the blessings that are just waiting for them. Her mother just passed so she is really motivated to become temple worthy.</div>
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We met with our almost investigator S. She is still having such a hard time with all of her cancers and other various medical problems. My heart goes out to her so much; I just wish she could find it in herself to quit smoking. She is literally killing herself. After one of her treatments she had a bunch of ointment caked on her little bald head and she insisted that we touch her head because it was so hot. We were like, umm... no it’s okay... we believe you! </div>
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We touched it anyway… Kind of reminded me of when I forced you to feel how dry my tongue was after I got my wisdom teeth out Mom haha…</div>
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Another less-active we’ve been meeting with is so funny. Anyway, we show up one day and he opens the door with an obvious cup of beer and he says, “Oh, don’t worry it’s apple juice.” I was like mhm riiight…</div>
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It’s amazing how people are so ashamed when they break the Word of Wisdom, especially less-actives. I think it’s because they know what they should and shouldn’t be doing. The funny thing is that we’re not there to chastise or shame them. I mean its two nineteen year old girls for Heaven’s sake. We just want to help them to feel the Spirit and to invite them to come closer to Christ. I know that Heavenly Father loves us no matter what unique challenge we have. Everyone has their favorite sin, but through the Atonement of Jesus Christ we can overcome temptation and come off conquerors (: D&C 10:5</div>
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The Kirtland ward is so on board with missionary work. It is full of converts and everyone wants to help the missionaries reach their goals. Our mission president has asked us to teach a minimum of 20 lessons a week with at least 4 hours of service. We had an entire ward council on chapter 13 of Preach My Gospel and I was able to give a talk in sacrament meeting on our goals as missionaries. Surprisingly enough, the Stake President just happened to pop into our ward that day and spoke for a couple minutes after the meeting. He echoed everything I said with a lot more boldness and authority. I think the members began to realize what a key, key role they play in this work. We are absolutely nothing without the help of members. </div>
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President Haymond said, “Brothers and Sisters, you have four of Heavenly Father’s CHOICEST daughters serving you in this ward. They are Sister Mohler, Sister Nance, Sister Mertlich, and Sister Smith. They are here to serve you and this area. It is YOUR responsibility to make their mission great.” The Spirit was so strong as he spoke. He went on to say that members should always be willing to go out with the missionaries and invite us into their homes. He said that it was not only for our benefit, but most of all it would be to their benefit. I felt so loved and so important! I know that this IS the Lord’s work and that as we work together we can succeed in the work of salvation.</div>
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When I went in for my biopsies Sister Nance was darling. She always takes great care of me. She was super <br />
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That week was certainly a crazy one. We were only able to proselyte a total of about 2 and a half days or so because I was so sick. Miraculously, Heavenly Father came through for us like he always does and we were able to teach 24 lessons! <b>The most lessons I’ve taught in one week on my mission…in two days</b>. Not to mention that on one of those days our car completely ran out of gas and we had to borrow one from another set of sisters. Drama! (<i>We called Jesus this time</i>) I learned that when we devote all our time and attention to the Lord he can use us in ways we never imagined. He showed me that He <b>CAN</b> make up the difference. </div>
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Something fun that we did last preparation day: I got a haircut, yay! (Not by Sister Clark this time haha) I’m so sick of these stupid bangs though. Such a rash decision that I regret. I just needed some change! Oh well, what’s a mission without at least one bad haircut?</div>
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Even MORE exciting news, in May Elder Hallstrom from the presidency of the Seventy and Elder Holland are coming to speak to our mission!!!! We are SO spoiled! I feel so lucky! We were just edified and instructed by Elder Ballard in Kirtland and now THIS! <b>Man it’s great to be a missionary (: </b></div>
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Something awesome: The Kirtland Visitor's Center sisters received permission to read Karl Anderson's books, "Joseph Smith's Kirtland" and "The Savior in Kirtland." READ THEM! You will NOT be sorry! They are fantastic and so well written. You will come to understand the significance of the place. I already bought myself a copy of each and I'm going to beg Patriarch Anderson to sign them for me; I don't think it'll take much haha.</div>
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The benefits to being able to finish each other's sentences are endless-haha! When you serve a mission, you hear a whole other definition of this word we call LOVE. It's the pure love of Jesus Christ, it is the work of salvation. Our mission is to show the world what love really is. The Gospel of Jesus Christ blesses families - FOREVER! Our world is sinking in problems, but the Gospel will keep us safe and true. I know that life can be hard, everyone has challenges, but I also know where I came from, I know my purpose here on Earth, and I know where I am going. Heavenly Father loves us and will bring us safely home if we let Him.</div>
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"I have absolute knowledge -<u> perfect knowledge </u>- that God loves us. He is good. He is our Father. and He expects us to pray, and trust, and be believing, and to NOT give up, NOT panic, and NOT retreat and jump ship when something doesn't seem to be going just right...</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well another week down and I'm feeling great! I'm still alive, even though I have a hard </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">time replying to letters. I indeed still exist. I promise I'm going to reply to a bunch today! The </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">problem is that I LOVE getting letters, but I am just awful at writing back. I always run out of </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">time on preparation day. I'm so, so, so grateful for all the sweet Valentine's Day cards and for </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the awesome packages Mom and Dad! I feel so loved and so happy! It's one of my favorite </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">holidays! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> This week we had two lessons with E! We talked to him about baptism as our first covenant. I </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">think that lesson kind of overwhelmed him a little bit. I could definitely see some wheels turning in </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">his head, but he just progresses very slowly. Later in the week we just talked about recognizing </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">answers to prayer. He told us that he had to watch his granddaughters on Sunday so he </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">wouldn't be able to make it to church. We were devastated! At the end of the lesson however, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he said, "well I guess I could make it for the first hour… " The Spirit can work miracles! That </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">makes three weeks in a row with E at church. I think he really likes it, he's just resistant to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Valentine's Day was Sister Smith's birthday so after training meeting we came back to the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">house and surprised her with breakfast! I'm so glad I don't turn 20 for another six months. Scary! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anyway I of course didn't join in on the French toast, but it was still fun. Later that day we went to Golden Living Center to get trained to volunteer. It's an assisted living center in our area. We literally watched videos on "slips and falls" and "senior citizen abuse" for two hours. Biggest waste of my life ha ha! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There's no riding dirty in that baby. I tried to avoid telling you, but the truth always comes out. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sunday was awesome! We were able to traveling to Cleveland with Elder and Sister Sorensen </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to go to Mission Pres.'s fireside for new members and investigators. Let me just start with #ghettoCleveland. The fireside was wonderful, Justice was one of the speakers! She shared a </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">beautiful poem about being a child of God and wanting to serve a mission. Love her! E was </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">supposed to come but he never showed up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's so great to be a missionary and be in Kirtland! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">able to become best friends with my companions. Sister Nance has only run a few redlights and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">nearly killed us once or twice. But all is well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Even though it is hard to get my body to make it through the day sometimes, I choose to push myself and I choose to be happy about it. 2 Nephi 2:25, "men are that they might have joy!" Might is the operative word for me. Might=agency. No one can force us to feel, we can choose what we want to be. Men are that they can choose to have joy. So to be or not to be- that is the question...I say be! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">This week has been one of change! On Tuesday I celebrated
Hannah's birthday by working extra hard at the Visitors Center-haha! I hope she
had a good one! On Wednesday we were supposed to go to transfer meeting in
Kirtland, but because of bad weather, it was changed to Thursday in Cleveland.
Yay- another day in Euclid word and another day with sister Clark!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That evening we had a last correlation
meeting with the Tally's and the Elders<span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA;"> at </span>Five Guys. That was kind of fun! I just ate my burger without
the bun. Most days it's not hard to stick to the diet, but sometimes it can be
really hard! The sisters like to order pizza at sites from this awesome pizza
place and I'm always tempted to eat it! "Just once wont won't hurt"
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I feel so much better these days and I'm so glad that many of the
things I'm trying are working! I still felt exhausted 24/7, but I'm sick of
going to back to the doctor. On Thursday we had transfer meeting. The weather
was still bad so Pres. decided that the site sisters should<span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;"> just </span>stay in Kirtland and have a separate
transfer meeting with Elder Sorensen. It makes sense because we all just switch
companions there anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Sister Nance and I have two investigators: E and S! E is a
sweet Vietnam veteran and takes his sweet time learning about the Gospel.
That's okay because we are usually pretty patient. S comes to church every
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This week I talked to people from Fiji, Thailand, South Africa, Bangalore, and
many more! Sometimes the language barrier is rough but the Spirit can always
reach a prepared heart. The man from Africa called the bishop and is going to
church on Sunday! Another cool thing happened this Sunday back in the Euclid
ward. A family from Ukraine just walked into church wanting to learn more! They
said they had always seen the beautiful temple in Ukraine and are now meeting
with Sister Clark and her new companion. What a miracle! The temple is such an
important place. I learn that more and more each day as I talk to people about
the Lord's commandment to build the Kirkland Temple, the sacrifice it took, and
as I do my family history. These welding links are crucial to our salvation and
salvation of our ancestors! How lucky we are to have temples on the Earth
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Something fun this week was that we got to do some service for a
member in our ward! Yay! I love, love, love service. We cleaned her house. We
also convinced Ed to let us come do service for him this Thursday. I can't
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leadership and organized missionary efforts. I can tell there are bright things
in our future. : ) We are really doing everything we can to use every second of
our time to serve the Lord. Our goals are to teach as many lessons as possible
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<span style="font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">Since the baptism things of been really slow in our area. We do a lot of finding activities: tracking, snow shoveling, service, family history, member lessons, you name it! But we don't have any investigators. We know that as we work hard and dedicate </span><u style="font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">all</u><span style="font-size: 12.666666984558105px;"> our time to the Lord He will lead us to those who are prepared to accept the Gospel. : ) We are learning to be really creative! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">One of my favorite parables in Mark is the parable of "the seed growing secretly." (Mark </span><span style="font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">4:26</span><span style="font-size: 12.666666984558105px;"> – 29) James E Talmage said, "the sower in this story is the authorized preacher of the word of God; he implants the seat of the Gospel in the hearts of men, <u>knowing not</u> what the issue shall be. Passing on to some similar ministry elsewhere, attending to his appointed duties in other fields, he, with faith and hope, leaves with God the result of his planting and harvest of souls converted through his labor, he is enriched and made to <u>rejoice</u>." </span><span style="font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">We rejoice in knowing that our area of the Lord's Vineyard is bursting with seeds and we are excited for the day when they will be cultivated. We never know who will accept the gospel, but we have faith and hope that as we attend to our appointed duties elsewhere, God will bring forth a result of our planting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">Speaking of elsewhere, I am being transferred! :(( I absolutely adore Euclid ward and I am so sad to say goodbye. They are my family and I will miss them all. I've learned so much in this area and I'm thankful for all that the Lord has blessed me to experience here. I'm looking forward to new challenges. I'm anxious to get down to business in my new area! Sister Clark I had a great run and we will be friends for eternity. (Sister Mohler moved into a different house and serves a different area and ward, but still works at the Visitor's Center two days a week.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">Something else cool that came from shoveling was a phone call received at the visitor center. A guy called looking for two missionaries who always shovel for him. He had always hated Mormons and they were racist, but after seeing these missionaries in such Christlike service he wanted to hear what he had to say. He called the number on the pass-along card which led him to us and we sent the missionaries in his area right over! It was such a miracle to hear about! Every small, seemingly insignificant thing we do as members and missionaries impacts the lives of those around us. : )) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">There's so much to do I can't possibly come home early! I am just overwhelmed with gratitude for the love and prayers from home I know I'm not alone and I no I can do hard things. I feel awful for causing you to worry, but your support and fasting has made an immense difference. I feel at peace knowing that Heavenly Father trusts me to make good decisions. I know that he needs me in Ohio and I have faith that he will give me strength after all I can do. Everything is working out and I'm feeling a lot better! </span><span style="font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">When we report our numbers up at the end of the week one of the elders who is not in our ward will sing and play the ukulele over the phone if I'm feeling sick. So that's a nice gesture, ha ha. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">One night we were doing stop-bys we happened upon a sleepover of a bunch of 10-year-old or so girls. They invited us right in and were hugging us and telling us to join in We hadn't even introduced ourselves yet- ha ha. We talked to the dad and he didn't seem opposed meeting with us but he did belong to another church. One of the girls chimed in, "yeah, actually we just church hop!" So much energy and excitement in that house- ha ha. The girls were not shy to tell us how beautiful we were and invited us back. When we left we heard them all squealing, "they are adorable!" And giggling. I think that family will become new investigators. They brightened our day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.666666984558105px;">I feel like I haven't seen the sun in ages! I miss it. If it's not snowing, it's raining, if it's not raining, it's about to. We have had a lot of missionary snow days! The roads get so bad and dangerous in some parts of Ohio you can actually get a ticket if you're driving when the roads have been declared unsafe! All the moisture makes for a beautiful landscape though! It's really not all that bad. The roads we take to get to our area are very picturesque. The scenes look like they belong on a Hallmark card. I accidentally lost one of the nice gloves you sent me, but my boots are still awesome! My coat isn't super warm but it does the job! I love my mission, I love my savior, and I love you! </span></div>
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The baptism went so well! J... was one excited girl! There were at least 70 people in attendance and she was very well supported. Her Mom, Grandma, Aunt, and even a few friends came! They all had a wonderful time (: All the kids of course were right up front by the font and Sister Clark and I were in the dressing room with J... I led her to the steps and had to kind of help her down because she kept complaining that it was cold. I just waited at the top of the stairs as she met President Johnson in the water. After the ordinance was performed she threw her head <span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">back</span> and started whipping her <span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">hair</span> <span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">back</span> and <span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">forth</span> and all around getting all the kids and ME wet haha! I was like whisper yelling, "J...!" as the kids squealed with excitement. Then, J... thrusts both fists into the air and exclaims, "YES! I DID IT!" Sister Clark got so red haha! It was so funny yet so embarrassing. I had to whisper-yell at her to get out of the font hahaha. </div>
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Brother Wilde and I played the song "Baptism" as a cello and guitar duet. It was really fun for us! Brother Wilde is a very talented musician and it was nice to break out the cello. Sister Cook in the ward let me borrow hers. The sad part was realizing how much I've digressed in skill... Not even kidding! It was pathetic. Nonetheless I think it helped invite the spirit and J... and her family really enjoyed it (:</div>
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On the 7th I celebrated Trevor's birthday by being inside all day! Due to unsafe weather conditions and a "severe arctic blast", the Ohio Cleveland Mission and 11 other surrounding missions were completely shut down on the 6th and 7th. The visitor's center was closed for the 6th, 7th, and 8th, so we were out for 3 days instead of 2. After completing all of the emergency preparedness measures required by the mission, Sister Clark and I had plenty of time to update and organize the area book, write a rap, thought really hard about exercising, ate a lot of sugar, and snuck out a couple of times to help take down nativities at the visitor's center. Our furnace was out for two of the days so we became bffs with our space heater. Also, the pipes at the visitor's center burst :( </div>
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Many people lost power, gas, and had pipes breaking all over the place. Everything in the city was closed and no one left their houses. I understand that there are missionaries in Finland and Canada that deal with -40 all day long and <span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc;">my</span> heart goes out to them haha, but Ohio is not equipped for that kind of weather. I am glad to know that we are well taken care of and that there are so many who are concerned for our safety.</div>
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I had this huge revelation one day to download the Family Search program onto the computers at sites so that I can index while waiting for chats to come in. Why didn't I think of it before! Everyone in the Kirtland Stake is praying so hard and doing everything they can to petition the Lord to build up a temple in Kirtland. Elder Ballard and Elder Seldon have given us specific things that we can do to prepare this area for a temple. We can serve in the temple more, submit more family names, attend the temple more, do more indexing, ask the Lord for a temple, and show him that we want one and will use one! While I can't do many of the things on this list for now, I am doing all that I can to help build up Kirtland by indexing and praying. I know and have faith that there will be another temple in Ohio someday (:</div>
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On Thursday we had such a great Zone Training Meeting. We learned and discussed more about repentance and forgiveness and how we could improve as a zone. We love our zone leaders; they are exemplary missionaries. The meeting helped us to learn how to use members effectively and gave us the motivation we needed! It was uplifting and inspiring (:</div>
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Sister Clark and I had a really fun day-we dedicated January 4th as a day of service for church leaders and ward members. I really got thinking about what you said on Christmas and I realized how much we expect of our lay ward leaders. We got the chance to de-junk storage units, do heavy lifting, de-ice cars, shovel driveways, clean kitchens, vacuum carpets, organize basements, etc. It was so fun, fulfilling, and a great excuse to wear JEANS! </div>
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On the 18th we moved into another historic home. It's a little old, but it's way cool to think that we are living in this amazing house! Plus, it's a lot cleaner than the last home haha... We live there with Sister Frankenberry (yes that's her real name) and Sister Smith. A fun time is had by all. The only down side is that all of the ladybugs in Ohio have chosen our house as their winter hibernation headquarters.</div>
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On the 20th I got a visit from the Ewell family at the visitor's center! It was our ward's assigned night to go see the nativities so a few of the sisters sang and we all got to chat. The next day they took Sister Clark and I to Texas Roadhouse ((: It was awesome to see a familiar face! I can't believe how old and how beautiful their kids are. That same day we made gingerbread men at Aberdeen and attended our former investigator A's wedding. I am so grateful for the temple and the sealing ordinance (:</div>
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I can't quite figure out the Elders in our ward. One day they are giving me little Ohio pins with hearts on them and the next day they are just plain dumb. My closest conclusion is that they just don't have very good social skills? I just don't know because they <i>are </i>really good missionaries. One thing that was really fun was that they invited Sister Clark and I to go caroling with them and their roommates on Christmas Eve. We stopped by a bunch of less actives and it was really awesome! (Minus the fact that this one poor Elder couldn't hold a tune to save his life. You should have seen the looks on the people's faces. We were awful lol.) Then our car got stuck in the snow one day and we asked them to come help us and they literally told us to call Jesus and then hung up. RUDE! Our investigator's mom ended up helping us dig out. </div>
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Anyway, back to my letter. I know I talk a lot about how much the senior couples spoil us, but really, just imagine having TEN+ sets of grandparents. The Walkers brought in a crock pot of rice pudding because they heard I liked it hahaha. It's impossible to manage your weight in this mission. IMPOSSIBLE. Also one of the seniors, Sister Holtry, crocheted me a new headband ear warmer to match one of my skirts (: That same day we had two different families from Alabama come into the visitor's center! Totally made my day! Maybe I could just get a recording of the Martin family accents for when I'm having a bad day, no?</div>
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On Christmas Eve we spent all day window shopping fancy stores we couldn't afford and had seafood scampi with the Highams. Dad would've liked it... Then of course we went caroling. On our way to one house we spotted a family with 5 or 6 kids and a big U-Haul carrying boxes into their house, ON CHRISTMAS EVE. So we all ran and helped them move in. That made it the best Christmas Eve! Afterwards the mom came up to us and said, "Where did you people come from?!" She was so grateful and said that we must have been sent from God. We said, as a matter of fact we were. We were able to introduce ourselves as missionaries and invite her to come to the visitor's center. It made us all so happy (:</div>
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On Christmas we woke up at 6:30 as usual and in order to keep an obedient daily schedule did our 30 minutes of exercise, which you may guess I was not too pleased to be doing. Stretching counts right? That's the second to last Christmas I'll ever be exercising! (Considering I have two in the field.) We opened presents, has breakfast with the Salmons, played games, Skyped home, had dinner with the Wildes, had a HILARIOUS talent show at the visitor's center, got millions of gifts little from the senior couples, and watched Christmas For A Dollar in the theater. I do not recommend that movie at all, unless you want your Christmas to be ruined. I cried through the whole cheap thing.</div>
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On the 26th it was Sister Clark's birthday so the whole day was just one big party! We went to Olive Garden for soups and salad with the sisters in our district after district meeting. I love the sisters I serve with! There are so many different personalities, but it's always a good time. That night we went to the Salmons...again...haha and they threw her a party.</div>
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What's cool about serving at Kirtland is that I get to see my MTC friends Sister Jensen and Sister Smith all the time! There are sisters who live at sites and there are satellite sisters. Satellite sisters' area is too far away for them to live at sites so they commute to sites and sleepover one or two nights a week. Sister Jensen and Sister Smith always stay at our house and it's so fun talking to them and remembering the MTC. Sister Jensen is still the funniest person I know!</div>
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We gave an awesome tour to a set of Elders and their investigator D on the 28th. He was so prepared and I hope he gets baptized soon! (:</div>
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OUR INVESTIGATOR J IS GETTING BAPTIZED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<wbr></wbr>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D</div>
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Sister Clark and I have been working with J since I came out, but she has always been taught by the Elders. She has been so prepared to get baptized all along, but her mom was WAY against the whole idea. She told the Elders that she would allow her daughter to get baptized only if J studied for a year. Her baptismal date was set for <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_909975817" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">10/05/2014</span></span> -___- In a miraculous turn of events, we got the opportunity to teach J and we knew that she needed to be baptized sooner. We prayed so hard so much that her mom's heart would be softened and that she would at least agree to sit down and talk with Sister Clark and me. On Tuesday our prayers were answered. We were at sites and J called and set her mom was willing to meet with us that night! We got permission to leave sites and we rushed to her house. At first it was just her older brother and her mom bashing Sister Clark and I, but when we got the chance to testify the spirit filled the room and we literally saw her mom's heart begin to change. It was the most amazing miracle I've ever seen with my own eyes. At the end of it all her mom signed the release and J is going to be baptized on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_909975818" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">SUNDAY JANUARY 12TH</span></span>!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D Wow, Heavenly Father really does answer prayers. It was the craziest day/feeling of my life.</div>
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In other news, Sister Clark and I got hit again, we almost rolled our car on the freeway, the furnace went out, the mission is on lock down due to dangerous weather conditions so we're confined to our house for the next 3 days, we have to perform all these emergency measures, I still get sick pretty much everyday, and I'm pretty sure I tore something in my shoulder, but other than that the mission is GREAT! :D I love it and I've seen so many miracles! (:</div>
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Another week down! Where does the time go? Last monday we went to
the Smith's for a Christmas recital/party/jam sesh. It was so super fun! People
performed and we all sang carols and had lots of treats. I totally want to do
that some day! I also got a super nice package from Lori Burr on Monday! She
sent me candy and pajamas an pens and slippers and totally went all out!<br />
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On Tuesday we slaved all morning making 12, yes TWELVE dozen
cookies for a cookie exchange at the home of a less-active. As we went along
making them the cookies got smaller and smaller because we were running out of
dough-haha! The swap was preceded by a gourmet lunch. Sis. D lives for
party planning-ha! Also, our old investigator A told us she's finally
getting married and invited us to the wedding! We are really hoping to start
teaching her again. We had dinner with the Johnson's and we adore them! The best
part about eating with members is the funny things their kids say. We are
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On Friday we ate with the Salmon's and it was so yummy as usual!
Most of our dinners are amazing in this ward. Sis. Clark's Garmin broke about a week ago and boy it's been a little
rough! Luckily I learned a new map reading talent! Brother Salmon lent us his
Garmin to put us out of our misery so we were thankful. :) I probs could have
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On Sunday Sis. Clark gave a talk in Sacrament meeting and shared
her mom's conversion story. It was really good! We also taught a lesson on
reaching out to less-actives in young womens and helped them with the Good
Works value experience #7. We ate dinner at the Wilde's. We love them a ton and
were so excited that they signed up for us on Christmas! Their kids are so
cute. Their 5-year-old and 8-year-old wrote us very sweet letters
while we were there. Someone sent Sis. Clark a DVD of Liz Lemon paintings set to
the song "What Child Is This?" and we have been sharing it for member
lessons. It's really beautiful. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Temple. A lot of people from Historic Kirtland (us) and the Community of Christ
were involved. I was lucky enough to be selected to sing a solo! I sang Away In
A Manger. It was a beautiful arrangement! It was a once in a lifetime
opportunity and I just couldn't believe it was happening. It will be something
I will never forget. : )<o:p></o:p></div>
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We got the happy news that Sis. Clark and I are staying together
another transfer! Yay! But sad news is that we're moving. We started at the
C-Home on the hill, then moved to where we're at now, and now I think we
are moving to another historic home. I hate moving, but it's so cool to live in
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">12/2-12/8</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I can't remember if I told you about mission conference or not so I'll tell you again just in case because you don't want to miss out!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The Monday before was P-day of course. We went to the Cheesecake Factory for lunch with some of the sites sisters. It was so fun! We had them sing Happy Birthday to Sister Clark. (early) We also went to Charming Charlie's and looked around together. I got Sister Clark a cute little Christmas present. : ) That night we went over to the Salmon's and helped decorate the tree and house for Christmas. You know I love the Salmons! We all read Luke 2 and sang carols around the piano. It was a perfect P-day!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">On Thursday history was made! Gathered together in the Kirtland Temple for mission conference were more full-time missionaries than ever before. It really hit me how significant that is. There we were all together, all set apart and wearing the name of Jesus Christ over our heart in the place where Moses restored the keys for the gathering of Israel to the Prophet Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery. Missionary work began in Kirtland! Do you understand how significant that is?!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Jesus prophesied that "the Gospel of Jesus Christ will fill North and South America, it will fill the world." That prophecy is being fulfilled today! Sitting as full-time missionaries in hundreds, we were undoubtedly joined by our ancestors; the saints who built that very temple and who launched the missionary effort to all the world. The Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints is growing to fill the world. We are indeed in those latter-days. The Prophet Joseph Smith said that we are all those favorite people that God has chosen for this dispensation. So basically if you live in this dispensation, you are God's favorite. Ha ha-just kidding! But really.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Elder Seldon of the 70 was there and he taught us that our mission began long before this life. He said, so profoundly, that the reason we are so compelled to bear witness of the Savior is because of covenants we made in the preexistence...Wow. Heavenly Father knows us so much better than we know ourselves. They gave me a renewed trust that when we are living righteously and following God's will, we will find happiness.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The Plan of Happiness is real and the Gospel is true.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I never wanted to serve a mission, but I was prompted by the Spirit because I promised to bear witness of the Savior before I even made it to Earth. That sounds like a heavy load for 18 and 19-year-old kids, but Elder Seldon tenderly reminded us that Jesus Christ was a carpenter for a season, the Savior of the World forever. We may feel like lowly carpenters, sometimes I'm sure we all have, but remember that example we are following...the Savior of the WORLD, even Jesus Christ. Pres. Haymond, the Kirtland stake president, shared verses from the Doctrine and Covenants. Something that really stood out to me was how much he, like all the speakers, talked about the miracle we are all a part of. He said that the meeting was very sacred. He testified that the souls gathered together was not a random event. The meeting of those missionaries, at this time, in the Lord's house-the Kirtland Temple-was foreordained. Kirtland will be built up again! (D&C 124:83)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> Pres. Talley of the Akron State talked about D&C 110:10, and how that prophecy was to be fulfilled! What a great time to be alive! We are all witnesses to miracles and the evidence of the truthfulness of the gospel is undeniable. Karl Anderson, Patriarch of the Kirtland Stake and author of "Joseph Smith in Kirtland" as well as "The Savior in Kirtland," echoed many of the things shared by the other speakers. He highlighted that the Savior appeared there seven times. What a holy, holy place. The spirit in that meeting was unlike any other.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Pres. Vellinga loves music so we sang a lot of hymns. Most of us could hardly sing; there wasn't a dry eye in there. There's something about music that just touches the heart and invites the Spirit. President Vellinga shared a story with us from when Elder M. Russell Ballard was here in October. He said an apostle of the Lord (Elder Ballard) grabbed him by the lapels and pulled him close, looking right in the eyes, and said, "you need to BRING MORE PEOPLE TO KIRTLAND!" It reminded us of when Elder Ballard told us Kirtland was the best missionary. People cannot help but to feel the power of the Holy Ghost of the Kirtland sites.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Pres. Vellinga urged us to share our testimony every chance we get. I invite all of you to do the same. He said that there are more testimonies found on their feet bearing and then on their knees praying for them. It really is true if you think about it. The Lord helps those who help themselves. If we are struggling with our testimonies we shouldn't just talk about it, but get up and repeat it! I've definitely noticed that with myself on my mission. My testimony is stronger each time I use and share it. There are a lot of converts out here and I've heard them say, I had Mormon friends, but they never told me about the church until the missionaries knocked on my door! I'm thinking about that I was like "Crap! That's me!" Man I was totally that person. I hope when I get home I don't forget to let people know who I am and be a member missionary.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Something that really help me in light of how much I've been sick with different things came from sister Vellinga. She said "our bodies are frail, our minds are reluctant, but our spirits are strong. It was so encouraging to me! If we do what we can to nurture spirits the Lord will help strengthen our bodies and minds. Elder Sorenson gave the closing remarks and shared a motivating quote from Elder Robert D. Hales, "Heavenly visions will dim, but the Spirit will always testify of Jesus Christ." I know that to be true 100%! I didn't see any visions of my own eyes and the Kirtland Temple, but the Spirit proved to me over and over that He lives and that this is His church restored in the latter-days!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">After the meeting all 250+ missionaries came to Kirtland and guess who gave the tours? We did of course! It was crazy! Missionaries everywhere! It was really cool because a lot of them traveled hours and hours to get here and many have never been to Kirtland! We shared with them how we teach people about the Gospel at the sites and how much their investigators would benefit from coming. It was a lot of fun, but wow some Elders get distracted so easily! It was like herding cats.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">That night Elder Sorenson took those Christmas pictures of us. All I had to do was promise to trim his bushes in Logan ha ha! Last week on Thursday we volunteered at Aberdeen assisted living again and invited the others to come. We had a great time decorating for Christmas. On Saturday the 7th was the ward Christmas party and we watched the first presidency Christmas Devotional at the Visitors Center. That was so good wasn't it? </span></span><br />
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“True doctrine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior.
The study of the doctrines of the Gospel will improve behavior quicker than a
study of behavior will improve behavior.”—Boyd K. Packer Some things I’ve learned, which could be put into any context, go through my
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“My attitude will change as I immerse myself in this work
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I have learned a lot about myself on my mission thus far. I
have acknowledged behaviors that I have that need improvement. I think we all
have those, but are more able to recognize them in others. Proper application
of this quote could bless the lives of so many people! In their own growth, in
raising children, in dealing with colleagues, or companions (LOL), etc.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have also been trying to apply Elder Ulisses Sores’ talk
from last conference, <a href="http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/10/be-meek-and-lowly-of-heart">“Be Meek and Lowly of Heart.”</a> I want you to read it, maybe
for FHE or something. He talks about three things:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I've been asked to be the only soloist for the Christmas devotional in the Kirtland temple on Sunday!!!! I didn't even volunteer but Elder Sorenson said my name was discussed and they asked if I'd sing. I'm singing Away In A Manger. Such a miracle to stand and sing where the Savior stood in the Kirtland temple, not to mention Joseph Smith. I'm so lucky! I'm grateful that Heavenly Father has given me talents and that Pres. Peterson blessed and encouraged me to develop them. I'm really nervous because I want to invite the Spirit in such a holy place, so pray for me.</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-Sister Mohler</span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748570791344079881.post-87990979402577882342013-12-09T22:09:00.000-07:002013-12-09T22:09:58.851-07:00Thanksgiving<span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">The Tuesday before Thanksgiving we went to a Thanksgiving fireside put on by the Community of Christ in the Kirtland temple. It was awesome!!! There were interfaith speakers on Thanksgiving and some readings from the Bible from leaders in the community. The Kirtland sisters did two choir numbers so we got to sit in the choir seats next to the pulpits. What a great view!</span><br />
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On Thanksgiving we went to the Salmon's of course! I love them! We had our studies in the morning and went straight over. We played games with the kids and had fun chatting with Brother and Sister Salmon. We ate a great and delicious dinner, complete with sweet potatoes (: Sister Salmon had to go to work so we left around 2:30 and went to volunteer at Aberdeen. We just visited with the residents for a little then headed back to Kirtland. </div>
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The Friday after Thanksgiving was the grand opening of the nativity display and Christmas lighting ceremony. All the Kirtland sisters sang a few numbers and the mayor, Elder Sorenson, President Vellinga, and President Hayman (sp?) spoke. It was so fun and it was packed! With the flip of a switch the entire Kirtland Sites lit up with Christmas lights! Families from all over walked through the historic village to look at the lights and play in the snow then went inside the VC to admire the hundreds of nativities. Mine was a fan favorite ;) But really it was.</div>
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We ended up dropping ALL of our investigators; some of them actually dropped us. We have been trying to do some finding and have been working a lot with less-actives. We actually had a lesson with a potential investigator named H who we found a couple weeks ago while tracting. Sadly, I wasn't there for the lesson because we were on exchanges, but I'm excited to teach him tonight!</div>
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We were at sites on Tues. and Thurs. as usual. We have helped set up the nativity display a lot! We are all so excited for it to open the day after Thanksgiving! There is going to be a big lighting ceremony with the mayor and different people and a lot of musical performances (: Also, on this Tues. there is a special Thanksgiving program put on by the Community of Christ in the Kirtland temple that we are going to. The Kirtland VC sisters are going to sit in the choir seats and sing a couple musical numbers, one with the stake choir. It should be good! </div>
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We volunteered at the assisted living center again and it was awesome. I talked to my favorite 99 year old Katherine. She's the one who said the secret to a long life is, "Haaaard work!" I wish you could hear her voice when she says that hahaha. She is like 4 feet tall and has outlived all of her 10 children. I love her so much and I love talking to her, although she is really embarrassed that she is hard of hearing. I hope I can be there for her 100th birthday in May. Her favorite president was Roosevelt and she liked to do the waltz. She has such a sharp mind! We are volunteering there on Thanksgiving morning.</div>
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There are deer everywhere just chilling on the side of the road and squirrels galore. Now that the leaves are gone we really notice the infestation. The most prominent squirrel is actually the flying squirrel, but they are nocturnal so we don't see them much. The weather is sooo bipolar. One day it's snowing, the next it's 62 degrees! Like come onnnnn OHIO! But I still love it here (: On warm days all of the ladybugs come out of hiding in swarms! They just completely cover the walls of the sawmill and the ashery...it's kind of gross actually. Also, everyone here has cats or dogs, or both. Being on a mission has really solidified that fact that I really don't like animals haha. I guess I'm just a people person.</div>
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We have made a lot of progress and have had one of our best weeks lesson wise (: We had to drop an investigator because he is really close to our age and was hitting on us too much. It stinks when people don't meet with us for the right reasons. A lot of times people don't have intentions of changing, they just want someone to talk with. </div>
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P.s. 17 Miracles is such a good movie, so is Joseph Smith Prophet of the Restoration. Watch them!! </div>
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The scout trip sounds like it was a lot of fun! I think
scouting is the coolest thing a boy can do! The Thomas S. Monson award sounds
really neat! I am excited to see it. : ) I am glad you are working hard. At our
last zone conference our mission president showed us some clips from the 100
Years of Scouting program at the Conference Center. It was really good! If you
haven’t already seen it you should ask Mom or Dad to look it up online for you.
It might be on lds.org. The mission president also asked all of the Elders to
stand up and recite the Scout Oath, Scout Motto, and Scout Slogan. When they
did that I thought of you, M, J, and C being missionaries
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It is starting to get really cold now. The leaves have
almost all fallen and it is snowing right now! It is crazy! Something weird-but
awesome-is that there is huge, loud thunder when it snows here. The house that
I live in has a very steep driveway so it gets very icy and dangerous in the
winter. Sister Clark and I are going to move on Wednesday! We are going to live
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I will give you some good news:
since I wrote Mom last we have found SIX new investigators! And three of them
came to church on Sunday!!! We are really excited to see our hard work pay off.
I also sang a solo in Sacrament meeting. I was really nervous considering I’ve
never done that before, but I didn’t suck too bad and the ward and our
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Most of the funny things that happen are inside jokes, so you
wouldn’t think them funny, but know that we are keepin’ it real out here in
Cleveland…even though I’m not even close to Cleveland…it just sounds more thug
than Kirtland.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I miss all of you so so so much! Everything reminds me of my
family. Sometimes I just want to come home, but then I remember that would just
be silly. I really love hand-written letters and am very appreciative of each
one, even if I don’t respond very quickly.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Well, it’s late and I am tired! Love you!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hello Everyone!<br />
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This week was better than last. Sadly, our investigator "A" decided to drop us because she didn’t feel welcomed by the members at
Stake Conference…we will keep in touch with her though.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On a different note, it did snow
this week. Not…too…pleased. We were tracting a lot on the first day it snowed
and man it was coming down! I stayed pretty warm, but my feet nearly froze off!
I was wearing my wool socks, but somehow my boots were NOT keeping the snow and
water out. My feet were cold and wet the whole day. : (<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was still fun though-tracting is
my favorite! We met a couple of great potential investigators, one of whom was
a lady named "E". She is 9 months pregnant and has what looks to be a
2-year-old. She didn’t invite us in because of her cray dog, but talked to us
through the screen door for a little. She was very interested and wants to meet
with us once the baby is born. We are trying to think of ways we can serve her
in the meantime. She will fit in perfectly with our ward because 90% of the
women in the ward are also preggers…it’s basically the married dental/med
student ward.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We promised an investigator we would go <br />
to his church if he went to ours.<br />
So we went!</td></tr>
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On Thursday we had dinner with the
Salmons. I love that family! They are so cute and fun. On Friday we had lunch
at the Bullards and they referred us to their neighbors "N" and "W". They
are friends with everyone in the ward because "N" is also in school. They did
end up coming to the trunk-or-treat and "N", dressed as Weird Al Yankovic, won
best costume.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Our investigator "I" also made it
to the Halloween party. She had a really
great time and loved the environment. We convinced Elder Clegg to do the
Thriller dance so that was a HUGE plus! ; ) There is so much more I could
share, but there is literally no time! P-day is the most stressful day of the
week!<o:p></o:p></div>
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On Sunday we had dinner at a
less-active’s house, Sister "D". She made the table so fancy! I took
pictures. She is a single, older sister. The first couple weeks of December she
invites 12 people to do a cookie exchange and we were lucky enough to make the
cut! We have to bring 12 dozen cookies so each lady can have 1 dozen of each
kind of cookie. Have any award-winning cookie recipes? I also got to meet a
member in our ward named Sister Obasi. She and her family moved here from Kenya
in March. Her husband is a lawyer and wanted to go back to school and she is
just starting the nursing program. Their 18-year-old son still lives in Kenya
and takes care of their property and their 4 young kids live here in Ohio. She
served a mission in Kenya and offered to come with us to lessons! It’s so great
when members come out with us. We are so excited to have her.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Studying in the meadow</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Today we
had dinner with the Baker family. It was Halloween themed and so was all the
food. They even put dry ice and cider inside a pumpkin. When I first got here
members never fed us, but after seeing how skinny Sister Clark is they probably
felt obliged-haha! We still have to pack a lunch and dinner when we’re at the sites
though. Sometimes the senior couples surprise us with dinner. : )<o:p></o:p></div>
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They spoil us VC sisters so bad! There is a locker that they
always stuff full of treats and snacks too. It is so FUN seeing all the
Christmas decorations go up! I can’t wait for the 700+ nativities to start
pouring in! This past week Historic Kirtland received a national award for it’s
annual nativity display. : ) I hope Sister Clark and I are companions during
Christmas. Serving a mission is a great way to make BFF’s-haha!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Anyway, the
Bakers have a family mission plan that is really cool! It’s basically just a
proclamation of their missionary goals and how they are going to achieve them.
For example, kids inviting friends, giving out Book of Mormons or pass-along
cards, inviting to ward activities, conversations about the church, etc. I
thought it would be a fun FHE to set up a yearly and monthly family mission
plan! They invited 5 different families to the ward Halloween party and got 4
no’s and 1 yes! If you end up doing this, I would love a copy and would love to
help you reach your goals.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gandolf-<br />
he stays there all year round, "guarding" the house...</td></tr>
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Something
they’ve started in our ward is V.I.P. for very important people.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>V</u></b>isualize
people as they can become<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>I</u></b>nvite
them to anything<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>P</u></b>ray for
the elect and for experiences<o:p></o:p></div>
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Also on Sunday they showed a slide show called “The Mormons
Next Door.” It was pretty interesting if you haven’t seen it. It is geared
toward getting people to see and know Mormons for what they are so that if the
missionaries ever do knock, they won’t freak out.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eating donuts...with Sister Swag</td></tr>
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I have learned so much out here!
Every day is a new challenge and every day I feel Heavenly Father’s love for me
and all of His children. My testimony of prayer and of the Book of Mormon are
growing exponentially! I am so grateful for all those who write me and I am not
ashamed to beg for more letters! : )<o:p></o:p></div>
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Know that I miss you and that I love you bunches and
bunches!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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All my love,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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Sister Mohler<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b>Remember: “There is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">never</i>
a convenient time to serve.”-Elder Ballard<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748570791344079881.post-41892352453479914262013-11-06T13:28:00.003-07:002013-11-06T13:28:31.989-07:00Georgia and Sweet Tea<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I don't know if you know, but at the VC (Visitor's Center) we are the people on the other end of "chat with a Mormon" on <a href="http://mormon.org/">mormon.org</a> and we are the people who answer the phone calls! </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We have scheduled time each day we are at sites so to this. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I got a call from the <i>sweetest</i> lady in Georgia and I could've <i>died</i> over her accent! She is in the process of going through chemo and recently had a stroke. She called bc she found a pile of "those Jesus cards" in her house and realized she had never looked at them. She called the number on the back and started talking to me. She said a friend told her about another book of scripture and I briefly explained the Book Of Mormon. She said she didn't have a lot of money, but if I would send her a Book Of Mormon she would take real good care of it. She also agreed to meet with the missionaries in her area! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She told me anyone is welcome in her home as long as they like ice cold sweet tea...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We'll work on that.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She also told me that when I do my tour de South after my mission (it's happening) that I could visit her and she will make us biscuits and gravy and green tomato sandwiches :D </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She also told me how she was named after a French prostitute, but thats a story for another letter...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She wants to be pen pals and gave me her address. She is sending me some homemade book marks for my Bible. I am really looking forward to staying in contact with her! She kept calling me sweetheart and darling and told me how much she loved me at the end of the call haha. I hope she is baptized before I meet her! (:</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748570791344079881.post-87638029291603309372013-10-30T00:03:00.000-06:002013-10-30T00:03:02.757-06:00ACT Immediately<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This week was honestly pretty uneventful. Sister Clark came up with a great new tracting approach. We raked leaves for people and left our information on a mormon.org for them. That was super fun because:<br />
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b.) I got to wear pants!<br />
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Sadly, it rained the entire time, yet we raked ON! haha! One of our investigators was disgusted by our wet hair and would not stop asking where our umbrellas were. She is such a sweet lady! : ) She is from Alabama originally and has a very thick Southern accent. She has a hard time understanding the principles, but she feels the Spirit and is moved to tears every time we come over. We've been focusing on the Book of Mormon. Man, I just love her!<br />
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She calls us her "bible study" haha! Last week we tried to teach her why we're more than that. One of her grand-babies is with her sometimes. She's over a year maybe...and can't talk yet but is so sassy! Every time she's asked to do something she turns around and yells something in baby language and shakes her head. I'm just waiting for her to snap her fingers in a Z formation!<br />
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We only had 4 tours this week and they weren't particularly memorable. Sounds bad, but it's true. The Spirit is just so strong on EVERY tour! I wish I could spend every day at Kirtland.<br />
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Thursday was pretty upsetting. We watched General Conference at the church a few weeks ago and it was just us and like two other people, one of which was an older gentleman. I wanted to meet him but one of my companions didn't so we rushed out of the building. I kept thinking about him the rest of the day and eventually the thought left my mind. So Thursday we were looking at a list of less-actives to stop by and I was particularly drawn to visiting a certain family. Eventually at the end of the day we made it there. I was surprised to see it was the same older gentleman.<br />
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We proceeded to meet with him and discovered that he had been battling non-Hodgekins Lymphoma for several months and that his wife had passed away in a tragic accident a couple of weeks ago. It took everything I had not to cry. I just started sobbing once we were home and I could be alone.<br />
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Two weeks ago I was prompted to talk to this man, two weeks ago he needed the Atonement of Jesus Christ more than ever, and two weeks ago I let the thought leave my mind. It led me to think how many times does the Spirit lead us to those in need, only to have us not recognize the prompting? I will never forgive myself for that. My heart still hurts for him. He did feel well enough to come to church on Sunday and we will continue to meet with him. Elder Ballard related a similar experience when he was a young Bishop. He counseled us to listen to and recognize the promptings of the Spirit and to ACT on them immediately. The person Elder Ballard had intended to visit died the following morning. We ALL make mistakes and we ALL have room to improve. This week I have been praying for the ability to recognize the promptings and have been trying to stand up to opposition and act immediately on every feeling. It has really helped us meet some amazing potential investigators.<br />
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This week at the care center we helped with their trick-or-treating activity. We handed out mormon.org cards to the parents-LOL! We also had a very motivating coordination meeting with the ward mission leader, Bro. Tally. He referred us to his neighbors. We visited them and invited them to the ward Halloween party. : ) I think they'll come. They have two of the most beautiful children ever! A two-year-old boy with a baby fro and a girl who is 8 months I think. The mother warmed up to us so fast and they were just a great family. Although not members, you could definitely feel the Spirit in their home!<br />
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We finally had a regular Sunday so I got to meet some more members in the ward. Sister Clark and I also wanted to join choir so we could get to know more. We (Sister Clark and I) are going to be singing a musical number for fast and testimony meeting in November, so if you could get me that Gethsemane sheet music when you get a chance, we really need it. It's a children's song, I think and it might be by Jenny Phillips or one of those people.<br />
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Our ward demographics are newly wed or nearly dead. There are a lot of young Utah couples out here for dental and med school.<br />
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Pray someone in my mission gets their Visa because I am not about this trio business...<br />
Fortunately, the church is still true! : )<br />
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xoxo love always,<br />
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Sister Mohler<br />
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Saturday morning there was a pancake breakfast and a walk to the temple from the Visitor's Center for anyone to come to. It was really fun! We all got these little Kirtland anniversary coins.<br />
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sadly I didn't get to hear because Sister Clark had hives all over her legs from poison ivy so we were looking for some cortizone, lol.</div>
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A big focus of the adult session of Stake Conference was <i>member missionary work</i>.<br />
It is <u style="font-weight: bold;">SO</u> important, I wish people would realize!<br />
One of my favorite talks was from Elder Seldon, the Area Seventy. He spoke about getting "no's." He challenged everyone to go out and see how many "no's" they could get because for dozens of "no's" there might be a "yes!"<br />
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I really liked that motivating mentality. He said that success is defined as <i>inviting</i>, not baptizing. : )<br />
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On Sunday, our investigator A came to Stake Conference. I think she felt very overwhelmed. She left immediately after feeling very sick.<br />
: ( She texted us and was upset that not many people welcomed her or talked to her. That's what's difficult about Stake Conference, especially when <u>we</u> didn't even know most of the people. She did say that she wanted to come back though, so we will try to find more people to fellowship her in the meantime.<br />
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Elder Ballard said that if he lived in Kirtland, he would take his family to the historic village regularly. He spoke about the spirit there and of the beautiful sister missionaries there. : )) He said that the greatest missionary is the Village. I have definitely seen that to be true.<br />
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I've said before, the spirit of Kirtland makes my job so easy because people ALWAYS feel the Holy Ghost there. You don't have to know about the significance or importance of Kirtland to feel that power.<br />
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Elder Ballard said that "conversion begins with what they feel, not what they know." He went on to say that there <u>IS</u> an urgency. The Lord <u>IS</u> hastening His work.<br />
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Just know that there is a need for member missionaries and that we must all recognize and respond to the promptings of the Spirit because we are all called to the work!<br />
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The weather here is so bipolar! I can't wait to see Lake Erie freeze over!<br />
I am looking forward to Christmas...too soon? (haha!)<br />
We listened to Christmas music today. : )<br />
Kirtland displays over 100 nativities and over 80,000 lights. It is, apparently, one of the the top 100 sights to see in the world...who knew?!<br />
It will start to get busy again. I love working at the sites! I wish we were there everyday!<br />
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Love,<br />
Sister Mohler<br />
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daughter, but was picked up by the police at 3:00 a.m. for biking
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stellar member missionary you could ever meet named Brother S has really
fellowshipped him and he comes to all our lessons with him. He called
Brother S in the middle of the night and he took care of the whole
situation. That man is just so awesome. He is always looking for ways to share
the gospel. He texts us every day when he gets answers to his prayers and it's
adorable. We gave him a whole thing of <u><span style="color: #1155cc;">mormon.org</span></u> cards and he has
already run out. He keeps us excited about missionary work! I know the Lord
will bless him in his efforts. Anyway, I don't think this investigator will be reaching the
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday we had our first lesson with S's soon
to be sister-in-law A. She really wants to know the truth and said that
she is finally ready to accept it. I felt prompted to invite her to be baptized
and she said yes!!! I am so happy for her! She came to Stake Conference on
Sunday and I just couldn't believe it! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the VC of course and it was an amazing day. Every time we are at the sites I
know we are going to have a good time. The Spirit is so strong there and I feel
like I'm not teaching at all. We gave tours to the Smith family from Utah, a
part-member couple from Philadelphia, and two co-workers from our area. The
Smith family had 4 kids, I think it was, and they reminded me so much of our
family. I loved sharing the history and the doctrine with them and watching the
parents teach the kids. In the School of the Prophets all of the children were
silent and you could just tell that Heavenly Father was speaking to them. We
asked if any of them would be willing to share their testimony with us and
their 11-year-old son volunteered without hesitation. I completely LOST it! I
just pictured Trevor saying all of those things and I wanted so badly for my
own family to come and experience the Spirit and the blessings of Kirtland. It
really is a sacred place. </span>We all sang together in the School of the
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tour group from California and one to a church history tour group from Japan!
It was so cool! The group from California had 4 young men with their mission
calls. There was I think 30 in the group. They had been to other sites and
Kirtland was their last stop and of course they loved it, as everyone does. The
group from Japan didn't speak any English o_0.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was nervous because I really wanted them to have a
converting experience, but I had never taught through a translator. Luckily, I
remembered that Dad had taught me I Am A Child of God in Japanese so I was able
to sing my testimony to them!!! I think they really liked it (: It was a really
cool experience. All of them were converts to the church and really understood
that they were on holy ground. They have so much respect for the saints and for
the church. I was humbled to be in the presence of such faithful men and women.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Thurs. we ate dinner at a less-active member's house
who is OBSESSED with flamingos...literally and clinically obsessed. There is
not one inch of her house that is not covered in flamingos or her cats. She
made us tuna casserole...not the best thing I've ever eaten, I will say that,
especially since it was laced with cat hair. At least I was full at the end of
it lol.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajg8I2yZ2PEsRY8rZNE8wUv2j3umRmAFKyNJeG7uOlo9Kep9mnaj7jP0QW1OEqpRMi6HaKsy5oMHIRvbIhxPFyRd4qqEmwOIYPMLVdOV7WNfJDEV6I1CaUEp7DYPmFblehH9MXNMk5dCH/s1600/P1020044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajg8I2yZ2PEsRY8rZNE8wUv2j3umRmAFKyNJeG7uOlo9Kep9mnaj7jP0QW1OEqpRMi6HaKsy5oMHIRvbIhxPFyRd4qqEmwOIYPMLVdOV7WNfJDEV6I1CaUEp7DYPmFblehH9MXNMk5dCH/s320/P1020044.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every week we go to an assisted living center and do nails
or do a craft or something and it always brings a laugh. This week we were
planting popcorn kernels. One of the poor ladies grabbed a handful of dirt and
stuffed it in her mouth and yelled, "This isn't even good!" We were
like, oh silly, we don't eat dirt, hand out of your mouth now. Haha. One of the
ladies we were helping could not for the life of her grasp the fact that we were
planting popcorn. Man I love it there! Somehow it came up that there was a
piano downstairs, but no one knew if it worked because they had never heard
anyone play it so Sister Clark played the piano and I sang, then Sister
Mitchell played the piano and Sister Clark and I sang. They really enjoyed that
and want us to do it every week (:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Kirtland Sites Commemorative Program. There was a meet and greet at the VC
before hand with hors devours and everything and I got to meet Elder M. Russell
Ballard. The program was phenomenal! I wish you could've been there. My notes
are garbage in comparison. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I serve at the Visitor’s Center on Tuesdays and Wednesdays,
only two days a week for the off-season. The other days of the week we drive to
our proselyting area. I am serving in the S. Euclid area in the Euclid ward. It
is the closest the sisters are allowed to get to Cleveland, and let me tell
you, some areas are sketch in our ward. There is a city called Cleveland
Heights that’s the most ghetto because it’s the closest to Cleveland. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I <u>LOVE</u> serving at the Visitor’s Center! It is fun to
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morning It is pure masochism. When it gets cold we will go to the high school
gym. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"These are called Red Paper Lantern flowers. We found them while tracting. There is a red berry that looks like a tomato inside of them and I ate it because YOLO. I'm still alive and well. It was kind of good."</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">"Kirtland is a very special place." Children can come hear and learn the majesty that the Lord has performed in this village. Kirtland is the most sought after and desired place on the face of the earth because of its spiritual magnitude. "ALL of us need to slow down sometime to contemplate what happened here in Kirtland." Heavenly Father's message and been clarified and received in Kirtland with over 500 pages of scripture. He counseled us to "NEVER lose sight of these humble beginnings in Kirtland." YOU are living and witnessing the fulfillment of a mighty prophecy. He then went on to place a blessing upon the state of Ohio. What a miracle it is to be serving in this mission. I will never get over that. I would invite you to read Elder Ballard's talk, <a href="http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=47">"What Came From Kirtland."</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I know I've talked about Karl Anderson before, but I will remind you what a great person he is. The historic sites would never be here today if not for him. He knows Kirtland like the back of his hand and is so in tune with the Doctrine and Covenants and the Spirit. He said that it is the message of the Spirit that the people feel when they come to Kirtland. He recounted when he was giving President Howard W. Hunter a tour of Kirtland the Prophet said that he has never felt the spirit so strong and powerful in any other place. He said that the only time he feels that same spirit is in the Holy Land of Jerusalem where the Savior has also walked. While Kirtland was being restored, the church had to purchase 3 bars that were on what is now the VC property. The city or state, I can't remember which, asked Karl to create part of the project as a meditation garden for the people of Ohio to come and enjoy. He of course asked President Benson before making the decision to which the Prophet said, "Mormons don't meditate...We work!" I laughed at that haha. What a work that has been done in the part of the world and what a work that is left to do! After all, the very beginning of missionary work began in the Kirtland temple by the keys that were restored to Joseph Smith by Moses. We refer to the School of the Prophets as the Lord's first MTC (: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The greatest blessing EVER given to all the world was received in Kirtland. The endowment. The saints were promised that in Ohio they would receive God's law and be endowed with power from on high, and that promise was fulfilled. There have since been OVER 500,000 visitors to the Historic Sites in 10 years and the number is ever increasing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Week of Septmeber 23, 2013:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This week was the best yet! I wish I could actually remember it...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I recently realized that I neglected to give any update on our TRC investigator. There is NO WAY she is a member. (in disguise) Our second visit with her was far from our first and traumatic experience. Sister J and I resolved to avoid any gospel message during our second lesson.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sounds crazy, I know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We decided that our investigator needed to know that she had a loving Heavenly Father and that she wasn't going to HEAR it from us, so we decided to SHOW her. We spent the entire time talking with her, listening, getting to know her. Here are a few fun facts we learned from her:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">China is going to take over the U.S. in about 5 years. She gave us a short Mandarin lesson as to prepare us for the event...Ni hao!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She eats live monkey's brains when she's in Hong Kong...so there's that...She said they put the monkey's head in a hole in the table and let the body dangle below. Then they cut the monkey's skull and devour the brains. Yum!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She has never loved anyone. She has spent time in Paris and said it was "romantic" but she doesn't love family, friends, girls, or boys! (allegedly...)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She met her BFF in jail. Enough said.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have received many packages this week! I am so grateful for them! I haven't gotten hardly any letters this week, though. I've been really sad that people can't figure out the blog...you type in the address (your email in the subscribe box) and BAM!? Maybe you could just email the blog link to the strugglers...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This week started our Visitor's Center training. There are 7 of us in the program out of the entire MTC. We meet in a regular classroom and we also have an additional classroom that is set up to look like a mini-VC (Visitor's Center). Our TRC's this week have been in there. We greet the volunteers and teach our little lesson, etc. Our VC teachers have stressed changes in the training of VC sisters. Previously, sisters were simply urged to share history, explain exhibits, and give tours. We are now taught to give lessons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The missionary purpose as given in Preach My Gospel tells us to "invite others to come unto Christ." Visitors will come in asking for a historical tour. They don't know what they really want, what they're really looking for, but our Heavenly Father does know. Our purpose does not change. We are to invite others to come to Christ. We can help them to feel personal revelation through the Holy Ghost. It is not enough to strengthen testimonies, but to create an environment for true conversion. What a blessing the resources within visitor's centers are to missionary work and the strengthening of members. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One of our VC teachers taught us an order of sacred buildings she was taught by one of the many General Authorities who visited her mission:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Temples</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Visitor's Centers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Homes</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The spirit of conversion inside visitor's center's makes them the closest experience to being inside the Temple of the Lord.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I first got my call, I was honestly a little disappointed...an English-speaking visitor's center! -___-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I thought, "come on, Lord! Don't you know what I can do? I'm not afraid to go far! I laugh in the face of danger! I WANT to learn a language!" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I share this and I'm embarrassed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I can tell you that the Lord <i>knows</i> what you can do! I can tell you now that the Lord <i>knows</i> what <i style="font-weight: bold;">I</i> can do. I am honored to serve the Lord in Kirtland, English-speaking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Wednesday we had the opportunity to go train at the Temple Square Visitor's Center. We met Chris Billings, head of exhibits from the Church Missionary Office. He taught us of the sacred call of Visitor Center sisters. The changes to the Visitor Center sister's training have been in place for less than a year. Less than 2% of missionaries are called to serve in Visitor Centers. Elder L. Tom Perry shared how the inspiration of selecting Visitor Center sisters comes. He said that they look for the visible light of Christ in her eyes and an unmistakable testimony of the Atonement of Christ. He said that they know IMMEDIATELY when a sister's picture comes up if she is to serve in a Visitor's Center. This does not happen with any other call.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Heavenly Father knows us missionaries of the world have been foreordained to teach each specific soul we will help bring unto Christ. I share all of this because I was fascinated with all of the information. All missionaries are divinely supported! I don't want to boast at all so don't post all of this unless you feel inspired to. I just thought it was so cool!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(of course I'm going to post it!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Friday we were able to return to Temple Square to lead tours. We were supposed to leave the MTC at 3:00, but our van was an hour late! Our teacher doesn't go with us, so we got really worried after 15 minutes. We were especially worried when 3 of the 7 of us never showed. We went to the front desk to find the missing van and sisters. They paged the sisters, but it turned out one fell down the stairs so they had to go to instacare. Our bus driver was late because he was their driver!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My companion at Temple Square was Sister T from California. We weren't allowed to tell anyone that we were from the MTC. That was all fine and good until we took a group of 30 tourists from Cleveland! : ( I wanted to tell them I was coming to them! They had so many questions and I loved them so much! I can't wait to be in Ohio! <3 data-blogger-escaped-font=""><!--3--></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I noticed an Indian family jump on towards the end of the tour. The father came up to me and asked who the pioneers we were talking about were because they had joined late. He asked if Jesus was the one who built Temple Square. I briefly explained the pioneers. He asked if Jesus had ever been to the Americas.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">BAM! Golden opportunity!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I introduced the Book of Mormon and he was so interested! He couldn't even believe it when I gave him his own copy. So I gave out my first two mission Book of Mormons to that Indian family. : )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Saturday I was able to sing in the MTC choir for the 2013 General Relief Society Meeting. We met every morning from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. to rehearse. On the day of we walked through a room that had an assembly line of the MTC Presidency's wives and Branch President's wives. If only I knew the torture I was walking into...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The were putting <i>pounds</i> of bronzer and blush all over me and it was horrible! I literally started tearing up! I thought I looked good and they turned me into a clown. I ran to the bathroom to wash it all off just in time to board the bus to the Conference Center and Sara Jenkins was in there doing the <i>exact</i> same thing-hahahaha! Like I know how to do my own make-up, thank you! I tried to refuse the make-up and the sister yelled at me to stop moving or she'd put more on. I knew that I would need "stage make-up" so I already had more than enough on. PLUS, last time I checked, blush goes on your cheeks, not your ENTIRE FACE! I looked like a Neverland Indian...!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We rehearsed in the Conference Center and ate lunch, then watched the conference from the choir seats! It was so awesome! I stared at the back of the Prophet's little bald head. President Uchtdorf turned around and watched us as we sang with a huge smile and Elder Holland gave us all a happy wave. It was such a spiritual experience singing those songs; I had to choke back tears.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fast Sunday was torture as usual, but I'm alive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know I didn't get to send out a very detailed e-mail last week (my last week in the MTC), but it is written out. I just need to snail mail it so the weeks might seem a little mixed up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week has had the most ups and downs for sure. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCW1p7QZrO6kD2opSiKuThJAIQFRFuaaDNpzhUc-XinnXNizVrnOgkfYwn3RlDmlGIzew8iZvBFQDdRZAAEphGlkQznWKeE37IjuI3DF4X4dG7H74wyuNW2k7z2rezorugyaZxZAK4AoKr/s1600/photo+(9).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCW1p7QZrO6kD2opSiKuThJAIQFRFuaaDNpzhUc-XinnXNizVrnOgkfYwn3RlDmlGIzew8iZvBFQDdRZAAEphGlkQznWKeE37IjuI3DF4X4dG7H74wyuNW2k7z2rezorugyaZxZAK4AoKr/s1600/photo+(9).JPG" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The flight was AWESOME! Aunt Liz surprised me on the flight! She is so so so sweet! It was wonderful to see a face from home and of course she always comes bearing gifts! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We stayed the first night at the mission home and spent the next day touring Kirtland with all of the other missionaries that came in on our flight. We are the luckiest missionaries ever because Carl Anderson directed our tour! He knows everything there is to know about Kirtland! Elder Maxwell asked him to write a book specifically on the Savior's appearances in Kirtland and he also has a book about Joseph Smith in Kirtland. His knowledge of the Doctrine and Covenants is incomparable and it was a rare occurrence that the Community of Christ let him teach us about the Kirtland Temple from the Doctrine and Covenants while inside the temple. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We learned that there is NO place on the earth more sacred than the Prophet Joseph's office in the highest level of the Kirtland Temple and the School of the Prophets above the Newel K. Whitney store that the church owns. Second only to the holy land of Jerusalem due to the countless times the Father and the Son have appeared in those two places as well as in numerous other places in the land of Kirtland. That really hit me. Every time I give a tour in the School of the Prophets I am overwhelmed knowing I am teaching in the place where the Prophet Joseph, the Savior of the world, and our loving Father in Heaven have all taught. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a once in a lifetime day of learning about the Savior and the Father, about the early saints, and about the significance of this area. He gave us a fascinating handout of Kirtland prophesies that have come, or are coming to pass. I feel so honored to have been chosen to serve at such a place. Kirtland will be built up in the last day (D&C 124:83), what a responsibility the missionaries here in Ohio have to help bring that to pass and to prepare for the Savior! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My companion is Sister Clark and she has been out for 6 months. She is the sunshine of my life! She is so sweet and kind and we get along really well! I feel so lucky! We also have another Sister with us. She is our temporary companion. Her name is Sister Mitchell and she has been out for 9 months. That makes us a trio, or as I like to say, <i><b>triceracomps</b></i> (: Sister Mitchell is our temporary companion because Sister Clark and I are both new to the area and Sister Mitchell has been here for a while so she knows the ward and the investigators! It is great to have someone to phase us in! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This weekend marks the 10th anniversary of the dedication of the Kirtland Visitor's Center. We will be honored to have Elder Ballard come to speak to us VC sisters on Friday, Saturday for the adult session, and Sunday for Stake Conference!!!! I think it is so cool that he is allowing us to come to what they're calling the "VIP" meeting on Friday. I think he is actually coming to the Visitor's Center to meet with us! I am soooo excited! (:
Before conference we had brunch at the Salmon's house. They are a family in our ward. Bro. Salmon said he would tag us in a pic on FB. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Conference was as awesome as always! Sadly I only got to hear one talk on Saturday :( All of the VC sisters who were assigned to work on Sat. were all curled up with blankets and snacks in one of the theaters at the VC. It was so fun! Until people kept coming in wanting tours -__- Hence I only got to see one talk. I didn't mind it when non-members came in for tours, but I had no sympathy for the members! They knew they should be watching! Instead they weren't and we didn't get to either. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was, however, a miracle day. On Friday a lady named L, a non-member, came into the VC and we took her on a tour of the Newel K. Whitney store because she didn't have enough time for the whole thing. She felt the spirit SO strong in the School of the Prophets and when we told her the floor boards were original in the Revelation Room, the same ones that a Prophet of God walked and prayed on she took of her shoes and ran her feet along the wood. Her faith was inspiring. Afterwards she asked if she could bring her two daughters the next day. We were so excited!!! She brought her daughters and it was an amazing day. The tour took twice as long as Sister Clark and I taught the doctrine throughout the tour. Her sweet daughters, 8 and 10, felt the testifying of the Holy Ghost. They said, "I feel like my heart is...open. It's tingling!" "I think someone is giving me a hug right now." That family was prepared to receive the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. While in the School of the Prophets on of the little girls said she never wanted to leave because it was the best feeling of her whole life. Sister Clark and I were struggling to hold back our tears as we watched the testimonies of this family grow throughout the tour. They have agreed to meet with the missionaries in their area and we will continue to keep in contact with them (: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also saw Sister Secrest! Unfortunately I was on another tour, but it was fun that she came to Kirtland! :D </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another investigator we are meeting with is slow to understand principles as it appears that his brain as been damaged from heavy substance abuse. Sister Mitchell said he is also schizophrenic, but I can't tell if that's true. He has spent a portion of his life in prison and has endured many difficult situations. How wonderful the power of the Atonement. I am excited to continue working to help him overcome his addictions and help him find happiness though the gospel. Our last lesson with him his brother's girlfriend came in and shared her inspiring story about overcoming addiction. She has felt Heavenly Father in her life as she has over come many of the same addictions as Scott. It was a miracle that she decided to listen to the lesson on that particular day. I really hope that she will continue to listen to the lessons and increase her faith.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm running out of time and I not even half done!!!!!
The humidity is so nice! My skin loves it! (: It will be a sad, sad winter though...I am quickly realizing I have nothing warm. I might have to use some personal funds to get some things! We get $150 a month for food, toiletries, household supplies, etc. Hopefully I can budget well. I still haven't had a chance to get to the grocery store since transfers so I have eaten PB&J sandwiches for a week straight. I have finished Sister Clark's entire jar of peanut butter. (Sister Mohler is allergic to peanuts!) Thank goodness for those protein bars Mom and Cynth! We did have a pancake breakfast with the Community of Christ one morning though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My address is 7800 Kirtland-Chardon Rd. Kirtland, OH 44094
You should put it on the address tab of my blog because my mail just goes to the VC.
I love you and miss you! Wish I had more time! I'm going to send a hand written letter too!
I am going to use my debit card to buy a voice recorder because I HATE writing in my journal. I'm praying there's money on it.
xoxoxoxox Write me hand-written letters! I love those! I still haven't heard from my sibs!
miss you! crying right now! xoxoxo</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Sister Mohler and her companion live in a lovely little antique house. She said, "It's so roomy and all to ourselves! There are two floors, a basement, an attic, but one bathroom. It is really old and cutely historic inside." She sent a picture which I will not post due to safety reasons, but it is a darling house!)</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748570791344079881.post-57295841338040642602013-10-07T14:57:00.000-06:002013-10-07T14:57:59.601-06:00Answered PrayersSister Mohler had an amazing experience singing in the choir for the Relief Society Broadcast on Saturday, September 29th. The songs were some of the same ones she recorded for her CD, so she already knew them.<br />
From Becca:<br />
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Well like I said in my email, I wanted to be in the choir from the beginning, but we never got the application. I went into choir a few days ago and asked if they had an alternate list and they said that they weren't going to be accepting any more singers because they've already gone through the selection process and blah blah so I asked if they'd let me just sit in on the rehearsals and they said that I could but that I won't ever be in the choir. I prayed and asked my roommates to pray that something would work out. I went to the rehearsals and after the first practice Sister Roach of the MTC presidency came up to me and said that she could tell that I knew the songs and that she would put in a good word for me. The next day they paged me on the intercom to call the front desk. A spot had opened up! Luckily I already had everything for the outfit. ( I did buy a new ridiculously over-priced black skirt from the bookstore b/c my pencil skirt isn't long enough) I was so excited until I found out that we were supposed to have an ALL DAY rehearsal on Sat. and that I was supposed to be on temple square on Sat. and I couldn't miss either :( So again, I prayed. The next day, my VC teacher said she was going to switch our TS day to Friday!! So EVERYTHING worked out! Miracle! Look for me in the choir, I'll be in the green button down from Banana Republic. </div>
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Also, as part of her training she spent a couple of days on Temple Square in Salt Lake City. My sister went there with her children and immediately ran into Becca! It was so great.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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