tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86130900892853565042024-03-13T13:09:06.875-07:00EDEN IN ECUADOReden oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05514592584276883458noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613090089285356504.post-77753788122850210202016-02-16T11:35:00.001-08:002016-02-16T11:35:20.976-08:00el fin se acerca 2.15.16<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">escribo with my corazón so so full, this being my final email to you all in the country of Ecuador. This week was truly amazing. José was baptized and it was a beautiful service. My companion and I sang soy un hijo de Dios. José gave his testimony about how much he believed in these things and how grateful he is for Christ in his life. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1691953878" 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;">On Sunday</span></span> he was confirmed and we went over to visit him. He had brought his aunt over so that she could listen to us as well. She is having some difficulties right now in her life. I felt so grateful because i could truly SEE the conversion process in him. He bore a stong testimony in which he said that he felt happiness and peace... and that happiness and peace is from the spirit. I was reminded of when Lehi partook of the fruitin 1 nephi <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1691953879" 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;">8:12</span></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">12 And as I partook of the fruit thereof it filled my soul with exceedingly great joy; wherefore, I began to be desirous that my family should partake of it also; for I knew that it was desirable above all other fruit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">THAT is true conversion. And i have felt that on my mission. I had the opportunity to visit some old converts today in my first sector. The familia Sabando and The familia Quishpe. They are both doing so great. As I sat there with them I think i was waiting for a special feeling of like "wow Hermana Neff, look at all you did for these people." But it didnt come. Instead i had such a peaceful feeling. I felt 100% that these people are by no means MY fruit. They are the fruit of The Lord Jesus Christ. Of the work that He has done through me and countless other missionaries. I have wished my whole mission to be remembered by others for what I have done. But i am realizing that i truly havent done anything. Christ has done it all. And He has allowed me to be a part of it. I cant believe that it has taken me so long to realize that missionary work is not about ME. It is about THEM!! It is about their salvation and their relationship with Christ and their eternal progression. So it doesnt matter if they always remember the name "hermana Neff" The name that i want to be forever engraven in their hearts and in their lives is JESUS CHRIST. HE is the master. It is to HIM that we should be grateful. I am so infinitely grateful for Him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">I would just very simply like to express to you all the deep and sincere love i have for this country, and the people that reside here. The food, the culture, the excuses for not coming to church jaja (that i dont love too much). I love it. I feel like The Lord has to know me perfectly because He knew that He had to send me to this incredibly beautiful country. I love it. I love it. I love it. Words cannot adequately express the pain i feel to have to leave it all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">Neither can words adequately express the gratitude i feel for my mission. I wish that i could explain how full of love my heart is for Ecuador, the people, The Savior, The Holy Ghost, Our Father in Heaven, my mission, the book of mormon. I am infinitely grateful for the decision i have made. Not one day have i felt that the mission has been a sacrifice. The blessings are eternal and far greater than anything i could have done with my life at home during this time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">I love my Savior so dearly. I love the gospel. I know that it is true. My simply testimony is that Jesus is our Savior. He has taught us His gospel through prophets of old and living prophets today. This gospel, after being lost, was returned to the earth through the prophet Joseph Smith. The Book of Mormon is evidence of that great truth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">I know that through Christ I can truly be perfect though I am so far from it. In my mission The Lord has revealed to me MANY of my weaknesses, for which i am so grateful. It has been a time that He has helped me to overcome these weaknesses throught the incredible lessons i have learned from others, from the scriptures, and on my knees. I have spent many nights weaping for the difficulties and many nights weaping in gratitude for everything that i have experienced. I am not quite ready for it to end. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">However, i am very very excited to see you all. It is amazing how much my love for our family has grown in this time. I am ready to do our Noche de hogar every monday night!! Thank you all for your prayers and for your incredible support and love. I feel so blessed for all that you have done for me. I have recieved countless emails that have been from guided family members and friends that have KNOWN how to follow the promptings of the spirit. You are all so dear to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">I feel that this scripture has been kind of a theme for me in my mission, and really a theme for my life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;"> 32 Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;"> 33 And again, if ye by the grace of God are perfect in Christ, and deny not his power, then are ye sanctified in Christ by the grace of God, through the shedding of the blood of Christ, which is in the covenant of the Father unto the remission of your sins, that ye become holy, without spot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">So we have had a great week! Jose our inv. from Quevedo is getting baptized <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_663133245" 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;">this Friday</span></span>. It has been such a special experience to see his conversion process as he has listened to the gospel and decided to change his life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">There are so many people that we are teaching that i love so much! We have a little family a mom with her two daughters that will most likely be getting baptized the week after i leave which is so exciting and happy for them!! We have had some really special spiritual experiences with them.... especially with the Book of Mormon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">With another inv. (Rosa) she prayed to know if Joseph Smith is a prophet at the end of the lesson and the spirit was THICK. After we asked her how she felt and she said "The same as i always do when i pray.... peace." I felt the spirit guide me in that moment and i said "if it werent true do you think God would allow you to feel peace about it?" So grateful for the spirit! We left her pondering many things and we are hoping that she will progress! Her challenge is her family... they are catholic and she is worried what they will think of her if she changed religions . </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">We learned this week that carnaval is basically a "eat drink and be merry" type of thing. We saw that this week when we passed by some old inv. that we really really love and they were all drunk in front of their 4 little kids. Sometimes i literally feel anguish for these people and understand a little of what the prophets felt when the people always rejected the gospel and chose not to repent. I feel anguish! But i am filled with joy to know that repentance is for everyone and that we have accepted the gospel and we live it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , sans-serif;">So we have an investigator names José he is from Quevedo. We started out teaching his prima. She told us that her husband is a less active and that she wasnt baptized. We found out a couple days ago that she lied to us and that she is baptized! We have had some difficult and very direct lessons with her. It is so hard to call people to repentance when they dont have any desires to act! It really just makes me feel sad for them! Anyways so José is her cousin and the first lesson he was not even interested in listening to us.... but we arent quite sure what happened but all the sudden he started reading the Book of Mormon and he has come to church twice now. He keeps talking about how he just felt like now is the time for him to make the decision to change his life! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , sans-serif;">Anyways i love you all so much. I love the sweet blessing that it is to teach the truths of the gospel everyday with the power and authority given from God. I love the gospel! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , sans-serif;">Ok so first off HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAIGE!!!!!!!!! I love you so much. You have been the most faithful writer and i am so so so grateful for you!! I hope you had the best day EVER!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , sans-serif;">Ok so we have still been finding lots and lots of families. Most of them arent married which is so so frustrating because it makes their progress so slow! But they have a lot of true intent so we are working with them and trying to help them in their progress to be baptized! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , sans-serif;">We found this family that lived in Quevedo and they listened to the missionaries before. So anyways ximena didnt come to church this sunday but Jose did! He is her cousin....25 years old and so so prepared! He said that before he didnt even want to listen to the missionaries.... but now he feels the need to change his life. His experience at church was GREAT and he passed up a job offer to be able to attend. I love to find those that are chosen!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms" , sans-serif;">We have literally just been working so hard the last little while. It is so satisfying to share the gospel with others! I cant think of anything else in this world that brings me so much peace, contentment, and fufilment. I love it! My favorite hymn is Hark all ye nations. I love it is spanish. "listen nations and rejoice! Listen to the light of heaven! In this land the light of truth was restored!" I LOVE IT!! It makes way more sense in spanish but it has been my favorite song since i started my mission. I think it always will be. Our duty is to share this light and this truth with others. Today on the way home from Quito i was contacting a man who had read a lot of false things about Joseph Smith. He was not too excited to let me share what i know to be true.... and he wasnt exactly nice about it either. But i tried to be kind but firm. I asked him if he had had a spiritual confirmation that his church is true. He couldnt respond so i took advantage to testify of Joseph Smith and The Book of Mormon. He promised that he would pray to know and apologized to me. I gave him the biggest smile as i got off the bus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">Ok so this week was a week full of ups and downs! I truly wish that i could share with you guys the many wonderful experiences that i experience daily. I have been learning so much that the spirit IS the greatest tool that we have here in missionary work. I feel like he is constantly guiding me. There are times when i have to make decisions based on logic, but the spirit always affirms to me that it was the right thing to do. I love kneeling down at night in my nightly prayers with my heart full of peace and warmth. Nights in the mission are my favorite... because at the end of the day i love the feeling of fufillment that The Lord gives me. I find myself thanking Him every day for the mission and the wonderful experience that it is for me. I feel like i will never truly be able to thank Him enough. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">So we are teaching 3 families right now that are married and very interested in the gospel. They are all catholic... and wanting to be baptized, but not if it means leaving behind their religion. They all came to church this week so that was great! But there is a lot of work ahead with them. Anyways we have just had some great lessons filled with the spirit and seen such wonderful changes beginning in them. I think the most frustrating part of missionary work is when people feel peace and feel that the things we are teaching them are true.... but they arent willing to act on the feelings and answers that they recieve. Sometimes it is heart-breaking, but as missionaries we have to accept their agency (that is, after we have done literally EVERYTHING to get them to change and after The Lord has done all as well) Sometimes they just wont change. We do our best to help them! It is such a blessing though to see that when the truths of the gospel ring true to them, their eyes change and they always feel it. I pray every day that every person i have taught the restoration to in my mission will remember it forever and always remember what they have felt.</span></div>
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We are seeing so many miracles. I know i dont share too many experiences, but we see miracles everyday. For example, yesterday we were going to visit some less actives and we got lost. Which is SO UNLIKE US!! It was a little dark and we had some unpleasant run ins with some rather large dogs, but we finally found out way to a safe street. Then my companion says, "we are lost. it must be for something." So we kept walking and two minutes later this HUGE black guy was like "hermanitas are you going to a cita right now?" We stopped to talk to him and it turns out that he is a less active that wants to come back to church with his non-member wife. That is just an example of the types of things that happen to us EVERY DAY!!! </div>
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Earlier this week we found a family who had just had a death and we were able to testify of the truths of the restoration and that families are forever. I love love love being a missionary! My favorite part is just finding a new person or family and being able to share the restoration of the gospel of jesus christ. And watching them feel something and change. Of course they dont all progress... many do, but many dont. But the best thing is just being able to testify. I love the gospel! </div>
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Anyways i hope that you are all doing so well. This week we had an investigator drop us because she said that she saw an angel that showed her that the catholic church is true. yay. Luckily The Lord is blessing us with so many other people. We said goodbye to her and left off on great terms and made her promise to recieve the missionaries again some day! I know she will!! </div>
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This week i have been feeling grateful for the spirit. I feel like i am feeling it and recognizing it more lately than i have my whole mission and i am in heaven. We are nothing in this work without the spirit. </div>
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Transfers were yesterday and i am staying with Hermana McGill here in Los Chillos! thrilled. </div>
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I HAVE NO TIME TODAY!!! I am so sorry i will try to make it good, and quick. We had a lot to do in the mission offices today so we got back kinda late. But first off, I SAW HERMANA PINGREE!!!</div>
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AHHHH IT WAS LITERALLY THE HAPPIEST REUNION OF MY LIFE!!!! She is so so good and so so cute and i can tell is SUCH a wonderful missionary! Tell her family just how wonderful and consecrated she is as a missionary. She is doing such great things down here in Ecuador! We LOVE this country!</div>
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Anyways this week was a little frustrating because people go CRAZY here for the Holidays! And we couldnt even leave the house because it was unsafe the 31st. So i set goals. I will be honest. I shed some tears for 2015. One of the best years of my life. I feel so grateful that i was able to be a missionary in this time. I loved loved loved this special year in my life. Mostly for everything that it has taught me, and my heart aches thinking that this year is over. BUT, i am ready for a happy and wonderful new year. 2016!! It will be great i just know it! </div>
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This week we had some wonderful very spiritual lessons. I love the spirit! This work is really impossible without him. </div>
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I love you all so much. I hope that this year may be a year full of spiritual growth and joy found through living the wonderful gospel of Jesus Christ. </div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">We had so many family nights and dinners with so many members that made our Christmas GREAT. The Christmas miracle was that an eternal investigator FINALLY got her divorce papers and is getting married and baptized next month! We suggested to her a fast and they whole family did it! And on the 25th of December the divorcement papers came out. yay!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">Really i have loved just sharing the gospel this Christmas. My companion said to me that this Christmas is special, because we have spent the whole year remembering and serving our Savior. I think that is so true. We had so many special companionship studies this week just talking and remembering the Savior. I honestly feel that this Christmas this year in the mission has not been a sacrifice for me. Not in the slightest. Last year i felt like i was sacrificing so much to be here. And now i feel that it is the greatest blessing to be here at this time. I love the mission so much. It is such a joy to share the gospel everyday and feel the spirit all the time! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">I have been thinking about Helaman 14 this week. About the signs in America when Christ was born. It is such a testimony to me that The Lord loves ALL His children. In ALL the world. I think of the people that lived here in the Americas and how they had so much faith. They had never seen nor heard Christ. Many saw the signs of His birth, yet they lost faith that He truly lived. Yet, there were many who had believed even long before they saw the signs. And their faith was unwavering. I LOVE that story! I love the image of a night without darkness. . The birth of the Savior allowed light to fill the world, that light has filled my heart. I love to share it with others. Then to think of the contrast, of His death, that there was NO light. Without the Savior there is no light. There cannot be light nor hope nor peace. I have felt this week that one of the greatest gifts The Savior can give us is the gift of peace. I have learned to CLING CONSTANTLY to that peace. </span> </div>
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HAVE A GREAT GREAT CHRISTMAS!!! I love you all so much. I hope that we may all remember our Savior this Christmas season and always. I wouldnt want to be celebrating anywhere else. I know He lives. I love Him. I love to serve Him. </div>
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pbrunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291236060153422797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613090089285356504.post-16286520899700202472015-12-21T19:16:00.001-08:002015-12-21T19:16:25.270-08:00Charity. Los Chillos 12.14.15<font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">HEY FAM!!</font><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This week has been a lot of hard work and contacting. We have found a lot of new people to teach which is exciting! It has been interesting because a lot of these people have had mormon friends, or they knew someone that gave them a Book of Mormon... etc. In fact, we found a family that had three books of mormon that their family members from the coast had given them. Anyways this has helped me realize just how much it means to us missionaries when someone has had some type of positive contact with the church. Seriously though, it makes our work so much easier! People often make excuses not to share the gospel because the people they share with most likely "wont accept". You know what? they are probably right! People most likely will not accept the gospel the first time they hear of it. And probably not the second or third time either....however, i have seen that everytime they have some type of positive experience, related to the church of Jesus Christ, the Spirit will testify to them and soften ther heart. Then, the next time they hear of it... they will remember that one positive experience they had, and be more willing to accept. So... Be fearless!! share the gospel with EVERYONE. Live your life in a way that others will want to know the Christ whose name you wear on your heart. Share, share, share the gospel. Dont fear rejection. Simply do it. In every way that you can. It is a COMMANDMENT of The Lord, that we must follow. And i know that if we all do, we can be wonderful instruments in The Lord´s hands. <br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I have also been thinking about where my heart is. I have been trying to develop more charity. I was talking with my companion and we were realizing that someone who is charitable will always ask, "what can i give?" and then, after they have given much.... they will ask, "what MORE can i give?" I feel that there have been many times where i have asked myself in my mission "What can i get from this"? "How many baptisms can I have"? How many new investigators could i have progressing this week"? These questions are not unrighteous if our heart is in the right place as we ask them. However, there are better questions that we can ask. "How can i bless this family and help them change their lives"? "How can i be a better instrument in the Lord´s hands, and accept His will for my mission"? "How can i love these people more perfectly"? "what MORE can i give"? We have been asking ourselves this many times throughout this week. What more can we give? What more can we give to others, and more importantly, what more can we give to The Lord?? </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I have learned that it is easy to love those that love you back. Here in the mission it is easy to love those that accept our message and keep their commitments. The challenge is learning to love others without expecting ANYTHING from them. Christ knew that many would not accpet Him nor His atonement, yet He died for them anyways. Because He knew and knows how to love perfectly. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We are His hands here on earth. There are many important things for us to do, but i feel that the most important among them is to love and serve God and His children. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I am so infinitely grateful for my mission. I love the work of The Lord. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hermana Neff </font></div><div><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></div><div><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ok i forgot to share a funny thing that happened this week. So we went to teach an investigator and she decided to show us how she kills her chickens..... So she took us out back to the chicken pen and lifted up every chicken to know which one was the chosen one to die. Then she took us even further out back to the "machine." When she said that we were going to the "machine" we thought it was like a guillotine type of thing.... turns out it was an aluminum cone stapled to a tree. So she grabs the chicken and shoves the head through the cone, grabs her dull, rusty knife and SAWS the head off! I think that must have been the slowest and most painful death for that poor chicken. Five minutes later when we went back, the chicken was still there and her dog was licking the blood off its neck. We decided that´s probably why we arent allowed to eat in the streets here in Ecuador. <div><br></div><div>Have a great week! Love you all! </div></font></div>pbrunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291236060153422797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613090089285356504.post-8688748468774637762015-12-08T13:35:00.003-08:002015-12-08T13:35:59.688-08:00los chillos 12.7.15<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">My new comp!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">This week has been soooo long and sooo good and i dont have much time again today so bear with me! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">Ok <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1431636807" 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;">this Sunday</span></span> was PERFECT. It was stake conference and i was sitting there with my companion when i looked outside in the hallway and saw FAMILIA SABANDO AND FAMILIA QUISHPE!!! We were all freaking out just so so so so happy! And i got to see hermano mauricio quishpe get the priesthood which was SO SPECIAL!! I had no idea so i was literally shaking i was so happy to see them all. I dont know if you guys remember them but they are two families that are so so special to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">Then after the conference i saw Christian Rosero!!! He is doing SO AWESOME. Literally it just made me remember all the miracles i saw with these people here almost a year ago, and to see that they are still active and strong in the church was a huge huge blessing for me. And then on top of that i saw all of the members and less active etc. from selva alegre it was just so happy! Such a happy day for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">And to top it off a family that we found <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1431636808" 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;">on Thursday</span></span> came to church!! SUCH MIRACLES AND BLESSINGS!! With Hermana McGill we are working so hard. She is a really good missionary and we get along so well. It has been weird being with a Gringa after almost a year of Latinas! But i am getting used to and loving it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">Really we have just been talking so much about how blessed we are to have served a mission. I am learning SO MUCH! I feel like these last few months have been pretty hard, bit really good for my personal growth, and now The Lord is giving us lots of miracles! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">The members of the ward are aweomse. So so so helpful and always asking what THEY can do to help us. I love Los Chillos! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">ok transfers..... i am no longer in riobamba. i am BACK IN LOS CHILLOS!!!! I am so so so so so so happy you have nooooo idea. So so EXCITED!!! I am training a new hermana lider from UTAH Hermana McGill which is so exciting! We are opening a sector called San Rafael so i am really just so happy and content. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">And we already had our first miracle! We were walking over here to email and i saw a less active from one of my older sectors TAMBILLO. And she gave us a reference of an hermana that is already in Alma of the BOM.... apparently missionaries taught her a long time ago. So that was pretty cool!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">Anyways i was really sad to leave Riobamba yesterday... there were a few tears shed....hahaha i came to love that place so so much )even though i wont miss the cold. We saw miracles yesterday at church so i was a little bummed to be leaving at first, But now i am so happy and excited to be back in Los Chillos!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">first off... happy thankgiving this week and happy birthday BEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i hope you have just the happiest birthday! Are you 14 now?? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">This week i dont have too much to share with you all. Sorry! We are working hard and finding lots of people to teach. (lots of catholics) And i am happy as always! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">This week we had interviews with President. I think i was feeling a little doubtful of myself and my work. He simply reminded me that the Savior is so patient with us! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">I copied and pasted what i wrote to the president this week so that you can understand a little better what i am feeling. Really i just love and am so so grateful for the things that i am learning out here in the mission! I will never be able to repay The Lord for all that He has given me. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ok so this week we had a leadership conference. It was so so special! President Christensen used an example with two cups. He filled one with water and the other with ice.... and he shared the example of how we all need to be like water, conformable, and willing to conform ourselves to the will of the Lord. When ice needs to turn to water (in order to conform itself to the shape of the cup) it needs the sun. It needs light. In our lives it is no different. When we need to change our hearts from "ice-cold" to moldeable "water" we need our light source, which is the Savior. Only through the Savior can we be changed. I am so grateful for the many ways that He has changed me in my mission. The other night i was just thinking about how after this mission i feel that i have not repayed The Lord for anything, but rather, i am much more indebted to Him than i was before.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Yesterday i had a special experience with Paty and Nicole our recent converts. Paty has been sick the last two weeks so they hadnt been to church. My companion and I have been visiting a little bit less because we have had to travel so much for divisions and leadership conference. Anyways she said to me yesterday, "Hermana, i want to tell you something. Today Nicole and i realized that we are never going to leave the church." She proceeded to tell me that earlier that day, they were getting ready to go to church. She said that she didnt feel excited to go at all. Thay she was confused and doubting, but that she got in the taxi and went with Nicole. In the taxi they talked about how they just simply didnt want to go to church, and how they had never felt this way about church before (obviously the adversary..) Anyways she said that after church they walked out and said that they felt so renewed and happy and excited and at peace. I was so grateful for a loving Father in Heaven! Who helped my recent converts learn a lesson that will help them remain actives in the church for the rest of their lives. I testified to them that there have been many times in my life when i havent felt the desire to continue either, but every time that i do, The Lord helps me feel His love, and helps me know that He is proud of me. And those feelings are enough to make want to remain active in His church always. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So we are teaching the nephew of paty. His name is Edwin. We really have had such a hard time figuring out why he wont accept baptism. This week we FOUND HIS ICEBERG!! Finally. In the lesson he was telling me that he wanted to have more of an anwser. So i asked him what blessings he has recieved in his life since he started attending church and reading the book of moromon (he is almost to mosiah). He told me that he has seen many differneces and has felt a lot of peace. I testified to him in that moment that he HAS recieved an answer from the spirit. And then i asked him "so what ELSE is keeping you from being baptized?" and he told us! He is afraid to be baptized without his dad. FINALLY he told us! And all it took was a simple and direct question.... guided by the spirit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">Ok first off, i had the opportunity to listen to Garrison´s talk and it made me SO PROUD!! The shout out made me weap so that was awkward in the internet café.... but i am so proud and excited for you! The mission is the best thing in the world for our personal progression! I love it and i know that you are going to be an excellent missionary filled with the spirit! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">This week has been great with Hermana Peralta. There have been some harder and sadder moments... like when we had to drop a family that i really love, because they just wont attend church! But there were also beautiful moments for me personally. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">With Hermana Peralta we have ventured to some areas a little bit farther away to do some contacting. The sun has been SCORCHING here in Riobamba. It is cold outside, but the sun is so so strong. I put on 70 SPF sunscreen<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_636607061" 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;">on Tuesday</span></span> and still got burned. The sector that we have been working in is called La Libertad. It is all dirt and dusty roads, cows, and the other day we saw a dog eating a donkey head on the side of the road..... bienvenidos a ecuador. But Hermana Peralta and i have been enjoying ourselves! It has been fun to give the people a little bit of contact with the church and we are hoping to see some progress! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">This week i learned a couple of things. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_636607062" 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;">On Friday</span></span> we were doing our comp inventory. Before i start i should share with you all that something i have been trying to completely change about myself is my pride! I have realized in my mission that i am a very proud person. One way to change this is to want take critisism and want it more than praise. So in comp inventory my companion (by the way i LOVE her we are getting along so welll!) But my companion told me something that i can do better. To be honest it stung a little bit and normally i would have been offended and tried to defend myself. But in the moment that i started to feel bothered i thought (well i think that really the spirit whispered to me) "do i want praise or critisism?" I thought about how i could accept this critisism and become a better person.... or i could justify and defend myself and not improve in the slightest. I felt SO GOOD after i realized that! If we constantly seek praise, we may feel good about ourselves our whole lives, but we will NEVER progress to become more like our Savior Jesus Christ. It was such an exciting realization for me! I love the fact that The Lord shows me my weaknesses. Every night i write in my journal something that i am grateful for... and i have looked back and many nights in my mission i have written "i am grateful that The Lord shows me my weaknesses." Sometimes it is discouraging because i feel that i have such a long way to go, but i know that He helps me! And it gives me the opportunity to draw closer to Him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">One thing that my companion is helping me improve is to simply not stress. I am realizing that my whole mission, thought i have been happy, i have been a complete stress case! And i realized yesterday that the majority of my stress comes from the fact that i MEASURE my success. I am realizing that success in the mission simply cannot be measured, If we try to measure our success we deny The Lord´s hand in our lives and His grace and mercy.... that makes up for our weaknesses and shortcomings. I have realized that much of the success that missionaries have is success that simply cannot be measured nor seen by our mortal eyes. It is success that is seen by The Lord alone. We must trust in the fact that He sees the fruits of all that we do here in the mission field.... even if we cannot see them. Realizing this has helped me feel so much more at peace and has helped me to just enjoy everyday so much more! I love missionary work! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">We ponderized this week with my companion 2 Ne 25:29. Faith in Christ. I love Him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">I love the mission! I am just so content and at peace with my decision to serve. It is something that i will be grateful for my whole entire life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">Read </span><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">Cuidaos del orgullo! Its by Ezra taft Benson and i have no idea how it is in english so look it up! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">SO MUCH HAPPENED THIS WEEK I DONT KNOW WHERE TO START!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">Ok so on Monday and Tuesday we went to Quito for the leaders conference and they talked a lot about changing the "mission culture." Really there have been a lot of challenges in these past few months and we are trying to find solutions! It was cool to see the spirit work in us as we talked with president and tried to come up with help for our mission! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">So it has been raining a lot in Quito and we got soaked on Tuesday. On Wednesday i felt a little weird and on thursday i was really sick with a fever and sore throat. Turns out it was strep....... blahhh it may possibly be the worst thing to have strep on your mission! I was dying. But i got some good antibiotics and i feel great now!! (oh also i recieved a priesthood blessing which was a major help) By the way a member here sent me home with coca cola and a lime and told me to drink the coke scalding hot and squeez the lime. I was doubtful, but i tried it and.... miracle!!! It was the BEST remedy and i felt 10000 times better. I dont know how but these Ecuadorians are healers and i was so so grateful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">On saturday Paty and Nicole were baptized. It was such a special service! We were honestly so happy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">I dont know if you all remember but Paty and Nicole were the mom and daughter that had a tragic death in their family--- and because of it their whole family is knowing the gospel! Hermana Costa and I sang "Jesus the very thought of thee". The spirit was so strong! After Paty and Nicole bore testimony of the changes they have seen in their life since they accepted the gospel. Nicole (she is 13) talked about how grateful she was for us in helping her family find the gospel..... Hermana Costa and I were dying of happiness!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">Now we are teaching 2 more of their family members that we hope will get baptized this transfer! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">Hermana Costa finished her mission and now i have a new companion! I was so sad to see Hermana Costa leave because she was such a good companion to me. We worked an taught great together, but now i am excited to be with hermana peralta!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">She is an excellent missionary that doesnt have too much time in the mission, so i am going to be training her how to be sister training leader. I did divisions with her last transfer and teased her that she would be the next hermana leader.... and i was right! She is from Bolivia and makes me laugh all the time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">I am so excited for this new transfer! Time is flying way way too fast for me and i wish it would just slow down. Sorry for the cliché missionary talk, but i really am understanding now just how wonderful it is to be a missionary. I love it so much. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">This week i am ponderizing the scripture omni <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_115459177" 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;">1:26</span></span> (that talk was amazing wasnt it?) It talks about offering our whole souls to Christ. I am trying to apply that in my life. Offer my WHOLE soul to Him... that is, to accept His will in all things. I am trying to accept His will for me and my mission. Where He wants me to be, what He wants me to do, and how He wants me to do it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">I LOVE being a missionary. I am so happy and at peace to be here at this time. It is the greatest blessing that The Lord has given me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">ps i ate CUI!! o sea, guinea pig!!!!! and it was SO SO DELICIOUS!! Tell the gisele to feed her guinea pigs a lot so that they are nice and fat when i get home...... je je </span></div>
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this was my real reaction. I loooove ecuadorian food!!! </div>
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patty and nicole are getting baptized this week! Pray for them! </div>
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I helped a member realize that he needed to keep the sabbath day holy and i was scared to do so... but he told me after that it really helped!</div>
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ahh you dont know how madddddd i am right now!!! </div>
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Ok but love you all and i am so sorry for this TOTALLY LAME email this week. </div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">The many talks about Sabbath Day Observance. We do not simply keep the sabbath day holy to keep the commandment, but to remember the sacrifice of our Savior. And our activities this day should help us to remember Him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">The simpleness of the gospel as taught by Elder Uchtdorf. We dont need to look for misterious doctrines to satisfy our spiritual needs. The beautiful truths of the gospel are ENOUGH. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">Ok i especially loved Elder Lawrence´s talk about how the spirit can give us very PERSONAL counsel. I loved the promise he made about how if we pray and ask the Lord what we lack to be better, to become more like him... then He will tell us! I took the challenge the same night that he made the promise to us and i had the opportunity of feeling something small (yet very important) that i need to change to become more like The Savior. All i can say is that this talk completley blew me away. We need to better tomorrow than what we are today. And the Atonement is not only for sinners, but also those saints that desire to be better. Wow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">If we justify ourselves and our sins, we offend the spirit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">Okay. Elder Hollands talk. It made me so excited to be a mom and SO GRATEFUL FOR MY MOM! You have no idea how touched i was as i thought of you Mom. I love you and am so grateful for your Christ-like love for me. I love you so much, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">We need spiritual strength. It is not enought to simply live this life without trying to increase our spiritual strength. Eventually we will be engulfed by the darkness of the world that surrounds us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">The talk of David A. Bednar jsut made me so so grateful for living prophets. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">How blessed are we to have these special witnesses of Christ! The whole weekend i was filled with the spirit. He reconfirmed to me many times that the men that spoke to us are truly called of God. Their words inspire, help, and bless me. I have learned in my mission to love the words of latter day prophets. They KNOW what Christ needs the world to know. As we apply their teachings i know that our lives are filled with the spirit and with the love of our father in heaven. I made a goal after this weekend to always study the words of the living prophets. Without Prophets, there would be NO testimony of Christ. There words in the scriptures and in these latter days are my strength and guide, to become the person that God wants me to become. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">I love you all! Have a happy happy week. The gospel of Jesus Christ IS happiness!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">ps. look in the liahona from september or october. There is a little part that talks about a service that we did in Ambato and i am in a picture!! Ok my face is really small and my head is turned to the side... and there are like 100 people in the picture, but i felt so famous when i saw it. GO ECUADOR!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">This is one of our favorite places. Next door to our house there is a huge market with tons of fruits and vegetables so cheap!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ok this week was very spiritual and uplifting.... sometimes i just never want this beautiful time in my life to end! I love being a missionary!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So first off we had a lesson with Patty and Nicole. Ahhh i wish i could just describe to you all how spiritual this lesson was! They accepted a date for the <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_13316467" 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;">10th of October</span></span>. I felt especially inspired to share a scripture in a certain moment in the lesson, and my companion in the very moment felt the prompting to look at me. It was perfect. I am loving working with Hermana Costa because there is so much unity in our companionship and teaching. She goes home in three weeks and i am so sad! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We had a special zone conference this week. The President showed us a video that was made by the first presidency and quorum of the 12 about the sabbath day. We learned some very interesting things that just made me think about how PERFECT the gospel is! The focused a lot on the Atonement, and how that should be our focus throughout the sacrament, the classes, and really all we do in the church! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My companion and I had just been talking about The Spirit this week. I have been realizing lately that The Spirit is something that i cannot feel all the time, it is something that i only feel in moments that i am testifying or teaching. However, it is something that i know i have because although i may not recognize it all day everyday, when it leaves i feel it leave. And the only word that i can use to describe that feeling is.... feo. For those of you that dont know spanish... that means ugly. It makes me always want to be worthy and obedient in thought, word, and action, so that He is always with me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In my study this week i feel so grateful for a God that loves us so much. In Ether 3:2 we read that even though we are so unworthy, the Lord COMMANDS us to pray SO THAT HE CAN BLESS US!! According to our desires. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have so many things that i wish to share with you all this week! But this will have to do. I love you ALL!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">ps i forgot to tell you all. The other night we were walking home at night and i saw a dog.... eating A CAT!!! I almost barfed. It was the worst thing i have ever seen. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">OK i dont have much time today. But i wanted to say first off.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!! I hope you had just the best day ever. When i show people pictures of you here they cant believe you are my mom-they think you are my sister and always say how beautiful you are. "tan joven" is what they always say.... i sure love you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So just a couple experiences from this week. We had divisions in Guaranda with the Hermanas which was fun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ok so <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1552954420" 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;">this Sunday</span></span> we got to church on time, but there was a less-active that we had to wait for outside (there is a reason why) and we ended up getting in the meeting late. They had already shut the doors for the sacrament and in my other wards here in Ecuador they don't usually pass the sacrament outside. So i was feeling very stressed. This whole week i had been looking forward to the sacrament and i knew that i really needed it in that moment! We waited in one of the classrooms and they did end up giving it to us. As i sat in that room, i was pondering (and a little disappointed) because i knew that the spirit would not be as strong as in the actual sacrament room. However, when the deacon entered the spirit FILLED the room. It was a small miracle, but exactly what i needed to feel. I just want you all to know how grateful i am for the sacrament. It is an ordinance so sacred and special and dear to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A lot of the miracles that we were seeing last week have been experiencing a lot of opposition. I was feeling really upset <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1552954421" 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;">on Saturday</span></span>.... when a member that was visiting with us told us that her cousins are having difficulties in their marriage and need help. In that moment i knew and felt that the opposition that often happens in the mission, is something that we cannot control, but that if The Lord is pleased with us... He will continue to bless us with miracles. I am excited to help this new family! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have been learning this week that EVERY thing in missionary work is important. I have been striving to be better in every aspect of missionary work (including the area book) and i feel happy and at peace knowing that i am doing all I can, and i have faith that The Lord will do the rest. I have felt His peace and love and i am so grateful for Him. </span></div>
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pbrunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291236060153422797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613090089285356504.post-44929613222901640102015-09-09T18:05:00.001-07:002015-09-09T18:05:37.328-07:00The Lord is merciful. Riobamba 9.7.15<div>HOLA!</div><div><br></div><div>Ok SO. This week.</div><div><br></div><div>On Monday and Tuesday we were in Quito for the leaders conference. A LOT of missionaries were finishing and gave their "final testimony." It was sweet, but i am so not ready for that yet. Oh also i was sick and throwing up... i think we ate something bad in a restuarant.... but i am better now!</div><div><br></div><div>The other days in this week have been crazy. We have been having troubles getting ahold of our miracle from last week Andres. I am pretty bummed about it, but i know that The Lord has a plan for him and that everything will work out!</div><div><br></div><div>So we are seeing so many miracles. I dont think i have seen so many miracles for my whole mission! That being said... on Saturday i was feeling very frustrated. I was honestly asking myself why on earth am i here, working so hard for OTHER people´s salvation... and they dont even care!?!?!?! Ok (ya maybe thats harsh, but i am being honest.)</div><div><br></div><div>That night i felt that The Lord was not pleased with my attitude that day. I felt that He understood me and my feelings.... but only because (and i honestly felt this) HE has probably said the SAME THING about me, and my actions at times in my life! It was really actually almost funny when i realized that I had absolutely NO PLACE to be frustrated with everyone else, when i am not yet perfect... and will not be in this life! It was an eye opener for me.</div><div><br></div><div>That being said, I know that The Lord loves me. He is so merciful with me. I cant help but get teary in this internet cafe, in the middle of freezing cold Riobamba Ecuador, as i write these words, because of how i feel. On Sunday He gave us a miracle. We found a woman and her daughter, who have gone to church three times and recently experienced a tragic death in their family.... and they NEED the gospel. And they WANT it. We invited them to baptism for the 26th of september and they accepted. While we walked home i just felt so grateful, because.... in spite of the fact that i am so WEAK, and human, and sometimes i let the natural man get the best of me... The Lord still trusts me! And He still loves me. He is so merciful with His children! I just want to be more like Him.</div><div><br></div><div>Transfers were today. I am staying with Hermana Costa in Riobamba! She finishes her mission this transfer.</div><div><br></div><div>I LOVE YOU ALL!!</div><div><br></div><div>Something funny i told dad this week.. every time i tell someone that my name is Hermana Neff they always say "nice to meet you hermana INES" It drives me crazy!</div><div><br></div><div>Have a very happy week!</div><div><br></div><div>Hermana Neff</div><div><br></div><div>P.S. This week there was another miracle!! We found this family whos dad is a less active from forever ago and his family is really having a hard time (the rest arent memebrs). His daughter told us that she had been praying to find a religion to join because she feels that there can only me one true pathway that leads us back to God.... and that we showed up! Just another testimony to me that this church is TRUE!!</div>pbrunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291236060153422797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613090089285356504.post-91804658066095812502015-09-04T07:20:00.001-07:002015-09-04T07:21:22.186-07:00Ama La Vida - Riobamba 8.31.15<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">HEY!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But before i start in Riobamba we celebrated the 50 year anniversary of the gospel in Ecuador!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It is such a special time to be a missionary here in Ecuador right now. We went to an event and all the missionaries sang. There was a cute little slide show and a lot of typical dances of the country. I was really just feeling some ECUADORIAN PRIDE!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ok so i will start with Fernando. He is a less actives husband.... he isnt a member. We started teaching him at the start of this transfer. He is very catholic, and is afraid to pray and ask if the church is true. We had a couple very spiritual lessons with him, but then a lot of things happened in their family and we couldnt go back until this week. We went to see his wife and she told us that Fernando had told her that she needed to call us because he feels something different when we are there teaching. When we went we explained to him that what he feels when we are there really isnt because of us, it is the spirit. We had such an amazing lesson about Joseph Smith and the next day HE CAME TO CHURCH!!! We were so excited. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ok another miracle. So we were contacting. And we contacted this 18 year old boy named Andres. He told us that we could come back the next day and that he was very interested in hearing our message. Later that night we went to visit a recent convert. We made a comment about the joven we had contacted and she told us that it was her nephew. And that he was atheist! She was SHOCKED that he would accept us. So then Hermana Costa and I were super stressed.... worried that he was just going to try to prove us wrong with science or something. So we went the next day and he explained to us that he was atheist, but that as of late he felt a spiritual hunger and for that he let us in! So we explained and invited him to pray. And we invited him to baptism but he didnt accept, but he did accpe to go to church. At the end of the lesson he said his first prayer in 4 years and the spirit was SO STRONG!!!! Hermana Costa and I left that appointment bouncing off the walls. The next day, sure enough there he was in church. We visited him later that day and we asked him if he had prayed after we left </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1998520154" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">on Saturday</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> and he said he had and felt that God was listening! And he loved church. So in that moment we invited him to baptism for the </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1998520155" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">19th of September</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> and he accepted! Such a miracle! It really was a testimony to me that anyone that searches truth with true intent will find it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So i thought that i would give you guys maybe a rundown of what life is like here in Riobamba. Well just something short. First off, i dont know if i have told you guys this, but here in Ecuador the amount of rice we eat is..... we eat too much. But i have become addicted. I LOVE RICE!! If i eat lunch one day and there isnt rice, i find myself questioning if the person who prepared lunch is really from Ecuador. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ok so i will try to think of coooler things next week. LOVE YOU ALL!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">So this week i had a really special experience. We are teaching this man named Fausto. He lives alone because most of his family has passed away. This week we were teaching him about the Book of Mormon. I was zoning out a little during the lesson because we had a member present and they were sharing a pretty long testimony. Anyways all of the sudden Fausto interrupts (this is so embarrassing but i cant rememeber how you spell that word i have forgetten english) the member and asks me "hermana Neff, what was it like for you?" Referring to how i gained my testimony of the Book of Mormon. It caught me off gaurd and i sat there for a moment just... thinking. Then i told him (it was like the words just came out without me doing anything... that happens a lot in the mission) that when i read the Book of Mormon i feel a security. I feel a peace and love and joy. I feel enlightened and i KNOW that these feelings come from the spirit. I felt so edified after that lesson! My testimony of the Book of Mormon was just completely strengthened in the moment! I FELT IT. I know that this church is true because i know the Book of Mormon is true. It is the foundation of my testimony-and in it contains all the doctrines and priciples most dear to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">We had a specialized conference this week and a conference with the Hermanas. Hermana Costa and I had to give the capacitation. I wish i could share all of the strong spiritual things that happen to me in my mission. The miracles i see everyday come from my ability to feel and respond to The Holy Ghost and the things that he teaches me everyday... as long as I am willing to listen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">Being a missionary is so great! I am truly loving my time here! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;">Much love, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">we went to this plsce called Guano today.. stay tuned for more pictures. Brace yourselves.</span></div>
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my mummy boyfriend. He is over 500 years old... no joke. And was obviously a catholic preacher here in Ecuador. (shocker) <div class="yj6qo">
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