tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36055384607255342012024-02-06T17:48:25.259-08:00Hermana Rich: Tennessee Nashville MissionKristy is serving as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She has been called to serve in the Tennessee Nashville mission, speaking Spanish. She will be serving for 18 months from January 2013 to July 2014. For more information about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, please visit www.mormon.org.
If you would like to write Kristy, her address is located under her picture below. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3605538460725534201.post-19254317491246349092013-10-28T21:37:00.000-07:002013-12-15T21:49:49.964-08:00Week 41: Sorting Beans from Rocks and the Miracle of the Pumpkin<div>
FAMILIA!!</div>
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October 28, 2013</div>
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So, yall have more pictures now! Thanks for the new camera! I got
it on wednesday, and you can tell that I have been on a rant with
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Am I serving as a Spanish Missionary in the South, or what?</div>
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We had so much fun living the Mexican life as close as we can live
the Mexican life here in Tennessee. Have you ever sorted beans and
rocks? Or gone to a house where there is a live cow and then when you
leave the cow is skinned? Biked around the hills of Tennessee. </div>
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It was Mariana's birthday and we got her a present. I also have a
picture of her family. (Bety, Oscar, Joselyn, Mariana, and Berenice)</div>
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The pumpkin picture. We carved pumpkins with our investigators
Enrique and Adalida. They are so cool. We also ate dinner with them and
made tortillas. My heart is so big in love with them! They had an
amazing faith promoting experience in getting money together for the
pumpkin. Really, the Lord multiplied their money so that they could have
five dollars to carve pumpkins with them. I will never forget the story
that they told us. </div>
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haha. We had some great experiences this last week. Seriously, we
are so blessed when I look back at my week and see all that the Lord has
helped us with. We are having some really rich experiences. It is
amazing. I wish I could tell yall more about it all, but hopefully you
can get the gist with pictures. </div>
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How many progressing investigators do we have now? TWENTY. We are
swamped with so many things that we can do. It is awesome. How many
investigators came to church? NINE. Why aren't these people baptized?!</div>
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We are still doing lots of work in Smithville. I love it here. I'm
learning to rely on my Lord and Savior more and more each day. </div>
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I miss you so much, but I know that at the end of this nine months
it will all be worth it. I'm learning to consecrate it all to the Lord
and to learn of His will. </div>
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Love you all. you mean so much to me. Keep praying for my investigators, I can feel it!</div>
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Con Amor, Hermana Rich</div>
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p.s. enjoy the dress up district meeting photos!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3605538460725534201.post-57378468768893544852013-10-21T21:24:00.000-07:002013-12-15T21:34:45.659-08:00Semana 40<div>
October 21,2013</div>
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We had another lesson with Enrique and Adalida last night. SO
SWEET. Tomorrow we will be cooking with Adalida. I'm so excited. I feel
so much love for them when we are in their house. I'm really not sure
when they will be baptized or how all of the legal things will work
because they will need to finalize their divorces in Mexico and then
marry each other, but they are so amazing. </div>
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This last week we have been able to teach so many families. Can you
beleive it? We are following up with about 400 referrals in our stake.
All of these referrals came from the surveys that we had the public fill
out at the Warren County fair. We have 3 sets of missionaries in this
area now (an english set of elders and sisters and us) and we are doing
our hardest to visit all of these referrals. Sister Jensen and I have
taken on several referrals in this other town over called Smithville.
Let me tell you, SMITHVILLE=ZION. We have found so many gems up there.
We are doing mostly English work in Smithville, but it is so rewarding.
We found a family of 7 the other day. A FAMILY OF 7. We taught all of
them in their pretty run down trailer with all of them sitting on their
parents bed listening to what we had to say. When we came back a few
days later, three of the girls and the Mom (Crystal) all had their Books
of Mormon out and had so many questions for us. We probably haven't
gotten through a complete lesson yet because they keep overloading us
with so many questions. (What a great problem to have as a missionary!) </div>
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Before I got my mission call whenever I thought of what my mission
would be like I pictured myself teaching in a run down house, in the
middle of nowhere Central America with critters and all around... who
would have thought that exactly what I pictured myself doing is what the
Judkins family is like. It is a trailer that has been added on to and
the house is pretty... humble. Really, we go into the most humble places
out here in good old Tennessee and Kentucky. I can't even describe to
you what their house is like. But I can tell you that I saw a rat
running above us while we were teaching... yum. </div>
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So cool to be able to teach such a large family. We know that the Spirit directed us to these people! </div>
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Something that has been really hard for me on my mission is
teaching so many people that I absolutely fall in love with, but not
seeing them repent (aka keep commitments like go to church, read,
pray... follow through and be baptized.) But guess what our numbers were
last night with taking on the fair referrals. NINETEEN progressing
investigators. I guess we are doing something right (because the Lord is
blessing us with so many of His children who are ready to repent), even
though my heart aches for my brothers and sisters who choose to use
their agency and not change. </div>
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I can't beleive that my mission is halfway over. It scares me. At
the beginning of my mission I would think a lot to when I would come
home and all the things that I would do. I wanted to be on my mission,
but I still thought about what my life would be like after. The longer I
have been on my mission, the more I can't even think about going
home. I can't leave! There are still so many things that I need to
learn, so many things that I need to change about myself, and so many of
my brothers and sisters that I want to share the gospel with while I'm
still a FULL TIME MISSIONARY (Every memeber a missionary, right?)</div>
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Like I've talked about in a couple of my other emails, I've been
struggling to gauge if I'm actually a "successful missionary" I keep
trying to compare my outward success to that of other missionaries, but
as our stake president here in the McMinnville Stake (where I have spent
pretty much most of my mission) has told us there are FIVE things that
we do as a missionary, and we only have control over ONE of those
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1. WARN- We choose who we talk to</div>
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2. TEACH- Our investigators choose if they want us to teach them.
Sure we control what lessons we give and how we deliver it, but "nothing
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3. INVITE</div>
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4. BAPTIZE</div>
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5. RETENTION WORK</div>
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Like I've written you before, the only thing that I have control
over in misisonary work is who I choose to warn. Everything else is
dependent on other people. </div>
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Sorry I have to go. I love you. I miss you all alot. I've learned a lot about getting my priorities straight on my mission.</div>
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1) The Gospel 2)Our Family</div>
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LOVE LOVE LOVE</div>
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p.s. dad asked me to send a couple pictures of our investigators...
unfortuantely I don't have that many. I do have one with betty and
oscar's daughters though! the angle on this picture is super weird, and
my companion and I look really silly, but I hope you enjoy!<br />
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So I read my email that I sent you in
that I sent you last week that also made it into the Proselytor. My
mission is not my own. Still trying to learn that! Too bad I've been out
on my mission almost half way and I'm just barely learning things that I
wish I knew all along. I still have to remind myself that my mission
isn't my own...<br />
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My mission will be a holy place for me. It really will be! I hit 9 months this month. CRAZY.<br />
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I've loved being able to enjoy the gifts of the Spirit on my mission. </div>
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I've never prayed harder on my mission.</div>
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I've never cried harder for someone else's salvation. </div>
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I've never hungered more for an answer of my own, but more importantly I've never hungered more for an answer for someone else. </div>
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I've never had more confidence in the promise in Moroni 10:3-5.</div>
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I've never had so much gratitude fill my heart. </div>
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never wanted something so much more than to see the people that I've
come to learn make the right decision and follow the Lord and His
commandments.</div>
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I've never understood more about my Savior than my mission. </div>
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think a lot about how as missionaries we are sitting on the sidelines
trying to cheer our investigators, or less actives on. We are there on
the sidelines of the game trying to help them endure to the end and make
sacred covenants. It hurts so bad that I can't just get them to come to
church, quit smoking, read the Book of Mormon FOR THEM. It is so hard
having to depend on someone else's agency all that time as a
missionary.... but I know that that is exactly how the Savior feels. He
knows what is in store for us. He knows that this is just a short time
and that if we endure it we will be exalted on high. All of us who are
going through a mortal life are out there on the playing field and we
have a Savior who is there to not just cheer us on the sidelines, but
play along side of us, pick us up on his shoulders and carry us to the
end. We don't need to play this game alone, we have the Savior there
for us. </div>
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There is an amazing talk that I read by Brad Wilcox
about Grace. I've never understood Grace before like I do know. The
amazing thing about Grace is that it is always there and that the price
has already be paid. </div>
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I love the gospel of Jesus Christ. It will never
sink more deep into my heart than it has on my mission. I'll be honest, I
never understood it before, but I think I'm finally coming to that
point where I know I will need it for the rest of my mission, the rest
of my life and the rest of eternity. I don't need to play this game
alone-- I have the Savior. </div>
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What is our purpose as missionaries? "To invite
others to COME UNTO CHRIST." To teach them that they don't have to play
this game alone. He is there waiting for us to depend on Him. Man, this
is still a lesson I'm trying to learn... but I'm so grateful that my
mission is helping me learn that. </div>
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So did I ever tell yall that I kind of have a
baptism from my first area of Manchester? I really think it is so funny
that I came back to McMinnville where I'm literally only 20 minutes away
from my first area. My trainer, Sister Smith, was in Manchester for
about 6 months and came away with only one baptism.... and it wasn't
even Spanish! But man, this guy Dallas is SOLID GOLD. I don't know if I
already told you this last week but I had the opportunity to teach this
guy Dallas who was dating Tahsa, the daughter of the RS president whose
house we were living in... we really only had one solid lesson with him,
but the Spirit was there. That was MONTHS ago. After that lesson that
we had with Dallas he went away to basic training for 10 weeks where he
really started to go to church and investigate in North Carolina. He
ended up getting baptized in July when I was still in Hopkinsville, KY. I
only saw it on a mission newsletter and I was a little bummed that I
never got to hear about that baptism. Fast forward to last week I was in
Manchester helping the missionaries out there and got to see Dallas. He
shines so bright with the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is amazing. He was
already a solid guy, but so much more amazing to see him now. What
Sister Smith ended up telling me was that what had helped Dallas get
through what became immense opposition as he was joining the church was
the Spirit that he felt during that first lesson. THE GOSPEL CHANGES
LIVES. Dallas and Tasha got married last week! Their reception was in
McMinnville and I was able to go with Sister Jensen. So cool that the
rest of their life is changed by something that I was able to be a part
of. I'm so grateful that I was able to see some result of my effort as a
missionary. It meant to so much to me! I'll be honest, my mission is
the hardest thing I've ever had to do, but somehow the Lord provides me
with tender mercies which continue to make it worth it for me. </div>
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This last week we set FOUR BAPTISMAL DATES and had
ELEVEN INVESTIGATORS at church yesterday. Our branch had 37 people at
church yesterday and TEN WERE INVESTIGATORS. Crazy, I know. Do you want
to know the funny thing? Of those 4 baptismal dates that we set, none of
them actually came to church.... Sister Jensen and I thought that was
interesting so our goal this week is to visit all of the 11
investigators that came to church and help get them to baptism! </div>
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Cool experience last night we were so lost as to
where we were supposed to be and who we were supposed to visit
(literally every appointment fell through) ... so we stopped and prayed
again where we needed to be... who came to our mind? Enrique and Adalide
who came to church yesterday. </div>
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We had an amazing lesson with this couple! Enrique
was taught by missionaries years ago and they had an amazing influence
on his life, it is incredible. Those Elders loved him so much. I've
never seen a grown man cry with so much genuinity as I have Enrique. I
love them already so much! And yesterday they asked us how they could be
baptized. SO AMAZING. They will have some difficulties helping them get
to baptism (they aren't married, they were both married to other people
in Mexico --- oh no, don't even want to think about trying to work on
their divorce in mexico...) but they are ready to baptism and the Lord
is truly leading us to those who are ready to be baptized! </div>
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Sorry
I rambled about a lot of things! Thank you for your prayers. I feel
them! We are making so many advances with our investigators. Please keep
praying for</div>
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Erika, Betty, Oscar, Mariana, Jocelyn, Jennifer, Cory, and Valentin</div>
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Con Amor,</div>
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Did you LOVE conference? I came to Conference with a lot of
questions that I needed answered and I'm so grateful that I did. The
Lord listens to us. I loved so many of them, but I've been thinking a
lot about Elder Nelson's talk. He talked a lot about how our decisions
shape our eternal trajectory. DECISIONS FOR ETERNITY-- that is something
that I'm really going to focus on this week. I know that there are
small, little, everyday decisions that we make as a missionary that can
make a difference in someone's life. For example, choosing to talk to
someone on the street, listen to music that isn't approved or just plain
slacking on language study. I make so many choices everyday that are
either leading me closer to the Lord and the Spirit, or farther away. I
forget that so many of my decisions are affecting the people that the
Lord has given me to teach. Sometimes the responsiblity is really heavy,
but I'm working on even making my little decisions count for the
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Unfortunately I am on a time crunch to email you all this week, BUT
SO MANY GOOD THINGS HAPPENED. The hand of the Lord is in the lives of
these people and the missionaries. Something that I have really come to
learn is that my mission is not my own and that I need to stop trying to
make it anything but the Lord's. I've really struggled with trying to
see "success" the way that I want it (aka baptisms) but really I just
need to stop worrying and let the Lord take control. </div>
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Want to hear of a fun accomplishment of Hermana Jensen and I did?
We went on a juice fast for a whole week. SIX days we didn't eat
anything and just juiced. (A member in our ward bought us a juicer so we
just juiced fresh fruits and veggies all week) Talk about learning how
to master our appetites! It was really crazy, but I think that I can
apply learning how to master our appetites a lot to what Elder Nelson
said yesterday in his talk. I felt like a lot of the talks were centered
on putting the Lord first. That is really something I've been trying to
work on these past couple of weeks. Like I said, this isn't my mission,
it is the Lord's. I'm really learning how to consecrate my will to His
will, and I'll let you know, it is a daily battle. </div>
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SO MANY MIRACLES I wish I could write you about, but I can't. I
loved the authorities talks about praying for our missionaries by name
and their investigators. Could you please pray for a couple of our
investigators by name? These people are so close to baptism I can't even
tell you. I would love to be serving in this area when they are
baptized. I don't know if that is the Lord's will. I know the Lord loves
these children and I know that He wants what is best for them. I'm
grateful that I get to be a part of that, even if it is just a small
part.... but I also know that they could use your prayers. Sister Jensen
and I are working really hard to make help these people accomplish what
the Lord has in store for them!</div>
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The weather is getting SO COLD again. (Can you send me some socks
mom? Last night it was pouring rain and Sister Jensen and I didn't have
ANY kind of umbrella, jacket, boots or anything. We were at the church,
didn't have a car, or a ride. We said a prayer before we left. We prayed
that He would bless us for being obedient and I also prayed that He
would lead us to whom He had prepared. WELL because we didn't have a car
or anything so we were led to tracting in an area in the dark where we
had never been before.... We were hesistant at first, but then we forgot
ourselves and found these super prepared 14 year old girls.... here's
the story: We knocked on this sketchy house and this kind of
questionable guy answered the door. We didn't know what to do and
honestly what was going through my head was "Man, how long ago did this
guy get of prison." (A thought I need to repent of...) but anyway he
looked at us and said, oh you are here to see Heather. And we just
nodded our heads even though we had no clue who Heather was.... So he
let us in and he brought us to his daughters room. We got in there. She
said we could come sit on her bed like it was no big deal, we took off
our jackets (by then we had gotten hold of our jackets) and we sat on
her bed still wet from the rain. We asked her if she knew who
missionaries were. She said she had never met them, but someone had
dropped off a book of mormon at her house last week. WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
She was actually a fair referral that we had tracted into. We taught her
and her friend about the Book of Mormon and she accepted a return
appointment and said she would read and pray about it! MIRACLE. We were
led to her. I KNOW WE WERE SUPPOSED TO FIND HER. Man, just think if we
had thought of ourselves and chosen to not go out or take the easy way
that evening and avoid being in the rain. One of her questions for us
was if God speaks..... remember one of the talks yesterday about that
same thing? Well, we promised her that GOD DOES SPEAK TO US TODAY and
that the Book of Mormon is evidence of that. Such a tender mercy of the
Lord for guiding us to meet Heather and her friend. The Lord is so in
the details. </div>
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Familia! I wish I could say more, but I would like to leave y'all
with this word of wisdom that our investigator Betty told us. I wrote it
on the back of my picture of the family that I carry around in my
scriptures (forgive my spanish on this one...)</div>
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La Mejor Madre</div>
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FAMILIA!!!!</div>
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Are you excited for conference this weekend? I can't beleive that a
year ago my entire life changed. It's crazy. I hope you are coming to
conference with questions though! That is something that I learned from
my first mission president-President McKee (who by the way, I won't be
suprised if he is called as a General Authority... look out for it. He
is AMAZING). Come with a question and the Lord will enlighten your
minds. He wants to answer your questions, sometimes we just have to be
willing to come and ask Him for help. I've learned that a lot on my
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Wow! So much happened this week and so much happened yesterday.
Quick thing that happened to me yesterday: One of my best friends (Dania
Frandsen) got reassigned to California for her mission and I talked to
her on the phone yesterday at a member's house. (She just went into the
MTC last week to go to Brazil on her mission but she got reassigned for
her visa) She is living with a member in the english ward here in
mcminnville's parents house in California and they were on the phone so I
said a quick hello. Do you remember when I wrote you that I also saw
her on my birthday when I was at the MTC? THE LORD IS LOOKING OUT FOR
ME. I guess Dania is the closest thing that I can get to talking to
someone who won't be distracting for me when I'm on my mission. Really,
the Lord is looking out for me. I can feel that He is looking out for
His children, too.</div>
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The other day Sister Jensen and I were doing a role play for
Jocelyn (the fourteen year old in the family of Betty and Oscar-- our
family that is SO CLOSE to baptism) and I can tell you that I HAVE NEVER
FELT THE SPIRIT SO STRONG IN A ROLE PLAY/ I have never felt more love
that Heavenly Father had for one of His children than in that role play.
The Spirit was magnificent. I will never be able to describe it but
Sister Jensen and I couldn't deny what we felt. </div>
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Betty and Oscar are SO CLOSE to baptism. We were able to have some
members in the ward come over and give them a Priesthood blessing and we
made a huge breakthrough with Jocelyn. She said that she felt the
Spirit in a way that she had never felt it before. We are excited.</div>
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Nolan is turning one this week! Oh my goodness. I can't beleive it.
I am going to write a letter today and I hope it gets to him soon, even
if it gets late. Has he learned how to walk yet?</div>
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We are working with so many people that are so close to baptism,
hopefully we can really see somethings happen this transfer. I'm getting
super antsy to see a baptism of my own. A couple of weeks ago I found
out that Letty (a lady that Hermana Healey and I taught) in Hopkinsville
got baptized. I was really sad that the Elders hope there didn't tell
me because I really wanted to be there at her baptism. I've been able to
help people teach that eventually were baptized, but I still don't feel
like I've been able to see a baptism of my own. I'm learning a lot
about humility and patience....</div>
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Well, I hope you are doing well and that you are being a missionary
at home. I love you so much! Yesterday I was looking at a picture of
our family in Sacrament. Betty and Oscar's three year old daughter,
"Betita" was looking at the picture and we looked at everyone in the
family and she pointed to them "Madre" "Padre" "Hermana" "Hermano"
(three times) y "Bebe" (for Nolan).... I love you family. I'm so
grateful that each one of you is my own.</div>
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them. I'll keep praying for you, too. Sorry this is short again, but I'm
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TRANSFER NEWS: Sister Jensen and I are staying together! We are
super excited to stay because we still feel like we have a lot to learn
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Last week at the fair we got to talk to several people at the
booth. There was this guy that I talked to for quite a bit of time who
looked like he walked out of Duck Dynasty. Well the other day we were
trying to contact this older lady we met doing service and instead of
running into her we ran into Jerry, the guy I met. Well, we got into
conversation with him and he is straightup from the South. Long story,
Sister Jensen and I got taught self defense from Jerry. I feel pretty
confident that I could throw a good punch now, haha. </div>
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It is funny. I haven't really felt like there was that one person I
met on my mission who I felt like was the entire reason I went out to
this specific plase, but someof the random people that I meet on the
street make me wonder. I guess there is something that we have in common
that I'm supposed to connect with them about. </div>
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name out for the church here. I love doing service, not only because it
is a break but I love representing the Lord here. I feel like I'm giving
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Today we also rode our bikes over to the church. It was about a 20
minute bike ride, but I love being able to actually look like a
missionary. haha. Like I said, I love riding the hills of TN. </div>
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We had 7 investigators at church yesterday and set a baptismal date
with this lady named Constance. haha. I'll keep you updated on what
happens with Constance, she is sure a character. I love the people from
the South who just love the Lord. </div>
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Working my hardest to keep my focus on the Lord and on the Savior. I
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"No God, No Peace. Know God, Know Peace."</div>
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"God is like oxygen. You don't always see it, but you know it is there."</div>
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"God will make you the man that your dog thinks you are."</div>
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This week we have been doing the Warren County fair. The English Elders here worked the fair booth all last week and we came on the evenings. We have received about FORTY Spanish referrals from it. So cool! The booth had these surveys at it where we asked people to fill out four simple questions about what their interest would be in learning about the gospel. This mission has been having a lot of success with these surveys and I'm super excited to be serving in an area where I can be apart of it! It's been an amazing way to find a lot of prepared people. </div>
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I've also been doing another "40 day fast" like I did in my first area but this time I'm focusing on a lot of different things. Sister Jensen is doing it, too and the blessings are amazing. We have so much more power in our lessons because we are a lot more worthy of the spirit. I have never had more powerful lessons than in the past couple of days. It is amazing. Definitely one of the best things about being a missionary. I know that my setting apart and ministerial certificate give me authority, but living worthy of the spirit gives you power.</div>
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Jodi and Leo: They were a golden family that we got from a church hq referral and we have had some amazing lessons with them. She is American and he is Mexican and they have a 5 year old boy. They just barely texted us a few days ago that they are going to be going to church with someone else. HEARTBROKEN. We feel like they might have been antied.. we are praying and hoping that we will be able to get in a lesson with them. The hard part is I know that they felt the spirit in the lessons that we taught them. We were really blessed to have super focused lessons with them and I know that they know that the church is true. I'm afraid it is more of a Social Conversion v. Doctrinal Conversion. :/ I sure hope it pans out...</div>
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Betty y Oscar y Familia: SUCH AN AMAZING FAMILY that sister Jensen and I are privileged to teach. A family from Mexico with 3 girls. We had an amazing lesson with them last week where the Spirit was undeniable in every place of the room. They have had all the lessons but there is something holding them back.... we don't know what it is. They want to be baptized as a family and we can tell that that is something really important to them. Their 14 year old daughter Jocelyn seems the most hesitant.... we are trying to focus our attention on her and have made some really amazing breakthroughs, but we can tell that there is still more that she needs. She is Cougar's age and I can tell how strong "friends" play a role into an 8th grader's life. It is really sad because I can really tell that importance of having good friends at that age... We are hoping and praying that they are ready soon. Another concern that we are worried about is that all of their extended family is Catholic. I know that that is a major obstacle for a lot of the people we are teaching who receive a spiritual witness that it is true, but are worried what others will think. </div>
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Erika: SO AMAZING. This could potentially be a 3 generation LDS family. Her daughter and grandson are already members and she goes to church every week. Erika's mom lives in Honduras right now and she is waiting on her mom to come up her before she gets baptized. The hard thing is her visa got rejected until October so we have no idea when she could make it up here.... Again with her we can tell there is something deeper holding her back and we are thinking it is her fear that her mom won't approve of her getting baptized. Erika is so amazing and special. She knows the gospel is true and believes it so much. Her and her daughter Isabel are also teachers so it is really fun being around them. </div>
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I can't even describe to you how special this branch is down here in McMinnville. The branch is small and a lot of the members are English members who speak Spanish, but there is such a love for all of the people here. I've loved serving in an English ward, but now I feel like I'm getting more of what my mission call asked me to do: Preach the Gospel in the Spanish Language.</div>
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Thank you for all of you who decided to read my whole email. I ranted a lot, but I hope you know that I love the mission. I've finally been out long enough to look back and recognize the challenges that I've faced and the ways that it has been hard, BUT I know that the Lord has been there for me during the past 8 months. </div>
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No joke we just eat cactus in this mission, haha. I thought you would get a kick out of a cactus picture, haha. Have you tried it yet, cause it is pretty nast. I think I'll stick with some grits (which I tried for the first time last week, and the week before that: COW TONGUE)<br />
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The next one: Please enjoy me and sister jensen teaching away... (this picture was not posed.... just kidding, but I still love it)<br />
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Oh, and we just go to fairs on this mission, really, I love the South! </div>
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We have been working at our fair booth all this last week and we were right under the grandstands. Can't say I didn't sing a lot to some of the country music they were playing. Live bands? YES. Karoake? Okay.. it was pretty bad.... </div>
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Also I would send you the picture of us eating fried snickers, but my companion and I look pretty nasty in it, so I will save your eyes from that one.. </div>
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My two favorite members from Manchester where I started my mission. I
LOVE SISTER ANDERSON AND SISTER COLLINS. They were so good to me when I
was in the area a couple of months ago. We ran back into them at zone
conference and I was so excited to see them!<br />
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Going to the Temple with Hermana Jensen</div>
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Doing service when we were on exchanges for a few days. Hermana Jensen
and my former companion Hermana McNab are in the picture too!</div>
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Tortillas con Lubia (our investigator)</div>
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Hola Familia!</div>
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Yesterday I gave my first talk in Spanish since I've been in the
mission field! I bore my testimony last week in Spanish but yesterday 5
minutes before sacrament started the branch president here came up to me
and asked "Are you ready to give a talk?" ha. He was serious. </div>
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We set a baptismal date last week and they still haven't been to
church yet. I love setting baptismal dates, but it is so hard to see the
fruits of those labors. I think a lot of the time a person will go
through several dates before they actually commit.</div>
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There will be lots of new English sisters coming
into the mission this month so they have been getting more and more
strict. It's been fun getting to know our district out here a lot better.
We are the only sisters in the district, so my campanion and I have
really been feeling the need to lead out of example.</div>
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We went to the temple on friday. It was so nice to go! I can't
believe it has been 6 months since I went last. In a lot of ways I can
see how I have changed, but I also feel like I'm definitely not where I
want to be yet... so I'm grateful I have 10 more months to get to where I
want to be.</div>
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We have been doing a lot of fairs out here in my mission where we
have people take these surveys and then we go out and contact them. This
last weekend we went to help some missionaries in Crossville, TN
contact their referrals. Man, I love the South. Every house but one we
contacted was a trailer... haha. Also, we met this guy named Si who
looked like he was straight up out of Duck Dynasty. Duck Dynasty is a
huge thing out here, too. It's crazy. I think I'll be pretty in to it
when I get home from my mission, haha. </div>
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This week we didn't have a car so we were biking and walking a lot.
This has been my first area where I have really had to bike but I'm
really grateful for the opportunity. At the end of the day we are so
gross and disgusting, but I'm grateful for the sense of fulfillment that
we feel when we come home. PLUS we had some really cool finding
opportunities come out of it. 11 new investigators! That is a big deal
for us! But seriously, these hills are pretty brutal. Hopkinsville was
really flat but McMinnville is suuuuupper hilly. </div>
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A couple of cool stories:</div>
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Last week we did some service for a member by helping train his
German Shepard. We put protective gear on our arm and had the dog come
and attack us. Pretty crazy. </div>
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Mom! When I went to the temple I met an Elder Jorge Jimenez that
went to Provo high school. He is fresh into the mission field but he
completely remembers you! He asked for your email. I will have to
forward you a picture next week.</div>
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MIRACLE: Remember how I'm serving in an area right next to where I
started my mission? WELL technically we are the Spanish Branch for the
stake so yesterday the sisters in Manchester said that they were going
to bring a family of 5 to our branch here in McMinnville. When they
brought the family guess who it was?! MY FIRST INVESTIGATOR EVER ON MY
MISSION: AURA?! Do you remember me writing yall about her? She is from
Guatemala and has a million kids. It was amazing to see her at church. I
remember when I first met her I had so much greenie fire, but then we
kind of lost contact with her and I was eventually transferred. What do
you know though, she came to church yesterday and said the lesson in <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1936038312" tabindex="0">sunday</span>
school was an answer to her prayer. AMAZING. The Lord is in the details
and I'm so grateful I was able to see her come to church. I love
McMinnville a lot, but if the only reason I were to come to this area
was so I could see Aura at church... it might just be worth it.</div>
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The Lord takes care of His children. I know that. I haven't been
able to see the entire process of meeting and investigator to when they
are baptized, but I still know that I've been able to fulfill some kind
of purpose in each of the areas I've been able to serve in. </div>
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I'm going to try and work on writing things down during the week to write to you, sorry this email is so spacey. </div>
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I love you! Keep praying for me and for the people I'm able to meet
out here and teach. Missionary work is such a roller coaster ride of
emotions all the time... I can't even describe it. I think this will
mentally be the hardest thing I've ever done in my life especially as
I'm becoming more and more aware of my weaknesses. Thank goodness that
we can repent with rejoicing and rely on the Atonement in our lives!</div>
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I love you all! Hope to hear from you soon! Thanks for all the
personal emails, sorry I can't write to you each individually more.</div>
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Hermana Rich<br />
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Hola Familia!<div>
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Mi primera semana en McMinnville. </div>
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Wow!
McMinnville is definitely a place of miracles, I feel like there are a
lot of good things that will be happening here and I also feel like I am
getting the numbers that I deserved in Hopkinsville. </div>
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In a lot of ways we feel like we will be reaping the blessings that the other missionaries sowed. </div>
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I think it is funny how missionary work works like this, we all get transferred around but we somehow continue the work.</div>
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The Lord doesn't need the missionaries, but the missionaries need the Lord. </div>
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This week I ate cow tongue! It was actually my first day here in McMinnville and I'll admit it really wasn't that bad. </div>
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It is funny serving in McMinnville being a Spanish
Branch. I feel like the work is so different. I love it though, but the
dynamics are super different but there is definitely a more humble
spirit here because we all have to be friends.</div>
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Last Friday we got a Church Headquarter referral and when we went to go and contact it. SET A BAPTISMAL DATE! FAMILY OF THREE. </div>
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was my first church hq referral and Sister Healey and I would pray
about getting one in Hopkinsville, but then we never did.... of course
my first week with Hermana Jensen and I we got one. </div>
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Sorry this is short, there are other missionaries
waiting to email, if I can I will write more, but love you and hope to
hear from you soon!</div>
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Hermana Rich</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3605538460725534201.post-34742776164044425302013-08-19T21:35:00.000-07:002013-09-15T21:36:19.141-07:00Week 31 "The week that nothing happened."Hey Familia!<br />
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I can't beleive it is already P-day. </div>
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This
was the first week of the new transfer and I've decided to call this
email "The week that nothing happened." We had a good week though! But
it seems like we are in the same routine so it does feel like not much
happened to us. Anyways, I'll still try to give you some quick updates.<br />
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Can I tell y'all some really exciting news! My MTC companion
Sister Sasser got her visa! She's been serving in the Virginia Richmond
Mission for over 4 transfers and she's heading down to Argentina next
week!</div>
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The Church is True. I know it is. </div>
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We
are still struggling getting our investigators to church, but we know
that we are working hard everyday. We've been able to see a lot of
miracles here and that is super exciting. We helped set a date with a
family last night. The other sets of missionaries have been teaching
them but we were at their house for dinner. He's originally from Haiti,
so that's pretty cool. I've been out on my mission for too long though.
Last night when we were at their house Brother Xantus (the guy gettting
baptized) said he was Haitian. Sister Healey then said, "so that means
you from?" And I immediately responed, "Haitia" (but I said it like Asia
with an H :/) Woooops. Haitia? I don't know where that came from. </div>
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<div>
We taught a lot of RCLA (Recent Convert Less
Actives) this week. It was ridiculous, but it has been really cool. We
are trying to help a lot quit smoking, it's been a challenge. It's one
thing helping our investigators quit, but another helping a baptized
member.... </div>
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We had 9 member presents this week! Which is a big
deal for us! I remember my first transfer I only had one, maybe two
member presents?</div>
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Carmen and Ciro haven't been
to church yet... so that's a bummer. Neither has our investigator Jazmin
who I've been teaching for forever. She quit her job though! But now
she has started school...</div>
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<div>
We did however try and reset a baptismal date with
Jesus. He's a character. We got really bold with him the other night and
told him that God sent us in his path so that he will be baptized. He
is someone that really wants </div>
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<div>
Sister Healey got proposed to by Angel last week. He
proposed to me first a couple of weeks ago, so I was a little
disappointed, but I think they will be happy together. haha. We haven't
seen a lot of progress with Angel lately. For a while we took a break
from him because he pretty much told us that he didn't want to change at
all. However, we felt like the Lord kept pushing us back to meet with
him, so now we usually come over and read from the Book of Mormon.
Nourishing that seed, I guess. </div>
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<div>
The Elders who serve here in Hopkinsville are
really... mature? We see them a lot because we cover the same area. Last
week before ward council they put a snapping turtle in our apartment
and today they put hair gel on our car door handles. </div>
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<div>
Kentucky weather is ridiculous. It is pretty much
always raining. We had some memorable lessons on people's porches last
week.</div>
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Did I tell y'all that I ate
venison meat loaf last week? I would have been fine if it was just
venison, or just meatloaf. But venison meatloaf? After she told us what
it was I just kept trying to get it down and not think about it. </div>
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<div>
Yesterday at church they did a pretty cool third
hour combined meeting on Duty to God. Is that something Cougar is doing?
It looks pretty awesome so I hope he is because I think that will
definitely help prepare him for the Priesthood and to eventually serve a
mission someday!</div>
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I hit 7 months last week. That's crazy. Before I know it I will be home with y'all wondering what happened to the time. </div>
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Sorry I rambled a lot in this email. </div>
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I love you. I hope you are all doing well! You are in my prayers.</div>
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Hermana Rich</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3605538460725534201.post-70477182111355716672013-08-12T21:37:00.000-07:002013-09-15T21:37:22.555-07:00Week 30<div>
Week 30</div>
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August 12, 2013</div>
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FAMILIA!</div>
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This week it will be easier for me if I send forward you my weekly
email to my mission president because it covers a lot of the same things
I would probably like to tell y'all anyway. </div>
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I can't wait for you to read about Carmen. I seriously love her so
much. She is such a sassy Puerto Rican lady. She has been living in the
United States for about 10 years now and this is the first time that
missionaries have found her again. And of course, Sister McNab and I (my
first companion in this area) found and started teaching her boyfriend
(/husband, they pretty much act like husband and wife, but we will need
to work on getting them married....) our first transfer here. I will
always be so grateful for the opportunity I had to meet Carmen because
it really testifies to me that there is a purpose for Hopkinsville
Spanish to be here even though we haven't had any Spanish baptisms yet.
The Elders and us have been tag teaming teaching a lady named Letty and
she is supposed to be baptized next week, so we are really excited about
that. She is definitely prepared and her son just got baptized
yesterday! </div>
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We still love Sister Carlisle like we wrote y'all last week. She is
sooooo cool. I hope I always stay in contact with her after my mission.
It's funny that on my mission I have gained a lot of new grandparents,
most of them through the members we teach. Like I said in my email to
President Andersen, we are experiencing some major breakthroughs with
the less actives we are visiting. I'm glad that I'm able to see the
fruits of those labors if anything. There was one lady who I never met
for 2 and a half months who I kept calling and knocking on her door.
Then last week, guess who came up to me and asked if we were the Sisters
that kept coming to her door? SISTER DORVIL. And guess what? She is an
RM who spoke </div>
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She is also from the Bahamas! And Letty is originally from Bermuda!
I'm still trying to keep a list of all the people I have been able to
share the gospel with that are from different countries. It's so cool! I
never would have thought that this place would be such a melting pot!</div>
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Also, remember when I told you all about Angel? Well, we ahve been
teaching another one of his uncles and his wife. THEY ARE SO AMAZING. I
love this entire family from El Salvador. I can't even describe it. A
couple of weeks ago Sister Healey and I were thinking we needed to start
seeing Angel less because he made it so obvious that he didn't want
anything do with changing and eventually becoming baptized. Sister
Healey and I wanted to stay focused on our purpose-- instead of just
visiting with him all the time-- we wanted to make sure that we were
focused on those who were ready to change and accept the restored
gospel. But throughout the week we kept having this nagging feeling like
we needed to go back and see him. I don't know why, I'm really not sure
when he is going to change or want to change, or his whole family for
that matter. They love the Catholic church. They are a very special
family though. I can really tell. I can tell that Heavenly Father is
very mindful of them and that is why He keep sending them back to us.
Have I told that we are also teaching Angel's uncle and aunt? They are
so amazing. I feel the spirit everytime we go over and there and visit
with them. And they know that Joseph Smith was a prophet. I'm not sure
if they are ready to change from their Catholic beleifs, but it is
definitley a start. </div>
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Letter to President Andersen this week:</div>
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"President Andersen!<br /><br />Miracle Mail from Hopkinsville Spanish
Sisters! We are both so excited to stay in this area because we both
feel like we have got some unfinished business to take care of here.
Also, here is a MIRACLE.<br />
<br />When I first came into this area I met this cute, sweet man from
Mexico. We met him tracting trying to find an old potential. His name is
Ciro and everytime we met we could only sit on his front porch because
his wife was gone in Puerto Rico for the summer. He was always super
nice, but we got to the point where we were only meeting him every so
often until we could meet his wife as well. WELL his wife came home
Puerto Rico last week and called us and asked when we were coming over.
On the phone she called us "Hermanas" and everything. Then when we went
over to the house she hugged us and embraced us, kissed us on the cheek
like they do in Puerto Rico and when we sat down with her she told us
she was a baptized member! She was baptized 30 years ago and was an
active member in Puerto Rico for three and a half years!!!!!! We were
dying we were so happy. At that point Ciro was in the room so the only
thing I could think of to do was to teach the Restoration again. We
taught it and Carmen remembered a lot of it. When we gave the first
vision she was crying so hard. The Spirit was so strong. I have never
felt it more strongly on my entire mission. You could not deny it!
Carmen remembers and she knows it is true. She knows that she needs to
come back. We told her that it was "un milagro" that God sent us to her
again. She knows that. We committed Ciro to be baptized. He was pretty
hesistant, but she said that she knows he will get baptized. It will
just take him some time. She said that when he would call her in Puerto
Rico he would talk about us. Ciro will be a tough egg to crack, but I
have no doubt that this is a decision these two are going to take
together. Carmen could not deny her feelings abou the power of
Restoration and the testimony of the Prophet Joseph. <br />
President, it was amazing. I have no doubt about it. I've been easily
discouraged here in Hopkinsville wondering why we aren't seeing success
in the form of baptisms, but I know God has his children here that he is
mindful of. I feel so priveleged to share this message of the
Restoration with my long lost brothers and sisters, especially in the
Spanish language. These people need to hear this message. Carmen is
going to be our main focus this next transfer. Heavenly Father is ready
for her to come back and to take Ciro with her. <br />
<br />We have a couple of progressing investigators who know that Joseph
Smith was a prophet, the biggest obstacle that we are overcoming is
helping them recognize that this is the true church of Jesus Christ
becasue a lot of them feel really content and happy in their Catholic
life. <br />
<br />President, we have been able to "find those that will receive us"
but I feel like we are struggling to find people who are actually
searching for the truth of this gospel. They will receive us as
missionaries and they love us as their friends, but its been hard
finding those who are ready to change. <br />
<br />We did find an investigator named Jesus who is seeking. He is
seeking what is God's will. I know that if he is really and truly
sincere that he will be baptized. I just know it. I'm not sure if I will
be able to see his baptism, but I know it will happen. We could really
use some help with him getting him to FOCUS. He likes to talk the whole
time we teach him<br />
Then there is Jasmin who is one of the most prepared people I have met
on my entire mission (and she actually found us, not us finding her),
but I think Heavenly Father is still trying to teach me about patience.
She has been working a lot so we have not been able to see her or teach
her as much as we would really like to. I really hope I get to see it
happen with her President!<br />
<br />Thank you President for all you do! I'm so grateful for you and
your lovely wife! Interviews were very edifying, I'm so grateful for
that. Thank you for reminding me that Heavenly Father will suffer me to
come to this area so that I can even just find the "one lost sheep" who
is prepared right now to accept the gospel. <br />
<br />Also, we are seeing some amazing breakthroughs in our less active
work. They are coming back! Sister Carlisle is just one of the many
blessings we have been able to experience while I've been here. Although
it is discouraging our Spanish investigators still are not making it to
church, we are having a lot of English returning members! The ward is
going to grow so much!<br />
<br />We love and appreciate all that you do! <br /><br />Sister Rich"</div>
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The Lord is blessing us. I'm so grateful for that. I feel like my
faith has been tested a lot here. I have really doubted whether or not I
had a lot of faith because I didnt feel like we were seeing miracles,
but all of the missionaries around us were. It is hard to accept that we
can still be successful missionaries although we aren't having the
baptisms like we would like too. </div>
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Before I go I need to share my testimony of the Prophet Joseph
Smith. I know that my testimony about him and the work he did has grown
so much for me on my mission. We have to share it everyday but I finaly
feel like I can bring convincing power to my words. We have had a lot of
investigators who have questioned the validity of Joseph Smith and I
feel like it all cumulated for me when I recited the first vision for
Carmen last week. </div>
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I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet called of God. I know that
he saw God the Father, and the Son Jesus Christ. I know that Joseph
Smith was called to be the prophet that would restore the Church of
Jesus Christ on the earth in these Latter Days. I know that although he
may not have been a perfect man, what he did to bring about the Book of
Mormon and the sacrifices he made were perfect. He was a man called of
God and he gave his life to seal his testimony. I feel priveleged to
know that I had ancestors who beleived his testimony, sacrificed what
they had because of their beleif, and walked along side of him. I am so
grateful for the testimonies of my ancestors because it has brought me
to where I am today. </div>
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We also had a lesson with our investigator named Larry last week
and I cried after we shared the first vision with him. It had no affect
on him and he was solid as a rock during it. I cried becasue I knew that
story was true and I was so excited to share it with my brother, but he
wouldn't beleive me. How could something that I knew so strongly to be
true have no affect on someone else? It was hard, but we made it through
it. </div>
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Thank you family for all of your love and support. Thank you for
your prayers. Sometimes I wonder why I'm not more discouraged while I'm
out here. I wonder why I haven't reached my breaking point yet, but I
know that that is becasue y'all are praying for me. Somehow I find the
strength to continue to "preservar hasta el fin!"</div>
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Con Amor,</div>
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Hermana Rich</div>
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Week 29</div>
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August 5, 2013</div>
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FAMILIA</div>
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First
of all, MIRACLE YESTERDAY. We still haven't had any of our Spanish
investigators at church, but a less active we have been working with
came to church AND bore her testimony. It was amazing. Sister Healey and
I couldn't even hold in all of our joy. </div>
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This is the story that I sent to my mission president, so I figure I'll just copy and paste:</div>
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"Yesterday
Sister Healey and I had one of the BEST Sundays we have ever
experienced in this ward. We have been visiting this less active named
Sister Carlisle and on Saturday night she asked us if she could follow
our car to the church building, so she could know how to get there. She
was a really active member when she lived in Franklin and went to church
in the building right next to the temple, but she hasn't been to church
since she's lived here in Hopkinsville- and that has been a couple of
years. After she followed us over to the church we said goodbye and said
"See ya tomorrow!" but she told us "I'm not promising anything." WELL
the next day we were heading into the church building and saw her
shaking hands with the Bishop. When we passed by the Bishop he told her
that he had never met her, but had the prompting to say "Welcome home." </div>
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Well, fast forward to sacrament meeting we sit down
next to her and I had the prompting to go up and bear my testimony. When
I came and sat down again she gave me a hug because it was a pretty
emotional testimony for me where I bore my testimony about the Plan of
Salvation. Then you know those last five minutes of sacrament meeting
where no one wants to go up and everyone just sits there in silence?
Well, imagine our surprise when Sister Carlisle got up! Sister Healey
and I were just about going to die. She bore her testimony about how for
years she had avoided the Elders, then one day the sister missionaries
and "Sister Pam" came to her door and she answered. She also talked
about how coming back to church was like "coming home" and how grateful
she was when Bishop told her "Welcome home." Later Bishop was asking us
how much he should push with her. We told him that she had told us once
that she was someone that needed her own time and not to be pushed....
then he said he chatted with her just as she was leaving the building.
He told her that he would take things on her time, but she just
responded "Bishop, I'm back." WE ARE SO EXCITED. </div>
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We get so many false promises about our
investigators or our less actives coming to church so we are so grateful
when others are able to make the leap and actually be there. We have
such a big place in our heart for Sister Carlisle. She is amazing. </div>
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It's funny President. I feel like I haven't been
able to see a lot of the "success" that I would like to as a missionary,
but when I get those miracles that are small and are tender mercies, it
makes everything else so worth it. I can't explain it. I think the Lord
wants me to learn a lot of patience and gratitude. I guess I have to
recognize and be grateful for all of the little things before I can see
that BIG MIRACLE that I'm looking for. </div>
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The church is true. I know it is. I can't deny it. "</div>
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Oh
and Sister Carlisle is a super talented artist and author. When she
becomes famous someday I will be sure to let everyone know that I met
her when I was serving my mission in Kentucky. It's funny, I feel like
I'm adopting a lot of grandparents here in Kentucky. I think it fills
the hole I have to still have grandparents of my own that are living.
They are all amazing and they have really touched my life. </div>
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Oh, and slugs. The other night after companionship prayer Sister Healey and I were getting in bed and it was already <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1936038313" tabindex="0">10:30</span>...
when she notices this baby snake in the corner of the room. We spent
about ten minutes examining it when we realized it was a gigantic slug
(okay, maybe it was only a couple of inches.) It was a funny night
trying to get rid of it out of our room and we were super over-dramatic
about it. Sister Healey is going to have a blast once she makes it to
Argentina, isn't she? haha. </div>
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Mirrors... remember my Nacho Libre story last week
with the corn field? Well, I guess I have awful luck with this car
because last week we were driving through some pretty intense
construction and we were driving past those big orange construction
barrels. Then you know, all of a sudden this giant orange barrel comes
and hits the side mirror and then runs away.... haha just kidding it. I
hit a construction barrel going about 40 miles an hour and nicked the
side view mirror. The only damage I did was take out the mirror part of
it though... I guess I hit it just right? Hope y'all enjoy the picture I
will attach. </div>
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And flirting. We feel like we have so many
investigators; and we have some really good relationships built up with
them. I still feel like I have the "greenie" faith and hope that all of
the people we meet are in some way prepared, but I'm getting pretty
tired of teaching all of these young hispanic guys where we feel like
there is so much potential.... but no, they just want to flirt with you
and never make any commitments like coming to church :/ We're not sure
what we are going to do with our investigator Jesus :/ </div>
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I love you family! Sorry this email is so short, but you are all champs! </div>
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Con Amor, </div>
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Hermana Rich</div>
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Week 28 </div>
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July 29, 2013</div>
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FAMILIA! </div>
Well, there were quite a few funny things that happened to me and Hermana Healey this past week.<br />
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I
guess one of the most exciting things that happened was..... WE FOUND
JESUS. Well, if you really want to get technical, his name is more like
the Spanish Jesus....</div>
<div>
Last friday night Sister Healey and I were directed to this area to
go and do some work. We've been able to find Spanish there before so we
decided to go and check it out. Well, first we meet this older lady
sitting on her porch and talk to her a while, then her daughter comes
out and starts talking to us. She had been taking the lessons years ago
and she still remembers the names of the sister missionaries who taught
her! It was super cool that we were able to find her again. It was an
English contact so we will see if we decide to go back and do anything
with it or not. I remember saying to my companion, "I wonder if the
missionaries who taught her originally were praying that missionaries
would find her again..." WELL then the next door we decide to knock on
is a house where we have seen hispanics go in before (yeah we are pretty
creepy like that) and guess what? It was that
awkward-you-are-knocking-on-<wbr></wbr>their-door-and-then-a-car-<wbr></wbr>pulls-into-the-driveway-and-<wbr></wbr>you-are-standing-on-their-<wbr></wbr>porch-and-they-are-like-"<wbr></wbr>whoarethosewhitegirlsstandingo<wbr></wbr>nmyporch?<wbr></wbr>maybeifIspeakspanishtothemthey<wbr></wbr>wontknowwhattodoandthentheywil<wbr></wbr>lleave..."
Well, did we fool him! We are some white girls that speak some broken
Spanish! haha But we started talking to him and he speaks English as
well and his name is Jesus and he is from Mexico. After we said hi and
everything he asked us what we had to teach him. He said that he had
been taught by missionaries before and that they made a big impression
on him. Well, Jesus seems like a pretty golden investigator. He is
looking for the truth and he knows he is missing something in his life.
Man, we sure hope that we can continue to teach him and that he will be
able to recognize that we were specifically sent to him again. We were
teaching him again last night and he told us that he thinks a lot about
the Elders who first taught him. He hopes that they are still serving
God and that they are doing well raising their family... then he told us
he hopes the same for us. It was really cool. Jesus is definitely
prepared and I know that the Gospel is everything that he needs and is
looking for in his life right now, it is just a matter of if he wants to
change or not. </div>
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<div>
Sister Healey and I have been talking a lot about
the people we come in contact to. I have faith that the people we meet
have been prepared in some way to receive missionaries. It has been
disappointing that a lot of them are able to come to know for themselves
that it is true, or that they believe it is true, but they don't want
to change at all. We work with quite a few less actives who are like
that too, they just don't want to change. They don't want to quite
smoking. They don't want to stop working on Sunday. They aren't ready to
put God first. I wonder a lot about why I was sent to this area if I'm
not seeing anyone become converted and really make those steps to </div>
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<div>
One of the things that I love about my mission call
is that we meet so many people who love Jesus. The people in the South
LOVE JESUS. And most Hispanics with their Catholic background LOVE
JESUS. They love God, they recognize that He is the most important thing
in their life and that He has done everything for them. I think that is
one of the reasons I was called to "preach to the Lamanites" in the
Tennessee Nashville Mission. I was supposed to learn something from
these people who love God and love Jesus so much. I'm grateful for my
mission because it is teaching me that we really do need to put God
first in front of everything else. One of the biggest things that has
brought me to my knees on my mission is making sure that I am doing what
is most pleasing to God. Sometimes (a lot of the time) it feels like
other missionaries are driven my numbers and they are so number
oriented. I know that God counts numbers, but I also know that He is the
first person I should be reporting to.</div>
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On Saturday Sister Healey and I met our first
Jehovah's Witnesses. We hear a lot about them and somehow they always
find the Spanish houses before we do. Not going to lie, there have been a
few times where me and my companion discover some JW material on the
porch of an investigators house and we sneak it into our bag... </div>
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<div>
Back to Saturday: Well, it was kind of funny because
Sister Healey and I already looked like little school girls in our
skirts and blouses eating ice cream (we found the ice cream man... ) and
then we saw them walking back to their car. They were the cutest little
hispanic family dressed up in their </div>
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Oh, another story I'll have to tell yall about when I
get home. We were visiting our neighbor Bonnie trying to use our time
effectively before <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1936038314" tabindex="0">9:00</span>
when we needed to be in. Bonnie is a super Christian and we asked her
to pray for us before we left. She prayed for about 10 minutes super
passionately and then went off into speaking in tongues. When Sister
Healey and I got into our house we just looked at each other like...
"uhhh... did that just happen? Yeah, that happened."</div>
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Another funny story to lighten the mood:</div>
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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">So,
Hermana Healey and I were driving out to our ward mission leaders home
out in the corn fields of Kentucky (soooooo pretty) and we were jamming
out to your EFY 2008 Cd when.... I start quoting Nacho Libre.... you
know "Git that corn outta my face!" and I look over to enjoy the
beautiful Kentucky corn field scenery then almost run into a ditch.... I
freak out and swerve back onto the road and my companion just sits
there cracking up. It was one of those brilliant moments where the Nacho
Libre quote couldn't have fit more beautifully. </span></div>
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We
also had 14 people in attendance at our Spanish FHE this week! Which
was awesome because our "Mission Mom" (Sister Andersen) was there in
attendance. The Spanish speaking members are really starting to pick
things up. At the end of the FHE they were like "So who is bringing the
treats next week? "Who is teaching the lesson next week?" It was really
awesome. I think one of the most rewarding things is when MEMBERS take
the lead in teaching situations. Missionary work goes so much more
smoothly when members are leading. I hope that I can apply that when I
get home from my mission. I hope I can always be a missionary when I get
released. The Lord is really hastening and we get to see so much more
of that when we are out on the Lord's errand. </div>
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Well, I should probably peace out soon. I love you. I
hope you are all doing well. Good luck with all of life's endeavors and
remember the lessons that I have learned from the people here in the
South to just keep putting the Lord first and everything else will fall
into place. </div>
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Con Amor,</div>
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<br /></div>
<div>
Hermana Rich</div>
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<div>
"Let Jesus in your boat, he will calm your troubled waters"</div>
<div>
"You can't alter the past so leave the past at the alter"</div>
<div>
"The best ability is dependability"</div>
<div>
"Believe in Jesus. Just do it."</div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3605538460725534201.post-87074941418929610212013-07-29T21:33:00.000-07:002013-09-15T21:34:19.682-07:00Semana 32<div dir="ltr">
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Semana 32</div>
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26 de Agosto, 2013</div>
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FAMILIA!<div>
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Nuevas noticias de la Hermana Rich!</div>
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La Hermana Healey recibe su visa!</div>
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Sister
Healey got her visa! We found out Friday evening and then Saturday
afternoon we found out I would be leaving the area to serve with a
sister in McMinnville, TN. It is the Spanish Branch right next to where I
was serving before in Manchester, TN. I remember when I left Manchester
I thought that I was going to come back. And I guess I did in a way....
maybe I have more to do in the area. </div>
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<div>
Entonces, this morning Sister Healey and I drove our
car down to Nasvhille and I'm already in McMinnville with Hermana
Jensen. She was also serving with a sister who got her visa to
Argentina. She's only been in the are two weeks, so lots of good things
await the two of us for the next four weeks of this transfer. We've got
lots of new people to meet and relationships to build. I'm excited that
we will both be getting to know the area together because we will both
have to depend on each other. </div>
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<div>
Our last week in Hopkinsville was full of lots of
miracles! Jesus and his friend came to church and we feel like we were
having so much success with the recent converts and returning members
that we were working.</div>
<div>
Funny thing that our first Spanish investigators at church was my
last Sunday in the transfer. The ward is excited to take over Spanish
for us even though we won't be there anymore.</div>
<div>
The Lord keeps
the work progressing even without the missionaries. That's a beautiful
thing. The Lord could do the work without the missionaries, but he still
uses to do fulfill a purpose. </div>
<div>
I did hear today that they will be sending a Spanish senior couple next week! THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS AREA NEEDS. </div>
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The Lord is in the details. </div>
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I
was sad when I found out that I was leaving Hopkinsville, but I know I
had a purpose there and I know that I fulfilled it. There was an Elder
talking to us who I feel like helped put it into perspective: the Lord
knew the work that we were going to do in Hopkinsville and that is why
He sent us there. He didn't send us there to fail, but rather the Lord
is in the details of our life and in the details of our investigators
and our mission. </div>
<div>
I feel like I'm ready for the change and I know that I grow the
most when I get transferred. I'm ready to grow more and to become more
of the person that my Heavenly Father would have me be. I prayed and
fasted last week that I would become what He wanted me to become, I made
a lot of new goals for myself, too. I think this is exactly what I
needed. </div>
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I'm excited to serve with Sister Jensen! She is from Cedar City, Utah and is also a 20 year old missionary. </div>
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Hasta la semana que viene!</div>
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<div>
Con Amor</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Hermana Rich</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3605538460725534201.post-74972393669237633862013-07-22T21:41:00.000-07:002013-09-15T21:41:16.741-07:00Week 27<div dir="ltr">
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Week 27</div>
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July 22,2013</div>
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Familia!<div>
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I don't have much time, so I will make it quick!</div>
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<div>
That
picture of Rae Dell really struck a cord with me. I hope she is doing
well. I love her so much and I will be heartbroken if I am not able to
say goodbye to her. I know my personal testimony of the Plan of
Salvation will increase so much more though. It really is the Plan of
Happiness, isn't it?</div>
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<div>
We are working hard and are teach about 25 lessons
to investigators a week (which is a lot considering we came from nothing
in this area).</div>
<div>
Kentucky skies are the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my life. </div>
<div>
The bugs love Hermana Healey's legs, but I've been able to get through it pretty well. </div>
<div>
Our
investigators love having us come over, but a lot of them aren't
keeping commitments. We have also run into a lot of them falling back
into their Catholic beleifs, so it has been a challenge overcoming...</div>
<div>
Our Spanish is getting better though and we are able to better communicate ourselves. So that is definitely a blessing! </div>
<div>
I
just finished the whole Book of Mormon again. I am so grateful for it
and I hope I study it for the rest of my life and that I continue to
have copies and copies of it for different theme studies that I'm
doing.<br />
</div>
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<div>
We are learning a lot about patience with our
investigator Jasmin right now. She is so hard to catch at home, but
everytime we see her she is so happy and takes things in so well. She is
so prepared and I know that if anything, Hopkinsville was reopened to
Spanish work for her. All of the struggles and disappointments that I
have experienced on my mission opening up new areas will all be worth it
for Jasmin. She is a 17 year old girl though and is really busy all the
time. So please pray for her!</div>
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<div>
Well, I should go! Love you all! Grateful for Heavenly Father's plan that will keep us all together!</div>
<div>
Con Amor,</div>
<div>
Hermana Rich</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3605538460725534201.post-21599196421690635492013-07-08T22:14:00.000-07:002013-09-15T22:14:53.028-07:00Week 25<div dir="ltr">
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Querido Familia!</div>
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July 8, 2013</div>
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How was the good ole Fourth of July? Sister Healey spent dinner at a member's house and then had to be in our apartment by <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1936038315" tabindex="0">7:00</span>.
After planning we built a fort and watched "17 Miracles." Let's just
say there was a consistent flow of tears. But it was really fun. That
makes for two fourth of julys down and one more to go before our whole
family is together. Just think, the last one where we were all together
(2011) was Pre-Nolan time. Who will be the next addition to the family
(cough, cough, Katie & Nick?) (cough, cough KC?) (cough, cough or
will it be me who brings someone else in? haha). Hope it was grand!<div>
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<div>
And can I please take some time to bear my testimony
about how powerful 17 Miracles is. Yall should watch it. It is
beautiful. After I watched it I couldn't do anything but be grateful for
the pioneers who took their trek to Zion. I don't know if I have told
yall this, but there are a couple of members here in our ward who are
really big into Kentucky history with the church. There is a lady in the
ward who bought me a book that was published all about Kentucky and
church history. Charles and Sarah are in it. Did you know that Charles
is the only Kentucky-born apostle? Pretty cool, eh?<br />
<div>
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<div>
This week: Well, we didn't have any investigators at
church this week, that was a bummer. Jasmin still hasn't been to
church, so that means we are pushing her date back, again. I really hope
it happens with her and I hope that she is able to be baptized before
school starts for her.</div>
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We have several investigators who are progressing
though, including an older gentleman that we have been teaching who
lives in an old folks apartment complex. We will probably have to pass
him off to the English Elders soon, but he is a hoot.He is so sincere,
we just love Larry.</div>
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<div>
There have been a lot of TMI stories that have
happened to us this week, but Sister Healey and I are staying strong
together. Sorry I don't have as much to say this week. I forgot my
camera card as well so I don't have any pictures to send yet. </div>
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So last night Hermana Healey and I went to go and
visit an investigator who we had only met with once before. We got there
and then I noticed a snake on the AC box on the outside of their house!
GROSS. Just then, the husband was pulling into the driveway and we were
able to get his attention to it before IT SLITHERED INTO THEIR HOUSE.
Ah, we tried to come in and have a lesson with Erika, but then all she
could think of was her husband in the other room who was moving
furniture, doing something with a hammer and vaccuum and walking back
and forth between the room and outside.... In other words, Sister Healey
and I liked to call this event: the Garden of Erika. The snake was such
a distraction! And it was definitely a distraction from Satan. We were
only able to share a quick scripture with her, but hopefully we can come
back soon. </div>
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Love you! Hope you are enjoying your summer! Send me lots of pics, sorry I can't respond back individually! </div>
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Con Amor,</div>
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<br /></div>
<div>
Hermana Rich</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3605538460725534201.post-49966465656911174422013-07-01T22:15:00.000-07:002013-09-15T22:16:02.071-07:00Week24<div dir="ltr">
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Querido Familia</div>
<div>
July 1, 2013</div>
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We
had our first investigator come to church! It was our neighbor Tina.
She speaks English, but it was still pretty exciting to see her there
and to go around with her. <div>
</div>
<div>
TRANSFER NEWS: Hermana Healey and I are staying in the
area! It wasn't too much of a suprise because she is still in training. I
also feel like we have such a strong connection with so many of our
investigators and some of the less actives, or recent converts that we
are working with that it just wasn't quite time for us to leave yet. If
we stay together for another week she will be the longest I have had a
companion on my mission (My longest is only 7 weeks... I guess that is
longer than I've even had a boyfriend... oh wait, haha) </div>
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<div>
I have had some great laughs and some good times
with Hermana Healey. We are thinking she will probably get her visa
sometime this transfer... so hopefully we can have a baptism before
then! </div>
<div>
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<div>
We set a baptismal date with Jasmin! But then she
couldn't come to church :/ So that will set us back a little bit. She is
such a sweetheart. The cutest 17 year old, awkward teenage girl from,
braceface from Mexico! Pray for her and our other investigators. I would
really appreciate that. </div>
<div>
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<div>
We are getting a new mission president this week!
I'm kind of nervous, but it will be a good time and I think we have all
come to terms that it is time for the McKees to come home. They have
given so much to us in their service. They are an incredible family and
have made such a difference in the Tennessee Nashville area. </div>
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<div>
Love you family so much! Hope you are enjoying life
and summer. Soak up the summer sun for me! I've never been this white in
my life! </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Stay safe and send me some pictures
of fourth of july. Sad I am missing another one, and will miss next
year's too. I'll be thinking of you. </div>
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Love you!</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Con Amor, </div>
<div>
Hermana Rich</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
"Let Jesus be your rock so you can be on his roll"</div>
<div>
"Does God seem far away? Who moved?"</div>
<div>
"Christian is our trademark, not a question mark."</div>
<div>
"Get in touch with God through KNEE-Mail."</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3605538460725534201.post-42323049412836843842013-06-24T22:16:00.000-07:002013-09-15T22:17:01.337-07:00Week 23<div>
June 24, 2013</div>
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Familia!</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
We had our second Spanish FHE! This time there were nine people,
and they were all from Hopkinsville. That is a success because last week
we relied so heavily on the Clarksville Spanish Elders to help us out.
We had one less active, three members, a member's friend, and two
investigators and then some of their kids. Sister Healey and I taught
the 10 commandments with hand signals and that was pretty fun to get
everyone involved. </div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
The Broadcast last night was pretty cool! It was sad to see it at
the Marriott center though. I feel like that place is another one of my
homes... but some really cool things were said. I'm super excited to see
what changes come in the mission for us, and my new mission president
was in the crowd somewhere, that's a weird feeling. I don't know if I
have told you this, but the Tennessee Nashville Mission is a pilot
mission for facebook. President McKee in his email today wrote about
pushing more of us missionaries to get on facebook.I have the option to
be one if I would like, but I really don't know how I feel about being a
facebook missionary to be honest, but we will see if the Spirit
directs. I just think that there are so many better ways I could be
using my time here in Hopkinsville. There is so much finding that we
need to do and so much more building to really prepare the way for a
Spanish branch....</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
I wish I had some funny stories to tell you, but everyday is funny
with Sister Healey. We always find something to lift our spirits. We
don't take any pictures, so hopefully I will be able to change that soon
with the new camera you sent me! (Thanks Dad!)</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
Also, Nolan looks so different. Sorry to break it to you fam: he is
the best looking one of us all... haha. But he is so big, I can't
beleive it! And Cougar... hair cut soon? Your hair looked so good before
I left... I like it short...</div>
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<div>
Hopkinsville Miracles? </div>
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<div>
I will tell you about an investigator of ours named Jasmin! I think
I might have mentioned her before... I found here with Sister McNab
last transfer. We had a really amazing first lesson with her and soft
committed her to baptism. It was awesome! Then she kept being busy...
had school... and then finals... and then she went to Mexico... but then
didn't really leave for Mexico... but then did leave...it was a mess.
Sister Healey had only met her once but then last friday we went to try
and see if she was back from her trip to Mexico yet. When we got there
she answered the door, and let us in. She got out her book of mormon
that we had left her and she told us she had only read a little bit of
it. We asked her how much she read and, what do you know? She was in 2
Nephi 4.... are you kidding me? So then her aunt came into the room and
asked about the book. I caught her aunt up with the Restoration (try
giving that lesson in 5 minutes or less) and then we taught the Plan of
Salvation with them. We asked them to be baptized for the 14th of July
and they are both praying about it. The next challenge is getting them
to come to church on Sundays. Hispanics are hard to get to come to
church because they work ALL THE TIME. Also, the church building here in
Hopkinsville only has services in English, so we will have to find
someone to translate for us. I guess these are all just little things on
the road of miracles that Heavenly Father has in store for us. </div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
Angel and Oscar were also the investigators that were able to make
it to our Spanish FHE. We heard a rumor that they are moving to
Nahsville. I really hope that is not true because they are awesome!
Super funny and such a blast to have around. Angel has prayed about
baptism and wants to be baptism. We haven't been able to have him come
to church yet though... so we will have to do some adjusting for a
baptismal date.... </div>
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</div>
<div>
There is also another investigator that we have been working with
named Roberto. We met Roberto trying to contact an old potential named
Fernando. Instead he answered the door and started asking us questions.
He had a lot of good questions and since we spoke to him in English the
conversation flowed so naturally. We have taught him a couple of times
now and he came to one of our Spanish FHE's a couple of weeks ago. The
other night we had a lesson with him and he went off talking about how
he didn't think it was coincidence that we knocked on his door looking
for Fernando, but found him. It was amazing how he recognized for
himself that we were sent to him. It is also crazy that he is in
Hopkinsville because there are so many reasons for him to not be
here.... he is stationed at Ft. Campbell military base and his wife is
stationed at Ft. Knox. He was at Ft. Knox and his trying to get back
there, but he will be in Ft. Campbell for a while until he can get out
there. If there is anyone prepared, it is Angel, Roberto and Jasmin... I
can't even tell you. I haven't had any baptisms my whole mission.
Before coming out, I knew that I didn't want baptisms to be just a
number to me, but it is getting to me that I'm almost a third of the way
through my mission and I haven't had one yet... I know there are so
many miracles that lay ahead for Hopkinsville and I know I have worked
so hard to be here. Opening new areas is tough, especially when I'm
still learning all a lot about missionary work. Also, I got another cold
virus... again! I swear I have had the same cold virus four times on my
mission already! I was feeling really sick on Saturday, but was still
trying to convince myself to go out and work. Let's just say, I had a
"conflict" with the curb... in a mission vehicle... so Cougar, don't
feel too bad about your accident in dad's car. Your sister out in
Kentucky left a nice mark on the bumper of the Lord's Ford Fusion...</div>
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<div>
There is also a maintenance guy that works on our apartment a lot.
He saw our apartment loaded with all kinds of church material and one
day asked us for a book of mormon. We gave it to him willingly, then
yesterday we saw him around the apatments. We asked him if he had had
any time to read and he said that in his spare time he tries to... and
what do you know? He tells us he is about a fourth of the way through it
in Mosiah... are you serious? haha. </div>
<div>
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<div>
We are also teahing another neighbor who likes to sit out on her porch at night. Awesome person to visit for the awkward <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1936038316" tabindex="0">8:30</span>
hour? YES. Well, if anyone needs the gospel, it is Tina. She is super
cool though and we love being able to talk to here when we can. We gave
her a book of mormon yesterday, so I really hope she reads it. I'm not
sure how long it will be until we can get here to read the book, but </div>
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<div>
Also, have y'all heard of Duck Dynasty? Well it is huge here in the
South and I think you should start watching it. 1) So you can give me
an idea of what it is like 2) So y'all can have a better insight into
what Hopkinsville, Kentucky is like :) Haha, let me know.</div>
<div>
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<div>
Also, we find out about transfers next week, but I feel like I
should be staying. I feel like I still have so much more of a duty to
fulfill here in Hoptown, and I feel like I'm still waiting to see the
fruits of my labors. </div>
<div>
4 people pryaing for baptism, 3 progressing investigators and
others who are starting to come out of the woodworks. Please start
praying for them to be able to make it to church! That would be super
awesome if they could come. I know a lot of them know it is true and I
just want them to be able to come to church to help them in their
conversion process...</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
Love ya fam. Still trying to work my hardest, but I never feel like
my hardest is good enough. Sister Healey has a saying, "The Lord is
easily pleased, but not easily satisfied." I am working so hard, but
still trying to satisfy the Lord here in Hopkinsville.</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
Good luck with all your endeavors family. Can you beleive it is
almost July? THAT's crazy. I'm sorry I don't have time to write y'all
back individually like I would like too, but I feel like there is always
so much more that I could be doing that I'm not. I have to learn to how
prioritize through it all. </div>
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</div>
<div>
But... </div>
<div>
Mom & Dad: good luck refinancing the house!</div>
<div>
Cougar: good luck with football this summer? and piano lessons! you
don't beleive how incredibly blessed you are to have that opportunity</div>
<div>
KC: awesome news about ragnar! and you are moving to Arizona this summer?</div>
<div>
Katie, Nick & Nolan: hope the fam is doing well. is there another one on the way soon?</div>
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Love y'all. </div>
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</div>
<div>
Hermana Kristy Rich</div>
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June 17, 2013 </div>
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Family!<div>
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<div>
First
Spanish FHE group this week: At the last minute there were several
people who bailed on us, but we got one active member, one less active,
and an investigator who came late. I was so stressed out trying to get
it all together, but I'm sure happy that we were able to pull it off.
All thanks to the Spanish Elders who lived in Clarksville, TN who
brought a couple of people to support the group as well. Building blocks
to a Spanish branch in hopkinsville. </div>
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<div>
Also,we are teaching these three guys from El
Salvador. THEY ARE HILARIOUS. We have really started to focus on one
investigator in particular. His name is Angel and he has been in the
states for about a year. He has an amazing story about how he made it
from here to there. Anyways, one of our first visits with him we were
closing the lesson and taking about if we could keep in contact with him
through our cell phone. Then he asked us a question, which I had been
dreading to hear... Anyways, he said something and all Hermana Healey
and I understood through our broken Spanish was the word "novio" we
looked to each other like uh, oh... We asked him to repeat himself a
couple of times and he was just asking if it would be alright for him to
text us. He didn't want to get in trouble with our "novios" or
anything. It was a funny contact. The other day we were teaching him
again and we asked him how old he was. He told us he was 21 and we were
both taken back. We guessed early twenties, but didn't think he was our
same age. Then later we were talking and he asked about going to
church. Then he looked at me and was like, "After I get baptized I'll go
to your church and "nos casamos" I looked at Hermana Healey and she was
confused. She doesn't know that much Spanish vocab as I do from my 4
years of high school spanish. It was really funny. He is such a flirt!
But Hermana Healey and I like to call him and another investigator "our
star student" because they are progressing. Speaking of progressing
investigators, it is such a challenge to get our investigators to attend
chruch. Hermana Healey and I have been working really hard to try and
get a June baptism before President McKee leaves, but if we can't get
our investigators to church, we can't baptize them. Angel has taken the
lessons fantastically so far and he has expressed to us his desire to be
baptized. I don't know what we are going to do. We fasted today and we
have prayed a lot. The June baptism goal was a challenge given to us by
the mission presidency, and we know that if he gave us a challenge he
was giving it to us by the spirit. That tells us that there is a way. 1
Nephi 3:7. I'll keep you updated next week our June goes for us. We are
teaching Angel this evening </div>
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<div>
We have been challenged by our zone to approach
awkward teaching situations. Last week when I was on splits with an
English sister we gave a book of mormon to the lady at mcdonalds on the
other side of the drive thru window. Book of Mormon in exchange for some
ice cream... pretty good trade if you ask me. </div>
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The other night Hermana Healey and I contacted these
two Spanish guys drinking beer outside of their house. They probably
had ten bottles around them and were listening to some ghetto hispanic
music from their car.. TWO NEW INVESTIGATORS! Juan and Luis... those
names are orginal, right? That makes for three Luis investigators that
I've had now... haha. And I don't know what it is but all of me and
Hermana Healey's real success is coming from our male investigators.
They have been a lot more open to us and love to tease us and always
invite us back. Where as all of the hispanic women we work with are
pretty cold to us... kind of a funny thing that we have going for us....
Anyways, teaching males means potential priesthood holders and that is
what you need to start a branch, right?</div>
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I love Hermana Healey! She is seriously a gem!
Always willing to work, always willing to smile and go into awkward
situations. I have found that since I've been training I do a lot more
of the talking in our teaching and contacting situations. Most of that
is because of my Spanish, but we went on splits last week and she stayed
in the area and I left. I left her to our El Salvadorian investigators
and she led a whole lesson without me! I just need to work on giving her
more opportunities to let her open her mouth and develop her Spanish as
well. I'll be honest, I have no idea what I'm doing most of the time,
but I fake it til I make it... especially with Spanish! </div>
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So I went on splits to Princeton, KY. I went with an
English sister to her area and we hit a lot of small towns that they
work in.... Cadiz, Fredonia... and when I say small town. It is small
town! Small town, Kentucky drama is a hoot! Wow! My favorite quote from
the exchange was this lady who was talking about how her mom's neice had
an affair with her dad while her mom was passing away. After the dad
died he married this lady. They were married for four years. So that
means that this lady's cousin married her dad and became her step mom.
Well when the dad passed away, a day after the funeral this lady hooked
up with her brother... ew. they were cousins! Anyways, I loved
Jennifer's comment, " I know we live in KENtucky, but it is Kentucky
K-E-N, not K-I-N." Then when she said when she sees that lady again "God
don't got her days numbered. I do." Anyways, I went up to the heart of
Kentucky and it was a hoot. Every contact was an adventure!<br />
</div>
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<div>
Well, I've got to peace out, but I hope this
email had a lot more meat to it than the others. Love you. I appreciate
your prayers. They go a long way!</div>
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Que Dios les bendiga!</div>
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Con Amor!</div>
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<div>
Hermana Rich</div>
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<div>
"Choosing Jesus is a decision you will never regret."</div>
<div>
"No matter who is president, Jesus is king"</div>
<div>
"Let Jesus calm your trobled waters" (they had a typo there.....)</div>
<div>
"God will reign, but the son will shine" (Think about that one, pretty clever, eh?)</div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3605538460725534201.post-23404151567989030172013-06-10T22:19:00.000-07:002013-09-15T22:19:49.208-07:00Week 21<div>
June 10, 2013</div>
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FAMILIA!!!!</div>
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</div>
<div>
Last night Hermana Healey and I had the hardest rejection of our
life. I will just call our investigator "she-who-must-not-be-named."
Anyways, I felt like something smelled pretty nasty and then after
Hermana Healey told me that "she-who-must-not-be-named" was drunk. It
all makes sense when we put it all together. It was ROUGH. We had a good
cry and a good laugh after that one, but mostly a laugh to cover up the
hurt. </div>
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</div>
<div>
Anyways, I told Dad about Sister Fletcher! That was AWESOME!! </div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
Lots to do in Hopkinsville! We will be holding our first Spanish
group night tomorrow. Please pray for us! This will be the predecessor
to hopefully starting a Spanish Branch in Hopkinsville! </div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
I have lots to tell you and unfortunately.... never enough time. </div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
On another note, I guess a funny story..... we have quite a few
investigators who beleive in the trinity, right? Well, the other day
Sister Healey goes off talking about the trilogy.... and I think to
myself? what are you talking about? We later discoved she meant to say
trinity, trilogy, get it? Yeah, sorry it is not that funny. </div>
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<div>
Love y'all! </div>
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</div>
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<div>
Hermana Rich!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3605538460725534201.post-78751893996749219042013-06-03T22:21:00.000-07:002013-09-15T22:23:43.162-07:00Week 20 Hoppin' Hopkinsville<div>
June 3, 2013</div>
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</div>
<div>
Sounds like lots happening to the family right now! Again, I don't
have a lot of time to write this week, but I love you and I'm so
incredibly grateful for all of your prayers. I'm working on getting
myself "lost in the work" and everyday I realize how much more I'm
forgetting about home and how much the work encompasses my every
thought. </div>
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</div>
<div>
Hermana Healey and I are having a great time in Kentucky! I don't
think I wrote too much about her last week, but she is also a 2011
graduate. She is from Taylorsville, Utah. She has grown up LDS most of
her life... she was baptized at 11 when her and her mom joined the
church and her dad was reactivated as a member. We are both 20 and so
excited to be serving missions at this time! It is such a crazy thought
that there might not have been Spanish missionaries in Hopkinsville, KY
had it not been for President Monson's announcement and us responding to
the call. I KNOW that Hopkinsville needs us though and I'm so
incredibly humbled to be apart of this work that is greater than us.
Hermana Healey is a hard worker and I'm so incredibly grateful for her
here! I know that she is much needed in this area before she gets her
visa to Argentina. I think I should have mentioned this last week, but
she is going to the SAME MISSION as my MTC companion, Hermana Sasser.
ARGENTINA RESISTENCIA. That means 2 of my 4 companions are going to the
same mission, but a different mission than the mission I was called to! I
guess we know which mission I would have gone to had not I been called
the the greatest mission ever, the Tennessee, Nashville Mission.</div>
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</div>
<div>
Love you all! Hermana Healey and I went to our first Spanish branch
yesterday in Clarksville, TN and the spirit was so strong! I have loved
serving under English wards since I've been out on my mission because I
have felt like there were members whose lives were supposed to touch
mine and I in return. </div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
Our baptismal date decided to drop us. That was a hard day for me
and Hermana Healey, but we are continuing to work hard and are finding
new investigators left and right. Since I now more Spanish I really have
to take the lead, but I'm learning how to charm the Spanish population
of Hopkinsville, KY! We are working with people from all over- Mexico
(that's a given), Guatemala, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Panama...
did I get them all? Pretty cool, but lots of new accents to learn! Lots
of ways we are being stretched by the master's hands. </div>
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</div>
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Hasta lunes!</div>
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<div>
Con Amor, </div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
Hermana Rich</div>
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</div>
<div>
Classic church marquees worth mentioning this week...</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
"Pray your hardest when it is hardest to pray"</div>
<div>
"No matter who is president, Jesus is King"</div>
<div>
"Friends don't let friends die without Jesus"</div>
<br />
<div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3605538460725534201.post-16702409918275627152013-06-02T11:40:00.001-07:002013-06-02T11:40:19.437-07:00Semana 19<br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">May 28, 2013</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Hey Family!</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">I can't even remember what week I am on anymore! Crazy! Week 19! A lot</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">has happened this week, and I'm so sorry that I wrote such a short</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">email last week and I will have a short one this week.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">I wasn't able to write yesterday because our whole mission was called</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">together for a mission wide conference where our misison president</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">announced he will be leaving this summer as opposed to next. The first</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">presidency called him last week and we will be getting a new mission</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">president. I'm sure it will be in the church news soon, so y'all</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">should look our for President and Sister Andersen from Ogden, Utah who</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">will be my new mission president in July. Actually, that would be</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">really cool if you went to his farewell! Just a thought.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">I have loved President McKee and he has taught me a lot. I can't even</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">express it. I know that if anything, I was sent to this mission to</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">serve as a missionary under him, even though it may have been for only</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">a short time. His family is inspirational and I won't be suprised if I</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">see him speaking at the next General Conference.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">I'm excited for President Andersen. I know that he will have something</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">unique to offer to the Tennessee Nashville Misison as well. Just as I</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">prayed my companion, Hermana Healey into Hopkinsville, KY, I will be</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">praying him in as well.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Love you family so much. Thank you for all of your prayers and emails.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">I have so much to say, and so little time to say it all. Kentucky is</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">an adventure everyday.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Love you all! Until next week</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Hermana Rich</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">P.S. Hermana Healey and I set a baptismal date last week! Hurrah for</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.571428298950195px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Israel, Pray for Leticia!</span></div>
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Just got transfer news and guess who is staying in Hopkinsville, KY and will be training a visa waiter? Super humbled and feeling really priveleged to be able to stay here. There is a lot of work to be done here. Not just for Spanish, but also for English retention. I'm super excited to stay, but also apprehensive and nervous, especially to take over Spanish here. I'm praying my trainee into the area and I think she will be grately needed here. Sorry this one is going to be so short! Love you all, you are amazing! I need lots of prayers here to take over Spanish and train a new missionary!</div>
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Love you, good luck with end of school year and start of summer!</div>
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