tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8393872033760853312024-03-04T23:36:35.380-08:00Hermana Celardo | Peru Arequipa MissionServing in the Peru Arequipa Mission November 2015 - May 2017 for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13336047274485665483noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839387203376085331.post-17109436405214975222017-05-15T11:26:00.000-07:002017-05-18T11:26:48.756-07:00<div dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size: large;">Well, this is the most bittersweet thing in the world. There's a
saying that goes like this, ¨don't cry because it's over, smile because it
happened.¨ But I can't help but write this letter holding back tears.
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<span style="font-size: large;">18 months seems like a long time on paper. A year and a half. I remember
preparing to come on the mission thinking that the next time I would be home
would be in May of 2017. It seemed like AN ETERNITY away..but here we are.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There aren't many words I can say to descirbe how I feel writing my last
email as a missionary, so I'll try to keep this email to the point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The people here in Peru have made the biggest impact on me. I owe so much
to them. I've seen families broken and torn apart, tears shed for loved ones,
mothers and fathers fighting to provide for their families not knowing where
their next meal will come from, lives changed by the grace of God, the joy and
light in someones eyes when they hear about Jesus Christ for the first time.
I've had doors slammed in my face. I've been yelled at and spit upon for the
nametag that I wear. I've been rejected and denied for the person that I
represent. I've been mocked and made fun of for being a ¨mormon¨. I've seen
people completely change their lives to follow what they know is the will of
God. I've been asked really hard questions about life and have tried to answer
them only by trusting my instinct and the impressions of the Holy Ghost. I've
given counsel to people struggling with really really hard life problems that I
have never even expereinced. I've seen miracles. And I wouldn't trade it for the
world. In the hard times I felt the presence of the one I represent, Jesus
Christ, walking right by my side in every step I took. It has made me realize
that what he went through in the garden of Gethsemane made him earn the name of
the Savior. He gets us. He understands our pain because he's already felt it
all, and that's why we call him our Savior. And even though I've given 18 months
of my life for him, it will never be enough to repay him for what he's done for
me. It has been the most incredible blessing and privilege to represent him and
preach his gospel to the people here in Peru.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And everything Jesus did, he did it for love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">¨Greater love hath no man than this, that a man that lay down his life for
his friends¨</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">John 15:13</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These 18 months have been the best. Absolutely the best. I lost myself in
the service of others, but by some miracle I was able to truly find myself. I've
been able to understand even more my purpose in life and my self worth. I
understand even more the love my heavenly Father has for me, and for you, and
for all of his children. Our potential as sons and daughters of a living God is
absolutely divine. God wants us to return to His presence, He wants us to have
all that He has, He wants us to become like Him. That is His will. The cool
thing is is that it's attainable. But where we end up afterall completely
depends on our actions and desires NOW in this short, earthly life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">¨For behold, this is my work and my glory--to bring to pass the immortality
and eternal life of man¨</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Moses 1:39</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">immortality- being able to live forever</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">eternal life- salvation; exaltation; to know and walk with God and Jesus
Christ; to live with our families forever in the presence of the One who gave us
life</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you all for sticking with me these last 18 months, it means more to
me than you know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">xoxo</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">for the last time,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hermana Celardo</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">keep in touch por favor!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="mailto:nataliecelardo@gmail.com" target="_blank">nataliecelardo@gmail.com</a></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685378561162165392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839387203376085331.post-7492065150483101362017-05-08T11:18:00.000-07:002017-05-18T11:22:11.954-07:00<div dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size: large;">All is well here in Tacna! I will have to be short today, but I
promise next weeks email will be the best! It's finally starting to get a little
bit colder which is nice considering we walk all day long. We had another
baptism on Saturday so obviously it was a great week!! Since January we have
been teaching a 10 year old kid, Victor. His mom is a member but less active. We
started teaching them both, with the intention to reactivate the mom and baptize
her son. This family has had so many hardships.. every time we go to their house
to share a message with them the mom tells us a story about her life. There are
so many people here with trials and difficulties like her, it breaks my heart.
It makes me so grateful to be from the United States, to be from a family where
I know I'll always have a roof over my head and I don't have to worry about when
my next meal is going to be. Victor was finally baptized this last Saturday and
his mom shared her testimony with us after the baptism. She told us how grateful
she was to have come back to church and to see her son baptized. She explained
to us that the problems she was having in her life started to disappear when she
started applying what we taught to her and her son in her life. The gospel of
Jesus Christ is REAL and it helps us with our day to day trials. It gives us
hope when we want to give up or when we feel like we can't keep going. It is the
only thing we can truly rely on to lift us up when we've fallen down. We cannot
completely put our trust in the things of the world because they are not stable.
Money runs out. Work is never constant. Sometimes even friends and family fail
us. But Christ is infinite. His sacrifice is eternal. He will always be there
for us, but are you there for him?
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino,"palatino linotype",pahoran,georgia,"times new roman",serif;"><b>¨</b>And
now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino,"palatino linotype",pahoran,georgia,"times new roman",serif;">rock</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino,"palatino linotype",pahoran,georgia,"times new roman",serif;"> of
our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build
your </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino,"palatino linotype",pahoran,georgia,"times new roman",serif;">foundation</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino,"palatino linotype",pahoran,georgia,"times new roman",serif;">;
that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the
whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino,"palatino linotype",pahoran,georgia,"times new roman",serif;">storm</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino,"palatino linotype",pahoran,georgia,"times new roman",serif;"> shall
beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of
misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a
sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot
fall.¨</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino,"palatino linotype",pahoran,georgia,"times new roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Helaman
5:12 (The Book of Mormon)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Make it a good week everyone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hermana Celardo</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685378561162165392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839387203376085331.post-28337418070842806442017-04-24T08:34:00.000-07:002017-04-25T08:35:04.906-07:00<div dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size: large;">Alright so first things first, we had another miracle baptism (:
His name is Estephano and he's awesome. He was SO prepared it was ridiculous!
But awesome of course. Honestly it has been the biggest blessing, like ever, to
be an instrument in the hands of the Lord. Seeing people that are so converted
enter the waters of baptism is the dream of every missionary! I'm so grateful to
have been a part of many baptisms here on my mission!
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<span style="font-size: large;">So you could say that things are going well here in my area in Tacna! We
are having success in our work, the weather is great, we are healthy and happy
and progressing and thriving. Can't really ask for much more than that.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't have much time to write today, but I just want to share one thing.
Sometimes we get so caught up in the hussle and bussle and chaos of life that we
forget why we're here. And maybe some of you have asked yourselves this
question, what exactly is my purpose in life? Yes, education and schooling is
important. Yes, work and having a stable job is important. But it is not the
most important thing in this life. We cannot take these things beyond the grave.
We are here to prepare ourselves to meet God. To live in His kingdom. To
progress in the eternities. We have a divine potential as sons and daughters of
a living God. Our Father in Heaven wants us to return to His presence, and He
wants us to become like Him one day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This life is such a SMALL spec on the scheme of eternity. We have to focus
on what really is most important in the short time that we have as mortal human
beings. And if we play our cards right, our prize is eternal life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have a fantastic week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">xoxo</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hermana Celardo</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week was a good one! My companion and I being sister leaders
in Tacna traveled to Arequipa for a day for a leadership conference and it was
so inspiring and really have me the motivation to work hard these last couple
weeks of my mission! We talked a lot about how we can work better with the
members to receive more references. For all you members of the church out there
reading this right now, help the missionaries out!! Prepare people for them to
teach! They can't do their work alone! It is absolutely necessary to have the
help and support from the members. We have had support from the members here in
our area and honestly it's made the biggest difference! We have seen so many
miracles thanks to the members that have helped us out!
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<span style="font-size: large;">Alright so today lets talk about prophets. Lets start from the beginning.
Adam. He was the first man to come to earth. He lived with Eve in paradise in a
place called the garden of Eden. They were given instruction to not eat the
fruit from the tree of knowledge or good and evil, but we know how the story
goes. They ate the fruit. So as a consequence they were cast out of paradise,
out of the garden of Eden. They had also been commanded to multiply and
replenish the earth, so thats what they did. They started their family. They had
many kids, but among them were two named Cain and Abel. Cain rebelled against
the teachings of his father and chose to follow Satan, so much that Cain was
tempted to kill his brother Abel. And he did exactly that. The people started to
give into Satans temptations as well. They started to reject the prophet, Adam,
and his teachings. So what does God do when the people reject His prophet? He
takes the prophet away form the earth because the people are not ready to follow
his guidance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So the world was in sad state of apostasy, when there is no prophet to
guide the people. But God loves his children and he wants them to prosper and
understand how to return to His presence, so He called another prophet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">His name was Noah and Noah was instructed to build an ark and testify to
the people that a flood would come. The people were wicked, so they did not
follow the guidance of the prophet. And when the flood came, these people that
didnt listen to the prophet were killed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was also the prophet Abraham. He was instructed by God to sacrifice
his son, Isaac. Abraham traveled for days to a mountain and even built an altar
to do it. Right when he was about to sacrifice Isaac, an angel came to him and
told him not to. But he was blessed because he obeyed Gods orders. There were
two cities called Sodom and Gomorrah where the people were known to be extremely
disobedient and wicked. God told Abraham that he was going to destroy them.
Abraham wanted to find righteous people to live there, but that wasnt enough and
the two cities were burned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then there was Moses. He led the Israelites out of Egypt. He even opened
the Red Sea by the power of God so that the people could pass and the people
were happy, but started to complain and rebel. Moses went to speak to God in
private and was given the 10 commandments. But when Moses returned to his
people, they were worshipping a golden calf with sacrifices and burnt
offerings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the old testament we see a pattern of this. God calls a prophet, the
people obey and are happy. The people rebel and turn wicked, and God takes away
the prophet because the people are not worthy nor ready to receive His
direction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">God then sent His son, Jesus Christ to the earth. He sent His son to die to
save us from our sins, but also to establish a church. And thats what he did!
Jesus established his church. Jesus was also a prophet because he spoke with God
to receive revelation to guide his people. He also had the power of God, called
the priesthood. All the prophets have this power. Moses used this power to open
the Red Sea and Jesus used it to cure the sick and work miracles among his
people. He also gave this power to his 12 apostles.</span></div>
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rejected him. And they rejected his 12 apostles. After the death of Jesus Christ
and his 12 apostles, the church that he established was taken away from the
earth. And the world fell into another apostacy. There was no more prophet to
guide the people, there was no communication from God, and there was no
authority or power from God on the earth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So what do you think happened next? Wouldn't it makes sense that God calls
another prophet to reveal more of His will to his children? God loves us, He
wants us to return to His presence, and we cannot do that unless we have
guidance from a prophet. We NEED modern revelation. The world is not as it was
back in the times of Adam and Moses. So don't you think it would be fair and
make sense that God called another prophet?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is my testimony that God called another prophet. He called another
prophet to restore the same church that Christ established when he was here on
the earth. The exact same church.. with a prophet, priesthood authority, modern
revelation and 12 apostles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Watch the video below to find out more about this prophet and how he
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have a fantastic week everyone (:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hi friends I hope you all had a great week! So first off we had
another miracle baptism on Saturday! The Lord is seriously just unconditionally
blessing this area because we have seen SO many miracles here! We started
teaching Javier back in January, he was progressing but never felt ready to get
baptized. After general conference last week, he received his answer and was
baptized on Saturday. My companion and I were very surprised but nevertheless
excited! I feel SO insanely grateful to be an instrument in the Lords hands to
help these people come unto Christ. There is no other feeling like it (:
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<span style="font-size: large;">So last night my companion and I contacted a woman in her home and we
started talking about easter, since easter is this next sunday. Here in Peru
they celebrate whats called Semana Santa, which means Holy Week. Basically this
whole week people will be marching and singing in the streets, and they even do
reenactments of Christs crucifixion. So we asked the lasy we contacted if she
knows why we celebrate easter, she replied that she didnt know. Then we asked if
she knew why we celebrate holy week? She said that holy week is when we
celebrate Christs death on the cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Think about that for a second.. why would we want to celebrate the death of
our savior?! Why?! Yes we recognize that he suffered for the sins of the world
in the garden of Gethsemane, we recognize that he was crucified and experienced physical death. But why would we focus so much on his death when three days
later he rose from the dead? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Three days after he died on the cross, Jesus Christ was resurrected. His
spirit reunited with his body and he became an absolutely perfect being. He
defeated the grave. He overcame physical death. And he did it for us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we focus
more on the resurrection of Jesus rather than his death of the cross. For this
reason there are no crosses inside Mormon church buildings. We remember Jesus
for the perfect life that he lived, and we rejoice in his resurrection. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because Jesus resurrected, we too will resurrect one day. After physical
death, which we know is something we all have to experience one day, our spirit
and body will be seperated. But not forever.. there will be a day when we are
resurrected and we will appear as perfect, heavenly beings. We celebrate easter
to celebrate the resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ. He makes it possible
for us to return to the presence of of Father in Heaven. So this easter season,
I invite you to think a little bit more behind the meaning of this extremely
special day and why we celebrate it (:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Make it a great week everyone! And go watch this video!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Alright so I'd like to start with a story that happened to me this
last week! As missionaries, we talk to everyone about what we teach. We contact
random people on the street, we knock on doors, we talk to the taxi drivers
every time we talk a taxi, the person sitting next to us on the bus, everyone!
This last week we contacted a man who was sitting in a park and we told him who
we were and what church we're from. He told us he belongs to a different
religion, and that he doesn't believe in anything we believe in, and that he
doesn't believe in the Book of Mormon. We got on the subject of God and Jesus
Christ and who they are and their love for us. We found common ground! He also
believes what we believe about God and Jesus Christ.
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<span style="font-size: large;">We started to explain the Bible. The Bible was written by prophets, or men
that communicate with God, a very very very long time ago in the old continent
of Jerusalem. We know that prophets are special witnesses of Christ, they
communicate with God to recieve revelation about what God wants his people to
do. Basically, prophets are the connection between God and us. God talks to the
prophet, and the prophet talks to us. God communicates with prophets because He
loves us so that we understand His will. So, if God loves ALL of his children.
Wouldn't it make sense that He communicates with his children in all parts of
the world? During the time that the Bible was being written there were also
inhabitants in the Americas. What happened with them? Technology obviously was
not as advanced as it is now so how could these people that lived in the old
American continent know what was happening in Jerusalem? Wouldn't it make sense
that God spoke to man in the Americas too?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The man that we were talking to agreed, it makes sense that God would be in
communication with his children in the Americas at this time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So if I told you all, that there is ANOTHER book of scripture, ANOTHER
testament of Jesus Christ that was written by prophets at the same time as the
bible, but in the old american continent, would you believe me?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, it's my testimony that God loves ALL of His children. That He wanted
all of His children to know of the first coming of His beloved son, Jesus
Christ, including the ancient inhabitants of America. The book that I speak of
exists and it's called The Book of Mormon. This book testifies that Jesus is the
Christ. It starts in about 600 BC with a family that leaves their home in
Jerusalem to travel to the Americas. It talks about things like the creation of
the world, the fall of Adam and Eve, the birth of Christ and his death and
resurrection. Every prophet that wrote in this book testifies that Jesus Christ
is our Savior and Redeemer, that the only way back to our Father in Heaven is
through him that gave his life for us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After my companion and I explained all of this to the man on the park
bench, he didn't have much to say. He kindly excepted a copy of the Book of
Mormon and went on his way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Book of Mormon is the evidence that The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints is the kindom of God on the earth today, that it is the exact
same church that Christ himself established when he was here on earth 2000 years
ago. The truthfulness of the Mormon church depends on the Book of Mormon, which
is why we invite everyone to read it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Book of Mormon is perfect, and I invite you all to read it to find out
why.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, one more question.. We understand that our Heavenly Father is a
loving God that loves all His children and desires that we all return to His
presence one day. If prophets are the connection between us and God, and
prophets receive modern revelation to be able to help us return to His
presence.. wouldn't it make sense that there is a living prophet today to guide
us?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So before I came to the mission, a wise elder told me that the
mission is a crazy time where you will definitely have the best and worst day of
your life, and they will happen in the same week. Well, I am a witness that this
statement is true because it happened to me last week! I got SO sick this last
week. I was in bed for two days with a fever, but I ended up going to the clinic
and they did some tests to find out I had a stomach infection. They gave me
antibiotics and other meds and I feel a lot better! But they food here is just
so different from home that a stomach infection is actually pretty common for us
to get sick with stomach problems. In spite of all this, we had 2 baptisms this
week!! Aimi and Jenniffer (: Jenniffer was absolutely a miracle baptism. She has
been waiting for almost 2 years to get baptized. She was never able to before
because of problems with her work and with the father of her two sons, but
everything cleared up this past week and she got baptized on Saturday! After all
the issues she was having with worldly things, she never lost her hope or gave
up what she knew was right. She is such a strong woman and I admire her so much
for who she has become!
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<span style="font-size: large;">This month of March has been what our mission president calls a ¨month of
miracles¨. He promised us at the beginning of the month that we would see
miracles in our areas, but also that it depended on us and our personal
obedience. He also gave us the challenge of having 3 baptisms for every
companionship. So this month we have all been striving to fulfil this goal of 3
baptisms. Hermana Miranda and I were able to see SO many miracles in our area
this month. We were also able to achieve the goal of the 3 baptisms in our ward!
I've learned a lot this month about personal obedience, about consecrating
myself to this work. I chose to come out here. I chose to serve a mission. So
why would I slack off? I'm never going to get this chance again, so I have to
work my hardest and give it my all. In the process of losing myself in the labor
of the Lord, I have learned more about myself and who I am as human being and my
divine purpose in this world. I will be forever grateful for all that the
mission has done for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">¨In the midst of the miracle of serving, there is the promise of Jesus that
when we lose ourselves, we find ourselves¨ Spencer W Kimball</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another great week in Tacna! We're working super hard out here and
the blessings and miracles keep coming and it's incredible. Can I just tell you
all how awesome it it being a missionary? It really is the best, there is no
other feeling than the feeling you get when you help someone come to the
knowledge of the truthfullness of the gospel! Anyways, Hermana Miranda and I are
doing really great together and finding A TON of people to teach. The members
here are giving us lots of references and helping us with finding people to
teach, which is always a big help! Last week we had an activity in our ward and
about 50 people, it was a great turn out. The activity was called a ¨trip to
Hawaii¨ but obviously there was a spiritual message behind it, but it turned out
really great!
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week is going to fly because we have loads of conferences and
activities and whatnot. Thursday we will be having a multi zone conference with
all the missionaries in the cities of Tacna, Ilo, and Moquegua with Elder
Fallabela of the 70. Then on Friday we are having another leadership conference
in Arequipa with Elder Fallabela, so as sister leaders we will be traveling with
the zone leaders to Arequipa super early friday morning. We are pretty excited
and anxious to hear what he has to say!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last night we were teaching a lesson to a recent convert who has been
feeling pretty down lately. He says he feels like a weight of guilt is on his
shoulders and he can't shake it off. We strongly felt like we had to teach about
the Atonement of Jesus Christ, and I wanted to share a little bit of what we
talked about last night with you all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are not perfect. We make mistakes every day. We sin. But we CAN be
forgiven. We can always be forgiven. Forgivness is exactly the reason why God
sent his Son. God knows we are not perfect, and actually he doesn't expect us to
be. He expects us to look to his son in the hard times. He pleads us to apply
the infinite Atonement to our lives to overcome our trials and move forward with
hope. Our sins have been paid for, all we have to do is look to our Savior and
we can rid ourselves of the guilt. The Atonement is eveything. It frees us from
the guilt of our mistakes and allows us to return to the presence of our Father
in Heaven.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #ebedee; color: #2f393a; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif;">¨H</span><span style="background-color: #ebedee; color: #2f393a; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif;">owever
late you think you are, however many chances you think you have missed, however
many mistakes you feel you have made or talents you think you don’t have, or
distance from home and family and God you feel you have traveled, I testify that
you have </span><em style="background-clip: initial; background-color: #ebedee; background-origin: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f393a; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">not</em><span style="background-color: #ebedee; color: #2f393a; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif;"> traveled
beyond the reach of divine love. It is not possible for you to sink lower than
the infinite light of Christ’s Atonement shines.¨ -Elder Jeffery R
Holland</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you have the best week! Take care!<span style="background-color: #ebedee; color: #2f393a; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685378561162165392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839387203376085331.post-11978924784207621052017-03-06T06:46:00.000-08:002017-03-09T06:51:15.601-08:00<span style="font-size: large;">Well this week was awesome! First of all, we had changes last week and my new
companion is Hermana Miranda from Chile! She came to my area here in Tacna. She
is so awesome, we work really well together and we're really excited to see the
work we can accomplish together. We had a miracle baptism this last Friday!! Our
ward was having 3 baptisms of 3 kids who were 8 years old..(8 year olds dont
count for us or for the mission since we dont have to teach them) 5 minutes
before the baptism started we find out that it was one of the kids birthdays and
he turned 9! Which automatically means he counts as a baptisms for us and for
the mission! He had his baptismal interview super last minute but was able to be
baptized! The best part was after his baptism he shared his testimony and began
to cry and share with us how happy he was to finally be able to be baptized and
how great it felt to make this promise and covenant with the Lord.
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know miracles exist thanks to our loving Father in heaven. I know that he
allows miracles to take place in our lives according to our obedience. Even
though I don't have much time left in the mission, I'm going to make it my best.
I'm so excited to see what these next 2 months have in store for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hi friends! Can I just tell you all how awesome it is being a missionary?
Seriously I've had the BEST experiences of my life in these last 15 months. We
had a great week! We had the baptism of Maryori this last Saturday and it was
beautiful and the Spirit was so strong. Speaking of baptisms, my baptismal
anniversary is this Thursday! I'll have 3 years as a member of the church this
thursday the 23. The time has passed by SO fast but it also feels like I've been
a member my whole life. I had completely forgotten about it and this morning I
was resting on my best and had my eyes closed, my companion fired a giant
firecracker thing filled with confetti! She scared me SO bad it was the best
haha then she screamed "Felices 3 años!!!" (happy 3 years) and told me she didnt
want to wait to do it until thursday. It gave us a good laugh haha I'm grateful
to have a companion like her! She also told me she has more surprises for me
this week so I'm actually a little scared but I'll let you all know next week
what happens. It's so great to make friendships on the mission like this. With
every companion I've had I've learned something from them, something that's made
me a better person. I'm super grateful for the friendships I've made out here
and for the things that my companions have taught me, I'm forever grateful for
meeting them.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">This week we are getting ALL the missionaries in the
mission together in Arequipa for a conference! It's going to be awesome! In all
my time in the mission we've never gotten all the missionaries together in one
place so this will be super special! All of us out here in Tacna are the
farthest away, so we're going to travel in the middle of the night the 7 hours
to Arequipa. We are going to hear from Elder Godoy. He is the area president out
here. I am assuming that he will be speaking to us about the temple that they
are going to start building in Arequipa! The temple was announced in October of
2012 and they are going to start the construction Saturday March 4th. We have
been waiting a while for this!</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Temples are different than the chapels
that we meet in every Sunday. Temples are houses of the Lord. It's where special
covenants and ordinances are done that allow us to recieve blessings here on
earth, but also in heaven. The authority and power found in the temple is
eternal; it's the same power that exists in the eternities. So everything that
is done in the temple is also put into effect in the heavens. The temples are
where the powers of heaven and earth meet, and you can feel it being inside one
of them. Temples are where families are sealed for time and all eternity. And I
am so grateful that I have a knowledge of the beautiful restored gospel of Jesus
Christ that allows blessings like this to be poured out onto all the people who
follow Him.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Have an amazing week my friends.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hi friends! I hope you're all having a great week. My companion and
I are having a lot of success in our area so we're pretty happy about that. The
members in our ward are AMAZING and always give us references of people who are
interested in our message. That's been keeping us super busy! So there's a
member in our ward who is leaving for his mission tomorrow, his name is James.
He's going to the Bolivia Cochabamba mission! We were with him in the morning
helping him with some last minute shopping. It brought back a lot of memories of
when I was preparing to leave! Pray for him and his success in the mission
please! This last week my companion and I went to Ilo again! It was super great
to be back in my first area again. I was able to see some of my converts and
members in that area that have made an impact on me, so I definitely felt
strengthened this week from this trip!
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week I want to dedicate this letter to my dearest parents (: Mom and
Dad, I don't know if there's anything I could do to repay you for everything
that you've done for me. Your support for me here in the mission means more to
me than you know. Even though you are not members of the church and the idea of
a mission was foreign to you, you let me go. As I've come to understand more
about the love that our Heavenly Father has for us I've also come to understand
the love that you have for me as earthly parents. It's pure and unconditional. I
am eternally grateful for this gospel, for the opportunity that we have to live
with our families forever. Thank you mom and dad for all that you've done for
me. Thank you for raising me with morals that have led me to become the person I
am today. I am not perfect, nor will I ever be, but through all my faults and
weaknesses I have always been grateful to have you two as my parents. I love you
so much, thank you for being my parents (:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you all have a great week. Recognize the blessings that our Heavenly
Father gives you each and every day. And always remember that his love is
unconditional.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685378561162165392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839387203376085331.post-32565861901801599512017-01-30T11:31:00.000-08:002017-02-06T11:32:15.476-08:00<span style="font-size: large;">Hope you all had a super awesome week! This week was great for us. We were able
to find more people to teach that are willing to listen to us which is always
great! Last Saturday there was a big parade here in our area. They shut down one
of the main streets in our area and different groups of people were just dancing
down the street! It was awesome! There's so many different types of dances here
in Peru and every single one of them has a story and a place of origin. As a
dancer, I really appreciated it! They were all dressed up in super Peruvian
clothes too! The Peruvian culture is seriously so beautiful!
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a worldwide missionary broadcast this last Wednesday. They announced
some changes that are pretty big for us missionaries! The information we report
to the mission every week is different now, before there were 9 indicators that
we reported. Now there's only 4! Which is pretty big difference, all you people
reading who have served a mission understand haha. Also they schedule changed.
We have a lot more freedom in the time that we do our studies. We also have the
option to go to bed an hour earlier which I am so excited about because I am so
tired at the end of every day!! I really think these changes are going to help
us and allow us to work more effectively with the time we have to proselyte.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Something I've been thinking a lot about this week is patience. It's
definitely something I have developed on the mission and something I am still
working on haha. Patience is the ability to endure affliction without
retaliation or complaint. Our Savior was perfect example of patient. He was
rejected by so many but never complained, he never opened his mouth. He knew it
was the will of the Father and he had to complete it with perfect patience. One
of my favorite chapters in the Book of Mormon is Mosiah 14. It relates to some
of the things that the prophet Isaiah said in the Bible. It talks about the
Atonement of Jesus Christ. Personally, I think it's one of the most beautifully
written chapters in all the scriptures. The next time you are feeling frustrated
or impatient, remember all the rejection our Savior experienced. Remember his
Atonement, and find strength in him.</span></div>
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is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;
and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him
not.</span></div>
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he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him
stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.</span></div>
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he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.</span></div>
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we, like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and
the Lord hath laid on him the iniquities of us all.</span></div>
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was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought
as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb so he
opened not his mouth.</span></div>
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was taken from prison and from judgment; and who shall declare his generation?
For he was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgressions of my
people was he stricken.</span></div>
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he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he
had done no evil, neither was any deceit in his mouth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well this last week was probably the craziest but most miraculous
week of my mission! We had 5 BAPTISMS!! Ahh! Biggest miracle I have seen in my
work here in Peru! So my companion and I had been working with a family of 5, a
dad and 4 daughters. The mom had left them about 4 years ago. This family has
had so many trials. The dad used to be a pastor for the iglesia adventista..(I
honestly cannot remember for the life of me how to say the adventista church in
English haha but I'm sure you all understand) and he was pretty set in his ways
when we met him a month and a half ago. Well he had so many spiritual
experiences and was not able to deny the truthfullness of the Book of Mormon. He
gave his daughters permission to get baptized, but at first it was looking like
we would have to baptize his daughters first and he would have to get baptized
later. Because of some things that happened in the past it was up in the air
whether or not he could get baptized with his kids. We planned out his
daughters' baptisms and everything but a couple days before the baptism we found
out that everything was clear and he was good to get baptized with his family!
It is honestly the BIGGEST miracle considering everything that has happened in
his life. Him with 3 of his daughters were baptized this last Friday (: His
youngest daughter is only 6 years old so she has to wait until she's 8! At their
baptism, the daughters were baptized first and the dad was last. In the moment
he came up out of the water, he had the biggest smile on his face and began to
cry. It made me and my companion cry haha it was the greatest feeling of
happiness I think we've felt in the mission. I will never forget that moment.
This gospel changes lives, but only if we let it change us. I will always look
to this man as an example. He completely relied on the Lord and followed the
Spirit despite all the other things that were happening in his life. God is SO
good (:
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had another baptism last Saturday too, her name is Nayeli! She's 13 and
her aunt is the only other member in her family. She had been going to church
for years but never got baptized! She was so prepared before we even met her! I
know there's people like her out there that are waiting to find the true and
everlasting gospel that is found in the Church of Jesus Christ.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Weeks like this last one make all the hardships worth it. As missionaries
we face a lot of opposition. But when we see the fruits of our labors, when we
see people come unto Christ and enter the waters of baptism, when we see people
truly converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ, it makes everything SO worth it.
I will be forever grateful for the time I have had here in Peru. It has changed
me. I'm also super grateful I still have 4 more months to work in this labor of
love among God's children in the Peru Arequipa mission.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">BE HAPPY this week because this life that our God has given us is so, so
beautiful (:</span></div>
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still, and </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino, "palatino linotype", pahoran, georgia, "times new roman", serif;">consider</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino, "palatino linotype", pahoran, georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> the
wondrous </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino, "palatino linotype", pahoran, georgia, "times new roman", serif;">works</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino, "palatino linotype", pahoran, georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> of
God."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Transfers came this week and I'm staying in my area in Tacna! My
companion is also staying and we're pretty excited about it (: We have a lot of
good work going on in our area and neither of us wanted to leave! We have a
baptism planned this Saturday, her name is Nayeli. She's 13 and she has some
aunts and uncles who are members and has been going to church for a while but
never had permission from her mom to get baptized, until now! It was awesome to
see how excited she was when her mom told her she could get baptized. She said
it feels like she's been waiting forever to get baptized! We're very excited for
her, so Saturday should be a really special day!
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week my companion and I will be going to Arequipa for a leadership
conference with all the other zone leaders and sister leaders. The leadership
conferences are always the best because we get to learn how our mission
president and his wife want the Lord's work to progress in this part of the
world. It's always super spiritual and the food is good too (:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So this last week my companion and I were in a taxi and we started talking
to the taxi driver. We told him we were missionaries form the Church of Jesus
Christ and started to share part of our message with him. I asked him if he goes
to church, he told us he is Catholic. He then went on to say that he doesn't
believe in an after life, that this life as we know it is everything and then we
die and then nothing. Just nothing. We went on to explain a little bit more of
our beliefs of the "the after life" so to speak, and it made me think. It is so
hard for me to fathom that there wouldn't be a life after this one. There are so
many manifestations in this world of a Supreme Creator, of a high power, of a
Heavenly Father. I know that God exists. I know that He has prepared a plan for
us, a plan of salvation, that allows us to return to His presence after this
life. This life on earth is but a trial of our faith. It is but a speck of time
on the scheme of eternity. Our potential is divine because we come from an
all-powerful God who loves us and wants us to become like Him.</span></div>
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immortality and eternal life of man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy new year everyone! 2017! Still can't believe it haha time is
flying. We had a baptism this last week so of course it was a great week! Our
investigator Carlos got baptized. He's awesome, he was SO prepared to recieve
the message of the restored gospel and he's so converted. It's incredible how
the gospel can change our lives. All we have to do is live it and the blessings
just come!
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ok so something pretty funny that happened last week.. we were going to do
divisions with the hermanas that are in Ilo. So I get on the bus and 2 and a
half hours later I'm in Ilo where elders are waiting for me to tell me that the
hermanas had emergency changes haha. So I just went to Ilo and back for a day..
I spent about an hour there with other sister missionaries! We had lunch and
then I went back to Tacna. But it was great to be in Ilo again (:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So new years here is pretty much the same as Christmas. Everyone eats
dinner at midnight and lights off fireworks. New years day there was no one home
haha it was super hard for us to teach because everyone was at the beach or
sleeping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't have much time today, but I hope you all have a wonderful week!
Always remember how blessed you are to live in this beautiful world that our God
has given us.</span></div>
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I would that ye should be steadfast and immovable, always abounding
in </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino,"palatino linotype",pahoran,georgia,"times new roman",serif;">good
works</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino,"palatino linotype",pahoran,georgia,"times new roman",serif;">,
that Christ, the </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino,"palatino linotype",pahoran,georgia,"times new roman",serif;">Lord
God Omnipotent</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino,"palatino linotype",pahoran,georgia,"times new roman",serif;">,
may </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino,"palatino linotype",pahoran,georgia,"times new roman",serif;">seal</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino,"palatino linotype",pahoran,georgia,"times new roman",serif;"> you
his, that you may be brought to heaven, that ye may have everlasting salvation
and eternal life, through the wisdom, and power, and justice, and mercy of him
who </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino,"palatino linotype",pahoran,georgia,"times new roman",serif;">created</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino,"palatino linotype",pahoran,georgia,"times new roman",serif;"> all
things, in heaven and in earth, who is God above all. Amen.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;">Hope you all had a super amazing Christmas! This week was a great one for me
and Christmas was awesome. One of the jobs we have as sister leaders is doing
divisions with the other sister missionaries that we’re assigned to. We are
assigned to all the sisters in Tacna, Moquegua, and Ilo. So last Wednesday I got
to go back to Ilo, to my first area! It was so fun! I realized how much I love
it and miss it, it’s the cutest little beach town. It’s definitely the San Diego
of Peru haha. But in all seriousness I’m so grateful for the 6 months I had
there. Last week I had the chance to visit some of the people I taught and were
baptized, and other members and friends that I have there! In the morning we
even went on a run by the beach and it was glorious! I hope I can go back at
least one more time before I finish the mission. Christmas for us was great!
Christmas eve consisted of us doing our normal daily missionary duties like
studying and teaching but at night we went to the house of a family who is in
our ward and celebrated with them. We had a very typical Peruvian dinner, pollo
a la brasa and papas fritas. It’s rotisserie chicken and french fries haha and
after we had panettone and hot chocolate. Also, everyone here opens their
presents at midnight on Christmas eve instead of Christmas morning. We went back
to our room and the family we live with gave us more food and more panettone
haha and then at midnight everyone lit up fireworks! It was so beautiful! And it
last for like 30 minutes! The whole sky was just lit up with light and it was
amazing! Sunday we went to church in the morning and my companion was going to
give a talk. About 3 minutes before the sacrament meeting started the bishop
asked me if I could speak too because the person who was going to do it ended uo
being sick. I have always heard of this happening to missionaries haha but it
had never happened to me until yesterday. I said a quick prayer to receive
inspiration on what to talk about. I opened my scriptures up to a verse that
talks about light in Doctrine and Covenants 88. So I decided to talk about
light. And in this moment of nervousness and unpreparedness I received a lot of
inspiration and revelation about light.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;">Since I’ve been little, I’ve loved looking
at the stars. For me it’s always kept me grounded. When I look at the stars I
realize how small we really are and how grand the universe is. It makes me stand
in awe that our God could create something so complex yet so beautiful. As we
look at the stars, we see the light that they shine. But these stars are
actually super far away from us, even light years away from us. Being so far
away from us, the light takes time to get to us here on earth. The light that
they shed that we see is actually thousands of years old. The star might even be
dead at the moment that we are seeing its light. Anyways, this concept is
something I’ve always understood. Then I realized something in this moment I was
trying to prepare my talk, light carries on after death. After a star dies, its
light just carries on endlessly. Our Savior Jesus Christ died more or less 2000
years ago but his light exists today. His light exists in every one of us who
live his gospel, who strive to be more like him and those who believe in his
name. Don’t let this Christmas be the end of sharing his light. There are people
waiting to hearing the message of the restored gospel, there are people that
need his light. And the only way they’re going to get it is if we, the people
who have his light, share it. It’s my testimony that Jesus Christ is our light
and our everlasting hope. He is the hope of a better life. Through him and only
him can we return back to the presence of our Father in
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685378561162165392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839387203376085331.post-30026018323213722632016-12-19T05:06:00.000-08:002017-01-03T05:07:15.059-08:00<span style="font-size: large;">Well i hope you're all enjoying your wintery Christmas in the states! It's
summer time down here and it's dang hot and humid in Tacna! This last week was
great, we had a Christmas party with all the missionaries that are in Tacna,
Moquegua, and Ilo. We ate lunch and then we presented Christmas skits and then
there was a Christmas slideshow with pictures of everyone from the mission. It
was really special! This week my companion and I also traveled to Moquegua to do
divisions with the sisters that are there. As we were out teaching walking to
another appointment, I got sick. I dont know what happened exactly but I threw
up in the street twice.. Sorry for that image haha. We went back to the room and
I rested until the next day and I was fine. I'm just grateful i was able to work
the next day. This week we are doing divisions with the hermanas in Ilo! In my
first area, Puerto (: I'm so excited to go back for a day and see my friends
there! It'll be super special for me.
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<span style="font-size: large;">I really like my area in Tacna! The people here area super receptive. More
receptive than any of my other areas. We contact people like crazy and the
majority of the people give us ther information and allow us to visit them which
has never happened for me! We also try to teach people as we contact and this is
the first time its actually been effective in this area! We have a lot of really
great investigators that we're teaching that have dates sets for their baptisms.
So of course as missionaries we can't complain much (:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can't believe that Christmas is in less than a week! A usual Peruvian
Christmas is staying up all night on Christmas Eve, lighting off fireworks at
midnight, eating a huge dinner at midnight, and lots of panettone and hot
chocolate. It's pretty sweet. My companion and I have to be in our room at 9:30
Christmas Eve, but the great thing is that we have an awesome view of all of
Tacna from our window so we defintely won't miss the fireworks at midnight! I
really am so grateful for this time that i have to be a missionary. im
especially grateful to be a representative of Jesus Christ in this time during
Christmas. I am grateful for the life that our Savior lived, for his perfect
example of obedience and love. This Christmas, I invite you all to think about
who Christ is for you. For me, he is the hope for a better world. He is my
perfect example. He is my Savior and my Redeemer, my older brother and he gave
his life so I could have mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino, "palatino linotype", pahoran, georgia, "times new roman", serif;">He
is the </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino, "palatino linotype", pahoran, georgia, "times new roman", serif;">light</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: palatino, "palatino linotype", pahoran, georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> and
the life of the world; yea, a light that is endless, that can never be darkened;
yea, and also a life which is endless, that there can be no more
death.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hermana Celardo</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685378561162165392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839387203376085331.post-16613779423731573142016-12-05T05:01:00.000-08:002017-01-03T05:01:51.440-08:00<div dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size: large;">Well, I got a transfer. It definitely was not something hna Kunz
and I were expecting, but I will go where the Lord needs me to go! And
apparently he needs me in Tacna. It's far from Arequipa, about a 6 hour bus
ride. It's the farthest city down south here in Peru. I'm basically almost in
Chile haha. I've only been here for a couple hours but I like it! The streets
are flat so I'm glad I won't have to be hikinh up any hills anymore haha. My
companion is hna Navarro, she's form Lima. We were in the MTC together! So I'll
most definitely be here for Christmas. OH also remember the sister missionary
that I trained? Hermana Estela? Well she's going to be training a new
missionary! That makes me a grandma!!! Whenever someone trains a new missionary,
we say that the trainer is the parent and the trainee is the kid. So hermana
estela is my ¨daughter¨ and now the missionary that she will train is my
granddaughter(: Im a grandma! I think that means I'm getting pretty old in the
mission and I don't know how to feel about that..
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<span style="font-size: large;">This last week was pretty great because we had a baptism! Hermana Kunz and
I's last baptism was Saturday! It was super beautiful and we really felt the
Spirit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This last week we passed through a lot of hardships and trials concerning
other sister missionaries. As hermana leaders, it's our job to help them
whenever there's problems with whatever they need. One thing I learned from
this, is the importance of forgiveness. Heavenly Father is so merciful with us.
Even when we make mistakes, even when we really don't deserve his love, he is
always there to welcome us with open arms. It is so important for us to follow
this example. We have to forgive others. We cannot deny the healing power of the
Atonement and hold grudges. I'm so grateful for my trials because they make me
stronger and I always learn how I can be a better person.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sorry this email was a little short but I didnt have much time today
because today is transfers! I love you all and hope you have a great week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hi friends, I hope you all had a fantastic week and a great
Thanksgiving! Peru obviously doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving, so we didn't really
celebrate. Buuut I got a package from my family and they had sent me pumpkin
bread mix from trader joes, so we made that as our Thanksgiving feast haha. It
was honestly so delicious and a great reminder of home! On the bright side
Arequipa goes crazy for Christmas so we're definitely going to celebrate. Last
Christmas I was in the MTC in Lima so I didn't get to experience an Arequipeña
Christmas, but apparently there's lots of fireworks at midnight and we eat
turkey and cakes and hot chocolate. As a mission we're planning to go to the
Plaza de Armas in the main part of Arequipa to sing Christmas hymns! It should
be super beautiful! We're also going to have a Christmas party with our mission
president and his wife, I know it will be really special!
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Saturday two less actives of our ward got married! We went to their
wedding and it was so special. They love each other so much and were so excited
to finally get married. They have been dating for a while and have 2 kids, and
this is pretty normal for Peru. Its actually more rare to find a couple that's
legally married than not. We were excited to be a part of their day. This
Saturday we'll be having a baptism! Her name is Yuli (you say it like Julie).
Her son is a member of the church and she's been going to church for 3 years,
but she wasn't ever able to get baptized because she was living with her partner
and they weren't married. Long story short he's not in the picture anymore, but
now she's able to get baptized! Her story is really touching and really
strengthened my testimony of baptism. She has been waiting 3 years for this
moment and I feel so lucky to be a part of it! Hermana Kunz and I are gonna have
the best month ever in December. We have 6 baptisms planned for this month (:
All of the people we are teaching are progressing spiritually! We feel super
blessed!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Around this time of the year we think a lot about Christmas. It's important
to remember the true meaning of Christmas, or why we celebrate Christmas. We
celebrate the life and birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. The church also comes
out with a video every year for Christmas. This year, the video is called
LIGHTtheWORLD...watch it here --> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=mJmAV0gTp_Q">https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=mJmAV0gTp_Q</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's an invitation to follow the example of Jesus Christ, to share His
light and serve as he served. He really is the ultimate and perfect example of
how we should live. What will you do to serve?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">¨I am the light of the world¨ John 8:12</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello friends! I hope all is well and you're all doing fantastic.
This last week was amazing! My companion and I celebrated our one year
anniversary out here in the mission. First of all, I can't believe I've been out
for a year. I still feel like I'm a newbie haha. Time flies out here. So
Thursday we basically ate our way through our one year anniversary haha. In the
morning we had breakfast with our district . We went to their pensionistas house
and I made french toast for everyone. But instead of using regular bread we used
Chocotone. Chocotone is like sweet bread with chocolate chips in it. It was soo
good! And then for lunch we had causa, like a chicken salad with mashed
potatoes, with chicha morada (my fav drink ever made from purple corn). After we
went out to teach lessons like normal. We made super good no-bake cookies with a
member, they were made from peanut butter and oats and cocoa powder! Then we had
pizza at the one place called Las Gringas haha. So basically we ate our way
through the day, but we regret nothing.
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week Hermana kunz and I found a family thats really interested in the
church! And they now have baptismal dates! We're pretty excited to say the
least! They told us they really love how everything we teach is centered on
families. It made me think about the doctrine of the church and how important
families are in this life. They're so important that we have the opportunity to
live with them in the eternities. This principle, that families can be eternal,
is not just a belief. it's not just something we hope for. In the church of
Jesus Christ we have the authority and power of God to be able to seal families
together for time and all eternity. There are covenants and promises we make
with God under His authority to make it possible. I am so grateful for this
knowledge that I have of the gospel. For the opportunity I have to live with my
family forever in the eternities. God is a loving god who wants us to return to
live with him, but as a family. And honestly I can't imagine anything happier
than that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These last 6 months are going to be the best. I can't wait to see what the
Lord has in store for me. I'm so grateful for this time that I have to be a
representative of my Savior, Jesus Christ, and to bring souls unto him. There is
nothing that brings me greater joy</span></div>
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now, behold, I say unto you, that the thing which will be of the most worth unto
you will be to declare repentance unto this people, that you may bring souls
unto me, that you may rest with them in the kingdom of my Father.
Amen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello there! I hope you all are having a great Monday! This week
was really great for me and Hermana Kunz. First I want to update you all on what
happened a couple weeks ago because I wasn't able to write a letter last week!
(Sorry!)
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<span style="font-size: large;">FERNANDO GOT BAPTIZED! He is the older man that we found about two months
ago that was going to get baptized in March but then backed out. He is so great
and we were super excited to be able to be a part of his conversion. He was so
prepared it was awesome! So hermana Kunz and I went to the chapel to clean
everything the morning before his baptism. We cleaned the floors and chairs and
even the baptismal font. As we filled the font we realized the water heater
didn't work.. It had broken. So Fernando had to get baptized in cold water. And
let me just tell you, the water here in Arequipa is freeezing! I have no idea
why but it's just super cold. We felt bad but Fernando was a good sport about it
and the most important thing is that he was baptized!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were walking on the street this last week and a younger man comes up to
us and asks if we're missionaries, he said him and his wife are members but less
active and want to go back to church! Guys, this never happens as a missionary!
Haha we're always the ones that have to contact other people! We went to their
house 3 times last week and they're amazing!! They have two kids, one is 1 and a
half and the other is only 3 weeks old. We started teaching them the lessons and
we're going to go to church with them on Sunday! The best part is they're
getting married on the 26th of this month!! Of course we're going to their
wedding (: I'll keep you all updated on them and send pictures this next
week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hermana Kunz and I made quesadillas this last week! It was like a taste of
home haha. Also we didn't realize how much mexican food we eat in the
states..and how much we miss it haha. Typical plates here consist of rice and
potatoes and chicken but you'd be surprised how many varieties of rice and
potatoes and chicken there are! Last Pday we went to lunch with Hermana Johnson,
our mission presidents wife, at a super delicious crepe place! We're definitely
going back today! Also there's this member in our ward thats a cosmetologist and
she does facials..so naturally we asked if she'd be able to do facials for us
haha. It was the best! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Alright so this Thursday I will hit my one year mark in the mission. ONE
YEAR! So many emotions I don't know how to feel. It has definitely been the
quickest year of my life! What's even greater is I get to spend it with my comp,
hermana Kunz! We started our missions together, so we'll both be completing one
year. I've been thinking a lot about where I was when I started the mission and
where I am now. Before I left home, everyone told me that the people in Peru
needed to hear my testimony and that I was going to make a difference in the
lives of the people here. But no one ever told me how much I needed the mission.
I can't even begin to explain to you how much I needed it. The mission has
changed my life and I've learned so many things that I know I wouldn't have been
able to learn at home. My testimony of the truthfulness of the church has grown
immensely. Serving a mission was the greatest decision I've ever made. I have
come to know my Savior in ways I never thought were possible. He gave his life
so I could have mine. If Christ can give his whole life for me, I can give him
18 months..and I'll still forever be indebted to him. I'm super grateful for the
time that I have in the mission and for the time I have left. Gotta make the
most of it and work my hardest these last 6 months!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cuidense (:</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685378561162165392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839387203376085331.post-29142831728813887752016-10-31T08:50:00.000-07:002016-11-07T08:57:48.614-08:00<div dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size: large;">well well well here I am living in Arequipa speaking Spanish
everyday and my comp is my best friend and we have progressing investigators!
Life is so good! I couldn't ask for anything better! Me and Hermana Kunz are
having the best time and we work really great together. The very first lesson we
taught, everything just flowed and the Spirit was so strong and we support each
other in everything and it's amazing! We're so excited for the time that we'll
have together! We realized this week that we're going to be together for
Halloween (Happy halloween by the way!), our one year mark in the mission (which
honestly we cannot believe), Thanksgiving, Hermana Kunz's birthday (dec 7),
Christmas (yes we're already listening to Christmas music), and new years! But
the most important part of this is that we work super well together and the way
that we teach is easy to understand for all the people we teach. And we're going
to have a baptism this Saturday! Our investigator Fernando is getting baptized.
Pray for him! He was supposed to get baptized back in March but he backed out
last minute so we hope that doesn't happen again (: But he's so prepared and
converted so we have faith it's going to happen.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today hermana Kunz and I are going to this super Arequipeña restaurant with
our elder friends from the area right next to us. And then after we're going to
a church to play sports with our whole zone. This week Hermana Kunz and I made
pancakes from scratch for our district meeting and they were pretty good! They
tasted like home haha. This week was also our leadership conference! We had
really great food and talked about what we can do to better the mission, and
this tuesday we'll have a zone conference to transmit all the information to our
zone. The zone leaders and us as sister leaders will be speaking. Hermana Kunz
and I have some great plans so I'll update you all on that this next week (: We
had an activity Saturday with our ward! Another dessert night..haha heres a tip
if you want people to come to your parties you just have to have food and they
will come. We had a really great turn out! Hermana Kunz and I always talk with
the couple that we live with. They're the owners of the house and they're older
and the husband is the patriarch of the stake. I've talked about him before in
one of my other emails but honestly he's like a walking book! He knows sooo
much! We talk to him as much as we can because we learn something new about the
doctine of the church every talk we talk to him. I'm super grateful for being
able to live with him because it's taught me a lot about the importance of
studying. We HAVE to learn as much as we can in this life. My testimony has
grown so much about scripture study in my time here!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love the mission SO much. I honestly don't know where I'd be if I never
made the decision to come. I can't imagine my life without it. I have learned so
much in my time here and I can't wait to see what these next couple have in
store for me. It's my testimony that the gospel of Jesus Christ changes lives,
it has changed mine. We have to APPLY what we learn to be able to receive the
blessings that God has prepared for us. Like the scripture says, faith without
works is dead. Act in faith everyday and I promise you, you will see miracles. I
know with my whole heart that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is
true. It is the same church that Jesus himself established on Earth when he was
here 2000 years ago. The work that I'm doing here in Peru is true. It is the
work of the Lord. I know that God and Jesus Christ LIVE.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Make it a great week (:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello friends! I hope you all had a great week! All is swell down
here in Peru. This week was a good one! I want to start off by telling you that
I ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich last night for dinner and it was
glorious. I hadn't had a pb&j in 11 months! Peanut butter isn't really a
thing down here, you can find it in a supermarket but no one really eats it. We
went to a members house, and their daughter was born in peru but lives in
Bermuda and is visiting with her husband so we celebrated with pb&js! Also
her husband is white so I got to speak english for a little bit..and I realized
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<span style="font-size: large;">My companion and I are having a blast in our area! We have a couple
investigators who are progressing and a lot of references from members that we
still need to contact. There is one investigator, his name is Fernando, he's
about 65 years old and lives alone. He is separated from his wife and his kids
have gotten married and moved out of the house. He was going to get baptized in
March, but didn't end up going through with it and the missionaries at this time
stopped visiting him. My companion and I found his teaching record and decided
to go back to visit him. He told us he was thinking a lot about going back to
church and has the desire to get baptized! We have taught him a couple lessons
and he is SO prepared. He understands everything we teach. He has the desire to
learn more and read the Book of Mormon. These are the types of people we are
meant to find as missionaries, the people who are ready to receive the message
of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. I know I talked about this in my
previous email but it is literally THE GREATEST thing in the whole world to see
someone convert themselves to the gospel. There is no happiness that can compare
to it! Fernando is going to get baptized on October 29, so keep him in your
prayers (:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This next week we have transfers in the mission, which means my companion
is probably leaving the area. She has been here for a while so her time is up!
I'll update you all next week on what happens..</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I want to leave you all with a scripture from the Book of Mormon. the Book
of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ. In this part of the book, a
prophet named Jacob is explaining the importance and the necessity of the
Atonement of Jesus Christ. He says..</span></div>
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I know that ye know that in the body he shall show himself unto those at
Jerusalem, from whence we came; for it is expedient that it should be among
them; for it behooveth the great Creator that he suffereth himself to
become subject unto man in the flesh, and die for all men, that all men might
become subject unto him.</span></div>
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as death hath passed upon all men, to fulfil the merciful plan of the great
Creator, there must needs be a power of resurrection, and the resurrection must
needs come unto man by reason of the fall; and the fall came by reason
of transgression; and because man became fallen they were cut off from
the presence of the Lord.</span></div>
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it must needs be an infinite atonement—save it should be an infinite atonement
this corruption could not put on incorruption. Wherefore, the first judgment
which came upon man must needs have remained to an endless duration. And if so,
this flesh must have laid down to rot and to crumble to its mother earth, to
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<span style="font-size: large;">We learn from these scriptures that Jesus submitted himself to men in the
flesh and died so that all men would be able to submit themselves to him.
Physical death and the ability to sin are consequences from the fall of Adam and
Eve, therefore the atonement was absolutely necessary to be able to redeem us
from death and also from sin. The two things that impede us from returning to
live with God are physical death and sin. And we cannot overcome these things
without the help of a higher power, something beyond us. It is absolutely
necessary to have a Savior. We cannot overcome these impediments without the
infinite atonement of Jesus Christ. But here's the thing, we cannot and will not
gain eternal exaltation if we do not APPLY the atonement in our lives. It all
depends on YOU. You have to apply the atonement to your life to be able to gain
what Heavenly Father has in store for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Take care this week! And meditate for a good time with what I've just
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love you all!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16685378561162165392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839387203376085331.post-70324592739879817572016-09-26T17:23:00.000-07:002016-10-03T17:24:14.795-07:00<div dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size: large;">Can I just start off by saying how much I love being a missionary?
There's honestly nothing like it in the whole world! And I'll never have this
opportunity again, so I'm trying my best to take it all in (: We had an awesome
week! One of our investigators, Yilmer, got baptized! My companion and I were a
little worried because he had been telling us that he has the desire to get
baptized, but still had some doubts and didn't have a strong testimony. Every
time we had lessons with him we would tell him that he needs to pray to ask God
if what we teach is true. As missionaries, we teach what we know to be true. We
teach the doctrine of the church. But our purpose is not to convince people of
our message. The people we teach have to gain their own testimonies; they have
to know that what we're teaching is true for themselves. We explained this to
him many times but he would tell us he hasn't had time to ask, or he just hasn't
recieved an answer. My companion and I said many many many prayers for him, to
be able to recieve an answer for himself. The day of his baptism, he shared his
testimony with us. He said the night before he kneeled down and said a very
humble prayer and asked if the church was true. He said as he asked this
question, a feel of peace came over him and he couldn't help but cry. In this
moment, he knew he'd recieved his answer. As missionaries, WE LIVE for moments
like this. Moments where our investigators are converted. Where they realize the
truthfullness of what we teach. There are no words to describe the happiness we
feel as missionaries when we see our friends come unto Christ. It's the best (:
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<span style="font-size: large;">So we're in springtime here and its HOT. We're at a super high altitude and
there's no ozone layer in Arequipa so the sun just burns like no other haha. But
I use sunscreen so don't worry yourselves (; I'm loving my new area! My
companion and I get along great and we teach super well together. We live in the
house of the patriarch of the stake here. I've have never met someone with more
knowldge of the doctrine of the church. It's incredible! I've learned a lot from
him. When we have breakfast we talk and talk and talk about so many different
aspects of the church and it truly has strengthened my testimony that the church
is true. As missionaries we have a couple hours in the morning for our studies,
but when I get home I'm going to continue studying so that I can have the
knowledge that the patriarch has! He's inspired me haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How grateful am I to be a missionary, to be a representative of the Lord
Jesus Christ. It truly is the greatest privilege to be an instrument in the
hands of God.</span></div>
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is Alma 29:9-10.</span></div>
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know that which the Lord hath commanded me, and I glory in it. I do not glory of
myself, but I glory in that which the Lord hath commanded me; yea, and this is
my glory, that perhaps I may be an instrument in the hands of God to bring some
soul to repentance; and this is my joy.</span></div>
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behold, when I see many of my brethren truly penitent, and coming to the Lord
their God, then is my soul filled with joy; then do I remember what the Lord has
done for me, yea, even that he hath heard my prayer; yea, then do I remember his
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<span style="font-size: large;">So first week in my new area, it was awesome! I'm still getting
used to it, but I love it so far. My companions name is Hermana Rivero, she's
from Aregentina and she's the best. Our personalities are very similar in that
we're both super laid back but we know what we need to get done and we work
hard! Also, everyone from Argentina drinks mate. It's like tea but not tea and
you put the mate in a special cup and drink out of a bombilla (special straw)
that filers it and it's sooo good. The tradition is that everyone drinks out of
the same cup and same straw and you just drink your part and then add more water
and pass it down to the next person. It's like a social bonding experience. But
we drink it every morning and every night together to bond as compañeras(; We
also do lots of exercises every morning which I love! My companion has a bunch
of those insanity exercise videos so we do those every day.
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a sister leaders, we have leadership conferences with all the zone
leaders, the sister leaders, our mission president and his wife and his
assistents. We had the conference this last Thursday and Friday and it was super
inspiring. We learned a lot. We will have a zone conference tomorrow so I hope
we as well as the zone leaders will be able to convey everything that was
taught! One thing our president focused on was keeping up our animos. I say the
word in spanish, animos, because I cannot for the life of me think of what it is
in english haha. Animos is like the desire to continue on, to always be happy
and stay positive. If we don't have animos, we're not going to see miracles in
the work we're doing. But if we keep our faith, stay positive, and animos animos
animos we will see the good in everything! We will see miracles! I know this is
true with anything in life. We have to keep our head up, even when trials come.
We have to keep our faith firm in Christ. There's a scripture in the book of
mormon that says..</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fefbbf; color: #333333; font-family: palatino, "palatino linotype", pahoran, georgia, "times new roman", serif;">And
now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the </span><span style="background-color: #fefbbf; color: #333333; font-family: palatino, "palatino linotype", pahoran, georgia, "times new roman", serif;">rock</span><span style="background-color: #fefbbf; color: #333333; font-family: palatino, "palatino linotype", pahoran, georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> of
our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build
your </span><span style="background-color: #fefbbf; color: #333333; font-family: palatino, "palatino linotype", pahoran, georgia, "times new roman", serif;">foundation</span><span style="background-color: #fefbbf; color: #333333; font-family: palatino, "palatino linotype", pahoran, georgia, "times new roman", serif;">;
that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the
whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty </span><span style="background-color: #fefbbf; color: #333333; font-family: palatino, "palatino linotype", pahoran, georgia, "times new roman", serif;">storm </span><span style="background-color: #fefbbf; color: #333333; font-family: palatino, "palatino linotype", pahoran, georgia, "times new roman", serif;">shall
beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of
misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a
sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot
fal</span></span><span style="background-color: #fefbbf; color: #333333; font-family: palatino,"palatino linotype",pahoran,georgia,"times new roman",serif; font-size: 18px;">l.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Helaman 5:12)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Keep your faith in Jesus Christ because he knows us and understands what
we're going through. Trials in this life are inevitable, but with Christ they
are bearable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Take care folks!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hermana Celardo</span></div>
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