tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14040051591129559962024-03-13T09:06:44.946-06:00.Hola! I am Hermana Whitney Minnick, a missionary representing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! I am serving in the Guatemala, Retalhuleu Mission from June 2013 to December 2014.Whitney Minnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15766051206194373642noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404005159112955996.post-64261047178308293552014-12-08T22:06:00.000-07:002014-12-09T06:33:48.209-07:00Bye Guate<div>
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Well, to be honest I am mostly in shock that this has all come to an end. I never thought this day would come. I was telling dad yesterday that being on a mission I kind of forgot that I even had a family, I thought that I was going to be an eternal sister missionary and right about now I am wishing that I could be! Life is so simple here. Life is so beautiful here. I wake up, pray, study, pray again, preach the gospel, pray, sleep. I love my little protective Guatemalan bubble.</div>
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I'll talk about yesterday really fast. It was so weird. Sometimes I just look at dad and poke him because it feels so unreal. I would look at him during our lessons and be like, "Wait a second, why are you here!?" And then other times I feel like I never left! I missed mi Padre. The best part is watching him experience the culture shock of Guatemala. He is basically starving himself because he is afraid of the food. After about 5 minutes of convincing him -- I did get him to eat two peanut butter sandwiches. Also, I don't think I have ever seen anyone sweat so much. The Pajapita heat will kill ya! I am also noticing that if he is experiencing culture shock this bad, I will definitely be suffering in a couple of days! Please go easy on me!! I am so happy Dad is here with me, I'm going to need someone to yank me on the plane!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">So, I don't remember the last time I was this sad. Really, I am sad sad sad. I will say that it is way harder to leave the mission than to leave home. These little brown people are my family, I love them so much it hurts! Many times as I am walking (sweating bullets), taking a freezing cold shower in my flip flops, or looking at the children play marbles in the dirt, I think to myself, "What a beautiful place and what a beautiful people!" Guatemala has my heart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">I feel so full of love. I feel peace. I know that I gave it all that I had. Blood, sweat, tears, laughs, cries. Well, a little bit of everything! Mostly, I feel a deep gratitude and love for my Savior Jesus Christ. He is the perfect missionary and I hope that one day I can be just like Him. I know that he lives! I am grateful for the sacred privilege I have had to represent Him and to strive to do what He would do in gathering His sheep! </span></div>
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If there is one thing that really stood out to me on my mission, it has been the importance of: </div>
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1. Keeping the Commandments </div>
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2. Sustaining the Prophet </div>
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3. Families and the Temple</div>
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1. The Lord has given us commandments, they are clear are they not? He has said, "If you love me, keep my commandments." He gives us commandments to protect us from harm, evil, and well, the wrath of Satan. We must be obedient to the commandments to receive blessings. God will never break His promises! And we must also do our part to keep ours.</div>
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2. I know that Thomas S. Monson is a Prophet, Seer, and Revelator. He is God's mouthpiece on this earth. He holds all of the sacred priesthood keys necessary to obtain eternal salvation. I know that what He says, God says too. Also, President Eyring, Ucthdorf and the Quorum of the Twelve all are men called of God. I know what they say is true. I sustain them, I love them, and I know that if I follow the prophet I wont go astray. It's all pretty simple right? That's what I love about the gospel.</div>
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3. Families. I think if I hadn't come on a mission I would have become a cat lady. But lets face it, I hate cats so maybe, a goldfish lady. Yeah, that's better. Anyway, now I don't want to be a goldfish lady. I have no idea what Guatemala put in its water besides parasites but now all I want to do is get married and have a family. (But give me at least 2 years) To have an eternal family is to have pure happiness and joy. I know because I have one myself. My love for my mom, dad, Weston and Zaney has grown 100 fold. I am so grateful that my parents taught me to be obedient and righteous. I plan to do the same for my future posterity. Some would say that I am such a typical mormon sister missionary but you know what -- THE FAMILY IS WHERE IT'S AT PEOPLE, and also it is CENTRAL to God's plan!! So, maybe we should all act a little bit more like typical mormon sister missionaries and get this show on the road! </div>
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Now, the temple. Being on a mission, attending the temple is a rare treasure. Every time I went I felt like I won the lottery or something way better. All of you Utahns out there, I really don't think you realize how INSANELY blessed you are to have so many temples on your door steps! They are there for some righteous purposes. Go to the house of the Lord!</div>
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I am so grateful that I have been able to understand just a little bit more, God's love for his children. He loves us so much, even when we stray. That's why He sent His beloved son Jesus Christ to save us from physical and spiritual death.</div>
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I know that the plan is real. One day we will return as resurrected beings to the presence of the Father to be judged of our works. Now is the time to repent, mend, heal, reshape, and clean our lives! Repent, repent, repent! The Lord is waiting to heal you and me.</div>
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I love the Book of Mormon, it is true. It contains the fullness of the gospel. As the bible does, it testifies of the Savior Jesus Christ on every page. If you have not read the Book of Mormon, I invite you to start reading it TODAY!</div>
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Mostly, I love missionary work!! In fact, I think someone might have to take off my plaque for me. I am not capable of doing it! This is a work of miracles. I have seen them everyday. It is not only the work of full time missionaries, but of members, and angels too. I am praying that I can have missionary experiences for the rest of my life. I love being Hermana Minni! </div>
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Thank you family, and friends for the prayers, love and support! It's been a crazy good ride!!!</div>
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Here are my favorite scriptures, read them out loud!</div>
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Con amor,</div>
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Hermana Minnick</div>
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P.S. Mom please bring me a coat to the airport. I'm gonna die....and also, I CAN'T WAIT TO GIVE YOU THE BIGGEST HUG!</div>
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--Pajapita is having a Fair - Christmas Festivities. The main road is shut down for the rest of the year!</div>
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--Yeah...I can tell I'm going to have culture shock just seeing how dad is reacting to Guatemala. He is sweating like a pig!! I love you mom!!!!!!</div>
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--Dad stop whining!!!! (this was stated out loud... not texted...at least 10 times in the last two days)</div>
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--Only three more cold showers!!!</div>
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Muy buenos dias familia!<br />
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Como estan? Mom, I hope you know that I am going to attempt to teach you Spanish so that you don't feel so left out. You can teach me German too. Deal?<br />
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Well, I feel a lot of emotions right now. I'll try to pick one and write about it. Mom, I am just going to answer one of the questions you sent me.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: -apple-system-font, serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Why is Guatemala special? Why does God love "your" Guatemalans??? </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: -apple-system-font, serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: -apple-system-font, serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: -apple-system-font, serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Let me see if I can answer this how I want to... </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: -apple-system-font, serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Guatemala is special to me because here I honestly and truthfully received a confirmation so firm from the Holy Ghost that all of this is TRUE. In fact, there is a God that lives, He has a body of flesh and bones, we are His children and we were created in His image. His son Jesus Christ lives. He descended below it all. He felt every pain, sickness, and sadness. For me, and you, He bled through every pore. My sin sick soul can be healed through Him and only Him. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: -apple-system-font, serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">In Guatemala I learned of the perfect life that the Savior lived. I strive to follow His example. I teach, love and serve like Him. In my first area, on my broken-tile, grime-stained floor, </span>I got on my knees and I learned how to really pray. I learned how to imagine myself stepping into the presence of my Heavenly Father and talking to Him. I learned how to repent. But, really truly repent. And right now, I want to invite you to repent because there really isn't another option but to do so. REPENT! It hurts so good!<br />
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It has been here in the Book of Mormon lands where I have come to LOVE the Book of Mormon. I have read it four times here and well, I hope to read it over and over again for the rest of my life. It contains the FULLNESS of the gospel and it is TRUE.<br />
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I love Guatemala because in every place I have taught I have defended the Prophet Joseph. I know that he saw God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. I know that the priesthood keys were restored through Him. I know that Thomas S. Monson is our living prophet today!<br />
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Here, I have learned that if I want to be happy, then I HAVE to keep the commandments!!! Seriously, if you want to have a nonstop smile then live the gospel and do it with ZEAL I LOVE MY GUATEMALA because HERE in the pouring rain, and in the striking sun I have come to know more perfectly this perfect plan that God has for all of us. The Church of Jesus Christ is the only true church on the face of the earth. It is His church!<br />
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I love Guatemala because it has the best sunsets and the clouds here are so insane. I love the exotic fruit, I love the bright colors, the food (sometimes). I love the rainstorms. I could go on and on but I'll save some to tell you later.<br />
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Why does God love my Guatemalans?<br />
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They are SO faithful. When they commit to something they give it their all!! They have the faith to move a mountain, I'm not kidding! God loves the Guatemalans because they work hard and they don't complain. I have never heard so many sincere prayers in my life. He loves them because they love Him and they show it! The Guatemalan Saints are so happy, they shine! They prosper! They share the gospel! I love my Guatemalans!<br />
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So I'll start out by saying that I feel 100% better. Hooray. HaHa!<br /></div>
Next, this week was so packed full of work and I loved every second of it! However we had a sad moment. Hermana Jimenez is currently in the mission home with a cast on her foot. For the past month she has had a ton of pain when she walks. I guess I worked her too hard...But, she is stubborn like me and refused to do anything about it. Our area is pure rock and she wasn't really used to walking a ton so she pulled a lot of the ligaments in her foot and she has tendinitis. In the United States they would usually just give you one of those ugly looking shoe things but since we are in Guatemala they just put a cast on it. She gets her cast off on Dec 2nd, I hope that she comes back to me! For right now I am with Hermana Natividad, she is awesome! She brings out my sassy side. I don't know if that's good or bad...<br /></div>
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I am so happy. All of our converts are on fire!! It has been such a blessing to be able to see them progress after baptism. They are all giving us referrals or references (what is it in English) of all of their friends and family. We are seeing huge miracles in our area!<br /></div>
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Well, I really have no desire to keep writing. I promise I'll tell you guys everything later!!<br /></div>
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I LOVE YOU!</div>
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p.s. Read the scriptures. Right now I am in Helaman 8. I have to finish before Dec 12th...pray for me...haha</div>
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p.p.s...Can we have Thanksgiving in December too?</div>
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All because of a tiny mosquito...<b>Chikungunya</b>. IT'S THE DEVIL!!! There is an outbreak right now in Pajapita and I became a victim. I was so mad. I had dengue like 3 weeks ago and so I thought I would be done being sick for the rest of my mission. HA! On Wednesday I woke up and couldn't move. It hit me hard. Hermana Leyva helped me brush my teeth and Hermana Natividad did my hair. You know that feeling the day after you kill yourself working out? It feels like that but in your joints, bones, and eyelashes times 1000.. and I wish that I was not exaggerating. You also have a nonstop fever no matter how many pills you take and a rash all over your body. I spent Wednesday to Friday with the family Garcia in Fionas bed. I finally got that beauty sleep I wanted!! Everyone took great care of me. I still have a rash and my bones still hurt, but yesterday I went out to work and it was THE BEST. Dad, are you sure you want to come get me? I really don't want you to get sick. It's miserable.</div>
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So, this is the awesome part of my week! The part that makes chikungunya and dog bites and flooded chapels okay. Carlos, Jefferson, Jose, and Esteben got baptised on FRIDAY!! Alright I will start from the beginning. On Friday I was with a member because I still couldn't move, this member lives right behind the capilla so hna jimenez and hna nati left me with the job to fill up the pila (bad idea). The baptism was at 6 so at about 3 the member walked me over to the chapel to fill up the font. During this time there happened to be choir practice so we left the font running and went to practice. (The member practiced and I fell asleep on a comfy chair). Well about an hour and 15 minutes later I woke up (more like had a heart attack and exploded out of my chair) and went sprinting to the font. When I turned the corner I almost biffed it because the water had already made its way down the really long hallway. So much water!!! I had no idea what to do. The water entered into almost every room in the hall way...including the Bishops office (which was locked). If you knew my branch president you would probably have a heart attack just like I did. haha. One of his top priorities is the cleanliness of the chapel. So I whipped out all 7 mops and started cleaning like a mad man. My body hurt so bad but the adrenaline kicked in. Then the members heard the ruckus I was making and showed up to help me out. About 2 hours later (there was A LOT of water) we had everything semi dry.</div>
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The baptism was the best part of my week. We have worked with Carlos and his sons for a while now. They have made so much progress, I know that they will be real converts to the Lord! In my mission call it said that greater joy would await me in the mission field, real happiness. It is true! I have never felt so happy living in circumstances so rough. Real happiness cannot be bought nor touched. It is only found living the principles of the gospel, and by keeping the commandments!!</div>
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Sunday was a glorious day because I felt a little bit more normal. I was able to work and it was so nice to be able to leave the house. To top my week off with a cherry, on Sunday night <b>a dog bit me</b>. I laughed so hard. It only broke the skin a little bit, but now I have a bruise to match my rash!!</div>
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There, that was my real life week as a missionary in Guatemala. The weird thing is that I would do it again in a heartbeat!!</div>
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I love you family. I am good! Don't worry about me, I promise I will come home in once piece. (Well maybe 2, but I'll be alive) haha!</div>
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P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYSHA NOELLE WOODS!!!!!!! I mean CARROLL!!!</div>
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Okay, so this whole trio thing has been such a blessing! Every single day we did divisions with members and got double the work done in our area!! We saw a ton of miracles. Carlos, his two sons, and Jefferson are preparing to be baptised this Friday! I am so excited!!</div>
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This past weekend we had Stake Conference! It was awesome! Our stake president, President Garcia was released after SIXTEEN years of faithful service! They live in Pajapita and they are so incredible! They have helped us a ton with our investigators! Elder Ochoa and Elder Morales came and spoke to us. Their messages were so refreshing and powerful. We had 7 investigators with two families there and everyone loved it! Elder Morales shared a scripture that I loved..</div>
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Don't be a bench warmer! We NEED the saving ordinances to qualify for CELESTIAL glory!! Baptism, confirmation, priesthood, endowment, sealing!!! If you haven't received these ordinances, I invite you to prepare to do so! And if you have, I invite you to turn to your family and help them to prepare! I invite you to dig in deep! Hasten the work of salvation! </div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Tam Note: No pics from Whit this week. She has no time. I could barely get her to answer any questions I had for her today. All I have to say-- you can definitely tell she only has four weeks left on her mission. :) WORK / PREACH / WORK / PREACH!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">The pic below is a jar of hershey kisses given to me by Sue Outsen (her daughter is serving in REU too!!) The number of kisses is the number of days Whit has left. I am supposed to eat one a day and then she is HOME. I ate TWO kisses today. Do you think that will make this go faster?? The poor girl doesn't want to come home, and I am trying to speed things up!!! Thanks SUE!!! xoxoxoxoxo</span></div>
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Hi guys. How goes it? Sorry I missed a week, but don't worry I am back up and kickin! Life is good down here in Pajapita!</div>
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Last week President asked me in our weekly email, "How do you feel knowing that you have begun the last change of your misison?"<br /></div>
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I honestly can't believe how fast this time has gone!! I still feel like I have at least 6 months left. I feel like I have been living in the month of July for 17 months! Weston, take advantage of EVERY second!!!! I am sad to know that this is coming to an end because it has been one of the happiest times of my life!! If my body would let me go for another year, I would do it in a heartbeat!! In this last change, I'm giving it my all. I always give it my all, but I am going to find a way to do even more than I think I can...if that makes sense...? I couldn't be happier!!<br /></div>
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Anyway, this week we had a little surprise. On Friday after a long morning of contacting, Elder Portillo (the new assistant) called me. Well, four hours later I found myself in a trio. Yeehaw. Its been interesting, fun, stressful, and exciting all in one package. I am still with my hija (thank heavens because she is the best) and our new companion is Hermana Natividad from Salvador. She has 10 months in the mission. She is great! It has been a challenge to learn how to teach in unity, but we'll get there! I'm on my toes because I don't really know if we will stay like this for the whole change. I'm game for whatever!<br /></div>
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Carlos. He is the best! He is a single father of 6 children that run wild. In all honesty, I have no idea how he does it! His wife died 5 years ago. He loved learning about the plan of salvation. He told us that the gospel is filling the hole in is heart more than the alcohol ever has! It has been a great struggle for him to overcome drinking but he has made major progress! He LOVES the BOM and he is preparing to be baptised the 14th along with 2 of his children! Pray for Carlos!<br /></div>
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Renee (hijo/son). Hijo of a menos activo of 17 years. Reactivating is so hard but so worth it! With Renee we had to work through his dad first. Renee (father) is one of the priesthood holders we have been fighting to reactivate! He has been 3 consecutive Sundays!! Wahoooo!! They are reading the Book of Mormon together too! At first Renee (hijo/son), didn't want anything to do with us. One time we came and read Enos 1 with his dad. Renee was in the other room hiding, but listening! The next lesson he sat down with us and asked a ton of questions! I am excited to work with him!<br /></div>
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Familia de leon. They are so pilas. We shared with them this week <i>The Family, a Proclamation to the World</i> and they LOVED it!! They are reading the BOM and always have really good questions!!!<br /></div>
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I wish I could tell you about all of my investigators but there is just no time!! Pray for all of them please!!<br /></div>
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This week was pretty difficult. We had to drop a family and that was pretty painful. However, we found another family of oro! We taught a lot of people who were pretty confused about the purpose of life in general, and we also had a crazy experience with a pastor. A lot of people wanted to contend with us this week, but we didn't let them! In each situation Hermana Jimenez and I could only offer our simple but powerful testimonies.<br /></div>
This week was also a week of miracles and spiritual experiences. I could tell that my hija was feeling a little tired of the missionary routine and she felt a little down. We started memorizing The Living Christ. That made a huge difference! We only have 3 paragraphs down, but I am glad to know that my memorization skills are still in tact! It was amazing to me how much closer I felt to the Lord. I know that He lives and I invite each of you to memorize The Living Christ too!<br /></div>
Yesterday we saw a huge miracle with our investigators. We had 9 investigators (Carlos, Esteben, Jose, Victor, Maria, Edison, Liber, Delmis, and Meradi..please pray for them) with one family at church! The best part was that most of them came by themselves. Usually I feel like I have to tie a rope to their wrist and walk them to church... But yesterday each of them came with a DESIRE and that made all of the difference. I am excited to help them this week to recognize the spirit, invite them to repent and be baptised.<br /></div>
I love this work! I hope that you are all being the best member missionaries that you can be!!! Help out the missionaries!!<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Con Amor,</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Hermana Minnick</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404005159112955996.post-25680008177332043352014-10-13T18:44:00.000-06:002014-10-13T18:44:36.338-06:00Ode to companions.<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">When you're with someone for 24/7, seven days a week for up to 6-12 weeks, you REALLY get to know them. You even get to the point where you can predict exactly what they are going to say. What fattening snack they are going to buy from the tienda...etc.etc. You learn what annoys them and you do it on occasion. You also learn what pleases them and you do that sometimes too. When they are in the bathroom, you hide and when they leave, you jump out and scream like a maniac (make sure you are filming). Every once in a while you should make their bed and give them a bear hug. Always make them tell you their deepest secret. Together, you should at least have 3 inside jokes. A good companionship study is necessary everyday. Pray together. Laugh together. Cry together. Companions. They are so fun.</span><br />
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Sorry about my companion rant. It's just that this week we were only in our area for 3 days because the rest of the days were spent in Guatemala City and Reu. We had some good companionship bonding time. We had to go to Guate for my comps papers so that she could be legal here. Long story short, it took so long that we had to stay over night. I was really excited to take a hot shower because it was freezing. But, when I turned it on, only cold came out. Also it was a community bathroom and we were sharing with two old German men that smoked all night long. I decided to stink for one more day. </div>
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Anyway, back to my companion. She is so cool. I learned a lot about her this week. Like how she is obsessed with cars. She knows all of the names and stuff. I just laughed and told her that one time someone asked me what type of car I had and answered "toyota mazda". It took a couple of google searches to figure out why they had laughed so hard. I also learned that she wants to be the one to propose to her future husband. Not me. haha. </div>
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I was pretty stressed out the entire time though. We left our area and investigators in a very important time. Its like when you make a really good hot mouth watering plate of food and your mom yells at you to go and do something and you come back an hour later to a cold half empty plate because your sneaky brothers stole it. Our investigators went a little cold, but thank goodness for microwaves. If you just followed what I wrote then we can be friends. </div>
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Anyway, have I ever told you that I love being a missionary? Well, I do. With all my heart!!!!!!</div>
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Here is a quote that I love.. "You have the Savior of the world on your side. If you seek His help and follow His directions, how can you fail?" -- Bishop Gary E. Stevenson</div>
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I hope your GC weekend was relaxing! Mine was the opposite, but as my hija mexicana always says, "lo importante es que estamos vivos." Yeah. GC here was insane! It is a HUGE opportunity for missionaries to bring investigators to hear the Prophets voice! GC season is the time to turn up your knotches to high power blast mode and invite every living breathing person with eyes to see and ears to hear the prophets and apostles of the Lord!!!!!! We worked HARD. Even to the point where I thought that if I had to take one more step I would collapse. And I did, but luckily on my bed. We invited every person we saw, and it paid off. So many people came! As a zone, we didn't meet our goal, but we got pretty darn close!!! Satan worked really hard this week too, the satellite had a ton of problems. On Saturday we had to find members with TVs to watch the conference with all of our investigators. </div>
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Also, this week it decided not to rain and so the heat in Pajapita was UNBEARABLE!!!! One night I woke up at 2 in the morning sweating buckets, I looked at my Lewis and Clark alarm clock and it said that it was EIGHTY NINE degrees in my room. I went to the pila dumped three buckets of water on my head and then attempted to sleep with my fan blowing hot air on me...haha. Okay, totally got sidetracked... </div>
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CONFERENCE! Wasn't it awesome?! My favorite talk was Elder Bednars!! It was awesome because ALL of my investigators had their eyes glued to the screen! I also LOVED hearing the talks in Spanish. It is so much better than hearing a translator!! The members here loved that too! I have to re-read and re-watch all of the talks though.. I have a hard time paying attention because I am always so worried about my investigators, watching their body language, and praying that they can understand and feel the spirit! </div>
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By 4 pm after the Sunday session my companion and I were zombies, but we prayed for strength to go and challenge our investigators with FECHAS! We are going to see miracles!</div>
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We had interviews with President this week. He is awesome! As usual my interview was short and sweet. </div>
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I know that I am forgetting something important but I can't rememberrrr!!!! </div>
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Today we went to the beach and I fell asleep in a hammock for 30 minutes, it is the most relaxed I have felt in a very long time. I love hammocks, and the beach. </div>
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Uh, as for Weston and his comment about annoying sister missionaries... Yes, you are right, there are some sisters missionaries that complain and whine and cause a lot of problems. I hope you know that I am not one of them. Also, I could make a really long list of dumb things that elders do. But I won't because that would take up my whole hour! Good luck this change, keep working hard!! BAPTIZE!!! Love you Westifer. </div>
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I love you family!!!!! </div>
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HUGE SHOUTOUT to Renee Bontempo....best package of my life....goldfish!!!!!</div>
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Anyway... We had a wedding!!!!! And a baptism!!! It was the best, most stressful day of my mission!! We had some paper issues and suegro issues, but in the end, it all worked out! I have never prayed so hard for my investigators. On my mission I have learned to become a hair dresser, floral arranger, and a rat killer. Hermana Jimenez and I did Maylin's hair for the wedding, we didn't know what we were doing but it turned out great. We also decorated for the wedding...in 3 hours. When in doubt: streamers, white balloons and flowers... they love that stuff here! It all turned out beautifully. When I will get home I will tell you the details of the story. Its too long and crazy and you probably wouldn't believe me. But, thanks for the prayers!! Luis and Maylin are awesome, they already gave us references of all of their nonmember family members that came to the wedding and baptism!</div>
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What else? OH YA!! I forgot to tell you guys last week... I am living with Hermana LEYVA too!! My dos hijas!!! It has been a real party! Hermana Leyva brings out my crazy side, so that's fun. </div>
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Remember my goal that I have to invite 1000 people to be baptised? Yeah, well I have had to edit that goal a little bit because I am training, and if I am a good trainer I am going to let my hija do most of the challenging. So, as a companionship we are going to challenge 1000 people!! Its been two weeks... we only have 100. Pray for us! hahaa! 900 people are waiting to invited. </div>
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Update on purple hair: now it is red. And no, mother... I did not have lice. Thanks for asking.</div>
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This week is general conference!!! I am so excited!!! Our goal as a zone is to bring 75 people. There are 12 missionaries in our zone. We have faith! Zona Pajapita is a zone of miracles!!!!!! I know that Thomas S. Monson is a true prophet! Listen to and apply his words to your life!! </div>
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Pray that the satellite in Pajapita will work so that we can watch GC! On Saturday for the Women's session it didn't work!!!! Pray really hard!!!</div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also…I had a good reason to ask if she had lice…. dying your hair will kill the little critters. It was a valid question! :) I also had fun chatting with her on Monday…Chatting is just typing really fast back and forth for a very quick hour. I am trying to help her get registered at BYU. Never enough time — but, if you have any BYU MyMap / Registration questions… I am your gal. I wanted to register her for "Marriage Prep” - a class at BYU. Didn’t make her list…. WHAAAAAAT???? </span></div>
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many life lessons on my mission. I will share one with you now because it is
urgent! Never ever ever dye your hair out of a box from the store! No matter
how desperate you may be. Everyone is like, "Oh Hermana Minnick...your
hair..." and I’m just like, "Yeah, the sun's UV rays dyed it purple. Aren’t
you jealous?" Let's just hope that my head and shoulders shampoo doesn’t
turn it green or something. So yeah, starting a new sister missionary fad!
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wonderful people, my zone hopped on a bus and went to Reu to have a Noche de
Hogar with President Ruiz for winning a challenge of how many investigators we
brought to church. It was fun! We ate real food and watched Avengers. But back
to the part about how we rode a bus there...and not just any bus!! It was one
of those huge Puma buses with AC and comfy seats...for the first time in a
while I didn’t have to share my seat with a random Guatemalan. I like those
buses... But that’s beside the point. My whole zone was sitting in the back of
the bus minding our own business (staring out the window, snoring, or reading
the scriptures) when an evangelical pastor stood up and started preaching his
beliefs. I started to think, here we are, 10 missionaries set apart to
preach the gospel with power and authority and well I looked over at my DL Elder Amundsen and I knew he felt the same as me. I told him to get up and preach.
We waited until the pastor finished to be respectful. Then, Elder Amundsen stood
up, walked to the front of the bus, and started sharing his testimony. I got up
and followed him. Our zone looked at us like we were crazy. After he shared his
testimony, I shared the story in John about Nicodemo and Jesus. I shared the
scripture John 3:5 and challenged about 40 people to be baptized. It was fun.
If I am going to reach my goal of 1000, I need to become bus preacher Minnick.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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day!! You have no idea!! But, now the nerves are all gone and it is just time
to WORK WORK WORK!! My trainee is Hermana Jimenez!!! She is from Costa Rica!!
The first time I saw her I thought she was a gringa because she is whiter than
me!!! Needless to say, we have gotten a lot of attention in Pajapita. She is
AWESOME! She is so polite and picking up everything so fast! President had all
of the trainers stand up in the meeting, he challenged us to find 16 new
investigators before Sunday with our new greenies. I don’t know what special
power my hija has, but in 4 days we found 23 new investigators with four
families!! Also, I am the new sister training leader in Pajapita...we will see
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got down on my knees and prayed for a good thirty minutes for Majo. I feel like
she is my little sister. I have never had an investigator with a stronger
desire to be baptized and it started to make me sick how long this process was
taking. Thursday night we went to her house and her Dad was home...RESTING!
(That never happens). Maria Jose basically jumped on top of me so excited
because we were going to get permission TONIGHT! I called Jorge, her cousin, and
he came and helped us. After about an hour and a half, the registro was
SIGNED!! Best day ever!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Friday... the baptism was beautiful! Her Mom
AND Dad came. I looked over at her dad's face when Maria Jose descended into the
font and he had tears in his eyes. I know that his heart is softening! We are
going to see miracles with this family! It was the best baptismal service I’ve
been to in my mission! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The rest of the days were a blur. Hermana
Jimenez and I worked SO HARD. I think I finally understand what it feels like
to entirely lose myself in the work. My poor hija has shin splints from walking
so much! We are happy and working hard!! This Friday we have a wedding and
baptism of a partial family! Please pray for Maylin and Luis! I know that Satan
is going to work hard this week. I also know that we are going to work harder!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I love you all dearly. Keep your hands on the
rod! Hold on tight and don’t let go!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">P.S. Weston, YOU HAVE A COSTCO IN YOUR
MISSION!!!!!!! I don’t want to hear any complaints from you!! THANK YOU for the
advice. I will make sure that my hija is trained to the best of my abilities!
Keep baptizing!!!!!!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">ZANER! Happy Birthdayyy!!!!!! I can’t believe
you are 13!! When I left you were 11!!!! You are so grown up!! I can’t wait to
play volleyball with you!! Have the best day ever!!! LOVE YOU!!!!!!! </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404005159112955996.post-87253848315717629442014-09-15T20:28:00.001-06:002014-09-15T20:30:46.547-06:00Happy 15th!<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
Today is Guatemala´s Fourth of July. Currently there are a million firecrackers going off in front of this internet cafe. I can hardly hear myself think, but I´ll do my best! Viva Guatemala!!!</div>
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So here´s some news... last night I was almost entering into my sleeping coma when I got a call from Elder Barrus (the assistant). I was worried. First, because it was 11:00 pm and second because usually when you get a call from the assistant that means you should start packing your bags for emergency changes. But, don´t worry, I'm still here in Pajapita!! I'M TRAINING!!! I am 99.9% sure that she will be a latina because only one gringa comes. I am excited! I love training!! Weston, you're being trained right now... do you have any advice? Do´s and Do Not's?</div>
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This week was weird for many reasons, I´ll list a few:</div>
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1. I was obligated to eat unwanted street food and pulled the longest black hair out of my mouth. I almost lost it in front of my investigators...its a good thing I have a strong stomach.</div>
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2. I tried a piece of chocolate and liked it!!!! WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?</div>
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3. We went to REU every other day!! I went back to my old area Pedregal for a day with Hermana Garcia while my comp went to the temple. Gotta love the good ole days in the office.</div>
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4. I watched my companion pack her bags last night!! I will miss hna Lopez! One of my favorite companions!!</div>
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5. I let Hermana Rodas dye my hair from one of those 20 dollar boxes from the store. It turned out better than I thought it would...</div>
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Anyways, it was just a weird week. </div>
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My investigators are doing well. All of our families are having issues getting married!! We are dealing with passports and birth certificates and all kinds of stuff and it is all a big headache! But, totally worth it!! Also, please pray for Maria Jose!!</div>
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This last week we also had a multi-zona conferencia with Pres. Ruiz! I love my mission president! He is so awesome! He challenged us all to put 5 goals to achieve before we go home. I am going to share with you guys my goals so that you can cheer me on and pray for me...haha</div>
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1. Invite 1000 people to be baptised.</div>
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2. Baptize two families.</div>
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3. Reactivate 2 priesthood holders in Rama Pajapita.</div>
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4. Write a card to every one of my converts with my testimony.</div>
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5. Read (study) The Book of Mormon in my last 3 months.</div>
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I like what Zaner told dad, "Dad, I can do anything I put my mind to." That´s right Zane!! </div>
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I love you guys!!! </div>
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Hermana Minnick</div>
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P.S. Okay, one dog was pushing it... BUT TWO!?!? </div>
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<span style="color: red;">Note from Tam: </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">SHE DYED HER HAIR? She has twelve weeks left and she dyed her hair!! OH DEAR!!! Also, she is going to need ALL of your prayers....inviting 1,000 people to be baptized in the next 12 weeks is about 13.89 people per day receiving a baptismal invitation... that's excluding P-Days!! :) We are praying for you Whit! Love the faith of our missionaries! </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404005159112955996.post-54620468687068493872014-09-09T10:27:00.002-06:002014-09-09T10:27:37.863-06:00Livin la vida eternaaa<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Hola family,</span><br />
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Como estan? I hope your week was awesome! Mine sure was! I have LOVED this change and I can't believe it is almost over! Everyday I beg my companion to extend. Hermana Lopez is so cool... its always nice when you and your companion are on the same page. I love my small distrizona and I love being the only gringa! Sometimes I go days and days without even muttering an English word. I dream in Spanish. I think in Spanish. Yay Spanish!</div>
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There aren't adjectives good enough to describe just how awesome Pajapita is! The members know what they are doing, they have their heads screwed on straight. They are all super talented and dedicated to the Lord. They are excited to be member missionaries! Yay Pajapita!</div>
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My investigators are the bomb! In the last two weeks we have found 10 families. Some more positive than others. Almost all of them seem to have the same problem.. they aren't married! BUT GUESS WHAT? We are going to marry them, and then baptize them. Yay families!</div>
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This letter is just going to be random...try and follow me...</div>
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I love it when my investigators ask, "What is the Priesthood?" That is such a good question. 1. Because that means that they actually read what we left them to read. and 2. When investigators understand the importance of the priesthood, they get baptised! The Priesthood is what makes us different.</div>
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On Friday we went to Xetulul. (Guatemalas Disneyland) as a result of reaching our goals. I'm lucky because my companion is a dare devil like me. We went on every single ride. The rides were good for Guatemala, but I think I got more entertainment watching the faces of some of the latino missionaries experiencing their first roller coaster...so funny!</div>
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Honestly, I feel extremely blessed and incredibly grateful. Like those shirts and hat's say, "Life is good!" Obviously there are tough times too. Every once in a while I step in some fresh dog poop and sometimes it is so hot I think I might just incinerate on the spot. Sometimes I just want to hibernate like a bear! But, there is nothing more liberating than overcoming the natural man!</div>
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Now directly my letter to Westifer... I don't know what you're talking about! Your letters are 20 times better than mine! I am learning from you and I have 15 months in the mission! So, keep them coming! Just an FYI... my trainer was from Tremonton too. Twinners! I hope your Spanish is coming along and I hope all of the Latinos laugh at you.</div>
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Zane. I still have yet to hear from you! We're going on 6 months dude. If you don't write me a letter soon, when I get home I will personally kick you right in the behind! Get on it mister! Also, keep your perro off of my bed and give him a good name. In fact, you need to approve his name with me first. I love you Zane. <span style="color: purple;">(TAM NOTE -- Zane wrote Whit a letter... hasn't reached her yet!!!)</span></div>
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Mom and Dad, thank you and I love you guys!</div>
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Love,</div>
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P.S. I know that I have forgotten like 20 birthdays. Forgive me? Half the time I don't even know what day it is! Only Saturdays...because that's when I challenge my investigators to get baptised. Anyway, happy birthday. I am glad you were born!</div>
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P.P.S. Like my companion always says, "Run Forrest Run!!" I have no idea where she learned that...</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Sometimes investigators ask questions that I don't know the answers too. I have learned that is okay. You say, "You know what, that is a good question, I don't know the answer. But, I will study and get back to you on that." Also, there are some questions that no one knows the answers to...questions that can demolish a lesson if the missionary doesn't keep it under control (if you have served a mission you know what I'm talking about). Questions like, "is the glass half empty or half full?", "What came first the chicken or the egg?" "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Well, I don't care why the chicken crossed the road and if he is a Guatemalan chicken he probably got hit by a tuk tuk and died before anyone could even mutter, "porque cruzo la calle la gallina?" I'm set apart as a missionary to teach the DOCTRINE OF CHRIST! Faith, repentance, baptism, receive the Holy Ghost and endure to the end!! Nada mas! I always have to remind my investigators to stick to the basics. Milk before meat! Let's not forget the small and simple things! Did you pray today? Have you read today? Will you come to church on Sunday? Will you follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Do you know what makes the world go round? Home and Visiting Teaching!!! I'm serious. Before my mission I did not understand it nor did I enjoy it! What a sin! I've learned on my mission how truly important it is! Now, I'm going to pull a WWJD on you... If Jesus were your home teacher would he bake a dozen chocolate chip cookies, staple a conference talk to a paper plate, set it on the front porch and doorbell ditch you? No. He would make 2 dozen, and he´d get to know you well enough to be your best friend. Don't go once a month! Go twice! If Guatemala had some more dedicated home and visiting teachers, the member of the church here would double. Now go and read the prophets words... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Here is a quote by Spencer W. Kimball... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I haven't gotten to the point where I am dragging my body through the streets using my arms but all I know is that at the end of the day I can't even make a complete sentence. This last week was HARD! Hermana Lopez and I are tired but we are WORKING with everything that we have!! The best feeling as a missionary is collapsing on your bed after planning every night, knowing that you have nothing left to give that day!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. I will never understand why Guatemalans feed me scolding hot soup in 100 degree weather. But, I am grateful for them, even though they are feeding me too much food. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. I've decided I am a missionary that just plants a lot of seeds. I am happy about it. I don't know what my problem is, but I always get attached to stubborn investigators. Investigators that move slowly. Remember Paulino from Pedregal? He got baptised this last Saturday!! My entire time in the office I worked with him and fought for him!! Many times people got mad at Hermana Garcia and I for not "dropping" him. The thing is that, there is only one door to enter into the kingdom! There is no other way! So, we need to fight for our investigators and make sure we have done EVERYTHING in our power to help them enter the door!! I'm so happy for Paulino!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. I have learned that if I open my eyes, there are miracles in every single day. This is the Lord's work and he wants us to move a little faster. The awesome thing is that, he is right there next to us pushing the work along! Yesterday, Hermana Lopez and I left really early to gather people for church. All my ears heard were a whole lot of excuses...But, miracles happen. Remember Majo? I wrote about her last week...Well her mom showed up to church! The black sheep of the family, the woman who has been so against the church for all of these years came!! Her heart is softening and I know that she will be baptised!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know that I had more to say but as usual, I forgot it all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mostly I want you all to know that I KNOW that God lives. I know that His Son, Jesus Christ lives too. They have a plan and we are a part of it!! I finished reading the Book of Mormon yesterday again. That book comforts me and teaches me more than any other book I have ever read. Please, please read it every day for extra strength and guidance!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You guys are the best. If you want to punch Satan in the face, preach the gospel!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GUYS BOUGHT A DOG!!!! What in the world?! Someone send a doctor to my parents house to check their temperature. Please don't let it on my bed.</span></div>
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1. Maria Jose..or Majo for short! She is the granddaughter of the second counselor in the Bishopric, her uncle is the 1st counselor in the stake presidency, and her cousins are all returned missionaries...one is serving in Utah Central Mission right now..if you see him tell him hi! However, she is not a member. Her dad is less active and her mom is Catholic. The missionaries have worked with them for years. Maria Jose loves to go to church! She loves Young Women's and she has had the desire to be baptized for a very long time. But her parents told her that she had to wait until she turned 15. She turned 14 on Sunday. After meeting her, I was like, we have got to help this girl out! I have never seen anyone with a greater desire to be baptised! So, we went and talked to her Mom to help ask for permission. I was nervous, I had no idea what to say but I just prayed for the spirit and promised myself to be bold! Her mom was reluctant at first, we got to know her for a couple of minutes and then we got straight to the point! Her mom broke down and started crying, she said that she loved her daughter and only wanted the best for her. We shared a couple of scriptures and then her mom said, "First, teach her every discussion. Then, she will choose when she wants to be baptized." Maria Jose bear hugged her mom. It was the best ever. I am thankful for the missionaries who planted the seeds here before! Maria Jose started reading the Book of Mormon last week and is already in Alma!! </div>
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2. 95 percent of my time I am thinking about families... not my family, Guatemalan families! I want to baptize FAMILIES! I have been praying and praying to find families!!! This week we found four.. I´ll tell you about one of them. La Familia Chilel.. We found the dad, Osbaldo contacting, we only talked to him for about 3 minutes because we had to catch the bus. We invited him to church and he said "Yes"! We got his address "at the top of that really long street". On Saturday we went to find his house on the "really long street" (addresses do not exist here). He lives in an area called Las Palmas, we are opening this area so we had never been there. We found the street that he pointed out and started walking down it. When I say street I mean a muddy road with a lot of frogs. We started asking everyone if they knew where Oswaldo lived but nobody had heard of him. However, we felt that we should keep going. We walked like what seemed forever down this muddy road and got to the very last house... There was a woman with 5 little kids running wild sitting in front of her house, feeding her pig. She said, "Hey my husband said that you guys would be coming!" Then we had a pretty awesome lesson with them about keeping the sabbath day holy and committed them to come to church. Getting them to church was the hard part. They live pretty far away from Pajapita, so we asked a member who has a car to help us out...bless her soul. Her car was filled with mud after -- we are going to clean it this week! When we got to their house to pick them up for church the little boy was screaming because a scorpion had bit him. The little kids were running wild and didn't want to change their clothes, but I convinced them with some Oreo cookies. It took an HOUR to get to the church and we still had more investigators to bring! It was insane! During the sacrament I looked over and one of the little kids started peeing...all over the place. I almost lost it laughing so hard. There was mud and pee all over the floor. I just smiled and gave him another Oreo cookie. They loved church! We´ll see what happens!</div>
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4. Just in case you were wondering, my English is deteriorating at a rapid rate. I go days and days without speaking English. Mom, please spell check and correct any grammatical errors. Please and thank you. </div>
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I love you family! Pray for my Guatemalans!!!</div>
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I love my area. I love my companion. I love my investigators, my zone, and our dog named Toby. Yes, we have a dog... technically he is not ours, but the owner of our house lives right next door and so we share him. I am not a dog fan but I prayed to love Toby and it worked. Toby barks. All night long. </div>
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Yesterday the second counselor in the temple presidency came and spoke to us in Pajapita...President Mortensen. It was awesome! He talked about the blessings we receive as we attend the temple. The Guatemalans are so blessed! They have two temples here! My companion who is from Nicaragua has to travel to Honduras to go to the temple. </div>
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I just want to remind you, family, how blessed we are to have a temple TWO MINUTES from our house... 15 minutes running (or 30 if you're out of shape like me). I hope that you are taking the time to go to the temple EVERY WEEK!! It is a privilege!! Man, I miss the temple!! I love the temple! And, I am so happy that my parents could be sealed in the temple 22 years ago TODAY!! August 18th!! I love you Mom and Dad!! I am so glad that in the Sandy Hillcrest YSA, Mom recognized "Mike's brother" and that Dad recognized "Troy's sister"! Last week in Relief Society the lesson was on "Eternal Marriage", and yesterday, "How to raise children in a Christ centered home." First of all, I am grateful for faithful parents who have kept the covenants that they have made in the temple. I am grateful that you taught me the Doctrine of Christ! All that I am, I owe to Jay and Tami Minnick!! Second, I promise to follow your example!! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! Happy 22 YEARS! Here's to the next 22! </div>
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Elder Minnick, I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!! Querétaro is ripe and ready to harvest!!!! You asked for some advice... I feel like I have given you all of the advice that I have! Like you wrote in your email, the best thing you can do is WORK! Work so hard and don't waste a minute because the time goes by faster than you think. Make sure to pray for and LOVE your investigators! Never think about yourself! Love your companion! Be obedient! I love you Westifer!! Don't eat the tortas in the calle... but maybe just try them once because they are really good!!! </div>
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Zane! You still haven't written me! Good luck starting school... Weston said something about kissing girls... Don't listen to him...not yet!! You are awesome Zane!!!!! Keep mom and dad on their toes!! They are getting old... </div>
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So, going back out into the field has been a big slap in the face! (the good kind) the, "Hey! Wake up!" kind of slap in the face! It feels SO GOOD to be back out in the field!! I dont know what I did to have the privilege to come to Pajapita! I am so grateful to be here. My area is called "La Playa" (the beach). When my companion started showing me around the area I asked, "Hey compa, so where's the beach?" She just looked at me and laughed. That answered my question. My area is actually really small. It is full of bolos (drunks), iglesias evangelicas, mud, pigs the size of horses, and of course people ready to hear the gospel! There are actually more pigs than dogs and I am still trying to decide which I prefer! </div>
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Pajapita is incredible. There are 6 missionaries in my ward... I am the only norte...haha. I am in a distrizone... There are only 10 missionaries! I am still trying to get used to it! I live with Hna Rodas from Honduras, Hna Ignacio from Peru and my companion is Hna Lopez from Nicaragua. She is awesome! She leaves in September. I am excited to be with her! </div>
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Our house is huge!!!! WE HAVE FOUR BATHROOMS AND A TOASTER!!! That makes my life a whole lot better. </div>
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More about Pajapita...it is a branch! We only need 5 more full-tithe paying priesthood men and this branch will become a ward! That is so achievable! The heart of this branch: the youth! They are all so talented...all of them play musical instruments and they give us so many references! </div>
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On Saturday we had a baptism... Kimberly! She scared us for a second when she started bawling about 10 minutes before the service started. I couldn't tell if it was a happy or sad cry. Of course the worst was going through my head! But we pulled her aside and she half sobbed and said, "Sorry, I am just really excited!" Then it all went beautifully from there! </div>
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When I got on the bus leaving change meeting, won't lie, I was so nervous. The first thing my DL told me was, "Look Hna Minnick, out of the three areas is Pajapita your area is the toughest, an area of faith, also your companion is dying this change so you need to make sure that she stays focused." The further we got from Reu the more nervous I became...So, I just prayed really hard. If there is one thing I have learned on my mission, it is to love. To love the people, to love your companion, to love the mutated dogs (so that they don't bite you). So, I prayed really hard for the gift of charity. The thing about this work, is that if you don't love it, and if you don't love the people you are teaching, it doesn't work. When I finally got to my area, I felt a rush of peace. I need to be here in Pajapita. I need to love these people in Pajapita because I am representing my Savior. I pray that I can be a mouthpiece and instrument for the Lord here. I might not be the brightest or best teacher, I have numerous weaknesses, but I know the Lord qualifies whom He calls and it is my greatest desire to bring souls to Christ!</div>
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I LOVE YOU GUYS!! I know that I am leaving like half of my week out because I can't remember anything... It's a good thing I have my journal. </div>
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BRILLANDO!</div>
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To all of you people getting hitched...thumbs up!</div>
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Anyway, this will be the last letter I write to you from the air conditioned office on a functioning keyboard... Oh, how I will miss the AC and cold water machine! Mostly, I am excited to be a normal missionary. I am nervous for changes... It is likely that where I will go, there I will end my mission. Or in missionary language, I will "die" there. I honestly have no idea where I am going, but I am sure that it will be the right place for me. So...BRILLANDO.</div>
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Starting with last Saturday.. Byron's baptism in San Francisco! When we pulled up I felt like I was back at home. San Francisco will always have a special place in my heart. I will go back and visit someday! I loved seeing all of the members and some of my converts. The best part was seeing Byron. He had no idea that Hermana Ostler and I were going to come and started crying when he saw us. I will never forget that baptism or Hermano Byron. That had to be one of the highlights of my mission.</div>
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We went to the TEMPLE with Zona Las Palmas!! It was exactly what I needed. We were able to do a session with President and after we did baptisms.. President baptised us. I will never forget that experience. Not to mention that the Quetzaltenango Temple in Xela is so beautiful! My favorite part was sitting in the Celestial room. I felt completely at peace. I gave a report of my mission to the Lord up to this point and now, what I will accomplish with the rest of my time. I love the temple. I hope that you guys are taking advantage of the 6 temples within 45 minutes of our house! GO!</div>
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We found 9 new investigators this week. That is a record for the nurses. We hit a point in our area where we had nothing, so we have been contacting and asking for references like crazy. Now, we need to help all of them get to church tomorrow!</div>
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I can roll my RRRRRRRR's!!! Finally! After 5 Latina companions and hours of practice I can finally do it! I have to concentrate hard enough that my eyebrow twitches but... PROGRESS PEOPLE! Perrrro.</div>
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We have started playing basketball every morning with the other missionaries in our ward. Its fun because none of us know how to play. I forget how good it feels to pull a muscle and sweat out all of the stress! </div>
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More than anything, on my mission I have learned that as we directly apply the atonement to our lives, we will change. We will become converted by constantly doing the small and simple things! I have learned that instead of focusing on my weaknesses, I should work to fix them by using the atonement. I know that God is our Father and that His Son Jesus Christ lives. I know that His church is the kingdom of God on this earth. In reality, Joseph Smith saw the Father and the Son. He was called as a prophet and translated by the power of God, The Book of Mormon. I know that book is true! We have a living prophet today! Listen to his voice! Sustain him, keep the commandments, and always pray. I love you my family! Thank you for everything!</div>
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Actually, I will just start with you Elder Weston...I know that you probably have like 24 girls writing you and telling you how great you are but let me give you a reality check. Give it a year, no more like 6 months...half of them will be engaged, and the other half will be leaving on a mission. Now, Weston, if you use your precious email time to write someone else's wife one more time, Mom is going to be really mad. Y yo tambien. So, WRITE US A GOOD LETTER, full of detail! Gracias.</div>
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This week I feel like I was in the Quetzaltenango mission more than I was in mine... We were in Xela almost every single day with sick missionaries, or up in the mountains (I LOVE THE MOUNTAINS -- I want to go there so bad). I was in a car so much that at night when I tried to go to bed, I felt like I was still moving. I have never experienced nausea until this week. Its the worst, I sympathize with all of you pregnant ladies out there... </div>
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Do you guys remember Byron from San Francisco? Well, he is getting baptized TODAY! President gave Hermana Ostler and I special permission to go! I am beyond excited! I can't wait to tell you all of these stories. I don't have time to write them all!</div>
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Missions are the best. I know that that Jesus Christ lives and that he LOVES us. I know that the power of prayer is real. The Book of Mormon is true! Read it!</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404005159112955996.post-5335141557646943772014-07-11T17:33:00.000-06:002014-07-11T17:33:53.806-06:00One of the guys...<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">So, right now my mind is pulling a Dory. I can´t remember anything that happened this week. I just asked my companion if she could remember anything and she can´t either. So, you're out of luck. This letter isn't going to change your lives. </span><br />
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It was just your average week in the office. Sick missionary calls.... we go to a pharmacy...drop off the medicine... I fill out insurance stuff. Exciting right? </div>
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In the office I´m starting to feel like "one of the guys". Sometimes I forget that the Elders are 18 and 19 year old boys until they announce to the entire office that they need to go and "take a dump". I won´t go any further than that but if you have a brother, you know what I am going through. At first they were careful with what they said around me, and now? Not so much. </div>
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Buenas noticias! We are working with Paulino to push his baptismal date to the 19th. On Wednesday he told us that he feels ready! I love it when investigators tell me that. Music to my ears!!! Right now we are working hard to find new investigators, by working with menos activos and recien conversos.</div>
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I love Guatemala and I am so grateful to be here! Being a missionary is the best! I promise you all a better letter next week!</div>
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Shout out to Elder Minnick!!! Represent!! Te quiero hermano mio!</div>
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1. I finally had my interview with President. This time it was longer than 2 minutes. He always talks about how Mom likes all of the videos he posts on facebook and he always asks about "Elder Minnick". I have an awesome mission president! During the interview he asked how I felt with the year I have had on my mission. I want you to know that I have given my very best effort with my time. I feel confident that the Lord is pleased with my work. In my last five months I want to give even more. President also asked me how I wanted to finish my mission. He asked, "La oficina o el campo?" El Campo came out of my mouth a little bit too fast and President laughed. I have loved my time in the office working as the nurse, however there truly is nothing better than working in the field preaching the gospel to my guatemalan hermanos. There are a lot of missionaries who would love to be in my position so I am not worried about that. In August I will be leaving the office.</div>
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Paulino: Accepted his date to be baptized for the 26th of July! Pray for Paulino!! </div>
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Maria Jose: Last night we watched The Restoration with her. She has always had doubts about Joseph Smith. After watching the video she was able to understand clearly what happened. The spirit was tangible! We committed her to read the Book of Mormon. I am grateful for the power of The Book of Mormon, it is key to conversion!</div>
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Gracie y Vilma: One day we were searching for people to teach and we saw a woman attempting to make a gate out of barbed wire and rusty metal. After a little bit of conversation we started to help her build her sketchy rusty barbed wire gate. I have scratches to prove it. It was actually really fun. The next day we went back and taught them a lesson. They are really positive and I hope that we can help them progress!</div>
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It's probably my favorite holiday. To my companions dismay I sang (gut belted) the national anthem about 6 times. It was our P-day, we went mini golfing in this incredible resort called Irta. I felt like I was in America. I truly am so grateful for my country! </div>
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I know that this is the true church. Jesus Christ is the head. I know that The Book of Mormon is true and that Thomas S. Monson is our living prophet. God lives, we are his children. I know that if we trust in his plan and repent daily we will be truly happy in this life and in the eternities!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404005159112955996.post-46537468705161065992014-06-30T14:57:00.000-06:002014-06-30T14:57:58.078-06:00More advice for Westyyyy!<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Buenas tardes familia! </span><br />
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So, I am sorry that my p-day changes. Its a pain, I know. I don't know what to tell ya... I never know what is going to happen with my schedule. I am still in the office. There are still pros and cons to that. I really miss working in the field and my companion can tell. The other day she told me, "Hermana Minnick, in all of the time I have been the mission nurse (10 months) I have never worked so much in the field until you came along!" I think that is a good thing. We are really trying to manage our time wisely! My companion doesn't have much experience as a missionary so it has been a good experience to help her. She helps me learn about nursing stuff, and I help her work as a missionary. We make a good team. I have also been helping her with her English. The office is filled with gringos and so she is picking it up quickly! I am going to make the most out of my time here. I just want to make sure I finish my mission giving everything I have got! We will see what happens. I am so happy and I am willing to go where the Lord needs me!</div>
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This week was really busy because the new missionaries came in. We had to do health interviews with all of them and give a presentation. Their eyes are always big during the dog bite and parasite slides. haha. Welcome to Guatemala. Also two families from the United States came to pick up their missionaries. It was so weird! I went to go and kiss one of the Moms on the cheek and then I realized that is not normal in the US. Oops. They were all so TALL. It's nice to know that I am not a giant in real life. </div>
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4. Be a BOLD missionary. Not the in your face type, but a quiet bold. lead by example. Never be afraid to open your mouth! ABRIR LA BOCA! What do ya got to lose? It doesn't matter if you can't speak Spanish, the more you talk the faster it comes.</div>
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I love you Weston! I am proud of you! You should be so pumped to get down to Mexico! In these last days, be with the family. Good luck tomorrow with your farewell talk! Pound the pulpit! I am glad that you are going on the mission because now I will actually get a letter from you once in a while. :) </div>
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Well, the only person who writes me is Grandma Linda!! I love you grandma! I am sending you a letter today!</div>
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We are back on schedule. Finally. I should have my p-days on Fridays from now on... unless I have changes, which is possible, because we have some sister missionaries who can't walk in the mission and need some rest, so I would take their spot back out in the campo...we will see what happens.</div>
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All of my wildest dreams came true today in Guatemala. I never thought in a million years I would eat sushi in Guatemala, but I did. It definitely wasn't the best I've had, BUT.. It was SUSHI!! President asked me if he could try some. Hermana Ruiz tried it and did a "this is disgusting gagging face" but their daughter liked it. I told them they needed to come to the United States and try "real" sushi. </div>
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This week was good. I don't know why, but I am 100% more tired being in "the office" than I ever was in the field. We are always running around doing something. On Tuesday I drove to San Marcos (the mountains) and back in one day to help with some of the emergency changes for the sisters. I am so grateful for all of the canyon driving I did in Utah. So many curves... </div>
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A guy came to our house this week and was searching for a Gringa to take him to the US. He told us he helped kill Saddam Hussein. HE WOULD NOT LEAVE! We ended up sleeping in a hotel for two nights and the AP's have asked us to find a new place to live. <br />
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We did manage to have a couple of lessons in our area this week. One was with Hno Polo. He is the coolest little Guatemalan guy. Estuardo is his grandson- Hno Polo brought him to church. BTW... Estuardo blessed the sacrament on Sunday. I was just sitting on my little bench beaming the whole time. Back to Hno. Polo and how he is the best. First, he is the best because he brought Estuardo to church and then he got baptised and now he is blessing the sacrament. Second, he is so Christlike. He has literally nothing. But in our lesson he said, "The Lord has blessed me with more than I deserve. I am thankful for everything I have." I just looked around and thought, "What does he have? " This lesson hit me hard. I respect Hno Polo so much and I know that the Lord has a mansion waiting for him in heaven. When we found him he was studying his Liahona and scriptures. He has what is truly important. </div>
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Also, Dad, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY! I love you! You are the best dad. Hands down. Practice your Spanish. Are we on the same page?</div>
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Shoutout to Westy! I am so proud of you! </div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My heart is a little bit heavy this week. On Wednesday I will have completed a year on my mission. That means that I only have 6 precious months left! I had a freak out attack yesterday! I LOVE my mission! There is no place I would rather be. I pray that when I come home, I can continue to apply all of the truths I have learned here! I don't ever want to forget my mission!! I have truly felt pure joy here- I think we can only feel this kind of joy as we share the gospel! Yesterday we had a lesson with Estuardo, he received the priesthood and this Sunday he will bless the Sacrament. That's pure joy! He shared with us a scripture that he really likes in the Book of Mormon: 3 Nephi 13:21-24</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We cannot pick and choose which commandments we will keep. We cannot serve two masters!!! Mom, Dad, Weston and Zane, don’t ever take your sights away from the temple, the scriptures, or our Prophet. And promise me that if I ever start drifting that you’ll shake me until I wake up! These are the LAST days! Satan is bringing out the big guns! That means that we need to be firmer, stronger, and more steadfast! Don’t forget the simple things. Many are falling away for ignoring the every day essentials. I repeat: daily scripture study, personal/family prayer, sustaining the living prophet, paying a full tithe, fasting, and sharing the gospel! Satan is bringing out the big guns, but I testify and promise that if we as a family constantly apply the important actions listed above, Satan's guns will have ZERO ammunition!</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next point of business: The Book of Mormon. FYI, its my favorite book. I put a goal to finish reading it in Spanish by June 12<sup>th</sup>- my year mark. I’m almost done! I will never tire of reading the Book of Mormon. I always learn something new. Always. My favorite part of the Book of Mormon is Christ's ministry in the Americas in 3 Nephi. Sometimes I find myself speed reading through Helaman and the beginning of 3<sup>rd</sup> Nephi just to get to my favorite part. But this time, I slowed down. I noticed that as I got closer to 3 Nephi 11 (Christ's ministry) I could clearly see two distinct groups: The wicked and the faithful.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We can decide on which side we will stand. We cannot serve two masters! As I read these chapters, I realized that history is repeating itself. As the second coming approaches it will be clear and easy to see who is a true disciple of Christ and who is not. I love the Book of Mormon and I know that it is TRUE.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jeffrey R. Holland says, “Be strong. Live the gospel faithfully even if others around you don’t live it at all. Defend your beliefs with courtesy and with compassion, but DEFEND them.”</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love you family! Write me about your lives.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now go and kick some Satan trash. Onward and upward!</span></span></div>
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