tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82097497727297677182024-02-18T21:21:33.739-08:00Sister Morgan YatesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04856230400247842904noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8209749772729767718.post-48625853425195826822015-09-07T20:05:00.001-07:002015-09-07T20:05:31.131-07:00Homecoming<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04856230400247842904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8209749772729767718.post-71587798250451828922015-08-31T17:41:00.002-07:002015-08-31T17:41:47.727-07:0018.<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">yeah that's really impossible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I love love love my mission. I love my Savior. I love the Atonement. Without the Atonement or a slight understanding of it I would be lost. I would have no purpose and I would have no hope. I love my Father who has provided a perfect plan for me and everyone to return to His presence if we are faithful and obedient. I love knowing that Christ's true church has been restored through a prophet of God. Joseph Smith was called to be an instrument in the Lord's hands. The Book of Mormon is perfect scripture and it contains the fulness of the gospel. It truly testifies of Christ and has blessed my life beyond belief. We are still being guided and directed every day by a living prophet, Thomas S. Monson. God's work will continue on and I am so grateful for the opportunity that we have to take part in the preparation for the second coming of our Lord and Savior.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I love Guatemala. I feel so at home here, especially being back in Coban today. I love the people I have served and served with. I am so touched by the love from all of the members, investigators, and missionaries here. Sometimes it breaks my heart thinking about leaving everything here but I find comfort in knowing that this is the Lord's perfect work and it will keep on keepin on! I love my mission president and his wife. I am so grateful for my experiences as a missionary. Now I just need to apply what I have learned, felt, and experienced in my "normal life".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">"Ye are eternally indebted to your heavenly Father, to render to him all that you have and are." Mosiah 2:34. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I also love my family :) I guess I will be seeing you all pretty soon here! I have an interview with president right now so I gotta head! I love you all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">No Empty Chairs</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04856230400247842904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8209749772729767718.post-11565438363635211002015-08-24T16:48:00.002-07:002015-08-24T16:48:26.247-07:00Sharpie that.<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Familia,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">ELDER YATES! Poco a poco is the way to do it! Be super patient, especially on Fridays and Saturdays, they were always the longer, more frustrating days for me. Spanish is awesome!! wooooooooooo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">SOPHIE happy birthday!!!! freak, grow down! All the missionaries here saw the picture of all the kids that went to the house to celebrate with you.... they say you're really popular.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">BRI I can't wait to meet you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">OLIVER I can't wait to meet you too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Haha in internet my computer wasn't working so the guy who owns the place let me use his computer. Everyone keeps coming up to me and asking me stuff and I have to awkwardly tell them that I don't work here....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This week we had some cool meetings! The doctor for all of the central america missions came to visit every zone in our mission because everyone is so sick here haha... awkward. I had the chance to meet with him and thank him for taking care of me my whole mission! I thanked him for you too mom haha :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We also got to see a conference broadcasted from Guate. President Nelson from the quorum of the 12 apostles spoke to us with Elder Duncan, our area president. They were very encouraging and helped us more clearly recognize the importance of our callings and the importance of working hard. They talked about how we may be the missionaries to find and start teaching someone, we might be the missionaries to keep teaching someone when we get to an area, or we might be the missionaries who get to be there 20 years down the road when they finally decide to be baptized. We never know how far our efforts will go as disciples of Christ. We need to do our best in whatever phase we are in so that in the Lord's time, all people will recognize and confess that He is the Christ, our Savior and Redeemer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-This morning we got up at 4:40 to run to the Island Flores to see the sunrise with 4 other sisters. SO BEAUTIFUL!! It was so perfect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-That awkward moment when I have to buy things for that special time of the month and I have to put everything on the counter at the grocery store... in front of all the elders. awk x2.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-We ate with some members the other day and their pet parrott casually walked on to my plate and started eating my food with me. And they really didn't seem to care at all. awk.3.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-Today we went to a zoo! It's really like a huge jungle and you have to walk a few miles to find a cage with an animal. Haha it was fun!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Well family, today I have to write my goals to send in to President, so I will probably just send a bunch of pictures and start my goals! But quick cool experience!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We are teaching our neighbors and they are super sweet. The mom, Olga Marina, can't read and it's kinda hard for her to understand. The other day we were trying to explain about the Book of Mormon and she wasn't quite getting it. I decided that she just needed to see what the book is like and hear a story to understand. We read half of 3 nefi 11 to her and it was an amazing experience! As we read we helped her understand the story and she started interpreting it before we did! We felt the Spirit and she was able to understand very well. I am SO grateful for the Spirit because he helps us learn, understand, remember, and feel. I was grateful for the inspiration He gave me to help Olga Marina have a spiritual experience. She and her son came to church with us yesterday for the first time and they enjoyed it! Her son, Juan Luis, is 20 and we gave him a Book of Mormon the other day and left him the introduction to read... he ended up reading to 2nd nephi!! PILAS. We are excited for them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Turns out.... I'm allergic to ibuprofen! That wasn't a fun thing to figure out. Hermana Bueso and I are pretty wiped out honestly but we are on the mend. After spending the day in the Bakes house (the senior missonary couple), listening to the Les Miserables sound track with Hermana Bake, and a few thousand pills later I am feeling much better.<br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A quote that a good friend of mine shared with me a few years ago has really helped me in my mission, especially this past week when things got a little weird. "Your day is going to go the way of the corners of your mouth. So Smile!" I love that. I love positivity and optimism. I think it is a Christlike attribute. Can you imagine the Savior of the world walking around with His head down, complaining all day about little things that don't really matter? Haha I sure can't. So BE HAPPY. We are here to have JOY and to help others be JOYFUL too.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hey porter, send me a copy of your farewell talk! SO PROUD OF YOU!!! LOVE YOU!!!!<br /></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04856230400247842904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8209749772729767718.post-28711660252423232452015-07-20T17:40:00.001-07:002015-07-20T17:40:50.426-07:00I'M OKAY MOM<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Sorry I don't have much time but I just love you all. Keep being amazing, porter congrats for going to the temple you are amazing, soph i always knew you were a mermaid, isaac you can't get married yet, dad have fun in china, mom throw your own party on the 4th of july, barrett erin and sobrinos when are you going back to the states? lily is so old now! and luke, are you still alive?</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-so sometimes the new people have to go to guatemala city to sign some papers if they didn't do it in the CCM... we got a call from the office elders 2 nights ago letting us know that we had to go. Last night we got on a bus at 10 and got here this morning at 6! Longest night ever. bright side: THERE IS A TACO BELL HERE!!!! We conviced the hermano who came to pick us up to take us there and we paid for his meal so he'd take us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We are finding some really cool people here in San Benito! I am always so amazed by these people. In coban i was always taken back by the immense faith of humble, poor people who believe so much in miracles from a God they have never seen. Here in Peten it's different because it is a more modernized place. Here I am also taken back by the faith of the people but now it is because they are willing to humble themselves and trust in God more than themselves or their money.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We have a new recent convert that just moved into our area. he is 20 and has an interesting story. he lives alone, he just completed a year in the church, and before he was set on serving a mission until some things happened and he lost himself. We were able to get to know him this week and it was really special. he has seen the difference in his life from when he was active and how he is now. After talking with him for a while I asked him if he was still praying. he answered that he hadn't prayed for months. He doesn't have words and doesn't feel worthy to pray. We helped him feel like he could offer a prayer to end the lesson. He was hesitant but offered the prayer. It was beautiful to hear one of Heavenly Father's sons talk to Him again after a long time waiting, not knowing what to say. After the prayer he just sat there with his head down and cried. he thanked us and told us that he would do his best to figure things out, get help from his leaders, and come back to church. We helped him get a job with the young single adult leader in the branch on saturday so we hope that things will start heading uphill for Elvis :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We had another lesson with Sylvia. she is the BEST. She is truly seeking guidance and answers from God and wants to forgive Him for taking her son away from her. We were teaching her about the Plan of Salvation and that her family will always be hers. We talked about God's plan for her and the things she has to do in this life to be able to have her family forever. As we were telling her to pray and ask God if what we were teaching is true she stopped us and said "I believe you. I know what you are saying is true. These are the answers I have been searching for for so long and I have never found peace until now. I believe you." Legit, I just wish you could all just sit in on our lessons with her. The Spirit is so strong, she is so prepared, and experiences like these are life changing for our investigators and for us. It reminds me of the scripture in dyc 50:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a class="mceItemAnchor" href="" name="21" style="background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </a><span class="" style="background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px 1px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" id="chunk200000" style="background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">21 </span></span><span class="" id="chunk200001" style="background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Therefore, </span><span class="" id="chunk200002" style="background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">why </span><span class="" id="chunk200003" style="background-position: 0px 0px; 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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04856230400247842904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8209749772729767718.post-16267788119111359632015-06-15T18:15:00.001-07:002015-06-15T18:15:20.708-07:00a whole new wooooorld.......<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 16px;">Familia,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So peten is legit. My companion is Hermana Bueso and she is fresh from Honduras. Haha it's super funny to be training at the end of my mission because she reminds me of me when I got here. I cared about my hair, my clothes, my food, and I had no idea what I was doing. It's cool though because I get to teach her everything and see her grow, learn and improve quickly. She is awesome and willing to work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It has been an interesting week (as always) because neither of us know a single person here. We have been knocking doors and accidentally finding members haha. The members here are amazing and are helping us find people to teach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Once again I have seen that the Lord knows what He is doing. Every person that we contact has been placed in our path for a reason. I stopped believing in luck and coincidences a few months ago. We have found people who are searching for guidance and meaning and don't know where to find it. They are open to learning and their humility will allow them to feel the Spirit and I am SO EXCITED. We met a young guy who was so interested when we told him that Christ came here to the americas. We gave him a book of mormon and marked 3 nefi 11 to read. I have never seen someone so excited to read that story. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We found another woman named sylvia who just lost her job a few days ago. If she had been working still we wouldn't have found her in her house or have been able to return yesterday to teach her for the first time. It was amazing lesson. She opened up to us and told us about her family problems and that she had lost a baby and was mad at God. She listened to what we had to share with her about the importance of the family, forgiveness, and patience. As we read a scripture in the book of mormon with her we could tell she was feeling the spirit. We testified that the book of mormon would change her life if she was willing to read it, pray about it, and act on the things she would be invited to do. When we told her that we would give her the book she was holding she started crying and couldn't believe it. She hugged it and said, "When you read the scripture it scared me! I thought, could it be that this scripture is for ME?" Then of course i start tearing up.. she felt the spirit teaching and testifying to her without even realizing it. "Yes, that scripture was exactly for you because God knows you, loves you, and knows exactly what you need." We left her a section to read that would help her with her family relationships and she promised to read it and talk to her husband about going to church next week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This morning we went to some caves and it was pretty cool! It also taught me a few things, believe it or not. There were some parts of the trip where I would get tired of using my flashlight, and decided to turn it off and just follow the rest. Borrow their light. But as we went on there were bumps and holes and when we got to some stairs the rest were rising and progressing with ease. I on the other hand, was tripping and wasn't able to get up the slippery stairs without my own flashlight. It taught me a lot about our own light, or testimony. Sometimes we are okay to borrow others' light. When life is easy and there aren't too many stumbling blocks we can make our way through the dark okay. But if we want to progress on our own and be able to keep going when things get hard, we need our own light. Our own testimony is what keeps us strong and faithful until the end. Sometimes our light is small but a little light can make a big difference in a big, black cave. If your light is a little too dim, put in some new batteries, recharge, and use it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Tomorrow is change day. I will FINALLY be headed to Peten! I will be training and cleaning an area... so looks like that is where I am going to die. Literally and figuratively hahaha. I am excited!!! It will be a little crazy, peten is INSANELY hot and infested with deadly mosquitos, but it will be cool to start fresh in an area. I have only heard good things about my area so I am happy! My area is called San Benito, and I will meet my companion tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Sorry we are writing super late today because hna hernandez is going home this week so things are a little out of control.. and we have to go do more things right now so I guess I'll talk to you next week! haha love you all. Read your scriptures, say your prayers, DON'T FORGET FAMILY NIGHT, and look both ways before you cross the street.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So I got emergency transfered last monday about 3 hours after I wrote home! I am now with Hermana Hernandez (mi mama) and Herman a Riley (9 months in the mission, from Minnesota, super cool). I will probably be with them until changes next week unless something else crazy happens this week! Hermana Hernandez is going home next tuesday!!!! I have to kill my mom! It's super baggy but asi es la mision de los viejitos. I'm in the Coban Barrio area, Coban 1b. I am happy though. and safe. Oh p.s. another sister who is going home next week informed me that her cousin was isaac's trainer in the mission. whaaaat. Small world.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So besides being in complete depression that I had to leave my last area after 6 months there without getting say goodbye to anyone... it was a good week. the AP's had an amazing baptism, and surprise... i had to sing. It was pretty though, I sang the alto part in If You Could Hie To Kolob in a duet with Hermana Riley. The couple who got baptized is an older, classy couple. They are very different from pretty much anyone you will meet here where we are teaching. They are amazing converts and it was a really special baptismal service. Hermana Curtiss spoke and Elder Zavala (who went home to honduras last change) came back to speak as well! So crazy!</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- there was a city wide power out... sketchy! Haha we were walking right by the neighborhood strip club so we went pretty quickly to the Ibarras house haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">After being in my area for 6 months I think I have it memorized like the back of my hand.. and yet we are still finding new people to teach! There are always more people here it's insane! We have found some people who are really receptive and open to receiving us again. This week we have been in the house at 6 pm instead of 9 pm but we are still able to teach a lot and the Lord is blessing us like crazy. The Ibarras went to an interview with the bishop the other night and it was the first time they had entered the church in a loooooong time! WOOOOOOOOO!! poco a poco people.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04856230400247842904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8209749772729767718.post-79316504348888355662015-05-18T17:22:00.001-07:002015-05-18T17:22:07.801-07:00The Lord Is Preparing His People<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Familia,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We also contacted a house and they let us right in! That never happens! Haha turns out the guy doesn't live there but wanted us to pray for his wife who had gotten in a motorcycle accident and hurt her leg. We visited them for a while and they are so so awesome. They live in a town far away where they only speak q'eqchi' and they had never seen missionaries. We gave them a book of mormon and they were so grateful. They want visits from the missionaries but there aren't any where they live... we will see what we can do to help them. So awesome!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04856230400247842904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8209749772729767718.post-54187277351193516802015-05-04T14:04:00.000-07:002015-05-04T14:04:29.305-07:00Santos venid.....sin miedo...sin temor...?<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-sorry i haven't had a rundown for a while</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-i have giardia again</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-....It sounds a lot worse than it is</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-i will be singing in the conference this friday. a member of the area 70 is coming but this time it is in a group of a few missionaries. all is well, all is well!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-bretta peterson is getting married..?????</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-Happy birthday abuela!! I love you so much!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In case you didn't know... I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Things are hard and the people we are teaching really are struggling and not progressing.. at all.. but I still am so grateful for the things I am learning and I love being able to see people grow and improve. People here have so much faith in Someone they have never seen. It impacts me over and over again and it makes me want to improve and have more faith myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Gustavo Ibarra moved out... they are already making big steps in their divorce. It is really really bad in that house, but the bishop hopefully will be able to talk to them before they get a divorce if Gustavo will stop ignoring him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The gonzales family is doing much better. colocho got out of jail and is supposedly a "changed man" from all the time he had to think in jail...... ok.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Summer ended here and it is now bitter cold once again. I think I am getting used to it though! my companion on the other hand.... haha she doesn't have enough shirts to leave the house in!! things are better with my comp, the president's wife talked to her and we are figuring things out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This week as we were teaching less actives I felt over and over again the importance of knowing WHY we keep commandments. If we just do it because our mom said we should, it's not enough. When trials of our faith come we need to know why we are obedient because if we don't know why, we will stop doing it. We follow God because we love Him. We can't fear man more than God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Well, talk to you in a few days I guess? not sure how that came so fast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hermana Yates</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Familia,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">What a week......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So just please keep praying for the Ibarras and the Gonzales. We haven't seen the Ibarras for a while because Sulma went to the catholic church to confess to the Padre and to go on dates with some guy.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Colocho went to jail because the police saw him beating lubia in the street again and lubia might have to go to jail in 2 days because she is in debt to a bunch of people...... we don't know what will happen to the kids. The ward has given us 2 weeks of food to give them bit by bit so she doesn't sell it instead of feeding her kids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We had interviews this past week with President and Hermana Curtiss and they were wonderful! I love them so much!! The past few months we have had the assignment to study the Atonement. I was able to report what I have learned and felt and it was really special. I love my Savior and I can feel His love so strongly - for me and for those I am serving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Changes are tomorrow and I am staying here! It will be my 4th change in Barrio 2. Hermana Escobar was pretty bummed that I wasn't leaving..... hahaha awkward. But we are figuring out how to work together. We are finding new investigators like crazy and have high hopes for them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Sorry I don't have much today but I love you all and I am grateful for your support and love!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04856230400247842904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8209749772729767718.post-22325075522245470502015-04-20T14:04:00.003-07:002015-04-20T14:04:59.379-07:00.....slow internet.....kill me now<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Well, I have just spent about my whole time trying to get logged on to my account. So for all I know, I could only have 5 minutes left.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The Ibarras are doing so much better. We went to visit them one day this last week and turns out when Gustavo saw us he went and hid in his room hahaha. Sulma lied to him and said something to get him to come out and we were able to visit him. It was an amazing experience and I really don't have time to tell it all. But he was very very sad. I have never seen him so down and troubled. He knows that he is making mistakes and that he needs to come back. I read Ether 12:27 with him. "And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them." It was exactly what he needed. He knows and recognizes that he needs to humble himself and repent. He was in tears and was so grateful. He was saying that all of our sacrifice and service will be paid back to us one day. Little does he know, seeing him come back to Christ, humble himself, change his ways, and figure out who he really is and who he can be is what makes everything worth it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I am so grateful to be serving here and to be God's mouth piece. The Spirit put that scripture in my mind to share with him because He knew it was what God's struggling child needed. I know God could let His truth be known all across the world in this instant. He could come down if he really wanted, I think people would believe Him a lot more than some white girl from Sandy. But He has given me this opportunity and blessing to serve and learn along side the people I teach. He sure knows what He's doing, doesn't he?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I love you all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hermana Yates</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04856230400247842904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8209749772729767718.post-83817585100965771012015-04-13T14:41:00.001-07:002015-04-13T14:42:03.889-07:00What year is it...?<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Familia,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">-I got a haircut again and they didn't cut it all off this time! wooooo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">-parasite free wooooo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">-mom,
i got your easter package, thank you so much! and I shared my candy
with the office elders.. they say thank you and that you are going to
heaven.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">-well, nothing else really. We were in the house almost the whole week</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I
feel like a prisoner who has finally been let out of my terrible,
boring cell. My companion has been sick but we don't know what is wrong
with her. We were in and out of doctors' offices all week, we have
been to every lab and clinic here in coban, and no one is quite sure
what's wrong. She is getting better though, and we were able to leave
the house to work two days this past week and a half. . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">We
were pretty out of touch with our investigators and recent converts
while we weren't able to visit them.... and all heck broke loose in the
Ibarra home in that time. Oh please pray for them. I don't want to
give too many details because it is depressing, but it involves not
wanting to go to church, drinking, smoking, divorce, and stinkin satan
is fighting hard with them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">On the other hand,
the familia gonzales is doing so much better! Mom, they absolutely
loved the things you sent them. We taught a lesson about the stripling
warriors and helped them understand that they need to be faithful,
brave, and obedient like them. They were so touched that people they
don't even know are praying for them and love them too. They are going
to take good care of their gifts :) Wesley didn't even take his
stripling warrior out of the box, he just gently set it up on the bed
and smiled, staring at it. Haha they told me to tell you they love you
and thank you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">So my comp was mean and counted
how many transfers I have left.... it's terrifying. If you are counting
as well..... just don't say anything to me. I love my
mission. I love my Savior. I love reading about His life on earth and
learning from His ever perfect example. What a blessing it is to have
the chance to become like Him! I am so grateful for the Atonement, the
Sacrament, and for repentance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I love you all, have an amazing week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Hermana Yates</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04856230400247842904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8209749772729767718.post-70931750333869404862015-04-06T15:25:00.002-07:002015-04-06T15:25:53.454-07:00A solid foundation<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hi i have 0 time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The familia ibarra is struggling right now. We haven't been able to see them for a few days because my comp has been pretty sick and we have been in the house. Please pray for them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Conference was so lovely :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We weren't able to watch the sunday morning session because my comp was sick but the rest of it was amazing. I had questions and concerns that I was hoping to have resolved and helped during conference and I got much more than I was expecting! I am so grateful and I love Christ's church. Something that I learned over and over again during conference is that trials will always come but the gospel gives us the solid foundation that we need to find peace, hope, and success. We need never feel alone. Knowing this has brought me so much peace because honestly, seeing so many broken homes, marriages, and lives here in the mission was getting me really scared of life haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Daddy happy birthday :) I feel like i was just barely writing you an email telling you happy birthday a few weeks ago... was that really a year ago? ayooooo. I love you so much! Have an amazing time in Hawaii.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hermana Yates</span></div>
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