tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32509701394591677922024-03-05T02:00:26.523-08:00Elder Kevin JonesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113632446276371565noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250970139459167792.post-90454365931197482762016-08-09T19:36:00.000-07:002016-08-24T16:34:39.747-07:00FIN!!!!--Week 104- 102 Weeks in Phoenix Mission- 17 weeks in Buckeye<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">FIN!!!!--Week 104- </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">102 Weeks in Phoenix Mission- 17 weeks in Buckeye</span></b></div>
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Dear friends and family,<br />
<br />
Well, so I begin my last pday as a full time missionary for the Church<br />
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For my final letter to you all,<br />
I wanted to give you the normal recap on my week and then a recap of<br />
my mission. Here goes.<br />
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Temple—again<br />
We got to visit the Phoenix temple once again, but this time it was<br />
with our whole zone!! Elders Bies and Davenport picked up my<br />
companions and me at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_300928184" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">5:30am</span></span> and we headed to Krispy Kreme for a<br />
pre-temple meal! It was delicious! We then headed for the temple in<br />
the POURING rain. I tell ya, people here in Arizona do NOT know how to<br />
drive in the rain! People were going 10mph on the Interstate. It was<br />
hilarious. We got there and had a great session in the temple. We felt<br />
the Spirit, and I actually got to see one of my favorite members from<br />
Glendale, Brother Palmer, at the recommend desk. It was a joy to see<br />
him again! After the session it was still pouring down rain, so I<br />
didn't get many pictures. Luckily, we'll be heading to the temple<br />
again <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_300928185" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Wednesday</span></span> with Elder Gunnell's old zone. There, I will see<br />
some more of my favorite missionaries: Elder Plourde, Elder Cespedes,<br />
Sister Casagrande, and Sister Haymond. I can't wait!!<br />
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Moving<br />
Something that kinda stinks is that we're moving to an apartment<br />
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_300928186" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tomorrow</span></span>. I mean, I don't mind that we're moving, but I have to pack<br />
twice in a week! I'll probably just live out of my suitcase after we<br />
move. :) So we're doing that <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_300928187" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tomorrow</span></span>...<br />
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Zone meeting<br />
We had a great zone meeting about following the Spirit. I got a lot<br />
out of it. I gave my departing testimony to the zone. It was super<br />
weird because I've always been the missionary who listens, and my time<br />
has come! Surreal!!<br />
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Exchange<br />
I went on exchange with my district leader, Elder Bies, in his area.<br />
It's in the middle of nowhere and we saw some funny things.<br />
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Here's a look back!<br />
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MTC<br />
When I entered the MTC on August 13, 2014, I was terrified out of my<br />
mind. How could I teach? How could I be away from family and friends<br />
for two whole years? I was blessed with a great MTC companion, Elder<br />
Sultan, which made it a lot better. I had great instructors, but I<br />
didn't have the best time at the MTC. I hoped the field would be way<br />
better than the MTC. Thankfully, it was. I departed the MTC with a<br />
very happy heart headed for Phoenix.<br />
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North Phoenix — Shaw Butte & Moon Mountain Wards (6 months)<br />
When I entered the Phoenix Valley, I was slapped in the face with the<br />
heat of the desert. At the transfer meeting, I stood across from the<br />
trainers and was placed with my trainer, Elder Jeong. I knew that the<br />
Lord truly knows me when I got to know Elder Jeong. He and I got along<br />
great, and he helped me learn. He even put up with me being a bit of a<br />
punk those first few weeks. He'll never know how much of an impact he<br />
made on me. I also had the amazing opportunity to live with Sister<br />
Simon, the grandma of the mission! She was soooo fun and always took<br />
care of her Elders. I was sad when Elder Jeong left. However, I was<br />
blessed with a great second companion, Elder Shurtleff. He was from<br />
Kansas, and we got along great, too. When my time came to an end, I<br />
prayed my time on a bike would come to an end. I was mistaken.<br />
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Peoria Stake — Oakwood & Centennial Wards (6 months)<br />
I was transferred to Peoria with Elder Flynn. He came out with me. A<br />
biking area! We kinda clashed in the beginning, but later found out<br />
how much we needed each other. Both of us had been hard headed, and we<br />
kinda humbled ourselves and worked together. I look back on our<br />
companionship and see a lot of regrets, but Elder Flynn and I have<br />
become very close. Recently, we saw each other at a zone conference<br />
and relived some of our dumb moments. If it wasn't for our rocky<br />
companionship, I don't know where I would have ended up. Elder Flynn<br />
got transferred <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_300928188" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">12 weeks later</span></span>, and I was paired with a Elder<br />
Bradshaw. He was a very fun companion! Had our moments where we would<br />
bicker, but it was a great companionship. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_300928189" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Twelve weeks later</span></span>, I got<br />
transferred. Car here I come!<br />
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Glendale Stake— Black Canyon Ward (9 months)<br />
NOOOPE. Bike area! This area was a very, very, very humbling<br />
experience for me. I feel like it is here where I peaked as a<br />
missionary. My testimony grew, I worked hard, and baptisms came. I was<br />
placed with Elder Thaut, who became my favorite companion by far. He<br />
was my only companion I had for three transfers, or 4.5 months. The<br />
area was rough. Historically it was the highest baptizing area in the<br />
mission. They had 24 convert baptisms in 2015, which is a loooot. Not<br />
to mention I was replacing arguably the best missionary that ward (and<br />
possibly the entire mission) had ever seen, Elder Gardner. (Love you,<br />
buddy!!) So I felt a lot of pressure. I was biking in areas I wouldn't<br />
even feel comfortable driving in. Having been raised in such a small<br />
town, the city scared the crap out of me. I did my best to face my<br />
fears and work. It was the hardest 9 months of my life, but I'm so<br />
grateful I faced my fears. There in Glendale I would meet some of my<br />
favorite people from my mission. I grew roots. After Elder Thaut left,<br />
I was out with my first trainee, Elder Fernandez. Most people in the<br />
mission know him as "the missionary who came in with a scarf" haha. He<br />
was a very stylish person. He and I had a great time, but<br />
unfortunately our time was cut short as his visa came in for him to go<br />
to Argentina. I will always be his father!! After Elder Fernandez I<br />
received my second trainee, Elder Young! He was so gentle and kind.<br />
Typical southern boy! He was great! Amidst all this, our ward was<br />
having tremendous success in multiple languages. Many French-speaking<br />
people from Africa were becoming interested. Two French speaking<br />
sisters out of the Scottsdale mission came to accommodate them. We<br />
became very close and developed a lasting friendship. Sisters Haymond,<br />
Casagrande, and Ylisaari shook things up in the ward and United<br />
members and missionaries even more. I was very sad when I had to leave<br />
Glendale, but I was excited for something new because I was there for<br />
so long.<br />
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Buckeye Stake — Buckeye 1st & Sundance Wards (4.5 months)<br />
I got to Buckeye and absolutely loved it. It is a farming town NOT in<br />
the city!!! I was in heaven. Plus, we had a car. Plus, Elder Thaut was<br />
in my district! Man, I got spoiled in my last area. My companion,<br />
Elder Sumsion, was about to go home. He loved to work out and lift<br />
weights—polar opposite of me. We got along great, though. When he<br />
left, I received my third trainee, Elder Thames. Then, Elder Gunnell<br />
joined us to take over the area when I leave.<br />
<br />
Throughout my mission, I have made wonderful friendships with members,<br />
missionaries, investigators, etc. I have found myself, discovered my<br />
testimony, and shared it with the people of Arizona. I have seen the<br />
gospel of Jesus Christ change countless people. I have seen the<br />
Atonement work in my life and in the lives of others. I know that<br />
God's love is real and His Church has been restored once again before<br />
the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. I know it with all my heart, for<br />
God has told me through my sincere prayers. Thank you all for<br />
supporting me in my endeavors in Phoenix whether it be through<br />
prayers, comments, financially, spiritually, physically—thank you. I<br />
know this work is true, and I can't wait to continue working when I<br />
get home. The next chapter of my life is about to begin, but it is<br />
just a new chapter—not a whole new book. See ya soon!<br />
<br />
Much love,<br />
<br />
Elder Jones<br />
Buckeye 1st & Sundance Wards<br />
Arizona Phoenix Mission</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113632446276371565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250970139459167792.post-6746942169103253062016-08-03T17:37:00.002-07:002016-08-03T17:38:15.275-07:00BLIND!!--Week 103-- 101 Weeks in Phoenix Mission-- 16 weeks in Buckeye<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">BLIND!!--week 103-- 101 Weeks in Phoenix Mission-- </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">16 weeks in Buckeye</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b>Dear friends and family,<br />
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Well it's officially August. Time is flying by so fast. I am enjoying<br />
my time here in Buckeye! Things are going well and I am enjoying my<br />
time with my two great companions. I couldn't have asked for a better<br />
final transfer.<br />
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Temple trip<br />
This week we were able to go to the temple with my favorite family in<br />
this area, the Marr's. Sister Marr hates waking up early so when we<br />
told her we had to leave at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1590428773" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">6am</span></span> she almost collapsed! But she loves us<br />
so she went anyway. She even had a good time! It was such a special<br />
experience to feel the Spirit of the temple with such great people.<br />
They remind me so much of my parents. Their personalities are almost<br />
identical. I went to the temple with a few questions and I feel I'm<br />
one step closer to having them answered. This week we have another<br />
temple trip, and another next week. I'm looking forward to those for<br />
sure!<br />
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1942 Nash<br />
We had dinner with an older couple and after dinner they took us to<br />
their garage and showed us their 1942 Nash! He told us some history<br />
about it that kinda went in one ear and out the other, but it was<br />
super interesting. Apparently they had just made the 1942 model the<br />
month before Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, so there weren't very many<br />
made. He says that they only know of 10 1942 Nash cars still around.<br />
And boy, his is restored and beautiful! Dad, this is for you! I'll<br />
include a picture or two.<br />
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Flight plans<br />
I got my tangible flight plans in the mail!! That means things are<br />
getting real. For those who want to come see me in the airport, I will<br />
be flying in to the Joplin a Regional Airport at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1590428774" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">9:58pm</span></span> on August<br />
16th. I apologize for the super late time slot, but there's not much I<br />
can do about that! I would love to see anyone there who can make it.<br />
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Chess<br />
Elder Gunnell is like the best chess player in Minnesota, so he loves<br />
to challenge members whenever he can. So far he hasn't lost, but we<br />
have a game set up with Brother Emmett this week who is supposedly one<br />
of the best around. We'll see how it goes. Haha!<br />
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Snake<br />
A member in our ward has a banana king snake and I love it! We got to<br />
come by and watch it eat four mice!! It was like the coolest thing<br />
ever! I filmed the whole thing LOL.<br />
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Blindness<br />
We had such a great week for lessons. Our most exciting one was<br />
probably win our new family we met two weeks ago. They're still in a<br />
tough situation, but they are solid as solid gets. We brought our ward<br />
mission leader, Brother Woodruff, to the lesson. There's only one<br />
thing—Brother Woodruff is blind. He gave such a powerful testimony of<br />
the truthfulness of the Restoration by relating it to eyesight. He has<br />
to live by faith every day because he can't see anything. The same way<br />
we can't SEE the gospel is true, we can feel it. That's how he gets<br />
about in life. The kids loved listening to him speak—so did I! I'm so<br />
grateful Brother a Woodruff is such s great example!!<br />
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Well, friends, that's about all I have for this week! Thank you all<br />
for your support and prayers. Have a great week! See you <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1590428776" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">in two weeks</span></span>!<br />
:)<br />
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Much love,<br />
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Elder Jones<br />
Buckeye 1st & Sundance Wards<br />
Arizona Phoenix Mission</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">We Found A Family!!--Week 102-- </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">100 Weeks in Phoenix Mission-- 15 Weeks in Buckeye</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dear friends and family,<br />
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We had a really good week! Looking at our schedule ahead, my last<br />
three weeks in the mission are gonna be jam packed with fun and<br />
awesomeness! My letter may be kinda short this week, but oh well!<br />
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Family!!<br />
We were just minding our own business last week and we got a text from<br />
a member saying her friend and her kids are interested in having us<br />
come by! So we took a member with us to her house on Tuesday. She had<br />
fixed us lasagna (we just came from a dinner appointment....) so we<br />
ate our second dinner with her and shared a message with her and her<br />
family. Frances, the mom, speaks many languages. To name a few, she<br />
speaks English, French (fluently), Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, and<br />
Italian. She has four kids, all speak English, Japanese, and one<br />
speaks French. Such a neat family. Unfortunately, the kids' dad isn't<br />
too happy with them going to church, so we are all praying his heart<br />
will be softened so they can come to church as a family and be<br />
baptized. I'm sure it will happen if the kids tell him how much they<br />
love church. We'll see! In the mean time, we are SO excited to teach<br />
them!<br />
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Baptism<br />
We got to go to the baptism of one of Elder Gunnell's converts in<br />
Phoenix! Two of my favorite missionaries, Sisters Haymond and<br />
Casagrande took over his area AND the French work so I got to see them<br />
at the baptism! Man, reunions are so fun. Plus, I got to ride around<br />
in my first area! It was weird—I felt like I was being trained again.<br />
I hadn't been back to that church building <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1901227379" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">in 18 months</span></span>. Definitely a<br />
trip!!<br />
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Upcoming temple trips<br />
We are going to the Phoenix temple with my favorite member family, the<br />
Marr's, this Wednesday! They are like carbon copies of my parents,<br />
just a few years older! Brother Marr's personality is identical to my<br />
dad's, and Sister Marr's personality is identical to my mom's! I can't<br />
wait for them to meet my parents when I come visit. Funny<br />
story--Sister Marr HATES getting up early and when I asked if they<br />
could take us to the temple this week they happily agreed. When I told<br />
Sister Marr it was at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1901227380" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">7am</span></span>, Sister Marr said, "You're lucky I love you,<br />
Elder Jones!!" Hahaha. Apparently it's a big deal that she'll be<br />
getting up so early. It's so funny! Then, on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1901227381" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">August 5th</span></span>, our zone will<br />
be going to the temple with President Griffin for achieving our<br />
baptism goal. Then, on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1901227382" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">August 9th</span></span>, I'll be able to go with Elder<br />
Gunnell's old zone since he gets to go back. So, in my last three<br />
weeks, I get to go to the temple THREE times! So exciting.<br />
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Bye Bye, Bike!<br />
I got to ship my bike home. That was such a wonderful experience for<br />
me! I'll just leave it at that!!<br />
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Zone conference<br />
We had a fabulous zone conference this week. The assistants led a<br />
discussion about "What I wished I knew my whole mission" and we had a<br />
great discussion on how we can improve. The older missionaries were<br />
able to give the younger missionaries lots of advice I wish I had when<br />
I came in! Then President Griffin got up and talked about how we can<br />
choose our path. We must choose to follow the correct path. If we<br />
don't have a vision of where we want to go, then it doesn't matter<br />
what path we take. When we have the gospel, we have our desired<br />
destination. It was really moving. I enjoyed it a lot. Plus, I got to<br />
see a lot of old companions. In fact, ALL of my companions who are<br />
still in the mission (except Elder Young) were there. Yes, Mom, I got<br />
a picture. You're welcome! :)<br />
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Sheet music<br />
My good friend Patience, who is a senior this year on the Webb City<br />
drumline, sent me the snare sheet music for this year's marching show.<br />
I figured I'd learn it and play around with it. Thank goodness it's a<br />
pretty easy show, because my skills have decreased so much. Haha!<br />
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Well, that was my week! Everyone wish my wonderful mother a happy<br />
birthday! She turns 29 on the 28th! (Ha ha....) And also, my best<br />
friend ever turns 20 on the 29th! Happy birthday Jessica! You're the<br />
best friend anyone could ask for!! I hope everyone has a great week.<br />
God speed!!<br />
Just 3 more weeks! Until then, I remain a dedicated servant of the Lord.<br />
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Much love,<br />
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Elder Jones<br />
Buckeye 1st & Sundance Wards<br />
Arizona Phoenix Mission</span></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Taking the Back Seat - Week 101--</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> 99 Weeks in Phoenix Mission -- 14 weeks in Buckeye</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Dear friends and family,<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Greetings from good old Buckeye, AZ. Things are going well here! I<br />
wish I could tell you we had the greatest week ever, but it was pretty<br />
normal. Here goes.<br />
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Exchange<br />
I was able to go on exchanges with a Elder Davenport in his area. He<br />
took a Elder Thaut's place two weeks ago. We taught a couple lessons<br />
and visited some people. We tracted (knocked doors) for an hour or so<br />
and met a lady who only spoke Spanish. I got to ask if she wants<br />
Spanish missionaries and she understood me and said yes! It was pretty<br />
cool! I served with Elder Davenport in Glendale so it was cool to<br />
catch up with him again. We also did some service with the zone<br />
leaders, Elders Weston and Thaut. They are Sooo fun to be around.<br />
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Interviews<br />
We had interviews with President and Sister Griffin last week. He<br />
prefaced our interview by saying he's not going to trunk me out by<br />
talking about home. He's gonna save that for my exit interview. Funny<br />
story though, when I went in for my little interview with Sister<br />
Griffin she said, "So, you excited to go home?!" Haha so obviously<br />
they didn't coordinate the message :) But it's okay. It's gonna take a<br />
lot more than that to "trunk me out."<br />
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Stepping back<br />
It's really really hard stepping back and letting my companions take<br />
the lead in situations. I'm so used to being the leader having been<br />
the senior companion almost my whole mission besides like five months.<br />
President wants me to let Elder Gunnell and Elder Thames take over and<br />
lead. I usually know what to say and I want to say it, but then I<br />
remember what my wonderful trainer, Elder Jeong, would do to help me.<br />
He would let me lead. He would let me make decisions. He would let me<br />
mess up so I could learn. I'm grateful for his example of how to be a<br />
good follower—while still leading and teaching. You da best, Elder<br />
Jeong! :)<br />
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Awesome call<br />
Last week we got a call from a member telling us about a lady named<br />
Frances who wants us to come by. Well turns out she's a single mom<br />
with like three kids who is interested in the Church! She said she<br />
would not be able to attend church because of work and custody stuff<br />
with the dad. However, by the grace of God, they switched the day Mom<br />
has the kids to weekends! So they can come to church! We have our<br />
first meeting with them tomorrow night. I can't wait.<br />
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Lessons<br />
We were able to meet with quite a few people this week, but mostly the<br />
normals. Stephanie is doing great! She's progressing to her<br />
patriarchal blessing and will be attending the temple to do baptisms<br />
here in a couple weeks. She is SO solid!<br />
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<br />
Well that's about it. Thank you all for your support and prayers. I<br />
can definitely feel it. Stay classy, Y'all. Keep prayin.<br />
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<br />
Much love,<br />
<br />
Elder Jones<br />
Buckeye 1st & Sundance Wards<br />
Arizona Phoenix Mission</span></span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">giving directions to Chris</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1 MONTH to go!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Companions</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My hamburger boy has turned into a steak man!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Thames</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Gunnell</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chris and Elder Jones Favorite member from Peoria.</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113632446276371565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250970139459167792.post-5444964938504849212016-07-12T17:26:00.002-07:002016-07-12T17:26:15.353-07:00Cue Last Transfer!--Week 100-- 98 weeks in Phoenix Mission- 13 weeks in Buckeye<div style="text-align: center;">
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Cue Last Transfer!--<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Week 100--</b></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>98 weeks in Phoenix Mission- 13 weeks in Buckeye</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dear friends and family,<br />
<br />
Greetings heroes and villains, things are going swell out here in the<br />
Buckeye Kingdom! We had a few miracles this week and I can't be more<br />
excited for my last transfer. We have a lot of potential this coming<br />
transfer. Plus I got another companion so that's cool!<br />
<br />
<br />
New companion<br />
Because Elder Thames and I are both going home at the same time,<br />
President put another elder with us so he can take over the area when<br />
we go home. Elder Gunnell is my new companion and we are getting along<br />
great! He has been out for nine months and is from Shakopee,<br />
Minnesota. He's a cool kid who played League of Legends just like me.<br />
So we have plenty to talk about. It's been a while since I've had a<br />
companion who played video games! I'm excited to get to know him<br />
better and show him around our area!<br />
<br />
Ladonna miracle!<br />
We have been teaching a lady named Ladonna for a long time. She is<br />
what we call an "eternigator," or an eternal investigator. We stopped<br />
by her place and taught her a powerful lesson on church attendance.<br />
She committed to come to church (which she has done multiple times,<br />
but never showed up). WELL SHE ACTUALLY CAME. AND LOVED IT. She said<br />
she would be back next week and we set up another time to see her. She<br />
is progressing!!! Such a cool miracle. The members were so happy to<br />
see her at church.<br />
<br />
Service<br />
We got to do some more service for the Gomez family! They are<br />
remodeling their house so we went by and helped him move some bricks<br />
and painted some of his house! We'll be going by again this week to<br />
help him paint more.<br />
<br />
Baptism!!<br />
Rusty and Liz from my last area were baptized!! Although they wanted<br />
me to baptize them, I couldn't go to the baptismal service because I<br />
have been gone from that area for more than six weeks. Kinda sad that<br />
I didn't get to go since they're two of my absolute favorites, but<br />
they were still baptized and apparently all went well! They sent me a<br />
picture of them after the baptism with their current elder, Elder<br />
Wille. It's only fitting that they were baptized by one of my favorite<br />
elders, Elder Wille! Rusty, after he was baptized, let a rubber ducky<br />
go in the font just like he promised. I told him he wouldn't do it. He<br />
did it. He's a legend. I love those people so much!<br />
<br />
<br />
So that was my week! I love you all and appreciate your kind words and<br />
prayers. I'm excited to finish strong. #REKT<br />
<br />
<br />
MUCH LOVE,<br />
<br />
Elder Jones<br />
Buckeye 1st & Sundance Wards<br />
Arizona Phoenix Mission</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kevin and his 2 companions Elders Thames and Gunnell</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The three Musketeers </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rusty, Elder Wille, and Liz at their baptism. HE LET THIS DUCKY GO</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Restoration Jenga with Stephanie!</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">And Then There Were 3...Week 99- </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Dear friends and family,<br />
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This week was pretty average, so I'm sorry if it's a lame email! Here goes!<br />
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Transfers<br />
So we got our transfer news! Elder Thames and I will be joined by a<br />
third elder, Elder Gunnell. I don't know much about him but I'm<br />
excited to meet him and spend my last transfer with him! Speaking of<br />
which.....last transfer.....yikes things are getting real.<br />
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Service<br />
We did quite a bit of service! Last Tuesday we helped our ward mission<br />
leader and his wife clean out their garage. Brother Woodruff is blind,<br />
so it was fun to help out! He is amazing. It is incredible how many<br />
things he does as if he could see. He helped us lift things, sort<br />
through things, and put things away. All while not being able to see.<br />
Yeah, he's amazing. Plus, it was like 110°F while we were cleaning out<br />
the garage.<br />
We also got to help the Gomez's again by finishing up painting in<br />
their house. They had us over to help and then fed us burgers for<br />
lunch! They're really fun people to be around. Both are high school<br />
teachers so it was nice to pick their brains about how to be a good<br />
teacher.<br />
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July 4th<br />
Well we had a pretty lame Independence Day! After we helped the<br />
Gomez's with their house, we just kinda......hung out because we<br />
couldn't go out and proselyte after 6. So we had dinner and hung out.<br />
Haha. HARDCORE! I did, however, wear my American flag tie. See<br />
attached picture. :)<br />
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Lessons<br />
We had lessons with most of the same people. We got to meet with<br />
Ladonna finally after not meeting with her for about a month. We'll<br />
see if our next appointment holds through with her!<br />
Stephanie is doing great as a recent convert. She continues to learn<br />
every day and accepts the gospel more and more. She is already seeing<br />
the blessings in her life! Man, I love being able to promise people<br />
blessings and have God follow through!! She's excited to go to the<br />
temple for baptisms and she's already super eager to get her<br />
patriarchal blessing! She is progressing—FAST.<br />
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Well that was my week! Sorry it was a short letter. I look forward to<br />
my last transfer with new opportunities to learn and grow!<br />
#FinishStrong<br />
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Much love,<br />
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Elder Jones<br />
Buckeye 1st & Sundance Wards<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113632446276371565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250970139459167792.post-83681904669596415162016-06-28T15:37:00.000-07:002016-06-28T15:37:13.409-07:00'Is This A Dream?'--Week 98-- 96 Weeks in Phoenix mission--11 Weeks in Buckeye<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">'Is This A Dream?'--Week 98-- </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">96 Weeks in Phoenix mission--11 Weeks in Buckeye</span></b></div>
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Dear friends and family,<br />
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This has been the best week of my mission so far. Everything that<br />
happened just blew my mind! Hold on to your seats...<br />
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Surprise!!<br />
On Monday evening the whole mission got an email from President<br />
Griffin telling us to be at the Glendale North stake center on<br />
Wednesday at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1624394675" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">9:30</span></span>. We needed to be in our seats no later than <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1624394676" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">9:30</span></span>. He<br />
said that he received new trainings that he was excited to teach us.<br />
Confused on why we had such short notice, we cancelled some lessons<br />
and planned to go. When <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1624394677" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Wednesday</span></span> came we drove the 40 miles up to<br />
Glendale North. We got there really early just in case traffic was<br />
bad. They directed all the missionaries into the gym to take a mission<br />
photo. I took my seat next to Elder Bryan, my bff missionary from<br />
Kaysville. Everyone was sitting and ready to go, but President Griffin<br />
wasn't there. The assistants to the president tell us all to be quiet<br />
and about 15 seconds later President and Sister Griffin walk in the<br />
door, and ELDER JEFFREY R. HOLLAND of the Quorum of the Twelve<br />
Apostles walks through the door behind them. WHAT.!?! Oh my gosh we<br />
all just about fell out of our seats. So he takes his seat (about<br />
three feet away from me...) and we take the picture. They go into the<br />
chapel to greet each of us and shake our hands. Guys, I shook the hand<br />
of my favorite Apostle. We then spent the next two hours listening to<br />
him speak to us. Since he couldn't make it a couple months ago, he<br />
said he had to make it up to us, so he came out for the day. Our<br />
Church leaders do care about us.<br />
One cool thing he said was this: "I always like shaking the hands of<br />
all the missionaries at a meeting like this. I loved it on my mission<br />
when I got to shake hands with a general authority. But I didn't<br />
really do it for you missionaries. I did it so I could personally<br />
interview each one of you as I looked each of you directly in the eyes<br />
and STARED INTO YOUR SOULS." He said, "You have a pretty great mission<br />
here. A few are struggling, but for the most part, you have a great<br />
mission. And to those of you who are struggling, welcome to life." It<br />
was seriously like the best day ever!! I got some good notes, but I<br />
really learned the most from how I felt as he spoke.<br />
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Reunited!<br />
At Elder Holland's visit I got to see lots of missionaries who I<br />
hadn't seen in a while. Elder Young told me all about Black Canyon, my<br />
last area. He told me he's surviving on bike. Haha. Apparently that<br />
area is still killing it in English and French work. Last year that<br />
ward had 22 convert baptisms. It would be cool if they broke that<br />
record again this year! I was also able to see my two favorite French<br />
missionaries, Soeurs Casagrande and Haymond! Even though they're in<br />
the Scottsdale mission, President Griffin invited them to come. It was<br />
a nice surprise! I also got to see Elders Clough and Rodriguez, and<br />
Elders Bryan and Plourde. It was good to see everyone again.<br />
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Baptism!!<br />
As if this week couldn't get any better, Stephanie got baptized! It<br />
was kind of spur of the moment, but she decided to just do it! The guy<br />
who introduced her to the gospel, Nick, was moving back to Utah in<br />
just a few days and she wanted him to baptize her. (He met her going<br />
door to door selling solar. She was interested after she asked if he<br />
was Mormon! Craaaazy story!) Since she couldn't be interviewed until<br />
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1624394678" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Friday</span></span>, we told her she probably wouldn't be able to do this week. We<br />
asked the mission presidency if we could do it the day after the<br />
interview if she passes and they said yes! Sooo we had like 4 days to<br />
prepare. We called a lot of people, set everything up, and made tons<br />
of plans to make this happen. IT HAPPENED. She passed her baptismal<br />
interview with flying colors. We had the baptism the next evening.<br />
Nick and his family were able to come and support her. The room was<br />
pretty much full of people supporting Stephanie on her big decision.<br />
Every time someone asked her how she was feeling she would say, "Is<br />
this a dream?" I then confirmed her a member of the Church <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1624394679" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Sunday</span></span>.<br />
Stephanie always said she had a problem accepting miracles. In the<br />
Bible, Book of Mormon, present day—anywhere. Miracles were hard for<br />
her. She recognized that God also recognized that about her. Her whole<br />
journey to find the Church was a series of miracles. She definitely<br />
believes God can do miracles now. The Sundance Ward will be greatly<br />
blessed by Stephanie's loving heart and positive spirit. I'm grateful<br />
to have been involved in such a conversion.<br />
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Weather<br />
It continues to be outrageously hot out here. From 105–115°F every<br />
day. It was 120°F a couple weeks ago. Yeah, no thanks.<br />
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Well that was my week! Next week is transfers so our pday will most<br />
likely be <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1624394680" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Tuesday</span></span>, but because of Independence Day, it might just be<br />
Monday this transfer. We'll see! Have a great week and keep doing<br />
good!<br />
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Much love,<br />
<br />
Elder Jones<br />
Buckeye 1st & Sundance Wards<br />
Arizona Phoenix Mission</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span>Elder Plourde and me at Elder Holland's visit! I love this bald teenager. Too bad he's Canadian.</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113632446276371565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250970139459167792.post-49481779400115016112016-06-20T20:53:00.002-07:002016-06-20T20:53:48.571-07:00Little Kittens!!---Week 97- 95 Weeks in Phoenix Mission- 10 Weeks in Buckeye<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Little Kittens!!---Week 97- </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">95 Weeks in Phoenix Mission- 10 Weeks in Buckeye</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Dear friends and family,<br />
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We had a great, great week. Lots of cool stuff happened and we have<br />
some pretty cool news!!<br />
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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY AGAIN, DAD!!! :)<br />
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Cool news<br />
We have been teaching Stephanie since my second week in Buckeye, so a<br />
couple months now. She has been eating everything up and accepting the<br />
gospel. She comes to church, and how we found her is just a pure<br />
miracle. (The solar guy story...if you haven't heard it, ask me and<br />
I'll tell you!) She's just hung up on one principle, but she is coming<br />
to terms with it. Well, we went by and talked to her about the 13<br />
Articles of Faith and had a good meeting with her. Later that night,<br />
she texted us asking if THIS <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_867207030" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">COMING SATURDAY</span></span> WOULD BE TOO EARLY FOR<br />
HER TO BE BAPTIZED? Of COURSE not!! Everyone is super busy so she<br />
won't be able to get her interview until <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_867207031" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Friday</span></span> so it'll probably be<br />
the next <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_867207032" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday, July 2</span></span>. Nevertheless, she will be baptized and I<br />
will be here to see it. So exciting!!<br />
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Little Kittens!<br />
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_867207033" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">On Monday</span></span> we did a family home evening with a member family and after<br />
the lesson their 6 year old daughter came into the living room with<br />
two baby kittens!!! They were so dang cute! I got to hold them and<br />
watch them wrestle. Definitely the cutest thing ever. One of their<br />
names is Cuddles. Now if that's not the cutest name ever, I don't know<br />
what is. Totally worth the itchy eyes.<br />
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The Frank's family baptism<br />
If you remember from my first email from Buckeye, I wrote about the<br />
family of five who walked in to sacrament meeting all with mullets.<br />
Well, we talked to them that <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_867207034" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Sunday</span></span> and referred them to their ward<br />
and missionaries. They got baptized <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_867207035" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Saturday</span></span>!! The whole family! It<br />
was such a great baptism. Plus, Stephanie was able to go and see what<br />
a baptism is like. It was that night that she said she wants to be<br />
baptized. I'm sure that experience had a big impact on her.<br />
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Exchange<br />
I was able to go on exchange with Elder Thaut's new companion, Elder<br />
Bies. (Pronounced Buys) He's from Utah and is finishing up his mission<br />
here after 15 months in England. He's a really funny guy so we had a<br />
blast. I even introduced him to Arizona's best drink—Mucho Mango.<br />
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Raffa<br />
We've started teaching a young man named Raffa (that's his nickname)<br />
and he is doing great. He lives with members and is curious about what<br />
the Church believes. We have taught him twice now, and he is pretty<br />
solid! We invited him to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it and<br />
he said he would. We invited him to be baptized, and he's all for it<br />
if he received the witness that it's true. Well, let me rephrase that:<br />
WHEN he finds out it's true. :)<br />
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Weather<br />
Yesterday was the hottest day of my mission so far. It was 120°F. I<br />
never want to endure a day like that again!<br />
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Well, that's about all that I can remember! I hope you all had a great<br />
week. I'd love to hear from you all! Shoot me an email!<br />
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Much love,<br />
<br />
Elder Jones<br />
Buckeye 1st & Sundance Wards<br />
Arizona Phoenix Mission </span><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113632446276371565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250970139459167792.post-13556710887356512222016-06-14T19:24:00.000-07:002016-06-14T19:24:21.531-07:00Don't Be Toxic!!---week 96- 94 weeks in Phoenix Mission- 9 weeks in Buckeye<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b> Don't Be Toxic!!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> Week 96- 94 weeks in Phoenix Mission- 9 weeks in Buckeye</b></span></div>
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Dear friends and family,<br />
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Today marks a very surreal milestone. I entered the MTC 22 months ago<br />
today. Here's to two more months of sharing the gospel of Jesus<br />
Christ!!! It was a fairly average week, we just taught more than<br />
usual. Nothing spectacular!<br />
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Lessons<br />
So we ended the week with 7 investigator lessons and 4 recent convert<br />
lessons which is super good for this area! I'll highlight our best<br />
lesson.<br />
Stephanie: She really enjoyed meeting members at church last week, so<br />
we brought the Marrs with us to a lesson. Sister Marr and Stephanie<br />
are just like the same person. I'm so glad the Spirit prompted us to<br />
bring them to a lesson! The Marrs picked her up for church and sat<br />
with her during church and relief society!<br />
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New investigators<br />
We picked up two new investigators as well! We were visiting a recent<br />
convert family and they have some friends living with them. They<br />
agreed to have us teach them! They're pretty interested and they said<br />
they'd read and pray!<br />
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Finding<br />
We spent a lot of time out and about trying to find new people to<br />
teach. We didn't find much immediate success from that, but the Lord<br />
definitely blessed us with a fruitful week! It's a great thing to be<br />
so close to so many members. And I haven't even been here very long!<br />
Hopefully next week we'll have more news about upcoming baptisms!<br />
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Zone meeting<br />
We had a great zone meeting which focused on building unity in the<br />
zone. Recently people have been pretty tense and biting toward each<br />
other. I led a discussion on helping increase unity and communication.<br />
I introduced a League of Legends term, "toxic", to the zone. In<br />
League, "toxic" means you're being a bad sport, blaming everyone else,<br />
and just a jerk overall. No one wants to play with toxic players, and<br />
they almost always lose. So we applied that to missionaries. We can't<br />
be toxic!!<br />
#DontBeToxic<br />
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That's about all that happened with my week! Sorry if it was kinda<br />
lame! Have a great week everyone! :)<br />
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Much love,<br />
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Elder Jones<br />
Buckeye 1st & Sundance Ward<br />
Arizona Phoenix Mission</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meeting w/ Chris</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elders Thames and Jones</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "TAG" picture</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zone</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My love has returned to stores!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I'm beautiful inside!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Zone</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113632446276371565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250970139459167792.post-81224663869007191492016-06-07T17:02:00.001-07:002016-06-07T17:02:51.515-07:00Baby Cows and Korean Food!-Week 95, 93 Weeks in Phoenix, 8 weeks in Buckeye<h2 class="hP" id=":2d8" style="text-align: center;" tabindex="-1">
Baby Cows and Korean Food!<b><span style="font-size: large;">-- Week 95, </span></b></h2>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">93 Weeks in Phoenix, 8 weeks in Buckeye</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dear friends and family,<br />
<br />
This week was choc-full of fun stuff! Well, not really, but it was<br />
still fun. Lots of cancellations, but also a lot of happenings. Here<br />
we go.<br />
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<br />
Baby cow<br />
I guess the proper word for baby cow is calf, but "baby cow" sounds so<br />
much better... Elder Thames hadn't met the Buckeye First Ward's bishop<br />
very well yet, so we stopped by <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_234503126" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Tuesday</span></span> evening. After talking for<br />
a little bit, they asked if we wanted to see their baby cow in their<br />
backyard. Uhh....YES?! Is that even a question? Well, apparently its<br />
mom died so they rescued him. His name is Jorge, and he is the cutest<br />
thing ever. He is being bottle fed and petted on an hourly basis. That<br />
thing is a pet! Bishop Gable said he won't be much of a pet when he<br />
gets 400 pounds! So anyway, it was a good night because I hugged a<br />
baby cow. Oh, and the bishop gave us some good referrals. That was<br />
good too! :)<br />
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Korean food<br />
There is a member in the Sundance ward who served his mission in South<br />
Korea, Brother Dorrough. He is a super fun guy and loved his mission.<br />
Funny, I told him that my trainer, Elder Jeong, is from Korea and he<br />
asked his name and I showed him a picture....he knew him! From Korea!!<br />
Pretty small world, huh? But anyway, he had us over for dinner on<br />
Friday. One of his old missionary companions was visiting from Utah—he<br />
just so happens to be a freaking chef! So he and Brother Dorrough<br />
prepared an authentic Korean dinner for us. It was sooooooooo good! My<br />
favorite meal so far on my mission! I ate so much. Of course I got<br />
pictures. It just so happened to be his old companion's birthday, so<br />
we sang him happy birthday....in Korean. (Thanks, Elder Jeong, for<br />
teaching me that almost two years ago!!) It was a blast.<br />
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Baptism<br />
Kinda a heartbreak for me, but it all turned out okay! So we have been<br />
teaching this 8 year-old kid, Morian, before he gets baptized to make<br />
sure he understands the Church because his family was less-active<br />
until now. His uncle is the only priesthood holder in his family, but<br />
he was going to be out of town for his baptism. So he asked me to<br />
baptize him!! We showed up to his baptism (it was stake baptisms, so<br />
there were three 8-year-olds being baptized) and I got dressed in my<br />
baptismal clothes. Turns out his uncle was able to make it! So I<br />
changed again! Nevertheless he got baptized and he gave me a big hug<br />
afterward and said, "Thanks for teaching me, Elder Jones!" With a big<br />
smile. Yeah, it was special.<br />
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Stephanie<br />
We've been working with Stephanie for a while now and she finally made<br />
it to a normal church service! (Not stake conferences....she had been<br />
to two of those...) She really enjoyed it and no one said anything<br />
blasphemous during testimony meeting which is always a scary thought<br />
when you have an investigator at church for the first time... She<br />
stayed all three hours and enjoyed all of it. She was the last one out<br />
of the relief society room after church was over because everyone<br />
wanted to meet her! The Sundance ward has some dang good<br />
fellowshippers.<br />
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New Investigator!<br />
We have been doing pretty well at finding people the past couple<br />
weeks. It's a pretty slow area, so the fact that we have found 2 new<br />
investigators the past two weeks is big! We visited a Part member<br />
family and got in! Sister Quillin is not a member of the Church, and<br />
she has had the missionary lessons a couple times. The teaching<br />
records show that she struggles with faith a little bit, but she<br />
seemed pretty faithful. We shared a message about the Book of Mormon<br />
and its importance. She agreed that it is important and she committed<br />
to start reading again! It looks like we caught them at the perfect<br />
time. She had just been thinking about starting to read the Book of<br />
Mormon again, we showed up, shared a message about the Book of Mormon,<br />
and invited her to have us teach her. Plus, she's a teacher, so she<br />
has the summer off! She said things are falling together. I love when<br />
I notice when I'm being promoted by the Spirit to visit certain<br />
people, share certain messages, and so on. It's a great feeling.<br />
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HOTTTT<br />
YEAH it's been so darn hot. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_234503128" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday</span></span> was 117°! Last year it didn't get<br />
that hot until the end of July. This summer is gonna finish me off<br />
strong. Haha! At least I'm only in it for 5 minutes at a time, not 5<br />
hours at a time. ;) #CarLife<br />
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Well that's about all that happened this week. Maybe a couple small<br />
things I forgot, but it's okay. It'll do! Have a good week, everyone!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Korean FEAST with the Dorroughs!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and baby cow. Bishop Gable lookin on in the background! </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love that guy! </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr>
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Left to right: Elders Thames, Thaut, Price, Weston, Jones, Romney,<br />
Petersen, Davis, Elliott, Dwigans, Jensen, Preisdent Griffin....<br />
Sitting: Hermanas Zamora, Lawrence, Lever, Sister Williams, Sister<br />
Griffin</td></tr>
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Elder Jones<br />
Buckeye 1st and Sundance Wards<br />
Arizona Phoenix Mission </span></span></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113632446276371565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250970139459167792.post-43792320435486594042016-05-31T11:44:00.000-07:002016-05-31T11:44:20.115-07:00Training: Round 3--Week 94, 92 weeks in Phoenix Mission- 7 Weeks in Buckeye<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Training: Round 3--Week 94, </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">92 weeks in Phoenix Mission- 7 Weeks in Buckeye</span></b></div>
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Dear friends and family,<br />
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A lot happened this week!! It feels like an eternity since last pday<br />
because of all of the stuff going on. Lots of changes happened out<br />
here in Buckeye. Here we go!<br />
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New companion<br />
Elder Sumsion went home <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_612328741" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Tuesday</span></span> morning so I got a new companion on<br />
Wednesday! I spent Monday, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_612328743" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Tuesday</span></span>, and <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_612328744" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Wednesday</span></span> morning with Elders<br />
Price, Thaut, and Weston. Elder Ockey, Elder Weston's old companion,<br />
was just made the assistant to the president. Soooo Elder Weston and I<br />
both needed new companions. What happened was definitely not what we<br />
expected. Elders Thaut, Weston, and Price combined areas and are<br />
serving in a tripanionship (3 of them), covering 4 wards. YIKES. So<br />
needless to say they're really busy. I am training again for the third<br />
time. President Griffin My new companion is Elder Thames (pronounced<br />
"Tim's") and he's from Tucson, AZ! He is serving a three-month mission<br />
to see if he can handle the two year mission. So far he is doing<br />
great! I'm learning a lot from him. He's different from all of the<br />
companions I've had, but I really enjoy being with him. He's always<br />
happy and is SUPER grateful to be out on a mission. I'm excited to<br />
continue working with him. Because of the weird transfer, they moved<br />
the Spanish Hermanas into the Buckeye district, so we have 7 in our<br />
district now. It's weird having sister missionaries in my district; I<br />
haven't had them in my district since my first area, 18 months ago!<br />
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Miracle knock<br />
We got out of our dinner appointment a little early on Elder Thames's<br />
first day in the area. We decided to knock on a referral's door that<br />
hadn't been home the past five or so times we've tried. We knocked,<br />
and she answered! And let us in! And accepted a return appointment! So<br />
we got a new investigator off Elder Thames's first contact! Pretty<br />
cool! Her name is Crystal and she came to church <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_612328745" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Sunday</span></span>!<br />
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Sacrament<br />
Yesterday at church we were asked to help bless the sacrament because<br />
of the shortage of people at church because of the holiday! It was<br />
awesome to be able to do that again. I hadn't done it <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_612328746" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">in 2 years</span></span>!<br />
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I don't really know much else that happened this week; we've basically<br />
been visiting members to get Elder Thames acquainted with them. We had<br />
a couple good lessons but nothing out of the ordinary. I'm looking<br />
forward to a great transfer! Have a great week everyone! :)<br />
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Much love,<br />
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Elder Jones<br />
Buckeye 1st & Sundance Wards<br />
Arizona Phoenix Mission</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Thaut always making faces!</td></tr>
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--Buckeye is Home<b><span style="font-size: large;">--Week 93--</span></b></h2>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> 91 weeks in Phoenix Mission, 6 weeks in Buckeye area</span></b></h2>
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Dear friends and family,<br />
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It's transfer week and I don't have a companion! Well, I kind of do. I'm staying with </div>
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Elder Weston right now as his temporary companion because Elder Sumsion, my </div>
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companion, went home today and Elder Weston's companion was made the new </div>
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assistant to the president. So Elder Weston and I are kicking it at his place. I'd </div>
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love to email y'all! Our week was full of....stuff. Here goes!<br />
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Temple Trip Bust<br />
Elder Sumsion and I had planned to go to the Phoenix temple last<br />
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sign on the door that says, "Temple closed for maintenance." Sooooo we didn't get </div>
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to go. But we drove through Verrado, a really high class community, and took some </div>
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cool pictures on a hill. So that was fun.....haha<br />
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Companionless<br />
Elder Sumsion went home today so I've been hanging out with Elder Weston. He's a </div>
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fun guy! It brings back good times from when he was in my district in Peoria a long </div>
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time ago. We receive our companions<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1050973684" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"> tomorrow</span></span>. Can't wait to find out who he will be!<br />
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Driving a lot<br />
Elder Sumsion had his exit interview up at the mission office in<br />
Peoria so we got to drive all the way up there <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1050973685" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Saturday</span></span>. Yep,<br />
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Investigators<br />
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and is looking forward to coming to a real church service. As a missionary stake</div>
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conference really throws a wrench in your plans. Stephanie finally got to come to </div>
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church and see what it's like—and there were 6 times as many people there because</div>
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it was conference! Oh well—the message is (usually) always the same. Thank goodness </div>
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no one got up and preached deep doctrine. DON'T DO THAT, PEOPLE! Anyway, we </div>
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got to have lunch and a lesson with Stephanie this week with a member. She really likes </div>
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the members of the church! Her one big hang up is tithing, but she'll be able to get over </div>
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that soon. She understands the principle and sees its importance, but she can't see how</div>
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it will be possible for her to pay it. Faith has never been a part of her life, so having </div>
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to exercise that much faith right at the start kind of scares her. Like I said, though, </div>
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she'll get it. She is exercising her faith by following the other commandments first. </div>
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Building blocks, I guess!<br />
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I Mean Something.<br />
There was a very tender moment for Elder Sumsion and me this week. We have been working with am older lady named Ruth since I got here 6 weeks ago. Over those 6 weeks she has opened up quite a bit. We would go in and teach her, she would feel the Spirit, but she never really grasped it. We came to the conclusion that we need to serve her more! So we helped with her weeds, yard sale, and we mowed her yard. We would serve her every week in addition to teaching her. We went by to visit her before Elder Sumsion left and she cried. (Side note—I hate seeing old people cry. It's probably the worst thing ever!!) She told us we have been better to her than her own kids. She told us how much<br />
we mean to her. Man, right there, I feel like I saw her how God sees her. That lady has gone through so much and has kept her faith centered on God.<br />
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Weather<br />
It's been pretty nice recently! Upper 80's, lower 90's...we even got<br />
some rain one day! (Of course, the day we did yard work for Ruth!)<br />
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Photo shoot<br />
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1050973686" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">On Sunday</span></span> night we went over to Gilbert's house, a recent convert. His wife is a member returning to activity. They are great to us. Gilbert takes pictures professionally, and since Elder Sumsion was getting transferred he offered to give us a little photo shoot. It was super fun! Hopefully I'll get the pictures from him soon. Some were serious, but most were just us messing around.<br />
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Well, that's about all that happened this week. I am excited to find<br />
out who my new companion will be!! I hope you all have a great week.<br />
Email me!<br />
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Much love,<br />
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Elder Jones<br />
Buckeye 1st & Sundance Wards<br />
Arizona Phoenix Mission</div>
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Good afternoon! I received my new companion today and he's pretty cool! His name is Elder Thames (pronounced Tim's) and he's from Tucson, AZ. He is doing a 12-week trial mission and is super excited to serve. He's brand new! Doesn't even have a name tag yet! They're working on that one. :) It looks like he has a great work ethic. I'm excited to work with him! I'll attach a picture. Lots of changes happened down here in Buckeye. I'll give more updates <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1050973687" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Monday</span></span>. Have a great week!</div>
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ELDER GARDNER! :)</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">He's Hearing Plane Sounds-week 92</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">90 weeks in Phoenix mission, 5 weeks in Buckeye</span></b></div>
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Big dogs<br />
A week before I got to this area, the missionaries baptized a brother and a sister who live</div>
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together, the Gomez's. They are really awesome; they're both teachers and have a great </div>
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sense of humor. They have three dogs—BIG dogs. For this reason, we usually meet at </div>
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the church for our lessons with them. We had dinner with them this week, so we met at </div>
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their house. They have two really big dogs (I'm not sure the breed) and a huge Dalmatian. </div>
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I'll attach a picture I took with him. His name is Max.<br />
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Plane Sounds<br />
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One morning during studies I looked over at him and he was just reading his flight itinerary</div>
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"Yeah, that plane was so close it almost hit me." From what I have observed, he is most </div>
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wants. Can you tell we're pretty opposite? Haha!<br />
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Interviews<br />
We also had interviews with President Griffin this week. During my interview he thanked me </div>
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for what I have contributed to the mission. He said that he's "expended his limits" on asking </div>
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me to do difficult things for him. Haha. He told me he's going to give me a companion who</div>
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will be able to take over the area when I go home. He said I'm either going to train a new </div>
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missionary who is really solid, or I'm just going to get a solid veteran. (Crossing my </div>
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fingers for that one...) So I guess we'll see! I'll find out next week.<br />
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Bike Box Hassle<br />
Elder Sumsion has been trying to mail his bike home all week! We had interviews in </div>
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Goodyear this week so while we were over there we took his bike in to Sport Chalet, </div>
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a sports store that ships bikes. Well, they're going out of business so they discontinued </div>
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all services. They referred us to a bike shop in Litchfield Park that ships bikes cheap. </div>
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So we went there, and they told us they don't ship bikes. So we drove back home...still </div>
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with his bike! We're pretty sure we figured it out though.<br />
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Investigators<br />
We've been struggling finding new people to teach out here, but we're still working hard. </div>
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The investigators we do have are pretty solid. The three we're working with the most right </div>
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now are Stephanie, Ladonna, and Ruth.<br />
Stephanie: She is our most solid investigator. I have talked about her before in previous letters. </div>
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She is the referral we got from the Solar guy. She just got a new job that allows her to hav<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1231567072" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">e </span></span></div>
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<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1231567072" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Sunday</span></span>'s off and come to church! She recognizes that the Lord helped her get that job so </div>
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she could come to church. She is accepting almost all of what we teach her, but she has a </div>
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couple hang ups. Her biggest one is how her family will take it. She's working on that, and </div>
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continues to keep all of her commitments. It's really refreshing to have someone who </div>
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doesn't cancel appointments, keeps commitments, and isn't absolutely Glendale crazy.</div>
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Funny story—she asked me what my favorite soda is and I told her Mtn. Dew Baja Blast </div>
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from Taco Bell and at our next lesson she gave me a can of it. She had gone out and </div>
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gotten me Baja blast! It was awesome!! Luckily she doesn't like it so she said every time</div>
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we come over I have to drink one to get rid of them. I think I can handle that!!<br />
Ladonna: Ladonna isn't the most solid investigator in the world, but she's really sincere. </div>
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Missionaries have been meeting with her for a while now, but recently she's been making </div>
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some progress. She loves the Book of Mormon, but she also loves the current church she </div>
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attends. She also has 6 children at home from the ages of 6-20. The two oldest boys are </div>
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huge NBA fans and huge black guys! (20 & 17). I started talking basketball with them </div>
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and really connected with them. The 17 year old said, "Man, for a little white guy you </div>
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sure know your hoops." Hahaha. I jokingly told him I probably know more about it than </div>
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he does! So now they love it when we come by, when before they would usually just go<br />
into separate rooms. The next step is getting them to sit in on a lesson!<br />
Ruth: She is an older lady for whom we have been doing a lot of<br />
service. She is so grateful when we help her out. She was pretty<br />
closed off, but since we have been helping her recently she has been opening up </div>
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and actually becoming more interested in coming to church. It's been awesome </div>
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seeing her change!<br />
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Weather<br />
Yep, it's summer again. It's been in the 100's quite a bit this week. Lucky us!<br />
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Tornado Anniversary<br />
I find it quite confusing why they would hold graduation on Sunday, May 22 this year...</div>
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I hope no one is superstitious...<br />
A lot of members have been asking me about the tornado recently. Home will definitely </div>
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be in my thought<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1231567074" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">s this Sund</span></span>ay. Can't believe it's been 5 years since that monster </div>
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loving one another. I'm looking forward to finding out who my new companion will</div>
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be next week! Elder Sumsion is looking forward to flying home! As of today, I will </div>
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be home in exactly 3 months. It's getting close! Too close!<br />
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Much love,<br />
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Elder Jones<br />
Buckeye 1st & Sundance Wards<br />
Arizona Phoenix Mission</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113632446276371565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250970139459167792.post-5953249566493426762016-05-09T18:44:00.000-07:002016-05-09T18:44:40.979-07:00Under 100 Days!!---week 91, - 89 weeks in Phoenix Mission, - 4 weeks in Buckeye<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Under 100 Days!!---week 91, </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">- 89 weeks in Phoenix Mission, - 4 weeks in Buckeye</span></b></div>
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Dear friends and family,<br />
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We had a really great week. It was pretty crazy. I'll just get right into it.<br />
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Crazy Sunday<br />
This Sunday was unlike any Sunday I've had on my mission. We were<br />
asked to teach sharing time during primary in Sundance, both junior<br />
and senior. So we were kinda stressing about that but we knew it would<br />
be fun. We have Buckeye 1st Ward first, so we went to church and right<br />
before sacrament meeting started we got a text at 9am from the<br />
Sundance bishop asking if we could fill in for someone who cancelled<br />
their sacrament meeting talk last minute. Uhhh, sure.... So we had an<br />
hour to scramble together something to say. We spoke in sacrament<br />
meeting—on Mother's Day—last minute. I felt pretty good about it,<br />
considering I've spoken on either Mother's Day or Father's Day since I<br />
was 12....including my mission. (I spoke on Father's Day last year...)<br />
Then we went in to primary and spent church in there. Man, primary is<br />
so fun! Kids have the sweetest testimonies. After church so many<br />
people came up to us and thanked us for all we did. So we gained a ton<br />
of trust in just one Sunday. Moral of the story: Help the ward! After<br />
church we got to skype our families! It was great getting to see<br />
everyone again. The next time I see them it will be in an airport!<br />
That's such a crazy thought. Mother's Day was also my 100-days-left<br />
milestone. Sunday was great.<br />
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Exchange<br />
I led the area for the first time with Elder Price. I served with him<br />
in Glendale, too, so it was a fun reunion. He got to meet most of our<br />
investigators! <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_746842502" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">We had a grea</span></span>t lesson with Stephanie about the Plan of<br />
Salvation. She had tons of questions that we were able to answer. She<br />
said that she never understood Adam and Eve, and everything clicked<br />
when we explained that it was part of God's plan. She has also never<br />
understood why a loving God would only prepare two places: Heaven, or<br />
Hell. She loved the idea of the Kingdoms of glory. She is reading the<br />
Book of Mormon, the Bible, and the pamphlets we leave with her. She is<br />
progressing well. We had dinner and watched the Joseph Smith movie<br />
with another investigator, James, and his wife who is a member. Then<br />
we helped Ruth, another investigator, clean up the remains of her yard<br />
sale. In the rain. It was pretty miserable, but fun! (You won't<br />
understand unless you're a missionary!)<br />
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Zone Conference<br />
It wasn't my favorite meeting, but it was great. Our whole district<br />
wore pink ties, pink wristbands, and pink socks in support of Elder<br />
Price's mom who was just diagnosed with cancer. Here in the Buckeye<br />
District we have true unity! The meeting was all about how we're<br />
called to be "fishers of men." We need to keep our lines in the water<br />
as much as we can so we can find those who have been prepared to<br />
receive the gospel. President Griffin taught us more about how to work<br />
better with members. He always relates it to his business in Montana.<br />
I got to say goodbye to Elder Gardner, who will be going home in two<br />
weeks. I'm gonna miss that guy. (Oh, and by the way, I drove all the<br />
way up to Surprise on a major interstate. I know you don't believe it,<br />
Mom!)<br />
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Weather<br />
Well, it broke 100°F this week and I've never been more grateful to be<br />
in a car. Haha!<br />
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That was my week, sorry it was a little short. We are teaching quite a<br />
few people right now and I'm just loving it here in Buckeye. Thanks<br />
for all the support you send me! Speaking of sending me things, SEND<br />
ME A LETTER! Please!! :) My address is:<br />
<br />
Elder Kevin Jones<br />
23429 W. Hopi St<br />
Buckeye, AZ 85326<br />
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Thanks for all your prayers. I love you all!<br />
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Elder Jones<br />
Buckeye 1st & Sundance Wards<br />
Arizona Phoenix Mission</div>
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Thaut, Jones, Sumsion.</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113632446276371565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250970139459167792.post-50913403330516201612016-05-02T18:23:00.000-07:002016-05-02T18:23:52.646-07:00Disappointment Central -Week 90- 88 Weeks in Phoenix mission- 3 weeks in Buckeye<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Disappointment Central -Week 90- </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">88 Weeks in Phoenix mission- 3 weeks in Buckeye</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dear friends and family,<br />
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Well this week was a huge disappointment. All is well, it just seemed like everything that could go wrong did go wrong! We had a couple good lessons which made this week alright. We also did some service for a couple people.<br />
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Elder Holland and Elder Robbins.....yeah about that.....<br />
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_215292317" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Thursday</span></span> was the long awaited day that I would finally meet an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ! While on my mission I have been able to meet various Seventies, Area Seventies, and other Church leaders. But<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_215292318" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"> Thursday</span></span> the anticipation was thick because of the special guests—Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and Elder Lynn G. Robbins of the Presidency of the Seventy. We arrived early to the Glendale North stake center and began to place ourselves for the picture when the Brethren would arrive. In walked Elder Robbins and President Griffin. They said Elder Holland's plane had a minor delay, and that he would be here shortly. We took the picture and filed into the chapel after meeting and shaking hands with Elder Robbins. I took my seat next to Elder Bryan—whom I miss dearly—and began preparing for the meeting. President Griffin got up to the pulpit to start the meeting and said, "Elders and Sisters, I have some disappointing news...Elder Holland's plane is still delayed. He won't be able to make it in time for our meeting." We were all devastated. Elder Robbins told us that when Elder Holland heard that he wouldn't be able to make it to speak to us, he was devastated too. The meeting went on and Elder Robbins taught very powerfully about agency and responsibility being linked together. The two doctrines cannot be separated. We have the agency to choose what we do, but we<br />
don't have the agency to choose whether or not we are responsible. It was a GREAT discussion and it was well needed throughout the mission. We could tell that Elder Robbins was trying to stall the meeting in hopes that Elder Holland would arrive in time to meet us. At about<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_215292319" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"> 4:45</span></span>, Elder Robbins received an email that Elder Holland had landed in Phoenix and was 45 minutes away. We all got SO excited. Elder Robbins said that he had to close the meeting. We were all devastated again. Twice <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_215292320" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">in one day</span></span>! He was coming to speak to the single adults in the area and wanted to speak to the missionaries before then. Just saying....we would have had plenty of time. But it wasn't my call! So we all went back to our areas, and a member of the Twelve Apostles arrived 10 minutes after we left. Talk about a heartbreak... Thank goodness Elder Robbins's message was on point.<br />
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Investigators<br />
Our investigators are doing well. Stephanie is still keeping all of<br />
her commitments which is so cool! She was wondering how she would recognize the Spirit when she prays about the Book of Mormon. We explained to her how the Spirit feels. I felt impressed to tell her that if she feels good when we come by, that's the Spirit speaking to her. Her eyes got big and she said, "I was just thinking about how I have been feeling since you guys started coming over....I feel so much better! I really want this to be true!" The Lord is showing Himself in her life which is so cool to watch. Our other investigators are doing well, but not much to mention.<br />
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Service<br />
We did lots of yard work this week. One was with a less active family. He was really grateful and actually came to church yesterday! He's trying to get his life together and it seems like he's going to the right place to help. His son, Dalton, is 18 and also looking to do better. He is going to come with us to a few lessons this week which will be so fun! He's a nice guy!!<br />
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That's about all that happened. Have a great week!<br />
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Much love,<br />
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Elder Jones<br />
Buckeye 1st & Sundance Wards<br />
Arizona Phoenix Mission</span></div>
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(not)Elder Holland! Elder Clough, Thaut, me, and Rodriguez!</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113632446276371565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250970139459167792.post-37613585387962295732016-04-25T18:28:00.001-07:002016-04-25T18:28:37.443-07:00"How Did You Know That?!" Week 89- 87 Weeks in Phoenix Mission-- 2nd week in Buckeye<h2 class="hP" id=":12g" style="text-align: center;" tabindex="-1">
"How Did You Know That?!"</h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Week 89- 87 Weeks in Phoenix Mission-- 2nd week in Buckeye</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dear friends and family,<br />
<br />
We had a really great week here in Buckeye! Lots happened and we<br />
reached most of our proselyting goals! I'll try to put everything into<br />
words.<br />
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New investigators<br />
We found two new people to teach this week!! Both are pretty cool<br />
stories. The two people we found are James and Stephanie.<br />
-James: James is the new husband of a member. He is a really cool guy.<br />
He works on bicycles and is really good at what he does. James was in<br />
a very serious car accident a few months ago which has hindered his<br />
mobility. He can still get around, but he's very slow and steady. The<br />
accident didn't affect his funny personality, however. He cracks<br />
jokes, laughs, and still has a great time. He came to church last<br />
Sunday and had a lot of questions about the Book of Mormon and Joseph<br />
Smith. We were able to teach him the Restoration and he understands it<br />
all now. He is excited to learn more.<br />
-Stephanie: Okay, this story is pretty cool. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1254118638" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Monday</span></span> night we were<br />
visiting the Hert family, who are less-active. We park, go inside, and<br />
sit down and talk for a little bit. Right before we say the opening<br />
prayer, someone knocks on their door. Sister Hert answers the door and<br />
then says, "Uh, Elders, the solar salesman wants to talk to you." We<br />
go over there, and the solar salesman, Jared, talks to us. He said he<br />
saw us walk inside. He had just finished selling solar to a lady up<br />
the street and he had a great conversation about the Church with her.<br />
He told us we should stop by and give her a Book of Mormon. So...we<br />
went by the next day! She answered and was a bit confused about who we<br />
were. We told her we were missionaries and Jared sent us. She let us<br />
in and we talked with her for a little bit and set up a return<br />
appointment. We went back <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1254118639" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Saturday</span></span> and she was there waiting for<br />
us. She invited us in and we had a great lesson with her. She had read<br />
the whole Restoration pamphlet and had started reading the Book of<br />
Mormon. She had lots of questions about it so we did a brief rundown<br />
of the book. As we were talking about Moroni burying the plates, she<br />
said, "Oh! Moroni is the son of Mormon, right?" Mine and Elder<br />
Sumsion's jaws dropped. We both laughed and said, "How did you know<br />
that?!" She said that she remembered it from reading. So this must be<br />
what it's like to have a solid investigator. Haha! We continued on and<br />
taught a little more about the Book of Mormon and set up another time<br />
to visit her. Yeah—she's solid.<br />
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Exchange<br />
I was able to go on an exchange with Elder Thaut in his area. It was<br />
great getting to be his companion again, even if it was just for a<br />
day!! He serves out in west Buckeye, the third biggest area in the<br />
mission. They live with members in the middle of nowhere—off a dirt<br />
road, and off THAT dirt road. It was super fun riding around in the<br />
middle of nowhere. There are lots of crazy people out there. I'm glad<br />
I serve in the more affluent part of Buckeye. :) We taught a couple<br />
lessons and reminisced about when we were companions.<br />
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Working out<br />
For those of you who don't know, my companion, Elder Sumsion, is a big<br />
workout freak. I've always wanted to get bigger, but never had much<br />
motivation to work out. With Elder Sumsion's help, I have started<br />
working out morning and night! I'm not doing anything too intense, but<br />
enough to feel and see results hopefully. Well, it's not very intense<br />
for Elder Sumsion...it's pretty intense for me! Needless to say I'm<br />
not very good at working out, but he's helping me a lot! My arms are<br />
almost always super tired. So that's that.<br />
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Yard work<br />
We went over to one of our investigator's house to help her with her<br />
yard. She's an older lady with a lot of health problems so she can't<br />
get out much. She is a smoker, so every time we go over there to teach<br />
we always have to come home and change and shower before we go out<br />
again. Anyway, we were just pulling weeds and trimming her hedges when<br />
a van pulls up. Two ladies got out and walked in. They were Jehovah's<br />
Witnesses! They didn't really see who we were because we weren't in<br />
our shirts and ties, just our tshirt and shorts. We went in to get<br />
some water and they saw our name tags. After we introduced ourselves<br />
one of the ladies said, "Well, we were just finishing up anyway. We'll<br />
see you folks later." And they left hahah! I guess that's all it<br />
takes. I kinda wanted to sit in on their "lesson"...would have been<br />
fun. :)<br />
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Weather<br />
It has been pretty hot this week! Man, being in a car makes the days<br />
go by so much faster. I feel like I'm able to get more done too. Like<br />
nobody walks the roads here in Buckeye so it's not like we miss<br />
talking to very many people. Sometimes Elder Sumsion and I get out and<br />
walk around a little to talk to people. It's pretty fun!<br />
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So that's about all that happened this week. We got to teach quite a<br />
bit and do some service. I'll attach a couple pictures of our zone<br />
hike this afternoon. Hopefully we'll have another successful week this<br />
week. Elder Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will be here<br />
to speak to our mission <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1254118640" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Thursday</span></span> afternoon....hopefully he doesn't<br />
send me home! Just kidding, Mom, calm down :) Have a great week<br />
everyone!<br />
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Much love,<br />
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Elder Jones<br />
Buckeye 1st & Sundance Wards<br />
Arizona Phoenix Mission</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks like Arizona. Dirt, dirt, random brush, cacti, dirt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Weston gave me a piggy back ride!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bolo tie!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Thaut's area (the boonies)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On exchanges with Elder Thaut (THE CAR IS NOT MOVING DON'T WORRY.....)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">weekly selfie!</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113632446276371565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250970139459167792.post-72180653198971070692016-04-18T19:05:00.001-07:002016-04-18T19:10:26.305-07:00Buckeye Fever!--Week 88- 86 weeks in Phoenix- 1 week in Buckeye<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Buckeye Fever!--</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Week 88- 86 weeks in Phoenix- 1 week in Buckeye</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Dear friends and family,<br />
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Greetings from my new area in Buckeye, Arizona! I love it here! My new<br />
companion is Elder Sumsion. He goes home <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_787443706" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">in six weeks</span></span>. We get along<br />
really well!! Here was my week!<br />
<br />
Transfers<br />
Well, I knew where I was going so transfers were pretty low stress.<br />
All of my favorite elders in Glendale came by to say goodbye before<br />
Elder Bryan and I left... I was really happy when I found out that<br />
Elder Wille was going to my old area. The ward will love him.<br />
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Buckeye<br />
So I am serving in the Buckeye 1st Ward and the Sundance Ward. Buckeye<br />
is a lot different from Glendale. Fewer crazy people, fewer methheads,<br />
fewer crazy drivers, and the list goes on and on. We live with a<br />
member family, the Maxwells. They have 6 boys, the youngest two are 16<br />
and twins and they still live at home. The rest are grown. The area is<br />
half rural, half suburbs. Almost all of the houses are in brand new<br />
developments so that's pretty cool. I am the driver, and I have the<br />
privilege of driving a 2015 white Ford Fusion! So much better than<br />
biking! And just in time for the summer. President Griffin said I'll<br />
be here for the rest of my mission so that's good.<br />
So far my time here has been great. We've spent a lot of time visiting<br />
ward leaders to introduce me to them and to ask who we can visit.<br />
Elder Sumsion has only been here 6 weeks and was doubled-in with a<br />
trainee. So we both don't really know the area all that well. We have<br />
been able to find some part member families to work with and get to<br />
know a lot of the ward leadership. They seem to like me which is good.<br />
When they ask us how long we've been out and I say 20 months and Elder<br />
Sumsion says 23 months, it almost instantly builds trust. Two<br />
veterans! Haha.<br />
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Mullets<br />
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_787443707" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">On Sunday</span></span> we were just sitting down right before Buckeye 1st Ward<br />
started and in walks 5 people: an older guy, his wife, and three<br />
boys—ALL of them had mullets except the mom. I turned to Elder Sumsion<br />
and said, "Hooooooly mullets.." He laughed and the bishop's wife went<br />
up and talked to them. She turned to us and mouthed "they aren't<br />
members!" So we talked with them and got their info and sent their<br />
info to the zone leaders. They're excited!!<br />
<br />
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I can't really remember much about what else happened, but know that<br />
I'm doing well and I'm enjoying being out here "in the sticks" as<br />
someone at church described it. My new address is:<br />
<br />
Elder Kevin Jones<br />
23429 W. Hopi St.<br />
Buckeye, AZ 85326<br />
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You can send letters, packages, anything there and I will get it. I<br />
love you all and hope you keep being awesome! Just 3 1/2 more months!<br />
<br />
Elder Jones<br />
Buckeye 1st & Sundance Wards<br />
Arizona Phoenix Mission</span></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bye, Elder Plourde!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bye, Elder Young!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bye, Elder Bryan!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My home for the rest of my mission!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our area. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">weekly selfie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The district! Left to right: Elders Weston, Ockey, Thaut, Price, Jones, Sumsion</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113632446276371565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250970139459167792.post-36581627862711958232016-04-12T18:38:00.001-07:002016-04-12T18:38:21.091-07:00 New Experiences-- Week 87, 85 Weeks in Phoenix, 37 Weeks in Glendale<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">10 minutes after we found out I'm getting transferred. Elders<br />
Rodriguez, me, and Bryan.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Juan! He just put in his mission papers! A convert of 2 years.<br />
Gonna miss him.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Right before Frank's ordination! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Normal zone picture</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zone</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brother Taylor, our ward mission leader.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rusty and Liz have a lot of cats. I said, "bring me your favorite<br />
cats." And we took a picture. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Stanleys! One of my favorite families!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bye, Cesar!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rusty and Liz after stake conference. I'm going to miss these people so much.</td></tr>
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New Experiences</h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Week 87, 85 Weeks in Phoenix, 37 Weeks in Glendale</span></div>
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Dear friends and family,</div>
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The time has finally arrived that I will be leaving Glendale and transferred to another area. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1586773470" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">On Friday</span></span>,
President personally told me that I will be leaving. It was a pretty
funny experience—I will write it out in this letter. As the title
states, this week was full of new experiences for me. And the future
will also hold "new experiences" according to President Griffin. Here
was my week!</div>
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Trainer/Trainee Meeting</div>
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<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1586773471" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">On Friday</span></span>,
we all loaded up in our roommates' Corolla and drove up to the Peoria
North stake center for the trainer/trainee meeting. I always love
meetings where we get to be instructed by President Griffin. The meeting
really focused on being obedient and not complaining when hard things
arise. "Putting your head down and working." President Griffin took the
last 30 minutes of the meeting to instruct us. At the beginning of his
discussion, he said, "Elder Jones, come up here." I was sitting in the
last row with Elder Rodriguez. I was a bit puzzled, because it was
extremely random that he told me to come up. I get up there and he puts
his arm around me and looks out at the group of 40-ish missionaries. He
says, "Everybody, this is Elder Jones. You probably don't know much
about him, but he's a good missionary. He's a quiet, gentle missionary.
And he's been in his area for quite a while—<i><b>BUT HE'S GETTING TRANSFERRED</b></i>.
He's just finding out a little before you all." I was shocked. He
continues, "And how long have you been a biking missionary?" I said, "My
whole mission—20 months." He looks at me and smiles, "And <b><i>HE'S GETTING A CAR, TOO!</i></b>"
Then I gave him the biggest hug ever. In front of everyone. Haha! He
then went on to explain how no one has the right to complain about being
on a bike. After I sat down he added a comment, "He never complained to
me once—you think your President doesn't notice that stuff. He does.
Thank you, Elder Jones." </div>
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It was a very interesting experience I definitely won't forget!! </div>
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Bedbugs scare</div>
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One
morning in the beginning of the week I woke up with nine crazy huge
bites on my arm. Over the course of the day my arm swelled up big time.
It was one of the worst experiences of my life! They itched like crazy,
and my whole arm felt like it was going to fall off! We called the
housing coordinator about having our apartment sprayed. He hooked us up
with a member who did it for free for missionaries. So he came, flipped
our beds, and said that he didn't see any traces of bedbugs, so we
either didn't have them, or they're really fresh. He said either way it
should be easy to treat them now. Phew! Luckily I haven't gotten any
more bites—we were seriously contemplating going to the ER. I'm
seriously allergic to whatever bit me.</div>
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Ordination</div>
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We
had stake conference this week which is always wonderful. I had a very,
very special experience after the conference. One I will never
forget—another new experience for me. Let me tell you a little about
Frank Gomez first. He is a member in our ward who has been married to a
member for 27 years. He was always a die hard Catholic. He was one year
away from becoming a Catholic Priest. He would attend church with his
wife for 25 years. He was well known at church, just not a member. Well,
about a year ago, a bold missionary told him he would be baptized. He
said, "okay" and he said he felt a rush go through him. He had accepted a
baptismal date. He was committed. He was then baptized last May. I got
to the ward in July and have been teaching him the new member lessons
since then. He and I have grown very close. Anyway, he was presented
before the Conference to receive the Melchizedek Priesthood. After the
conference we all gathered in the little bishop's office and he said,
"Elder Jones, I would be honored if you would ordain me into the
Melchizedek Priesthood." I was shocked. His baptism missionary was
there. His absolute best friend is the bishop and he was there. And he
chose me. It was such a special experience to bestow the Priesthood upon
someone I love so much. I met with him that night and gave him a copy
of my line of authority. </div>
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Stake Conference</div>
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We
had a really wonderful stake conference. Elder Johnson of the Seventy
came and addressed us. One thing really stuck out to me during the <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1586773472" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday</span></span>
session. He was talking about having "No other Gods", the first
commandment in the 10 Commandments. He started talking about English, so
I naturally perked up. :) He said, "There are no such things as
PRIORITIES." You can not have plural priorities. If you do, then you
don't really have a priority. If God isn't your priority, you are
breaking His first commandment. Wow! What a profound statement. The
Spirit definitely spoke to me that I need to continue trying to make Him
my first priority. Always. </div>
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Zone Meeting</div>
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As
you can tell, we had a week full of meetings. Sometimes that can be sad
and boring, but I enjoyed every one of them. As the zone leaders Elder
Gardner and Elder Katz were presenting their discussion, they randomly
said, "Who in here wants some Taco Bell?" Of course I raised my hand.
Everyone but a few raised their hand. They told everyone who wanted Taco
Bell to go into the library. The zone leaders came in and gave each of
us a pass-along card. Some were yellow, but Elder Plourde got a red one,
and Elder Conover was denied one all together! So we went into the
commons room where a member was taking our cards to enter the room with
Taco Bell. Elder Plourde was denied access to the room because his card
was different. And Elder Conover couldn't enter because he didn't have a
card at all. As we are partaking of the glorious Taco Bell, we know
there are others who unfairly didn't receive any. They likened it to us
as missionaries. Sometimes we deny people the gospel by not talking to
them. By not inviting them to partake of the tree of life which is the
gospel. Another profound lesson learned.</div>
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Impact</div>
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Although
I am so ready to get transferred, I have been reflecting on all of the
lifetime friends I have made here in this area. Those friends range from
youth, adults, missionaries, leaders—everything. This area has taught
me to be patient. It has taught me to not judge others according to the
circumstances they're in. It has taught me to be a better teacher!
Sometimes you don't know how much of an impact you've made until you're
packing up and leaving. I will hopefully be returning a few times to
witness the baptisms of those I have taught. Jamie will be baptized in
the beginning of May, and Rusty and Liz will be baptized soon too. Plus a
couple more. I love being a missionary. There's no place I'd rather be
right now. </div>
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Exchange</div>
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Elder Bryan and I
went on one last exchange last night. He is someone I will for sure
stay in contact with after the mission. We get along so well. Most
likely the next time I'll see him is in the mission home when we go
home. On our exchange while I was gone, Elder Young put one of our
investigators on a baptismal date. Yep, the area is in gooood hands. :)</div>
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Baptism</div>
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This
week we had another French baptism. This time, the daughter of Raphaël,
Louise. She was very excited to be baptized and anyone who was there
could have felt that sweet spirit. It's been amazing seeing this family
of FAITH come into the Church. They have had way more trials than they
deserve, but the Lord works in mysterious ways. He knows what he's
doing. And this family has benefited from their perseverance through
their trials. </div>
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Well, that's
about what happened this week! I have to pack today and I'm not feeling
too well so I might not get a chance to email much. But I'll do what I
can. Hopefully next week you'll hear that I'm in Flagstaff :)</div>
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#PrayForFlagstaff</div>
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Much love,</div>
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Elder Jones<br />
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Black Canyon Ward</div>
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Arizona Phoenix Mission<br />
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Note from Momma- Elder Jones is being transferred to Buckeye, AZ. It is SW of where he is now and is the most western city of the Phoenix area. It has a population of 6,500! We will have an address next week. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113632446276371565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250970139459167792.post-37052772392029815372016-04-04T18:13:00.000-07:002016-04-04T18:13:13.621-07:00Freetown -- 86 Weeks, Week 84 in Phoenix Mission, 36 Weeks in Glendale<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Freetown -- </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>86 Weeks, Week 84 in Phoenix Mission, 36 Weeks in Glendale</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Dear friends and family,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I had another great week here in the APM. General Conference was</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">wonderful. If you didn't get a chance to watch, give it a look. You</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">won't regret it. We were able to teach quite a bit this week and have</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">some super fun experiences.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Freetown</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">This morning we received the reward for accomplishing our zone-wide</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">contacting goal for the month of March. The reward was getting to</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">watch a movie with President Griffin as a zone. He came with movies</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">and we chose to watch "Freetown," which is about 6 Liberian</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">missionaries who had to escape Liberia due to rebel groups. It was</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">awesome hearing of how the Lord protects His missionaries. Those</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Elders escaped with their lives multiple times. It was a super intense</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">movie. President bought us doughnuts so we ate as we watched.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Definitely a super fun morning spent together.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">General Conference</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Of course, General Conference was wonderful from beginning to end. We</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">spent 10 hours total listening to living prophets, seers, and</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">revelators deliver us the word of God. General Conference as a</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">missionary is even more special. Even though some speakers speak on</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">finding a wife, getting married, and dating, each speaker delivers a</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">special spirit to missionaries. I'm so grateful for living prophets in</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">this day to instruct us. God has not shut the door. God has not</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">forgotten His children. He does not love His children in the past more</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">than he does now. He is literally "the same yesterday, today, and</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">forever."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"Thank you, missionaries!"</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">We had a very tender, special moment when Elder Young and I went and</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">taught Jamie, our 9 year-old investigator. We rode up and locked our</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">bikes like we always do, and knocked on their door. Jamie opened up</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">and asked if we saw the picture she drew in chalk on the driveway. We</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">didn't pay much attention to us, so she took us out front to show us.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">She had spent 2 hours drawing us a picture that depicted the 3</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">kingdoms of glory (we taught the plan of salvation the week before and</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">drew pictures) and above it said, written in big, blue letters: "Thank</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">you, Missionaries!" It was impossible to wipe the smiles off our</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">faces! It was so precious! She said, "Wednesday's </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">are usually the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">worst days for me at school, so I always look forward to the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">missionaries coming over and teaching me a happy message." She is Sooo</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">cool. I'll send a picture of her chalk drawing.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Investigators</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I just told you about Jamie. Needless to say she is doing great! We</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">are now teaching a guy named Rob. He is the husband of a member of the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">ward. She isn't active, but they want to be married in the temple and</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">are willing to do anything to do so. They really enjoyed conference!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">We are going to invite Rob to be baptized on a specific date tonight</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Weather</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Go away summer....this week it is supposed to be in the mid 90's. We</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">haven't seen rain since January. Ha.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Well, that was my week! Sorry my letter was kinda short. Just a lot of</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Conference! I hope everyone who watched came away with their</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">testimonies strengthened. I know I did. Thank you all for the prayers</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">on my behalf. Just 4 more months to go and I'll be back on good old</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">MO. I'll know transfer news by next pday which will be next Tuesday</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">#PrayForFlagstaff</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Much love,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Elder Jones</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Black Canyon Ward</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Arizona Phoenix Mission</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elders <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">Benolerão,, Young, Jones, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">Plourde, Bryan</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zone: <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">After watching "Freetown" this morning!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">Left to right: Elders Gardner, Bryan, Diamante, Buckway, Benolerão,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">Dawson, Davenport, Katz, Jones, Plourde, Conover, Jones, Cespedes,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">Young, Bradley.</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113632446276371565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250970139459167792.post-301646133472009662016-03-28T19:10:00.000-07:002016-03-28T19:10:08.352-07:00Trying Week!-- Week 85- 83 Weeks in Phoenix mission-- 35 weeks in Glendale<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> Week 85- 83 Weeks in Phoenix mission-- 35 weeks in Glendale</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Dear friends and family,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I hope all had a happy Easter. The Easter season is always a great</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">reminder of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. This week has been a tough</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">one for me. This letter might make a lot of people realize that</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">missionary work isn't always just miracles and happiness! Sometimes</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">everything goes wrong and everything seems to get on your nerves. This</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">was one of those weeks! But have no fear—The Lord never gives us</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">challenges or trials we can't handle. Boy am I thankful for that</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">knowledge!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I'll try my best to highlight some of the good things that happened:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Lichelle & Devin</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">We are teaching a new couple, Lichelle and Devin. They have struggles</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">with the word of wisdom and are kind of beat down by that. We went</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">over there this week and shared a message on the Atonement of Jesus</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Christ and how It can apply to healing addictions. Lichelle had a hope</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">in her eyes that was undeniable. She felt the Spirit, and has a strong</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">resolve to change. It's a great sight to see.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Church</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">It was a great Easter service. Probably the best part, though, was the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">first speaker. Raphaël, the first French convert in the area,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">delivered a powerful talk on the Atonement. Sister Haymond translated</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">the whole talk as he delivered it in French from the podium. The</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Atonement has changed that family's life. They are living examples of</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">the word "convert".</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Trials</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">This week was full of trials. Almost all of our lessons cancelled this</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">week, and I have felt pretty homesick the past couple of weeks and</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">honestly, I am getting super burnt out in this area. It's a great</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">place to serve, but I feel like I'm getting cabin fever in this little</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">chunk of the city. I've been here for nearly 9 months. I'm definitely</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">praying for change, but I will always accept God's will over mine.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Like I said earlier, the Lord never gives us too much to handle. We</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">just have to find a way to handle it.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Exchange</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Probably the highlight of the week was getting to go on an exchange</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">with Elders Plourde and Bryan in their (Spanish) area! Plus I got to</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">drive a little bit, which is a rare occurrence... It's</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">interesting—every time I go on exchanges in a Spanish area I seem to</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">pick up more of what is being said. This time I even prayed in Spanish</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">at the end of a lesson. I guess that's what happens when you're</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">surrounded by Spanish 24/7.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Easter dinner</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">We had dinner with the Bleyl family. Sister Bleyl is Tongan, and a lot</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">of their family was there! Needless to say there was a ton of food.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Sometimes I think that "Tongan food" is just "a lot of food." That's</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">what I've gathered so far.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Weather</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Too hot for March. Enough said.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">That's about all that happened this week. Please pray for me to be</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">able to finish my mission strong. I don't want to coast, but it will</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">be so easy to do so. Have a great week everyone!! I love you!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">#PrayForFlagstaff!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Much love,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Elder Jones</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Black Canyon Ward</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Arizona Phoenix Mission</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113632446276371565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250970139459167792.post-46586904603410451912016-03-22T17:27:00.000-07:002016-03-22T17:27:21.229-07:00Defying Mission Boundaries!--Week 84-- 82 weeks in Phoenix mission-- 34 weeks in Glendale<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Week 84-- 82 weeks in Phoenix mission-- 34 weeks in Glendale</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Dear friends and family,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Greetings from Glendale! We had a really great week. Lots of meetings</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">and other fun stuff, plus 5 new investigators! Here was my week!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">No Boundaries</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Here in the Arizona Phoenix Mission, we know NO BOUNDARIES! This week</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I went out of the mission...twice! Elder Young was with our roommates</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">at a Spanish specialized meeting so I was with the zone leaders for</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">the day. President Griffin asked the zone leaders to go to Central</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Phoenix to give someone a blessing in the hospital. Sooo.....I went to</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">central Phoenix! It was a fun day with the zone leaders! I rode a</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">hover board at their house and I owned it! Later in the week we had a</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">service project just south of our mission boundaries. We helped the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">City of Phoenix clean out an alley in another rough neighborhood. We</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">painted over graffiti and cleaned up a lot of trash. It was fun!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Interviews</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">We had interviews with President Griffin this week. I asked him what</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">his plans are for me for my last 3 transfers and he said, "I'm not</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">sure yet, but you've been in your area for a coon's age!" Hahah! I</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">love President Griffin. He is the man.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">New Investigators</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">On Tuesday we went out with Brother Acedo, a member in the ward. Our</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">appointments fell through so we visited Amanda, who was a referral. We</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">knocked on her door and she answered and said, "Wow, crazy timing—my</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">dad just died today and I've been really sad..." We told her about the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Book of Mormon and gave her a copy. We invited her to read it and we</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">would be back next Wednesday</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">. So that was a miracle!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The elders who cover the Rose Lane ward met a family who is interested</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">and is in our ward. We taught them the first lesson on Wednesday.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Their names are Lichelle and Devon and they are very interested in</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">learning more. Heck yeah!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Our roommates were walking through a complex in our area looking for a</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Spanish guy, and they were searching for a dumpster to throw a bottle</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">away. They found the dumpster, threw it away, and heard someone yell,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">"Hey Elders!" They went over to the guy, and it turns out Tony and</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Cindra had just prayed asking to know what church they should attend.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Talk about a miracle!! So they had a great lesson and they came to</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">church on Sunday</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">! They're looking to get back on the right path and</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">they are excited they found the Church. Such nice people. Oh—Tony grew</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">up in Joplin, MO. #Connections</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Bon Voyage, Soeur Casagrande!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Unfortunately, Sister Casagrande, one of the French sisters in our</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">ward, got transferred to open a new French area in the Phoenix North</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Stake—just over the I-17. It was sad to see her go! We have become</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">pretty good friends in the 4 months she was here. I know she'll do</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">great opening the new area.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Cool contacting</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">We did a lot of street contacting this week, and a couple really stuck</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">out. At the beginning of the week we were visiting a returning member</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">named Jesse. His downstairs neighbor was sitting outside with his wife</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">and jokingly offered us a beer. I said no thanks, and struck up a</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">conversation somehow. We just talked for a good 15 minutes about what</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">missionaries do and he invited us to come back to talk to him more. It</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">was a really good meeting with him. Turns out he's looking for another</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">church to go to.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Another contact was on our way out of Jesse's apartment complex. We</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">talked with her and she said she's from Virginia. I told her my family</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">originates from Virginia and she told us she's from ROANOKE! Her</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">accent reminded me exactly of my mom's and grandma's. She was ecstatic</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">when I said my family is from there. She invited us back right there.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Making connections is one of the most effective ways to get invited</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">back! Crazy how many connections happened this week.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Weather</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Lots of biking, and temps all the way up into the mid 90's. CRAZYYYY.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">And it's only March............. #PrayForFlagstaff</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Well, that's all that happened for the most part! It was a great week.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I hope all is well with everyone. Sorry for the late email. We've been</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">bowling! I'll attach pictures in a separate email. Love you all! :)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Much love,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Elder Jones</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Black Canyon Ward</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Arizona Phoenix Mission</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French sisters- <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">Bon voyage, Seour Casagrande! Left to right: Sisters Paul,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">Casagrande, me, Elder Young</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113632446276371565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250970139459167792.post-33162523410491061732016-03-15T07:00:00.000-07:002016-03-15T07:00:23.609-07:00Crazy Week!--week 83- 81 weeks in Phoenix Mission- 33 weeks in Glendale<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>week 83- 81 weeks in Phoenix Mission- 33 weeks in Glendale</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Dear friends and family,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">HAPPY HALF BIRTHDAY TO ME!! Yep, I'm 20 1/2 today. ;) It was such a</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">crazy, long week! But SO worth it! We didn't have the opportunity to</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">teach a lot this week because of all of the other stuff we had to do,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">but we still taught some good lessons and got a lot done. Anyway, here</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">goes!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">New Apartment</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">As I mentioned in my last letter, we moved apartments on Tuesday</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">!! We</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">didn't want to draw out the process, so we bit the bullet and did the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">whole move in Tuesday</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">. We got to the new place just as the workers</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">were finishing the place up. (That's how newly renovated it is...) New</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">sinks, countertops, floors, bathtubs, toilets, appliances—everything.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">It's truly a miracle! Haha. Things just feel better here. It's safer,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">quieter, and smells better. Definitely a better place to feel the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Spirit. Plus, the young men's president is our (kind of) neighbor! Too</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">bad he lives too far away to use his wifi, though!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mission tour</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The day after our move we had mission tour. Half of the mission</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">gathered together to hear from a member of the First Quorum of the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Seventy, Elder Arnold. Let me tell ya, he's the next Elder Holland. He</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">was very bold and told us how we need to be better. Although he was</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">bold, he was still very loving. He focused a lot on getting the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">members involved in the work and asking for referrals from everyone!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Things we already knew, but needed to be told again.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Investigators</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">We are still working with the same people, but we picked up a couple</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">potentials this week so we will be seeing them more next week. The</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">golden investigator we found a couple weeks ago, Michelle, is</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">completely MIA. She's never home, doesn't reply to texts or</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">calls—nothing. Hopefully she'll respond back soon. Rusty and Liz are</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">still doing great. We met with them on Friday </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">and reviewed the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">baptismal interview questions and they understand and believe all of</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">the doctrine contained in the questions. They just need to get married</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">and boom! They'll get baptized!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Miracle Sunday!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">We were kind of bummed because we didn't get to see a lot of our</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">investigators this week due to moving and meetings, so we weren't</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">expecting a very large turnout to sacrament meeting this week. Well,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">were we wrong!!! While we were at choir practice Rusty and Liz walked</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">in super early, which is normal for them. Right before sacrament</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">meeting started, Mike came in with his fiancée Cindy, who we're</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">teaching. The Sesay family came and brought their friend, Tru, who</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">were also teaching. Then, right before the sacrament, Jamie and her</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">mom and dad walked in!! We've been trying to get them to church for</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">months! Jamie is 9 and is an investigator, and her parents are</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">less-active. Our only concern for them has been resolved! Plus a</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">couple other less-active members we've been working with showed up. It</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">was a great Sunday </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">to be a missionary! Also, we heard that Sister</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Casagrande, the French missionary from France, will be transferred to</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">the Phoenix North Stake to open a new French area. I know she will do</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">well there, but we will definitely miss her being in the ward! All the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">members just love her.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Exchange</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">On Saturday I went on exchanges with our roommates, Elders Plourde and</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Benolerão. Elder Bryan went with Elder Young in our area. It was the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">first time I've been in a tripanionship other than when Elder</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fernandez left me companionless for two days when he went to</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Argentina. The exchange was a blast! We taught some people—well, they</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">taught some people; I watched—and we just had a great time. We have</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">some great missionaries serving in this zone. I'm fortunate to serve</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">around them!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Weather</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Yep, it's been in the mid 70's all week. We couldn't have had more</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">beautiful weather for the move.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">That was mostly what happened this week! I doubt many of you read this</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">far in the letter anyway haha. Love and miss you all! 5 more months</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">till I'm home!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Much love,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Elder Jones</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Black Canyon Ward</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Arizona Phoenix Mission</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Week 82- 80 week in Phoenix Mission- 32 weeks in Glendale</span></b></div>
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Dear friends and family,<br /><br />We had a pretty normal week! Sorry if this email is super lame. But<br />I'll do my best to make it great! Here goes.<br /><br />Baptisms<br />The French Sisters had two baptisms <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_18057219" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Saturday</span></span>! Two more of the<br />Mwanamulenda family were baptized. So far the four of them have been<br />baptized and there are more to come. They are truly an amazing family.<br />The two who were baptized, Christine and Macinda, are 12 and 10. They<br />only speak Swahili!! As if there wasn't a big enough language barrier<br />with French! The ward is doing well with accommodating their needs,<br />though. Raphaël, the first to be baptized, was just called as the<br />French gospel principles teacher. I see a French branch coming really<br />soon. I am so grateful to be a part of this incredible miracle. The<br />gospel will be preached to everyone; the Lord's promise is being<br />fulfilled here in the Black Canyon Ward.<br /><br />Chipotle Miracle<br />So I know this is a really lame thing to put in my email, but it was<br />pretty funny how it happened. Two days ago we got a coupon in the mail<br />for a free burrito from Chipotle. We were figuring out who would get<br />it since there are five of us in the apartment. Elder Plourde won the<br />coupon after we drew names out of a hat, so we headed out. We saw<br />another coupon on the ground, and two more on the top of the trash!!<br />So that left one person not having a coupon. Elder Young volunteered<br />to pay for his, so we were in line getting our burritos and a guy from<br />the back of the line comes up and says, "I'm paying for all five of<br />these guys." Just a tender mercy!! Such a nice guy.<br /><br />Doctor<br />I went to urgent care again this week because I have had the same<br />cough for about 3 months. When I told the doctor how long I had the<br />cough, she looks at me and says, "Don't you think that's a little<br />long??" I told her that the last urgent care said I was fine. She said<br />that was stupid and she put her stethoscope to my lungs and told me to<br />cough. She said, "OH YEAH, you're sick" and she prescribed me<br />antibiotics. I guess I had bronchitis after all! So I'm feeling a lot<br />better now. The cough has almost stopped. Woohoo!<br /><br />Investigators<br />Our investigators are all still doing well. Not much to report on<br />them. Mike and Cindy got new jobs paying double what they were making<br />before, which is great for them since they've been struggling a little<br />bit! He said the Lord is blessing them more than they can comprehend.<br />I hope Cindy will notice those blessings and become even more<br />interested in the Church.<br /><br />Weather:<br />The weather has cooled down a little bit. Every day has been the upper<br />70's and sunny. Yep, we're spoiled. Not for long, though!<br /><br />Moving<br />So we get to move <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_18057220" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">tomorrow</span></span>! I'm so excited to get out of this<br />apartment! This new one is so much better. I can't wait.<br /><br /><br />Well, that was my week. We have a ton of meetings/trainings/other<br />stuff going on next week so it should be jam packed with cool stuff!!<br />Have a great week, everyone!<br /><br /><br />Much love,<br /><br />Elder Jones<br />Black Canyon Ward<br />Arizona Phoenix Mission<div class="yj6qo">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">Me and my best friend, Sammy. I love little dogs!!! <br />I'm the only </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">missionary she will come up to.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Jones and Elder Jones! They are in the same district!</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113632446276371565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250970139459167792.post-12045645419670152222016-02-29T18:29:00.000-08:002016-02-29T18:29:42.854-08:00 Temple Miracle---Week 81, 79 weeks in Phoenix Mission, 31 weeks in Glendale<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Temple Miracle---</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Week 81, 79 weeks in Phoenix Mission, 31 weeks in Glendale</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Dear friends and family,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">It was such a wonderful week full of miracles. Hopefully we will be</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">moving sometime this week. I can't wait to get out of this apartment!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Then our neighbors who think we're loud can have actual loud</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">neighbors! Anyway, here are the highlights from my week.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Temple with Christine</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">As I mentioned last week, one of our recent converts, Christine, went</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">through the Phoenix temple and received her endowment. Christine is</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">terminally ill and pretty much bedridden. Doctors were predicting she</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">would pass away last August. Despite her terrible condition, she made</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">it all the way through the session. Everyone was so patient and it was</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">truly a special experience for all who were there—especially</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Christine. After the temple, we all went back to her apartment to</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">congratulate her and have cake. She had to go straight to bed because</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">she was in such bad shape afterward, but she said it was so worth it.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I'm so grateful I got to witness such a miracle. Christine is not</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">doing well now. She could pass on any day now.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Tripanionship</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Our roommates, Elders Plourde and Bryan, got an extra companion for</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">this transfer. Now there are five elders living in our apartment. The</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">new Elder is Elder Benolerão from New York City. He is Filipino and</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">hilarious. Luckily we're moving to a new place this week because it's</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">getting pretty crowded in here!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">New Investigators</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">This week we broke our dry spell and picked up two new investigators!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The first is Jamie, who we have taught before, but she just turned 9</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">recently so she is now "officially" an investigator! She is seriously</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">the smartest kid I have ever met. It amazes me how much she takes in</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">and understands. She committed to be baptized on May 13</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">, which is her</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">late mother's birthday. It's really far away, but we didn't want to</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">spoil that special day for her. We know that day means a lot to her.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Our other new investigator is who we're super psyched to be teaching.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Her name is Michelle and she is a self-referral, which means she got</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">online herself and requested missionaries. She had talked to the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">missionaries before in Nevada, but had lost contact. We stopped by</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">with our ward mission leader, Brother Taylor, and had a great lesson.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">We basically just set expectations and asked about her past with God.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">She just broke down crying and said she is so grateful that she found</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">the Church again. Right there, 5 minutes after meeting her, I felt</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">impressed to invite her to be baptized. I did, and she accepted the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">invitation. She will be baptized on March 26</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">, if not earlier. She is</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">the definition of a "golden investigator".</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Zone Service Project</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">On Friday, our whole zone participated in a service project in a really</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">ghetto neighborhood. We helped the City of Phoenix clean up an alley.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">It was a really small alley and it took two hours to clean it up. But</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">dang, it looked great(er) when we were done. We picked up trash, and</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">other things that probably shouldn't be mentioned by a missionary. We</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">also weeded the whole alley. Seriously, there were some pretty nasty</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">things left in that alley. No worries though—we wore gloves and masks.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">District Meeting</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">We do a district meeting every week, but this one was really good! I</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">have a discussion on how to overcome big problems we have on our</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">missions. Some struggle with testimonies, homesickness, girls, etc..</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">And the best way to overcome those obstacles is to focus on</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">eliminating the smaller problems such as getting up on time, eating</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">healthier, using time wisely, etc.. When we work on those problems,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">the Lord will trust us and help us with our bigger problems. I know it</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">really helped me!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Weather</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">It was about the same. About 82°F and sunny every day. It's getting</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">pretty warm! #PrayForFlagstaff</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Well that was my week. I'd love to hear from you all! Very few people</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">understand how much an email from someone back home really means to a</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">missionary. Just over 5 more months and I'll be back in MO. Until</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">then, I'll be rocking it here in PHX.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Seriously though—email me! Now or sometime during the week! Not that</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I'm demanding or anything... :)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Much love,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Elder Jones</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Black Canyon Ward</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Arizona Phoenix Mission</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">Blurry zone picture in the alley we cleaned up.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">Left to right: Elders Buckway, Bradley, Davenport, Katz, Plourde, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">Young, Gardner, Dawson, Conover, Jones, Bryan, Benolerão, Jones, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">Cespedes, Diamante</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113632446276371565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250970139459167792.post-45899235327426020272016-02-23T16:38:00.000-08:002016-02-23T16:38:29.354-08:00Citrus Attack!--Week 80- 78 weeks in Phoenix Mission- 30 weeks in Glendale<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>--Citrus Attack!--</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Week 80- 78 weeks in Phoenix Mission- 30 weeks in Glendale</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Dear friends and family,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Hello, wonderful family and friends of mine! This was a great week.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The work here in Glendale is going great and I'm excited to be here at</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">least one more transfer. Oh yeah—im not getting transferred. Neither</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">is Elder Bryan or Elder Plourde, but they're getting another Spanish</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">missionary. They'll be in a tripanionship this transfer. Here was my</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">week!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Housing</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">We got a very welcomed phone call on Thursday</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> morning. Right after</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">studies we were just talking to our roommates and our phone rang. We</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">answered, and it was Elder Petty, our housing coordinator. He told us</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">that he was getting us out of our nasty apartment ASAP. He told us to</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">go look for another place to move, so we did! We found a super nice</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">complex in our area with some openings. Elder Petty came down and</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">signed some papers and made it official. He said, "I don't care if I</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">have to pay for a vacant apartment, we're getting you out of there."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">We will hopefully move in on February 29th</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">! Boom!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Reunited</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">We had a trainer/trainee meeting in Peoria on Friday</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">. I got to see a</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">lot of the missionaries I miss dearly at the meeting. A couple I got</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">to see were Elder Thaut and Elder Rodriguez! It was great to see them.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">At the meeting President Griffin gave some great training regarding</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">the most important things we do as missionaries. It was really</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">inspiring and made me want to do better!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Fruit Picking</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">We participated in "Glendale's Day of Service" with our ward. Our</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">group was assigned to pick grapefruit off of trees in a local park.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The fruit was then donated to a local food bank. It was so fun to pick</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">all the fruit! We picked alongside of the Conn family, members of our</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">ward. We got to talk with them and build more trust! My arms were all</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">scraped up from the pointy things on the tree, though. Worth!!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Exchanges</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I was able to go on two exchanges last week! One with Elder Bryan (DL)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">and one with Elder Gardner (ZL). While I was with Elder Gardner, we</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">visited Mike and Cindy, a recent convert and his girlfriend who isn't</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">a member. Well, not girlfriend anymore. THEY'RE ENGAGED! So that's</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">super cool!! I will send out a picture of them. Cindy is struggling</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">with the desire to be baptized, so we asked if she has truly prayed</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">about the Book of Mormon. She admitted that she hasn't, so we</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">committed them to kneel together as a couple and to pray to know if</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">the Book of Mormon is true. She said she would, so we'll find out how</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">that went this week!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Winding down</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I only have 4 transfers left on my mission. AHHHH IM NOT READY FOR</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">REAL LIFEEEEE</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Weather</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Whelp, it hit 90°F in February. It's gonna be a fun summer. #PrayForFlagstaff</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">That's about all that happened this week! We had some good lessons</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">with converts and less-active members, and we got two super good</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">self-referrals we will be following up on this week! Hopefully I'll</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">have some good news next week! :) OH, we finally got our new ward</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">mission leader after 7 weeks of being on our own. Brother Taylor, who</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">was the YM president is now our new ward mission leader. Yay! :) can't</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">wait to work with him.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Have a great week!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Much love,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Elder Jones</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Black Canyon Ward</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Arizona Phoenix Mission</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deciding to buy a steak over a cheeseburger<br />write this on the calendar!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">eating his yummy dinner... Thanks Chris!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"> Elder Plourde, body builder</span></td></tr>
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