tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14771145985856107472024-03-13T03:10:28.364-07:00Preaching In Patagonia...Teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Argentina Comodoro Rivadavia Mission!Jolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422421534081644950noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477114598585610747.post-244853032799846262018-04-23T12:15:00.002-07:002018-04-23T12:15:56.874-07:00Rama Chacra, Zona Rio Grande - Week 6... This it guys! The last letter!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This it guys! The last letter!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More than anything, I just want to leave a testimony about missions. It's just worth it to serve. I'm grateful to have been an instrument in the Lord's hands. I'm grateful to have been able to pass through some hard things for the Lord, and also for all the beautiful things I was able to experience. I've made friends that will last through all this life and throughout the eternities. I've had the blessings to be the means through the which the Lord has brought his Gospel to individuals and families. Along the way, I came to love a people and a culture. I learned the tongue of my ancestors and was able to preach the Gospel through the Gift of Tongues. The Lord had molded me into a better version of myself. There are still many changes needed, but I've come to know that as one is obedient and puts their trust in the Lord, then changes will come. I have a testimony of the Spirit. I know that Jesus Christ guides indirectly and directly the work of every worthy missionary through His Holy Spirit. All the successes that I've had come from His spiritual contributions. I love this Gospel! It brings joy and hope to my life! Repentance is liberating, and my heart has truly been changed! To all who are contemplating whether they will serve or not, I invite you to take into consideration this question: The Lord Jesus Christ suffered for all your sins and weaknesses, and even died for you, but then miraculously conquered death, all for you and your loved ones. So how much are you willing to give to Him?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, if we're going to embark in the service of God, whether it be in the mission, or ministering on the home front, then do it with your heart, or don't do it. The Lord wants faithful servants, who are obedient, and serve because they want to, not because they feel obligated to. So if you feel obligated by your friends and family to come out to the mission field, be warned that the road will be rough, and obedience will be a challenge. That doesn't mean though that you shouldn't go. The blessings that I have received from the service I have given are so immense that I don't even think I can call it service. It's like King Benjamin explained, that when we're obedient, we are blessed immediately, therefore making us debtors once again to the Lord. I am completely and totally indebted to the Lord for all the blessings that my family and I have received for serving this mission. So if you feel obligated to get out on a mission, PLEAD with the Lord to give you the desire to come. REPENT of your sins, and let the Atonement work in your life. STUDY Preach my Gospel and the Book of Mormon. SERVE and minister to your neighbors. There is no greater work than missionary work, and in the last day, when the saints of all dispensations are gathered together, you won't want to miss out on the opportunity to be able to say that you were a missionary of Jesus Christ in the Dispensation of the Fullness of Times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's two years. It's not even that long. So just do it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love you guys! See you soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MOM! Thank you so much for managing the blog these two years. I'm excited to see you :) LOVE YOU!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422421534081644950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477114598585610747.post-71413556105330084872018-04-18T12:02:00.000-07:002018-04-18T12:02:08.270-07:00Rama Chacra, Zona Rio Grande - Week 5... Most MIRACLE filled week of my MISSION!!!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hey family!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm sure that this letter doesn't really matter to you guys since all you probably want is to see me in person, but I've got to write it because last week was the most miracle-filled week of my entire mission!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I endured to the end, and I think that the Lord wanted to help me know that, like those who marched in Zions Camp, He accepted my sacrifice. Every day of the week, as we prayed and searched for revelation in ALL of our activities, we found new people to teach. EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK! That never happens, and I'm pretty sure that it's the only time that it's happened in my mission. The best part of it all though is that we found REAL people, not just people who want to learn about the Gospel without commitment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tuesday night, at 8, we had a cita, and a vianda to pick up at 9, so even though the night was bitter cold and windy, we were going to be okay. Then, the person wasn't home, and the vianda was canceled and, yep, we were left to knock doors for an hour and a half to finish the day. However, Elder Bragg of the Seventy promised us that if we talked with 17 to 20 people in the day, one would listen. We had around 14 contacts and decided to pray to know what we should do. Elder Valenzuela felt that we should pass by one of the people we had contacted the other day, and as we walked to her house, I felt that we needed to knock doors until we got there. So we started knocking until we got to 16 contacts, without success. We knocked the next door, and from the window, I saw contact number 17 coming to answer. She let us in! Her name's Teresa, and she ended up telling us that she wants to have a closer relationship with Jesus Christ. We returned Friday night with a member, and on Sunday, the member brought her to church! It was a miracle! We sat her down next to the Branch President's wife, and they got along great. When we visited her after church that night, she said "Well, I guess I'm gonna have to stop believing in los santos" We taught her that her new santo can be El Santo de Israel. I have a feeling that she'll make it all the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Wednesday, we found Oscar, who has cancer, We had a great lesson with him. However, when we returned on Friday night with a member, he expressed that he wants to keep reading the Book of Mormon, but would not like to continue the visits. I was a bit disappointed, but at least he was polite about it. I've been praying that one day, as he reads the Book of Mormon and remembers the good experience that he had with us, that he'll search for the church.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Thursday, we had another grand miracle. The other elders in my district asked that everyone could get together to knock doors in their area to help them find new people. It's a huge sacrifice for us to go, because it takes 45 minutes to get to their area and 45 to return, but to show support, we went. I said a prayer beforehand, asking God that for our sacrifice to help our fellow missionaries, that He would bless the rest of the day so that we too could have success. I contacted with our Lider Misional, and it didn't go very well. Nobody wanted anything, so I started to pray in my heart. I tried to feel the Spirit telling me what I should ask for, and I felt that instead of asking that someone let us into their home, that I should ask for God to put someone in our path. The hour to return arrived, and we started heading to the meeting place. I talked with everyone that crossed our path, without much success. Just before turning the corner where the other missionaries were, I saw a woman standing close to the wall. I began to contact her, and she told us that the Catholic Church had rejected her, she hadn't liked her first evangelico church, because she felt the man that baptized didn't have authority, and that she and her family were just looking for the "Pure Doctrine of Christ". My jaw dropped! I taught her a brief summary of the Restoration, and she readily set an appointment for Saturday, saying that she was going to tell her husband (and yes, that's husband, they're married!) that we were going to pass by, so they'd be waiting. But the biggest miracle was when she told me where she lived. Chacra 13!!!!!! THATS MY AREA! I was sooooo grateful that day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Friday, while we were planning, we had an appointment with someone new, but everyone kind of felt that he was going to stand us up. So, we decided to pray to see who could be the backup plan, and a random, unknown part-member family that I had seen in the directory came to mind. We put them down. The appointment ended up falling, so we went to the supposed house of the family. A man was outside, and when we asked him if the family lived in the house, he told us that they had moved. I'm almost sure that he was lying, and felt strongly that he was actually one of the members of the family. but we decided to continue. However, the Lord works in mysterious ways. If we feel we should visit someone, and they're not home, we always knock a couple doors close by to see if the Lord led us there for someone else. After knocking about 10 doors, on the last door that we were going to knock on the street, a young man with glasses opened the door. Elder Lees began to contact him, and after Lees finished, he said "Come on in, the girls told me you guys would come" "What?" I was thinking, when he whipped out a lesson 3 pamphlet and told us that the hermanas from centro had contacted him, and told him that they were going to send us to his home Friday at 5 o'clock. They hadn't told us anything, but GOD PROVIDED (especially since it was 5:15!) We taught a great lesson and offered to pick him up to take him to church on Sunday. He declined the offer, and told us that he would arrive by his own means, which is the Argentine way to say that he's not gonna go XD However, Sunday morning, as I was happily seated close to Teresa right before the start of Sacrament meeting, lo and behlod, in walks RAUL! That never happens! I was amazed at the power that the Lord has!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Saturday, we went to the cita with Cintia, the lady whom I had contacted in the other elders' area, and she was not only home, but had actually let her husband know, and on Saturday, we met Alberto. We taught a very good lesson, and they committed themselves to seraching the truth in the Book of Mormon. They didn't commit to coming to church, because theyve been disappointed by so many churches that they wanted to see the Book of Mormon first, but we have a return visit for next Saturday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Sunday, to make a long story short (since this mail is already huge), through prayer and revelation, we found Jonothan who, when asked if he could ask God anything, responded "If I end up liking this message that you guys are gonna bring me, I'd ask Him how I can bring it to my family in Buenos Aires."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just want to give my testimony that I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the Lord's restored kingdom upon the earth. I love missionary work, and I'm going to start working on my Family History in order to bring the gospel to all my family as well. The mission strengthened my testimony in so many ways, and to thank the Lord for this great opportunity, I'm going to continue giving my all until I'm hugging my Mom in the airport, and even when I'm just a member, I'm going to be a member missionary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love y'all! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MOM! I love you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See y'all soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422421534081644950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477114598585610747.post-50938157116464425892018-04-09T11:37:00.001-07:002018-04-09T11:37:25.461-07:00Rama Chacra, Zona Rio Grande - Week 4... <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hey everybody :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Honestly, I'm getting kind of tired of writing. We're gonna see each other so soon! But I'm gonna get this one in for you guys :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week was busy, cold, and rainy! The first couple of days were just normal, working hard, but not finding many people. Thursday, out of nowhere, one of my Zone Leaders called me and said that he had an interview with President in Gallegos on Friday, and that I was going to accompany to him, so I had to be in the terminal at 7:45 Friday, with my passport. Well that came out of nowhere! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So Friday, we took the bus to Gallegos, which lasted about 7-8 hours, and went to the capilla. President and Hermana Salerno were super happy to see me, which kind of embarrassed me, but I don't even care, it was a tender moment. I'm almost sure that President made me go with my ZL just because he wanted to see me haha! I got a sneak peak on the Family Home Evening that they're going to do with my zone in Ushuaia after the interviews. We're going to watch Coco, the Disney movie about Family History. I got to see most of it, and it's a great movie! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Saturday, we spent almost all day on the bus. There were a lot of complications in the 4 border crossings, and the trip ended up lasting 10 hours (when if it goes well, it usually lasts 5-6...). So that took most of my day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sad news: We decided to drop Patricia. Early in the week (Wednesday, I think) we brought a member to her house, and she was very, very drunk. Up to that point, we thought that maybe those first couple times that we had visited her we had just grabbed her on some bad days, but we thought that with her son home, and with our visits, she might lay off the alcohol a bit. However, in the visit with the member, we came to know that it wasn't that we found her on a bad day, it's that she's a full blown alcoholic. The lesson was a disaster, and the member, the most innocent sister in the branch, was pretty shaken up. My companions visited her while I was in Gallegos, and committed her to live the Word of Wisdom, but when we passed by Saturday night to put plans to take her to church, she was drunk. Again. The hard thing is that I want to help her, but when she's drunk, you just can't have a real conversation with her. It's impossible to feel the Spirit, and there's no progression. She wanted to go to church, but we couldn't run the risk of bringing her while she had been drinking, so we decided to drop her. We're going to try and put her in contact with Alcohólicos Anonimos, to help her, but we won't be teaching her more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was a bit sad about that, because I came to know that my chances of baptizing were officially done, but that's not what it's all about. Looking at the positives, there have been many good things that I've been able to do in this area, like help various missionaries, especially my companion Elder Lees, who is literally the best missionary I've ever met, improve a ton the relationship that the members have with the missionaries, and find new people for my companions to teach.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week, I read the story of the missions of the Sons of Mosiah. I liked how the Book of Mormon tells that the lamanites in the desert rejected Aaron when he brought them the Gospel, but then later on, in the midst of their trials, they remembered what he said, and without a sinlge missionary present, were converted to the faith. I may not be able to baptize in this last area, but I'm going to continue talking with everyone I can, in the streets, the busses, stores, their homes, and everywhere I can find 'em, and I'm going to try and plant as many seeds as I can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm also so grateful for the man the mission has made out of me. The Lord has really molded me in these two years, and although I'm still very imperfect, I think I'm going to be able to serve others more than before coming down here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the Lord, and I want to dedicate my life to Him. I'm going to keep working in His work when I get home, spreading the light and peace that the Gospel brings, because I know that that IS what it's all about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FAMILY! I love you guys! I'm praying for you! Stay safe, well see each other soon :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MOM! I love you! I hope you get better! If you haven't asked Dad for a Priesthood blessing, do it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love you guys :) - Elder Jimenez </span>Jolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422421534081644950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477114598585610747.post-34695741426513944762018-04-02T11:49:00.000-07:002018-04-02T11:56:53.256-07:00Rama Chacra, Zona Rio Grande - Week 3... Shoulder to the Wheel!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Family!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not trunky at all right now, just workin' hard, but I can't help but be amazed that this is my 3rd to last time writing you guys... HOW CRAZY! This last week flew by, and we'll be seeing each other in no time! (just to get you guys trunky haha!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This week was shoulder to the wheel! We worked hard, and in the end, saw miracles (the biggest of which was actually pretty funny). I was also able to do some great divisions, get a visit from the great and powerful Asistentes Viajantes, and do a special division with a member named Nahuel!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The division with Nahuel was really special. While we were thinking of ways to use our time to the maximum, as a compañerismo we had the idea to do divisions with just 1 member in order to have 2 companionships working at the same time. So I went with Nahuel to the first visit with an antiguo investigador named Rafael. Upon arriving in his home, Rafael said "Let's break the working tools out!" and took out his Bible. I cracked my knuckles, said a silent prayer to the Lord to bless us with His Spirit, and almost heard the Spirit saying "It's game time baby!". We had been working so hard in these past weeks without any success, but thanks to the obedience of my companions and I, Nahuel and I qualified for the Spirit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At first, Rafael began asking questions intentioned to get me off track and stumped, including the ideas of Heavenly Mother and the race of the leadership of the church. If the appointment had happened earlier in my mission, I may have been tempted to try to answer his questions. However, the Spirit whispered, and out of my mouth came the question: "Rafael, how bad do you want to know the truth? Do you really want to know?" He was surprised at the question. I then proceeded "Every answer to every question you may ever have is found in the Book of Mormon. You can pray and know that it's true" Maribel, Rafael's girlfriend, who had joined a minute after starting the lesson, listened <span style="background-color: white;">attentively</span>. We proceeded to talk about how to recognize the Spirit, and it filled the room. The Spirit was so strong that everyone could feel it. Maribel began to cry, and Rafael got quieter and quieter. Nahuel, a recent convert, and I gave powerful testimonies of the Book of Mormon and of the Savior Jesus Christ. The Spirit was literally pulsing in the room! After leaving them commitments, we all kneeled down, and Rafael offered the closing prayer, thanking God for the message that we had brought him. After leaving the house, and walking a couple blocks, we stopped to give a prayer of thanks. After the prayer, Nahuel looked silently off into the street, then said to me "My heart's still beating in my chest from the Spirit that was in that lesson. That was the strongest Spirit I've felt in a long time!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm so grateful that the Lord gives the Holy Ghost to His worthy sons and daughters. Sadly, Rafael is choosing to reject the clear and powerful spirit he felt, and is not currently progressing. But we're going to work with him, and I'm hoping he'll have a change of heart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">However, not all hope is lost for one baptism more in the mission! I know that it's not about baptizing, but you can't blame a man that spent more time traveling than teaching for 7 months for wanting to get someone wet! Patricia. Like Luke Skywalker, she's my last hope, and she has to do with the biggest (and funniest) miracle of the week. We were discouraged with the strange attitudes that she had shown us the week before last week, and so we waited to visit her until Friday night. When we got to her house, we met her son Nicolas, who had arrived from Buenos Aires. Buen pibe! But here was the miracle: It became very apparent to me that during the first 3 interactions we had had with Patricia, she had been very drunk! It was hard to tell because she hadn't smelled of alcohol, and although she had acted a bit strange, I've met a lot of weird old people here in Argentina that were stranger than her. To my defense, neither of my two companions noticed either!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The miracle is that Friday night, she was sober, and desired to go to Conference! She's so much easier to teach while she's sober, and actually really likes the message. She told us that she wasn't going to be able to on Saturday, but that she wanted to go on Sunday. So, Sunday morning, we passed by her house with a member to take her to church, and to our despair, she answered the door in pajamas and said that the injury to her spine and knees were giving her a lot of pain, and that she wouldn't be able to go. Luckily, today on the earth, we have a prophet of God who, Saturday night, boldly called all of the priesthood holders of the church to rise up, and bless the people of the earth. So we broke out the consecrated oil, and gave Patricia a blessing. I told her that we were going to visit her between sessions, and if she was feeling better, could go to the last session.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Upon arriving at church, I offered a silent prayer, asking God that He would give Patricia strength, and upon arriving at her house after the first session, we found that she was feeling 110%, and was excited to go to the second and last session of conference! She LOVED IT! I'm praying day and night, and I think that if things keep progressing at this pace, we'll be having a baptism my last Saturday of the mission. PRAY FOR US!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And last but not at all least, General Conference. By far the best I've ever seen, it changed me as a man, and I think it changed my life. I feel proud to live in these last days before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, and very pleased to have been able to be one of the lucky souls that was able to raise his hand in favor of President Russell M. Nelson. He is a prophet of the living God. Jesus Christ lives. I feel so <span style="background-color: white;">privileged </span>to be able to start my personal ministry in His service in these last weeks of the mission, and especially on the home front!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">FAMILY! How lucky we are to be members of the true church of Jesus Christ! Let's pay it forward, and start ministering to all that surround us, searching for personal revelation, and blessing those who surround us! MOM! Enjoy spring break! I LOVE YOU! see y'all soon! LOVE YOU GUYS! - Elder Jimenez</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">P.S. Aguante un apostol latino y el tercer templo en la Gran Argentina! #TierraPrometida</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I sat down today, it hit me that this is the 4th to last time that I'll write in my mission... Thats crazy! Not trunky though...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sounds like you guys had a great week! Im happy to hear that everything's going well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week was HARD. Hard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Upon arriving in the area, I quickly found out that we don't have a single investigator, and that our area is comprised of 3 main neighborhoods that are all 30 minutes apart from each other walking. Greaaaaaaat. Add on top of that that the work is really different from the office (the schedule too), plus were training, and I've got two areas to call 5 times per week each (those calls are in the night, when everyone else is relaxing and eating), and you'll get an idea of how I was feeling this week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The good thing is that I'm good though :) I'm really worried for the area, because we worked really hard this week and had very little results, but there were many positives!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1) I think this was a transition week. I'm already getting more comfortable in the routine (never comfortable, maybe adapted would be the right word haha!), plus, the area makes us work smarter. We already lose an extra hour because of the special studies we do with Elder Lees, and walking from barrio to barrio takes time, so this week, we decided that were going to dedicate specific barrios to each day, and put all the appointments in those neighborhoods on those days. I have a feeling that next week is going to be more successful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2) We already improved the relationship with the members a ton! There were some problems with the Branch President, but I arranged an appointment for him and the other elders and sisters in my district (who had been present in the problematic time) and they worked everything out! So now were good. Plus, there are some great members here. Chacra has the highest assistance of all the units in the mission with 130. We brought an investigator to church this week, and they did a great job fellowshipping her. Were going to work with them a lot!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3) We had an assistance! We had worked sooooo hard all week, and nothing. Nothing. Nothing. I wasn't frustrated, but I was super worried because if we don't find anyone, we don't teach, nor baptize. So we were working, Saturday night, closin' in on the hour to go home, and a member cancels the divisions we were going to do with him. Great. But then, a lady with a cane comes walking behind us, and I say "Buenas tardes". She says "No thank you" in a very bad english accent. How nice haha! So I say "Que bueno su ingles", and she looks at me with a face that says "You're kidding right" and walks over to her apartment building, and invites us in! We met her, her name is Patricia, and among all the crazy questions she had, we invited her to come to church, and she accepted! The only problem was that she lives about an hour and a half walking from the capilla, and she walks at a pace in which the tortoise and the hare would beat her XD</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So we arranged for a couple members to help pick her and us up, and after a ton of effort, Patricia came to church! She had a good time, and we had arranged for a couple members to help host her. The experience left her willing to return next week. So we'll be working with her!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, I'll just get this out for now. After church, we helped her paint a room, and afterwords ate a stew she made (chicken neck isn't that great, but like Patricia says "It's cartilidge, not bone, so you youngin's with good teeth won't have any problems eating the whole thing!). After we ate, we tried to teach a bit, but the woman talks toooo much! She almost didnt let us get in a word! It slowly became apparent that she may just want us to pass by and talk with her, but not listen to the gospel, which is a no no. So we decided to make it clear to her. We told her "Patricia, were really grateful for all you do, and we love your company, but we want you to know that were not just passing by to chat. We're here to baptize you. If you want help to get baptized, we can teach you. But we can't just come and talk about other things." She didn't really react, so were still not sure if shell be a good investigator or no. Our plan is to leave her pamphlets and passages to read, and we'll answer questions in the appointments, and we're only going to pass by once or twice per week. All in all, she's good, and we're going to work with her, but we've definitely got to keep searching.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not going lie to you guys, I think that these are going to be the hardest weeks of my mission. It's just tough here. I'm not sure I'm going to baptize, not even sure if I'm going to teach that much, but I can assure you guys one thing. I'm gonna wake up on time every day, study every day, pray, and work hard till the last day. I didn't give so much these past 24 months just to give up in the last. And I KNOW who I'm working for, and He gave His all for me, and He loves me. So I'm gonna go and give Him the tiny part that I can give Him of what He deserves from me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FAMILY: I'm glad you guys had a "don't spill the queso" moment! I hope nobody was hurt though haha! SOFIA: Youre a legend! You inspire me! MOM! Just 10 more weeks, and you got it! LOVE YOU! Love you guys!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PS: They sent us a third companion named Elder Valenzuela from Paraguay. He has 11 months in his mission! He's doing great.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422421534081644950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477114598585610747.post-48600918662702585942018-03-19T13:28:00.001-07:002018-03-19T13:28:45.739-07:00AP, Zona Comodoro Norte - Week 31 // Rama Chacra, Zona Rio Grande - Week 1...<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wow! I heard so many good things from you guys this week! I'm happy :D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This week was packed, and really interesting...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Week 1 in the office was the routine: Goodbye dinner to the retornos, welcome to the newbies, and new leadership training. President Salerno wanted me to lead most of the trainings, because he wanted Elder Singh to see how we do things in the office, so I still had to carry the load, and it was like all other week 1's... TIRING!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was extra weird because Sage Beesley, a high school friend of mine, came to the mission! She looked pretty shell shocked! It was cool to talk to her though, and I think she'll be fine. She went to Ushuaia, so I'll be seeing her soon! We totally forgot to take a foto though (sorry Mom!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At the end of the week, we had booked a flight with LADE, the trashiest, sketchiest airline on the planet, so that I could get down to Rio Grande. It's cool though, because instead of 19 hours on a bus, you have 2.5 hours in a flying garbage can that actually costs less :D However, Friday night, as I was halfway through packing, and getting ready to go to a dinner with Daniel y Maria (my investigators when I was a LZ in Comodoro Norte), the airline called me (at 7:45 PM) and cancelled the flight! I was MAD!!!! So I threw everything in bags, ran to the terminal, and took the last possible bus to Rio Grande. It was a close cut!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So yeah, I passed almost all Saturday on a bus that almost left me in Chile! I've become a pro at sleeping on busses though (I use my suit coat as a blanket, and I'm gone) During the trip, I met Jennifer from Italy who speaks English, she told me all about her travels (and gave me a ton of travel tips fof the Europe trip that I want to do with my #OfficialBestFriend Elder Austin Ramsey) and I met Guillermo, a petrolero that transits between Comodoro and Rio Grande for work. Guillermo didnt really want anything, but Jennifer was super cool and accepted a pamphlet of the Restoration. I hope she reads it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When I got to Rio Grande, EVERYTHING CHANGED! Right before I came down here, President Salerno decided to make a few more changes... He assigned me to </span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Rama Chacra de Rio Grande, as the new Lider de Distrito of Distrito Chacra! My new companion is Elder Lees from Mesa, Arizona (2nd companion from Mesa #Farabee) and he's in his 2nd transfer in the field, which means that on top of DL, I'm a trainer!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I'm beyond pumped for the new asignacion! Elder Lees is a capo, and he already speaks spanish well. Plus, I got to speak with the district last night, and they have a lot of potential! Deep down, I feel like the Lord knew all along that this was going to happen, and I feel like Chacra is the place thats meant for me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm happy for all these changes because the truth is that I was feeling a bit bad when I first got here... I couldn't believe that I wasn't assistant anymore, I don't have a car, I'm far from my family away from home (President, Hermana Salerno, Ekblad, etc...), and on top of it all, IT'S COLD DOWN HERE! It's really, REALLY, cold! Plus, I don't regret extending, I really don't, but the thought did cross my mind that I would have been hugging Mom this Wednesday, and for the first time in my mission, I actually asked myself "What am I doing here?". In Tolhuin, maybe I felt that way sometimes, but I always knew deep down why I was there, but this week, I actually didn't know what I was doing on this freezing island without my minivan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So I prayed. I asked God to show me why I'm here, why I felt like I needed to stay. And on Sunday, as I was in Priesthood, we read these scriptures in D&C 64:25,33-34 --></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">25 Wherefore, if ye believe me, ye will labor while it is called today.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">33 Wherefore, be not weary in well doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">34 Behold, the Lord requireth the heart and a willing mind; and the willing and obedient shall eat the good of the land of Zion in these last days.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So that's what I decided to do. In that moment, I said inside myself "Father, I may not know what I'm doing here, I may not know what my purpose is, but I'm gonna do what I always do, from Tolhuin, to Gallegos, to Trelew, to Comodoro, and back to la Isla: I'm just gonna do what's right" That's been my whole mission! I haven't been perfect, and maybe I haven't always had a clear vision of the work, but I just keep working, and keep trusting in the Lord, and keep giving until the last drop. So I'M PUMPED! I think the Lord wanted me to figure all that out, and now He's revealed to me his real plan: CHACRA! We'll see how it goes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Apart from all that, I learned to make an asado with President, and Hermano Sielas was way happy to see me, but is going to be heartbroken when he hears that I'm going to another branch!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">FAMILY! I'm pumped that you guys are going well! You're all so trunky haha! We'll be seeing each other soon :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">MOM! Congratulations on the new full-time job! I'm proud of you! LOVE YOU! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">SOFIA! Capa, capa, capa, capa, capa, capa, CAPA! Bien ahi con el tercer premio, sos una capa pero re capa, sos re inteligente. Felicidades loca! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">TE AMO! I love you guys! Have a good week :) - Elder Jimenez</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sounds like you guys had a good week, so that makes me happy! I had a pretty good week as well!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you guys already heard, we passed a PDay in Calafate, which was really cool! The glacier was really beautiful! It was huge, and every once in a while, chunks of ice would fall off and make huge splashes in the water. The water of the lake has a Carribean Blue color because of a substance that they call "Glacial Milk" so that's pretty interesting haha!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After going to the glacier, we went to centro, and I decided that it was finally time to buy some recuerdos to bring you guys, and I'll just let yall know, you're going to be spoiled when I get home! I spent a particularly large sum of money with some artisans who are members, named Pedro and Viki. They have a little baby named Jeremias who is literally, and they confess to this as well, the happiest baby on earth. The little guy was so cute! When we went to their tienda to buy some stuff for you guys, he was sleeping, but we woke him up, and he was all smiles. It was muy tierno!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought it was a worthy place to buy the bulk of my gifts for you guys because they're members, One of the pictures that I sent home is with Pedro in the terminal of Calafate. He had come to say goodbye to us and had made Elder Ekblad, Elder Singh, and I special pins with our names on them, and also, he gave me a ring, that he called the "Ring of Nefi". Its really cool, and I think I'm going to wear it the rest of my life as a recuerdo de Argentina.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So Calafate was awesome! After passing PDay there, we took a colectivo to Gallegos. On Tuesday it was Elder Singhs birthday, so we celebrated by eating sushi with the local elders, since Rio Gallegos has the best sushi restaurant in the Patagonia. It was really fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had 2 days in Gallegos before the conference. In each of the 2 days, I was able to visit a family per day, los Vargas and los Baier. I was soooooo happy to hear that the Baiers are going to temple prep classes, and are determined to go to the temple to be sealed as a family this November! Those were big news for me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also used the 2 days before the conference to work with the local elders. It was fun to see my old area, although these days I pass through there so much that it didn't have as much novelty as the first time I had returned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the conference, I had learned from one of my weekly calls that Comodoro Norte, the zone in which we live, still wasn't having much progress, so in an effort to help, after giving the conference in Gallegos, we took an 11 hour, overnight colectivo to come to Comodoro and push people to work. On Friday and Saturday, among all the other stuff we had to do, we were able to get out and do lots of divisions, giving our best effort to bring people to church, and progress as a zone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Overall, it was a busy, but really fun week. We released transfers on Saturday. You all might like to know that Elder Allen, my trainee from a year and a half ago, is going to be a Zone Leader this transfer! I'm proud of him, he's learned and grown a lot, and he deserves it! He's going to be in Ushuaia, so the two of us are going to be in Tierra del Fuego.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, President Salerno wants me to stay up here for the week to help show Elder Singh how to train the newbies and the new trainers and leaders, so I'm not going to make it down to Rio Grande until Saturday, on a direct flight on the sketchiest plane company of Argentina, LADE, haha! It will be fun to train the newbies though because my friend Sage Beesley from high school is in the group that's arriving on Tuesday. It's going to be weird, but fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All in all, I'm pumped to get back to the field for my last 5 weeks of the mission. I love Argentina, its people, the Lord, the Book of Mormon, and the mission. I'm excited to have an area where the biggest focus I have is getting out and preaching!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FAMILY! Mom is so trunky! She told me that I only have 45 days left, so that was a splash of cold water for me! I hope you guys are ready for a Star Wars marathon in the basement haha! MOM! You're so trunky! I'm glad you love me though :) I'm proud of you for almost making it through the school year! LOVE YOU!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This week for me was pretty busy! We gave 2 conferences, one on Wednesday in Trelew and one on Friday in Comodoro, both of which went well. We decided to continue focusing on the plan we put in motion in January, so we're reviewing some stuff in the conferences, as well as refining the plan a bit. It's going really well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The historic record of the Patagonia for baptisms in a month is 38, which we set last year in July, which down here is always the most productive month. However, last year, President Salerno had put the goal of achiving 45 in a month. It was always there in our minds, but we never came very close apart from when we got 38, and most of the time, although it would have been cool, the missionaries didn't really put it as a real goal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So this year, President Salerno (<-genious) decided that, instead of putting a super high goal every month that we never achieve, he put trimestral (tri=3, mes=month, trimestral=3 months, o sea, 4 per year) goals of 96 baptisms per trimester. He told us that if we can get 96 bautismos per trimester, even though wed only have to get 32 per month, instead of 45, we would increase the baptisms by 50% this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Closing up February, the funniest thing happened. We achieved 25 baptisms in January (which although it's not 32, is way more than last year, and a great achievement considering that we also had a good month in December), so that left us with 71 more baptisms to achieve the trimestral goal. Then, last month, we achieved 26 baptisms (which was really cool because for the first time ever in the mission, we're consistently having good months, with an increasing trend of baptsims), and when you subtract 26 from 71, it leaves you with.... 45.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">March is different though. Weve never been so prepared as a mission to reach 45 baptisms. There are tons of investigators that have accepted baptisimal dates, and with the plan we put in place, the leaders have made a huge change, and are leading their zones and districts with a lot more ingenuity and power. I've got a great feeling about this month! If we can get 45 my last full month of the mission, and on top of that, achieve the 96 per trimester the first time we go after it, I will die happy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today, I'm writing from Calafate. On Saturday we came down here because President wanted to assist church, which was really cool. We got to do divisions with the elders here and a member. I went with the member, named Nico. We were knocking doors, not having much success, and I was like "Alright Nico, we need to set a goal. What do you want the goal to be?" We decided that we wanted to put 3 appointments for the elders to go to. We said a prayer, asking the Lord to help us with our goal, then, the next door we knocked, a man named Ricardo let us in! We taught a very spiritual lesson, and left him with a ton of interest and a return appointment. We then went on to set two more appointments with the next two people that we stopped in the street as we walked back to the meeting place with the other missionaries. I know that if we let the Lord know about our righteous plans, and ask him for help, we will have success!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">President had to go to Chile for a couple days, so now, we're going to pass PDay here, then make our way to Rio Gallegos to prepare my last conference. Today, we're going to go see el Glaciar Perito Moreno, the biggest growing glacier in the world. I'm pumped! :D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To end on a spiritual note, this week, I've made an extra effort to read the Book of Mormon every day, and boy have I seen the blessings! I've been reading every night before I go to bed, and I kid you not, I've been sleeping better than ever! The Book of Mormon has become the keystone of my testimony, and I know that if we read it in a spirit of prayer every day, all the promised blessings from the prophets for doing so will be realized in our lives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">FAMILY: I'm glad that you guys were able to pass some time together this week! SOFIA! BYU! BYU! BYU! Nos vemos muchacha! MOM: You just had a same old same old week, being the hero that you are :) LOVE YOU! Love you guys :) - Elder Jimenez</span>Jolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422421534081644950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477114598585610747.post-76160223269739558242018-02-27T20:41:00.001-08:002018-03-11T18:28:12.301-07:00AP, Zona Comodoro Norte - Week 28... Last trip to Ushuaia<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hey everybody :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm glad to hear that Madi's funeral was so beautiful! I'm grateful for the Plan of Salvation that Heavenly Father gave us! He really does love and has a plan for us! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This week, once again, is a bit of a blur. What happens is that I've been in the office, and now in the mission in general, for a loooooong time, and the routine just makes everything mush together haha! There are a couple things that I remember though...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Earlier in the week, we flew to Buenos Aires, then flew to Ushuaia. Elder Singh couldn't come because he hadn't finished the tramites that he needed to complete to be able to travel. He snoozed and lost! Poor kid though haha! Aaaaanyways, one pretty cool thing that happened in Buenos Aires was that we traveled, for the first time, on a Tuesday. Aeroparque was FULL of missionaries coming and going from their respective missions. It was really cool to meet all of them! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The craziest part of the day was that we were sitting in the airport McDonald's, waiting for the next flight, and I see a couple of hermanas gringas that were obviously new to the country and didn't know anything about anything, so I went to help them, and BOOM, when I get closer, there's Hermana Soper, from Herriman! I think her name is Ally Soper, she said that she knew Sofia. I recognized her as someone from Herriman, and it was WEIRD! I got really, really nervous, I don't know why, to the point of trembling! I think that seeing someone from home just sent me for a loop. Just be ready for me to be freaked out that first Sunday that I'm home haha! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ushuaia went well. The pace of everything lately has been, as the Argentines say, "a las chapas". Consejo, and boom, conferencia. We didn't have much time to plan anything, so it all seemed last minute, but the Spirit has been sustaining me a lot lately! But all in all, everything went well in Ushuaia. The sad part was saying goodbye to Elder Popa. After extending his mission for 4 weeks, he's now headed home. He was a great companion! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We also ate Wendy's, which was really, really good. There's nothing better than a Baconator after a 23 month Baconator fast! After sharing lessons 1 and 2 on the flight home, we made it back to Comdoro. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These past couple days have been more tranqy. We were actually able to get out and proselyte a good deal, which was nice. Even though it's still sometimes hard for me (surprisingly) I really can see that talking with people, even if I know they're going to reject me, comes a lot more naturally now than before. You've gotta love it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Overall, I was a very full week! Today we're going to go to Madryn to continue with the conferences. In all that I'm doing, I can see the hand of the Lord. He really does guide this work. The mission once again had a good month, beating last month by a baptism! If we continue like this, the missionary work in the Patagonia will be changed forever! How grateful I am to have been a part of this great work, and how even more grateful I am for the opportunity that I'm going to have in 2 weeks to hit the pavement running for my last 6!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">FAMILY! I love you guys! I'm happy that you were the chosen souls to be my mother, father, sisters, and brother-in-law. We're going to be an eternal family! MOM! I love your endurance, even in these times of stress and much work. You really are a big hero of mine, and a role model for me. I LOVE YOU! Love all of you guys :) - Elder Jimenez</span><br />
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Jolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422421534081644950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477114598585610747.post-38694513639631646442018-02-12T20:09:00.004-08:002018-03-11T18:27:40.415-07:00AP, Zona Comodoro Norte - Week 26... Working On All Cylinders<div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I really loved the mail this week! I was so inspired by Jenn's blog post. The faith you guys have is incredible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This week was WORK. Lots of it! We started the week planning out Consejo, which is going to be a super consejo (with both the lideres de zona and distrito) and it's actually going to be this week not last week. The reality that unless, President Salerno plays a sick joke on me, this is my last transfer in the office has been making me tired. I'm dying to get into the field for my last hurrah! But luckily, I'm not one of those elders that gives up and dies when he's tired, and Elder Ekblad and I have been working on all cylinders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We're going to focus on refining the plan that we put into practice this last transfer, and it's a tedious task observing the results and feedback and deciding what needs immediate changes, gradual changes, and trial changes. And all of those are terms that we're making up as we go, so we essentially have very little idea of what were doing, but it's working. This past week was the highest achieving week in mission history, so it's pretty obvious that the Lord is backing us! I feel like I'm in this big and demanding bussiness. I'm gonna get stir crazy when I get home and don't have to constantly be thinking about what I have to do and how I'm going to do it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anyways, after getting some solid plans down, we starting doing 1 on 1 trainings with district leaders in Comodoro, then, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2136576646" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Thursday</span></span>, we jumped in the H1, and after driving through the lane changing wind bursts of the Patagonia, made it to Puerto Madryn to train the northern district leaders. We spent a day in Puerto Madryn, and <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2136576647" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Saturday</span></span> morning, we drove to Trelew. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The trainings went well, but obviously, my favorite part of the trip was being able to go to church in Union 1, since it's been a looooooong time since I've been able to visit. The members were ecstatic! We invited Luisa to say the prayer in Gospel Principles, and in her prayer, she said (in a totally evangelico way) "Oh Lord, thank you Lord, for bringing me my first elder, who brought me Lord, your sacred word. I am so grateful Lord!" She even started crying! I love that woman! However, one of my good friends from Union, Enzo, didn't make it to church. So, among the trainings and divisions that we did, we escaped for an hour to his house. Turns out that he was doing mas o menos, but we had a really sincere chat. I think it really helped him, and I challenged him to read the Book of Mormon every day, and finish it before turning his mission papers in in April. If that kid gets on the mission, I'll be so happy! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Overall, its been a super tiring, but great and promising week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">MOM! I'm so proud of the awesome teacher that you are! That call you made is a great example of the pure love of Christ :) Love you! </span></div>
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Jolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422421534081644950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477114598585610747.post-28350998598013185622018-02-05T12:33:00.003-08:002018-02-05T12:33:46.874-08:00AP, Zona Comodoro Norte - Week 25... Newbies!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wowza... The emails this week were pretty lame.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm really grateful for all the writing you guys do, don't get me wrong, it's just that there was a lot of bad news... However, I believe in the effectiveness of positive thinking!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Boston Knights: You guys are in my prayers and fasts. Read 2 Nefi 2, but put your names in there. The Plan of Salvation is an eternal truth! Love you guys.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rest of the family: Alright, this week was a blur. Week 1 is always nuts. The first three nights of the week I slept an average of 5 hours! XD Another one of my good friends, Elder Faundez, went home, so that was fun. He was one of the noble and great ones for sure! The next day the newbies arrived, and some of them are really good missionaries, I can already tell! Up until thursday, we were shuttling them from place to place and doing trainings and what not. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And then... A TRABAJAL LOCO! (in honor of my Puerto Rican bretheren (we actually pronounce stuff that way all the time just for the fun of it XD)) Friday through Sunday we spent doing chores, and getting out to work when we could. It's been a lot of contacting, talking with people in the street, and more contacting. Daiana said that she was going to come to church yesterday, and we were going to go pick her up in the morning, but she sent a message Saturday night saying that she wasn't going to go, so that was a bummer... However, she did buy a dress to go to church in, so that shows promise. Aaaaand, the Relief Society president invited her to the Bishop's Wife's baby shower, so the members are actually working (church is true!). During all the madness of the week, we ended up finding 1 more potential investigator, so well see if we can make her an investigator this week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But yeah, pretty normal/crazy week. All the weeks are crazy in the office. I'm honestly pretty excited for that last transfer in the field.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One awsome thing that happened this week was PRESIDENT NELSON. I have really wanted to see the blessings of reading the Book of Mormon every day these last couple weeks, and wow. WOW! My testimony has Sky. Rocketed. Last week, in order to continue with the good vibes, I printed off a ton of President Nelson's old talks about the scriptures, and as I read them, two things were reinforced in my mind. 1) President Nelson is the prophet of God and 2) THE BOOK OF MORMON IS TRUE. He gave a talk a while ago called "Testimony of the Book of Mormon" that is straight fire. The fire of the spirit! I felt my ming being iluminated while reading it, and then he also gave a talk in April 2017 about the Book of Mormon, and while reading about the promises that he gave if we read it every day, I was almost overcome with joy. I had to sit back in my chair and sigh because I was 0 to 100 happy reading that talk. It was really cool to read a lot information from one general authority. I would recommend it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NIKKI AND KEVIN: I hope you guys are going good with everything! Love you guys! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MOM! Thank you for all the support that you give me out here. You really are a super mom! I LOVE YOU! </span><br />
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Jolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422421534081644950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477114598585610747.post-22305563445440521522018-01-29T11:26:00.001-08:002018-01-29T11:26:24.626-08:00AP, Zona Comodoro Norte - Week 24... Templo!!!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dear family,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm officially the most jealous man ON THE PLANET! I can't believe you guys got to meet the Prophet! He seems like such an incredible man, I would have loved to be there. But I know where God needs me to be in this moment, so here I am. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week was SWEET! I think I already told you guys about the first flight to BA last week, so I'll tell you a bit about Ushuaia. The conference went really well, probably the second best out of the 4 we gave. Now we have to wait and see if our new plan gives positive results, but to start of, the week before last week (since we still don't have the numbers from last week) was our best week since November 2017, so the plan showed promise. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the conference, we ended us staying in Ushuaia an extra day, because President had miscalculated the time it would take to do all the interviews, and asked for a flight on Thursday instead of Wednesday. It was fine though, because we took advantage of the moment, and did some divisions with some elders that were struggling. The division went really well! Elder Ekblad found 2 future investigators with one of the companions, and the other companion and I taught a great lesson to an investigator that wasn't progressing as much as they wanted. Not only were we able to leave a great compromismo <span style="color: magenta;"><i>(commitment)</i></span>, but we also were able to help her Catholic sister participate in the lesson, and also accept the invitation to read the Book of Mormon. We taught the lesson inside one of the humblest homes that I've been inside of in my mission. It reminded me a lot of Tolhuin. I'll definitely be able to relate to you guys, Mom and Dad, when you talk about the people from your missions who lived in houses that were smaller that our kitchen. The house I was inside didn't even have walls, that had just built a little frame, and stapled plastic tarp to it. The Spirit was strong inside that tiny home, and I actually gave some of the most direct testimonies that I've given in my mission during that lesson. It made me want to get back into the field! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Thursday, we took the return flight to Buenos Aires. We met a girl named Agustina, who was sitting next to me, who was studying to be a lawyer in Rosario. She and I talked the whole flight almost, and we were able to share a pamphlet of the Restoration with her before parting ways.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Upon arriving in Buenos Aires, Hermano Romano, who has pretty much become our personal taxi driver in Buenos Aires, and also one of the coolest old guys I've ever met, took us to the most anticipated location of the trip: EL TEMPLO! You have no idea that joy and happiness I felt inside that building! To remember my covenants and the promise I've been given was awesome! The best part for me though was to be able to do the work for one of my Puerto Rican ancestor, Joaquin Gil de la Madrid Padilla. I have a great hope that he accepts the work that was done for him. It felt very appropriate to me that the first time I go through a 100% Spanish temple trip, that I do it in the place of my latino ancestry. Overall, it was a great, great experience. A really nice part as well was to come to know how the rest of the church outside the United States and Mexico feels about going to the temple when they don't have one around the block. It had been around 20 months since I had even seen a temple, but it made me appreciate the experience that much more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we were driving through Buenos Aires, el Hermano Romano told me that 16 million people live there. I then remembered that there are 16 million members of the church. I looked around me, seeing all the people, and felt pretty dang good about how the church is growing! Elder Ekblad said "That's a lot of menos activos!", which is probably true, but then, when we got home, we looked up the population of Buenos Aires, and it said that only 2.6 million people live in the city, while there are 16 million living in the province, which includes several other big cities like La Plata, Mar del Plata, Bahia Blanca, etc. There are 5 missions in Buenos Aires, all of which have like 6 times more people than we do. I felt even better about the church now! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two more experiences: When we got home, we had a handful of office chores to do. However, on Saturday, we found a two hour sliver to work, and we got out. I had been feeling all day that we should head towards the beach, because people would be walking around in the neighborhoods that are close, and we could contact them. However, my mind was telling me: 1. nobody wants nobody to bother them while they're at the beach aaaand 2. there are probably some people at the beach that are dressed in ways that we don't want to see. However, the feeling bothered me all day, so when we got out to work, we started descending down to the beach. As we were walking through the little neighborhood that's next to the beach, contacting people as we went, I saw the door of a woman who had told me that she would come to church, but never did. We knocked, I heard her inside, but she didn't answer the door. Oh well! However, 2 blocks down, there lived a lady who had a 12 year old son with whom I had made a friendship. We had knocked her door lots of times, and she had never come out. We decided to knock anyways, and lo and behold, she was home! She told us that her son was with his father, and that she thought it would be good to teach her son, when we said "Daiana, it's nice and all that you want Tomi to come to church, but you need this message as well, so we'd like to invite YOU to come to church with us tomorrow. We'll come pick you up in the morning!" SHE AGREED! The assistants had never, ever in my memory had a church attendance in this mission, because were always out of town, so when we were knocking her door Sunday morning, I can't lie, I was a bit nervous that she was gonna sleep on us. But no, she answered, and accompanied us to Sacrament Meeting, even though she had worked all night long, and had gotten home at 8:30 that morning! The biggest miracle though, was that half the ward, including the Relief Society President and the bishop's wife know her because they were childhood friends that lived on the same block! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can I just take a moment and testify to all you that I know that the Lord is at the helm of this work. I know that he uses imperfect means to bring to pass his perfect work. I feel very blessed that the Lord sees how hard it is for us to find time to get out into the field, and for that reason, almost always that we find a time and use it wisely, I've seen miracles! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last experience/testimony Id like to give is my testimony of the Book of Mormon. This week, before I was sure that we were going to go to the Temple, I had a nice reading experience with 2 Nefi 2, putting my name where it says "my son" and putting "you" when it talks about the children of men. It was awesome! It helped me to appreciate more the great atoning sacrifice that Jesus Christ did for me! I love the Book of Mormon, and I know that as President Monson said in his last testimony, if we read it every day, we will be able to conquer fear and doubt, conquer temptation, have the guide of the Spirit in our lives, and have help from on high. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FAMILY: I love you guys! Tell Sofia to write me, its been a while! MOM! I'm glad you liked Hermana Nelsons talk. I'm sure there are many ways that you can improve, but I think you're an exemplary woman! I LOVE YOU! Love you guys! - Elder Jimenez</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422421534081644950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477114598585610747.post-48877283932628091122018-01-22T12:28:00.002-08:002018-01-23T05:29:39.020-08:00AP, Zona Comodoro Norte - Week 23... Splits in Buenos Aires!!!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hey family :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">MOM! Thanks for the names! I'm pretty sure that we're going to be able to go :D we're passing back through Buenos Aires on Thursday, and President is letting us go to the temple. I'm soooooo pumped!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This week was pretty cool overall. We started the week by heading up to Trelew to give the 2nd conference this transfer. It went well, and was fun because we went with Presidente no mas. We got back to Comodoro on Tuesday in the afternoon, and early Wednesday morning, we got on the road to Gallegos. No rest for the weary!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Gallegos was the third conference, and it went really well! Elder Ekblad and I started to get in a groove with our presentation, so we taught a bit better each time. Overall, Gallegos was also a success. We left Gallegos Friday in the morning, and got back to Comdoro Friday night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sunday started off with a bang. On Friday, while we were coming home from Gallegos, right as we arrived to a little town to pump gas, we got a call from a missionary, saying that he and his companion had had some problems, and that he wanted a division with the Zone Leaders. We authorized it, and President planned on interviewing the two of 'em (fire and brimstone). Lucky for them though, President woke up early on Sunday, and felt sick, so he did something that he's never done. He passed the interview to Elder Ekblad and I! On one hand, it was cool because it showed the confidence that President has in us, but on the other, I was a bit nervous, because there was a bit of bad blood, and we were going to have to find a way to understand the situation without having an accuse-fest on our hands. So we invited the missionaries, and we asked that the zone leaders come, so that the missionaries would give the same story to us that they had given to the zone leaders. As I said, I was a bit nervous, but we decided to manage the interview by giving the missionaries timed intervals in which they could give their part, we would ask questions, then the other missionary would have equal time to defend himself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At first it was way tense, but we had prayed before the interview, and I was praying the whole time that the Spirit would guide us. It did. We ended up finding the truth, and coming up with solutions that were very obviously not of our own design, rather that of God. It was a really edifying experience!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After the interview, we had church, then after church, we had our first flight to Buenos Aires. I had to say goodbye to Elder Nelson, because he had to go home on Monday to not lose his football scholarship. It was sad because he's been a mission long friend! But I'll see him soon, since he's from Utah. The flight to Buenos Aires flew by, because I was seated next to Hermana Salerno, and we talked the whole flight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When we got to Buenos Aires, we called President Smith from Buenos Aires Norte, and arranged a division with the elders of MicroCentro. When we arrived at the bus station in which they were waiting, I was shocked to see that "Elder Dominguez" from MicroCentro was Hermano Jorgito from Rio Gallegos!!! He had been a ward missionary while I was in the branch, and I was at his farewell talk a year earlier! It was soooooooo cool to work with him! We had a great time contacting the centro of Buenos Aires. We ended up finding a family from Bolivia. I'm praying that the elders get to their home, because they seemed very prepared. Overall, it was a great experience; Elder Dominguez (Jorgito) is going to send me the pics :D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We stayed the night in a hotel with President, and then today, after a 4 hour flight talking to a Greek dude who knew a lot about world news, we arrived in Ushuaia, where I'm currently writing. All this travel makes me think that I may want to work in the business management side of travel agencies, or hotels, or something similar. What do you think Dad?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Overall, great week! I got to share the gospel from la Patagonia to Capital Federal, and now I'll take the chance to let all you know that I know that Jesus is the Christ, that Joseph Smith is the chosen prophet of the Restoration, and that the Book of Mormon is 100% true!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">FAMILY: I love you guys! Stay safe from gun toting, 33 year old children this week! I'm glad you guys are safe :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">MOM! I love you! Thanks again for the temple cards! LOVE YOU! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Consejo went really well this week. The Inspired Training wasn't just good on paper, and didn't just GO well in Consejo. It's GOING well in the mission. We've got all the Lideres de Zona on board, and now we've got to work on the District Leaders. This could bring BIG changes for the mission, I have a feeling that were going to blow up in 2018. I might be crazy, and I'm sure my family would cringe hearing this, but if they let me, I might consider staying until my 21st birthday XD Luckily they won't let me do that, so I'll be home si o si in three months :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We actually had a couple moments to work in the area. Nothing too crazy happened. Just trying to always be outside the comfort zone :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mom, I'm glad that you're enjoying your activities this year! You've just got to get into the groove, and then it all gets easier and more enjoyable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm pumped for the transmission from Presidente Nelson today! We really do have prophets in these latter days! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On top of Consejo, we also gave conferences in Comodoro and Trelew this week. Comodoro went really well. The trainings in Trelew were really great, but there are a lot of missionaries that we're a bit worried about up there, so the message was received with a bit less enthusiasm than in Comodoro. Igual, there were missionaries among them that took it well, and it's like the new habits that my mom has, once the missionaries get in the groove, they'll see that it's not anything too crazy, but that it's going to give us crazy success! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I'm going to end with a story. Here in the mission, I started cutting my own hair with borrowed hair cutting machines. I would always cut the sides, on top, and try to hit the back, then ask my companion to finish the back off for me. Elder Farabee, Elder Richards, and Elder Popa all did a good job at cutting the back part, so, naturally, I thought that Elder Ekblad would do the same (it cant be that hard right?) So the other day, I'm cutting my hair, and I ask Elder Ekblad to come and finish off the back part. I was cutting for about 20 minutes, and had achieved a good look on the sides and top. It only took Elder Ekblad 5 seconds to shave a MASSIVE LINE IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD! Not going to lie, I was highly, highly displeased, but to my great surprise, I didn't yell at him. I didn't even say anything mean to him! I just looked at myself in the mirror, wallowed in horror for a couple seconds, and said "You should probably leave the bathroom now". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So now, after taking my head to a highly over priced barbershop downtown, I officially have the shortest haircut that I've ever had! I felt bad too, because I had to go to Trelew looking like a trucho, and the worst part is that the cut looks really, really good. Like I think I'll cut my hair this way back home. Here in Argentina, we say "tiene la re facha, loco!", and that's what they told me. President wasn't too displeased, but he's going to kill me when we go to the next conference in Trelew, and all the missionaries have the hair cut like chorros! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you guys liked my story. The funniest stuff always happens to me... What luck I must have! To end my letter on a spiritual note, Id just like to say that I have a testimony of revelation. These past weeks have been full of it! I know that God helps us with our problems, especially when we go to Him for help. I also want to declare that I know that "charity never faileth"! Yesterday, in the meeting in Trelew, even though I didn't want to, and frankly was a bit scared to, I had to correct a bad behavior that several of the missionaries had demonstrated during the conference, and "el momento oportuno" was right there, in front of everyone. I took the microphone, and reprehended the whole Trelew zone. However, I tried to help them see that I wasn't correcting them out of hate, rather that I really do love them and want them to be the best missionaries they can be, and for that reason, I wasn't going to let them continue in the bad habit they showed without showing them the right path. The understanding and regret that I saw in those missionaries was sincere. I saw a desire to change in them. Jesus Christ is our perfect example, and the Book of Mormon is true. If we learn to apply the principles that the Savior taught, and to apply the divine wisdom that it found in the Book of Mormon, we will have success! I applied the charity this week, and although other occasions that I have had to correct haven't been as pleasant, the other day in Trelew was a beautiful experience. AGUANTE LA VERDAD! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Family! I love you guys! We're getting really close! Not trunky doh... MOM, I LOVE YOU!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Alright, before starting this week, I promised Dad last week that I wouldn't forget to talk about what I did for New Year's Eve. The family that we originally planned to pass the new year with changed plans on us, and initially, on New Year's Eve, we didn't have anyone to pass the night with. However, when we got to the capilla, a menos activo named Jose had come to church. He's a 60 year old man that lives alone, and I had made a friendship with him while I was a Zone Leader. I started talking to him, and he told me that he didn't have anyone pass the night with either, and invited me, Elder Ekblad, and the two elders that live with us to pass the night with him. So that night, we went to his house. It was a really little place, and he only had 2 working lights in the house: the dining room and the bathroom. He had cooked in the dark! The majority of the walls of the house were just blankets nailed to the frame of the house. It was kind of sad, but Jose just has a great spirit! He had made a pig for dinner, and it was WAY good! I felt really happy that we got to pass the night with him, not only because we didn't end up alone, but especially because he didn't have to start the New Year alone, which was the best part. It was an awesome New Years! </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyways, this week was busy as always, but a good week overall. It was actually a really boring week, we pretty much just worked in the office and got out to work a bit each day. We have a lot of office work in this moment, because President Salerno had a mid-mission crisis, and this year he is gonna start busting rear ends to get people working, and is pretty much changing the mentality of his leadership. I think it's going to be really good for the mission, but now Consejo (that's going to be this Wednesday) </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is suuuuuuper packed with new stuff. So we've been working our tails off to get ready. Last night, when we finally defined what Elder Ekblad and I are going to talk about, we received some serious revelation. We were the last ones in the office, 10 at night, in President's office, with his whiteboard FULL of ideas and thoughts, and after putting ourselves to work things out for 3 hours, the plans came. The Spirit opened our minds, and we've got some new plans for the mission that I really think are going to change this place! I looked at the whiteboard after having done all that thinking with Elder Ekblad, and I said to him "Elder, in my 5 months in the office, I think this is by far that greatest thing we've ever thought of" SO I'M PUMPED! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Yesterday, before the "high revelation" moment, we actually had made a road trip with President Salerno. He needed to go to Pico Truncado to apartar a new missionary that's going to Bolivia, and then we actually brought her to Comodoro, where she'll catch a flight to Lima </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1973896320" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); color: #222222; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Tuesday</span></span><span style="color: #222222;">. Hermana Salerno didn't come, because President's mom is currently visiting, and they can't leave her alone in the house, so when President picked us up, I said only three words to him: "Guys. Road trip." XD He always calls his truck the "oficina movil"</span><i><span style="color: magenta;"> (mobile office)</span></i><span style="color: #222222;"> but yesterday I told him that for the day it was going to be the "mancave movil"</span></span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"> (mobile mancave)</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> XD It was sick to pass some time with President, because hes sooooo busy that it's usually all business, and even though we talked about business that majority of the time, it was still fun to be just the three of us on the 3 hour trip to Pico. The only downside was that we had to wake up early! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Overall, it was a pretty good week. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1973896321" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">This Wednesday</span></span> is Consejo, and after Consejo, the madness starts again. Consejo, Reunion de Zona Comodoro, Reunion de Zona Trelew, Reunion de Zona Rio Gallegos, BUENOS AIRES PAPÁ! (this time only with President, o sea, GUYS NIGHT), Tierra del Fuego Zone Conf, Buenos Aires ronda 2 (we might get to go to the temple. I WOULD DIE OF HAPPINESS) and when we finally get home</span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"> (meaning to Comodoro, not home to his mama!)</span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, traslados, sending the retornos home, welcoming the newbies, and it all starts over again. No rest for the weary! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FAMILY! I love you guys so much! I've been extra grateful for you guys in my prayers this week. I'm so blessed to have a direct family like you guys, and add on top of that two awesome sides of the family, that are both super strong in the gospel, and that's all a spirit can ask for. I'm sure that when I opened my call to life in the premortal realms, everyone was wayyyy jealous! It's like I always say, I won the spiritual lottery! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MOM! I'm so glad that work is going well for you, I love you so, so much. Can't believe I'm going to put this in my weekly mail, but not gonna lie, the thought that "I'm always going to be a mamma's boy" actually crossed my mind this week XD I LOVE YOU! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Saludos a todos desde el fin del mundo</span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"> (greetings to everyone from the end of the world!)</span></i></div>
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<br />Jolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422421534081644950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477114598585610747.post-91882727053906483912018-01-01T15:39:00.001-08:002018-01-01T15:40:31.940-08:00AP, Zona Comodoro Norte - Week 20... Happy New Year!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Feliz año a todos! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pretty crazy that we're already in 2018, no? Nikki would know, but in the MTC, they give you this card that had your start date and your release date on it, and I remember being in my room at the MTC, and looking at that card, and thinking "Fah, 2018 is so far away!" And now we're here! How crazy! Not gonna lie that last night, I couldn't avoid the thought that coming home is getting close... I'm not trunky at all, but its just crazy to see it actually coming closer. I remember starting December with Elder Popa, and now December's over! I think when we finish January, I'm still going to feel like I've got some time left XD You just don't accept reality as a missionary! The other day, I was filling out paperwork, and one of the forms asked for my age, and I put 18, AND I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE! I just kept filling it out, and a couple minutes later, I was like "Oh wait, I have 20 years, not 18" XD Coming home is gonna be like waking up from a sweet dream... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Aaaaanyways, now that weve passed that super trunky moment, I hope you guys had a great New Year's Eve! It was funny, because Elder Ekblad told me that he always passed New Year's in a party with his friends, and was a bit surprised when I told him that I pass every year with you guys :) I wouldn't give up that bucket throwing, merengue listening, puzzle building (even though I never help XD), fiesta for anything! This year is going to such a crazy year of my life, but I've got a good feeling</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This week is pretty much a blur for me... It's coming back to me little by little... I remember that at the start of the week, the gringos finally arrived to the mission. They seem like good missionaries :) We spent Monday welcoming them and getting them settled in <span style="color: magenta;"><i>(Christmas Day... thus my 2 hour late Skype call)</i></span>, Tuesday training them and the Trainers Training (which is one of my favorite trainings to give, because we do a sick practice). It was really weird because I always gave that training with Elder Popa, but this time I gave the training TO Elder Popa. So that was weird XD Wednesday and Thursday were spent shuttling the newbies to tramites and the terminal to get them out and to their areas. It was nice to get to know them, and like I mentioned before, they seem like really nice people. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One of the trainers is currently living with us, so we've got a trainee also living with us, which is fun. He's a gringo, but we don't speak English to him at all, and he looks confused the whole time! It's nuts to see a kid fresh out of high school. It makes me see how I was, and how much I've changed and grown here in the mission. Family, just get ready to get to know me again, because I'm the same old Elder Jimenez, but at the same time no. We'll just have to see...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The rest of the week was spent doing changitas for Presidente. We were able to come up with a plan in which the office elders can actually keep an area up and running. The plan is that we're all going to work in the same area, and keep a really clean Area Book to coordinate our efforts. It's nice, because even if Elder Ekblad and I find an investigator, but then we leave for a month (like we do every transfer), the other oficinistas will be able to keep teaching that person. So we're excited for that! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have 2 big experiences that happened this week. We'll start with the mas o menos negative one, that ended up being positive. So, we were contacting in our new area, and had a couple of really sweet contacts, when we run into a man, and stop to contact him. We were offering to show a video, and he said "I'm a Christian Preacher, and am not in accordance with several of the beliefs of your church, for example the belief of becoming gods. I believe in Jesus Christ, so if it has to do with any of those beliefs of yours, I prefer not to watch" The video was Gracias a El, so it wasn't anything too crazy, and he decided to watch. After showing him the video, we asked him what he thought, and he proceeded to give a 1 hour, Bible based lecture. The worst part though was that he tore us apart! Usually, the pastors down here know the Bible a bit, but they base themselves 90% in 2 scriptures that are super easy to see why there's a flaw in their teaching, but they don't let us explain it to them because they just talk. All the other times I had run into preachers, it had been really easy to shake off the doubt that they tried to instill in me. However, this man was different. His knowledge of the Bible was INCREDIBLE. Essentially, in an hour, he picked apart several of the main points of our doctrine (he knew our doctrine super well, because he had studied with other missionaries various times, and had done research. The guy would threw around words like "Pearl of Great Price" and "Doctrine and Covenants" and that's when we knew he was legit), reciting literally more than 30 different verses of the Bible, and using them in ways that actually made a lot of sense. His doctrine was super sound. And the worst part was that he actually asked us great questions, and gave us time to think and talk, but we didn't have anything. Add on top of that, and I'd say that this is actually the worst part, but I actually felt love on his part. Most of the other preachers come and they just want to tear us apart and make us feel bad, but I felt that this guy was actually worried about our salvation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After that contact, I felt like trash. I noticed how much of the scriptures I don't know, nor understand. I felt bad because I'm a missionary with 21 months in the mission, but my knowledge of what I'm teaching is still totally novice. I feel like I failed the scripture that says "Seek not to declare my word, but first seek to obtain my word, and then shall your tongue be loosed; then, if you desire, you shall have my Spirit and my word, yea, the power of God unto the convincing of men". I was sooooo unprepared to meet that man, and I felt bad because sometimes, one is in the mission, and feels like they already know kind of everything, and you get comfy, and even though I still study every day, my studies are not well planned sometimes, and sometimes I come out of them without having learned much. After the contact with the pastor, I noticed how horribly unprepared I still am, and the worst part was that he gave me a new, terrible feeling: doubt. His doctrine was soooo sound, and everything he had said made sense. That was on Saturday. All Saturday night and Sunday morning, I felt depressed, because I was seriously questioning if I was in the truth or no. If all of this turns out to be a mistaken path, would I be able to change my beliefs? All my life I've been taught to believe these things, and I even feel like I have my own testimony, but if it all were a lie, would I be able to tell? Could it be that all this is a suuuuper sinister scheme of the adversary, to lull us into a mistaken path by making it seem like the right one? I couldn't stop thinking. However, after thinking, and praying, and more than anything worrying, at the end of Sacrament meeting yesterday, an inspired thought came to mind. "That man contradicted everything I believe using the Bible. However, there are thousands of churches in the world, all of which have other doctrines, and other men that also know the Bible cover to cover, that could easily Bible bash with that man, and also continue contradicting what I believe. So you'd have endless beliefs, all contradicting each other with the same book, and all at the same time contradicting what I believe, and like I said, all using one book: the Bible. Any man that believes that a God that loves us enough to sacrifice his Only Begotten Son to save us would then turn around and give us a book that has to be followed correctly to gain His salvation, but that also causes a ton of confusion, and that, according to all the other churches on the planet, only allows the 1% of the people who magically have the right interpretation to be saved is not a very logical, nor wise, nor spiritual man. It makes a ton of sense then, that to accompany that book of instructions, God would give us "the second witness" to help us find the correct path, and as the Book of Mormon says, that the Bible and the Book of Mormon will grow together, support one another, and put an end to the contention and false doctrine." The thought was enlightening, and I believe that the promise that President Monson gave last April, that the Book of Mormon would help us to conquer fear and doubt, was made reality for me to end 2017. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Due to the HUGENESS of this letter, I'm going to save the other experience for another time. But I just want to let all of you know, that entering into this new year of 2018, I want you all to know that I KNOW THAT THE BOOK OF MORMON IS THE WORD OF GOD! I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior! He loves us! Take the New Year's goals that actually mean something to you, knock, and HE WILL ANSWER, and He will help you make 2018, and all the coming years, the best years of our lives. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">FAMILY: I hope y'all can finish reading this letter by 2019 XD It was awesome to see you guys on Christmas, and we'll be seeing each other soon :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">MOM! Keep up the good work at school. I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Love, Elder Jimenez :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">25 Dec 2:06pm...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm gonna be calling around 2:30 - 2:40 esta bien? And I'll probably use somebody else's account :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">25 Dec 2:16pm...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Por ahi, estoy trabajando, pero voy a llamar tipo 2:40</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">25 Dec 2:35pm...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">25 Dec 2:40pm...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sorry! I'm super busy today, but I'm rushing. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ya voy a estar tranqy igual</span><br />
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Jolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422421534081644950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477114598585610747.post-57020931996396263132018-01-01T15:38:00.000-08:002018-01-01T15:38:57.583-08:00AP, Zona Comodoro Norte - Week 18... Star Wars: Rogue One<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hey fam, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm going to be praying a lot for the Boston Knights. Sometimes the crosses are heavy that we are called to bear, but Jesus Christ bore the heaviest of them all, and for that reason, hope will never be defeated. Death loses its sting; the grave its victory. I still believe in miracles, and I'm going to continue praying for miracles for Madi, and the best part of it all, is that there is one miracle that's already assured for her and all of us: the Resurrection. So, among all the prayers that I'm going to offer for her and her family, I'm also going to be giving thanks for the Plan of Salvation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It sounds like you guys are progressing well. I'm proud of the all the progress that Sofia has been making. She has learned things back home that I couldn't learn until I came down here on a mission, so kudos to you! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This week was as busy as ever. We got back from Gallegos, had another Christmas dinner in Comodoro, and President had a ton of entrevistas that we had to direct. I can't believe that the week passed so fast though. Today, we sent off all of the retornos, although there's a huge strike happening in Argentina in air travel, and they're not going to be leaving Buenos Aires for a time. The best part is that the newbies are going to be coming to mission when fate decides it wants them to come. So this is going to be a fun week :D </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But yeah, it was a pretty boring week now that I put myself to write about it (I just noticed how horribly wrong that sentence is grammatically XD "ahora que me puse a escribir", I'm gonna leave it nada mas) The only other notable thing that we did was finish the transfers. President said that in all the time of his mission, this time was or the hardest or the second hardest doing transfers. So it was a blast! But seriously, "dimos vuelta a toda la mision". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">FAMILY! Just so y'all know, I'm horribly, terribly jealous that you guys watched Star Wars. Last night, when I finished making the video for the retornos, I named the file "Star Wars: Rogue One" for two reasons: First of all, so that when I was pulling it up on the TV, everybody would think I was secretly being a trucho, and President was going to be like "WHAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!" (which totally happened XD) and second of all, so that I could say that technically, I did watch Star Wars Rogue One in the mission XD I'm a nerd. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">DAD! Bien ahi con la promocion, ahorrá la gita para cuando te toque servir la mision de nuevo ;) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">MOM! Te amo! Me impresiona como enseñás, y encima le ayudás a Sofia con sus tareas tambien! CAPA! </span><br />
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Jolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422421534081644950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477114598585610747.post-90371162561040985632017-12-17T15:56:00.000-08:002017-12-17T15:56:28.005-08:00AP, Zona Comodoro Norte - Week 17... HO HO HO<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hey guys :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What a week! I'm happy to hear that you have a new calling Mom! Each new calling is an opportunity to serve and grow, so get the most out of it, and SERVE! I can't believe that Jaxson Ruff is going to the MTC! I'm so proud of that kid, QUE CAPO, EH! It sounds like Dad dove into the depths of humility for a day this week! I hope you guys took videos, because I'm going to need to see to believe XD </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The week was tiring, seriously, but GREAT! I think that last week, if I'm not mistaken, I wrote to you guys from Gallegos... Yep, pretty sure. So we had the conference in Gallegos, and it went well. Elder Bragg based his talks, more than anything, on the Spirit, so they were different in each zone, according to what he felt he needed to say. It was inspiring to see how he would pause to let the Holy Ghost guide him, then continue talking. Not only did it make the conferences a lot more interesting, since I learned something different each time, but it also gave me a great feeling of thankfulness for the opportunity to be one of the only 2 missionaries that got to hear Elder Bragg speak in all the conferences. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After finishing in Gallegos, we took a colectivo to Ushuaia (really long). In Ushuaia, the preparations went well, and the conference went smoothly. After the conference, Elder Bragg took a picture with me, and said he was going to send it to you guys, so you might have an email from a General Authority :) After the fotos, he had an interview with Elder Popa and I. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The love I felt from that man was incredible! He transmits a peace and love that make one want to be better! One of the great lessons that I learned, and he didn't even teach it, it was the Spirit teaching me through his example, is that positive, living leaders are the most effective leaders. Before, I thought that if a leader focused very little on the weaknesses of those he led, and if he sugar coated his suggestions for improvement, that he would never gain true respect from his followers. I thought that his followers would never really improve because they wouldn't take seriously the leader. However, the example of Elder Bragg taught me otherwise. When Elder Bragg suggested that we improve in certain ways, he always expressed to us his love, and even said various times "This isn't something that you're doing bad, it's just a place where you can improve". At first, I thought "If we've got to improve, say it to us like a man! We can take it, and we'll improve!" But then I noticed that by showing us so much love, we didn't just see it, but we felt it. Every spiritually-sensitive missionary left each of the conferences with a strong desire to change, and improve, not because he had scared us into in, or threatened us into it, but rather because WE WANTED DO IT FOR HIM. And the best thing is that he was so true to his calling to represent that Lord, that by wanting to improve for him, really we were all wanting to improve for the Lord. Sometimes, we just need someone a little bit more visible to help us remember how much we love the Lord. So that was a GREAT life lesson.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Overall, the visit of Elder Bragg "me hizo re bien!" One of the ways that he wanted us to improve was in talking with everyone we can find. After he invited us to "hablar con todos" in the first conference, I started putting it into practice, and had a bunch of cool experiences. I was able to get references from taxi drivers to hotel maids. I was able to contact a girl from Germany, a bunch of people from France, and even a kid from Philadelphia. It was a great experience! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After Elder Bragg left, we had the Christmas dinner for Tierra del Fuego in Ushuaia. It was great! President and Hermana Salerno, Elder Popa, and I did a sketch that had everyone dying from laughter, and afterwards, dressed up as Santa Claus, I was accompanied by my elf (Elder Popa) to greet all the missionaries and give out their Christmas gifts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The whole time I had funny things to say, and Hermana Salerno laughed so much that the majority of the fotos she took came out fuzzy! XD It was awesome to make people laugh in a way that didn't make me feel bad and didn't drive away the Spirit. #SEPUEDE! After the dinner, and after missing our first flight out of Ushuaia because the incredible staff of Aerolineas Argentinas gave my companion the ticket of Clementino Papón (not gonna lie, I got a bit angry..), we flew to Calafate (which was less pretty than I thought it was going to be) then took a colectivo to Gallegos (making it the third time I go to Gallegos this transfer). In Gallegos, we had the Christmas Dinner, which went just as well as the first (although I'm going to be sick of asado by the time were done haha!) and then in the morning, we left for Comodoro. Mom, I've been searching desperately for a uniquely Argentine pesebre, but they don't really have any. They're all pretty generic. But I promise that I'll bring you a nativity! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On the way back to Comodoro, we did traslados. It was hard to keep track of everything, because we had to do it on paper, and to make it worse, I'd say that these were the most complicated transfers that we've done up to this point (even president said that it was the hardest time in his mission) It seems like it gets harder and harder each time! However, looking at them this morning, I think they came out really well! Big news, there will be a change in the Assistance of this mission (I'm not sure if that's how you say it, but we'll go with it). After a chat with President, Elder Popa will be training in Ushuaia for his last transfer, in his first area. He's super pumped! I'm sad to see him go, and a bit scared of the change (since we've been together for more than 4 months) but I feel like everything's going to go great. My new companion is going to be Elder Ekblad, form South Jordan! He's a capo, so I'm pumped to show him how things are done in the office. We're going to be more obedient than ever, and I'm going to trust in the Lord, so that He can guide to be able to help President change this mission. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So yeah, CRAZY WEEK! FAMILY: Enjoy STAR WARS THIS WEEK! I am so, soooo jealous. I haven't even seen the trailer, but the temptation is so strong. Every time it comes to my mind (not a lot, I'm not THAT trunky, but its come to mind a couple times), I feel like Chancillor Palpatine is whispering into my ear, telling me about how I'd be able to see the trailer if I fell to the dark side. I'LL BE STRONG FOR YOU GUYS! Tell me how it goes, without spoilers though, because if you spoil it for me, i'm going to Anakin to Count Dooku you XD (<- Nerd). MOM! Enjoy your new calling, and keep on grinding in school! YOU CAN DO IT! I love you! LOVE YOU GUYS! </span><br />
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Jolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422421534081644950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477114598585610747.post-30001704151878183822017-12-17T15:21:00.002-08:002017-12-17T15:22:04.619-08:00AP, Zona Comodoro Norte - Week 16... #LightTheWorld<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Alright everyone, today, in Ilumina el Mundo, the theme is "Honor thy father and thy mother" and that's going to be really easy for me because they are the two most praiseworthy people that I have the pleasure of knowing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">MOM, you are the smartest woman I know! You are very charitable, thinking about others and doing TONS of service projects! You really do understand, in your heart and soul, the happiness that comes from making others happy. I think that you may not understand the great impact that the love you showed to me always has had in my life. You have always been there for me, cheering me on, and consoling me with that sweet, soft voice of yours when I've made mistakes or have failed in my past. It was that love that gave me the perseverance to push through my trials. You are SO patient (you raised me XD) and the best thing about you is that you have a firm testimony. I am SO grateful that I have a real, logical hope of being with you in the Celestial Kingdom one day. I LOVE YOU! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And DAD! You are definitely the man after whom I have modeled my life. As I've already said to you many times, If I could become half the man you are, I'd be a great man. You are honorable. I've never, ever heard you tell a lie. When you say you're going to do something, YOU DO IT! You teach me so much by your example. You're not only an IMPECCABLE home teacher, but you do your visits at the start of each month. You honor and magnify the callings you are given, no matter the pressure that you receive in your job. You're hard working and dedicated: a man who shows true grit in the workplace and with your crazy hobbies. And you are wise. As I said to you in my letter this week, I know that if I need an opinion to help me make a good decision, I always have the best man on earth to go to: you! I LOVE YOU! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I must have won the Heavenly Lottery to get parents like you guys here in the Earth. You inspire me, you build me up, and I give all the credit of all the success that I've had in my life to 1) God and 2) you guys :) You guys are a super couple! I LOVE YOU BOTH! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now, as for what happened this week, it was tranqy. We got back to Comodoro on Wednesday, prepped for the visit of Elder Bragg of the Seventy until yesterday, when we had the conference with him. It was awesome! It inspired me to be better :) Now, were in Gallegos (after an 11 hour bus ride in which I slept very little) getting ready for round 2 of the conference. Wish me luck! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">FAMILY! I love you guys! Don't go doing anything foolish in these next couple months, because were close to being reunited (not trunky doh) LOVE YOU GUYS! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">MOM: Although I already wrote a lot about you, I've got to keep the good tradition that I've got going. I LOVE YOU! </span></span><br />
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Jolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01422421534081644950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1477114598585610747.post-834104765050235512017-11-28T16:44:00.001-08:002017-11-28T16:47:10.106-08:00AP, Zona Comodoro Norte - Week 15... Happy Birthday Old Man! <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What a week! It sounds like you guys had an awesome week, and an awesome Thanksgiving. DAD. HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLD MAN!!!! Espero que la pase re contra copado, sos la inspiracion de mi vida, y la verdad es que estoy re agradecido de que sos mi viejo! TE AMO! (Espero que te guste la jerga porteña ;) ) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Alright, this week was busy! After P-Day in Trelew, on Tuesday, we did divisions in Rawson, which turned out well. The elders were improving the area a lot! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The next day, we took a flight from Trelew to Ushuaia. That night, we did divisions with two elders named Elder Goltz and Elder Whitehead. Elder Goltz and I visited a recent convert family, and used one of the activities from chapter 9 of Predicad Mi Evangelio<i><span style="color: magenta;"> (Preach My Gospel)</span></i> to ask for references, and FAH! It worked so well! The family was so happy that the elders wanted to work with them, and they gave us 6 references! It was a great success! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That night, we ate fried chicken with Elder Popa's favorite family in Ushuaia, Familia Polanco. I was a bit worried though because the hermano is from La Republica Dominicana, and not gonna lie, there were times that I had a hard time understanding his accent. So when I get home, it might take a couple weeks to get used to the boriqua speak... But I'll for sure get accustomed quickly :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The next day, we had the training in Ushuaia which came out really well, then we took a combi to Rio Grande. The combi stopped at Panaderia La Union in Tolhuin, and that brought back a ton of good memories! I took a photo, but for some reason, it didn't register in my memory card... I think it's in my camara's internal memory... anyways, IT WAS AWESOME! After stuffing my face full of facturas, we continued on to Rio Grande. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On Friday, we had the training in Rio Grande, and it came out just as well as the others, so no complaints there. After the training, the Rio Grande district (3 areas) had dinner with a member named Mario. He's famous in the mission because each cena</span><i style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"> (dinner)</span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> is a challenge. He cooks A TON of food, and makes A TON of jugo</span><i style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"> (juice)</span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, and the missionaries have to eat and drink everything. If they do it, they win, but if they can't eat and drink everything, Mario wins. Elder Popa said that during his 12 weeks in Rio Grande, he only won 4 times! However, the elders that are currently in the district are animals, and have been undefeated for 2 transfers (they're the most winning-est group of elders in the history of Mario) So after the training, we went to Mario's house, and took a seat at the table of battle. He whipped out the food: Fiambre Aleman (a giant stack of pancakes with ham, tomato, lettuce, and mayonnaise in between each pancake) It was soooooo hard to finish, because on top of the Fiambre Aleman, we had to drink 6 LITERS of jugo, and a bucket of fruit salad afterwards. However, after an hour long battle, and one elder puking in the bathroom, WE WON! We continued the streak, even though the elders said that that was the hardest dinner to win yet. I think Mario's determined to win before one of the elders who has never lost goes to another area XD </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On Sunday, we attended the Rio Grande branch, and the best part was that several of the hermanos that I had met in Tolhuin came to church, like Familia Sielas and Hermano Ruiz. They were super pumped to see me, and I was happy to see them :) Now, today, we have a flight to Rio Gallegos at 3pm. Overall, it was a very busy, tiring, but productive and fun week :) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">FAMILY! I love you guys! I'm glad that I'll always have you guys as my family, even if were not together physically. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">MOM! I love you, and I'm so proud of the hard work you're putting in at school. Trust in the Lord for your support, and He will lighten your burdens! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">However, today, the most important is DAD! You really are a great, great man. Heavenly Father blessed me hugely by sending me to a father like you. Although you're not perfect, you're getting there, and the truth is, is that when I meet Heavenly Father, I'll notice that you, my earthly father, had a ton of the qualities that my Father in Heaven has. You're exemplary Dad! I LOVE YOU! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Truth is I remember very little of this week. I've hit a certain point in the mission where everything just kind of blurs together... But I'll do my best to remember!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first couple days of the week were full of preparations for consejo nada mas, and as y'all can see from the fotos, we made stir fry, which was really, really good! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thursday was consejo, which was as normal as always. I remember my first consejo, feeling like I didn't know anybody, and being the newbie. Now I'm the second most consejo-ed missionary in the mission! I've gone to like 10! Pretty nuts. It's fun to remember how I felt though, because it always makes me want to include the newbies as much as I can, so that they don't feel bad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The night after consejo, we had to stay up until 1:30 in the morning, because there were missionaries that needed to catch a colectivo at that hour. The best part was that after finally dropping them off, Elder Popa was feeling really bad, so, after having given him a Priesthood Blessing, we went to the hospital at 1:30! And believe it or not, the guardia was full! So we were there waiting for another hour and a half. When we finally got home, I managed to get to bed by 3:30 in the morning! It was the "earliest" that I think I've ever gone to bed! The best part is that I had to wake up at 8 to catch a colectivo to Puerto Madryn. I LOVE MY LIFE!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We were headed to Puerto Madryn because, this transfer, President is only going to be doing entrevistas, so he asked us to do a Mission Tour, and give a short conference in every zone. On the way to Madryn, I still had to finish my talk, and the truth is that I didn't want to do anything but sit there and look out the window, cause I was destroyed! However, I then thought about something that I had read in the New Testament last week. I read about how Jesus Christ, after healing the mother in law of Peter, was served by the mother in law, along with his disciples. I imagine that they were resting, eating, and having a good time after a hard day of work, when the Bible says that the common folk came to the house, and brought all of their sick and possessed. I imagined that Jesus Christ was probably tired, and comfortable there in the house, but even in those circumstances, he left the house, and began to heal the sick and afflicted. Jesus showed me that a good Priesthood holder is never off the clock. So I decided to finish my talk, and make a good use of my time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Madryn, we stayed the night with some of the common elders. The next day, Saturday, they had a futbol activity planned. So that morning, we played futbol with investigators and members. It was re copado! My futbol skills, although still very weak, have improved. It would be cool if you guys could figure out if there's a men's soccer league in the valley, because I think it would be really fun to play when I get home! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That night, we had the conference. My talk came out mas o menos, and I think it wasn't that great because I noticed that I had wrote it thinking that everyone was going to love it, and I didn't even pray before giving it. I had trusted in the arm of the flesh. Luckily, I learned my lesson! }</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Sunday, we assisted in Puerto Madryn. The Elders Quorum President is 20 years old! He had barely come home from his mission, but from his class, I saw that he was doing a great job. After church, we went to Trelew, and we gave the next conference to the 2 zones. That time, I put my confidence in the Lord, and totally recognized that I couldn't do it well without Him. Under that guide, I made some slight changes to my talk, and it came out great! I think that each time I give it, with the Lords help, it will be better. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So that was this week! Now I'm in Trelew, and passing a nice PDay :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FAMILY! I'm happy that Kurt and Jenn are so strong in the gospel. God has given them a heavy cross to bear, but they bear it well. And the best part is that they have the help of He who bore the heaviest cross, Jesus Christ. In this thanksgiving season, I am so grateful for the knowledge I have of Jesus Christ. I long to know Him! He is our Perfect Example, our Savior and Redeemer. My goal in life is to know Him, and be like Him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ah! One more thing! Last night we saw the Cara a Cara with Elder Oaks and Elder Ballard and it was awesome! The traductors were really bad, but still,it was awesome to see how the apostles interpret the gospel. I saw a more human side of the two of them, laughing, and confessing some of the faults they have. All in all, i loved it. If you guys didn't get the chance to see it, WATCH IT! It was great :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MOM! I love you! But just get ready because next week, Dads going to trump you for a week, so don't let it break your heart XD I LOVE YOU GUYS! Happy Dia de Accion de Gracias! - Elder Jimenez</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">However, before I get to the rest of the email, I wanted to send a message to the Boston Knights. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I don't have your guys's email, so my mom will just have to make sure that ya'll read this. I've had you in my prayers. Truth is, I don't understand how you're feeling, cause I've never been there, but Jesus Christ has. You guys already know, but just to stress it, He lives, and because He lives, death loses its sting. That doesn't mean that it's going to be easy to accept; I'm sure that this last week was horrible. However, death loses its lasting sting, because although the Adversary wants us to think that we're never going to see those people again, thanks to our Savior Jesus Christ, death and the Adversary have been defeated. He already won. The Lord even revealed to Joseph Smith, who I'm sure understood VERY well what you guys are going through, having lost 7 of his 11 children, a truth that may bring a sliver of comfort in this time of trial. It's found in the Priesthood manual <a href="https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-joseph-smith/chapter-14?lang=eng" target="_blank">"Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith" Chapter 14, section 2</a>. The whole chapter is great, but that second section applies specially to you guys. Frederick is far from gone, in fact you all can be comforted, knowing that he already attained the Celestial Kingdom. Your job now, Jenn and Kurt, is to keep living your lives with the faith that you already live, and I know that you'll be seeing Frederick in, what to us may seem a lifetime, but to God is an open and close of the eyes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's hard to write a good email when the people you love are passing it so bad, but I think the best thing in times of trial is to be positive. If someone's sad, and you get depressed, that's just gonna make them more sad, so we're gonna write a positive email! This week passed by fast! Tuesday was my birthday, thanks to all who sent me birthday wishes! The funny thing was that I had went to bed at 12:30 the night before, and had to wake up at 6 on my birthday, so I was pretty tired during the day! <i><span style="color: magenta;">(Alex's mission is on a different schedule where they are supposed to be in by 10, to bed by 11, and up at 7. So, he was out late, and then had to get up extra early on is birthday.)</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was still great though! We celebrated by going to Rada Tilly <i><span style="color: magenta;">(a city about 30 minutes south of Comodoro Rivadavia)</span></i>. Here's a picture overlooking the bay at Rada Tilly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We ordered pretty much everything on the menu, and as you guys will see in the foto, it was DELISH! The best part though was that the lady was SO NICE! She gave us a huge deal without even asking, and when she brought out the food, she had doubled one of the dishes we asked for, just to be nice :) She spoke really broken Spanish, but she talked to us the entire time! And the craziest thing was that she believed in Jesus Christ! She even showed us her bible in Chinese, which was really cool. We're probably headed back there today for round 2, and we printed out 10 pages of the Book of Mormon in Chinese to bring to her, so we'll see how that goes! From what I've seen in this last month, meeting the man in the plane and now this lady from Rada Tilly, the Chinese are a very friendly people :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On Wednesday, the newbies got here, and we spent Wednesday, Thursday, and the majority of Friday with them, teaching them and taking them to the places they needed to go. It was as fun as always, and as you guys probably saw on Facebook, we got a hold of the phone of President and took some great fotos in la casa de la mission XD</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I spent the rest of the week doing odd jobs and divisions. The best division that I got to do was with Elder Allen in Ciudadela. He has developed into a great, great missionary, and I'm super proud of my trainee! I see a future leader in him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yesterday, we planned out the calendar for the rest of the transfer <i><span style="color: magenta;">(until Dec 19th)</span></i>, and WHOA. It's gonna be nuts. President wanted us to do conferences on our own this round, so Elder Popa and I are going to be traveling for 2 straight weeks, then we're going to travel with President, la Hermana, and Elder Mark A. Bragg of the Seventy for a week <i><span style="color: magenta;">(he's in the S America South Area Presidency)</span></i>, and then we're going to continue traveling with President and the Hermana for another week to finish off the transfer. IT'S GOING TO KILL US, BUT IT'S GOING TO FLY!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My reading of the Bible is going well, but Dad... I think I'm going to take your advice. I loved Genesis, but Exodus is getting really, really boring, and I think I'm going to read some special selections from the Old Testament (Job, Isaiah, etc.). I'm sorry, but the truth is is that I'm not an architect or an internal designer, so I don't think it helps me to know the exact specifications of the Tabernacle of Israel for 20 chapters XD After the Old Testament, I'm going to read the whole New Testament :) I've already felt a huge boost to my testimony of the Book of Mormon though. It's soooooo much clearer than the Bible, and makes it so much easier to believe in the Bible, because it clarifies a lot of key doctrines. I KNOW THE BOOK OF MORMON IS THE TRUTH!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Family! I love you guys, and am pumped to talk to you all at Christmas! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">SOFIA: Byu! Byu! Byu! M</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">OM: Without fail, you'll always have your special place in my emails. LOVE YOU! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Boston Knights: My prayers are going out to you guys. You will not be forgotten! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This last week was definitely interesting! On Wednesday, we went with President to Caleta Olivia for a special asado. The zone had achieved an outstanding number of baptisms in the past month, so we threw a special asado for them. It was great! We ate lots of meat, and played lots of futbol. Later that day, President returned to Comodoro, but we went to Pico Truncado to do divisions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On Thursday, I woke up in the morning, and felt really bad. I went to the bathroom, and while I was seated on the throne, I started to tremble, sweat, and felt like I was going to pass out. So, after surviving that, I went stumbled back to bed, and waited for it to pass. But it didn't pass. Then, I had another grand opportunity to see the power of the priesthood. Just as I had 2 weeks ago, I asked for a blessing of health. After giving me the blessing, I prayed to Heavenly Father, and told Him that I had the faith to be healed, but also to continue sick. In less than 10 minutes, the nausea passed! It was a great sign to strengthen my faith.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I did continue sick though, and had to pass the day inside. I felt so bad in fact, that for the first time IN MY LIFE, I went to the doctor's office. After waiting an hour and a half in the ward, I was attended, and the doctor advised me that I had food poisoning. GREAT. That asado wasn't as rico as before... She gave me a prescription, and offered me a shot. Like a MAN, I accepted. So they took me to another room, whipped out a huge needle, and stuck it in me. Right in the butt (I thought Sofia would like that XD). After the shot, the nurse hurried out of the room, leaving me alone (thank you Argentina). All the blood went to my head, and I almost passed out, but after one of the most sincere prayers of my mission, I was able to stay standing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Lord did bless me though, because after sticking to the diet, and taking all the meds, the next day I was already feeling a solid 75%, and got out to work. The best part was that my companion in the division was Elder Tiffany, a friend of mine from the MTC :) After some great divisions, Saturday morning, we made it back to Comodoro in time for the traslados. Although we had to hustle, everything came out well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On Sunday, we had lunch with some members named Familia Maimot. After eating the main dish, the hermana pulled a cake out of the fridge. She had remembered my birthday! So they sang to me, and we ate cake. I was very grateful :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The highlight of the week though was definitely my reading of the Bible. I've read the Book of Mormon 4 times, and still I haven't received a sufficient confirmation of my testimony of the book, and it frustrates me. However, if one looks closely, in Moroni's Promise (Moroni 10:3-5) in verse 3, it talks about how one needs to meditate in how merciful the Lord has been with the sons of men from the days of Adam up until today. In Ether 1, Moroni comments that the story of the creation and Adam and Eve is not in the Book of Mormon "because it's among the Jews". So, if one has read the Book of Mormon, and still hasn't received their answer, then they should read the Bible, and compare it with the Book of Mormon, to be able to see how merciful the Lord really is. So that's what I'm doing! I have a goal to read the whole Bible before finishing the mission, and I already finished Genesis! I loved the story of José (tocayo mio eh!), and I can feel my testimony of the Book of Mormon growing as I see how it's similar, but clearer than the Bible, and how they talk of the same message. I know that Jesus Christ really does love us, and He has been working for mankind from the beginning to today. He loves us, and through him, like the Patriarchs of old, we can be "reunited with our people" in eternal families after this life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">FAMILY: I love you guys! I'm so glad that we're going to be able to be together forever, especially because you guys are esteemed company, and good company. Los Jimenez son los capos papá! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">SOFIA: Bien ahi con el Sterling Scholar, eh! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">MOM: Dad told me that you're doing really well at school. CAPA! Love you :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a feeling that this one's gonna be long. I hope you guys can handle it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As far as the home-fronts going, I love to see Madi smiling. She's a fighter, eh! I'll keep her in my prayers and fasts! VOS SOS UNA CAPA MADI</span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"> (Madi, YOU ARE A BOSS!)</span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week was really, really crazy. On Tuesday, we took a flight to Buenos Aires in order to get down to Ushuaia. However, we didn't leave until 4pm, so we didn't arrive in BA until about 7pm. President arranged for us to stay the night in Buenos Aires, and it was SWEET! The church uses a special company of taxis to get around, so the taxi driver was a member, and he was really cool. Before taking us to the hotel, I asked him to take us to La Bombonera, the stadium of BOCA. It was awesome! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: start;">LA BOMBONERA PAPA! AGUANTE BOCA! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We took some quick pics, then he took us to the hotel, which was literally in the middle of Buenos Aires. We stayed in what would be the Argentine equivalent of Times Square. ¿¡Que loco, no?! </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"> (Crazy, Huh?!)</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inspired by the mail of my best friend Austin Ramsey from last week, I left a pamphlet of the Restoration in the drawer of the hotel, with the New Testament. It felt good to not get lost in all the distractions, and always be trying to share the gospel, even if I'm not technically in my mission. The craziest thing was that, after asking some questions to the taxi driver, I found out that we're the only missionaries that travel through Buenos Aires to get to other parts of our mission. O sea, that out of thousands of missionaries in Argentina, we're the only two that get to travel like we do. It made me feel very grateful! I try not to get too wrapped up in all the travel, but at the same time, I think not thanking the Lord would be inappropriate. So I'll thank Him in word, as well as with my actions! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(foto cred to my best man, Elder Austin Ramsey)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Zone Conference in Ushuaia went really well, nothing too crazy there. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After completing the conference in Ushuaia, we took a direct flight to Trelew. I got to sit by Li Yi Yi Yi (not even kidding! XD) I tried to speak to him in Spanish, and it was obvious that he didn't understand, so I tried English, and found out that he knew how to speak very roughly. Although he didn't speak very well, he was super, duper friendly, and we talked for the whole flight of 2 hours! I found out that he was from China, is married, with a son who's six years old (he showed me fotos on his phone), he likes to play futbol, and loves to watch it (especially Messi). He was in Ushuaia for work (he works for a cellphone company; so typical haha!), and the crazy thing is that he is Buddhist! That's not the craziest thing though, the craziest thing was that when I mentioned Jesucristo to him, HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS! It was nuts! I wanted to teach him a bit, but he didn't understand sufficient English to be able to understand the message. I had been drawing on a napkin to help communicate, and had asked him to write his name on it (it's now taped into my journal :D). So I whipped out a Lesson 2 pamphlet, and copied his name (very badly) on the back. Although he can't read Spanish, I thought that he might like to look at the pictures and enter into the website on the back. After giving him the pamphlet, and a very rough, turbulence filled Patagonia landing, we shook hands, and that was it. It was sweet :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next day, we did some divisiones in Puerto Madryn that went well. I like doing divisions with the missionaries, especially when I feel that I've taught them something that actually helps. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Sunday, we got to go to the stake conference in Trelew Norte. One of the best quotes that I noted down was "Sometimes, the Lord doesn't extend a calling for what one's done, rather for what one can become". I identified myself a ton! I also met one of Taylor Bingham's mission comps from Viña del Mar, so that was cool. I got to eat dinner that night with Los Rapiman, and it was a good experience. They're a family that little by little, I gained their confidence, and I think I have some friends for life there! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday (Monday), we had the Puerto Madryn zone conference, which went very well, and then we high tailed it in a rented car back to Comodoro to give a farewell dinner to Elder Christiansen, one of the Secretaries that went home this morning. We finished at about midnight, and his flight was at 3 in the morning, so we just stayed awake until he left. I didn't get to bed until 3, and had to wake up this morning at 8 to turn in the rental car. I'M SO TIRED! And I'm sad that Elder C is gone. But oh well, that's just how it is. Now, I've got my missionary juices running, and I'm going to do my best to get this mission to our goal of 45 baptisms. With faith in Jesus Christ, all things are possible!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FAMILY! I love you guys :) MOM! I think you're more trunky than I am! XD </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love you :) - Elder Jimenez </span><br />
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