tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85660831027866265552024-02-07T21:19:19.498-08:00Hermana Alicia Nicole ThomasUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566083102786626555.post-10917863829058441182014-04-13T22:29:00.001-07:002014-04-13T22:29:38.289-07:00<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">hey everybody!!!! </span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">it has been awhile since I have written you all in a group email....and it has been way to long since i have written a good email with details and everything. so here it goes.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">i am still here in trebol, and i am now companions with hermana boror. Hermana acosta is still in trebol, but has recieved another companion, hermana brandaris. so now there are a total of 6 missionarys in trebol!!!!!! </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This week i had an interview with president cordon. it was good to talk to him, especially since he will be ending his mission in july. I always love the inpsiration that he recieves for each and every one of us, and i always feel a thousan times better leaving his office... :) </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">well this week has been a crazy one. Some people say that the mission gets easier with the more time you have....and well, whoever made that up is so wrong. haha :) it gets a lot more fun, but really never gets easier. One day we were out working...and we were doing contacting in the street. We approached a man, and my companion said, "hello brother, how are you?" He turned his head and didnt say anything. This time she held out her hand and said, " hello brother, we are missionaries from the church of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints." He turned his head, looked at my companions hand and said, " I am not your brother." And then walked away. And that was like a smack in the face. It wasnt the first time that this had happened, and it definiltey wont be the last, but i got to thinking a lot. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When Jesus Chrsit was in His earthly ministry, He too was preaching the gospel, working miracles...visiting the people. When He might have held out His Hand, and might have said, "hello brother", how many people turned thier heads away or walked away and said, i am not your brother???? i am sure that happened on a daily basis. And after this earhtly ministry..He suffered in the Gethsamani....bled from every pore to the point that He was in absolute agony. Then after that, they took Him and put a crown of Thorns on His precious Head...and whipped His back. He was smit upon and smacked and after all that He was forced to carry His cross up the Hill. He then had nails placed in His feet and HIs Hands....and shortly after that, He died. He died for me...for you....for the whole world. He did this for all of our sins, and mistakes and errors. He did this for all of our pains, and anguish and sadness and deppresion that we may ever feel in this life. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">what would you have done if you had been there in that very moment that He had that huge cross upon His back?? Would you have helped Him carry that cross? Or what if you were there when they started to put the nails in His hands? what would you have done in that moment? If I had been there, I would have given all of the Roman soldiers a good knuckle sandwich. Maybe that sounds funny to you....but I am serious. What would we have done? He suffered all of this pain for us.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Now, as members of the church...how are we in our callings? are we fulfilling them the best we can? are we going to all of our church meetings every sunday? are we treating our families well and serving others? and for all of us missionaries....are we doing what we need to do in our mission to fulfill our sacred calling to the maximum? If we are not doing this...if you are not doing this...it is as if we were standing in that moment when Chrsit had the cross on His back, and not doing anything. Fulfill your callings, in the church, with your family, with the missionary work and with your work. If we are not doing what we need to....the Atonement was done in vain.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But i know it was not. I know it was done for me. I will do what i need to do to fulfill my calling as a missionary. The invitation for you is to do that as well.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I have a testimoney of the Atonement. I know it can relieve us of our mistakes and pains. Allow the atonement to penetrate your life. If you can do so, it will carry you. :) </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I love you all. I really do. Have a great week, and have a great conference weekend. :) </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Until next week....</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Love, Hermana Thomas </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566083102786626555.post-13916017638392300212014-04-13T22:27:00.001-07:002014-04-13T22:27:34.132-07:0011 months<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I am feeling pressure here in the mission like i have never felt before and the repentance proccess was hitting me way hard last week. our numbers sucked, i wasnt into the work. i was doing what we needed to do, but not because i wanted to do. yet again, this companionship has been a hard one, just like last time. i felt like i was insufficient, and ready to lay done, say I was done....and die. haha im serious. but I learned something. i am not here to fight with my companion, and i am not herefor her to beat me up and drag me down. i am not here to be deppressed or to be homesick, or to put myself down for stuff that are out of my control. I AM NOT HERE TO FAIL. I will do everything in my power as a representative of Jesus Christ, to bring people unto Him. I know the atonement changes lives....it thoroughly changed my life last week, and I feel unstoppable. Yes I have struggles......no I am not perfect. Wil I continue to have hard times in the mission...yes. But it is all about the attitude. And I am not choosing to be miserable, I am choosing to be happy and to enjoy every single moment. before it disappears. These7 months I have a commitment with God and with myself to do everything I can to learn, apply, and teach the best I know how. Before anything..comes personal conversion. If i am not converted first to christ, how am I to help others? its not possible. I AM GOING TO BE THE MISSIONARY OF MY DREAMS. i am going to succeed in these next 7 months. i am going to baptize a family, and be the best friend of every single one of my companions....and be the example that I should be as a servant of the Lord. I know this gospel is true. I cannot deny it, and can never live wihtout it. So i will live it well. I have prayed with all my heart, and I know it is something that every child of God needs. I know that this Gospel was restored by Joseph Smith. I know that he was an uneducated man, and didnt have much....but he had the desire to serve God, and to know the truths of God. I know like him, I am maybe uneducated....I come from a hard background with many hardships. But I to have a desire to serve God, and to learn of Him. I know that God makes weak, meek men into the strongest of examples and teachers. I want to be like that, and I will be like that. </span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I am here to benefit others...to serve others....and through that, i know my family and friends will be blessed. I too will be blessed through obedience and dilignece.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">El Salvador needs me, Trebol needs me. I will do everything in my power to strengthen and convert this area into one of the strongest wards El Salvador has ever seen.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">i have:</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">7 months.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A desire.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A calling.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A responsibilty.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">i am willing to do my part. With God, all is possible. I am not perfect, but I have faith. I am a convert to this Gospel... i was a member all my life, but didnt believe most of the time. Through a simple prayer, I gained a testimoney. I am hermana thomas, I am a convert, and a missionary of Jesus Christ. This is my testimoney, and I hope you can benefit from it.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Have a great week, and thank you for your love and support.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">love, hermana thomas</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">hey, today I recieve a new companion in about an hour. They are opening up another area in trebol. but there are changes next week in the mission.....we dont know if this is permanent or temporary. So far i think i am staying. if not, i will let you know. as for now i have been with hermana boror, and with hermana amone (the mission nurse) this trio has been fun, and absolutley crazy!! But i have learned so much!!!! anyway...i think thats it. LOVE YOU ALL!!!!! </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566083102786626555.post-59084836729820394572014-04-13T22:23:00.001-07:002014-04-13T22:23:51.841-07:00Wow<div dir="ltr"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">hey family and friends....</span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">this week has been another great one. We had a baptism last sunday of familia romero. It was very beautiful and everybody was crying. This family now has plans that be sealed in the temple next year. And they are just so cute. They have a son that reminds me of Max...so I always love going over to their house. :) </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This week we have been working hard to find new people to teach here in Trebol. A little bit difficult, but not impossible to do. It is because everybody is so busy here with their work and they all have a different church that they go to. So sometimes contacting people in the street is difficult. We did the math as a district and we decided that to find 2 new people to teach, we need to contact at least 20 people a day. Crazy right? But we know that as we work with diligence and faith, we will find these new people to teach. Noormally in our contacting in the street...we are saying the same old thing to people, like: " We are missionaries, and we are here to serve you....and your family can live together forever through this gospel and message that we have to share with you..is there a day we can come back and visit you and your family?" Normally the response is negative. So we decided to change it up a little bit. Yesterday, we were in a passageway, it was dark, and we were trying to find someone to teach because we had an appointment fall through. Then we saw some little kids playing togetherin a doorway. And they saw us and were like, "can you teach us english????" haha so i was like, yeah of course. We arrived to the doorway, and some of the kids family members were inside of the house as well. We asked them if they would like to hear a song in english. Since my companion cannot speak much english, I had to sing by myself. I started to sing the first verse of, I am a Child of God. And it seemed as if my voice resonated throughout the passageway. The kids and their family members were captivated. And the other people in the passageway, started to open their doors and listen. Im sure it wasnt really my voice that they were captivated by....but more of the spirit that they felt. The spirit was so strong, and I was suprised that I even remembered the hymn in english. Needless to say, the form in the way we chnaged our contacting really worked. With every single one of these kids that we were singing to...we have a return appointment tommorow with their families. This was one of the coolest experiences I have had on my mission so far.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">so what can i say? i am so happy. This gospel is amazing, and it truly is the foundation of my happiness. I cannot say that the mission has been super easy, but it has been super worth it. :) I know this gospel is true, and know that it is changing lives...it has especially chnaged mine.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I love you all so much, and hope that you all can know that this gospel is true. I know that if we are living worthily and trying our best to do the things that our right, we will recieve the blessings from this gospel. Always live worthy to feel of the spirit and to partake of the sacrament and attend the temple. I cannot express in words how happy it will make you when you can do this.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Have a great week. I love you all so much!!!! </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">hermana thomas </span></div><div style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566083102786626555.post-16433200775595449902014-04-13T22:21:00.001-07:002014-04-13T22:21:46.052-07:0010 Months<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">hey family and friends!! </span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">this week has been great, and things are rocking in trebol!! we have a baptism on sunday, and we also have another date for baptism on march 2nd. We are really seeing the results of how the gospel can change the lives of people. And I love it!!!! </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">last week, we had the chance to attend a baptism from Palmar. The special thing about it, is that the baptism was of some teenagers that I had been teaching when I was there in palmar. We walked into the church, and I got to see all the members from palmar...and then down the hall i saw these teenagers dressed in white, ready to make a covenant with God that would change the rest of their lives. The girl saw me, and we hugged each other. I feltl ike crying, I was just so happy!! I learned that day, that in the end, it doesnt matter who is baptizing the people, it just matters that we are opening our mouths and planting that gospel seed into the peoples hearts. I never baptized these kids...I could never count it as a "number" of baptisms I had in my mission.....but I just felt so happy that they were doing what was right. :) it was a very special moment. I will send pictures of the baptism.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">There was also another baptism that we attended from palmar. We actually had a reunion that day when we walked in. But when we walked in, not one member was in this baptism. We felt so bad for the poor lady, that the whole entire zone attended the baptism. imagine that??? about 25 missionarys attending a baptism, and not one member. All of you members, please attend your ward baptisms. always. there is nothing more special in life, than to see someone change their lives through baptism. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Oh and hey....guess what?? I have 10 months in the mission!!! cannot believe it!!! i am such a grandma in the mission! hahaha weird how time flys.....but yeah im good. We celebrated my 10 months, and my companions 5 months in the mission, by eating fruit popsicles. it was great!!! </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Things are great in the mission. Working hard, and never want to stop. For all of you that I havent written regularly, I apologize. But I think about all of you often. Know that you are always in my prayers, and 8 more months to go until I see you all again!!!! </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Have a great week!!!!! </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">hermana thomas</span></div><div style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566083102786626555.post-41374043492844827782014-04-13T22:19:00.001-07:002014-04-13T22:19:22.704-07:00CHANGES<div dir="ltr"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">CHANGES!!!!!!!!! </span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After a long 2 months in Ahuachapan with hard hearted members and a really really tough companion...I finally have had a change. It sounds so bad....but I was so ready to leave. When the zone leaders called me to have a change, I just about cryed I was so happy. I packed up everything I had in about 30 minutes, and was ready to go. haha</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So now I am in an area that is called Trebol, Santa Ana.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> It is about 10 minutes away from my old area..Palmar. My companion is hermana boror. She is from guatemala city, and she is one of the best companions I have ever had in the mission. The story is funny...because she was companions with hermana banuelos in the mtc (the sister that I trained in palmar) and the sister that trained hermana boror, was hermana peterson, my companion in the mtc. So all we kind of did was a switch. Its pretty much awesome. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Well I am in the city again....no more mountains, no more dirt paths, no more twenty foot drop off metal bridges....and no more jungle. :( in that aspect, I am sad, because I loved the area. But the thing is, is that i am no longer suffering any more. haha so yeah, I am pretty much in paradidse!!!!!!! </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This area here is great. The members are strong, but there are not that many. Supposedly the church we have here is not a church...its a house. We are trying to increase the attendance on sundays, and baptize more families and priesthood....so that we can build a church and have them attend a real church house.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We have a family who has a date for baptism in march. I dont know them yet, but the date was set before I got here. But I look forward to knowing everybody more this week.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Love you all!!!!! have a great week!!!! and remember to do an act of service for a family member or a friend everyday! </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">love, hermana thomas </span></div><div style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566083102786626555.post-38146388954416390772014-01-20T10:10:00.000-08:002014-01-23T10:13:02.971-08:00<br />
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This week has been great! We have been working hard and
focusing on the less actives in the ward. From the visits that we had with the
members and the less actives...we received 15 references, and have plans for
this week to contact them all with members. So that means that we should have
more new people to teach this week. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We are really trying to build up the ward first before the
baptisms can happen. We are working hard to reactivate the less actives. Then
with more church attendance, and more positive members....we can continue to
receive references, and start to have more lessons with members. Then we can
start baptizing. It really is a long process. But this is our belief. We not
have a lot of baptisms when we leave this area, but we will have a stronger
ward. We are really just trying to prepare this area for the next missionary's
whenever they come in. We really want them to be able to come into a strong
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As for hermano carmelo....he did not attend church
yesterday. Which means that we have to baptize him again. We don't know if he
just lost the desire, or if he is scared. When we see him on the street, or
when the members see him on the street....we likes to ignore us and hide, like
he is scared to talk to us. We will continue to try and work with him these
next two weeks before changes. If he does not keep up with his commitments we
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As for hermano stewart..well we did have a date for baptism
this month. But we could not figure out his age to confirm how many attendances
he will need for baptism. He told us he was 19, then 20, then 17. He told us
that he doesn't remember his age. He has a story that is really weird. So we had
the zone leaders visit him, and then zone leaders called us that night and told
us that hermano stewart was a little weird....and honestly we didn't know if he
had a true desire at that point. We have also decided to drop him. Now our goal
this week is to find new positive people to teach.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But I do have good news!!!!! Our investigator hermana lorena
that I told you about. Well she decided to leave the companion that she was
with, and she is now living with her mom. She wants to be baptized. We are
going to wait it out a month before we set a date....just to make sure that she
can be fully prepared. But we are so very happy for her, and her decision to
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Like I said last week....things are progressing slowly, but
we have patience and the faith that things will progress here shortly. All we
need is for our bishop here in Nopal, to have a little bit more of a sincere
desire to work with the members and missionary's....and a little less
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But things are great. My companion and I are getting along.
I am learning a lot from her. Together, we will make this area grow. I love
this area....and dont ever want to leave it!!!!!! <o:p></o:p></div>
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We are going to work more as a companionship, to be
consistent with our companionship study, and practices. And we also are going
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But we are happy, and healthy and safe and our testimonies
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This message is a message that I wrote to president... I am
going to start forwarding the message that I send to president to you guys as
well, just because I don't have a lot of time to explain everything that I want
to over and over again. But we are happy....haha kind of struggling in the
area, but nothing is impossible. We are doing our best. As for the day I
come home...ha well I don't really want to think about that, but I know it is
October. I think it is either the 14th or 17th of October. I can confirm that
with you next week. Just to let you all know too....I HIT MY HALFWAY MARK!!!!!
9 MONTHS!!!!! ahhhhh I think I will just die, just absolutely flippin die. I
cannot believe this beautiful experience is half over. It certainly makes me
want to work harder, be better serve others, and just be the best missionary I
can be in my last 9 months I have here. So I am pretty much going to go out
there and kick some Satan butt. Really, I am going to work harder than I ever
have in my life. :) <o:p></o:p></div>
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Well, I am still here in Ahuachapan..but we have changes in
two weeks. I will let you know in two weeks what will happen. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But I gotta go, I will update you the best I can every week.
Keep those letters and emails coming!!!!! They are so very inspiring for me!!
And if I don't keep up with weekly letters, give me a chew out so I can keep up
on that!!! have a great week, have fun be safe, and please drive safe in the
snow up there!!! ;) haha<o:p></o:p></div>
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love, alicia<o:p></o:p></div>
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to all of you, please know that I am so sorry if I am not
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">this week has been great!!!! first, we have a date set to baptize hermano stewart <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0/" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">on january 25th.</a> secondly, we had a sister reunion last week. it was awesome, and we learned a lot. i got to see my daughter, and I just about cried, I was just so happy to see her. Third, we have an awesome volcano erupting here in El Salvador right now...but thank goodness it is many miles away from me and my area. But please pray for the missionaries and people there....things are not going to well in that area right now. Fourth...later this month all three missions in el salvador are getting together to listen to Elder Cook....and apostle from the quorom of the 12 apostles. WHOOOOO!!!! and another thing.....I will complete half of my mission on the 17th og january. Almost like my birthday haha except for I am way sad that half of it is over. :( That is what is up this week.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566083102786626555.post-46448844418229482202013-12-23T15:04:00.000-08:002014-01-20T20:03:31.943-08:00Another Christmas message<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /><br /><br /><a href="mailto:aliciathomas@myldsmail.net" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors="true">aliciathomas@myldsmail.net</a> wants to share this video with you:<br /><br /><b>Personal Message</b><br />inspiring message for the members up there. you are important in this missionary work. share with everyone you know, on my blog on facebook, forward to everyone i email, and also forward to all of your friends.<br /><br />Let Your Light So Shine<br /><br />Video:<br />A recent convert saw the gospel in action in the lives of a member family and desired those blessings for himself.<br /><a href="http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid2474508834001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAmtViA3E~,Up340RR3ihuKkQLfNfHScZNvwr7K2nnT&bclid=0&bctid=2474840929001">http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid2474508834001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAmtViA3E~,Up340RR3ihuKkQLfNfHScZNvwr7K2nnT&bclid=0&bctid=2474840929001</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566083102786626555.post-53157010301128990942013-12-23T15:03:00.000-08:002014-01-20T20:03:09.971-08:00Video from Christmas<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">video for christmas. post this on facebook on my blog, and please share this and forward this to everyone i email. love you!!!!! merry christmas</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Mormon Channel<a href="http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=2874125972001#.UrisjsHPjsw.email">http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=2874125972001#.UrisjsHPjsw.email</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566083102786626555.post-26798673855034313712013-12-09T14:59:00.000-08:002014-01-20T20:02:10.743-08:00Temple<div dir="ltr">
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">totally saw the devotional last night. it was sooooo good!!! and i saw it in spanish and understood. wow, i cannot believe christmas is here. it is kind of weird to think it is christmas without the snow. But christmas here, well celebrations have already started, and sometimes go through the entire night with loud music, and sometimes with drunks. hahaha but it is great. everybody is inviting us over to eat on christmas eve and christmas day.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566083102786626555.post-34374090431918325862013-12-02T14:55:00.000-08:002014-01-20T20:01:25.779-08:00Baggy for Christmas<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">hey I need to say, I got the package of the christmas decorations!!!!!! thank you so very much!!!!!! :) And what is even better is that I recieved it on thanksgiving!!!!!! Thank you so much!!!! Me and my companion are getting pretty "baggy" for christmas. We want to decorate the house with all the decorations you have sent us, and all these members are like, hey come over and eat with us!!!! so pretty much I know we will be eating great that day!!!! </span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This week has been an interesting one...full of work, geting to know members, the less actives and finding new people to teach....as well as full of parasites. :( yucky....haha it truly has been once in a lifetme experience. But i am feeling much better, so dont you worry about a thing!!!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">have one picture here of ex missionaries. we had a reunion of all of the ex missionaries in the ward of nopal. decided to take a pic with them. Every member a missionary!!!! And the other pictures i have are of the young men in the ward. We went and weeded hermano carmelos lawn last week...no, not with a mower, but with machetes! thats how we do!!!! :) and then just pics of the area i am serving in...told you it was jungle!!!!! Enjoy!!!</span></span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566083102786626555.post-2448078414198330232013-11-18T09:53:00.000-08:002013-11-20T09:54:05.268-08:00Just when I thought it was too good to be true...it just got better
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My pday has now changed to mondays...because guess what... I
have been moved to a new area!!!!!!!! My area is called Ahuachapan,
Nopal. Crazy name huh. Yep, well I am now an hour away from the mission
office. And I have been sent to the jungle!! haha well I live in a city part,
but we work mostly in the jungle. This is the most humble part I have served
in, in my mission so far. And it is absolutely beautiful!!! We walk a little bit
of mountain terrain, rocks, hills. through grade and trees, and boulders.
Whoooo I am telling you, its a lot of exercise. haha I thought I was going to
miss the hot water shower, and serving in the ward of the president....but just
when I thought it was too good to be true, it just got better. I would gladly
serve the rest of my mission here!! My companion is super nice too...Hermana
Rodas. She is from Guatemala, served her mission for 8 months in the mountains
of guatemala, and now has had one month in the mission here in el Salvador. It
is still pretty new for her. Well the good news is, we had a baptism on
Saturday. Baptized a little kid named Enrique. I still don't know him all that
well, but he is a kid of great faith. His mom isn't a member and he doesn't have a
dad. But he had the desire to be baptized, and his faith is what got him there.
I am grateful for little examples like him. We also have an investigator right
now, hermano carmelo. He is like 60 years old, and lives in the jungle. I guess
what happened, is that the missionary's didn't find him...but he found them. I
don't really know the rest of the story, but here we are teaching him. The cool
thing about him...is that he isn't even baptized yet, but he is teaching the
gospel to his friends and family and neighbors. He is amazing, and I think he
could take my place as a missionary, because he is so good at serving others
and sharing his testimony. Things are well here, and I am happy and doing well.
I pray for you all, and hope you are all doing great. I have about 40 pictures
I need to send, but just for today...I will send a couple. Have a great week!!
And share the gospel with everyone you know!!!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I will write more next week!!!<br />
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this week has been one of the best in my mission so far. :)
I just feel so happy with this work, and am always grateful to have this
opportunity to serve, and I think we truly have taken that opportunity to serve
all we could this week. We did some service activities for the members this
week, unplanned. We just showed up on their door step, and said, " we are
here to serve you...what can we do to help?" We were in our normal
clothes, and they were not excpeting us. But they couldnt turn us away, when we
were ready to serve. So each time, they found something that we could do for
them. I find this is more effective in working with the members. I felt like we
gained their trust and confidence. Normally we will visit the members and talk
about the mission work, and then ask them if they have any friends or family
that we could teach. Much of the time here, that is not too succesful. So now
our plan is to show up unplanned on the door steps of the members for 2 hours
every day, to serve them. I find that once we gain the trust of the
members...then we can start working with them a lot better. We also have a
video about the mission work, its only about 5 minutes...but we went and
visited our bishop in the ward and showed him the video with his family. He was
very touched. And after this we recieved 10 references to contact. I know that
this work is true, and is magnificent. We cant do a whole lot without the help
of the members....and I know that you all have a great part in this missionary
work. You are truly angels for us as missionarys. This week, I want you to
contact a neighbor or a friend or family member, and share the gospel with
them. You can help them make the better change in their lives. :) <o:p></o:p></div>
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We have also found other opportunites to serve other people.
We just moved into our new house this week, and as we were walking the otehr
day, we found this old grandma trying to weed her garden. You have to
understand, that here..sometimes gardens are like flippin jungles
haha...seriouosly more of a jungle than an actual garden. Any way, we
said, " hey we are missionaries, and now we are your neighbors. Let us go
back home, change our clothes, and we can help you out." She kept
sayingshe was okay...but we knew better. We weeded her whole garden within
about 40 minutes, taught her the first lesson, and invited her to baptism.
Although she didnt accpet the invitation right away, we have an appointment
with her again tommorow. I know her heart was touched....and our hearts were
touched as well. During the month of Thanksgiving....take the opportunity to
serve others daily. You will be blessd, and they will be blessed also. :) I
love you all, I hope you are all doing wonderful. Have a great week, serve
someone, always work hard, and remember to have fun. I will write more next
week!! For all of you who I told I would be sending letters to....well, the
post office is on strike here, and I am unable to send letters right now. But I
will get them out to all of you as soon as I can. :) <o:p></o:p></div>
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Cuidase mucho!!!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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hey!!!!!! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>sorry I didn't get through to you last week, the computer was
not working. and the thing is..i totally wrote a bomb letter, and then I tried
to send it. and the computer wouldn't let me. lameness. but hey, its another
week, and I am doing flipping great!!!!!!! we are just truckin along, working
hard, looking for success, and seeing little miracles every day. We don't have
any dates set for baptism, and we don't have anyone really progressing with us.
But we are doing our best, and we are happy. Me and my companion get along
great, and today we are actually moving to another house. I failed to mention
forever ago that the house we live in, is pretty disgusting. Hermana Toher, the
girl I was with in the ccm...lived in this house before I came. But she got
dengue a second time in this house, and then got sent home. So I pretty much
have been living in a house with a curse of dengue. It is known as the mosquito
house in the mission, and nobody wants to visit it. we don't even like it. But
thank goodness we found a really beautiful house, with two floors...and guess
what else??? HOT WATER!!!! whoooooo!!!!!! pretty much the best blessing
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my Spanish is the best it has ever been in the mission, i
keep improving on that daily. so I gotta say, I am pretty much a flippin
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oh and Halloween here, well, they celebrate on November 2nd.
They don't do trick or treating, which means no candy for us missionaries. But
thanks to the most awesome family ever, I received my package this week!!! So
for Halloween. just last night, we had hot chocolate, mixed with the Hershey's
bars I received, and Oreos. So I must say I feel fat today and am on a
chocolate hangover. its whatever. Its probably the best thing I ever ate in the
whole mission. Chocolate..mmmmm....never gets old. But now I am having cravings
for mountain dew (hint hint) ;) hehe anywho...the way they celebrate Halloween
here is different. They call it dia de los muertos. They respect their dead
here. and on this day, they clean the graves and decorate them. That's it. In
Mexico it is a little more elaborate. They will make the favorite food of the
person, and decorate the graves with this food and all this other stuff.
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hmmmmmmm what else can I talk about?? not too much else to
talk about this week, except to say the mission is so awesome. cant believe I
received my call almost a year ago. how time flies. now I have about a year
before I return home. I don't want to think about that right now though, because
there is so much work to be done here!!! :) <o:p></o:p></div>
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just a goal I have for all of you. Start<o:p></o:p></div>
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inviting your
friends to church, from work school or the neighborhood. Every member a
missionary. The goal from Elder Ballard in conference it for every member to
have a new convert friend in the church by Christmas. I know you can all do
it!! us missionaries are here to help with the rest. I want to hear of your
success stories of fellowshipping and inviting your friends and family to hear
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thank you so much for your love and your support. i love you
all. we are doing great, and I couldn't be doing any better. have a great
week!!!! I will write more next week!! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566083102786626555.post-78814300704241482392013-10-18T15:23:00.000-07:002013-10-18T15:26:14.122-07:00Be a Missionary!<div><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">hey im back!!!!!!!</span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">how are you all doing in the states???? how is school, work, family and everything????</span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">hey so I am totally sending off letters today to you and kim and britt....and josh smith. lol ;) but i am hoping you get them soon!!!</span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">this week has been great, I have learned a lot this week about working with the members. Without the members we have nothing, and they are truly key in this misionary work. I dont know if you remember the message that elder ballard had for us in conference, but he talked of the importance of missionarys and the members working together. The goal is to have every single member have a new convert in the church by christmas. This is a goal I have for all of you before Chrsitmas to have a new convert in the church. So all of the friends you have at work or in the neighborhood, or school..start inviting everyone you know. Start inviting the missionarys over to your house to have lessons with these friends. Help us bring others unto christ!!!! :) I know you will recieve many blessings as you do so! Things are great...... I am alive and I am healthy and happy. Love you all!! Have a great week, and let me know how your successes go. I want to hear from you all!!!</span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Love ya tons!!</span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Love, Ali</span></font></div><div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddzgZP6MXa4rC3gWY-DJQrkqwnOR9jsgOHNcE8nc4p6sn8a3alAhmPFmF3xouegq7MkmEiAkslzdCKkYXmMHvIGVbHvpzz8eaGIMcnf0XEiWhetlvbXcJRY9hSZtgMgfwqTQew8IBqJhV/I/photo_675584.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0S4tGhVS71aKYr4oaBUsXgetvx8B5ymWsjaMey6IWd1aEHCKwm9pt1u_Loi8D1I6HPjTfk8u6rIMFuve9wAu7YeDCygUWFE44Lfws6BHjYJr_sPROSuxZ-daMKOpr4j_I7lESzoMEnfgf/I/photo_159198.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFekdswY5xKvm4a86YgPHWFFeV2z7NgW-d9uwRoPuQtWGJp8RrW1iU-ZEvKkte7u2Xo33JX1DIHxhDyInQAj2qFB12NWa1-Q7DhnhVZfG_Wq3C11YQlB5i3L5LOPJ3faI-Mv0BS5IBiWG/I/photo_661687.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br><br> <br> <br> <font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566083102786626555.post-3791041977267401382013-10-11T11:21:00.000-07:002013-10-16T11:22:10.189-07:00Great Week!
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so this week has been the bomb!! we are working so hard, and
we have found so many new people to teach!!!! we found this one family, and
they are so special. we found them last week, familia Martinez. The
first appointment we had with them, they fed us pupusas, and we taught them
about the restoration. The mom asked us....so how many weeks do you have to
wait until you can be baptized? My companion and I smiled at each other and
said three weeks. We had our second appointment with them last night, and
invited them to baptism. Although they didn't accept a date, they did accept the
invitation on the condition, that only if they felt it was right, then they will
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We have also been working with a less active couple. They
are an older couple. And they went inactive i think about ten years
back...although they had over 35 years in the church. They went inactive
because their bishop would steal their tithing money. So we have been knocking
on their door everyday for about three weeks now. The husband always opens his
door....just a crack, and tells us that he is done with this church, and that
he doesn't want to have anything to deal with us. Well one day, his wife opened
the door. We sang her a hymn in the doorway, because she wouldn't allow us to
enter her house. After we sang, I bore my testimony and I told her to pay
special attention to how the spirit spoke to her, and I told her to pay
attention to her feelings. She smiled a little bit, and agreed. The next time
we knocked on the door, she let us in. I think that just goes to show that
through faith and diligence, miracles can happen. That is my message for this
week. Through your diligence and obedience in the gospel, I testify you will
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566083102786626555.post-13938543830893840112013-10-04T15:46:00.000-07:002013-10-06T15:57:26.250-07:00Lots of pics <div dir="ltr"><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">a picture of me and my daughter. a picture of hermana peterson and her daughter. we are all in the same zone. its funny because hermana peterson and i were comps in the ccm, and our daughters were comps in the ccm. what a beautiful thing. :)</span></font><img src="cid:1D93D14A-AE6C-40D1-A784-BF4CBF61DF9C" alt="1D93D14A-AE6C-40D1-A784-BF4CBF61DF9C" width="300" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Times; max-width: 300px; "></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl8TpqImXbV4to7bdhwObj2Sx-KUtSuZl-QlftZjH4vitxmpU9mLviE5f1U_s6Wfs1N0L7RdPD_50cpr68mZAgCPG0975sqQfGRl6n6SZDBomAWw9kOaIvXaxMK18gG51ArXqFTOtFWa1d/I/photo_248366.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yG2JHFy04-i1QlGS39bVB1_wv9ihoaY202yQHI4mqPdT1gVvyKpP50PVVD2V4b7d3ffzgn540BrUV1xDWoTCHmhwjcQbIZI7IYdYOu0NK61GDPPsOFKW0b73_Urwg2UnIswukyPmGdOt/I/photo_923212.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVVadZbEZah8LujeweF1UMDFKaoRJIE2wq828deouSprPWswgYF5DAar_lQwjufpppriAF7c453Vf5gbipWesx4N5K-pBhmtAjU_iDXMfzBUHqZzs8gEzRp91q4K8OBHdKBQdF2gUYH4Zg/I/photo_85203.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br><br> <div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrJ44DpJNufEqB-qR5an8c4I1M3pgQCEdsg4lAaLZxlnB9T7NISVxujjr4eQJUEbmBwj3ZHAWh_IKoT76_zqLs2TLUcyBXsdzTPH2sJumA5rVaJNPP9ahqc5wNIaWicLQiotHNzvze38J/I/photo_652264.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglXoB2-SSogRHdD4DvJP-xXon2Ex9sJ2kQyQ8kIQbSgmFqVXjiaUqJ3s7SVL4oP7qZMVZpyl5jLLYSPtRxZAv6LP8fJikD7TQ8FbJQg8hkonf3S8CEzBpKePnG0-ueM0bPYfVIPsr8R7vn/I/photo_327475.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUD8kYLnLBqans1nRVczBo3NSRxcFvBRuC5JMSxJU2Ef9qOWPzEB2eRSJG8U_TFo0VeFPdJPOWTplaP_JMX4qKcs6mV0bABFxxL1QNfKMSBRGD5SSMy2wCyiR9Ro98uarcEusP3-0ZEdV/I/photo_529623.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7IOTYGPosTH8KKEETrXuPcMwpTZpwB9cVgdJXWgw0QXw7ws8dLI5uMzUQZLUykgS2Nruli9QW9DpFye9_AU1FDnTXIeTLiYCpuBxs_dVzj12iTk5cprhNsVPjbl2vR_i-eHistkbb8C0/I/photo_370141.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhteFeQK6Jcpt2634HVRzaZmNNNNTqfZ0qoEV8wYG7qUkWmo_-37lRJm207YjRmkyOxAQRxcSYYPs8FASNGqUuc1pNCjSQ4sWyZXZ3tT3j9BWbqM-xrvt3dfyqij6I0gpJWzqbwVqEqzxAq/I/photo_816079.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwJ2PbWgJcmR362tSpsOMnxnNcqEGYMdSBNqyErgGg5EVEViF9BOC0nDC3_r1XX218s_BAE2arFXgj1Ptaa8-qKFhL2U6EfaWyk3glu-YRUIWE9PqEzM1SW-XoChmsbS9JEnIGNXfY8rj/I/photo_330256.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br><br> <br> <br> <br><br> <br> <br> <br> <br><br> <font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566083102786626555.post-83017243995590521182013-10-04T14:57:00.000-07:002013-10-06T16:00:26.750-07:00New Comp<font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">hey everything is good here. i have my new companion hermana banuelos. she is actually from texas, so she speaks englsih too. but we make sure just to speak spanish. haha but i think she totally came ready to work. and i am pretty sure she has taught me more than i have taught her. i love her, and we are such a team, we work so hard. i only have two weeks here, so sometimes we just walk in circles, because i cannot find where all of our investigators are. so then we just start kncoking doors. haha but we will get it down with time. i have had a lot of fun with her. ummm, well i dont have a lot of new news this week, but i will have more next week!!!! love you and hope you are doing well!!!! </span></font>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566083102786626555.post-84879070532729928902013-09-27T16:40:00.000-07:002013-10-06T15:46:08.059-07:00GREAT NEWS!!!<div><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I HAVE THE BEST NEWS IN THE WHOLE FLIPPIN WIDE WORLD!!!!!</span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I think you will like this news this week......I got a call from my zone leaders here in Palmar, at around 11 last night. I recieved news that I really was not expecting to hear...so, guess who is going to be a trainer for the next 12 weeks??? I am!!!!!I just got called to train. And if you remember me talking about hermana peterson, she has been called to be a trainer as well this change. And my mom, well she has again, been called to be a trainer this change for her third time in the mission. She is only a change ahead of me. So crazy, I am overwhelmed with emotion. I honestly dont feel ready, but I think that it is natural to feel that way. But I am grateful president has enough trust in me, to call me to train a new missionary. Not only am I training a new missionary, but I am also opening up a brand new area here. This is such a blessing, really. I remember the scripture that says something like, you recieve the blessings only after the trial of your faith. I have finally recieved this blessing of this sacred call of being a trainer.</span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Being close to president was great...this area is so beautiful, and we have so many strong members here. I sat next to hermana cordon in gospel principles with the other missionarys and our investigators. And I love here so much, she is a great mission mom!! But this change I have no idea where I am going, so I will let you know on my next p day. I will find out tommorow where I go.</span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I will miss working with hermana beltran, besides my mom, she was probably the best friend I have had in the mission so far. We worked so hard, and talked to so many people. And with her, in this one week I got to enjoy with her, I learned so much about what the mission really is all about. And I really felt the spirit every time I worked with her. I will miss her very much.</span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hmmm what else.....oh so, I had an ingrown toenail, that got taken out on monday in the hospital. Gosh, that hurt worse than having dengue, i swear it did. haha I had pain in my toe for about 3 months, but never said anything, because we never really had time to get it checked. But when the doctor cut my toe open, the ingrown toenail was HUGE!! ha i rested on monday, and then started to work again on tuesday. It hurts a little, and this week I have been walking like a zombie down the street in my little flipflops. haha "hola, yo soy hermana thomas...y yo soy un zombie tambien..pero tenemos un muy importante mensaje para usted y su familia, queremos compartir este mensaje ahora se su familia es esta." hehe, people think i am a weirdo. But i talked to the doctor again, because it is still hurting, and is now infected. He said that if it still hurts next monday, they will have to cut off my whole toenail. NASTY. we will see, I am praying it gets better, so that I will be ready to train my newbie comp.</span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This week we had a good experience, well, we have them every day, but i think this one is good to share. We always take a certain bus to get to the church. And for some reason we always have the same bus driver. He is a big fan of the Spain Barcelona soccer team, and it shows, because he has his whole bus decorated of flags and other things that represent this team. Anywho, every time we take the bus with him he lets us on for free. He never allows us to pay him. We dont know why, because he is not a member. So the other day, me and herman beltran were like, "what can we give him?" We had a snickers bar, so we gave that to him when we got off. Then the next day, again we took the same bus he was driving. Again, he did not let us pay him. Hermana Beltran looked at me, and asked, "what can we do for him?" Well, I looked down at my lap, and I saw the Book of Mormon that I had in my hands. I smiled really big and said, "lets give him this." We wrote out testimoneys in it, and our number, also with a pamphlet of the restauracion. When we gave it to him, we smiled really big, and was kind of suprised, and yelled a big "THANK YOU!!!!" as we got off the bus. Well the next day, we got on the same bus. We asked him if he had read the promise found in Moroni. He said yes, and yet again gave us a really big smile. I know the Lord has something in store for him....and I know he is ready to hear the gospel. Its funny what the Lord does to put people in your path, but I was so grateful for that opportunity to hand out the book of mormon to him. :) </span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">that is my experience for this week, and I hope you are all doing wonderful at home. Let me know how everything is, and again, thank you so much for all of your support at home. I will write you more next week!!</span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">hermana thomas</span></font></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566083102786626555.post-53624871184403631402013-09-20T13:36:00.000-07:002013-09-20T13:36:49.345-07:00New Area, New Companion, New Everything..... :)hey family and friends,<br /><br />I now have my pdays on Fridays, because I am now in a new area with a new companion, and a completely new zone. Let me explain why....I had some problems in my old area, with a recent convert . For these past three weeks, I was given 13 love letters from him, and I would find them in front of our house when we would go out to work, or when we would return home. He would find us in the streets up to four or five times a day on his bicycle. It started to get bad..and as much as I dearly loved my area, I asked president for a change. He called me on Tuesday morning at 8 o clock, and told me to pack my things and to come to the office as fast as I could for an emergency change. I was out of my area by 11. I had about an hour to say bye to all the people I had been teaching, and all the people I had gotten to know. I have to admit, that was completely heart wrenching. To say goodbye to your loved ones, kinda like your family, and to know that you are probably never going to see them again in this life. Wow.....it has been an emotional week!! But I am grateful for the opportunity I had to work there, and I know that the people there truly changed me, and my testimony grew, and the love for these people grew a ton. Goodbye Metapan...you were my first area of my mission, and I will always have a very special place in my heart for you.<br /><br />But now I am in an area called Palmar, this area is a "colonia" in Santa Ana. It is all city, and completely different than Metapan. This area is huge, and I am still trying to become familiar with it all. I feel like I am a new missionary again haha...but that is okay. My companions name is Hermana Beltran, and she is the biggest spiritual giant I have ever met in the mission. Wow, she is such a powerful teacher, and she has such a love for everyone here. She truly radiates with the spirit. She has had three months in the mission, and I just completed 5 months not too long ago. We are both pretty fresh in the mission, but we work together as as team very well. I would not mind working with her the rest of my mission. I have never felt the spirit so strong before, but it just radiates from me, and I feel it every moment. And I am so happy. I think the Lord knew my struggles and I think he knew I needed a change, so I am truly blessed for this change I had, for several reasons. My zone is the most powerful zone I have been in before. Probably because I work with all the assistants, and because we are also in the ward of our mission president! (Yikes!!) haha a little pressure, but it helps us to be better missionaries and better people. We are all so strong, and everyone in this zone is always so excited to out and to work every day. It is a nice change from my old zones. :) I cannot wait to see what lies ahead of us, for me and Hermana Beltran. Oh ya!! I forgot to say, she is from Bogota Colombia!!! Woot!! Woot!!<br /><br /><br />Well, I have a message this week for all of you, and it is very important, and i think it can be useful and very special in your lives. But first I want to tell you a story that pertains to this. It is a sad one. So my old district leader ...from my first change, had an emergency change. A bad one too...he had it because his companion found out that he had a girlfriend in the area he was serving in. And then the another elder in my first district was sent home early last week, for also talking to a girl he shouldn't have been. He would go out with his companion, and go see movies all the time. He was sent home dishonorably. And then just yesterday, I found out, that an elder in metapan, my old area, just had an emergency change, because he has had a girlfriend in that area for awhile....a member. We all have temptations that surround us....everyday we have them. Especially in this day, sometimes it is hard to stay true to what you believe. When you dont have standards set for your life, it can be easy to conform, HOLD TRUE TO YOUR STANDARDS!!! You have an iron rod you can hold on to in your life....it is this gospel of Jesus Christ. It can be used your foundation in this life, and it should be used as a foundation in all of our decisions and actions you choose to make throughout your days. People are going to try and tear you down..and pull you from that rod. They are going to tell you, that you can be happy without the gospel, that you can be happy with temptations. But I am here to tell you, there is no gray area in this gospel. You cannot be happy with these temptations. You hold on to your standards....you do what you know is right. You will be blessed for your efforts. When you think you stand alone, when you stand for what is right...you need to remember that you always have a Big Brother up above that is with you always. Keep holding on, and never let go to that iron rod. :) These elders in my mission let go of that rod, and they are unhappy now, and were unable to fulfill their purpose as missionaries. But I want you to fulfill the purpose for your life. When you hold strong and true to your standards, and to this iron rod..I know you will be blessed. Not only temporally, but also for eternity. :)<br /><br /> Love you all my family and friends!! Hope this letter finds you well!!! Thanks for all the dear elders I received from kim, maurie and grandma kathy! And also thank you for the letters from maurie and kyle!! You are my inspiration!!! MWAAHHHH!!! Love ya all tons!! Be strong, and have a great safe week!!<br /> <br />Love, Hermana Thomasita :)
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566083102786626555.post-25069078697946885572013-09-20T13:30:00.000-07:002013-09-20T13:48:13.980-07:00PICS<span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">sorry a lot of these are coming to you late, but here you go. One is for maddi sheridan....i need you to know, that i am now in the same district as your friend elder dennis. Woot Woot!! haha and i have one of all the sistas in my new zone. and some of my old area too....enjoy!! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">more pics of my old area, one</span></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Times;"> with my old comp hermana hospina, haha.. And then i have a flippin sweet story with one picture in this email. It is of a cup, and in that cup there is a frog. This was in Metapan by the way....but after the big rain storms, we have a lot of frogs. I found one in our house, and I caught it in a cup. Hermana Chiquin saw this and freaked out!!! She was like, put it outside please, I hate frogs! So I decided to chase her with it all around the house. She locked herself in her room, and didint come out for a good 20 minutes after that. I felt like such a jerk...but it was kind of funny. we all laugh about it now! Oh, and I also have a picture of all the love letters I recieved from the weirdo. The sad thing is, is that two hours before I changed areas...the elders recieved letters from him saying that he was not going back to the church, and that he made a big mistake in joining, because he only joined to get to know me. It is bad...I felt so guilty at first, but then I realized that it is not my fault, and that everyone makes their own decisions. I hope one day he will return to the church with a will to change, and that he will return for the right reasons. Thats all I have in this email. Enjoy the pics!! :) Love ya all!!!! Look forward to a lot more next week!! And oh yeah, I have been put in the same zone as my old companion in the mtc, hermana peterson. little does president know, this was a big mistake. haha we are like a bomb when we are together!! We missed each other so much, and are glad to spend this time together. We have real changes in 2 weeks, and we will see if she changes or not. I will let yall know!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566083102786626555.post-87155478490500262302013-08-19T08:37:00.000-07:002013-09-03T08:38:51.988-07:00more pics <div dir="ltr"><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">reunion de hermanas (we are such dorks!) my district (distrito texis..my very first district in the mission) and my baptisms. :) </span></font><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Times; ">enjoy!!!!</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Times; "> </span></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AmKwsPKK0SPT-JwdgosfzadLfKWb4Qo72-0Y8oFHGRphIz_znzT-UX6rWnN3O6HrJKkLht6nGgtRt6Td1-lh0X17upzjL2DS5sDxB_JCUZHYrQgrCHNMkBNZUDRi7si1j5ybMr_zJ1m3/I/photo_885696.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CGMHLLx9UatTLHiiKlWr2rHtjGsSkkECHvf3be657eIAo8K4CArEkSzgEPrmHdj-VpxMbsJB-EKIu6u5TRWQvwydQ3O9BQTttmXAvI869k5L5WEcEpgVSWoLyUb_vQl9PoNiCNuPXcTc/I/photo_791365.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZdUqSjKtPvaDgqCmGZL5_VcrqzUqLF1rmAkncTCrktXS-PuUTm6HvVebVUiMcLozHLiHgOOGz8pwAg3XDWA2DqWMaQDSjvk8ImFvlVXK6t3jKVvnyiPQpx71Fzc_ZoEi-sK4bJ6H-drDk/I/photo_949969.jpg" border="0" class="bloggoimg"></div><br><br> <br> <br> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Times"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div><br></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0