tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65741531944577335832024-03-12T23:34:09.840-07:00Called to Serve: Utah Salt Lake City South MissionElder Kremer is serving a two-year mission in Salt Lake City South. I thought people would like to know the updates. When he returns he will be attending BYU-Idaho.Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-87174465699711085272016-09-26T17:29:00.001-07:002016-09-26T17:29:46.292-07:00Mission XP - 26 September 2016 Final email of his mission<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This letter will be very short. Nowhere near what I'd like since I </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">normally love sharing miracles in detail. Last night we went to bed </span><span class="contextualExtensionHighlight ms-font-color-themePrimary ms-border-color-themePrimary ident_144_210" role="button" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 120, 215); color: #0078d7; cursor: pointer; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" tabindex="0">early so we could wake up earlier this morning for extra meetings. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sunday was amazing. We went to Mission Prep at 7:00. I sang Rock of A</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ges and Elder Costa played the piano at at 9:00 Sacrament meeting. We taught </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">junior primary at 10:25. Then we practiced for another special musical number </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">right after that. We taught junior primary at 11:25. I played piano and played a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">duet with Elder Costa as he played violin in a 12:25 class. I played </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">piano, Elder Costa played violin, and a less active lady played the</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">other violin for "The Lord is My Shepherd" in a 1:00 sacrament meeting. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">So that was our day and it was amazing and we have been busy </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">all day but wow the spirit has been amazing. I wanted to leave my last S</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">unday with a BANG and I feel it was great!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Normally I would say I hope I don't leave Elder Costa for transfers </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">because I have so much to learn from him... he is amazing...but it won't </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">change transfers so all I can do is take with me what he has taught me </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and continue to apply it as well as everything else I've learned.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I read "Jesus: The Perfect Leader Today" I think the "our potential" </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">section stood out to me the most. I know I have a lot I just have to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">continue to improve my prformance even just a little bit. This, of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">coarse, will happen as I continue to study my scriptures, ready to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">learn something, pray, and go to church.</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Of coarse I invite all of you to do these things to even though they </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">seem simple and small but honestly the first thing we tend to stop </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">doing is reading every single day. Once we stop doing one thing it is </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">so easy to stop doing the rest of them...don't let this happen. Keep </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">your testimony strong! Keep your faith growing! I love each of you.</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Have an amazingly wonderfuly awesome week!</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder Kremer</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(\(^~^)/)</span>Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-81510352674172373152016-09-26T16:58:00.001-07:002016-09-26T17:17:48.236-07:00Mission XP - 19 September 2-16<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Here it is! Finally feeling like I"m sprinting. We started this </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">transfer off strong with a baptism and several lessons and the last </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">couple weeks have not been to hot. But Saturday...Saturday was a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">tender mercy of the Lord and it was amazing. We went to a house this </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">evening, we thought it was a family with a Spanish last name but it </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ended up being a house full of Y.S.A. One guy was on the porch smoking </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and I didn't even see him till we were almost at the door because it </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">was dark but then I saw the light from the cigarette. He said hey. He </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">was super friendly and we talked for a bit. Then I started to do the 4 </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">minute restoration (he was a non member, Catholic but not active) and I</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> got through the first 2 principles but then two other people walked </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">out of the house and started talking to us and asked us where we were </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">from and stuff and I was like nooooo we were so close :) I kinda</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">chuckled in my head. But the guy that came out was a less active who </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">is dating a non member gal. He is less active but he know the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ordinances done in the church are true and when we asked if we could </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">come by he said yes he would love it. He wants his girlfriend to take </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the lessons. I was so happy. Also, sad because they are Y.S.A. but I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">don't care because I know we were where the Lord needed us to find him. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And he is ready and I feel the other guy will be receptive. And I was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">very happy too because Elder Bowen is the Y.S.A. over him and he is an </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">amazing missionary and so is Elder Owens. And we went to a bbq one </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ward through tonight and thier was an 18 yr old from Tennessee (near </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">where im from in Tennessee) who just so happens to be here for one </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">more week visiting his active grandparents. He isn't a member because </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">his parent are inactive. He is actually Baptist. But what are the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">chances that we met tonight. Not coincidence I promise you that. And </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we hit it off great...he's redneck ;) which is home for me. So when I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">get home were gonna hangout and go hunting or something awesome. He is </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a great guy and I'm excited to have to opprotunity to have a chance to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">share the gospel with him when I get home! And finnally their was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">another very special expirience tonight with another less active man </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">who I, for a reason I dont know yet, have a surprising amount of love </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">for and desire to help. We went to stop by this less active guys house </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to talk to his non member son. We ended up talking to the father the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">whole time because his son wasn't home. I'd talked to the father before </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">just once. This was the best part of the night. We talked for a good </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">20 minutes and he asked sincere questions about after we die. We </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">talked about desire, the eternal principle of repentence, and the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">infinite atonement and what the infinite part means for us. All my</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">answers were directed by the spirit...I could feel this.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder Costa and I are doing great! I love him. He is helping me </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">sprint and he is helping me in ways he doesn't even know. I am so </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">grateful to have him as my companion my last transfer. I know he will </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">do great. The thing is I've tried to help him understand that even </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">though he is junior companion thier is no diffrence in between us, as</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">in, he can say whats on his mind that we can improve or where he </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">thinks we should go. But he is amazing. I know he will be good as a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">senior companion. He has amazing ideas that I don't even think of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">sometimes that I should, having been out for two years. Anyway, those </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">are the things I've noticed. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> I've been learning a lot reading from the new testimant. One thing </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">imparticular that I've shared with my district is when Satan is </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">tempting Jesus. He tells him to jump off the building, that he can </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">call angels to catch him, and he says no you shouldn't tempt god. Then </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">he goes to the top of the mountains and there also satan tempts him </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">with the kingdoms if he worships him. In these verses it reads, </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">10. then saith Jesus unto him, get thee hence, Satan: for it is </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">serve.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">11. Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Now I understand through J.S.T and a talk from Elder Bednar that </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ministered unto him was Jesus turning outward yet again and sending </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">angels to minister unto John but I thought of that after my initial </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">thoughts which were how I found it interesting refering to a scripture </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">that says, "you shall receive a witness after the trial of your faith" </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">that after Jesus said get thee hence Satan (and keep in mind these </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">were pretty big trials/temptation that Jesus still had to overcome) </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">that angels came and ministered unto him. At the time, and I still </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">like thinking of it like this, I realized in this instance and I'm sure I'</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ll see others too, Jesus also had to act with faith first then </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">receive a witness of certain things. This stuck out so powerfully to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">me as a missionary in the situation we have been in of kind of a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">"drout" in our teaching pool just how important diligence and exact </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">obedience is. And Saturday we witnessed that for sure and I know we </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">will continue to have a witness of that.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I love you all 😊</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder Kremer</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(\(^~^)/)</span></span>Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-85965127954593385112016-09-26T16:58:00.000-07:002016-09-26T16:58:56.431-07:00Mission XP - 12 September 2016<br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So I am sorry I didn't email last week. Tuesday was our preparation day </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">because we went to the temple!!! Which is awesome because I get to go </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">again in a week and a half! Haven't had that since the m.t.c😆</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Last Monday we got to participate in something called a temple run. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Lols yes I realize that is a game on a phone but that is not what we </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">did. We ran 5 miles from the Ocquirr Mountain Temple to...somewhere </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">else. It was loads of fun. I saw about every missionary I know who is </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">still on thier mission and I saw several of my old companions. And I </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">saw a couple people from previous areas! SISTER HERMANSON!!ELDER </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">BLOCK!!...and others...sorry this is two weeks ago so I can't remember </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">everyone I saw. Anyway once we were done we stayed and talked for a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">bit Sister Lansing (Mission President's wife) was waiting at the end and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">taking pictures of all the missionaries when they finished, and then </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">we saw President Lansing run around the corner and a lot of </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">missionaries ran to him to finish with him and then, right out of a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">classic comedy, he fell just before getting to the finish line. First </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we made sure he was ok then we laughed a little bit.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Tuesday was preperation day and it was busy but something super </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">exciting happened. We went to a Walmart that is away from our area </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">because we were going to Ross so I could get new shoes and we were in </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the check out line and I glanced to my right (I've had a couple times </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">when I see someone a recognize but I can't for the life of me remember </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">which stake they were in that I served in but their name... I also </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">usually cant remember) but this time it took me no time to realize that B</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">rother Richeson from my home ward in Tennessee was standing thier! It </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">made my day! It was so good to see him 😱🤗 but it was a little hard </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">cause I couldnt talk very long and share stories cause I knew my comp </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">wanted to do stuff and I wasn't about to talk about home lol but it was</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">really nice to see a friend of the family. We also went to the temple </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">which is where I learned my temple recommend card had expired...I </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">wouldn't have minded too much because I knew I was foing to the temple </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">again in a week and a half anyway but my companion wouldn't be able to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">go again for another 3 months. They couldn't contact my Mission P</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">resident but it all worked out in the end 😉</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Wednesday we had an amazing Zone Conference that motivated me alot. And I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> didn't have to conduct a district meeting! Haha</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Thursday and Friday were both full of trying to contact people but not </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">much happened</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Saturday my companion went to a Brazilian party all day.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sunday we went to a Regional Conference wow it was amazing! The third </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">talk was all about missionary work with members and the fourth one </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">somewhat chastised Utah? But it also had alot of love in it. The </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">missionary talk focused on sisters for about five minutes that was </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">super cool cause sisters are awesome!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This was a good week. We went out with Elder Woolums earlier this week </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and we stopped by a name one of the Bishops had given him of a part </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">member family. So we stopped by and the wife(member) and her daughter</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">were outside. We talked to them for a little and asked if her husband </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">was home. She said yes then went in the house and asked if he wanted </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to meet with us and he said sure. We got to know him for a couple </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">minutes but the game was going to be on soon so we shared a brief </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">message about the plan of salvation with him. Testified. Then invited </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">them to read drom the Book of Mormon until our next visit(next week). </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It was an uplifting opportunity. I'm excited to comtinue teaching him. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Studies also went well. Even though I did not have to prepare for a D</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">istrict Meeting for Tuesday I was studying alot on the Atonement and I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> feel good about the activity I want to do with my District for D</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">istrict Meeting. I know it will uplift us :)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder costa is wonderful. He has been a little sad about not being </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">able to express alot in english but today he got back from the P</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ortuguese party/o.y.m opportunity and was so happy. He talked to so </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">many people and it was mostly in Portuguese and he felt the spirit </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">strong. We were in the car and he said to me (not in a pridefully</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">way), "Elder today I know I am a good missionary" that made me so </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">happy because I've been trying to tell him that so I said,"I'm glad you </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">can finally see that" I'm so happy for him, he will be so amazing in </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">people lives. He already is but now he knows he can be.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Today we went on a district hike!</span>Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-82330902722820684282016-08-29T18:00:00.000-07:002016-08-29T18:00:19.007-07:00Mission XP - 29 August 2016<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Goooood Morrrning</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">So to start off this week's letter, my companion Elder Costa is from B</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">razil! He has been in America for three of the five months he has been </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">serving. He only started learning English 8 weeks ago and is doing </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">pretty darn good. I have witnessed him give a blessing in perfect E</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">nglish and many other thing that testify to me how much he follows </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">the spirit. I love my companion. He is inspiring and I have such a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">love for him and a desire for him to stay diligent and keep this </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">passion and love he has for those around him. He has so much I know he </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">wishes he could say to people and I want to help him, as best I can, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">express it better through words.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Monday was good...but very boring. We didn't do much. Ok I take that </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">back we played ping pong and I have gotten good at that. Haha, it seems I</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> also do horrible at the being of playing something but I gradually </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">get better and better the more we play even in just one sitting. So my</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">companion saw how bad I was and he said in his broken English, "Elder </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">do you want to play for real and if I win you give me something B</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">atman" he smiled huge, then I said, "wait what do I get if I win?" He </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">replied with a shrug. I laughed, "how about whoever wins gives the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">other person something Batman..." "Ok" he said. So we played to 15. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Thank goodness I learned the rules to ping pong from the Hermansens! I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">won. He smiled and said "2 out of 3"..."ok" I won again by a little </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">more (and keep in mind he is actually good, I think he made the deal </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">cause he saw he was better than me and it would be an easy acquire of </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">something Batman...but come on! I'm playing for something Batman no XD </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">it's on) he told me, "Elder I do not get it...you are good now..why?"</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">It was so funny. So we ended up playing best out of five and in the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">end I won 3 and he won 2 but I'm not going to make him get me something </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Batman I was just playing for fun. We also had a lesson with Laina!</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Tuesday was district meeting day...yay...~sarcasm~ <-- that, by the way, is </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">not the culture in Brazil I guess. Elder Costa had to get used to that </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">in America haha. He has been learning a lot from me. We had another </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">lesson with Laina!</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Wednesday was District Leader Training and it was good but I have a very strange mind </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">that I'm trying to figure out why and what I've been learning is I am </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">motivated to do something. I have plans. But if I get trained on doing </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">something a similar way I was going to do it, I get less motivated to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">do it because I feel like the only reason I would do it is because I </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">was told. So the meeting wasn't as uplifting for me but then I snapped </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">back into a good missionary and focused again. I am learning more and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">more about me. But I feel I'm handling things a little better now. For </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">sure I'm more organized as a district leader. My first week was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">chaotic. So many new things and people I have to remember. Who is </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">serving in what areas. Who is on date to be baptized. Who is solid and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">projected. How I can motivate my distict and always give advice...let </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">me tell you I don't think I have ever been good at comforting someone. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I usually am the one who gets awkwardly quite and prays that the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">silence somehow helps the other person 😶 I'm learning how to do it now </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">though hats for sure. Anyway this week I got my white board. I got my </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">dry erase marker. And boy I was on that board with details. We got to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">teach an awesome man who is trying to come back to church again. He is </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">living with his sister who...isn't anti but isn't not anti...I talked to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">him about President Uchtdorf's talk on a shower of heavenly blessings. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">It came to my mind after he said something specific. It was a great </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">experience.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Thursday we did...actually I thing District Leader Training was today? I can't remember </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">but I know that we went out with Ward Mission Leaders again and we </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">weren't abe to talk to anyone until the very end. We got into his car </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">and saw sombody walking up the street and I asked him if he knew them </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">and he said he wasn't sure but he might. So we got out and talked to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">them it. It ended up being less actives and they let us in and we </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">talked for a bit then shared a message. We got home around 9:15 and my </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">split felt bad because we made my companion and his split wait but I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">told him don't worry about it this is the Lord's work and this was His </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">appointment they will understand. And understood they did! But it was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">a cool miracle.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Friday...let's not talk about the long day that Friday was.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Saturday we were able to witness Laina Turnbull get baptized today!!! </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">She was beeming! It was a wonderful experience for her and her family </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">who are inactive. That's right. She is 10 and her parents are inactive but </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">she had such a desire to get baptized she has been comming to church</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">on her own, reading, praying, she is just so amazing and such an </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">example for her family. She will lead them back to the blessings that </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">come from obeying Heavenly Father.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Sunday we went to Laina's confirmation. I spoke in that ward...my </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">thanks goes out to the Bishop that gave me 17 hours heads up lol but </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">it was still good. We should always have the gospel on the tip of our </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">toungue. Then we went to Stake Conference. Then we used the rest of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">normal church time to try and find a new investigator.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">My studies were very good this week. I found President Gordan B. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Hinckley's book, "Stand a Little Taller". We used to read that </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">everyday. And I love the quote at the very front, "Though our outward </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day"...simple but </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">powerful as it taught me of the importance and eternal principle of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">repentance in another way. Our physical body will die. It will </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">degrade. However it will be ressurected no matter what with the gift </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">that will be given to all mankind. But our spirits will not have a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">resurrection, rather we are strengthening them as we access the A</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">tonement not just when we make a huge mistake, not just when we take</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">the sacrament, but as we truly learn to access the Atonement daily </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">and allow it to change us. This principle is as eternal as God's plan </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">for families. At least, this is what I understand from what I've been </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">feeling more as I've prayed.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I love you all.</span></span>Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-27232866228989203212016-08-19T19:54:00.001-07:002016-08-19T19:54:50.147-07:00Mission XP - 15 August 2016<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Two weeks ago the awesome miracle that happened was that a ward </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">mission leader and I went out on Wednesday. While we were out we </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">stopped by a house of a lady who often took kids in under her wing who</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">had been rejected by society or who didn't have a home. She had helped </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">over 8. Well, we were stopping by for a young man about 23 years old. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I didn't know him at all but the ward mission leader did. We talked, we </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">taught, it was a great lesson anyway, but the miracle was at the end. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We offered to say a closing prayer before we left and the lady asked </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the ward mission leader to say it. During the prayer he paused </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">slightly then blessed the home that it would be a place where the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">spirit could dwell and that it could be a place of healing. When he </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">finished he looked up and said that that had never happened to him </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">before. He explained that he had felt prompted two times while praying </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to dedicate the home but he didn't know if he could during a normal </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">prayer then finally he was prompted a again to do it and so he did. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The lady and the 23 year old both felt the spirit because they told us </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">that they had been talking about getting the house blessed but they </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">didn't know how or who to do it. The lady specifically said she wanted </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">it to be a place of healing which are the exact words the ward mission </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">leader used. I know heavenly father loves us. He does have a plan for </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">each of us. He needs each of us to constantly be listening for the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">promptings of the Holy Ghost. More often than not I've found those </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">promptings (whether or not we understand what we are being asked to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">do) will lead us to those in need in some way.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This week has also been good. Its been slow but we have seen miracles!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Monday we had a white elephant gift exchange. I almost got some early </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">glasses but alas they were stolen from me :( also please forgive me </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">for using narly I...I don't know what came over me</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Tuesday was funn! We did a missionary mutual night with one of our W</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ard's and the Spanish Sisters were there too and we did this q&a type </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of deal. The sisters had to leave earlier so we were trying to let </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">them answer as much as they could they answered awesomely and we </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">taught from preach my gospel great. Alot of our answers came from that </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and personal experiences.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Wednesday and Thursday were both kinda long.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Friday we had lunch with the blocks again! And we broke into the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">churches with the sisters help...the have keys...for some reason we </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">don't 🙄</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Saturday we went to the Stake Center and the Sisters were there </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">singing so we left. We tried to contact all day but it was slow. But </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we did have a last minute lesson with Kayla and Nick!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sunday is pretty much were all out lessons and our investigator came </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">from. So Sunday was a very busy day. So many lessons. This next week </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">looks awesome though.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Today. This evening is booked with lessons and we will be meeting with </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">two potentual investigators!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I love you allll so much have an awesome week I know I will🙃</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder Kremer</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(\(^~^)/)</span>Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-35456976210848062372016-08-19T19:54:00.000-07:002016-08-19T19:54:13.339-07:00Mission XP - 1 August 2016 (week of 28th Anniversary)<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Good morning my friends!</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> This week was awesome! It normally is.</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Monday we had p-day. We played risk until two elders quit. Haha in </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">their defence they were the only two who hadn't played before and they </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">kinda didn't defend two well XD once they quit we didn't really have a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">game anymore so the whole zone played a couple games together. It was </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">real fun. We were playing "I love my missionaries" it's a game were we </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">all sit in chairs and someone stands in the middle. They say "I love my</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">missionaries" and if what they say next applies to you, you have to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">sit in a chair that's not near you then whoevers left standing does it </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">again. It's fun. Oh and it was Sister King's birthday and Elder J</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">iminez's birthdays this week so an Elder got them a cake and then </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">someone said for each of them to take a bite out of their's. I guess </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">this is Spanish tradition because Elder Jiminez's head bobbed to the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">cake and away so fast you almost missed it but Sister King (called S</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">panish assignment) didn't know so she went I. For a bite...lol...and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">her companion pushed her face in the cake 😂 then we taught a recent </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">convert.</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Tuesday we went on exchanges after district meeting. I went with Elder J</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">iminez into his area. We were trying to find Spanish in one of the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">previous Stakes I served in but no sucess. I only knew English so we </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">didn't stop by people I knew. We had three lessons and one was in </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">complete Spanish but two understood English so I would teach in E</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">nglish and Elder Jiminez would teach in Spanish...it actually went </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">rather well. This is for one family specific I'm sending this email to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">but since I was with a Spanish Elder we didn't really visit English </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">members. And it was so hard when the first thing we did on exchanges </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">was drive from Elder Jiminez's house off Redwood, turn right on 98th </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">pass through not one but two Stakes I'd served in previously then turn </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">right on..well I'll say no more but this might look familiar.</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">My first Stake 😆 and I still knew my way around it thanks to Elder N</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">eeds. It felt so good driving through!</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Wednesday we were ending exchanges and Elder Jiminez was told me that </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">he wanted this exchange to be to tell me to make sure I teach my </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">companion everything I knew before I went home...so since he was kind </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">enough to remind me how long I had left I let him know that he should </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">hurry up too since he only has three very short weeks left 😜 haha </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">BOOM take that. We also went out with Ward Mission Leaders and with </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">one of them we set up an appointment for thursday at 6.</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Thursday our District Leader came to Candy's house to interview her </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">for baptism. She is super excited. We also taught a new investigator!</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Friday was awesome because we taught Candy and in the evening we went </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to Temple Square with a really cool family!</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Saturday was amazing! Candy got baptized! She was so excited and in </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">her own words she said it was so overwhelming. It was greater than any </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of us said it would be. And we also went to an open house for the</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Stake President's daughter.</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sunday Candy got confirmed and Nick came to church with his wife which </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">is going to be rare because she works every Sunday but it was still </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">legit 😎</span>Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-60601148899599363992016-07-25T18:11:00.000-07:002016-07-25T18:11:21.006-07:00Mission XP - 25 July 2016 The day after Pioneer day<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hey yall!</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">So this week was a bit slower. We had a former investigator come to </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">church two Sundays ago on her own but when we asked if we could stop </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">by...she said no :( sad days. One day.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Monday was super funn! Elder Cady and I went and kinda just hung out </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">with a super awesome guy for a good bit of the day. Then we went mini </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">golfing with the district. First time ever going mini golfing and it </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">was a BLAST! Half of us hit a golf ball into the water at one time or </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">another lolz.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Tuesday was district meeting. It was fun. We laughed quite a bit more </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">than normal but role-playing was really fun. Oh also we had to </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">call the fire department because of an eletrical fire in the church </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">building we originally went to. Wasn't worried though...how could you </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">be when you've got 12 of the Lord's annointed in the same building. haha </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">XD Then we went downtown. The last two weeks we've ridden tracts </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">downtown and both times we've just had really cool conversations with </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">people or we've been on tracts when someone needed us. I also met a guy </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">who's nephew or son is serving in the Netherlands which is where a </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">friend from my home ward is serving! So that was cool but still not as </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">cool as this one time when I ran into a guy from my home ward building</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">who was in Utah for school and recognized my face from my missionary </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">plaque 🙃 we also taught a recent convert and an investigator who is </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">getting baptized on the 30th!!!!</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Wednesday we had a slower day. We did teach someone trying to come </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">back to the gospel. He asked us to teach about the eternal principle </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of repentance. I little but more in depth. But I felt that it ties in </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">with eternal progression. So we taught that. Simple but sweet </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">goodness.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Thursday we had interviews with our new Mission President. I talked to </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">him first then his wife. That was fun. Side story..there is a Spanish S</span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">peaking Sister in our District who covers the Spanish Ward in our S</span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">take and is from Memphis, TN. We always get people to dis where the </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">other is from. I talked to a lady who was visiting with the sisters </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">one night so I told her to just casually say Nashville was better. She </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">had a whole week's worth of dinners text us and say Memphis was better. </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Anyway so at the end of talking to Sister Lansing I saw that the</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sister were next and so I asked if I could make a note on the paper </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">she had with her and next to the Sister's name I wrote, "Say Memphis is </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ok but Nashville is better"...she did 😜 BOOM! I think I won 😇 we </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">also had Jonathan's baptisimal interview! Of course he did awesome </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">because he is awesome!</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Friday was also good but it was the beggining of a pretty stressful </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">weekend. We had weekly planning for two hours. Lunch with our M.L.S. M</span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">issionary Couple. Then a lesson. Then we went back to our M.L.S. M</span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">issionary Couple' s house to make programs for Jonathan's baptism on the </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">23rd. I dont want to talk about that. Needless to say, but I'll say it </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">anyway because that's what people do when they say "needless to say," </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">but we arranged for the Ward Mission Leaders to take care of the </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">programs from now on like every other stake I've served in does.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Honestly it just wastes time for us..anywho. We also made posters for </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the church buildings. I haven't had a companion who wanted to do that </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">for ages. The CROWNING events were that we had a lesson with all three</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of our investigators who are on date to be baptized!</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Saturday we ate breakfast with the Stake President and his family, </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the Sisters (Spanish), and the Blocks (M.L.S. Missionary Couple). Then </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we prepared for our baptism at 1:00. Then we had our baptism at 1:00 </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">🤗 then we went to a lesson that fell through. Then we lost our phone </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">by leaving it in a members car. Then the car was gone all night so we </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">couldn't get it. Then I got extremley stressed out because, well, </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">missionaries without a cell phone is like (insert good analogy here) </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">so you know how I felt. My poor companion. Anywho...</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">...Sunday was good also. Oh yea I forgot. On Friday when we met with </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">nick (one of our investigators) we thought he'd fallen off date because </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">he </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">did'</span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">t go to church two weeks ago...but he DID go! He went with his </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">wife's mom to their church! Small awesome miracle. What else happened </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">on Sunday? We had a lesson with Candy who is getting baptized on the </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">30th. It was going to be an interview but due to the lack of a </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">communication device our district leader could not find us </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">lol...stress...then at 2:20 we got our phone back! And had 11 missed </span><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">messages but luckily none of them were of extreme importance.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #073763;"><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And that was my week! I hope ya'll had an awesome eventfull week also!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Hey everyone! This week was slower than the last couple. We didn't have </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">as many lessons but this week is already looking great with all the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">lessons we have planned. Tuesday we went up to temple square. While we </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">were on tracks, two people at almost the same time said they needed us. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">One lady had just got hit by a car and they drove off and she lost her </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">purse but she asked us for help and I asked what she would like. She </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">said a blessing at first but I explained that because it was so loud on the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">tracks it would be difficult for me to listen to the spirit exactly </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">and also it was in public. So we offered a prayed. She still felt </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">really good after the prayer. I wanted to stay and chat with her but </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">the other lady needed our help. We went to her. She explained that she </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">was getting really wierd promptings to stop going to church and she </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">wasn't feeling real well. So I asked her two questions first. Have you </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">read your patriarchal blessing recently (she had) and have you asked </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">for a blessing (she had received a couple) I continued to teach the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">blessing of going to church but then taught her the difference between </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">prompting from the Holy Ghost and the satan. I pointed out that she was </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">not feeling good at all and that that's how she would feel if satan was </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">trying to lead her a certain way. I said many more things and I know I </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">knew all that stuff but it just came out so perfectly through the Holy Ghost</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> I really wouldn't have been able to teach quite like that :). </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Elder Cady and I are still getting along great. I feel like we are </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">still learning from each other which is great. Elder Cady is always a</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">mazing with always testifying and being able to teach by the spirit </span></span></span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: 10pt;">at a moments notice.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #e06666;">We have a baptism this Saturday. Jonathan! And on the 30th Candy is getting baptized! We picked up an investigator this week and extended a baptisimal date for August 6th but he fell off because he didn't go to church Sunday. W<span class="contextualExtensionHighlight ms-font-color-themePrimary ms-border-color-themePrimary ident_1915_1962" role="button" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 120, 215); cursor: pointer;" tabindex="0">hen we meet with him this Wednesday we will </span>extend the 13th. He will feel more comfortable with that anyway. On Sunday we got texted by a ward mission leader that a former investigator came to church on Sunday. We arrived after sacrament meeting and missed her but we asked a lady who knew her to set up a time we could meet with her. We might potentially pick up two new investigators. If he one who went to church meets with us this week, and the spirit doesnt say otherwise, we will invite her to be baptized on August 6th. We felt like we could find someone to be baptized every week this transfer and I've never felt that before and so we've been praying to find those ready to accept the blessings of the gospel in their lives and so far we've just been seeing cool miracles in answer to our prayers.<br /> The thing is..if we are praying to find someone who we can help come to the gospel and we truly seek and desire to help others, we will start to notice all these small opprotunities to do just that.<br />Heavenly father needs us. Don't you think if one of his children pray for an opprotunity to bring someone to his gospel that he would do it. If you find that opprotunity as you pray for it and actingly seek it, it is important for you to also recognize that your Heavenly Father has trusted you. This isnt' a normal trust situation either. This is simply the trust that comes from you keeping your baptisimal covanant and taking upon you Crists name. Always live worthy of that trust.<br /><br />I love you all, have a wonderful week!<br />Elder Kremer<br />((^~^)/)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> decided since i didn't have time to share how the week went I'd share </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the talk I gave in sacrament meeting on Sunday. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Dad, Kristina forgive me if I cannot fully recollect the events of the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">stories you were a part of however they served well in bringing the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">spirit through personal experiences.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">STANDING UP AGAINST SATAN AND HELPING OTHERS DO THE SAME</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Introduction:</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Name</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Where I'm from</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">How long I've been out or not doesn't matter 🙄</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Brother Halladay called us about a week ago asking if we could give </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a talk in his ward. Obviously we accepted 😉 but he let it be up to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">our disgression what we'd talk about. My companion and I have prayed </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">everyday as we have prepared for this opprotunity. I pray that each of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">us will be able to feel the spirit teaching us and testifying to us as </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we listen.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Often times in life we go through many trails and we face many </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">challenges and temptations. This afternoon I would like to talk about </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">how we can learn and grow and stand up to Satan.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">LEARNING TO CATCH MY SELF</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> There was a time, and don't laugh I don't share this for humor, when </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I couldn't catch my self. We found this out one day when I was 7 or 8. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">My mom and dad called us into there room to have a family meeting. And </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we all ran in. I was last and as I came into the room I tripped over </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">my feet and feel flat on my face. My parents at first were worried </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">then my dad asked me, "why didn't you use your arms?" I didn't know. I'm </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">not sure how often I had fallen before but it never occured to me to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">throw my hands in front of me to catch myself. After that he took </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">every opprotunity he could to trip me and I continued to fall until I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">learned how to catch myself. Of coarse that sounds mean and im sure I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">wasn't to thrilled about this expirience as it was happening. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">But what is it that we can use when in life we fall spiritually? </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Those two arms I used to catch myself are:</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">FAITH AND REPENTANCE</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Faith and repentance. Faith: a strong belief in God or in the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">doctrines of a religion/complete trust or confidence in someone or </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">something. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The first principle of the gospel is to have faith in the Lord Jesus C</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">hrist. To have a firm belief that he is the Savior and Redeemer of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the world. That it is through His grace and mercy that we can live</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">with our father in heaven again. Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ want </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">us to live with them again. They want us to recieve the blessings and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">strength that come by having faith. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Moroni 7:33-And Christ hath said: If ye will have faith in me ye shall </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">In preach my gospel chapter 3 lesson 3 it states: </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> "Faith in Christ leads to action. It leads to sincere and lasting </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">repentance. Having faith causes us to try as </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> hard as we can to learn </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">about and become more like our Savior. We want to learn what His </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">commandments </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> are and then obey them. Even though we will still make </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">mistakes, we show our love for Him by striving to </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> keep His </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">commandments and avoid sin."</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Faith leades to sincere and lasting repentance. Repentance is the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">second principle of the gospel. Repentance, put simply, is making </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">changes to bring our lives in closer harmony with god and the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">teachings of Jesus Christ. As we repent, our view of ourselves and the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">world changes. As we change, we recognize that we are children of God</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and that we need not continue making the same mistakes over and over. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">As we sincerly repent we can feel the forgivness of our Heavenly F</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ather by feeling his spirit the Holy Ghost stronger. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">But we are not perfect and we will make mistakes again.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">WRESTLING WITH MY DAD</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> I remember when I was younger, about the age when you loved your dad </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">so much and you always wanted to see him when he came home and you </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">wanted to spend time with him...you know before your a teenager...and</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I remember this age always having those wrestle fights with my dad. I, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">naturally being 8 or 9 thought that I could easily take on my dad. I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">knew what he'd do. I'd watched my sisters do this so much before. I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">was small very thin but I could only see it as an advantage. You know </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">when you where younger and you'd run around your house as a little </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">child with everything going by fast and you could see in your head, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">you could see that you were running so fast like the flash. And then </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">as an adult you see your child or a child running back and forth for</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">no apparent reason, and all you see is that determined and proud face </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">as he runs slightly faster than you walk. That was me, I thought I was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">so fast and I was small so naturally I was that much harder to grab. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">My dad is a big man, a giant in my 8 year old eyes. So I figured he </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">was slow and with my lightning speed I could take him on. So I did. My </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">sisters had just finished wresting him. The advantage was mine. He was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">probably worn out. He didn't have a fighting chance, I came at him, I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">did the old, you think I'm going to run into you but at the last </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">second I duck under his legs and I'm behind him and I can grab his </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">legs and now he can't walk. And everything was going perfectly as </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">planned except for I didn't get to the ducking part of my plan and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">within 5 seconds I was hanging upside down by my legs. This happened </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">every single time I'd go up against my dad. It was so frustrating how </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">he'd pin me down a different way each time. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Thinking of that spiritually...</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">DON'T GIVE UP</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I don't know if you've ever felt this way before like I have this plan </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to get back on the right path, to beat Satan. There is a temptation I'm </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">facing that I want so badly to get over, to over come, but I keep </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">messing up. I keep making the same mistake over and over again. I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">repent and I fall and I repent and I fall and I repent and I fall and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">finally I just don't want to get up I just don't want to try anymore I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">can't try anymore. I cant even pray to heavenly father right now </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">because he knows I'm just going to mess up again. There is no way that </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Heavenly Father could possibly forgive me again...I'm just not worthy </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of his help or his forgivness. BROTHERS AND SISTERS THIS IS NOT NOW </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">NOR WILL IT EVER BE TRUE. Our Heavenly Father has an unimaginable </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">amount of love for us and desire for us to live with him again, he is </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">always holding out his arms for us ready to embrace us as we simply </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">try to do better. And knows we will do better. He sent us here with a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">plan for us to continuously progress. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">📈We start off here in life 📈 and Heavenly Father knows that we're </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">not just gonna progress like this / we are going to mess up \ what do </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we do when that happens? We repent. We feel sorry for what we've done,</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we pray to god for forgivness and strength, we do what we can to make </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">it better, and give it our all to not do it again. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">But what happens if we do it again?</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This is the thought process I used to have of repentance and I think </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">some of us have today. The first time we mess up we eventually get to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the point were we know we need to access the Atonement. We do and we</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">feel an incredible peace and love. Then (IF) we make that mistake for </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a 2nd and 3rd time we know the Atonement is there for us so we pray </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">again for forgivness and strength, we feel less like it will work as </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">powerfully as the first time but it still gets us back to here. And </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">anytime after the 4th or 5th time we mess up we just give up on asking </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">for forgivness because we've messed up too much and/or we're unworthy.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Brothers and sisters here is the reality of repentance and progression </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">in God's eyes. Jesus Christ suffered, bled, and died for us. He felt </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">all the pain we will ever feel and all the sorrow, fear, and doubt we </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">could ever feel. It does not matter where we are in life or what </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">mistakes we have or keep making. He preformed the infinite Atonement </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">for us because his love for us is infinite. There is not a limit of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">use of the atonement. When ones desire is to come closer to our Father </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">in Heaven and become better.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I hope you all know what a benchpress is. For those of you who don't </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">it's a bench that you lay on and while you are laying on your back you </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">take a bar with wieghts on it and you push up . People do this to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">exercise their chest. Usually when one bench presses they will have </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a spotter or a person who will stand behind them ready to help them if </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">they cannot push the bar all the way up. You usually have enough </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">weight on the bar so you can only push it all the way up by yourself 9 </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">or 10 times. When you finally cant get it all the way up by yourself </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the spotter will take 2 fingers and apply just a little bit of his </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">strength while you are still using all of your strength. As you </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">continue working out you will gradually put little by little more </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">weight on the bar. So you will still need the spotter because you will </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">consistantly be progressing in the wieght your benching.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">In our life, Jesus Christ is our spotter. He is always spotting us </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">because we are constantly learning and growing. We are constantly </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">making mistakes and repenting. But we are also constantly adding </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">weight and endurance skill to our bar of trials and temptations.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Because the Atonement is here for us to use infinatley in our path of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">progression it doesnt just have the power to bring us back to where we </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">were 📈 but it can, if we allow it, bring us here / and if we are </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">constantly trying our best and putting in all our effort and strength, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">even if we keep going through the pattern of sining and repenting will </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">will have become what God wanted us to become because we have grown </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and progressed.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">STANDING AGAINST MY SISTER</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Eventually as I got older I got taller too. I got a little bigger but </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">not much, I've been a literal stick most of my life. I'm the youngest </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of three. I've got two older sisters. When I was in 8th grade I was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">taller than my oldest 🙄 I wasn't really tall she was just really </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">short. My other sister, whose in the middle, was still a bit taller </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">than me but skinnier and she was a freshman in high school. And she </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">had joined this army program called JROTC a junior army type of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">program in high school. And she thought she was big and bad. She was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">on Raiders, which is the the most physical team in JROTC so she was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">pretty proud of herself, as well she should have been. And one </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">afternoon I think on a Saturday somehow she and I had gotten into a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">conversation that led to her saying,"I bet I could beat you in </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">wrestling" with my response being "snort" because she was a girl and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">my sister. We were close in height now so she definitely wasn't going </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to take me down. I guess I was pretty proud too, for being the</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">skeleton that I was. Well, we got in our positions, we were in </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">opposite corners of the living room, which is about the only part of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">wrestling we really knew, our parents and sister were watching from </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the couch. I don't know why my parents let us do this, my mom probably </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">was just watching for pure amusement but my dad, you know I'm pretty </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">sure my dad just wanted to see his son taken down by a girl. So my </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">sister and I started. We both came at each other, I wast too focused </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">on what she was going to do I just focused on her leg. When I got </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">there I rabbed it and pulled up. She was on one foot and stumbled and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">at the same moment I stumbled too and realized she'd gone for the same </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">thing. So now we're both on one foot balancing and trying to knock the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">other one down. Eventually we let go and started on our feet again. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And she comes at me. It's pretty even but one of two things</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">arechappening now. Either im standing in a forward leaning position </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and she just isnt moving me or I keep pinning her down, but she never </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">gave up. And I don't know how she did it but she wiggled herself out </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of my hold every single time. I'd never completley win. Id' have her in </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a hold but I could never completley win. She'd come at me, she </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">couldn't knock me down but I did get off balanced and then I'd take </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">her down, thinking it was finally over, finally I beat her.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">THE POWER OF SCRIPTURES IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">But when your wrestling with someone or something and you got it pinned, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">you don't stop. You don't say well I've got him down so now I can get </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">up, turn around, and walk away? If there are any current or former </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">addicts of any kind in here you know as well as i do and better than </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">anyone else that you can never allow your gaurd to go down. Because </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">what's going to happen when you turn your back or stop putting all </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">your effort in standing up to satan? Something is going to happen. You </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">give into a temptation, or mabye a death occurs that you weren't ready </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">for, a denial, a layoff, an injury. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So what can we do? What must we do to face satan? Spiritual feast </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">upon the gospel. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">2Nephi 32:20 "Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">shall have eternal life." The Book of Mormon has been emphasized very </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">strongly. That is because as we pray and study the Book of Mormon we</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">find for ourselves that it is not only teaches us more about our S</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">avior but we learn of a people who had trials just like we do today. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We have been given this record, this testimony of people after people, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">this journal of experiences, several of which we are familiar with, to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">learn how to over come; The loss of loved ones, the temptations of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">lying, stealing, committing adultery and coveting. We can better learn </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">how to access the Atonement of Jesus Christ as we go through </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">depression, anxiety, and fear. We can learn how to better love our</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">neighbor. To recieve the knowledge that you are a son or daughter of a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Father in Heaven who loves you. We invite you to read from the Book of M</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ormon everyday and pray to know how to apply it to your life. It will </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">bless you. You will feel the spirit. You will come closer to your S</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">avior Jesus Christ. You will learn of the plan that our Father in </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Heaven has for us.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> We find ourselves sometimes forgetting that we came to earth to be </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">tested and tried, to learn and to grow through easy and hard times. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">But when we are faced with trials and temptation remember to always </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">turn to the lord and have faith in his only begotten Son.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">BE A STRENGTH AND SUPPORT FOR OTHERS</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We also sometimes forget that it might be harder for others to get </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">through thier trials because they don't yet understand how to access </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the Atonement. In many of these cases remember that we have been </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">blessed with the knowledge of the gospel and in such is a great </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">responsibility. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Mosiah 2:41 is one of my most favorite scriptures. It says, "And </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">spoken it."</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(Talk about it)</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">What i find intresting is that earlier in this chapter Mosiah speaks </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of service...</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">-service for others</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">-serving them by testifying and bringing them the gospel</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Here are three quotes from three prophets to us:</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">President Joseph Smith (1830–1844)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> “After all that has been said, the greatest </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and most important duty is to preach the Gospel” (Teachings of the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Prophet Joseph Smith, sel. Joseph Fielding Smith [1976], 113).</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> “Let the Saints remember that great things depend on their </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">individual exertion, and that they are called to be co-workers with us </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and the Holy Spirit in accomplishing the great work of the last days”</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 178–79).</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">President Brigham Young (1847–1877)</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> “There is neither man or woman in this Church who is not on a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">mission. That mission will last as long as they live, and it is to do </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">good, to promote righteousness, to teach the principles of truth, and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to prevail upon themselves and everybody around them to live those </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">principles that they may obtain eternal life” (Discourses of Brigham </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Young, sel. John A. Widtsoe [1954], 322).</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">President John Taylor (1880–1887)</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> “Our duty is to preach the gospel to all men. … This is what God </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">expects of us” (The Gospel Kingdom, sel. G. Homer Durham [1943], </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">234–35).</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">TESTIFY</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I give you my representative witness that we do in fact have a H</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">eavenly Father who loves us. Jesus is the Christ and He lives. The A</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">tonement truly is here at the ready for each of us to access as we </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">allow it to change our hearts and lives. As we are receptive to and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">accept The gospel of Jesus Christ we will be receptive to all the</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">blessings that come from it. In this i so testify in the name of Jesus </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Christ amen.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder Kremer</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(\(^~^)/)</span></span>Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-90213171395044921792016-07-04T16:53:00.000-07:002016-07-04T16:53:00.630-07:00Mission XP - 4 July 2016 - Independence Day<span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_light, 'Segoe UI Light', 'Segoe WP Light', 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28px;"><span style="color: blue;">🇱🇷THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE UP THERE LIVES SO WE COULD HAVE OURS. WE THANK YOU AND WE LOVE YOU🇱🇷</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hey everyone! Transfers are today. Elder Ray is leaving and I'm </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">staying. Happy fourth of july! I apoligize for the length of this </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">letter I figure it'll be a bit lengthly but it's not my fault so many </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">AWESOME things keep happening!</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Monday we had p-day...surprise surprise...we went bowling as a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">district (pictures in a diffrent email) then we went out and worked. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We had 2 lessons planned but they both fell through but then found 2 </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">families to teach so yay! 2 in all. Our first lesson with Jonathan was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">at six and it happened through a prompting. We have been trying to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">contact them forever and after pday we just felt like we should go by </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">so we did and they were home! The lesson went great she is a less </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">active member and he is a nonmember but they have recently gone </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">through things and he is ready to take the step of baptism. He is on </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">date for the 23rd of July! We also had a lesson with a couple who are </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">both nonmembers and I feel like they kinda want to stay that way haha. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">She just kept pulling out her interesting version of the bible. She </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">would bash with what we said but she didn't really know what she was</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">saying she was just going off what she heard once. It was cute in the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">T-Rex waving kind of way.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Tuesday we had a district meeting and 4 lessons! 3 with recent </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">converts one of which was baptized last transfer and she is already </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">going to the temple and doing baptisms for the dead! WHAT!! Super </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">awesome convert! And she already knows how to apply the book of mormon </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to herself! Im impressed i still struggle. The other lesson was with A</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">dam who has been constantly progressing and has is on date for S</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">aturday!</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Wednesday I went on exchanges with Elder Austin in my area. This is </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">were the letter gets lengthy. That morning I had texted an less active </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we are working with if we could meet the next day and he said sure but </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">for whatever reason I didnt text him what time I just thought I'd do it </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">later. So we went to the apartments and started trying to contact a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">few people. It was hot (as usual) and I thought lets go by that guy, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">set up a time, and get some water. So we went to his apartment and we </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">knocked. It was the WRONG door! It was the door beneath the guy I</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">knew. Anyway a man opened the door and we started talking and he </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">started saying how he and his girlfriend we trying to become more </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">active in the church and this was a sign for him and an answer to his </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">prayers. So we set up a time to come by the next day. Then we left </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">that apartment and headed towards another, completley forgetting to go </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to the first guys apartment. As we left I realized that and so we </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">turned around and went up to the third floor and knocked. After the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">first knock the door next to his opened. An older teenager was coming</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">out with a trashbag and a backpack. So we talked to him. We talked as </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we went down the stairs and as we hit the last couple stairs we </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">started teaching the four minute restoration. We went to the trashcan </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and talked there for a couple minutes. When we finished we shared our </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">testimonies of what happened to Joseph Smith and then asked what he </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">was feeling. He said, "honestly...nothing. But I am pretty interested </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">in what you guys were talking about but I have to go pick up my </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">sister. So we closed with a prayer. Our bikes were where he was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">walking to and its always awkward saying goodbye then walking in the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">same direction. So we walked the other way. We saw a Tongan man </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">walking kind of towards us. So...we talked to him (haha you might </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">notice a pattern of us seeing people and then talking to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">them...everyone). He was nice and boy we tried to have a good </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">conversation and ask him questions but I'll be darned if I understood a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">word that was comming out of his kind mouth. Bless his heart :) he was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">trying so hard. I understood when he said missionaries but I couldn't </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">tell if he was saying if he'd been taught by missionaries in Tonga for </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">15 years or if he saw missionaries a lot in Tonga. We asked if we could </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">share a message with his family </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">#PrayingForTheGiftOfTongues. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And he led us to his home. His wife spoke a bit more English and we </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">found out they were members so we talked for a couple minutes then </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">shared a message with them and let him pray in Tongan for us and we </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">left. That is just the first half of the day...the night was hectic,</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">mainly because we had a lesson with a new investigator I'd picked up </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">last week on exchanges and needed to teach the restoration to and put </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">on date and at the same time we had a potential investigator we needed </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to teach. We went out with two ward mission leaders and went to work. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder Austin did a spledid job teaching and inviting to baptism and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">resolving concerns. He is a great missionary and I wish I could have </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">taught with him. I had a great lesson too. We helped her understand the </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">need of the great apostasy and a new prophet Joseph Smith, to restore G</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">od's kingdom on earth once again. When I invited her to be baptized after </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">sharing the first vision and helping recognize the spirit she </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">paused. It felt like forever and the whole time i was just praying,</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">"please nobody say anything just wait for her to speak first" I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">repeated that about 10 times lol and thank goodness no one said </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">anything. She said yes! I feel that this is all true and I'm beginning </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to understand the I importance of Joseph Smith more. I was so excited! </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Then I invited her to prepare to be baptized on July 23rd. She said I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">don't know because I'll be in the hospital from coffee withdawls. Haha S</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">he already knew about no coffee. But at first she was hesitant. So I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">taught her the Word of Wisdom and invited her to follow it. She said</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">yea but can I finish the pot that's in the kitchen first? It was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">interesting because I felt impressed to say, I want to say yes but as </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a representative of Jesus Christ I have to say no because this is what H</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">eavenly Father is asking you to do not me. But he has given you </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">agency so you can decide weather you finish it or not but I promise</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">you if you don"t you will have more strength to completley overcome it. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I'd never said it that way before. Cool. She said in a joking way, "nooooo </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">don't say that and guilt trip me haha" then I invited her whether </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">she finished the pot of coffee or not to obey the Word of Wisdom </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">starting tonight. She said yes!!! And she didn't finish it!</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Thursday we finished our exchange with a chess match during lunch! Wow I</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> have lost my skill. I can't remember any tactics or anything. Anyway </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">it was a great exchange. We met with Jordan and Trish (less actives </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">from Wednesday) had a great lesson with them! He has been wanting to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">come back for a while but she actually had a cool expirience. She was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">thinking about church one day and she saw some missionaries from her </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">apartment balcony but she was trying to get up the courage to talk to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">them. By the time she mustard some up they had disappeared. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sadness...but WAIT! She saw them again. So she rushed down the stairs </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to talk to them and...they were gone again. That was a day or two </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">before we came by so I have no idea what missionaries were trying to</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">poach from our area but THIS IS MY TURF 😡 I WILL NOT HAVE IT 😋 that </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">was my initial thought but I think it was actually us haha. But then </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">she said she'd come home and Jordan was telling her that we stopped by </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and they are both feeling the spirit telling them it's time to get </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">active and receive these blessings again.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Friday we met our new mission president. President lancing. I am </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">excited but come on everyone misses the Chambers. But I hope the Lancings feel </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">loved as they begin serving in the absolute best mission in the world!</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And then we taught Adam and Jonathan Friday night.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Saturday ADAM GOT BAPTIZED! Yay! His wife, Sunday's, parents were </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">there. It was a great day. We also had a lesson with a less active </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">lady that we were led to last week at the same exact time the Bishop was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">led to her. We taught her about the restoration. Her father passed </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">away a couple weeks ago. She wanted to know where he went and what he </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">was doing. I testified of the plan of salvation. It is perfect and it </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">perfectly shows Heavenly Father's love for each one of us.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sunday I confirmed Adam in Sacrament meeting! It was a great </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">experience and opprotunity. A less active we have been working with </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">since I got here and since Elder Ray got here 4 1/2 months ago who has </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">had a horrible drinking addiction for a while came to church today for </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the first time in forever. It was fast and testimony meeting and one </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of Sunday's sisters got up and bore her testimony and said she has </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">only shared her testimony 3 times in her life but she felt strongly </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">impressed to get up today. She shared her love for the gospel and out </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of no where started talking about how the church's AA meetigs (12step </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">program) have helped her so much and she testified to the blessings of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">that. I was amazed and crying. She didn't know that there was someone </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">who had met with the Bishop a week and a half previously and who was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">giving everything he's got to get better and through her Heavenly F</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ather told him what he needed to do. It made me think (I literally </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">looked around) how many people in this ward alone are struggling and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we can't even see it? Who is going through a trial that is eating them </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">up that is putting there life in risk or anything and nobody knows. We </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">NEED to follow every prompting we have. Heavenly Father trusts us and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">he needs us to help his children who are stuggling. Here was my other </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">thought. Adam had been taught by missionaries before. He had a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">slightly rough life. He wasn't ready at the time to be baptized even </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">though he had a baptisimal date a couple times. FINALLY, the day he </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">has been prepared by the Lord and our Heavenly Father also HAPPENS to be </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the exact day this less active man went to church for the FIRST time </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">in 10+ years bringing him and someone else together who has already </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">gone through EXACTLY what he is going through NOW.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I give you each my representative witness that we have a loving H</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">eavenly Father. He is VERY MUCH aware of us and our situations. Don't </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">you ever think He has left you, that he doesn't care about you. He does </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and He is constantly preparing a way for you to feel His love and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">rejoice in the many blessings He has in store for you, in this I so </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">testify in the name of our Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder Kremer</span></span>Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-88592176463146335022016-06-29T19:28:00.000-07:002016-06-29T19:28:39.448-07:00Mission XP - You are all crazy monkeys🐒 27 June 2016<span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">My bad I forgot to put in the letter haha. A Korean Elder I knew would </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">always say, "you are crazy monkey"..so cute.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hey everyone I love you and I miss you! I hope that each of you have </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">had a great week and been able to see the blessings that Heavenly F</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ather pours out to each one of us. My week went by fast and it was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">good.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Monday was of course preperation day...p-day...play day and it was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">great! We had a zone activity outside and we played ultimate frisbee, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">kickball, and a little football. We exhorted a lot of energy. We had </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">two lessons set up and we had two lessons fall through. Tough break.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Tuesday was not district meeting instead it was zone confrence! Three </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">zones got together with President and Sister Chambers and it was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">great. The first hour President Chambers talked about change and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">getting a new Mission President on July first and that they should </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">feel loved and supported. We talked about a scripture in the Book of M</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ormon saying "...and there should be no manner of 'ites'..." Haha no C</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">hamberites or Lancingites. President Lancing will be our new Mission P</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">resident and he is from West Virginia. The rest of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the meeting was great too! At the end, as they always do, the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">missionaries going home shared there testimonies with everyone. 😔</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">sadness. Next zone conference myself and several of the other Elders I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">came out with will share our testimonies. Half of our district will be </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">going home in the next three months. Enough about that.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Wednesday we had district meeting. It was good as usual. Last </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">district meeting we had an hour training on how to teach the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">restoration lesson from preach my gospel in four minutes. We have </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">something called "60 seconds of power" so its really 5 minutes for us. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">After district meeting and lunch we went on exchanges. The district </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">leader came with me in my area. It was a wierd day because, as usual, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we talked to everyone we saw but everyone was saying that they didn't </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">even believe in God. That's difficult because you can't just teach many </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">principles from the gospel. They all are based on the fact that we </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">have a loving Heavenly Father. If they "dont believe" in Him there</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">isn't much point in teaching His gospel to them..so instead we invited </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a lot of people to pray. Teaching first of coarse the feeling of the H</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">oly Ghost and its role. Something I love saying to people, and I got </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">this from my companion, a saying "praying takes a couple minutes." If </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">you don't receive an answer it was only a couple of minutes out of your </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">day...but if you do recieve an answer, a feeling from the Holy Ghost, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">it could change your life. So we did alot of that on exchanges. In the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">middle of the day we got a call from one of the ward mission leader's </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">wife. She said someone had called about her son who lives in the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">apartments who had talked to the missionaries a couple days previously </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">who had recently gone through a divorce. The mission leader's wife</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">asked if I remembered talking to someone in the apartments and I kind </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of laughed because I was thinking if we've seen them weve talked to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">them so I had no idea which one she was talking about. The crazy thing</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">was she didn't know how the lady got her phone number. She gave me the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">man's address and phone number and said maybe call him today or to</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">morrow if you have time and set up an appointment and let me know what</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">happens. I said ok and goodbye...but come on your not just going to call </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">someone who is struggling and is in a perfect part of their life to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">accept the gospel and its blessings and just set up an appointment for </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">another time. So 5 minutes later (because we saw someone and talked to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">them, it was in Spanish though) we knocked and he opened the door and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">without saying anything he said come in. I did recognize him. And I'm </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">thankfull we stopped and talked to him that day and even though at the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">time he wouldn't recieve us. I was able to witness what happens when </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we always share the message of the joy the gospel can bring to our </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">lives. He heard and rejected but then he pondered and recognized that </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">now more than ever he needed this in his life and our night was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">crazy busy. We went on splits with two members of the church (ward </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">mission leaders) and Elder Jimenez had to go do a baptismal interview </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">for someone preparing to be baptized so he had to leave at 6 and I had </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a lesson to go teach...😵 surprisingly not very stressful. Maybe that's </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">because I used to cover 3 stakes, 22 wards. I don't know? But not much </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">makes you too stressed out anymore you know. While Elder Jimenez was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">out doing his district leader stuff i was at a home with Brother M</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ackay (a ward mission leader). We were in the home of two ladies who </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">had the same grandchild. Crazy story but but thier kids got married </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and later in life they already knew each other even they lived in </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">different places they somehow found each other in a trailor park in U</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">tah. They are no longer married but they get along great and as Linda </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">put it, its easier to pay rent with two people sooo yea. While we were </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">there Linda who is a nonmember was talking...alot...pretty much the </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">whole time. I enjoyed many of the stories she told and different events </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of her life. At the beggining she brought up Joseph Smith. She said</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">she heard A lot of Mormons talking about him and she thought they </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">worshipped him. So she said she didn't really understand why Joseph S</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">mith was important. But she continued with one of her stories too </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">fast for me to interject and explain 😮🤐. In the middle of the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">conversation she brought up things she believed about where we were </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">before birth and where were going. She believes in most of the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">plan of salvation (just so you know, if you speak plan of salvation </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">into an iPad it comes out as pedestal vacation...because that makes </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">sence). She continued to talk after that. At some point Brother Mackay </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">miraculously found a space to bring up the restoration as taught in </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">"preach my gospel" and went very briefly over each bullet point. I was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">very impressed. Recently we have been having a meeting every other </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">week with the ward mission leaders to help train them so they are </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">caught up with all the "new stuff" missionaries do. We role-played with </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">them teaching a principle of church, prayer, or reading and then </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">extended a "will you" invitation. Last training we invited them all to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">study chapter 3 lesson 1&2 the restoration and plan of salvation. He </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">obviously did. He was trying to get a lead on for me to be able to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">start teaching but she once again began talking haha 😄 😔 then at </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the very end 15 minutes before we had to get going Brother Mackay said </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we have to get going soon and he turned to me and said Elder Kremer I</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">don't know if you had anything specific you wanted to talk about or if </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">you have time to quickly go over anything?...yay Brother Mackay! I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">wanted to teach the whole restoration but I had to teach brief, clear, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and simply the principles of God reveals his gospel in every </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">dispensation (to explain why we have prophets and the importance of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">priesthood authority and that God always gives us another prophet), </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the Savior's earthly ministry and Atonement (to explain that Christ </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">established His church while he was on the earth and gave the</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">priesthood to the 12 men He ordained as disciples and that eventually </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">all of them were rejected leading into another time of apostasy or </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">time with out the priesthood, a prophet, and the fullness of the </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">gospel), the great apostasy (this one is important because the there </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">was no one with the authority to teach the gospel and prophets are </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">important because they keep the doctrines in line and so they can't get </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">mixed up or messed up in anyway. It's really important to understand </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">that God wasn't punishing his children exactly but more he was</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">patiently waiting for their hearts to be soften so they would accept </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the gospel and when they would that they would be ready to make </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">changes which is really what repenting is) this lead into why Joseph S</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">mith is important. Since he was in that time period were so many </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">people were searching for the truth this was the ideal time for God to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">have the fullness of his gospel restored. Joseph who was taught in his </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">family to turn to the Bible when they had questions did that and he </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">read that if he lacked wisdom he needed to pray and ask god. We know</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">that he did pray and when Joseph prayed he prayed with a desire to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">know and that desire would lead him to act on whatever answer he was </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">given. For me personally, being told this church was right or that </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">church that was already there was right would have been a heck of a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">lot easier that being told you would have to be the one who is going </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to have to restore the church. He had a lot of faith to keep pressing </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">forward. Anyway so thats what I taught her and she actually completely </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">understood the importance of Joseph Smith. Long and amazing day.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Thursday we ended exchanges and continued to work. And we also got a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">less active man who we've been trying to work with forever make it to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the Bishop's office. He has a pretty big drinking problem and he smokes </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a bit too. Everytime we visited him in the past he was drunk but could </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">remember mostly what we said. Something always stuck out to him and we </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">said very similar things everytime. Finally it hit him that through </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the Atonement he can be free from the burdens of his past that bring </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">him to drink. That so far was the most fruitful experience of my</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">transfer here. He is beginning to change 😂</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Friday we planned for the week then had lunch (as we always do) with </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">our m.l.s couple (the older missionaries) they are awesome! She always </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">asks us what we want to eat and usually its just us Elders but their </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">are Spanish speaking Sister Missionaries in the Spanish Ward that is </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">in our Stake and I suggested to Sister Block to make biscuits and gravy </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(MMMMMMMmmmm 😋) for the Sisters because one is from Memphis Tennessee </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">so obviously she loves biscuits and gravy haha but Sister Block (m.l.s </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">couple) asked the Sisters if they wanted to have lunch with all of us </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and have biscuits and gravy! My companion wasn't super happy that we </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">were having lunch with the Sisters but it was fun. I always say that </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">memphis is like the Currens of Tennesse. 😉</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Saturday we had the most effective morning I've ever had ever on my </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">mission. We taught the restoration in an o.y.m and set up I think four </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">lessons with non members WOW!</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sunday was decent not many people came to church that we have been </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">working with but two did come and one is going to be baptized this S</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">aturday!</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I would love to tell you how each of our lesson went but then you'd </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">have way too much to read and I wouldn't finish very soon. We had 17 </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">lessons and were very busy! Badadadadum I'm lovin' it🙃</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Have a great week I love you all!</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder Kremer</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(\(^~^)/)</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /></span>Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-87206115039807183372016-06-22T18:18:00.000-07:002016-06-22T18:18:52.171-07:00Mission XP - 20 June 2016<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Once again a spectacularly amazing week. We had a really cool </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">experience as we were trying to contact people in the apartments. We </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">had just talked to somebody and and we were just stopped in the road </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">trying to figure out if we should go to someone. When we saw a guy </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">working on his van. I didn't recognize him at first but Elder Ray did. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">He was a less active member he'd been trying to meet with but stuff kept </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">getting in the way. Elder Ray asked we we should go help him. I don't </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">know anything about vehicles but Elder Ray know alot so I said yes we</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">should. We helped him a bit then he thanked us and offered us water so </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we went into his apartment and sat down and we were able to share a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">message with him. We shared "always remember him". And we asked what</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">was personal for them in the video. His fiancé shared first. Then he </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">shared and said, as tears came to his eyes, that this was exactly what </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">he'd been praying for. He literally said we were an answer to his </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">prayers.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> We invited them to come to church and meet with bishop.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It was really cool for me.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Three of our investigators are moving to Sandy. That was kind of sad </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to find out because the mom was very golden. She felt the spirit </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">strong in our first lesson and wanted to be baptized. But we know the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">missionaries and Sandy will help her continue to progress.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I love you all and hope you have an amazing week!</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder Kremer</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">((^~^)/)</span></span>Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-1410519285452493282016-06-13T12:51:00.001-07:002016-06-13T12:51:56.387-07:00Misson XP - 13 June 2016<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">Something I've been working on in companionship study is talking </span><span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">slower. When we role-play I focus on talking slower so I can go by the </span><span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">spirit more and my mouth doesnt get too far ahead of my thoughts and </span><span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">feelings. It is a very important thing for me to learn. I have </span><span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">struggled with this off and on throughout my mission but I will </span><span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">overcome it with practice.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">Elder Ray and I are still haveing a blast together! We get along </span><span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">pretty darn great.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">This week...Awesome. Once again we saw the Lord's hand very obvious in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">the work. Last week and the week before that we o.y.m'ed a kid. </span><span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">We talked to him then asked him if we could meet his family </span><span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">and share a message with them. He said yes and we asked him where he </span><span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">lived. He seemed a little unsure but pointed in a direction and said a </span><span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">certain apartment area. Elder Ray new the guy who lived in that</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">apartment he said it was some angry crazy guy they had talked to </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">before so I thought the kid was just trying to get rid of us. I </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">believe it was on Monday that we ran into the the Spanish Sister M</span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">issionaries. They told us about an o.y.m they just had with a black </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">lady in our area. She sounded pretty golden or at least someone who </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">would let us talk to them. They gave us an apartment number. We weren't </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">able to stop by on Monday because we had so many appointments but we </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">went by Tuesday. We knocked on the door a couple times and someone </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">opened the door. She was not black. In fact she looked familiar but I </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">was thrown off a bit because...well I was kind of expecting a black </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">lady to open the door. The lady said come in, luckily we had another </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">man with us because their wasn't a man in the home but a previous </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">lesson had fallen through so we decided to go here instead. When we </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">got in I realized it was the family that we had been o.y.ming on the </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">street. We tlaked for a few minutes then we prayed and started </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">teaching. We did 60 seconds of power and then after we taught and </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">shared the first vision we did 60 seconds of reflection. During this </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">time Elder Ray asked her what she had been feeling. Her experience </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">couldn't have been any more perfect. She said she hadnt been having the </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">best day, in fact, right before we had come over she was very mad and </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">she had a big headache. However, as we were talking to her she started </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">feeling better, happier, and her headache left her. Needless to say </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">the spirit worked on her good. We extended the invitation to be </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">baptized and at first she said she had already been baptized so we </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">explained the priesthood and then reinvited and she said, "why not" </span><span style="font-family: uictfonttextstyletallbody; font-size: 19px;">and we said, "exactly" (how fun is that). Anyway great miracle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">((^~^)/)</span>Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-38703720316661416892016-06-12T17:38:00.002-07:002016-06-12T17:38:55.449-07:00Mission XP - 8 June 2016<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder Ray and I are doing great! We get along well and we have been </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">doing really good with being exactly obedient. When ever we see </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">something even if its small we just bring it up on the spot and work </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">on it. It's been going great. I definitley have that rekindled fire </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">since the moment I came into this area. The last bit of my mission is </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">going to be amazing.</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This week was really good. We were extremley blessed to be able to be </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">lead so much to people who we needed to talk to. Two miracles stuck </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">out to me this week. Both occurred on saturday. The first was after we </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">had been trying to contact a potentual investigator. Across from were </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we were their was an older man in a wheelchair talking to a lady. As </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we knocked, he lady left and went up to her apartment. No one answered </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to door for us so we got to our bikes and were heading out when the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">man started calling out the lady's name while looking at her balcony. I </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">felt the small urge to stop and ask him if hed like me to go up and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">knock on his door and he replied, "sure if youd like" as i was </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">knocking i could see my companion and he was talking to the man but I </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">could exactly hear what he was saying so i didnt know what they talked </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">about. The lady didnt answer her door so she was probably busy. I came </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">down and he thanked me and i asked what he needed her for and he said </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">he was trying to give her some medicine for her headache. Rig before </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we were going to leave i asked if we could do anythinfor them. He said </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">no, then he said we are members we just dont go to church. I could see </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the image in my head..our legs going over our bikes, him stating that </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">he's not active, our legs comming back over our bikes almost on cue and </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">asking questions. He shared some deep stuff of why he stopped going to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">church. Really sad stuff i couldnt believe happened but hes going to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to the bishop here and we are going to stop by him often to strengthen </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">him.</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The other cool miracle was also on saturday. It was later on in the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">evening. Elder Ray and I were stopping by Chris, one of our </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">investigators, I dont know if I've said much about him. He is making </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">such amazing progress. He detoxed of some heavy drugs and he is also </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">kind of homeless but an awesome less active member is letting Chris</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">stay with them. He happens to live in an apartment right above and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">across from his brother and sister in law. His brother is also not a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">member and his sister in law is a little less active. Anyway, as we </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">were getting off our bikes to visit Chris his brother and sister in </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">law came out and as they were passing us the sister in law asked us </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">what time church met. We told them then we asked them if we could stop </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">by later that night to share a message with them. We knew the brother </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">was a nonmember. They said we could come by around 7. When we came by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we planned on sharing the plan of salvation but as we did "how to begin </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">teaching we relized that we needed to share the restoration. We found </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">out that he had met with missionaries before and when they had invited </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">him to be baptized he had said no. Elder Ray prayed then I did </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">something we call "60 seconds of power" which is where we state our </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">purpose, state bullet point number 10, "As you accept our message, you </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">will learn how to make covenants, or promises, with God. You will </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">learn how to make changes to bring your lives in closer harmony with</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">His teachings. You will want to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and be baptized by proper authority" then promise blessings. And we </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">teach from thier. After we shared joseph smihs first vision we did </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">what we call "60 seconds of reflection" which is pretty much helping </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">them feel and recognize the holy ghost. When we invited him to be </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">baptized he said yes! He did have a concern we were able to resolve </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">but he is on date for the 25 of june XD after the lesson Elder Ray told </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">me that they had seen him before but when they asked to come by and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">share a message he said no.</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For me this was an amazing learning opprotunity on why it is so </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">important that we as missionaries and members should always invite. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Heavenly Father knows when people are ready. He knows when their </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">hearts have been soften or they have been humbled and are willing to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">make changes in thier lives. Once they are ready that's were we come </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">in. Everyday there is someone we could influence and bring the spirit </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to. You dont know why you might go somewere or why your car may break </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">down or why something that is unexpected might happen to you. I urge </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">you to make it a priority to seek those who do not yet have the gospel </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">in thier lives or are living under thier privileges. As disciples of C</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">hrist who have already seen and felt the blessings that come from </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">living the gospel we should be doing everyhting we can to be finding </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">those who are ready. Start praying everyday for the opportunity to </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">find "the one" then seek them out. Spark a conversation with those you </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">come in contact with. Do not be afraid to bring up religion or the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">gospel. When someone asks how your week was share how your Sabbath </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">went, how you saw a prayer answered, how your family blessed your life </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">this week. Always seek "the one". I know you will feel the holy ghost </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">stronger. You will be able to see the change in someones life who is </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">accepting the gopel. You will feel joy beyond any joy you've felt </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">physically serving someone because youll relize you are blessing </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">someone spiritually and you are helping them receive eternal </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">salvation. What a blessing it will be when you reunite with those in </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">heaven that you have touched here on earth.</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I love you all and hope you have an amazing week!</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder Kremer</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">((^~^)/)</span>Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-60646054243760622132016-05-30T15:14:00.000-07:002016-05-30T15:14:00.667-07:00Mission XP - 30 May 2016<span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: blue;">Hey everyone! </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Awesome week! Awesome transfer! So many miracles. I </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">wrote this yesterday morning but last night I felt the spirit strongly </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">from a new investigator. I'll send that later today or next week.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I wanted to start off by saying I'm so glad I'm in this area with Elder </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Ray. This area is so busy, I'm so excited for the work here, and Elder R</span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ay is an amazing missionary. I feel like I'm being trained haha. He is </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a natural leader and missionary.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: blue;">This week was also very good. We picked up three new investigators,</span> </span><span class="contextualExtensionHighlight ms-font-color-themePrimary ms-border-color-themePrimary ident_518_570" role="button" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 120, 215); cursor: pointer; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" tabindex="0">but we won't be able to meet with two of them until next week. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> We went on splits </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">earlier this week and I went</span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> to an investigators that was strugling. I</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">love when I go on splits to go to a lesson because every time in my </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">mission that I've been in a situation were i have to teach alone is </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">when I've been able to feel and follow the guidance of the spirit the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">most. I can't depend on anyone else and I am not a very good teacher by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">myself. When I went to our appointment the plan was to figure out were </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">she was. She'd met with missionaries several times before and had been </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">taught everything alot. This made it difficult but as we got to that </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">part it was also the time when I started feeling the spirit start </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">teaching and asking questions. I could see her countenance changing </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">slightly as she felt the spirit. It was awesome! Then when the time </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">came the invitation to follow the example of Jesus Christ was extended </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and she said yes. She is on date for the 18th. She wants to be baptized </span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">but she feels like she's been taught everything and her husband</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(member) and his parents can get her there. So that's were we are. But I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> feel she will be solidified.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Studies have been good too. They've mostly been focused on our </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">investigators and less acitves but in companionship study I've been </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">working on more effective o.y.m's and being led by the spirit with </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">them.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">My love to you all, keep being awesome!</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder Kremer</span></span>Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-25155184781344344432016-05-30T15:00:00.000-07:002016-05-30T15:01:07.784-07:00Mission XP - 23 May 2016<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I realize for a while I haven't kept y'all updated with transfers... I'm </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">leaving South Jordan tomorrow morning. My new companion will be Elder R</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ay. Just like Elder Bouchillon, I went on exchanges with Elder Ray </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">when we served in Draper together and now we will serve in West Jordan </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">together. I don'</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">t want to leave but...yea... Also I know I have 18 </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">weeks left but it just hit me that I only have three transfers left :/</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder Schunk and I are doing very well. We talked about things in our </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">companionship that we could work on, mainly just small things we do </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">that have been getting to each other. Since we did that we've been so </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">much happier and I feel it's affected our work in a good way. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I've been taking find when you teach and teach when you find and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">applying in my daily missionary work. I can't remember if I mentioned </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">that last week but for myself it's what I'm focusing on.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> We had a cool experience I think Wednesday where we were going by </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">two people the Bishop and Ward Mission Leader had asked us to stop by </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and on the way from one to the other we saw a lady and her husband </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">outside of there house. We were riding bikes so we stopped and started </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to talk to them. She is a nurse, which was fun because I want to be a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">nurse, but they are also less active so we talked a bit about church </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and how to strengthen your testimony and we invited them to go to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">church and we get to meet with them this week.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I love all yall <3</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder Kremer</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(\(^~^)/)</span></span></span>Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-48790103299847510982016-05-17T17:15:00.001-07:002016-05-17T17:15:49.437-07:00Mission XP - 16 May 2016 (two parts)<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hey! The Seminary Sunday thing sounds awesome. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> think it is definitley a great thing to have.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">In studies I've really been studying over 'find when you teach and teach </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">when you find.' I understand the principle of teaching to peoples' needs </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">but I struggle with the finding. When we talk with people I try to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">always teach some part of the restoration but about half the time I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">don't feel it's the part that would be the thing they need to hear. And </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">also I really need to do better with effectivley finding as we teach </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">less actives and non members but especially less actives. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder Schunk and I, well mainly me, I didn't get my laundry all done on M</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">onday so Tuesday I was wearing the only socks that were clean but </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">they had pictures on them. And Saturday Elder Schunk and I didn't wake </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">up when our alarms went off. So we are going to focus on having a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">more effective preperation day and better ways to wake up to our </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">alarm. We go to bed on time so the zone leaders suggested we text E</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">lder Espinoza at 6:30 which we were all for and we did it this </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">morning but that's not really going to help because of the reason we </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">slept in but whatever we are going to come up with some kind of way </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">that will always wake us up. I think im going to do what I did back </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">home and just sleep with my alarm on my bed by my ear.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hey everyone! It was really nice being able to see y'all on Mother's D</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ay. I'm glad each of you were there. :) We lost our car last week.</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, Segoe UI, Segoe WP, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Other missionary cars were in the shop for repairs. So we hope we </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">get ours back. So now were walking and biking...which is why I </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">mentioned it was hot this week. Anyway, I hope each of you have an </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">awesome week. And if your not feeling happy this week...stop not </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">feeling happy and start feeling awesome instead ;)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Love y'all</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder Kremer</span><br style="font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(\(^~^)/)</span></span>Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-55489180634429359002016-05-03T02:58:00.000-07:002016-05-03T02:59:27.707-07:00Mission XP - 2 May 2016 Week of Mother's Day<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">This week was great but I kind of forgot most of it. We couldn't meet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">meet with our investigators except for once this week. Also we had a</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">training on Sunday. We conducted and we trained for about 40 minutes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">and one of the high councilman said it was really really good which I</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">needed because the only one in there who wasn't stone faced the whole</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">time was him our Mitas Creek Stake President and two other ward</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">mission leaders. Oh it was a training for our 13 ward mission leaders.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">But it was good. Anyway, I'm looking forward for Mothers Day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstyletallbody"; font-size: 19px;">((^~^)/)</span>Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-23892651151494349542016-05-03T02:53:00.001-07:002016-05-03T02:53:04.378-07:00Mission XP - 26 Aril 2016 Week of birthday<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">So this last week was good. Briefly, the foriegn exchange students </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(Yedi and Hyrin) are on date to be baptized on may 15th! Yedi is solid </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and understands and loves what we teach. Hyrin doesnt understand as </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">much and she has to get permission from her parents to get baptized. </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We talked to a relief society president last night whi is korean and </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">will be fellowshipping at the lessons!</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Elder Kremer</span>Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-79880311524243811402016-04-22T02:27:00.000-07:002016-04-22T02:27:00.281-07:00Mission XP - 18 April 2016<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Segoe UI Light', 'Segoe UI Web Light', 'Segoe UI Web Regular', 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Symbol', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; white-space: nowrap;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">🐒you are all like crazy monkeys🐒</span></b></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">This week was actually pretty good because of today. First I'm having </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">a recent convert I taught email me how the Book of Mormon helped convert </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">her. Is it ok if I get it in the middle of the week if I just send it </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">to you ? Anyway, this week was trying as usual with not many people </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">being home and some people saying no. But through all that tonight at </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">dinner we ate with members who had two forgien exchange students </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">living with them. One is Yeri Koo. She just moved from the Parkway S</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">take and I'm really excited because I was working with her a bit and I </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">get to teach her again! And she loves the gospel and has been going to </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">church! The other exchange student is going to participate in the </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">lessons too but she doesn't understand much yet which is why its such a </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">huge miracle that Yeri moved to this home. They are both from Korea so </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Yeri will be able to help teach too! </span></span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Studies went well to I was reading a couple articles about the </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">atonement and then I read over Elder Bednar's Praying and Acting talk a</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">side from studying the revelation through the Book of Mormon study b</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">ut I love learning more and more about the Atonement. I feel the more </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">you learn even if you might not understand everything you read, the </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">more you want to apply it and so I'm going to be leaving an article with </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">everyone we meet.</span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Elder Kremer</span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">((^~^)/)</span><br style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></b>Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-50213104857116899422016-04-11T18:38:00.000-07:002016-04-11T18:38:48.170-07:00Mission XP - 11 April 2016<pre style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web Regular', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Helvetica Neue', 'BBAlpha Sans', 'S60 Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.299999237060547px; white-space: normal;">
<span style="color: #cccccc;">This week was great! We saw a couple awesome miracles. One was that we picked up a new investigator. Her name is Nattalie and she was a former investigator but the dad is letting missionaries teach her again. The other is that we were on splits with a ward mission leader and one of his missionaries and we were in the San-Tropez building, which we aren't aloud to tract in. Anyway, Meece (the ward missionary) and I went to contact a less active who ended up not being home and on the way downstairs we saw this guy who was just passing us when we turned around and asked him if he knew the people we were trying to contact. He said he didn't and then he pointed at my name tag and said,"Mormon...right." I said yes and as we talked more we found out that he just moved here from Los Angles and he didnt know much about Mormon or LDS people but he is dating an LDS girl! Before we left we asked if we could meet with him and teach him what we believe and he said yes! So we set up an appointment and we are excited to see what happens. And Elder Schunk and I are doing good still.</span></pre>
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Here is something that was shared with me, It's about elevators, and escalators...</span></pre>
<pre style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web Regular', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Helvetica Neue', 'BBAlpha Sans', 'S60 Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.299999237060547px; white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">If you think of an Elevator, it goes up and down all day and all night, to different highs and different lows vertically. An escalator constantly goes up, or it constantly goes down, but not vertically. If you put an elevator and its destinations on a graph, it will on be something like (1,7) (2,3) (3,5) etc., and it will just zig-zag up and down, ultimately showing no progression at all. If you put an escalator on a graph and draw a line from (0,0) to (10,10) it will show a constant progression. If we look at this from a spiritual standpoint, we can call this, spiritual progression, or eternal progression. Our purpose in this life is to ultimately be happy, gain a body, and gain eternal life through choices and experiences we have.</span></pre>
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<pre style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web Regular', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Helvetica Neue', 'BBAlpha Sans', 'S60 Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.299999237060547px; white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">In order to return to live with Heavenly Father, and know complete joy after this life, we need to be on this constant, eternal progression. Some may ask, how do you do it? There are few things that I like to think of that helps us to stay on this course. I think of it as, Testimony. Faith. and Endurance. Life gets hard, and we have to rely on our testimony sometimes to know if what we are doing is right or not, and through so many other experiences we have in life. We can continue to build up our testimony through "spiritual CPR", which is Church, Prayer, and Reading. Reading and daily feasting from the scriptures, daily communion with Heavenly Father through prayer, and renewing covenants with Heavenly Father by taking the sacrament each Sunday. We exercise our faith by doing the things Heavenly Father asks us to do, and following the impressions and promptings of the spirit, to bless our lives and the lives of others. We endure the trials and challenges that we face in this life, and approach them as learning opportunities, and not barriers or restrictions.
When we focus on our eternal progression, these are the things that we should think about. If you think of a mall, you will see an escalator that goes up to the second floor of the mall, for different shops and so on. Spiritually, we get on this escalator by being baptized by proper priesthood authority, and making those sacred promises with God. As we get older, we go farther and farther up the escalator and make more covenants, and promises with God, which allows us to be blessed by our Heavenly Father even more, as we are obedient to His commandments.</span></pre>
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<pre style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web Regular', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Helvetica Neue', 'BBAlpha Sans', 'S60 Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.299999237060547px; white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">I love you guys and I know Heavenly Father loves you. </span></pre>
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Elder Kremer
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Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-6220916480521639952016-03-31T19:05:00.002-07:002016-04-11T18:39:44.642-07:00Mission XP - 28 March 2016 <pre style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web Regular', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Helvetica Neue', 'BBAlpha Sans', 'S60 Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.299999237060547px; white-space: normal;"></pre>
<pre style="font-family: 'segoe ui', 'segoe ui web regular', 'segoe ui symbol', 'helvetica neue', 'bbalpha sans', 's60 sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.299999237060547px; white-space: normal;"><span style="color: #d0e0e3;">This week has been slow but we did receive a referral from the media about a lady who might be interested. We stopped by and she had loads of questions but she would ask one and go on to the next with out giving us time to answer so we scheduled a return appointment so we can teach her. We praying everything goes well.
I've been studying mostly in preach my gopel, finding people to teach and we've been trying to apply everything there.
Other than that nothing really. I'll try to have more news next time. </span></pre>
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Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-31271060612625302002016-03-17T13:03:00.000-07:002016-03-31T19:06:43.255-07:00Mission XP - 16 March 2016It wasn't a super productive week but we were able to see miracles nontheless! We went on splits with two of the country crossing 8thward young men and one of thier fathers. We had originally planned to go out from 7-8 on thursday evening and while I was out with Adam we talked to a Young Women's President about a referal and we talked to two people on the street. But that's not the miracle, we met back at our house at 8 and Elder Schunk wasn't back yet so I called them twice and they didn't answer. So I thought they were in the lesson and Adam and I decided to go and try to share a message with Brian and Nikki. When we went to their apartment no one answered and of course we were disappointed because they are moving but as we got to the car we saw two people moving furniture. We offered to help them and at first they were hesitant and then they were like for real and then we started helping them move. After we finished helping them move we were in their apartment and they started asking us questions to get to know us and the way they face a questions made me realize they were members and so I asked if they were and if they were able to go to church recently. Their response was not since we moved here. So Adam and I shared her testimony at church and the importance of the sacrament and the atonement and through our discussion we asked if we could come back and share a message with them. They said yes and we also invited them to come to church and they said they would think about it. When we got home Elder Schunk in the whites (his split) we're waiting for us. When I asked if they had gotten into a home and shared a message they said no our car broke down so Brother White calls a mechanic in his neighborhood who was a nonmember to tow his car. As they road back to his house they shared your message with him and while they were out
they were able to set up three appointments with less actives. The miracle and this is that because Brother Whites car broke down Adam and I were able to find the one that was ready to receive the message again and that wouldn't have happened if we had met back at eight. I know that God truly does know each one of us that he loves us and that he knows who is ready to come back to him and who can help them. I love how heavenly father can see so clearly who's ready, and the way he sees people's potential is helping me better see and focus on who people can become.
Elder Schunk and I are doing great.<br />
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Love you,<br />
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Elder Kremer<br />
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Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-15458546135087081282016-03-07T18:46:00.000-08:002016-03-31T19:07:43.478-07:00Mission XP - 7 March 2016So good! I'm only covering 12 Wards and 1 Branch (2 Stakes) again! We are going to the temple next week, so be prepared for emails on a different day. What did you do in the temple? What was your experience this time?
This week was a roller coaster but there was lil a lot of great stuff. We had a Zone meeting with President Chambers and Sister Chambers and they talked about grit. I loved the grit training and some of the things that were said made me come up with new goals for myself. Elder Schunk and I are doing pretty good together. We are dong much better with O.Y.M.ing (open your mouth and talking to people on the street) together. Elder Schunk is feeling more comfortable with asking questions and I've noticed that even with the simple O.Y.M.'s one of us will start and as we transition often times I don't know what to ask next or Elder Schunk doesn't, but the other always asks something which leads to a though or question or testimony that comes to my mid or his mind by the spirit. Without fail . . . mostly . . . until we don't know what to say at all and the guy has already walked away.:( but luckily that only happens most of the time . . . never mind.<br />
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The other night we were at member's house and they gave us a referral of a less active family. The husband was diagnosed with cancer and he just had an operation and they told us we should stop by.. The first miracle is that we stopped by within a minute of them giving us the referral and the people were home!!! The next miracle is that as we talked to the wife we asked if we could share a message and she said not at the moment because the husband was in bed resting but she said to stop by again.
Then . . . wait for it . . . Elder Schunk asked if there was anything we could do to help out and she said not really but for whatever reason we pushed a little more than usual and she saw that we really wanted to help and so she said, "well actually their are some dried up tomato plants that my husband was going to get to but can't now." So we scheduled a time to come the next day. I liked that miracle. It's been re-emphasized to me in studies just how important doing how to being teaching correctly and in every lesson is. I always do it just not as good as I could so that's one of my goals tis week.<br />
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Love ya ma,<br />
Elder Kremer<br />
((^~^)/)Tennessee Kremer's Noteworthy Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416129433918936637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574153194457733583.post-45923744016330134672016-02-29T16:37:00.000-08:002016-03-31T19:10:10.696-07:00Mission XP - 29 February 2016. Leap DayI did get your package. My new companion actually took Japanese for a year in high school so he knows how to read a bit and write a little.
This has been a good week. I was sad because Elder Bouchillon left and he is one of my favorite companions. Transfers were last Tuesday and I stayed in Country Crossing Stake and Mitas Creek Stake and I left Parkway Stake which is where Debbie lives so I don't know how she is doing and Elder Schunk came in and is my new companion. He is from Kansas...poor guy ;) Elder Schunk and I are doing great so far. In studies we've been reading and role-playing the first couple lessons and we've been working on b.c.s ing the restoration and plan of salvation so we can teach it in an o.y.m. We had been stopping potentials everywhere and we weren't finding anyone home. Mostly the same thing that happened last transfer and I was sick of that so Elder Schunk and I decided we had been blessed with appartments so tracking time she came! We figured at least if most people weren't home we would still be able to find a couple people home and we would have plenty of opprotunity to open our mouths to people we saw walking to their car. As we tracted, we had the opprotunity to meet at least nine members/family and invited them to pray for a missionary opprotunity and to hand out at least one Book of Mormon this week. They all said yes so we are going back next Saturday to follow up. We also tracted into a non-member who is living with his girlfriend and as we got talking we found he hasn't gone to church in the last month so we testified of a couple things and invited him to make church a goal for this next week and we also asked if we could come by and share a brief message with them and he said yes! So we get to go by this Tuesday at 6:30! I love that miracle because we knocked so many doors before we were able to talk to him and literally right before we knocked on his door I was thinking," this is going nowhere, we are just waisting time" then I thought," if we stop now and do something else we might not find the one we need to find" so we kept going and that's when we found him!<br />
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Love ya mom!<br />
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Elder Kremer<br />
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