tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53100615383085623542024-02-18T17:33:31.330-08:00Hermana MursetAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728389766679195972noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310061538308562354.post-79919887590873608892016-05-29T15:52:00.000-07:002017-04-30T13:40:52.849-07:00DEEP BREATH. April 11, 2016 Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "segoe ui" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">BBBRRREEEAAAATTTTHHHHHH.</span><br />
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Oh. my. gosh. </div>
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I'm traumatized. </div>
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Just kidding, I've only cried twice. </div>
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In two days (more like 3 because I'm going to get home super late) I will be stepping off the plane and walking into the arms of the people brave enough to go to the airport at 11pm. I will most likely laugh nervously and wonder if hugging my dad is allowed. </div>
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I can't believe that 18 months have already come and gone. I remember the day that my parents dropped me off at the MTC. I hugged them quick, let my eyes get watery, straightened my shoulders, and said, "Wellgottagobye!" I was led into the building were I put on my nametag for the very first time. And from then on, I have been known as "Hermana Murset." </div>
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I NEVER thought that I would love the people of Mexico so much. I never thought that I would feel so much joy, and so much sadness. I never thought that I would see my weaknesses so clearly. I never thought that I could <i>care</i> so much. </div>
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And I definitely never thought that I would be able to learn Spanish. 😁</div>
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Being a representative of Christ is something that I will never forget. </div>
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I know that God exists. I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior. That only through His name are we able to step into the kingdom of God. I love Them, and in this short space of time, I have learned to love Them even more. They have always been by my side, and They have always told me (even though I had a hard time believing it) that I am <i>good enough.</i></div>
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I know that this is the true church. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. I know that The Book of Mormon is true. I am going to be able to be with my family forever, thanks to our Savior.</div>
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I <3 . </div>
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Thank you for all the emails, the letters, the love, and the support that you have given me during my mission. I will forever be grateful. </div>
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Goodbye, Mexico. I love ya tons.</div>
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Aaaannnnddd for the last time, signing off.</div>
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HERMANA MURSET.</div>
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1. Basilio got baptized! Agapita, his wife, was also going to get baptized, but she has a mental illness and got freaked out when she started getting in the water. But she promised her husband, in the name of "The Virgin Guadalupe" that she will do it another day. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728389766679195972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310061538308562354.post-5089488665025487242016-04-04T14:14:00.001-07:002016-04-04T14:14:42.146-07:00Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Stayin' Alive, Stayin Alive (Oceania, Saltillo, Coahuila, México)<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym18_1_1459216370976_816386" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
STAYIN' AAAALLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE.</div>
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That's about the only worldly song that I remember. And it applies to the situation. I'm singin' my last week blues. The missionaries are very kindly counting down the days for me. I've started to give all my stuff away so I won't have to take it home. I've already started packing my bags, so I guess you could say that I'm trunky.</div>
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I accept it. </div>
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Our awesome investigator, Jesus Manuel, will probably not get baptized this week, but he has promised me that he WILL get baptized. So at least I have that promise. He's a really good singer and at the end of each lesson has been singing a song for us. He's about 80 years old and he gives us treats every time we go to visit him. And he talks about us and the church with everyone he meets. I love him a lot. </div>
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Actually, I love the people here a ton. I'll be glad to be home, but leaving the people.... man, that's gonna be hard.</div>
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General Conference was AWESOME! I got to watch it in English, which made me happy. Somebody pulled out a selfie stick and we took a selfie with Jeffery R. Holland. It was a really good conference. I'm going to have to watch it again when I get home.</div>
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I love you all and I can't wait to see you next week! I'll be the one that is clinging to my mom because I'm not used to being without a companion. </div>
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Hermana Murset</div>
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Tú, tu, two, to, too, 2. I have two weeks left. I have 14 days left. I'm planning on just giving the paper chain to my companion so she can count down the months. Heh.</div>
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Jesus Manuel went to church again! His daughter in law had a car accident and he went to go visit her in the hospital Sunday morning, but he told us that he was antsy to leave because he wanted to get to church on time. But I worry about his driving because one time I saw him drive and..... it's worrisome. But he got there! And that's what counts. </div>
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You may ask me how I feel, and I'll be honest and tell you that I forget that the time is ticking. I STILL HAVE TIME TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE MEXICAN FOOD. DON'T WORRY. </div>
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Iiiiiiiiiiii don't have much to talk about, haha. I'm sure I'll be a Chatty Cathy when I get home.</div>
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I'm well, I'm happy, I'm working, I'm preachin'!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728389766679195972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310061538308562354.post-57655220043308259122016-04-04T14:07:00.003-07:002016-04-04T14:07:19.943-07:00Tamales y Tortillas de Harina (March 21, 2016) Oceania, Saltillo, Coahuila, México<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Flour tortillas and tamales. </div>
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Soy màs mexicana que los nopales. </div>
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Those that speak Spanish are going to get what I just said. Trust me, it's funny. </div>
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I actually ended up learning how to make flour tortillas because at the time I was having a tachycardia attack or something like that and nobody would let me leave the house. So me being all productive suggested that the Hermana should teach me how to make them. I'm an expert now. </div>
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Tamales, on the other hand................... Nope. Not an expert. Sorry, ma. </div>
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This week was a good week! Jesus Manuel came to church again! This time he didn't go to the other church. He jokingly told our mission president that we had gone and pulled him by his ears out of the other church.... the president laughed, don't worry!</div>
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Hey guess what, I'm not trunky or anything, but I have three weeks left. I'm gonna leave Oceanía FULL OF AWESOMENESS. My companion is happy that I'm leaving because she's going to inherit all of my clothes. And my notebooks. And my pens. And my shampoo and conditioner because I'm going to leave it there, heh.</div>
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Well, that's all for now folks. I'm gonna go make more tamales.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728389766679195972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310061538308562354.post-48201067506405498332016-03-14T13:45:00.000-07:002016-04-04T14:01:34.864-07:00Where's Jesus Manuel? (Oceania, Saltillo, Coahuila, México)<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "segoe ui" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "lucida grande" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">That's my half hearted attempt at word play. (Where's Waldo?)</span><br />
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I would tell you the story about how we decided to go to Centro (where all the cool stuff is) but the bus ended up taking us to the very edge of Saltillo.... but I'll save that story for when I get home. But I don't know if I'll be able to tell it in English...</div>
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But don't worry, I have ANOTHER story. So a while back we started teaching a man named Jesus Manuel. He's about 80 years old and has a sickness that always makes him feel dizzy. The first few lessons I wasn't super convinced that he wanted to hear our message, but then we taught the Restoration, and he went "WWWOOOOWWWWWW! I WANNA GO TO CHURCH!" He's super convinced that this is the true church and he wanted to go see what it was like. </div>
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I was pretty sure that he was going to go to church, but for some reason I felt uneasy. Sunday morning we were going to go pick up some investigators, but I kept feeling like we needed to go make sure that he had left to go to church. So we passed by, and saw that his car wasn't there. Good! So he went. But I still felt uneasy. So we got to church, and he wasn't there! We called his phone, it was turned off. We waited, he never showed up. (The real life of missionaries). So we went into the sacrament room and sat down because the service had already started. </div>
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I turned to my companion and said "Let's run out to the main street and see if he's there." </div>
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Fat chance that he was going to be there, but we left the chapel and started running. The members probably thought we were crazy. We get to the main street and lo and behold, there's his car! It's easy to spot seeing as it's a red Volkswagon Beetle. But.... where was he? And THAT was when we started to hear rock and roll Christian music. We turned around and BOOM, we realized that he had entered into a rock and roll Christian church that is on the same block as the chapel. </div>
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So what did we do? We started talking to a guy from that church that was standing outside with his kid. We kindly asked him if he could go see if there was an older man with white hair named Jesus Manuel in the church. The whole time very aware that our black name tag was shining in the sun. Within minutes Jesus Manuel came out, looking very disoriented, led by some people. </div>
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We didn't wait for them to react and we practically dragged him to the chapel, just in time for the sacrament.</div>
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Haha later he told us that he was actually just about to leave the church that he was in because he was really confused and because he didn't see us anywhere. </div>
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He's great!</div>
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And that's my story and I'm sticking to it.</div>
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I would also tell you about the time when I had to open a pop bottle with pliers, but that's another story for another day.</div>
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Next week I'm going to learn how to make flour tortillas! Wee!!!</div>
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I love you all and I'll see you next week!</div>
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1. We teach a recent convert, Willy, outside of his house because he lives alone. This is a common occurence. I did the same with Tomas! Rain or shine.</div>
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2.Hahahaha a recent convert family that I love. The Vasquez family. The hermano is such a jokster.</div>
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It's not like I'm super good at math or anything, but if I count on my fingers, I only have 5 weeks left. 😲</div>
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I would start to reflect on my mission right now, but I won't do that until my last email, don't worry. </div>
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This week went SO WELL. Goodness. I was seriously worried for our area. It seemed like the people decided that they were allergic to the sun and missionaries, so they weren't out in the street and they wouldn't open their doors. But lo and behold, they aaaaalll accepted us this week. So I'm happy. If the people are like that for the rest of my mission, I will be one happy sister.</div>
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A new assistant to the president is here. He has super long legs so beating them to contact referrals is a little more difficult. But he's cool, so I guess it's alright that we're sharing an area with them. </div>
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The other day we went to go look for some less actives that the bishop asked us to find. We only knew their last names and when we approached the house there was a man outside. Hermana Novoa whispered "What's their last name?" and I replied "Ramos Sosa." </div>
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She walked confidently up to the man, pointed at him in a friendly manner, and said </div>
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"Your name is Eduardo!" </div>
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Man, I don't know where she got the name Eduardo and he looked a little confused and I turned red and reminded her that we only knew their last names, only to hear the man reply: </div>
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"Yeah, my name is Eduardo." </div>
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MY COMPANION CAN READ MINDS.</div>
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Anyway. That's my experience for the week. I hope you enjoyed it.</div>
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1. Maribel and Jose Manuel are two people that my companions and I found in Zarco. They got baptized on different days, but they invited us to both. They actually got baptized at the beginning of Febuary, but I just barely found the picture. They're GREAT. They're also going to invite me to eat when I leave so that I can say bye to them.</div>
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2. I said to my companion "THAT'S IT. We need a picture." So we took a selfie. I'm skinnier than normal, I know.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728389766679195972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310061538308562354.post-224200719160345932016-03-07T11:48:00.004-08:002016-03-07T11:48:56.360-08:00Let There Be Light (Oceania, Saltillo, Coahuila, México) February 29, 2016<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">Let me just tell you a story real quick.</span><br />
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So Tuesday we woke up all cheery and ready to start the day. I hopped out of bed joyfully and flipped on the light, only to find that the light didn't turn on.... Hm. That's happened to us before, but the light has always turned back on. So we went out to work. When we came back, still no light. BAAH. Turns out the light bill blew away, meaning that we never recieved it, so they cut the electricity. Hmph. So that night we took a lloonnnggg journey to the electricity place, typed in all the information, looked at how much the light bill was, and said "I have like... 50 pesos?" Yeah, we didn't have enough money. </div>
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But two hermanas were going to stay in our house that night.</div>
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So we went and picked them up, warned them that we didn't have light, bought some stuff to eat in the morning, and went back to the house, only to find it all lit up! What the.... somebody had turned our light back on. </div>
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Hermana Novoa yelled "GOD LOVES US!!" </div>
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Which is true.</div>
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Aaannnddd when we woke up the next morning, there wasn't any light. We took out some money, paid the light bill, and waited.... THREE DAYS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY. I know, I wouldn't survive if I was a pioneer. </div>
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Turns out they really did turn the electricity back on, but there was a shortage so it didn't work. </div>
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The bishop fixed it. They got a kick out of me when they asked if we had a screwdriver and I pulled one out of my bag. I found it on the street and I thought it would be useful.</div>
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But now we have light, and I am a happy missionary.</div>
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And that's my story for the week. </div>
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That's really all that happened. But hey! I'm staying in my area with Hermana Novoa. I guess the president thinks we're a really good team. Today begins my last transfer, and before you know it, I'll be walking around in Utah.</div>
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I love you all! I can't send pictures because this computer is weird.</div>
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I´ll be honest and say that I really didn´t think all that much about what I was going to write this week... soooo....</div>
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BUT. I got to go visit Zaragoza (for like the 50th time) and I took some pictures. I went to go visit the Esparza family and when I came into the house Abdiel, their little boy, yelled "HERMANA MURSET!" I nearly died. They must have been teaching him how to say my name. I took a video of him saying it, don´t worry.</div>
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I also got to see my convert Tomas!! I went to a baptism and he was there in his white shirt and tie. He has a calling in the ward and he proudly told me that he hadn´t missed a Sunday since his baptism. I was so proud and I almost cried. </div>
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Next week I wil be starting my last transfer, and before you know it, I´ll be home and you won´t be able to get rid of me! </div>
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I love you all. I promise.</div>
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This week was a pretty good one. We found 3 "escogidos" (golden investigators). They are awesome and all of them went to church. Our other investigator, Cruz Javier, was fasting for the first time. But I think he got a little confused because he showed up to church and looked like he had just rolled out of bed. He said "This fasting thing is hard! I didn´t even brush my teeth or shower so that I wouldn´t drink water. I don´t know how you people do this..." Bahahahahaha.... I was dying. </div>
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So the other day we woke up, and it was pretty chilly outside. So we turned on the heater at full blast because we like to save energy, when all of the sudden Elder Ninataype (the assistant and one of the missionaries that we share the area with) called us and yelled "IT´S SNOWING!" He´s from northern Utah so this was a pretty big deal for him. And yes indeed, it was snowing. I´m pretty sure that the news of snow got on the top news and got put in the history books of Saltillo.<br /></div>
I would have you know that two days later I was walking around in a short sleeve shirt.<br /></div>
But it was cool, I have to admit. I never thought I would see snow while I was on my mission. I still haven´t written about it in my journal, though. Pecador... (Sinner...)<br /></div>
This week was pretty slow, but we did find a super awesome family! Their daughter has already been going to church with her grandma in a different stake. The missionaries had visited them a bunch of times, but the dad would always say nooo. But when we stopped by for our appointment, he stopped what he was doing, sat down, listened to our message, and accepted a baptismal date. You should have seen the look on his wife´s face, her eyes were bugging out from surprise, haha. We´ll see how it goes, but I have faith that they´ll progress.<br /></div>
This transfer is going by SO FAST. I think Hermana Novoa can feel my anxiety because I am constantly barging down the streets, knocking on doors, and demanding to be let in. Haha maybe not exactly like that, but almost. I´m just glad to be here and I´m going to make the most of the time I have left.<br /></div>
I love you all! I hope you have a fantastic week and I will see you in a few.<br /></div>
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1. It wasn´t really snowing when we took the picture, but it was a real deal. Oh, and I got bangs. But they look horrible because I was soaking wet at the time. The mission isn´t a fashion show, folks.<br /></div>
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Hello hello hello! Here I am in Oceania, workin' hard and teachin' people. You know, the normal stuff. I am currently seated next to my companion, Hermana Novoa. She's from El Salvador and she's awesome. We set goals, and then we KEEP them. Woo! The internet cafe is like, one minute from our house, so I'm super happy. We're in the mission president's ward, so that's weird. And we share the area with the assistants. And when I mean share the area, I mean that we find them in the streets and sometimes we have to run to contact a referral before they contact them first. It's fun.</div>
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Other than that, this week has been pretty normal. Nothing wild has happened. I don't have to travel anymore! So that's pretty nice. The only excited thing was that I had a dream that I was really good friends with Harrison Ford (Han Solo) and that he accepted to hear the missionary lessons. </div>
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I'll be super honest and say that I have nothing super wow to tell you, soooooooooooooo...... I hope that you are well and I hope that you're not freezing too much. Right now I'm in a short sleeved shirt. They say that it's going to get really cold, but they've been saying that for 2 weeks now. </div>
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It's Tomas. Not Thomas. Something about not pronouncing the "h" here. </div>
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But anyway. TOMAS GOT BAPTIZED!!!!! It was a beautiful day. Us and four other companionships got together and had the baptism program all at the same time. The chapel was FULL and half of the people were investigators that us missionaries invited. It was really awesome and the spirit was really strong. Haha I asked Tomas if he was ready and he said "I've been ready since yesterday!" He didn't bend his knees when he went down in the water and Hermano Mora had to practically push him down until he was completely submerged. He was so happy and afterwards he and Hermano Mora happily went to the other chapel to go clean. </div>
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I am so happy that I got to be there for his special day. I can't imagine what would have happened if we hadn't talked to him that day. It just goes to show that there are people waiting for the gospel in places where you would least expect it. He accepted it so quickly and so happily, I feel like I didn't even have to do anything. I love him a lot. </div>
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I am being transfered to an area called Oceania. I will be finishing the training of Hermana Novoa. I actually would have already been training her if I hadn't stayed in Zarco, so when transfers rolled around, I suspected that I would be put with her. She's from El Salvador and is super smart (she was studying industrial engineering). I went on splits with her last week and it was pretty fun. I'll tell you more about her next week! I'm still with Hermana Mis and Hermana Aragon right now. *Sniff* I love them so much!</div>
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All is well here in Mexico. I'm doing well, I'm healthy, I'm walking a lot.... I'm good. I hope you all have a fantastic week! </div>
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1. Mass baptism! I promise Thomas was super happy. They just have a no smiling trend here.</div>
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A little kid keeps turning off my computer. It's fine... I'M JUST TRYING TO WRITE MY FAMILY. Just kidding, I'm calm, it's fine.</div>
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The other night I had a dream that the President gave me permission to see my family, but on the condition that I had to share them a message. So I'm with Hermana Mis and we're trying to share a message but we could only do it in Spanish and my family didn't understand. I think I know how it must have felt in the Tower of Babel.</div>
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This week was pretty normal. Filled with work and cold and rain and sunshine. This week is going to be better because it is going to be filled with all those things plus a baptism! Thomas is going to get baptized and he is pretty excited. He has the church app on his phone and I'm pretty sure that he's been reading Preach My Gospel because he has the lessons down better than I do! We asked him if he wanted us to do anything special in his baptism and he asked me if I could dance ballet. I said no. He wasn't offended. He's really awesome and he loves the gospel. He's made a bunch of changes in his life. I'll tell you more about him when I get home. </div>
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The kid is standing next to me again... I think he's going to turn my computer off.... Nope. He left.</div>
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I went to my last leadership counsel this past week. I am ending my time as sister training leader. The sisters will no longer have to hear me drone on about numbers and contacting!! I'm sure they are all so happy. I got to see almost all of my MTC district there. It was pretty cool. We're making some big changes here on the mish. It's gonna be big. </div>
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Next week we will be ending this transfer and I will be on the countdown. It's weird, I feel like I have no time at all. Really the only difference is that I can speak Spanish fluently now. And I've come to like spicy food. Improvements.</div>
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1. There's a big gap inbetween us because we're missionaries and because I almost accidentally put my arm around Elder Nay. Everyone practically screamed and we almost had to disinfect him from cooties.</div>
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2. Hermana Mis LOVES cats. So I bought her this calendar secretly. You should have seen how she reacted. When she makes her bed she also sets the calendar on top.</div>
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So I talked to my family for the last time and it was weird. I talked to them in Spanish and they didn't understand. I ate a bunch of food and I nearly threw up. And that's the spirit of Christmas!</div>
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Christmas Eve Hermana Mis talked to her family and then we went and ate with some members. We could be with the members until 10:30 but we were so tired that we called it a night at 9 like usual. Christmas morning we woke up and studied like usual and then we bundled up and opened Christmas presents under the tiny Christmas tree I had made a couple days before. I got my companions socks. </div>
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All in all, it was a pretty quiet Christmas. It's just weird to think that next Christmas I will be at home. Yeeaaahhhh, let's not think about that. </div>
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I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! It was hot on Christmas day and yesterday it was FREEZING. I <3 Saltillo.</div>
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I have a funny story to tell. So a couple weeks ago we left our house to go work. It was a great day, the sun was shining, we were finding awesome people in the streets, and I was ready to teach the world. We went to go find a person that we had contacted a couple days earlier. She came out of her house and didn't look too excited to see us (that's normal). She told us that she didn't have anywhere to sit in her house (the usual excuse that they give us) and us being good missionaries said "That's okay! We can teach standing up!" So we started to teach her outside her house. </div>
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Hermana Mis was in the process of inviting her to be baptized, when all of the sudden I felt really woozy. My vision started going and in my mind I thought "I should probably tell my companions that I don't feel well. No, that would be rude. I'll just wait." </div>
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Hermana Mis thought that I had knelt down to pray (I fell in a kneeling position) and Hermana Aragon just stared at me until it registered that I was unconcious. Haha Hermana Mis whipped out her hand sanitzer to wave it under my nose, and in the process accidentally squirted some in her own nose, and Hermana Aragon started waving me with one of our pamphlets. I eventually came to and they sat me in a chair and gave me some Coca Cola to raise my blood pressure. I still wasn't really quite there until I heard someone ask "Is she pregnant?" I woke up pretty quickly and set them straight. </div>
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Anyway, long story short we went to the hospital and did a whole bunch of tests and turns out that I have another type of tachycardia (a heart condition) and now I'm taking medication for it. </div>
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BUT I'M ALRIGHT. Don't worry. Just workin' like normal. </div>
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1. Christmas morning! I'll admit, the tree I made was pretty pathetic. But the socks I gave them were FANTASTIC.</div>
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I hope you enjoyed our bearded faces. We were smiling underneath the beards, I don't know if you noticed. We had a long discussion; "Do we smile? They won't see it.... Well, might as well, it's tradition." </div>
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FELIZ NAVIDAD. MERRY CHRISTMAS.</div>
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This year has FLOWN by. I remember thinking when I was in the MTC, "I'm going to be in Mexico for all of 2015.... How am I going to do it?!" And now it's almost 2016. I've learned a lot in this year. For example: SPANISH. I've also learned how to be a better leader (I've still got a lloonggg way to go). I still haven't learned how to make Mexican food. I did learn how to be straightforward (sometimes you just gotta tell the sisters what's up). I learned more spiritual stuff. I learned how to work hard. I learned that faith really is power. </div>
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I learned a lot.</div>
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I don't know what I'll be like when I get home; probably the same old awkward Megan but with greater spiritual knowledge. But I know that I have a better perspective on life. What a cliche missionary thing to say. I just hope that I have changed enough to be able to really help people out. Help them rise higher than they are. You know, be inspirational. </div>
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I'm thankful for my family and friends. I'm thankful for the people that have had an influence in my life. I'm thankful for the companions that I have. I'm thankful for Christ. His birth, His ministry, His Atonement. I'm thankful that I came on this mission. I can't even begin to think where I would be if I hadn't come. </div>
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I hope you all have an absolutely wonderful Christmas! I'm thankful for each and every one of you. Even if you don't think that I remember you, I do and I'm thankful for you. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!</div>
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This week was pretty normal, adjusting to being in a trio again, realizing that I speak Spanglish now. Remember when I was really good at English? Not anymore. </div>
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This week we were walking around, looking for referrals that we had gotten. We weren't finding anybody and we were in a part of our area that doesn't really have work. So like the good senior companion that I am, I said "Let's go wander around and see what we find!" So that's what we did. </div>
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I saw a man outside of his house repairing a door. We mosied (moseyed...) over and started to talk to him. We ended up teaching him and afterwards made another appointment to return. But the day that we had the appointment someone got sick and we couldn't go. But we ran over to his house and left him a note, inviting him to the ward Christmas party that we were going to have. </div>
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We spent the day in the hospital with the sick hermana and were pretty bummed because we didn't get to work. We went to the Christmas party and who do we find? The man! His name is Thomas. And believe me, to find someone who will go to things like that of his own free will... IT'S HARD. So we all nearly leapt with joy and got to work introducing him to the members. He fit in pretty well and within no time he was dressed up as a wise man! It was great. Afterwards he told us that he is planning on buying dress clothes so that he can go to church on Sunday. </div>
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I'm doing well, living everyday like I'll never see a gordita again.</div>
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4 more months and I will set my feet on the red sand of Utah. But for now I'll be walking along the Mexican earth.</div>
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So one of the sisters here in the mission has chicken pox. She has to stay in her house for 15 days. Hermana Mis, being the mission nurse, and me, having had chicken pox in days gone by, went to go take care of her and her companion. Today we're going to do the same. Weeeee!</div>
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ALSO. It's a new transfer! The President told me that I was going to train, but then he asked me to stay as sister training leader. So here I am, about to complete 6 months in Zarco! We're also going to be in a trio again with a sister named Hermana Aragon. She's from Utah. We'll see how it goes!</div>
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This week we had our mission Christmas party. It's pretty much the only day of the year when all of us missionaries try to look really nice. We had a talent show and each of the zones got to present two talents. The other two zones did stuff like play the piano, play the guitar, sing. What did we do? The Haka and a skit called "Dear John." The elders wrapped towels and blankets around their waists and a Hawian elder lead them in the Haka; which involved screaming and scary faces. We won that round. Then we did the musical of "Dear John" in which I was the girlfriend who was going to faithfully wait, but then married the best friend. You can find the video on the mission's facebook page, I'm pretty sure. We won that round as well. </div>
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Cesar got baptized!!! Something always has to go wrong the day of a baptism and Thursday wasn't an exception. The font wasn't filled up all the way, so the elders had to fill it with buckets. Cesar told me that if the water wasn't warm, that he was going to throw me in the font. He was pretty serious so I breathed a sigh of relief when the water was warm. Afterwards he looked so happy! He told us that he felt like a new person. Then yesterday he was confirmed. Afterwards he came up to us to thank us and was so happy that he got emotional and almost started crying. He was practically bouncing and skipping from happiness. It was probably one of the best experiences of my mission, seeing him being made a member of the church. I love him and his family a lot. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I got my hair cut today. I feel young and wild and free as much as a missionary can be. Or in other words, I wore my hair down instead of pulling it up like I usually do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cesar is getting baptized this week! We asked him if he has white cloths to get baptized in and he assured us that he has some. But I'm a little worried that he's going to show up in his baker's uniform... He's a baker, by the way. But that doesn't really matter because I'm really happy that we've finally gotten to this point! He wants us to sing "Called to Serve" in the baptismal service. Gotta love that man. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week we met a young lady named Karina. We had a pretty cool experience with her. She was sweeping the sidewalk when we went up to talk to her. We asked her if we could share a message and she let us into her house. To be honest, during the whole message she didn't look very interested. She doesn't really have any religious background and so I think she was a little bit uncomfortable because she didn't know what to say. But that's okay, it's a learning process! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She told us that she had never prayed before, so at the end of the lesson we taught her how to pray and asked her if she could do it. She said that she could. She started with "Heavenly Father," then there was a long silence. She started praying and when it ended, she was crying. I asked her if she felt something in her heart and she nodded. I asked her to explain what it was like, and she said "Love." We explained what it was and she invited us to come to teach her again. Who knows if she'll accept our message later on, but I feel especially privileged to have been there when somebody prays for the first time, and for the first time in their lives, knows that God is listening. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm starting to realize that my mission is coming to an end. I mean, I still have quite a bit of time, but that time flies. I just hope I can adjust to eating without tortillas when I get home...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! I didn't do anything for it. Actually, I forgot about it... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway. I love you all and I hope you have a great week! By this time next week I'll have my next transfers. I'm pretty sure that I'm going to the border of Mexico and the U.S. to a town called Acuña. We'll see. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Katrina Museum. The Katrina is the skeleton dressed as a woman. It was actually closed (closes on Mondays) so we didn't get to see it. Hmph.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know if you remember this family. They were some of my converts in Zaragoza 2. I got to see them the other day! Minus the hermano, but oh well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week was pretty normal. We kicked Zarco in the behind this week and ended the week with the best numbers in the zone. They say that numbers don't count, buuut...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also went to the hosptial to get my heart checked out. DON'T WORRY I'M FINE. I've been having really bad pains in my chest and in my back and my handy dandy nurse companion made me go to get it checked out. They did a whole electrogram or whatever it's called. My heart's great! Where there's scars on my heart from the procedure they did a couple years ago showed up, but that's normal. Turns out the pains are muscle contractions caused by changes in the weather. Now you know why I complain so much about the weather here... But we just happened to be on splits when I went to get checked out. The poor Hermana thought I was going to die. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hey! This week is Thanksgiving! I'm planning on cooking a turkey and some pie. Just kidding, I never have time to do anything. Let alone make a bowl of cereal. I've said it so many times, but the mission has helped me to learn to be grateful. When I was going through some of the hardest times in my mission, I wrote down grateful thoughts and that's how I got through it. So to end this highly informative and entertaining email, I will tell you what I'm grateful for. Just imagine that we're all sitting around the Thanksgiving table sharing our thankful thoughts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-A good night's rest</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Air conditioning</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Indoor plumbing ("It's gonna be big.")</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-That I learned Spanish. What a miracle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Dogs that don't bark or bite when we pass by.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Awesome people here in Mexico.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Honest people</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Cereal</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Ramen noodles</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-'Merica</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Chocolate chip cookies</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Pretty much everything</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Thanksgiving!! I love you all and I am very grateful for all that you do. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hermana Murset</span></div>
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I was a milk maid walking back from the grocery store. Hermana Mis got a real kick out of it. You can see the box of Cheerios in one of the bags. Cheerios 4 life.</div>
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Remember a year ago when I sent a similar picture? I would have you know that a half our later the sun was shining and it was hot. ;alkdjf;alksdjf</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728389766679195972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310061538308562354.post-61115957307477831672015-11-23T20:52:00.002-08:002015-11-23T20:52:42.967-08:00Clever Title (November 16, 2015) Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">You know you've been on the mission for a while when someone tells you to renounce your prophet, The Book of Mormon, basically all your beliefs... and it doesn't even bother you. You leave the appointement, and as you're walking down the street you say to your companion "I've heard worse." And you give them a fist bump and walk away knowing that you at least bore your testimony of what you know is true.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Those are very inpirational moments. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Remember way back when when I first got on the mission and I started telling you about a certain family called Esparza Rodriguez? If you don't remember, it's okay. The mom and the daughter were my first converts. The other daughter, Dariela, loved going to church, she gained her own testimony that it's true, and all that jazz. But she never wanted to get baptized! That's okay, it's her choice. Well it sure was a surprise when I recieved a call from the Hermanas that are now in Zaragoza 2 and they invited me to Dariela's baptism! I guess after a year she finally decided to do it. But she told the Hermanas "I will get baptized. But only if Hermana Murset is there!" </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well lucky her my area is 20 minutes away. The day of the baptism arrived and we hurried to the chapel, only to find a whole bunch of people I didn't recognize, the bishop in Zaragoza 2, and that they had just barely closed the baptismal font's doors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I thought: ARE YOU KIDDING ME I MISSED IT?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No, turns out it was another person. Whew.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzB7uwVYsMgYYf9t9TrvYcEPXSyjGPTBBN_3nkcytU6Tarzyt-1flB5D__8IlyP_111TXVWzd2NE3dA9cOIRnVM5XkN8Y60lW0UcFm-wjeAD0CeCU6AA6sdKpmOzcFzVatLAjWuZXRGA/s1600/download-1+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzB7uwVYsMgYYf9t9TrvYcEPXSyjGPTBBN_3nkcytU6Tarzyt-1flB5D__8IlyP_111TXVWzd2NE3dA9cOIRnVM5XkN8Y60lW0UcFm-wjeAD0CeCU6AA6sdKpmOzcFzVatLAjWuZXRGA/s320/download-1+%25281%2529.jpg" width="240" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;">Eventually Dariela showed up, but the sneaky Hermanas in Zaragoza 2 told her that I wouldn't be able to make it. She nearly tackled when she saw me! It was a beautiful baptism, and a lot of tears were shed. Hermana Martha (her mom) nearly suffocated me with hugs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love them a lot. More than I love gorditas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It made me happy knowing that they are still going to church and that they love the gospel. It makes the whole mission worth it, doesn't it? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the other hand, 13 months on Sunday! In five months you will be seeing my tanned face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love you all! Have a great week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hermana Murset</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pictures: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Me, Dariela, Yudith, Abdiel, Martha, and the new baby. <3</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A fuzzy picture of me and a fuzzy cat.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728389766679195972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310061538308562354.post-13650713479426919612015-11-09T13:16:00.002-08:002015-11-09T13:16:23.463-08:00You Would Think I Would Get Bored of Writing Every Week Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Remember a year ago when I
was a greenie who didn't know a lick of Spanish and in every email I
wrote to home I complained about the weather? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Welll....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm
back to complaining about Saltillo's bipolar weather. Yesterday it was
foggy, I could see my breath, I had on two layers of clothing, Hermana
Mis was practically dying, etc. Aaaand today the sun is shining bright
and I'm considering putting on sunscreen because I'm pretty sure that
I'm going to get a sunburn. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">GAH.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On another note, have you ever wondered how many sister missionaries it takes to lock a bathroom door? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">None because we couldn't do it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In
our chapel all the classroom doors are outside so you have to lock
every single one, including the bathrooms. Well, after trying all the
keys, greasing the door with chapstick, and accidentally yanking off the
door handle, we gave up. And that's how we spent an hour of our day on
Friday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The mission is super exciting sometimes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We
had a lesson with our awesome investigator, Cesar, yesterday. We
brought along a recent convert, Lupita, who always gives long speeches
about her life. We got there to find Cesar, Alicia (other recent
convert), and some relatives. One of the relatives is hard of hearing
and spent the whole time talking very loudly about how he's Catholic and
will never change his religion. Which then caused Cesar to go off on a
rant about the Catholic church, which then caused Lupita to start her
long speech about her life. Meanwhile Hermana Mis and I are trying to
teach about prophets. It was quote chaotic and at one point everyone
stopped talking except the hard of hearing relative. We could not get
him to stop talking for the life of us so I asked Lupita to give the
prayer and she stood up and started praying and the guy just keeeeppttt
talking. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a great lesson. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And
that's been my week! I hope you have all been super awesome and that
you are enjoying November. I probably won't get the chance to eat pie,
so please eat some for me. I love you all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hermana Murset</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The
assistants to the President went wild on the little "In this mission we
baptize" flyers. We found them in the bathroom and even on the faucet. I
think they have too much time on their hands...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The view of Saltillo! My sillouette (how do you spell that...) is also there. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728389766679195972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310061538308562354.post-66391590030211465052015-11-05T12:30:00.000-08:002015-11-05T12:30:56.606-08:00El Día de los Muertos Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico (November 2, 2015)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Or in other words, Day of the
Dead. We decided to try to tie in the whole death thing into our
contacts, telling them that we believe in life after death and that we
can see our loved ones after this life, and so on and so forth. But then
we contacted a lady who went off on a rant because she doesn't
celebrate Halloween or Day of the Dead.... soooo then we tied it in with
family history work like the AWESOME MISSIONARIES THAT WE ARE.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Haha...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway,
this week was really hard, I'm not gonna lie. We had little work and a
lot of walking. Plus it was raining and we didn't have our umbrellas.
Poor Hermana Mis, I don't think she's ever been to a cold place in her
life. She was practically limping a long because her legs were numb. Now
she puts on tights everyday even though it's blazing hot out. (Saltillo
weather for ya.) Hermana Mis AWESOME. She's the mission's nurse. She's
27 and started her professional career in 2011. She's really cheery and
spiritual and when she talks about medical stuff she gets really
intense.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They
don't have chocolate chip cookies here and I am dying. They don't bake
anything because they use their ovens to store their pots...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy November! (I'm skipping from subject to subject)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We
met a really awesome guy yesterday! We have a lady in our ward named
Bety. Oh my gosh she is the best person ever because you wanna know what
she does? She contacts people! In the street! We recieve referrals from
her all the time. She gets teary eyed when she talks about missionary
work. Anyway, she gave us a referral and we went to go find him
yesterday. We knocked, he let us in, introduced us to his kids and his
mom, then told us that he had just BARELY watched a video about Joseph
Smith's first vision. Talk about AWESOME. Then he told us that it was a
miracle that we had found him because he's normally working on Sundays. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, so we'll see what happens with him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I miss you all and I hope that you had a great Halloween! I didn't get any candy, but we did find some awesome people. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love you all! And Happy Election Day tomorrow!.... heh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hermana Murset</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Picture:<br />Hermana Mis and I!</span></div>
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Hello hello hello.<br />
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TRANSFERS
ARE HEERREEE. I'm staying in my area, so that's pretty normal. Hermana
Roberts and Hermana Cano are leaving me :( I've been telling them all
morning that I'm going to feel so alone without them. But my companion
is going to be Hermana Mis, the mission's nurse, and she's awesome. But I
admit, I'm going to miss my two companions. </div>
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<br /></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1446750970956_19867">
The
investigator that decided that I was the Virgen Mary has now decided
that Hermana Roberts and I are "Mili" and "Pili." According to him, they
are two drops of water that look a lot a like................. He's
great.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Also,
I am 99% sure that we taught the first lesson to some of the members of
Saltillo's biggest gang. It was really spiritual, actually. </div>
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<br /></div>
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Yeah....
this week was preeetttyy normal. Besides the fact that we got caught in
the middle of Hurricane Patricia. We were walking to the chapel to go
to a baptism and we almost got washed away. We just got super wet and
Hermana Cano (who already had larangitis) got a fever the next day. It
was really wild and we didn't know it was a hurricane until we had
already gotten soaked by it! And we were wondering why it was so windy
and wet all of the sudden...</div>
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I
AM SO SAD. There is a certian member family here that I love and they
had a kitten that I loved. I broke the strong suggestion to NOT pick up
animals and I would play with it and hold it all the time. It's name was
Pelusha. I was going to take a picture with it today but when we got to
the house they told me that it had been stolen. I almost cried and my
companions thought I was faking it until I went and bought a whole bunch
of Cheetos and ate comfort food while moping on the couch. :( We shall
see each other again someday, Pelusha!!!</div>
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<br /></div>
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Well, that's enough about me. </div>
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I love you all!</div>
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Pictures:</div>
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My lovely zone. Some of them are making weird faces. That's how they look in real life.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728389766679195972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310061538308562354.post-70543090810402150442015-11-05T12:22:00.002-08:002015-11-05T12:22:13.639-08:001 Year, 4 Days (October 19, 2015) Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was looking through my first mission journal in the morning and I
thought it was so amusing that I took down some of the things I wrote
and now I am going to share them with you. </span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;">But first I have to write the sister training leader's message for the weekly newletter because I forgot...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Be right back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Okay I'm back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Quote time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;">December 6, 2014</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Today I translated "And my father dwelt in a tent." because I learned the verb "to dwell." </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">December 5, 2014</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Hermana Peñaranda and I are trying to put the missionary lessons to songs. We are not being successful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">December 7, 2014</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;">I learned the verb "to sneeze" today. "Estornudar" At least I trhink that's it. Anyway, yeah. Spanish is... going. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">December 29, 2014</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been gone from home for 70-something days. Only 400-something days to go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">February 24, 2014</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1446750970956_18191">
<span style="font-size: large;">I
have some sick tanlines. It's starting to get really hot. I'm trying to
do a mind over matter thing and pretend like I'm in a hot shower,
enjoying it. I doubt that will work, but whatever. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">March 2, 2014</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm tired. The missionary phrase. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ooooohhhh
the start of the mission. I remember went we started the year of 2015 I
thought "This year I'm going to become fluent in Spanish!" That sounded
like a ridiculous dream, but hey, I got there. This has been a wild
year, but I'm grateful for it. Only a half a year to go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This
week was pretty normal. It was filled with going on splits with sisters
who are just barely starting the mission. We went to go eat with a lady
that had gone on a mission and she was telling some of her experiences
that she had had. But then towards the end she said "The mission was
great, but I have never SUFFERED or CRIED as much as I did in that year
and a half." She said some other encouraging things and we're just
hoping that the new sister missionary wasn't traumatized. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;">ALSO.
Alicia's son, Cesar, went to church! His testimony is growing super
fast. When we gave him The Book of Mormon he told us it was true even
before opening it. I hope I stay in my area so I can see him progress!
We've been finding all sorts of awesome people. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;">On
Sunday we went to go pick up a lady that we had just met and taught the
day before. She came out in her Sunday best, but then launched into a
speech about how her husband didn't want her to go and that he didn't
want to go and how she didn't want to be going from church to church and
how her son goes to a different church and so on and so forth. She told
us all the reasons why she couldn't go and was putting up quite a
fight. When she finally stopped to take a breath, we asked her
"Soooo.... do you want to come?" and she said "Sure! Let me go get my
shoes." </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">GAH. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;">And that's what
happened this week. I love my area. I love my companions. I love the
people. I love flour tortillas. I love the mission. And I love YOU. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have a great week! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Picture:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Alicia, me, Cesar, Lety. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. </span></div>
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<span class="thread-date" role="presentation"> <span class="short" role="presentation" title-off="" title="Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 12:57 PM"> Oct 12 at 12:57 <span class="ampm">PM</span></span> </span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So
I'm not sure if you're all aware, but on the 15th I'm going to have one
year in the mission! WOOOOOOOOOO. I actually haven't thought about it
all that much, but that's a pretty long time! On Saturday I felt like an
actual missionary for the first time in my mission. I realized where I
was, what I was doing, what language I was speaking, and who I was doing
it for. It was a really awesome experience. Especially because it was
overcast and there was a breeze and it made it a really dramatic and
movie-like experience. I'm really grateful for the mission. I
definitely don't regret coming and I know that when the time comes to
go... well I still have 6 months, so we'll see how I'm doing then.</span><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1446750970956_15225">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So according to a man named Juan, I look like the Virgin Mary. This is what happened:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We
found a man named Juan who lives in a shack on top of a hill. We taught
him standing up outside of his house (that's when I had the missionary
experience) because we couldn't go inside. His wife had died nine months
earlier and since then he's really had nothing to his name. Just his
clothes, and his shack. We closed the lesson and we getting ready to
leave when he said </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Usted se parece a una virgencita que conozco." </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1446750970956_15229">
<span style="font-size: large;">"You look like a little virgin that I know." </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I didn't really know what to say at that point, but then he continued,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Ah si! La virgencita Maria."</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1446750970956_14177">
<span style="font-size: large;">"Oh! The Virgin Mary." </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;">I
told him that it was probably true, but that my name is Hermana Murset.
He wasn't done yet though and he also gave Hermana Roberts the name of
"Hermana of Good Works" and then continued to call me "Virgencita
Maria." I told him that I had a sister named Maria but that my name is
Hermana Murset. He thought the whole sister thing was pretty cool. We
invited him to church and left, chuckling at the experience.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;">And who do we find in church the next day? JUAN. He greeted me,</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"VIRGENCITAAA!" </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;">And I replied</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;">"HERMANA MURSEEET."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Oh the things that happen in the mission. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I
sure am happy to be here though. Even with Saltillo's bipolar weather.
Oh my goodness it bugs me. But life must go on! I really am happy to be
here and I'm sure glad that I still have 6 more months because I can't
imagine going to home now. There are more people to find! More people to
talk to! And most importantly, more gorditas to eat. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHu1P7VGLd9wBE25bH0GXhjffIu5Xdb8eeUGcO3S3Lm5LNEPs3LDFGHNiD56fzi9YtBcKj2unnTNfX9LEXHbIB11dzpdNcd1TO6zGOEZvUIsoEst9LOJbugsD_AUCtN110wYfCb_pRFE/s1600/download-2+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHu1P7VGLd9wBE25bH0GXhjffIu5Xdb8eeUGcO3S3Lm5LNEPs3LDFGHNiD56fzi9YtBcKj2unnTNfX9LEXHbIB11dzpdNcd1TO6zGOEZvUIsoEst9LOJbugsD_AUCtN110wYfCb_pRFE/s320/download-2+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;">I love you all. I really do. Eat some chocolate chip cookies for me because they don't exist here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Behind me is Juan's shack. #missionarymoment</span></div>
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sister got sick and Hermana Roberts and I were on splits so we had to
go running around trying to tell each other what to do over the phone
and how to get all the sisters to their proper places and who was going
to stay with the sister and so on and so forth. STRESS. But it all
turned out fine and a lovely picture was the result. </span></div>
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