tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18619412631799113012024-03-21T21:38:45.105-07:00Elder Jonathan LightheartMEXICO VILLAHERMOSA MISSION
Nov. 7, 2012 - Mar. 30, 2015Janet Lighthearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13567031446975103291noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-46572964944733083152014-12-15T16:15:00.001-08:002014-12-15T16:15:26.249-08:00Week 92 Letter December 15, 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
Hello Family!</div>
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Another week come and gone and all of the sudden we are half
way through December and this transfer.
Even though for the first week that Elder Pugmire and I had we seemed
stuck in some weird time warp, we still find ourselves almost in 2015.</div>
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Everything is going great for us. Wilber had has interview yesterday. Everything went well. He is super prepared.
He will also be changing his job which is great news because he will not have
more time for the Church. He and his son
will be baptized this Saturday. </div>
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We’ve been focusing on finding a lot of new people to teach
so not much new to report this week in the way of people’s progress. We are
trying to find a lot of people for January. Other than that, the week was kind
of weird. I don’t know if you all know,
but the 12<sup>th</sup> of December is the day to celebrate the Virgin
Mary. SO all of the people were
celebrating it by taking statues to the Catholic Church. It looks pretty cool but it was kind of hard
to find people because of it. </div>
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Also, here in Tecnológico, we are right next to a Pemex
Factory. Pemex is the oil company here
in Mexico. Well, it hasn’t really been a bother. We have never really recognized
it before but for some reason this week it started making a beating noise. It
was so bad that Elder Pugmire and I could not even hear each other. It sounded like we were behind a couple of
747s all day long. Needless to say, it
was kind of a hard day to work. Luckily it is done being noisy now. </div>
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Well, Christmas is now in full swing! He is the Gift has
been a big success so far. In fact, Yesterday, as we were walking down the
street, we heard someone listening to it.
We could not find them unfortunately, but people are beginning to see
it. Fun time to be preaching the gospel!</div>
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Elder Lightheart</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969106511467712564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-75611549121711014492014-12-01T10:05:00.000-08:002014-12-14T10:05:11.986-08:00Week 90 Letter December 1, 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
Hello Everyone!</div>
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Happy December! Can’t believe that November is already gone.
It went by really fast for us. It was a really good month though. And I am
really excited for December. </div>
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So Wilber and Wilber are doing super well. They actually came to the Priesthood Preview
this week and Wilber, Jr. participated in the program. The Stake President had
him saying the closing prayer. President Trejo actually thought that he was a
member! They have really made the church theirs. Everything seems to be
progressing well towards their date for the 13<sup>th</sup> of December.</div>
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This week has been really fun because of the new initiative
the Church has called, “He is the Gift.” I imagine you have already heard about
it. If you haven’t seen it and/or shared it on Facebook, go do so right now!
This is a great opportunity to remind everyone of Christ in this important time
of Christmas.</div>
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We have had a lot of success sharing this movie so far. A lot of people are really interested in
seeing it. We have a couple of
activities planned in the stake and with the ward to get more people to know
about this video. I hope all of Minatitlan can see the video. </div>
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Elder Pugmire and I have been having a lot of fun and
success together. So far I was pretty confident when I heard that we were going
to be companions that we were going to have a great transfer together. I am
super excited for the work we will do together.</div>
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Morgan continues to be a stud. He is probably the most
active youth in our ward. I can’t believe that he has only been a member for
only three weeks. Great example of faith.</div>
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Thanks for all of you support!</div>
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Elder Lightheart</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969106511467712564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-37289215311552989982014-11-17T10:04:00.000-08:002014-12-14T10:09:00.101-08:00Week 88 Letter November 17, 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
Hello Family and Friends,</div>
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Another week and another baptism! Lorena was baptized this
week. It was great to see her family so happy. Her grandmother, Sister Enna,
was recently diagnosed with cancer and it has really taken its toll on the family
and on Sister Enna. It was really great to see how the baptism pulled them
together and gave them joy in hard times. </div>
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It was also great to see how the gospel was able to help and
change Lorena. She told us that before we started teaching her that she had
felt alone and was not very self-confident. The gospel was able to help her
overcome those feelings and give her real purpose in life.</div>
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We are going to have another baptism, this week as well.
Montserrat is really excited to get baptized. She told us yesterday that she
wants Brother Robles to baptize her; it was what we were thinking anyway. The
ward is getting really excited as well now that this will be three straight
weeks with a baptism! The Bishop keeps telling us that he doesn’t want us to
leave. It is great to have such a great relationship with the leaders here in
our ward. It really builds the success and helps us to carry out the work of
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Morgan is doing fantastic. He actually went to a YSA
activity this weekend. In church, the Bishop shared with the ward about how
Morgan had told him how that what the most looks forward to is the church
activities during the week. I can see
that he really seeks out the Spirit and joys in its presence. He has taught me
a lot.</div>
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We had a Zone Conference with President Morales this week.
Receiving his council always helps me to improve. Even though I would be
considered an “experienced missionary” by this point, I still have much more to
learn. Not because I lack knowledge but because this work and gospel is all
about that, PROGRESS. As Elder Peterson and I have focused on what we need to
change, the Lord has truly started doing his work through us.</div>
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Thanks for everything!</div>
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Elder Lightheart<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969106511467712564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-67456451751985347572014-11-10T10:02:00.000-08:002014-12-14T10:03:03.637-08:00Week 87 Letter November 10, 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
Hello Everyone!</div>
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We had another baptism! Morgan got baptized and confirmed
this weekend. It was an awesome experience. His mom, dad, sister, and aunt
came. His dad and sister seem pretty interested and we are going to start teaching
them this week.</div>
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Morgan is super excited. The day of the baptism we went and
played soccer in the morning and he made up a chant that went, “1..2..3..Baptism!”
He was interviewed on Sunday and will receive the Priesthood and probably a
calling on the 23<sup>rd</sup> of November.
He told us that now after his baptism, his biggest desire that he has is
to receive a calling and prepare to go on a mission.</div>
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Other great news is that we will have ANOTHER baptism this
week. Lorena is really prepared for her baptism on the 15<sup>th</sup>. All we need is her interview. Everything looks good for this week.</div>
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We have three other dates as well. We are teaching a child name Monserrath and
we have a goal with her for the 22<sup>nd</sup> but her mom thinks it is too
soon. If we get her mom’s permission,
she will be baptized on that date. Also a father and son both name Wilber.
Their date is for the 13<sup>th</sup> of December. </div>
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Wilber is a great investigator. The only problem is that we
can only see him on Sundays because he works in Taxi. That is the biggest
obstacle for his progress, but he has shown a lot of faith and desires so far.</div>
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His son really surprised us too. He is 11 and came to church for the first time
on Sunday. Then the Primary started
practicing for the program (I am playing the piano so we were there) and Wilber
was singing right along. It was like he
was already a part of the ward. He absolutely loved it and is really excited to come back next week.</div>
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Well, the Lord surely is hastening the work of
salvation. I am just glad to be part of
it!</div>
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Elder Lightheart</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969106511467712564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-55051213050811680932014-11-03T09:54:00.000-08:002014-12-14T09:54:15.902-08:00Week 86 Letter November 3, 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
Happy Day of the Dead!</div>
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We had a pretty fun time with this Mexican Holiday. On Saturday and Sunday we went to the
graveyards close by and talked to people about the plan of salvation and showed
the movie, “Thanks to Him.” We also helped people out as they cleaned the
graves of people’s loved ones. It was
great to be able to bring our message of hope to those people in need. </div>
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Morgan is doing awesome.
He is more than prepared for his baptism. This week, he committed to receiving a
calling, prepare to enter the temple, and serve a mission in a year. Yesterday we asked him if he had any questions
for us before his baptism. He asked, “What
are your suggestions to me so that I can study the Book of Mormon and the Bible
together?’ I am excited because he asked me to baptize him. His baptism will be on Saturday. </div>
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One of the great parts of teaching Morgan has been the
conversion of the member who gave us the referral. Before, she (Ana) would go to church about
once a month. Now she, too, is preparing
to serve a mission. On Sunday, she and
Morgan both bore their testimonies. It
was really cool for us to see. </div>
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This week, we also put another baptismal date with a sister
named Lorena. She is the granddaughter
of Sister Edna. She has gone to church
twice recently but went a lot with her grandma when she was younger. She knows quite a bit about the Church and we
set her date for the 15<sup>th</sup> of November. It is not super for sure yet but she will
probably get baptized here soon.</div>
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Well, things are going great here in Minatitlan! Thanks for everything.</div>
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Elder Lightheart </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969106511467712564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-85453594780018270392014-10-27T09:48:00.000-07:002014-12-14T09:52:08.206-08:00Week 85 Letter October 27, 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
Happy Birthday to me!</div>
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That’s right. I am officially 21 years old. It was a lot of fun to celebrate my birthday with
the people here. My Bishop put on a
surprise party for me. I also celebrated
my birthday with another sister who also has her birthday on the 24<sup>th</sup>. So, I got two cakes. Also, my Bishop shoved
my face into the first one, so I’m kind of all caked out. </div>
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Well, despite the festivities we were able to keep working
hard. Cool story of the week comes with a
new investigator. On Monday, on the way home
from shopping we talked with our taxi driver and he said that we could go by
and visit him. So we went by his house
and somebody who we had never seen before. I expected him to ask us what we
wanted or who we were looking for, but instead, he said, “Come on in guys” in
English, so we started teaching him.</div>
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His name is David. We
had a short lesson with him and gave him a Book of Mormon. We came back later in the week and he told us
about how he had read and got really peaceful and concentrated. It was a great
lesson as we were able to tell him that he had felt the Spirit. Unfortunately, he was not able to come to
church on Sunday for work but he told us that he is going to look for other
work so he will have more time on Sundays.
He is a great example. </div>
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Morgan is doing great as well. He was interviewed on Sunday and is ready! We
are going to wait until the 8<sup>th</sup> so his parents can go. He is really excited for it. We taught him yesterday about temple
work. He committed to go to the temple
for the second week of December!! </div>
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Well the work is going great!</div>
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Thanks for everything!</div>
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Elder Lightheart </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969106511467712564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-75229057799062156552014-10-20T09:47:00.000-07:002014-12-14T09:52:00.717-08:00Week 84 Letter October 20, 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
Hello Family!</div>
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Sorry I wasn’t able to write much last week. Transfers got kind of crazy. We were in the bus station basically all day along. But everything finished well. I am mostly glad that I get to work with
Elder Peterson another transfer. Also,
Elder Castaneda is a district leader in my zone now. It has been fun to work with him again.</div>
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This week it rained hard. We basically did not see the sun
all week. But with the rain came
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Our investigator, Morgan is a great example of faith. We only began teaching him two Saturdays
ago. Since then, he has gone to all of
the ward activities, Seminary, and Family Home Evening with the Bishop. It is amazing to me how the Lord prepares
people to receive the gospel. He told us
in one of our first visits, “I have been feeling something, I do not know what
it is nor how to explain or describe it, but I have feel the need to join to
this church.” Afterwards, we taught him the First Vision. The Spirit was really
strong and we then asked how he felt. He
said, “I felt peace, and something I can’t quite describe. It’s what I have been feeling.” The Spirit of
the Lord prepared his heart to receive this message.</div>
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We also had some new investigators come to church on
Sunday. One of them is named Wilber and he
really liked church. He promised us that
he will come next week and he is planning on bringing his son. The other investigator who came is another referral
from the Robles family. Her name is Estefania
and she just moved here from Oaxaca. She
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Our English class has been going really well. This Saturday was especially fun. We taught them how to give directions. SO
logically, we made a maze of chairs in the church, blindfolded one of them and made
them direct each other through the maze in English. It was a lot of fun.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969106511467712564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-60255797813502931812014-10-06T18:27:00.002-07:002014-10-06T18:29:49.049-07:00Week 82 Letter October 6, 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
Hello Again!</div>
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Wow, it’s October already.
Another General Conference has already passed and another birthday is
coming up soon. Time is starting to fly by.</div>
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We had another really great busy week. Even though Elder
Peterson and I both have quite a bit of time in the mission, we are both
learning a lot from each other. It has been a fun learning experience. Transfers are next week, so we will see what
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The good news is we will have another baptism on Saturday!
Luis is really excited and we are too.
He is actually Jonathan’s neighbor.
Both he and Jonathan are referrals from Brother Robles. He has been a great help to us so far. He really understands what it means to be a
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We are also preparing another young woman named Joselin to
get baptized. She is living with an
inactive member named Eduardo. We went over to visit them for the first time on
Monday. We got there and Eduardo starts telling
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Luckily we can help them accomplish all of those things. We
have their marriage planned for next Friday and her baptism for the 25<sup>th</sup>
of October! </div>
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My favorite part of the week by far was General Conference.
We had a lot of great experience with it. On Friday, we went and taught the
seminary class about prophets. Only Ana <br />
Gabriel and Juan were there. Ana Gabriel
got really excited. She took us to teach
it to her nonmember parents and also her boyfriend. She went to all of General Conference (she
hadn’t been before) and brought her boyfriend, Morgan as well. Afterward, he came up to us and told us, “I
am pretty busy in my life right now, but one day, not to distant, I can see
myself joining this church!”</div>
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My favorite talk was probably Henry B. Eyring’s. Thanks Mom and Dad for the truths you taught
me as a boy. I am now going and doing “the things which the Lord has commanded”
and much of the thanks goes to you!</div>
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Until Next Week,</div>
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Elder Lightheart</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969106511467712564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-25812511942188332212014-09-29T18:14:00.000-07:002014-10-06T18:28:51.087-07:00Week 81 Letter September 29, 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
Hello Again!</div>
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Here comes the rainy month! It has been raining basically everyday
of this past week. So we have officially
entered the rainy seasons. It hasn’t
been too big of deal though and we haven’t gotten too wet. </div>
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Best part of the week was that Jonathan got baptized! It was
a really great service. His mom Gladys
was really happy. She has definitely changed
as well in this process. Jonathan’s
baptism was just what his family needed to get back active in the ward.</div>
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We also had a really good ward activity this week in which
we gave the class we invited a less active young man to help us out with the
activity. We had Briham (the less
active) carry two empty 20 liter jugs. Then whoever wanted a cookie had to put
a cup of water in. We compared it to
Christ suffering so that we could have eternal life. Christ had to pay for anyone and everyone who
wanted wants or will want eternal life.
It was a great way to show to everyone the importance of his role in the
plan of salvation. It had a big impact
on Briham. HE came to church on Sunday
and signed up for the YSA convention. It
was great to see that we could help him out.
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The President came to Minatitlan this week to interviews
with the zone. They went really well. He
focused a lot on always finding new investigators. It was really good for our zone I thought. I
also got to talk with the President for a while about how to work in this zone.
I have really enjoyed working with President Morales as a zone leader and I hope
to continue doing so.</div>
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Our English class went really well this week. We had 20 people come. A lot better than the
8 from last week. It was great to see so
many people interested and I hope it keeps improving. We won’t have it this upcoming week for
General Conference, but we are really excited for conference as well.</div>
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Well, it looks like we should be having a pretty busy
week. We will probably go to Villahermosa
on Wednesday and give the zone class on Friday and then with the conference we
will be pretty packed. It will be a
great week though. </div>
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Until Next Week,</div>
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Elder Lightheart</div>
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P.S. You know you’re a missionary when while asleep, you ask
your companion, “How are we going to find more investigators?”</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969106511467712564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-81990286129141305702014-09-22T18:13:00.000-07:002014-10-06T18:29:32.669-07:00Week 80 Letter September 22, 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
Hello Everyone!!</div>
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What an awesome week! Elder Peterson and I have had a ton of
work and it has been a lot of fun.</div>
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Happy Independence Day, Mexico! That was one of the best
parts of the week. The ward put on an activity and everyone had to bring
something. So, Elder Peterson and I decided to make no-bake cookies. They
turned pretty good and now everyone wants the recipe. We had to go home before
the activity was over but the members had a lot of fun and there were a lot of
investigators as well.</div>
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The best news is that we are going to have a baptism this
week. Jonathan is super excited and even
though he is only nine years old, he is a great example to his family. He came
to clean the church this Saturday by himself. He was the only one there with
the Bishop when we showed up. It is going to be a big help to his family that
he is getting baptized.</div>
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We also have another baptism planned for the 11<sup>th</sup>
of October. He is Jonathan’s cousin Luis. He just came to church for the first
time this week but he is really excited as well.</div>
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This week, I also gave my first official English Class in
Mexico. It was just the first week so it was a little rough but as we get more
organized, we think it well become pretty successful. </div>
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We also saw some of our hard work pay off this week. We have been visiting a recent convert named
Krystell a lot because she is the only member of her family. Her brother Esteban has been really closed
off. The first thing she said to me was,
“I don’t like your church.”</div>
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Anyway, we have visited them, helped them with homework and
done services as well. Finally, they are
starting to listen. Nancy and Esteban both went to the activity on Wednesday
and English class. We are hoping that this
week they will go to church with us.</div>
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Well, hope you are all doing great!</div>
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Love you all! Talk to you soon</div>
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Elder Lightheart </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969106511467712564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-12688081221809817762014-09-15T18:03:00.000-07:002014-10-06T18:05:07.730-07:00Week 79 Letter September 15, 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
Happy Monday Everyone!</div>
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Hope you all had a great week. We had another really busy week here in
Minatitlan. It got a little rainy but we
were still able to get a lot done.</div>
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Well, the best news is that we have a baptism planned for
September! We found an investigator named Jonathan (Good name, right?). He is the son of a less active sister and he
is super excited to be baptized. We have
a date set with him for the 27<sup>th</sup> of September. It will be really
good for his family who hasn’t been going to church for a long time. He also has a littler sister who just turned
8 that we are going to try and baptize as well.</div>
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We also have been working hard with an investigator named
Claudio. He has been going to church for a while and really like it but has had
a hard time believing in the prophet. So this week we went by and just
explained to him clearly the doctrine. By the end he was able to understand the
need to have a prophet. Hopefully he will be baptized soon as well.</div>
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The best part of the week was the ward conference we had
this week. All of the members got really
excited and worried really hard this week to invite people to come to church
their hard work definitely showed on Sunday the attendance had been hovering
around 50-70 people each Sunday. Pretty much all year it was around that number.
This week the ward had the highest attendance of the entire year and 107 people
came to church. It was great to see the chapel full. We also had six
investigators come to church. That is
what the work of salvation is all about.</div>
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Love you all,</div>
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Elder Lightheart</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969106511467712564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-87227772159600630662014-09-08T21:48:00.000-07:002014-10-06T18:04:54.896-07:00Week 78 Letter September 8, 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
Hello Family!</div>
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Hope everything is going well back home. It’s starting to
get wet down here in Minatitlan. The
rainy season has definitely begun. I
haven’t really missed being wet but it’s time to get used to it again.</div>
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We had a really busy week this week. Apart from the getting
to know a new area and a new zone, we went to Villahermosa this Thursday. We had leadership council which went really
well. We also got to go to the temple
again which was a really awesome experience.
I was able to learn a lot I think it also helped the unity that Elder
Peterson and I have.</div>
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Elder Peterson and I have gotten along really well so
far. It was a really fun week. There is a lot of work to be done in this
area. The fun part is that the area is
really small so most everyone know members or the missionaries. </div>
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The members here are very excited to work as well. Most of the members have been here a long time so they know a ton of people.</div>
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We have some really good investigators already. We met a really awesome couple this week
named Carlos and Nancy. They have some
friends who are members and while they were at their house, the missionaries
dropped by and taught the first lesson.
They are really interested in the church. They are also extremely nice. They offered us their house and food any time
we need it. Even though they are extremely busy they are extremely willing to
have us come by. </div>
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We also found another investigator name Mario. We contacted him in the street and it turned
out that his cousin is a missionary. We
went back later in the week and taught him about the Book of Mormon. He is really excited to read it. After I asked him why he thinks it would be
important to read it. He said, “I think I need to read the Book of Mormon to
find Salvation.” He will be a great investigator.</div>
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Thanks for all of your help and prayers</div>
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Sincerely,</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969106511467712564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-7316057547248783502014-09-01T21:43:00.000-07:002014-09-08T21:43:53.382-07:00Week 77 Letter September 1, 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
Hello Family!</div>
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Transfers have already come again. This one passed by really fast with Elder
Castaneda. Well, the news is that I got transferred away from Coatzacoalcos. It
was great to spend the last seven months there with elder Alvarez, Elder
Struthers, and Elder Castaneda. I feel
like I really grew to love the people of this ward. It honestly feels like I am
leaving home. I will miss them and
Coatza but it is my turn now to move on.</div>
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I am being transferred to Minatitlan, Veracruz, Barrio
Tecnologico. It isn’t really that far
from Coatzacoalcos. You can actually see
Coatza from Minatitlan. I am going to be
serving with Elder Peterson and we will be the Zone Leaders for all of
Minatitlan. It is going to be fun to be
able to still serve as a zone leader. My
favorite part about it is getting to know all of the Elders and I am excited to
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Well, I don’t know this new area very much yet. Nor do I have very much time so I’m not
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Hasta Pronto!</div>
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Elder Lightheart</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969106511467712564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-30174460926452017302014-08-18T14:23:00.000-07:002014-08-25T15:25:09.153-07:00Week 75 Letter August 18, 2014Week 75<br />
8/18/14<br />
Hello Family,<br />
We had another really good week here in Coatzacoalcos. Even though I may not have much time left her in this area, I am really glad for the time spent here so far. <br />
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This week was really busy as usual. We are finding a lot of new people to teach which keeps us running all over the place. It has been a lot of fun. <br />
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Jajhanna, Pamela, and Angelo had a bit of a rough week. They are still very excited about the Church. Jajhanna told us this week that she knows that this is the true church. Unfortunately, they were not able to go to church because their grandfather died. Today, we are going to go teach them and I feel like it will be a very spiritual experience as we teach them about the plan of salvation. We have a baptismal date planned with them for the 30th of August. <br />
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We also have a new investigator named Artemio. He is Awesome. He came to church this week. He said that it was unlike anything that he had felt before. He is the friend of Hermano Hector so he should have a lot of support from him. We haven’t set a baptismal date with him yet, but I feel like he will be baptized soon.<br />
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We also started to teach a young man name Noé. To me, it was kind of like seeing me as an investigator. He has many of the same interests as I do: studying medicine, working. He is an all round good guy. But he lacks the direction that the gospel brings. We have only taught him once but he has already felt the need to change. That the church will truly bring him happiness in his life. I am really excited to begin teaching him. <br />
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Well, that’s all for this week. Thanks for all of your love and prayers.<br />
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Elder Lightheart<br />
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8/11/14<br />
Hello Family!<br />
Well another week has gone by and we had another baptism! Arturo was baptized on Saturday, Now the whole family is together in the church. Miriam, Mariane, and Kevin all gave their testimonies. It was a very sincere spiritual experience. I was able to do the baptism. It had been a while since I myself had done a baptism. Actually, the last one I did was Mariane. It was really cool to see the entire family sitting together in the church on Sunday.<br />
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Well, we had another really busy and crazy week. Not only did we have the baptism but on Friday we also had a zone activity. The President came and taught us then we played soccer and volleyball together. I actually played on the President’s team which was a lot of fun. We also made hamburgers. Elder Castaneda’s family own two burger joints and he had been working there since he was 12 so he made some really good burgers. It was a lot of fun to spend some time with the President and the zone.<br />
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Paul and his family are progressing really quickly. They all want to be baptized and we are planning a baptismal service for them on the 30th of August. The only issue really will be Paul’s health. This week he couldn’t go to church because he had to go to the hospital yesterday. Hopefully he will feel well enough soon. Pretty much once he is healthy enough he will get baptized. I hope I will be here for his baptism. <br />
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Well, yesterday was a really cool sacrament meeting. First of all, Arturo was confirmed a member of the church and then all of the talks were given by my converts. Anabella, Fredy, and Miriam gave talks. It was really cool to see that. Anabella has a super great testimony. I am excited to see what callings they are going to get.<br />
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Well that’s all for this week. Talk to you all the next.<br />
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Elder Lightheart<br />
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8/4/14<br />
Hello again!<br />
It has been a fun and kind of crazy week. When we’re all over the place, it has been a lot of fun to get to know more of Coatzacoalcos.<br />
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We had leadership council this week which meant another trip to Villahermosa and Elder Castaneda’s first council. But he wasn’t the only one. There were a lot of new leaders. A lot of the familiar faces were either transferred or went home last transfer. It was kind of different now being on what would be considered the experienced Elders. I have really enjoyed this time in a leadership opposition. It has been an amazing learning experience. And a lot of fun to get to know the Elders. <br />
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Well, now back to Mirador. Although we were in Villa for a couple days, we were still able to have a lot of success. Arturo is going to get baptized this week! He was a little unsure during the week. He felt like he was not ready to be baptized quite yet. So we went with him and taught him the doctrine of Christ and why he has need to be baptized. At the end, we all knelt down together and he offered a prayer to know if he needed to be baptized the week that is coming. The Spirit came and testified that it was the correct decision. He has now told all of his family that he is going to get baptized.<br />
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Paul’s children came to church as well on Sunday. Jajhanna, Pamela, and Angelo all came. Paul couldn’t come still because he is still not doing so well. His kids are really excited about the church though. We have a baptismal date set for the 23rd of August. <br />
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I am extremely excited for the success here in Coatza. It brings a lot of joy to be a part of the work of salvation. <br />
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Elder LightheartAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969106511467712564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-54978120405127344642014-07-28T15:44:00.002-07:002014-07-28T15:45:13.962-07:00Week 72 Letter July 28, 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
Hello Again!<br />
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Hope that all of you had a great week! Shout out to Sister
Lightheart who now has two months in the mission! I have a lot of fun telling people
that I have a sister in the field. Keep
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It’s nothing to compare with my companion though. He actually has two siblings in the mission:
a sister in Chile and a brother in Oaxaca.
It is awesome to see how the Lord is hastening the work. It has been fun serving with Elder Casta<span style="font-family: "AmericanTypew LH Md Cd";">ñ</span>eda. So far, he is a bit more serious than Elder
Struthers, but we still get along really well.
He is a great worker and a great teacher.</div>
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We had a really good week, even though everyone is on
vacation. We spent a lot of time
knocking on people’s doors and having them not be there. Despite that, we had a lot of lessons. The
best part was that we now have an interview set with Arturo for next week! He
had been feeling a bit unsure about his baptism but we helped him to realize
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Paul and his family continue to be great. They were definitely prepared to listen to
the gospel. They were one of those people
who searched for the truth but knew not where to find it. They are really excited about learning
more. My favorite is his son, Angelo. In
four days, he read eleven chapters in the Book of Mormon. He is only 8! He did understand it about like
an 8-year-old, but he loves it. His
daughter, Jahanna, is already eager to learn and is really attentive to the Spirit. Hopefully, we will be able to baptize them by
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We have a ton of investigators right now. It is so much fun to be running all over the
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Thanks for all of your help!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969106511467712564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-23991044589059274242014-07-22T12:49:00.001-07:002014-07-22T12:49:28.811-07:00Week 71 Letter July 21, 2014<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
Hello fam!</div>
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Another transfer gone by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I said good-bye to Elder Struthers yesterday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I imagine that right now he is on a plane somewhere over Texas. You will all be able to talk with him pretty soon actually. </div>
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Well, the best news is that I am staying in Mirador for another transfer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Looks like I will be here at least until September.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am really happy to stay here with these members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know that my new companion and I are going to have a lot of success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My companion is going to be Elder Castañeda. My life is going to get a little more crazy though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am now going to be the Zone leader of 24 missionaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The two zones are going to be combined into one zone and we will be the zone leaders for both of them.</div>
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We also had a baptism this week!! On Thursday, we got a call from Sister Kathy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She called us to tell us that Yumara wanted to get baptized on Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was really awesome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her cousin, the first counselor, Juan Carlos, did the baptism and the confirmation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was really cool because we had a ward conference on Sunday and we were able to do the confirmation with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ward is getting really excited about missionary work.</div>
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Arturo came to church again! He is progressing really well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He really likes the church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He shows a lot of faith. We haven’t gotten to the point of teaching him the Word of Wisdom, but because of what he has seen in his wife and kids, he has stopped drinking coffee and alcohol.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He feels like he doesn’t have enough knowledge but I know he will be ready for the baptismal date we have set with him for the 10<sup>th</sup> of August.</div>
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We also had a great lesson yesterday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went to visit Paolo again but this time we were able to teach all of his family – his wife and three kids. While we were with them, we were talking about the family and hoe they can become a family for the eternities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Spirit was really strong as we explained to them that as they follow the Gospel of Jesus Christ, they will be able to be together forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We put a baptismal date with all of them for the 30<sup>th</sup> of August. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969106511467712564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-88177046236023460292014-07-22T12:46:00.002-07:002014-07-22T12:54:43.573-07:00Week 70 Letter July 14, 2014<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
Another week, another letter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is once again P-Day and I get a chance to write you all about the happenings here in Coatzacoalcos.</div>
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We had an awesome week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were able to have a lot of success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yumara is progressing well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, we were not able to do her baptism this week because she went to visit her family in Chiapas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She really loves the church though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is taking part in our ward choir.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should be doing her baptism either this week or the next.</div>
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Miriam’s husband also came to church again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He really likes the church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is a lot more happy now that he has been investigating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He tells us that the change that he has seen in his family is what is most helping him to want to go to church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have baptismal date with him for the 26<sup>th</sup> of July.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know he can be ready by that point to join his family as a member of the Church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Probably the coolest part was that he paid tithing with his wife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We had a really great lesson this week with Anabella’s sister, Nadxielly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had taught her a couple of times but we haven’t seen her for about a month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we got there, we decided to read 2 Nephi 2 with her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a really cool experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we were reading, she would ask us questions and all of her questions were answered within the chapter, It was really amazing to me how the Book of Mormon really answers our questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, it takes a bit of study, but other times, like this week, they come in the moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We also had a little miracle today actually.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got a call this morning from Hermano Mexicano (a brother in our ward).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He told us that he wanted to go visit one of his friends with us. It was a little rough because we were washing, but we hustled and got everything done on time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went with Hermano Mexicano to visit his friend Paolo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paolo has cancer and he feels like there is something he is missing in his life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were able to teach him about the Book of Mormon and the Plan of Salvation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He got really excited to learn and study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then at the end, Hermano Mexicano gave him a priesthood blessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Spirit filled the room and we all just sat there in silence for a moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All he could say was, “Gracias.” Even though he is sick and actually going to the hospital this week, he said that he would come to church.</div>
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The one issue was that while we were there, it started raining, and not just a little bit, but it was pouring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were only like three blocks from our house so we knew that everything, our clothes, our hammocks, and a backpack that been left out to dry were going to be soaking wet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We came home expecting the worst, but found that almost everything was dry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were able to take almost all of our clothes down right then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who knows what happened, but with the wet ground full of puddles all around me, I felt like God was thanking me for taking time away from what I have to care for my own physical needs to care for one of his children’s spiritual needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He took care of me so we could help Paolo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It may have been just a little miracle, but none the less, a show of my Father’s love for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I hope you all know that God loves each of you as his children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Happy 4<sup>th</sup> of July! Hope you all had a great Independence Day. Elder Struthers and I celebrated by singing some American hymns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was pretty fun.</div>
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Well anyway, this week mission-wise was fantastic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a lot of super spiritual lessons and a couple of miracles to go along with it.</div>
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Yumara went to church again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had been progressing really well and it was great to see her at church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best part didn’t actually happen until after church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were rushing over to another appointment we had when we got a phone call from Hermana Anita, the recently returned missionary in our ward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She called to ask if Yumara could change her baptismal date! She told us that Yumara had gotten an answer to her prayer and wants to be baptized this Friday!! We got super excited. We are going to have a baptism this week. It is great to see how the Spirit works in people and helps them to know the truth.</div>
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We were also teaching Hermana Miriam’s husband, Arturo, this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He shows that he wants to learn, however, he feels that he doesn’t know enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He never really has read the scriptures and even though others have come to teach him he had never read from those pamphlets either. This week, we went one night without much time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He told us that he had read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We then read the scripture in Ether 12:27 and we promised him that he can receive the knowledge he lacks if he would humble himself before God and ask.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We then all knelt then together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I offered the prayer and then we all took a moment to say a personal prayer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We then asked him how he felt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He told us that he had felt the Spirit and that he felt that what we had taught was true! He now has baptismal date for the 26<sup>th</sup> of July.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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It was a great week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love it when the Spirit testifies of truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Spirit will help anyone who has an honest doubt to come to know the truth.</div>
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Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers,</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969106511467712564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-24047613220204101082014-06-30T18:24:00.001-07:002014-07-07T14:51:46.982-07:00Week 68 Letter June 30, 2014<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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We had a really good week again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a lot of meetings and a lot of good learning experiences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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This week we had zone conference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was really good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could see that it really helped the missionaries from our zone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We actually gave part of the conference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We taught everyone how to have a better planning session.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We focused a lot on how we could use the Spirit in our planning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I personally learned a lot from what we taught.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have had a lot better planning sessions since then.</div>
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We also had our Stake Conference this weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elder Montoya from the quorum of the seventy came.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He gave some amazing talks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really felt the Spirit and learned a lot from him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorite part was when he shared a story of him saving his child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His child had climbed upa ladder but had fallen and was barely hanging on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He began to scream, “Papito, Papito, Ayudame!” He was able to get out just in time to break his child’s fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He then compared that to the Savior’s suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane when Christ cries out, “Abba Padre.” It was like when Elder Montoya’s son cried out, “Papito.” But this time Christ’s Father, our Father, was not able to rush to save him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But rather for the love he has for us, he had to let His Only </div>
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Begotten suffer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It means a lot to me that Christ suffered for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The story that Elder Montoya told really helped increase my understanding. </div>
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Right after the conference, Fredy received the Melchizedek Priesthood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were able to go and watch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a wonderful experience to see how happy Mayra was for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am so excited that my converts now have the blessings of the Priesthood in their home.</div>
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Well, it looks like we should have another baptism on the 18<sup>th</sup> of July! All of the members are really excited and helping us out a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The work is extremely exciting right now and a lot of blessings are being received.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969106511467712564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-50663034845755566532014-06-16T23:35:00.000-07:002014-08-25T14:32:56.798-07:00Week 66 Letter June 16, 2014Hello Everyone!<br />
Happy Father’s Day! Thanks Dad for all that you do and have done for me. I am constantly using and applying the things that you have taught me. They have been of great importance for me here in my mission. I am very grateful for all that you have helped me with in my life. Thanks, Dad!<br />
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Well, we had an extremely busy week this week. For starters, we had several ward activities this week that we helped out in. They were great activities. We had a lot of investigators and members come. It reminded me of some of the activities that we did at home. The best part was having our investigators interact with the members.<br />
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We also went to Villahermosa for our leadership council this week. It was a great meeting. We were able to go to the temple the night before and I felt that I got a lot of my questions answered and we definitely left edified. The council was great as well. We both learned a lot about how to become a better leader in the mission.<br />
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Despite being busy most of the week, we were able to have some really good lessons. We had a couple of lessons with Yumara and Jose. They are really excited to learn more about the church. They went to both of the activities this week and are progressing really well. <br />
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We also had Miriam’s husband, Arturo come to church on Sunday. It was only the second time we had ever seen him. We had a really good lesson with him about the Book of Mormon and we have an appointment to meet with him on Saturday.<br />
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We started a Preach My Gospel class with the members. They are super excited about missionary work. They all committed to talk with one of their friends this week about the gospel.<br />
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Thanks for all of your support and Happy father’s Day!<br />
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Elder LightheartJanet Lighthearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13567031446975103291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1861941263179911301.post-2549438736263861732014-06-09T23:19:00.000-07:002014-06-29T13:29:06.215-07:00Week 65 Letter June 9, 2014<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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Hope you are all doing well! How is everything going? It has continued to be hot in Mexico, but it’s OK because we have been at the work of the Lord.</div>
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Well, the best news about this week was definitely the three baptisms we had! Miriam, Mariane, and Kevin all got baptized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were very excited all week long and it ended in a great baptism service at the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A lot of people from the ward were able to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mayra gave a talk and it was awesome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She spoke like she had been a member her whole life and she had been a member her whole life and she has just barely completed a month as a member.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She shared her experience of being baptized with everyone and it really strengthened all of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elder Struthers and I performed the ordinances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Probably the best part was that Miriam’s husband came.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the first time we had met him and we could definitely see the effect the spirit had on him.</div>
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Apart from that, we are also going to have a baptism in the coming weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Estefania is still really excited for her baptism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also came to the baptism and she really enjoyed it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told us afterwards that she wants her baptism to be just like Miriam’s.</div>
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She has accepted everything we have taught her so far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She did have a little difficulty with the ward of wisdom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She felt like it would be hard to leave behind coffee and tea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily, mayra and Fredy are a big help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They assured her that it can be done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That they were able to leave it all behind to follow God’s will.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We only have a couple of lessons left to teach her and she will be ready for baptism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The rest of the week went really well today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We actually learned how to make hammocks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the elders in our zone, Elder Mayers, came over to our house and showed us how to do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a lot of fun. It took a couple hours and we were only able to make one about 6 inches wide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it was really fun to learn!</div>
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Well, the best news about this week was definitely the three baptisms we had! Miriam, Mariane, and Kevin all got baptized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were very excited all week long and it ended in a great baptism service at the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A lot of people from the ward were able to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mayra gave a talk and it was awesome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She spoke like she had been a member her whole life and she had been a member her whole life and she has just barely completed a month as a member.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She shared her experience of being baptized with everyone and it really strengthened all of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elder Struthers and I performed the ordinances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Probably the best part was that Miriam’s husband came.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the first time we had met him and we could definitely see the effect the spirit had on him.</div>
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Apart from that, we are also going to have a baptism in the coming weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Estefania is still really excited for her baptism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also came to the baptism and she really enjoyed it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told us afterwards that she wants her baptism to be just like Miriam’s.</div>
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She has accepted everything we have taught her so far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She did have a little difficulty with the ward of wisdom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She felt like it would be hard to leave behind coffee and tea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily, mayra and Fredy are a big help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They assured her that it can be done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That they were able to leave it all behind to follow God’s will.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We only have a couple of lessons left to teach her and she will be ready for baptism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The rest of the week went really well today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We actually learned how to make hammocks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the elders in our zone, Elder Mayers, came over to our house and showed us how to do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a lot of fun. It took a couple hours and we were only able to make one about 6 inches wide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it was really fun to learn!</div>
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