tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28618046739486311222024-03-14T00:42:55.110-07:00Missionary Musings from Mongolia http://www.blogger.com/profile/14719259093948948464noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861804673948631122.post-23954292791963999242016-11-08T18:23:00.001-08:002016-11-08T18:42:08.456-08:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">My Transition into RM Life<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">*Disclaimer: I know there is a lot more to the transition
between full time missionary work, and post-mission life, but this is just a
small portion I thought I’d address :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">getting off that plane is the BEST moment</td></tr>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3IIL5jfEoRSCzRnfKYVBgz51xrlW-VY3Lpd_TtYxdm1jq2VVUqKbRmjMU6mTv78PLLhLYJDDM_gfZhfV6YdZRfiOhkwZPh1h3SCUItSTpE1KhJnit81cKYvc0xNVoqr917C5SlRuCp4E/s1600/rrrrrr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3IIL5jfEoRSCzRnfKYVBgz51xrlW-VY3Lpd_TtYxdm1jq2VVUqKbRmjMU6mTv78PLLhLYJDDM_gfZhfV6YdZRfiOhkwZPh1h3SCUItSTpE1KhJnit81cKYvc0xNVoqr917C5SlRuCp4E/s200/rrrrrr.jpg" width="150" /></a><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">It’s expected coming home from the complete opposite side of
the world that there would be an affect, especially when the entire way home
you could not sleep!!! I knew I was so close to seeing my family, yet furthering
from the land I had come to love so much, and all the while surrounded by
people who I couldn’t speak their language with anymore (ex: Koreans instead of
Mongolians), and annoying little boys in the seat next to me, so I did NOT
sleep at all the whole 3 flights home. But, good for me, the secret to kicking
jet lag’s butt is to stay awake until the new bedtime you would like to have.
Then, FORCE yourself to get up at a decent time the next morning like 7 or 8 or
9 and then make yourself active and busy because you will be exhausted in every
way possible!! Keep this routine for a few days and you will be set. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Part 2 Getting
Released<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">I had a weird situation getting home. I got home on a
Thursday night, went all day Friday as a missionary still with my mom as my
comp, and Saturday morning was finally released. But getting released is kinda
strange. You are excited to begin RM life, sad to be ending mission life,
scared to death of what comes next, feelin loved and proud as your stake
president and family say nice things to you, and lots of other feelings. As my
stake president interviewed me about my mission, he told me how proud he was,
and read a letter from my mission president about me and my service and also
gave me a blessing as I began my new chapter. I felt an overwhelming
confirmation that the Lord accepted my service and that I had done a wonderful
work in Mongolia. I was touched deeply as I thought back on all the people I
had met and taught and helped. He then had me bare my testimony in English and
Mongolian, and boy was the spirit thick in the room. I felt all my emotions
about my mission hit me at once and I truly realized what a huge impact this
mission had made on me. I knew this was God’s plan for me, and I was so
incredibly grateful. And then the big moment hit… He asked me to take off my
name tag and told me I was officially released from being a full time
missionary, and I left with my family to begin that supa scary RM life…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Part 3 The Ward</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the homecoming talk...</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">You go through this strange period of fame in your ward.
Everyone knows who you are, misses you, wants to talk to you and drill you
about your mission. You give your homecoming talk and they all stare at you
with huge eyes and smiles on their faces. Everyone suddenly feels the need to
hug you which is super hard to adjust to- every old and young man alike want to
hug you, and well you’ll freak out on the inside as you haven’t even touched a
man in the last 18 months let alone hugged one… AHHHH! You are re-introduced in
every class. Suddenly you are booked for primary sharing time, achievement
girl’s day activity, young men and young women’s mutual, reporting to the high
council, and FHE’s. It’s kinda hilarious, mostly awkward as you are some star...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and you may feel like this...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...or this...</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">…
but it goes away. In about a month some other missionary gets home and becomes
the star or they just kinda forget, but they will eventually leave you alone,
haha. In the meantime soak it in and take the opportunity to tell EVERYONE
EVERYTHING about your mission, cuz pretty soon they’ll think you’re annoying if
you share another mission story.</span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Part 4 Alone for the
FIRST TIME<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">ITS WEIRD. Straight up weird. You haven’t been alone for 18
months and now all of a sudden you have all kinds of freedom and people are
letting you go places by yourself. I found myself looking around wondering
where my comp was, and remembering I don’t have one anymore. I also found
myself wanting to be around my family 24/7 because I felt like I had to be with
someone. Oh, and following my mom or sister closely around the store as they
shop, and then realizing it’s okay to be alone… But, it’s also quite refreshing
to go shopping or for a drive or whatever by YOURSELF. No matter how awkward it
may feel, you will enjoy it. #feelinlikearebel And the feeling will go away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Part 5 Clothing<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">The first moment you take off that skirt and put on that
magical pair of jeans or leggings is wonderful indeed...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">I personally, ran out
into the living room where my family was, started telling them excitedly “look,
I have legs, I have legs….” As I kept touching my legs…. Truly a strange moment
it was. And from every moment on, leggings and pants mean so much more to you.
You feel as though you will never be parted from them again. Now, to prepare
you, the closet. I remember opening my closet, which my mom had hung up all my
clothing in before I got home, and I was in shock. I mean I had been wearing
the same few skirts and dresses the last 18 months with an occasional lend from
a comp… I felt completely overwhelmed as I stared at the shear amount of
clothing I owned and then proceeded to try on every single piece, and give more
than half of it away. You will go between emotions of hate for yourself for
having so much unneeded stuff and pure joy because it’s like your own personal
mall. Also, there may be one habit that will be difficult for you to break- the
name tag. You will find yourself reaching for the name tag to put it on, but then
go through a moment of disappointment as you realize that phase of your life is
over and you won’t be putting it back on… sad. But, put it somewhere you can
see it and be reminded of the 18 months you proudly wore it as a servant of
God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Part 6 Culture Shock<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">This will be
different for everyone depending on where you served but let me give you a
little taste as to how it was. This is how it was for me:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-white
people everywhere…..where’s the diversity?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-why aren’t
the cars honking? It’s so quiet…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-it smells
weird (although I’m sure I was the funny smelling one)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-DOG!!! Pick
up a rock!!!! Oh, wait dogs are friendly here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">as one of my mission comps <br />
shows oh so well.... a washer <br />
is something you should<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-going for a
cup of water from the sink, reaching to pull the trigger for the filter, and
confused when there isn’t one, then asking yourself if it’s safe to drink… IT
IS…. Weird<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-the shower…
you are prepared for the cold water that you usually endure for the first 50%
of your shower, only to realize that its already warm…. What?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-carpet…..
my feet aren’t dirty or cold? What in the world?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-washers and
dryers----- the oh so real confusion when you can’t remember how they work… and
the awe as they come out so warm!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-salad….
Without mayo, what? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-walmart…. I’ll
just leave it at that<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-realizing I
don’t need to look down when I walk to keep from tripping over rocks or
something<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-driving-
which pedal do I use again? How do I signal, or drive or …. Why is there no
traffic?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-money-it’s
all the same size and color? How do I tell the difference?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">…the list never ends. Culture shock is a real thing, but it
goes away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">video chatting with old comps<br />
is the best way to keep those <br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">You have spent the entire last 18 months speaking an
entirely different language. It’s normal to struggle to speak English again.
You may, as I did, find yourself stumbling over words, forgetting the word in
English you need but completely knowing what it is in Mongolian, seeing a
foreigner and automatically start speaking Mongolian only to realize they are
Korean or Japanese or American or Spanish or….., awkwardly whispering Mongolian
words at the end of a sentence because no one else would understand (“yum
chin”, “yum shig”, “shuu”, ….), speaking Mongolian out loud on walks by
yourself because you just miss speaking it, and all around missing Mongolian. You
might not even feel like talking because you feel like you can’t express
yourself the way you’d like. But there is a way to deal with this: message
mission people on Facebook, listen to Mongolian music, pray in Mongolian, read
your scriptures in Mongolian, etc. (or in whatever language you learned of
course) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Getting back on social media and using technology is going
to be weird, exciting, sad, frustrating…. You will have forgotten how to use
some things, may not know how to use others as those updates came out while you
were gone, will be so happy to get in touch with old friends and add all those
new mission buddies, you will be so confused as you notice people with last
names you don’t know and then realize it was a friend who got married without
telling you while you were gone (thanks guys, not feelin forgotten at all),
blown away by all the friends who apparently have CHILDREN now, what?!!!!, and
so on. It will be weird. So put some restrictions on yourself. Don’t be an Instagram
or Facebook stalker, don’t be a NETFLIX binger, etc. Just use it to catch up
and whatnot. Don’t become an ADDICT. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">I made a list of goals coming off my mission and one of my
goals was to get a calling immediately. Throughout my mission, I learned that
what every new member or less active needs is the word of god, a friend, and an
opportunity to serve (aka a calling). And I’ve heard the statistics that 1 in
every 3 RM’s go less active and frankly, that was not going to be me. So, my first
Sunday back, I walked up to my Bishop, and asked, “Can I have a calling?” He
was a bit caught off guard and told me he would need to pray about it and let
me know. And my 3<sup>rd</sup> Sunday back, I was called as a ward missionary.
It’s definitely helped a ton!!!! Callings add to our purpose and busyness
factor, and it’s just plain nice to still be serving. You will have huge
yearnings to be back out teaching and preaching again, so having and magnifying
a calling will help fulfill that need. So, go get that calling!!!! Not to
mention the fact that as an RM, you now have very well honed skills available
to share and bless the lives of those in your new ward, so go serve!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">The leadership of this church has strongly urged RM’s to get
busy after their mission. Whether that be school or work, get to it. It will
seem extremely overwhelming, but it is for your good. Like I said earlier, I got
home late on Thursday night, and Friday morning, very jet lagged, confused as
heck, and super awkward, I went to a job interview (with my mom in the room as
I had not been released and she was my companion and a name tag on my chest).
Well, let me just say it was the WORST job interview I had ever given, but the
Lord blesses his servants, and well, I got the job! #missionblessings And about
1 week later, I started working. I have been working full time since and it
truly has helped me. It’s kept me busy, given me a purpose, allowed me to save
for school, and forced me to transition socially as well! So do it. Go get that
job or head straight back to school!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Guess I haven’t quite transitioned this phase yet. Hehe. I
am still working in my hometown where there just aren’t people my age to hang
out with. And absolutely no one to date either. I did try going to a couple YSA
FHE’s (where there were usually less than 10 people), and even a Regional YSA
event a couple hours south, but not super major social stuff or dating at all,
so I guess I’ll let you know when I get there on this one, or leave this one to
you to figure out. Amjilt! J<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">I have found this to be the most important part because you
were doing it all for 18 months! Personal study for an hour a day, comp study,
language study, prayers constantly, teaching the gospel constantly, and reading
the scriptures in the extra time… now, I have other things occupying my time.
My calling, my family, college prep stuff, my full time job, etc. I have had to
find a time that works each day to read my scriptures. Some weeks it was during
my lunch break, some weeks before I got to sleep, some weeks in the morning
when I wake up, and well, it doesn’t matter when you are doing it during the
day, but the point is you need to be doing this. You need to read the Book of
Mormon every day and pray as much as possible. I admit I am not perfect and
some days it is a struggle, but I have found that as I make the time, my day
turns around and I am 100% happier and more at peace. Keep close to the Lord by
doing these two simple things and you will be blessed, your testimony will
strengthen and you will not be shaken. I can promise that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">This is by far the hardest part, I’ve found. You’ve spent
the last 18 months giving your all to a people in a far off land, and by doing
so witnessed miracles. Miracles in others as well as yourself. You grew and
changed and developed and became a whole new person. Through serving the Lord,
you became converted. You fell in love with the people, the country, the culture,
and the language where you served so diligently. This is expected, and just
know you will miss them. You will miss absolutely everything about your mission
and think about it a lot. You’ll find yourself wishing you were still there or
being a little jealous of the missionaries who haven’t finished yet. It’s
totally okay to feel this way. But don’t let it consume you. You shouldn’t feel
depressed because you finished. This is a happy thing. Instead channel these
emotions into other things. For example, continue to study the language or
write letters to your converts or others you taught to encourage them. Find a
way and do it. Miss your mission, but don’t ever feel regret or sadness or
guilt. You did well, you served the Lord and his people, and you’re not done
serving. The Lord still has a work for you to do, but now it’s where you are
working or studying. It might be your neighbor, or classmate, or coworker, but
someone needs you now. Continue to be the amazing missionary you are, even
without the name tag.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Well, this is it. My final email. It finally hit me yesterday that this is real as I sat in my last sacrament meeting in Mongolian. At the end of the meeting, I was asked to bare my testimony and as I did, I was filled with overwhelming love for this work, these people, and this amazing country. Looking out at so many people I had come to love so much and thinking of the others really hit me. I am so lucky. I've been so incredibly lucky to serve a mission, be called to Mongolia, serve among these people, and learn from them. This experience has changed me in ways I can't even begin to explain. I love Mongolia with all of my heart. I love the Lord and the gospel with all my heart and I know this is the best choice I ever could have made. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">For today's email I thought I would include a couple lists I made this week:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">1) The Book of Mormon is true!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">2) How to listen to people, recognize and respond to the spirit, and then to help!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">3) The importance of member missionary work!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">4) Christ's atonement truly heals each and every one of us in any way needed!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">5) How to love everyone!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">1. The pollution</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">2. The traffic</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">3. The freezing cole winter</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">4. D</span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">runk men hitting on me, the poor foreigner</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">5. People speaking to me in </span>Russian<span style="font-family: inherit;"> (do I really look R</span>ussian<span style="font-family: inherit;">?)</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">6. Constant stomach sickness</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">7. Buuz</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">8. Jam packed buses</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">9. Aruul</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">10. Evil dogs</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;">1. The people</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;">2. The sky</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;">3. The peaceful, beautiful countryside</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;">4. Being a missionary</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;">5. Speaking Mongolian all the time</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;">6. Really funny taxi drivers</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;">7. My English students</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;">8. Super cute emmes (grammas)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;">9. Tsuivan and fifty-fifty ice cream</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;">10. Kind delguur/zah/building ladies</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Well, I guess thats about it. I love this place and I dont want to leave, but soon I will. I will miss all those I met. Family, see you soon!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Hairtai shuu!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Well, it's official, I'm old (mission time wise). I had my last zone training this week and I was asked to share my testimony because I am leaving, and well that was weird. How do you sum up your entire mission into a few sentences.... difficult to do. Also, every member, investigator, missionary, etc keep telling me how long I have left, like "did you know you only have.... days left?" um, yes I am aware, haha. And our mission got a new senior couple this week, and we saw them out on the street and said hi, they asked me how long I've been here, I told them and they said, "Oh, wow, guess we don't need to learn your name then.".... thanks, feelin the love, haha</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">But, besides the fact that I will see y'all next week, God is definitely keeping me busy! We had been struggling to find people to meet with, but something happened yesterday at church, and all of a sudden we have an absolutely full week!!!! We don't have enough time to meet with everyone we would like to meet... I think this is a tender mercy from God to keep me focused and dedicated to the end... THANK YOU ! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">-Tseegii is finally meeting with us again (the lady we teach in </span>English<span style="font-family: inherit;">) and she is doing fantastic! We talked about the importance of sitting all 3 hours in church, and yesterday she did it! We were so proud of her! She also is sharing the gospel with her cousin, who we were able to teach a lesson to and pass to another area's missionaries. And, overall, she's rocking it!!! Oh, and random fact- her daughter is a gymnast and contortionist, and this last week she took part in a Guinness world record: 420 contortionists performed in the square here in UB... check it out on Youtube, way cool!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-Maria, is a member now, and we met with her to begin teaching her new member lessons and she is doing great! She said she feels the spirit so strongly now, and even more so when she repents and prays, etc. She is so incredibly happy! I love her!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-Lhagvadulam- a 10 yr old girl we teach is also doing fantastic! We gave her a children's Book of Mormon and when we showed up to her ger this week for a lesson, she was laying on the bed with her youngest brother, reading the Book of Mormon. She loves it and reads it and the pamphlets we give her all the time! She also prays constantly and she is repenting as well! She said that she is trying to be a better sister and daughter by saying sorry and trying to help her mom and not make her siblings angry... so cute!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-We also visit a member regularly who is very lonely. She is a super cute old gramma, and this week we were doing some service for her, when she said that one of her friends from college 40 yrs ago is interested in the gospel. So, the next day, we went over and met with the 2 grammas and it was sooooo adorable!! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I know that truly everyone can share the gospel! Tseegii is with her cousin, Maria is with her mother and sister, lhagvadulam is with her neighbors (all the neighborhood kids come sit in our lessons now), and this old lady with her college friend. I was reading in Moroni 10:31 yesterday and it invites each member to strengthen and enlarge </span>Zions<span style="font-family: inherit;"> stakes! We should all be working to build up, strengthen, and grow our home wards and stakes....how? by sharing the gospel. So do it! There is someone you know who can here this gospel and someone who is just waiting for you to share it with them. Don't be scared!</span></span></div>
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http://www.blogger.com/profile/14719259093948948464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861804673948631122.post-38134642227317696372016-08-07T21:30:00.002-07:002016-08-08T07:31:06.771-07:00Friends Visiting Me<div>
<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is so hooooooooooooooot here!!! On </span>Wednesday<span style="font-family: inherit;"> it hit 104 degrees and bad luck on our part, we got burned by multiple people that day so we walked around most of the day... resulting in burns for me and my comp and I got heat stroke :( That was rough, but with the help of hydration packets and salt water... getting over it :( Moral of the story.... stay inside when its hot - unless you are on the Lord's errand, in which case nothing you can do, sorry :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">We had some highlights this week! </span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Shinebayar is headed off to Korea until September (after I am gone) so on Monday we had our last meeting with him- a goodbye meeting. I was not prepared to start saying goodbye to people yet. Now it's real. Anyways, we taught him, and then we all went and got round table pizza together!!! It was fun to be out with them, and I'm definitely going to miss teaching him! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Maria got BAPTIZED!!! She took the dip on </span>Thursday<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and she was so incredibly happy!!! Her uncle baptized her and she almost started crying while bearing her testimony because she felt the spirit so strongly! She said she truly knows these things are true and she is so grateful to be a member now. </span></span><span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A couple of my member friends from Erdenet and one of my new members came to town to visit and met up with me! It made me so happy!!! I love and missed them so much- such an awesome surprise!!! I was teaching </span>English<span style="font-family: inherit;"> when they walked in and I got a wee bit distracted, haha. </span></span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">My comp and I can officially cook, clean, and sew! We were all about that domestic life this week, let's just say I am </span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">prepped and ready for post-mish life, haha. </span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Well, that's about it. Talk to you all next week!</span><br />
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http://www.blogger.com/profile/14719259093948948464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861804673948631122.post-8543209270262241442016-07-31T21:25:00.003-07:002016-07-31T21:26:46.559-07:00I Love Mongolia!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; line-height: 21.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">First off, it is getting soooo hot here!!!! And on top of the heat, we spent a lot of time this week checking less active address, which meant hours wandering around hot and dusty ger districts..... Mongolian addresses are rough. One day we spent a good two hours walking almost our whole area trying to find one house. We did find it but when we knocked, the husband answered and yelled some very very mean things in Mongolian and English at us.... first time that has happened to me on my mission- got a little taste of what it must be like to proselyte and knock doors... my heart goes out to all you missionaries who have to deal with that every day! On the bright side, this girl is getting an awesome foot tan, haha.... but my poor shoes are already starting to fall apart- so sad :( just hoping they will last a few more weeks!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">But, besides the rough weather, our work is doing pretty well actually!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">1) Maria- we finished her lessons, she did her interview, she passed, and she will be baptized on Thursday!! She is so incredibly happy and she said she can't stop smiling and she is just so happy!!!! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">2) Moogii- Is doing great and meeting with us well. He has a huge desire to be baptized and soon, but he doesn't understand the gospel super well and it is super hard for us to find witnesses to meet with him all the time, so for his sake, we passed him to the elders. We were sad to pass him, but the elders will do great and I think it will be better for Moogii.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">3) Munhkbileg- Also doing great! She still is not smoking- such a strong women! All of her lessons are done and this week we went over the baptismal questions with her! She is so incredibly ready for baptism as she understands, believes, follows, and has received confirmations of everything!!! the only roadblock in her way is that her and her boyfriend don't have a marriage certificate. She really wants to follow the law of chastity though and we helped her set a goal of a date she will have everything talked out and decided by.... I really hope she decides to and finds a way to follow this important commandment- I know it will make her all the happier in her life! She says whenever she prays or reads from the book of Mormon she gets so happy that she feels like singing, and I know that if she follows this commandment, she will feel all the happier!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">4) Shinebayar- met with us four times in one week- has a huge desire and understands everything so incredibly well, I feel like he is teaching us the lessons!!! We are struggling to get him to ask for himself through prayer though if these things are true, but he said he is scared that he won't get an answer, but we spent a long time talking about that and he is going to do it!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">5) While we were checking LA addresses, we ran into a member who has been a member for 19 years, and brings all of her 4 young children to church every week, and well it turns out that her 10 yr old daughter hasn't been baptized, so we are teaching her the lessons now so she can quickly be baptized. That young girl is awesome though because she already knows everything, she understands the scriptures well, she loves the church, she really wants to be baptized, and she loves god and Christ!!!! God truly blessed us with this young investigator :)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Everything we did this week-teaching awesome lessons, walking around the ger districts, meeting with members, etc seemed to really hit home to me a couple things; I love this work and I love serving the people of Mongolia, I love this country so much and it truly is my second home, and this mission has changed my life! </span></div>
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http://www.blogger.com/profile/14719259093948948464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861804673948631122.post-73931654009489234362016-07-25T10:30:00.000-07:002016-07-25T10:30:10.717-07:00Burned, Burned, Burned<div style="line-height: 21.3px;">
<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">So this week has been a bit frustrating as EVERYONE has been burning us (meaning they set up and confirm appointments with us, but then minutes before, they cancel, or they never tell us and we show up and no ones home....ugh).... and Ulaanbaatar has been covered in thick smoke from a forest fire somewhere. Someone told us it was coming from Siberia... kinda ironic I guess. E</span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">ven though we got burned 15 times in one week, we were still able to do some good work, and have made good progress with some people. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">Maria is doing AWESOME! We will finish her lessons this week and next week she will get baptized. But the biggest news with her is that she had been praying really hard that when she talks to her boss, that her boss would understand and she could get Sundays off (hard thing in a non Christian culture)... well she didn't make it to church until the 3rd hour, but she showed up extremely happy! She talked to her boss and her boss said she CAN HAVE SUNDAYS OFF!!!! She said she felt amazing and she knows God answered and is blessing her! It was a huge testimony builder for her. She learned about temples this week and she wants to go so bad, but she is even more excited about her baptism coming up and she is invited all her non member family and friends! She's the bomb!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">We also taught Shinebayar a couple times and he is doing great! We taught him about the priesthood and Christ and the great apostasy and Joseph smith and he understood it all perfectly!!!! He will definitely be a leader in the church someday! The coolest part came as I was teaching about Joseph smith and I shared the story and kept asking him things like: if you were in Joseph smith's place, what would you do, what would you think/feel, what would you ask God if you could see and talk to Him, and he loved it! He truly was relating himself to Joseph smith on his own and he said he wants to ask and know now as well! He also asks awesome questions like how are prophets chosen, how do people receive the priesthood, who organized all the churches after Christ died, ....etc. We also set a baptismal date with him and he is very excited about it! He always thanks god for helping him become a member of this church when he prays :)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">This week, something adorable happened during English. I was helping a 12 yr old who doesn't speak very much English understand, and we were talking about if we could have three wishes what would you wish for, and these were her 3 wishes: </span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">1)to be happy </span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">2)to help people </span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">3)to do well in school</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Well, she is just a rockin and humble 12 yr old, and then she said she was interested in the church, we got her info and her and her friend came to church on Sunday and their families will meet with the missionaries this week!!! The service we do here of teaching English truly brings miracles.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Oh, and we are only getting more famous here in Mongolia, everyone keeps telling us they saw us on tv, that our clip is getting all kinds of shares, and there is a meme about us now!!! Crazy! (<a href="http://news.gogo.mn/r/188778" target="_blank">This was the TV interview</a>).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Moogii is doing great as well! He is reading and understanding super well and we taught him about repentance this week and he understood super well and said he will start repenting! </span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">Lots and lots of other stories from this week, but no time to write them all, so I will end with a quote I really like:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">"Patience is not passive resignation, nor is it failing to act because of our fears. Patience means active waiting and enduring. It means staying with something and doing all that we can- working, hoping, and exercising faith, bearing hardships with fortitude, even when the desires of our heart are delayed. patience is not simply enduring; its enduring well!!" -Pres. Uchtdorf</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">I have one month left on my mission, and I know it is going to fly by, but I love this place and am so grateful to be here. Love you all!</span></div>
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http://www.blogger.com/profile/14719259093948948464noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861804673948631122.post-79493311535852763842016-07-18T06:14:00.000-07:002016-07-18T06:14:41.429-07:00I'm So Happy in Mongolia!<div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This week has been fantastic, and we have had our best week work wise so far as a companionship!!!! Woohoo! Here are the updates on our people:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-Munhbileg finally QUIT SMOKING!!!! I have been meeting with her since i came to enhktaivan and i have been continually impressed by her progress, but she did it! She finally got over one of her biggest barriers! She has been off of smoking for 1 week now! She has been able to do it with prayer, scripture reading, a priesthood blessing, and most of all faith! She is so close to baptism now :)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-Maria is still golden. We taught her about the Sabbath day this week and the lesson was going great when she started crying. she cried for a few minutes and then explained to us that she knows these things are true and she wants to follow god's commandments so badly, but she just got this job that she will not be able to rest from on Sundays. she can get enough time off to come to church, but not for the whole day. We then talked to her about praying and having faith and talking to her boss, and she will today. It was amazing how faithful she is and how much of a desire she has to follow the commandments! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-Tseegii is also still doing great! When we met with her this week, she told us that she has been repenting and that she is trying to stop gossiping about her boss... and her nonmember mom and coworkers have noticed and are asking her about it! And, she is following the word of wisdom and trying to teach her 5 yr old daughter to eat veggies, and she's teaching her daughter to pray!!! So cute!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-Moogii met with us this week, and well it went great!!!! He has read a TON in the Book of Mormon and is praying and doing awesome! He told us he really wants to get baptized soon because he will be leaving in auigust to study in either america or china and he really wants to be baptized here first. He explained that he knows these things are true as well, and well, he wants to meet with us 3 times a week now!!! Yay!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-Also, cool moment this week: We were meeting with a new member who hadn't been reading the scriptures, so we decided to read with her for the lesson. So we began where she left off in 3 Nephi. It was all about christ and the law of moses and how he fulfills it, and she was not understanding. so I began to explain, and the words and explantion was just coming... and i was able to explain it super well in Mongolian!!!! And she said it clicked for her and that she loved it!!! It was an amazing moment for me because i realized i know this language and this gospel now, and i can teach it. So, 16 months into the mission and i can finally do this, haha :) The spirit was seriously so strong though!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Oh, and we are famous in Mongolia currently, everyone we have met with and eveyr membner and some random other people have seen the video of us on TV and they all keep telling us, haha. And we gained a fan club this week of three 8 year old boys who started talking to us, memerized our names and fallowed us around for a while. They asked us really funny questions like; "If you are from America, how did you learn English so well? Is Barrack Obama your president? Is he angry? Is his wife's name Obama too?" haha, and they tred to take our pics, so we selfied together. Oh, and our relief society president is a cook at a vegan restaurant here and she invited us there for dinner and it was delicious!!!!! We had a green smoothie, dumpling soup, and a vegan burger... If i was rick and had a personal cook, I would definitely be vegan, haha. And the best part of it was when we were almost done eating, in walked our mongolian AP and one of the city ZL's... for a vegan dinner... but the second they saw us, their faces went red and they asked us not to tell anyone... haha, too late, their manliness dropped a few points...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-We were meeting with Munhbileg and we were talking about what she feels when she reads the BofM or prays or goes to church and she said that she feels the holy ghost. She said that for her, the holy ghost makes her want to sing church songs :) So cute!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-We also met with a member family this week and RM that I served with, his new wife, and his mom, and we decided to just talk about the importance of the Book of Mormon and all share our testimonies about it, and I guess his mom, who has been a member for years and years, has never made it through Alma in the Book of Mormon, but she said that she finally is going to read the entire BofM. that listening to all of our testimonies of the scriptures we shared has made her want to actually read it all.... how cool is that?! God definitely helped us know what to share with this member family. Missionary work is not limited to investigators.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-We also met with a new member Enhkmunhk who has NOT been reading her scriptures or praying and I decided to be very blunt with her and I even pulled out an intense scripture talking about Satan.... well it finally hit her, something clicked and she promised for now on to read and pray every day and she said she would never miss a day again! She has been texting us almost daily as well to tell us that she is doing it!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-Also, we met with Maria and followed up on her commitment to repent, and she told us about her experience repenting and tat she loved it and when I asked her how it actually felt, she said it felt like her soul was unlocked!!!!!!! She rocks!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-I also did a split with my new STL- Sister Wilkins from my group!!! It was weird working with her but also super fun to catch up and to both be understanding and speaking so well.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">So, first off, I believe I promised to write the cool story that Pres. Benson shared at his going away fireside. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">This is a story about Tuvshin Ah, one of the first members here. In his time, there was no Book of Mormon in Mongolian here, just little translated sections. But, he felt the spirit of the message </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">of</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;"> the restoration and was baptized. Then, as a new member, he was walking passed Nalaik in the countryside area. One Sunday, he showed up to church at 8am, long before church would start. Pres Benson, then an elder, was there early setting up chairs and what not. He asked Tuvshin Ah why he was there so early. Tuvshin Ah then explained that the buses that go out there don't start early enough for him to make it to church on time, so instead, that night he had waited until the moon was high in the sky and began to walk. He walked all through the early morning until he reached the central building in UB... just so he could be on time to church. What amazing faith and sacrifice, right? In the book of Mormon it talks about Moroni and it says if every man was like Moroni, Satan would have no power... well, I think if every member was as dedicated as this man, Satan would have no power as well.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">As for this week, elections happened in Mongolia, so we got to stay home on Thursday until we received a text from the AP's saying it was okay to go out... at which point, we had no one we could visit.... but we finally found someone and got burned.... so yah. But we did some mad Liahona collaging that day which was awesome!!! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">This week we also did service for a lady by helping her make buuz..... but we spent 2 hours cutting veggies and then had to go, so we didn't actually help MAKE them. Oh well, we did the gritty work.We also met with a new member this week who tried to gift me a pair of drag queen heels, but they didn't fit, so my companion inherited them, haha. Guess she's set for post-mish clubbing, haha. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Our new mission president came this week!!! President and Sis Harper are so amazing and it was so fun to see them again. Sis Harper ran up to me, hugged me and started chatting away... so adorable. A little bit about them: They are both from Idaho, grew up on farms close to each other, she liked him starting in 7th grade, but they didn't get together until post mission. He has accomplished a lot.... high school state wrestling champion, senior year voted most handsome, president of a potato company for 31 years, and he will receive the Russet Aristocrat Potato award pretty soon. Cool guy, right? I'm excited to have such a humble, spiritual leader for the last part of my mission. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">We taught Maria about the plan of </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">salvation</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;"> this week and it went so well! She understood it very well and she said it makes her so happy. When she closed with a prayer, she even thanked God for </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">sending</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;"> the sisters to her and helping her learn about this church and plan. She is awesome!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">We also finished teaching the plan of </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">salvation</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;"> to Tseegii. Her older sister passed away years ago, and she really struggles with that. As we taught the plan to her, we focused on the fact that she can be with her sister again and that her sister is not gone forever. She was so interested and quiet as she sincerely was listening. At the end she told us how amazing it sounds and she too in prayer told God thank you for teaching her that she has the opportunity to be with her sister again.... and we taught her about following the prophet and the word of wisdom this week and it went well. She is going to stop drinking tea even though thats very hard for her, and she said it all makes sense and that she wants to follow God. She is so amazing!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">We also got 1 new investigator this week named Shinebayar. He is 27 and is a programmer/IT engineer. He is dating a single mom in the ward and he has been coming to my English classes for a while now. He understands very well and every time we bore testimony, he would say, "i know that too. or I believe that too". He is awesome and I can't wait to see him continue to progress!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Well, happy 4th of July everyone! Today to </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">celebrate</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">, my comp and I will be getting pizza and going to a dinosaur museum! I love you all!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #ffd966;">The weather here has been all over the place- random intense rain showers flooding the streets.... those days are not enjoyable as we are walking down the side of the road, annoying young men driving </span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">see the foreigners, and aim, then splash us good.... so annoying... "why you gotta be so mean, don't you know we're sister missionaries.."</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">We had one day when 4 people feed us full meals all in a row, so at the last house we just couldn't do it, and she left the apt for a few moments to grab something, I whipped out a </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">zip-lock</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">, and we started shoveling the uncooked eggs, meat, and rice into it... I felt kinda bad, but we literally could not eat anymore.... the struggle.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Tseegii, the one we teach in English is doing absolutely fantastic! We met with her last </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Sunday</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">, then again </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Saturday</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">, and in between that time, she had read the first 17 chapters of the Book of Mormon!!!!! She reads in the morning on her work bus on the way to work, and her co workers ask her about it, or tell her she shouldn't be reading that book or going to our church, but she kindly explains it to them, a</span></span></span><span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">nd bears testimony!!! She told us that she feels it is true because the holy ghost is so strong, that no normal man could have just written this book because of it's complexity, and the words are so powerful. She said when she reads, she prays, and she takes notes, and she compares with the </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">English</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;"> version. She loves this book, she loves prayer, and she loves God. She is truly changing!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Munhbileg is an investigator who I have been teaching since the first week I got to this area. We have finally finished her lessons and are still working with her to help her quit smoking. When we met her this week, I asked her about smoking, and she said she has almost completely quit smoking! On the really hard days, she might smoke 1, but she is working really hard not to do that. She is confident that she can do this with the Lord's help, and she will be off of it soon. I am so proud of her and it is so amazing to see how far she has come!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Maria is doing fantastic as well. She is praying and reading! Moogii is doing fantastic as well! We also have many other investigators progressing and it is so exciting to see Christ's </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">atonement</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;"> working in their lives :)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Also, on </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Sunday</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">, the relief society was talking about a child's guiding gift; it was all about how we guide our children and help them know what is right and help them feel the spirit, etc... Anyways, the teacher compared our homes to learning a language. The best language programs are complete immersion. Like me in Mongolia. I am </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">learning</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;"> the language much faster by being surrounded by </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Mongolians</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">. Our homes must be the same. We must create a home that is complete immersion for our children in the spirit, in the gospel, in safety, etc.. So cool! We should all try and create a complete immersion home :)</span></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpB7RMJvqak8n75Ik6RnsWvoSUJKCcdEwrKQMwMktkN1MirChuRcBHTHMMIqn-21fy2B_7d0Lu5zLfqG8VfxslEub1Y1ItBBr0qNljJ5n4PPzeieW12oSgvGio-7VR24E-Ij0AmaNXL58/s1600/IMG_5871.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpB7RMJvqak8n75Ik6RnsWvoSUJKCcdEwrKQMwMktkN1MirChuRcBHTHMMIqn-21fy2B_7d0Lu5zLfqG8VfxslEub1Y1ItBBr0qNljJ5n4PPzeieW12oSgvGio-7VR24E-Ij0AmaNXL58/s200/IMG_5871.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">So a lot has happened this week. </span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">Monday we celebrated my comp's birthday with 2 other sisters by going to Millie's Espresso (a legit American diner here) .... the highlight of which was getting a 10% off for being MORMON! That is the first time I ever received any kind of benefit from being Mormon in Mongolia. And they weren't even members... very cool! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Wednesday, we were having a great day and visiting tons of people... seriously rocking sister missionary life... when we get a call from Batbold from the office.... we needed to completely pack up our apartment by 8am the next day because we would be moving into a brand new apartment that the mission just got and they would be doing construction on the ghetto one we had been living in... so we had to cancel our last appointment to go home and pack :( lame..... but on the bright side, we are now living in the MOST BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT EVER!!!! It is one bus stop closer to our area, in a college student housing area, has the most beautiful view of the city, and is just amazingly beautiful! This is my comp's registered address, so we are hoping to stay together and for the rest of our missions to enjoy this, haha. We are so lucky!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">We also had a couple of the best lessons with our adorable investigators this week. One was with the investigator we have been teaching in English. Her name is Tseegii, and yesterday we met with her and taught about the plan of salvation and invited her to baptism, and she quickly said yes, and asked, "how do I prepare for baptism?" GOLDEN... so we explained and she is so happy. She prays all the time and her little 5 yr old daughter has started praying as well! She was so excited to tell us that her daughter was learning just by watching her mom!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">We also met with Moogii, a cousin of my last baptism. I have been meeting with him for a looong time with little progression, but something clicked this week. We met him at a new lady's house and they became fast friends and she talks a lot about how great he is and how much he is like her son and I think he responds to that really well, because he was listening so well and really excited about the Book of Mormon. Then I also had the thought to download the gospel library app on his phone for him so he could read the Book of Mormon in Mongolian, Swedish, or English, whichever would be easiest for him, and it worked!!! He texted us later in the week and said that he is reading and praying all the time and he doesn't miss church now either. Wow!!!! The app was what he needed because he reads from his phone in </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Swedish</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;"> whenever he has time! Thank you technology!!!!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">We also met with maria, and invited her to baptism as well - which she quickly nodded yes to excitedly!! She told us how she just feels like she wants to meet with us all the time and got o church, not just on </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Sundays</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">, and that she feels the holy ghost all the time!!! She's amazing!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">This week was awesome! As it is summer now in Mongolia, many of those we were teaching moved to the countryside... so our work has been suffering a little bit... okay, a lot. So, my comp and I have decided to start finding through members. We have been meeting with so many members and it was been so fun! I love hearing their conversion stories, looking through albums, eating yummy food, and having fun FHE with them! And it has been working, we have found many people to teach, and we are excited to see how some of those go. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">We met with Maria this week, she is 19 yrs old. She is studying at the medical university here to become a doctor, and is seriously so awesome! As we were teaching about God and prayer, she was understanding so well! She kept saying she really wants to believe and that she feels His love and the holy ghost. Then I had the idea to ask her, if God was in this room with us right now, what would you say to Him? She then pretended to hug someone really tight. and said, "Bayarlalaa!" (thank you). How amazing is that!? She wants to hug God and tell Him thank you!!! We then had this amazing discussion about God and the blessings He gives us and that we really can talk to Him through prayer and that we can feel His love, and sometimes like a hug from God through the holy ghost. It was awesome! Then she said her first prayer and spent the whole time thanking Him for sending us and the gospel and her family... it was so cute! We really love her! AND we might start teaching her family as well!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Also, when I first got to this ward,w e were meeting with a 17 yr old boy who's mom is shamin... well he will be 18 in a couple weeks and so I have been trying to contact him to get him coming to church again and he came Sunday! And as soon as he turns 18, we will begin meeting with him again, and he can't wait for it to happen too!!!! I am so excited!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">On a slightly sad note, my immigration English students left for their homes in the countryside this week, so I had to say goodbye. I wrote them cute notes in English they took pictures with me and gave me chocolate as well. It was bittersweet. I've really come to love them and care for these amazing people. English teaching is a really amazing thing and I''m grateful for this special service opportunity here to teach English to Mongolians.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZlwXMGOZVp_9LX74YBgrN0MbwHHi21xvOAa_YZLD19v0qaZeBZPyt_MaJXi8S6xNcu8nkYBEz6OE8gr7BLMc5gNEYrR2dhyoGsjJOrClC3Hx_lJI5NOqni2LV7NkUpZasTL9mla-G8k/s1600/IMG_5816.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZlwXMGOZVp_9LX74YBgrN0MbwHHi21xvOAa_YZLD19v0qaZeBZPyt_MaJXi8S6xNcu8nkYBEz6OE8gr7BLMc5gNEYrR2dhyoGsjJOrClC3Hx_lJI5NOqni2LV7NkUpZasTL9mla-G8k/s200/IMG_5816.JPG" width="150" /></a><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Back on a nice note....it is great being with an American again! We are sharing clothes, chatting up a storm, and making yummy American food!!! This week we made fettuccine alfredo, banana bread, pancakes, and because tomorrow is my companion's birthday, we are going to an American diner today for true American food!!!!! We are so excited!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Saturday, we got to go to almost the countryside for a relief society and primary activity and it was so fun! We had REAL Mongolian barbecue, played volleyball, badminton, soccer, and had competitions ... one of which I won - jump roping as many times as possible with a partner together. okay, I am running out of time, so I will just add pics.... </span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; line-height: 21.3px;">I love you all! I love Mongolia!!! I love these people and this work!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Lots of excitement for this week! There was a mini transfer this week as the president got permission to send some Americans to the countryside now that school is out... so my mini missionary finished her mini mission, and I have a new comp!!!! I am still in the city in the same area, and my new comp is named Sister Harmon. She is from cottonwood heights, is from the group after me, went to Snow College and later the U. She is absolutely adorable and so hilarious! She is ALWAYS happy (we still have no hot water, but she is happy anyways- a real trooper) and excited and we are very similar. I am so excited to be her comp... oh and a plus is she has some real cute clothes... its like I gained a whole new closet, haha. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Anyways, we are both excited to be together and determined to do a lot of work. We need to find new people to teach though, so we decided to focus on finding through the members this week. So starting last night, we met with a member family.... and guess what... They made homemade PIZZA!!!! it was so delicious, and we were so happy. We shared a kick-but spiritual thought about Shiblon and how to become like him (and in turn like Christ). The family loved us and kept saying we were the most beautiful sisters and how awesome the spiritual thought was, and then they referred us to a less active family who they would love to go with us to visit. Woohoo!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">On Sunday, the member missionary work continued as at church, a member brought a 19 yr old niece, and another young member befriended her, and we will meet with her and that member together this week!!! Then another couple of young girls came with member friends, and they said we should be able to meet with their whole family as well. Then we met with a new member and she has been talking to her neighbor about the gospel and we will start teaching him this week at her house! So much work and so fast all because the members were opening their mouths and speaking about the church with friends, family, and acquaintances.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">We also met with an old investigator this week who we teach in English and it was so </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">weird</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;"> teaching in English!!! But, the lesson went so well!!!! We taught about the Restoration and asked her if she could talk to God, what would she ask him. She thought for a little bit, said "I would ask why my sister had to die so young..." and we then explained that our </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">church</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;"> believes in the plan of salvation which can answer that. On </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Sunday</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">, when she came to church I handed her the plan of salvation pamphlet and she read the whole thing before sacrament was over, turned to my comp and asked, "how do I become a member of your church?", so my comp explained, and she sweetly said, "I want to." This women had felt the spirit, she has found through prayer God exists, and she has found through the plan of happiness that she can live with her sister again. We can't wait to meet with her this week and teach her that plan for reals!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">This week, I also taught a 3 day English camp to a group of immigration, police, and other related officers. It was so much fun and they were eager and willing to learn. I made a lot of good friends and they even took us to lunch one day :) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Also, Sister Westover came to town again and it was so fun to hang with her! One morning, all four of us were leaving our apartment, and guess what, it was national health day! They had blocked off all the main streets in UB for a marathon to increase awareness, and we cheered on/watched a marathon/5k/and 10k. It felt nice to be watching a race again... miss races! While we were cheering, my investigator and some English students ran by! It was so cool to cheer them on. That really is what missionaries are, cheerleaders. We cheer people on as they learn, change, grow, and work towards living with God again. The down side today was we had to walk miles to get to our area... but on the way we saw a concert, games, people biking, rollerblading, and so much more fun stuff!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">We also had zone conference this week- the last one with this mission president, and it was so fantastic. Our training we gave as STL's was one of the best ones the mission president had seen in </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Mongolia</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">! He loved it, the missionaries loved it, and it went so well. The mission president taught about the law of the harvest and his wife about stress and conquering our own Goliaths. I felt the spirit so strongly as I sat there, and I know that this gospel is true without a shadow of a doubt.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Well, I love Mongolia, these people, my companion, my area, my zone sisters, my mission president and his wife and children, God, Christ, and this gospel. I know this church is true. I know that because this church is lead by a prophet of God today, and because of that, this church is truly lead by the hand of God.!!!</span></div>
http://www.blogger.com/profile/14719259093948948464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861804673948631122.post-58864449464803441762016-05-29T23:40:00.001-07:002016-05-29T23:40:21.377-07:00Not Much to Report<span style="background-color: #ffd966; line-height: 21.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey everyone, sorry ahead of time as I don't have much to write about this week.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-Half of the people we teach are moving to the countryside... typical summer in mognolia</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-as of this morning, no water at all :(</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-we own a water boiler- love Asia</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-have officially mastered the perfect mix of boiling water and freezing water to equal show water</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-have gotten pro level at showering from gallon and a half bottles</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-Mongolia officially has 2 stakes now, and should be able to get a 3rd within the next couple years as only 3 more wards need to split to form another stake... meaning that as soon as that happens Mongolia is close to getting a temple!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-Blue skies and it's finally warming up here!!!! boo ya!!!! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-Next week me and 3 other church sponsored English teachers will get to teach 3 two </span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">hour classes to about 30 immigration officers... it's going to be awesome!!! so excited</span><div style="line-height: 21.3px;">
<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-This week is our last zone conference with Pres Benson as our mission president :( (high and low)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-This week Sis. Westover is coming to town again, and will stay with me!!! yay!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">That's all! Love you all! I love this work even though it severely decreases during the </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Mongolian</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;"> summertime... the struggle is real shuu dee!!! I know that this gospel is true and it blesses, changes, and helps anyone willing to listen to it and ask of it's truth for themselves. So listen and ask please!!! Love you!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">This week has been full of fun adventures! Last Monday my comp and I went to a fine arts museum here that was very cool! I love art and it was so awesome to go to a Mongolian art museum with things dating back anciently! Also, last Monday night, I had an amazing opportunity....</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Our work in this branch is continuing to grow! This Sunday one of our investigators brought her sister to church, and one of our new members also brought hers!! So cool! These people are feeling the change of heart described in Alma 32 as they feel the spirit and begin to change. They feel that swelling and as such are bringing others too. That's what we must do! We must feel this importance and spirit as well and bring our loved ones unto it. DO MEMBER MISSIONARY WORK PLEASE! It is so incredibly important!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">I believe in God, Christ, and this gospel. I know it is true, and so I am here. I am giving up a year and a half to serve God here in Mongolia You don't have to do this, but I would hope and pray that you would still be an example reach out to others, and invite others to come unto Christ by coming to church or meeting with the missionaries. Don't be afraid! </span></div>
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http://www.blogger.com/profile/14719259093948948464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861804673948631122.post-44667292297774390582016-05-16T07:17:00.002-07:002016-05-16T07:17:46.344-07:00Crazy Week<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">This week was an interesting week... very little time for actually visiting people as 3 full days were devoted to an English Symposium where 4 speakers came to Mongolia from all of the 3 BYU's and Sister Gong. As well as a visit from Elder Funk and his wife... as well as Stake Conference!!!! It was a crazy week... but on top of it all, I got a visit from Sister Westover!!! She came to the city for the English conference, and stayed at my place fro 3 days, which was awesome!!1 I really missed that girl :) It was awesome to be reunited now that we can actually speak Mongolian and as our missions are coming to a close... we realized that after this transfer ends, she only has 1 more transfer, and I only have 2 more.... what?! craziness!!! (although one of those transfers is 7 weeks, and the 2nd one is 9 weeks). We got to talk together, teach English together, study together, go shopping together a little, and we even got food poisoning together... what are MTC comps for haha:) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">So, the English symposium was AMAZING! I gained so many new ideas for practice activities in class, as well as how to better teach and help my students speak, and how to better study Mongolian myself. it was awesome.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Random thought: I have such a cool companion- she loves rock music, her whole family is almost vegetarian, she loves harry potter and lord of the rings, she is the only member in her family, and shes just the quirkiest mini missionary ever... haha:)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">The work in Mongolia is growing so much! In the last month, one ward was split in two, and at stake conference, they shared some new news ... next week, another ward will be split, one branch will become a ward, and the east district in Mongolia will become a stake! That means Mongolia only needs one more stake to get a temple!!!!! Ahh, we are all so excited! And in regards to my own work in Enhktaivan- we have so many people to meet with that we don't even have enough time to meet with them all and we continue to gain more and more and more!! We gained two more families this week! It's so incredibly exciting to see the work progressing so much in the country as well as just in our own ward... I LOVE MONGOLIA!!!! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">* Also we meet with a family who's parents are less active, and the daughter spoke in stake conference... and her opening joke was from me! She quoted something funny i said to her that week :) I am officially famous :)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Well, my thoughts are all over the place, and I need to finish soon, so thats all for this week! I haven't gotten any emails with conversion stories or experiences... please send me them :)</span></div>
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http://www.blogger.com/profile/14719259093948948464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861804673948631122.post-427239723126000642016-05-09T07:33:00.000-07:002016-05-09T07:36:56.172-07:00Happy Mother's Day!<div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">About 1 hour ago, I </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Skyped</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;"> with my family and my brother on his mission. It was sad to say goodbye for the last time before finishing my mission, but kind of exciting too. I will be home in less than 6 months, which means I only have a little bit of time to make as big of a difference as I can here in Mongolia. Anyways, I was one lucky girl today to talk to my family. I love you mom, happy mother's day!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">As an update on the toe, bruised and slightly hurting but off the crutches and walkin around. God definitely blesses his servants. I've had a fun week full of crutches, getting locked out resulting in staying in the dorms of the mission home, transfers, catching a thief who stole my wallet, and all kinds of other craziness!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;"><i>(Additional info from mom: Sister Harker chased the thief! She followed him while calling the police and then ultimately he was caught & jailed. She got her wallet back and was only missing a small amount of money. </i></span><i style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;"><b style="background-color: #ffd966;">Lesson #215: Never chase a thief, run the opposite direction!)</b></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">On another note, TRANSFERS CAME! I am still in the city in the Einhtaivan ward, but I have a new comp. I am now with a mini missionary (she will serve for 6 weeks) named Giiguul from the Nalaihk branch (one of my first areas, and where my 1st mini missionary was from as well). She is 23, graduated, the only member in her family, and she is preparing for a mission. I am very lucky because she was a branch missionary and used to teach the lessons to the new members, so she already has experience! She got into this area at a great time as we have soooo much work and it just keeps growing! I am really excited to watch everything take off this transfer!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">So, with the transfer came a miracle... I got moved to the apartment where I am officially registered on my visa, and when we got moved in there were tons of old area books for other areas. I felt this strong need to look through them and you would never guess what I found .. the area books from my FIRST AREA in Bayanzurkh!!!! After Sister Sneddon went home and I got transferred, we gave them to the elders, who never met with any of our people and then it looks like they left the books here. I had been asking the Bayanzurkh missionaries about these people for the last 10 months, and now I know what happened. I went through the book, wrote out explanations to clarify my poorly written Mongolian when I first got here, and got the books to that branches' missionaries who I'm praying will be able to meet with and continue changing the lives of those I first met as a newbie! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">I just want to say that this gospel truly blesses and changes lives! I know it does as it has for me and for so many of those I've met and taught on my mission here. Even if they don't join the church, the knowledge that this gospel contains blesses EVERYONE. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">I have a request this week. I would really like to here your conversion stories or examples of times that the gospel has truly blessed you. Please email me your stories!!! The more the better! I love you all! Thanks for your support!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">This email is coming to you from our mission doctor's apartment. Why, you might ask? Well, I managed to drop a heavy glass bottle of water on my foot, resulting in a trip to the hospital for x-rays (no break luckily) and crutches, meds, and a boot for the next week... so yah, there's my excitement for you guys!<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">On another note, we had a baptism this week!!!! Ariunzaya, our golden investigator got baptized!!!! She is 15 years old and so incredibly prepared for this gospel. She lives with her aunt who is her legal guardian and her cousins; all of which are members. She has a very strong testimony of this gospel and faith in god, and was determined to move forward with her baptism despite the MANY fiery darts of Satan coming her way. She even fell on some stairs the day before her baptism, scraping up her face and knees pretty bad. But the trooper she is, she still showed up ready to make this important covenant with God with a smile on her face! I love her so much and it was so amazing to see her aunt and cousins come and support her. She even had two boy cousins come who we are teaching as well, and they were very touched by the spirit present there.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">At that baptism, there were two </span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">other people baptized, not our investigators, but I would like to share their stories anyways. <br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">One, is a wrestler here in Mongolia. One of our AP's (president's assistants) is a wrestler here as well, and guess what... they competed against each other before his mission. However, our AP was a great example to him and our AP found him, began to teach him all the lessons, then passed him to the elders in our area... and on Friday, he was baptized by his wrestling buddy... our AP. <br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">The other is a woman around her 60's who was a shaminist priestess her entire life. When she was 5, she was chosen by a shaminist priest for her body to be used for spirits. So, they would invite spirits into her body, and later she became a shaminist priestess who would go up into the mountains and do it herself....sketchy stuff. Well, anyways a lifetime of this, but her children went to America, joined the church, and introduced her to it. She began coming to church, taking the lessons, believed this gospel, eventually with the encouragement of her missionaries and a priesthood blessing was able to renounce shaminism. She finally took the step of baptism this week, and she is so incredibly happy.<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Now, what I thought was amazing from these 3 stories is how they came to know of the church. It wasn't from a website or from the missionaries, but all from family members or friends. Please remember how big of an influence you can have. If a shaminist preistest can renounce her life and follow her newfound truth, so can anyone else. Any family member or friend or person on the street. We are all children of God and all worthy of hearing the gospel then choosing for ourselves if we believe it. <br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">So, for those of you that don't remember, I went all the way across the country to Khovd about 2 months ago for an STL split, and was lucky enough to go again. We left Friday morning at 4am, took a taxi to the airport, flew 3 hours to Khovd and got there in the morning ready to work. We were in Khovd for a total of 5 days and it was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! (so amazing that I took 50 videos and almost 300 photos.... be proud of me mom. unfortunately I will only be able to send a fraction of those because it takes way too long to do on the computer, haha)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">1) President Benson called me last Monday to explain that he has been given the transfer dates for the year, and they are a little weird and there is no transfer in September There is one on August 25th or October 27th, and either way, it is over a month away from our scheduled release date, so we had to make a choice now. We were asked to stay unless we had pressing reasons, so my mission release day will be October 27th meaning that when I finish my mission, I will have served for 19 months and 2 days..... I get a extra month in Mongolia serving these amazing people!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">2) Our golden investigator, Ariunzaya, passed her baptismal interview and will be getting baptized this Friday! I am so happy for her! She is so incredibly ready for this gospel.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">3) This week we had zone training, and my STL comp and I taught about loving people as well as solving conflict (companionship inventory). It went really well, especially with our continued examples of what not to do and what to do, haha. Everyone loved it and I think it went really well! I did feel like an actress though, haha.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">4) Khovd was absolutely beautiful! It has officially become summer here I think. I didn't wear a coat at all the 5 days we were there and, I think I am starting to tan...at least a not so white shade of pale, haha</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Well, that was my week, and it was so amazing to have another chance to truly see and enjoy the Mongolian countryside life. I love this country</span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; line-height: 21.3px;">! Also, transfers are in about 1 week, which seems like it happened so fast. Anyways, I love this mission and every person I have met here! They all are so humble and kind and ready for Christ's restored gospel. I am grateful to be here!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">So, nothing big happened this week. I teach English 2x a week at the main church here, which is a really great set up because everyone that comes just wants to learn, so they all participate well! I have kids, teenagers, families, and old people and even have a group of immigration officials coming to my class, all of which have been referred here by friends or teachers or whatnot. It's really great!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">I figure this week, I will just fill you in on some of our work we have. We are continually blessed with more and more new investigators from other missionaries, members, and even the president gave us one himself! Here are some of the awesome people we are meeting with!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-Ariunzaya: she is 15 yrs old and lives with her aunt and cousins who are all members. She is really amazing and reads and understands the scriptures so well! She has a very strong testimony of this gospel and I love meeting with her and seeing the happiness she gains from this gospel! We will finish her lessons tomorrow and she will be baptized in a week and a half!!! We are also teaching her brother and cousin and soon will begin teaching her best friend as well! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-Munhjargal Egch and Eeshlii and Nimgarav ah: this is the most amazing family! The father is a less active member who we are reactivating as we teach his wife and teenager daughter. This family is so incredibly prepared and they have such a huge desire to live this gospel. The father will hopefully baptize his wife and daughter in about a month!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">-Urnaa Egch: this girl is kinda CRAZY! but, we love her! she is currently 30 yrs old, single, and unemployed but she has the BIGGEST desire to change her life. Her friend is a member and </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">referred</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;"> her to us. She knows that through what we teach her, she can change, and it's cool to meet with someone who really wants to do so.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-Dorjsuren Ah: He's 30yrs old, his girlfriend is an RM, and he is meeting with us really well! He can only read a little bit, so his girlfriend helps him read our assignments. He understands very well though, and he really seems to enjoy and believe the things we are teaching him! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-Munhbileg Egch: She used to go to many other churches but her boyfriends' sister brought her to ours. we have been teaching her for a long time now and are almost done with her lessons! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-Mungunerdene: this girl is about 20 yrs old and has been coming to my English classes. she met our new member at the classes and began asking about church, so she came to the women's conference and a baptism on Saturday and to church on Sunday and we will begin meeting with her this week! We are very excited to meet with her, because she already comes to things things and likes them a lot!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Well, that was only a sliver of our work right now as we've have been so incredibly blessed as of late with people to teach and visit. I know for a matter of fact that the Lord leads and guides this work and that through him, we his servants can truly do all things. As we pray and keep his commandments and continually try to be better, he blesses and guides us. I know this church is true! I know God lives! He loves you all!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Also this week I will go on another split with some sisters, then teach about inventories at a zone training, and fly out to Hovd again for another splits with the sisters out there! I am really excited to be going back a 2nd time!!!</span></div>
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http://www.blogger.com/profile/14719259093948948464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861804673948631122.post-8761480555245049782016-04-11T07:52:00.001-07:002016-04-11T07:52:59.705-07:00I Love Conference!<div>
<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">I know you already watched General Conference, but in Mongolia they take a week for translations, so we got to watch it Saturday and Sunday.... IT WAS SO AMAZING! I learned sooo much! I learned and relearned a lot regarding the priesthood and the temple. I know that in the temple and through the priesthood, we can be sealed to our families for eternity and receive all of God's promised blessings allowing us to be truly happy for all time. These saving </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">ordinances</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;"> that can bless us so can only be found in this church through the restored gospel and priesthood. How lucky are we? But, also, how great the need to share these things. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">I want to share an experience that happened as we were watching general conference yesterday. The power went out at the church we were at, but they used a back-up generator so we could watch, but there was no light. Because of this, the room was extremely dark and did not allow for writing notes very well. So, i turned on the flashlight function on our phone and tried to hold it in a way that my comp and i could both use the light to write... then my comp whispered to me, "share the light with Delgermaa." Delgermaa is a new member who was sitting on the other side of me. That short statement hit me hard. SHARE THE LIGHT WITH .... That is simply what missionaries and members alike have been asked to do for our fellowmen. Share our light, this miraculous gospel, with those around us. We must listen to Christ and we must take His invitation. We must find ways to share the light... How? Serving others... being an example... sharing the gospel!!! I know I say this every time I write, but if you are a member, please think about who God would want to to share these things with and do it. JUST OPEN YOUR MOUTH. If you aren't a member, please listen when those around you attempt to share their precious beliefs with you; I promise it is only coming out of complete love and sincerity. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">- We watched general conference at the main building here because they had headsets for English speakers, and while I was there, I ran into some special people: </span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">A sister from Erdenet, she was so happy to see me and we got to talk for a while. </span><span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Hergui and Iimujin from the Bayanzurkh branch- my first area. They were in complete shock to see me because I haven't seen them in 9 months. They told me how much they have missed me and how much I helped them when I was visiting with them last summer (that was my 1st 6 weeks in Mongolia so I could barely speak and we had little work and I felt that I had helped no one) and that I need to make sure to write them </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">letters</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;"> and stay in touch. I t was an amazing reunion- it was amazing to see that I was able to make a difference in that time of my mission and help them, and it kinda felt like the way it will be after this life, when we will all once again reunite joyfully thanking each other for the knowledge others shared with us... it was really cool!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-I talked to the elders now serving in Bayanzurkh, and gave them information on people I had been visiting last summer who were lost later.... and guess what, we took a guy from the branch as a witness last summer to those places, and now he is the branch president and remembers those people and where they live and yesterday he took the elders to their houses to visit them! God really provides the means, ways, and all in his own time to bring his children unto him.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">-Also, last week, I sent a pic of a golden investigator- she is a 15 yr old named Ariunzaya. She goes to seminary and church and in 1 week read all of 1 Nephi and understood it amazingly! She has received so many answers from God, and is already such an awesome missionary- through her we are now teaching her 24 yr old brother, 20 yr old, guy cousin, and will begin teaching her friend soon!</span></div>
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http://www.blogger.com/profile/14719259093948948464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2861804673948631122.post-4407391448011360762016-04-03T20:45:00.001-07:002016-04-03T20:45:23.291-07:00Another Week<div style="line-height: 21.3px;">
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">We had zone conference this week and that went really well! We focused on the importance of the Book of Mormon in our lives as well in helping us fulfill our purpose as missionaries and in converting or investigators. We also focused on teaching people not lessons and teaching the restoration with power (which I taught to everyone... it went really well actually, which made me very happy!) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">One of the coolest things from zone conference was the talk our Mission Presidents' wife gave about the Book of Mormon She also served in Mongolia many years ago, and she talked about her mission experience with the Book of Mormon.... well, she didn't have one in Mongolian When she served in Mongolia, they only had a few sections of the Book of Mormon translated into Mongolian- Lehi's dream, 2 Nephi 31, 3 Nephi 11, and Moroni's promise. crazy, right? She shared and read those pieces an uncountable amount of times on her mission!!! She would read those pieces with her investigators and ask them to gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon merely from those pieces. It was hard, but people did it. Then a few years later, when my president and his wife were teachers at the MTC, Sis Benson had a very cool experience. She was teaching an ESL class that had 3 Mongolian missionaries in it the day the translated Mongolian Book of Mormon first came out, and she was there when they first opened their own copies in their language of this book. She said she will never forget the moment they opened those books and began to read. They truly viewed this book as a huge precious blessing from God. They treated their copies like treasure. She asked herself in that moment, "Do I take the Book of Mormon for granted?" That's a question we should all ask ourselves? If so, change that. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Read and treasure the words in this precious gift from God every day of your life! Never ignore it, throw it away, and reject that it is God's word. I know of a surety that the Book of Mormon is true, that is is the most correct of any book, and that by reading it we truly can come to know God and His son, Jesus Christ. I love this Book and I never want to take it for granted the rest of my life, but rather feast upon it's words every day that I live.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">That's all for this week, but I want to let you all know how much I really love you, and how grateful I </span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; line-height: 21.3px;">am to be serving a full-time mission in Mongolia and teaching and serving these amazingly humble people! </span></div>
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I HIT MY YEAR MARK THIS WEEK!!!!!! So incredibly crazy! It doesn't feel real that I am 2/3 done and really will be back in America in 6 months.... wow. I've been reflecting on my time in Mongolia a lot this week, and I realized how incredibly amazing my mission has been, and how much I have changed and how much I have learned, and how many people I have helped. It's so hard to count or understand, but I did realize that this mission is changing my life as well as many lives here. I am so incredibly grateful for the prompting I received to go on a mission as well as the choice I made to come, and I'm grateful to have been called here to Mongolia! This country is truly special, and God has prepared these people for something great. I love this work and I love these people and I love the Lord and I love this gospel!</div>
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apartments that I lived in when I first got to Mongolia. I've been getting complete deja vu as I live in the same place and the weather is officially warmed up!!! weird. So, for my year mark, I ate my favorite Mongolian ice cream, moved, and now I have a giant bed and a huge TV and a real washing machine!!!! Best year mark ever! Oh, and we bought Chinese food for my one year & our roommate's birthday! I have yet to burn something because we were moving and what not, but I will this week, I promise!</div>
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Happy Easter by the way!!! For Easter us and our roommates were invited to the senior sister who lives above us, and she made us a yummy dinner!!! Other than that though, we didn't do anything, just work and more work, and no one here knows about Easter so they didn't talk about it at church either.</div>
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We visited a new member yesterday who we have had to focus on this transfer because she is really struggling. She is a 46 yr old woman who lives alone and is kinda gangsta but also a giant teddy bear :) Well, we had planned to teach her about following the prophet and prepare her for general conference, but it changed when we got there. She hadn't prayed in a week, hasn't been reading her scriptures, and drank once too! When she told me, my heart sank and I just talked to her sincerely for a while about how incredibly important those things are in our life. I shared a personal experience, asked her some questions, and then got firm with her about how she NEEDS to do these things to conquer Satan's influence. She then started talking for a long time about how she had been an investigator for 8 YEARS! Do you know how many missionaries she went through???? SO MANY! But do you know how many she told us have affected her... 4. Those 4 including 1 Mongolian sister many years ago who was very loving but very firm with her, so when she didn't do something the sister would say "well, if you didn't do your homework then I'm not teaching you today" and leave. This really affected her, and she wold then do those things. Then this last 6 months, 2 new sisters came along- Sister Hartley from my group and Sister Tao my comp. She then explained that these 2 were the most annoyingly loving and stubborn people she had ever met. But because they loved her so much and would not give up on her and were so persistent, she changed, gained a real testimony and got baptized!!! Then when Sister Hartley got transferred and I came along, she didn't want to meet with a new sister because she felt that she would not love her and she would be like all the other missionaries she'd had over 8 years. Well, who was the 4th missionary she spoke of... me! I was so surprised and so touched. She then went on talking about me for a long time. She explained that while she did not want to meet with me at first, that with my insistence, she did. And guess what?! She loved me! She said that I love her a lot and she knows that. She said that I listen and understand her well and then I teach her what she needs to hear. She told me that she has gained a huge respect for me and as such the words I speak to her enter into her heart and soul powerfully. She said that like that Mongolian sister many years ago, I am firm with her. I teach not softly, but with strength, which makes her want to follow what I say to her. She said that because she respects me, she sometimes fears me... that was weird but coming from her, it was good. She said that She loves me dearly, that she knows I was supposed to teach her and help her through her post-baptism struggles, and that she continues to learn so much from me. I almost started to cry as I sat and listened to her say these things with such sincerity.<br />
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Why was I so touched? Because, this transfer, work has been slow and investigators had not been progressing and while we have found so many people, they have all seemed to fall through. I had begun to wonder why I was in this ward. I felt that I was not needed here and that I was not changing anyone's lives. I felt that Erdenet needed me more than this ward. I had even decided maybe I was transferred here not to help people in the area but instead my zone sisters.. But, I was wrong. In this lesson, I found God's answer and comfort to me. God told me through this woman, that I was indeed needed here. I had truly and am truly helping this woman. I am needed here. This lesson was not for her, but instead for me.<br />
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God truly knows us, loves us, cares about us, and always answers us! He provides answers, confirmations, revelation, and comfort. God lives, and I know that He loves and knows me perfectly. He brought me to Mongolia and placed me here at this time to help certain children of His. If you don't know that God lives and knows you for sure now, then I am inviting you all to pray and ask God if He is there.; Ask Him anything you are wondering, talk to Him about your life. You will feel His love and presence, and you will gain an answer. I promise.</div>
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I love you all! Thank you for your continued support! See you all in 6 more months!!!<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; line-height: 21.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, this week was.... I don't know. First off, being an STL is exhausting!!!! When sisters get in fights (it doesn't just happen with elders), the STL steps in, and when the mission president is in Hong Kong, it's all up to the STL.... and it happened this week. So I did some emergency splits, check-ups on companionships and helped with some companionship inventories...... Also, I have to do splits with all the sisters in the zone before the end of the transfer, so I did another one of those this week..... Also, when transfers are coming up, I get all kinds of questions coming my way.... Also when there are baptism scheduling issues between the stake and district more questions come my way.... Also, when we get sketchy pass down texts about not going to the church buildings and wearing name tags, more questions come my way.... Also, when new sisters show up I take them to lunch and figure out sleeping situations.... And finally, when the transfers do come, I get put in charge of getting all companionships where they need to be when they need to and with who they need to be with and get people right phones and keys and call everyone.... and MY BRAIN IS MUSH. This week was exhausting! </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">But here's the transfer news: The new missionaries all came but the transfer got moved to Monday (yesterday), hence why I am emailing a day later than usual. Almost everyone changed in the mission but I am still in Enhtaivan and still with Tao and still STL. So yah, my life will basically stay the same. The new missionaries are great and I'm excited to get to know them all! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">*Shout out to the Olsen family: I met your daughter and took her and group sisters out to lunch yesterday! She is great and very excited to be here in Mongolia. Her trainer is very awesome, and Sister Olsen will be serving in the same ward as I am in :) </span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">She loves you guys a lot!! She's happy, healthy, and safe!!! She will do a great work here in Mongolia!</span><div style="line-height: 21.3px;">
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">-Mongolia has melted!!! It's warm now!! I don't even need my winter coat anymore!!!! woohoo!!!! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">-Story time: We were at the big square in UB sitting next to a statue, waiting for 4 more sisters to show up for a split, when a drunk man saw me and got very excited and came over and tried to talk to me in at least 5 languages. I didn't reply and walked away and he gave up. But, when 2 more Americans showed up and sat next to us, he came back even more excited and started telling me in Mongolian and Russian that i'm a pretty Russian and he wants my picture... um no thanks!... the 4 of us start <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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walking around the statue quickly to get him to go away, but he follows quickly, laughing, and saying more stuff about how pretty we are... then it got really windy and dusty and he grabbed my comp who another sister yanked away. Then we called the Mongolian sisters that were supposed to be coming and explained so they started hurrying to get to us and save the day. in the mean time, we walked around the statute 2 or 3 times while people laughed at the foreigners trying to escape the drunk man...... it was a struggle. eventually the Mongolian sisters showed up and got angry at him, and we were good..... #thestruggleisreal #mongoliandrunkmenloveme</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">-Also, last </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">Monday</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.3px;">, we had an awesome FHE with an ALA family and played charades with an English and Mongolian phone app, and it was so fun! and we watched treasure in heaven and after the movie had a great discussion about it and the ALA wife told us that she has decided to change and become a good member..... yay!!!! they came to church for the 2nd time!!! woohoo!!!!!</span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Awesome new member with me & my comp.</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">So nothing super exciting happened this week, but I do want to share some observations:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">Teaching English to kindergartners alone is hard!!! My teaching comp finished her mission, and it's all up to me now... ahhh!</span></div>
<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />Mission time flies by! There are only two sisters in the mission that have been here longer than me! I will hit my year mark in less than 2 weeks ... what?! I feel like I just got here!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />Less-actives are difficult; they cancel on you, go to their bedrooms to "sleep" when we show up, so we just teach the strong members of the family. they leave the house when we come, but every once in a while, they are great! </span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">We have one ALA named Erdenechimeg who I taught while I was in Erdenent, then she moved here, then I came here, and we are meeting again. She is so incredibly lonely, but with our love and support she is doing great! She comes as our witness in lessons and meets with us al the time, and got a calling and is coming every week!!! Woohoo! And she might go on a mission too! </span><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.3px;">We meet with the less active parents of an elder in the mission, and while they love us, they aren't too keen to listen to our lessons, but this week they came to church and the husband blessed the sacrament, and we are having FHE with them tonight!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 21.3px;" />The ward can definitely help a ton! Let me share an experience from this week:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">We found a family this week. The husband and wife are less actives of many many years because they joined the church as teenagers then moved to the countryside for work and went to China for work where there was no church. They have 3 children and their younger siblings (now in 20's) are investigators. They all live in one very small room with a small mattress, they have only the clothes on their bodies and no money to take a bus anywhere, so they can't afford to come to church. Their children are sick and one has some disabilities, but they are trying their hardest to help their kids. They truly are the humblest family I've met but teaching them is hard because they don't understand our Mongolian very well at all and because they don't remember much at all about this gospel. Well, we are trying our hardest to teach and explain these things to them and we teach with the spirit, and they really seem to love us. Then, Sunday during ward council, I asked the leaders for help with this family and here's what happened: the elder's quorum president is finding some men to befriend the husband, the relief society is finding women to visit teach and befriend the wife, the primary president is going to make sure the kids can come to church and enjoy primary, the ward mission leader will assign ward missionaries to come help us teach them the lessons, and the ward will try and support and help with their needs as well. WOW!!!! So amazing, and they all volunteered to do so so quickly!! It was amazing to see these people eager to serve and love a family they have never met ... that is this church and this gospel. Helping build up God's kingdom by loving and supporting one another. Then, this morning the family called and asked us to visit them tomorrow!!! woohoo!!!!<br style="line-height: 21.3px;" /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit;">I know without a doubt that this church and the things I teach people each day are true! I know God lives, his son Jesus Christ atoned for each one of us, and that through the plan of salvation, we can live with God again. I know that the Book of Mormon is true and was translated by Joseph Smith through the power of God. I know that God has chosen prophets in all times and that Thomas S. Monson is God's chosen prophet on the earth today. This gospel is pure happiness and can truly help and bless every person on this earth should they choose to accept it. I know God hears and answers each person with a sincere desire to know the truth and he has answered me. I love missionary service, and I can't believe that I am almost done with 1 year! </span></div>
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