tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29291768618249525312024-03-14T00:22:25.115-07:00Alexis Patrick Panama, Panama City Mission July 9, 2014 - January 9,2016Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15385340304022682309noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929176861824952531.post-32318596539544697752015-12-15T11:46:00.000-08:002015-12-15T11:46:14.342-08:00Last one!<div class="MsoNormal">
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Well I dont even know where to start. Its been
a long 18 months and now its coming to an end. Haha I remember my very first
day in the mission and I couldnt even speak Spanish para nada!! Y ahora..
mírame! JAJA. Well guys I just wanted to tell you guys a few things a learned
on the mission and along with that my testimony. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So if there is one thing that I have learned on my mission
it is that Christ lives!! He loves each and everyone of us! We are all his
children and we can return back to live with him. I cannot even write my
testimony because there is no words to describe what the mission has done to my
life. I have learned that we need to share the gospel with EVERYONE... Ive even
tried that with the dogs on the streets here in Panamá... not so much the same
but you guys get the point. I love this gospel and for the way it has changed
my life. Im a new person!! I have learned the importance of the scriptures.
They arent just there to sit around and look nice a my desk but to read and to
learn and grow! To help me become more like Christ!! He was perfect and I want
to try my best to be like him. I learned that the first hour of church is SO
important. We get to remember our savior Jesus Christ! Who dont want to do
that?? I would hope and pray that everyone does. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This gospel is here so that we can all have happiness in our
lives! So I have learned that I always need to have a smile on my face. I have
to show everyone else that Im happy and when they see that they will want to
know why Im so happy. We can share the gospel with just one little smile. We
can changes someones life with just one little smile! Here on the mission I
have helped our Heavenly Father change the lives of many of his children. It
has been my honor to do that and I wouldnt change these last 18 months for
anything!! I have learned to pray and know when my prayers are answered. I have
recieved my own testimony of the gospel and know that I will have a happy life
if I try to be more like Christ everyday. Heavenly Father knows and loves each
and every one of us. He knows how many hairs I have on my head! What more could
you ask for!!??<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have meet some VERY humble families here in Panamá!! They
have touched and changed my life forever and I will never forget them. Speaking
of these people I would like to share something about one of these families. So
there is this family here in my area and they are so amazing! Theres a mom, dad
and 2 kids. Kids are 8 and 2 years old. So this family is just the best... like
I said. They have been through some really hard times and are trying to move
into a house a little bigger then the one they have now. There house now is
about 5 yards long and they are moving into one that is about 8 yards. As you
guys can see not much with two kids. But you know what?? They are the happiest
family I have ever met in my life. They come to church every Sunday with the
same clothes they had on the last week and they just have the biggest smile on their
faces! We go to there house every Saturday to help them with the construction
of there new house so they can move into it. They have there 8 year old boy
with a really bad heart condition and their 2 year old daughter just broke her
leg after falling of the bed that all 4 of the sleep in. And you guys wanna
know something else? They never complain. They always have this huge smile on
their faces! I didnt get it... How could this family be sooo happy with so so
little. So I asked them and you wanna know what the mother said to me... she
said "Patrick, I have the gospel and my family. What else do I need?"
Wow!! Can you say that something just smacked me in my face! I realized that I
have the same thing she has but I just am sad or angry. I can smile and be
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Guys I dont know what else to say. These past 18 months have
changed my life. From living on an island to wonderful food. I have learned
sooo much! These were the best 18 months!! Im so thankful to everyone that has
helped me along my path and just wanted to say that I love you all and will see
you on Saturday haha. This gospel is wonderful and I love everything about it!
The church has been restored on the Earth today and we have a prophet!! Thomas
S. Monson!! We can all find happiness and joy through the gospel. Just open
your eyes and its there!! :) <o:p></o:p></div>
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So sorry for not writing yesterday... The
internet place was closed. That seems to be happening a lot more nowadays. But
today it was also closed so we are using a laptop. Its mothers day here in
Panamá!<o:p></o:p></div>
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So this week has been full of wonderful things. I met a new sister
missionary and the first thing she told me was that she read my blog and she
knew who I was.... So thats cool!! Im like Panamá mission famous over here.
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So this week we had our
Christmas Conference with our mission President and his wife. It was amazing..
Afterwards we got to watch a movie... Im not really sure what the name of it
was but all I know is that it was really good and everyone was crying the whole
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My new companion is awesome...
Shes soo funny and we just have a little to much fun together. People look at
us like we are crazy in the street but then we talk to them and they are like
"ohhh thats why they are sooo happy." So share the gospel with all
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This week I learned this
"God will take you as you are at this very moment and begin to work with
you. All you need is a willing heart, a desire to believe, and trust in the
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This is sooo true.. A lot of
the time we think we need to be perfect but we dont. Heavenly Father is just
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This week we walked and walked
and walked and walked.... Then we thought about some missionaries in the world
that have bikes and cars and wished we were them. Then we talked about that for
about an hour... My companion goes home in March so she just keeps asking me
what Im going to do when I get home and Im just like dejame en paz woman!!
haha.. Translation... leave me alone woman! Then I have an Elder here in my
area that keeps counting the days down for me. He send a text everyday and says
"hey Hermana Patrick solo falta 11 dias" and Im just like "si yo
se." To be quite honest I am very excited to come home but at the same
time very nervous. Hopefully everyone still likes me haha. I cant even speak my
English good anymore. The Americans are always like dude what are you saying,
that has no meaning. So I just say everything in Spanish. Just typing this
email to you guys I have to think very hard haha. SAD!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Well guys next week is my last
pday in the mission. We are going to enjoy it with my Zone here in Colon and
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Oh happy mothers day... I know
its not mothers day in the states but it is here in Panamá so HAPPY MOTHERS DAY
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Well I hope everything is going great in
the wonderful place we call Texas!!!! :) Well guys this week has been super
crazy and filled with some more tears!! This last week was changes week and
guess who had changes??? Thats right ME!! Me and Hermana Garcia cried for a
while before packing her things and sending her to another part of the city.
Its really sad because I only have less then three weeks left in the mission
and we were really thinking that we werent going to have changes. But I guess
you guys are probably wondering why the subjuct of this email is "Tupacs
back." If you werent wondering that..... still going to tell you! <o:p></o:p></div>
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So my new comps name is Hermana Tubac... haha... So when she
called me to tell me that she was my new comp. I asked what her name was and
she told me but I thought she said Tupac... So yeah thats what happened there.
She is super cool. She is from Guatemala and has 14 months in the mission!! We
get along great! Shes helping me brush up my Spanish skills as well before I go
home so thats helpful. But yesterday she told me that I talked like a Latina so
thats always great to hear!! <o:p></o:p></div>
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The hard part is is that I have to teach her the area in
less then 2 weeks before I go home. She is a little nervous and so am I but I
think we can pull it off. She remembers things really fast so that helps. We
have been doing a lot of walking to try and get her to remember everything and
my body is just shuting down! Everything hurts haha... Everyone keeps asking me
what the first thing Im going to do when I get home is... Sleep is what I say
haha. But yeah these next couple of days are going to be nice and walkie!!! But
a wise Elder once told me... "sometimes we have ketchup and sometimes we
dont." I dont know about you guys but thats super funny!! Well I guess you
think anything is funny when you hear it in English nowadays!! haha. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Well we had something really cool happen this week. My comp
and I were walking down the street when these 2 little girls stopped us. They
were 10 and 12 years old. They told us that they wanted to listen to what we
had to say about Christ. We talked to them for about 10 mins what all of a
sudden they wanted us to sing to them. So we sang a hymn with them and
afterwards they took us to there families house to meet everyone. No one was
home except for the 14 year old sister so we sang another hymn and invited them
to church on Sunday. Afterwards the little girls were trying to take us to
everyones house to sing and share a message. It was wonderful to see such young
children have the desires to share and listen to the gospel! Such sweet little
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Well guys pictures to come.. its been a while!! I love you
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So sorry for not writing very much the last
couple of weeks. It has been crazy around here in Panamá! Its actually been
really sad around here these last couple of weeks. Changes are this week and
there are a lot of missionaries that are going home. A ton of my friends have
left and are leaving this Thursday! It makes me really sad to see everyone go
home but they have served a good 2 years and 18 months and its time for them to
be with there familes. Speaking of going home..... I come home in just a few
short 3 weeks! Its crazy how fast time is going by. I have been being a baby
and crying a lot these last couple of weeks because of very mixed emotions. I
am ready to go home to be with my family but at the same time I love the people
that I have served with and that I am serving here in Panamá. Its been a bit
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So I got to go to Santiago last week to say by to all the
people in that area. It was a day full of tears! I even got a hug from Jean
Carols and Raul haha... It was a been strange but at the same time normal. They
were both crying and telling me that I helped there family a lot and then they
said they were going to miss me. It was a very spiritual and sad moment. And at
the end when I went for the hand shake they gave me a hug haha... So that
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Well we have been doing a ton of work this week and I feel
that my testimony is growing even more now then ever!! Well guys all I can say
is these next 3 weeks are going to go by sooo soo fast and Im going to make the
best of them. I love you all and miss you tons!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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So just to start off Im sorry that I didnt
write this last week. EVERYTHING was closed including the internet place where
we write. So yeah.. It Panamas patriotic month so they have been partying it up
like crazy here. The even blocked down the street by out house to have a huge
party. Well we do live in the ghetto next to 3 bars so what do you
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So Halloween...... Yeah that doesnt happen here in Panama. I
couldnt reamember that from last year but now I remember. Everyone just drinks
and parties. They dont really even know what Halloween is they just know how to
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So we are teaching the Elders how to speak English and they
a really coming along. Its funny to hear them speak because of there accents
but they are getting really good.We have some crazy people hear that try and
speak English to us all the time so we walk up to them and speak English and they
are just like ummmm... ya no.. We dont speak English. So thats always
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Well sorry guys Im not sure what else to give you and im
running short on time. Just know that I love you all and I will send pictures.
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Con Amor,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">1. Can you say APOSTASY!!! Okay now that we got that out of
the way.. So this week we experienced so good ol apostasy! So here in our area
we have this church that have a Cristo Negro AKA Black Christ. But let me tell
you guys a little about what goes on the 21st of October here in our area every
year. So this has been going on all week leading up to the 21st. So they have
this huge event that takes place at the church and some people walk the 53
milies from the city of Panama all the way here to our area in Portobelo..
Others walk 22 miles from a part in our area called Sabanitas, and many crawl
the last mile on there hands and knees to worship this black Christ. WHY??? You
ask... Well.... So they do this to atone from all the crimes that these people
have commited in there lives. Most of these people that are making this walk
are criminal from various parts of the world. There are many stories related to
the criminals participating in this festival day which has resulted in
designating the Black Christ as the "patron saint of criminals."`So
they make this walk to recieve forgivness from their sins. They believe that if
they make the walk they will have this forgivness but not only that.. they also
believe that they can ask for things like drugs and this Black Christ will give
it to them. I really dont understand it but hey thats apostasy for you, its
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there dogs AND CHILDREN!! YES CHILDREN were making this walk to this Black
Christ. The dinner was close to our house so we decided to walk home instead of
paying for a bus with money we didnt have. So to let you guys know, people are
selling hamburgers and soda and all kinds of stuff to this people that are
walking because, well its 53 miles. As we are walking home people are trying to
give us water and cheering us on and we are just like WHAT?? NO!! We teach the
truth haha... It was pretty funny but we talked to a ton of people and invited
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investigators house when this really scary guy came up to us and started to
talk to us... Now normaly my comp gets all the stares because well... shes
white and looks different from anyone here haha... But not this time. This guy
was staring me down and kept calling me pretty and all this stuff. It was like
AWKWARD!! Haha... but we ended up teaching him a lesson with his brother and
the Elders this week and they want to be baptized. Dont worry guys... we only
teach them with other members or the Elders. Fun guy!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">3. So we also had this really powerful lesson with one of out
investigators named Xenia. She is about 80 years old and we have been teaching
her for a long time but she has never accepted a baptism date UNTIL NOW!! She
said yes to being baptized and we were sooo happy. We told her that we would
pass by her house on Sunday in the morning so we can go to church with her and
she said yes. So we went by on Sunday and what happened?? She said she didnt
want to go to church.... like ever. It was really sad but when we went to
church we have 5 other investigators at church so that helped our spirits a
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that I cant really share with you guys but I just want you to know that this
gospel is sooo true! I cant express to you guys how much joy I have in my life
because of the gospel! We are all soo blessed and we need to always remember
that! I have never been so happier in all my life! This gospel is true and I
know that Christ lives!! </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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So my companion had to go to the hospital to give some
samples of blood and stuff for the gastritis that she has to make sure that she
doesnt have anything worse. The Elders also had to go to the doctor because one
of the Elders hands got broken so they went with us... So at the end of this
longggg day we are in the lab to give the blood and stuff and this white guy
walks in. So Elder Roney the new Elder in our ward looks at me and says
"do you think he speaks English or Spanish." After about 5 mins of
talking about it we just decide that Elder Rodrigez the Elder from Guatemala
that speak NO English to talk to the guy. He walks up to him and ask him if he
spoke Spanish. The guys looks at Elder Rodrigez and is like "umm no."
So he trys to talk to him in the VERY LITTLE ENGLISH that he knows and the guy
is just looking at him like WHAT??? So them Elder Rodrigez looks at me and says
"ayudame por favor," which means help me please... So we all laughed
and I jumped in and found out that he was from France and said that he spoke
English... which I think was a lie because he didnt really understand what we
were saying. We asked him for his name and he was just like WHY?? Then we
explained that we were missionaries and tried to give him a card and he was not
having it. He was a little rude but hey... asi es la mision. It was very
interesting.. After he left we just all laughed really hard. So yeah that
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same but Elders Roney from Utah, and Garcia from Honduras are new to the area.
They are both really sweet and hard working Elders!! :) So Elders Garcia and
Gonzalez had lunch with us the other day and when they came it was pouring
outside. We only had two umbrellas so we all had to share. We got sooooo wet!!
When we got to our lunch we were all super wet and then after lunch it was
still raining. So we walked in the rain some more to go to the church for a
Zone Meeting that we had. When we got to the church they had all the fans on
and it was sooooo cold. YES COLD IN PANAMA!! WHO KNEW!! So yeah now im sick!
But get this... it wasnt just one day in the rain it was 3. So yesterday at our
dinner with the Elders at a members house I had a really high fever. The Sister
that we were eating with gave me some meds to make the fever go down so that
helped a lot. We went home and I got some sleep and now I feel a little better
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Panama and then after that we beat the Elders in Basketball!! Thats always
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So yeah that was pretty much my week... Oh and did I mention
that they have a SmashBurger here in Panama?? Well they do and me and my comp
went last week. It was soooo good. We also got to go to Taco Bell!! It was the
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So this was a very spiritual week for me.. We
didnt really do anything again this week because my companion is still really
sick. We will be going to the doctor again on Thursday but this time to see
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So this week, lets see.... We stayed in the house but on
Saturday we had stake conference and Elder Alonzo came to speak. He is such a
powerful speaker. So some of the things I liked that he said was that we have
family members who are going to not a good place.... Just like that! He said
that if we had 5 kids and had to choose who would go to the Celestial Kingdom
but only half of them would we pick. Would we be able to choose which kid is
better or would it be hard?? Of course it would be hard! They are your family..
He says that we need to do everything we can to make sure that we can all make
it back the the Celestial Kingdom as a family and not just one or two people in
the family. I dont know about you guys but I want that for everyone in my
family not just a few. So we need to do all we can to not judge and just
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Then on Sunday we continued with Stake Conference.. Elder
Alonzo spoke again on Sunday along with our mission president and his wife.
Something else really stuck out to me that Elder Alonzo said. He was talking
about the sabbath day and was asking us questions. He asked what we were going
to be doing after church.. Go home, take off the tie and skirts and sit infront
of the TV. Or go to the store to go shop for things that we should have gotten
on Saturday. Then he said that when he and his grandkids would get home from
church they would run in eat and he would ask his grandkids if they wanted to
watch the TV. His grandkids would say to him "grandpa, its Sunday we cant
watch TV." Then he would be like yeah we can... So they would all sit
infront of the tv and stare at the black screen.... They would "watch
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Something else that I loved that he said was that some
people say they pay tithing and that they dont recieve any blessings so they
just stop paying.. Others say that they cant pay tithing because money is just
low and God understands. Others say that they cant come to church because they
have to work or because or this and that but that God knows so its okay. They
call the Bishop and tell him they cant teach the class or give to talk because
of this and that and they Bishop says its okay so everythings good. Then what
he said to this made me really think... THE BISHOP DOESNT JUSTIFY YOU!! If you
arent doing what you are supposed to them its on you. You have to be 100%
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We have the gospel in our lives so that we can be happy. The
world lives mad and sad and angry but the members of the church should be
happy. We have this joy in our lives. We have the restoration of the gospel of
Jesus Christ. We know that He lives!! SMILE!!! Be happy... not all sad and
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<o:p></o:p>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15385340304022682309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929176861824952531.post-39613962742464801192015-10-06T16:23:00.001-07:002015-10-06T16:23:19.249-07:00General Conference and Carol :)<div class="MsoNormal">
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Bueno this week was a bit lazy... My comp still is
sick so we have been in the house for the whole week. But she is starting to
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waters of baptism this week. It was Carol and her son. Carol just got married
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Well this week was my last General Conference as a
missionary. For some reason I feel like the talks hit me more as a missionary
then they have ever before. I really liked all the talks that were givin by
everyone and the call of the 3 new apostles. We watched it in Spanish and for
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Well guys I love you and hope yall have a great week. I have
noticed that my emails are getting shorter and shorter as my mission comes to
an end but I promise that next weeks email will be better haha. I love you
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<o:p></o:p>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15385340304022682309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929176861824952531.post-20437011174222062142015-09-30T21:31:00.000-07:002015-09-30T21:31:33.865-07:00Hospital Visit..Hola todos!!<br />
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Como estan?? Espero que bien!! :) Bueno esta semana era super bueno! Pues era dificil pero bueno, asi es la mision! jaja.. Ok no voy a escribir todo en espanol por que mi mama va a matarme jaja.. Te amo mama!! :)<br />
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Great so this week like I said was good but difficult. So Carol got married this last week and she will be getting married on Friday! We are sooo excited for her and her son Hadid. They are going to be great members of the church.<br />
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So the part that was a bit hard this week was my comp. She was super sick with a parasite and we have no clue how she got it. She hadnt really been eating a lot for about a week and she was feeling sick and stuff. So finally after fighting with her for the whole week Monday she just got super sick at about 10:30pm when we were getting ready to go to bed. She was in so much pain that we called the Elders and they had to come and give her a blessing. So they came over and gave her a blessing and then yesterday we went to the city to go to the hospital. We stayed there for 7 hours and finally got released. We got out of the hospital at about 11pm and stayed in the city with the sisters there. We got back this moring from this crazy adventure and now we are here writing haha. My comp is going to be fine so thats the blessing!! :) So Im just a bad comp because almost all my comps have been the the hospital haha.<br />
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So yeah not to much this week being as my comp was sick. I have been feeling a bit scared latley though. For some reason I havent been eating very well. Its not because Im sick or anything but I have been freaking out about going home so soon. I dont really want to come back to the worldy things, my testimony has been strengthed here in my mission and I LOVE IT!! :D So I had a talk with my mission president and he helped me a lot. He also gave me a blessing and it was the best blessing that I have ever had in my life. I must say that my mission president is the best. He is sooo amazing! He can feel the spirit so much and I can feel it through him!<br />
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Well I love you guys and miss you all so much!! Hope yall have a wonderful week!!<br />
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Hermana Patrick<br />
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So this week was great, going to be
short email because I wrote you guys pretty much everything on Wednesday. But
yeah tomorrow Carol is getting married so she can be baptized and she also came
to church this week. We are just really happy in the work right now. Speaking
of work, wanna know what we did for the past week??? We have been walking and
walking and walking like no other. We had a zone goal to get 120 lpes, which
are basically talking to 120 people about the góspel that we find in the Street
or in there houses. Just 120 people we can share a message with. But as a
district we had the goal of 200. So this week we did 204. We were working so
hard to get these 200 people that we didnt even eat haha. It was sooo much fun.
We also stood up on a bus and taught the gospel to all 48 people that were
there. Most of them didnt want to listen but there was some that did. Maybe we
will get a call this week from someone that wants to learn more about the
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So today we got to play American football... it was the best
thing ever. We were like pros compared to the latins in our zone haha. It felt
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So yeah this week was great and Im really greatful to be a
missionary. The mission has really changed my life and I hope that it can
change my Little brothers as well. I miss you all and love you so much.
Have a great week and remember to read the Book of Mormon EVERYDAY!!! It
will change your life! Like really!!!! It is the greatest book in the whole
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me a panic attack the other day.. So here we are coming home at about 9:30pm
from one of our citas that we had with some investigators of ours. When we got
home our neighboors were having a party and asked if we wanted to play soccer
with them and there kids. We told them we couldnt because we had to go to bed
in a little while. They begged and begged and we finally just said yes but only
for 10 mins. They were fine with that and so we started to play with them.
After we were done playing with them we went back into our house to take
showers and to plan for the next day. I grabbed my towel and headed for the bathroom.
When I turned on the light something came sprinting out of the bathroom and
around the corner. I screamed and ran out of the room. It was the biggest
"cockroach" I had ever seen in my whole entire life. It was like 6
inches long. I HATE COCKROACHES!! I told my comp to go and kill it and she
walks in the room with some spray to kill it. She goes in and sees how big it
is and comes out and is freaking out as well. So we ran to the neighboors and
asked for some of the little boys to come and kill it. One of the boys is
walking to our house when he looks at me and says "I catch cockroaches for
fun"...... ummmmmm gross!!! So anyways, we all walk into the house and go
toward the room and then the kids start to freak out and they scream when they
see it. They all jump on the bed and are screaming and then I run outside and
scream. My comp is laughing soooo hard and then the "cockroach"
starts to come out of the house towards me... I run! Then its out of the house
and into the street. The boys come outside and they all look at me and say,
"that wasnt a cockroach." I asked them what it was and they all
scream "IT WAS A MOUSE." Funny story... yeah after that I couldnt
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ALL he had to say was LAS MUJERES!! He was like woman are the best thing in the
world. If we didnt have woman we would be lost. Every time we tried to talk
about something else he would just find a way to turn it back to woman. He was
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waiting for a taxi to come by when this 83 year old lady started talking to us
in English. She was sooooo nice!! She was saying that she had a daughter that
lived in the states and she learned English here in Panama. We talked for about
10 mins and then gave her a card with our info on it. When we were about to
leave she tried handing us $2.00. We told her we couldnt take it and she just
fought it haha. After a while she gave up and instead we told her we could give
her a hug. She liked that idea! So we hugged her and went on our way. While
crossing the street this lady stopped us and told started to yell at us and
tell us that we were teaching false doctrine. She started to tell people all around
her that we were bad and then we told her we were sorry that she felt that way
and she yelled more. She then asked where it says in the Bible the stuff we
were teaching people. We told her that it talks a lot about our religión in the
Bible but she just yelled and said NO. We didnt want to fight her so we just
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here... So we have 2 families right now that need to be married to be baptized.
We have been working a lot with one family and this coming week on Monday they
will be getting married. They have been together for 14 years but have never
gotten married. So we were at there house for a FHE and while sitting on there
sofa the wife Hermana Carol came in and was in tears. We asked her what was
wrong and she just showed us her left hand. It was a very pretty ring! We all
jumped up and screamed and asked her when she got it. She said she had gotten
it like 2 seconds before haha. She said she was cooking and her future husband
came in the room and gave her a roll (bread). She said thanks and he walked to
the said of the Wall and just waited. Carol took a bite and when she did she
felt something hard so she spit it out. Inside was the ring. She turned around
and came right out of the room in tears. Not even saying thanks to her future
husband she came right to us and told us what happened. It was so amazing!
After she told us she ran to him and gave him a Kiss. So cute!! So Monday they
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lady but she was not having it. I asked her how she was and she just acted like
I wasnt even there. I asked her what her name was and same thing. I think she
was just having a bad day. Or I was was just way to cute she couldnt stand it.
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So yeah this week was very fun. We also spent all Monday in
the hot Panama heat playing soccer with the Elders. We got sooo sun burned. It
was just my comp and I with 10 Elders haha. The other Hermanas didnt want to
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I have learned so much this week and my testimony is
becoming so much stronger. Im so greatful for my mission and for the chance I
have to serve the people of Panama, even if its super hot here haha. Yo se que
esa es la iglesia verdadero. Nosotros tenemos un salvador que nos ama mucho! Se
que El Libro de Mormón es verdadero! Se que las familias pueden ser eternals! <o:p></o:p></div>
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1. Bayron got baptized this week and his parents are next.
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2. I had a virus on my sd card so I couldnt send pictures
but this really nice guy fixed it and was able to save all my pictures so now
they are all backed up safe and sound on a USB. Great guy! Blessing of the Lord
right there!<o:p></o:p></div>
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So yeah sorry for the short email guys. Just know that I
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My fav. kid in Panama :)<br />
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<o:p></o:p>Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15385340304022682309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929176861824952531.post-57118420884967018922015-09-01T17:50:00.002-07:002015-09-01T17:50:31.938-07:00Fun foods and Temple!!<div class="MsoNormal">
Hola,<o:p></o:p></div>
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1. So the highlight of my week.... This family that I have
been telling you guys about is just amazing. They have been coming to church
every week and right now are in the process of getting married so they can be
baptized. But this week all the missionaries in my zone planned to go to the
temple with our investigators. We rented out a bus and were all supposed to
meet at this stop with all of our investigators. So we had 9 investigators that
were going to go. Including this family (btw their name is the Alston family).
So the Alston family waited for 45 mins with us at the stop and then we get a
call from our Zone leader. He says that we couldnt go to the temple because it
was closed and they werent letting anyone in the gates. But we had all of our investigators
just standing there waiting. So we told our Zls that we were going to get on a
bus and just go and walk the outside of the temple with our investigators. It
wouldnt be the same but they would still be able to feel the spirit. They gave
us permission and we headed on our way. An hour and a half car ride to the
city. Our investigators had cars so we just took their cars instead of the bus.
We arived at the temple and to our surprise the gates were open. We looked at
each other and just decided to go in until they kicked us out. We we walked up
to the doors gates of the temple there were people outside working. They just
kept looking at us so we knew they werent going to let us in. So we were all
about to leave when I got the prompting to just go and talk to them. I walked
up to them and they spoke English. They were from the states and were here in
Panama working on the temple. I explained to them that we wanted to give our
investigators a tour of the temple on the outside and they said "sure why
not?" They were so nice and understood everything. We thanked them and
they let us all come in. It was such a great experience for this family. We
explained the things we can do in the temple and how families can be together
forever!! They LOVED that. After the tour the father whos name is William said
something to me that I will never forget. He told me that if we didnt find him
they would have never knew that the temple was here in Panama and there lives
would be as happy as they are right now. He said that he really loves the
church and cant wait to be baptized and then a year later enter into the
temple. Then he starts talking about his 10 year old son and how he is going to
serve a mission when he is 18 so he can help people like we helped them. When I
look at William I see happy, peace, and also my dad. He is full of love and
really loves the góspel. I see my dad when he joined the church and I looked at
my dad before I left to serve a mission and how proud he was of me. I see that
in Williams eyes and it stands as a strong testimony to me. When I look at the
mother Elizabeth I see my mom as well. Se is always trying to take care of us
and really loves us. She is like my mom away from home. Then I look at there
son and see me. The same Little kid I was when I joined the church and see what
this kid is going to be doing 8 years from now. He will be serving a mission. I
hope in Texas so I can feed him haha. This family is sooooo amazing and they
are why I came to Panama. I have found them. I have found the people I have
came here for. They are sooo amazing!! I wish you guys could meet them. Yall
would love them! Words cant describe how I feel about this family. <o:p></o:p></div>
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2. Also this week we walk in rain ALL DAY LONG!! It was fun
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3. So yesterday we had this guy come to church and he stayed
the whole time. Then when I walked up to him to see who he was he was like...
"can you please baptize me?" He said he really liked the church and
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4. So my comp slipped and fell and did some special move to
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5. SO WHAT I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO TELL MY MOM ALL WEEK!!! So
guess what.. This week I have eaten Pig tail, Clam, shrimp, Shell fish and some
nasty soup. Pig tail is gross but everything else wasnt too bad. I try tons of
new things here mom haha. Also here in Panama they have this fruit called
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Havent said that in a while... Im miss San
Blas..... But this week was a pretty hard week for my companion and I. Well for
some reason we were both very upset this week. Lets just start off with a
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1. So our area is HUGE! We were in one part of our area this
week thats about an hour away and had to take the bus like always. So we went
to that part of our area to visit an investigator that we have there. On the
way back we took a bus.... not just any bus... the cursed bus. So the first
time we took this bus the guy that was driving was drinking with his buddies
and was driving like a mad man. The second time we took this bus we were on the
bus for 3 hours because of an accident. Now third times the charm right?? So
this week would be time number three. So we got on the bus and everything was
fine... well until the guy kept grinding the gear shift. He just kept taking
the stick and jerking it everywhere and the bus would make really bad sounds.
Now I dont know much about cars or buses, nor do I know how to drive a stick
shifts but I know one thing.... He wasnt doing it right. So after about 1000
times of this guy jerking the stick around the bus just broke. Yes the bus just
broke. So we stayed on the bus with everyone else until after about 20 mins.
the guys came out and told us to get off the bus because they couldnt fix it.
So there we were.... all just on the side of the road without a bus. So let me
just give some backround really quick, because we were in a part of our area
that is so far away the last bus leaves at 6pm. So there we were 5:15 stranded
on the side of the road. So we started to walk because well everyone else did
as well. But one by one people had family members that came to get them and
things like that. So after 45 mins of walking the bus passes by... Without us.
We were trying to run after it but they just honked the horn and drove off. So
yeah.... we had no ride. We started to call members with cars but no one could
come and pick us up. If we kept walking we would have gotten home until about
12 in the morning. So when the bus passed by we were screaming because we were
so mad. The only thing that was around us were trees and cows. We were in the
middle of the country with no one and nothing in sight. So my companion...
being soooo mad.. flipped off the bus driver as he passed by. Shh dont tell her
I told you guys or she will get mad haha. I thought it was pretty funny but
afterwards she was crying because she did that. Dont worry everyone she has
repented... So yeah we just kept walking and walking and walking and
walking........... Until we couldnt take it anymore. We just stuck our thumbs
up and decided to hitch hike. So the black truck passed by and we were like
well fine then, dont pick us up. But then they stopped in the middle of the
street and started to back up... Then we almost passed out because we thought
we were going to die. But this really nice guy and his family got out of the
car and asked us where we were going. We told them and they said they were
going the same way. So we road in the back of the truck with them and all was
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both had fevers and it was just not fun. Times like those in the mission is
when everyone wants their moms haha. But it was only for about 2 days so not
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6pm. So we got to the chaple and guess who showed up????........No one!!!
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4. Then this week we had an activity at the church with all
the members and only 3 families showed up. That was sad... But we had sooooo
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So during all these events this week I was pretty down. I
just kept thinking about how I wanted to go home and was just like poor me all
week. It was pretty hard but then something hit me that changed my attitude
towards this week. Which leads me to point 5.<o:p></o:p></div>
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5. So José got baptized this week. He is our 30 year old guy
that we have been teaching for a while. He turned my week all around. He got
baptized yesterday and when I saw him in his white outfit I wanted to cry. He
is the reason why I am hear. We are to help people come unto Christ by helping
them recieve the restored gospel... through faith in Jesus Christ and baptism.
We helped him do that. After he was baptized he got up to share his testimony
with everyone. It was short but powerful. He said "Im a new man." And
he is sooo right he is now a new person. He has the chance to be clean and
start fresh. He was such a great example to me this week. He was soooo ready to
get baptized. Pictures to be included.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So that was about it this week. I miss yall so much. I hope
you are all loving school and having fun. Kane started his senior year, my
cousin started college, and Gregory is in 3rd grade. Oh how the time just goes!
I miss you all and will see you soon!! :) <o:p></o:p></div>
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P.S. Remember when I said that I was gonna send pictures???
Yeah well for some reason I have a virus soooo, I cant. Maybe next time haha.
Love yall.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So this past week was a week I will never
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1. So we were in a lesson with one of our investigators and
she told us that she didnt have enough time to read the things we gave her
because she was soooo busy. So as we talked to her about the importance of
scripture study we told her to just open up the Book of Mormon and read the
first scripture that her eyes see. So se did and it was Jacob 6:7-9 which
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<b>7</b> "For behold, after ye have been nourished by
the goodword of God all the day long, will ye bring forth evil fruit, that ye
must be hewn down and cast into the fire?<br />
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the prophets; and will ye reject all the words which have been spoken
concerning Christ, after so many have spoken concerning him; and deny the good
word of Christ, and the power of God, and the gift of the Holy Ghost, and
quench the Holy Spirit, and make a mock of the great plan of redemption, which
hath been laid for you?<br />
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the redemption and the resurrection, which is in Christ, will bring you to
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After she read this she looked up at us and was like
"wow Hermanas, I need to do what Im supposed to do otherwise I will be
cast into the fire". We were just like Ha yeahhhhh..... So that was a
great lesson with her. But she still didnt come to church on Sunday :( <o:p></o:p></div>
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2. So my companion and I were walking down the street when
these 6 drunk guys started to yell at us. They live kinda by our house and they
yell at us every time we walk by, but we never talk to them. So this week we
talked to them. We walked up to them (sitting infront of a bar) and started to
talk with them about the gospel. We gave them some pamphlets about the Gospel
of Jesus Christ and invited them to church. Then all the guys that were sitting
around started to come up and they all wanted pamphlets. So we gave like 20 out
to everyone that wanted one. We taught them all a quick lesson and then said a
prayer... yes a prayer infront of the bar haha. We asked one of the guys to
pray but he said he couldnt because he had been drinking so he made me say it.
As I did I prayed for all of them and their families and said Amen. They
thanked us and ever since then they respect us ALOT more. When we walk by
instead of them yelling and saying bad things, they just say hi. Good guys... I
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3. Also this week we got rained on in the Ghetto with the
Elders. We have one part of our area that we arent allowed to go to if the
Elders arent with us because its a red zone. Seeing as 3 people have died in
the last week I see why. But we only go to that area once a week or once every
2 weeks. One, because its far away and two, its crazy haha. So we were visiting
one of our investigators in that area that is getting baptized soon. But on the
way out of the lesson it was pouring down raining. The Elders, my companion and
I just started to run. There was lighting and thunder everywhere and there was
no bus. So we waited and waited and waited and waited until a bus came. Great
times.... we were all soaking wet haha.<o:p></o:p></div>
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4. So this week was a contacting week because ALL of our
appointments fell through. So we stopped at this house and this older lady came
out. We started to talk to her about the gospel and the whole time she kept
saying AMEN! No joke she was like Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen.... to everything we
said. If we said we liked pizza she was like Amen. Then she was like
Hollalujah!!! So we talked to her for a bit then said a prayer... She said the
prayer and was like Hollalujah and Amen the whole time. We didnt know when to
say Amen so we just waited until she stopped talking. It was quite fun!! :)
Then we gave her a Book of Mormon and told her we would come back the next day
to talk with her more about the Gospel. So we came back the next day and she
told us she didnt want to learn anymore because she didnt like the Book of
Mormon. She said she had the Bible and she didnt need another one that was
different. So my companion just bore her testimony to her and I gave the lady 2
Nephi Chapter 29 to read. Then we left her house. If you dont know what 2 Nephi
Chapter 29 says go read it.... its amazing. Im sure that lady read it and was
like WHAT haha. <o:p></o:p></div>
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5. So also this week we went contacting with this kid and
his mother. We told the kid that it was his turn to contact and so he walked up
to these 3 guys that were sitting outside. He walks up and says, "Hola,
Bueno... We are inviting people to church.... you know.... over there... and
yeah... we wanted to know if you guys wanted to come?....." The guys said
"Yeah sure where and what time?" and the the kid says "I dont
know.... like.... over there.... at like 9 or something... At Nuevo colon...
you guys gonna come?" Then they laugh and say yeah haha. Funny kid. He was
really nervous, but hes going to be a great missionary some day. <o:p></o:p></div>
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6. So the last thing I wish to write about... so we were in
this one part of our area thats about an hour and a half away. There was this
drunk guy that came up to us and was like hi. We were like ummm okay... then he
started to offer us a beer. We told him no and he was like why? Then we told
him we were missionaries and we teach people about God. Then he was like
"I used to be a pastor you know.." (as he is falling over because he
is soooo drunk). Then we took out a Word of Wisdom pamphlet and he didnt want
it. He kept trying to give it back to us but we just kept giving it to him.
Finally we gave it to him and ran away. He just stayed there in the street and
was looking at the pamphlet and walked away. WITH THE PAMPHLET haha... it was
great. Hopefully he will change and go to church. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So yeah that was my week. Full of fun things. I have been
reading in the Book of Mormon and Im in Jacob right now. The Book of Mormon is
really changing my life. You have no idea!! I cant even tell you guys how
important this book is. You have to really read it and study it for yourselves.
It will change your lives!!! I love this church and Im greatful for the Gospel
in my life. See you guys soon. Oh and P.S. I got my flight plans everyone!! I
will be coming home December 19th at 5:31pm... Times just going by so so fast.
Well I love yall. Have a GREAT week!! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15385340304022682309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929176861824952531.post-479485673557455302015-08-11T11:24:00.000-07:002015-08-11T11:24:30.401-07:00New Family!!<div class="MsoNormal">
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So I gave food to a homeless man this week. My comp
and I were walking down the set of stairs to get to the other side of the
street when we saw a homeless guy sleeping. We went to our dinner that we had
and then we bought some Mcdonalds. We went to were he was laying at and tried
to get his attention but he was sleeping. So we left it next to the carboard
box that he was sleeping in. I hope he got to eat it, :) <o:p></o:p></div>
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So this week was the most amazing part of my mission! Well
for now haha.... So my comp and I were looking through the area book when we
noticed that not one missionary ever worked in a part of our very large area.
So we decided that we were going to go contact so people in that area and see
who we could find. So we get in one a bus and realized that we are on the wrong
one so we get off. Then we wait for another to come by but it was SO HOT and
after about 15 mins we couldnt take it anymore. So we took a taxi instead. The
taxi driver had taken us to the first house in the area and we thanked him. We
said a quick prayer and walked up to the door. A little boy that was 10 years
old answered. We asked if his parents were home and he said yes. He ran inside
and got his mom. His mom came to the window and said "digame" which
is like talk to me in English. So we told her that we were missionaries and
sharing a message about Christ. We asked her if we could share a message. She
looked for a minute and then said yes. She let us in a gave us a glass of cold
water. Then, like a mother, told us that we needed to stay out of the sun
because we were really red. She took our glasses and then we all sat down and
started to share a message about the restoration of the gospel. We told her
that the same church that Christ established while here on the Earth was the same
church that we have today. She really liked the message and then told us to
wait. She went back to her room and came out with a really old copy of a
Liahone. She asked if our church was the one that made it. We told her yes and
she started to say how she loved it and that she always wanted to come to our
church. So we invited her to church on Sunday and she accepted. She said that
her husband would love the church as well. So we left the house VERY happy and
the family with a fress copy of the Book of Mormon. We knew that Heavenly
Father answered our prayer. So on Friday we were around that area and decided
to stop by the her house..... by the way her name is Elisabeth. So we stopped
by and she was outside with her 10 year old son planting things. We asked if we
could help and we talked to her for a while. Then we all sat down at the table
and she tells my comp and I that she read a little bit of the Book of Mormon
and really liked it. We talked for about 10 more mins and the her husband came
home from work. We met him and he was super awesome and nice. His name is
William. He also speaks English!! So hes even cooler haha. He said that he
wanted to go to church so that we would see him there. Their whole family took
us home and we told them we would see them Sunday. So Sunday came around in
which I had to give a talk at church. I told a story about my dad and everyone
laughed.... sorry dad haha.... Anyways, so after the first 20 mins they didnt
show up, but right in the middle of the song they came in. The whole time in
church they talked about eternal marriage and it was great! After church we
went a visited the family, we asked them how they liked church and they both
said they loved it. After the lesson that we had with them in which they both
said they believed that Jose Smith was a prophet, they looked at their watch
and said "oh no, we are late". They were on their way to a activity
at the church that we were having that night. They are the best. So we plan to
see them again next Sunday! I just love them soooo much. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So yeah this week we also had Jose come to church. He gets
off of work at 5 in the morning and goes to church at 9am. He wants to be
baptized sooo bad. Hes the best. So in the coming weeks we plan to have his
baptism at well! :) <o:p></o:p></div>
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So this week has just been great we are working hard. I love
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Oh and happy 13 months in the mission to me!! I hit 13
months yesterday. How fast time goes! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Remember to pray always!!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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So the pictures are DQ that we got with the Elders, The
picture with the Kids (the one in the yellow green shirt is the Elisabeth and
Williams son), and the kid thats sitting in the chair is a kid that is in the
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What a woderful adventure this week has been.
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So this week we were walking down the street going to an
appointment when m comp stops and says "oh hey hermana". She was
talking to this lady that was standing on the other side of the street. We
walked up to her and my comp said that her and her last comp were trying to
visit her but couldnt find her house. (so just fyi, here in Panama when you ask
someone where they live they all say, over there with all the houses). So yeah
problem. Anyways we told her that we wanted to come and visit her on Tuesday and
she said it was okay. We got the best directions that we could and the came
back to her house on Tuesday. So my companions last comp and her contacted this
lady in the street before and told her they would come back but could never
find her house. So anyways, we get to her house and they clean up really fast
and let us in. We walked in and the whole house smelled like pee. It was gross,
but we sat down and started to talk to this family. There was the mom and she
had 4 daughters. So after getting to know them for a little bit we asked them
if they attended a different church. The mom says yes and said they were all
baptized in that church as well. Of course the Catholic church... So we asked
them if they ever went to our church and they said yes but were never baptized.
So we asked if they would like to sing a hymn and afterwards say a prayer. She
said yes and so we picked a hymn. Number 41 to be exacted. Im not sure what
that is in English so your gonna have to look it up. So as we are singing one
of the daughters runs into the room and comes back with a hymn book. One from
our church, my comp and I start laughing during the hymn but calm down and
finish the song. After the song we ask the lady where she got a hymn book from.
She then tells us that she got it from the other missionaries that used to come
to her house. Then she says that 3 of her daughters were baptized in our
church. We were sooooooo confused. She had just told us that they werent
baptized. The youngest daughter is 8 so she wasnt baptized at the time because
she was to young. So then we ask her again if she was baptized like her
daughters in our church she says no like 5 times and says she was baptized in a
different church. So we were like okay cool. So we ask her if we could say a
prayer and she said yes and then we asked who she would like to say the prayer.
She asked one of her daughters but they were all very angry. When I finish the
story you guys will know why. So after the daughters said no the mom said she
would say the prayer. So as she is saying the prayer she asked Heavenly Father
to help her with her sickness that she has. She said Amen and then we talked a
little more. My comp asked her what her sickness was so that we could try and
help her out. She then said something that I will never forget.
Demons............. I knew the word in Spanish but I thought I was hearing
wrong. I looked at my comp and she was like I dont think its that either. So we
ask her what the word means and she says "you know, like the
devil...demons". So first off this lady was already a liitle strange so my
comp is trying sooo hard not to die. I jump in and tell her that the Elders can
help her and give her a blessing and bless her house as well. She says okay and
we go on with the lesson. Then after all this she tells us that she is a member
and was baptized in our church..... We were like dude, what the heck haha. So
we toughted them a lesson and told them we would come back this Tuesday with
the Elders. We left the house and were just like...... okayyyyy... So we went
back to our house and looked in the Area book for the name of the lady and her
daughters. Sure enough she was there. She was baptized 2 years ago but was
never confirmed. So the rule is is that you have 6 months to be confirmed a
member of the church to make your baptism valid. So since it has been 2 years
the whole family has to be baptized again. So we will be working with this
family and gettin them baptized. Fun times!!!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Not done yet.... So we were walking down the street and this
guy sees us and just about dies. He said that he was praying to god to send him
angles to help him and then we came down the street. He said he wanted to talk
to us but not at the moment. Then he told us we were God. Then he left.... So
hopfully we see him again haha. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So my comp had to go to the hospital this week. Im not sure
what it is but I think im like bad luck or something. My last two comps had to
go to the hospital. But my comp is doing better after some sleep and meds.
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So the BEST PART OF THE EMAIL!!! We had a baptism this week.
Michelle got baptized. The 21 year old that I told you guys about last week got
baptized yesterday. She is soo soo amazing. I love her. She has such a great
testimony and knows that this is the true church. She makes my testimony so
much stronger. She wants to be married in the temple and raise her children in
the gospel. Shes so great. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Well guys thats all for now. As you can see, Colon has tons
of adventures. I love you all and hope yall have a wonderful week. I know
without a doubt that this gospel is true and that we have a loving Father. I
love yall and will see you soon!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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So the pictures are... my comp and I on top of a mountain
thing..... our zone sitting on the bench haha..... Michelle at her baptism....
My comp was playing with my hair and made it all big and told me to go outside
like that.... and my comp in the hospital. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Pues this week has been sooo great! I had
changes and I am no longer a San Blas sister. They actually took out all the
sisters on Blas and now there are all Elders. We are really running low on
sister missionaries here on Panama so we have had to close a lot of sister
areas. So my comp,Hermana Anderson and I were the last sister missionaries on
Blas. Kinda cool. 5 months on an island was the best but I was glad for
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Now I have a new companion Hermana Garcia and also a new
area. I am now in the area of Colon which by the way is the best ever. We live
in the ghetto haha.. Here in colon is where we take the diablo rojos which in
English would be red devil. They are buses that play really loud music and they
have lights and crazy people. Its a school bus on steroids to say the least.
Its so AMAZING! The people here are great. There are a ton of black people and
they all speak spanish, which I thought was very weird but cool at the same
time. My companion is Hermana Garcia and she is from Cali. Although her name
sounds latin she is not. Her Grandmother was from cuba so thats where she gets
her last name from. Hermana Garcia is awesome!! We get along great, she is
pretty much me but different haha. So yeah shes great. <o:p></o:p></div>
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1. So here we are walking down the street contacting
some houses when all of a sudden this guy from across the street starts to yell
out... "Aye Barbie" and we are just really what?? So he just kept
yelling it tell we looked at him. We walked across the street and he said that
he wants to learn more about our church and wants us to come to his house right
at that second. We could tell that he had been drinking so we told him that we
would come back another day and he refused to tell us where he lived. Which I
thought was strange being as he contacted us haha. So he walks us to the end of
the street to where we meet his friend by the name of verde. Which if you know
Spanish that means green. So his friends name is green (yes like the color) and
he tells him that we are gonna come to his house. Then he asked my comp if she
could come alone. My comp looked at me... now lets take a step back for a
second. My comp only has 2 changes in the mission. This is her third and she is
still learning spanish.... So back to the story. My comp looks at me as if she couldnt
believe what she heard. She thought it was the Spanish but when she looked at
me and saw my face she knew that thats what he had asked. So we explained that
we have rules as missionaries and that we have to stay together all the time
and he was like "its cool my grandma will be home". My comp and I
looked at each other and started to laugh so hard. The guy then kept trying to
flirt with my comp so me... being Hermana Patrick and all, asked him if he had
a wife and kids. He said yes. Then I asked him why he was trying to flirt with
my comp if he had a wife and kids. 9 kids by the way... He then said "look
at my hand, do you see a ring? NO, So its okay". Then he said, "my
wife doesnt have to know what I do". We were so sad but laughed because he
was really drunk and couldnt even stand up. We then talk to him about eternal
families and he didnt really want to listen. He just flirting with my comp.
Then in the middle of me talk he puts his finger up to my face and tells me to
hush. He then asked my comp if she was married. My comp looked at me and I
shouted YES! haha. Then he walked away. So that was really fun! Actually really
funny!! <o:p></o:p></div>
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2. We had the BEST lesson ever!! So we have an investigator
named Jose. He is this really tall black guy and his mom reminds me of my
grandma Carol. She is soo soo sweet. She is a member but Jose is not. Jose is
about 25 years old. His picture will be in the email. But we thought him about
the restoration of the Gospel and he loved it. He will be baptized in the
coming week but we have to finish teaching him the lessons. The problem with
that is is that he lives in the ghetto ghetto so the Elders have to come with
us to the lessons because we cant go by ourselves. But he is the best. Speaking
of him, his mom just called and she wanted me to say hi to everyone so Hi
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amazing. We were teaching her about the gospel of Jesus Christ and at the end
of the lesson we asked if she wanted to be baptized by someone who hold the
preisthood and she said "clearly I want to!!!!!" It was amazing. So
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So yeah that was all. I am also starting the Book of Mormon
again but this time I am studying it so much better. I have tons of things
marked and have learned many new things. It is really such a great book. My
testimony is growing so much and I feel like such a different person. I know
that Heavenly Father really does love each and everyone of us. The more I teach
that to people the more I understand. I really love being a missionary. The
work is great and so is Panama. (they beat USA in soccer the other day, that
was sad but cool haha). I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!! Oh
and make sure to take advantage of priesthood blessings. That was one thing I
wish I would have done before the mission. They are amazing!! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15385340304022682309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929176861824952531.post-88791245755149930252015-07-21T15:23:00.001-07:002015-07-21T15:23:26.436-07:00American Food<div class="MsoNormal">
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So this week has just gone by soo fast. I feel
like when your in the city the mission just flies but when your on the islands
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Well this week was fun... We are still in the city with the
sisters here and there area is amazing. I got to go to church in almost ALL
english. It was like a ward from the states. In this area there are tons of
Americans because they all work in the embassy and things like that. So not
everyone but a lot of people speak English here. It has been great to be here
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So church was amazing and not only that but the members here
are from the states or are married to someone from the states so they all cook
American food. IT IS AMAZING!! I have had sooo much food this week that I think
I gained like 20 pounds haha. Which is good because everyone says I lost wait
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1. We met a crazy black lady this week. She was AMAZING
haha.. So we were contacting everyone and no one would let us in or take are
cards. They all told us that they didnt want to listen and same old things that
people tell you when they dont want to listen. So we knocked on this ladies
door and she didnt want to listen so she told us to go talk to her neighbor. So
we did. We knocked on the door and she swung it open and starts talking really
ghetto spanish to us. She asked us where we were from and when she found out
what church we went to she yelled "oh their Mormons" to the people
inside the house. She asked is where we were from and then I told her the
states. She asked where we lived at in the city and we told her. Then she said
"so you walked all the way hear?" and we said yes, then she was like
come in!! So we came in and she was like you have a few mins to tell me about
what the Mormons are and thats it. She didnt want to read anything she just
wanted to know why are church was sooo different then the others. So we
explained the Restoration of the Gospel to her in 5 mins. We told her that we
had apostles and prophets that still walk the earth today. She liked the
message but then went to tell us about 20 other churchs and how they all
believe in God so they are all good. We just explained that we are the only
true church today and she understod that. So she gave us some juice which Im
not really sure if it was tea or not. We asked and she just said juice but Im
not to sure about that.. Anyways, we had a great lesson with her and right when
we were about to leave she gave us $10. We told her that we couldnt take the
money but she got really mad and yelled at us so we took the money and are
going to put it in the fast offerings at church. Great time!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Well my faith has just been growing and growing so much here
on the mission. Im sooo greatful for this 18 months that I have to learn and
grow. I love you all and miss you sooo much. We are going to go each American
food right now and speak in English with some members right now. Have a great
week everyone. Oh and happy late Birthday to my mom!! Love you mom!!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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So this week has really been fillid
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This week my comp was filling a little sick so we took it
easy and let her rest. As the day went on she got sicker. She was having
diarrea a lot and was not eating. She hadnt drunk anything that day and was
filling really weak. She was looking really pale and was really
dehydrated from not eating or drinking all day with a mix of the diarrea. She
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The nurse said that I needed to get my comp to the hospital
NOW! Well problema with that... we are on an island. I called our Zone Leaders
and they talked to our misión president. He called me and told me to bring my
comp to the city ASAP. So we tried everything to get her there but we couldnt.
We ended up going to the Centro de Salud, a medical center on one of the
islands. They gave her an IV as everyone sat and watched the soccer game. Very
disfunctional doctor. My mom and dad would have been upset if they were there.
So my comp didnt have her mom there with her so I played mom haha. I yelled at
the doctors for not watching my comp and not being worried about her. So they
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She felt a little better the next day but was still really
sick so we called our misión president and he told us to come into the city. We
came in that next morning and went to the hospital. They took some samples of
blood and other weird things and then gave her an IV as we waited for the
results. They said it was a some type of infection but we knew that wasnt
right. So today we went back to the doctor and got some more test. She ended up
having a bacterial infection. She is doing much better today and has to drink
LOTS of fluids. Just pray for her! <o:p></o:p></div>
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I miss you all and I know that this church is true!! This is
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Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15385340304022682309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929176861824952531.post-12437642883981730902015-07-06T21:53:00.001-07:002015-07-06T21:53:40.161-07:00HOLA!!!<div class="MsoPlainText">
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So this week we ran out of water again so we missed a FHE
that we had planned because the water came and we freaked out because we didn't
have water to shower with or to wash clothes. So we kind of skipped the FHE to
fill up this bucket that we have with water and to wash clothes. It was quite
the adventure. The water came out looking pretty clean this time, not as brown
as the other times. So all the people drunk the water. But I guess they are
used to it so they wont get sick.Well actually almost everyone on the island is
sick. They either have some type of infection or they have a cold or something.
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This week was a very hard week for both my comp and I. We
worked hard the whole week to only have 40 people show up to church. They all
didn't even stay for all three hours. Just the first hour and they all left. By
the end of church there were only 5 people. It was also a bit hard because it
was the 4th of July and we had nothing to celebrate with because we are on an
island. But we have been fasting and praying for help so we know that Heavenly
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This week I have really submitted my will to the Lord. I
have come to figure out may of things and I am so grateful for my savior Jesus
Christ. My testimony is just growing and I don't want it to stop. I have
learned a lot of Christ like things on my mission and hope to come home with
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Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15385340304022682309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929176861824952531.post-61540849242104582652015-06-30T19:56:00.002-07:002015-06-30T19:56:19.469-07:00HOLA FAM! MORE PICTURES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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