Remember the Little Things...
"Be obedient to the prophetic teachings Christ would have you follow. Don't rationalize away future happiness by taking shortcuts instead of applying sound gospel principles. Remember: little things lead to big things. Seemingly insignificant indiscretions or neglect can lead to big problems. More importantly, simple, consistent, good habits lead to a life full of bountiful blessings."
- Elder Richard G Scott
- Happy Elders with bikes from another area
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.....sabe en esta semana también me sentí muy agradecido
por tener bicicletas en esta misión México Pachuca sabe por que? porque la bici
de mi compañero estaba fallando en esta semana y no pudimos utilizarlas
entonces estuvimos caminando y no fue tanto avance en la obra.... ahora
entiendo la verdad por que nos envía tanto el asunto de mantener las bicis en
un buen estado por que forman parte importante en esta gran obra de Salvación,
me siento muy agradecido por eso Presidente gracias...
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.... the responsibility of bringing the Gospel to many who would not otherwise have the opportunity to know the truth. It was never meant to be easy... only worth it!
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Changing generations to come...
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MONDAY MISSION WIDE FITNESS DAY
Dear Zone Leaders and Sister Leader Trainers.
Monday August 17th
2015 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm. We will have a mission wide fitness day which will
be your zone activity for the cycle. Everyone will meet in individual zones and
participate as an entire zone. Please take pictures of the fitness activities
and description of your planned fitness day. Below are some ideas for you to
in-cooperate if you so choose.
We want this to be a fun day – that is exhilarating with
fitness and puts missionaries outside their comfort zone- yet teaches and
motivates them to increase their level of exercise in the mission including
personal health and food preparation. We hope everyone feels it when they wake
up the next morning- working those muscles that have not been worked out for a
while!
Please submit specific plans to President via Email no later
than Friday morning August 14th for his review.
President’s assistants will attend and assist in
Mezquital Zone
Sister Leader Trainer Trainers will attend and assist in
the Tulancingo Zone
President and I will show up at other unspecified zones.
Use the following as your criteria to plan your activity day
CRITERIA:
- Physical fitness
circuit for all to participate with 8-12 different stations repeated 2 or 3
times.
- Please include
cardio, body weight exercises, etc… using only limited equipment if needed. (Chairs,
jump ropes) TOTAL TIME: 1 hour
- ½ hour: teaching on
a health topic including REVIEW LIST OF BLESSINGS FOR P-DAY.
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Importance
of exercise
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Importance
of Healthy eating and menu ideas
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Body
hygiene- house cleaning
30 min basketball
game or soccer where EVERYONE can participate together.
30-45 min: meal or
healthy snack as you desire.
15 min entire zone
clean up/ change clothes/ back out to their areas.
Total activity time
3.0 hours.
Kindly remind
everyone they come dressed as missionaries and change after their arrival to
the church. All P-day prep to be done before their travel. (House cleaning,
laundry picked up, grocery shopping, and President written). They might need to wake up extra early to get
it all done.
The pictures below are from some of the zones that sent them in and they are in random order..
Special thanks to all the leaders for making it so much fun and for putting forth all the effort. I loved the multiple texts on how sore everyone was the following few days...
We didn't bring our blankets to take a nap?
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Buenos dias Presidente,
Esta semana ha sido la semana mas difícil de toda mi
misión por mucho. Ha sido muy difícil para mi enfocarme y no pensar en otras
cosas. Me esfuerzo mucho durante el día y en las lecciones para poder enfocarme
totalmente en mis investigadores y las personas que estoy enseñando y la verdad
he podido hacer lo mucho mejor que pensé posible. El problema ha sido mas en
las noches y en las mañanas pero he podido aprender mucho esta semana. Las
escrituras que teníamos que estudiar para la conferencia el día de mañana me
ayudaron mucho. Nunca en la misión ni en la vida he sentido tan débil y solo.
Más que nada yo quería estar con mi familia en estos momentos y ayudarles pero
sé que tengo que estar aquí. Sé que puedo hacer mas aquí que allá y que el
Señor cuidará a mi familia. No sé como están o que esta pasando en casa pero he
podido sentir la fortaleza y el amor de mi Padre Celestial y mi Salvador en
esta semana. Realmente cuando soy débil entonces soy fuerte. He visto muchas de
mis debilidades esta semana pero he aprendido muchas cosas que me ayudarán por
toda la vida. He aprendido a confiar al Señor en cada momento. Aún cuando no
entiendo por que sé que él tiene un plan perfecto para mi y para mi familia. Sé
que esta es su obra y él esta trabajando con nosotros porque sin su ayuda esta
semana yo estaría en casa. A pesar de todo eso la semana fue maravillosa.
Tuvimos 10 investigadores ir a la capilla esta semana y 5 nuevas fechas. Las
personas que están mas cercas de hacer este convenio nos han comentado muchas
cosas que me aseguro que realmente han recibido respuestas y están haciendo
estas cosas por las razones correctas. Amo a esta obra y amo a mi Padre
Celestial. Les amo muchísimo a usted y a su esposa. Gracias por todo y por todo
su amor.
Elder P
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Zone Conferences
This is an exciting time as we have zone conferences only once a quarter.
0800 : Zone Group Photo
0900 : Opening Song, Prayer and Devotional
0910- 0930 : Missionary talks (Randomly picked by President)
0930-1000 : President Egbert
1000-1025 : Sister Leader Trainers
1025-1050 : Zone Leaders
1050-1100: Bathroom break,snack, quarterly birthday gifts and mail handed out
1100-1115 : Activity
1115-1200 : Hermana Egbert (The Apostle Paul)
1200- 1300 : President Egbert (3 Separate Topics)
1300- Everyone heads back to their areas for lunch and to go to work
THEME: Ether 12:27
27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.
#3-5 Missionaries are randomly called on to give their 3 minute prepared talk on the conference theme. So impressed as all were very well prepared.
Tecamac I Zone Conference
18 August 2015
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Tecamac II Zone Conference
18 August 2015
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PHOTO GALLERY
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Hello President:
This week was really good because we had four
investigators with date in the Sacrament meeting we are working so hard to find
new people everyday one an experience that we had was our appointments fell so
we were knocking doors we had a family with a lot of children but we did not
knock their door and we went to another houses but when we return and passed in
front the same house we felt the impression to talked with the poeple who live
in that house, we did it we started to talk with them we introduce with them
and our messages, at the begining they were so serious but the spirit touched
their hearts and they told about their family, sorrows and what they expect
from our visits they are very good at the end we were laughing with them very
quickly we won his trust I o happy because this experience motivates me to
continue working and knocking a lot of doors, with my companion we adapted
very easy he is very good he is learning a lot he is progressing so quickly he
is inviteing to the baptism in the first visit. Sometimes I feel the
reponsibility I have in my hands with my district and be trainer but I know
with the help of the Savior I will do it. Thank you President I love you so
much.
love, Elder R
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Pachuca Mex Zone Conference
20 August 2015
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Pachuca Sur Zone Conference
20 August 2015
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Zone Conferences
This is an exciting time as we have zone conferences only once a quarter.
0800 : Zone Group Photo
0900 : Opening Song, Prayer and Devotional
0910- 0930 : Missionary talks (Randomly picked by President)
0930-1000 : President Egbert
1000-1025 : Sister Leader Trainers
1025- 1050 : Zone Leaders
1050-1100: Bathroom break, snack, quarterly birthday gifts and mail handed out
1100-1115 : Activity
1115-1200 : Hermana Egbert (The Apostle Paul)
1200- 1300 : President Egbert (3 Separate Topics)
1300- Everyone heads back to their areas for lunch and to go to work
THEME: Ether 12:27
27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.
#3-5 Missionaries are randomly called on to give their 3 minute prepared talk on the conference theme. So impressed as all were very well prepared.
(Sorry I'm missing the first missionary assigned to speak on the topic )
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Mini Activity to break up the conference... President explaining the rules...
Brother Valadez the Institute Director for Pachuca orienting the missionaries on how to use institute and seminary to bless the lives of investigators and new converts.
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And everyone's favorite part.... President Egbert.
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Friday Date Night
We actually took 1.5 hours to ourselves and
went out to eat. Not one missionary called during that time.
Our missionaries are being so thoughtful as we recently started to set aside Friday nights at 5:00 pm to go on a date for a few hours if possible. They have been encouraged to NOT call us unless they are literally dying... : ) and they are being very respectful of that time with phone calls and texts substantially diminished.
Thank you so much Elders and Hermanas...
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SATURDAY Morning BED BUG BRIGADE!!!
Well these missionaries have been fighting the invasion of bedbugs for quite some time and so Hermana Egbert left very early to help fight the battle....
Praying we won!!!
When the original efforts were not effective in resolving these hard headed rascals we took on the bed bugs with much enthusiasm, sweat and determination....
- Disposed of old mattresses, pillows, blankets, bed sheets, and curtains
- Cleaned, vacuumed, Clorox-ed everything, washed/dried clothes, jackets etc...
- Cleaned bathroom, defrosted fridge- freezer....
We felt like we made great efforts and now we will see if it paid off!
(Funny story- So we threw the mattresses outside while cleaning and made a pile inside their locked gate of the bags of garbage and when we went to the street to load things back in the mini van and the mattresses were gone. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year...I hope they like the bed bug mattresses! UGH! )
Such good sports.... a coke for their efforts from Hermana Egbert!
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Hola Presidente!
.....La verdad es que mi visión ha cambiado mucho en
estas semanas. Antes, yo no conocía el gozo que viene de le reactivación. Ayer,
fueron a la capilla 2 familias y otro individual menos activos con quienes
estamos trabajando. No sabía del alegría que viene por escucharles decir que
han leído 8 capítulos del Libro de Mormón. Todo esto me anima tanto a seguir
trabajando en esta obra. Hemos podido encontrar a algunas familias muy buenas y
estamos haciendo todo el esfuerzo por trabajar con los miembros. He visto en
estos 3.5 cortos meses el mejoramiento del consejo de barrio y he experimentado
el ánimo que todos estamos sintiendo.
Estoy tan agradecida por la oportunidad de estar aquí en
la misión en este tiempo y especialmente en X. Amo a este barrio con todo mi
corazón. Hay miembros tan, tan buenos - discípulos reales de Jesucristo. Solo
quiero terminar con una experiencia que tuvimos hace 8 días que escribí a mi
familia:
Yesterday something happened that I think has changed the
rest of my life. A family of recent converts didn't show up to church, so my
companion and I went to visit them in the afternoon. We hadn't been there a
half and hour when an hermano and his wife with their RM son showed up to give
a blessing and just visit. They showed up in their Sunday clothes. No one had
to tell them. They were quick to observe and act. They keep the Sabbath day
holy. I am forever changed by this great example. I understand better what the
Lord expects of us and what His true disciples do to honor His holy day. Let's
all do less sleeping, less watching TV, less cooking and less cleaning so that
we can live one day a little more like what will be every day in the
eternities.
Estoy tan agradecida por la oportunidad de ser misionera.
¿En cuál otro lugar podría aprender estas cosas que están cambiándome tanto?
Gracias por todo, Presidente. Le amo.
Hermana S
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Saturday Night - Sunday Stake Conference in Valle Del Mezquital
President helped me make chocolate chip cookies on Saturday afternoon and they got a Gatorade for the road on Sunday after conference.
We love and appreciate ALL our missionaries...
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