"Your mission is preparation. It is your school for eternity....This mission is not just a two-year stretch. This is the time when you cultivate the seeds of godhood so you can help other people on their way towards exaltation. How small are we who think of the mission as just being a stretch of time, some physical things to do, a little studying to do, some praying. This is the most purposeful thing, perhaps, you have ever done in your life and possibly the most purposeful thing some of you will ever do. It's up to you to let this be the prelude to your life, to let it be the beginning of a great and glorious life."
- President Spencer W Kimball
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Bearers of the Gospel Message with smiles that say it all...
The Relief Society presented flowers to this newly baptized convert. The Elders were so grateful for their support and action of love.
......Tuvimos algunas experiencias muy hermosas esta
semana. Las citas cayeron un día y nos pusimos a contactar. Contactamos a una
señor fuera de su casa y nos invitó a pasar. Hicimos Harvesting Blessing y
aceptó una fecha bautismal (esto fue el día sábado). El domingo fue a la
conferencia de estaca. Tal vez vio a una niña latosa corriendo allí en frente;
jaja, es su nieta. Fueron y les encantó. Le enseñamos la lección 1 ayer en la
tarde; ella había leído el folleto y nos contó todo lo que aprendió, de los
profetas, el sacerdocio, la apostasía, y la restauración. Al final de la
lección se puso a llorar y nos dijo, "Yo les había visto en un
sueño." Nos contó que no soñó y que esto estaba llenando un vacío en su
corazón que no sabía que existía. Wow... ¡Tan agradecida estoy por la
oportunidad de trabajar en esta obra y encontrar a personas literalmente
preparadas!....
Hermana S
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A missionary's work can change generations to come...
This picture below is of Elder Harolds mother (Melissa) and Elder Dixon's father (Dave) 25 years ago when Elder Dixon's father was serving as a missionary and taught and baptized Elder Harold's mother. (Are you confused?)
Both of their children are serving currently in the Mision Mexico Pachuca.
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Wednesday 9 March 2016
Mision Leadership Consejo
-Held in the Tulipanes Chapel
9:00-10:00 am
- Sister Leader Training
-Zone Leader Training
10:00-1:00 pm
-Combined Leadership Counsel
- Lunch of Taco Soup, Green Salad, Cheese Quesadillas, and Cheese Cake
(It was cold and rainy so the soup was a perfect choice...)
......So like I put in my well being report is that this week I feel like I have really learned how to have a stronger relationship with my Father in Heaven. I think it's because I have been a little more stressed or at least just having to worry about a few more things but when I went to kneel down every night to pray to my Father in Heaven I could really just pour out all of the feelings of my heart and beg for the help that I would need that next day and to bless our district and each one of our investigators. It feels good to have a better relationship with God. I feel like that is one of the steps in changing into the 4th missionary. Thank you so much for sending that to us. That helped me a ton personally and I know the District as well. I look forward to changing into that fourth missionary, I know it will take some time to do that but I know it's possible. Like it says I just need to believe in myself and that God can help me reach my potential. Thank you President for helping and worrying so much about all of us reaching our potential......
Elder H
Practices- Practices- Practices
.......Quiero compartir un historia que crece *grew?* mi
testimonio mucho este semana. En sábado tuvimos 2 bautismos a tiempos
diferentes. Un cosa que nuestro compañerismo es fallando en es nuevo
investigadores. Lo compartí este con mi lidero de distrito y el me enseño un
compromiso con Dios. Entonces mi compañero y yo oramos y decimos a Dios que
vamos a contactar 12 personas y el va a darnos 2 nuevos investigadores. Después
empezaros nuestra día normal. Trabajamos y todo pero cada tiempo que tuvimos
tiempo para contactar algo nos impido. Tuvimos el bautismo a las 5 y no
terminamos hasta las 8 porque ambos de los bautismos empicaron 40 minutos
tarde. Entonces a las 8:20 salimos la capilla para terminar la día. Tuvimos 2
contactos a este tiempo. En este momento oramos para pedir perdón y ayudarnos
en estés pocos minutos que tuvimos. Trabajamos duro por estés 40 minutos pero
no fue un buen de personas en la calle o en sus casas y entonces regresamos a
las 8:59 a nuestra casa con solo 7 contactos y 0 nuevos investigadores. Cuando
estuvimos 3 casas de nuestra casa pasamos un casa con la puerta abierto. Podemos
ver personas en casa hablando pero continuamos a nuestra casa. Pero cuando
estuvimos casi en casa siento muy fuerte que tuvimos que hablar con ellos.
Entonces regresamos a las 8:59 a este casa y les preguntamos si podemos pasar.
Ellos nos permitieron y les platicamos. En pocos palabras tuvimos un 10 minuto
lección con ellos y recibimos 2 nuevos investigadores!
Dios fue muy muy misericordioso con nosotros porque no
cumplimos nuestro parte del convenio pero todavía cumplió en su parte. Sabemos
es porque trabajamos duro y le mostramos nuestro deseo a hacer que es correcto.
Fue un experiencia nunca voy a olvidar.
Pues es todo por este semana. Gracias por su confianza en
mi y por su ayuda.
Les amo
Elder B
Everyone grab your pouch and "exit" to your areas....
Yep... my lunch is just settling in!
Clean up is easy peezy when they eat almost everything I brought....
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Dear President,
Wow can you believe it's march? I can't. It's so crazy!!
Well this week was a lot better! Not that the other weeks were bad.....they
just werent super great. I have really learned more about pressing forward.
That we just have to keep going even when life throws some obstacles in your
way. It's like Lot's wife. The only command was not to look back. But, for some
reason, she looked back and turned into a pillar of salt. We probably won't
turn into a pillar of salt if we figuratively "look back" but it will
hold us back from our progression. We all have hard times. We all make mistakes
that we never want to happen again. But we need to let the past go. Accept what
has happened, what is currently happening and move forward. Keep your eyes
focused on Christ. Keep your thoughts and actions focused in Him. He is the one
that will help you most to grow. He will help you see your potential.I have a
firm testimony is this. As is says in Moroni 10:32
"Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him,
and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all
ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his
grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if
by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power
of God"
That was my spiritual ah-ha moment. We have found more
investigators this week. And more that accepted the invitation to be baptized
with a specific date. The Lord will not let us down. A new investigator went to
church with us too! he even brought his friend! Talk about missionary work
haha. It was stake conference and that was great. Some super awesome talks and
the spirit is always so strong when we are gathered together to listen to the
same message of the gospel. We are just working hard every day. We just want to
do what the Lord expects of us :) I really love my companion and there are no
problems there. We are leaning more and more each day how to have more unity.
There will always be something new to learn everyday, and every week. Thank you
for all you do for us and for me! Have a great week!!
Love
Hermana C
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Zone Capacitations
Thursday 10 March 2016
Valle Del Mezquital Zone
Visited by President Egbert
Weekly English Exams Completed just like that! NICE JOB!
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Querido Presidente Egbert,
¡Esta semana fue excelente! Hemos visto muchísimos
milagros y los manos de Dios directamente en nuestras vidas y en las vidas de
nuestros investigadores. Especialmente hoy.
Estamos ensenando una familia, la familia Aguilar, y
ellos son como nuestra familia aquí en la misión. Ellos fueron muy cerrados en
el principio. El general, 'somos católicos y solo queremos a aprender mas cerca
de Dios'. Pero, en las 3 semanas pasadas, ellos son mas abiertos, y sus
corazones han cambiados. Ellos están leyendo en el Libro de Mormon, y en Principios
del Evangelio, y también están haciendo sus oraciones juntos y en personal. Y
asistiendo a la capilla con su vecina, quien es un miembro.
Esta día de preparación, buscamos una manera que ellos
podrían casar sin precio, o un día de matrimonios gratis, y hay uno en el 11 de
Marzo!!! Realmente, hay mucho mas milagros que han ocurridos, y solo en este
día.
Tenemos un nuevo boiler, y estamos muy felices para esta
porque duchando con agua frió es horrible. Y el Señor realmente es
bendiciéndonos con milagros y también nuestros investigadores. Estamos muy
agradecidas.
¡Muchísimas gracias Presidente por su apoya y por sus
oraciones! Les amamos, usted y Hermana Egbert, y esperamos que ella esta bien y
tiene mucho salud.
Con amor,
Hermana H
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Tezontepec Zone
Visited by Hermana Egbert
These missionaries are so stinkin' cute!!!
Tezontepec Zone March 2016
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Querido Presidente,
Esta semana fue una semana muy buena. Tuvimos la gran
oportunidad de encontrar a varias personas quienes aceptaron fecha y también pudieron
asistir ayer a la capilla. Pudimos tener el bautismo de Fernando el Sábado, y
su hermano Cesar tiene su fecha bautismal para el 26 de Marzo. Me encanta la
promesa de las familias eternas que el evangelio nos ofrece y que nosotros
tenemos esta gran oportunidad de ayudar a las demás familias. Algo que mi mamá
siempre ha dicho es que un misionero es alguien que deja a su familia por un
tiempo para que otras familias puedan estar juntas para la eternidad. Realmente
al estar aquí en la misión, he llegado a saber que eso es cierto. No he podido
ver a mis conversos sellarse en el templo aún, pero he visto el comportamiento
de tantas personas cambiar drásticamente. Personas que no quieren asistir a la
capilla para nada tienen muchas ganas de asistir. Personas que son adictos en
extremo al café lo pueden dejar de un día a otro. Personas groseras nos aceptan
y ven los cambios a dentro de ellos mismos. Personas quienes aún no tienen un
testimonio muy fuerte toman esa brinca de fe en las aguas bautismales. Me traen
un gozo inmenso solo al pensar y recordar todas esas experiencias, y solo
quiero seguir teniendo más de esas. Puedo ver en algunos de los investigadores
aquí en M un deseo sincero de cambiar; se están esforzando muchísimo para
hacerlo, y sé que el evangelio eterno y restaurado les ayudará con esos
desafíos. Seguimos esperando los milagros.
Iré y haré,
Elder G
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Pachuca Mex Zone Capacitation
Visited by the Assistants -Elder Meschini/Elder Hayes
Thank you for the pictures Elder Meschini...
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(Copy of an Elders letter home to his family...)
Hola from Tecámec. We are
doing great down here. This area is the bomb. We have gotten quite a bit of
work done and still have quite a bit to do. My companion is frickin awesome. He
is from my generacion (he went to the ccm with me) and he is one powerful missionary.
God has given him quite a few gifts, one of which is a photografic memory. With
every question that an investigator asks, he has 5 or 10 scriptures that can
answer it. He says he has read the old testament one time, but he is able
to pull out quite a few scriptures from it that I wouldnt have imagined
existed. It has helped the work to progress quite a bit here.
I am losing pants left and
right, strewn by the wayside (its a weird, but I like it). as I was
biking, a dog (for some reason ignoring my companion) came and started to try
to bite me. I tried ignored it, but it got a hold of my pant leg and wouldnt
let go. I probably dragged that creature 10 or 15 meters before it let go. It
tried to bite me again, but I kicked it and got out of there as fast as I
could. I was fine, but I lost a nice pair of pants. I am down to 2 pairs. The
others are unusable because of wear and tear. If I cant find someone who can
sew, Ill let you know so that you can send me some more.
Obedience is the first law of
heaven, and upon it comes all of hte blessings.. So if we want to be blessed in
a certain way, we need to be obediente to that commandment )D&C 132 5-6).
Literally, obedience to everything that God has said will bring a blessing in
some way. God cant say anything in error, so everything He says is the
best route to go. If we follow Him, we cant go astray. So we need to be exactly
obedient. Obedient in following the council of the prophet, obedient in
following the guidance of our Patriarcal blessings, obedient to our leaders,
obedient in every way we can. God doesnt give commandments to restrict us. It
is to protect us from the dangerous waters of the world. We cant see what
danger lies down a path of sin, but God knows exaclty where a path will lead, and
since He loves us, He tells us what we need to do. I hope that we all can be
more obedient to God and recieve more fully of the blessings that He wants to
give us. (Zak and Mayson read PMG, there is nothing more joyful then bringing
souls unto Christ, the more prepared you are, the greater experience the
mission will be).
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Photo Gallery
Celebrating a YEAR in the mission and Yep- I think these shoes prove it!
Some of the things I'm grateful for (below) my Mom being able to visit the new Tijuana Temple, my trainer Elder Pass (Can't believe its been a year!) and for the opportunity to train Elder Perez in Revolucion (bottom right).
Mission Memories and Blessings that will stay with me forever.
Love this great district of Montes... visited by ZL's Elder Davis/Elder Cruz.
The great district of Guerreo...
being visited by the zone leaders Elder Marquez/Elder Ferguson.
Uhm... a beautiful day in Pachuca makes for a great tan!
I forgot the sunscreen....
The best mission in the WORLD! Mision Mexico Pachuca-
Check out that awesome view behind us!
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HOLY MOLY!!!!
EXCITING NEWS....
EXCITING NEWS....
Look who's engaged in less than two weeks after returning home?
She said YES!!!
Hermana Langdon is engaged as of this weekend. I think they are looking at a July or August wedding date. We are so excited for her and her sweetheart Jared who just returned home from his mission in Ecuador five months ago. They are loving speaking Spanish to each other and being reunited after about 2.5 years apart. So grateful for Leah- specifically her dedicated and diligent efforts here in Mision Mexico Pachuca. She will be an outstanding wife and mother. Sending a huge CONGRATULATIONS from everyone here in Mexico!
BTW: He's handsome in that outfit!
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Thinking of you all...
Elder Jonathan Ferrin being crazy busy with college life but loving every minute of it. He stated in his message that he is so eternally grateful for the mission and for the things it taught him and how those same habits are serving him well in everyday life and helping him to be successful as he pursues his goals. He sends his love and greetings to all the missionaries in the mission.
We are so proud of you Elder Ferrin. Hugs from Mexico!
Thanks for this picture and sweet message.
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The gifts of the mission keep on giving...
Serving a mission brings so many blessings to the families at home.
This is one example of how Hermana Leibano's family became active and after her return home were sealed in the temple together.
What a tender blessing....
We love you Hermana.
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