tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18467142909199849332024-03-18T19:58:37.072-07:00Adventures of Hermana Jennifer DuvallMY 18 MONTH ADVENTURE AS A SISTER MISSIONARY SERVING IN THE MINNESOTA MINNEAPOLIS MISSION FROM MAY 2016 - NOVEMBER 2017Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805205476470041004noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-68692257818634915112017-11-27T11:14:00.001-08:002017-12-03T22:03:54.802-08:00November 27, 2017 Over and Out¡Hola mi familia y mis amigos!<br />
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Sister Baker! I love her soooo much.</h3>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Yes, this is my LAST group email that I will send home. Yes, it is really weird and I cannot believe that this is actually happening. I love my mission so much and I love being a missionary for my Savior Jesus Christ. This last week was so great, filled will many, many miracles and I was reminded over and over again how amazing the Gospel of Jesus Christ really is. </span><br />
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Yesterday was a super hilarious day for some reason, because I got to stand up and speak again in Sacrament meeting without any sort of warning haha. A member in our ward, who doesn't speak any english, was asked to give a talk. SO as he was starting his talk, he called out for me, Hermana Duvall, to come up and translate his talk for him. I HAD NO WARNING AT ALL. I just got up kind of freaking out, but I had to do it because he called me out. It turned out okay and there were only a couple of words that I didn't know what he meant. It was funny because I've translated for him multiple times over the pulpit and I just laughed thinking that it wouldn't be a goodbye from the Rochester 3rd Ward if I didn't at least get one more chance to do it :) THEN right after translating, they stopped me as I was walking down and asked if I and Hermana Tietz would both be willing to speak because the other person who was supposed to give a talk didn't show up. So, I basically was standing up all of sacrament meeting and talking. Hopefully no one got sick of me speaking haha.<br />
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beautiful sunsets and a beautiful companion</h3>
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my last lesson with Francisco.<br /> He played a song on the guitar that<br /> he wrote called "Alma Misionera" for us.<br /> It was so good :) </h3>
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Hno Castillo </h3>
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Jill Nysse!<br /> We have been teaching her on and off for a while<br /> and we love her tons! </h3>
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This has been such an amazing week. I wish I could recount all of the miracles that we saw take place this week! I would like to share just one of them. Hermana Tietz and I decided to go tracting on this street that was kind of shaped like a "U." We had picked this place several times before, but had just never gotten to it. As we were parking, I had the feeling that we needed to walk to the other side of the street to start instead of the side we originally planned. No joke, the very first door we met this miracle family. It was a father and a daughter who answered. We told him that we were missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He cut us off and said, "Jesus Christ!? We just moved here and we are looking for a church to go to." Then Hermana Tietz pulls out our card that has the address to the church building, as well as a picture of Jesus Christ, and his daughter runs up to her and yells "JESUS!!!!!!!" and took the picture from her. So precious. We ended up having a little lesson with them and this 8 year old little girl ended up telling us how much she loves Jesus. We continued along the street and we found a couple more people who opened their doors to us and we were able to teach them. As we were finished with this street, I was just SO amazed how many people opened their doors to us. I am very grateful that we decided to start the other side of the street, because was found Po and his family! That was a miracle, not just a coincidence. It is such a blessing and a privilege to be able to follow spiritual promptings and see God's hand in EVERYTHING!!! Following God's will is so important. I am amazed how God works everything out perfectly. I know He really has a plan for every single one of us!!<br />
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Debora, Cesar,Mia and Camila<br />and their little dog Chloe</h3>
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For my spiritual thought I would like to share the quote that I actually chose to be my mission scripture. It's in Ether 12:4:<br />
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"Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God."<br />
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My favorite Hermana López. SHE has helped me<br /> SO MUCH here. I love her with all my heart.<br /> She's been mi mamá aquí.</h3>
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As I was sitting at church yesterday, I was reflecting back on the time that I picked this scripture. How much I have changed, grown, and become closer to my savior Jesus Christ- I don't think I really ever took the time to realize before my mission what an amazing, wonderful privilege it is to be a representative of Christ. These last 18 months I have worked my hardest to give my ALL to God and Jesus Christ because they deserves nothing less. My heart has been changed and I have a deep desire to continue to steadfastly serve them for the rest of my life. Jesus Christ is my anchor. He is the one who has kept me going, in the good times and in the really tough times. My faith in Him has grown stronger. There is a scripture that says that Christ is the author and finisher of our faith, however, in Spanish it says He is the "autor and perfeccionador". I LOVE THAT. He is the one who perfects our faith. How beautiful is that? I know that this church is true. I know that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is a gospel of action that helps us become like our savior Jesus Christ. I know I am not perfect, but I am grateful to know that as long as I keep trying, He will help me. I know Jesus Christ lives and this knowledge provides me with so much peace, happiness, and JOY. I will forever treasure all of the things I have learned, the wonderful people I have met, and the memories I will take with me! I'm so grateful for this privilege I've had, and I'm ever more grateful that I've learned that I can still represent Him everyday as I strive to be like Him.<br />
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The Howard Fam. Their kids are awesome and<br /> crazy they were yelling "halloweeeen"<br /> in this picture and it's sooo cute.</h3>
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I'll see you on Wednesday! Until we meet again, I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH. More importantly, Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ love you all so much more.<br />
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Martha Stewart :)</h3>
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805205476470041004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-40261452139088977082017-11-23T18:48:00.001-08:002017-11-23T18:48:18.521-08:00November 23, 2017 Feliz dia de acción de gracias!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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we took advantage of the warmer weather to go chalking! </h3>
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING (feliz día de acción de gracias, espero que coman mucho pavo hoy)!! Our pday got switched from Monday to today so that we would be able to enjoy our day with all the members here and use our time more effectively. Due to Pday being switched, SO much has happened in the last week and a half!!<br />
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Hermana Tietz</h3>
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We saw so many miracles and it's been so humbling and amazing to see the work here pick up! We've been able to find so many more people to teach. We've been working really hard the past few months, and it's nice to see some results come of it. We had a lesson with Francisco and 3 of his nephews last week about baptism and following Jesus Christ. The three little nephews were all joking that they were going to go home and baptized each other in their bathtub haha. Randomly in the middle of the lesson, <br />
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Francisco!!!!!</h3>
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Francisco ran away and came back with picture that we took on the day of his baptism. He explained to his nephews how happy and clean he felt. This melted my heart and made me so happy. It truly is amazing how living and becoming converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ changes lives! Also, Francisco asked us if we could look up if there was a church building in his pueblo where he's from because he wants to tell his family who lives there to go. We looked it up and there's a ward that meets in his little pueblito. When we told him that he stared crying because he was SO HAPPY. I may or may not have been tearing up as well.<br />
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"happy cows"<br /> - says hermana Tietz when she sees cows grazing in the fields</h3>
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We also had some really crazy, funny experiences haha. The highlight of crazy experiences this week is that we met a lady who literally thought she is GOD! We met her last week and set up an appointment with her. So, we went to her house on Monday and the lesson started out pretty normal and then it turned this kind little old lady turned flipped like a 180 and turned into a different person. She literally thought she was God and was upset when she asked if we believed her and we said no. Her logic was pretty out there and overall it was just a crazy funny lesson. She said the purpose of this life is to "eat, drink, and be merry.." and that she knows everything in this life there is to know. I had to stop myself from laughing at the end of the lesson and I turned it into a cough because I was just sitting there thinking "is this really happening?" Anyways, Hermana Tietz and I walked out of there just shocked because she was crazy.<br />
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Goodbyes are so sad! I've been visiting<br /> sweet Mona for the last 6 months. Love her dearly. </h3>
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I gave a talk this last Sunday on gratitude, more specifically about what I have learned about it on my mission. I was super grateful for the opportunity to give this talk, because I was reminded and able to recognize all that I have learned about Gratitude on my mission. I found this quote as I was preparing for my talk that put into words what I wanted to share:<br />
"True gratitude is the ability to humbly see, feel, and even receive love. Gratitude is a form of returning love to God. Recognize His hand, tell Him so, express your love to Him. As you come to truly know the Lord, you will find an intimate, sacred relationship built on trust. You will come to know He understands your anguish and will, in compassion, always respond to you in love.<br />
Receive it. Feel it. It is not enough just to know that God loves you. The gift is to be felt continually day by day. It will then be a divine motivator throughout your life. Repent. Remove any worldliness from your life, including anger. Receive a continual remission of your sins, and you will bridle all your passions and be filled with love."<br />
I LOVE this quote so much. It really isn't enough just to know that God loves us, we need to receive it, feel it, and RETURN this love to Him. There are so many ways that we can do this: using the Atonement of Jesus Christ and showing God that we are actually thankful for that great sacrifice, submitting ourselves to His will by following the example of Jesus Christ (Not my will, but thine, be done.), turning outwards to help all those around us, expressing daily gratitude in sincere prayer..etc. I believe that there is one common theme between all of these: action. We need to actively give gratitude to God, so that He can have joy as well! I hope you all have a wonderful thanksgiving and look for ways that YOU can give joy to our merciful father in Heaven :)<br />
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Love you all! Heavenly Father and His son Jesus Christ love you so much more!<br />
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Con amor,<br />
Hermana Duvall<br />
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we drove out to work with the Kasson sisters last week! <br />We were going to visit a Hispanic family but we ended<br /> up finding a family that moved here recently<br /> and are members of our church! It was definitely<br /> a miracle that we stopped by this random<br /> house in the middle of nowhere</h3>
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Candy! We recently started teaching her and she's so great! </h3>
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Hermana Ortiz.<br /> She's one of my favorite members here in Rochester. <br />I love learning from her and hearing all of her amazing stories</h3>
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Sister Bly!<br /> She is a boss when it comes to the scriptures.<br /> I look up to her so much.</h3>
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I've been teaching Karl the whole time<br /> I've been here in Rochester and the Prices<br /> have been amazing with coming to lessons with us!</h3>
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Los Hermosillo. I'm going to miss them so much. </h3>
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<br /><br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805205476470041004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-87448492448458127552017-11-13T15:09:00.001-08:002017-11-13T15:11:58.914-08:00November 13, 2017 When warm weather becomes 30 degrees<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAKEmXrvxKLxtA2nLVphx6-9Asz0eCPd4OEscPNRPi6Db3H7hldBMrXWlW5srXjEU__cC7fpZFTpe1869LwmbEjtAYI3YkaICNZYOQCeTuDQRCyposuNyeqzk0HJQ4XkfMOw3iXg457k/s1600/2017-11-09+Sister+Vincent+and+Connie.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a>
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Just a cool wall in downtown Rochester </h3>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The winter really has arrived here in Minnesota and the beautiful fall leaves are all starting to die haha. It got down to 10 degrees plus windchill and now when I see 30 degrees I think, "yes, that's so warm!" I don't know what has happened to this California girl but I'm starting to get used to the cold! This week was such a great week filled with lots of little miracles!! </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> One little miracle for ya- We were out visiting people right before we had to go to a meeting last night and we met a sweet lady named Candi! She let us right in and it turns out that missionaries have visited her before. We taught her more about the Book of Mormon and resurrection! It was such a spiritual lesson. This was a breath of fresh air for us, because we seriously have been knocking sooo many doors and doings lots of finding!</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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After the Zone blitz we all came back<br />to the church for some hot cocoa :)</h3>
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Sister Larsen and I got to do some service as we were<br />on exchanges and rake a whole bunch of leaves.<br />It was nice and warm (high 30s) and<br />we were happy to not have to wear big coats </h3>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> This was a crazy busy week for us because we had two exchanges! Last Monday and Tuesday we were in La Crosse, Wisconsin. It was my last time being in Wisconsin and we had such a great time. I was with Sister Larsen! She is a sister that I've known for the last 6 months because she started her mission in Rochester. I love working with her because she's such a hard working missionary and a wonderful example of loving the work. We had a really cool miracles where we knocked on someone's door around 8pm and she let us right in! Turns out that her uncle and other family members are Mormons! We had a cool lesson with her about the Book of Mormon and it was amazing. The next day, Wednesday I went on an exchange with Sister Cobb!! We also so several miracles in their area and it was so fun to work with her. She's another great missionary!!! We ALSO did a Zone Blitz, which is where all of the missionaries in the Rochester Area worked in one area for a couple of hours. It was fun because we all got back together, after freezing outside for a couple of hours, and shared some wonderful experiences and miracles that we saw. Every once and I while it just amazes me how rare it is that a bunch of 18, 19, 20 yr olds love getting together to talk about God and how much they love serving others. I love being a missionary!!</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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Here is our dearest most favorite Connie!<br />We love her! </h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">We had a really awesome visit with one of our member's friend, Connie!! We were able to share a little about the Book of Mormon with her. It turns out that a friend gave her a Book of Mormon many years back. She said that she really would love to start reading it. It was so precious because she told us that she's pretty busy and that she could probably only read one chapter every day!! We laughed and told her that was super great. Connie just has a heart of gold and I love her so much. I love getting to know her and feel her spirit. We are excited to continue working with her and to learn together.</span><br />
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Sister Vincent and Connie</h3>
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The La Crosse District! We had cupcake decorating contest.<br />The elders were a lot more into it than we expected haha </h3>
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My little snowman cupcake that I decorated</h3>
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This has been a bit of a crazy week, but I finished it up all in one piece! Things have been super busy and there has been a little bit of snow here (not too much luckily haha). Last Monday and Tuesday we were up in the cities. We had Mission Leadership Council on Monday and then a Mission Conference on Tuesday. Both of the meetings were so good and inspiring. Elder Michael T. Ringwood spoke to us in both of the meetings- he's an amazing speaker. Something that I noticed was his theme throughout everything he said is that he testified that we are ALL sons and daughters of God, we ALL have a very specific purpose in this life and God loves ALL of us and is very aware of all our needs. I really loved that message and I think it's so easy to forget sometimes, but it's such essential doctrine that makes life so much easier.<br />
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As we were up in Bloomington, we were able to do some work in the Richfield Spanish area, which is Hermana Tietz's previous area before coming to Rochester. We got to visit someone that she taught the whole time she was there. He's working towards being baptized but has various things that are holding him back. I had a really special experience where God let me feel so much love for this man, even though I had just met him. As he was explaining that he just wants to be free of addiction, I felt the spirit testify to me that God loves him so much and is aware of him and his struggles. I am grateful God provides us with that love even for people we don't really know at all.<br />
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Me and the best hermana Tietz.<br />She found a Harry Potter shirt that<br />she fell in love with (in her bag)</h3>
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Honestly, a lot of things happened this week. Things are starting to look up! We were able to find a couple of new people to teach and more people were willing to listen to us. We are doing a lot of work with the members as well. It's still super amazing to see the Lord's hand in everything. I love teaching people about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. That Christ didn't just suffer for our sins, but for our pains, sicknesses, temptations, sorrows, etc. everything we feel He knows and can help us! This week I really needed that reminder, and so I love how God gave me several opportunities to teach people about it so I could remind myself of His love as well.<br />
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It was also a funny week of me noticing a lot of random things about MN. Apparently people "winterize" their homes here! I thought it was super interesting because I have never had to do that being from California. We helped some members do this. Basically, we just took everything in their yard that the winter could possibly ruin and put it in a shed. also, I saw multiple people wearing short sleeve shirts and shorts as it was snowing outside. They told me they don't put coats or pants on until it's below freezing. I'm pretty sure their mutants or something. Yeah, people here are so awesome but I still don't understand because I'm just so cold.<br />
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For my spiritual thought, I'm honestly don't know where to start because I feel like I learned SO much this week! One thing that really helped me through this week is learning to trust God. I realized that often times then not, I'm very good at telling people: trust god, god loves us, just pray and you'll receive an answer, keep going and don't give up... and then I don't apply it to myself at the end of the day. But I've realized that as I do things are SO much easier and SO much clearer. A scripture that really helped me this week and that kept coming to my mind is in 1 Nephi 11:17: "And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things." We may not know the meaning behind all things or why certain things happen. But what I do know is that God loves you, me, and even that crazy guy that wears shorts when it's 20 degrees outside- all of us! I have felt the Love of God bear and lift me up and I am so incredibly grateful for my savior Jesus Christ who Love me and helps me too. I love being a representative of Him and I'm so grateful that I have this amazing opportunity to wear His name on my chest everyday!<br />
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All of the Hermanas (minus 2) at mission conference.<br /> It was fun to finally meet some of them for the first time.</h3>
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805205476470041004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-75810952700130772172017-10-30T14:15:00.000-07:002017-10-30T14:21:16.103-07:00October 30, 2017 Lots of Singing and SNOW!¡Hola mi familia y mis amigos!<br />
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This was another amazing great week to be a missionary! So it snowed for the first time this week here in Minnesota- YAY. I still am not sure how I feel about it haha. I know it is definitely very pretty outside with all the white tipped trees, but that also means it's getting colder and colder. Hermana Tietz and I had fun tracting in the snow. Of course, basically every personally told us "Stay warm!" "Get yourselves out of the snow!" We also say thanks, but at the same time we are obviously knocking on your door as it's snowing for a reason.<br />
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We had our first exchange for this transfer with the Rochester 5 Sisters- Sisters Luk and Woodward. I got to be sister Luk's companion in her area! Sister Luk and I have been companions like 5 times so it's always fun to be with her. We call each other our second companion because we are always together. We had a lot of fun lessons and experiences as we were together on an exchange. One of my favorite was meeting a sweet lady named Beverly. She used to be an organist for her church and she loves music so much. She doesn't play anymore because she's pretty old, but we were able to sing her a hymn and she loved it so much! She started tearing up as we sang her "Nearer, my God, to Thee" and she told us we had perfect dictation (that meant a lot because she also majored in vocal performance a long time ago. I always love singing to people and helping them feel the spirit that way!<br />
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<br /> Honestly, nothing super exciting in the world of us teaching and knocking lots of doors! I wanted to share a funny story though. This week I was eating pistachios as a snack. Hermana Tietz and I were driving to an appointment. Then we all know that some pistachios taste amazing and some taste absolutely horrible. I made an ugly face and spit it out as quick as possibly. Hermana Tietz just laughed at me and said "There has to be opposition in all things Hermana!" Little did I know, that later that night we were going to be teaching a lesson about the fall of Adam and Eve and we talked about opposition in all things. I was able to share that funny personal experience and it added to the lesson. I'm grateful that god provides us with opportunities to learn and grow from so that we are able to help others as well- even when they're funny ones!<br />
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These birds are the pets of one of our members!<br />They just walk around her house and<br />are the funniest little things!</h3>
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This weekend was Stake Conference and general authority of the 70 came to reorganize the stake! It was a packed weekend with lots of spiritual messages that I loved. Yesterday during Stake conference, we stood and sang "I Believe in Christ" as together! The last verse really touched me:<br />
"I believe in Christ; he stands supreme!<br />
From him I’ll gain my fondest dream;<br />
And while I strive through grief and pain,<br />
His voice is heard: “Ye shall obtain.”<br />
I believe in Christ; so come what may,<br />
With him I’ll stand in that great day<br />
When on this earth he comes again<br />
To rule among the sons of men."<br />
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Hermana Elías. We love her lots and her little birds. </h3>
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I don't know if I have the words to describe how I really feel about my Savior Jesus Christ. All I know is that I know I would not be able to make it through this life without him. He has given me the strength time and time again, even in pain or in sadness, to keep moving forward. He continues to comfort me and lift me up and reminds me that I am not alone in this journey called life. "So come what may"- I will never deny that Jesus is my Savior, no matter what. I cannot wait to see Him once again, face to face, and thank Him. What a marvelous day that will be! Until then, I know I will grow closer to Him by striving to become like Him and remembering that I cannot do it without His help. HE IS ALWAYS THERE and it's up to us if we are going to grab hold of his hand or not. I love being a missionary and being a representative of Him! He's the best person to represent!<br />
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The FAMOUS Flapdoodles </h3>
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Have a wonderful week, love you all! More importantly, Heavenly Father and His son Jesus Christ love you all so much more!<br />
Con amor,<br />
Hermana Duvall<br />
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Hermana Tietz and I went to stop by some investigators. We first knocked on their door<br /> and they weren't home. Hermana Tietz and I thought It would be fun to take pics on the<br /> railroad tracks across from their house. So we did, and when we were finished<br />they pulled up to their house.<br />Miracles happen and perfect timing!</h3>
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805205476470041004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-55298653970524045522017-10-23T17:59:00.000-07:002017-10-23T18:00:08.200-07:00October 23, 2017 The JOY is set before usHola mi familia y mis amigos!!!<br />
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me smiling because I'm so happy families are forever </h3>
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I hope you all had a great week :) this week was super awesome filled with lots of little miracles like always!! The weather last week was seriously SO NICE, I think it was a joke, because it is now in the forecast that we are going to be getting snow! I am excited because the snow is beautiful, but scared because that means it's going to get real cold real fast. I thought that I was used to the cold because I survived one Minnesotan winter, but I feel that I am going to have to readjust haha. Anyways, Hermana Tietz and I are still super grateful that we are able to stay together one more transfer!<br />
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Due to the amazing weather this week, we went chalking multiple times throughout the week. "chalking" is just when we draw something with chalk and talk with people around us, and hopefully teach something! We had a couple of really cool experiences this week as we were doing so. One of the days, we decided that we wanted to draw a temple and focus on how families can be together forever. As we were drawing, this super cute little dog came running up to us and wouldn't leave our side. The dog's owner came running over (because the dog wouldn't listen to her or go back to her) and she wanted to make sure her dog wasn't bugging us. She right away asked us what we were doing and why we were doing it! We were able to talk with her about temples and family history! She was super amazed and in awe and kept saying "wow, that's amazing." So it was a really cool experience to have her just walk up to us and ask us what we were doing. Also, I am pretty sure that animals can sense the spirit and her dog wanted to talk with us too lol.<br />
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Do you like the leaf in my hair?<br /> Captured by the amazing hna Tietz</h3>
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So other than all of the chalking this week, we had some good lessons and we were able to talk to a lot of people. We were able to meet with our investigator Maryola this week! She was the one who moved and we ended up accidentally knocking on her door. Luckily she laughed and thought it was a sign from God that she needed to keep meeting with us! We've also been meeting with a super sweet lady named Jill! We started meeting with her a little while back and we had a really great lesson with her about how families can be together forever! The spirit was super strong and she wants to continue learning with us. We are teaching various people and it's been fun! Francisco is still doing super well!! We had a lesson with him and his nephews this week and we were able to teach his two nephews about Jesus Christ! It was honestly so amazing to see Francisco testifying and teaching his little nephews. I have realized that this is something that really has brought me so much joy throughout my mission. I love teaching people the simple truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ, so they are able to do the same :) it's the best and makes me SOO happy. Love being a missionary, like i've said a billion times.<br />
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I've been studying in the Topical Guide about Jesus Christ and I'm going through all of the scriptures that are about Him. Yesterday morning I came across this scripture that I absolutely love in the Bible. In Hebrews 12:2 it says, "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God." Now, I feel that I've always read this scripture focusing on the "author and finisher of our faith" part. Although I know that as we look unto Jesus we are able to have the faith we need to endure, the part that talks about joy really stuck out to me. I love that even through all of the mocking and suffering Jesus Christ went through, He focused on Joy. I'm sure He focused on the joy He would receive, but also the joy we all would received because of what He was doing. So, I also found this wonderful quote by President Russell M. Nelson from the October 2016 conference that I think really expounds upon this scripture: </div>
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I know families can be together forever! </h3>
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"If we look to the world and follow its formulas for happiness, we will never know joy. The unrighteous may experience any number of emotions and sensations, but they will never experience joy! Joy is a gift for the faithful. It is the gift that comes from intentionally trying to live a righteous life, as taught by Jesus Christ.<br />
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He taught us how to have joy. When we choose Heavenly Father to be our God and when we can feel the Savior’s Atonement working in our lives, we will be filled with joy. Every time we nurture our spouse and guide our children, every time we forgive someone or ask for forgiveness, we can feel joy" ("Joy and Spiritual Survival").<br />
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May we choose to find Joy in Jesus Christ, to hold onto that Joy, because I know it is SO MUCH more worth it than trying to seek for fake joy from the world.<br />
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Love you all! More importantly, Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love you all so much more!<br />
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con amor,<br />
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Hermana Duvall<br />
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One of our amazing members here- Monica!<br /> She's from Africa and has so much faith.</h3>
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805205476470041004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-63661615206765383482017-10-16T16:25:00.000-07:002017-10-16T16:25:18.695-07:00October 16, 2017 Rain or Shine¡Hola mi familia y mis amigos!<br />
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<br /> This was one great week! Good news is that I am going to be finishing my mission here in Rochester with Hermana Tietz :) we were super surprised because we didn't think we were going to stay together, but I am excited for her to "kill" me! I love this area and there's so much more to do, so I am so happy that i get to be here for another six weeks.<br />
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We had a very interesting week as far as teaching lessons and such. At the beginning of the transfer we made a goal to knock 100 doors before the end of September. Once we met that goal we made another goal to knock another 100 doors by the end of a transfer. Last week we met that goal, and we set another goal to knock 50 more doors by the end of the transfer and we met it the next day. Needless to say, we have been knocking a lot of doors and looking for people who are willing to hear this wonderful message. Rain or shine- it's been super fun. We haven't seen too many things come out of it yet, but we know that the Lord has a Plan and we just need to continue to work hard and be diligent missionaries.<br />
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So, as we have been doing a lot of finding because we don't have a huge teaching pool right now, we have had SO MANY crazy experiences. Something that we have been trying to do is following spiritual promptings right away. I love following spiritual promptings because they lead us to do the Lord's will. However, we get ourselves into really awkward situations. The other day we were driving through this random neighborhood back to our apartment to get some lunch. As we were driving I saw this random house and thought "go knock that house." So we stopped the car and knocked that specific house. The people who lived there weren't interested. We felt that there must've been some reason as to why we were told to stop. So we walked across the street and knocked on another house. GUESS WHO IT ENDED UP BEING!! It ended up being some investigators who recently moved last week and we hadn't received their new address from them yet. We seriously felt super stalkerish to be honest because out of all the houses in Rochester, we knocked into the house that they had just moved it. Seriously, it was not a coincidence whatsoever. I am so in awe that happened now, even a couple of days after!!<br />
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<br /> We also had a really cool experience this morning. A group of high school students from a religion class came to our church building to have a tour of it. At the end of the tour we had a "question and answer" time with them. It was a super cool experience to be able to stand up in front of a group of youth and answer some really insightful questions and not so insightful (a.k.a: can mormons drink milk?! YESS I LOVE MILK). That was a super funny question.<br />
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One scripture that has been on my mind a lot is in the Bible. In 1 Corinthians 2:9 it says, "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." This scripture really helps me put things into perspective. Sometimes, we can get too focused on receiving immediate blessings. BUT that isn't how God always works. It's not that God doesn't want to bless us right away, it's because He knows that if we just wait a little longer something so much better is going to come our way!! I am so grateful that we have such a loving Heavenly Father that has a very perfect plan for each of us- SO much better than we could even imagine. I know that as we put our trust in Him that everything is going to work out!!<br />
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I love you all and I hope you have a good week!!! Don't forget that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love you all SOOOO MUCH MORE!!!<br />
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con amor,<br />
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hermana duvall<br />
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We were trying to take a beautiful picture of the fall leaves<br /> and you get a picture of me not looking at the camera. Yay</h3>
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Agua de Jamaica IS HEAVENLY I LOVE IT SOOO MUCH</h3>
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La Familia Hermosillo.<br /> They are one of my favorite families here in Rochester!<br /> Their oldest boy, Jose just got the priesthood and he<br />bore a really powerful testimony during our lesson<br />yesterday about how he loves God.</h3>
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805205476470041004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-3575305125883921752017-10-09T20:44:00.001-07:002017-10-09T20:44:05.650-07:00October 9, 2017 Road Trips and Lots of Rain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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This was another great week that just flew by soooo quickly! It's been raining almost every single day here this past week. It's definitely been a lot of fun and an adventure. This is the last week of the transfer, so we will find out next week if I'll be staying here in Rochester to finish my mission. I really hope so because I love it here SO much, but wherever the Lord wants me I'll go.<br />
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This was one of the busiest weeks ever; we weren't in our area for a two days straight. We did probably about 10 hours of driving all together. Road trips are fun, but not as fun when you're driving in the middle of nowhere..anyways, We had Mission Leadership Council (MLC) last Tuesday up in the cities and it was a great time like always. Right after MLC ended, we headed of to La Crosse, Wisconsin for an exchange with the sisters there- Sister Calchera and Sister Jasperson! I spent my time in La Crosse with Sister Calchera, who I LOVE WITH ALL MY HEART. She's one of my favorite sisters. We have gone on a couple of exchanges and we always have such a great time filled with learning and talking and laughing. It's the best. While we were together, we had a lesson with <br />
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The La Crosse, Wisconsin district.<br /> It's always a fun time leaving MN<br /> to spend some time with all of them</h3>
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someone who has been having a lot of trials in her life recently. As we stood outside talking with her, even though I just met her I felt that Heavenly Father really knows and loves her so much. Sometimes it may feel that God isn't there when we are going through trials, but I know will all my heart that He is always there! And plus, we don't have to go through it alone! I love testifying of Jesus Christ and His love for all of us, because I really do know it!<br />
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President and Sister Barney and Francisco! </h3>
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We also had interviews with President Barney this last week! I always love interviews with the president. I am very grateful for him and his insight! It is always a breath of fresh air when we get to spend time with President and Sister Barney! Also, they were able to come to a lesson with us with Francisco! Hermana Tietz and I had to translate throughout the lesson, which made it a little difficult, but the spirit was so strong. I am grateful for their strong testimonies. FRANCISCO IS DOING SO GREAT! We worked on some of his family history this week and he found 6 more people in his family tree! He received the Priesthood yesterday and is going to be able to bless the sacrament now! And he received a calling! He's doing so great and we are trying to continue to help him progress and strengthen his faith. He honestly amazes me how willing he is to follow all of the commandments and follows God's will.<br />
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<br />A couple of random funny things that happened this week:<br />
1.)We stopped on the side of the road to type an address into our GPS. But, right as I was typing it in the GPS stopped working! So we sat there patiently waiting for it to start. As we were waiting, this sweet little old lady, named Pat, came out of her house holding two tupperwares- one with Halloween Oreos and one with lots of chocolate! She offered us some and asked us to explain how the whole trick or treat thing works because she was expecting the kids to come. She kept calling us "sweet little things" and then it stared pouring so she went inside. We don't know why she came out of her house and offered us candy, but it was the sweetest thing ever! Haha it was also hilarious and so random.<br />
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2.)We went tracting in the rain multiple times this week and got soaked multiple times this week. Surprisingly, not many people felt bad for us and wouldn't let us in. But we met a few golden people that we are going to go back and teach more.<br />
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3.) Cats love me. I was at an appointment, just teaching, and their cats were like all over me. They think my hair is a toy too so that's fun.<br />
4.) I got to translate in Testimony meeting again. Hermano Meneses always asks me to translate for him when he bares his testimony. hahah it's so fun but so hard at the same time! I just have to laugh about it because I know it's not perfect, but I grateful the Lord gives me the strength to go up in front of a bunch of people and do it!<br />
This week was filled with a bunch of randomness and it was great. Now for a spiritual thought! Something that I have been thinking a lot about this week is simply how amazing our Savior, Jesus Christ is! He literally went through it all- the best and the worst of it- so we don't have to do it all by ourselves. Sometimes, for some odd reason we think it's easier to do it all by ourself because we want to be independent or we don't want to be a burden..etc. This is something I've learned a lot recently- IT'S SO MUCH EASIER WITH THE HELP OF THE SAVIOR. There's a <br />
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The pics that Hermana Tietz<br /> quickly took as we were in a<br /> lesson haha so funny.<br /> These cats wouldn't leave me alone. </h3>
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quote that explains this that Sister Jasperson shared in district meeting this last week:<br />
“Well, my dear sisters, the gospel is the good news that can free us from guilt. We know that Jesus experienced the totality of mortal existence in Gethsemane. It’s our faith that he experienced everything- absolutely everything. Sometimes we don’t think through the implications of that belief. We talk in great generalities about the sins of all humankind, about the suffering of the entire human family. But we don’t experience pain in generalities. We experience it individually. That means he knows what everything feels like! He knows all that. He’s been there. He’s been lower than all that. He’s not waiting for us to be perfect. Perfect people don’t need a Savior. He came to save his people in their imperfections. He is the Lord of the living, and the living make mistakes. He’s not embarrassed by us, angry at us, or shocked. He wants us in our brokenness, in our unhappiness, in our guilt and our grief."<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">One of my favorite office missionaries :) Sister Heilman!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">She's learning some Spanish and she's doing great. We love her lots. </span></div>
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I love the Savior so much! He's my best friend. Love you all lots. But more importantly, Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ love you all SO MUCH MORE.<br />
have a great week!<br />
Hermana Jennifer Duvall<br />
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Nyakouth and us! We used to visit and teach her a while<br /> back, and we just started teaching her again.<br /> I love her faith and her sweet prayers</h3>
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Sister Calchera and I with a little boy who I can't<br /> remember his name,<br /> and some cows in the background ! </h3>
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805205476470041004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-87277305743834886252017-10-02T12:30:00.002-07:002017-10-02T12:30:32.289-07:00October 2, 2017 MIRACLES: after the trial of FAITH¡Hola mi familia y mis amigos!<br />
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Why do I feel like it was just Pday? Time is just flying by sooooo fast! This last weeek was a pretty good week! The leaves are starting to change colors and I'm pretty stoked about it. Part of me wishes the leaves could change colors without it getting really cool, but you win some and you loose some! <br />
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Flapdoodles to finish the exchange<br /><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">and talk about what we learned! </span></h3>
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We had exchanges this week with the Rochester Sisters, Sister Woodward and Sister Luk! I had the chance to go with Sister Woodward to her area. While on the exchange, we taught someone about the Priesthood and why it's important. As we taught this lesson it made me feel ever so grateful to have the priesthood in my life. I am grateful for all the many blessings that I've received from the priesthood! One thing that I love about the priesthood is that the men who have it cannot use it to bless themselves, they can only use it to bless others.<br />
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Hermana Tietz's Grandma sent us little pumpkins.</h3>
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One thing that Hermana Tietz and I have been working on it listening and following the first promptings that we receive. This week we were driving around just stopping by some people. As we were driving on this one street that has a walking trail on it, I looked over and saw someone walking on the trail. Without thinking much, I told hermana Tietz that we need to stop and talk to that guy. So we ended up meeting Mohammad! We had a really awesome conversation about prayer and how prayer has helped us in our lives. He was really excited to hear that we have a living day prophet and we told him about General Conference! It was a cool little miracle that we saw as we listened to the promptings of the Holy Ghost. Sometimes it can be a little scary to just walk up to random people, but I've found that as I completely put my trust in God that He is able to work through us and give us the words to say! Along with this experience, we have been meeting several new people and knocking lots of doors! Slowly but surely we are finding those who are willing and ready to listen to our message. I find strength knowing that there's at least one person who, God has prepared.<br />
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We are simply trying to be better at taking more<br />pictures so here's a car selfie...</h3>
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Francisco is still doing super good! We were able to have an Family Home Evening with a family in our Stake that speaks Spanish and it was so awesome! Francisco ended up bringing his cousin for the lesson. Francisco shared this really cool story with all of us. Last week, Francisco was sitting in the church and remembered that he needed to pay his tithing. As he sat there, he thought about all of the money that he has earned so he could calculate what he needed to pay for his tithing. After figuring out the amount, he reached into his pocket to see how much he had with him, and it was the SAME EXACT amount of money that he needed to pay his tithing. He bore his testimony as to how God always makes things possible for us as we are obedient! We also watched the Sunday Sessions with Francisco with some members in our ward. Francisco LOVED general conference and said that all of his questions were answered.<br />
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Fun trip to the zoo a couple of<br />weeks ago! Maverick, Hermana Duvall, Hermana<br />Davis, Hermana Tietz, and Hermana Shepard! </h3>
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I LOVE GENERAL CONFERENCE SO MUCH!!! For those of you who don't know, General Conference is basically this meeting where the Prophet, Apostles, and other leaders of our church speak to the whole world. I had several questions going into General Conference and almost all of them were answered. As I watched, I felt so much love from Heavenly Father because I realized once again that He really is so aware of me, my questions, my struggles, etc. I loved all of the talks that were given. But, one of my favorite talks was given by Donald L. Hallstrom about miracles! He shared the scripture in Ether 12:18 which says,"And neither at any time hath any wrought miracles until after their faith; wherefore they first believed in the Son of God." FAITH is REQUIRED for miracles to happen. There are so many miracles that we can hear of, especially of those who are healed without any explanation other than God; but, another miracle is Him simply giving us strength to endure. The question is where are faith is centered on: immediately receiving relief or is it centered on the Will of the Lord? Do we have faith to not be healed, so that we can become the person that God wants us to become? After all, we only go through things that God KNOWS we can handled and KNOWS we will learn from and grow from. I know that as we faithfully submit to the will of the Lord, that we will be able to recognize more of the miracles that happen in our lives day to day. I have felt the Lord strengthening me, when I feel I am too weak to keep moving forward. I am forever grateful and forever debted to all of the help and love the Savior has provided me. I am grateful for Jesus Christ and I am incredibly blessed to be a representative of Him!<br />
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I hope you all have a wonderful week! Love you! but, more importantly, God and Jesus Christ love you all SOOO MUCH MORE!<br />
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Hermana Duvall<br />
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We were trying to copy the pumpkins faces...<br /> so please excuse my ugly face ahaha</h3>
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I was sitting on Hermana Lopez's couch<br /> reading/browsing this book about the<br /> history of the Book of Mormon,<br />when choco decided to come join me. </h3>
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<br /> This week was such a great week. The weather is still super weird and not very normal, because it was nice and warm. I am praying really hard that it stays like this for as long as possible. However, Hermana Tietz is praying for snow because she wants to experience a "real winter" haha. We will have to wait and see what happens. Anwyays, it simply amazes me how time in the mission is such a paradox. I feel like the time is going by way to fast, but when I think about what we did at the beginning of the week it feels like forever ago.<br />
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He used to scare me because he's huge,<br />but he really is just a big sweetheart.<br />He tried licking my face<br />and luckily i avoided it.</h3>
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Update on Francisco: He is doing so great! We recently started reteaching all of the discussions to him this last week! It has been really cool to see his testimony of the Book of Mormon grow more and more everyday. Every time we ask Francisco a question like "How are you going to continue to strengthen your faith in Jesus Christ?" He smiles and grins as he hugs his Book of Mormon! We also helped him start his Family History so that he will be able to have some names to take to the temple eventually!! He told us that he keeps seeing more and more blessings that have come from his decision to be baptized. Many more blessings are going to come! Also, Francisco has been teaching us various "trabalenguas" (tongue twisters) in Spanish that are super fun.<br />
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<b><i>Francisco trying to teach us a tongue twister (pájaro cari poca pote) </i></b><br />
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Sister Hardy and I on our exchange </h3>
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<br />We had exchanges this week with some sisters in our zone- Sister Hardy and Sister Larsen. Sister Hardy and I were in my area for the day and it was so great. Sister Hardy is from Arizona and she just got out on her mission this transfer. We had a super great time on the exchange. We were able to teach a couple of people and do lots of finding. We knocked on one door and they weren't super interested so we started walking away, and then he called back to us and offered us some water because it was super hot outside. That was a cool experience and we were super grateful for that.<br />
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Lee and their cute dog Aurora</h3>
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<br /> We also recently started teaching the husband of one of our members in our ward. His name is Lee and he recently started gaining interest in learning more about the gospel. We are excited to start teaching him again and to help him will all of his great questions haha.<br />
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This was such a spiritual high weekend, with the start of General Conference with the Women's session AND we had a member of the quorum of the Seventy, Elder Renlund Stacey, come to our ward yesterday to speak. I learned and heard so many things and I wish I could share all of it with you. REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE! This was one phrase that stuck out to me this whole weekend. In President Dieter F. Uchtdorf's talk he said something along the lines that nothing that anyone ever says about you will overrule what God says. God says that we are all His children and that we ALL have a divine destiny and potential to become like Him. The worth of a soul is it's capacity to become like God. I know that we are all of great worth in the sight of God, and we mustn't overlook what God thinks. He LOVES us SO MUCH!!! I know this to be true. I also know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and He loves us all so very much.<br />
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I hope you all have a wonderful week, and remember that I love you! But more importantly, Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ love you all so much more!<br />
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Hermana Duvall<br />
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Sister Passow and Hermana Tietz and<br /> my huge hair due to the humidity</h3>
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805205476470041004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-59833787908817320082017-09-18T16:00:00.000-07:002017-09-18T16:00:24.913-07:00September 18, 2017 Francisco's Baptism¡Hola mi familia y mis amigos!<br />
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Francisco was baptized! He's so happy!</h3>
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All of the people who came to Francisco's baptism!<br /> We wanted to take a group picture so he could<br /> remember all of those who came.</h3>
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Hermana Anderson, hermano Celis,<br /> Francisco, Obispo Fletcher, and us!</h3>
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FRANCISCO GOT BAPTIZED! The baptism turned out to be perfect. Hermana Anderson actually surprised all of us and was able to get permission to come down to Rochester for the baptism. It was fun to see her again. After the being baptized Francisco told us that he felt like he was a little child again, pure and clean :). I was even able to see a difference in his countenance. He was confirmed in sacrament meeting yesterday! I felt the spirit testify to be yesterday that God and Jesus Christ really do love all of us so much- individually. Christ really is our personal savior for each and everyone of us. Ahh Francisco seriously is a miracle. It has been such a blessing seeing him progress and his testimony become stronger and stronger. He has a genuine, sincere desire to do anything in his power to follow the example of the Savior. I know that by being baptized is one of the first and most important decisions that we can make in our lives. I am so happy and excited to see how his life is going to change even more, as he continues to strengthen his faith and progress in the gospel.<br />
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Hermana Tietz and I have been trying to get creative with finding new people to teach, because we don't have too many people that are progressing right now. We went chalking with one of our favorite members, Sister Stewart. We chalked out the Plan of Salvation (or Plan of LOVE) and we were able to make some really good contacts with some people! One of my favorite things to teach people is about god's plan of happiness that He created for us. We also have just been knocking a lot of doors and talking to lots of people. We have definitely met a few promising people who seemed pretty prepared and ready to learn more about the gospel- so we are excited about them. Something that I have noticed recently is how happy we can be, even when we have several people in a row to "go away" or just shut the door without even saying anything. It may at some times get discouraging, but it has helped me grow to love the Savior even more- being able to experience a glimpse of what He did when he was on the earth. I am so grateful for his example because He spent His WHOLE LIFE serving others, and striving to be like Him everyday has made me realize how happy I can be even when things are hard.<br />
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I found a quote from President Gordon B. Hinckley that I absolutely just love. He said:<br />
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"Do you want to be happy? Forget yourself and get lost in this great cause. Lend your efforts to helping people. Cultivate a spirit of forgiveness in your heart against any who might have offended you. Look to the Lord and live and work to lift and serve His sons and daughters. You will come to know a happiness that you have never known before if you will do that. I do not care how old you are, how young you are, whatever. You can lift people and help them. Heaven knows there are so very, very, very many people in this world who need help. Oh, so very, very many. Let’s get the cankering, selfish attitude out of our lives, my brothers and sisters, and stand a little taller and reach a little higher in the service of others. … Stand taller, stand higher, lift those with feeble knees, hold up the arms of those that hang down. Live the gospel of Jesus Christ. Forget yourself."<br />
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I'm pretty sure that we all want to be happy- we all want happiness in our lives. I have seen this week that sometimes it does take a little work to find real happiness, but it is so much more worth it. Life is meant to have opposition in all things, but that doesn't mean that Heavenly Father wants us to walk around being unhappy and selfish people. I know that as we follow the example of Jesus Christ, of turning outwards and not inward, we are able to find that happiness and joy that comes from serving others.<br />
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I hope you all have a wonderful week! Love you, but more importantly Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love you all so much more!<br />
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Con amor, Hermana Duvall<br />
Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805205476470041004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-68273333796723226232017-09-11T23:19:00.001-07:002017-09-12T07:29:02.166-07:00September 11, 2017 "yo soy mini-misionero!" with some thoughts on my Grandma Smith<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
¡Hola mi familia y mis amigos! </div>
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Hermana Anderson and I (the amazing Hermana López<br />took this picture after we ate some delicious pannekoekens) </h3>
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This week was one with lots of expected changes and lots of unexpected changes!! Hermana Anderson left Rochester and now Hermana Tietz is my companion. I already love Hermana Tietz so much and I really look up to her. She is a champ when it comes to all of the hispanics trying to pronounce her name correctly haha.<br />
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We finally remember to take a picture of Francisco!<br />We took this right after we showed him the<br /> Baptismal font. He says he's not super photogenic haha</h3>
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okay, so FRANCISCO IS DOING SO GREAT!!! I don't feel like I can fully express how amazing it has been to teach Francisco. He is simply just so prepared and is making it really easy to teach him. This week, we were able to teach him about various commandments! By the end of each lesson, he was practically bearing his testimony to us of that specific commandment and how much he knows that it is of God! He had his baptismal interview this last Saturday and he passed. After walking out of the room, he kept telling us over and over again how happy he was and how he felt so much peace and love from God.<br />
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Just a casual pic of me at Transfers</h3>
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It has been amazing to here the change that has taken place in his life. He said that about a month ago he would've never thought he would be at this point, but that he is so very grateful. He said before, he wouldn't stop to help someone or he would be embarrassed to talk about religious things, but now he says he smiles a lot more and wants to help all of those around him. He also has a desire to share the gospel with his friends and family and he loves calling himself " mini misionero " and he brought his cousin to church yesterday! Woo. His baptism is scheduled for this Saturday afternoon! We are so excited for him!!! I was studying the other day and I found this quote that really reminded me of Francisco it says- "If you haven't chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead." I know that the decision that Francisco has made to be baptized is one of the best decisions ever. I know that as we choose to be on God's team, everything will always work out.<br />
Other than Francisco, we are visiting and teaching various people here and there. I have definitely seen the Lord's hard every day as we are out working. I am grateful to know that he is the one in charge of this work and I am so incredibly grateful to be a representative of Jesus Christ. It makes me so happy to be able to follow in His footsteps every day.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvpzCpMqXMgieHsnoPxrlDTWxVJRIS8guzotrb2H_96t558-iO5rl0hsj0NV1F8qEdHpKsbfIRoI4YD5skrKXBtzWVuVBpi3INbBYsUPAZWpNcgRQxCdNTouDMVzUBvDbSXsekBOgHQug/s1600/DSC00020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvpzCpMqXMgieHsnoPxrlDTWxVJRIS8guzotrb2H_96t558-iO5rl0hsj0NV1F8qEdHpKsbfIRoI4YD5skrKXBtzWVuVBpi3INbBYsUPAZWpNcgRQxCdNTouDMVzUBvDbSXsekBOgHQug/s400/DSC00020.JPG" width="400" /></a> As some of you may know, my Grandma Smith passed away this last week. The knowledge of the Plan of Salvation- that I will see her again and that families are forever-- has really, really helped me this last week. I am sad that she is no longer here on this earth, but I am also filled with peace and comfort knowing that she is no longer suffering from Alzheimer's. I know that she is now one of the angels watching over me. My mom sent me a scripture this week that I wanted to share with you all. It's in Alma 24:14-15. And it says: "And the great God has had mercy on us, and made these things known unto us that we might not perish; yea, and he has <br />
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made these things known unto us beforehand, because he loveth our souls as well as he loveth our children; therefore, in his mercy he doth visit us by his angels, that the plan of salvation might be made known unto us as well as unto future generations. Oh, how merciful is our God! And now behold, since it has been as much as we could do to get our stains taken away from us, and our swords are made bright, let us hide them away that they may be kept bright, as a testimony to our God at the last day, or at the day that we shall be brought to stand before him to be judged..."<br />
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I am grateful that my mom sent me this scripture because it brought me a lot of comfort. I really am so grateful to know that God loves us all so much. I have felt the love God has for me Specifically time and time again as I have turned to Him in prayer and turned to helping those around me who are also having a hard time. I am so grateful to know that God prepared this plan of Salvation so that we might have Hope and light in our lives. I know that Jesus Christ is the center of this plan, and I am ever SO grateful for His sacrifice. God knew that we wouldn't be able to return to live with Him again with Jesus Christ, which is why He sent his son to come to this earth. What a wonderful, marvelous gift that we have been given. I love Jesus Christ so much!!!!! I couldn't imagine going through life without Him always by my side cheering me on or carrying me in the times where I feel like I can't go forward. I hope you all can rely a little more on our Savior this week.<br />
love you all so much! More importantly, our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, love you all SO MUCH MORE<br />
con amor,<br />
Hermana Duvall<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Some Thoughts on Grandma Smith</span></b></div>
On Tuesday night things seemed to work out perfectly so that I was able to receive a phone call from my mission president telling me that Grandma was going to be passing away soon. We had various appointments set up but they seemed to fall through. We found ourselves at the church waiting for a phone call from our investigator so that we would be able to have a Skype lesson. I know that God worked it all out so that I would be available to be able to call my parents and talk to Grandma for one last time. I really wanted to sing grandma a song one last time and so I tried my best to sing "I know that my Redeemer Lives!" over the phone to her. It probably sounded a little pathetic, as I was crying at the same time. But, as I sang, I really felt that my testimony of the Savior seemed to grow a little stronger. I felt peace and comfort. I am grateful to know that the savior suffered for me and knows how to succor me personally. After getting off the phone, I went into another room so I could say a pray by myself. I prayed for a good amount of time. As I prayed I felt the peace and comfort of the Savior lifting me up, telling me that grandma was going to be okay and so much happier. After saying my prayer, I saw the painting of the First Vision of Joseph Smith seeing God, the Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ. I sat there looking at the picture, feeling so much gratitude for the sacrifice Joseph Smith made to be an instrument in the Lord's hands of restoring His church. I have felt much comfort from the knowledge that has come from the Church of Jesus Christ being restored back to the earth. I felt so much love from our Father in Heaven and Jesus Christ. As I stood there looking at the painting and zooming in on Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father, I felt as if they were going to be waiting really soon, along with many other family members like papa and randy, for grandma to go back home into their arms.<br />
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There are so many things that I love about Grandma and so many things that I am going to miss about her. I am grateful for all of the laughs that we had together. I am grateful for her laugh and her smile. I will miss that funny sound that she would make with her throat and how funny she thought she was when she did it. I will always remember the countless number of frozen yogurt runs that we had with grandma. She sure loved her frozen yogurt. I treasure the walks that we had outside when the weather was nice and sunny. I am grateful for music and for all of the many times that I was able to play the piano or guitar and sing for grandma. I especially loved when Grandma would hum or sing along to the song. I am grateful for all of the many conversations that we had as she would hold my hand and squeeze it every once in a while. Even when she wasn't able to respond back with words, I always knew that she was listening and that she loved me very, very much. I am grateful for all the little tender mercies where Grandma managed to say "I love you too" or something simple like "be happy."<br />
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One of the things that I will always hold near and dear to my heart is how strong Grandma's faith and testimony is. I will always remember how much she trusted in God to stay on this earth, even so long after her body and mind wasn't able to function to it's full capacity. Thinking about this, how much faith it would've taken Grandma to continually submit to His will. It makes me happy to think that she is now pain free and she doesn't have any disease holding her back. Every time I visited grandma, I remember always feeling the presence of angels (D&C 84:88 -I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up.) I am grateful to know that Grandma is now one of my angels that will be there, round about me, to bear me up. I am grateful that Heavenly Father kept her on this earth for all of us to learn so many wonderful lessons from her. From Grandma, I learned what it means to fulfill the measure of your creation and fulfill God's will. This life isn't about simply fulfilling our own desires or worldly wants, it's about aligning our desires with God's will. I know that I will always treasure her example, faith, trust and patience. I am grateful for the knowledge of the Plan of Salvation. I cannot wait to see her again, to hug her again, and to thank her again for her loving example to all of us. Until that day comes, I am grateful to know that she'll be one of the angels watching over me specifically and helping me return back home to live with our father in Heaven again.<br />
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I know that Jesus Christ lives. I know that because of His atoning sacrifice, that we all will live again in perfected bodies. I know that we can all repent of our sins, so that we can live in perfected, pure bodies- like unto Jesus Christ. I know that Families can be Together FOREVER. I know that it is our choice to fulfill God's will in this life, and I know that as we do so we will be blessed with happiness that will not only last in this life, but through the eternities. I know that this time that we don't have with grandma in this life, is going well to made up for and even more. I look forward to spending all of eternity with my family.<br />
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The Bergesens! He makes some really amazing smoked ribs.</h3>
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The cute Howard Family!</h3>
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Los Meneses y Los Lascanos!<br /> Some of my favorite people here in Rochester!</h3>
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Brother Johnson, who is the ward mission líder, and his family! </h3>
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Hno José Castillo. <br />We had a lesson outside and the weather was absolutely perfecto</h3>
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805205476470041004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-87451359812926654932017-09-04T13:24:00.002-07:002017-09-04T13:25:29.642-07:00September 4, 2017 Lots of Changes! ¡Hola mi familia y mis amigos!<br />
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President and sister Barney after MLC. </h3>
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Espero que hayan disfrutado su semana! This has been a lot of week with lots of changes. Transfers have already come again.. time is just flying by faster and faster. I am going to be staying here in Rochester, and Hermana Anderson is leaving me to go to West St. Paul!! Hermana Tietz is going to be coming here with me and I am super excited. Also, as some of you may have figured out, I am back on Facebook! My mission was recently authorized to use Facebook in our proselyting efforts. I am really excited to be able to share the things I am learning and things that are important to me throughout the week. I would love it if any of you would send me a message If you have any questions about the church or what I am doing as a missionary! I love being a missionary and I am so very grateful for all of the different ways that we have to share the gospel!<br />
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*me* "ahh my hair is getting into my face"<br /> *president* "stop being such a girl hahahahah"<br />so funny. </h3>
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This week we had MLC again and it was great to see some other missionaries again. We mainly just talked about how we are going to use online proselyting. It was cool to see everyone share experience and their thoughts about how this is going to help the work of the Lord hasten.<br />
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Jackie is a member that we love to go visit.<br />Also in this picture is is daughter, mom, and sister.<br />Love them! </h3>
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FRANCISCO!¡ okay, so Francisco is doing SO great. We were able to meet with him multiple times this week and I wish I could share everything thing. Teaching him has been so great. He is learning so quickly and applying the principles he is learning into his life. Hermana Anderson and I have agreed that sometimes it almost feels like he is teaching himself and we are just there to quite the lesson. One of the lessons that we taught this week was the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Throughout the lesson, Franscisco kept on sharing what he had learned from reading a verse in the Book of Mormon and then would apply it to what we were teaching him! He give super awesome prayers. In the last lesson, he prayed that he will one day have the opportunity to be a missionary and share the gospel with others, so that other people can be baptized too! It has been amazing to see the desire he has to share the gospel with others grow as he is learning more and more.<br />
Other than Francisco, we are still doing a lot of finding and teaching a lot of other people here and there. We have some other investigators who are progressing at a slower pace and are doing super well. It is amazing to see all of the different kinds of journeys that all of us are on, yet the Gospel of Jesus Christ is able to help all of us!!<br />
I was studying in the talk, "His Grace is Sufficient" by Brad Wilcox this last week. He shares a quote that I love, which says,<br />
"Elder Bruce C. Hafen has written, ―The Savior‘s gift of grace to us is not necessarily limited in time to 'after' all we can do. We may receive his grace before, during and after the time when we expend our own efforts (The Broken Heart [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1989], 155). So grace is not a booster engine that kicks in once our fuel supply is exhausted. Rather, it is our constant energy source. It is not the light at the end of the tunnel but the light that moves us through the tunnel. Grace is not achieved somewhere down the road. It is received right here and right now. It is not a finishing touch; it is the Finisher‘s touch."<br />
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Mona and Joyce! Hermana Anderson played the piano<br /> and I sang a couple of hymns for them and they LOVED.<br />They kept asking if we could just please do one more song haha </h3>
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This is something that has helped me this last week. Sometimes, we forget that the Savior really is there to help us all along the way. He isn't just going to choose when he is going to show up into our lives, He is always going to be there. I know that it takes our part to turn to him for the energy, light, or hope that we may be lacking. I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer. I know that he has provided me with so much light and strength in my life. I am so incredibily grateful that he is the Light of the World that will never be hid. I hope you remember how much the Savior loves you and appreciates you! I know He has already suffered it all, so He KNOWS how to succor us and help us in every single way possible!!<br />
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I hope you all have a wonderful week and know that I love all of you! More importantly, God and Jesus Christ love you all so much!<br />
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Hermana Duvall<br />
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Deborah and Cesar and their daughters, Camila<br /> and Mia and a cousin that I don't remember her name haha </h3>
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Just a classic picture of me against a brick wall. </h3>
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Sister Miller is going home!<br />I served with her over a year ago in lakeville.<br /> It was sad saying goodbye to her. </h3>
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I got to meet one of my Dads cousins, Polly, who is living here in Rochester. It was so great to share different family stories and to hear different things about the farm that her father and my grandmother grew up on! I love having family hear in Minnesota and it is definitely a treat that I got to visit her :)<br />
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Millie and Tillie</h3>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">My dad's cousin had these pictures</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">of my great grandmother Millie and her twin sister,</span> Tillie</h3>
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Sister Stewart! She recently moved here and<br /> is super awesome.<br />She is so strong and I look up to her a lot. </h3>
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805205476470041004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-53816454367655330282017-08-28T14:51:00.005-07:002017-08-28T14:54:19.532-07:00August 28, 2017 Trusting in the Lord always works!¡Hola mi familia y mis amigos!<br />
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Hermana Anderson and I taking a picture<br /> in the midst of a knocking a bunch of doors.</h3>
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Another great week with lots rain and great weather ahah. There really haven't been many mosquitos recently and it hasn't been THAT humid. Also, happy birthday to the best momma there is! I am so grateful for you and all that you have done! I hope you had the best birthday last week. And congratulations to Amanda and Josh for their new baby girl, Chloe. She's so precious!<br />
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This week was filled with a lot of knocking doors and trying find new people to teach. We seriously knocked SO MANY doors. Nevertheless, the Lord blessed us with some amazing miracles.<br />
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Look at the beautiful sunset! </h3>
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We have been doing a lot of stop bys to people who were taught in the past. This week, we decided to stop by a guy named Francisco! We were able to set up an appointment for later in the week. When we went back on Saturday, we knocked and he wasn't home. So we were really sad at first, but then we decided to call him. So as we were walking back to the car, I saw that Francisco was walking down the street and saw him answering his phone. It was super funny and awkward, but it was a miracle because we ended up being able to teach him! It was raining, so we taught the lesson on his porch. We taught him about the restoration of the gospel and he was just soaking it all in. He said multiple times that he felt the spirit so strongly and that what we were teaching him was true. He especially LOVED the Book of Mormon, because it testified to him that God loves us all the same, no matter where we are from or what color our skin is. At the end of the lesson, he picked his own date to be baptized: September 15th! He knows it's pretty close, but he told us he likes Goals that push him. So we are going to work with him to help him prepare for this day. He also rode his bike all the way to church yesterday because he remembered that the Elders ride bikes a lot haha. He LOVED church and participated a lot in all of the classes. Francisco is literally a miracle and God just on him in our path. It's been refreshing to find someone like him who just recognizes truth. I am excited to continue working with him and watch him learn more of his purpose in this life and more of our Savior Jesus Christ.<br />
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We also had interviews with President Barney this week. I am SO grateful for him and for his guidance that he has provided me. He really is so loving and caring and you can just tell that he absolutely loves being a mission President. He told me that he really is going really going to miss hermana Anderson and I so much when we leave, but I had to remind him that we still have a good 3 months left together haha. I love being a missionary and it has been so much fun working with Hermana Anderson again. I really look up to her and how selfless she is. Transfers are next week already and we can't believe how fast this transfer has gone!<br />
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This week has definitely been a challenging one, but hermana Anderson and I have been working really hard to trust in the Lord and His timing. I have seen so many blessings come from showing faith and doing things that may be hard, but that we are prompted to do. I know that this is the Lord's work and I am reminded that everyday. It's amazing to see how things work out so perfectly as we are following God's will.<br />
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I was studying in a talk this week called "Trust in the Lord and Lean Not" by Bonnie H. Cordon, and it says:<br />
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I photobombed her picture and<br /> I thought it was super funny.<br /> Here am I being my happy crazy self. </h3>
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"When we physically lean toward one side or another, we move off center, we are out of balance, and we tip. When we spiritually lean to our own understanding, we lean away from our Savior. If we lean, we are not centered; we are not balanced; we are not focused on Christ."<br />
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I love this quote so much! If we picture someone using a crutch to stand up: as the person leans away from the crutch, there is nothing to catch them, no support. So as we lean away from Jesus Christ, there is no solid foundation that is going to catch us and be there to lift us up. I know that as we lean on Jesus Christ and we TRUST in Him, we have a much more solid foundation that will protect us against any doubt, confusion, temptation, etc. I know that Jesus Christ has the power to help us when we need it. I know that trusting in the Savior in His power and in God's plan that he has for us, we will always have a sure foundation that will lift us up. It is our decision to choose if we are going to rely on Him. He's always going to be there. I know that I have felt the Savior lift me up and carry me when I do get a discouraged in anyway, and I am SO grateful to have him as the most reliable crutch ever. I love my Savior so much.<br />
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Hermana Anderson visited Reyna when she<br />was in this area before and we finally got<br />to see her again. We have no idea what she's doing haha. </h3>
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805205476470041004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-16192096563223304532017-08-21T19:56:00.002-07:002017-08-21T19:56:18.758-07:00August 21, 2017 Adjust The Sails¡Hola mi familia y mis amigos!<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> I finally got a picture with this!!</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">When I was on exchanges with Sister Larsen,</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">we went tracting on this street expecting people</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> to think it was funny. Nobody really made any</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">comments about how my last name was the same as</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">their street name though ahah </span></div>
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<br /> This week was a great week, but definitely was hard one haha. We are doing alive and well and are laughing a lot, even though our teaching pool is not. We had a lot of investigators drop us and told us they didn't want us coming over anymore. Ill hit you all with the sad news first.... We are not going to be meeting with Jesus anymore. He was supposed to be baptized yesterday, but due to health concerns and a loss of desire to keep commitments we will not be meeting with him. It has been absolutely awesome to see the change that did take place in him. He started praying everyday and learned how prayers are more like a conversation with god. He has learned more about Jesus Christ and what He can do to help him personally. I know that Jesus learned and grew so much and I know he will one day reach out to the missionaries again. So that was really sad in the time being and was the hardest drop of them all last week, but I have felt peace that God has a bigger plan than all of us.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Sister Larsen is one of my favorite people ever. </span></h3>
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I went on an exchange with Sister Larsen this week! She has been out for a couple of months and it was the first time she got to take over her area. She is such a great missionary and you can just tell how much she loves being a missionary. As we were together, we were able to meet a lot of knew people and see the spirit work through us.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">We took this picture in the park with our investigator Jose!!!</span></h3>
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There was one miracle that happened this week that I want to share with you all. On Saturday morning we were going to try to stop by to visit our investigator, José. It is really hard to contact him because he doesn't have a phone and his apartment building is a lock out. We were praying really hard hat we would be able to teach him because we hadn't seen him in a while. Right as we were saying our pray to go try to see him, we got a call from some elders. They told us that they ran into our investigator Jose in the park and Jose wanted to talk with us! The park was just down the street from where we had parked. We were able to have an awesome lesson with him in the park about the Book of Mormon. We invited him to be baptized and he really wants to! The catch is that he is going to Mexico for a month at the end of August, so we will have to pick up teaching him after that. We are going to try to see him one more time before he leaves. I am grateful for this little miracle. I have a testimony of when we follow the spirit, we will be lead to where god needs us to be and what god needs us to do.<br />
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The other night, Hermana Anderson and I were talking about all of the things that happened during the week. We realized that a lot of sad things happened, and it didn't really phase us in the time being. Yet we are still so happy and laughing a lot. I think it's because I found this quote this morning as I was studying. President Thomas S. Monson said, "We can’t direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. For maximum happiness, peace, and contentment, may we choose a positive attitude.” I know that even when things don't seem to be working out the way we want them to, that God has a plan that's so much better than our own. I know that as we truly show faith in our Savior Jesus Christ, we can fully accept His will and His timing; and, He will help us have the strength to fulfill His will. We have the power to choose if we are going to following God's will and we also have the power to do so happily. I love being a missionary and I love the happiness that it has brought into my life!!<br />
Last Monday, we had a really awesome FHE activity with all of the hispanics in our ward plus a couple of families that are learning/wanting to learn Spanish. It was definitely one of the high lights of the week!<br />
It was so much fun seeing those who are trying to learning English and those who are trying to learn Spanish, trying to communicate with one another.<br />
Hermana Anderson and I got to teach the lesson and then they all played tug-of-war and futbol together. It was such a fun evening.<br />
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I hope you all have an amazing week, love you all tons! More importantly, Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love you all so much more!!!!<br />
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con amor,<br />
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Hermana Duvall<br />
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805205476470041004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-50180734621135129012017-08-14T12:29:00.003-07:002017-08-14T12:30:46.965-07:00August 14, 2017 Everything can be Illuminated¡Hola mi Familia y mis amigos!<br />
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We were able to go to the La, Crosse district Meeting. </h3>
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I hope you all had a wonderful week. This has been a pretty interesting week for me!!<br />
Last Monday, we headed out to La Crosse, Wisconsin for an exchange. We were there for Monday and Tuesday. It was fun to be out of Minnesota for a couple of days, because I have been in Minnesota and haven't left for more than a year haha.<br />
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Sister Jasperson. I love and look up to her so much!<br />She's from California so we had fun sharing our<br />experiences and love for CA. </h3>
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I was with Sister Jasperson, who is a Hmong Missionary. She has been out for just a month on her mission and she is on fire. I learned so much from her. I was able to participate (by sitting there and smiling) in the lessons that we taught in Hmong. One of the Hmong ladies that we visited, Grandma, said to me in Hmong that she would teach me Hmong and I needed to teach her Spanish haha.<br />
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This is grandma! She only speaks Hmong<br /> but she was so happy to open her home to us. </h3>
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Grandma gave us some gourd juice...<br />I'll just say that it's not my favorite haha </h3>
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This week we did A LOT of finding. We are having to clean out our teaching pool because we haven't been teaching many people who are progressing or we haven't been able to get in contact with a lot of our investigators. As a result of this, we are knocking lots of doors and are trying to find new people to teach. It's really fun actually. We have been finding some new people to teach, but it is taking a lot of diligence and commitment. One thing I noticed yesterday as we were knocking a neighborhood was how happy I was. Even though we weren't seeing much success, we were able to talk to a few people who listened to us. I know that as we continue to be diligent in our finding efforts that we are going to continue to see miracles. Focusing on the little miracles and all of the little blessings that God gives us is what is helping us continue to look forward with faith.<br />
We are still working with the Hermosillo Family and their dad who isn't a member Rigo. He expressed that he feels that he has never received an answer as he has prayed about the Book of Mormon. However, we had a really good lesson with him about Faith and putting in our part. I know god has a very specific plan for all of us and he answers us in His timing, according to our faith.<br />
We are still working with Jesus, but he will not be getting baptized next week. It still has been really amazing to see the change of coming closer to He savior take place in him. I know that the Lord strengthens us in things we wouldn't ever be able to do alone.<br />
A quote that really helped me this week was by Lorenzo Snow and he said:<br />
“When you find yourselves a little gloomy, look around you and find somebody that is in a worse plight than yourself; go to him and find out what the trouble is, then try to remove it with the wisdom which the Lord bestows upon you; and the first thing you know, your gloom is gone, you feel light, the Spirit of the Lord is upon you, and everything seems illuminated.”<br />
I know that as we looked outside of ourselves we are SO MUCH HAPPIER. I know that as we strive to bring light into the lives of others,that same light will come into our lives as well. I know Jesus Christ is the brightest light, and as we rely on Him we will never be in darkness. I know that our purpose in this life is to be happy and to be filled with light. It is up to us to go to Jesus Christ and He will life and illuminate us.<br />
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I love you all and I hope you have a very great week. More importantly, God and Jesus Christ love you all so much more!!!<br />
Love,<br />
Hermana Duvall<br />
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El Hermano Jose Castillo gave hermana<br />Anderson and I these hearts with our names in it</h3>
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El Hermano Jose Castillo me this<br /> heart my name on it</h3>
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We had to stop to take a picture with the<br /> cute little ice cream truck (bus?).<br /> I love that it has Dora on it haha </h3>
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We went and got tacos en a tienda called El Sueño. <br />Alex Frandsen, his little bro, and Jesus!!<br /> It was good to eat some authentic tacos. </h3>
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This week was super great filled with lots of meetings and super nice weather. No joke, for like 4 days straight it was in the high 60's/low 70's and it was SO nice. But the humidity is slowly coming back. Okay, that's my weather kick for the week.<br />
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Last Tuesday, we had MLC (Mission Leadership Council) up in Bloomington. Those are also super great being together as all the leaders in the mission and talking about how to improve the mission. I always learn a lot there. The next day, we had Zone Conference. Hermana Anderson and I got to give a training, so that was fun.<br />
I had a really fun opportunity this Sunday translating. Our sacrament meeting is in English, and normally a member of the ward translates and those who need translation use headphones. This member wasn't able to make it to church this Sunday, so hermana Anderson and I had the chance to translate. As we were sitting there, one of the Hispanic members came up to me and asked if I could stand next to him as he bore his testimony in Spanish and translate for him. SO SCARY. I did it because he asked and it worked out fine- a lot better than I thought it would. I am grateful for the help the Savior gives me to be able to do things like that are super scary haha.<br />
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We also had Exchanges this week with the trio in the zone. So I went on an exchange with two sisters (Sisters Luk and Winters) and their companion Sister Woodward came to our area with Hermana Anderson. It was super cool because I got to sit in on a couple of Chinese lessons! I love that even though I wasn't able to understand what was being said, I was able to feel the spirit. Doesn't matter what language, the spirit can still be there.<br />
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We are currently in La Crosse, Wisconsin, for today and tomorrow. We came here for an exchange with Sister Calchera and Sister Jasperson. I can finally say that I have been to Wisconsin. It's pretty because there are these bluffs that almost look like they could be mountains!<br />
We were finally able to see one of our investigators, Naya this week! She has been out of town visiting family for the last month or so. We had a really amazing lessons bout the Plan of Salvation. We invited Naya to be baptized and she said she really wants to. She had to talk to her parents about it, so we are praying for her! We also were able to see Jesus this<br />
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week again. They had a really amazing lesson with him about Tithing while we were on exchanges. We had another lesson with him later in the week, and he has lost a lot of hope. He has been making so many changes in his life and has had various trials come in his path as he had been preparing for baptism. He hasn't been able to see the blessings come from all of theses changes. We are still planning on visiting him more and we are hoping that he will continue to hold on a little longer. I know Blessings come in Gods timing and that God has a perfect plan for all of us.<br />
A scripture that has been running through my mind a lot this last week is in D&C 18:10 which says "Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God"<br />
We need to see ourselves and others as God sees us, so that we are able to remember our great worth and potential. I know that God sees us for who we can become. He knows who we can become, and he has a very perfect plan to help us get there. I know that God loves every single one of us no matter what. If there has been one main thing I have learned being a missionary is how important we are to our Heavenly Father in heaven. I know he answers our prayers. I know he knows best. I know that Heavenly Father sent His Son to give us the strength to keep pressing forward even when it is hard. I love being a missionary so much and I love teaching people this wonderful truth.<br />
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I love and appreciate you all! I know that God, and His Son, Jesus Christ love you all so much more. Que tengan una buena semana<br />
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Con amor,<br />
Hermana Duvall<br />
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805205476470041004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-48621521517837474822017-07-31T15:34:00.000-07:002017-07-31T15:38:23.205-07:00July 31, 2017 Reunited with Hermana Anderson!¡Hola mi Familia y mis amigos!<br />
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Hno José Alberto! He joined the church a<br /> couple of months ago and has been on fire! </h3>
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This week has been one huge week with lots of changes. Hermana Hughes went home and that was sad to see her go, but happy because she's now with her family. I love her lots. On Tuesday, before transfers on Wednesday, I spent the day with Sister Luk. We were able to visit people in both of our areas and it was super fun. Then, on Wednesday a Hermana Anderson got here to Rochester! She was here before, so she already knows a lot about the area and has been helping me out. We keep saying that it feels like a dream that we are actually together again. It's cool though because we actually know how to communicate in Spanish now. It's been fun to catch each other up on what has happened to us within the last year.<br />
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We've had a really great week though! Hermana Anderson taught someone up in North Minneapolis who just got married this last Saturday! It's cool because I was serving in North Minneapolis when Veronica and her boyfriend at the time first decided to go to church. He wasn't going to church that often, but one day they just decided to go (because he's a member but hadn't gone in a long time!). Now, they are married and Veronica is going to be baptized in two weeks! <br />
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Jared! He was baptized in Nicaragua a <br />couple of weeks ago. He is so happy<br /> to finally be baptized and I was so<br /> happy to hear that news</h3>
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ALSO, I found out this week that a boy I taught while I was serving in North Minne, got baptized a couple of weeks ago in Nicaragua. He had been waiting for so long to be baptized because he was waiting for his mom to come to America. But he ended up going back to live with his mom in Nicaragua and he was BAPTIZED! So happy.<br />
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Jesus is doing so good. He has been going strong the last two weeks not smoking. He keeps telling us "I feel clean." He has recognized the blessings that come from following the Word of Wisdom and he's a lot happier. We had the cool opportunity to kneel down in prayer with him and ask again if August 20th is the right date for Jesus to be baptized. After he said the prayer, we all waited a minute to ask him how he felt and he said "I feel funny" hahah. But he has decided that August 20th is the date for him! I am so happy for Jesus and for the progress that I have seen as we have taught him. I am excited to continue to help him prepare this very important day!<br />
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The Frandsen's with Rigo and his family</h3>
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We are also going to start teaching someone named Rigo. He is the husband of a member in our ward and they have the cutest little family. He finally was able to change his work schedule so he can come to church on Sunday. We are so excited that the will be able to all come to church together as a family. We are going to start teaching him again and help him prepare to be baptized.<br />
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We all ate dinner at the Frandsens house together.<br /> Jesus was able to come and Rigo<br /> and his family were all there.<br /> It was a party and super treat to all be together.</h3>
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I was reading in a talk this morning that said, "President Dieter F. Uchtdorf said, “'God sent you here to prepare for a future greater than anything you can imagine.' That future, a day at a time, comes alive when you do more than just exist; it comes alive when you live your life to fill the measure of your creation. This invites the Lord into your life, and you begin to let His will become yours."<br />
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I know that by letting the Savior into our lives, changes us to become better people-the people that God KNOWS we can become with the help of our savior. I have seen this time and time again on my mission. The gospel of Jesus Christ changes people. But it will only change us if we have that desire and if we let it. I know that sometimes it is hard to see past our mortal life and what is happening right now, but I know that God has a very perfect plan for us. I know that He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, so that we would know the way back to Him and know how to be with our families forever!!!<br />
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I love you all and I hope you have a great week. More importantly, Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, love you all SO MUCH MORE!<br />
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Hermana Duvall<br />
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Hola mi familia y mis amigos!<br />
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This was a great week filled with really hot/humid weather and really curly, frizzy hair. Hermana Hughes is going home this week. It is very bittersweet but I will see her at BYU. I will be staying here in Rochester for this next transfer. I am really happy because I am going to be companions with Hermana Anderson!!! She was my companion in the MTC and we haven't been able to serve as companions since then. It's going to be fun, because we both actually know spanish now haha. I am super excited about that!<br />
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we found food trucks in Downtown Rochester and<br /> only had to pay 3 bucks for a whole meal. Boom baby</h3>
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Jesus is doing SOO GREAT!! He was able to come to church and he hasn't smoked for a whole week. He says that whenever it is gets hard for him, he says a prayer for God to help him to have the strength to not fall into temptation. The difference that I see in Jesus and his testimony of the Savior now, is so drastically huge from when we first started meeting with him. His understanding of the scriptures has increased and the light in his eyes has become so much brighter. He is progressing, is super happy, and is excited to be going to the YSA ward/activites. At the end of the last lesson that we had with him, we were just talking about how much he has progressed. His response to us was "You just gotta accept Jesus Christ, keep the commandments, be humble...that's it." hahaha. Best response ever! I know that Jesus not only has accepted Jesus Christ, but he is making some of the greatest decisions to become closer to Him and more like Him.<br />
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Carl!</h3>
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We are teaching various people who are all progressing at there own rates. One of them being Karl. He is really happy that we have helped him understand more about repentance and has been applying daily repentance more into his life. He really has a desire to become closer to the Savior, and I know that he is on the correct path that is going to help him to that.<br />
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This week I have come to really recognize, once again, how much I am grateful for my Savior, Jesus Christ. One of my favorite scriptures in Mosiah 24:14-15 kept coming to my mind this last week. It says:<br />
"And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage; and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions.<br />
And now it came to pass that the burdens which were laid upon Alma and his brethren were made light; yea, the Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord."<br />
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Alexa! Super great and super fun.<br /> She made us great tacos the other night. </h3>
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I know that through Jesus Christ we can receive LIGHT in our life. I know that He brings light into the lives of those who turn to Him. I know that because he sacrificed His life for us, our burdens can be made light!<br />
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I love you all and I hope you have a great week! God and Jesus Christ love you too!<br />
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con amor,<br />
Hermana Duvall<br />
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Mona. We love coloring with her<br />and all of her great stories!</h3>
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Chinese Buffet with the Zone!</h3>
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805205476470041004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-83650681199903847672017-07-17T17:12:00.000-07:002017-07-18T17:13:22.169-07:00July 17, 2017 "Why do round peaches come in square boxes?" July 17, 2017<br />
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When you're in Rochester, of course you have to make an<br /> appearance at Mayo Clinic. Hermana Hughes grabbed us these<br /> super fashionable masks on our way out.</h3>
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I hope you all had such a great week! It's still real hot and humid over here in Minnesota and miracles are still happening. Hermana Hughes will be going home next week, so we are enjoying every last minute that we have together! I'll miss that girl lots.<br />
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Shadow selfie :)</h3>
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Los Lopez went to Greece and they brought us<br /> back these awesome key chains</h3>
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"We were kind of matching, so of course we had to take a picture."<br />Hermana Duvall and Hermana Hughes</h3>
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Sister Luk!! We had such a fun time together on our exchange. <br />She taught me how to say a few things in cantonese but sadly<br /> I cannot remember and all of the voice fluctuations are too hard haha. <br />I'll stick with Spanish.</h3>
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We had exchanges this week with Sister Luk and Sister Winters! Sister Luk came with me to our area and it was so fun. Sister Luk is from Hong Kong and is learning English. I look up to her so much because even though she doesn't know how to say things perfectly, she is never scared to speak. Teaching with her, I learned that the spirit is really who teaches and we are just instruments. It was a good lesson for me to learn again haha. I really need that reminder.<br />
This week we had so many lessons cancel on us hahah but of course it ended up being for a reason. We ended up finding a bunch of new investigators to teach. We were able to teach people in the most random places such as the Library. I love seeing all of the little miracles that god puts in our path so that His will ends up happening perfectly.<br />
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Los Hermosillo!!!! Love them tons</h3>
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I'm not sure if I have mentioned Karl in previous letters, but we have been teaching him for a while! He met with missionaries at the beginning of this year and then stopped. But the very first day I got tot Rochester we got a call from Karl and he wanted to start meeting with us again. This week we an awesome lesson with him about repentance. At the end he realized that he hasn't been trying his best to include repentance in his prayers. He also came to church yesterday and really enjoyed it!<br />
Jesus!!! SO HE'S DOING SO GREAT!!!! We met with him two times last week. At the end of the first lesson we had with him this week, he said a prayer and in it he promised that he wouldn't smoke anymore. Then on Saturday he told us that he hadn't smoked for two whole<br />
days!!! We had a super great lesson with him where we read the scriptures and each thought of a question. At the end, Jesus told us his question "why do round peaches come in square boxes?" Hahaha. He was just joking and had a serious question about Christ though. He also was able to go to church but he went to the YSA branch with a member that came to a lesson with us! We may end up having to pass Jesus off to the Elders over YSA, but we are going to figure that out this week. It's been amazing to teach Jesus and see his love for the savior just grow stronger and stronger. He really is changing is life to be closer to the Savior. It's so awesome!<br />
I was studying and I found this amazing quote by President Gordon B. Hinckley about happiness. It says, "Do you want to be happy? Forget yourself and get lost in this great cause. Lend your efforts to helping people. Cultivate a spirit of forgiveness in your heart against any who might have offended you. Look to the Lord and live and work to lift and serve His sons and daughters. You will come to know a happiness that you have never known before if you will do that. I do not care how old you are, how young you are, whatever. You can lift people and help them. Heaven knows there are so very, very, very many people in this world who need help. Oh, so very, very many. Let’s get the cankering, selfish attitude out of our lives, my brothers and sisters, and stand a little taller and reach a little higher in the service of others. … Stand taller, stand higher, lift those with feeble knees, hold up the arms of those that hang down. Live the gospel of Jesus Christ. Forget yourself."<br />
I know that real happiness comes when we are living the gospel of Jesus Christ and really following His example. We can do so in soooo many ways. I've seen this time and time again, when I forget about myself and do the Lord's work, I am just so much happier. I love this gospel<br />
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Have a great happy week!! God and Jesus Christ love you all so much. I do too!<br />
Con MUCHO amor,<br />
Hermana Duvall<br />
Minnesota Minneapolis Mission<br />
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We thought it would be fun to take a video of us saying<br />Doctrine & Covenants 4 in Spanish and Cantonese.</h3>
Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805205476470041004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-57367271484999793942017-07-13T08:00:00.000-07:002017-07-13T08:00:58.394-07:00July 10, 2017 humidity and watermelon¡Hola mi familia y mis amigos!<br />
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Me standing in front of this super<br /> cool little pond at the Plummer house</h3>
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I hope you all had a great week. This week, there was SO MUCH HUMIDITY. My curly hair really isn't appreciating it haha. I don't know if I would be able to remember how dry heat feels like anymore. It's been pretty hot and humid here and I always just feel super sticky and wet. It's worth it though because being a missionary is the beeest.<br />
We had SO MANY MEETINGS last week. Like every single day we had a meeting so we were really busy. On Friday we had our first interviews with President Barney! I already love President and Sister Barney so much. I am grateful for the love that they have already shown me, even though they've only been here for a couple of weeks. I look up to their examples of sacrifice and putting the things of God first. When we do that, we receive so many more blessings. More blessing than we could even imagine.<br />
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JESUS! He has made a goal to stop smoking by August 5th and he's been smoking less and less everyday. We were able to teach him about the Plan of Salvation this week and about temples. He loves the idea of why we have temples, to do work for those who have passed away. At one point in the lesson, he realized that he needs to be <br />
baptized before he can do the work for his friend who passed away. He kept mentioning baptism throughout the whole lesson, so we set a date for him to be baptized on August 20th!! He's really happy and excited. We are going to continue to work with him to help him prepare!<br />
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Hermana Hughes is the beeeest.</h3>
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Overall, this was a really great week filled with miracles! We have been praying that we would be able to be lead to those people who are looking for the gospel in their lives. We had a really cool experience with this guy named Mike! He was taking out the trash when we were walking on the street. We had a short 20 second conversation with him, that went along the lines of "hi" and he was like "hi, I know you're making your rounds. My apartment is right there, so when you're done come on over!" We knocked a couple of doors before we went over to his apartment haha. So we went to this apartment and at first we were super confused because a lady answered the door and invited us in before even asking us our names. But then Mike was sitting at the kitchen table cutting watermelon for us!! We were able to meet his family and share a message about Jesus Christ and finding peace through Him. They are going through a lot of difficult things in their lives right now, so it was a perfect message. They shared with us that they have been looking for a church and want to come!! MIRACLE!!<br />
A scripture that has brought me a lot of comfort and peace this week is 3 Nephi 13:32-34, and it says:<br />
" For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.<br />
But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.<br />
Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. "<br />
I know that this is so true!! Heavenly Father knows us all perfectly and He has a perfect plan for all of us. I know that he knows what is best, and it is up to us to decided whether or not we are going to follow His son, Jesus Christ. I know that as we first seek the things of God and make Him a priority, that all things are added unto it. I know that FAITH is so important. I read recently that faith is acting and is also in accordance with our obedience. I know that as long as we are following God's commandments that we are happy and we do not need to have fear or need to worry.<br />
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I hope that you all have a wonderful week. I love you all! But more importantly, Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, love you all so much more!!<br />
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con amor,<br />
Hermana Duvall<br />
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The Plummer House! It is a house of someone who donated a building to MAYO a really long time ago.<br /> So this is a super huge crazy house and we enjoyed taking a self guided tour.</h3>
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the famous flap doodles ice cream.<br /> It's just the average ice cream that is<br /> super overpriced yet so many people come to eat it hahah</h3>
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personal sized pizzas 🍕</h3>
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another selfie!</h3>
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805205476470041004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-12457828410432488152017-07-04T13:00:00.000-07:002017-07-05T10:43:09.908-07:00July 4, 2017 Happy 4th of July!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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¡Hola mi Familia y mis amigos!<br />
Happy 4th of July! My Pday got switched to today so that we would be able to participate in some of the 4th of July festivities. I hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July. I am proud to be in the country and so very grateful for the religious freedom that we have here.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MLC and the awesome members of the Spanish ward in <br />
Minneapolis! It was fun to reconnect with the members I <br />
served around when I was here in Minneapolis</td></tr>
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This was a really great week for me. Super busy with lots of meetings, but really amazing with little miracles all around. We got to meet our new mission President and his wife, President and Sister Barney, on Saturday. The second that President Barney started speaking to us, I felt the spirit testified to me that he really has been called of god to lead this mission. We also had MLC (missionary Leadership council) yesterday with him and being there made me so excited to have him as our new mission President. I learned so much yesterday about MLC, but other thing that I loved the most was a training that the Area of the 70, elder Stacey, gave. He talked about the importance of the spirit in the conversion process. God doesn't want us to trust a random man, he wants us to ask him and through the spirit He will let us know the truth of all things.<br />
Jesus is doing pretty good. It looks like it is going to take a little longer for him to be able to be baptized. He struggles with the word of wisdom, but he really has a desire to quite and follow God's commandments. We had a really great lesson with him about the Word of Wisdom this week. He is going to pray about a date that he feels like he can stop stopping by. Jesus has a lot of faith in God and really wants to do what is right. I know that as he continues praying and asking God for guidance, he will be lead in the right direction.<br />
We had a really amazing lesson with an investigator names Debora and her two daughters, Mia and Camilla. We taught them about the Plan of Salvation. It was amazing to hear the questions that the two little girls had. Teaching children reminds me time and time again how simple the gospel is.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sister Calchera and I on exchanges.</td></tr>
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We got to go on an exchange with the Lacrosse Sisters. They needed up coming to our area the same day that we met our mission President to save miles. I was with Sister Calchera, who is one of my favorite people ever. At the end of the exchange I realized that we didn't have much "success" in teaching a lot of lessons to a bunch of people. We made several good contacts with people and found a really cool referral for the English missionaries. Even though a lot of our plans fell through, at the end of the day I felt so happy and accomplished, knowing that I gave my all. I've realized that one of the most important things is being happy, working hard, and showing God that I am here to serve Him. I am grateful for this exchange that taught me that success isn't based on number of lessons taught, but it is based off of the diligence we give as we serve the Lord. Being happy and serving those around me has helped me come closer to the savior.<br />
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In the October 2001 General Conference, President Thomas S. Monson said :<br />
“Let us ask ourselves the questions: ‘Have I done any good in the world today? Have I helped anyone in need?’ [Hymns, no. 223]. What a formula for happiness! What a prescription for contentment, for inner peace--to have inspired gratitude in another human being.<br />
Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. There are hearts to gladden. There are kind words to say. There are gifts to be given. There are deeds to be done. There are souls to be saved”<br />
I love this quote from the Prophet! I know that it's true. I know that we can all find pure happiness as we strive to serve others and serve god through our actions, thoughts, and desires. I am so grateful for all of you. I hope you all have a wonderful week.<br />
Love you! But more importantly, Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, love you all so much!<br />
Con amor,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sister Tainia Rhiger made us some homemade sushi.<br />
Best. Gift. Ever.</td></tr>
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Minnesota Minneapolis Mission<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hermana Hughes!!!!!!!!!!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">I LOVE SUSHI ITS THE BEST</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PANNEKOEKEN. Last Pday we tried this delicious <br />
food and got a mini medical tour of mayo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went chalking and met some great people as we did it! I love helping people remember that they are sons and daughters of god!</td></tr>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqV_brcYChpgh3ifdnLEXsPwOxe49V-4_LA7ZVz6t30Iw0lhkyIBmFAggvHaCtbkhgoljgF55ZKrdP-LsG7kwttVTjq6C_F8So3KZerviJu_R3hkJM6-BuZb7k4M20xURSkpod8VpUOw/s1600/Chris+Bacon%2521%2521%2521%2521+This+woman+right+here+is+such+an+inspiration.+She+is+my+Aunt+Vickies+friend+from+Utah+and+we+got+to+visit+her+as+shes+receiving+radiation+treatment+at+Mayo.+Sister+Bacon+has+so+much+faith+and+love+for+god.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqV_brcYChpgh3ifdnLEXsPwOxe49V-4_LA7ZVz6t30Iw0lhkyIBmFAggvHaCtbkhgoljgF55ZKrdP-LsG7kwttVTjq6C_F8So3KZerviJu_R3hkJM6-BuZb7k4M20xURSkpod8VpUOw/s320/Chris+Bacon%2521%2521%2521%2521+This+woman+right+here+is+such+an+inspiration.+She+is+my+Aunt+Vickies+friend+from+Utah+and+we+got+to+visit+her+as+shes+receiving+radiation+treatment+at+Mayo.+Sister+Bacon+has+so+much+faith+and+love+for+god.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chris Bacon!!!! This woman right here is such an inspiration. <br />
She is my Aunt Vickies friend from Utah and we got to visit her <br />
as shes receiving radiation treatment at Mayo. Sister Bacon has <br />
so much faith and love for god</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mona!!! We visit her every week eat some cookies with her and <br />
sometimes color</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fredericks Family!!! 5 boys and 1 girl reminds me of my crazy family</td></tr>
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Zachary Duvallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09394491812033717033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-1155862465200441642017-06-26T16:12:00.001-07:002017-06-26T16:12:59.670-07:00June 26, 2017 "Me quiero bautizar"¡Hola mi Familia y mis amigos!<br />
This week went by so fast. I cannot believe that it is Monday already. This week was filled with lots of fun and miracles! I am proud to announce that I have finally seen a firefly in real life. My life has been changed.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> I am going to miss them so much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> I am incredibly grateful for everything they've done for me.</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">They are some of my biggest role models. </span></div>
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We had our last Zone Conference with President and Sister Forbes last week! It was a great one with lots of learning. Hermana Hughes and I got to give a training, so that was fun. President and Sister Forbes will be heading home this Friday. It was really sad saying goodbye, because they've both helped me so much on my mission. But I am excited to meet our new mission President and his wife, the Barney's, this Saturday. It's always good for change!<br />
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the Rochester Zone! </div>
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Back: Elder Yang, Elder Blackburn, Elder Loveland, Elder Edwards, Elder Hutchins, Elder Gabrielsen, Elder Fergusen, Elder Barrett</div>
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We went on our first exchange of the transfer with Sister Andersen and Sister Larsen. I went with Sister Andersen to her area and I learned so much from her. At one point during the exchange, we were just walking down a street knocking doors and we saw a cool yellow corvette stopped on the side of the rode. We ended talking to this guy named Terry (who was in the yellow corvette) and he was so nice! He was super excited to hear about the Book of Mormon and couldn't wait for the sisters to come over to teach him more. After talking to Terry, we also talked to another lady named Judy. It was s pretty simple conversation and we testified of how much God loved her. She started crying, said thank you, and shut the door. I don't know why she started crying, but I am grateful for little opportunities that god uses us to let his children know they're loved! We also got to teach an investigator named Lupe and apparently her parents have visited with us Spanish sisters before. So that was a cool connection. <br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Hno José Castillo!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">He was baptized a year ago yesterday and </span></div>
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We were able to teach Jesus some more this week. When we first got to his house, the first thing he told us was that he didn't want to come to church anymore. He couldn't really give us any super solid reasons why other than he didn't want to. But we were able to read some scriptures with him and (through the spirit) helped change his mind! Which is a miracle, because at the end of church yesterday Jesus was SO happy. He was just grinning ear to ear. He walked up to us and said "Me quiero bautizar." He had a great experience at church and learned that he could eventually be baptized for a friend who already passed away but wasn't ever baptized. He is now super excited to be baptized. He needs to make some lifestyle changes before he can be baptized, but we are going to continue to work with him so he can meet this goal of his! It was really cool to see the transformation that happened in him in just a day. We are so excited for him!<br />
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I have been thinking a lot about our duty to God. Without Him and Jesus Christ we really are nothing nor would we have much purpose to our life. In Zone Conference, Sister Forbes shared a scripture with us that I absolutely loved. It's in Mosiah 2:21 and it says:<br />
"I say unto you that if ye should serve him who has created you from the beginning, and is preserving you from day to day, by lending you breath, that ye may live and move and do according to your own will, and even supporting you from one moment to another--I say, if ye should serve him with all your whole souls yet ye would be unprofitable servants."<br />
How lucky are we to have an all knowing and all loving Father in Heaven who is watching over us everyday. Also, how lucky are that God provided us with a Savior so that we would be able to repent, be happy, and have eternal happiness. I know that it is through obedience that we can find that real happiness. To end I would like to share a quote from C. Scott Grow: "As we strive to become like God's He can make us more than we could ever make ourselves." I know that's true!<br />
I hope you all have a wonderful week. I love you all tons. Remember that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love you all SO MUCH more.<br />
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Con Amor,<br />
Hermana Duvall<br />
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Hermana Duvall<br />
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Bob! We volunteer at Salvation Army every week.<br />He's the head chef. </h3>
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16805205476470041004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1846714290919984933.post-47959871057978121502017-06-19T14:53:00.000-07:002017-06-19T18:14:28.267-07:00June 19, 2017 Goodbye Faribault! ¡Hola mi familia y mis amigos!<br />
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Hermana Davis and I with President Forbes.<br /><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Onr of our last pictures with him</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">before he goes home in a couple of weeks! </span></h3>
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I hope you all had a wonderful week, because I sure did! My last couple of days in Faribault, we just went around saying goodbye to a lot of people. It's crazy how quickly you can come to love people, only knowing them for a short period of time. It was sad leaving some of our investigators like Major, Valencia, and Candelario. We were able to invite Valencia to be baptized and she thought of her own date. Candelario talked to his boss and got work off, so he could come to church. Major promised that he's still going to church every Sunday now that his health is better. I know the Lord will continue to lead and guide them through this path that they are on.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">So it's been different being in a different area, after being in an area for 4 1/2 months! But I love it here so much already. It's the best. I love Hermana Hughes! She will be going home at the end of this transfer, so we are giving it our all and working really hard! One of my favorite parts of being here is that my Grandpa served here 70 years ago,and I keep think that I could be where he walked. So that's been cool. We have been teaching a lot more in Spanish here than I </span>did in my last area and it's been so fun. I am serving in the Rochester 3rd ward and basically like half of the ward is full of doctors or people who work at the Mayo Clinic. So if I end up getting sick, I will be very well taken care of. The ward is called a magnet ward, so it's English and Spanish. Sometimes the Hispanics have a hard time saying my last name, so I have been called hermana duvalin and hermana dulce haha. We are teaching a lot of Hispanic families right now that have a lot of potential. We have a couple Investigators also speak English that I have been able to meet and teach and they're all awesome.<br />
One of our investigators, Jesus, came to church on Sunday! The Hermanas met him last Saturday (before I got here) and he went to a different ward the next Sunday. But we had an awesome lesson with him this last week about faith and repentance. He has a strong desire to stop smoking and change his life around! He was able to come to our ward yesterday because he wanted to be around more Hispanics! He really enjoyed it. We are going to continue to work with him and teach him some more. We are excited about him.<br />
I really love being a missionary! One thing that I have been thinking about a lot recently is faith and putting full trust in God. There's a new Mormon message that is about not having fear but to have faith. In this message it has a line that I just love. It goes something along the lines of "Although my future is unknown, I do know my father!" In Psalms 56:4,11 it says, "In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me." I know that God has a perfect plan for every single one of us. All we need to do is have faith and trust that everything is going to work out, even if we don't understand. I am so grateful for my loving Heavenly Father and my earthly Father (Happy Father's Day btw to the best daddy out there. Love you tons), and for all of the guidance I have received. I love that we can pray and ask of God for advice as to what we should do in our lives.<br />
I hope you all have a wonderful week! Remember to trust in God and remember that God and his son Jesus Christ love you all so much!<br />
Con amor,<br />
Hermana Duvall<br />
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Los Espinal</h3>
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Nylaya Hunter. She always told us that<br />we were her best friends haha</h3>
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Valencia! She had her baby last week</h3>
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Sister Oelkers</h3>
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Candelario. I'm going to miss teaching him!</h3>
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The Wilson Family</h3>
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The Pages</h3>
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The Taylor's</h3>
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The Taylor's</h3>
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Donna Cashin</h3>
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Hermana Davis and I have been meaning to stop and<br />take a picture in this field for the past three months, and we finally did on our last day in Faribault!</h3>
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Video- Abiu and I did this dance this time every time we said goodbye. Going to miss my little Abiu. He's the best<br />
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LOTS OF FLOWERS!!!</h3>
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This has been a really great week to be a missionary. I really do love being a missionary it's the best. So we got news about transfers today and I am going to be serving in Rochester as an STL! I am so excited because this is where my Grandma Duvall was born and where my Grandpa Duvall was serving when he met my grandma!! Hermana Hughes is going to be my new companion and I am so excited to get to serve with her. I served around her in St. Paul a couple transfers ago, so it'll be a sweet reunion. Another crazy thing that is happening with transfers is that Hermana Davis is also leaving Faribault, and our area is going to be whitewashed by two different Hermanas. I am so grateful for the last 4 1/2 months that I've been able to serve in the Faribault ward.<br />
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We had some amazing lessons this week and we were able to work a lot more with the members in our ward!! One amazing miracle that happened was that our investigator Major Bell finally made it to church!!! He has been super sick for the last month or so. We had a lesson with him this last week and brother Taylor came with us. It was perfect that Bro. Taylor came, because he was able to help Major with some of his questions. Major promised us that day that he would come to church! He kept his promise, woooo! So, he said that he really wants to continue to learn and eventually be baptized! We also had an amazing lesson with a lady named Liz! Sister Reher came with us and it was also super perfect. She was able to address very specific concerns that Liz has had for a while. Liz told us that we were the very first missionaries that she has ever let in. She said she didn't know what had changed, just that she wanted to listen to us. So, she is now excited to continue taking the missionary discussions. Another person that we have been teaching is<br />
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Hermana Davis casually flipping her hair like such a model</h3>
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Candelario. It's still the same with him. He wants to be baptized, but wants to make sure that he learns everything he needs to before. We have been teaching SO many amazing people who are so prepared to listen and receive the gospel into their lives!!! I am excited for the other Hermanas to continue to teach them, and hopefully I will be able to travel up for some possible future baptisms.<br />
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THE KOTAS FAMILY<br /> + all of the missionaries who have been on this journey with them!<br /> Brother Kotas was baptized a year ago,<br />and this last weekend him, his wife nikki,<br />and their 4 kids were able to be sealed!!!!</h3>
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Some exciting news: The Kotas Family got sealed in the temple this week! Hermana Davis and I changed our Pday so that we would be able to go. It was seriously such an amazing day! We were able to attend an endowment session beforehand, so that was special. But the sealing was so incredible. When they brought their four little kids into the Sealing Room all dressed in white, it was so precious. All of the kids were so quiet and reverent throughout the whole thing (which is not super common for those crazy energetic kids haha). The spirit was SO strong and I am so grateful that I was able to attend my first sealing :) Being there confirmed to me how special a temple marriage is and how important it is! It was awesome, because so many other missionaries were able to attend the Kotas's sealing as well. It was cool to see the impact and wonderful change that the gospel can do for so many lives.<br />
Something that I have been thinking about a lot recently, is the purpose of life. Our purpose is have joy and to learn, grow, become worthy to enter into the presence of God on day. Sometimes it gets really hard to live in this world of so many distractions and disillusions, where so many people serve for personal gain rather than to simply help each other. There's a scripture in Luke 6:23 that says, "Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven." Heaven is the ultimate goal. I know that having a more eternal perspective has helped me a lot in my life. As long as I am glorifying my Father in Heaven and following Jesus Christ, I know my life will be filled with happiness and I will always be able to leap for joy. I know that through Jesus Christ we WILL be able to return to live with our Heavenly Father again with our own families FOREVER. How joyous that will be!!<br />
I hope you all have a wonderful week! I love you all! But more importantly, Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, love you all SO MUCH MORE!!<br />
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con amor,<br />
Hermana Duvall<br />
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This is Bethwell (or Karosi)!<br /> We met him as we were walking around an apartment complex. <br />He is from Kenya and was SO excited to hear about the Book of Mormon.</h3>
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I LOVE HERMANA DAVIS SO MUCH.<br /> She has become one of my "closest" friends :)</h3>
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Sister Walkner!!!<br /> We took some time to plant her flowers for her last week.<br /> I enjoy gardening, but it was SO hot and humid!</h3>
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HERMANO SALDANA!!<br /> He is a member from my first area in the Lakeville Spanish Branch. <br />Ran into him at the temple because he was picking some elders up!<br /> It was so fun to catch up with him.</h3>
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Julian was sleeping,so we gathered around him<br /> and took a nice family picture.<br /> I am going to miss the Kotas's so much. LOVE THEM</h3>
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