tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69848729878061158732024-03-05T12:36:21.758-08:00Sisters, Blisters, & Maple LeavesSister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-57422194919463186382016-02-09T15:55:00.000-08:002016-02-09T15:55:08.481-08:00Onward, ever onward.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">well
folks I can't believe this day has come! I can't thank you enough for
the support and prayers and love that all of you have given me. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">My
oh my, these past 18 months given to me from the Lord have been
incredible. My testimony of Jesus Christ has been solidified by every
experience I have been blessed with. Everyday I felt like I couldn't
keep going, everyday that I couldn't be happier; every time the spirit
just filled my soul to the brim, and all the times that I felt so alone;
all the people that rejoiced so much at the message we shared, and the
people that yelled at us instead; the tears of exhaustion and
frustration, the tears of relief and joy; the days where all our plans
fell through so that the Lord could show us <i>his </i>plan; all these
experiences, hard work, and the grace of God, have built me and built
the testimony that I have of a loving Heavenly Father who gave us His
son, Jesus Christ. I can't express my love and gratitude for a Savior
who has suffered and rejoiced with me. I cannot and will not ever deny
the love of our Father in Heaven, and the fact that HE IS REAL. HE
LIVES. I have seen his hand in the lives of many, and in the details of
mine. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">I know Jesus Christ lives and he is the Savoir of the world. He is <i>your</i> Savior. He is <i>my </i>Savior. And I have learned that it is only through Him and His grace that we can find success and joy. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">"As
we extend our hands and hearts toward others in Christlike love,
something wonderful happens to us. Our own spirits become healed, more
refined, and stronger." -President Uchtdorf</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">I
know that Jesus Christ lives. And I know that there is no greater
cause than the cause of our Father in Heaven, to bring to pass to
immortality and eternal life of man. I know that we can be forgiven
through the atonement of Jesus Christ and that no failure is ever
final. <br /><br /><span><br /><i>"12 </i></span><i>Yea, I know that I am
nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of
myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all
things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land,
for which we will praise his name forever. </i></span><i style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="1155545339_847357573_13"> </a><span>13 </span>Behold,
how many thousands of our brethren has he loosed from the pains of
hell; and they are brought to sing redeeming love, and this because of
the power of his word which is in us, therefore have we not great reason
to rejoice?</i><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"></span><i style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="1155545339_847357573_14"> </a><span>14 </span>Yea, we have reason to praise him forever, for he is the Most High God, and has loosed our brethren from the chains of hell.</i><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"></span><i style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="1155545339_847357573_15"> </a><span>15 </span>Yea,
they were encircled about with everlasting darkness and destruction;
but behold, he has brought them into his everlasting light, yea, into
everlasting salvation; and they are encircled about with the matchless
bounty of his love; yea, and we have been instruments in his hands of
doing this great and marvelous work.</i><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><i><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="1155545339_847357573_16"> </a><span>16 </span>Therefore,
let us glory, yea, we will glory in the Lord; yea, we will rejoice, for
our joy is full; yea, we will praise our God forever. Behold, who can
glory too much in the Lord? Yea, who can say too much of his great
power, and of his mercy, and of his long-suffering towards the children
of men? Behold, I say unto you, I cannot say the smallest part which I
feel." [Alma 26:12-16]</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><br /><br /><span> "</span>Shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go <b>forward</b> and not backward. Courage, brethren; and on, on to the victory!" [D&C 128:22]<br /><br /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Onward, ever onward. </span><div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Sister Jones </span></div>
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-60334069605336047842016-02-02T13:30:00.000-08:002016-02-04T13:31:14.521-08:00The time is far spent....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">HOLY CRICKET so much has happened this week. soooo here we go. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The
weather here is probably even warmer than it is in Utah, so that's
cool. It has been so nice. And icy. I almost made it the whole winter
without slipping.....thennnn i actually slipped. and almost did the
splits. it was pretty graceful if you can imagine...hahahh. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We
got a media referral!!! Sharlene! And she's AMAZING. I have never
received so many media referrals until I came to this area. We also
received two more today that we're going to go see. but anyways cool
story about contacting Sharlene: We went one morning to try to contact
her, but nobody answered. So on we went with the rest of our day.
Nothing was really working out, so finally we decided to try this other
lady, Sister Heck (yes her last name really is Heck. :)) and we put her
address into the GPS and so we went! We reach the destination....and
guess what apartment complex we were at....SHARLENE'S. so yeah it was
pretty inspired. Heavenly Father just led us back to her, so we knocked
on her door again and her fiance, William answered and told us she was
in the hospital. So we went and taught her and she's so solid! They
have both been taught by missionaries back in Africa and also gone to
church before! She's so wonderful. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We had
supper with this family from JAMAICA and it was so awesome, wanna know
why?? ELDER BOYER THIS IS FOR YOU! When Brother Allen was on his
mission, he opened Junction for missionary work! :) they had a ton of
opposition and persecution from the people there, they all thought
mormons were from the devil and what not....but here's this super cool
miracle: Apparently, there had been about a 26 month drought in the
area, and they desperately needed rain. But nobody thought it would
rain again. The elders felt inspired and told everyone that now that
they, the mormons, were there, that God would make it rain for them.
And a few days later, IT RAINED!!! And everyone listened to them after
that. Our God is a God of miracles!!! :) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We
had exchanges, and I went to Sturgeon with Sister Andrus who is such a
spiritual giant. Basically all our plans fell through and we weren't
sure what to do. So we felt like going to the library to print off a
talk for a less active we would see later in the day. We went, and the
guy at the front desk asked us about what kind of relief our church has
for people in need. So we told him and then he introduced us to
Jonathan! He needs a lot of help temporally, but we were able to sit
down with him at the library and meet his spiritual needs. We mostly
just listened to him tell us all the trials he has had in his life and
his experiences, then we taught him about the atonement of Jesus Christ.
The spirit was SOOO strong, there was no denying it. Then Jonathan
said, "I know this sounds crazy, but I feel like I have been sitting
here with you two before, talking about these things. It all just feels
so familiar." He had met with elders before, but wasn't very
interested. but he told us that now he knows it's what he needs to do.
And that God has given him another chance, he won't let this one go
by. It was all in all just really awesome. And Sister Andrus is such a
great missionary. She just follows the spirit so well. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I just wanted to share a scripture I found in my studies this week that just blew my mind and made me so happy:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">9 [God]</span> hath saved us, and called <span style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">us</span> with
an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own
purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world
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is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who
hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality <wbr></wbr>to light through the gospel:</div>
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the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am
not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he
is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.</div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We were sent here to this earth with a purpose. Our Father knew us and he knew what we would go through while here on earth. Although God's eternal plan applies to all his children, we each have a plan that is just for us. There are specific things that He has sent you here to do. <br /><br />I just love this gospel. I love the mission. I love the Lord! <br /><br />Onward, ever onward.<br /><br />Sister Jones </span><div style="background: 0px 0px rgba(255,255,255,0.00784314); border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Palatino,'Palatino Linotype',Pahoran,Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-7817344616474103312016-01-26T19:00:00.000-08:002016-01-27T19:01:53.002-08:00Give us this day our daily bread - Matthew 6:11<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
HOLY CROWS what a week. <br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">sooo
Londonderry is a great area and there is SO MUCH WORK it's kind of
overwhelming, I won't lie. We also cover Castle Downs ward and there is
so much work for us to do there, too! </span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We
have a bunch of investigators so that's cool. And a ton of media
referrals to work with. People here on the north side just want the
gospel! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">I'll tell you a couple good things from this week:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">The
sisters have been teaching this Nigerian family for about 3 months now,
and they are so great. They are still pretty committed to their church
right now, they have assignments there, so it's been hard to get them
to come to church with us. We had a lesson with them and were talking
about that, and the boys, Michel (9) and Iven (6) were not wanting to
come to ours because their church was having cake for a birthday party
afterwards. We were just like, "well you gotta figure out what God
needs you to do." and they were like, "ahh man we just want cake!" so
then we asked them to pray right then to see where God wanted them to go
for church. They both were kneeling down and praying in their heads
and about 15 seconds goes by and Iven goes, ".....FINE.. we have to go
to your church." and Michel was like, "NOOOOO WE NEED CAKE!!!" and Iven
goes, "well God told me so!" It was really precious and also really
funny because they're the cutest kids ever. They didn't end up coming
to church though because Abi had to do his assignments at their other
church. :/ Pray for them! (Nike, Abi, Michel, and Iven) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We
also got to see one of my favorite people in the entire world..wait for
it....JANET SULLEH!!!!! She used to live in Forest Heights, but now is
in Castle Downs! She's at a nursing home now and when I walked in she
was like, "IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU! HAVE YOU BEEN LOOKING FOR ME??" And
she had my little card I made for her hanging on her wall. so
precious. I love that lady so much. such an angel. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Yesterday,
we were trying by a less active who wasn't home, and while walking back
to the car, I felt like we should knock on this random house so we
did. And it was AMAZING. Whenever I have thoughts like that, as I'm
doing what the spirit tells me, I kind of doubt myself and am like,
"what is nothing even happens?" but that's SATAN! We knocked and Alanna
opened the door and let us in right away. Elders had helped her last
summer, so she recognized our tags! We didn't get to teach her a ton,
but we helped her take down her Christmas tree and basically listened to
her crazy life story. She has had a few family members pass away in the
past few years and we had a really inspired discussion on the afterlife
and stuff. so that was cool. And she's letting us come back later
this week!!! :) The spirit is so cool. I love it. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">basically
every prayer I have said this week has been just asking Heavenly Father
to give me the daily bread i need. We have had SO MUCH to do, I was
really stressed out at the beginning of the week. We had two ZTM's that
we needed to give training at, and I wasn't at the MLC where they got
the training, then we had exchanges, and we spoke in sacrament meeting
and there was just so much. But I can testify that the Lord ALWAYS
provides the things that we need. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><br />"The Lord’s invitation to seek
our daily bread at our Heavenly Father’s hand speaks of a loving God,
aware of even the small, daily needs of His children and anxious to
assist them, one by one. He is saying that we can ask in faith of that
Being “that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it
shall be given” (James 1:5). That is, of course, tremendously
reassuring, but there is something at work here that is more significant
than just help in getting by day to day. As we seek and receive divine
bread daily,<i> our faith and trust in God and His Son grow.</i>" </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Sister Jones <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-70769426676918427372016-01-19T12:44:00.000-08:002016-01-21T12:45:18.400-08:00ET PHONEHOME<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
PLOT TWIST!!! I'm getting emergency transferred to a new area in an
hour. President called last night and told me he had a new assignment
for me, and I'm just like, oooh cool what is it?(an ET didn't even cross
my mind) And he told me a sister has to go home because of medical
issues and he needs me to go to Londonderry to be a Sister Training
Leader again for my last 3 weeks. So yeah that just happened. <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"></span><br />
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kind of have been just crying and packing and I totally threw my 6
weeks to sexy goal (not eating treats for my last 6 weeks) out the
window and I ate half of a chocolate orange last night so yeah that's
about where I'm at right now. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">I
have grown to love this area SO MUCH it's insane. When we got transfer
calls I didn't want to come, but at this point i just love these people
like none other and i just love it and i love my companions. I
basically didn't sleep last night and have been trying to receive a
confirmation that this is all meant to be, but I haven't really gotten
that yet. One thing I do know is that President is called of God and I
trust his inspiration. So here we go! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">God's
timing couldn't have been more perfect with everything though, we had
exchanges with River Valley yesterday and Sister Lee and I got to go
with my bff Sister Mckeon!!!! it was so much fun, i love that girl more
than that chocolate orange I ate last night....so yeah. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">On
our exchange, we were about to visit someone, and while we were praying
before, Sister McKeon saw this certain street in her head, so we
decided to go there and see who God needed us to find. We knocked this
little group of houses and this guy, Emmanuel was like, "who are you??"
and we were just like, "messengers from God!" and he was like "oh you're
mormons!" then we got talking to him and got to give him a Book of
Mormon and it was super funny. He was great. Then we got to try to
teach his neighbour, Mohammed, (hahahhahah emmanuel and mohammed live
right next door to each other) but he just wanted to convert us and it
was a gong show. but yeah it was fun. :) </span></div>
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almost got hit by a bus last week. We were at a long stop light and
there were people at the bus stop right next to us, so I jumped out of
the car to give them pamphlets and the bus was coming and everyone was
like, "ahhhhhh m'am the bus!!!" and I just gave them the pamphlets and
ran and was like, "it'll change your life!!!!!" ha. i think I've lost
it. I'm gonna miss this. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">At
that same stop light a different time, there was this car of little
teenage hooligans next to us with their windows rolled down, so I rolled
down mine and showed them the "JESUS LOVES YOU" sign and they were like
YES YES (except the kid in the back seat who kept yelling "Allah Allah
Allah!!!" )but the kid in the front was like, "can i take a picture??"
so I said yes and to go to <a href="http://mormon.org/" target="_blank">mormon.org</a> and he took the picture. it was pretty funny. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">so yeah i can't even think right now things are CRAY my thoughts are all over the place. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">but one thing I do know is that God's ways are higher than our ways. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><a href="http://www.mormonchannel.org/watch/series/mormon-messages/the-will-of-god-2" target="_blank">http://www.mormonchannel.org/<wbr></wbr>watch/series/mormon-messages/<wbr></wbr>the-will-of-god-2</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">I
love this work and I am so grateful for all the experiences I have had
in this valley of the rainbows. :) Sorry for all of you whom I didn't
email today, time just isn't a thing I have to do that right now. :)
I'll catch y'all next week! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Onward, ever onward. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Sister Jones </span></div>
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-48733032747968976952016-01-12T18:33:00.001-08:002016-01-12T18:33:39.440-08:00"...it shall be given unto you."<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
alright peeps, buckle up and keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle
at all times. I've got a lot to tell you about answered prayers.<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> such a stellar week. HERE WE GO!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> FIONAH!!!
We found her last week when i had a distinct thought to go contact at
the west edmonton mall bus station. She was the first person we talked
to and she accepted a book of mormon and wanted to meet. We had a
split, so I went with a member (return missionary from this mission,
Sister Cardona:):):)) and the mandarin elders to teach her the first
lesson, and it was PRIME. the best lesson i've had with an investigator
in such a long time. She asked such good questions and felt the spirit
so strongly. after she prayed, we paused and asked her how she felt,
she said, "honestly, i feel this weight just lift off of my shoulders."
it was amazing. I then told her that when we found her that day, I had a
distinct impression of where we needed to go and everything. Then she
told us an amazing story. back when her parents were in China, they
already had 2 kids, which wasn't okay. But then her mom got pregnant
with her. everyone told her to abort the baby, and she was really
conflicted. She then ran into two missionaries (not sure if they were
lds but it's pretty cool) on a bus, they told her that God would watch
over her and everything would be okay, and they gave her a book. (not
sure if it was the BofM, but still cool). Fionah has never really
believe in God at all, but about a month ago, her mom told her that she
should go to church to thank God for the life he gave her. She wasn't
sure why, so she asked, and her mom told her this story. Since then,
Fionah has been trying to figure out how to find God and feel forgiven
and basically give her life to him. She said that she prayed to him and
said, "if you want me to come to you, I need you to send someone to me
so show me where to go." Then we showed up at the bus stop. (ANSWERED
PRAYER) We also had a lesson with her this morning and taught the Plan
of Salvation and she prayed again and she's just GOLDEN. She accepted a
baptismal date of <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1280821894"><span class="aQJ">February 13th</span></span></a>! My last Saturday here!!! I just love this girl. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">JOHN!!!
We had a lesson with him after church and it was PRIME. This whole
week, I have been praying so earnestly that his desire for baptism will
increase. The first thing he asked us was, "What's the process i need to
go through to be baptized?" And it just so happens (by revelation) that
we were going to go over the baptismal interview questions with him so
he could see where he's at with everything. He was surprised. After
going through the questions, he said that he felt like he just needed to
move forward in faith, and commit! (ANSWERED PRAYER) We're planning on
moving his date sooner this week! :) We're just trying to help him
recognize the answers he has already received. </span></div>
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got to do a Hot Chocolate stand on the U of A campus at the institute!
It was so much fun, people think we're kind of crazy running all over
the place and giving people free hot chocolate, but it opens a lot of
doors for people to talk to us. We found so many chinese people for the
mandarin elders to teach. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We
did lots of LRT contacting, and I got to give a Book of Mormon to this
amazing Filipino girl named Patricia. She was so grateful and I'm so
excited to get teaching her more! My favourite thing about being a
missionary is when you can feel the spirit testify through you and touch
someone's heart. It's priceless. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1280821895" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Friday</span></span>,
before going into our supper appointment (which we have been getting a
fair amount of for YSA) we decided to knock a few doors. We had about
20 minutes, and I prayed that we would find someone that we could teach a
lesson to. Second door we knocked on turned out to be a lost sheep
that had been praying to know how to get to church!!! (ANSWERED
PRAYER!!!) Annnnd we got to teach her a lesson hahah. :) (answered
prayer...again:))</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We
had a lesson with a less-active, Sara, that the missionaries have been
working with for AGES and she never keeps any commitments. As we were
studying for her, we felt like we needed to actually hold her to her
commitments, and if she didn't keep them, we wouldn't move onto what we
had planned to teach. We went over, and before going into the lesson,
we prayed that she would have the desire to actually read the Book of
Mormon. We went in and what do ya know she didn't keep any commitments,
so we decided to read the talk with her that the sisters committed her
to read forever ago. Halfway through the talk, we asked her what she
thought and felt so far, she just said, "welll...honestly i feel tempted
to just put this talk down and go dive into the Book of Mormon right
now!" (ANSWERED PRAYER) we were just like OKAY SOUNDS GOOD! So yeah she
went and read. :) so cool! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">okay and now for one of the craziest/coolest/most miraculous happenings ever this week...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We
got to go to the CES devotional with a returning less active, Danika!
it was AMAZING. MAN I LOVED IT SO MUCH!!! okay first i'll tell you
about Danika. So, the Lamoureux's (ward mission leader in river valley)
have a granddaughter (danika). She's 22, and has been extremely anti
to the church and God and everything for quite a while. A few months
ago, we stopped by the lamoureux's and she was there, so we kind of hung
out with her a bit, didn't try to share anything because it would push
her away, but it was all around a good visit. Later on, she came with
them to the ward christmas party! The night I said goodbye to the
Lamoureux's, Danika's parents were there. I met them and we talked and I
really wanted to reach out to Danika now that I'm in YSA. They said it
probably wouldn't work. last week, we got a call back from the
lamoureux's saying that Danika wanted to come to church. WHHHHHAT????
So we got it all lined up and she came (her family came with her to ysa)
and it was AMAZING. oh my word. She's a completely new person. She
drove us to the fireside as well and i asked her what made her decide to
come back. She told us this really long story that's hers to share but
all i can say is...she is a legit modern day alma the younger. no
joke. at all. She said that even two weeks ago, if you asked her if she
would come to church she would have been against it. But she went to
her cousin's wedding (which was at the temple) and since she couldn't go
in, she went inside the church right next door to use the washroom.
She heard a voice tell her that this is where she needs to be. a
literal voice! (ANSWER TO SO MANY PRAYERS) and now she's thinking about
a mission and everything and she has been studying for hours everyday.
i honestly can hardly believe this complete 180 turn in less than one
week. when she walked into the church, she just gave me the biggest hug.
i cannot even describe the happiness I feel as i witness this
miracle!!! Her countenance radiates the light of Christ! so happy. so
happy. she's amazing. totally alma the younger. (if you're unfamiliar
with his story, read Mosiah 27 and Alma 36 in the Book of Mormon) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">there's more but i'm sick of looking at a computer screen....haha</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px 1px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"20 </span></span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">whatsoever</span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> ye </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">shall </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">as<wbr></wbr>k </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Father </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">in </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">my </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">name,</span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">which </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">is </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">right, </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">believing </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">that </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ye </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">shall </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">receive, </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">behold </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">it </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">shall </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">b<wbr></wbr>e </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">given </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">unto </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">you." [3 Nephi <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1280821896"><span class="aQJ">18:20</span></span></a>]</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">I'm
just so amazed at the tender mercies and miracles that I have witnessed
just this week. God IS real and I know that he DOES answer prayers. If
you feel you aren't getting answers to your prayers, take a step back
and ask God if that's what he needs you to ask for. Align your will
with his! If His will is our will, when we pray, he WILL grant unto us
all that we ask! I'm so grateful for a loving father that knows what
I, as well as all those around me, need. i just love life. I love the
gospel. I love the mission and the change that the atonement has
wrought in my life and in the lives of those I have come to love more
than I thought possible. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Onward, ever onward.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Sister Jones</span></div>
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-58754162503258825582016-01-05T11:53:00.000-08:002016-01-07T11:55:57.503-08:00"Get a grip....." -President Manion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QMqKt-jSo83XmHi5I77JEWAd1fs1qN88A-8Tn5WiKjSsaX8KYUapMCnfPynSPzKch_OBXuWEKTKxwWwHiLXl4wm0vsbF72UlFMwvMxEltLS-agihe2XfHAxWDs6D77n4N4sCPiaJrZc/s1600/JAN+5+1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QMqKt-jSo83XmHi5I77JEWAd1fs1qN88A-8Tn5WiKjSsaX8KYUapMCnfPynSPzKch_OBXuWEKTKxwWwHiLXl4wm0vsbF72UlFMwvMxEltLS-agihe2XfHAxWDs6D77n4N4sCPiaJrZc/s400/JAN+5+1.jpeg" width="400" /></a>Greetings from the valley full of rainbows and young single adults. This week actually felt very long. Not being a sister training leader slows things down a bit, but we have been fairly busy with contacting and teaching. Being in a tripan is a bit crazy, I kind of feel like I have two little sidekicks when we walk around (probably because I'm assertive and kind of loud and sister Lee and sister Lefler are pretty chill and quiet) so it has been an adventure. I'm trying not to talk so much.<br />
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YSA is....good? It's good. It's really fun to interact with people my age! Sacrament meeting was dead quiet hahahah. But we had two investigators at church! John and Rebecca. John has been taught mostly everything, His girlfriend is a member and he's on date for baptism in May. He's doing pretty well, we had a lesson with him after church and he really opened up with what he's struggling with, so we now know how to help him make the decision, he's so close!!!<br />
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Rebecca is a member of another church but said she would be baptized here if it was true! She liked church, but will be gone this week for a retreat activity for her other church.<br />
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We got asked to teach the gospel principles class like 5 seconds before it started...that was fun. The lesson was on the word of wisdom. Haha. Thank goodness for the manual and the Holy Ghost.<br />
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I'm grateful that I'm in this area because guess what we get......BUS PASSES FOR THE LRT!!!!!!!<br />
As you all know, Bus/LRT contacting is my favourite thing in the universe. We spend quite a bit of time contacting there and we have been able to talk to so many amazing people. I talked to this super great Chinese girl named Ivy, and she is so excited to learn more!!!<br />
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The first day I was here, we decided to do some contacting at the west Edmonton mall. Bad idea. Haha...with two people, it's no big deal, but with three of us, it just seemed like a mob..and yeah it didn't work out as I had hoped. So we went to the bus station there which was actually PERFECT. The first people we talked to were Fionah (and her parents who didn't speak English.)When we asked if Fionah had heard of the Book of Mormom, she said that her friend tried to give her one, but that she didn't know where she put it. We asked if we could give her another, and she just jumped up and down and said, "YES YES YES PLEASE!!!" She was so stoked it was amazing. She was going to come to church with us, but didn't feel good. But we're meeting with her on<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1290580031" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"> Thursday</span></span>! I'm so excited, she's so great.<br />
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I have started the weird "MY PLAN" thing for missionaries to complete in their last transfer (where you set goals for real life and stuff)...and it's kind of weird. I may or may not have had a bit of a<br />
melt down and asked president if I could extend...but all he said was "the lord called you to serve for 18 months and I don't have authority to make it longer...get a grip and get going with your my plan." So here I am trying to get a grip and just face it...hahahah oh man....it has just FLOWN by.<br />
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A big tender mercy, I know some people in this Ward from my past areas!!! One of them being a less active who used to live in forest heights and I just love her and her family so much. We got to see her<br />
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1290580032" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Sunday</span></span>, she's struggling a lot, but man I am just so glad I am here and can try my best to help.<br />
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Okay so my Book of Mormon reading this week has been PHENOMENAL and so full of the spirit. I just...can't get enough of that book!!! It's so true!!! I am in the book of Ether reading the story of the brother of Jared. That guy and his faith just AMAZE me. (Go read it right now if you haven't in a while...Ether 2-4) I have learned so much about how the Lord can guide us and give us answers to our questions. I just want the spirit to work through me to bless others 24/7. As I was reading I just had the question, how do I have experiences like the brother of Jared? Then i kept reading and found these verses, "...they shall repent of their iniquity, and become clean before the Lord. 7 And in that day that they shall exercise faith in me, saith the Lord, even as the brother of Jared did, that they may become sanctified in me, then will I manifest unto them the things which the brother of Jared saw, even to the unfolding unto them all my revelations, saith Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of the heavens and of the earth, and all things that in them are." I also thought of this verse which is a recitation for our mission, Alma 26:22 "22 Yea, he that repenteth and exerciseth faith, and bringeth forth good works, and prayeth continually without ceasing--unto such it is given to know the mysteries of God; yea, unto such it shall be given to reveal things which never have been revealed; yea, and it shall be given unto such to bring thousands of souls to repentance, even as it has been given unto us to bring these our brethren to repentance." I am just so happy to be a missionary right now, my heart is FILLED TO THE BRIM. I love this work and I love my Savior so much. I hope that<br />
each of you know that you have a Savior, Jesus Christ who has already paid the price for you to have peace and happiness here in this crazy world. I love you all!!!<br />
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Onward, ever onward.<br />
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Sister Jones<br />
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-12386442635455060072015-12-29T11:26:00.000-08:002015-12-31T11:27:17.745-08:00Off to the valley of rainbows...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
well, my friends, transfer calls came and I'm sad to say that my time in
River Valley is coming to an end. I'll be going to Rainbow Valley YSA
for my last 6 weeks! with not only one...but TWO new companions!
Sister Lefler and Sister Lee. they have both been out just a few
transfers, so it'll be an adventure! I'm excited to see what I can learn
from them. And I'll try my best to convert the young single adult
population of Edmonton and try not to be awkward...<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">LOTS OF BLESSINS THIS WEEK </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Christmas
was great! We got to have an Ethiopian lunch (which made my tummy
angry) with Solo (our landlord) and his mom and sister!!! They're all
Pentecostal and super amazing, and we got to teach a little about the
Godhead with them as well as eternal families. :) they're such good
Christian people. I love them so much. Solo also invited us the next
day to come to his get together with his bible study group! They all
came over to the house and we ate with them and then had a bible study.
I just prayed my little heart out the whole time that we could share
restored truth with them without taking over their class, and Solo would
randomly call on us to share our thoughts, so we got to share verses
from the Book of Mormon and it was really neat. Sometimes you really
feel the spirit speak through you, and this was one of those times. It
was all really spiritual until the end (when they started repenting out
loud and speaking in tongues...) but afterwards, I felt I needed to say
more, so I piped up and said something along the lines of "Okay
everyone, we want you to know that we can help you come closer to Jesus
Christ through reading the Bible and the Book of Mormon, so if you want
to learn we would love to teach you." then Solo was like, "wait sistahs
wait i have to ask my pastor.".......hahah it was awkward. But yeah it
was good, because a couple people came up afterwards and wanted our
card. One guy took it all sneakily from Sister McKeon's hands. :) so
that was our pentecostal experience. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We also got to go to Dawuta's for boxing day and eat some DELICIOUS Nigerian food. She's the best. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Here's
a cool story, we were driving in this neighbourhood, and this guy drove
his truck into the driveway and we wanted to talk to him so we pulled
over real quick and went to say hello. we went and he was like, "yeah
yeah i know you, you were waving a sign at me from your car the other
day." we were like WHAT NO WAY. He wasn't interested in the least, but
it was just really neat that Heavenly Father made our paths cross TWICE.
(also it just strengthened my testimony of proselyting while still in
the car... #carsignsforlyfe ) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We
got to go sing at this disabled people home with the Lamoureux's and
the Elders on Christmas eve! it was so much fun. Sister lamoureux
plays the guitar and sings while Brother Lamoureux plays his harmonica.
:) It's so great. i love them. also the spirit was so strong while
doing service on Christmas eve, really just doing what Christ would do. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">yesterday,
we were going around so i could say goodbye to people, and we (quite
literally) ran into MAGGIE!!!!!!!! She had just returned from Calgary
and left her phone while she was away so she couldn't receive our calls
or anything. so she's back on the radar and hopefully will come to
church again this week. :) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We taught Victoria part of the Plan of Salvation and she's now on date for <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_750861778"><span class="aQJ">February 13th</span></span></a>!!!
:) She's so smart and just loves the gospel. It's amazing. We asked
her what the purpose of life is and she said something along the lines
of... "well, each person comes here and can add a little sparkle to the
world." true dat. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">okay
for my last little blessin to share with you this week, a couple weeks
ago I received a friend request on facebook from a guy named Maxim from
Rwanda. Whenever we receive friend requests from people we don't know,
we just message them about the church and what not and try to get them
in contact with missionaries in their area. I sent him the christmas
video and then kept chatting with him over the course of a couple weeks,
and he went to church this week and is now meeting with the
missionaries there!!! :) It was just such a cool miracle to see. He
said, " <span style="line-height: 15.36px;"> i get there adress and i wos
visited them and i got there branch near me at kagugu so thank you for
helping me to follow the way of jesus christ and i am planing to stay
praying there and you will get more informations about us." then he sent
a picture of him and one of the elders. That was just so exciting. God
is good, my friends. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0); line-height: 15.36px;">I
started this little program they have for missionaries in their last 6
weeks called "My Plan" where you basically make goals and plans for when
you return home..it didn't go very well today probably because i had a
bad attitude about it and resented it the whole time..I just don't want
to leave this beautiful place and these amazing people. I have LOVED
the mission thus far and serving the Lord with all I have has been an
experience of a lifetime. I'm gonna make these last 6 weeks count, I've
still got a lot of fight left in me for this work. :) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Behold, </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">field </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">is </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">white </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">al<wbr></wbr>ready </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">to </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">harvest; </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">therefore,</span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">wh<wbr></wbr>oso </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">desireth </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">to </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">reap </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">let </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">him </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">t<wbr></wbr>hrust </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">in </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">his </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">sickle </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">with </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">his </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">m<wbr></wbr>ight, </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">and </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">reap </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">while </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">day </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">l<wbr></wbr>asts, </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">that </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">he </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">may </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">treasure </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">up </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><wbr></wbr>for </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">his </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">soul </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">everlasting </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">salva<wbr></wbr>tion </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">in </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">kingdom </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">of </span><span style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">God." [D&C 14:3] </span><span style="line-height: 15.36px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0); background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Onward, ever onward. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0); background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sister Jones </span></div>
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Saying bye to sister Quesada</div>
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-44292497262138353812015-12-22T11:13:00.000-08:002015-12-31T11:14:56.193-08:00Unto YOU a Saviour is born<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
MERRY CHRISTMAS PEEPS <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">it's Christmas and it's cold and there's a spirit in the air like none other! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">we
have had 3 exchanges in the past 8 days so i feel like I got hit by a
train or something, ha so exhausted, but sometimes that's good because
you're just deliriously happy! Sister McKeon and I have been laughing
like crazy and we have had a great week. I'll just update you on the
funny/crazy/miraculous events of the week...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">-Grandma
Vera (eternigator who is basically a member) had us and some ladies
from church over for a Christmas lunch. She's the SWEETEST lady on the
planet and is the best cook. We had some wicked Ukrainian food and she
made us these really unique stockings. They're all sparkly and stuff.
She's so cute. I just love those ladies. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">-We
had our Christmas Conference and it was just so much fun and full of
the spirit and so much power. The Manions are incredible. Our district
is having this competition to do the most service/creative finding
around Christmas time, and one elder decided that the first one to get a
selfie with "P Manny" at Christmas conference wins. Sister McKeon and I
totally won. Mom and dad, you didn't raise a loser. </span></div>
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Our selfie with "P Manny". He told us that it was actually an "ussie"</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">-It
was FREEEEZING and blizzarding outside and we saw this African lady
named Shatha shoveling her walk, so we jumped out of the car to help
her. She was really happy we did and then asked if we were tea
drinkers...we said no, but that we could drink herbal tea, so she
invited us in. We went in and she made us this ginger tea (totally
wasn't herbal......hahah but we didn't know that til after..)
accidentally broke the word of wisdom. oops. But we did get to show
her the Savior Is Born video and she LOVED it and said we could come
back later on. :) :) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">-Maggie is still MIA..pray that we can contact her somehow. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">-I just got a really big laugh out of the 12 days of social on <a dir="ltr" href="http://christmas.mormon.org/" target="_blank">christmas.mormon.org</a>...the one by studio C. i died. it's so funny. go watch it. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">-We
had exchanges with the YSA sisters yesterday and it was really fun. I
was with Sister Torsak and we went to the West Edmonton Mall to contact
people. We came up with a three question Christmas survey that would
get people talking about the real meaning of Christmas, and we gave out a
ton of cards! So much fun. There were so many people there it was
insane...don't go there Christmas week....especially dad. you'd just
get freaked out by all the people. But as we were walking, I said hello
to this guy next to us..but he didn't hear. So I waved bigger and said
hello louder and he looked over and started talking with us. He's from
Ghana and his name is Charles. :) I love Ghanaians!!! We talked about
general things like Jesus for a bit, then we asked if he heard of the
Book of Mormon. He stopped and said, "wait right here for 10 minutes.
I"ll be back. don't leave. I"ll be back." then he books it away from
us...so we waited. We thought maybe he got freaked out and ran away,
but we prayed he would come back and he did! He said, "okay let's go
sit down I want to hear this word of God you're telling me about." YES
YES YES YES YES we went to the food court and taught him the restoration
and he loved it. He was like, "this is the real thing. I love this. I
love it." and it turns out that he was given a book of mormon back when
he was in Ghana!!! He's coming to church this week, doesn't live in our
area, but we're STOKED!!!!!!!! so prepared. I told him he was elect.
He said, "not many people listen to you...but I know you have the word
of God." so boss. :) :) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">-okay
one more miracle. background: i read this talk called "repent of our
selfishness" and it's really good. basically gave me a big
rebuking...but in it he says that before we do something, we should ask
ourselves, "whose needs am i really trying to meet?" so this has been
running through my mind a lot since I read it. Sunday, before our
supper appointment we were trying by this less active who never answers
us.....and we were about to get back in the car because it was cold and
such, but then i had that question flash through my mind, "WHOSE NEEDS
ARE YOU REALLY TRYING TO MEET?" sooooo we felt we should knock on a door
nearby. Sister McKeon just testified of eternal families and the lady,
Diane, was like, "yes. Please come back, my daughter would love to
hear this but we're just sitting down for supper. Can I set up an
appointment with you or something?" :) :) :) miracles happen when
you're repenting of your selfishness. it's the real deal. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">anywho,
this Christmas season is PRIME to feel the Saviour's love and to share
the Saviour's love. So don't look inward this year, please just look
outward and serve those around you. Jesus Christ LIVES TODAY! Our
loving Father in Heaven sent him to earth so that we can be made new,
everyday. You can be forgiven and you CAN be born again. You're worth
more than any earthly thing, and you have great purpose here in this
great plan. Unto YOU a Saviour is born. Don't you forget it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><a href="https://www.mormon.org/christmas" target="_blank">christmas.mormon.org</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">onward, ever onward. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Sister Jones </span></div>
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West Ed with Sister Torsak</div>
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-61986673603228123702015-12-15T12:27:00.000-08:002015-12-18T12:48:42.458-08:00"Suffer the children to come to me."<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There have been many spiritual manifestations in the land of River Valley this week!<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Last
Tuesday night, after a lesson fell through, we felt we should continue
to tract out that gold mine i told you about last week! So we went.
And it was cold. And our toes were numb. But we kept going. We got to
show a lot of people the new Christmas initiative video and it was so
fun! We didn't find anyone that really wanted us to come back, (except a
korean man that told us to come back the next day, then when we went
back, his wife yelled at us and told us to leave...ha even after sister
mckeon wrote the link to the KOREAN version of the video on a card...so
we left it in their door...ha) We had decided when we started, that we
would go until <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1495178326"><span class="aQJ">8pm</span></span></a>. It was probably like <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1495178327"><span class="aQJ">7:57</span></span></a> and
we were cold and we decided to be done tracting. But then we saw one
light on in this house, and we looked at each other and were just
like...okay fine. So we went and knocked on it. And she let us in!
Her name is Renai, and she's actually a MEMBER!!! GOD LED US TO ANOTHER
LOST SHEEP!!! We went in and taught her and her husband a lesson and it
was all just so good. He's not a member, his name is Pascal! :) Renai
isn't too interested in coming back right now, but she said we could
come back to visit. #FINDINGLOSTSHEEP #MYFAVE </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">There
is absolutely no way the spirit doesn't lead us in this work. We know
basically nothing. God knows all. HE LEADS US AND HE KNOWS HIS
CHILDREN. "I am the good Shepherd, and I know my sheep." John <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1495178328" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">10:14</span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We
also had interviews with President and pretty much all he said to me
was, "alright, now don't run out of gas on me. keep working hard until
the end." SO HERE I GO ENDURING TO THE END AND LOVING IT!!! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Our
english class has been failing a bit and people haven't been showing
up. We haven't been so sure if we should keep trying or just forget
about it, and this past <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1495178329" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Thursday</span></span>
in our companionship prayer, I just asked Heavenly Father what we
should do. I asked him that if we were supposed to keep it going, to
please just send one soul to our class and we would keep trying. Around
about 4 or 5, we get a text from Babu saying he wanted to come to
english class!!!!!! WHHHAT??? So he came and it went really well and
somehow we were able to help him improve his english. God has made it
clear that we need to keep trying. So... keep trying we will. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We
are now teaching Victoria! A less active's daughter! She's almost 9
and she's SO PRECIOUS! such a pure soul. When we asked her how God
feels about her she just said, "well...I think God really cares about
everyone. I don't think he cares about what you look like or where
you're from or who you are. I think he just loves everyone. no matter
what." The spirit was so strong in the room at that time. God teaches
us through children, I know that's true. The ward had the primary
program this week as well, and those kids just have the spirit of Christ
in them. It's amazing.<br /><i>"But Jesus said, Suffer <wbr></wbr>little children, and forbid th<wbr></wbr>em not, to come unto me: for</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><i>o<wbr></wbr>f such is the kingdom of heave<wbr></wbr>n." Matthew <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1495178330"><span class="aQJ">19:14</span></span></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We had an especially neat experience <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1495178331"><span class="aQJ">on Thursday</span></span> night</a> after
our english class. We were going to do our facebook time at the end of
the night, and as we were driving to the Riverbend library, Sister
Mckeon said she felt like we should go to the Callingwood one instead.
So I turned around and we headed that way. We walked in and said hello
to this lady who was rushing out, but when we sat down, she came back
and sat by us! Her name is Flory and she's from the Philippines. We
started talking with her and to make a long story short, she wanted to
meet to learn more!!! We had our first lesson with her last night and
she said, "There is something familiar about you, I recognize you,
Sister Jones, from somewhere!" ( I was so tempted to just say, "THE
PREMORTAL LIFE!!!"...) but I cannot deny the spirit that filled my heart
and soul when she said that. Our God is a God of miracles!!!!!!! I'm
telling you it's true!!! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We
also got to go caroling with some members and the elders and it was
just so much fun. I love caroling. The spirit is so present in songs
of Christ. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We
also found a lady from Jamaica and we helped her shovel her walkway.
(shout out to ma boy Elder Boyer down in jamaica) her name is Paula and
she's simply wonderful. I love her already. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">man
so much really did happen i don't even have enough time to write it
all. Sometimes I feel like emailing is like this scripture in John, </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">"And there are also many other<wbr></wbr> things which Jesus did [among the people of River Valley], the which, if they should </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">suppose that even the world </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">its<wbr></wbr>elf could not contain the </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">book<wbr></wbr>s that should be written" </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">One
more experience i want to share! We were on exchanges yesterday (with
another tri-pan so i was with Sister Angilau and Sister Cameron) and our
Relief Society president called us and asked if we could go with her to
deliver the leftovers from the ward Christmas party (which was a HUGE
SUCCESS btw) to this homeless shelter centre thing downtown (and we all
know that downtown edmonton is Holy ground for me) so we said OF
COURSE!!! We had gone once before to bring a meal for a women's group
there, and this time it was a little different. We got to serve it to
the people straight off the streets. I had to hold back tears as I
talked with these people and fed them. sometimes, God opens my spiritual
eyes and gives me a glimpse of what he sees, and i am </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> forever grateful
for that. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><i><b>tha<wbr></wbr>t ye may walk guiltless before <wbr></wbr>God—I would that ye should </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><i><b>imp<wbr></wbr>art of your substance to the </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><i><b>p<wbr></wbr>oor, every man according to </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><i><b>th<wbr></wbr>at which he hath, such as </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><i><b>feed<wbr></wbr>ing the hungry, clothing the </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><i><b>n<wbr></wbr>aked, visiting the sick and </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><i><b>ad<wbr></wbr>ministering to their relief, </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><i><b>b<wbr></wbr>oth spiritually and temporally<wbr></wbr>, according to their wants." Mosiah <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1495178332"><span class="aQJ">4:27</span></span></a> </b></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">I love these people.<br /></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Onward, ever onward.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Sister Jones </span></div>
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-63935419616008408272015-12-08T15:02:00.001-08:002015-12-08T15:03:58.076-08:00 I LOVE THIS PLACE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
What a week!<br />
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First off, Maggie ended up going to Calgary to help her friend who<br />
just had surgery. So we're just excited for her to come back, she said<br />
she would read the Arabic Book of Mormon we gave her :)<br />
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We had probably the last MLC that I'll attend. It was AMAZING. so<br />
powerful. Probably my favorite one. President Manion gave a training<br />
on faith and our prayers, and how we can call down the powers of<br />
heaven to aid us in the Lords work. It was the real deal. It was<br />
definitely an answer to my prayers, because lately, it has been hard<br />
for me to tell if I have real faith and what faith even is. He divided<br />
it into two parts. Faith to action, and then that action translating<br />
into power from heaven. To have faith that leads to action, we have to<br />
have a resolve, we have to make decisions, and then have the<br />
determination to work and work and work. Then, he talked about how we<br />
can have faith that leads to action and ACTUAL POWER FROM ON HIGH. We<br />
must have first, faith in Christ and in his atonement. Second,<br />
determination to respond to the Lords requirements of us (aka<br />
OBEDIENCE), and third, to believe that HE has the power to make it<br />
work and to make miracles happen. God is REAL and he truly gives<br />
us the power necessary for His work to continue on and succeed. I love<br />
it.<br />
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The B family had us for supper, and they also came to church AGAIN!!<br />
They're coming back in full swing. It's amazing.<br />
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We had exchanges with a tri-pan (companionship with 3 missionaries) and it<br />
was SO FUN! kind of crazy, i went with Sister Persson AND Sister Kirts.<br />
We had lots of adventures talking with everyone. They are both such stellar<br />
missionaries. One of my favorite thing about being a sister training<br />
leader is being able to get to know these amazing sisters. The end of the exchange, we<br />
always review what we learned and give training on things the sister needs,<br />
and let me tell you the spirit WORKS LIKE NONE OTHER in that setting.<br />
I LOVE IT.<br />
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We did some finding/tracting in this apartment complex that we have been<br />
wanting to tract out for a few days, and man..that place is a gold mine. We're<br />
going back to this Egyptian family <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_10072263" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tonight</span></span> to teach them! It was pretty awesome<br />
when we talked to them, we found out they were from Egypt, and I had Arabic<br />
pamphlets in my bag for Maggie, so we gave them one! Heavenly Father always<br />
gives us what we need when we need it. He knows what He's doing.<br />
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okay also ANOTHER HUGE MIRACLE HAPPENED. Our landlord, Solo, is such a<br />
boss. He's from Eritrea which is near Egypt he told us. We have been<br />
leaving sticky notes on his door for the past little while that<br />
have verses from the Bible and the Book of Mormon. Man, this guy is<br />
the definition of Christian. He's amazing. We invited him to watch<br />
general conference back in October and he watched a bit of it and<br />
loved it. He totally gets the organization of the church, this guy knows the bible. <br />
yes he came to the Christmas devotional and said he was "deeply touched" :) it was all so<br />
good, we also got to give him a tour of the church, and props to the<br />
Riverbend stake because they have the pictures around the building in<br />
perfect order to teach the restoration! He loved it. We're going to<br />
start reading the Book of Mormon and the Bible with him soon!!! He's<br />
pretty committed to his Pentecostal church right now, but MIRACLES<br />
HAPPEN and it's going to be legendary. :)<br />
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My heart is just really full of joy and gratitude and all that good<br />
stuff. I love this place. I love these people. I love this gospel. thanks for all the support, keep<br />
on keeping on! Remember that you're not alone and that you have a Heavenly Father who will<br />
give you what you need, sometimes all you have to do is ask.<br />
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Onward, ever onward.<br />
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Sister Jones<br />
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-18553941295089760072015-12-01T19:49:00.000-08:002015-12-02T19:50:24.370-08:00"If you need any help...RECRUIT THE MORMONS"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">hola my friends and family it has been a wonderful week full of craziness and blessings. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">first of all MAGGIE CAME TO CHURCH <span><span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1872954294" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">ON SUNDAY</span></span></span></span> AND IT WAS GLORIOUS!!! We taught her again <span><span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1872954295" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Wednesday</span></span></span></span>,
we were planning on finishing the Plan of Salvation, and we tried, but
she wasn't so sure about the spirit world. Her religious background is
very strong, but we're not losing hope. Sometimes, I think we get too
impatient with people, when in reality, we need to give people time to
completely change some of the things they have believed or done all
their lives. It's not an easy road, and "things of quality have no fear
of time." but anyways, we weren't sure if she would still want to come
to church after the second lesson, but she called us <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1872954296" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Friday</span></span> and said she wanted to come! we got her a ride, and <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span><span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1872954297"><span class="aQJ">Sunday</span></span></span></span> morning</a>,
I was playing prelude for relief society, and i look up and see Maggie
walk in and my heart just REJOICED. so much so that i botched the hymn
and tears almost came to my eyes but yeah it was wonderful. I think she
was the first investigator I have seen come to church in well over 6
months so it was amazing. And I also forgot how stressful it is to have
an investigator at church, especially when members go off on random
things like Kolob and signs of the second coming...hhahah *face palm*
(don't worry, nobody ACTUALLY talked about kolob this week....but
tangents are a real thing and get a little crazy some days) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We
were kind of stressed out after relief society, because not many people
were talking to Maggie, so the member who brought her took her to
gospel principles, and sister McKeon and I went to the mother's room to
say a quick prayer. We just prayed our little hearts out that people
would talk to her and that she would love church and want to come back,
and on the way back to class, we just decided to tell everyone
individually to say hi to her, and it worked! kind of like when there's
an emergency, you can't just say, "SOMEBODY CALL 911!" You have to tell
people individually to do something. so it worked. :) and she loved
it. :) and the sisters here will be teaching her <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span><span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1872954298"><span class="aQJ">tomorrow</span></span></span></span></a> (I will be away on exchanges) but please pray that she'll accept the invitation to be baptized!!! :) #keepprayin4maggie </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">ALSO
HEATHER WANTS TO BE BAPTIZED!!! she wants to wait until March so she
can get baptized with her son. It's all really exciting. :) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">now
for the funny stuff. the most hilarious things happen to us as
missionaries, not just spiritual things. so here you go. :)<br /><br />We
had a relief society Christmas Social last week, and guess who came??!!
DAWUTA! Jody brought her!!! it was amazing. i just love her so much. i
don't remember if i already told this story, but a couple weeks ago, we
were leaving the nursing home that we volunteer at and we both got in
the car. About 5 seconds later, we hear the back door open!!! We just
screamed bloody murder because we just thought some creepy guy was
coming to kidnap us or something, then we turn around and it was
DAWUTA! she was laughing so hard. So we get out of the car and just
laugh for like 10 minutes and she was like, "I am so happy I scared
you. I just feel so joyful." she's such a hoot. #ilovenigerians </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">another
funny story, i was making some toast one morning and all of a sudden
this giant glass plate rolls off the top of the fridge onto the counter
in front of me and shatters everywhere! My foot got cut and it was kind
of gross haha but i was still hungry and wanted to eat my toast. So
after sort of cleaning up, I took a bite of my toast and i accidentally
ATE GLASS!!! it was sketchy. hahahhahahhaa good times... </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">okay
one more funny story, we were shoveling a former investigator's
driveway last week, and this man walked by so we said hello and tried to
talk to him, and he said he was going home to shovel his driveway.
Sister McKeon was in kind of a crazy mood and she just goes, "well...if
you need any help.....RECRUIT THE MORMONS!" He looked at us like we
were crazy and just walked away..hahhahah. good times..had to be
there. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We
got to volunteer at the SaveOn foods for the Foodbank taking donations!
we basically just danced around and told people merry Christmas for
like...4 hours. it was really fun. :) people are so generous.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">yeah.
life is real good. For my spiritual thought, I'd like to share with
you what our friend Evelyn said in her prayer this week. (she's the one
in a nursing home who shares the gospel with her friend, Bill, the
plant..:)) "Satan's out there...he's ready to pounce on us whenever we
make a slow move.....I'd really just like to stick something to his head
or something......I'm just joking with you, God. Thanks for these
fellas coming to visit me. I really like the mormons. Take care." I
just had to write it down because she's THE GREATEST. and she never
fails to make me laugh and make me feel loved. She even kissed me on
the cheek when we were leaving this week...hahah such a gem. <br /> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">I love this place so much and i love these people even more. that's what it's all about. Love. <br /><span> "</span>And
above all things, clothe yourselves with the bond of charity, as with a
mantle, which is the bond of perfectness and peace." D&C 88:125<br />"And above all things have fervent <span>charity</span> among yourselves: for <span>charity</span> preventeth a multitude of sins." 1 Peter 4:8</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Onward, ever onward.<br /></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the sisters in the mission at our sisters conference in October :) </td></tr>
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-7116750459928078782015-11-24T10:12:00.000-08:002015-11-25T10:13:36.093-08:00Temples and happiness and joy and Egyptians<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
i don't even know how to write about all that happened this week. SO MUCH.<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">-the
adversary is still trying really hard going against our english class.
The people at the library keep taking down our fliers, then we ask them
about it so they put them back up, then the next day we come back and
they're gone again!!! BUT notwithstanding the opposition, John came to
our class last week! He was the only one, and his english is actually
really good. (he's from India) and basically he just asked us a bunch
of questions about our church so we ended up teaching him the first
lesson. It was awesome. he's coming back this week. :) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">-we
had supper with the B family!!! and this time the husband was home!
they want to come back to church and they're so close. they're so
wonderful. They remind me a lot of our family, and they're actually
coming back to activity while their girls are almost the same age as
Britney and I when our family came back. :) They wanted to come to
church this week, but it was the Montreal temple dedication!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">-we're
teaching Maggie now!!! She's Egyptian and suuuper Catholic. it's
really awesome because she's in such a good place to receive the
restored gospel right now! We planned on teaching her the restoration,
but when we got in there, she just told us about all these family issues
she is having and all these hard things in her life, and basically the
Holy Ghost was just SCREAMING plan of salvation into my ears, so we
taught her part of the Plan of Salvation instead. she wants to come to
church with us this week and she's letting us come back <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_514991899"><span class="aQJ">tomorrow</span></span></a>! #pray4maggie </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">-I
prayed for snow yesterday morning and what happened? about 3 hours
later it started DUMPING and it hasn't quit yet. sooooo. yeah. we
spent our morning shoveling all our neighbours' driveways. :)
#askandyeshallreceive</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">-i
had THEEE BIGGEST TENDER MERCY OF MY LIFE THIS WEEKEND. We met some
sisters at the temple, and as we were walking into the lobby, i see
through the doors none other than SISTER WHEELER from Grande
Prairie!!!!!! I literally just bolted and she gave me the biggest hug
and it was just amazing. I may or may not have shed a few
tears...Brother and Sister Wheeler came back to church just a little
before I got to Grande Prairie at the beginning of my mission, and they
have since been sealed, and are now doing temple work for their
ancestors!!! :) Sister Wheeler just kept saying, "I think this is what
Heaven is going to be like." It was all really emotional and the spirit
was just filling my heart with so much JOY!!! like...FILLED TO THE
BRIM!!!<br /><br /><i>"Therefore, let us glory, yea, we will glory in the
Lord; yea, we will rejoice, for our joy is full; yea, we will praise our
God forever. Behold, who can glory too much in the Lord? Yea, who can
say too much of his great power, and of his mercy, and of his
long-suffering towards the children of men? Behold, I say unto you, I
cannot say the smallest part which I feel." Alma 26:16</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">that's basically how I feel. I truly can't even say the smallest part which I feel. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">God is good, my friends. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Onward, ever onward.</span><br />
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-23538084593183697842015-11-17T14:32:00.000-08:002015-11-17T14:32:12.479-08:00Yep yep<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Transfers are this week and I'm STAYING IN RIVER VALLEY! I've never had this many <br />transfers in one area before, so this will be fun. :) I'm excited to get one more transfer<br />with Sister McKeon! <br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">okay i don't have much time but here are a few miracles</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">SISTER QUESADA AND TWO OF HER KIDS CAME TO CHURCH <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1906384731" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">ON SUNDAY</span></span>!!!! <br />They are the lost sheep we found the first week I got here. It has been really hard for<br />her to take the step to come back to church, because her husband doesn't want us to<br />teach him anymore and he doesn't want to come back. BUT SHE CAME! We went and<br />hugged her and said we were so glad she came and she says, "well. there comes a<br />point when you have to decide and act. God is with me so I know I can do it. I know it is<br />right." SHE'S SO AMAZING. It was kind of like an inspirational movie. Ya know the kind that<br />just make you so excited and ready to take on the world? :) Such strength and faith. man.<br />I'm so grateful for her. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Yesterday, we were in the car cutting up some fliers for our english class, and this lady<br />was walking on the sidewalk next to us. I rolled down my window and we started talking<br />to her, and she recognized me immediately. She said, "you talked to me on a bus downtown<br />once!" I didn't recognize her, but i'm sure I did. (we talk to so many people..it's crazy..)<br />but then she told us that she moved just down the street and is coming out of what has<br />been a crappy life. then she said, "ever since that day on the bus that you talked to me, <br />my life has been looking up. things are getting better." PLANTING SEEDS IS A REAL<br />THING I'M TELLING YOU!!! Yep. that was probably one of the most humbling experiences.<br />the Lord really does work through his children to meet others needs. I LOVE THE GOSPEL. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">SOOOO much opposition is in force against our english class we're trying to teach. <br />the fliers we put up have been thrown away and lost and it has been crazy, but we finally<br />had a few people call us saying that they will be coming this week!!! WE'RE SO EXCITED!!!<br />"No unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing!" </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">WE HAD ANOTHER CAR SIGN MIRACLE!! We showed it to this man named Hashim and <br />he nodded saying he wanted a book of mormon, but he couldn't pull over and it was crazy <br />and long story short, we couldn't find him. We prayed our guts out and then decided to drive, <br />and we saw a car that looked a little like his so we followed him and flashed our brights at him <br />(hahahah it was a good thing it ended up being him) and then he pulled over and we ran and gave <br />him the Book!!!!!!!! GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS! He really does. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">anywho, I know that God's hand is in the work and I know that He loves and knows each of you. <br /></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We made DREAMCATCHERS with s super cool lady who isn't a member </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She totally carved that melon!</td></tr>
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-49500883689254389042015-11-10T09:11:00.000-08:002015-11-12T09:12:37.634-08:00Yep.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: small;">We had two ZTM's this week and gave some trainings and it was all really
fun and spirit led and the missionaries here are just incredible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We
started working with this less active family who is deciding to come
back to church! We'll call them the B family. We had a lesson with the
mom, and she opened up to us a lot with some concerns and also how they
feel like they need to get back to church. We weren't sure what to
share before going in, but the spirit just brought it to my mind so
quickly and it was exactly what she needed. We're really excited to
keep working with them, we're seeing them again <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1625000492" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tonight</span></span>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There's
this newly developed neighborhood in our area that we call Erindale
(mostly because we forget what it's called all the time, but also
because it's MAGICAL!!!!) Literally, every single time we knock on any
doors there, at least one house lets us in to teach them. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1625000493" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">On Sunday</span></span>
night, we went, the first two doors weren't interested, but the third
let us in! They are a Filipino family and we just simply taught the
restoration and the Book of Mormon and it was SO powerful. They now
want the Tagalog elders to teach them! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Then,
Latha, who was right next door let us in after us only saying we wanted
to teach her about eternal families. She's from India and has the
cutest little boys ever. One is 8 and one is 3. (i don't know how to
even try to spell their names..) but yeah they're adorable. Right when
we sat down on the couch, the little 3 year old just JUMPS up onto my
lap and cuddles me it was so cute. Then I had to sneakily put him on the
couch instead because of mission rules...but it was just precious.
They go to a Pentecostal church, and after us teaching Latha about the
restoration, she wants to come to our church <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1625000494" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">this Sunday</span></span> to see what it's like! We're also teaching her again <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1625000495" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tomorrow</span></span>! Pray for Latha! She's wonderful! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Then.....the
house next door to her was a man named Paul who is Chinese! He was so
confused when we knocked on his door, but the spirit helped him
understand what we were saying and we got to go back the next day with
the Mandarin speaking elders. It went really well and let me tell you i
am SO GRATEFUL that Heavenly Father didn't ask me to speak Mandarin on
the mission. holy moly. we were so lost. BUT something really neat:
when one of the elders started reciting the First Vision in Chinese, I
automatically felt the spirit and just knew that it was the first
vision. THE CHURCH IS TRUE. :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">THENNNNN
the next house was a Turkish family! The parents don't speak super
great english, but we're going to bring them a turkish Book of Mormon.
:) yep. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">okay
and THENNNNN yesterday (on exchanges with Sister Smith who is a greenie
and Australian and a BOSS btw) we went back to the same street and got
let into ANOTHER Filipino house. Victor found a Book of Mormon at Good
Will and he said, "I saw it, and knew it was for me, so now I have it
here!" His wife and sister who live with him are SUUUPER catholic,
there were statues of Mary all over the place, but I think he really is
elect. So we'll go back with Tagalog <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1625000496" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Friday</span></span>. :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">THENNNNN
(I bet you're wondering when the miracles will end on this
street..hahha NOT YET!) we knocked on Dennis' door. He's Russian and SO
elect it's unreal. He was kind of not wanting to talk, and then he saw
the Book of Mormon picture on the back of the pamphlet we gave him, and
that made him even a little more unwilling to listen. But he kept
talking to us and the spirit just literally gave us the words to say and
it was incredible. You could literally see the light in his eyes
getting brighter and brighter. The spirit just testified over and over
again as we tried to answer his questions as best we could, and after 40
minutes on his porch, he finally accepted a copy of the Book of Mormon
and said he would read it. We're going back in a week to see how it's
going. I just...AHHH can't even describe how the love of God just fills
my heart when I talk to these people. man...that's what it's all
about. I LOVE IT. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">we had Stake Conference, and the Adult session <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1625000497" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Saturday</span></span>
night was SO POWERFUL. it was the bomb. Elder and Sister Spackman
came from Calgary and they are just so wonderful. A lot of their words
were about missionary work. It was so solid. Elder Spackman talked
about a general statistic, that people, on average, have 7 contacts with
the church before they are baptized. (whether or not this is
completely accurate is besides the point i want to make). So often we
think we are unsuccessful missionaries or people trying to share the
gospel or even just serve people, because we try and invite, and they
don't accept, so we think we have failed. THAT'S SO NOT TRUE. When a
seed is planted, it doesn't bloom the next day. It takes frequent
water, sunlight, and care until it finally blooms over time. The
efforts we make DO matter and they DON'T go unnoticed by our Heavenly
Father. "there is no such thing as something for nothing with the
Lord." Most of the time, our efforts are numbers 1-6, and we don't
really see what happens after that. But my friends, i'm here to tell
you that they do matter and every time you reach out to serve someone,
you are making a difference. You have no idea the difference you make
in others lives when you simply reach out and serve. THAT is the way of
the Saviour: reaching outward. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">i love you all and i love the gospel and i love Alberta Beef. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Onward, ever onward. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sister Jones</span></div>
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-74018224509865832602015-11-03T16:00:00.000-08:002015-11-05T16:03:07.794-08:00#elnino<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Greetings friends!<br />
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I'm
using the microphone to type...I feel pretty cool right now. Also, we
spent our day at Costco eating all their free samples for lunch.
#Winning </div>
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It has been a roller coaster of a week....not sure what to share with y'all. </div>
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First
things first, WE GOT A NEW INVESTIGATOR!!! Her name is Heather and she
is super cool and She reminds me of mom. And they have the same name so
that's cool too. her husband is a member, and she wanted us to come to
teach her son, but he wouldn't pay attention so we just taught her
instead and she agreed to let us do the lessons with her! We also got
to help her decorate for her son's Halloween party which was much too
scary for 7 year olds...but it was a good time. We also went to check it
out <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1577569988" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Saturday</span></span> when all his friends were there, and there were a ton of moms we got to talk to! It was a GOLD MINE for finding families :) </div>
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We
also found an investigator for the Mandarin speaking elders! We
knocked on the door, and Cindy let us in and she is so sweet. It was a
tender mercy. :)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the sisters training meeting with sister moser and sister whiting <img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" />️<img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" />️</td></tr>
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We had our sisters training
meeting and it was BOMB. sister Mckeon and I gave a training on being
positive and loving yourself. We showed this video that all the sisters
loved. It wasn't made by the church, but we both just felt like we
needed to share it so badly!! We asked president and he was kind of
giving us a hard time about it but he let us show it anyway.
Afterwards, so many sisters came up to us telling us it was exactly what
they needed at that time. THE SPIRIT IS THE BOMB. and God really does
love all his children SO MUCH. Whoever is reading this right now, YOU
ARE A CHILD OF GOD! You really are. Don't you forget it. </div>
<div>
(The video is called "who you are, a message to women" if you wanna watch it on YouTube)</div>
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Then we had MLC which was good and long and super spiritual. </div>
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ALSO THE BEST THING EVER HAPPENED </div>
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remember
last week when I told y'all about the guy who flipped us off after we
showed him the signs in our car? Well we were driving and came up on a
red light, so I pulled up right next to the guy in the other lane and
sister Mckeon put the "Jesus loves you" sign up and he looked at us and
just said "thank you, thank you, thank you". Then we showed him the
others that say, "we have a message that will change your life, all you
have to do is read and pray. We have a free copy of the Book of Mormon
for you!" He just nodded and then we motioned for him to follow us and
he did and we pulled over and waved him down and he pulled over!! We
gave him the Book of Mormon and he wants to meet with us! His name is
Julian, and he is Spanish and on the north side, so we're passing him
over <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1577569989" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tomorrow</span></span> :) :) :) IT WORKED!!! Heavenly Father is he best. </div>
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Also the exchange in Drayton was good, sister Torsak is WONDERFUL! And those people are my favourite. I love them so much. </div>
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Oh
and it has been snowing. But there's this thing called "el nino" where
every 8 years or so it is a super mild winter. So it should be a good
one this year. I was kind of hoping for a crazy winter...so I could say I
endured a really cold one...but I should probably just be grateful we
won't be shoveling the car out of snow as much this year :) </div>
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I was reading the Book of Mormon about a bunch of wars and sad events that happened in Alma. Alma 62:41 says this, </div>
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"But
behold, because of the exceedingly great length of the war between the
Nephites and the Lamanites many had become hardened, because of the
exceedingly great length of the war; and many were softened because of
their afflictions, insomuch that they did humble themselves before God,
even in the depth of humility."</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drayton Sisters<img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /><img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></td></tr>
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This verse really hit me
hard. BROTHERS AND SISTERS YOU HAVE THE GIFT TO CHOOSE HOW YOU REACT TO
YOUR TRIALS. the beauty of this life is that we are created as agents to
act and not to be acted upon. D&C 58 says, </div>
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"27
Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do
many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much
righteousness;</div>
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28 For <b>the power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves</b>. And inasmuch as men do good they shall in nowise lose their reward."</div>
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<div>
You
gotta protect your agency. Don't let Satan deceive you and make you
think that you don't have the power to overcome opposition. You have the
Saviour, Jesus Christ, who has already overcome the adversary. </div>
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"In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." John <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1577569990" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">16:33</span></span></div>
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I love you all! And more importantly, God loves you. </div>
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Onward, ever onward. </div>
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Sister Jones </div>
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-15147415145067369842015-10-27T18:26:00.002-07:002015-10-27T18:26:46.515-07:00SO THY SUCCOR SHALL BE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poutine with Cassidy<img alt="😊" class="CToWUd" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f60a" style="margin: 0 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></td></tr>
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Not much happened this week, life is still good and the gospel is still the bomb diggity. <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">I
ate some poutine today (which i don't normally do because it's
basically a heart attack waiting to happen) and that was good. Cassidy
from GP came and took us to costco for lunch. :) It was a lot of fun! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We
went on two exchanges this past week! First with Sister Lefler who is
such a hard worker! It was a lot of fun. We had a bunch of lessons set
up and we were supposed to get some new investigators and then they all
fell through....hahh. such is life. So we did lots of bus station
contacting. Gave away some Book of Mormons and it was super fun. We
actually talked to this girl, Rita, who we met about a week before, and
she wants us to come to her christian school to talk to everyone. She
said she was going to talk to her pastor about it...we'll see if he lets
us come.. :) </span><div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We
had this really powerful lesson with a member's daughter who is
recovering from addictions and it was all about our divine nature as
daughters of God and man...the spirit was so real. God's tender mercies
are the real deal. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">basically
the rest of the week we visited members and did a TON of contacting.
We knocked doors, went to the bus station, store contacted (very
sneakily of course) and basically anything we could think of. We also
helped almost everyone in our little cul-de-sac rake their yards! It
was so wonderful! it was like a big neighborhood family bonding day. :)
They're all from crazy places. One from Ukraine, Russia, Kenya, and
our landlord, Solo from Eritrea...Edmonton is the best. So diverse :) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We
have these signs we made that say things like, "Jesus loves you!" and
"we have a message that will change your life" and "we have a free Book
of Mormon for you!". When we're at stop lights we show them to people
next to us and usually they just smile and don't look back at us, but
this one guy was super happy! We showed him them all and he gave us a
thumbs up, then we showed him the Book of Mormon one and he flipped us
off and drove away...hahahah. we still show them to people. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">this week will be filled with craziness! We got to go to the temple this morning which was glorious, <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1456554159"><span class="aQJ">tomorrow</span></span></a> we have a Sisters Conference that we're giving trainings at, MLC <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1456554160" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Thursday</span></span>. it will be fun. :) Oh and some more exchanges, and guess where i'm going? DRAYTON VALLEY YAYYYY!!! I'm stoked. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">I
also got to exchange with Sister Williams who has a heart of PURE
GOLD. She is amazing I just love her. And she was a good sport when
all our plans fell through and we tracted in the rain all day.
#rainorshine </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1456554161" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Sunday</span></span> was DIVINE. <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1456554162"><span class="aQJ">Saturday</span></span> night</a>,
I won't lie, I was feeling a bit down and sorry for myself and I just
felt like I couldn't do it anymore and I just wanted to be done! I
decided to fast, which always lifts my spirits, and Heavenly Father
provided me with some real tender mercies. First of all, we were in the
hallway in between classes at church, and who comes around the corner
but my favourite SISTER CURRY (from Drayton Valley) !!! She was in
Edmonton and came to our ward! My heart just rejoiced! Then in
sacrament meeting, we sang my all time favourite hymn #85 "How Firm a
Foundation". Usually it's the third verse that gets me, but this time,
the second verse made my heart even happier! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">" In ev'ry condition--in sickness, in health,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">In poverty's vale or abounding in wealth,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">At home or abroad, on the land or the sea--</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">As thy days may demand, as thy days may demand,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><b><i>As thy days may demand, so thy succor shall be.</i></b>"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">No
matter how much is demanded of us, the Lord is there with us and his
comfort and support is there for us each and every time. Even though I
am exhausted and the rejection is hard to face everyday, it's not too
much. God gives us what will stretch us, but will never let us break.
His purpose is our growth. It is OUR ETERNAL LIFE he is wanting for
us. Nothing else. Our well being is his only concern. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><span style="border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"For </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(168,199,230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">behold, </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(168,199,230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">this </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(168,199,230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">is </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(168,199,230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">my </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(168,199,230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">work</span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(168,199,230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <wbr></wbr>and </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(168,199,230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">my </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(168,199,230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">glory</span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(168,199,230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">—to </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(168,199,230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">bring </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(168,199,230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">to </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(168,199,230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">pass </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(168,199,230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><wbr></wbr>the </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(168,199,230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">immortality</span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(168,199,230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> and </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(168,199,230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">eternal</span><span style="border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(168,199,230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">life</span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(168,199,230); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> of </span><span style="border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">man."</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> Moses <a dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1456554163"><span class="aQJ">1:39</span></span></a> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"> </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="150abfefe1e676a0_150ab0d7ca4288b7_3" style="border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </a><span style="border: 0px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px 1px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3 </span></span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">this </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">is </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">life</span><span style="border: 0px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">eternal</span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><wbr></wbr>that </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">they </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">might </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">know</span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> thee </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><wbr></wbr>only </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">true </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">God</span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">and </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jesus </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Christ, </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">whom </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">thou </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">hast </span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">sent</span><span style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255,191,152); 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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0); line-height: 25.2px;">God is good and the gospel is true. Don't give up, my friends! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0); line-height: 25.2px;">Onward, ever onward. </span></div>
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-76531135717787301462015-10-20T09:39:00.000-07:002015-10-21T09:40:55.114-07:00 Making everlasting and omnipotent<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
another week full of miracles and still no snow! <br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">unfortunately,
we still have no investigators. But life is still good. We taught a
few lessons to potentials, but mostly just to muslims who wanted to
convert us. Muslims are some of the nicest people. But they really do
just want to convert us. hahah. </span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">There
was this one who was just trying to debate with us (he literally called
our meeting a debate) and right when we got in there we felt we should
leave, so we left within 15 minutes and just told him that's not why we
were there. ...... such a gong show. But he gave us these cool hand
made indian decorations...we're not sure what they mean but they look
pretty cool. :)<br /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We
gave trainings at two ZTM's which was pretty fun! One was on the Book
of Mormon and the spirit just led that training like nobody's business.
It's the most fulfilling thing to feel the spirit work through you to
help other people. </span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">In
the middle of the other zone meeting we went to, this sikh man walked
in and was trying to find whoever called a taxi! Nobody called a taxi,
but sister McKeon and I ran out after him to talk to him. It was pretty
cool, he said, "i know God sent me here today to meet you!" and we got
his number so we can teach him. :) hopefully we can.<br /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We
had supper with a member, and she has a Japanese exchange student
living with her named Kurumi! It was her birthday, so we got to
celebrate with her and her Chinese friends! We tried to teach them all
but their english is pretty limited...they are so precious though. It
was a lot of fun. <br /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">ALSO we are starting to teach an english class as a finding tool this week! It should be great. <br /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">okay now for the SUPER AWESOME MIRACLES THAT JUST MADE MY HEART REJOICE:<br /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">so
one night we were trying a potential (they weren't home...) and we got
back in the car. We looked up and saw these two teenage boys walking a
little ways away from us, so we decided to drive over to talk to them!
We talked with them, and one of them is Jeffry! I actually talked to
him on a bus downtown at one point and gave him a Book of Mormon, then
he told us he is GOING TO THE MORMON CHURCH WITH HIS FRIEND'S FAMILY!!!
He told us he isn't a Mormon, YET. :) :) :) SUCH A MIRACLE. I love it
when Heavenly Father gives us glimpses of the fruits of the seeds we
plant. <br /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">okay miracle number two<br /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">last night it was almost <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2006754577"><span class="aQJ">8 o'clock</span></span></a>,
and the lesson we had scheduled fell through. We tried a few people
and nothing seemed to be working. As we were driving we saw this man
walking. I felt like we should stop and talk to him, but was so annoyed
and frustrated with the way things had been going so I kept driving...
but after about 5 seconds I was just like.....OKAY FINE and i pulled
over. We went back to talk to him but couldn't see him. It was pretty
dark. I felt a pretty hopeless. Out of frustration I just threw my hands
up in the air and looked at the sky and said, "Heavenly Father I don't
know what you want me to do! What on earth do we do??" We got back in
the car and decided to turn around to find him. We saw him sitting in
the bus shelter so we went to talk to him. After telling him why we came
to talk to him, he just said, "okay, so will you teach me?" We were
just like.....uh YES so we had to run back to the car to get a Book of
Mormon. His name is Abel and he is from Ethiopia. He was just taking a
break from work (door to door sales) so we went back and taught him
about the restoration! The spirit was SO REAL there in that bus shelter.
He said he had been having a really hard time and had been asking God
for direction. And for a book. (Crazy right??) He felt pretty alone.
When we talked about he apostasy, he said, "that's me right now! I don't
have direction from God!" Then when we told him about the first
vision...man it was just so real. We invited him to be baptized and he
said yes! He said that he knows we were messengers from God to help him
and bring him what he needs. He lives downtown and is YSA age so we
will be passing him over to some other missionaries this week but man.
words cannot describe the reality of our Heavenly Father and the Holy
Ghost! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> </span></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">I
feel like God will give us trials and struggles and we just have to
trust him and work as hard as we can. Then when we have given all we
have, and then some, he pours out his miracles that he has been wanting
to give us! We have to trust him and be faithful to the end. Whether
it's the end of the night or the end of our lives. In the words of
someone much wiser than I, </span></div>
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"What does
the word “endure” mean? It means we whiteknuckle it, “I'm
going to endure this”, right? Wrong. The Hebrew word means to
“make everlasting and omnipotent” to make you like God. It is a
sanctifying process. Enduring to the end is one of the most
sanctifying and exalting doctrines we have, and we think it's just
“hanging in there”. "</div>
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The gospel is real, and
it is an active thing. There is no sitting back and just holding on. We
work, work, work, and work some more. And the grace of God gives us the
strength to do so. </div>
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"Wishing will not make it
so. The Lord expects our thinking. He expects our action. He expects our
labors. He expects our testimonies. He expects our <b>devotion</b>." Thomas S. Monson</div>
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God is good, my friends. </div>
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Onward, ever onward. </div>
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Sister Jones </div>
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-22517790511473111862015-10-13T21:46:00.000-07:002015-10-17T21:47:50.469-07:00Philippians 1:14 #nofear<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oh man what a week. Still no snow in the wonderful land of Edmonton<br />
(knock on wood).<br />
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SISTER MCKEON IS AN ANGEL SENT FROM HEAVEN i love her. We're both<br />
pretty crazy and bold in our finding approaches and it has been A<br />
BLAST. Kind of a gong show at times and we definitely have our share<br />
of awkward moments but it has been so fun and we have seen so many<br />
miracles.<br />
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I'll start with the bad news first though, Dawuta dropped us. my<br />
heart broke into like a million pieces but that's okay. the work goes<br />
on, hey?<br />
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now for the good stuff!<br />
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Sister Mckeon's first day here we had supper with the Madlung's who<br />
are BOSS missionaries and they had their nonmember nephew over as<br />
well. We asked him if he had religious beliefs and after he answered,<br />
brother Madlung just said, "well, would you like to hear what these<br />
sisters have to say? Would you like to learn?" and he said yes!!! If<br />
every member was as bold as brother madlung everyone would be baptized<br />
by now! We taught the restoration and the spirit was AMAZING! The<br />
first vision was just so powerful and he said he believes it is true!<br />
We invited him to be baptized and he said he would pray about it. So<br />
now this week we have to pass him over to the YSA missionaries. It<br />
was A MIRACLE!!<br />
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We have been crazy bold with people while talking with them and it's<br />
so fun. Except when they completely shut us down after pouring out<br />
our souls to them...but then i just think of the scripture:<br />
"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is<br />
the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" Psalms 27:1<br />
really though. WHOM SHALL WE FEAR WE HAVE CHRIST!<br />
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one day we parked the car to try a potential, then i saw this man in<br />
the rear view mirror riding his bike. He had a little girl with him<br />
and they were just adorable. We just knew we needed to talk to him<br />
and so we jumped out of the car and ran a couple blocks after him to<br />
talk to him. He finally got to his house so we caught up to him and<br />
we were so out of breath from running and laughing at ourselves at how<br />
crazy we are...we just told him we really wanted to talk to him<br />
because we have a message that will change his life and help his<br />
family... and he wants us to come back! We got his number and we're<br />
hopefully teaching him this week! His name is Tayven. they're from<br />
Uganda! :) sometimes you just have to chase people down a couple<br />
blocks ...THIS IS SALVATION!<br />
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We also had MLC which was fun and humbling once again. I just love<br />
president and sister manion, they're angels.<br />
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we had a lesson with our potential, Gary, and his girlfriend Vicki.<br />
Gary is an alcoholic and Vicki is an angel who is trying to help him<br />
get over his addiction. We talked with them about the Addiction<br />
Recovery Program that the church has and we hope to be working with<br />
them more. they're so amazing and I just love them so much!!!<br />
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We also got to go to the 50th anniversary party of this couple in the<br />
ward and it was a GOLD MINE! they invited all their neighbors<br />
got to talk to them all and hopefully we can start teaching some of<br />
them. :)<br />
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Aaaaaand it was Canadian Thanksgiving which is the best mostly because<br />
as missionaries we get Canadian AND American thanksgiving because<br />
people feel bad for us. :) We went around town and to a bus station<br />
and had people write things they're thankful for and actually got to<br />
give away some copies of the Book of Mormon and teach people about<br />
their loving Father in Heaven. It was a lot of fun. I'm so grateful<br />
for this gospel and for MY family and the fact that we get to be<br />
together forever.<br />
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well life is good and we have decided that we WILL FIND A FAMILY TO BE<br />
TOGETHER FOREVER so that would be a good thing to pray for.<br />
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I love this gospel and i know that it's true.<br />
I love these people.<br />
I love turkey and mashed potatoes.<br />
I love the Lord.<br />
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Onward, ever onward.<br />
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love,<br />
Sister Jones<br />
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-59091487037809938902015-10-06T09:54:00.000-07:002015-10-12T09:55:00.154-07:00Transfer #3 in River Valley<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
WE GOT TRANSFER CALLS and I'm staying here in River Valley! Sister<br />
McKeon is coming to be my companion, and i cannot even tell you how<br />
excited I am. I got to go on exchanges with her a couple weeks back<br />
and she's just a boss and I'm so excited to have a companion who is as<br />
gungho about talking with everyone as I am. :) I have a good feeling<br />
about this transfer.<br />
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We started teaching Dawuta and it was all great! She's still not<br />
completely understanding why she would need to be baptized again into<br />
our church if she has already been baptized, but we'll focus on that<br />
this next lesson. she got really busy all of a sudden, but we have<br />
still been teaching Denise, Darren, and Dansel regularly. We have the<br />
lessons in a returning members home and it's all just so perfect. they're adorable. :)<br />
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we also got lost in the woods one day and found a potential! hahah<br />
okay let me tell the story so it makes more sense.<br />
After all our plans fell through one day, we decided to go walking on<br />
this path that led down to the river. We talked to lots of people and<br />
told them about conference and it was pretty fun. And beautiful.<br />
Then by the time we got started making our way back we realized we<br />
were going to be late to our supper! So we were running back and saw<br />
this trail through the trees that looked like a shortcut, so we took<br />
it! it wasn't a short cut. Hahah it just led us to this private<br />
property so we had to turn around, then we took another path that we<br />
thought would for sure lead us there, but alas....it took us to the<br />
same private property. (although this time we didn't see the sign so<br />
we didn't intentionally break the law...) so we had to run across this<br />
like...police training base that was super sketchy ha we thought<br />
someone was going to arrest us or something. But we came out into<br />
this neighborhood we weren't familiar with, and decided to knock a<br />
couple doors. The second one we knocked on, this girl, Chanceline,<br />
(yes a very fabulous name) let us in and we told her about conference<br />
and the restoration and she wants us to come back! She's 16 (pray<br />
that her parents will let her learn pls.)<br />
we were supposed to teach Tina last week and the lesson fell through<br />
because her parents don't want her to learn. :( pray for them too!<br />
gahhh she is just so golden!!!<br />
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we also had another lesson with the Quesadas (less active family we<br />
found way back when) and brother quesada was actually there this time!<br />
It was so powerful. He's still pretty hard hearted, but man the<br />
spirit led that lesson like nobody's business. Every time something<br />
would come to my head, Sister Holbrook would say the same thing, and<br />
vice versa. We talked about the restoration and BOOM he just told us<br />
all his concerns! the spirit works wonders I tell ya.<br />
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also conference was the BOMB DIGGITY. Totally ponderizing 2<br />
Corinthians 9:7 this week. I just really love how the spirit works.<br />
like....there's just no denying it. THERE IS A PROPHET ON THE EARTH<br />
TODAY AND GOD SPEAKS TO HIS PEOPLE. Isn't it wonderful?<br />
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anywho, the church is true and i love it more than pizza which is a big deal.<br />
but in all seriousness i really love it more than anything. I know<br />
without a doubt that Jesus is the Christ and this is his church.<br />
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onward, ever onward.<br />
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Sister Jones<br />
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-24568403745269772372015-09-29T16:09:00.001-07:002015-09-29T16:14:49.260-07:00#birthdaymiracles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
well well well not much to say besides WE HAVE INVESTIGATORS!!! yeah.
it only took about 2 months...hahah God works in mysterious ways. <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">there were so many miracles this week it's not even funny. here we go:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">we
started teaching Sandra! Except she's YSA so we're passing her over to
the YSA missionaries this week. She's super solid and it went really
well! :) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">we had interviews with president Manion and oh man I just love that guy. If anyone is inspired of God, it's him. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">we
also helped out with the food drive this week for Edmonton's food
bank! It was a lot of fun delivering flyers and getting to talk to
people that way. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">also something super cool. Heavenly Father just gave me so many wonderful miracles for my birthday!!! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">First one was <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_257179266"><span class="aQJ">Wednesday</span></span> night</a>:
we were trying to figure out what to do with our last half hour of the
night because people HATE us if we knock on their door when it's night
time. We felt like we should go try this potential that we have tried a
million times. we weren't too sure but we went anyway. We get out of
the car, and this girl is walking with her dog so naturally we start
petting it so we can talk with her. And guess what, SHE ASKED US HOW
WE'RE DOING! yeah nobody else does that most people just run away from
us lol. But yeah she was SO nice and we talked to her for a while and
turns out she's trying to figure out what she believes so we were
like....well guess what we do! :) We have a lesson set up to teach
her <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_257179267"><span class="aQJ">tonight</span></span></a>! Her name is Tina and she's 16, such a gem. We're so excited. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">birthday
miracle numero dos: we went to teach our returning less active's kids
like we do every week, and guess who was there! Dawuta's kids!!! We
started teaching them and now we're teaching them with their mom <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_257179268"><span class="aQJ">tonight</span></span></a>!!!
:) They're adorable. they're form Nigeria and they just love Jesus
so much it's great. their names are Denise, Darren, and Dansel. Pray
for them!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">yet
ANOTHER birthday miracle: at one point in the day, we had about 20
minutes until our next scheduled thing, so we decided to just go park
somewhere and walk around to talk to people. We talked to a few
uninterested souls, and then this man drove by on his bike. We yelled
hello to him and he stopped and read our nametags and asks, "so you
teach about Jesus? How long will it take you to teach me?" we were just
like....uhhhh and he gave us his number and wants us to come this week
to teach his family! His name is George and he's Lebanese. so cool.
Literally God just placed him in our path! what a wonderful gospel. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">My favourite cake<img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" />️<img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" />️</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">ready
for another crazy happening? We went to our supper appointment with
Sister Crawford, the sweetest little old lady, and it comes time for
dessert and she pulls out a...wait for it.....SKORE CAKE! Whhat??? yes
like the one I would have mom make me for my birthday! (i mean we have a
different name for it in the jones fam but i'm a missionary soooooo..i
won't say it on here) yeah. And she had no idea it was even my
birthday. Heavenly Father is so aware of us it's crazy. I couldn't
believe it! so inspired to make that cake :) hahah. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">another
cool event: we went to Panago to get our favourite pizza and talked to
the cashier for a bit about life and all that good stuff. Then it got
busy and we couldn't talk to him anymore. We got our pizza and left and
as we're about to drive away, we see Greg (the cashier) running out of
the store to us to give us free water bottles! It was so nice! We gave
him our card real quick so hopefully he'll call. It was just really
cool to see someone being so Christlike. gotta love it. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">we
had a supper appointment with this member and literally i have never
been so full in my life. she wouldn't let us stop eating til all the
food was gone. THANK GOODNESS FOR SKIRTS WITH POCKETS because we
actually had to put food in there so we wouldn't barf. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">This
transfer, I have been dealing with a lot of things that I actually
haven't dealt with before, and it has been very overwhelming and
stressful. I have been trying and trying to fix things and have had to
come to the realization that I can't do everything. I can't fix
everything on my own. I finally humbled myself and asked for a
priesthood blessing, and that was probably one of the best decisions I
have ever made. I feel like sharing the experience in detail would down
play the sacredness of it all, but it sufficeth me to say that God is
real. God can speak to each of us on a personal level that we may not
even know. He is SO available to each of us and He knows us inside and
out. He can give us direct and specific instruction and guidance. I
know without a doubt that my Heavenly Father lives. And He loves me.
The power of His priesthood is real. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">God is good. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Onward, ever onward. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Sister Jones </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">So many comp selfies...</span></span><br />
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-50467248296089968652015-09-22T19:18:00.000-07:002015-09-22T19:19:16.972-07:00Running out of clever subject lines...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
greetings from the land of River Valley where we are still lacking in
new gators, but definitely not lacking in miracles and the spirit so all
is well.<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">first
of all we had a CRAZY manifestation of the power of the priesthood!!
like i said last week, Sister Holbrook had lost her voice completely
and she was feeling pretty sick and we were supposed to exchange with
Drayton Valley, but we weren't sure what the heck we were supposed to do
and we were stressed. We called the Tagalog elders and got her a
blessing, and in the blessing, he said that she would have a quick
recovery! We weren't sure how quick Heavenly Father was meaning...but
we just went forward in faith and left for the exchange. We got on the
Henday and i told Sister Holbrook which exit she would need to get off
on and she repeated it back to me and her voice was ALL THERE. And the
rest is history and she was miraculously healed of her illness and the
exchange was prime and it was wonderful. pretty sweet, hey? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">I got to see the Kinniburgh's and Chaise and it was so wonderful. i love my drayton family. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">I
went with Sister Priestley who is a new missionary and it was a lot of
fun. We had some fun/awkward experiences while talking with those good
souls of DV and it was all around a great exchange. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We
also exchanged with Greenfield/Rutherford and I got to go with Sister
Mckeon who is INCREDIBLE. seriously i felt like she should be my sister
training leader. Anyway, she's such a boss and we saw lots of
miracles! We didn't have any appointments, so we just went crazy and
gave away so many Book of Mormons. It reminded me of Forest Heights it
was so much fun. We went to this certain traffic circle where there are
lots of people outside, and we were just running around talking to
everyone and they all probably thought we were crazy. We saw this guy
named Edward and talked with him and gave him a book of mormon, he
wasn't too excited or overly interested, but he said he would read, just
didn't want us to come teach him. And later that day, we had about 20
minutes until our supper appointment, and we weren't sure where we
needed to go. so Sister Mckeon just opened the book of mormon and it
said something about elders...so we were like, the elders live near here
so let's just go on their street and talk with people! Soooo we did and
we were talking to this old man, and we look over to the next house,
and THERE IS EDWARD OUTSIDE HIS HOME! it was crazy. We got to talk to
him a little more but he was leaving. Yeah so now we can go back in a
while to see how he is liking the Book of Mormon. :) #<wbr></wbr>revelationfromthebookofmormon </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">We
also found a few solid potentials for other missionaries, and one for
hopefully ourselves.. fingers crossed! We're not sure if she's ysa
aged. But we'll see. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">moral of the story, exchanges are cool. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">uhm...also other cool things....we sanded and painted a deck! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">OH
OH OH I ALMOST FORGOT! Before i got here, there was a less active
named Megan that the sister were working with along with her two
daughters, Morgan and Mila, who are ADORABLE. When I got here, a bunch
of things came up and Megan wouldn't meet with us and we lost contact.
BUT we all of a sudden got a text from her <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1937011843" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Friday</span></span>
and she wanted us to help her pack up the girls rooms before they
moved! (thankfully they're still in the ward) and we got to go and help
and meet them and it was just a huge miracle. We finally met her and
the girls are amazing and we're going to start teaching them again. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">also,
remember Riley? We found him when i first got here? Yeah we lost
contact for a bit, but we're now teaching him again! We read the Book
of Mormon with him to get him started and it was so spiritual and so
wonderful and we get to teach him again <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1937011844" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on thursday</span></span>. :) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">I fasted <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1937011845" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on sunday</span></span>,
and let me tell you it was glorious. We were in sacrament meeting and I
was feeling a little inadequate and bummed about still not having new
people to teach, and lo and behold the intermediate hymn.....266 The
Time is Far Spent. (my fave)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">The 4th verse especially hit me (as it does every time) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Be fixed in your purpose, for Satan will try you;</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">The weight of your calling he perfectly knows.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Your path may be thorny, but Jesus is nigh you;</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">His arm is sufficient, tho demons oppose.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">His arm is sufficient, tho demons oppose.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">BE
FIXED IN YOUR PURPOSE, SISTER JONES! STOP LETTING SATAN GET TO YOU!
that's basically what I heard and boy did I need that! This life is a
time of testing and trial, we must accept it as that and strive to be
the best we can be and keep our heart set on Christ. There is no other
way to live this life that will bring the happiness we all yearn for, he
is the way. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="14ff711ab3b0e673_14ff68b6720af443_9" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></a></span></span><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="14ff711ab3b0e673_14ff68b6720af443_9" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="14ff711ab3b0e673_14ff68b6720af443_9" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </a>Behold,
I am the law, and the light. Look unto me, and endure to the end, and
ye shall live; for unto him that endureth to the end will I give eternal
life. [3 Nephi 15:9]</span></span><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">No matter what we have to face in this life, Christ's arm IS sufficient. His GRACE is sufficient. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Onward, ever onward. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Sister Jones</span></div>
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-76430057150368606802015-09-15T08:30:00.000-07:002015-09-16T08:32:19.710-07:00Change your heart and you'll change the world.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYI752MlqivtfKFx21xf-SIrXXlSvib7wxnf-5ZeO16_vyCt_7kTeammL8Y3VQ1QoLKZckvQh6RpoPY6LUtorfApVKA9uGdy42Q4ydRtzsFg2513U6OnGrFApWFCTxgdEP22OQwsB_gY/s1600/sept+15+3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>This past week was a crazy one!<br />
<br />
Elder Golden from the seventy came to our mission and gave us a<br />
spiritual smack down and rebuking, it was chill. Ha but really it was<br />
amazing. President also asked Sister Holbrook and I to demonstrate in<br />
front of everyone at mission conference introducing the Book of Mormon<br />
this certain way, and he asked us like right before the meeting<br />
started. ha it was an adventure.<br />
Elder Golden was super funny and super inspired, he basically told us<br />
that we don't have enough faith and gave us a whole list of things we<br />
need to change so here we are applying those teachings and hoping to<br />
let the atonement change us even more. Gotta love it.<br />
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we knocked like a thousand doors this week and still no gators but we<br />
found a really cool potential named Dawuta! she's from Nigeria and<br />
has been here for about 5 months, born again Christian, genuinely<br />
interested in learning about the gospel! Wanna know the coolest part<br />
about meeting her? Okay well there are lots of cool things, but we<br />
found her as we were doing service at this old folks home (she's<br />
another volunteer) and she was at the same table as Sister Holbrook,<br />
and she said that she knows Jody, one of our returning less actives!!!<br />
WHHAT?? and that since she moved here, Jody has helped her in so<br />
many ways. #prepared yeah super cool, we're hoping to start teaching<br />
her in Jody's home this week. Pray for her pls!!!<br />
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We also talked to this man on his porch for quite some time, he has<br />
investigated before and has a TON of questions, so we attempted to<br />
help him understand. Then he just says, "oh I see...you're teaching<br />
me like Jesus taught...you're asking me questions!" YES. ha that's<br />
the goal!<br />
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Also, we didn't get to go on exchanges because Sister Holbrook got<br />
this killer migraine so she needed to just sleep. So I called like a<br />
million potentials and formers, not much came of it, but it was all I<br />
could do not to go insane being inside.<br />
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uhmmm we also met this less active member, Evelyn, who lives at a<br />
nursing home. She was super awesome and she LOVED the message we<br />
shared, and we gave her some pamphlets she could read when she was<br />
bored. She saw the picture of Christ and was like, "my friend<br />
downstairs, Bill, would really love this!" So we gave her some she<br />
could give to him, we were just like, SWEET SHE'S DOING MISSIONARY<br />
WORK then she wanted to introduce us to Bill, so we were like, okay<br />
yeah, and we went downstairs with her and she walks over to this plant<br />
that has a pass along picture of Jesus in it and she starts talking to<br />
it and showing the pamphlet to the plant.....BILL IS A PLANT OH MY<br />
WORD we were dying. So funny. So she stuck the pamphlet in Bill, the<br />
plant. lol.<br />
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another funny story: we were sharing a message with this really cute<br />
member family, and their 5 year old, Josh said the cutest thing. We<br />
were talking about how he can be a missionary now by being a good<br />
example and telling his friends about Jesus and he was like..."well<br />
what do we do when the bad guys come?..........teach them about the<br />
gospel?" hahahah so cute. then he was showing us his book of mormon<br />
and this kid is a book of mormon master! and he's 5! he told us about<br />
enos and how "he prayed ALLLLL DAYYYY." it was precious. The kid<br />
already knows more than me. lol.<br />
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Sister Holbrook is sick again, and this time her voice is completely<br />
gone.. like it's non existent. So at first, we were like, okay what<br />
do we do?? and we tried all our plans that fell through, and all we<br />
could do was...wait for it....TRACT. soooooo we did and I did all the<br />
talking and it was pretty hard! when you finally have a companion<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja9dASJ2dKHD-9j7bENs54z5SHlvZA8_sTsZajypjp7xHGqyJkU4Ibzp4Cx9rEyhqVPvWqLhEpE0TyoZ5RLSmNcYrdXumXon0u3qTRB7M23Rdg4cqf6tSJJhpZ-CtE_fN1sesZuq4RW3I/s1600/sept+15+2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br />
you're equally yoked with and then you can't be, it's a hard<br />
adjustment. But we talked to this really sweet old indian lady about<br />
the plan of salvation and the spirit was so strong and it was just<br />
amazing. You could see in her eyes that our testimony of Christ touched her. Super cool.<br />
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hahahah so <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_720730569" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Saturday</span></span>, we went back to Anu's (that potential we have offered service for) and we knock on her door to see how she's doing,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYI752MlqivtfKFx21xf-SIrXXlSvib7wxnf-5ZeO16_vyCt_7kTeammL8Y3VQ1QoLKZckvQh6RpoPY6LUtorfApVKA9uGdy42Q4ydRtzsFg2513U6OnGrFApWFCTxgdEP22OQwsB_gY/s1600/sept+15+3.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a> she answers and says, "oh you're here to help, okay meet me around back." so we do and she has this whole strip of yard that needs weeding. so we did it and it took us like 3 hours and guess what, i was in my pencil skirt the whole time! yep. who says you can't wear pros clothes to do yard work? #winning And there were spiders everywhere and guess what, dad! I didn't freak out too bad...ish :) the mission has changed me lol.<br />
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sooooo things are good. life is great because the gospel is real and the atonement is real. Something Elder Golden said that I LOVED "change your heart and you'll change the world." uhhh YES. enough said. I just love this gospel with all my being and I'm so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father. I'm grateful for a Saviour that knows me and knows exactly where I am and where I've been. And He knows all those around me and how I can help them. Just reach out and do something for someone else today. :) you'll see more joy from that than anything else.<br />
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the church is true, my friends.<br />
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Onward, ever onward.<br />
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Sister Jones<br />
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-88013386735668913012015-09-08T19:26:00.000-07:002015-09-13T19:27:11.746-07:00Hello September<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The leaves are changing and the streetlights come on well before we<br />
get in for the night which is super weird. And it's cold here. Already.<br /><br />
I also just barely chopped 6 inches off my hair. (Midlife crisis<br />
much?) ...this will be brief. (I know I say that every week but for<br />
real this time because I need a nap)<br />
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We had exchanges and I got to go to the other area which is<br />
walking/busing and it was like I went back to the glory days for 24<br />
hours! It was wonderful. I got to talk to this guy on the LRT that I<br />
actually talked to back downtown on a bus at one point. That was a<br />
cool tender mercy.<br />
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We had MLC and it was AMAZING and super revelatory. Gotta love it.<br />
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We talked to some awesome Russian kids named Gleb and Roman this week<br />
who asked us so many questions and like...all their questions could be<br />
answered in the first three lessons. It was pretty cool. We really<br />
hope we can teach them this week.<br />
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It has been raining like crazy for the past couple days nonstop until today. And we haven't had hardly any appointments, so we have been out in the cold rain and soaking wet all day :) it's super fun.<br /><br />
We literally have tried EVERYTHING and still no new<br />
investigators....so yesterday we went and "heart attacked" a bunch of members we work with. Hopefully we were able to at least uplift someone and help them feel God's love.<br />
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After some really hard things this week, and having to call 911 for the first time in my life after seeing some scary things (don't worry mom I'm fine) ....This week has been one of the most trying of my mission, I don't think I have been stretched or tried so much in my life. But I have really felt my Saviour's love through it all. And I know that you can feel that, too. Although things are hard, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I am so grateful for this gospel and for the atonement.<br />
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The church is true!<br />
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Onward, ever onward.<br />
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Sister Jones<br />
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Sister Brookelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318362302833682849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984872987806115873.post-687870303361290812015-09-01T06:03:00.000-07:002015-09-04T06:07:50.964-07:00#missionsarecool<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well well well it has been a week of miracles and some pretty SWEET experiences with the spirit.<br />
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First of all, Sister Holbrook is AMAZING! For real I am so grateful she is my companion, we have been going hard and seeing some pretty neat things happen. She goes home in a couple transfers and she's from Virginia. I just love her.<br />
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Transfer meeting was crazy! I am now a grandma, my Sister Moser is
training and I got to meet my granddaughter. :). It was precious.<br />
Aaand I saw sister whiting so my life was complete.<br />
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As for the week I'm sure you're all dying to hear of the miracles so I won't make you wait any longer.<br />
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We still haven't gotten any new investigators, but no worries, all is well. Life couldn't get much better because I get to wear the Saviour's name all the time.<br />
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Once upon a <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1507108190" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday</span></span>, we tried like....everyone we could and NOBODY<br />
answered or was interested...we finally decided to just pray and ask<br />
God what on earth we needed to do and where we needed to be. The<br />
thought came to me to try a potential we found a few weeks ago, and<br />
the thought came to Sister Holbrook to keep an eye out for people<br />
moving. So we started driving to the potentials house and we look to<br />
the right down this street and lo and behold a MOVING TRUCK half<br />
unloaded just sitting there before our eyes!!!! We flipped around real<br />
fast and parked so we could go help them. Usually when we ask if we<br />
can help people, they just say no, but these people said YES!!! They<br />
just came from Calgary and had nobody there to help them. So we<br />
unloaded their whole truck and talked with them a bit. Sarah and<br />
Shane. We invited them to church and to the chili cook off our Ward<br />
is having next week and they said they would come! It was just so<br />
cool to see how God took us right where we needed to be to do his will<br />
and to help those who would receive us. The gospel is pretty cool, I<br />
guess.<br />
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"Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently<br />
and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall<br />
be opened unto you." D&C 88:63<br />
I just love this. When we ask with real intent, God will ALWAYS answer<br />
us. Always. I know that to be true.<br />
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Also, we were able to start working with our eternigator (someone who<br />
has been investigating for a really long time) grandma Vera who is the<br />
greatest. She comes to church every week and all that, but won't be<br />
baptized. We had a couple lessons with her and she really opened up<br />
after some inspired questions from sister Holbrook and now we know how<br />
to help her!!! That was a miracle for sure. We also got to help her<br />
count over 4,000 buttons.....it was fun :)<br />
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We also received 3 referrals <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1507108191" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Sunday</span></span> from non members and contacted<br />
a couple yesterday who are pretty promising! Then we knocked on Anu's<br />
door who we had talked to a while back about doing service. She let us<br />
in to vacuum her living room, and while we did that, she started<br />
asking all these crazy questions about how we're not Christian and all<br />
that, so we basically taught her a brief restoration and then she said<br />
she wanted to come to church, but would have to talk her husband into<br />
it. Heavenly Father was just pouring the blessings onto us!!! Then we<br />
were walking and started talking to a lady who isn't interested, but<br />
asked if we sing. So we said yes and she wants us to volunteer at the<br />
place she works at that takes care of disabled kids. she wants us to<br />
sing to them! We're super excited. :) #servicesoftenshearts #yes<br />
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So yeah. Life is good in the hood. Except I'm actually not in the hood<br />
but I'll go back there one day. Anywho, I just learned a whole lot<br />
this week about why I am really here and what this whole thing is<br />
really about. My heart is just so full and I know without a doubt that<br />
God answers prayers. He hears me and I know he hears you. GOD IS<br />
GOOD.<br />
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Onward, ever onward.<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">little Asian boy so he can play mine craft. These kids rule the<br />library.....ha so this will be brief.<br /><br />What a week! We weren't expecting it, but we got a transfer call<br />yesterday! Sister Howard is getting transferred and I am getting a<br />new companion in River Valley, Sister Holbrook.<br /><br />This week consisted of us getting dropped by all of our investigators<br />or we dropped them....so we're currently just on a mission to find<br />people who actually want the gospel, and we will find them! My only<br />question is WHERE THE HECK ARE THEY?? Hahah but really. This week<br />was interesting, we did a ton of searching for the elect, and probably<br />about 99% of the people we talked with weren't interested in their own<br />salvation. But there is that 1% that actually listened and considered<br />letting us show them more of God's plan for them! I have realized<br />that every "no", every slammed door, every hurtful comment we get,<br />they're all worth it to find the 1% that want to listen. And I have<br />been on my mission long enough to realize that there is never a bad<br />week. So here are the miracles/tender mercies we saw:<br /><br />-it's finally to the time of the year where the sun sets before 9 and<br />we actually SEE it. Alberta skies though....<br />-we got to give a training at the new leadership meeting and it went<br />really well! We'll take any excuse to be with President and Sister<br />Manion ...they're the greatest.<br />-we met a new Indian friend named Paras, and he wants us to come<br /> back on Sunday to "talk of Jesus" with him. :)<br />-we went and visited a lady in the ward named Carol and had a really<br />powerful message with her and we all cried and she said it was just<br />what she needed. Little did she know that it was just what WE needed.<br />Funny how that works.<br />-we also met another Indian lady named Celine, who is Roman Catholic<br />and said we could come teach her!</span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">-we stopped by another member's home to share a little message, and </span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">right before we left, the husband told us that it was just what they needed. </span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">-we knocked on a man named Chris' door last night and told him that God </span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">loves him, and he told us that he really needed his support right now. We </span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">asked if he believes in God, and he said no, but he would like to talk about it</span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">next week. WHAT THE?? so yeah we'll be going back next week. </span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">-we had supper with our Recent Convert (baptized in May) Comfort, and she fed us<br /> like....so much food i went into the washroom after and almost puked. it was bad. </span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">she just really doesn't want us to starve...ha but she is amazing and we're </span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">getting her ready to go to the temple to do baptisms! </span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">one night, as we were driving home on the Henday, the sunset was UN.REAL. (like</span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">most nights) but man it was breath taking. And lo and behold the song that came on </span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">in the car was MoTab's version of Come Thou Fount and it was just perfect. </span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">the third verse just hit me hard though:<br /><br /><i>O to grace how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be!<br />Let thy goodness like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee<br />Prone to wander Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love<br />Here's my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above</i></span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">I am so indebted to my Saviour, sometimes it's overwhelming. His</span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">grace is always there to make ALL the difference in our lives. So many</span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">times i feel SO prone to wander. Prone to doubts and fears. Prone to give</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">natural instincts of selfishness, doubt, and ultimately pride. But when we </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">each and every day. <b> "Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength<br /> I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my<br />God, for in his strength I can do all things;"</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Onward, ever onward.<br /></span></div>
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