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First Preparation Day (P-day)
A picture paints a thousand words…be still my heart Its like icing on the cake:) Meet Louis, our newest grand baby, who will be moving here in October!! Momma (Jamie) just graduated from Harvard Law and will be working for… Continue reading
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Hit The Ground And Running
We arrived in New York and jumped right into training and transfer week. Here are a few snapshots when we remembered to take a quick photo… After transfers a number of Senior Missionaries went out to lunch. The New York,… Continue reading
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Our 2nd Time at the MTC
Don and I feel so blessed and excited to be joining a powerful group of missionaries in New York City. We feel sure that it will be an exciting adventure and experience of a lifetime. These “seasoned seniors” are going… Continue reading
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Joyful and Challenging Missionary Experiences: Serving Where the Savior Needs Us
Its such a joy to serve with other “seasoned” missionaries! We have fun experiences together and also feel the anguish of life that happens in the mission field. I have come to truly understand that we serve where the Savior… Continue reading
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Because of Jesus Christ
Over the past six months, Don lost both his mom and dad within 7 weeks of each other and now I have lost my mom. As I write this I wonder why I used the word “lost”, for I know… Continue reading
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Another awesome Zone Conference
We had a wonderful three days of Zone Conference!! We love these missionaries!! We had three workshops focusing on Master Planner, Importance of Baptism and Covenants, and Reverence invites Revelation. A broader view of reverence was so enlightening. It is… Continue reading
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Messenger Chat
This is what conversations looks like between missionaries in our zone over messenger… They are fulfilling their missionary purpose as they invite others to come unto Christ. They have the boldness of Paul and the patience of Job as they… Continue reading
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Come to the Temple
“Anytime you do anything that helps anyone—on either side of the veil—take a step toward making covenants with God and receiving their essential baptismal and temple ordinances, you are helping to gather Israel.” President Russell M. Nelson, “Hope of Israel” (worldwide youth devotional, June 3,… Continue reading
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It’s Still True
Yesterday these cute missionaries, Sister Franks and Sister Austin, were in the office for a meeting and these are the words I heard, “I just finished the Book of Mormon and it’s still true”. Truer words were never spoken. I… Continue reading
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It’s Christmas in the Mission
The packages for missionaries just keep coming!! Our storage room is packed… Continue reading
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The Good Shepherd
One of my favorite names of Christ is The Good Shepherd. I believe it is because of a memory from my childhood. My grandpa had a small pasture of sheep just behind his house. Slipping on rubber boots that were… Continue reading
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Mission Zoom
This is what Worth it Wednesday looks like Twice a transfer, on a Wednesday, we have…Worth It Wednesday. (Texas Fort WORTH—get it?) It is an all-mission zoom call. It’s an extension of matters we cover at Zone Conference the first… Continue reading
Joining in the Gathering 