tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38374117587655544252024-03-05T09:09:02.914-08:00Elder Kevin BodilyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07791899168903938609noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837411758765554425.post-25756536249052954392015-04-11T16:54:00.001-07:002015-04-11T16:54:23.393-07:00Final Week in the Mission . . . .<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I can't believe that these 2 years are coming to an end and what a way to end it with General Conference and then Fast and Testimony and my birthday <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1135694371" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">next Sunday</span></span>! :) it feels like just yesterday I was going to the mtc! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This past week was exciting! Really the highlight was conference though.. Words can't begin to express how I felt! I felt like I was taking notes the whole time! Except for the very last talk.. it finally hit me and I dozed off haha, my old age is showing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I really don't know how to begin my recap of conference.. The 70's were on it this year. I loved practically every one of them! One of my favorites would probably be the Elder Renlund's talk and how he quoted Shakespeare. "Twas I, but tis not I." <b>The Atonement can change people!</b> I loved how that was the overall message of conference. The Atonement and Easter, and families! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I loved Elder Ballard's talk from Priesthood Session.. I cant wait to be a RM, and not "Retired Mormon" haha. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Other than conference being a spiritual high, we also had a very spiritual lesson with the Wilson's. Laura has come such a long way.. when we got there, she talked for like 10 minutes straight just on her experience of starting to read the Book of Mormon and the spirit she felt. She told us as she was reading, it was like a conversation she was having with someone! And Elder Sutton pulled out the scripture where Moroni says that he is talking to us from the dust! She explained how she has had a change of heart and knows she needs to do this with an open heart and have true faith. She understands faith without works is dead! She talked of her experience when she was 17 when she was saved in the Baptist church. She explained how at the time she felt it was right and a good thing, but now that she has felt the Spirit from the Book of Mormon and us, that she has been rethinking everything that happened before. It was so powerful! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Afterwards, on the road to the church, we had about 20 minutes and I was silent.. it hit me that I love them so much, but I probably wont see them progress too far while I'm here. But I know the Atonement is working in their lives! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At the church we played basketball with the elders quorum.. Those 30+ yr olds know how to play! But Elder Holt, Bingham and I taught them the ways of youth. It felt so good! haha. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well.. I'm sure this email isn't really an ideal one for someone going home in a week.. but oh well. I've never been one to be normal. <b>THE MASTERS ARE THIS WEEK!! AND TIGER IS PLAYING!?!? WHAT KIND OF MADNESS IS THIS?!? MY LIFELONG DREAM IS JUST UP THE ROAD.</b> like, honestly.. and we have a meeting up in Augusta on Thursday!!! Oh this is going to be torture.. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well everyone, I have loved being in Georgia and South Carolina for these past two years.. Words will never be able to express my love and appreciation for the Southern Hospitality and culture. My home email is <a href="mailto:bodilykevin2@gmail.com" style="color: #1155cc; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">bodilykevin2@gmail.com</a>. Email me or find me on facebook, Kevin Bodily :)</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07791899168903938609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837411758765554425.post-24782358149333822882015-04-11T16:18:00.003-07:002015-04-11T16:18:54.599-07:00A late post from March ~ <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was a week full of ups and downs. we have some really great investigators here right now. On Tuesday we had an 80 yr old member come out with us for our High Priest exchange, we went and visited Jr. It was an incredible lesson on the importance of church and the spirit. The member bore a powerful testimony and was involved the whole time! It was perfect cuz our investigator really admires Navy men and the member we had with us was an old Navy man! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Wednesday we went and visited our family, the Wilson's. They told us that Josh (the husband and member) had to be to work quick so we only had like 20 minutes to visit, but that's all that was needed. When we got there I could feel something different. As we got to talking, Laura (the wife and nonmember) told us that she had quit her job and that it relieved a lot of unneeded stress in her life. She talked of how now she could focus on the family at home and her 'motherly' responsibilities and her husband can continue with his duties. The spirit blew me away. She was talking about the Family Proclamation and I don't think she realized it, or maybe she did and that's why all this was happening! Later on we asked about Alma 32, which we had left with her to read. She explained it so beautifully, she understood it! It was so powerful. They told us that they were gunna go clothes shopping for church! Oh I was excited! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Friday we saw Jr again and we had an amazing lesson with him about the Word of Wisdom and church and baptism! We put him on date, and then talking about church we were planning on setting up a ride for him. Well after we said our closing prayer and were getting ready to leave, his mom who doesn't neccessarily like us, came around the corner and said, "Jr. you cant miss community service again or you'll go to jail." .... uhhh well shoot. this is awkward.. haha. we slowly had to leave.. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Saturday we helped out the member who we live by do yard work all day. All 6 elders and him were moving tree limbs and Roy, the member, was going crazy with the chainsaw cutting a bunch of stuff down haha. It was so much fun!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sunday after church was the baptism of the Bishop's 8 yr old son, Max. It was a wonderful service! And the Wilson's didn't show up.. it broke my heart. Josh had to go babysit some soldiers that he is over on Fort Gordon. It was sad. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I cant believe that I only have 1 more p-day after today. It is so surreal... I love you all!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07791899168903938609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837411758765554425.post-31950832268601975082015-04-01T21:26:00.001-07:002015-04-01T21:26:21.332-07:00Gator Tails and Great Lessons<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">this week we met a lot of new people and were able to turn some old potentials into investigators! One of them is Danny. He has a large family, and has known the missionaries for a while. We have had some good visits already with him. One night we knocked on his neighbors door and he was very nice and said we could come back. so when we went back, Michael was very welcoming! He is probably early 40's with a wife and 2 young kids. He said he had known Mormon missionaries before and had read the Book of Mormon cover to cover a couple times before.. wow. haha. so it was easy to talk to him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Thursday we had Zone Conference up at the stake center with President Cottle. It was really good! It was very bitter sweet though. President had all the departing missionaries bear their testimonies.. wow.. it hit me once again. Along with that, The church is doing a new initiative, like the Christmas stuff, but for Easter! it was awesome! we got a sneak preview of it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Friday night we had a great lesson with our part member family, the Wilson's. We talked about the priesthood and her feelings of past experiences with the missionaries and she asked for a blessing for some health things going on. It was very spiritual. Her husband gave the closing prayer.. his first prayer in a very long time he said.. it was incredible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Saturday The Musgrove's, who live behind us, took us to a restaurant for dinner.. wow. ya know how I talked about wild game cookout? yeah, well this restaurant was a civilized version of that, kind of. but just seafood.. I forgot my camera on the trip, and I'm heartbroken. but they ordered this platter that had a ton of stuff.. catfish, perch, scallops, crabcakes, boiled and fried shrimp, GATOR TAIL, and some other stuff, oh man, it was so good! and they had unlimited grits and hushpuppies.. I was in heaven. but like I said, I have no pictures of that.. but I do from last weeks wild game dinner. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Sunday we had a good day. it rained all day and we were trying to achieve one of our goals of member present lessons.. we were struggling, and I honestly wasn't too bummed about not hitting it, but Elder Sutton was trying. we tried calling one family, but no answer.. I just decided to drive around. a name popped into my head, Jenni. She is a friend of some members who we had helped move almost our first week here. well she said she was gunna make us some ties from this horrid design of some curtains. as we pulled up to her house, the member was there! we knew it by the Idaho license plated van.. it was a miracle. We had a really good conversation with them and made our goal! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was a good week here in the country. we did a lot of tracting in some beautiful weather. it started to warm up, it feels so good! our car hit 91 degrees! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Wednesday I went on exchanges with one of the other elders in the district, elder shutt from Burbank ca. it was fun! on the way back to our area from Waynesboro, I grew a heart. I felt like the Grinch. A couple weeks ago we were driving and it was late and I saw two beedy eyes of a possum on the road and I maybe not have swerved to make sure I made contact with it, and I did. I may or may not be a psychopath,, not sure yet.. but on Wednesday we were going down this road and I saw a turtle! and I DIDNT swerve to hit it. at 23 months, the mission has changed my heart.. wow. Imagine that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We had a good day though. I took him to try and see some of the people that Elder Sutton doesn't neccessarily like, for example, the staunch Jehovah's Witness Robert and our prophet, priest and royal king Daniel. Why do I find such pleasure in talking with these people? im not sure. Later that night we went and visited our part member family, the Wilson's. We shared with them The Family Proclamation. It was a very spiritual couple of moments. over the course of a month, I have grown to love them so much and want them to be happy and have the gospel fill their lives. I have seen them grow so much already! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Thursday we had a great experience! There was a Wild Game Dinner at the First Baptist Church of Louisville. That was so much fun! All 6 elders rode with an eternigator of ours. and when we got there, the first person to come say hi to us was the Pastor of the church, and the second was a member of our church who lives in Harlem, he was one who helped cook all the food. One of his friends, Steve, who is a dry Mormon put on the whole dinner thing. they have been doing it for 20 years almost. We had wild hog, Brunswick stew, quail, channel catfish, pulled pork, bbq chicken, and some other stuff. I forgot my camera and so I will send the pictures next week! It was so good though. afterwards they had a service. It was really nice. They had a local Christian band play the praise music. it was real good stuff. afterwards they had guest speaker from Lafayette Ga speak. he was a world champion tag-team wrestler. He had an amazing story of his conversion and how Christ helped him through it all. But there was something missing. Its hard to explain.. I could feel the sincerity of his conversion to Christ, but yet there was something lacking. I knew it was the Priesthood authority.. they preached good stuff, but like I said, its hard to explain, something was missing.. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Saturday Elder Sutton and I went by the Wilson's cuz they were having a birthday party for their little girl who is turning 5. They had cooked up some ribs and pulled pork. the regular stuff, ya know? haha. but we got to talking with Laura, the wife and nonmember. She opened up a lot and said that they had been talking and she is really starting to want to get back into the lessons and stuff. oh I wanted to hug her but I didn't! I really am happy for her and them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well today we are going up to Augusta to play basketball with a bunch of elders from the zone.. one of them is 6'9" and another is 6'6".. bring it on! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I cant believe I only have 4 more p-days.. wow..</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07791899168903938609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837411758765554425.post-82944140303548981352015-03-08T22:13:00.002-07:002015-03-08T22:13:23.630-07:00A De-sanctified Catholic Church and a Baptism!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">hey yall! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">this week was great. last monday we had a great p-day. we went up to Augusta and walked around downtown and the river walk, and then got a tour of a de-sanctified Catholic church. That was incredible. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">we had a neat experience on friday. i was on </span><a href="http://lds.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">lds.org</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> maps and i saw a name of a lady in a neighborhood we had previously tracted. At that particular house before was a middle 20's poly guy who was high. haha. this time, it was a lady who was so happy to see us. she is a member and has been out in hawaii for a couple months. she is connected with some other polynesians we know in the area and the other elders have been working with. well i asked her if she knew a polynesian family down in Hinesville. Oh she was smiling! She definitely knew them! We talked for like 10 minutes about them and how i served down there almost 2 years ago, and she stopped, looked at me and said "I knew you looked familiar!" wow.. she had been down there when i was down there! she asked about the luau they had, and i said i got transferred right before it. It was so wonderful to find a connection like that. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Saturday was a beautiful day. We had transfer calls, and I will be staying in the Waynesboro ward for my last 6 weeks. I am excited! lets just say, The masters is the last weekend of my mission :) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">We had the baptism of a young large black family in Waynesboro that another set of missionaries have been working with. we have 3 sets in this ward. Its going to be great for the ward cuz they live in the town of Waynesboro. So incredible. On Sunday</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">, the other set of missionaries had a baptism of a 12 year old they have been working with! That was great too. The work is really moving forward in this ward. Everyone is excited! in a week we had 6 baptisms in the ward! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">On Friday we had a neat experience. we were out and about, it was a slow day, and I remembered in conversation with someone last week about a member who lived in a certain house. Well we drove past that house and saw some people going up the ramp into the house, so we pulled over and got the roster out and looked them up. Bingo! It was a lady in her late 70's and her daughter that lived with her. I knew that she was on dialysis throughout the week so before we went in, I told Elder Sutton to make sure he had his oil on him. As we went in we talked for a bit, it was wonderful. I just love visiting old people.. come to find out she had a heart attack 2 weeks ago, and still is on dialysis, so she asked for a blessing! It was just a wonderful feeling to know that I listened to the spirit. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Saturday we spent most of the day at the horse ranch helping out! 2 of the other elders came with us. One of them had actually met the lady who runs the place before! Small world, she apparently had a Mormon boyfriend up in new Hampshire where she came from.. crazy! B<b>ut we built us a horse corral!</b> I was impressed! usually you put 4, 20ish year olds on a job and it won't get done, but it was awesome! She was very impressed also. It just felt so good to be out there and working hard... getting muddy and horse poo all over, and pig blood! (sorry for the graphic words haha) One of the pigs was pregnant and about to pop! So we had to wrangle her up! That was fun! haha. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Golly I'd be fine with working out there everyday.... but I know that people like Michael Long need the gospel. He is our investigator that got baptized yesterday! It was an incredible service. He didn't want it to be a big huge thing. He is a very quiet, to himself kind of guy, but we had a full crowd! The family he married into is very family oriented, and it was such a spiritual moment when his wife and her son sang "I love to see the temple". So incredible. After church, a member was driving us back home but decided to take a detour and drive past his work and the new house his family is probably gunna buy. He works at Plant Vogtle. a nuclear plant here. That was incredible! Those stacks are huge!! They really made me feel small. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">(*Mom here - I had to search for what Kevin was referring to and found it quite interesting! Learn more about Plant Vogtle: </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">http://www.southerncompany.com/about-us/our-business/southern-nuclear/vogtle.cshtml</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Last night a rain storm came through and on our trailer I could hear every drop! Usually rain helps me sleep, but I just couldn't sleep last night, I haven't been able to for a bit.. just comes with the work I guess. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First off, I found another source of happiness this week. It came in the form of a 50 gallon drum. The member who lives behind us got it for us. Ah. i love it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This week, while Elder Sutton and i were out and about, we were tracting this one neighborhood. The second door we knocked, this old lady answered and came out and talked with us on her porch. She could talk for days if we let her! funny things.. We introduced ourselves as missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and she said something but just kept talking. well we went inside and let her talk more and more.. come to find out she is 91. she still lives on her own, drives a 7 series bmw.. and she loved/loves to golf.. she was the Georgia state senior champion many years in a row, and she has done a lot with golf haha.. so we left her with a plan of salvation pamphlet, the next day we went back and we talked and grabbed the pamphlet and said, i read your book, i know where im going when i die now! and that was about it.. i was like, uh.. okay? haha. but we just let her talk more and more. i said something about her reading the book of Mormon and went off on polygamy and "them Mormons" and stuff.. well, i just let it go.. my heart was broken. this nice old sincere lady hates the church and us.. well, i felt inspired for her to say the closing prayer, so we stood up and got by her chair and this frail woman stands up and we hold hands and she prays.. what i heard was one of the most genuine and heartfelt prayers ever.. she was so grateful that we came into her life and that she is able to talk with us, how she is so alone and grateful for us.. and then after i asked her to give the Book of Mormon one more chance, she said something about them Mormons again, and then i said, Ms Dodson,, you know we are Mormons, right? oh she about fainted! haha not quite, but her reaction was priceless.. she still loves us anyways! haha. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Another exciting moment in our lives! We went to contact a less-active part-member family, the wife had been taught before by sisters, we knock, its about </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_374771199" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">8 oclock</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">at night, so its dark.. well the door opens and a shirtless man is there, mid 30's and ripped. you could tell he was military. and his arm behind his back.. yeah i already knew.. haha. i apologized for scaring them and it was just us, the Mormons.. he shook our hands after putting a little something into his waistband and said he was gunna go put a shirt on. we had a very good talk with him, getting to know him and his families situation. well, as we are about to leave, he asked, "are yall allowed to hunt?" ah. i love this man already. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yet another great experience from this week, an older gentleman, Brother Garvin, called us up and wanted to take us to lunch with 2 of the other elders. we so rode with him up to Augusta to a place called Ryans. a more southern version of Golden Corral. So good!! afterwards, he took us on a tour through Augusta! it was incredible. he showed us the "Pillar of Prophesy". that was real interesting! go look it up, i aint got time to talk about that today! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Things are just going good here for us in the country. we are finding new people everyday to talk with and help! i hadn't even mentioned that we spread horse manure in a garden for 3 hours one day! i love getting off the white shirt and tie and getting dirty. :) </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07791899168903938609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837411758765554425.post-72400519615206959552015-01-31T15:19:00.001-08:002015-01-31T15:21:08.953-08:00Augusta National Golf Course and Blessings<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hey yall, I aint even gunna front, this past week was the hardest week of my mission so far. new area, a greenie who is older than me by a couple of years, a wreck of a trailer and hardly any work, and separation issues! its weird being in a trailer with just one other missionary and not seeing other missionaries on a daily basis.. its been almost a year since I've lived in just a 2pad. We decided to fast on Friday to help us out, and now looking back, with <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1803256428" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span></span> and what happened <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1803256429" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Saturday</span></span>, I can see the blessings from fasting. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The previous missionaries left us with a handful of people to see regularly. its a good start I guess. we have a lot of work before us though haha. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After that, we helped a family move. That was a neat experience. The family who we were kind of helping move had ties back home! to Logan, Smithfield, and Lewiston! it was awesome! it was a weird situation. we moved a family out of a house to their new one a couple streets over, so that the members could move into this one. we were able to make a good friendship with the lady who isn't a member. she had lived in Nicaragua for a while and fed the missionaries there! so cool! where we moved her into was a neighborhood which elder Sutton calls the heart of our area.. its a nice big neighborhood with a lot of potential. it doesn't help me though that it is on a golf course! haha. so nice. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I got the package from ivy, I loved it! Teancum is grown up so much! I cant wait to see that kid. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Saturday we went over to a members house and may or may not have joined him in the woods hunting down squirrels. now that dear season is over, he wanted to show em who is boss! so we did! it was great! haha. we then went back and skinned them! since I got transferred, I wont be able to taste of them.. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Saturday night we ate at a members house, and while we were talking before dinner we heard and felt this loud BOOM! it literally shook the house. so crazy.. but they didn't even worry. as we were sitting down at the table for dinner, I looked out the front window and saw like 4 sheriffs go by, yet the fam still didn't worry about it. haha, life in the country I guess. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Next we went off to the Burton's. They were having a karaoke and kindof goodbye party I guess. but it was planned before we all knew.. we went over and their power was out! oh bless it.. so we went out and took pictures! it was awesome! so much fun.. Thank you Sister Burton! we went back to the house, and power was still out, so we all loaded up and went over to the Warren's and did the karaoke! so much fun.. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">well transfers happened! I am now in a area called Waynesboro. there are 6 elders in this ward and 2 sisters, but we all have our separate areas.. My greenie is Elder Sutton from SLC. We whitewashed this place.. talk about adding stress to the situation.. and talk about adding more, when we got back, the members whose trailer we live in, yes we live in a single-wide trailer out in the country! apparently the last missionaries left it a mess and so the member cleaned up as much as he could. but the paperwork wasn't really upkept either.. so joy.. I am excited though.. through all the stress, from my study this morning and talking with president yesterday, I know this is where I need to be.. out in the country with my greenie for the last 3 months of my mission.. the Lord sure knows how to humble me to help me stay focused.. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07791899168903938609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837411758765554425.post-73607359451002239322015-01-12T22:43:00.004-08:002015-01-12T22:43:32.386-08:00Random is right!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I cant believe that it is already another p-day and i have to email yall! oh i mean, i have the priviledge.. haha. just kidding :) this week was full! spiritual experiences, and lots of fun times too! this is just gunna be a random assortment of things that happened!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sunday night, elder beckman and i had one of the most spiritual lessons i've been in, in a long time. it was with two people we had previously met, just hadnt caught them lately.. once again, words cant describe my emotions there. we were able to bear testimony of everything in the gospel. they had prayed that very day that someone would be sent to them that would guide them and answer their questions! It was incredible.. it truly was a miracle. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">i hope yall had a good week! Mainly for me, the turning point was New Years. It got me thinking, a lot. DANG! i leave my home here in 3 months and go back to my old home! So much has changed this past year, and i know that this year will just bring more and more changes! Crazy to think about.. I hope everyone came up with some resolutions that they will try to keep and accomplish this year. it comes around every year, yet we always seem to be taken by surprise! </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">this week, i sent up to Tifton on exchanges. it was a good time to see a different scenery, but one day was enough for me. I was happy to get back to my 4 pad in nashville. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">New Years Eve was amazing. We went over to a members house for dinner and then he gave us some of his old air force camo stuff! totally scored!! it was awesome! all of us were freaking out haha. He also sells duck calls! totally gunna score here!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On New Years Day, we had the opportunity to go and teach President and Sister Cottle. it was fun! we taught them one of the principles that is on a teaching record, then they chose a random one and we had to teach it to them. Short and sweet, it was good! Afterwards, we over to the Warren's, a family in Adel, and ate lunch with them and chilled and talked.. oh my goodness. i havent had mexican cheesecake before.. so good! They have an 8 yr old daughter that hadnt been baptized yet, but my comp told me last night that they had scheduled it! i must have missed that conversation.. haha. oh well! I am so excited for them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sunday here was amazing, as always. I walk into the chapel and i saw the White family from Pearson.. ah i was so happy!! Church was packed, it was a good feeling. The spirit was so strong there. It aint no joke that Sunday's a day to recharge our spiritual battery. I always feel so energized afterwards. It is incredible to hear about Vlad bearing his testimony. I cant wait to see him when i get home. Well, the library is filling up with a bunch of people! gotta go! i love you all! elder bodily.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hey yall! I can't believe that Christmas has come and gone.. it was amazing talking with my family.. we had so much fun this week. it doesn't happen much as missionaries, but I do gotta say, we had fun this week and I felt the spirit a lot throughout it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Christmas this year has been probably one of the best ever! It was filled with a couple different family's parties. That was a great feeling. Being around families enjoying each others company was probably my favorite memory. We did karaoke at one family's house. KILLED IT!! It was awesome! <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_790714123" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday</span></span> was a somewhat normal day. Weekly planning and lunch at Huddle House.. it was so weird.. christmas was over like that :( oh well.. time goes on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This Christmas season my heart was always turned back to family, cuz that is all I was surrounded by. It makes me happy to think I can see my family again soon, but also sad, because I have to leave my family down here.. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Saturday </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">was one of the best days of my life.. The baptism of Willie Mae Simmons was beautiful. Elder Beckman baptized her. It was very neat to see him be able to do that so early in his mission. During the baptism service, I felt the spirit bear testimony to me that this church is true. I mean, no other way would I be able to feel the same emotions in a room with 100 marine recruits, and then in a room with about 35 people. Words just can't describe it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">For dinner Saturday</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> we went to a mexican restaurant that one of our investigators owns. It was so good! Reminds me of El Sol! But yeah, they may have had the tv on, and the Aggies game was on!! So that was awesome to catch!! haha. GO AGGIES!! When I got home, I threw on my new Aggie shirt that the Corbetts sent me! The light rays from the light are awesome! hahah. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Our first week here didn't really feel like I was here. We had 2 big meeting on thursday and Saturday</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">. Thursday was just a zone meeting in Tifton, and then Saturday</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> we had a huge 4 zone Christmas conference in Macon! A Member of the 70 spoke to us for a little while on applying scriptures to our lives and being able to move forward and grow. The rest of the meeting was just a big testimony meeting from certain people.. no movie.. no ipad..boo!! oh well. we just got word this morning that we will be having a mission wide conference in January with a member of the Quorum of the 12! That is exciting! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Friday, we had our weekly planning party at the house, so I got a little bit more aquainted with the area, and then after we went to Huddle House! A member owns it so yeah.. free food twice a week! We usually hit it up on mondays and fridays. While we were there, an older gentleman sat behind a glass divider parallel to us. He reached his arm around and handed us some little papers from his church. One of them said "Are you Decieved?" Haha, it was pretty funny. So we handed him a "He is the Gift" card. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Later on that day, we went up to the hood here in town and played some ball with a bunch of peeps. It was pretty legit. haha. My comp is 6' 5" and he can't play basketball to save his life.. haha. he knows it too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In one of our towns, there is a part member family. The husband/grandpa isn't a member, he is hilarious.. the elders warned us about him.. I am excited to get to know him better. haha. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We have one lady right now, she is 85 years old, and the missionaries met her about a month or 2 ago.. she is incredible.. probably one of the most elect ladies I have met. She is getting baptized <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_312783220" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">this Saturday</span></span>! She is amazing. Willie May Simmons is her name. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Tuesday we had a great experience. We went up to an apartment complex to try one of our old contacts. He wasn't home, but as we went downstairs, Jeremy came out of his door, taking out his trash, so we stopped him and talked with him. He wasn't really too interested, but he loved asking questions, so it was a good time. And then his neighbor came out and he told her to listen to us, it was pretty cool haha. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Friday we had an appointment that was set up by the sisters, it was with a guy they had met last week. They told us that he was in a wheelchair, but all there. Our lesson with him was incredible. We talked for almost an hour and a half. He has had an incredible life and so many spiritual experiences. He had a brain aneurysm when he was 7 and now he is 32. It was amazing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">When we got home that night our dinning room carpet was soaked wet.. so we called the company and they sent someone to look at it.. it was our old neighbor! haha. well. they couldnt figure it out, and our neighbor was gone.. so yeah.. Sunday </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">afternoon comes around, thats 3 nights later of water running, we get home from church and our neighbor is home! apparently our upstairs neighbor's kitchen pipes got clogged and it went into our side neighbors sink and kitchen.. huge mess over there and we only got the run-off.. it smells so bad but getting better.. haha. oh well..</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">In Beaufort, church was normal, nothing too big happened, except for choir practice! a member brought her cello! and so yeah.. i played during practice. it felt so good! and later that night we went over to a members and continued to play for a bit. it was great. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was a quick week here. not too much happened. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_250848300" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on tuesday</span></span> the Zone leaders came down and did exchanges with us. so one came with us, and one went with the spanish elders. We had a really good day! crazy how that happens.. the zone leader was wanting to keep it interesting and us in good spirits so we decided to have a "crazy contact", well, a lesson with a less-active family fell through and so we decided to try the house across the cul-de-sac, and a lady answered it, and the words just flowed from my mouth, "hey ma'am, we've got an awkward question for ya.. could we use your bathroom?" and she let us in! by the way, yes, we were being serious! the zone leader needed to. and so it led to a really nice contact of a young family. She wasnt too interested as she goes to CBC, but it was very nice of her, to be so trusting! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Also this week, we were able to help out again at Stop Hunger Now! This time it was at the high school, and a lot smaller scale. we only packed 10,000 meals, instead of 40,000. It was fun though. A member, who is a senior, was kinda putting it on! It was real neat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_250848301" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">On friday</span></span> night, we had a member come out with us, Ian, he has his mission call and leaves in 20 some odd days. We had an incredible lesson with Bellinda. We started off just talking about life and stuff going on, and it fit perfectly into the Restoration and how this gospel truly blesses families. she has 4 teenagers and one of them is being difficult so we were all able to bear testimony that it gets better! all of her questions fit perfectly with the lesson. unfortunately she didnt make it to church.. sad day. church was awesome. both sessions! haha. On Parris Island, our numbers were small. we got 4 new recruits in sneakers.. meaning first week here. 2 of them are members. one of them is originally from Russia, so lately i have been speaking in a russian accent.. ahha. its awesome!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In Beaufort, we got a new bishop. The ward is really excited. after church we had some good times. it was getting late, real dark and raining hard and so we went to visit a less-active family. the son wasnt there, but the mom was. she answered it and you could tell she wasnt feeling too good. but as she talked with us, my heart was touched. she said that whenver she is feeling sick or not good, the missionaries always end up showing up! and how that it always is so special to her, and then she asked us to continue to try and work with her son, who i've met before, who just recently accepted a scholarship to Coker College her in SC to play <b>lacrosse</b>!! and as we stood there in the rain talking to her, we ended with a prayer and she was in tears.. I just love this gospel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As we were heading back towards the apartment to try some investigators, a thought came to my head to go to another less-active's house. i hadnt met him before so i was a little nervous, but we went. as we knocked, he yelled, "who's there?" and i said, "the missionaries" and when he opened the door he was trying to act tough, asking why we were out that late in the dark and that neighborhood, and all i said was, hey brother hampton. and he changed and was like, oh hey guys, come on in! haha. it was really neat. so for the next hour, we talked with him and worked on a puzzle. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have grown to love listening to the spirit.. I know thats a weird saying as a missionary, cuz I should be used to it, but it never gets old! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I hope that all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving! It really is a special time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mom you're making me sad with the pictures of snow! but thats okay! i love it. the weather is starting to turn south here too.. thats alright though. i enjoy it. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07791899168903938609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837411758765554425.post-83416086770162448322014-11-11T15:28:00.001-08:002014-11-11T15:28:11.870-08:00More with the Marines!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">hey yall. as usual, words can't begin to describe how this week went. we said goodbye to the George's on Tuesday. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> It was super sad.. I don't know what we are going to do now.. they helped us out so much!! definitely gunna miss them. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Throughout the week, elder burgess and i have been working on finding more people to teach. we had quite a few good experiences with that. On Friday </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">we had the graduation of our now Marines. it was so great. as we were sitting there, a man came up to us and asked if we were the ones who had baptized Hammann, we said that we were. This man is in the Bishopric up in Wilmington, and also the father of the girlfriend, which we didn't know about! haha. it was cool. Then he asked me if i was related to any bodily's up there, i said somehow because of the boat from South Africa, well he said, oh yes, we've heard of the boat! haha. it was cool. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Sunday was definitely a changing point on my mission. As 7:30 a.m. rolled around, we were getting ready to leave for church on Parris Island, well our bishop called and said that the Mock's, who are the group leaders for the recruits, were caught behind a wreck on a bridge and had to turn around and go the long way around. so we were kinda nervous. we got over there and set everything up and I conducted the meeting. It was a humbling experience. as brother mock got there right before the sacrament, he still had me conduct. he gave the closing talk and expressed how the church is set up in such a way that a meeting can always be held by the power of the priesthood. it bore testimony to me that this church is true cuz without the priesthood power, nothing could be done correctly. It was very powerful. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">As we ended all of church there, we went to the Beaufort ward, where President and Sister Cottle were speaking! We walked in after the sacrament, and he kind of eyed us down as we walked in and sat down. After the meeting though, Sister Cottle came up to us and apologized that they didn't come to Parris Island! So they did know why we were late! haha I wasn't scared. After church we ate dinner with them and the Clancy's. It was wonderful! Pulled pork and mac n cheese.. my two favorites.. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">so yeah. this week was great.. i love you all! </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">elder bodily</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07791899168903938609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3837411758765554425.post-49116215499458893172014-11-07T21:32:00.003-08:002014-11-07T21:32:52.512-08:00New Week. New Changes.<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I cant believe that it is November now.. where is time going? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">On Monday we did a lot of running around and saying goodbye to people for Elder Ah Fook. It also gave me time to burn some pants finally! I cant believe that 18 months has flown by. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">My new companion is Elder Burgess! He has been out about 3 months. Oh how I remember those days.. haha. so long ago. I am excited though. He is a great missionary. We have opposite teaching techniques, so it fits perfect, I talk a lot, and he will listen to the spirit and ask amazing questions or say something to bring the spirit. It's worked so well this week. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Thursday, we had a great lesson with a lady out on her porch waiting for a ride. Patricia was very interested in the Book of Mormon and how it testifies of Jesus. "Oh you can never have too much Jesus in your life!" </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">ah. also this week i finished the book of mormon for the 4th time on my mission.. i cant express how powerful the book of mormon is.. i know that it is true. i love it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">what a week it has been. I dont even know where to begin! it has been amazing. on thursday and friday we were helping out at a local school where a couple members work, Riverview Charter School, we volunteered at a Stop Hunger Now drive. it was incredible. a big truck brought all the supplies, dried soy, dried veggies, rice and other things, and throughout the day on friday students from the school measured, filled, and sealed the bags, and all the missionaries were at the recieving spot and we put them all into boxes. it was amazing. each bag was 6 meals, and we filled enough for 40,000 meals!! it was huge! the drive was so organized and went smoothly. it was great. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">after all that on friday we rushed over to parris island because the sisters were teaching one of the recruits with special permission and elder haynie interview her. there was supposed to be 2 that came to be interviewed for baptism, but she couldnt come at that moment. she chose me to baptize her, because i demonstrated how to do it with one of the other elders. (unknowing to her, i had never baptized anyone before!!) that night i was pacing back and forth so much.. i was nervous! i prayed for help and strength. i was able to fall asleep not too late. come sunday morning, we all went out to parris island. the other girl came and was taught by the girl that was able to make it, and was interviewed before services, the sister missionaries were planning on that, so they had clothes for her too. it was an amazing experience.. standing in the water for the first time baptizing someone.. it was very powerful. i was nervous that i wouldnt say the words correctly or not get them all the way under, but as it happened, i know i wasnt alone as i did those baptisms. the Spirit took over. It was so amazing. before we went into the other room, an investigator of the sisters, who is a drill instructor, walked into our room. the room went quiet and the recruits attitudes kinda changed. but when they saw him all friendly to us, they eased up a bit. It was great.. during sunday school, one of the male recruits we have been working with, was interview for baptism and, at first asked another recruit to baptize him, but he is only a deacon, not a priest yet. and so he then chose me to do it. once again, i was humbled.. i love the marine recruits so much.. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">also this week, the spanish elders play volleyball in ridgeland (about 30 minutes away) with their spanish branch members and some of the english ward members. they play every tuesday and thursday, and a week ago, a local high school girls team went over and invited them to play them so they could prepare for state! so this picture is of them playing at the high school, where they played at. to say the least,, these missionaries and 40 yr olds kicked some butt haha. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">this week was, like i said, it was amazing.. words really cant describe everything, and im sure i've forgotten stuff, but at least i have my journals to read it over and over.. i hope yall have a good week!<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Tuesday morning we got a call from a less-active, saying that her nephew, Don, was in the hospital, and that they found a brain tumor.. it put a damper on our spirits.. so we went and visited them. he was still himself. We gave him a blessing.. he is only 31.. it was very heartbreaking, but as of today, he is out of the hospital, and they did surgery and removed 85 percent of it. so that was amazing to hear. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Wednesday morning there was a blood full moon with an eclipse. it was awesome. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Saturday we had a mini mission with one of the Priests in the ward.. that was awesome. our priests name was Landon Morgan. In the morning we walked around the farmers market here. that was awesome. afterwards we helped a guy in the ward move and then after we went and visited some people and ate dinner at the 2nd councilors house. throughout the day i felt it could have been a lot better, like we didnt do a whole lot to show him about a mission. but Sunday, after parris island, we made it back just in time to hear him get up and bear his testimony.. it was very touching.. He got a lot more out of it than i realized. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Sunday at parris island was incredible, once again.. Elder Turnbull came over with me. sacrament and Sunday </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">school was just amazing. after church. recruit hammann came up to us and it made everything worth while. he said that he had thought about joining the church after boot camp, but he realized that he shouldnt put it off.. he is going to get baptized in two weeks.. Words cannot describe how i felt.. not too mention that it was my half birthday. :) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We had Zone Conference in Savannah. That was a good time. President Cottle surprised us and said we were watching a movie! We were able to watch Meet the Mormons. It was such a good film. It opens up and breaks the ice real easy, and then blows you away with the spirit with the 6 people featured. It is very well done! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Of course this weekend was General Conference. We watched it at the church house here. That was just so powerful. I kept my tradition up and bought me a 2.5 lb bag of candy corn. yay! Words can't really explain the spirit I felt. It was so powerful to have my questions answered so directly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">O<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2068597169" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">n Sunday</span></span> we were excited because we were still able to have church with the Marine Recruits. Wow. That was so powerful. We have 9 nonmembers and 10 member male recruits, and 4 of the members are RMs! It was so powerful. Our lesson was easy because of Gen Conf. and it was so powerful. A couple of the recruits have expressed interest in joining the church after they get out of here. It's a wonderful feeling to be able to see these men come in so timid and far away from God (some of them) and then get up and bear testimony of how they have felt God's love for them, in a place that people call, "The Island That God Forgot About". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Probably for me, the most touching conference talks were Elder Robbins, Which way do you face? and then Uchtdorfs about the Universe the Enormisity of it all! Mind boggling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It has been raining almost every day this week. One of those days we went off to visit a less-active. We got there just in time before he left for the VA in Charleston. He was walking out the door when we got there, and so he invited us in and we gave him a blessing. It was a neat experience and just reminded me that the Lord will put us and guide us to those who need us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After that we decided to go around and contact some old potentials. The weather was perfect, it was a misty rain, we were wearing our sweaters, and it felt good. We knocked this small neighborhood and almost everyone we talked to was super nice! The last house we knocked was a middle aged black lady who started to cry and all when she saw us. She said she had been needing religion back in her life. We talked for a little bit and found out that they know the Clancy's (a family here) and the sons are friends. We went back the next day and taught her The Restoration. She was loving it and understood it too. She told us she would get her and the two daughters to the Women's Conf. but was unable to go, and they didn't show up for church either.. it was disappointing, but thats okay! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Church on Parris Island was amazing as always. Ah Fook gave a talk and i did the <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_116082593" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">sunday</span></span> school lesson. I pulled it from gospel principles and taught about Prophets. During the lesson, i felt like it wasn't going anywhere, i wasn't feeling it.. i was jumbled and all over the place, being a nervous wreck. but then we got the conference Ensign and read part of Pres. Monson's address from priesthood session in april. The Spirit was there. It was so powerful. After the lesson, one of the recruits, who's first week it was coming, came up to me and said he really enjoyed it. It made me smile knowing that even though i may not feel it completely, others will feel it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There has been one recruit coming for awhile, who is quiet most of the time, but answers questions and all. After class i talked to him and he said that he graduates in 5 weeks and that he has been reading and praying every night.. it was incredible. He said he has interest in learning more and joining, so we talked bout baptism quickly and i told him to pray about it this week and let us know next week. since we will still have church, even though it's General Conference. I am excited :) extra church = extra blessings.<br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">well, i love you all. that's it for this week. i love this gospel!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">elder bodily</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07791899168903938609noreply@blogger.com0