tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88799286897624140792024-03-21T11:01:26.861-07:00Elder Shaw TannerD&C 4:2 Therefore, O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00227431547839823465noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879928689762414079.post-82182810559932724782017-03-07T11:20:00.002-08:002017-03-07T11:20:30.375-08:00Mission Week 99, Farewell, Arequipa Peru!! "No Matter Where I am, I'll take you with me!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
"Know that whenever you feel alone, I always keep you in my heart! No Matter where I am, I'll take you with Me!!" Elder Tanner</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00227431547839823465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879928689762414079.post-16356502114977943212017-01-30T13:51:00.001-08:002017-01-30T13:54:56.917-08:00Mission Week 98, Umacollo Peru; "Plant good habits in the mission and cultivate them at home."<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The mission no longer has weekly indicator of lessons they
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">This week has been great. I have noticed that with the new
indicators we can really focus on our goal as missionaries. Before sometimes I
stressed over the goals for lessons in a day. Sometimes as a missionary I found
myself teaching ineffective lessons just to complete the goal. I understand
that Lessons are still a key part of the progress of the investigators and we
will always teach lessons but now we are not focused on teaching lessons for
the simple fact that we teach lessons. I was talking with Elder Mendoza about
it this week. We talked about how one of the companionship's in our zone had always
had so many lessons every single week back to back there numbers were huge,
However for the last few months none of their many investigators who have
baptismal dates had NOT entered into the covenant of baptism. We could teach
more than 30 or 40 lessons in a week and I am sure we would be feeling great
and loving the opportunity to teach HOWEVER if none of our goals for the month
become baptized, Were those 40 or 50 Lessons very effective? No. With the new
indicators we are really focusing on finding people and with the spirit getting
them to the faunt. I love the new indicators and we have found that they help
us to focus on those who are willing to progress and not teach those who are
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week we had a lot of fun teaching more people and focusing on the spirit. We
have been looking for the people who are willing to progress. It was amazing to
see how focusing more on the needs of people and the spirit helped all of them
keep their commitment to go to church. <br />
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The gospel is true and I love it. I will not stop sharing it. I loved what the
mission council talked about in terms of applying the mission after returning
home. Plant good habits in the mission and cultivate them at home. That is
definately my plan! <o:p></o:p></div>
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ALSO!!!! We had an investigator named Benancio go to church for the second time
and the ward mission was talking about Priesthood and how a worthy holder must
pay tithing. Our investigator went to the bishop and told him that he needed to
teach him how to pay tithing and HE PAID TITHING!!! He is an investigator and
he is paying tithing! I could not believe it. An amazing sunday.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00227431547839823465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879928689762414079.post-42779644974590719852017-01-25T15:15:00.000-08:002017-01-30T13:53:48.835-08:00Mission Week 96 & 97, Umacollo Peru; "Do we have a Dog?" "Last Transfer"!!<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">MOM!!! :D Love you
so much I got changed back to arequipa. Was on a long bus ride and did not have
any time to write. I will get you more details and photos next week. I am in
the UMACOLLO stake with Elder Mendoza! He is from Bolivia! We are going to have
lots of fun we are zone leaders of two Large stakes. The office is in the zone!
I am really close to umacollo! Love you tons mom!!!! QUESTION: ¿Do we have a
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So this week has been a little bit to take on. For the first
few days I felt like I was underwater. The stress and the anxiety got me so
worked up I could not understand what was being said in the lessons and my
Spanish stopped working. Elder Mendoza is a great missionary but there are a
few character traits that make him a very unique companion. He is a very timid
and shy. I have been working on gaining his confidence and helping him to get
to know a little bit more about being a zone leader. He lacks a lot of basic
social skills that many of my other companions have had. He is
an only child and he and his mom are the only converts in their family. He is
fairly relaxed with the missionaries and hard on the investigators. I went through a few panic attacks but I think I can help Elder Mendoza
with the zone. <br />
The biggest difficulty and frustration that I have had with the zone is not
knowing anything. It has been a large part that gets my spirits down because I
would like to do exactly what I did in Tacna with Elder Velasquez or Elder
Cleverly but its not the same. I love the missionaries in Tacna. I am new and I
have yet to develop a relationship with the Elders Here but that just means I
will have to try that much harder with the time I have. I also still do not
know how to treat the Elders in the office thats an enigma but we will present
you the idea when we go to visit you for interviews!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We cannot compare ourselves to others. The mission is not a competition. When we start to compete against others in our mission we put a limit to the blessings that we want to receive from God. A long distance runner always competes against himself comparing old and new times looking for ways to improve his performance. If a Long distance runner stops focusing on his goals and focus himself on others he might sacrifice his own progress and become satisfied with being faster than another runner when in reality he could not only beat the other runner but many more.<br />
I loved the message about comparing resulting in Pride or discouragement. In talk of President Leguia he shared about a parent correcting a child and said that God corrects us. He has two sons, one who he saw was loosing his way; with tears in his eyes he expressed his love for his wayward child but still longed for him to come back to the gospel. God does not want to discourage us. He loves us and will correct us but does not want to discourage us. I have seen many runners who become satisfied with less than their full potential because they compare themselves with other runners. Many times we as missionaries see baptisms or leadership positions as a form of recognition. They are wrong. It gives us opportunities to serve and love.<br />
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-Elder TannerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00227431547839823465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879928689762414079.post-62267611713300394502017-01-04T08:33:00.000-08:002017-01-04T08:33:29.187-08:00Mission Week 93 & 94; Tacna Peru "The Lord has a plan"<div class="MsoNormal">
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recognized this week was that we have one purpose on the mission. Invite others
to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel. Elder Sorias
conversion story was definitely a huge example to me of someone who fulfilled
his missionary purpose and a mom dedicated to the lord. Elder Sorias brother
passed away on the mission. When a ward member broke the news to his mom she
screamed out of agony and fell to her knees and prayed. She must have prayed
more than an hour when she stood up and said "I know and trust in the
lord. If it was his will to take my son let it be. I have four more children
that need to send on a mission as well." I was blown away by the faith and
trust in god that this woman had. The first thing that she does after hearing
about her sons death is testify of the will of god and promise to send her
other children. Neither she herself or any of her other children at that time
were members. After the news of their sons death the family soria quickly
converted to the church and made a long and hard journey to become sealed in
the temple. Even though their son passed away on his mission he fulfilled his
purpose as a missionary for his own family. I know that the Lord has a plan and
he will never waste our efforts on the mission and we will always receive the
rewards of our efforts, we may not see them but the blessings come and they
last forever.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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the baptisms and funny photos. If you look at me and my companion in the street
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This week was fairly interesting. I was sick for a part of
it but I got over it fast. It was actually the Christmas dinner that made me
sick and after that I ate Ricotto Relleno which would usually make my stomach
worse but my companion told me to do it with the faith that it would make me
better. I just kept on telling myself that it would make me better and with a
positive mentality I got better while eating a pretty heavy dish.<br />
This sunday I gave a talk on the message from the first presidency from this
month. I enjoyed preparing myself for the talk I used a few scriptures from
John. The explanation of peace is amazing and how Jesus gives us a peace that
no one else can. How a firm confidince in his plan and in obeying the
commandments can bring us more peace that a full wallet and a full stomach.
That is just one of the fruits of the spirit. I have decided to look and
develop everysingle one of these fruits of the spirit found in galations 5 this
week. I hope that I can gain a stronger testimony of each and everyone of them.<br />
Our investigators keep on progressing. We are excited to see them take thier
leaps of faith in these days. Last week we all had very spiritual experiences
and we were able to feel such a strong spirit and this week we really focused
on committing them to act according to their feelings. We will see the results
this week and I wait for them zealously.<br />
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I have a two months left in the mission. I have many plans and goals that I
will accomplish in that time, Moreover I would like your opinion on the goals I
have set and I would like you to help me set more. Here are some of the goals
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3. Raise church attendance in the ward I am in by 20.<br />
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4. Read the Book of Mormon in the two weeks I have left while contemplating the
way I have used it in the mission and how I can better that usage int he time I
have left.<br />
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5. Serve my companion daily.<br />
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6. Be more spiritual in my letters that I write home. Help my family feel
converted through the things I write.<br />
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but with a some phone calls and text messages we got enough investigators to go
to church. There are a few of those investigators that we want to teach and
they tell us, no I just want to go to church. A little frustrating but no one
ever said that the investigators would come easily. I hope that we through
fasting and prayer the lord can soften their hearts or we can find the
"KEY" that will get us in the door and the spirit in their hearts.<br />
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I miss being with Elder Velasquez. He is an excellent missionary. We are still
living together. Its a little strange. Everyday with Elder Velasquez was a Day
where you got home and you felt absolutely drained. So many spiritual
experiences and surprises at every turn. Elder Cleverly is a fantastic Elder
too. I do not know him quite as well but we have a much more compatible way of
teaching and I can feel the spirit so strong its like it is shooting out of our
fingers like it says in Preach my gospel. The weight of the zone is not the
same. I am so grateful for the opportunity that I had to learn. It was amazing
to see how the lord can fix everything and we only play a small part. He is
everything. He can do everything. Sometimes all we have to do is be present and
he will do the rest. Sometimes we he lets us fail so we can learn.<br />
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Fast and testimony meeting the Bishops councilor started by talking about the
example of a sister in the ward who was going to go to the temple. She had so
little but she always saved enough to go to the temple. This sister was an
older woman who sold juice in a market she said that she did not make much
money in fact it was practically nothing. That all that was left after she had
bought food and necessary items was a sol. ONE SOL. She would take that sol
from everyday and put it in a jar that was saved for the temple. Every year she
would go to the bishop and say bishop here it is and she would always have
enough to go to the temple including a little extra that would go to help
others. A few testimonies later that same woman stood up and gave the most
simple and sincere testimony. She said,"the temple is a good place. It is
Beautiful and I like it. I like it and the lord likes it to. He is happy that I
am there. That is why he gives me extra so I can go". I could not stop thinking
about the humility and example of faith in that woman. She saves 33 cents daily
so she can go to the temple. What more can we give? I am making goals of more
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today was the hard day. Changes.... I am staying in my area but I will have a
new companion Elder Velasquez is going to another ward in the stake but they
are splitting the zone. I have half of the zone in the larger of the three
stakes. It will be a lot easier to manage. Elder Cleverly is my companion. He
should be getting here soon. I am feeling really wiped out. Yesterday we
readied a room and that was not the funnest. We were painting for over an hour.
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We had to send over half the zone. Imagine trying to get over fifteen
missionaries on three different buses in two different terminals.... I was
fairly agitated and I yelled at a member. He wanted to call me and give me a hard
time and I was just not taking it while trying to make sure elders did not lose
their buses. During changes I cannot describe how much less stressful the
sisters are. They are mature, they get to the terminal on time. they do not
complain. they dont give me problems. I would love to thank and urge all
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date for this Saturday but the investigator, Raquel, did not feel to good about
choosing between god and her family. It was a really hard moment it was the
first time that Elder Velasquez and I had ever gotten back to the room and just
thrown ourselves in bed without changing brushing our teeth. It was a pretty hard
moment but we bounced back even stronger. With the determination that God is
preparing people for us and we need to find them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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good. I feel like there are many things to do in Tacna and with the
determination that Elder Velasquez and I have we will keep on doing it. I feel
like some of the Elders feel comfortable being outside of Arequipa, we have
taken the initiative to see how there studies are going and take time to talk
with them one on one. It has been a great opportunity to solve problems have
companionship inventories and show the Elders that we are more than just a
digital audio recording device. This week I read a scripture that I love and
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The lord sends us like sheep between wolves. I have seen the importance of
Permanecen Juntos SIEMPRE. What is one sheep all by itself going to do between
a lot of wolves. I cannot imagine it getting very far. The lord promises us
protection and success when we are obedient. We must be prudent and simple.
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by confidence. We believe that we can trust in ourselves more than the spirit
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Today we had an excelent companionship study where we talked
about how we could improve our teaching methods and use of time. We concluded
with us needing to be more focused on those who were prepared by god to recieve
us. Many Missionaries in Tacna believe that we must prepare and teach our investigators
and help them to find their testimony, however, Preach my Gospel teaches us to
FIND, TEACH, INVITE. That is all we can do. Preach my gospel does NOT say that
we must force the spirit into someones life by teaching them OVER and OVER and
OVER AGAIN. We must be effecient Missionaries and the lord will to the
preparing we just need to do the Finding the Teaching and the Inviting. This
last week we found Three people ready to baptize. THEY WERE PREPARED BY THE
LORD and all we had to do was find them. I know that The Gospel Changes lives
but if we continue to teach people who are not prepared it would be like
trying to bathe a cat. You might be able to do it, but the likelyhood of that
happening is a lot better when we work with the will of God. The gospel is like
a river. We need to help every that wants to go with it. Some people might be
already trying to go with the flow of the gospel but they are tangeled in reeds
of doubt. Others are actively marching upstring. We must help those who let us
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week had me at the end of my patience but I now know that god listens and
answers prayers not in our own time but in his time. He knows our weaknesses
and our strengths and he is going to push us to our breaking point and then
give us all that we need. This week we had a few notable things happen.<br />
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1. I was shouted at and chased by a drug addict from Brazil. He was yelling a
lot of different words and the best part was that it was in Portuguese and I did
not understand anything.<br />
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rejected us three times.<br />
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5. after the church meeting on Sunday we had a crazy guy who is also famous
come to the church. He started yelling and saying that these are my brothers
from the one and only true church. People say that he is crazy but that he is
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4. We prepped the baptismal font for a baptism. Usually the fonts take around
three hours to fill and when they do they have a run off pipe that keeps them
from overflowing. Little did we know that the font in the arias araguez
building fills faster than the run off pipe lets water out. We started filling
and thought that it would at least take a few hours to fill and we left to go
make a payment. When we cam back to the church we found water in the entire
floor of the church. It somehow had managed to make it into the entire
sacrament room and cultural hall but avoided the classrooms. We were extremely
lucky to have caught it before it made it into the basement. We spent the
fallowing two hours cleaning up all the water. During which we did not have any
idea how to turn on the fans which would speed up the clean up. I said a quick
prayer asking God to send me the knowledge to figure out how to turn on the
fans or to send me someone who knew how to turn them on. About a half an hour
into the clean up our relief society president rung the bell in the front door
and asked about a certain activity that was going to take place in the church.
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sacrament building and she explained us the way to turn them on.<br />
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investigators and we have received MANY references. I am not saying that all
of them are golden investigators that are ready to be baptized in fact until
Sunday night I was super happy to have the new investigators but I told my
companion that all of them are going to be a lot of work. I was telling him
that we have lots of new investigators and lots of work to do but I did not see
much desire to learn more, However, Shortly after saying that we had a little
kid run up to us and say ELDERES!!! we contacted the family. They are not
members they have been going to church and they want to hear more. That was a tiny
mercy of God. He was letting me know that he is going to make us look for the
needle in the haystack. We are going to find a LOT of hay but that is what it
is going to take to find the needle!<br />
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opportunity to serve my heavenly father and my siblings.<o:p></o:p></div>
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HEY MOM! <b>(10/24)</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Wow Stressful week full of amazing experiences. This week I
was able to get through my last week alone without having another companion.
President was telling me the whole change that I was going to train in the
upcoming change while being a zone leader. I was on top of everything trying
to prepare the rooms and getting all the things I needed, writing contracts and
going to get things legalized. I almost jumped on a bus to go get a document
from a really small town a few hours away. super stressful week. I was called
rude by three different people who almost did not make it to their bus because
I was pushing them out. INSANE WEEK!!! but its over my new companion is another
Argentinian. His name is Elder Velasquez every has great comments for him<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>This week was a good tough week. The work was a little slow.
We found a lot of new people and were rejected a lot too. We had a fun time
teaching a fairly stubborn family. I hope that the lord will answer there
prayers and soften their hearts. When we got back there were lots of
missionaries who needed things done, people waiting for us to remove the
furniture out of their house. Today I became overwhelmed and was thrown into a
down warding spiral of doubt, frustration, and feeling inept. I get to the point
where I do not know what to do. Do I do the things that the missionaries need,
or do I do something that would help me unstress. I cannot sit still knowing
that other missionaries are not well because they do not have money and need
reimbursements. Is there a moment where I just say I cant do it anymore and stop
answering the phone calls. Maybe I am just overthinking everything. I feel bad
because today it is taking a toll on my companion to see me in such an
oblivious state. I feel bad but at times I do not know how to react and rather
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My companion and I went to one of the
ward activities and as we walked into the activity we could both feel the
spirit slowly dwindling away. After sitting through the most uncomfortable 45
minutes of my mission we left the activity. As we silently walked up the road
from the church I talked with my companion. I asked him if he could feel the
spirit in the activity and he told me that he did not feel it at all. It was a
strange feeling of emptiness that I have yet been able to shake. I worry a lot
about the Esperanza Ward. La Florida is doing great we have been finding new
investigators asking for references and receiving new work. This upcoming
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internet cafe president gave me a call. He just gave me a pep talk and helped
boost my mood. God answers our prayers!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I love you. I want you to know that in the hardest times of
my mission and the hardest times of my life I have always depended on the
testimony of you and Dad. I know that the promise of alma is true. In alma
37:16-17 we learn the importance of being obedient. If we are obedient nothing
in hell or on earth can take away the blessings of the lord. I know that this
is true not because I have participated it first hand but I have seen the
blessings that my parents have received. In the mission I have seen Elders go
home because they doubt. I know that God lives and He loves each and everyone
of us. It is the first truth of the gospel. There is no way that out of two
hundred letters to president he read mine out of chance and new that he had to
call me. I Know god has a divine path for each and everyone of us. Sometimes we
need to do hard things with him to be able to help others. I love you Mom.
Thank you for your testimony always!<o:p></o:p></div>
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This week was a good week. The zone had success. We Ended
this week with 6 confirmations and 7 rescues. We still have room to improve.
The Tacna district seems to be having a few bumps in the road. Elder Barrientos
is trying to do all he got here this week in an emergency change and he will go
home this week too. The Missionaries in the Alameda District are having lots of
success. This week we will do divisions with Elder Senden and we will have a
good day contacting with lots of spanish practice. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Compromiso. While pondering you letter I thought about the
things that I needed to do to become a more committed missionary. While looking
for synonyms to commitment I found the fallowing word. Dedication, devotion,
allegiance, loyalty, faithfulness and fidelity. What mission president would
not want missionaries with these actualities? I feel like I would shout with joy
if our investigators were a little more dedicated to their scripture study.
What would any missionary do to have liders devoted to The Mission Work. I know
many missionaries that long to have a more loyal companion. I feel like there
are so many ways we can improve our commitment to the mission. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I feel like before the mission we were all spiritually
unformed. We all we starting our lives and starting to understand our purpose
in life but we there was something that was missing. A lot of times when
a person needs to get in shape physically they go on a diet and they stop eating
and drinking things that are not bad, but at this time they are not absolutely
necessary. The mission is a diet of our lives. For two years our heavenly
father is ready to shape us spiritual. The commitment to this spiritual diet
will effect the results for the rest of our lives. I will be putting goals down
and looking for new opportunities to become a more committed missionary. Thank
you president.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mom it has been a very very challenging week. We had
correlations with all three stakes. Later President came down for interviews
and a stake conference. While president was here Every stake leader wanted to
talk to him... It was a lot of correlating but in the end it all worked out.
President went back to Arequipa Sunday. He told me that this trip was the
smoothest trip he has had and he felt like he had accomplished a lot because I
had scheduled him things to do for almost every hour he was here. I am not
going to lie that it used up a lot of my concentration and Sunday I was paying
the consequences but the lord always comes through and when we should be
absolutely dead because we have nothing left to give it comes out of somewhere.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elmer Is awesome. He is from tacna and He is a rather
serious person who takes a lot of time reflecting and meditating what he will
say and do. It is a refreshing change from before. This week I was trying to do the informs for all three
stakes which would usually take Elder Behotas and I three hours. I was talking
while Elmer got board and organize EVERY THING IN THE ROOM. That being said the
room was left in a horrendous condition when Elder Behotas Left I will send you
a photo and I will send you a photo now. He has been a huge blessing, However
yesterday was to much for me the ward has not been pleased with the absence
that the interviews. I did not know what to do being as president had given us
the assignment also to work in another ward. I was ready to lose my mind. Elmer
said that he noticed that I always took the responsibility upon myself and he
did not know how he could help because he has never done any of these things.
He encouraged me to pray and look for support from my heavenly father because
if I am here in these whirlwind of tasks and preoccupations. I did exactly that
and somewhere I was able to find the means to keep on going.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Guess what We had Emergency Changes. I am staying in Tacna.
I will be sending my companion to Ilo He will meet up with president and the
other assistant and he is the new assistant. It was time. Being a zone Leader
is not the easiest thing to do. He was sure tired of being in charge of the
zone. Supposedly the load of being assistant is not as demanding. As of right
now president says that the mission lacks leaders and He is sending me a
temporal because he does not have other zone leaders. This is the first time
that I have seen a Zone leader with someone who was not another zone leader. It
seems to me a very interesting concept. Divisions will be extremely hard as my
companion is not quite yet a missionary. I also have to talk to three stakes
and I am just one Zone leader... I am a little bit stressed but If thats what
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fun to see a familiar face. I liked the Saturday afternoon session and the
morning session. There were a lot of talks about the lessons we teach as
missionaries and in the afternoon there was a ton of Missionary talks. I think
that my favorite talk was the talk about how we as saints can be joyful through
whatever circumstances.The talk reminded me of the time we had the problem
where the pipes were clogged and the basement bathroom was flooded..
I remember that when me and maddy started we were a little bit upset and we did
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the chore differently. Pretty soon we were not dreading it but the fact that we
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have been able to really hit the pavement and give it my all. This week We had
an emergency change, Elder Pintado was sent to the office so he could recover
from the back problems that he was having. His replacement was Elder
Hinostroza. President was not to excited to be sending Elder Jones a new
trainer because he had only had a week but he determined that the best thing to
do was send me for a week help Elder Jones get his feet wet and then send Him
his new trainer. I was in Ciudad Nueva this week Training Elder Jones. Knowing
that it was an area that had been struggling for baptisms for some time now I
new that I had to start from the beginning. I talked to the bishop and arranged
for a meeting with him the ward secretary and the first counselor. I found out
that relations with the ward mission leader were not great so I arrange for a
meeting with him and told him that we just wanted to get to work and needed to
know where to start. We found ourselves having lessons with less actives
contacting looking for directions and we were moving a ton in the area. I got
to know a lot of the area and many of its members. It was amazing how at the
end of the week I did not want to go. The Bishop told me that he was going to
call president and tell him that I had to stay. It was a fantastic week and
during that week my companion organized the baptism for Sister Evelyn. She was
so happy to be baptized. She has come a long way and has truly repented for the
past and she is excited to make good choices in the future. She asked that I
baptize her and that Elder Behotas could confirm her. It was an amazing
experience and Elder Jones and I were able to take a few investigators to the
baptism and they want to be baptized in the fallowing weeks.<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00227431547839823465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879928689762414079.post-88828411861221831062016-09-21T15:53:00.001-07:002016-09-21T15:53:30.651-07:00Mission Week 78 & 79, Tacna Peru<br />
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This week was very hard. We spent most of our time visiting
leaders and we had a hard time having visits with investigators. We did happen
to challenge someone to baptism but that is based on the grounds that I baptize
him on Christmas day. <br />
Are there chances that I could stay here until Christmas?<br />
We found two less actives this week. They are a hoot. We joked around with them
talking about their mission experiences. Both are returned missionaries. We do
not have a lot of experienced teaching Inactive married Returned missionaries
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week... Oh my gosh. I have never had such a stressful week ever. This
week we almost lost one of the missionaries who we really need here. He is only
eighteen and he is very stressed. He has had some health problems and the
mission nurse did not help him a ton. The doctors here are super un organized
and literally just told him to buy a hard bed and told him to leave. I was upset
because I saw a missionary so stressed and confused that he just wanted to
throw in the towel. Seeing him being stressed I went to the bank and took out
around sixty dollars in soles and I told him we are going to go to the clinic
and have them look at you know and they will tell us exactly what we need to
do. I did it without asking for permission and I knew that the mission was not
going to pay for it because they had already sent him to the clinic. I in that
moment felt like I needed to have him seen. He went to the clinic had a few
tests done and for the first time I saw him relax and the stress left. The
mission will not be able to reimburse me but I knew it was worth it. If that is
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week we have been able to work a little bit in the area but not a ton. A lot of
the investigator did not make it to church however Evelyn DID GO!!! She is the
suprise blessing of the week. She is making lots of changes in her life but is
also the most determined. I was so happy to see her yesterday in the church. we
had a lesson with her and she is not giving up she will take her time in
picking a date but she is not going to give up.<o:p></o:p></div>
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times in the scriptures. This week we had a special surprise visit from
president Johnson he told us that he would like to take a little bit of time to
talk to all the missionaries in the zone. After we all had gone to a church
close to the entrance of tacna president started to share with us a large talk
that was accompanied by lots of scriptures about humility and The Savior. I
knew all along what he was going to tell us, I had felt it from the very beginning.
The purpose of the talk was to prepare us for something that he had to tell us,
Every time he talked about something related to this little announcement he
started to cry. I could see the tears welling up in his eyes. It was extremely
obvious how much this would cost him to say. After finishing an excellent talk
and helping all of us feel the spirit and love he has for us he told us that
many of us would probably be waiting with much anticipation for a special visit
from an apostle. Elder Renlund would be coming to visit the mission but We, The
missionaries from the Tacna Zone, would not be traveling to visit him. All of
the missionaries had been given permission to travel the less than three hours
to get to Arequipa, However Tacna is seven hours outside of Arequipa and we
would not be traveling to meet the apostle. I knew that all the missionaries
here would be extremely disappointing. President Johnson and Sister Johnson
Cried and told us how much they had been fighting for us how much they wanted
us to be there. I felt a heart wrenching pain as I watched many of the Sister
missionaries in the Zone break down in tears. I recognized that this would be
one of the only chances to see an apostle for many, if not all the missionaries
who were from south america, and that they probably would never receive this
opportunity again. President Ended by making promises to each and every one of
us. Sometimes the bitter cup cannot be passed and we must accept the will of
the lord. I know that President Johnson has been called of God. I know that
this church is true and that Miracles exist. I love you all very much. Keep
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this week has been a amazing crash course of new things to do and to learn
while doing them. We have had presentation with the stakes and lots of new
oppourtunities to teach. The lessons that we have had this week have been few
but the lord makes up for the lack of time! This week we have been able to find
new investigators and challenge people to be baptized. It has been an amazing
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have been adjusting to the climate in tacna it has been a little bit of a
change but I finally feel like I am getting used to it. Its a lot more humid
than arequipa and I like that a lot about it. I hope that I get to stay here
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This week we have had meetings with the stake president of
Arias Araguez. We had a presentation with the sumo sacerdote who was in charge
of la obra misional. It was a little bit difficult because the members who were
assisting had been misinformed about the meeting and were told it was not going
to be about the missionary work. It was a great presentation but the mood of
those listening really made it difficult for us and Hermano Cornejo. <br />
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This week we have not been able to have a ton of lessons however the lessons
that we have had were extremely beneficial. This week we were able to find new
investigators and challenge people to baptism and three of them accepted. We
have found that when we are dedicating all our time to the lord he is going to
help us with the things that we need.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Some of my responsibilities are; Zone conferences. divisions with more than thirty
missionaries. Training those thirty missionaries, Making sure that they have
success. Meetings with stake presidents from three different stakes all of
which have very different ideas and very different plans for the missionary
work. Making sure all of the rooms pensions and emergency supplies of the
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This week we were having a tough week with my companion, We
had passed many dificulties but we kept positive trusting in god. Before we
left to go to church this sunday I felt the need to pray after reading Mathew 7
verse 7 pondering deeply in Knock and it shall be opened unto you. We needed
the windows of heaven to open and I was determined to ask for a miracle. After
a short fervent prayer I walked out the door expecting nothing less than a
complete milagro. In our Gospel principles class I was giving the lesson and I
invited an ancient investigator to talk to the bishop, She had expressed her
desires to be baptized but had always had a few doubts. I told her that if she
wanted to be baptized she needed to talk to the bishop. I do not know why that
is what came to my mind. Later that day when the bishop entered into the
consejo de barrio he said that the lady had fixed her doubts and accepted to be
baptized latter this week with her two sons. Here in Ferroviarios we have seen
the results of being obedient in the morning and Diligent in the afternoon and
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got here. i am here as a zone leader. Tacna is also a zone all by itself. It
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My companion is elder behotas. he is a little similar to me
but we will learn a lot together. He is a new zone leader. he only has one
change as a zone leader. the two of us we be in a huge struggle to keep on top
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I had a very fun accident this week. I almost got run over
by a car but All went well. I tore a huge hole in my pants. but I just ripped
them down the seem and We have a member who is Called Mamita Lily She fixes all
the clothes she stole my shoes once and had them repaired. She is awesome.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Its been a great week, There have been so many changes. We
have not only experienced changes in companions but many of our investigators
are encountering new problems and challenges in their lives. We found out that
a recent converts dad has started to have problems with the word of wisdom
because of marital difficulties. The amazing thing about the gospel is that
there is an answer for everything. We want brother Jaime to go to church
because I know that he would find the friends and support necessary. Its
amazing how god lets us pass through adversity to help strengthen us physical
spiritually and morally. I know that the adversity that we face in the mission
is just a way of showing how much confidence the lord has in us as
missionaries.<br />
This week I have been studying adversity and how much it is related with
patience. I love the definition in Preach my gospel for patience...<br />
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Patience is the capacity to endure delay, trouble, opposition, or suffering
without becoming angry, frustrated, or anxious. It is the ability to do God’s
will and accept His timing. When you are patient, you hold up under pressure
and are able to face adversity calmly and hopefully. Patience is related to
hope and faith—you must wait for the Lord’s promised blessings to be fulfilled.<br />
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In these few days that I have been with Elder Otsuka, I have been able to see
the great gift of patience that he has. He has never lost patience with me, but
patience is not just responding to adversity with faith and calmness. I have
always been able to control my temper but Admire greatly the hope that my
companion has in situations that have little probability of realization. I am
focusing a lot on developing more patience.<br />
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Love Elder TannerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00227431547839823465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879928689762414079.post-40473168812337566162016-07-04T10:03:00.001-07:002016-07-04T10:03:43.621-07:00Mission Week 69, Ferroviaios Peru
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week we met the new mission president. Tuseday in the morning all the
missionaries from arequipa went to the Church in Umacollo and we all sat
nervously waiting for our new president to address us. President Johnson got to
the church and the entire chapel went silent. He walked in with his wife and
the two had giant smiles. I could tell that this president would have a large
influence on my life. We listened to both the assistants. they explained a few
things but when president johnson spoke he told us stories about his mission
experiences. He told us about how in his mission there was an area that had not
had baptisms for a long time. He with his companion prayed and fasted and
decided to put the goal of 25 baptisms for the month. Through SO much fasting
and prayer they accomplished the 25 baptisms the day before the end of the
month. The fallowing months they continued to multiply thier success on the
fourth month they spent a lot of time teaching more than fifty people at a
time. They found a lot of success through serving in the fields with thier
investigators and they baptized more than 200 people in that month. He
exclaimed that we through covenants with our heavenly father could accomplish
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we had lunch with president In a pizza place. I sat off in a corner with my
companion. We ate some delcious pizza and right before we were going to leave I
saw that President was talking to one of the Assistants and pointing at my
companion and I. We walked out to leave and the assistants waved us over and
told us that president wanted to go and visit the members and investigators
that we were goign to visit. Close to the end of the day we drove with
president to the lesson and It was amazing. We taught the plan of salvation and
you could feel the spirit so strongly. It was amazing. We did not have much
time to talk afterwards but It was an amazing experience for My companion and
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This week was HARD! And fun! We had great numbers this week
but We were not able to meet with the investigators that I wanted to meet with.
We found two new people to teach. They are two friends from Bolivia who
traveled to Arequipa on promise of work and in the end there was no job. They
are stuck here and are just trying to make it along living in a room about the
size of my old walk in closet... They have a game of uno and spend most of
their free time playing that game. We have focused on them this whole week.
They feel alone and need friends. I have also been improving my teaching skills
because My companion does not have a strong background in the church. He
usually shares his testimony and gives some advice which is perfect because he
has a very strong testimony. He has had so many life experiences and he can
usualy relate to the problems the members have and he brings so much experience
to the table. Its amazing to see how the lord can take anyone and turn them
into a grand instrument of change. I know that the lord did the same thing with
me. He changed me. In my mission I cannot believe the things he has allowed me
to see and the experiences he has allowed me to pass. I cannot explain with
words the feelings and emotions one feels while watching someone come to
realize that the gospel is true and they can be forgiven for the past. I know
that The Gospel is true that this is the key to find peace in life. Sharing
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I am On And I have some news! It was changes today and we
doubted that there would be a change because There was absolutely no reason
that there should be a change. I had only been with my Companion Elder Soria
for a month and a half. I was in the office so I asked president why he changed
us and gave me a suprising answer. He told me that the first thing he did when
he looked at the changes board was ask himself who needed to train. The first
person that came to his mind was me and he said that i needed to train. After
that the first person he put up as training was me. After that when he found
out that my companion whom i was going to train went home He was going to leave
me with elder Soria but he thought that If anyone needed to have the only
temporal missionary that there would be in the whole mission for this change it
was me. I will admit my response to my change was bitter and I was not happy
with it at all. I was not ready to recieve a new companion and I did not sleep
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I was able to take in all the things that were happening and <b><i>SUCK IT
UP!!! </i></b>as dad would say. It was definately a suck it up moment. The name
of of my companion is Hermano Paredes. He is going to have a lot of fun. I am
excited for the new oppourtunities that await and I hope that I am up to the
tasks the president sees fit for me. I also will miss president Zobrist. I have
to say that he has put quite the dent in my life. He has caused a lot of stress
and a lot of joy. I have learned a lot from his leadership and I admire
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