EVERYONE
GUESS WHAT IT SNOWED IN BRADENTON THIS WEEK. It was crazy...It had
been raining a lot that whole day and night but when we woke up to
exercise in the morning I opened the door and sure enough there was a
thin layer of snow all over the ground!! Ok Just kidding. Thought I
would at least attempt to try and make you guys jealous for maybe
like half a second to experience what Im feeling right now while
reading your emails. I CANT BELIEVE IT SNOWED IN TEMECULA FOR LIKE
THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY THE ONE WINTER IM NOT THERE. But really
though! Like it couldn't have waited one more? Or maybe last year
that would have been good too? It's alright though Id still rather be
snow busy saving souls.
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Spanish lesson of the week: A way to say what's up or what's
happening in Spanish is¿Que pasa? I was eating some natilla
(Columbian dessert with raisins) this week and had some personal
revelation: raisin in Spanish is pasa. So really when you say ¿que
pasa? You're never going to know if someone's trying to say hey!
What's happening! Or hey! What raisin! So I'm telling you guys this
so that if you ever in your life have a Hispanic come up to you and
hey! What raisin!? Just stay calm they are probably just confused and
trying to say what's up. So you're all welcome for that.
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Lets see...what happened this week....I got peed on by a dog? Hahaha
like all over my skirt. I walked straight through a giant
anthill and got attacked? I caught a alligator and am now keeping it
as a pet? Ok maybe not the last one. Still waiting for the day I see
an alligator. But yeah I feel like everything this week pretty much
stayed the same. We were only able to see Ricardo once this week
because he's been having to work so much and that's why he wasn't
able to come to church on Sunday so that was a little sad. But he's
doing pretty well and we will hopefully be able to see him more this
week. We went on exchanges this week and Hna Paulsen(my MTC
companion) is my sister training leader so I went on exchanges with
her in her area in Sarasota! Haha it was awesome! Like seriously
though it was amazing to see how much we have both learned and
progressed these last few months. And teaching together in Spanish?
So much better than our attempts to read through our poorly
prewritten notes in the MTC. I have read through some of my notes and
talks from the MTC and they just make my eyes burn! There like isn't
even one sentence that doesn't have something wrong! Haha I honestly
don't know how my MTC teachers could keep straight faces when we
talked to them. I'm not sure I have what it takes to be an MTC
teacher bc I'm pretty sure I would just be dying all
the time. But it was really neat just talking with Hna Paulsen about
all of the things that we have learned about Spanish, missionary
work, the gospel and life in general. They didn't really have anyone
to teach and so we pretty much just spent the whole day walking
around her area asking every single person for referrals. I've been
wanting to get better at asking people for referrals for a long time
and this exchange was just what I needed. Even though we didn't
really have any lessons planned, we ended up teaching 11- the most
lessons I've taught in a single day so far in my mission. And this
was just because we asked everybody for referrals! At one point we
were walking down this road and there was an old man trying to push
himself down the street in his wheelchair( doesn't really work so
well). I asked if we could help him and he let me push him all the
way back to his house. After talking to him, we found out that he had
already read the Book of Mormon and when I asked if he believed it he
was like yes of course I believe it! It helps support the bible and
the bible helps support the BOM!
The only reason I'm not mormon is because they believe in polygamy!
Well you know sir, now that you mention it, Mormons actually DONT
believe in polygamy soooo you should come to church and get baptized
haha. We were able to set him up with a ride to church so idk maybe
he will end up getting baptized soon! But anywho I learned so much
this day and had like a whole list of things I wanted to bring back
to our area to improve on. I hope one day that Paulsen and I can be
companions again because we'd do work!
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So we have been teaching a couple named Catherine and Chris, the
daughter of a member and her boyfriend, a few times and the last time
we were finally able to teach them about the Book of Mormon. They are
both super religious and love the bible and have soooo many questions
about our religion and Joseph smith and prophets and everything else
and as we have been teaching them my gratitude for the Book of Mormon
has increased so so much. Heavenly Father knew we would have concerns
and questions and doubts so He gave us the Book of Mormon. A true
testimony of the Book of Mormon really can answer every single
question that someone could have about this church. How is it
possible that Joseph Smith saw God? Read and pray about the Book of
Mormon and you'll know. How can I believe that your church is the
only one with the authority to baptize? Read and pray about the Book
of Mormon and you'll know. It really is my first answer to
everything. It is the key to
everything. If someone knows that the Book of Mormon is true, then
they will also know God is our Heavenly Father, Christ is our savior,
and that His church in its fullness has been restored through the
prophet Joseph smith and we are led and guided by a living prophet today.
It's like a package deal! There's no need for argument, for bible
bashing or any of that because we can always just invite people to
read about the Book of Mormon to answer any questions someone could
ask us. I am so grateful for this inspired book and my testimony and gratitude
for it grow every day.
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everyone had a good New Years! I had a great one...I set my alarm for
11:59, watched it turn 12 and shouted WOOH 2015 BRING IT ON to myself
then went back to bed haha it was pretty epic. So excited for what
this new year holds! Everyone go out and live the best year of your
life okay because that's my game plan! Love you all and hope you have
a great week-- hope you all don't get snowed in our anything!
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Love,
Herbaughna
(new year new name yes it's happening)
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