tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90692972646191427152024-02-06T19:37:43.263-08:0034 TiesHi! My name is Elder Nielson and I am currently serving a mission in San Pablo, Philippines for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I hope that you will tune in each week to find out what life is like for a small-town Canadian boy in the Philippines!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11907881039735339780noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-52948007818761086912015-10-12T22:56:00.002-07:002015-10-12T22:56:47.873-07:00Last Email from the Philippines!! 10 More Days!!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Well this will be the last email that Elder Nielson will be sending home! This week we had a pretty good week. We set the next elders coming into this area up with a very solid investigator named Elmer. He will be baptized on the 24 of October -</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> three days after I go home ha ha. Oh well, that is just the way it works out I guess. </span></span></span><br />
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I feel like the members in my area are more excited for me to leave than I am ha ha. They have a little party planned for me <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1238451825" 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> and <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1238451826" 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;">Saturday</span></span>. Both should be lots of fun with lots of food. I love Filipino food but I can't wait to eat a really delicious Alberta steak... I have been craving that for a solid 22 months! My companion and I have picked up several good new investigators over the last couple days so the next missionaries to come out here will hopefully have a good time.<div>
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Conference was awesome haha. I already can't wait to go to Conference in April. Hopefully I will be able to go to Salt Lake for that one. That way I would get to meet up with some of the other missionaries from my mission. The biggest thing that stuck out to me at conference was how important progression is in this life. We always need to be moving forward and never backward. This is especially important for me at this time because of how great the temptation will be to just sink back into normal life. If I go back to being normal when I go home my mission was a waste. I need to continue to be making steps in the right direction.<div>
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I will be calling you hopefully <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1238451828" 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 Monday</span></span> at like 8 or <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1238451829" 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;">9 pm</span></span> here in the Philippines. I won't be able to talk for very long and it will pretty much be to just clear up the airport stuff. </div>
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Well, I love you lots and I can't wait to see you in 10 days. (That really feels weird to say!)</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"><i>This may be Elder Nielson's last post from the Philippines but we will have one more post from Canada when he is back!! So stay tuned in!! :)</i></span></div>
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CoriAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098297533044130669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-50613806946598260502015-10-05T21:55:00.003-07:002015-10-05T21:55:38.618-07:0016 Days!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thanks for the email Mom. Dental appointments and eye exams? Awesome! I am down for whatever you want to put me through. Thanks for telling me your new number. I think I will probably call you Monday </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">night on my last week.</span><br />
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Don't worry about me stressing out about things. If I didn't learn about how to manage stress out here on the mission, I probably had a pretty crappy mission considering everyday is right full of stress. Guess how many times I got cold sores or stomach problems here in the mission... Zero times! I am doing just fine so don't worry about me. </div>
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I can't wait to go and watch conference. I have been looking forward to conference for the last 2 weeks. It will be really nice to just sit back, relax and watch conference. Let the inspiration pour in. </div>
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I have been emailing Chase every week. I can tell that he is having a good time in the field haha. I have also emailed Mike a few times over the last 2 months or so. He just wanted to know if I wanted a spot in his apartment. I said I can't make any promises right now but that might be a good idea.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Well everything is going just fine out here in my area. Things are really moving along and we have some good progressing investigators. I think I finally have my companion where I want him to be. It only took like 3 weeks of good pushing but I have him at the point that I don't think he can physically work any harder. Later on</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_131916147" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-size: 12.8px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">tonight</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I have exchanges with my district leader haha. I think he is a little scared of me lol. He is a really good guy. He is from Cebu and speaks perfect English. I think he told me that his family is planning on moving to Canada after his mission. His dad works on ships so I think they will go to Vancouver or some place like that. This will be the first exchange I have been on since Lopez where I wasn't the senior companion on the exchange. Should be a good time! :)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">Thanks for the email Dad. I am grateful that you are not trunky. I don't even feel that trunky either. We had our mission president interviews a couple of days ago and he pretty much told me that if I was feeling trunky at all I am pretty stupid haha. I assured him that I am not. The only time that trunky feelings creep into my mind is during anytime that I have down time. What I am doing right now is removing any and all down time from my schedule. I need to get this area up and running so that the next missionaries that come here can have a good experience in Victoria Branch. My companion and I made maps for the whole area and color coded every section of our area so we know where we are working on what days. We also color coded the ward directory, the bishop's action list, the unknown address list and several other lists so that my companion and I as well as the next missionaries will always have something to do. Whether that this tracting, updating the mapping system, or finding less actives, everything is now nice and organized. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">I love the topic you have given me for my homecoming by the way. I could talk for hours about that. Thank you for something easy like that haha. Like I said I don't know if I can give a talk in English though. Its been quite a while!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">We had a good bonus this week. Church actually started on time! After chastising the members, branch presidency, talking to the stake president, and talking to president Mangum, we are finally having church on time. That is one big step towards Victoria becoming a ward and getting their very own chapel!</span></div>
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CoriAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098297533044130669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-40415487608983032742015-09-29T17:24:00.002-07:002015-09-29T17:24:52.930-07:0022 More Days!! :)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey Dad, thanks for the emails. Things are going good out here in Victoria right now. Life is going good out here for me but I can't lie, I am starting to feel that trunky feeling haha. We had a really good week though. We talked to some great potential investigators and set some solid appointments and we also managed to teach 23 lessons this week. That is the most my companion has ever gotten in one week in his mission. We do have some good investigators coming up. I don't know if I will be able to baptize them though. One is named Ian and he is married to a member out here in Victoria. He is a really awesome guy and has been coming to church for quite some time now. We would be able to baptism him right away if it wasn't for a small problem he has with smoking but i am sure that he will eventually get baptized. Another investigator that we could potentially baptize is Elmer. He is about 21 or so and has been coming to church for about 2 months now. He is another great investigator and hopefully we will be able to get him baptized before I leave. We haven't finished all of the lessons yet but we are close. I will keep you updated on both of them.</span><br />
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<i>Here is my letter. I am sure that I am responsible for some of Erik's trunkiness because my last two letters have had quite a few questions about school and future decisions for Erik. I feel bad and I have held off on asking him these things until now because I knew he would get this way. All you future mothers of missionaries - hold off on these things as long as you can - as you can here in his letter it ha definitely affected Erik. :( </i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you for sending my application form in to U of L. I am excited to go. Can you please just accept it when it comes in. Can you also do the student loans thing? </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think buying Kristy's car would be great idea. If you think that it would be a smart choice to buy that car as opposed to another I would be totally fine with that. Tell Kristy that we will have to take a road trip or something in her new fancy Nissan Rogue. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To be honest mom I am a little nervous/scared to go home ha-ha. I think there will have been a lot of big changes back there that will take some getting used too. I never really thought about the day on my mission that I could even start thinking about home. Actually, thinking like that has kept me happy and not home sick at all. I don't think I ever experienced home sickness my whole mission. Lately I have started thinking a lot about home though and the stuff I will get to do when I get there ha-ha. Don't worry it's not affecting my work. I am still working at 100%. I am just getting a little excited about some seeing you guys again. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well thanks for the email Mom. Love you lots!</span></span><br />
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CoriAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098297533044130669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-76407852965942566932015-09-21T22:18:00.001-07:002015-09-21T22:18:49.125-07:00Working Hard in Santa Cruz!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Thanks for the email mom! Things are going pretty good out here. We have some solid investigators that we should be able to baptize within a month or so. I don't think I will be around for the baptizing part of it but I will definitely set the other missionaries up for a really good time next transfer haha. The 2 main progressing investigators are both priesthood age and will make a great addition to the ward out here. Far too often missionaries find it harder to talk to or teach men. The branch that I'm in right now has literally no men. The only people here in my branch are Relief Society and Young Women. Oh well, I will just do my best to get this place rolling again. </span><br />
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Wow - my homecoming is coming up! I don't know if I can give a talk in English ha-ha. I feel like I would just freeze up and lose track of my thoughts ha-ha. Tell Dad to give me a topic for the talk and I will start working on it. I think the home coming talk will be the scariest of them all. Everyone will be staring at me and asking themselves what did he actually learn on his mission? :)</div>
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CoriAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098297533044130669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-51935581043274824442015-09-17T20:36:00.001-07:002015-09-17T20:36:11.773-07:00A Tiny Bit of Trunkiness??<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Hey Mom,</span><br />
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Thanks for the email. I am doing really well in my new area. There are some problems and the branch is super weak but I will focus on the good parts. In the 4 days that I have been in the area I have taught 18 lessons and talked to many more people. The people here are very humble and want to listen to our message. Work is a problem here. There is literally no source of employment here so many of the people here can't go to church because their crappy job that they are working at requires them to work 14 hours a day, everyday for 240 pesos a day (about $6). The members here are super nice and everywhere we go (less active and active) we are welcomed like famous people and are always fed ha-ha. Leadership is also pretty weak but I think everything will work out in the end. The Branch president loves to work with us and I think he is a great guy but he is always super late to church... <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_856020409" 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 Sunday</span></span> we had 6 investigators attend but no other members showed up until <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_856020410" 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;">9:20</span></span> to even open up the meeting house. The first meeting is supposed to start at 9... Oh well, I will need to go and talk to the branch president about that. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">My new area is in Victoria Santa Cruz and my companion is Elder Lepenya. I really don't know very much about him. I am in an area that I really like too. It is a smaller branch that needs some work but everyone is super humble out there and the missionary work has some real potential. I leave on Thursday</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">. Today the departing missionaries are leaving. There are only two of them. Elder Abeykoon and Sister Karawa. You remember Elder Abeykoon from my first area right? We were in the same house. He was the Sri Lankian elder. We have been making fun of them a whole lot because they have to go to the temple together. </span><br />
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CoriAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098297533044130669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-39969763229697239392015-08-31T20:42:00.000-07:002015-08-31T20:42:06.324-07:00The Office Season Finale!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Hi guys!!</span><br />
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Life is going pretty good out here for me. My new companion is Elder English. You probably know him from his blog. You might also know his mom. I think she is pretty in with the other mission moms. Anyways, he is doing pretty good right now. He is learning stuff pretty fast and I really think he will make a good office elder. I was his zone leader in Mindoro so we are pretty good friends already. Actually, I was zone leader for Elder Benosa and English. :)</div>
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I am super jealous of Kenzie and Kristy's trip to Kelowna. I want to go on a trip like that when I get home. I am in trouble... I really can't remember too much of the stuff I did in high school. Hopefully that is okay and won't effect me too much in collage haha. Actually I am getting kind of excited about college. Elder Brycen is working on his class schedule right now. Is that something that I should be worrying about? If it is, can you look into that stuff for me? I would hate to not be able to study next semester. I already don't know what I am going to do with my life for 2 months while I wait to go to school. I don't really want to try to get a job because who is going to hire me for just like 1.5 months? Oh well, I am sure I will come up with something to do. </div>
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Hey Mom, can you try to sell my Xbox on Brooks Buy & Sell or something like that? It is still worth something and I have a lot of games but everyday that goes by it gets older and older and the value drops. I should have had you sell it 2 years ago... I think with all the games and everything you could probably get $200-300. That would go nicely in a laptop fund or something like that when I go home. I don't think I will be playing on the xbox anymore ( Doesn't mean I won't touch video games when I get home. So don't get you hopes up too high. I just won't play them nearly as much because they really are a big waste of time). </div>
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Next week I am out of the office for good. I plan on leaving almost everything behind. I will take 2 shirts, 1 pair of pants, 1 polo and 50 books of Mormon. Bring it on. I am just kidding about that but I will be leaving most of my stuff at the office. It is starting to settle into my head that I am almost going home. I am still trying hard to kick those thoughts out. </div>
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CoriAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098297533044130669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-71755713870279649262015-08-27T19:18:00.001-07:002015-08-27T19:18:59.979-07:00Two More Weeks and Out of the Office :(<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey Mom and Dad!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Life is going great out here. I am happy to be leaving the office. I actually don't think that it will be that much of an adjustment for me. Elder Benosa and I are teaching about 1-2 lessons every day to less actives and investigators and we also have been using literally every spare second to tract and talk to people. Honestly this is the hardest I have worked my whole mission. I think if I just transfer that energy from the work here in the office to the work out in the field I will be just fine. We found and started teaching a very nice family and they just love to listen to us and want us to come back all the time. Their last name is Gonzaga. One problem that we have run into out here is finding time to follow up and teach our potential investigators. It has been a very long time since the AP's or the OE's have really done real missionary work so almost all of the people we talk to have not really ever met with the missionaries before and want us to return to their homes. It is like the area is fresh again. Oh well, the next office elders can work that into their schedule haha. Thursday</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> is the day that the new office elder comes in. I don't know who he is yet but I sure hope he is cool. I don't want to leave Elder Benosa with an awkward companion. I sure hope they will be able to keep the fire burning after I leave. I will get to train the new guy for 2 weeks and then I am out of here. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222;">So, your daughter is driving around in big scary Canadian cities and your son is driving around in big scary Filipino cities ha-ha. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Which one is scarier to you? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It also dumped rain on us this week. It was unrelenting. We literally got over half a meter of rain. I can't imagine where it all has gone to or how much water actually got dumped on us. It has at least calmed down a fair bit. Earlier today we enjoyed some good basketball, ping pong and chess. </span><br />
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CoriAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098297533044130669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-274032990128471962015-08-17T12:35:00.000-07:002015-08-27T19:28:58.439-07:00Out of the Office!!<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Thanks for the emails! I am not running my companion into the ground too hard ha-ha. I think he is getting used to it now at least. Our first week together he just about died from exhaustion but he is doing pretty good now. His name is Elder Benosa and he is from South Cotabato </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.1200008392334px;">Mindanao. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Wow - I hope you two have a great time in Las Vegas! That will be a really fun trip for you guys! Now you get to use up all the money your saving for not having me at home ha-ha. Things are going to get expensive again when I get back. I plan on drinking milk until I bankrupt you. Speaking of milk I hope I haven't developed an intolerance to it. That would not be okay with me. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Wow Kenzie is the first child in our family to go and get a university education. She is just blazing trails in the adult world! I hope she does really well. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Guess what? President told me that I will get one more area. That means I am leaving this office. My last month in my mission will certainly be the biggest test of them all. I would probably say that close to 70% of all missionaries have a really hard time in the last 2 transfers of their mission. I think it is definitely the hardest time in the mission to really work hard and be a good missionary. In my opinion the end is the most critical. You could have been a great missionary your whole mission, but if you crashed in the end your only going to be remembered as that guy who couldn't finish strong, only worked hard to get the callings, or worst of all, wasn't really converted. Now if you started your mission really badly or maybe had some hitches in the middle of the mission, but you finished really strong. You will be remembered as a really good hard working missionary who really changed his life to reflect God's will. Which is better? The servant that said he would do the chore but ended up not doing it, or the servant that said he wouldn't do it but in the end he actually completed the task. Same exact principle. This last transfer in the field is going be my best and I am going to literally be a PMG missionary. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Well anyways, Mike emailed me and said that he was moving to Lethbridge and that I could room with him if I wanted. That could be another good opportunity depending on location and stuff like that. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.1200008392334px;">I will try to send some photos today. I am just going to send a whole bunch I think. My camera is not doing so good right now so I will get the photos from Elder Bryson. Well I guess I won't be seeing Chase or Jaxon for a total of like 4 years haha. That is a long time.</span><br />
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Just another day in the Philippines! :)</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">So you liked the little video I made for the family reunion? :) In the video I pretty much just greeted all of you and wished you all good luck with the family reunion and than to top it all off I said I was really excited to see all of you again in a couple of months. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Well I had a really great week. It was so hard and challenging but my companion and I are really changing the office. My last companion didn't believe the office could be any different than it already was so we weren't able to change anything. This week we had meetings, filter runs, and lots of odd jobs but we were able to go tracting and teaching. We found several new investigators and have dozens of potentials. Mark 10:27 </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">really is a true scripture. Being here in the office really requires me to work harder then I ever have before on my mission. It also requires me to effectively plan out every hour. I worry though, about my companion. I feel like I may be killing him right now. I hope I am not haha. My companion is having to make some big changes in his mission right now but he is doing an incredible job. I just hope I don't burn him out too fast. The APs are being a big help as well in supporting us in our work and we have been trying to support them well in their work. They are kind of in the same situation as we are. I know that with the work that Elder Benosa and I are putting into the office we will see some big miracles before I leave this place. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">I can't believe Chase and Jaxson are already leaving on their missions! I have gifts for both of them but I guess I can mail it to them after my mission. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">I will be back in the house only a month or so after Kenzie leaves to Lethbridge. Hey I guess I probably won't even get to see her at the airport because it will be in the middle of a school week when I get back home, right? I better stop talking about stuff like that before I make you guys too trunky ha-ha. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Pretty cool story you sent me about the tornado you saw up close in Foremost! That's too bad that you weren't able to get those pictures ha-ha. That probably was a once in a life time opportunity if you're that close to a tornado. Tornado in Tagalog is buhawi but I don't know why they have a word for it because there is no such thing as a tornado here in the Philippines. Everyone here always says how scary it must be to have tornadoes and stuff back in Alberta and I always say the Typhoons are way scarier than tornadoes.</span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"> </span></div>
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CoriAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098297533044130669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-42221560768978155402015-08-10T22:25:00.000-07:002015-08-10T22:27:27.119-07:00A Quick Letter but Pictures Included!! Yay!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Hey mom,</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">It is super late right now and we just got back to the office. We had to help with a sick sister for most of the day so our P-day got destroyed ha-ha</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">. Oh well, at least I got to play basketball earlier today and my companion is going to teach me how to play ping pong next week. He played in College. The sick sister's name is Sister Pablo. We took a picture with her. I may send you one. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Oh and thanks a ton for all of the wonderful photos. I cant wait to see all of your shining smiles in person. I bet a whole lot has changed since I have been gone. But don't worry, I am not really thinking about you. Actually I almost forgot to email you guys. I was more worried about getting my 10 OYM's before I go home tonight. Our mission is doing this faith experiment where every night all of the elders and sisters in the whole mission have to talk to at least 10 people everyday consistently for a month and than we will assess how our faith as a mission has grown. I somehow need to go and talk to 7 people on my way home tonight. </span><br />
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CoriAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098297533044130669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-12403728934039069742015-08-02T18:45:00.002-07:002015-08-02T18:46:35.387-07:00A New Companion!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">My new companion isn't here yet. He should be showing up in the next couple of days though. His name is Elder Benosa. I will maybe send photos of us next week. We no longer have any progressing investigators. We gave our investigators to the APs because the one AP is related to the family and he would really like to teach them. They are still kind of our investigators though. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">I am glad that Rosemary is doing so good with all the missionary work out there. If some of the missionaries realized how hard some of the areas in other missions are, they would stop complaining about their areas and start working hard. I consider Rosemary to be a very hard area for missionary work but I am glad that it is doing so well. Without good member support in areas like back home I can only imagine what the work would be like. So glad to be here in the Philippines where even if the ward is terrible and wants nothing to do with missionary work the work is still fairly easy. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Well we have ton of trunky missionaries walking around the mission home right now. I am already ready for them to leave and they have only been here for like 1 day haha. I hate when batches leave. I can't wait till the new guys get here. It is way more fun with the new guys. They act like a really good recharge to the mission's spiritual batteries. </span><br />
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CoriAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098297533044130669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-78836739550991030372015-07-20T18:52:00.001-07:002015-07-20T18:52:31.690-07:00Transfers coming up!!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Hey mom, I had another pretty good week. I am getting pretty excited about this transfer. I am excited to get a new companion. I really love my companion right now but he has some health problems that are really dragging on the work out here in the office. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">He </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">is just finishing up his 9 months in the office. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">I can't progress or learn much with him here because he normally just does most of the stuff by himself. It will be good to get a new companion plus that will throw me out a little farther in the deep end of things. It's hard to learn how to swim really well when your feet can still touch the bottom of the pool. I am afraid that my companion may get sent home when he leaves the office though. He has been pretty sick lately and has been having a hard time doing anything physical in the office. I don't know how long he can last out in the Filipino sun. I actually don't think he can last even a full day in the field at this point. He is going to take a rest I guess at the MRC (Missionary Recovery Center) for a week and if he doesn't get better, President will just medical release him. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">I also really have no idea who will be my next companion. The office elder calling is literally the hardest calling to predict. I can almost always guess who will be the next AP or who will become a Zone Leader in the next transfer but predicting the office is impossible. Anyways I can't wait for my next healthy new companion to walk through the doors of the office.</span><br />
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Thanks for paying off my credit card. I don't need any money on my debit card. I am totally fine with just the credit card. I think I am about pretty much done with using my cards out here in the Philippines. I have bought pretty much everything I really want. The only thing I can really think of getting before I leave is a real Barong Tagalog just because it is a very traditional formal shirt out here and it might be cool to have one. My problem is I can't really see myself ever really wearing it to church or any other activity. Maybe when I bring my Filipina girlfriend home I can wear it to my wedding :P. </div>
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Yesterday at church our bishop gave a really great talk in Sacrament Meeting about paying tithing and fast offerings. He said it really saddens him that we have this wonderfully large chapel and parking lot but there are never any cars in it. He said that the primary goal of the stake right now is to help lift the members of the stake out of poverty so that a few years from now all of the parking lots of the chapels will be filled and the fast offerings donations will exceed that which is being given out. He then quoted President Hinkley and said the only way to lift these people out of poverty is through their efforts in living the gospel and paying their tithing. Bishop also gave a wonderful experience about paying his tithing. He said that when he was newly married they had literally no money. Every month they set aside their tithing money but by the end of the month they needed to use it on milk and food for their children. He said he would just pray and ask God to just lend him this tithing money this month and that he promised to pay it back in the future. He noticed that his life really wasn't changing and that he wasn't really seeing any big blessings in life. He was living the Gospel or at least what he thought was living the Gospel and he had a calling that he was fulfilling at that time but still his situation wasn't changing. The end of the month rolled around and the same thing happened - no money. Bishop talked to his wife and they decided that they had better pay their tithing and rely on the Lord. After church that <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1447266608" 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> they both felt really good, even though they literally had no money. When they got to their house, they saw a large sack of rice on the front porch and their neighbor came up to them and said a man was here waiting for you while you were at church. He said that he had borrowed money from Bishop's wife's father about 20 years ago and hoped that this would serve as payment. Bishop said because of that experience he will never not pay his tithing. How cool is that?</div>
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Well I can't wait to see Matt's new house. I hope it runs smoothly for him haha. It is so nice that you get to see Uncle Ted and Auntie Verna so much! I hope they are doing well! Tell them hi from me!!</div>
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Well love you all a ton. Don't get too trunky out there haha. I can assure you that I am not trunky yet out here but I am excited to get to see all the changes back at home.</div>
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CoriAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098297533044130669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-52468169598757826192015-07-13T06:54:00.001-07:002015-07-13T07:08:12.174-07:00Spiritual Enlightenment, Krispy Kreme Donuts, & Dairy Queen Blizzards! Oh my! :)<div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">
I had a pretty awesome week filled with spiritual enlightenment, Krispy Kreme donuts, and Dairy Queen Blizzards. I spent a ton of support on 2 of those 3 things. I will let you guess which ones they were. Elder Ardern was incredible. Best of all, Elder Ardern didn't even come in to the office the whole time he was here. That means I didn't get even 1 chastisement from him. We cleaned the office up so nicely. We even washed the walls... No wasted effort right? Mission tours are just so busy. Me and Elder Duduya didn't even get an interview with Elder Ardern. Even the APs only got a very informal quick interview while sitting on presidents couch. I learned a lot though. I learned a ton about being a 70. You know I don't think we really think too often about 70's and what they do or who they are. I got to attend all of the meetings that he attended and it was really cool to see that for every meeting he went to he taught something completely different. It probably would have been best for the whole mission to have gone to one really big meeting and have Elder Ardern teach everyone all at once. I know I learned tons from all 3 meetings.<br />
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So now you all have brand new Iphones and Ipads... What the heck! You guys have way too much money. You should save that money up so you can buy me a new Iphone. Hey, my chess set just came in! It is beautiful and fully hand carved but it turned out that the Barbie Motorhome curse is far reaching and even when you're in a completely different country, it still messes with you. I opened up this beautiful chess board and to my surprise one of the Pawns were missing from it... so I quickly called up the guy that makes the chess sets and he is going to make me a new pawn. I will send you photos of the board as well.<br />
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Wow Toronto will be a cool mission Jaxson! It is pretty much a different county out there, right? He will have a great time out there. The church, I think, wants to try to get things to the point where there is no need for foreign missionaries in a country. It is a lot easier if you can just stay in your own county. It also saves the church a ton of money and missionaries can focus on honing their teaching skills rather than a new language. </div>
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CoriAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098297533044130669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-22196320382006914852015-07-08T18:11:00.001-07:002015-07-08T18:11:54.660-07:00Happy Canada Day!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Wow! I am so sad and crying right now... I hate missing Canada Day. I wore my Canada shirt that you sent me last year and even took a picture. I may not have the patriotic pride that some Americans have but hey, I still love my country. I can't tell you how many people here tell me that I should move to Utah or ask me if I have plans to live there one day or go to school there haha. Don't worry I haven't made any secret plans behind your backs. Well I am glad that you are all having a great time out there, especially with all the family that you got to hang out with. Wow, Tori and Hailey's faces haven't really changed but they look way bigger. Wow - Justin and Emalea are married! That's pretty cool. You know what? I could be married with in the next year! You could be a grandma in the next 2 years! haha. Matanda na kayo! (don't translate that :0 ). <i>(I think this means something like - You are getting old! Thanks son!)</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Well, today I had a super psycho day filled with cleaning like a crazy person. We cleaned our apartment from top to bottom! We spent almost the whole day cleaning in order to prepare for President Ardern. He should be showing up tomorrow. Boy is he really going to give it to us here in the office for only having 9 investigators in our teaching pool (none of which are progressing :( ). He also might check our apartment so now it looks spotless :). I am excited to meet him and talk to him. I also know that whatever he says to me is revelation and I should try my best to live it, no matter how hard I may think it is. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">The weather right now is a little crazy. We have a bit of a habagat (monsoon) going on and it's just dumping rain nonstop. It isn't very windy but wow is it rainy. I heard that Manila is nice and flooded like it normally is during this season haha. Oh hey, I have been using my credit card lately. Can you make sure to pay my bills? I bought 2 really nice ties earlier today and I have been pulling money out of the account every so often. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Well this week I got to see some crazy thunderstorms and I got to drive on some beautiful roads. It was a pretty cool week if you ask me. We also hit our all time high for lessons this week. 5! I will send some pictures of the week. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I can't wait to try out Dad's new pizza oven Father's Day present! I just ate some great Pizza Hut earlier today haha. Actually, a member from Batangas just came back from Saudi Arabia and came and visited me and took us all out for lunch. I told him to add you on Facebook so he could send you the photo. His name is Romel. Great guy, he even brought me Galaxy Chocolate (soooooo good). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I am so sad that I have to miss a second Canada Day in a row. All you lucky cats are just going to party it up eating cotton candy all day as I slave away out here in the office! Have a fun day! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Tell Dad that he needs to fix his knee so we can play basketball when I get home. He needs to get it checked out! I loved your Royal Tyrrell Museum trip photos by the way haha. Aren't you just the best paleontologist in the whole world! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The first week of the transfer we are saying good bye to old trunky missionaries and saying hello to the new ones so we don't really leave to office except to go to San Pablo. We are super busy on weeks like that. The next 2 weeks we will be going to almost every zone in the mission to change water filters so we will be driving around probably 4 of the 7 days. That last 3 weeks are spent dealing with all of the problems that apartments have and trying to catch up on office work. We do a lot of driving and work outside the office. We almost never stay over night at other apartments unless we go to one of the islands (never been yet). We are still looking for a new apartment for the sisters. Speaking of sisters I saw Sister Rasmussen and her family. Right as soon as her mom read my name tag she says "Hey - I know your mom!". Haha you must have made a lot of good missionary mom friends haha. <i>(When I heard they were going to pick up thier daughter, I actually messaged Sister Rasmussen and asked her to say hello to Erik for me! :))</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Last night Elder Duduya and I had a pretty good lesson with 6 referrals. They could all potentially be baptized, so that would be really cool to get in the office. Its nice to get out and do a little missionary work after hours!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Well thanks for the email Mom - sorry that my emails have gotten crappier as my mission has gone on haha. These things are hardly blog-worthy. Oh well. Love you lots!</span><br />
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Hey - Happy Fathers Day Dad! Even though I am not at home and am able to see with physical eyes the great job you are doing, I know that you are being a great father. Love you lots Dad. Keep up the hard work. I also know that you are being tried really hard in your life right now but remember, all sorts of blessings hide inside the trials we face. You're just being tested so that when you get called as stake president you will be ready for that. ha-ha Jk. Well I hope everything is going good for you back at home. 1 more week and you can almost relax a little bit! Hey, that reminds me. You need to make relaxing a part of everyday life. So try to make that more of a priority. With the work-load you are taking on right now, death might come for you when your only 60 if you don't spend some time relaxing. Well anyways even if no one else notices how much work you're doing, just know that I do. And I think you are an awesome dad. I tell everyone that I have the hardest working dad in the whole world and he is that way because of how much he loves me and the rest of his family. Well happy Fathers day.<br />
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CoriAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098297533044130669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-85142494142055273932015-06-17T18:13:00.001-07:002015-06-17T18:13:30.788-07:00Trying Hard to Prevent Trunkiness!! Three letters!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Hey Mom - I am liking the random photos you sent! Elder Richards got 8 screws in his arm!!! Wow that's crazy... I hope he heals up ok! You may have gotten to meet Dr. Allan Grant but you didn't get to meet the first Canadian woman in space like I did. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Well Everything is going great out here but today is a really crappy day. I have all of these super trunky missionaries here in the office right now. They arrived last night and they are so ready to go home ha-ha. They all need to leave right now so I won't get trunky! Ya - Elder Kikel and Sister Rasmussen are both on their way out of here. The batch leaves tomorrow</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> to Manila where they will get to go to the Mall of Asia and the the temple. Then on Wednesday,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> they will all hop on planes and head home. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">You didn't send Ben's rat photo! I haven't really heard to much from Ben but hey that is super cool that he is now AP. He doesn't have that much time to be AP though... How many months does he have left in his mission? It is weird that he would be put in now. Here in this mission AP and OE is a 6 month calling at least. Elder Daduya, my comp, will be going on 9 months in the office - which is a new record. A record I am so glad I have no chance of ever holding. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The new truck is super nice as always. I haven't hit anything or anyone yet so that is a bonus. One of the AP's hit someone with their side mirror the other day ha-ha. That was an experience! The worst part about the whole thing was that the guy they hit was a Barangay captain which means he was kind of like the head of the community police. He made those elders pay him some good money! Oh well. 4pm </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">missionary work is kind of like Christ-like perfection. It is something that we hold as a goal and constantly push ourselves to achieve it and progress but we will never attain it in this life. We are able to get out and do work and sometimes it is at 4pm</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> but we always have to come back later in the evening and finish up some mission work. But I am glad that we are finally finding time to do some good teaching. The reason president wants us to make this push is because the area presidency is coming out in 2 weeks and will really chastise us super hard if anything in the office is not the way the brethren in the first presidency has it written in the presidents hand book. Well other than that, everything is going just peachy out here. </span><br />
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Hey Dad! That is super cool that you were able to find some long lost relatives. That will be pretty fun for you to go out and meet with them. I can't wait to meet them too haha. Well I hope that you won't be too stressed this week and that the school stuff will go smooth. Tell all of the students good luck on their exams for me. Hey how is Matt doing with his mission prep? I hope he is still doing just fine with that stuff and nothing is slowing him down. Well hope you have a super fun week and that everything runs like it is supposed to. Love you lots.</div>
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Wow, awesome talk Kenzie! Thanks for sending me a copy! You could just be the next John Bytheway. Your talk was both inspirational and church focused. You make me want to set and make good goals and then go out and achieve them. Hey good luck with your exams. I know that it seems like a big load to carry but guess what? A lot of people have gone before you and did just fine on them (ex. ME) so don't stress to much. You'll do just fine.<br />
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But hey speaking of the fact that I will be going home in 4 months or so, I need you to be a nice "member" and start hitting me up with the "referrals" if you know what I mean ;). I expect to have a good "teaching pool" waiting for me, when I get home, that I can choose from. Actually, an email or two from some "potential investigators" would be nice as well. Now you will be going to collage in the fall right? Just remember to start spreading word that a pogi RM is coming home. Haha JK ( but actually not really:P) Anyways love ya lots. Thanks for the email.<br />
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CoriAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098297533044130669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-65601296751218809872015-06-09T21:25:00.001-07:002015-06-09T21:25:26.371-07:00Bad News from Home!! <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Wow that is a lot of bad news... Hey Grandpa Nielson is still alive I guess that is good news right? Send my love to Grandma Pat and Auntie Natalie! And tell Paige and her new husband Cleigh congratulations. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Tell Sister Crichton that I don't get to go to that big meeting on the 12th. We are too busy and not really needed out there. :( Oh well I am sure that Elder Crichton will do just fine without meeting his brother in the mission (Elder Richards trained both of us). Oh hey, tell his mom just to send the package by normal post only. The government does weird stuff here to "special post" and it might end up costing Elder Crichton big bucks to just pick the package up. I didn't get to see Elder Richards. He was so sad before he left though. Sister Mangum said that he had like 5 baptisms lined up and a lot of plans with his batch going home. I feel so bad for him. That is a really crappy way to end your mission. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Hey Dad - that is so rotten that your hard drive is fried! Wait hold up... how can Western Digital ensure that a hard drive can last into the eternities? I thought it was a common law that all hard drives eventually die and that we need to always be backing files up but of course you knew that didn't you. I think you should get your money back because your eternal hard drive didn't even last until the millennium. I can't believe best buy wants to charge $1500 to retrieve data off of your hard drive. I could take it to any one of the countless computer places out here and have them fix it for 200 pesos and it would take no longer then a day. I have seen some of the stuff they can do out here. I saw a computer that had lit on fire, the owner wanted his files back, and almost all of them were retrieved. </span><br />
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I am starting to get used to the work out here in the office. The lack of sleep is the only thing that is really weighing down on me. Other then that I am pretty much used to the work out here and I am really starting to like it. Last night we taught a lesson to a family who are all members but 2 of the kids. The dad is moving back into activity and the mom came to church <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_964958673" 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 Sunday</span></span> yesterday for the first time in forever. She has a lot of doubts about the Book of Mormon and we are trying to resolve. An example would be 1 Nephi 4 where God commanded Nephi to kill Laban. She said that if God truly loved all of his children he would have given Laban many more chances to repent and that he would have also found a different way for Nephi to get the plates. We explained that God gave Laban many chances to repent and that it was the only way Nephi could get the plates. Along with that we gave accounts in the Bible of how God commanded the Israelites to kill the Canaanites, God helping David fight Goliath, and many more. In the end we told her to just continue to read, pray, and come to church and she will learn the answer for herself. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I am sorry I wasn't able to email anything until now. Elder Daduya and I have been madly running around in circles lately like a chicken with no head. Monday we had a special meeting until about 4pm </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">and than after that we took off to do some repairing at a sisters' apartment. The sisters' shower had broken due to the valve breaking. I can now proudly say that I could totally be a plumber one day! We replaced it in no time. The landlord was supposed to replace it but she was acting a lot like a "bad word" and refused and told the sisters to just kill their water and live with no shower. She also said a bunch of other stuff about how they act like a bunch of children and some other things that I don't want to type into an email being sent to my family. Needless to say, the sisters will be getting a new apartment in the next couple of weeks and the land lord will still have to replace the tap we put in because we bought the cheapest piece of plastic crap we possibly could find and it is not compatible at all with any shower heads. Yes the sisters will have to suffer for a couple of weeks but hey, TAKE THAT MEAN LANDLORD LADY! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Well I can't wait to be in church with you guys and see what it really is like to have a dad as a bishop. Our bishop in our ward just got released. This is his second time as bishop. His first time he went 5 years and 6 months and his second time he did 6 years and 9 months. I hope that doesn't happen to you. Well love you lots Dad. Sorry about the late reply.</span><br />
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CoriAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098297533044130669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-47833836305971467962015-06-02T20:46:00.001-07:002015-06-02T20:46:11.247-07:00Burgers, Trucks, and a New Challenge!!<div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
Hey mom! I am glad you are having such a good time out there in Disneyland without me. Just kidding! It does look like you are having a good time though. </div>
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I had a pretty good week last week! ha-ha I got to go out to Taal Batangas area a little bit last week and it was super fun. I also got to use my brand new truck a little bit. I has just over 200 km now. When was the last time you got to drive a new car like that? I also just finished a burger challenge called RC burger challenge where I had to eat an entire burger bigger then my head in under 5 mins. I did it in 4 mins and 56 seconds! </div>
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Crazy right? Well that's my life right now. I hope you have a great week. Send more pictures! . Love you lots.<br /><div>
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Brand new truck!!</div>
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CoriAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098297533044130669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-5392876771737526982015-05-18T18:31:00.003-07:002015-05-18T18:32:51.105-07:00Three emails from Elder Nielson this week!<strong>#1</strong> - Hey mom! Thanks for the mid week email! I was so busy this week going to almost half the apartments in the mission I didn't get to check my email at all. I hope I will be able to send a nice good email <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_554699493" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">tomorrow</span></span></span> with some good pictures too but I am never sure about how much time I will have. If you notice it is like <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_554699494" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">10 pm</span></span></span> out here right now ha-ha. Me and Elder Daduya are still out here working in the office and <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_554699495" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">tomorrow</span></span></span>, really early, we take off to Manila to Pasay City to deal with some customs problems. I think we will stop by the Mall of Asia on our way home though and maybe even the temple. It will be a fun p-day.<br />
Hey I found a place to make me a suit and I found a place to make handmade leather shoes! I am going to get all my shopping done here before I leave ha-ha. I also started ordering some cool wood carving things. I need some ideas though because I found a guy that can carve anything you could possibly imagine and it will only cost about 500p. He is a master caver and world famous. He has many works in the Vatican and other works worldwide that were sold for thousands of dollars and he is in the world record book for smallest and most detailed last supper carving ever. He went crazy though due to being over worked by his ex-wife. Long story short, she left him and took everything leaving this poor old crazy man with nothing. But ya he is actually crazy now and just carves his dreams ha-ha. Me and the office staff thought it would be funny to get him to carve a bust of President Mangum winking out of stone ( he does stone as well). Well send me your ideas.<br />
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<strong>#2</strong> - Hey mom. We had a great time in Manila earlier today. I will send you some nice photos. Well I am glad that my letter was worthy enough to be read in the ward. I sent a bunch of emails. Hey grandpa spilled a big secret I think haha. He said that you are going to Disneyland next week! Well I hope that goes great for you guys. I am sure you will all have a ton of fun out there. Just be safe. </div>
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So we just got back from Manila. That was a cool trip! Your son now knows how to deal with customs. Man, me and Elder Daduya fought so hard to get a stupid package back from the Philippines customs. </div>
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There is a couple of funny restaurants out here that are still really big here in the Philippines but managed to go under back in the states. One of which we just ate at. I don't know if you know what Kenny Rogers is but it was a really good roasted chicken restaurant. It was started in the states and ended up dying out several years ago I guess. Another great restaurant that started and died in the states is Shakey's Pizza. Shakey's is huge here but it is no where to be found back home or in the states. I guess this is just where all restaurants go to die haha. Well thanks for the email dad. Love you lots. Hope you have a great week.</div>
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CoriAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098297533044130669noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-28209341708699845762015-05-18T07:44:00.002-07:002015-05-18T07:44:56.154-07:00A Wonderful Mother's Day!! <em>We were able to Skype with Erik on Mother's Day on the 10th and we will be posting a clip from the Skype as soon as Jon has it available for me to attach. It was so good to see his happy face! When you don't get to see or talk to your kid for months at a time, you sure do appreciate every second when you finally do! This was his last Skype session before he comes home in October - which is really just over 5 months away! I am so proud of the man he has turned into. He has learned so many things living on his own, away from us for 2 years in a foreign country. Life has been very different for him and he has had to learn to adapt to things that he would never have guessed. Overall I know it has been a great experience for him. Can't say I haven't missed him a tonne!!! .... but I am so glad he went. Now if the next 5 months can go smoothly that would be awesome!! Love you son!!</em>CoriAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098297533044130669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-64674087599441728722015-05-04T19:55:00.003-07:002015-05-04T19:56:23.905-07:00Some BIg Big Changes! And a letter to the ward!! Next week is skype time!!!Sweet! I am glad that everything is going good back at home and that the missionaries are still working hard. I actually am getting transferred today... I am leaving Lopez and going to Alaminos San Pablo mission home! Turns out 2 of the 4 jobs in the office opened up. One was Assistant to the President and the other was Office Elder. I guess I was one of the three candidates for both jobs and it turns out that I am the new mission office elder. Mom just sent an email saying that she was happy that I didn't look all that stressed in any of my photos. I have a feeling that I am going to be a lot more stressed now ha-ha. I not only get to see how the organization of our mission is - I get to be in charge of it. This also means I will finish off my mission in the Office which has some up sides. I won't get trunky in the office, I also get to say bye to all the out-going batches, and I get to hang out with President Mangum all day in air conditioning! The only problem is my missionary work is done, no more baptisms, and I also won't really get any more P-days. Well I will tell you how I like my new calling when I actually start. The reason I am emailing right now is that I am not sure if I will be able to email later when I get to the mission home.<br />
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Hey mom I just got to the mission home about 10 minutes ago. I am emailing on Sister Mangum's laptop really fast. I just wanted to say that I am doing fine and that I love you lots. Oh and please send the Daryl selfie photos - I wanna see them. I will try my very best to Skype you on my <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_453878638" 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;">Monday</span></span> at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_453878639" 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;">9 am</span></span> my time. I don't know what that will be for you back home. You guys can do the math. Well, love you lots. I sent Dad a pretty big email. Use that in the blog. Hope you continue to have fun at work. </div>
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<i>This next part is the letter that Erik wrote for the Rosemary Ward and whoever else is interested in reading it! :) So proud of him - he is doing so well. I never worry about him. He is going to come back a very different person. Still crazy and weird, but very much grown up!</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Thank you so much for your support and many prayers on my behalf and for all missionaries worldwide. I want to let you all know that I am doing just fine out here in the Philippines. I also want to let you know that I love and miss every single one of you, and I can't wait to see you again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">My parents have kept me well informed about how everything is going out there. They have told me that the missionary work in Rosemary is really something else, that all the missionaries that get assigned out there love it because Rosemary is the “most missionary minded ward in the mission”. I am very proud to come from a ward that is so focused on what really matters. I have experienced both missionary minded wards and wards that believe that missionary work is up to the missionaries alone. I can tell you that it makes a world of difference to the missionaries when a ward or branch wants to do the work. So, on behalf of all missionaries worldwide, thank you for your hard work and continue to strive to make the Rosemary Ward the best ward ever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Now I have some words of advice to give to those young men and women who right now are preparing or contemplating serving a mission. As a missionary who has now past my 18<span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"> </span>month mark, I can tell you out of experience, that there really is no better place in the world you could be than on a mission. I promise you that you will see more blessings and miracles during these 2 years or 18 months than most people would see in a life time. You will also gain many new skills and experiences that will help you throughout your entire life. There is much personal growth and learning to be done on the mission and you won’t regret serving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">How do I start preparation for a mission? Well if I was to redo my last 4 years of high school I would start with seminary. I encourage all of you youth to attend seminary, not just attend, but listen, participate and actually do the reading assignments. Before my mission I went to seminary almost every single school day. My attendance was great but my attention to what was going on or being said was not. Listen, make notes, keep scriptures organized, and read. These things will help all of you on your way to preparing to serve a full time mission.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Like 2 Nephi 32:3 says, we need to feast upon the words of Christ. Daily scripture study will help you on your path to missionary preparedness. We need to feast upon the scriptures not just snack on them. Real spiritual power comes from small and simple things like daily scripture study. Also, there is a difference between study and reading. Study is done with a question or goal in mind and a journal and pen in hand. Making daily scripture study a habit will really help all of you with preparing to serve a mission. It will also help you to get used to missionary life faster because we missionaries do scripture study every day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Read Preach my Gospel. PMG is a volume of Holy Scripture written by modern day prophets to help us in this dispensation with the work of salvation. We need to give it as much attention as say, the Book of Mormon or the Bible. Anyone who doesn’t have a PMG in their home needs to get one right now. The PMG is not just for missionaries, it is for everyone. We can learn great things through study of PMG. Future missionaries, work on memorizing the order of the principles in the first 3 lessons. That will help you out so much and give you a real head start in the MTC and field. Also, make lessons plans for each lesson. Write down scriptures, questions you could ask investigators and personal experiences you have had that you could tie into the lesson.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Working with the missionaries or even doing missionary work of your own will help you out a ton before your mission. One thing that a missionary can’t be is afraid. Fear is the opposite of faith and can’t coexist. Working with missionaries or inviting your friends to church will help dispel your fears of missionary work before you even enter the MTC. I encourage you all to do this and start assisting with the work of salvation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Worthiness - future missionaries. If you’re not worthy enough to go to the temple, you’re not worthy enough to go on a mission. My advice to you is to get worthy. No one is going to laugh at you of make fun of you for mistakes you have made in the past, especially not the bishop. Set an appointment with him and work on getting yourself to the point where you are worthy enough to go to the temple. Those of you, who don’t think they can repent or are too embarrassed to do so, don’t have faith in Christ’s Atonement. Trust me, true repentance makes a world of difference. Go out and do it now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The MTC and the first couple months in the mission are the hardest. It’s that way to weed out those who aren’t fully prepared. I wasn’t as prepared as I should have been and I wish I could have done a better job of that before my mission. The mission isn’t some YSA party camp; it’s not easy to be a missionary so mission preparation should not be taken for granted. Parents, encourage your children to prepare now for full time missionary service.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I love you all and can’t wait to see you all in 6 months. I wish you all the best as you strive to prepare to be good missionaries. I know this is our calling. In the name of Jesus Christ.</span></div>
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CoriAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098297533044130669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069297264619142715.post-28278794608590591252015-05-04T19:26:00.001-07:002015-05-04T19:29:36.489-07:00A Simple Hello!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Hey mom!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Thanks for the email. Ya I was so frustrated with the branch presidency. Our convert wasn't very happy either. He tells us that he lives on American time not Filipino time haha. He chastises even us if we are more then 2 or 3 mins late. Oh well, he was just made first counselor in the Sunday School, he will be a good leader out here in no time. The branch really needs someone who knows how to be strict with something like time. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I haven't been able to get Dad's letter for the ward done yet. I worked all week on a talk for my branch out here. I told them that we aren't reaching our potential and that we need to use the faith that we have to stretch before that faith of ours weakens and dies. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I will really try hard to get Dad a letter this week. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Well I am glad that Dad is taking to being a bishop like a fish to water ha-ha. Hope that he doesn't burn himself out like you said. I know that he will be a good bishop for as long as he is bishop. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Well I am glad that the missionary work back home is going good. Make sure you're all helping out with that. It is so hard to do missionary work without support from members. It is almost impossible. I am also glad that your job is going good for you. There is a lot of funny ladies out there that you get to work with. I am glad that you're having a good time. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Did Chase and Jackson put their papers in? I hope so. Maybe one of them can come out here to San Pablo mission and I can be their trainer for my last couple cycles here in the mission. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Well, love you all very much and I am glad that everyone is doing OK back at home. Keep it up ha-ha. Sorry no pictures this week. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Love you lots.</span></span><br />
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