tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89921447048748464592024-03-13T23:21:10.355-07:00Hermana McKenna LawrenceMcKenna Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108250227103198176noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992144704874846459.post-50696801908210711762014-08-04T11:31:00.000-07:002014-08-04T11:31:41.812-07:00Yay for the Mission!August 4th, 2014<br />
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There are not a lot of words that can describe my whole entire mission. Most of the words will never come close to explaining how incredible of a journey it has been. And it's not over yet! </div>
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This week we travelled to Mendoza for my last leadership council. President Goates gave us ancients in the mission the chance to share our final testimony and what we have learned. </div>
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I have a gigantic list, but you'll hear more about it later. Mostly, I have learned that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only way to happiness in this life and the next. The Plan of Salvation is real and God gave it to us because He wants us to be happy. All of us. Our brothers and sisters who don't yet remember the plan they accepted are waiting for us to remind them. And we can remind them through keeping our covenants we make with our Heavenly Father. </div>
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Jesus Christ lives. And His power is real. It is shown through worthy Priesthood holders and the faith of every one of God's children. He runs the church. He forgives. He loves. And it is through Him that the Plan of Happiness is possible. It is through Him that all of us can be made perfect. This is why we do what we do. This is why I do what I am doing.</div>
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Like Dad said, I have a new foundation. A foundation built on the undeniable testimony I have gained of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It wasn't easy to build. And it will never be a perfect foundation, but it's a start. And I have a whole life ahead of me to keep buildilng. </div>
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I know these are just words, but they really are a part of me. And the experiences I've had here on the mission make those words real. I think I've grown a lot. Sadly, not in stature. But a couple of bad falls and dog bites really did me some good. I wouldn't say I've grown up, but grown. And that's it. </div>
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This last week will be full of miracles I am sure of it! Thank you for the letters, the support, the prayers, and the love. It pushes me along and blesses the people of Argentina. </div>
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I love you all and I wish you the best this week! See you soooon! </div>
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Love love love, </div>
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McKenna Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108250227103198176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992144704874846459.post-48590683389041176432014-07-29T19:41:00.001-07:002014-07-29T19:41:35.594-07:00Two weeks to go and there is so much to be done!<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Hello for the second to last time! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">This week was incredible! Micaela was
baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints! Her mom came to the baptism and later to church on Sunday to see her
confirmed! Her mom is starting to support more and we've been able to teach her
a couple of times, so that is a miracle! I have confidence that the whole
family will follow soon :) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Hermana Hill and I made brownies for the
baptism and we had to carry them the 10 blocks to the chapel. We made more
friends in those 10 blocks then we usually do in a day! Blondes and brownies...
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I realized this week that even though I
have little time, I have A LOT left to learn! And I'm gonna learn all that I
can before I come home! There are so many more people to help, so many more
testimonies to be shared and so many more Argentine lunches to be eaten. I am a
servant of Jesus Christ and I will finish strong! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I love you all! I hope everything is
going well with school starting! I wish you all so much luck and I am praying
for you every second! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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McKenna Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108250227103198176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992144704874846459.post-7651221395844116372014-07-24T18:58:00.003-07:002014-07-24T18:58:39.433-07:00Yay for Crazy Days!July 21, 2014<br />
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This week has been great! I'm feeling better and working really hard! We had a couple of crazy days, but it's been going great! </div>
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McKenna Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108250227103198176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992144704874846459.post-6968933560143315792014-06-09T11:03:00.001-07:002014-06-09T11:12:56.639-07:00FELIZ CUMPLE CYDNIE!!!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">June 9, 2014</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's so good to hear from you all this week! Not gonna lie, it was one of the harder weeks of my mission, but we perservered and are ready to keep working hard! We talked to everyone and their DOG this week, and everyone said no. Some people even ran away from us, but they are still children of God, and one day they will find the gospel. :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the plus side, four of our investigators came to church! Even though we couldn't find them at all this week. So that was sweet! Maria the old lady we are teaching loved it! We had a lesson about baptism and afterwards she felt so bad that she had been baptized as a baby. She said 'I didn't know that was bad!' ha! But she is looking so hard for her answer, so I KNOW she will be baptized soon! Mikaela didn't come again this week.. and now she's headed to Cordoba for the week.. but we'll find her again! And Gonzalo and Daniela came to church so that was great! They are so prepared and will be married and baptized soon as well! </span></div>
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McKenna Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108250227103198176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992144704874846459.post-3024831556388157302014-05-28T11:55:00.002-07:002014-05-28T11:55:47.075-07:00Yay for San Luis!May 26, 2014<br />
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Good luck in your half marathon today!!!!! you'll all do so great! You have a fan in Argentina! </div>
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Also, CARLIE BUSH! Congrats on your new baby!!!!!! I am so excited for you guys, you'll be amazing parents! You also have a fan in Argentina! </div>
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Well, this week I grew. Sadly, not in stature.. but I feel a little bit more spiritually "filled". </div>
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San Luis is almost like a different country than Mendoza! The food, the people, the buildings, the streets, the dogs.. ALL DIFFERENT. But the good news is, I LOVE IT HERE! </div>
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We have a pretty big ward here and they are all unified in building each other up and expanding God's kingdom. I hope one day to raise a family like the ones found here in San Luis. Everyone learns from each other, seeks to help and love each other, and they just have fun! They all have so much faith and show it in every little decision they make. </div>
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I've been studying this week a talk by President Eyring called "Mountains to Climb". He talks about building our foundation of faith so that when the mountains come, we will have the strength to climb them. Like Nephi says, "I know that the Lord giveth no commandment unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them." He always prepares a way. We may not understand that way as much as He does, but with faith, we won't need to understand. </div>
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President Eyring says that the way to build our foundation of faith is 1. the base - our personal integrity, choosing the right in every decision placed before us, and 2. the rest- the Gospel of Jesus Christ and all of the Priesthood ordinance and coventants that come with it. </div>
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The members of the Pringles ward are STRONG. And from what I've seen, it is because they are constantly righteous and constantly remember their covenants and seek to help others make and keep those sacred covenants. </div>
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This all makes sense in my head, sorry. But that's what I'm learning from my time here in San Luis. My faith is growing and we are seeing miracles! </div>
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Right now we are teaching a girl named Mikaela. Her parents raised her in the Catholic church, but she never felt close to God there. The Elders stopped her on the street last week and invited her to church. She came and she loved it! Now she is praying and reading the Book of Mormon and she is excited to have a relationship with her Heavenly Father. I know He is listenting to her. She has a baptismal date for the <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_339843887" 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;">7th of June</span></span>! </div>
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Today we are headed over to Mendoza because tomorrow we have our last leader's meeting with President Avila before he leaves! Que triste! </div>
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But I know this week will be even more full of miracles and learning! Because I still have MUCHO TIEMPO to work hard! </div>
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and went to BYU Idaho. She's super sweet and I'm super excited to get to know
her and learn from her. This transfer will only be four weeks long and then
comes the 8 week transfer to welcome in the new mission president. And then
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unbelivably fast! For P-day we went and toured a winery. ha! It was cool. But I
probs won't ever do it again. It smelled way bad like drunk people. But it was
cool to see how they make wine. Made me never want to drink it so that's good!
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He still was waiting for his answer and wanted to know that God loved him
before he got baptized. So we promised him that that night, if he knelt down
and prayed and then waited a little to listen for his answer, he would feel it.
He said he prayed and then woke up at 2 in the morning because he couldn't
sleep. He went downstairs and saw a man dressed in white. The man told him that
God loved him and had a special purpose for him. He felt peace and told us that
he wanted to get baptized as soon as possible. Sweet huh! He is way excited!
I'm sad I'll miss it, but I know it will be beautiful! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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McKenna Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108250227103198176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992144704874846459.post-86469339431371491392014-05-09T09:52:00.002-07:002014-05-09T09:52:46.035-07:00Yay for Exchanges!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This week was way great! Full of more meetings and more learning and more work and more fun! </span><br />
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We went up to Tunuyan, the area of the other sisters in our zone, and did exchanges! It was super fun and we saw a ton of miracles! </div>
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Right now, in our area, we are focusing on the Olivera Family. They are Jehovah´s Witnesses, but they are not attending right now. The dad, David, is the most interested and we are sure he will be baptized really soon! He came to church by himself this week, but we are working on getting the family more involved. They'll come around soon! They have 3 of the cutest little boys ever and they are our best friends! Alejandro (8), Neuel (4), and Diago (2)! </div>
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And this next week we will have a lot more time to stay in our area. So we will work really hard and teach everyone and their dog about the Gospel! </div>
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I feel like I learn the same thing every week, but deeper. ha. This week I learned again that the Gospel really is soooo simple! All God asks us to do is keep His commandments and everything will turn out the way it's supposed to. Our Father in Heaven loves us, so He sent His Son, Jesus Christ to be our perfect example. And if we follow Him, we will be happy. Being an instrument in the Lord's hands makes me the most happiest I have ever been, and I know that will stay true forever. </div>
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I am continually grateful for your love and prayers! </div>
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This week was super great! Hermana Barney and I are working so hard! We found a ton of new investigators this week, left behind some that weren't progressing and had the baptism of Lourdes! She's 13 and super sweet! The baptism was beautiful and she had a lot of great support from the branch and her family! It was a great weekend! </div>
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I'm so glad that you all had a great Easter! You all look so great and so big! Austin is HUGE! It's getting close to that day and I'm getting all the mixed emotions that come with dying on your mission. ha. Excited, sad, nervous, and overwhelmed. ha. But I know that when the time comes I will be ready. We are coming home more and more exhausted every night because we are giving it our all and we feel so great! </div>
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I know the Lord is helping us in this great work! I feel His hand everyday in the miracles we see and the happiness we see in the people we teach. I love being a missionary and I love teaching the Gospel to everyone I see! I will be sad when it all ends, but right now I'm just loving life! </div>
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The work keeps advancing, the Gospel is truer than ever, and Jesus Christ is my Savior! I know if I follow Him, I will be happy. He lives! For all of us! </div>
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McKenna Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108250227103198176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992144704874846459.post-76244337781259637172014-04-08T22:49:00.001-07:002014-04-08T22:49:20.429-07:00Yay for Conference! Boo that there's no more:(April 7, 2014<br />
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This week was super great! A lot of stress relieving and now I'm ready to jump up and work hard this transfer! </div>
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Transfer doctrine says that I'm staying here next transfer! With my new companion Hermana Barney! She is from Utah and came out the same time as me! She is super sweet and cute and we will have a lot of fun and work super hard! I'm way excited! </div>
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I'm feeling a lot better! The bruise from my fall is gone, the cold and flu is finally gone, and I'm feeling healthy and happy! I'm even eating apples every day! </div>
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Monday, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_621271098" 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;">Tuesday</span></span>, and <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_621271099" 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;">Wednesday</span></span> we were down in Mendoza having fun! ha. Hermana Dote had to do some paperwork for her Visa so we went down Monday night and stayed in the apartment of the Mission Nurse, Hermana Ashby! She is my best friend! She told us stories about her son and her fiancee and tried to set us up with her other son who is in Peru on his mission. ha! </div>
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Conference was amazing! Sadly, we had to watch it in Spanish, and I didn't understand a lot of it, but it was amazing to see that the same Spirit was there! They are still the words of God and I know that everything they said was true! I can't wait till they are up on LDS.org so I can print them! </div>
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I love you all and I hope that you have such a great week! Keep on keeping on and you are in my prayers always!!!!!! </div>
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McKenna Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108250227103198176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992144704874846459.post-89553943023327038372014-03-03T20:03:00.000-08:002014-03-03T20:03:11.284-08:00New adventures and not so new, but equally great companion!<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dear Family, </span><br />
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Remember when I told you I was coming to be with Hermana Lopez?? So I get off the bus and my new companion, HERMANA DOTE, came to get me! They all heard wrong on the telephone and it got passed to me as Hermana Lopez.. hah. We don´t even have an Hermana Lopez in the mission! ja! </div>
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It is so good to be with Hermana Dote again! It feels like we weren´t even apart ever and we just picked up back where we left off! We´re already friends and we already know how to teach well together so that made the transition super easy! </div>
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Our area is BEAUTIFUL! Freezing cold and right next to the mountains! The fruit here is super good, so I´mma eat good this transfer :) The members in the branch are incredible and all the young women love us! The dogs here are kind of nicer.. but still scary. It´s a more rural area, but still nice and there aren´t too many bugs so we´re good there too! :) </div>
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Unfortunately, the internet in our area is realllllly stinky... so sorry but I won´t be able to send pictures this transfer... I´m going to go print them out so you might get some in the mail in 2 months! ja.... sorry...... </div>
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Fast and Testimony meeting was amazing! I felt the Spirit so strong and the Saints here have incredible testimonies! The church really is the same everywhere and it really is led by Jesus Christ, himself! </div>
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I´m so glad to hear that the Temple Dedication and Cultural Celebration went so well! I´m so proud of my family! Thank you for being such a good example to me! </div>
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Well, I love you all and I LOVED your letters this week! I am printing them all out and I just sent some letters home on Friday! Hopefully you get them soon! </div>
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I´m glad you got my Tang! It´s wayyyy better than what we have in the States! ha. I love it! </div>
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McKenna Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108250227103198176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992144704874846459.post-24177784644243253862014-02-17T11:14:00.003-08:002014-02-17T11:14:32.934-08:00Yay for more surprises!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Dear Family, </span><br />
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We came home soaked every day, but I had fun because I got to wear my cute rain boots :) There was absolutely NO ONE on the streets and when we knocked on doors, no one wanted to let us in because we were sopping wet! They told us "go home, you´re going to get sick!) haha. </div>
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One lady, Neli, told us that the Lord has seen the sacrifice we´ve made, and we were good for the day. ha. My companion and I later talked about the sacrifice the Savior made for us and how what He did was way harder. ha. So we worked even harder the rest of the night. :) We didn´t see a ton of success, but we know the blessings are coming! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes! My birthday was great! And so was this week! </div>
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Apparently, mission birthdays are to get fat. In district meeting, we had facturas, at lunch, we had a huge plate of Peruvian party food that they only make for special occasions, my companion bought me ice cream, an investigator gave me coke and cookies and then lunch <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1425548660" 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> was another celebration with cake! ha. My diet starts today. </div>
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But my birthday was really great! We worked hard, arrived at our apartment exhausted and satisfied :) and sun burnt. </div>
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- the other day we met this little girl in the street. Her name is Sofia and she is like 7 years old. She stopped us and said, Hey what are you doing? So we told her we were missionaries and she said she loves to help the Father in her Catholic church! She told us she believes in God and Jesus Christ and we asked her where she lived. The next day we stopped by and met her mom, Antonela who is pregnant with another one :) She was super excited to meet us and so grateful that her daughter stopped to talk to us in the street. We have another lesson with them this week! :) </div>
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Yay for miracles! </div>
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This week in my studies and observations I have been learning a lot about how much the Gospel blesses families. On a mission, we see so many families every day, some of them happy, some of them not so much. Obviously, no family is perfect and we all have our problems, but it is not a surprise to me that the happy families are the ones who include Jesus Christ in their home life. They read the scriptures together, pray together, and have weekly Family Home Evenings. I know we were blessed with families to help us to learn to do these things. We all have personal problems but we cannot get through them or learn to get through them without our families. And it´s those small and simple things that make all the difference. I don´t have my family with me right now, and as a Missionary, we have time set apart permanantly to read and pray. But I have noticed a huge difference when I do it just because I´m supposed to and when I do it because I remember it has eternal consequences. I know sometimes it seems like no one pays attention anyways, or it takes to long to do it, but I am extremely grateful that we read and prayed as a family before the mission. And I am grateful for the knowledge I am gaining on my mission of how important that was and is for the rest of my life. I know you will recieve blessings as you continue to set aside that time to read the scriptues and pray together. It really is of eternal consequence. :) </div>
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"Y asà vemos que por pequeños medios el Señor puede realizar grandes cosas." 1 Nephi <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1425548662" 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;">16:29</span></span> - sorry I only have my Spanish Scriptures. But it says that through small means, the Lord can bring to pass great things. God works through the small and simple things. But Satan knows that too. And he will do everything he can to get us to not remember those things. </div>
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The Gospel is made of small and simple things, including small and simple blessings. I have noticed those a lot this week. From a little girl stopping us in the street to a cold day, the Lord has blessed us this week, even if it´s not in the way we expected Him to. </div>
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I send my love and prayers your way! And some fun pictures! Love you!!!! </div>
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McKenna Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108250227103198176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992144704874846459.post-17945474600625539572014-02-05T18:42:00.000-08:002014-02-05T18:43:04.737-08:00Yay for Order!<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">February 3, 2014</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This week has been great! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This week has been a week of new beginnings!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We went to one of the Elder´s area called Lavalle and had an</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">asado! (like a big barbeque) My first one! Nobody could believe I</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">haven´t had one in my two months here. ha. The Argentine´s LOVE asado!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It was super fun and we were able to do some Zone bonding!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">On Tuesday, we had Consejo, which is a meeting for all the leaders of</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the mission that we have once a month. They talked a lot about how we</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">need to talk to everyone that we see on the street! Sometimes we</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">forget about that and just walk fast to our appointments because we</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">are late. But my companion and I have been on fire this week! We have</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">been stopping everyone on the street! A lot of them aren´t interested,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">but we´ve found some awesome people because of it.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Especially because this is what happened this week. We both had really</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">strong feelings that we needed to start all over and look for new</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">felt like we can use our time doing more effective things. It was</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">really hard to leave them, but I know that they will be more prepared</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">soon. It took a lot of faith to start over, but we´ve already seen the</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Last night the Elders found this kid, Maxi, that´s been going to</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">be baptized! He lives in our area, so he would go to our ward. They</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Also, last night the Carballos in our ward invited us over because</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">their cousin was in town and isn´t a member. She recently lost a child</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and was really confused about where she was. We taught about the Plan</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of Salvation and told her that her daughter was happy and that she has</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the opportunity to be with her again. How blessed we are to know about</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">God´s plan for us! It brought a peace to the room and she was able to</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">feel the Spirit and know that everything would be okay. She lives in</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Buenos Aires, so hopefully she will be baptized up there soon!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We´ve been doing a lot of cleaning in our apartment and our area book.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(I don´t think either have been cleaned very well in 2 years) We were</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">scared to start it, but as we have made our apartment and our area</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">book cleaner, we have felt the Spirit more and we are more receptive</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">during studies and planning to the promptings and inspiration that the</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Lord wants to give us. Now I understand why it´s so important to have</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We did exchanges this week with the sisters from Mendoza! I stayed in</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">my area with Hermana Norr from Washington and we talked to so many</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">people! We saw miracles and had so much fun! And ate some really good</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">alfajores. (they´re like little cakes)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">They have the best junk food here. Alfajores, facturas (pastries),</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">pizza. And ALL way better than the ones I´ve ever tried in the states.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">If there was one reason I ever moved here, it would be for the junk</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This week we had a huge miracle with one of our recent converts in the</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ward. Magali was baptized in November, right before I got here. But</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">when the missionary that taught her left, she got super sad and didn´t</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">want to come to church. We always passed by, but never could find her</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and no one from the ward could find her or talk to her. </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1016013194" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">On Thursday</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">our ward mission leader, Alan, invited us to go visit her. We went and</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">her mom said that she didn´t want to hear from us, so we sat down and</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">started sharing a message with her mom. She came out in the middle and</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">we instantly became best friends! She is the sweetest girl! She</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">started to share her story with us about why she stopped going to</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">church and why she distanced herself from everyone. She told us she</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">didn´t know why she came out, she just felt like she should. That</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">night she walked to the Bishop´s house to have an interview, and the</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">YSA group was there getting ready to go to a camp in Uspallata. So she</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">went home to pack and left with them. Apparently the camp went super</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">well because 5 of the YSA kids that were inactive left camp, deciding</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to go on missions! It was sweet! Magali is coming back to church and</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">wants to come out to appointments with us this week!</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This week has been crazy, but we´re excited to start fresh in our</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">apartment, in our finding, and with ourselves. That´s the great thing</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">about the Gospel. We can always start over!</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I love you all sooooo much! I am glad everything is going well and I</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">hope that it continues! We are so blessed! Thanks for informing me</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">about the Superbowl and relating it to missionary work! ha! I love</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">getting your letters and hearing how you all are doing! Keep on</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">keeping the faith and being examples! And have fun with the Mag´s this</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">weekend!</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Love love love!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hermana McKenna Lawrence</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Ps. The message that we shared at the Baptism of Jorge was the</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Restoration! It brings the Spirit every time! :) Love you Uncle Larry</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and Aunt Laurel! Oh story for you! The other day, I cut a picture of</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the prophet out of the Liahona in the kid section and I turned it over</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and Uncle Larry´s face was on it! So I turned the page and it was an</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">article that you wrote! About your dad :) I loved it so I cut it out</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and put it in my journal! It was a fun surprise.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I love everyone!</span>McKenna Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108250227103198176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992144704874846459.post-8386316232598804782014-01-13T13:59:00.001-08:002014-01-13T13:59:09.546-08:00Yay for nuevos miembros!
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newest member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 2014! Ok,
probably not, but she was baptized and confirmed!!!! Yay! After 9 months of
taking the discussions, she was ready to make covenants with our Heavenly
Father and it was such a great day! She is so happy and ready to start her new
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">This week was a little bit weird,
because Tuesday and Wednesday we couldn´t leave the apartment all day! We
studied a lot, took a little nap, and organized/cleaned un poquito. Boring..
But we have seen the miracles this weekend! On Sunday, Monica came to church!
She is a former investigator that we have been trying to contact lately. She
has never let us in her house to come talk to her, but we could feel she was
really prepared. The other day after the baptism, our ward mission leader, Alan
and Gabriel, who has his mission call, went to visit some people who they
wanted to invite to church the next day. They passed by Monica´s house and she
was really stressed trying to find a job because her children didn´t have
anything to eat. When they passed by she was on the verge of tears, so they
asked if they could say a prayer with her. They kneeled down and asked the Lord
for help. Before they could leave the house, she recieved a phone call from a
job that she had been waiting to hear from! What a miracle! So she came to
church with her 10 year old daughter so excited to learn more and ready to be
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">On New Years, I got up and set my
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First of all, transfer news! I will be staying in my area, Dorrego, but my companion Sister Dote will be leaving. :( But my new companion will be Sister Cox! She came with me in the MTC and she is super fun! She is gorgeous so that means I actually have to do my hair every day. haha! We will both be Sister Training Leaders, so we will be able to do two exchanges at one time! Yay! I am super excited and I can just feel the miracles coming this next transfer! </div>
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Monica, who got the job last week, lost the job a day later, and has been outside all day everyday looking for work. Every time we pass by, her sweet daughter says that she doesn´t know what time she left or what time she´ll be back. But she has a ton of faith and wants to keep coming to church! So please keep praying for her! </div>
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We are also teaching Raquel and her dad Humberto. They are incredible and searching for the church that "fills" them. They´ll find it soon. :) This week we also found Patricia and her husband Santiago! They were out shopping in a store that is owned by a member, and picked up the Liahona that was sitting on the counter. As she flipped through it she asked Hermana Leon where she could get a copy and she got her address and sent us over! Patricia told us that that day, she had been praying with her husband to find the chuch that they should go to with their family! She told us she wants to come to church and she wants to know more! They didn´t come this week, but we´re going back to teach them all this week and I know they will come soon! They´re amazing! </div>
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Everything is going really well! I´m still amazing at how much I can learn each and every day. I feel like I never stop learning! It´s amazing! And my testimony never stops growing stronger. This is the Lord´s work. And it´s our decision to be observers or participants. But participating fills you with a joy that´s indescribable! (ya no puedo escribir en inglés) I love being a missionary! I love who the Lord is turning me into. I love the support I feel from all of you. I love my life! </div>
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How is everything going for all of you? I heard is super freezing cold in the states? Probably not in Arizona, but everyone I meet tells me "oh, you´re from the US? It´s super cold there right now" haha. And I thought, well no wonder I haven´t heard anything from my family because we live in the desert. </div>
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Every person we talk to thinks we´re crazy for walking out in the heat all day. Every conversation ends with "vayan por la sombra" which means, walk in the shade! haha. I´m getting a little bit tan! But not really at all. </div>
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McKenna Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108250227103198176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992144704874846459.post-52485431594198195462014-01-03T15:19:00.001-08:002014-01-03T15:19:45.222-08:00Only 360 more Days till Christmas!!December 30, 2013<br />
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This week was a little different. There weren´t a lot of productive things we would do on Christmas Eve or on Christmas and then we went to Uspallata for the weekend to do exchanges. But our area is going strong and we are looking forward to another great week! (even though Tuesday and Wednesday we have to stay inside all day.. it´s supposed to be dangerous on the streets those days) </div>
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Uspallata is so pretty! It´s an area right in the mountains so the weather was so nice and basically I wanted to stay there forever! There was a lot of wind, but the sun shone right on us.. so I´m a little bit fried. ok a lot. but it´s kind of turning into a nice tan! so that´s good :) We spent the day with Hermana Tirado from Peru and Hermana Norr from Washington and saw so many miracles! In the two days we were there, they picked up 4 new investigators with baptismal dates! They are doing so great and I learned a ton from them! </div>
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Funny experience from Uspallata: We saw a lady sweeping her porch. Her porch was just dirt. </div>
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Something I forgot to ask when I was in Vallejo: There was an Elder in my district named Elder Contla and I KNOW I know him from somewhere! He said he used to live in Gilbert when he was little. They lived in the ISLANDS! and I said, I lived in the Islands! Do we know the Contla´s or did I have a friend named Zach? Because I think that´s where I know him from. haha. Random. </div>
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Anyway, things here are going great! It was sooooo good to see you all this week! I absolutely loved talking to you and getting to see your faces! You all look so great and I know miracles are happing at home! I hope things continue to go well! I will continue to pray for you every day! Thank you so much for your strength, your examples, and your love! I love hearing from you every week and I promise to be better at writing details :) </div>
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This week I have gained a stronger testimony about the love Heavenly Father has for everyone of us. In every lesson we have taught, I have been able to feel the love that God has for every person we teach. We were with all these people before this life and we are all here for the same purpose: to be able to live with Heavenly Father again. Heavenly Father wants me to get there, and He wants me to help all these people here get there. I can´t let my selfish desires get in the way of that. I always think about how hot I am, how I need water, how I need food, but these people need the gospel, and that´s way more important. I love these people and I know that the Lord will help me forget about myself so that I can help them more. :) </div>
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McKenna Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108250227103198176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992144704874846459.post-1191571446014059902013-12-10T20:32:00.000-08:002013-12-10T20:32:55.565-08:00YAY FOR ARGENTINA!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Well, well, well, the email you´ve all been waiting for! </span><br />
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After about 30 something hours of traveling, I finally made it safe and sound to Argentina! I am now in my first area called, Dorrego, which is in the city Guaymallèn, right outside of Mendoza. We´re right in the city which I love! But it´s definitely not anything like an American city.. but I´ll get to that later. My companion is Hermana Dote. She is from Chile and she has been out on her mission for 6 weeks. So I´m basically training/still a Sister Training Leader over 7 hermanas who all live two hours away from us.Luckily, the Lord equips the called, so I know I can do it! Hermana Dote is so sweet and she is teaching me so much! She´s helping me adjust to the South American life. :) </div>
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Everything here is well.. different. But I´m adjusting well! Nothing is anywhere close to or similar to anything American. Except I guess.. me. The cars are all brands I´ve seen in America, but I´ve never seen them before. There are HUGE dogs that walk around on the streets, in stores, and almost in your house. Oh yeah, and they all hate me. Any other person can walk past them tranquilos, but when I walk past any dog they start to growl and bark and everyone can tell I´m the American because I´m the one who runs away screaming. Ok not really, I´m working on it. We have a Walmart! Definitely NOT American. We went shopping earlier today and I didn´t recognize any of the food and didn´t understand what anything said, so I broke down crying because I thought I was going to starve. My poor companion didn´t know what to do. ha. Yay for crying in Walmart! Don´t worry though, I bought some good food and I´m not going to starve. I was relived to find Trix cereal, Dinoaur chicken nuggets, and Lay´s chips. :) The sun here burns like the infierno, I get nose bleeds at least once a day, and sometimes I think, where am I and why am I here? ha. Sorry, that was super negative.. but none of that stuff even matters because I´M IN LOVE WITH ARGENTINA! </div>
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All of the things that are uncomfortable and different, don´t even matter when at the end of the day we get home and think about the miracles that we have seen. They are many. :) I actually love walking everywhere because there are so many fun people outside that we get to meet! Our ward here is incredible! All of our investigators here are referrals from members! No joke. We have three baptisms planned for this month and they are all pretty sure to go through! All three of them got sick this weekend and couldn´t come to church.. Satan.. but with much prayer and hard work, I know they will be ready for the end of this month! Please pray for Rosa, Jose, and Jorge! They are all amazing! </div>
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I love the streets here! They are all lined with green trees and all the houses are different fun colors! The food that the members make is incredible! We have lunch with members at like 2 every day and that starts off the siesta. We actually don´t have a lot of problems during the siesta! There a lot of people here that don´t do siesta and we find a lot of people and teach most of our investigators during the siesta. So that´s good! Cold showers are actually the best! Although I don´t ever feel like I get dry because it´s super humid here. ha. They say it is like 40 degrees.. I don´t know how hot that is.. Yesterday we had the coolest storm! Like the monsoons at home! In the middle of Sacrament Meeting, it started pouring rain, with super loud thunder and awesome lightning that lit up the sky! It lasted for about 15 minutes and then it was scorching the rest of the day. Yay for summer! </div>
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So there are these guys that make a living off of washing your windows while you are waiting at a stoplight. The assistants were driving us and our luggage to our apartment the other day and we got stuck at a light, and they kept telling the guys that they didn´t want their windows to be washed, but they did it anyways (it wasn´t very good either) the light turned green and the Elder´s didn´t have enough time to grab some money for them, so we took off and they spit in the back of the truck on all of our luggage. Yay. </div>
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I´m adjusting. Slowly but surely. My mission president is amazing and I really love the mission here! It is a lot different, but I know I have a lot to learn here as well! I know the Lord gives us challenges specific to our needs and that we can overcome anything if we trust in Him. It takes a lot of humility, which I am definitely feeling, but once you give everything to Him, you get the strength you need to do His will. I know He called me here to Mendoza for a purpose, and I am going to try my hardest to fulfil that purpose. With His help, I will become the missionary He wants me to be. </div>
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Thank you so much for all of your support and prayers! I say that every week, but I really mean it! I need em! I love you and hope that everything is going well at home! You are always in my prayers and I know that the Lord is watching out for all of you! </div>
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For Thanksgiving, we are going to the casa of the familia Mora. They are from Honduras! So it should be sweet! I've heard they make a bomb turkey. I think we are also getting together as missionaries to play sports and do service, so that should be fun! AND THERE ARE ONLY 30 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!! Which means Skype! Yay! </div>
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So the other day, our zone leaders were skyping with the AP's and I walked by in the background and one of them said "Wait, Hermana Lawrence! You got your visa??" And I said "no..." And he said, "Whoops..." ...... Not sure if it was a joke.. but I guess we'll find out soon! ha! I could have a hot Christmas after all! </div>
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The temple trip was amazing!!! I have the name of Aunt Maude and I will send it back to you! Thank you for sending that so last minute! Sorry :/ But it really was a great experience and I definitely needed it. </div>
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This week was a little rough number wise, but next week we are determined to step it up! There are people out there waiting for us and we are going to find them this week! </div>
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For my Thanksgiving dinner table contribution: I am thankful for a wonderful family who raised me in the true church of Jesus Christ. And for 5 best friends who will get to live with me forever! No empty chairs! </div>
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McKenna Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108250227103198176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992144704874846459.post-12437830171436304162013-11-20T22:40:00.001-08:002013-11-20T22:45:24.342-08:00Yay for Baptisms!<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">November 18, 2013</span><br />
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becoming a little bit discouraged because after the baptism of Isela, we had to
start over and find more people to teach. We were talking to EVERYONE and no
one seemed to want us to teach them. This last week Sister Alba and President
Alba came and told us about the training they had received from Elder Ballard a
couple of weeks ago. He told them that the California missions will one day
stand as an example for all of the missions in the world! And he taught them
about "the doctrine of high expectations". I learned that God has
some really high expectations for us and we have the tools to meet them! We
were talking to everyone so that we could get our 20 contacts every day and do
what the mission president asked of us, but if we are really seeking to do what
GOD wants us to do, we will work so much harder, love so much more, and the Spirit
will accompany us in everything that we do. We received a lot of training that
changed my mission in just one day! I am so much more energized, so much more
excited, and so ready to baptize the world! Elder Ballard told us that we can
baptize weekly in our mission if we use the skills we have learned and love
everyone. The people are being prepared, but if I'm not doing my part, we
won't find them. I have a lot of repenting to do and a lot of growing up to do,
but I know I'm not alone, and I know as I serve others with everything I have,
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and she inspires me everyday to arise and be better! This weekend we found a
lot of new potential investigators and today we have 4 lessons scheduled with
member presents! The Spirit has been with us a lot more since we've received
the training and I know the Lord is guiding us and helping us as we are
desiring to make this change in our work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Martinez, Maria Negrete, Luis Casteneda, and Cristina and Israel Presiado. On
Saturday, Luis came to the baptism of Margarite, who is now in the English
ward, but he speaks English. He loved the baptism and wants to be baptized too
now! He'll take a little bit of time to prepare, he says, but it's something he
wants to be able to prepare for. :) I know he'll be prepared soon. The Spirit
was so strong at the baptism! Kristin Parker is a member from the English ward
that has been coming to lessons with us. Her roommate is Margarite, so they
invited us to sing at her baptism and that's how you got the picture! :)
Kristen served in Chile, and she is so great! We're good friends :) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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love Jesus Christ. I know He is with us always and we can always decide to step
it up and be better. He will always support us in that. ha. The Book of Mormon
is true. No matter how many people say it's not. The work is hastening and we
are all a part of it! Zion is being created in our homes, our wards, and
stakes. Next step, the world! We're growing every day! Because the Gospel has
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before transfers, Elder Connors (our zone leader) and his greenie Elder Faerber
were at the church in the morning for studies and as they were walking out to
their car, there was a man with a truck. He asked the Elders if they would like
some Redwood bark for our church lawn. They told them it was completely free, a
once in a lifetime deal, because people pay good money for that stuff and all
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA;">wants us to come back to Him and be surrounded by His love. No matter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA;">of our losses will be made up. I know that the Book of Mormon is true.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Read it. Share it with everyone! It will change their lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I love you all so much and I am so grateful for all of your prayers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA;">for the people here in Vallejo. They need em! I hope everything is<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA;">well at home and I am praying for you always!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Much love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Hermana McKenna Lawrence<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Ps. The picture attatched to this email is probably one of the best<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA;">pictures you'll ever see of me. And I will most definitely be putting<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA;">you'll probably die. Feliz Navidad!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dog! Happy Birthday to Dad! Happy Birthday to Austin! Happy Birthday to
Whitney!! Whoohoo!!! You're all so old! I can't believe it! I feel like I've
been gone for your whole lives! I miss you guys! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I hope everyone has a great birthday!
There are cards coming this week! :) It sounds like you had some fun
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Things here are going great! Transfers
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for guessing where everyone is going! There is a whole point system and
everything! It should be fun. ha. But my companion and I have been feeling that
we are staying. So hopefully :) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Our investigator, Isela, is progressing
so fast! We taught her about the Word of Wisdom and she told us that ever since
she met us she has been trying to quit smoking! She has gone from 20 packs a
day to 1 cigarette a day! She's incredible! The Elders gave her a blessing
yesterday too, and she is so excited to have some extra strength and so ready
for her baptism! We might even move the date up to the 2nd of November! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Fortino isn't super progressing but he
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Other than that everything is great! The
work continues forward! I finally have some pictures to send! Sorry they're not
very good. Ps you should all try Strawberries with sweetened condensed milk and
chocolate drizzeled over it. Delicious. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I love you all!!!!!! Hope everything is
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Un abrazo!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Hermana Lawrence<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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14, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Hello! How is everyone? I'm so glad you had such a fun trip! Jealous! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA;">So, we didn't reach our zone goal of 101 baptismal invites for the week..
but as a district we invited 62 sons and daughters of God to follow the example
of Jesus Christ and be baptized! As a companionship, we got 23 of those! In one
week! A lot of people said no, but a lot of people said yes! And we are going
back to visit them soon! So cool! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA;">We also set two baptismal dates this week! Isela, the one who came to
conference last week, is going to be baptized on November 9th, and Fortino will
be baptized on November 16th! We have been working with him for a while, so
it's great to have a date with him! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Things are going so well! I love my area and I love my companion! And I
love my mission! The Spirit guides us every day to the people who really need
our help! And we all have the opportunity to participate! The Lord needs us
all! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I hope everything is well at home! I love you all! And I'm praying for you
always! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Love Hermana Lawrence <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Ps. Something funny: We have this Filipino family that lives above us that
just got a karaoke machine. They start at 6:30 in the morning and sing ALL DAY!
And they don't sing very good.. so far we've heard Shania Twain, Josh Groban,
and Alicia Keys.. killed. It makes for very entertaining mornings. ha. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial;">Love
you!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Wasn't conference amazing?? I loved it
so much! I'm so sad that it's </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">all over! But I can't wait till it comes
out on the iPad! I can't even </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">attempt to pick a favorite talk because
I felt like they all were </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">exactly for me! I loved hearing about
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Things have been going really well here!
I have learned so much from </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">my companion and we have been working so
hard! In our zone this week </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">they have issued a challenge for 101
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Isela this week! She is amazing </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">and so ready to be baptized! We asked
her what some of her </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">expectations were for meeting with us
and she said, "Well, I would </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">really like to learn how to receive
eternal life." Well, we can teach </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">you that! ha! She's so sweet! And she
LOVED conference yesterday! We </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">are going to set a baptismal date with
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teaching him! So yay! Sounds like everyone is doing well down there! Good luck
starting back up with school and work and everything! I'm so glad you had a fun
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We are seeing so many miracles here!!! Last week, right after I emailed, we went to Food Max to go grocery shopping. We were in the cereal isle and this guy stopped us and started asking us who we were and where our church is. His name is Paulo and he is getting baptized on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_493034294" 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;">October 19th</span></span>! Wow wow wow! He is so prepared and so excited to get baptized! He told us already that he wants to get married in the temple one day! </div>
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Then, the other day in Wendy's we were ordering our food, and the guy behind us started looking at our tags, so I said Hey how are you? And he said Great! And I can tell you are so great! He told us that it was his first time talking to Mormons, but he wanted to know where our church was, he asked for our number, and then he asked if we have people that teach others the scriptures and stuff. We said, that's us! I explained to him what we do, and he said, That's exactly what I'm looking for! Can you teach me?? Umm..... YEAH! So he is going to call us sometime this week! Sadly, he speaks English, so we have to give him to the Elders. But it was awesome! </div>
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This week was awesome! We had a mission conference with Elder Aidukaitus from the 70. It was awesome! </div>
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I love my companion! We get along so great! And she is so funny! Today we are going to spend time with the other Sisters in our zone! They're so fun! I'm getting a hair cut and maybe possibly getting my ears pierced at Walmart.. :) So if you have any cute earrings, you should send them to me :) </div>
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Have so much fun on your trip this week! And enjoy conference! I am so excited! We watched the Relief Society Broadcast in Spanish and I actually understood it! Yay! </div>
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Sorry my email is a little scattered this week! I have letters and I'm sending them home this week. </div>
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I love being a missionary! This church is true and this week we get to hear from a Prophet of God! </div>
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I love you all soooooo much! Hope everything is well! I'm praying for you always! </div>
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McKenna Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108250227103198176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992144704874846459.post-56225125060284720712013-09-23T15:11:00.000-07:002013-09-23T15:15:53.286-07:00"Vallejo Zone. The City of the Crime."<br />
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Wow! Vallejo is amazing! The people here NEED the Gospel! I got here <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_638974551" 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 Wednesday</span></span> and we've already seen countless miracles! This is going to be an amazing transfer!<br />
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I love my companion! Sister Fernandez is from Malega, Spain, she has been out on her mission for 6 weeks, and she is so sweet! We are great friends! Dad, where did you serve again when you went to Spain? She is helping me a ton with my Spanish and we speak Spanish almost all the time! It's great! I'm getting so good! She is also trying to learn English, so sometimes I help her. Every morning with her cute accent, we get up to go run and she says, "Vallejo zone. The city of the crime." ha.<br />
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So pretty much we live right in the ghetto. We live in a gated apartment complex so we're pretty safe, but there's a police siren that's almost constant 24/7, and car chases around every corner. It's pretty sweet! We live RIGHT next to Six Flags.. like you can see it from our window. It kills me. But our apartment is cute and super safe. We're pretty much safe all the time, unless we go tracting after <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_638974552" 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;">8pm</span></span>, which we don't do. So don't worry. :)</div>
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I love my new zone and my new district! And being a Sister Training Leader is super fun! I get to go to all of the leadership meetings and go on exchanges with other sisters! I am so excited to get to know them better and hope that I can be a good example to them.<br />
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Right now we have a ton of investigators and I have only met one of them! ha. But I'm super excited for this week! From what I've seen so far, Vallejo is doing so great! Sister Fernandez is a great missionary and I know we will see so many miracles!<br />
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We are in the Los Santos Branch and it is amazing! Our branch president Presidente Tobias is from Guatemala and he is so sweet! Everyone in our branch is so humble and has so much faith! We have 8 missionaries in the branch just like in Napa, and we're all a district, so it's super fun! The members feed all 8 of us every night, which is nuts! But they still don't sit down and eat with us, they just leave the food on the table and do things in another room.. so we're good friends. ha.There are 6 Elders and us 2 sisters. We also have 3 new missionaries and they are so awesome!<br />
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Yesterday at church, none of the speakers showed up and the Branch President pulled aside two of the older Elders to ask them to speak. So, the Elders said, why don't we have all the new missionaries speak today! So, the three new missionaries and I spoke. Basically I spoke for most of the time because they don't speak Spanish. It was a long testimony. ha. But it was fun!<br />
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Something funny that happened this week. So there is a less active member in our branch that has 22 dogs.. And whenever we go to visit him, we have to teach him outside because there is no room in there house because of all the dogs. Also, it smells super bad. So we went to teach him and the dogs were going nuts. We could barely hear anything. Then, his neighbor and his heavy metal band started rocking out in their garage and it was literally impossible to teach a lesson. It's not super funny, because the Spirit instantly left. But it was a little funny, because the situation was just outrageous. ha. And he came to church! So that's good. ha. </div>
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I am super excited to be here in Vallejo! And I know I'm here for a reason! Things are going great and I can feel the Lord guiding me every step of the way. Thank you for all of your prayers, I know they help. Hope everything is well at home and I love you guys so much!!!!</div>
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McKenna Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108250227103198176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992144704874846459.post-16985474815041584202013-09-17T21:42:00.003-07:002013-09-17T21:42:53.624-07:00Sister in the Hood!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">September 16, 2013</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">My dear family,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Transfer doctrine came! And I'm being transfered to Vallejo,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">California! Gonna go live some HOOD. LIFE. I will live in American</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Canyon which I've heard is a lot nicer, so that's good! :) When I told</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the members that I was going to Vallejo they all said, Oh.. good luck!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">haha! But I'm excited! I know that's where the Lord needs me to be!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And I am excited to be somewhere a little bit different! The area just</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">opened up two transfers ago, but I have heard they are having a ton of</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">success! My new companion's name is Sister Fernandez and she is from</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Spain! I've heard she's super nice! She's been out a transfer less</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">than Sister Vance, so I will be follow up training her. Who would've</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">thought I would come to a mission in the states and have all foreign</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">companions? Yay for Canada! Anyway, I'm excited and can't wait to</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">start driving! I have also been assigned to be a Sister Training</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Leader, which means that I get to do exchanges with other sisters and</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">teach in District Meetings and stuff! I'm a little bit scared, but I</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">know the Lord equips the called! I will write a letter today so I can</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">address it with my new address! It will probably get to you on</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Monday..</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This week was pretty awesome! We're still getting a hang of the whole</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">online thing, but seeing miracles in the mission! I've been talking to</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">some of my friends on Facebook and it's going good! It's so much</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">easier to share the gospel with people you don't know! ha. But I know</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">it means a lot more coming from someone you know cares about you.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We picked up three new investigators in Napa! Including a sweet</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">family! I'm a little bit sad to leave them! I'm a little bit sad to</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">leave everyone!!! I never knew how much I would love the people on my</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">mission! I am definitely coming back to visit after my mission!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Everything is going great here! I am all healed and scratch free! I</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">almost fell on my face a couple more times this week, but I caught</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">myself. :) The sidewalks are really bad here in Napa. ha! Now I have a</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">lot of packing to do! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">. Also, there's this awesome plaque that one</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">of the members made for all of the missionaries that helped her move!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sweet! ha.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I am really sad to leave Sister Vance! We keep saying, "aww.. this is</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the last time we're going to do this together.." haha. We're such</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">girls!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">That is awesome that the Gilbert mission is getting iPad's too!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">They'll love em! We've been praying for iPhones so that we can have</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">wifi where ever we go, and I think they are coming soon! We have an</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">all mission conference coming up with Elder Aidukaitus from the 70</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">coming! Should be sweet!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It's awesome how this work is moving along! I am so excited! And every</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">day just gets better and better! I am really serving in the best</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">mission in the world! And I know this is where I need to be! This</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">church is the true one! And no matter how many people tell me it's not</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">every day, I will never stop or give up, because I know that's just</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">what Satan wants me to do. And he's never gonna win! Yay!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Well stay strong Lawrence family! I miss you all so much! But I can</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">tell that you are all doing great! I'm so proud of you and I know the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Lord is too! You are all such great examples to me and I am so</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">greatful all of your support! You are in my prayers!!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Love you sooooo much!!!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hermana Lawrence</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Oh! I forgot to tell everyone that this week, Victor, our recent convert received the Aaronic Priesthood!!! Yay! And he's going to the temple</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> to do Baptisms for the Dead! Look out Satan! Another awesome Priesthood leader coming your way!!!</span>McKenna Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11108250227103198176noreply@blogger.com0