tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73946378630377029692023-11-16T07:17:05.915-08:00Sister Jarvie- Salt Lake City Temple Square MissionServed a mission on Temple Square in Salt Lake City.Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00618794105686355187noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394637863037702969.post-46381061942358127492013-10-21T19:47:00.003-07:002013-10-21T19:47:40.957-07:00Questions!I forgot about this blog! But I have gotten a lot of questions from you about clothing allowed at Temple Square. This is a hard one because I keep hearing that the rules change. If you leave a comment with your questions, I will do the best I can to answer them.<br />
Also, I have a board on my Pinterest of cute clothes that I would have worn on my mission.<br />
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<a href="http://www.pinterest.com/elteajay/sister-missionary-style/" target="_blank">Sister Missionary Style</a><br />
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xoxo<br />
LaurenLaurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00618794105686355187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394637863037702969.post-7983482039426251622013-04-13T12:39:00.002-07:002013-04-13T12:39:21.508-07:00My Passion for Modest Skirts is Alive and Well.<div style="text-align: center;">
I'm back in real life! Things are going great and am looking forward to starting school this Spring. I know that there are a lot more sister missionaries preparing to serve! I am no professional by any means but please feel free to contact me with any question you might have. It is hard to find attractive and affordable missionary clothes, I know! I'd like to share my favorite website that I found a lot of clothes from before I left.</div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is hard to believe that this is the last email I'm writing
to all of you as a full-time missionary. So many thoughts are going through my
mind about my experiences over the last year and a half but I don't know how to
make sense of it all in one short summary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have been thinking lately about what I have learned here. So, so
much. I have come to the conclusion that the thing I have gained the deepest
understanding of is charity, the pure love of Christ. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have come to know and love so many people. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The people who call the Church hotline number,
people who chat with us online, people who walk onto Temple Square, and of
course the incredible people in Colorado where I served my outbound. The
testimony that’s in my heart has reached all over the globe, from one tiny 10
acre square that is my mission. There are a lot of misinformed members out
there who think serving at Temple Square would be easy or that we don't do "real"
missionary work. But in what other mission could I have the experience of
teaching someone in Hong Kong by telephone or computer while an investigator I
taught is getting baptized in the Bahamas on the same day?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Temple Square is a sacred and wonderful place; I love it here and I have loved my time serving as a
full-time missionary for the Lord. It will always feel like home... The next phase of my life awaits me and now
after serving a mission I feel I’m actually prepared for it all! I can't
imagine getting married and having a family without knowing what I do now after
a year and a half of the refining experiences that the Lord has put me through. I am so thankful for all of the
things I've learned here. And I'm so excited to be back in real life again; it's gonna be crazy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well, there is some sort of a Temple Square sister missionary
talent show here on Friday night at the assembly hall. We have been practicing
at 7:30 in the morning this week how to walk with a flag, how and when to wave
it...</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">...I'm learning Patience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Anyways, I will see you next week!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Signing off for the last time from Temple Square<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">I got the best news this week! LISA AND CAITLYN got
baptized! They are a mother and daughter we taught in Colorado. I called Lisa
on Saturday to check on her and see how she was doing and she told me they got
baptized 3 weeks ago! I was so happy for them! Brother Keicher said that
they're doing great and so is the Perez family. It is so different to be at
Temple Square and try to keep in contact with them. I am so happy that they are
all doing great, I love CO! I can't wait to go back and visit after my mission.
When I told Brother Keicher that I got into BYU he was like "ohhhhhh I'm so
sorry!" hahah He hates BYU because he is a big Utah State guy. He's so funny.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Sister Cardita and I have a lot of the same
past experiences. It helps us a lot in teaching because we are super unified.
We seriously have so much in common and it’s so fun to teach people with her.
We have been helping someone recently who I think we are really getting through
to and it seems like he is ready to make permanent life changes for the better,
which is awesome! He will be so blessed if he does.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">I am so excited to be able to connect with
all the people I have helped throughout my mission on Facebook once I’m
released!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">I have been able to take some time this past
week and get all registered for my classes at BYU; it’s getting closer and
closer!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lauren trained Sister Di Liberto, Sister Di Liberto trained Sister Rodrigues Pinto!</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Monday we had what is called the "Finish Strong"
meeting for the sisters who are in their last transfer. It was really good and
pretty much all about not fizzling off towards the end of your mission. It is
so hard to stay concentrated. I figure the reason behind that stems from the
time of year I am finishing my mission. This month and last month have been
stressful because of applying both to BYU and as a counselor at EFY during the summer. It has been
a major distraction! But President said that if we know what we are going to do
after, start the process, because life will keep moving along. Today I found
out that I got accepted to BYU! And last week I was hired to work EFY during
the first half of the summer. Now at last, everything is all put together and I
can FINISH STRONG!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sister Cardita is so hilarious! We have so much in common and
will say the same thing at the same time occasionally. Yesterday, after eating
lunch at the COB, we almost got run over by Elder Quentin L. Cook!!! Today
security told us he is a fast driver, and that is true, I'm a witness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">West Gate is still treating us well. Especially the past week,
it has snowed a few days!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sister Cardita is almost done with her mission too, she is in
her 11th transfer, so we have a lot of fun. Both of us have had a lot of
encounters with crazy/weird/creepy people during our missions so we've been talking
with security a lot lately! But I will tell all those stories when I get home
haha!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I saw an old friend of mine by the temple this week! He said him
and his friend were going to the temple for the last session of the night. It
was so cool, Im so proud of him. He had good news about a few of my friends
back home and it really made my day. We are all fighting our own battles in life, to help us grow stronger. There
is a great story in the Ensign this month that tells of a woman who struggled
with a serious drug addiction, now 15 years later or something, nobody would
have ever guessed she had gone through that. I pray that all the people I know
who struggle with that can be like that woman one day. The Atonement covers
e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g. The Atonement is real she said. I have witnessed it myself
that's for sure, the odds are in our favor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">So this
final transfer I have three assignments that are keeping me super busy. I'm
still a district leader, I'm still assigned to west gate of Temple Square, and
now I'm the TMSQ Blogger. Wow, I am on an emotional roller coaster with my
release one month from today! But so busy that I don't have time to write
today! I've sent a few pictures, so enjoy! Oh, and great news! I got three contract offers to work all three sessions at EFY in Santa Barbara this summer! It will start one week after my spring term at BYU ends! I'm so excited! I have to get back to them right now during my email time to accept the offers. </span></div>
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to run now!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Love you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A few of us had a really neat opportunity on Friday to be part of a filming at the Conference Center! The video will be used for a Youth Conference for
the Middle East and Northern Africa Areas of the church. The youth in those areas had sent in questions for a
question and answer portion that will be shown after they watch the devotional. So we acted as the youth and
asked their questions to the General Young Women's President, Elaine S. Dalton, and two other General Authorities! It
was awesome! There were about 6 companionships of us there and we were all told to
come looking our best for the camera! It was so cool!! Afterwards we got to spend a while with
Sister Dalton. We told her about what we do on Temple Square and she seemed so impressed. I
asked her about the Young Women's values ribbons and she said we could still do
it! Later that day, my companion and I got to West Gate at 3pm and Sister Dalton's secretary came
to talk to us! She had put together a few of each ribbon and the virtue value
booklets! Enough for each of us! I cannot express how great that was! I felt so
special that she had remembered me and all the rest of the Sisters! I am so
thankful for that opportunity to meet her and that she could help us continue
with our personal progress! She is the best I just love her!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well it was my "last transfer conference that really meant
anything." At least that's what one of the sisters said, haha! Because when we have the next transfer conference I will be transferring home instead of to a new assignment on Temple Square! So this transfer I get to stay at West Gate and my new companion is Sister Cardita!! I'm so excited! She's
coming back from outbound today so she's not here yet; she'll get here at 2pm! It's gonna be so fun!</span><br />
<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p>So Monday was when we had transfer conference. We all went to the Conference Center Theater to hear Michael McLean play the piano and sing to us! He was so funny! He is so creative. He will start a story and then play the piano while he tells the rest. It was so awesome! We didn't need a PEZ dispenser for this one (haha Seinfeld). It was a fun night.<o:p></o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I spoke at Church on Sunday in our little Temple Square
missionary ward. We have our church service early in the morning each Sunday in the mezzanine chapel of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. Each of us gives a sacrament talk before the end of our mission here. Lucky for
me, I could get that done last week and not have to worry about it this
transfer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sister Fredrickson left for outbound to SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA! She
is going to love it! I will try so hard to go up there when I get home and take
her and her companion to dinner or something!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oh this is funny, so I have an added assignment this transfer...
I am the first Temple Square Blogger. Sister Gillette (President Gillette's wife) has been keeping a blog but now I think I am going to do it. So we'll see how that goes; I don't know a thing about it yet! haha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We've had a lot of crazy weather this week! On Thursday Salt
Lake had FREEZING RAIN! Not just regular cold rain. The rain would freeze as
soon as it hit the ground! Everything was covered in sheets of ice and people
were slipping and sliding everywhere! The Square closed that day. So we all had
to go home! I was kind of bummed because I like to just keep going and our pday
had been the day before. I was mostly studying all day and doing my nails!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On Saturday we were just about to leave West Gate and RIQUE and
Taylor come walking up! Taylor is my companion’s cousin; it was so good to see
them. We took them around Temple Square and caught up for a while. Rique is so
cute, she made me a bunch of note cards and envelopes! I love them! Thank you
so much Riq!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sunday it snowed SO MUCH! We had so much fun playing in the
snow! Also there were a bunch of cars getting stuck in the snow. So a group of
us went out to the street on North Temple to help push these cars out of the
snow! It was so crazy! You should have seen us all pushing behind these cars! We
had so much fun and it was so great to help people! I took some pictures.
Anyways, I think I might have fractured one of my fingers, haha. Typing is a
little painful right now. Not too many visitors to the Square in this weather
but lots of contacting and teaching on the phone and web. So fun!</span></div>
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not much time to write today, but I do have two things to say. First, President
Seppi is the man! He is in our mission presidency. He is so kind and really
follows the promptings of the Spirit. We had an incident at West Gate on
Saturday. This man who just got out of jail came to our booth and was asking us
for the phone number of a transient bishop so he could get some help. I told
him to go stand by the heater while I tried to find his number. The problem was that it was Saturday, so no one was available in the Church Office to help.
So I called President Seppi because he always knows what to do. Anyways, we
were both calling around to find someone to help this man. Nothing was working.
So President Seppi drove all the way up here to Temple Square! He met with the
man and he ended up getting some help for him. We gave him a Book of Mormon and
invited him to be baptized! He came back to the square the other day to thank
me and Sister Hoyt. He will be moving to CA now so I hope he gets baptized. He
took the missionary lessons in jail! Moral of the story...Alma 5:33—“</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Behold, he
sendeth an invitation unto </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/5?lang=eng"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">all</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> men, for
the </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/5?lang=eng"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">arms</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> of mercy
are extended towards them, and he saith: Repent, and I will receive you.”</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Second,
Elder L. Whitney Clayton came to speak to us on Sunday! It wasn't a surprise
though because President Gillette had told me months ago, before I even went
outbound! The Gillette’s and the Clayton’s are in the same ward, and President
Gillette knew that Matt and I are friends. It was so great to hear from them! Matt
came with them and we had made plans to sit with him! It was like summers of
old! Anyways, the messages were so inspiring. I was hanging on to every word.
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than that, those of us going home in 8 weeks are taking care of BYU admissions
business because everything is due by February 1<sup>st</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And some sisters in my class say their
parents have already received the flight information for March 20<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s hard to believe!<br clear="all" />
Well I hope everyone is having a good week!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">The best thing happened last night! Eddie Perez came to Temple
Square! It was awesome. We showed him the temple model and the sealing room
video. We told him about how that's where they will be next year as a family,
after they’ve been baptized for one year!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then we took him over to the North Visitors center to see the
Christus and then "God's Plan for His Family" video presentation.
Right when it finished he said “this was great, Yza would totally be crying
right now.” Hahah!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After a nice look at Temple Square we took him over to look
around Deseret Book. It was so fun to show him all the little things the Church
has to help families invite the Spirit more into their home. So we looked
around there for a few minutes and he got a couple little things. Don't worry,
we got a picture!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is so incredible to see someone who I taught and challenged
to be baptized barely over a month ago come to TEMPLE SQUARE and buy CTR stuff
at Deseret Book! It gives me a whole new perspective on the guests we have here
every day. Eddie came here during the time I was in Colorado too, before being
baptized. And the sisters took him around. Just think, that could be ANYONE we
meet here at Temple Square. Every single one is a potential “Eddie!” We might
not ever know in this life what kind of effect we have on people. I testify
even the smallest act of goodness will make an impression on people. We all
have a responsibility to plant those seeds. The Lord has taught us that “the
field is white already to harvest.” That means that if we do our part: be
loving, be good examples, and be bold with our testimonies, those whose hearts
the Lord has prepared WILL come unto Him! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Perez family is coming to Utah for General Conference this
April!!!! I'm so happy that I will be done with my mission by then because I
will have more freedom to spend time with them haha!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Man, I had no idea this would all happen from that first time we
simply went to Yza's door and gave her a Book of Mormon. It's INCREDIBLE! I
couldn't feel any more blessed!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Another blessing came last Friday! We were ordered to close
Temple Square because of all the snow! So everything Church owned totally shut
down! All that we were allowed to do was go back to our apartment building and
hang out! It was so fun!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well, other than that we are just trying to stay warm!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stay happy and CTR!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">xoxoxoxo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Goodbye COLORADO! Hello TEMPLE SQUARE!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I have already been back here for a week! It feels like forever
ago that I was helping Alyssa Perez get ready for the New Years dance but I
also feel like I just got here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It was amazing coming back. I had a direct flight from Colorado
Springs this time, and when I arrived at Salt Lake City Airport Sister
Fredrickson was waiting at the bottom of the escalator for me! It was so fun,
we totally hugged and cried!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So I am serving at West Gate this transfer!!! Woooo!!! I
seriously have always wanted to serve there. Jenna Mettra served there for 3
transfers! I am so excited! West Gate is literally at the ‘west gate’ of Temple
Square. It is where the motor coaches arrive and where the language tours are
arranged. It can be really fast-paced and busy and stressful at times--that’s
what I love about it! I am a district leader again and my new companion is
Sister Hoyt from Murrieta, California. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So it has also been a little strange being back because I don't
know so many of the new sisters! There are well over 30 sisters that I knew who
are outbound now, and so many that have come in from the MTC, and so many that have
gone home!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things change pretty fast
when you are off the square for two transfers! It feels so different. But it is
so nice to be able to teach regularly again. Even though the square isn't busy
at all (it's actually always kind of dead) this time of year, we still get
access to a lot of finding through the phone and online. And I am already
starting to see success! I love finding and teaching!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All of us that just came back from outbound are struggling
getting back into the old grind! hahha I haven't had a time to do studies ALL
WEEK because we have had early morning meetings haha We are so tired!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Anyways, it is so so good to be back! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">xoxox<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Sister Jarvie<br clear="all" style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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</span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well well! I really cannot believe that I am done with my
outbound experience! And it will be the beginning of a new year. I can't even
wrap my head around how scary this is! I have been keeping a "One Line a
Day" journal since August 30, 2010. So I just write a little something
about what’s going on each day of the year. On New Year’s day January 1, 2012 I
wrote, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">"This year will be 100%
dedicated to the Lord. This whole year, I will be a missionary".</b> I
feel like I just wrote that a minute ago. And now this incoming year, 2013, I
will not be a missionary for part of it! I only have a couple months left. This
means I have to go back to real life?! Don't get me wrong, I'm excited! It's
fun to think about but there's also a lot of pressure. Mostly because of
"the unknown". For now, I try my best to maintain my focus, but
applying for school makes this difficult. I'll take any suggestions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mom sent me this great poem that I love.
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</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">“Give me a light that I may tread safely into the
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relationships here. I know I've said this so many times but everyone I've met
here is so fantastic. I couldn’t have asked for a better outbound experience. Everyone
in Parker, Colorado better know that as soon as I can, I will be back to visit you
all. Thank you so much and I love you!<br />
I hope everyone has a happy and safe New Years tonight!<br />
SET A SPIRITUAL GOAL FOR 2013!<br />
xoxoxo<br />
LOVE YOU<br />
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Merry Christmas! I am so thankful for this time of year. This is the second Christmas that I have been on my mission and this year is a lot different. Last year at Temple Square I never had much time to settle down and enjoy the season. The feeling this year seems more real than all the thousands of people and lights. Today we went to a lady's house to help her wrap Christmas presents. She said she is usually up until 2 in the morning wrapping but we were able to get it all done in 3 hours! We also spent the last week wrapping presents for another young family. I really enjoy doing any service for the people here. Especially at Christmas. I would rather tthat they be able to spend more time with their family than stay up all night worrying about getting things wrapped. I think that's what it should be all about. Tomorrow is Christmas day; I hope everyone can relax and think about Jesus. Christmas is a fun tradition and shouldn't be stressful. I always think about the talk by Dieter F. </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ucthdorf</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,<a href="http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/10/of-things-that-matter-most?lang=eng&query=%22of+things+that+matter+most%22" target="_blank"><span style="color: #19667e; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">"Of Things That Matter Most"</span></a>. This is a wonderful time of the year, really, I love it! But I hope we don't get lost in the shreds of torn up wrapping paper.<br />This past week has been the best! The Perez family got baptized last Sunday. Then on Saturday Gary got baptized! They all got confirmed yesterday. It was so incredible; I really don't know how else to put it. I can't think of a better way to celebrate Christmas than being baptized and giving ourselves as a gift to God. Next year will be even better! The Perez family will be sealed in the temple! And Gary and his wife will also be sealed in the temple. At Christmas time!!! This is all I needed for Christmas. To see both these families fully come unto Christ is the greatest gift I could get. I am so blessed to have come here at this time and help these families move forward in the gospel. There is nothing greater than this.<br />I received a tender little mercy this week. I was having a hard time with the situation of the day, so this just made everything perfect! I got a letter from a sweet person who wanted to wish me a Merry Christmas! I won't tell their name but she is now a sweet friend in Michigan.<br />"Sister </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jarvie</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,<br />I am not a member of your church but I read your blog each week. I honor you for your service and also for the way you seem to have a caring and positive attitude towards those who are exploring your church rather than judging them based upon your own agenda. I believe the Savior would approve of that attitude.<br />Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences with us through your blog.<br />I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a blessed 2013 as you complete your mission and move forward into the next phase of your life.<br />Best Wishes,<br />*Michigan friend"<br />I just want to say, thank you so much! It really made my day. We need more people like you in the world! Even though we're not of the same church, we can still rejoice in Christ, it's perfect. I'm so happy to hear that my experiences as a missionary are reaching over the globe. 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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yesterday was the baptism of the Perez family! It was beautiful.
We had a pretty crazy week so we weren't able to go and see them as often as we
would have liked to. But everything came together for the baptism so it was
great! It was announced in Sacrament meeting and so many people came, I've
never seen anything like it. We held the whole program in the chapel and then
everyone walked down to the relief society room for the baptism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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baptistery where the little waiting area is. It was so special to stand there
with them and watch as Brother Keicher baptized Eddie. It was incredible! The
Spirit was so strong!! I loved to see Eddie’s face as he watched his wife and
children also get baptized. I love this family! They are so strong! I am so
happy for them because I know they are coming closer to Christ each day they
move forward in His gospel. This will bring so much happiness to their family!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to me after they were baptized. I saw each of them in a completely new way. I
could see that the Spirit was with them, they were glowing! It was such a
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to be dried and straightened before we went back to the chapel haha it was so
fun! I think her hair dried in maybe 6 minutes! It was also her 15th birthday
and I got her the cutest little “tiara” birthday card. It said Birthday
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11825 Meadowood Ln.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So much has happened this week! Last Monday we went to our
investigator family’s home and we had a great member couple with their teenage
daughter come with us. I felt really strong about bringing this couple with us
to teach because the husband had also been Baptist. He was able to answer their
questions in a way that we never could have, it was so great! I just feel so
blessed to have these incredible members to help us teach! The Spirit was so
strong and I really was able to bear a strong testimony to them. We talked to
them about getting baptized in the coming weeks and they were going to pray
about it during the week. They had a big Christmas party at their house on
Saturday, so we went to their house to help set up during the week. It was
great to offer service to them. They really feel like the ward is a 'family'!
And they said that was exactly what they were looking for when they moved here.
Wow, the gospel is so true. The Lord has been preparing this incredible family
for a long time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Their Christmas party was so fun! Most of the people who were
there were from the ward. They were afraid they might not have enough food for
everyone and I said don't worry; where there's Mormons, there's food! hah So we
ended up with tons of leftovers to take home and to other people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Last night was
definitely the best moment during my whole mission!</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> We went to their house and our Ward Mission
Leader came with us; he is really good friends with the father of the family.
We were teaching the commandments, and they had questions about the prophet.
Our WML was able to bear the strongest testimony on each of the things they had
concerns about. IT WAS AWESOME. I don't think they completely felt like baptism
was the right thing to do so soon. But as our WML was sharing his testimony, I
was desperately searching for a certain scripture that came to my mind. At the
very moment he finished and looked at me the pages opened to that very
scripture...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles,
Men and brethren, </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">what
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then Peter said unto them, </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus
Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy
Ghost.</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call."</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I explained that after hearing this message and feeling it is
true, the next step a person should take is to be baptized. I invited them to
be baptized and I was totally tearing up!! They committed to this SUNDAY!!!
Wow, it couldn't get any better than this, really. I am so so so happy for
them, words cannot even express it. I love this family so much! Four of them
are old enough to be baptized and the youngest will be eight this summer. I
will come back here next year when they go through the temple to be sealed as a
family. I’m so grateful that families can be together forever through Heavenly
Father’s Plan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Also, our other investigator is doing so well! He bought his
last pack of cigarettes last weekend! And is still on schedule to be baptized
on the 22nd!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When I left Temple Square and came here to Parker nine weeks ago, we had no real investigators. There
hadn't been a baptism in 2 1/2 years. And in that time there was not one person
who accepted a second lesson from missionaries. Now, we will bring 5 more souls
back into the fold before the end of the year. It's incredible. I'm so thankful
that I could be here at this time and fulfill my purpose in coming to the CCSM.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CO- Colorado Springs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11825 Meadowood Ln.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Parker, CO 80138<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alright, so I had this whole long email written out, saved it
and had to switch computers! But now the email is gone and we don’t have any
time left on the computer!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We had a great week! We had a really inspiring Zone conference
with Elder Snow. And it was so great! I will rewrite what happened next week
because we got some pretty great stuff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Also the work is going so fast here. The Spirit is really
testifying through us-- it’s incredible! Our investigator family has a
Christmas party this weekend and there are tons of people in the ward that are
planning on coming. It’s going to be great! SANTA will be there! The same Santa
who was at the ward Christmas party haha!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">If everything
keeps on going we will have 7 baptisms by the end of the year in the Ponderosa
ward!!! There hasn’t been a baptism here in 2 YEARS!!!! The Lord is really
hastening His work!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thanksgiving was great! I hope everyone had a great day too. We
were super busy. Sister Nawrocki wanted me to do her make up in the morning and
then we hurried to our breakfast appointment (9AM). It was so good! After
breakfast we went to go help out at the Bishops house for their big meal
(11:30AM). She gave us some food and pie. Then we went to go have dinner at a
members house in the French Creek ward (2:30PM). They had THREE different
turkeys! One regular, another deep fried, and the last was a TurDuckEn! Has
anyone ever heard of this because I haven't! It's a</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><u><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">chicken</span></u></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">inside of a</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><u><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">duck</span></u></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">inside of a</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><u><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">turkey</span></u></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">! I didn't try it though haha. They were the
same family who fed us ELK meat a couple weeks ago! It was all so good though.
So my favorite thing about Thanksgiving has always been that out of the box
stuffing that normal people probably think is super gross, but I love it!
Anyways, EVERYTHING we eat here in Parker is homemade! I'm like, so you really
put pieces of shredded bread and stuff inside of the turkey to bake it??? Hahah
so crazy! Also, we got to see them actually deep fry a turkey!! The only time I’ve
ever seen this was on the news and the peoples house end up burning down. It
worked though! We ended up being there and eating for a while so we went home
to lie down for an hour before our next stop. We went to another family’s house
to watch Brave (6PM). We helped them clean up and put their living room back
together before we started the movie. I wasn't super into the movie I don't
think I’d watch it again but it was fun to be there with their family! We got
home around 9:30PM. Such a long day but it was super fun!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We taught some great lessons this week. I am starting to feel
better about the work here. It has been difficult with Sister Nawrocki being
sick though. She decided to go home on February 7th. That will be good for her
because she needs to figure out what's wrong and get healthy! I pray for her
always!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well recently, thanks to one of our investigators I have really
gotten into the Gospel Principles book! That book is awesome. I'm really lucky
to be able to have one here and study that because there are so many great
scriptures from the Bible that reference what we are teaching them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This week in Relief Society we discussed a talk given at the
April 2012 General Conference called "</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2012/04/converted-to-his-gospel-through-his-church?lang=eng&query=%22converted+to+his+gospel+through+his+church%22" target="_blank"><span style="color: #19667e; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Converted to His Gospel
through His Church</span></a><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"
by Elder Donald L. Hallstrom. It is so good. Check it out!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hope everyone has a great week!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Love love love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sister Jarvie<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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--<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sister Lauren Jarvie</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CO- Colorado Springs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11825 Meadowood Ln.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Parker, CO 80138<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://sisterlaurenjarvie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #19667e; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">sisterlaurenjarvie.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394637863037702969.post-1819785999781391592012-11-19T14:45:00.001-08:002012-11-19T14:48:09.145-08:00Being Grateful!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Parker, Colorado!</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As I missionary, I think about what I am grateful for a lot.
There are so many things. At this point in my mission I have realized what I
really am the most grateful for, and that is Jesus Christ. I hope anyone who
reads this will watch this video. <br clear="all" />
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="<a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oXrOG02NMB0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #19667e; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.youtube.com/embed/oXrOG02NMB0</span></a>"
frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is my favorite video. If you don't feel the Spirit while
watching this you need to re-evaluate yourself! No, but in all honesty, there
are countless things we can think about this time of the year that we are
thankful for. Count your blessings people. No matter how bad we think it may be
or how hard times get, just think of what the Savior did for you, and why. When
Elder Holland came to Temple Square to talk to us he said that we shouldn't ask
“why is life so hard?” He said life was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">never</i>
easy for the Savior, so why should it be easy for any of us? Luckily, it <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">can</i> be easy because our burdens can be
made light. Getting to that point can and usually will take some hard work
though. When something bad happens, how often is the first thought we have, “wow
I'm SO happy that I can handle this with the Lords help?” I have really learned
that it is not about me at all. If I am upset, that's my choice. It is also my
choice to be grateful for the little things. Instinctively, we will get
frustrated, disappointed and down at times. How long do those feelings last
though? For some, it can be years. Others, just a small moment. What is the
difference? It really doesn’t depend on the circumstance. The difference in how
we handle trials lies in our relationship with God, our understanding of His
plan for us and our gratitude for what He has done for us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Therefore, let
us glory, yea, we will glory in the Lord; yea, we will rejoice, for our joy is
full; yea, we will praise our God forever. Behold, who can glory too much in
the Lord? Yea, who can say too much of his great power, and of his mercy, and
of his long-suffering towards the children of men? Behold, I say unto you, I
cannot say the smallest part which I feel."—</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/26.16?lang=eng" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #19667e; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Alma 26:16, Book of Mormon</span></b></a><br />
I am so thankful for the experiences I've had, the bad ones as well as the
good. Loyal people. The ones who were not. The family and friends who never
left my side. Emma and Jess, my beautiful friends who understand me and still
love me anyways! The angels that kept me grounded in the gospel of Christ
throughout the years when I was surrounded by non-members. It was through this
love that I came to know that Jesus Christ suffered these pains and weaknesses
so that all of us could be forgiven. And that He lives and loves us. And that
in every experience that I had, as I called upon Him, He continued to shape me
to be an instrument in His hands and urged me to be an example to others. The
more I have been able to focus on gratitude, the happier I am! I invite all of
you to do the same!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Focus on small blessings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Remember that, "A clean house is the sign of a wasted
life". –a wise refrigerator magnet from home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Go out, have fun, love your life and be grateful for what you
have!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And EAT TURKEY!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Happy Thanksgiving!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">*Gobble* *Gobble*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">xoxoxox<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sister Jarvie<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sister Lauren Jarvie</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CO- Colorado Springs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11825 Meadowood Ln.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Parker, CO 80138<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394637863037702969.post-62115061946956600732012-11-13T19:18:00.001-08:002012-11-13T19:20:57.354-08:00Transfer Week Already!<div align="center">
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On transfer week in this mission we have our pday on Tuesday
because everybody moves around on Monday. So I’ve been here five weeks, and now
this transfer is only going to be 5 weeks long! It will end December 16.
Apparently the reasoning behind it is that all the flights are too expensive if
the transfer ends too close to Christmas. I have already been here in CO for
over a month! The time has been going by pretty fast. We got to walk a lot this
week; it was so fun to be out in the fresh air! It is really beautiful here!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Since I've been here we have been able to do some really fun
service for the Hereth family! Sister Hereth served her mission on Temple
Square and met her future husband while she was serving at the Cannery!! They
have 5 adorable children now; they are the best family ever. So I’ve been doing
some service in her home; I learned how to make roman blinds out of regular
little blinds and paint over old paint without having to sand it first! I guess
CHALK PAINT is the cool new thing! It looks so beautiful on and it’s really easy
to do. Sister Hereth buys it at a lovely little boutique on Parker’s Main
Street, such a fun place. The first week that I got here we had dinner at their
house and it was so much fun to talk about Temple Square, everything is so
similar now to the way it was when she was a missionary there! We even live in
the same place. I saw pictures of her old apartment when she lived there and
the furniture is still the same hahaha.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We had some great lessons this week. Our investigators really
seem to be progressing. On Sunday we had 6 investigators come to church; that
is the best! We’re trying to teach them all and move them along steadily
towards baptism. I really hope that I will be able to be here to see some or
all of them get baptized!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My companion is having a little bit of a health challenge so we
are working on that and she’s getting some tests tomorrow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But we’re moving forward!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It has been starting to cool down here. Luckily we have a space
heater in our room!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Love you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">xoxoxo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CTR<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Sister Jarvie</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394637863037702969.post-11246615916724720892012-11-05T13:38:00.001-08:002012-11-05T13:38:31.521-08:00Baptism Coming Up!
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I have been
a little sick all week and it’s been slow here, so I don't have much to write about this week! But I’m so glad my parents got
to spend time with my Temple Square Trainer, Ho-Yee Au-Yeung when she was at
LAX during her layover on her way home to China! Awe, she’s so cute!! I love
her! It was so sad to say goodbye to her! Tsi Chen! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And they even got a picture of her in the
famous spot where our family takes pictures!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My trainer is headed home!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My parents took her to the LA Temple Visitors Center</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Well, we’re
trying to help our investigator to quit smoking. He has been meeting with the
missionaries here for two years and nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We went to teach him a lesson and I committed him to baptism and he
accepted! Booyah!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I love you
all! Hope to have more news next week! Lots, lots slower than Temple Square!</span></div>
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Jarvie</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394637863037702969.post-74318689492747584702012-10-29T11:56:00.002-07:002012-10-29T11:59:19.361-07:00We've Got Our Work Cut Out For Us!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We had our first BLIZZARD! So we celebrated by also getting one
from Dairy Queen! It was pretty fun. We are assigned to two wards, and this
weekend we got to go to their really fun Halloween parties! We dressed up as
hipsters for Ponderosa Ward’s party!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We also had interviews with President Anderson on Wednesday. He’s
so great! There are some pretty good new ideas about working with members in
the wards to increase interest and confidence of the ward members so that they
can find people to teach. So hopefully we can utilize those as much as possible
to get the work moving in this area. Apparently, it is known as one of the hardest
areas in the mission because it is the wealthiest. So most of the people who
live here are pretty content and don't really see a need for religion. Isn’t
that sad?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they only knew the
blessings they are missing out on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh
well, I’ve got my work cut out for me while I’m here!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We have been working a lot with some great members here and our
ward mission leader to find more ways to move forward! All of the members that
I have met in both wards are so willing to help and really excited to have
sister missionaries haha! I have really enjoyed working with them! Have a great
week! CTR<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Letter from President Anderson</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Not too much happened this week because almost everyone we tried
to see was gone for Fall Break! But we did get to teach some great lessons. The
teaching aspect of this mission compared with Temple Square isn't different at
all. I MISS NON-STOP TEACHING! We do not teach nearly as much here as we did at
Temple Square. I miss that so much! It is kind of nice to have a little
vacation from the intensity of the work though. I find myself actually having
time to write in my journal and have free time to read the scriptures!! Members
feed us every night and we drive around in a car. I feel like I’m getting
spoiled and it will be hard to go back to the old grind, but I miss it and I am
so happy I will still have 3 months left at Temple Square before my mission
ends!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On Saturday Sister Nawrocki got a migraine so the past couple of
days we have been trying to help her rest. I bought something called a
Smashbook; it's a lot like a scrapbook. So I will put everything in there about
my outbound experience. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This weekend we had Stake Conference. Brother Theiss spoke (the
Stake Patriarch) about how hard mothers work to get all of their young children
to church every Sunday morning. And that he was proud they were still active in
the Church!! hahah Man, he is so funny up there speaking! Then he talked about
an acronym he came up with for sacrament meeting...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">bsorb<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">P</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">onder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ct<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He said that the PAPA didn’t mean anything but it just worked
out that way so he went with it! Haha. Something else that’s cool is that the
President of GeoCaching in Colorado is in the Singles Ward here!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The next day there was a broadcast from SLC as our Stake
Conference. Most of it was pretty much focused on the Youth. Now with the new
age for missionaries, homes, quorums and classes should become missionary
training centers!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tad R. Callister spoke on prayer, and that out of all the titles
we can obtain in the world, Mother or Father is the ultimate title.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teach our children how to pray:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1-<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With intensity for things of eternal purpose.
The Divine output will be matched with personal input.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2- Pray
for an eternal companion! haha Do everything in our ability to obtain an answer
from our prayers. "We can't pray for a Celestial companion if we're living
a Telestial life!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3-Set an example of our faith in the power of prayer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4- Teach our children the virtue of kneeling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5- Make morning prayer a habit! Our breastplate, shield and
sword come from the protective power of prayer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6- Pray often. "When it's time to pray, pray! And if you
don't feel like it, pray 'til you do!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7- Recognize answers to prayers. Satan cannot duplicate feelings
from the Spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then Russell M. Nelson spoke. My favorite thing that he said,
"Satan is an incorrigible Insomniac! He doesn't sleep!"<br clear="all" />
Everything is going really well in Parker and I love it here! The members are
seriously SO NICE! I can't even begin to express how much I love all of them.
It is such a blessing to be here for awhile and I plan to make the most of it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Love all of you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">xoxoxo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sister Jarvie<br />
--<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My One-Year Anniversary!</td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sister Lauren Jarvie</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CO- Colorado Springs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11825 Meadowood Ln.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Parker, CO 80138<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://sisterlaurenjarvie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #19667e; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">sisterlaurenjarvie.blogspot.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394637863037702969.post-6391888508119387062012-10-15T10:47:00.002-07:002012-10-15T11:04:54.705-07:00Life In The Rockies!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My new companion Sister Nawrocki</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is so weird! Suddenly a different place and a very different pace! The night before I came to CO I got 2 hours of
sleep! So when we go outbound from Temple Square we have to pack all of the
stuff we’re not taking with us. I had no idea how much stuff I have accumulated
while I’ve been on my mission. Anyways, it was a disaster. Luckily, the sisters
I left behind at Temple Square are nice enough to take all of that stuff to
storage for me. It was so stressful! So then the next day I fly to CO and they
take me to the mission office. It was really interesting because the AP's were
like quizzing me on Joseph Smith and the Restoration. Hahaha… And they had
asked me if I had ever seen the 12 week program (it’s the training guide for
new missionaries that I used when I was training Sister di Liberto). I was like
um yeah I definitely have seen that, we study it every day at Temple Square. So
it was just funny, haha, but whatever, I guess that’s what they do when a new
missionary comes from the MTC, so I can go with it! Originally this mission was
scheduled to get a new Sister from the MTC, but she got sick there and needed
to go home, so when they had a shortage they called Temple Square and asked if
one of the 17 of us that were going outbound could plug in there to fill the
gap. Also, the AP’s gave me this HUGE book of policies and guidelines for this
mission. In short, it’s very different from Temple Square. So that’s what will
be great about outbound, experiencing something new! After I was quizzed by the
AP's, my companion came!!! Her name is Sister Nawrocki from upstate New York.
She is so cool. She has been on her mission for only 3 months and is
"training" me haha.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The next day was really interesting too! I actually had time to
unpack and settle in!! Then we had lunch at a member’s house. After that we met
up with some other sisters to get frozen yogurt! Then we continued to meet more
members in the two wards we’re serving in. We are serving in Ponderosa Ward and
the French Creek Ward. They are both so AWESOME! I love everyone we have met.
They are all super nice and really excited to do missionary work!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Friday we had Zone Meeting! So I walk in first and there are
like 20 elders in there!!!! So awkward hahaha. Then the zone leaders called me
up to be the investigator for a role play and they asked me if I had ever done
a role play at Temple Square! I took a deep breath and said YES! All the
time... haha! It was also my ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!! So the sisters that we
went to get frozen yogurt with the day before brought me these cute balloons
with candy inside :) It was so fun! I can’t believe I just have a little over 5
months left! How did this happen?!?!? That night we had dinner at the Ropers,
such a cute family! And they are really good at cooking!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We were pretty busy on Saturday meeting with members in the two
wards. There is a missionary program here called 5-5-5 that keeps us super
busy. Basically, each auxillary is supposed to come up with 5 names or families
that we should go teach the missionary lessons to. We have the BEST ward
mission leader in the Ponderosa ward, he is so cool and we love his family.
They took us out to dinner on Saturday to this Mexican food place called Los
Delicioso. It was pretty good. I haven't had good Mexican food in a while.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So each Sunday while I’m here we will go to two wards! And ward
council meetings and stuff. It is pretty fun and Sundays go by way fast. I
haven't really gone to church meetings in a year! In Temple Square we only have
time for sacrament meeting and then we have to hit the Square! And I haven't
been in a “family” ward since I was 15 pretty much! It was fun. I met the
Persingers-- they are the best family ever! Sister Persinger is a crack up,
Sister Nawrocki was like “you are going to be just like her when you grow up!”
Haha she is the best! So they had us over for dinner, it was incredible. She
has that same huge clock in her house that we got before I came on my mission!!
Then we had another dinner appointment at Bishop Allettos house! They have 5
kids and the youngest plays football at BYU! They are a really nice family!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Things are nice here and I have been enjoying the super slow
pace!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I feel like I'm on vacation sometimes...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">LOVE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">xoxoxoxo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sister Jarvie<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(minus the American flag and SL temple deco)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My house in Parker</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394637863037702969.post-8957984513406634552012-10-09T15:16:00.003-07:002012-10-15T17:06:01.943-07:00Peace Out Temple Square!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deseret News--"Sister Missionaries react to missionary age announcement"</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">This
week was so crazy getting ready for General Conference! It was so much fun this
year! We got thousands of referrals and have our work cut out for us. On Sunday
night we had transfer conference and I got called to my outbound; so I am going to Colorado Springs Mission
tomorrow for two transfers!!! I’m so excited! I will come back to Temple Square
on January 2nd 2013 for my last two transfers!!! I don’t have much else to say
right now, and I have tons of things to do before my early morning flight
tomorrow. I will write more next week, and I’ll have a new address soon!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love you all---CTR!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Sister Jarvie<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October Conference<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last days with Sister Fredrickson!</td></tr>
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Deseret News Article--"A Front Row Seat to a Huge Cultural Shift"<br />
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the Whirled: When the</span></span><br />
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to the news that new sisters can enter the mission field at the age of 19 that
was shared at the Saturday morning session of general conference. (Scott G
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Tiffany Gee Lewis , For the Deseret News <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Published: Wednesday, Oct. 10 2012 5:00 a.m. MDT<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #464646; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">As a 19-year-old sophomore at Brigham Young University, I roomed
with a group of strong, intelligent women. We had watched virtually the entire
male half of our freshman cohort leave to serve as Mormon missionaries. We
women had the same ambition — most of us had plans to serve a mission — but because
it wasn’t our time, we saw the world a different way. We took off to study
abroad: in the Middle East, England, Mexico and Russia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #464646; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">In that group of 12 women, nearly all of us studied in a foreign
country, but only one of us made it on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, and it wasn't me, even though I had worn
future-missionary as a title since I was 8 years old. Life circumstances took
me on a different course.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #464646; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">But I would have served, and so would most of that sophomore
group, if we could have gone at 19.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #464646; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">That, in a word, is why the change in the minimum age for
missionary service, just announced at </span></span><a href="http://www.lds.org/general-conference/sessions/2012/10?lang=eng" target="_blank"><span style="color: #006ab1; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">LDS general conference</span></span></a><span style="color: #464646; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">, is nothing short of monumental. It may well usher in an era of
the sister missionary in a way we don’t fully comprehend. Not only are we about
to see a flood of sister missionaries, but we are going to have front-row seats
to an enormous cultural shift in the church.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #464646; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The change for women goes hand-in-hand with the </span></span><a href="http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/62810/Teaching-the-Saviors-way-Church-leaders-introduce-new-youth-curriculum.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #006ab1; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">alterations being made
to the youth programs</span></span></a><span style="color: #464646; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">, which put more onus on
the youths to teach, testify and carry the church forward. I see this change
not as a marginalization of elder missionaries, but as a terrific strengthening
of both genders.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #464646; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Imagine, for instance, a seminary class of high school seniors.
They are talking about their upcoming plans, their goals for the future. They
are <i>all</i> talking about missions, not as something they might do in four
years if life circumstances go their way, but as a tangible choice in the near
future. Think of the strength of a proselytizing army that includes nearly an
equal number of men and women, and what that will do for the church.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #464646; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">You can pick a returned sister missionary out of a crowd,
because usually they’re standing at the head of it. In the past three wards
I’ve been in, I do believe every Relief Society president served a mission.
That might be coincidence, but I think it speaks to the power of a mission for
“fast-tracking” one’s understanding of the church and the full scope of its
mission in the world. Of course, a mission is not required for LDS women, but
there’s no doubt that full-time service, at that early age, is an invaluable
test of character and leadership — a refining, soul-stretching experience
that’s hard to replicate any other way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #464646; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I've noticed a stereotype in our culture that men are the
knowledge-bearing scriptorians and women are the service-oriented saints. But,
as Elder Neal A. Maxwell has noted, “We need more women who are gospel scholars
and more men who are Christians.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #464646; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Because of the dual role to both serve others and study the
scriptures intensively, a mission molds men and women to be both saints and
scriptorians.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #464646; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Beyond this, the change in minimum age for missionary service is
going to have enormous cultural implications for the church, in terms of dating,
education and life plans. Women who go on missions at 21 face the real-life
concern of coming home to find the marriage pool has thinned considerably, or
that they have to put a nearly completed education on hold. Now those concerns
can be alleviated.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #464646; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Is every young woman going to serve a mission? No. Nor should
they feel that obligation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #464646; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">But the truth is there are thousands of young women who <i>want</i>
to serve, and will follow that call. After all, they’ve been singing “</span></span><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=169&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=169&searchsubseqend=ZZZ" target="_blank"><span style="color: #006ab1; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I Hope They Call Me on
a Mission</span></span></a><span style="color: #464646; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">” right along with the boys since they were 3 years old.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #464646; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">That hope, quite suddenly and remarkably, can be realized much
sooner.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #464646; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Tiffany Gee Lewis lives in St. Paul, Minn., and is the mother of four
boys. She blogs at </span></i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://thetiffanywindow.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #006ab1; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">thetiffanywindow.wordpress.com</span></i></a></span><i><span style="color: #464646; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">. Her email is </span></i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="mailto:tiffanyelewis@gmail.com" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #006ab1; mso-ascii-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Georgia; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">tiffanyelewis@gmail.com</span></i></a></span> </div>
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