tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74913031559966738412024-03-12T19:19:28.013-07:00Talmage's Back to the Homeland MissionRod and Kandacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078914921997817315noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7491303155996673841.post-69862693564457642722017-03-06T12:22:00.001-08:002017-03-10T07:13:51.551-08:00Stay Golden Pony Boy!<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Last week was great! we found tons of new investigators. Our friend was Baptized and he has never looked happier. We were able to go to Linlithgow palace and Stirling Castle and the William Wallace Monument. We had a wonderful broadcast from Salt Lake Specifically to the Northern Europe area. Amazing miracles were happening left and right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There is so much I can tell you about last week. SO MUCH! But I think that the most important thing I can tell you about before I come home is that I know that God is there and he loves us. He loves you so much that he gave everything you see around you. Jesus Christ is the savior. He has touched my life and I have felt his transforming power in my life. I would not be able to complete a mission without him. I know that I have done my best. I have so much relief in my heart. The Spirit has led me on my mission. Following Gods guidence and being on his errand has been the most fulfilling and happy time of my life. I wish I could tell you how happy I am but I can't. The English language has the largest vocabulary out of every other language in the world. Even with that, though, It can't express a fraction of my gratitude and happiness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If there is anyone out there that feels lost, alone, forgotten, overwhelmed, stressed, guilty, ashamed, sad or depressed. I am telling you as a friend to come unto Christ and be perfected in him. Repent of what you need to and let his grace fill your life and turn you into a new creature. While I am a missionary (and that is for forever) I will always invite people to come unto Christ. I love you all and will see you soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">P.S. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I Didn't explain my title, I am praying that my mission memories will stay Vivid and Golden. I pray that the quality of my spiritual life stay Sensitive and Golden. I pray that the disciple I have come to be stay Faithful and Golden. </span></div>
Rod and Kandacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078914921997817315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7491303155996673841.post-10849292404262117672017-02-27T13:40:00.002-08:002017-02-27T13:40:13.756-08:00My First Wedding<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So this last week we have seen a lot of opposition but so many blessings at the same time. You are probably wondering why I am talking about my wedding. Well it wasn't really my wedding it was my buddies wedding. He has been wanting to get married and when he gets married he can get Baptized as well, but the law was stopping them for a while. They couldn't get marrieds for 2 years and then suddenly they were told they could get married but only if it was within 2 weeks so they through a wedding together as fast as possible. It turned out to be amazing. it was small and very few people were invited but they wanted us to come! It was really special. They had been looking forward to this for so long and finally it came. He seemed so happy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Sunday we had the Zone Leaders drive up to interview him. He passed with Flying colors. He is going to be one of the rocks in the ward. He is always talking about doing service and helping out at church. He will be such a strength to the Falkirk Branch</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We Also went on Exchanges with the Zone Leaders this week in Edinburgh. It was splendid. It was the first time I was really teaching some chinees people and I realized I really need to teach simply. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Also we have been teaching Bethan. Her brother had gotten into a car crash last Monday and the doctors suggested to put him into a medically induced coma. We told the branch and they have all been praying for him. Then a miracle happened. He has almost fully recovered and he is walking and talking now. It is amazing to see what the power of prayer can do. We taught Bethan on Saturday and she said she is really excited for her baptism on the 11th of March. Pray for her that she will be able to make that date. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Life is good. I love the mission. I love prayer. I have really found that God is my most trusted confidant. I can tell him anything and he wont judge me. He is so helpful, he really is. This church is true!</span></div>
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graysonsmissioninmandarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17968418825857015152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7491303155996673841.post-24587825176897981632017-02-20T11:45:00.001-08:002017-02-20T11:45:55.982-08:00Miracle After Miracle<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So we have been really busy lately which is awesome. I have been seeing miracle after miracle this last week. We decided we wanted to really be sanctified my last 3 weeks of my mission and see what will happen. So on Thursday we had a interview with president. This is my final interview with him. Let me just tell you that I love this man. I look up to him so much. He has helped me so much on this mission. I know that I was called to the Scotland Ireland mission, partly, because of his leadership. I am really going to miss him. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Friday we GQ'd a guy that use to know some of the members that I knew in Dunfermline. The way he introduced himself to me was by calling me a Muppet. All I had to ask him was, "am I a muppet or am I a man?" haha he is awesome, he never takes anything seriously.He said he never got baptized because he was scared of water. We asked him if he want's to be baptized now and he said yes right on the street. We taught him and he will be baptized in 3 weeks. He doesn't have any legs so there will have to be 2 people in the font to baptize him. His name is Alister and he is a legend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We found out that a man, Sebastian, that has been investigating the church forever is finally able to be baptized because his wedding is going through. He wanted to be baptized the day after the wedding but his wife said he should wait a week. I think he should enjoy his honey moon as well. When he gets back we will help him get baptized. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We started to teach another girl named Bethan on friday and she said as we taught her she felt a warmth in her chest. We invited her to church and she came!!! She was being told so much about the Holy Ghost the whole time we were there. One of the ladies asked her how she felt and again, she described it as warm. She loved church and she turned to me later that day and said she is excited for her baptism. Keep her in your prayers because as we were teaching her today she got a call and she found out her brother is in the hospital because he was just in a car crash. So actually keep her and her brother in your prayers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Life is good this week. I do want to share one more experience. He had a bunch of the "cool kids in town" making fun of us and telling us we were brainwashed this week. we paid them no heed. Later we saw one of the kids named Kai. He asked if anybody believed us and we told him they do. He said, "how can you show people he is there? he doesn't exist." we told him we could show him. He didn't believe us but we poked at his pride and said he would never know unless he sat down with us for 20 minutes. He said ok so we went into McDonald's. He was telling all of his friends he is going to prove us wrong and he kept saying things like, "Lets get this over-with." So he was pretty cocky. We sat down and taught him and it was one of those extremely powerful lessons about faith and about Gods love for him. He couldn't argue with us and at the end he said, "you know I never thought I would believe in God, but since we've been talking I know that he is there." it was so powerful! Later that day he brought all of his friends up to us and he told me that they didn't believe in God. They were all telling me to show them then Kai told them they would need to sit down with us for 20 minutes inside McDonalds and learn. It was awesome!! Kai was testifying along side us. He was using the analogies about faith that I taught him as he taught his friends. I would then give him a wink. It was a great experiance!</span></div>
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Rod and Kandacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078914921997817315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7491303155996673841.post-57133307276243788992017-02-13T07:58:00.003-08:002017-02-13T07:58:59.309-08:00Companionship Study and Mini Ping Pong<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One thing we are working on though is our companion study. It really helps us teach in unity and have more power to our teaching. We are also working on relying on the Lord more. We are going to council with the Lord, first thing, whenever there is a problem. and we are going to pray before every lesson we have.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have a mini ping pong net in our flat with miniature paddles. So when we are all ready for bed at night me sometimes play each-other on our dinner table. It keeps things fun. It is great because it we have gotten surprisingly really good at it. I never thought we would be able to do it with hobbit sized equipment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Funny Story: This guy started walking up to me in the street the other day and he had an angry face. He said, "you have not been saved. You know why? because your Mormon. Guess what, you will never get to Kolob...because it isn't real!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh man, I love the Scottish people. haha they are some of the greatest people you will ever meet. Just become their friend and you will have a friend for life. Another great thing about the older Scottish people is how patriotic they are. Everyone loves a patriotic Scot. I think We need to be more patriotic.</span></div>
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Rod and Kandacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078914921997817315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7491303155996673841.post-82429091753411566852017-02-06T12:29:00.000-08:002017-02-07T12:31:19.037-08:00Falkirk<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So sorry I don't have much time right now but I want to tell you I know that this is where I am suppose to be. We whitewashed the area and we had 0 investigators. So Elder Elsmore and I just decided to hit the pavement. We found loads of people and we were able to teach over a dozen lessons and set 2 people with a date. Great things are happening in Falkirk. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Elder Elsmore is awesome. He is from Mona, Utah. He loves Golf and he going to be a dentist someday. I get along with him so well. We both are working so hard and we both want to be the best we can be. It is great to have a companion that is willing to sacrifice something he wants for what is right. I really love serving with him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first day we were decided that we were going to work as hard as we could so we can get started on the right foot. We prayed that we would be able to find and teach 3 people that day. We made a promise with the Lord that we would do everything we could to reach this goal. We went out there and taught 3 lessons that day. Emma was one of the people we taught. She was atheist but when we were teaching her about the spirit she felt a deep warmth and she told us she wants to be baptized. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Life is good. I love the gospel. I will never leave this truth. I know too much. I know what I would be leaving if I did. I am so happy right now. Hope you all have a great day.</span></div>
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Rod and Kandacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078914921997817315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7491303155996673841.post-43088643711363026312017-01-30T12:37:00.000-08:002017-02-07T12:52:18.333-08:00Nae Time<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So I got the call on Saturday morning. I was so disappointing to hear from president That I will be leaving Motherwell for my last transfer and heading to Falkirk. But as the day went on I got over myself and accepted the Lord's will. Now I am in Falkirk with Elder Elsmore. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Elder Elsmore is a great guy from Mona Utah. I am looking forward to working here and with him. I want to promise you all I will not die haha. Dying means giving up before you are going home. I am going to see what great things the Lord can do here in Falkirk my last 6 weeks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I know that this work is true. I love the church and Jesus Christ. Life is good today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">So this last week has been good. We have had a lot of fun with a variety of ways to do missionary work. On Monday we went up to Glasgow for an exchange with the zone leaders. it was really good. we were able to teach quite a bit of lessons on the spot. We taught a lot of Chinese people who are going to University while over here in Scotland.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wednesday came along and we had a presentation to do in from of a college class. Background: Elder Agafonov and I sent out an email about 3 months ago to about 6 colleges in the area offering our services as guest speakers. Finally we got a reply and we went. it was an evangelical college and they had learned about us previously. The teacher who was putting it together told us we had 30 minutes but ended up only giving us 20 to do our entire presentation. Then they asked pointed questions for the next 40.suddenly Admiral Ackbar yelled<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> It's a trap!</span></b>. like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego we answered, "W<span style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320;">e </span><i style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320;">are</i><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320;"> not careful to answer thee in this matter.</span><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320;">If it be </span><i style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320;">so</i><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320;">, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver </span><i style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320;">us</i><span style="background-color: #fdfeff;"><span style="color: #001320;"> out of thine hand." haha it was awesome. We answered their questions straight. We bore our testimonies. At the end we had everyone watch "Testimony of the book of Mormon." by Jeffery R Holland. The spirit was definitely there. They shifted uncomfortably in their seats. Afterwords I think the teacher was upset because he kept taking jabs at us before we left, but we wouldn't retaliate. It was a great experience. I learned a lot about the spirit and about testimony. We took an investigator name William with us. Later on when we taught William in the week he told us he was having some spiritual lows but ever since we did our presentation he had been on a spiritual high. He has such a strong testimony. This experience just enhanced it. Sorry kind of a long story.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfeff;"><span style="color: #001320; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Later on in the week we got a referral. So now we have taught these new people. They use to be every religion under the sun and currently they are Muslim. They are some of the smartest people I know though. they are from Poland. They were watching YouTube and they saw the Adele song, "Hello". Then they saw the parody with the Mormon missionaries. They were laughing so hard they decided to learn more. So we are going back again this week haha.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfeff;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #001320;">This sunday was </span><span style="color: black;">a delight. Jack came to church again. He loves church, which is great. He wants to change. It seems like everyone that speaks is talking right to him. This high council member told him after church that jack needs to set a date to be baptized and then invite him. Jack is pumped so that is good.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just to update you all about Jack, he is doing great. We were able to teach him quite a bit this last week. We taught him a little about the stop smoking program. He is willing to do it. We were talking to him about it with a member and getting him pumped and then Bobby Mckee just said, "Jack, you need to decide." right then Jack grabbed all of the tobacco that he had and shoved it into my hands. haha it was awesome. He is really trying to do good. He loved church again and got to talk to a lot of people. I think he is enjoying having friends that wont push him to do stupid things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week I was asked to give a talk because someone wasn't going to be there. I prepared a talk and it was looking good. Then on Saturday I decided I don't want to do it anymore. Sunday Morning came and I decided what I was going to do. I wanted to talk a little bit about being a disciple of Christ. I was surprized how well it went. I guess the spirit was really helping me out on that one. But I have been thinking a lot about it lately. We really become more like him when he is our focus. When we ask ourselves WWJD we are trying to focus on christ. If you have ever heard the country song, <span style="color: #990000;">"</span><span style="color: #990000;">Been Watchin You" </span><span style="color: black;">It is about a 4 year old boy watching his dad. He says: </span></span></div>
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Rod and Kandacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078914921997817315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7491303155996673841.post-12483536455284297352017-01-09T12:01:00.000-08:002017-01-25T12:09:08.969-08:00Jack and the Beanstock<div style="background-color: white; color: #212121; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So this last week was pretty amazing. Monday had the whole day off because apparently there are too many drunks out and about and people are just partying. so we played ping pong and went over to the bishops house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We were able to visit quite a bit of people this week. Really working with the members and trying to get referrals from them. We had several spontaneous visits with LA (less actives) that had been struggling with their testimonies. Those were spiritual lessons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We found out while we were visiting with people that there were Thaynes in Hamilton. Except their name was spelt Thane. We went over and knocked on there door. I told them that I have never met Thanes in Scotland and I wanted to find out if we were related. They were in their 90's :] haha really old but sweet couple. When they were younger they were into Gardening and traditional Scottish country dancing. They said we can come back and visit again so we are excited about that. They told us about their church and their minister who is from Texas. They said that we sounds like the same person. I though "hmmm this guys must be pretty cool." I had heard about this guy from several people now so I was determined to meet him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I went to the church of Scotland and found out where his lived and went over to his house. We didn't know what we were going to say at first. We wanted to get into his home without getting into a bible bash haha. So I just asked if he is doing any kind of service projects this year with his church. I told him I just wanted to bounce idea's off of each other. we had a really good chat and he told us we can come back again, so that went well.</span></div>
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We were teaching this guy named Jack. He is from England and has been in and out of trouble his entire life. we were going to Glasgow for a surprise exchange so we were going to miss our appointment with Jack. Out of the blue we saw him about an hour before we were suppose to go so we pulled him into the library :] we taught him about the Holy Ghost and the restoration. We invited him to baptism and he excepted. I have to say that this lesson was one of the smoothest lessons I have ever taught. It just felt so good. The spirit was definitely leading that discussion. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This week I don't have any time again haha. Sorry I am boring. But it was pretty good. We are working hard and seeing miracles. Love you all so much. Remember to be nice to people.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So this last week was really good. We were able to find some new investigators and have some really good lessons. There was this one guys who was walking away after he said our religion was way to hard to believe and I said, "oh yeah? evolution is way harder to believe." It was one of my great 7th grader come backs. This guy came back and we started discussing it haha (bashing). He turned out to be such a cool guy and he said he wanted a book of Mormon. We met with him the next day and had a great lesson. He prayed and said that it felt really good. He came back where we were GQing an hour later. He pulled an old bible out of his pocket and gave it to me. This bible is from 1884, so super old. He said, "Merry Christmas! thanks for the book of Mormon." it was a great Christmas Present. We look forward to meeting with him again.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last P-day we had planned to go out to this small town named Carluke to teach a women named Wilma. We found out we wrote down the number wrong so we couldn't get a hold of her to confirm the appointment. We decided to go anyway. We got there and she <b>let us in! </b>we taught her a good lesson then her husband came in the room at the end. We talked to him about his work and found out that he knows our ward mission leader. They work together often. So that was cool. We automatically have some good fellow-shippers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was in the foyer when I saw some people I recognized coming up to the building. It was the Oaks's from back home. They were in Scotland and just decided to come see me in the Motherwell ward. It was so much fun to catch up with them. they are such great friends.</span></div>
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Rod and Kandacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078914921997817315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7491303155996673841.post-22909095783847076752016-11-21T13:05:00.000-08:002016-12-24T13:08:25.220-08:00The Baptism of John<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Friday night came around after a long day and we got a phone call from the sisters in East Kilbride. Telling us that the guy that was going to be baptizing John, Through out his back and was unable to baptize him. John then asked if I could do the baptism! I was so excited. It is fun because I found him after he had stopped investigating the church several years ago and started teaching him. The sisters finished teaching him and I was able to Baptize him. It was a very special day. It seems like those downer weeks always lead up to something great.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have been thinking a lot about mediocrity and Excellence. I don't hate too many things but I hate mediocrity in myself. I hate it because it is that vice that nobody will call you to repentance for. It is so subtle! It always says to you, "You have met the requirement, you don't need to do anything more." It is the worst. Mediocrity is just going through the motions to satisfy. It is just to survive - not to achieve. God has planned our potential long before we were even here on earth. We are eternal beings. We can someday become as like God. "Mediocrity is the enemy of excellence. God is Excellent," Therefore Mediocrity is the Enemy to God and to us. Mediocrity's highest aspirations is to have approval from man. The worldly standard is easy that is why we settle for it. But if we put off the natural man, dig down deep and look for what God has planned for us we can achieve Greatness.</span></div>
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Rod and Kandacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078914921997817315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7491303155996673841.post-90667143026969527412016-11-07T11:34:00.000-08:002016-11-07T11:35:17.350-08:00From Ukraine to Hungary<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So we had moves call this week. I am getting a new companion, Elder Furko! He is from Hungary and he has been out on the mission for a year. We will have fun time together :]</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We have been working hard this week. a lot of appointments falling through which is sad, but that is ok because this week will be better. We some investigators we would like you to pray for. They are living together and thy have little baby girl named Maddison. Calum is taking care of Maddison while Chloe is in the hospital. There were some complications during the delivery. Calum also had his wallet stolen. They are having a hard time. Satan is really trying to keep them away from seeing us. Pray for them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So this week I have had some good food! Members here are awesome. Monday, chicken and tatties; Tuesday, 8 Hamburgers in 15 minutes; Saturday, spaghetti baloneys; Sunday, Café Rio sweet pork burritos!!! Some Americans made it for us :]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tuesday night was great. Bishop was driving like fast and furious to get us to the train on time. We pulled in and saw the train pull away so he took us home haha. On the way though he received revelation about how he can increase the accountability of the ward and their missionary work. He said he would love to push it through the quorums so that way it wont seem self serving if we push it. Elder Agafonov and I were totally fine with that haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We had a great Lesson With Mark this week. We met him and the library and taught him the restoration. It was amazing because he felt the spirit so strongly. We had him read the Joseph Smith History about the first vision. Most of the time you just read it out of the pamphlet to leave out the part of Satan attacking Joseph, but for some reason we felt like he needed to read that part as well. As he read it he felt the spirit so strongly. He asked if he could have a picture of Joseph smith to put up in his house. He says, "If anyone comes in my house they always ask about my pictures. So when they ask about this picture I will be able to tell them the Joseph Smith Story." It was Powerfull.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Elder Agafonov was dressed up like the Brother of Jared because he was helping out with the primary book of Mormon hero that week. So he came in and told them about his story. He was totally going for it haha. He was super theatrical and excited. He got to the part where he was talking about the barges and the said, "They were shaped like unto a jar, and they were rounded like unto a jar and they were tight like unto a jar." All of the kids started laughing. I guess a jar and a dish are the same word in Russian. Oh man I love having a foreign companion it is so funny.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week was absolutely amazing. It started out with me last Monday going to the top of this tower. I felt the spirit really strongly. I was looking over Motherwell in the East and Hamilton in the West. I could even see to Craignuek in the south and Bellshill in the North. I felt, really strongly, that I needed to pray. I felt so good as I prayed. I know that God answers prayers. I had a renewed zeal about my work. I was ready to hit this week hard.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tuesday we had several appointments made. Every appointment held! it was amazing. We got 3 new investigators just that day. They are solid. We went over to a members home thinking the husband was just less active but it turns out he is a nonmember. I will call them the Jefferson's to protect their identity. The Jefferson's remind me of an investigator I taught in Portadown, Chris Stevenson. He is an amazing man. He is a Scotsman who is into blacksmithing and he has a ponytail and a beard. This week Chris was Baptized in Portadown. I am so happy for him. I have been blessed to find out that 3 of the people that I had taught in Portadown have been Baptized: Chris Stevenson, Zach McTammy and Tatianna. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">anyway so that was great. Wednesday was amazing as well. All of our appointments fell through though. As we were finding we taught someone on the spot and taught a couple other lessons. That night we only had like 30 minutes after getting home from a members and we were looking at the street we had planned to chap (tract). It looked too far away. We decided to go to it because we had already planned for it. We saw a guy holding a hawk so I went up and started to talk to him about Falconry. I told him that my next door neighbor back home, Zach Fossum, was a falconer. He was pretty excited and we walked him home. He invited us in and we taught a lesson. The spirit was strong. I think his hawk even felt it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thursday was all Scotland and that was awesome. I got to see a lot of friends that I haven't seen in a long time. The rest of the week was full of miracles. There were so many I won't tell you them all. I am just so happy though. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So this week has been pretty good. So as you know we have been focusing on member missionary work. We have been doing quick drop in's with people that are in the area that we are working in. We were in one particular members house this week when we got an impression that we needed to go visit a LA. We had never seen her in the 8 weeks that we had been in Motherwell. We looked her up on the map and found out she lived just around the corner. We went to her house but no one was home. We left a note and walked away. We started GQing and got some cool people that we are going to be meeting up with. Then the Less active that we went by was driving and she saw us in her car. She pulled over and we started talking. She said that she has 2 sons that she wants us to start teaching the lessons. We were so excited. We will be meeting up with them this week. if you could pray for the Ritchie family I would really appreciate it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have been thinking about prayer lately as well. I have been reading 3 Nephi 19. I was wondering why we pray in the name of Christ. In the bible dictionary it says when we pray in his name our desires are his desires, our wishes are his wishes and his word is in us. I want to refer to prayer like you are sending a letter. We all know who we are sending this letter too so at the top it says, "Dear Heavenly Father." The Holy Ghost is the Mail Man who gives you Gods letters and takes your letters to God. In 3 Nephi 19:24 it talks about how we know what to pray for through the Holy Ghost. This Knowledge will give us righteous desires. When we end our letter we write Jesus Christ's name instead of ours. In 3 Nephi 19:23 Jesus prays unto the Father for us. When our desire and wishes are his desire and wishes it is as if he is sending the letter himself. When we pray Like this: To the Father in the name of Christ and by the power of the Holy Ghost our prayers will always be answered. We will receive our desires. The Post man came to us and told us what God's will. We begin to write a letter back to God. Before you give it to the post man to send off you pass it off with your mediator. He looks over it with a careful eye. When he knows that you letter expresses his will, he will sign his own name at the bottom. He says in affect, "Father I have read over this request. This is my desire as well. Please grant unto them their desires." I know that when a totally pure son who has never done wrong in his life, who has always done his fathers will, asks something of his father, he will be answered. Our prayers are always answered when in Christ name. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This last week was great. We handed everything about East Kilbride off to the new sisters there and left. wow it is nice that we don't have to worry so much about 2 wards any more. I am proud of the sisters, they are really working hard and they are not getting down when discouraging things happen. One of the greatest things about them though is that they ask for help when they need it. It is great because that is how we can unite as a district.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This last week has been a lot work. We have been trying to visit as many members as we can if we are working in their area. We got a map and the ward directory and marked where everyones house was. We would call by if we were near them and share a wee thought, ask for referrals and leave them with a commitment. We did the Family Mission Plan with the Tailors, our gospel principle's teachers. We are just trying to help people catch the fire. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There is a analogy that Karl Monson-Elvic told us last week. Tigers are known to be shy when there are humans around. If they can somehow get a taste of man though, then suddenly they become more bold and they want more so they will wonder into villages looking for some more. If we can get the members to taste missionary work then they will catch the vision. They will become more Bold and they will seek out opportunities to share this glorious message. We want members to be man eating TIGERS!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wasn't this last conference inspiring? Elder Oak's and Elder Anderson's talks weer great. All about member missionary work. Some of the things they said were almost exactly what Elder Agafonov and I would talk about. I loved it so much. It really confirmed my feelings and our actions about the work in this area and this district. We are really going to be working member missionary work whenever we can. I know that we have been led in this direction for a purpose and I am so thrilled that I am finding it out a little bit at a time. </span></span><br />
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graysonsmissioninmandarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17968418825857015152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7491303155996673841.post-23632015092586677962016-09-26T11:08:00.000-07:002016-10-12T11:08:57.310-07:00Less is More<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We had a really good day planned for Thursday in Motherwell. We were on the bus going to find when we got the impression that we didn't need to be there. We got off the buss and crossed the street and jumped on another. We felt like we needed to go to East kilbride. We got there and started finding. It is a hard place to find because there isn't really any place where lots of people are, but through the grace of God we were able to set up 5 appointments for the next day. We found this guy named John and pulled him into the library and taught him. Turns out he was taught by missionaries years ago and he loves the mormons.. The spirit was there and we met with him the next day. He brought all of the family history that he has done. He even had his parents, grandparents and great grandparents on temple cards and all of their ordinances were done. Now all he needs to do is help himself so we set him with a date to be Baptized. It was quite a miracle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sunday came around and we got our moves call. We are staying together in Motherwell. Sisters will be moving to East kilbride, which is good because the East kilbride flat is way too girly. I will be the district leader. It will be sad to not be teaching any of our people in East Kilbride anymore but that is ok. We were preparing it for the sisters. The good news is now we don't have to cover 2 wards so we can focus more on Motherwell, but now I am district leader so I guess I have more responsibility. Hence LESS is MORE.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well I want you to know that this church is true. I know that it is the little things that we do that determines whether we have light in our lives. It is the littles choices that prove whether we will be intune enough to hear and listen to the spirit. I want you to know that the greatest feeling you can have is to listen to the spirit and do what it tells you to do. You know without a doubt you are doing the Lords work. His approval trumps every taunt or mock that the pride of the world can throw at us. I Love the Restored gospel. I know that Jesus is my personal redeemer. I love you all. </span></div>
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Rod and Kandacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078914921997817315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7491303155996673841.post-91273358801128909142016-09-19T05:12:00.003-07:002016-09-19T05:12:31.631-07:00Lead Hills<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif;">So this week has been pretty interesting. It has had really high points and really low points. It has had a lot of funny points also. The problem is whenever I try to think of the funny points so I can tell yous I can never remember them. Lots of them you would just have to be there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We had a couple connections this week that linked back to my time in Dunfermline. We visited Jean Black in East Kilbride and it turns out that her sons family is the only family in Glenrothes that I know because I ate at their house while on exchanges while I was the District Leader there. This Sunday the McDonalds came from Dunfermline and I just saw them in church. They came a brought me a big bag of food. I love those guys. They are great members and awesome missionaries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Shout out to Afton who turned 15. She will be getting her Permit soon. Grayson turned 18 last week as well. It is crazy how grown up they are. Hope you guys had great Birthdays. I love you both.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We were able to hang out a bit this week with Alex Jacksons family. We went to the Lead Hills on Monday for P-day and we did some Garden work on Saturday. I think we are becoming good friends. They are an awesome family and want what is best for Alex. I think they like the Mormons now, when before they didn't know much about us except what they heard from neighbors. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sorry this email is messy and it doesn't have much format. But I want you all to know that I love this work. I love sharing the gospel. I seek for the times when I can boldly declare my testimony even when people take me to be a thing of naught. I am so chuffed (proud) of the gospel I declare. I love the restoration and what it has done for the world. I know Joseph Smith is a prophet of God. I know that Jesus Christ suffered for my sins and he rose from the grave so that someday I can as well. I love you all. I hope you have a great week. Keep it real.</span></div>
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graysonsmissioninmandarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17968418825857015152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7491303155996673841.post-1450739430367471632016-09-12T11:48:00.002-07:002016-09-12T11:48:21.564-07:00Arm of flesh...or arm of GOD?<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473682918049_12689" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px;">
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graysonsmissioninmandarinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17968418825857015152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7491303155996673841.post-76150033085940898232016-09-05T10:39:00.000-07:002016-09-06T10:41:47.265-07:002 Area's 2 phones 2 miracles<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The start of the week was really good. We had zone interview training and that was really good. I gave training on 12 week (extra hour for comp study for new missionaries). haha it was funny because me and my trainee right when we got together agreed that 12 week was a waste of time so we just worked through that time. After studying for my training and talking to my leaders about it I have repented haha. It really is a great program to help missionaries get prepared. Abraham Lincoln said if he had 7 hours to chop down a tree, he would sharpen the ax for 4 hours and chop it down for the rest. We need to be in tune with the spirit and know how to lead a lesson if our work is going to make a difference in people's lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Friday we went to Eastkilbride. It was our first time there since Elder Agafonov and I have been together. It was really good. We were able to teach a referral from the Zone Leaders. His name is Scot and he is 28. He came from a really rough part of Glasgow. While he was growing up it was the city with the highest murder rates in the world. He has some scars and some bad habits but he wants a new life. He wants something better than what he has got. When we met with him it was a good lesson lead by Elder Agafonov. He has accepted a date to be baptized on the 18th of September. If you could all pray for him that would be great. Eastkilbride is also ready to explode. Because of other missionaries work we have 2 people with a date there and we have only been there twice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Elder Agafonov was getting his Endowment in July when he ran into a temple worker who served in Scotland 55 years earlier. They talked about the mission and before he left the temple worker called him back and wrote on a sticky note a name and a place. He said, "If by chance you are ever here you should look these people up." Last week he was looking in his Journal and this note was in there. I looked at it and it said HAMILTON. No way! I told him that it is in our area. We found out they were members and so we called them right away and set a time to meet them on Saturday. President Donaldson had revelation to send Elder Agafonov here for his first area and I know there is always a purpose behind revelation. We got there and told them the story. It ended up being the people that this temple worker Baptized while he was here. we were so excited. When we kept talking we found out that they have a friend that has shown interest in the gospel who is from the same city Elder Agafonov is from in Ukraine. We knew what we had to do. So we are getting a Russian Book of Mormon and having him write his testimony in it and having them give it to this friend of theirs. I love this. What a miracle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We were in Eastkilbride for Sunday this week. All the members there were so excited to have us. We hope we can help them out. They have had a hard time in attendance these last several years so we are hoping to get stuff going. This will only happen if missionaries and members work together. I hope that all of you can have a missionary experience this week. If you don't run into one then go find one. The missionaries need you members and the Lord needs you even more. I love you all. See you later.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">I was Role Playing with my Ukrainian companion today and whenever he says Faith it sounds like he is saying face. So he was pretending I was an investigator and he said, "You have a great Face, a wonderful face and someday your face will grow." haha it was so funny I couldn't keep a straight face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tuesday: we had an exchange with our District leader, Elder Parsons. He is probably the best District leader I have seen. I was with his trainee Elder Kroes. He is from Germany. We Basically found for 7 hours. It was so much fun though because we would dare each other to stop people by saying funny things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wednesday: we were able to teach our Jehovah witness friend, Denver. He is a good guy but he lacks commitment. if you could pray for him that would be brilliant. The rest of the day was just runing around and finding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thursday: We had a Book of Mormon study class where we read my favorite chapter in the Book of Mormon, Ether 12. It was a spiritual meeting. Early that day we went into a hospital to put our name on a clergy list for people in who want to talk to us. We started talking to a catholic Chaplin and he took a Book of Mormon and is having us back next week to talk about his reading, that will be fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Saturday: was my favorite day. We taught William, an investigator who has known the church is true for 5 years but can't be baptized because his wife wont sign the paper. If you could pray that her heart will be softened. We also taught Chris a recent convert who is having a hard time. The lesson with him was so spiritual. He felt Gods love for sure and said he needs to start coming back to church. The end of the day we taught the Mitchell's. They are a less active family who want to come back. Their daughter Elle isn't Baptized and the father wants to get active and ready so he can Baptize her.</span></div>
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Rod and Kandacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01078914921997817315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7491303155996673841.post-9477557905930606542016-08-22T05:05:00.000-07:002016-08-22T05:05:45.226-07:00Ha, No Time<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So I love Motherwell. I think that he member missionary work is going to take off here. My trainee is named Elder Ahafonov. He is the first Ukrainian missionary to ever serve in either Scotland or Ireland. He is energetic and wants to work hard, which is great. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sunday: left on the fairy and took a bus to Glasgow. On the way I sat next to this really cool guy who just needs the gospel. He is 20 and plays the saxophone. He has a Book of Mormon back home and he promises he will read the full thing and pray about it. Missed church and it was the first week of my mission I couldn't renew my covenants. saw a lot of old mission buddies: Elder Powell, Parkinson, Stevens. Went GQing in Glasgow city center....that was awesome. Then I traveled down to Mother well That night to spend the night with the people me and my trainee are white washing....my other son Elder Plewe! oh man I love Elder Plewe. He is an amazing missionary. If you could see the change you wouldn't believe it. It was so much fun catching up and talking about Portadown till late into the night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Something only Talmage, Eli and Grayson would get.</span></div>
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