tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44361393609110256212024-03-13T19:41:26.260-07:00In His VineyardAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12772077052445626738noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436139360911025621.post-34908208947769344312017-10-30T20:06:00.002-07:002017-10-30T20:06:40.579-07:00Last day in His Vineyard<br /><br />Monday, October 30, 2017<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;">California Modesto Mission: Sister Emily Guilott <br />
April 6, 2016-November 1, 2017<br />
(Last day in His Vineyard....literally!)</td></tr>
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I honestly don't know how to start this blog post... I have been
pondering and praying for what I could say during this blog post and I
hope that it will help you and inspire you in any way to do good. I
have almost completed the time I am serving in the California Modesto
Mission and I am changed. I have been reminiscing about when I received
my mission call December 17th in 2015, reading it and seeing the line: "you
are called to serve in the California Modesto Mission..." and I had an
overwhelming peace come over my whole being. I know now that was the
Holy Ghost confirming to me that was the place the Lord had called me to
serve. I know this was what the Lord wanted me to do, even though I did
not want to go on a mission earlier in my life.<br />
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During my mission, I have
gone through so many experiences that I could never take away or would
want to take back. Yes, the mission has been the hardest experience I
have had yet in my life, but I can just tell you that I never would want
to take away this experience. I want to thank all the people who have
supported me while serving my mission and thank all the people I have
come to know while serving. I love you all and I am so grateful for your
friendship. It has been a privilege and a honor to serve here and be
under the direction of my mission President, President Palmer. I know
that I needed him in my life; I love him very much and now consider him a
best friend and a mentor. I love serving. I love helping others,
whether to serve them physically or to serve them spiritually. But no
matter what, I know "that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye
are only in the service of your God" (Mosiah 2:17) I hope all of you
that have been reading these blogs have been able to feel uplifted and
felt motivated to serve others around you. I know that my mission has
helped me be able to serve more and to be able to see God's children as
He sees them. I know that the scripture in Doctrine and Covenants
section 18 verses 10-16 are what I feel. (I didn't write it out so you can
go read it yourself and feel what the Lord is trying to teach you
through these verses.) ;)<br />
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I love you all. I wanted to end with
testifying that I know that my Savior Jesus Christ lives. He lives and
loves all you us. He completed His Atonement for you, to help you break
the bonds of death and to help motivate all of us to repent/change so we
can be with Him and our Heavenly Father. I know that this is God's
church on the earth. There is no doubt in my mind that it is not. I know
that the prophet Joseph Smith saw Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, and
that through the power of God that he helped restored God's church back
on the earth and that he was a prophet and continues to be the prophet
to have restored the gospel in these latter days. I know with all my
heart that the Book of Mormon is the word of God, it is true. If any man
would get closer to God, it would be through reading, pondering and
praying about the Book of Mormon. I love this book and will continue to
read it daily. I know that God's power is back on the earth, the
Priesthood power, and it is the power to act in God's name. And I honor
this sacred power and am so grateful for all worthy men to hold such a
sacred gift.<br />
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I know that families can be together forever. I know that
one day we can be in the presence of God. I know that He wants us to
return home, so we need to keep his commandments to return with Him. I
know that temples are the houses of the Lord. I miss it and can't wait
to go back and worship there and feel of the peace that God can give
when being in one of His holy temples. I love my Savior and I love you
all. Thank you again for following my adventure through reading these
blogs. :) I love my family and I am so grateful to be with them for time
and all eternity. I will see them soon, and I can't wait to hug them. I
will miss my California Modesto Mission, but there will be always a
place in my heart for my mission. To conclude, I know that my mission
vision is now my life vision which states: We are one with the Savior in
doing the will of the Father. :)
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Love, </div>
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Sister Emily Guilott </div>
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foot of my desk a dying cockroach... <br />
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EXCHANGES IN STOCKTON AND I GOT TO BE WITH PREVIOUS COMPANIONS.<br />
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We got our transfer calls and I got called to extend my mission to be in
the New Zealand mission. Just Kidding. That is next week. I can't believe there are just two more blog posts left....<br />
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This week has been full of up's and down's. But isn't that life?
Well, I just can say that being a missionary has been the best thing for
me to be able to not only help others come unto Christ, but it has
helped me be able to handle situations that could be difficult at times.
I just love being here and I have learned so much. I hope anyone
reading this who is thinking about serving a mission GOES. It will help
you so much. I can promise you it will be hard, but it will help you to
see how much the Lord's hand is in all the aspects of your life. </div>
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But I wanted to share some miracles with you this past week.
Remember, we don't have anyone on date for baptism. But we still find
amazing miracles with everyone we are teaching. It isn't always about
the baptisms; we are also here to help others come closer to Christ so
they eventually can help others do the same. Some highlights:</div>
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1. My companion and I were biking in the morning and trying to
find people. We knocked on... 30 doors a day it feels like. And no one is
usually interested. So we were at a slow/still point. We were thinking
about it. Sister Rose is amazing: she suggested we try a less
active family's home. We had been by before but they are never home. So
we went by and we saw the garage door open and a car in the drive way!
We went up and knocked on the door, the sweet woman let us in! She said
how she got invited to clean the church and just got done with that.
Also, how this past week she has gotten many emails from past friends in
high school thanking her for her example and how they are members
because of her. WOW! God has been preparing her! She was so happy to
talk to us and she was able to tell us that we can come back and teach
her and her family more. That was a HUGE miracle, and I am so grateful
for my companion listening to her prompting and how we were able to
follow the Lord!</div>
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2. ]We are teaching a recent convert who has been
dealing with a lot of things, especially from his past. We started a
weekly Book of Mormon reading with him. So the night we were going to
do it, he was frustrated with life. He decided to walk to the church,
which he never does. As he was walking, he came across this young adult
who was also having a hard day. They both walked and talked together and
got to the church. We then got there and started talking to both of
them. COME TO FIND OUT, this young adult is MORMON and got baptized in
Idaho a couple years ago. We were able to all have a reading together, and we even felt prompted to share Alma 34 and talk about our purpose in
this life. The spirit was so strong and it was a great experience for
the recent convert. He was saying how he needed to serve more, and we
were able to show him how he served this man and helped him out! That
was an amazing experience for me. It just proved to me how we should be
talking and helping everyone around us! The Lord puts people in our path
for a reason and I am just so grateful for being able to learn that. </div>
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3. We had a cancelled appointment and we were kind of upset... But
then we got a text from a investigator telling us to come over! SO WE
DID! We went over and got to talk to her and get to know her more. She
loves Disney (WHICH I LOVE DISNEY TOO... maybe too much...) and how she
use to dance and brought out these ornaments of Disney characters, which
I loved, and we had a great time. We then felt prompted to watch The
Restoration dvd with her. She was enjoying it and the spirit was so
strong. But out from the corner of my eye, I see this creature bug
crawling toward my companions bag. I didn't want to disrupt the movie,
but it got closer and closer. I had to say something. So I did. Our investigators
husband got up and killed the creature bug.... We called it the Satan
bug. (Ff you want to know what bug it was, we found out it was a
Jerusalem cricket/Satan bug! It was as big as a mouse.) But the spirit
was still there and we had a great discussion with her! It was a great
lesson. </div>
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I love my mission! I love the Lord! I love being a missionary! I love you all! I hope you enjoyed this blog! Have a great day! </div>
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Love, Sister Guilott </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12772077052445626738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436139360911025621.post-31687956223273780282017-10-22T20:06:00.000-07:002017-10-22T20:22:33.830-07:00October 16, 2017<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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GOOD AFTERNOON FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS WHO STILL READ MY BLOG!<br />
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So!! Can I just tell you how funny it is when you are having
great weeks and then suddenly... your week is as still and slow as the
number of emails you get as a missionary who has been out over 17+
months... This week was a rough week. Not to be negative, but we have
usually many lessons during the week. But we had a total of 11 lessons
cancel on us this week. Including investigators, part member families, less
actives... I have to say though: My companion and I had to just laugh at it and not be too discouraged during this week when these appointments would fall
through. We would get a text and one of us would say: "oh, it is
probably a cancelled appointment." AND SURE ENOUGH! We laughed about it
all. We continued on, trying to keep a positive attitude through it all. But here are some funny moments of this week, I promise we had many
spiritual experiences... But it is fun to share the silly things we do.</div>
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*We got to a man's trailer where we usually have our lessons with
him (he is now coming back to church and wants to receive the Melchizedek
Priesthood) and he told us he had to go get something... We were kind
of scared at first, his house is kind of a junk yard and we were scared
he would give us something he found... haha. But he came out with a
little box and placed it on my lap... IT WAS FULL OF KITTENS. OH MY
GOSH. I WAS IN HEAVEN. We were able to play with kittens and have a
great lesson with him about keeping the Sabbath day holy. By the way, I
think an activity you can do on the Sabbath day is play with kittens in a
box. :)</div>
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* Outside of our apartment, we have all these pretty roses outside
and if you know me... I love roses. And we were going to have an
interview with our mission president and his wife that day. Sister
Palmer had said that she loved yellow roses. We had the brainy idea to
go and cut some roses. So we went early in the morning to cut the roses. Funny thing... our neighbors
are under many different "influences" if you know what I mean... And the
roses kind of smelled like those different "influences" but they were so pretty, so we put them in a vase and went down to
our interview and gave them to Sister Palmer. She looked at them and was
so happy. Then... she smelled them. She told us: "WOW! These smell
great! Usually yellow roses smell very bad! I am so impressed! Where did you find these?" Yep, hahahahahaha!! COOL! :) </div>
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Best experience of the week... drum roll please... Sister Rose and I were about to leave for our dinner and she closed the door.</span> She gave me a stare... I asked her what was up. She said: "Sister <span class="highlight" id="0.6824937786092271" name="searchHitInReadingPane">Guilott</span>,
I locked the keys in the house." WE JUST LAUGHED!! We had no keys to
the house OR to our car... so after many phone calls, we got a hold of
our district leaders who have a spare key for emergencies. We got a
member to drive us to them (since they only have bikes) and we got the
key back! AND WE WENT TO OUR DINNER APPOINTMENT ONLY 2 minutes late...
WHAT AN ADVENTURE. :) </div>
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I just love all the experiences I have on my mission. And I have
learned that you can ALWAYS find joy in the crazy days. Even during a week where so many things fall through in your life, you can count the many
blessings that the Lord has given to you. :) I love you all. I hope you
have a great day!</div>
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Love, </div>
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Sister <span class="highlight" id="0.9306782717800731" name="searchHitInReadingPane">Guilott</span> </div>
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I can't believe how fast October is flying by! The weather has been only
in the 70-80's! It feels nice and cold... ;) I bet all of you Utah
friends are freezing. ;) Just kidding! I just am trying the best that I
can to make each day the best I can make it! Even on the slow days, I
can see so many miracles that God has graciously given to me and my
sweet companion! I would love to share some experiences this week! And I
promise there will be pictures. I made it a commitment this past weekly
planning to take more pictures, I hope you are proud of me Mom. :)<br />
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We had a fun day on Tuesday. We got to go serve in the community
and serve with many different people from different religions and it was
so much fun! The people are usually a lot older and it is fun to hear how
much they love their families and how God has been a huge influence in
their lives. But then... WE GOT A SURPRISE LUNCH WITH MY PAST
COMPANIONS!! Sisters Anderson and Bell! I was SO happy! I hope you enjoy
the pics above ;) It is so fun to be with so many people that I
adore and love. ;) </div>
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The next day we went to a New Trainer meeting where all the trainers and new missionaries meet together and have a conference. This
past transfer we had like... over 20 missionaries come in and BOY. There
were so many missionaries, I just got SO excited about the work
progressing and seeing the Lord's chosen people/missionaries all in the
same room! I felt really old though... All the new faces, all the "kids"
just out of high school. So fun! But I remember something a newer
missionary had said that really touched my heart: he was talking about
how the work as a missionary is difficult (I understand...). But he said:
"He suffered for me, the least I can do is suffer for him...." AND THAT
SPOKE TO ME. We can all go through life, but to really go through it we
have to go through ups and downs. And as we suffer, we can relate to
how Our Savior did actually suffer for ALL of our pains, sins,
iniquities, our personal failings, and the suffering we will feel. I am
SO grateful for my Savior who did perform His Atonement for all of us.
He is real and I know that He lives! </div>
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We then had the best lesson with an investigator we had to put in
the Lord's hands for a couple of weeks to see how she would be... She
was so happy to see us and had said of all the things she was going
through... She had said that she was feeling down and had missed going
to church, she felt that she was missing something... HOORAY! SPIRIT! ;)
We knew that she was going through some difficult times with her
family, especially with some members being under influences. We felt
prompted to read 3 Nephi 17 with her. As we read, she was saying:"I can
totally relate to this!" and you could tell she was feeling the spirit.
We then invited her to pray about being baptized, and she said she
would!! I just know that she may not be baptized in the next couple of
weeks, but I know she will be someday! I am just so grateful to be able
to be a "touch point" in her life. AND THE LORD IS DOING EVERYTHING FOR
HER ANYWAY! </div>
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I just love being a missionary, and I am so grateful I get to do
the Lord's work. I love you all. I hope you enjoy all these pictures and
experiences! I hope you have a wonderful week! </div>
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Yours truly,<br />
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So two weeks ago the weather here in
Oakdale was down into the 70's and then last week it was up in the
90's... Today, we woke up and it was sweater weather outside!! CRAZY!! </div>
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We had zone conference this week and it
was awesome! But the highlight of this week was definitely General
Conference! It is very neat to be a missionary and listen to General Conference! I love receiving the
revelation that is needed for the area we are serving in. I loved all
the talks! If you haven't been able to watch or read General Conference,
I invite you to do so! It is incredible!</div>
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The most exciting thing that happened this
week was we had a lesson with one of our new investigators on Thursday
and we invited her to be baptized this month. She was hesitant about it, so we invited her to pray about the day we were thinking of and see
how she felt about it! We will see on Thursday what she is thinking.
Pray for her! She is so interested and ready, and it is amazing to see how much
faith she does have in letting us come over and teach her. </div>
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I am so grateful for my mission. I love it
so much. I love being here and helping others. I hope you all find ways
to help others as our Savior helps you in your everyday life. I love
you all so much! Have a great day!</div>
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Sister Guilott </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12772077052445626738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436139360911025621.post-2975240641320997212017-10-02T16:03:00.001-07:002017-10-02T16:03:12.889-07:00September 25, 2017HELLO WORLD!<br />
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This week was an amazing week! Sadly, we were
praying really hard and my companion and I had to have a lot of the people we are
teaching "be placed in the Lord's hands" for a while. Many of them were
not committing to live the gospel and they were not going to church. That is usually hard, but we told them that we would see them every
couple of weeks. So, that made me really sad. Because I know that I have
limited weeks left, and I love them all so much. One night I was praying and asking who needed to be found so we could teach and help them get closer to
Him. The next day, was a day with lots of long time spent finding. We went door to door
knocking, going through old investigators, and going to part member
family's houses to find people. We didn't have much luck. We went the
next day, doing the same thing... Not much luck either. But that
didn't get us down, we had faith that the Lord would help us find
someone and put someone in our path. It was a week of patience, and we
had a lesson with a part member family. A girl that the elders were
teaching a long time ago had stopped teaching her, and we went over to
meet her. We had an awesome discussion with them and she told us how she
loves how she feels going to church, she feels wanted there. She even
told us "my parents are not at all happy I married a 'Mormon,' but I
love this church. I would like to be one one day actually..." Me and my
companion were SO HAPPY! We asked her if we could teach her the lessons
again, she was very excited and said yes!! :D I am so excited for her,
and I am honestly SOOOO grateful for my Savior. Even though we had to
endure many days of patience, our patience ended with the reward that we
were desiring to have. I am so grateful to be a missionary, and even
though I have limited time... That is not going to stop me from being a
missionary for the rest of my life. You don't need a name tag to be one,
but at the same time... My mission has completely changed me, the Lord
has changed me to be what He wants me to be. And I am so indebted to Him
for helping me to be the person He wants me to be. I love you all! I
hope you have an awesome week!!!<br />
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LOVE,</div>
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SISTER GUILOTT :)<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12772077052445626738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436139360911025621.post-57248875104371158682017-09-18T15:12:00.002-07:002017-09-18T15:12:31.805-07:00Hello!
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I can't believe that I don't have many blog posts to post. I want to congratulate those who have been going through this
adventure with me and reading these blog posts. But I can't believe how fast time
is going. I can look back at LAST year and think about all the things I
was going through and all the things I was doing! I am excited to finish strong. I know that the work I am doing is VERY
important; it is the most important work you can do on the earth: The
Lord's work. I know it can get difficult (all missionaries and return
missionaries can agree) but I know as you keep trying and have faith...
things will work out. I found this quote and I thought it was perfect: </div>
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You do have more faith than you think!! You keep on trying! AND
DON"T GIVE UP! Here are some experiences I have had
this week! :D </div>
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Once upon a time, me and my companion where having a rough morning
trying to contact people. We have been asked by the mission to go out
from 10 am to 12 pm every day and got knock on doors and talk to people! SO WE DO
THAT. And one day this week, no one was opening their doors. Or wanting to
talk to us. ugh. Anyway. We decided to say a prayer and asking the Lord
to direct us on what He wants us to go. NO JOKE. Right then we got a phone call
from our old bishop, from the old ward we are serving in that got dissolved, and
he said he needed help. His wife just was at the store and saw a sweet woman in
the area that she knew happened to be a member but who hasn't gone to
church in a long time! The Bishop told us he was trying to find the records
of this woman for years, and that he had just found the address. He asked us if we could please go
stop by when we could.... HOLY COW. WE ENDED THE CALL, AND WENT STRAIGHT
TO THE ADDRESS. We got there and we knocked on the door. An adorable
woman opened the door, she was in a rush, but she told us to come in! We
started talking to her: she has had a rough life and is wanting to find
peace in her life. We were able to bring up eternal families and the
spirit was so strong. By the end of the discussion, she was in
tears (including us) and telling us that "God sent you to me today, I
needed this." We gave her a Book of Mormon to read, and we will follow
up the next time we see her. We left the appointment with the
confirmation that THE LORD DID DIRECT US TO HER. I am so grateful for
the work, and how the Lord directs His missionaries. I love my mission. I
know that this mission will just be the beginning of me being a
missionary for the rest of my life. I love you all! </div>
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Hope you have a
wonderful day! </div>
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Love, </div>
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Sister Guilott ;) </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12772077052445626738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436139360911025621.post-58130643994613553132017-09-11T14:26:00.000-07:002017-09-11T14:26:05.478-07:00September 11, 2017<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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Today is a day to remember. I would like to first have a few thoughts on
this historical day of 9/11. Even though many scary things happen in
this work, I am so grateful to know that God's love surrounds us
everywhere. And even though life seems unfair, things are made right
through Jesus Christ's Atonement. He feels everything that is being
felt, and all we need to do is trust Him and allow Him to come into our
lives.<br />
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We got our transfer calls yesterday, and for my final transfer I
will be staying in the wonderful city of Oakdale with my companion
Sister Rose. :) I am very excited for this transfer and what it has in store.
This ward is amazing and I would love to live here!! It is cool to see how
everywhere around the world, especially in Oakdale, members from the
church are creating their own "zion" and helping the people around them
hear of the gospel, inviting them to church and serving constantly. It
just shows the church is a church of love and service. </div>
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OKAY!! I have a CRAZY STORY... (don't worry mom, I am okay.) ;)
haha! I bet she doesn't like it when I start like that... Anyway! My companion and I got a list of people to go visit in what we call "the
country." To give you a visual, think dirt roads that lead you to houses that
are acres apart with many horses and cows and creatures that Sister
Guilott isn't too fond of... But we got to this one house. It was a old
house with vines all over it and looked like a haunted house. But a sign
said the last name of the person we were trying to find lived there. So we started
to walk forward and we saw how there were no steps leading to the front
door. My companion was just saying how are we going to get to the front
door when all of the sudden we heard a dog bark. The gate right next to
the house was open, and there was a lock in the gate where it looked
like it was suppose to be locked... BUT IT WASN'T. In the opening of the
gate, we saw this BIG dog come running toward us. My heart dropped. We
then heard two or three more dogs behind it. We turn around and I am
about to make a run for it, when I heard my companion shout: "WALK." Thankfully, I
listened to her. We walked calmly back to the car, which was not very close. We
didn't look back, we just kept going. We kept hearing the barking
getting closer and closer. We finally got into the car, and as we were
driving away we saw the three big dogs chasing us who started to run after
the car. As Sister Rose and I were driving from the house, we looked
at each other, dumbfounded that we didn't get attacked by those dogs. IT
was SO SCARY. The Lord really does protect His missionaries. We had a couple days ago discussed the topic of "what happens if
you get chased by a dog" and we had talked about it together and I KNOW the Lord was preparing us now looking back.</div>
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BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here is something good that came out of
that: After Sister Rose and I recovered from the shock of our almost dog attack for a couple of minutes, we
remembered that there was a couple that lived by the area and we decided we should try
them. So we put in the GPS of where they were, the GPS said that
we had "arrived at destination." We looked over to the right of where we were and we had already arrived!! We got out, knocked on the door, and this adorable older man
in his 90's came to the door and let us in. We had a wonderful
discussion with him and his wife. I do believe that the Lord had
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grateful to have a living prophet on this earth, who we get to hear from
soon! :) I am so excited! I know that God lives and loves us. I love my
mission sooooo much. I love you all, and hope you have a great day!
STAY AWAY FROM DOGs. ;)</div>
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fires? Thankfully, there are NO fires here... But we get stuck with all
the smoke and it is very humid here lately... It doesn't help that we are having a 100 degree every day heat streak...I guess you could say I now understand what it means to be in the "refiner's fire."<br />
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week, the two wards me and my companion are serving in got dissolved and became another ward. We now understand why we were serving
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and has the spirit with him AT ALL TIMES! It was fun to see him again, I
consider him a friend! Well, the ward
we were in during the morning was the one that got dissolved, and SO MANY
people were crying and hugging and making it a huge deal. It didn't
help our investigators who were at church. They were confused. But I
felt the spirit confirm to me something to tell them and was able to explain to them:
"We get really connected with others in our ward, and we literally are all
brothers and sisters of God and it is hard to separate from others that
we were close with; Like being on a mission, you don't get to see your
family. I miss my family very much, but I know that I will always be
with them! It is the same here!" :) They liked that answer. </div>
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souls) are progressing! It is so fun to teach, because I can just
feel the spirit teach through me! I LOVE IT!! :D I would love to share a really neat experience though from this past week... It actually just happened yesterday! </div>
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One recent convert in our ward said that he has a little brother
that wanted to go to church with him because this brother has seen his
brother change drastically the past months and he wanted to know how he
was able to to change. The recent convert told his little brother it was because of the
church he has been going, so for the little brother has been going to church the past two weeks
and LOVES IT. We were finally able to ask him if he would like to take
lessons from the missionaries to learn more about the church. He
accepted. So yesterday, we finally were able to teach him! We asked him
about his beliefs, his family, and then we got to his age. He said he
was 14. We were thinking, JOSEPH
SMITH. WE ARE TEACHING A BOY WHO IS JUST LIKE HIM. This boy
has studied to Bible everyday of his life. He loves God and wants to
become closer to Him. He knows that there are many churches on the earth
and wants to know if there is ONE CHURCH FOR EVERYONE. He is so prepared. We were able to teach him the
Restoration, and we got to the part about Joseph Smith. His eyes were fixed
on us, and you could tell he was feeling the spirit. My companion was able to share the first vision. And after the first vision, his words
were: " That makes sense!" He accepted to meet with us the next week and
is now reading <u>The Book of Mormon</u> with his recent convert brother! IT
IS AMAZING!!! :D :D I am sooooo grateful for that amazing opportunity to
teach him, it was like he was teaching us and the SPIRIT was teaching
him. I love my mission SO MUCH!! :D I know that this gospel is true and
this is God's true church on the earth. I know that Joseph Smith saw
Heavenly Father and his Son Jesus Christ. I know that the Book of Mormon
is the word of God. And I know that God loves all of you! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12772077052445626738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436139360911025621.post-91990208906518962652017-08-28T14:17:00.001-07:002017-08-28T14:17:38.536-07:00August 28, 2017HELLO WORLD!<br />
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<br />When will it EVER cool down here? It is still so so hot! We had a fun a activity today so this will have to be short.<br />
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can all read it. We are witnessing so many miracles, and I am just so
grateful for how gracious the Lord has been to us here. So many different wonderful people we get to meet.</div>
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We had one really awesome experience in the wards here! We were
asked by the neighboring ward (who have elders, not sisters) to come and talk
to the young women about missions! I have NEVER done anything like that on my mission yet, so I was really nervous about it actually. But we got there, and I now know how Young Women Leaders feel... I immediately felt SO much love for these sweet
girls! The elders were there first, and they were sharing all these
cool experiences. Then they left, it was our turn. We got up and started
to talk, and we started to just get to know the girls there. They were
all quiet at first, but after we were there, we were all having a great
time and they would ask us funny questions! One of my favorites was
"what was the worst dinner/food you have eaten?" ;) HAHA! I have to say
though... We had asked the girls to raise their hands to see if they
wanted to serve. Only like three girls raised them! I was kind of
shocked, but I then thought if that was me a couple years ago, I would
not have raised my hand. But all I have to say is that my mission has
completely changed me. I love my mission so much, even in the trials and
the hard times. But that night with the Young Women made me appreciate
my mission and how I am so honored to be a tool in the hands of the
Lord. This is HIS work, and I am just trying the hardest I can be there for
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HOLY COW!! THERE IS AN ECLIPSE TODAY!!! Everyone is outside and freaking
out about it... It's SO FUNNY! People are wearing welding masks, these
crazy glasses, and having their phones RIGHT ON THEIR FACES. It reminded
me of when "Pokemon GO" got popular last year. Everyone is outside and
going crazy!! But we got a text from our District Leaders saying that
all missionaries are not to look at the sun. SO. I am now inside
writing a weekly email. ;)<br />
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This week was a slower week (teaching wise) but we still found miracles!! We have been meeting with a wonderful couple the Ren's this
week. Back ground story: me and one of my companions a couple months ago
met Bro. Ren and we didn't know he was a member at first! He was so
kind and he said that his wife was Mormon. Bro. Ren has not been to church since he was 11. And he
has had his children go on missions! But he has had one question about
the Book of Mormon that no missionary would ever go over with him.
He said that he has had missionaries for the past 30 years come over
and try to share messages. But he always wanted to know the timeline of
the Book of Mormon. Okay! Back to NOW. Me and my companion met
with them again, and we had a awesome member print us out a timeline of
the Book of Mormon and we went over to Bro. Ren and taught him! The
spirit was so strong and he had MANY questions. My companion is
AMAZING and she is a Book of Mormon scriptorian and knew all the
answers!! Brother and Sister Ren thanked us! Brother Ren said we were
the first missionaries to ever answer his questions that he has been
having for years! He said that he will start reading it and wanted us to
come back. The couple even invited us back for dinner! BOY OH BOY!! I
AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THE SPIRIT THAT TAUGHT THEM SO MUCH!! :D </div>
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I am so
grateful for the Book of Mormon and for all the answers we gain from
reading it. I know that it is THE witness of Jesus Christ. I know that
if one reads this book, they will come to know their Savior, they will
feel of the comforting power of the Holy Ghost, and just as a past
prophet Ezra Taft Benson has said: 'The Book of Mormon will change your
life." I know that is true. It has changed my life, and I know it will
change yours.<br />
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I love you all so much!! Thank you for all your prayers and the
support you give to the missionaries out in the field. I know that I
have felt your love and prayers, and I am so grateful for all of you! I
hope you have a great day!! </div>
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Sister Guilott<br />
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Hello!<br />
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We had some incredible miracles this week I want to share with you. First of all, last Tuesday, my companion and I were doing our planning
for the day when we get a call from a caller that showed up as unknown. We were
hesitant at first to answer, but we answered anyway. It was a man
calling from a city near by (Ripon) and he said that he has a son who had not
gone to church for a while, but had remarried a woman with two young
daughters. The mom and daughters had heard about the church and were
interested in going. They had attended a meeting and loved it! They had even said that
they would want to be members! While listening to this phone call... we were DYING. We were so excited to hear about this young
mom interested in the church. We got info about her, and we
went to her house. We invited an awesome member who lives close by along with her
daughter to go with us and we all went over. We were able to teach, and the spirit was so strong
and there was such an amazing feeling of love we all had for this lady and her
daughters. She committed to come to church and is so excited to learn
more! I can't express how much gratitude I have for my Savior and for
this miracle we were given. I love being a missionary and for having
this call to serve. I know that it is all the Lord and His work. I am humbled to be a part of it.<br />
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Another quick funny miracle: We were biking and it was a very slow and very hot
day. We were biking and I told my companion: I am stressed. Let's say a
prayer! So we did... and immediately, NO JOKE... Our ice cream truck friend came driving
by at that moment and he remembered us and gave us free ice cream. He even listened to
us and accepted a pamphlet and told us he would read it. MIRACLES!! I
was joking afterwards, when I am stressed, we get desserts ;) haha!
The Lord knows me, and I am so glad He does. It was just what I needed to lift my spirits and continue on that day.</div>
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Hello world!<br />
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It is Sister Guilott, and yes, I am STILL ALIVE: In spite of a HEATWAVE for the past like... 6 weeks? BUT ALL
IS WELL.<br />
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This week has been wonderful! I got my new companion... She is
Sister Rose (it is very fitting name for her) and she is from UTAH!!! :D :D
HOORAY! ANOTHER UTAH FRIEND!! She is amazing, I love her so much. She is
new to the mission field, straight from the MTC, but it seems like she has already been
serving for months. I am not training her, it is more like "immersing
her in the work." This week I have to admit was pretty crazy and
stressful. We now cover two of the biggest wards in the area. But... WE
GET A CAR... BLESSINGS. We still bike as much as possible, but we
are going everywhere in our area, because the Lord has blessed us with
SO MUCH WORK!! </div>
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So something really cool happened. Sister Rose and I were made
companions Tuesday. The Elders from the other ward gave us their
area book and their car. We looked inside the area book, and it said we
have an appointment with a woman with her two daughters (all
investigators) at 7 p.m. WHAT?!?!?! MIRACLES!! She we went over and she
saw us. She let us in. They were holding Book of Mormons and they said they were reading it. We didn't know what to teach. And this was
Sister Rose's first time... BUT SHE WAS SO INSPIRED and did so well. We talked to them
about how Christ can help them in their lives. And how they can be
comforted in knowing that He knows exactly that they going through. We
read with them from the Book of Mormon of how He can help us. The whole
room was in tears. The spirit was so strong and they invited us to come
back again!! We felt so excited about them! We love them so much, and
they said, "it was God that sent sister missionaries" to our area. I am so grateful for the work we are doing. Even though it is
stressful going everywhere, it is all worth it. </div>
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I was reading today in the Book of Mormon in Alma chapter 38 verse
10 that said: "And now, as ye have begun to teach the word even so I
would that ye should continue to teach; and I would that ye would be
diligent and temperate in all things." I am forever going to teach and
be an example to others. You can find so many blessings in our lives as
you follow the example of our Savior Jesus Christ. I love my mission so
much. I love you all! Thanks for reading this blog and supporting me, I know it can be
really random with my ramblings! But I can promise you that you will be blessed by reading
missionary's blogs. ;) </div>
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HOLY COW. I am trying not to think of it... but my three month
countdown begins tomorrow!! AH! I hate how time flies too quickly. I am so grateful to be a missionary. Last night, I
received the CRAZIEST transfer call of my life... My president called me
and said that he felt prompted for me to go to Fresno mission, and told
me to pack my bags and I am going tomorrow...</div>
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We actually did have transfer calls last night. And my sweet companion is leaving me to go to my
FIRST area/ward, in Modesto!! :D I am soooo excited for her and for the
crazy experiences she will be able to have! ;) OKAY. Since I love
acting, I created a script from the call we got last night so you can see what it was like:</div>
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TRANSFER CALLS </div>
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Sister Alderson: Hello! </div>
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Assistants: Hello! You ready for transfer calls?! </div>
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Sister Alderson and Guilott: PLEASE!!! </div>
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Assistants: OKAY! Sister Alderson you will be going to Modesto! </div>
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Sister Alderson: GREAT!!<br />
Sister Guilott: THAT WAS MY FIRST AREA!! </div>
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Sister Alderson and Guilott: *cue girly screams and giggles*</div>
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Assistants: ... yep. OKAY! NEXT!! </div>
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Sister Guilott: what is happening to me?</div>
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Assistants: you will be training a new missionary. </div>
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Sister Guilott: ... sweet! Okay, what time is.... (interrupted) </div>
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Assistants: Wait! ... and you will be covering the 2nd ward and 3rd ward as well.... </div>
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Sister Guilott: ......</div>
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Assistants:..... </div>
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Sister Guilott: ..............................<wbr></wbr>...................</div>
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Assistants: hello?</div>
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Sister Guilott: Sorry.... I thought I was having a minor heart attack.</div>
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Assistants: Yeah... But we know the Lord will help you. Yeah, this is the craziest assignment we have ever given! </div>
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Sister Guilott: ... Oh... that's cool... </div>
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Assistants: Yeah... Good luck! Good Bye! </div>
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YEP. The Lord really must have A LOT of faith in me in covering the two
biggest areas in Oakdale! :D :D :D WHAT?!?!?! Okay. I really feel like
Nephi in 1 Nephi 4:6-7, I invite you to go and read that. ;) haha.</div>
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BUT!! We are seeing so many miracles in the area, it is crazy. I
love this area so much and for the wonderful experiences we are seeing
daily! :) </div>
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Here's an experience this week that proves that we are called by the Lord.
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My companion and I were biking in the heat (what's new?) and we
were biking one way to go try another person who seemed interested in
learning about the gospel. And
then I felt the prompting to go another way... Which was obviously a prompting since the street turns
into a HUGE hill that we usually have to walk up, since its too hard to bike up. I told my companion what I felt,
and we went that way. We were biking down the street, and I felt the prompting so
strong to keep going. We saw the hill and I told my companion not to get
off, but to keep biking. She looked at me all confused, but my
companion has SO MUCH faith and we kept going. Without having to get off
our bikes or shift our gears, WE WENT UP THE HILL. And to our surprise,
we were not panting or dying... we felt the spirit so strong, we knew
that God needed us to go somewhere quick and He gave us power! I was
freaking out inside, because that was seriously a miracle. But we went
to this street and saw a sweet Hispanic man (who we later found out was named Sergio), it was like he
was glowing. He was doing yard work for a house and we felt like he was
the one we needed to talk to. With the little Spanish I know (Thank you
past missionaries who gave me things to say!!), he said he wanted to learn
more about the church! But right then... the house owner came out, the one he was working for... She looked very concerned. My companion and I got a little nervous.
Sergio went back to work, And then we went over and started to talk to the woman. I felt like
Ammon, because I started to talk to her and give her compliments. She LOVE talking with us and she thought we were the sweetest women ever, and
she asked us if we needed water. MY SMART companion said YES! The owner
went back inside to get us water, and Sergio quickly came back to talk to us
again.We quickly asked for his information and we was SUPER EXCITED. Well, the Spanish-speaking missionaries are now teaching him and we are just SO grateful we
followed the prompting to go up that HUGE hill. :) :) COOLEST EXPERIENCE
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The computers we are on today only have a certain amount of time (we are at the public library since the computers at the church are down). AND MY
TIME IS ALMOST UP. THANK YOU
FOR READING THESE EMAILS. Thank you for the prayers on behalf of missionaries. I know that this is the
Lord's work. I know it and I LOVE IT.</div>
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Okay, no one celebrates it here in California. I woke up all excited that it was Pioneer Day today, and my companion is very confused. I just LOVE my pioneer
heritage. As I was biking around here in my area, I started thinking: "... it
is really hot today. I am biking in 100 degree weather... in a dress..."
THEN I think: "Well. Look what the pioneers had to do!!" I have a new appreciation for them all, those women walking across the plains in a dress, in the heat... I am so
grateful for them, and they help humble me and help me be more optimistic.
Speaking of pioneers, I was able to read a book on the mission called
<i>My Heritage</i> and I would recommend all of you to read it. It makes you
see the hardships yet the reward the pioneers went through. I love it so
much.
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So this week... MIRACLES UPON MIRACLES. I really wish I could strap
a camera on my helmet (I would look weird... but what is new...we already look weird I am sure) and
have you all see the things I am able to witness DAILY. There are so
many little things that the Lord has blessed me to see or to have.
Whether it be a cool breeze to bring you to the 90's degrees, or when He sends so
many kind people across our path, even though many people have their
own churches. I love asking how Christ has been able to influence them
in their lives.... or ask for experiences. Even though we all practice
differently, God's love and His Son is all the same. I love it. </div>
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This week, we went on exchanges with the hermanas! I love the chance to serve in
Spanish, even though I understand little. There is such a
sweet spirit these sweet Hispanic people have in my areas. I LOVE IT. Well, cool
experience from that: We had been given a referral to go visit a Spanish family,
and I have been trying SO hard to practice my Spanish contacting
skills. So on our exchange and taught a man named Angel.
He is AMAZING. He loved everything that was being said. And he said that
he would be going to church this next week and wanted to invite all of
his friends to listen to the hermanas... MIRACLES! Even when you are not
in your area, you can still have miracles and help the missionaries out
in their areas. :) </div>
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But another really cool experience... My companion and I had NO plans last Saturday night... They had
all fallen through... We said a prayer
asking the Lord to direct us to someone who would be interested. My
companion had a feeling to go to a certain street. We went, and we started
to knock on doors. We then saw these two men and a woman talking in
their garage. I always get a bit nervous when we approach someone for the first time, but I thought of my favorite
scripture in 2 Timothy 1:7, and I got the courage to talk to them. They
looked to us, and looking confused as we started to talk to them. But we started to have a conversation
with them anyway. We asked them if we could share more, and they were very
interested and said yes! We had a great discussion with them, and we were
able to share about the Restoration. There was this one man, Isaac, and he was so
into it. We started to ask about what if there could be one church for
everyone. He got ALL excited, saying that he has had that question so
much! So we shared about Joseph Smith, and his eyes were suck on us. My
companion was very cute, she turned to me and asked me to share the first vision. I
looked to Isaac, and I started to share the Joseph Smith story right there. I felt the spirit SO strong, I knew
that Isaac was feeling the same thing. He started to get emotional. He
then after said, "this is true! This has got to be true. I feel it." WE
WERE SO EXCITED! Sadly, Isaac is from a city close by, BUT those
missionaries who got that referral will be very happy. :) We are
teaching the other man who was there as well. The Lord has prepared so
many hearts of the people around us. ALL WE NEED TO DO IS OPEN OUR
MOUTHS AND PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL! </div>
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I love my mission. I love it so much. I am so grateful for it. I hope you all have a wonderful week :) STAY COOL!</div>
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Hello world!<br />
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It has been a joyous week here on the mission. I have to
admit though, oppositions were pretty strong. But I know that we are stronger
than the adversary, and we were able to overcome the challenges! HA! Beat that adversary. <br />
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We started off teaching our investigator everyday this week: he was
receiving all the lessons and it was great! So many people were kind
enough to come out teaching with us, which helped our investigator feel
so welcomed and loved. Members make the WHOLE difference! You should go
out teaching with missionaries. It will help out so much! And we saw miracles and by the end of
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here, I know that it was by the spirit that our investigator was
able to learn and grow. Our investigator, Kelvin, is amazing. He is so
happy to be a part of the church. He was able to receive the
Holy Ghost AND the Aaronic Priesthood!!! Our bishop is so kind, and he
invited us (me and my companion) to be there when he received the
Aaronic priesthood. It was the first time i witnessed someone being set apart of
something like that, AND IT WAS AMAZING!! The spirit was so strong, it
just furthered my testimony to know that the Priesthood is the power of
God today on the earth. It is a huge blessing from God, and Kelvin says
he is so happy to "be a part of the Brotherhood now." ;) </div>
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I also want to share an incredible experience we had this past
week. My companion and I returned to see a less active man that
had told us to come back to see him and and he had invited us to come read scriptures together! He is
a doll, and looks like Santa Claus... SO EVEN BETTER RIGHT?! ;)</div>
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Well, we came back and we found out his son just moved in with him. So his son joined our conversation. His son is very knowledgeable about the gospel, which made it kind of hard
to talk to him. This made it hard for his father to follow along with our conversation. The son was at first telling us all these hard and deep
doctrines. We tried to keep the spirit there and tried our best to share
a message. The son then asked us a question, I forget exactly what. But
he was asking about mercy and justice and what would happen if there
was no justice. He was asking for a specific scripture. His attitude got me flustered but I then felt
prompted to pray for the spirit to help so I did and .... NO JOKE, I heard this
voice/feeling inside say at that moment: "No God." So I shared that answer with the son. He got big eyed and starred at me. Then the spirit then told me a scripture: "2 Nephi
2" I looked it up, and shared this scripture that says if there was no
opposition, then God would cease to exist. The son got quiet.... said he
was very impressed and I was able to bear testimony that the spirit was
able to share these things with him. Even though I have all these tabs in my scriptures, it is hard to always remember and pull out the right one. It was an amazing experience for me and I was so full of gratitude that I was worthy enough to be an
instrument in the hands of God at that time and place. I was humbled that God trusted me
enough to give me those answers exactly when I needed them to have the spirit be with this family, and that I was not confounded. I am so grateful
for these experiences!! :D :D I love my mission and I am so grateful
for my Savior Jesus Christ. He lives, I know He does. I love Him so
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Love, SIster Guilott</div>
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MIRACLES.<br />
This week has been a week of miracles. We had Zone Conference this past week and I learned so much! I am so grateful
for leaders I get to serve with here on my mission. I learned a lot
about companionship unity. My companion and I have been putting a lot
of things into action, and I feel like not only our unity is getting
stronger, but the area is improving!! I would invite you to read Alma
13:3-9, and insert "ordained" with "set apart as missionaries" and see
how is can apply to everyone! Because we can all be missionaries in
helping others come closer to our Savior Jesus Christ. :)
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Well, we had a great week teaching our new investigators! Great
news: we have this sweet woman who wants to be baptized but she is
engaged to be married in October. We felt prompted to tell her that
she can be married civilly sooner so she can be baptized sooner and
pretty much have the big wedding celebration in October. She got VERY
excited and told us she would talk to her fiance ;) SUPER EXCITED! She
loved coming to church and already seems like a member. She even got
longer sleeves on her wedding dress to make it appropriate for her
sealing ;) CRAZY AWESOME!! :D :D </div>
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Then we have been teaching our investigator Kelvin and he is super
excited to be baptized!! We had the most amazing lesson yesterday! We
had a recent convert come to help teach, along with a sweet girl we know
in the ward. We all read Alma 36 together, and our recent convert used to struggle with some issues in the past. So he was able to relate so
well, and shared the best insights to our investigator. He even invited
our investigator to come over to his house for a barbecue and was so
kind to him. I am so grateful for members reaching out like that: that
is the pure love of Christ. And I hope to have charity like that one day. :) Our investigator was able to go to a baptism from our ward this
past week, and it was so sweet. He even started to sing "I am a child of
God" and he got emotional, which made all of us emotional and we all felt
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I am just so grateful for my mission. I love it so much, even when biking in 110 degree weather and no one lets you in... The Lord
helps me daily and it is so hard for me to count all the tender mercies I
have seen!! I love my Savior, I would do anything for Him. I know that
He lives and died for us and that makes me feel so at peace to know that
I can rely on Him and repent to become more like Him. I love this area
and my companion. The work is hastening and I am just so grateful. </div>
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I hope you all have a wonderful week and thank you for reading
another long missionary email. ;) Thank you for all your support and your
love. Have a blessed week!</div>
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Good morning!! Wow....this was a great week. It was full of miracles!<br />
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First of all... I love my companion. She is amazing, and she is
seriously the best missionary ever. We had a lot of fun this week
teaching people, talking to people on the street, and teaching and committing our investigator from last week to baptism! She got to do the invitation, and
she was so excited! It was great to see. ;)</div>
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My companion and I have have been working hard on "opening our mouths" and talking to people.
I am usually the one to start conversations. But I want to brag about my awesome companion. As we were biking down a
hill, we saw a man getting out of his car. I had a prompting to ask
my companion to start the conversation! I asked her, and assured her that I will
always be there if she freaks out or gets to nervous and I can help her out. So we went
over... and she started to talk to him, making the first contact, etc. It was a great conversation, and he
even brought up his grandpa who had passed away who he loved, and he wanted
to know where we thought he was... My companion had the spirit so strong, and she
shared with him the Plan of Salvation. She was able to make a return
appointment with him. AND BOY... AFTER THAT, SHE WAS GLOWING. I was so
excited for her. I feel like after that, she had "missionary fever" ALL
NIGHT. We would see people, and she would start talking to them! IT WAS
AMAZING!! But... I have to admit, she did throw me under the bus when it
came to people who spoke Spanish and I had to do the speaking, which is funny because I only know a little but I have learned to share a basic message in Spanish and I try to communicate, but were were able to get many referrals that day for the Spanish missionaries as well in our area. And we gained 7
potential investigators after that! So all in all, it was some successful "opening our mouths" this week.</div>
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I am so grateful to be on my mission! It makes me so happy and I
wouldn't want to be anywhere else! I love you all and hope you have a
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There is something when a new missionary comes into the
area, and you are a trainer... Miracles occur... I CAN BEAR MY TESTIMONY
THAT IS TRUE. I want to share with you the most amazing week. And there
are so many things, I will be doing the "bullet points" to keep things
organized and to make sure I don't miss anything!<br />
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* I have my new companion! Her name is Sister Alderson, She is
darling and she is already such an awesome missionary. I feel like it isn't training
at all, just immersing her to the work. She is amazing.</div>
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*Too many miracles to share... But our first day IT WAS HOT. My
companion had the thought:"it would be nice to have some water..." THEN, all of the sudden, a car turns around, stops, and asks us if we needed water.
We said yes! We followed this good Samaritan to her house, she gave us 2 cold water
bottles and a Popsicle. She also told us we can come back again and
share our message... HOLY COW. Miracles.</div>
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*Then we had met with a Perspective Elder, and he lives at a
trailer park. He said he doesn't have good water, and he was in poor
health. So we told him we had an extra case of water bottles and we
biked back to get them. As we were walking back to his home, I was carrying the 32
pack of water bottles, and my companion was carrying a lot of food. We
had said a prayer to help strengthen us. AND SUDDENLY, a cute woman who
speaks Spanish drove up. With her little English, she told us to get in
and she would take up where we need to go. She had met missionaries
before, and as she saw us she felt that "God tell her to pick us up." HOLY COW. We got to our
members house, said gracias to our sweet lady. Our member then was able to get a
priesthood blessing... it was amazing.</div>
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*After a member had cancelled on us and we were wondering what to do, Sister Alderson said there
must be someone in that area who needs us. We biked and saw a cute girl
outside. We tried talking to her but got the same old thing of "Sorry, I
don't believe in that..." but then looked at us and asked "Do you need
water??" We said YES. She went inside, she came back out and they
usually give us water bottles. She came out with cups. AH HA! We could still talk to her!!! We talked to her about her family, then brought up
religion. She was saying the things that we believed, she believed also!! At
the end of the conversation, we had given her a Book of Mormon and we
had a return appointment with her. IT WAS THE COOLEST STREET CONTACT OF
MY LIFE.</div>
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*Another awesome moment is we were biking and we saw a woman who was watering her
garden. She was not interested at first. But as we were about to bike away,
my sweet companion stayed a moment longer. The woman started to cry, so my sweet companion
got off her bike and gave her a hug. We then started to talk to her
more. We have a return appointment with her. I learned a HUGE lesson
from my companion, I need to listen with not only my ears. But my heart.</div>
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*THEN we had our return appointment with the girl who we street
contacted, the one who gave us the water... THAT LESSON... was the best lesson
ever. The spirit seriously taught the whole lesson and that we were able
to discuss all the things that our sweet new investigator had
questioned in life. She said that these things make her "feel whole" and
she wanted this in her life. We were all crying and we are so happy to
say that she wants to be baptized!! IT WAS A HUGE MIRACLE. </div>
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* At church, our investigator was there; A less active girl and her
non-member mom was there who we had befriended and that was a
surprise. We had the Perspective Elder come to church for the first time
in a couple of years.... BEST SUNDAY EVER.</div>
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I love this work. This is the Lord's work. And I love it. I am
so grateful to have been able to see these faith building miracles. I
love the Lord with all my heart; this gospel is true!</div>
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companion Sister Beteiti has completed her mission and is going home...
She has been in this area for a while, and the whole ward is so sad to
have her leave. She has been a HUGE blessing in my life... I love her
sweet personality and her humble spirit. She has set a huge example to
me. She came from a little island, not knowing English, came to America
to serve and BOY... She has served with all of her heart. I will miss
her so much, But I know that she has so much in store for her. I love
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training a new missionary. :) That makes me nervous. But, I know that God's
plan is perfect and it will help me stretch and grow :) And I have been
released from my assignment as a Sister Training Leader. It was a honor
to have served all the Sisters and it helped me grow so much. I am so
grateful for God's plan for us, because He has the goal of helping us
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I am sorry I have to rush this blog post. Life has been very
crazy, but the work has been hastening! We had a HUGE miracle happen
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This Sunday, we were sitting in Relief Society at church. We were talking
about marriage and nurturing your spouse (EVERY missionary's favorite
lesson... NOT) and a brother opened the door and told us to come with
him... I was actually really scared. I was thinking, "did we do anything
wrong this week? Was I was speeding in the mission vehicle..." We have been
working really hard this week..." but he told us this:</div>
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while now. He just told us he wants to talk the lessons, will you come
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CRAZYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!! We were SOOOOOO happy! We met him, and he is
GREAT!! He has learned so much already, so teaching will be a breeze!
He is already planning to serve a mission and EVERYTHING. God
is so real. I was in awe. God's timing is NEVER your timing, I was just
so surprised! I am so grateful for the work that is going on all around
the world. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to be here. I
love my mission and I love my Savior Jesus Christ SO MUCH. He has
changed my life, and I want Him to be with me for time and all
eternity. </div>
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I love you all! Hope you have a great week! Oh, it's my birthday
this week. Not a big deal, I am too busy for my birthday. haha! ;) I
have got work to do!!! See ya :)</div>
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<li>We had two exchanges this week, one of the photos you will see was
with one of the cute sisters I was with, WE WORE THE SAME DRESS!! AHAHA!
People all day thought we were twins. :)</li>
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"country area" of our ward and it was so much fun! We have so many fun
members up there. We got to see our members horses, THEY WERE HUGE! They
kind of scared me, but they are the sweetest animals you will ever
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<li>We had a really cool experience this past week! SO Sister Beteiti and I had ALL of our appointments fall through... it was
8 pm.... We honestly didn't want to go back out, but we prayed and
decided to try to walk around and talk to people. GOD IS SO GOOD. He put
so many people in our path. There was this one young family walking
around. We started a conversation, and the grandma was a sweet Hispanic
woman. I used my Spanish skills that I have, and SHE LOVED IT. The
family had been trying to find a church to go to and they loved the
sound of our church. At the end of the conversation, the dad said: "I
feel like we were all meant to meet today for a reason." AND I KNEW GOD
HAD ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS. I know now that when you try your best and be
diligent, the Lord will help you. I am so grateful for that day; it
truly did strengthen my testimony. </li>
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investigator's SNAKE. It was the first time Sister Beteiti held a snake!
SHE WAS SO BRAVE. I am so proud of her ;) haha! </li>
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creepy purple house in our area I finally took a picture of it, and it is
seriously the "Alice in Wonderland" house. NICOLE YOU WOULD LOVE IT! It
even had a little tea party set up. It was funny trying to explain the
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<br />Love, </div>
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Sister Guilott</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12772077052445626738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436139360911025621.post-91008699387195509462017-05-29T11:10:00.000-07:002017-05-29T11:10:09.229-07:00It's a Marvelous Work 5/29/17This week was pretty crazy, but I can say that it was one of the best weeks ever!! <br />
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This past Monday we had the Clayton's come as our general authority
visitors, and we had many wonderful conferences with them! We then had a
Leadership Meeting with them and the thing I learned most about them
was the following: WE JUST NEED TO LOVE EVERYONE. In the world today, we are just so
absorbed into our own selves, if we want to be happy, then we just need to
serve someone! The Clayton's are the perfect examples of CHARITY and how to MAGNIFY YOUR CALLINGS. I was so grateful to be with them. </div>
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really cool was that my companion and I were chosen to go out teaching in our area with Sister Clayton and Sister Palmer, our sweet mission president's wife! WHAT AN HONOR THAT
WAS! We all had great experiences and we learned so much from one
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Then with all these meetings, we were sooooo blessed to have the
baptism of our investigator. You can totally see the Lord's hand at work
here in Oakdale and "I just all amazed at the love Jesus offers me..."
;) I am so grateful for the work here and I love being a missionary.
YES, it is hard and sometimes stressful. But this time I am giving to
the Lord is just an expression of my love for Him, and He is blessing us
so much for this work. I love my Savior Jesus Christ, I know he lives
and loves us. I know that we have a Heavenly Father who loves us as
well and wants us to return to Him. I am grateful for this work and for
the time we have to help families to return back to Him and to show them
their true eternal potential. I am SOOOOOO grateful for temples. I know
they are the house of the Lord. The hardest thing on my mission is that
we are not allowed to go (its too far away and not in our mission). I miss going and feeling the sweet spirit
there. I miss it so much. But I know that one day, I can return again.
And we all can return to it, you just got to be faithful and have an
obedient loving heart for your Savior. :) </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12772077052445626738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436139360911025621.post-62821779735251198222017-05-23T19:56:00.003-07:002017-05-23T19:56:40.826-07:00Oakdale 5/22/17HELLO World!
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We have been teaching a great guy right now named Joel, and he has a
baptism date! We have been teaching him for a while, but we had the
wonderful opportunity to have our mission president and his lovely wife
to come out teaching with us! All I can say was at first, I was so
stressed and very intimidated. BUT! I love President Palmer SO MUCH. It
was amazing and it was exactly what our investigator needed. I am so
grateful for leaders today to help lead and guide and bless others. </div>
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We also had our Sister Training Leader exchanges and it was super fun! I got to venture out of the area
we are usually serving it and go out to "the country" area of our ward.
SO MANY HILLS AND SO MANY COUNTRY THINGS! I got a picture with goats, I
hope you enjoy it. But it is great too but kind of scary... our
TIWI (which in this monitor in our car that yells at us if we are
speeding or going crazy) doesn't work in the country.... so.... You can
go pretty fast there, but I was a good slow grandma driver and didn't go
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Today we had zone conference with Elder Weatherford T.
Clayton and his lovely wife, and IT WAS AMAZING! I felt so loved and know that I am supposed to be out on a mission right now. We get to see his
wife tonight, because we were chosen to go out teaching with her. So we
will let you know next week how that went! But I am so grateful for
missionary work and how the work will always continue and how we can all
be missionaries! :D </div>
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Sister Guilott</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12772077052445626738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436139360911025621.post-26418611917981059662017-05-15T14:23:00.002-07:002017-05-15T14:23:57.828-07:00New Area, New CompanionMay 15, 2017<br />
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HELLO WORLD!
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I have been transferred to BEAUTIFUL Oakdale! I am on some REALLY
old computers right now (like, half of the buttons are gone... HAHA it is
great!), so I will figure out pictures this next week! </div>
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But this week has just flown by too quickly. I am with the LOVELY
Sister Beteiti (pronounced Beh-dace) and she is from Kiribati (pronounced
key-deh-bess) AND I LOVE HER!!! She is the most humble missionary I know
and she is just so powerful. Something really cool about her, she
learned English at the MTC and didn't know it before. She is seriously
FLUENT now and I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to witness the
gift of tongues in action! This week we were finding lots of people, and
we have had much success! There are a lot of churches here, but people
are always willing to hear our message! Something I didn't know about
Oakdale is.... THERE ARE SO MANY HILLS.... Biking UP and DOWN and
UPPPPPP and speeding down... It is tiring. BUT! I know that it will make
me strong! :D And me and Sister Beteiti laugh about it and sing as we
go up the mountains. </div>
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A fun story this week was we have made it a goal to talk to
everyone as we pass by them and that day we made a goal to get 5
referrals (usually that is IMPOSSIBLE), so we were biking by this man.
And we was telling us about his life, and he was packing up to move. We
got his new address so other missionaries can go talk to him. My awesome
companion asked if he knew anyone who would be interested in our
message, he gave us 6 names... HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God is so good
to us, we had faith that we could find that many names and He made it
all happen. It was really neat.</div>
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ALSO, Happy Mother's day! :D I got to talk to my family for the
last time, it was my 3rd time skyping. Its so strange to think I won't skype again. Time is going too fast and I am loving it here and can't image never being a missionary. The mission is a blessing in my life,
and it feels like my home. I LOVE IT!</div>
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Love, Sister Guilott</div>
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