tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51743523263682641472024-03-12T20:21:42.520-07:00Sister London HeywoodCalled to serve in the Salem, Oregon mission for eighteen months!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08533714844548985495noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174352326368264147.post-41748417140472837982015-01-20T18:44:00.005-08:002015-01-20T18:44:59.290-08:00<blockquote type="cite">
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Last email! Hooray for Israel! Hooray to the OSM!<br />
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last night as we were in the Hayden's home one last time for dinner and as i
shared a spiritual thought and expressed my love and thanks for them, it was the
first time it really even hit me, i broke down in tears and couldn't stop
crying. They were asking me more questions, some details and i couldn't answer
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Tami entered the waters of baptism
Saturday night!! She was beyond excited and her face hurt from smiling sooo
much!! The spirit was very strong. As she walked out of the font she just stood
there and cried. This woman is amazing and is so ready to serve...she already
has a calling as of yesterday!! Her excitement and testimony has and will
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Along with Elder Boren i am
surprised that this will be my last email...its not believable yet! Just feels
like my amazing missionary life. I cannot adequately describe what the mission
has done for me and the part that i have played in helping souls come closer
Christ. It is the most happy and (real) fun that I've ever had thus far in my
life....It brings the greatest purest JOY. I'm excited to continue in this work
in a different way in Az. If you didn't know already my fav part of this work is
including the members and i have a strong testimony of the difference they make
as they work with us and the missionaries around the world. I have seen this
time and time again on my mission and i have seen the amazing miracles that it
brings. I will forever be grateful for this time. Thank you for the love and
support that you all have given me during this time as i have made one of the
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> I know that that Jesus Christ
lives that he knows exactly how we feel when we are sad about things that matter
to us and that Heavenly Father cares about the things that we care and pray
about. I love the people here and the fullness they have brought to my life and
the things that they have taught me. I know that the church is the Lords Kingdom
on the eartth today and im so joyful to have the knowledge it is everything.
Excited to come home and experience more of this wonderful life that God has
given us to show our love to Him, through the gospel of Jesus
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> This week has been a roller coaster...in a good and bad way! The mission is a roller coaster...haha It was bad and then everything turned way better. Even though it wasn't anything too crazy...we are dealing with peoples salvation here...kinda a big deal. But during it all i was kept calm knowing it would all work out the way Heavenly Father intended it to. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> We met with Ashley this week and she came to church it was awesome she opened up about things that she wouldn't have if Elders were teaching her. Something that i really loved about this week is that we had our investigators in the members home for dinner and it has been so fun and so effective. It really has changed things for them...and has further there conversion. If it didnt happen things would have been fine but not as a amzing as they are now. Members play a key role in this work. It is a great example of how i want to be part of the work when i get home. Yep in like...soon. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Its super bittersweet and it has not hit me yet. Going home is messin up my groove! jk haha but really. I have loved serving in all my areas but especially Redmond maybe its just because i am here right now but i just love the people and its the busiest ive ever been. After attending PEC on sunday cause our WML was out of town the 2nd counselor in the bishopric Bro Morrison asked if i would speak today if someone didnt show up or if they went short and they did go short so they called me up there and got to speak and bare testimony of my mission. I cried. and the spirit was strong...shared my favorite poem that i shared at my farewell talk. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Tami was at church also and she is getting baptized this saturday. She is super excited. Like way excited. She wants a calling already. She is one of a kind. I love the Gospel. And i hope that i will email next week. So this not my last email im not ready to let go hahah I love you all and hope you have a great week! </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08533714844548985495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174352326368264147.post-77534102643585598502015-01-08T11:55:00.000-08:002015-01-08T11:55:26.617-08:00Hey Everybody!<br /> I'm so grateful for this week and the exciting experiences!! For this year <br />our Centennial Park ward is starting at 1:30 and as you all know it was fast <br />Sunday. It was a really good experience and i know that there is a power in <br />fasting. It was a much needed and spiritual Sunday!<br /> We go to go on on exchange with our Stls (sister training leaders) <br />comparable to zone and district leaders, but just for sisters! :) I was in Bend <br />with Sis Rosado and Sis Sullivan and Sis Mower were in Redmond. There are a lot <br />of really nice huge mansions in Bend and we had the opportunity to teach Lilly <br />who has been investigating for awhile and (taught her on my last exchange in <br />Bend) and her friend Devon that is from Bend but living in Nashville she is <br />working on becoming a singer song writer. We watched Joseph Smith the Prophet of <br />the Restoration in the Lovejoy's huge mansion, super nice and apparently Will <br />Ferrell has a house in that neighborhood. The Lovejoy's own a grocery store <br />there in Bend. Never been in a house like that my whole life but it was legit to <br />watch that movie and feel the spirit very strongly in there home and watch the <br />most beautiful sunset out there huge windows.<br /> Then we didn't have a dinner but we asked Sis Rollie who there really close <br />to and she is a Cosmetologist!! And her co worker and instructor Randle who was <br />at her house (who she used to date) not a member of the church but knows about <br />the church from Sis Rollie and other friends in life. We got to teach him about <br />the plan of happiness and salvation over grilled cheese, apple sauce and hot <br />chocolate. Basically it was my dream lesson....i have always wanted to teach <br />someone high up in the hair industry and he has traveled all over to work for <br />the salon he works for, including phoenix for 5 years. Right now he is living in <br />Santa Monica, he is in town to do some work and by the end of the exchange sis <br />Rollie texted us and said that he was wanting the first lesson that i had <br />mentioned and said "its what makes us different and what the plan of salvation <br />comes from" and he wanted to know what he was missing out on.<br /> On new years eve night we had dinner with the Ridings...one of my many <br />favorite famalies here (Bro Riding is a cop). We had to be in by 7 to set goals <br />for the new year. Before we left we set of paper lanterns and watched them fly <br />into the clear dark sky, it was beautiful and a fun way to start of the new <br />year! It was Kate's idea for #HeistheGift and sharing that light for others to <br />look to! :)<br /> We have a couple more people on date! Kristina and Lena. Pray for them, they <br />need more of a desire. The adversary works very hard on there families. We love <br />them and are getting the ward more involved with there families!<br /> I'll talk to you all next week! I hope that you and i have some great new <br />years goals to stick to! Im excited to see what 2015 has in store. I love this <br />Gospel, it just makes sense! The Lord knows your hopes, He knows your fears and <br />he wants to help, Talk to him! Love you ALL!<br /><br /> Love Sister Heywood!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08533714844548985495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174352326368264147.post-70001779435836361712015-01-08T11:52:00.001-08:002015-01-08T11:52:31.064-08:00Hey everybody!
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This week was vital to my life...i learned a lot. All very simple but
very important. It was simply wonderful to talk to my family on Christmas
day....I'm so so very blessed to spend the rest of eternity with them, they are
delightful and fun and loving. I enjoyed very much talking to my dad about the
missionary work happening there and here and the things that both areas are
working on. My dad shared some insightful things that i LOVED and have shared
already about 4 times with different members here in Redmond. The bishops wife
Sis Sheldon quoted me in her talk yesterday in church. It was work related thing
that my dad related to the gospel of course! "If we cant take care of Heavenly
Fathers "clients" that we already have, how are we supposed to take care of new
ones?" Doing missionary work you definitely need to go out of your comfort zone
right?..ya im right, because i would know haha So the moral of that sentence is
that there is all sorts of ways to do missionary work and you should start where
you are most comfortable because reaching out to the ones that we already have
and the ones that are less active are just as important as finding the new
person "because both need conversion" -The Power of Everyday Missionaries. Just
because someone shows up at church every Sunday to church doesn't mean they
don't need a extra hand extended towards them, smile, hug, "come sit by us
today." We all struggle during the week and we all need each other, if you find
missionary work to be hard start with your home and visiting teaching start with
reaching out to the people that are all around you, don't just assume! Take
care...of the ones we already have. </div>
We had a zone training meeting this week..i twas the shortest one that i
have ever been too and I'm so thankful for that! I'm glad our zone leaders
acknowledge that and are trying to change the culture of them, it was probably
like 2 hours shorter, to the point and the spirit was super strong. We all
learned a lot. The elders are very inspired and spirit lead. They focused on
obedience and pride. They had, as always a testimony meeting at the end and i
had the opportunity to bare my testimony and a lot of the missionaries did. The
spirit was very strong and the part when i felt the spirit the strongest is
when the elder who walked in with service clothes on not in his suit and has
struggled his whole mission and was sitting in the back stood up and bore his
testimony and tears just fell from my eyes and i was not the only one. I can not
tell you how amazing it was to hear from him and that he does know. watching
missionaries struggle is hard to watch cause you cant really do anything esp. if
they struggle really bad from any kind of depression.<br />
Funny story so we have been working with this guy named Art Mcallister
and he was La for a very long time...I've talked about him before and we now
teaching Tami his friend who is getting baptized soon. Anyways so sister
Sullivan and i were sitting in front of them at church yesterday and after the
first verse of the hymn that we were singing he leaned forward and said "Amen
Brotha" and we just start cracking up... and this is something we say to each
other "Amen Sista, Amen Brotha" whenever the opportunity comes...and so we are
trying so hard not to laugh and then when the hymn is over he goes "Amen to
that" Lol and i turn around trying to hold in my laugh and say "stop it" and
then turn back around and start cracking up. Oh man it was one of those moments
when laughing feels so good!<br />
On Christmas day that we spent at the Bishop Sheldons we asked him to
think about and pray about some people that are in need of spiritual uplifting.
He gave us a long list of names the next couple days and so we went to visit one
of them and they were not home...kinda feeling poopy that night...idk what it
was. But as we looked up the next one we felt we should visit on the GPS we
ended being on that same exact street already and very close to the exact house.
It is a part member/less active/recent convert home and we met Ashley who is not
baptized and took the lessons about 2 years ago from elders and didn't connect.
I know that we were set here for her. We met there little brother Garret who has
mental retardation and he is the cutest thing ever..i have never met anyone like
him before he was so different and made me so happy. Ashley thought we already
knew him by how we talking with him because he knows Bro. Herrin and i said "no
i just like to talk to people like i have known them for a long time" and he
walks up to me really close to my face and says "I bet you don't know my social
security number?!" another moment of laughter and made my day. We are teaching
Ashley this week! ;)<br />
I love the being here, even though we have hard moments. We learn from
them and grow. I love when i look at all the pictures of the Savior around our
apartment and church, He seems so familiar to me. I look at Him and i see Him as
my Brother. I love you all and hope you have a great week.<br />
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Do not have much time...its been a wonderful week. Gabby was baptized
Saturday night and confirmed on Sunday! It was so much fun. I love that
girl...she was so ready.When Gabby came out of the water she says "I'm really
wet" and Renee said she could hear her and she was towards the back.(we were
cracking up) Her mom gave a talk and she is not her birth mom but she gave the
talk on the Holy ghost and it was amazing! A little background on Tiffany, she
was la for most of her life and giving that talk was a first for her. The spirit
was super strong. Gabby told us that it all really didn't sink in until she
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We had dinner with the Davis family last night.......i. love. them. Then
we had a mini mtc in there home we did some role plays for missionary situations
(it went really well)...before that we had a very spirit lead conversation about
the Holy Ghost and how Bro Davis, who is a convert, opened up about how he
struggles to know what the promptings he gets are from the Holy Ghost..Sis Davis
reassured him that he is good at it. once again i love that family..i can not
adequately describe the fun, spiritual, crazy experiences we have with the
members and people here! I esp. feel like family when i go into the davis
home..it reminds me of when the elders would just come into out home and start
shooting us with nerf guns!<br />
Oh we had thanksgiving at the shelsdons....it was delicious!!! Got a bunch
of leftovers!:) We were in bend at that sports complex right before for zone
pday..it was amazing, felt like i was in Disneyland. Deprived as a missionary
entertainment wise haha<br />
Had an amazing exchange with Sister Mower! I got to go Bend and it was so
fun had some amazing amazing experiences. I know... Amazing right?! Should have
been here! Taught some super prepared people. Im really excited right now
because we have a ton of stuff to invite everyone to!!!<br />
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Dec.13 Ward Christmas party<br />
Dec. 15 Missionary(choir) Christmas Devotional!<br />
Dec.20 Live Nativity<br />
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So Tuesday morning we text Renee and say we haven't forgotten about
you but we just figured we would give you a break and start the new member
lessons next week! She responded and said that "I don't mind starting asap. I
really needed it and that the adversary didn't give me a break. So i need my
back up ladies. so if we could schedule something soon that would be great." No
problem of course and so we text sis riding and ask if she could be there if not
no worries. We let her know what was happening. she said "i feel like i have
been in the car all morning but Renee is more important. ill be there asap." Of
course we were thinking the worst and even though it was still not good it
wasn't horrible. Her family was just giving her some hard time about the Prophet
Joseph Smith and how he is this and that...you could imagine. Renee said it took
her about 5 hrs to calm down so she could respond to her mom in a Christ like
way. It was impressing. Every time i see Renee now after she as received the
Gift of the Holy ghost she has a different light. We read Joseph Smith history
the next morning at sis Morrison's home and it was amazing. Renee is just even
more excited and the spirit is testifying even more to her that it is true. i
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We have been teaching a family idk if i have talked about them yet. A
single mom named Hiedi and she has two kids named Brittany and Matthew. Actually
i think i have talked about them. Well we were able to finally have another
lesson with them and we brought Sis DeStefano with us a recent convert of about
2 years. It was amazing. We have already gone over the restoration but then
asked them if they had any questions...there was a little confusion but we
basically re taught it! It was so awesome to have Sis DeStefano there...she has
a major testimony of the book of Mormon. She also related a lot to them and the
questions they are having. Ah it rocked. Matthew is high functioning autism and
is really knowledgeable of the bible he is very close to the spirit and all of
is starting to make sense to them. Heidi says that he holds there family
together and told them that's how my brother Cody is, without him the whole
Heywood family just wouldn't be the same. (ps happy birthday Cody..."i don't
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Then Heidi and Brittany came to the "Fabulous Friday" which was in place
of the super Saturday. They has so much fun met a lot of people and did some
Christmas crafts! Stephanie a La member asked them what they have thought about
meeting with us and Heidi explained that something told her not to shut the door
when we knocked a couple months ago and that they have has some questions that
are being answered. Gabby Davenport who we have been teaching and is getting
baptized this Saturday was sitting right there started to explain that she is a
convert and is getting baptized this Saturday. She asked them if they have come
to sacrament and that when they come to church that's when it will all make
sense and she explained that the gospel is like a puzzle and it has all the
pieces. It was such a sweet moment. I know that they are so prepared to here the
gospel right now! Then Sis Widing the Relief Society Pres. had us give back the
20 dollars to Heidi that she paid for the crafts. And told us that they had
plenty extra so glad they could come and hope to see them again soon! aaaah i
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I love the gospel and the wonderful knowledge we have of a loving
Heavenly Father and Savior that are so merciful are just waiting for us to open
the door or walk there way. I have learned something this week through scripture
study that is important to have "faith unto repentance" Alma 34:14-16 we need to
have faith that we can be forgiven. I love this time of year where minds and
hearts are directed even more towards Our brother Jesus Christ! That means
people are more willing to listen to our message and people around you are more
prepared. Open your mouths and share the good news...people need this.They so
need what we have to share, to access the complete joy that we feel when we can
repent and forgive and love and serve and have a relationship with a God that
loves his children so much. Its up to us to tell them about it. </div>
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Have a wonderful thankful yummy thanksgiving! I know i will, Spending it
eating with the bishop Sheldon's family, playing football with Redmond and bend
zones combined at a sports center in bend. reserved just for the missionaries.
Serving others. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08533714844548985495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174352326368264147.post-81808598268486073692014-11-26T11:15:00.001-08:002014-11-26T11:15:52.802-08:00Hello family and friends!!<br /> Im so thankful for the 10 in. of snow we got this week! Its been so fun <br />walking around everywhere getting all bundled up and trekking across Redmond. <br />Its crazy that last year in "the valley" when it snowed i thought it was crazy <br />living in the snow but that was my first time "living" in it...but here they get <br />a lot more! We have spent most of our days shoveling snow for people that we are <br />teaching and some la. As a mission our cars are parked when it snows but as of <br />now we are aloud to drive! We shoveled Renees walkway and then she said we had <br />to come inside and have some mexican hot chocolate which was so good! We have <br />been wiped out from all of this so when i go to sleep at night i am out so fast <br />and my body aches in the morning! But its good! Its so beautiful to see <br />everything so white and sparkly. We also have been able to meet some awesome <br />people walking around, i love it.<br /> Tuesday we had an amazing Zone Conference with President and Sister <br />Samuelian and this was before the snow fall! But still sooo cold. It was also my <br />last one and i didn't realize this until sister sullivan said something at lunch <br />time and i was like no way and she was like yes way! It was an amzing revelatory <br />experience and took lots of notes. I was able to bare my testimony at the end a <br />long with the other missionaries that are going home this transfer.<br /> Renee was baptized this saturday and it was sooo awesome...so many people <br />came that we had to move into the chapel. It was very spiritual and i cried. The <br />people she asked to speak and the people who welcomed her like the bishop and rs <br />president did amazing jobs. The bishop welcomed her to the ward and related Matt <br />Cain pitching the perfect baseball game and his comments after of how he didn't <br />pitch the perfect game alone but that he had a field of professional baseball <br />players helping him, to how the church works and how we will all help out along <br />this journey. i LOVED it. She was confirmed on sunday by Bro Schofield and it <br />was beautiful. Renee was asked to share her conversion story in relief society <br />and it was so sweet to hear from her! She talked about how she has been stubborn <br />along this whole process of coming into the church...the ladies were so sweet in <br />telling her that it is that same stubborness that will help her endure to the <br />end and when she gets offended by someone in the church that she should use that <br />stubbornness and not let someone else ruin her faith and run her out of her <br />church and the blessings of the gospel. i love these people and working with <br />them.<br /> We have been working with Gabby still and she will be baptized on the 29th of <br />November and she is getting really excited! We love her! She also attended <br />Renees baptism. We go every wed at 4pm and teach her!<br /> We are seeing lots of miracles and i love being apart of this work. God loves <br />us! He really does! Im happy to have heard about the Phoenix temple being <br />dedicated like 4 different times today through email! This Gospel is such a <br />blessing.<br /><br /> Love sister Heywood Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08533714844548985495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174352326368264147.post-8258291252237710762014-11-26T11:14:00.001-08:002014-11-26T11:14:45.617-08:00Hey Family and Friends!<br /><br /> This weekend we had stake conf. and its was so amazing! There was a <br />special broadcast from Salt Lake to the state of Oregon to all 36 stakes. <br />Saturday we were invited to the Priesthood leadership meeting and it was <br />amazing!! Mind blown. Then the Saturday night session happened and we were asked <br />right before to be on a panel and we said sure and so the second half Sis <br />Sullivan and I, elder parkinson and frakenberry, a senior couple that just got <br />home and a couple that has a daughter out. We were asked questions from the <br />congregations and it was so awesome. i dont have words to describe..you just had <br />to be there! Then sunday at 830am we had a breakfast for returning less actives, <br />recent converts and our investigators! It was yummy. Art and Rebecca came they <br />are returning LA and Renee Hugo and there cute little boys came. Then the <br />broadcast it was wonderful.<br /><br /> Renee is getting baptized this Saturday and we taught her this past week in <br />sis Widings home about the law of chastity and word of wisdom...and it was <br />awesome! It was even more awesome that we know she is living it. haha So we <br />applied it more to her and used some mormon messages that relate to what we <br />could help her with at this time in her life. We really wanted to apply it to <br />her, And it was so good to have sis widing with us. We met her sat morning at <br />the church to fit her for the baptismal clothes and figure out her baptism <br />program. She is super prepared and a lot of people are excited and have been <br />waiting for this day for a long time. 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Im so excited to be writing you all this week! Last week I didn't really
feel like it which was dumb cause know I have so much more to update you all
on!! I cant share everything but I will share some of the favorites...which is
all my favorite! First off I love the people that we serve within the Centennial
Park ward! They all rock and bring so much joy into my life and the great thing
is its the gospel that brings us together!! I love teaching with them. Also the
people we are teaching have changed my life, they have taught me so much. </div>
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A couple weeks ago I talked about the Robins family and last Monday we
were able to give them a church tour. It went so well and the spirit was very
strong. It was cool because Bro Robins who is the member was so excited cause
all these memories were coming back to him. From the smell to the chairs...haha!
It was really cool when we walked into the chapel and Lena grabbed Bro Robins
hand and she was just smiling, you could tell she was feeling the spirit. They
are so cute. I love this family. They have a fat chinchilla for a pet! They came
to church this sunday for the 1st time and loved it! They were welcomed by the
ward very warmily. We had a lesson with them that night and they talked about
all their different experiences and we were laughing at the different things
that happened! Like the 81 year old Faye 'baring' her testimony about Halloween
and how wild it was..the wildest one she has seen her whole life!!! And then
preceded to tell a story about when her kids were little, one halloweeen there
candy was laced with Xlax. Oh we were laughing and you should have seen the
bishoprics faces. it was AWESOME. We love Faye! anyways Lena and Elizabeth one
of the daughters plan to be baptized! :) We will probably help them set a date
this week! </div>
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We taught a lady named Theresa and when she opened the door she was in her
hello kitty footy pajamas and struck a pretty cool pose. We taught her while she
was in those pajamas... it was quite the experinence! Her and her husband tim
and two kids came to the trunk or treat...idk if we will get anywhere with
them...but the gospel changes lives I know it! Its very hard to be in their
home..it smells to high heaven!! she has a pretty awesome laugh too! oh its fun.
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Last sunday the whole relief society and primary presidency's were changed!
Change is good! I love the way the church works and is set up. So organized and
ran by a loving heavenly father. Sis Widing is the new RS president and they
have only been in the ward for a few months. We have been taking her to teach
Renee with us and its been so good! She also teaches zumba every Monday morning
at the church for the women. We cant go, already asked....otherwise I would so
be there. I love her testimony and lets just say I look up to her a lot. Great
role model for sure! They have us over for dinner every so often. They have
lived lots of places and they have 3 kids that are so well rounded. one of them
was born in Hawaii her name is Kahau! The other two are Braille and Ansen! I
could go on and on about this family and every family here. </div>
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Renee is doing really well! She is being "BAPTIZED" (nacho libre) Nov.
15th! And its going to be one of the best days ever! We have been going through
the lessons again and we have been (literally) throwing scriptures at her like
no other! And she loves it! ;) No but really! She and her husband Hugo went out
with the Spanish elders and Renee was sooo excited cause she used the scriptures
that we have been using in our lessons! She is so ready. The Lord needs her. She
loves missionary work. Its cool to have an "outsiders" perspective about the
gospel and why we share it! Renee just says that it makes so much sense and she
is so part of it! She is a true disciple of Jesus Christ! but she is not
perfect..thats why I love her so much! Same with Sis widing and everyone here.
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We are teaching a couple named Jess and Laura! I think I have talked about
them before but anyway we brought Sis Destefano with us and they have a crazy
thing in common...they both have a son that has been taken from them named
Colby! and they total connected and had sympathy for each other. It was crazy
cool.</div>
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I love this Gospel and this life that we have been given to gain experience
and grow close to our Savior and a loving God. We have a lot to learn and to do
here! Have a wonderful week! </div>
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Love Sister Heywood! </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08533714844548985495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174352326368264147.post-56669544221399403722014-11-04T12:06:00.001-08:002014-11-04T12:06:08.680-08:00<div>
Hey Family and Friends! </div>
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Can I just tell you how fun it is to be a missionary. I LOVE it with all
my heart. This time is priceless and there is nothing that can compare. I would
not trade it for anything. </div>
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Ok so I don't have all the time in the world. But a couple stories for
the ride...</div>
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We were visiting some less actives yesterday to see if they knew about the
ysa activity and when we go to leave and get in the car...all the sudden we hear
this amazing rapping and we turn and look and see this guy strolling down the
street in this electric wheel chair...throwing some sick beats down. And Sis
Sullivan and I look at each other and were thinking the exact same thing..we
have to meet this guy! So I flip and "U" and go around the corner and we find
him and had to wait for the other car to be finished talking to him...so we pull
up and just start talking to him and he said he goes by T-baby and we told him
we heard him rapping and we had to come meet him. We invited him to the ysa
activity and told him what we do as missionaries..said he never talked to "us"
before and he told us he needs something to do and that he as been looking for a
church...he was a pleasure to meet. And then I asked him...because to me it
looked like he didn't need to be in the wheel chair and so I did and he just
laughed and said noo I don't need to be in this I can walk, its my moms! I was
just bored so I went for a little stroll. Haha I love him...basically for those
who know Mark Thomas..he is his twin, along with making you feel like he is your
best friends from day 1. We got his info and so hopefully we can teach him soon!
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We went to go visit a potential that we had talked to on the street
randomly the other week. We wanted to follow up on the Book of Mormon that we
gave her. She invited us in and we started to invite her to general conference.
She starts to break down in tears and she had explained to us that she has
really bad depression and so we offered to help clean her kitchen and family
room..that were in really bad shape. It didn't talk to long before it looked
much better. It was really sad to witness and watch her break down in tears a
few times. Then after we had a little lesson and the spirit was really strong.
It was an amazing experience.</div>
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We also had the ysa activity and it was a wonderful turn out!! The stake
president and his wife planned and hosted it! They had us play games from the
jimmy fallon talk show and then there was a dinner. Its a really fun time to
smash a raw egg on your forehead. </div>
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Conference was the bomb! I loved it all but esp. Elder Bednar's talk on
missionary work and why us as members of the church share the gospel. Cause it
makes us happy happy happy! Why would we keep that from anyone?! </div>
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These amazing events don't often happen in everyday life but they do happen
when you are a servant of the Lord and put yourself if those situations and act
whether on or off the mission. I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ! </div>
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Love Sister Heywood! </div>
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Hello Family and Friends!!</div>
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Its been a wonderful tiring week! Full of fun adventures! The Bend and
Redmond zones were able to go to the Portland temple on Thursday...it was the
best day ever!! Its been six months since we last went. I'm so thankful that we
get to go as often as we do cause I know there are missionaries that don't go as
often. We rode up with members in the Cline Falls ward..The Schofields they just
became active six months ago and they have a "Temple RV" that they take groups
of people to the temple with them when needed because it takes 3 hours to get
there. Otherwise they just go in there car almost every week. Anyways we met at
the church at 6am and they took our district of missionaries! The zone leaders
Elders Parkinson and Frankenberry our District Leader Elder Maxfiled and his
comp Elder Flinders and then our wonderful Sisters that are serving in
Sisters...Sisters Allen and Daniels! <3 It was honestly so fun. Lots of
sitting though. We watched the Restoration video on the way up and mountain of
the Lord. Then we were at the temple before we knew it. The temple was much
needed and being inside is indescribable. So peaceful and the noise of the world
goes away! its like time stops. When the session is over I find it hard to walk
out...I stall cause I want to be inside for a longer amount of time. We all ate
in the cafeteria and that was really good. We took pictures outside in front of
the rv with the temple in the background. Then we went to Deseret Book and
bought stuff! :) Then we drove home and played all these crazy mind games that
made my brain hurt but they were really fun. We were so drained physically and
spiritually! Oh man. It was amazing. </div>
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Went on exchanges this week with our amazing Stls Sis Davis and Mower!
Mower came here to Redmond for the day. It was only the second time seeing and
meeting her and i felt like I've known her my whole life. She is pretty cool and
played soccer at some college in Utah..i forget which one! We were able to
teach Gabby Davenport...idk if I've told yall about her but she is getting
baptized soon! Her step mom is a member and her dad is not and he wouldn't let
her take the lessons until just recently and so we have been teaching her. She
is 15 and is very smart girl ..I love teaching her. this past time we had the
young womens president who she is very close to come, Sis Hodson! Gabby has been
coming to church for about 2 years on and off but she is really knowledgeable
about the Gospel. But she still has really good questions and spiritual insights
that we learn from. She is a wonderful example, a lot of the time in young
women's on Sunday she is answering the questions and being apart of the
discussion. </div>
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Last Monday night we stopped by a potentials house and when we knocked they
told us to come in...and we were not sure and a little confused but walked in
anyway! They were expecting the (divorced) dad to walk in but they were glad to
see us and invited us to sit down. Basically the whole time we were there we
kept laughing cause the mom hiedi is goofy and her two kids Brittany and Matthew
are so funny! Matthew has autism but its a really spiritually smart kid. This
one of the first times and so we were taught a little and asked if they would be
willing to learn more and they all said yes. The only huge bareer is that the
mom works on sunday and the kids are with the dad on the weekends. But it will
change soon hopefully. Also we told them that we would make sure they are
invited to all youth and relief society activities! ah I just love that family.
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Yesterday Sis Sullivan and I taught a couple named Jess and Laura at
President Palmers home it was really good. I had taught them about 3 times
before and that was when sis ALvey was here and so its been awhile. Last time we
had planned to teach the Word of Wisdom but weren't sure that what they needed
at this time..or where they were at. But Laura started to tell us about a guy in
bend who is a member and told her of all the things she needs to do to be a
member mostly about the wow! And so she says "Can I just get a list of
something so I know about the things im not supposed to do! " ....we were like
alllright we need to teach the word of wisdom!! haha They loved it and we love
teaching with Pres Palmer..he is awesome! </div>
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So Sis Sullivan and I teach mission prep ever other sunday night and it was
so good. The normal mission prep but then sis sully was impressed to invite the
kids to come up and share there testimonies and not be afraid! Almost all of
them did and we of course sat there in silence but then the first youth to get
up were the back row joes! All boys and they were awesome short powerful
testimonies...the spirit was so strong! They are so inspiring! I love this
work...its amazing!!! </div>
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Explanation to my subject...we drove by a less actives house that I LOVE
they have us over for dinner a lot and the mom is recent convert...but I was
struggling with whether or not we should stop by because of stuff that recently
has happened in the family. Anyways the door was open and so he saw us drive by
twice and then we decided to not go and then I was like no we need to go...mind
you we had only 10 min till dinner and Bro DeStefano is a talker. but anyway it
was really good and needed to happen we really know more fully where he is at
and how we can help him. It was funny cause he saw us drive by and so he was
texting us..."Was that a Mormon drive by" and we laughed. I love my life. </div>
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Love you all hope you have a wonderful week!! </div>
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-Sister Heywoood! </div>
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Hey there Family and Friends!!</div>
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This week has been super awesome!! I love being a missionary...have I
mentioned that before?...No? ok...Well there ya go. This area is on fire...I
have never taught so much my whole mission! We are working with a lot of part
member families and it is so fun to be apart of.</div>
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So a couple cool stories from this week! President Samuelian..of course
got the hook ups for the whole mission to see the movie 'Meet the Mormons' the
day before it came out in theatres and it was SO GOOOOD!!!! Everyone needs to
see this. I cried. And the people that they interview and show there life
stories are so diverse....I love it! I wanted it to go for two more hrs because
I know that there are so many amazing stories from the members of this church in
all parts of the world! Interesting story trying to make it to the building in
Bend...first off our zone leaders told our whole district the wrong address and
so we all drove to the wrong building and we were already late! Anyways its
really interesting to drive in a place you have never been before and just try
and find your way...im actually really good at back tracking! haha </div>
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We are still meeting with Renee every week and she is doing amazing! She
is an all or nothing kinda girl. Her husband is Hugo and he translated for
President when he spoke in the Spanish branch and the Spanish elders told us
that it was a really spiritual experience and that Hugo started to cry in the
middle of translating. So cool. </div>
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We were able to contact a lady named Kathy! She was a referral from the
elders and so we went to meet her, she was so delightful to get to know!! We got
out of our car and she was smoking, she is a very tall lady and invited us in to
talk. She has long pretty gray hair. Anyways we have a return apt with her and
im so excited to teach her!!!!! The appt was actually for this morning and we
went to sis Phillips the member we invited to come teach, to follow us there and
we start driving away and she honks, so I stop and she pulls up next to us and
holds up a cat and says "my cat is in the car, I didn't know, I have to take her
back home ill be right back!" so we waited there and while we were Kathy called
and said that she didn't sleep well and to call her in a couple days to set up
another time. It happens a lot in missionary work..you kinda just gotta role
with the punches! We will probably see her this weekend:) Im excited.</div>
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So there was an car accident that happened in Bend a couple weeks
ago...where the man who was driving was drunk and he had 4 or 5 little girls in
the car, taking them to a sleepover or picking them up, something like that.
Anyways really sad...one of the girls died and the rest were injured and are
still in intensive care. But there was one that walked away without getting
hurt..Her name is Isabella and her dad is a less active member of the church
along with his mom. They somehow contacted the church and said that they are
ready to be back and to have the missionaries come visit them. So we did. And we
were able to teach them last night and it went so well...we got to know them and
see where there at with there testimonies. The little girl Phoenix that died in
the accident was over at there home all the time..and the ward has been bringing
meals to that family. It was interesting..so hien sight we were eating at the
Bishops home right after the accident happened and they were telling us all
about it for the first time. and I had said that would be really cool if we were
able to help out in some way or work closely with some of those people. and here
we are! :) We invited Lena and her daughter Elizabeth to be baptized if they
were to come to know that its true! They said yess! </div>
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Fast and testimony meeting was so amazing yesterday. I really needed
church yesterday...its funny how that works when you are a missionary..cause you
do churchy things all the time. But I needed church and I needed to bear my
testimony. I love it. When church started we had no piano player or organist
so...Bro Morrison was stalling while they were trying to figure out how they
would get the Organ to play on its own. It all worked out eventually but it was
one of those moments where you wish you never quit piano lessons! haha :( </div>
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Oh we had interviews with President and Sis Samuelian on Friday! They went
so well...the are just parents away from home I feel like I am talking to my mom
when I talk to sister samuelian and esp. when I talk to Prez Samuelian its just
like talking to my dad. I love it. They are so wonderful and do so much for this
mission! Idk if I have ever mentioned the strengths test that they have had all
the missionaries take..but Prez and I share 3 out of the 5; Arranger, positivity
and belief. Pretty cool. He also told me that he will never stop calling me
"Heyyywood!" even after I am married. I told him "Good because I will always be
a Heywood!" haha Then he told me I need to name my first boy Heywood! haha Which
Im so down for. I told him about Renee's and the confirmation she received and
he started to cry...and said "You cant put a price tag on that.
huh?" "Nope!" </div>
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Its so true....you cant put a price tag on any of this. I love to teaching
about the Gospel of Jesus Christ! I love talking to people and knowing there
stories. There struggles and there triumphs. I love you all and hope that you
have a wonderful week! </div>
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Love Sister Heywoooody! </div>
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Hey Family and Friends! </div>
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Can I just tell you how fun it is to be a missionary. I LOVE it with all
my heart. This time is priceless and there is nothing that can compare. I would
not trade it for anything. </div>
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Ok so I don't have all the time in the world. But a couple stories for
the ride...</div>
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We were visiting some less actives yesterday to see if they knew about the
ysa activity and when we go to leave and get in the car...all the sudden we hear
this amazing rapping and we turn and look and see this guy strolling down the
street in this electric wheel chair...throwing some sick beats down. And Sis
Sullivan and I look at each other and were thinking the exact same thing..we
have to meet this guy! So I flip and "U" and go around the corner and we find
him and had to wait for the other car to be finished talking to him...so we pull
up and just start talking to him and he said he goes by T-baby and we told him
we heard him rapping and we had to come meet him. We invited him to the ysa
activity and told him what we do as missionaries..said he never talked to "us"
before and he told us he needs something to do and that he as been looking for a
church...he was a pleasure to meet. And then I asked him...because to me it
looked like he didn't need to be in the wheel chair and so I did and he just
laughed and said noo I don't need to be in this I can walk, its my moms! I was
just bored so I went for a little stroll. Haha I love him...basically for those
who know Mark Thomas..he is his twin, along with making you feel like he is your
best friends from day 1. We got his info and so hopefully we can teach him soon!
</div>
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We went to go visit a potential that we had talked to on the street
randomly the other week. We wanted to follow up on the Book of Mormon that we
gave her. She invited us in and we started to invite her to general conference.
She starts to break down in tears and she had explained to us that she has
really bad depression and so we offered to help clean her kitchen and family
room..that were in really bad shape. It didn't talk to long before it looked
much better. It was really sad to witness and watch her break down in tears a
few times. Then after we had a little lesson and the spirit was really strong.
It was an amazing experience.</div>
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We also had the ysa activity and it was a wonderful turn out!! The stake
president and his wife planned and hosted it! They had us play games from the
jimmy fallon talk show and then there was a dinner. Its a really fun time to
smash a raw egg on your forehead. </div>
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Conference was the bomb! I loved it all but esp. Elder Bednar's talk on
missionary work and why us as members of the church share the gospel. Cause it
makes us happy happy happy! Why would we keep that from anyone?! </div>
<div>
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<div>
These amazing events don't often happen in everyday life but they do happen
when you are a servant of the Lord and put yourself if those situations and act
whether on or off the mission. I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ! </div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
Love Sister Heywood! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08533714844548985495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174352326368264147.post-87243717846646842762014-09-28T23:05:00.005-07:002014-09-28T23:05:55.036-07:00Hey Friends and Family! <br />> <br />> Last Monday....I had no time to email because Sis. Alvey was saying goodbye <br />to the lovely people of Redmond that she was able to serve for 71/2 months! :( <br />It was sad and she is missed here...Its been a CRAZY busy week!!! On Tuesday <br />within 24 hrs I had 3 companions and it was so fun!!! I have never been so tired <br />in my whole life and its great. Ahh I cant wait to talk about some of the <br />miracles we experienced...I don't know if I will be able to adequately describe! <br />> <br />> I want you all to know how much I loved serving with Sis Alvey..it brings <br />tears to my eyes as I start to think about it. When our zone leaders told us the <br />news and then drove away I completely broke down in tears! I was being kind of <br />selfish cause I wanted her to stay...she should be the one that is crying she <br />was leaving people and a place she served for 71/2 months and I know what that <br />feels like (Bville) I didn't just want to serve 6 short weeks with her! But the <br />Lord has a reason and a plan for everything, even if we cant see it! I know <br />this. We were supposed to cross paths and we had so much fun together...I got to <br />know her so well in only six weeks, when it has taken much longer with other <br />companions. Not saying they were bad...everyone is different. Missions are <br />bittersweet. :) <br />> <br />> I LOVE my new companion! Her name is Sister Sullivan and she is from the <br />north east part of Iowa! She has been out a transfer less than me and she is an <br />AMAZING missionary...I love her! So grateful to be serving here in Redmond with <br />her. Her last area was in Lincoln City on the coast and she was there as long as <br />sis alvey was here in the centennial park ward. Sullivan told me she knew she <br />would serve with me someday! Another cool fact is that she trained Sis Alvey <br />last year! Sis Sullivan has 2sisters and 6brothers one of which is serving in <br />California, she is 21 and the oldest of all her siblings! She cheered and danced <br />like me and we both broke off an engagement haha ;) Its like we are supposed to <br />be on missions or something? Its like the church is true or something? ;) <br />> <br />> While I was waiting for Sis Sullivan to come to the "Celestial" part of the <br />mission (so they say) I was in a temporary companionship with Hermana Ahlstrom <br />she is a Spanish sister in bend and she was also getting a new companion. We <br />spent the day in Redmond! This day was directed by a Loving Heavenly Father. So <br />we drop off our loved and missed comps at the stake center which is like 2 <br />seconds away from our apartment. Went back planned for the day and then started <br />to study with the time we had left...(my mind was going crazy) We had texted <br />Renee to have a lesson with her and she is always usually available in the <br />mornings, so she said sure! And this whole past transfer we had tried but never <br />had been able to get a member to come teach with us. She basically is friends <br />with everyone in the ward, so almost anyone could come if there schedule aloud. <br />Anyways so we texted Sis Riding (I love this woman) She rocks. And you will see <br />why soon! She said she was able to come. Awesome. So now what does Heavenly <br />Father need us to teach Renee?...hmm Started to study faith! Called the Spanish <br />elders to ask what the taught them as a family on Sunday (the Spanish help teach <br />them cause Hugo speaks Español) It was confirmed to me that we needed to talk <br />about...FAITH! Simple as that. Hermana Ahlstrom agreed and we correlated <br />together on how we would go about it. Side note: God was making this lesson with <br />Renee happen and the adversary was trying to not let it happen not that there <br />was anything horribly wrong but you could just tell. <br />> We asked Renee what she has faith in...and then what she doesn't have faith <br />in...we read faith out of the bible dictionary, sis Ahlstrom shared a scrip she <br />studied that morning, Sis riding speaks her mind....:) And helped clear up a lot <br />of things Renee was bringing up, for example the mark of the beast...im so glad <br />that sis Riding was there haha She helped us keep it simple. We followed up <br />about her reading in the Book of Mormon and she told us that her and Hugo have <br />been slacking in there reading and that she has seen and felt a difference, that <br />when they were reading there was more peace and not so much contention and <br />things were working out more often. Sis Riding responds and says "So what your <br />saying is that the Book of Mormon is from God"... she couldn't deny it. So it <br />came to the end Hermana asked Renee if she would "pray to know if Joseph Smith <br />was a prophet of God tonight?"(not the first time either) Renee starts to <br />explain things and eventually she will give you a straight answer it just takes <br />her awhile to get there. Sis Riding totally cuts her off and says..."Renee don't <br />dodge the question! Did you hear the missionaries?? (as she points at us) Are <br />you going to pray about Joseph Smith tonight?!" ....there was a moment of <br />silence and Renee just starts to cry and she said I don't need to pray about <br />it...I know..I know that he was a Prophet of God." <br />> The spirit filled the room and we all started to cry...kind of like what I <br />feel like doing now. The spirit did all the talking as we sat there speechless. <br />Renee says "I guess I just need to pray and thank God for the answer I just <br />received." Without saying anything, we all got on our knees and Renee said the <br />prayer we were all in tears and sis Riding proceeds to tell Renee I could see <br />your family all in white at the temple. <br />> I don't know what I did to deserve to be in the room that day...or to be <br />part of these peoples lives but I am so grateful. I will never forget that day. <br />There are more miracles that Sis Sullivan and I have experienced this week but <br />that is all I have time for. I'm extremely grateful to have the experience of a <br />mission! And for all of you that love and support me! I know that as we put our <br />faith and trust in the Lord and our Savior Jesus Christ that all things are <br />possible! <br />> <br />> ps sorry for the horrible grammar. <br />> <br />> Love Sister Heywood! <br />> <br />> Part of our email from President Samuelian; <br />> <br />> "Although many of you did not know this, Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Elder Richard <br />J. Maynes, And Bishop Gerald Causse conducted a priesthood leadership training <br />for all our Stake Presidencies, Bishops, Ward Mission Leaders and Elders Quorum <br />Presidents on Saturday. (Ask your Bishops and WML's what they learned from it.) <br />Then yesterday, Elder Oaks and our Area Seventy, Elder Richard Hansen held a <br />special stake conference in the McMinnville stake, while Elder Maynes and Bishop <br />Causse presided at a special stake conference in Monmouth. <br />> <br />> I am sorry that time did not permit these brethren to meet with all of you. I <br />wanted dearly for each of you to meet them. I did get to spend time with all <br />these men. Elder Oaks asked me to send his love and best wishes to each of you. <br />He asked detailed questions about you, we discussed openly our break from <br />technology, and the distraction caused from mis-use of the devices and Facebook. <br />Elder Oaks opening remarks in the priesthood leadership session were about <br />building faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. He exhorted us to help our members and <br />converts to have their testimonies based not upon the church, or missionaries, <br />but upon the Savior. (Indeed we all must build upon the Rock.)" Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08533714844548985495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174352326368264147.post-5818234657182569932014-09-28T23:05:00.003-07:002014-09-28T23:05:30.363-07:00Hey Fam and Friends!!! <br />> <br />> Well after getting emails and pics of my moms blue hair, dancing videos <br />from paige and shae, labor day videos from my dad, pics of my moms new car <br />(finally), a little sneak peak of the house that i don't think i was supposed to <br />see and Hiking Tumalo falls right outside of Bend today with a whole bunch of <br />Elders and Sisters....i would say I'm pretty pumped right now and exhausted!!! <br />> <br />> So something that i love about my mission is that it has helped me to be in <br />the scriptures everyday and it has not always been that way before my mission <br />and even on the mission as much as i have wanted or should. It has been a <br />complete paradigm shift and i look forward to studying every morning and esp. in <br />the Book of Mormon! Its kinda like i get lost and just so into it that nothing <br />else around me matters and i love marking them up and its just me and my <br />scriptures and the spirit! Sis Alvey and i will get so much out of one chapter <br />and get so pumped about the truthfulness of the Gospel which in turn helps us <br />want to share it more! Preach my Gospel talks about just that. This has been <br />happening a lot :) <br />> <br />> A little update on Xena! We have decided together that we are going to take a <br />little more time teaching her which is so good and needed esp because she just <br />started school. She is living with the Davis Family and learning a lot there <br />which she has really needed, they are so good for her! She really has not had <br />much stability in her life...like at all!! So she is learning so much and came <br />to church on Sunday and came to mission prep that we taught Sunday night! <br />> <br />> Another thing i love about my mission is working with the youth and helping <br />them to see how fun being a missionary can be!! And that they are very capable! <br />Ah! I cant even explain it. <br />> <br />> So i mentioned Damian in my last email (but called him damon) and talked <br />about how he has been coming to church and he came yesterday for a third time <br />and stayed for all three hours! We got to sit by him cause we were sitting in <br />the very back and he walked in late and so he sat by us. He tried going to <br />different churches and didn't feel comfortable and so apparently his aunt <br />suggested he come to the LDS church and so he did. We asked how he feel and what <br />he like about it...he said he liked it and he wouldn't come back if he wasn't <br />comfortable and we asked him why he thinks he is so comfortable and his response <br />was because we are like minded people. And is cool to not only hear that but to <br />see it. Bro. Schofield has really been fellow shipping him and...seriously he is <br />such an awesome member missionary...invited him over for dinner and sends him <br />Mormon messages and invites him to stay for more hours at church...participates <br />like heck in gospel principles class. So we are hoping to teach him this week <br />because we know he has questions! <br />> <br />> ps. in the gospel principles book in the chapt on the sacrament there is a pic <br />of a congregation, y'all should spot someone church famous and email me and let <br />me know if you found it! :) <br />> <br />> Bro. King a less active member also showed up to church and we were seriously <br />so pumped about that..we visited him and he was only baptized about 5 years ago <br />and a missionary that taught him is now married and living in this ward, named <br />Bro Mercker which is also cool cause they will see each other around and will <br />tease him about getting to church! So he came and it was funny cause after each <br />hr he was about leave and we would say no chuck you gotta stay and basically <br />bribe him and say no no so and so is teaching you don't want to miss out! But i <br />know if were not in the right place at the right time he would have snuck out <br />haha but we still gave him is agency! Otherwise we would be going against <br />heavenly fathers plan ;) but i know he felt blessed for staying. It was also <br />interesting he said the first time he ever came to church it was a fast Sunday <br />and yesterday was fast Sunday! I know there is power and blessings that come <br />from fasting and that goes for all of Gods Commandments :) <br />> <br />> I love this Gospel and thank my Heavenly Father everyday for the opportunity i <br />get to be out here and be a missionary and meet so many amazing people that i <br />learn and grow from! Theirs nothing like it. <br />> <br />> Love Sister Heywood! <br />> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08533714844548985495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174352326368264147.post-789361742087438432014-09-28T23:05:00.001-07:002014-09-28T23:05:02.738-07:00Family and Friends! <br />> <br />> Holy holy..I can not even tell you how amazing this week has been and the <br />miracles we have seen! <br />> <br />> Last pday we got to go longboarding at the Haydens and they have a down <br />syndrome daughter named Paige and so we hung out with her and took pictures, <br />played some bball and did some gymnastics in the grass and she is SOO CUTE! And <br />really talented at gymnastics! I will send of picture of her..i love her so <br />much! <br />> <br />> I was able to go on exchange with Sis Davis! She is my STL (sister training <br />leader) and we were companions in Forest Grove for six weeks during Christmas! <br />We were able to teach Xena for the first time..it was so cool. We had Kali and <br />Sarah Davis there to help us teach and we were inside the chapel and the spirit <br />was really strong she shared some personal experiences with us about prayer! We <br />taught her the Restoration and she really felt the spirit...I said the first <br />vision and I thought I totally messed it up even though I say it almost every <br />morning. But then sis davis told me that it flowed so well and that I didn't <br />mess it up and she was thinking "wow she does this really well" so that made me <br />feel better haha its not about me anyways. She really felt the spirit and said <br />she would prepare to be baptized! We also taught Renee and it was really cool <br />because for some reason being on exchange with a different sister helped feel <br />immense love for her and really heavenly fathers love for her. We also were able <br />to go to the relief society picnic and I got so lost but we eventually found it! <br />Got to know some of the ladies in the ward better and let me tell you they are <br />hilarious and it was so funny. We also stopped by a potential that day and as <br />soon as we knocked on the door and she looked at us and said "come on in!" and <br />we said are you sure? and she's all "ya im just making dinner!" her name is <br />Mckayla and she is super chill! She likes to learn about a lot of different <br />religions and she was totally open to coming to church! Have not taught her yet <br />but I know its going to happen. <br />> <br />> We taught Renee. Sis Alvey and really prayed long and hard about a baptismal <br />date for her. Even though she had kinda set a date for Dec. 31st. We felt really <br />good about Sept. 10th so she is praying about it. All I gotta say is that it was <br />super intense and I know that she feels pressure. She even told us she works <br />better under pressure and that she is stubborn. But I know that it was from <br />heavenly Father. She came to a baptism on Friday night for the Spanish branch <br />(so did xena!) and it was soo good and she was also able to come to church and <br />her kids were not there..so she was able to focus really well. She also has been <br />talking to her neighbor Diana about the church and her and her family came on <br />Sunday it was super sweet! And also there is this guy that has been randomly <br />coming to church the past two weeks and his name is Damon. <br />> <br />> Also there are so many things that happen that I don't write about...good bad <br />and ugly but I seriously love my mission and wouldn't trade it for anything! im <br />in love with my mission life haha Today we got to hike smith rock and it was <br />super fun and I almost threw up but it was so worth it once we got to the <br />top..we went with the hermanas and our stls! it was so great. Wooo! <br />> <br />> Anyways that's all I have time for! I love you all and hope to hear from you <br />soon! <br />> <br />> Love Sister Heywood! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08533714844548985495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174352326368264147.post-22194133413243908312014-09-02T09:19:00.001-07:002014-09-02T09:19:27.519-07:00Hey hey Family and Friends! <br />> <br />> Hows it? This week has been a really good one!! Full of some pretty sweet <br />miracles! <br />> <br />> <br />> We basically got to Teach Renee almost everyday this week! She is doing really <br />well and we have really helped her undaerstand the imporatance of the book of <br />Mormon in her conversion! They were also asked to speak in the Spanish branch. <br />They are in our ward but help out with Spanish because Hugo, Bro Lopez is <br />Hispanic and is fluent in Spanish not so much Renee! They are such a cute <br />family. The topic she was given was family history and how it will help her get <br />to baptism! She set a baptism date for December 31st! Which is awesome...we want <br />to know if she is willing to act if she gets the answer sooner. She has been <br />meeting with the missionaries for a year or longer but she is now ready to act <br />and do what it takes to find the answer! We watched Joseph Smith Prophet of the <br />Restoration and the spirit was super strong that night. It really helped her to <br />see the details of everything and not only did he see God the Father and His Son <br />but that he lived and died for it all along with many others. And that the Book <br />of Mormon isn't just any other book. She did really good on her talk in the <br />Spanish branch..it was really cool to be in there..but when Hugo got up and it <br />was all Spanish I didn't get a thing besides something about Pres Hinckley and <br />Willford woodruff haha but he did great! Also I got sick yesterday and it hit me <br />like a ton of bricks and so I went home and slept. I am feeling a little better <br />today. But I was sneazing a 100 times a hr and had a really soar throat and achy <br />body. But im doing better! <br />> <br />> We also had the "Great Giveaway" on sat.! For all of you that don't know what <br />this is, I will tell you! Its all free and a ton is donated! And it goes to a <br />lot people in need! We invited a lot of people and also met a 15 yr old girl <br />that moved from colver and knew no one in Redmond was lookiin for a church to go <br />to and ended up at the Great Giveaway that she heard about on fb and so we <br />talked to her she ended up going to the stake youth activity that day and met <br />lots of great youth and came to church and LOVED it.. and wants to know more! We <br />are teaching her this week. And she is soo so sweet! And the ward has really <br />welcomed her in! It was and is super exciting!! Oh and her name is Xena! (Z-na) <br />We also got to help one of the La that we have been teaching to it and helped <br />her find and get stuff for her baby girl that she will have soon and she was <br />crying and so grateful because she had nothing ready for her and now she does! <br />(it was so fun) <br />> <br />> That's all have time for! hope you have a wonderful week! I loved being here <br />with SIs Alvey and working together she is so fun! <br />> <br />> Love Sister Heywood! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08533714844548985495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174352326368264147.post-64721383390237404512014-08-14T09:48:00.002-07:002014-08-14T09:48:46.582-07:00<div dir="ltr">
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I am over the mountain and in beautiful Redmond Oregon! I love it hear
and my new companions name is Sis Alvey she is from Harrisville Utah and oh my
heck we are the same person. Everything she does I'm like meee too and vice
versa and she keeps saying "i feel like I'm companions with myself and wow i
must have made my last companions life awesome" cause i am hilarious and she is
having out of body experiences (cause of stuff i will do or say) Im all about
having fun while doing the work! </div>
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<br />The people here are soooo nice! It is a whole different world on this
side of OR its a little more deserty and the sun shines a lot more and it makes
me really happy cause its a little like Az! Last night and today we have been
having a monsoon season which has been awesome! I love the rain too! We may or
may not have ran in it and got drenched. </div>
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<br />We are working with some pretty awesome people! Like Marty who was
recently baptized like a month ago and Courtney who is the wife of a La member
and she is so super sweet, we taught her the word of wisdom this week and she
texted us after and told us she dumped out 3 beers and said it felt so good and
she is so ready and wanting to be baptized. We are also teaching this couple
named Jess and Laura who are so prepared, They are patients of (Doc) President
Palmer! We are teaching them tonight. We have been talking to a lot of people on
the street which has been super fun and always interesting…some potential people
for sure! We also have been getting a lot of referrals from the Spanish Elders
which is super awesome! One of them being this guy from Ghana named Charles and
we finally were able to contact him and talked with him outside his home for an
hour…he is sooo awesome!!! </div>
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I will give more detail next time and I just want all of you to know how
real this Gospel is and how much Heavenly Father Loves each and everyone of you!
This morning sis Alvey and i both randomly studied Alma 24 in out personal
studies and came together freaking out…1 that we both studied that…2 about how
much we loved it and connected it to missionary work, the Gospel and Christ
Atonement and how GOOD God is!!! WE received so much revelation for what we both
need to do in this area and that we are both here for a reason! The Gospel
changes lives!!!! And only if you let it!!! Peace out.</div>
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Love Sister Heywood! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08533714844548985495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174352326368264147.post-67079786133981006842014-07-30T17:16:00.001-07:002014-07-30T17:16:04.696-07:00<div>
<span>Dear family and friends!</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>This past
couple weeks has been super awesome. I didn't send an email</span><br /><span>last
week cause we ran out of time because I did 3 sister
missionaries</span><br /><span>hair:) and the next day was Charles baptism and so
we were making sure</span><br /><span>he was ready and it was kinda stressful but
so fun! If you could</span><br /><span>imagine
that!</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Charles was baptized on Tuesday! It was a
stressful day as he had to</span><br /><span>be interviewed by the district leader
again right before to make sure</span><br /><span>he had really quit smoking. He
was so excited. His sister who is not a</span><br /><span>member came. She is a
very nice person and said her husband's</span><br /><span>brother's family are
members. Charles also invited a friend and his</span><br /><span>wife from Sweet
Home. A lot of members came to support! The talks were</span><br /><span>really
good and Sister Farnsworth and I shared our testimonies while</span><br /><span>he
was changing. We sang I am a Child of God and the young women
who</span><br /><span>were there sang a descant with it that was so beautiful. The
spirit</span><br /><span>was really strong there. Charles seemed so different and
happy the</span><br /><span>next couple of days. His housekeeper got a job in
Portland and is</span><br /><span>leaving. It was really sad. We came by on
Saturday and he seemed upset</span><br /><span>and we read with him and had a
lesson. He told us at the end that he</span><br /><span>had smoked and drank
coffee that day and he started crying. He said it</span><br /><span>was because of
all the stress with his housekeeper leaving him. He</span><br /><span>said he
prayed and told Heavenly Father sorry. He has gotten emotional</span><br /><span>a
lot lately. We feel so bad for him, but also feel we need to
teach</span><br /><span>him more about the atonement and repentance. Like Clayton
E.</span><br /><span>Christiansen said, " It is easier to keep the commandments
100% of the</span><br /><span>time! than it is to keep them 98% of the time." We
know Satan is</span><br /><span>working really hard on him. We also know that the
atonement of Christ</span><br /><span>can heal us from whatever addictions or
problems we have. It is only</span><br /><span>through faith in Him that we can be
completely healed. We have been in</span><br /><span>contact with him daily! It
was really special and he has grown so much</span><br /><span>the spirit was super
strong. we are still working with him so much to</span><br /><span>be able to
progress. He needs the gospel now more than ever, it's like</span><br /><span>the
only thing he is holdin on to. I love him so much definitely
know</span><br /><span>I was sent here for him.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>A
lot of our time has been really focused on Charles and so I
feel</span><br /><span>like we haven't really done much of anything else but we
have.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>We were able to have a really good lesson
with Elliot. I have talked</span><br /><span>about him before he has been
investigating the church for over a year</span><br /><span>now. Has some things to
overcome and he also recently split up with</span><br /><span>Olivia who is an
excommunicated member that is trying to come back</span><br /><span>also. But in
general this has both been really good for them to split</span><br /><span>and not
live with each other. They both have been able to get
really</span><br /><span>good jobs and that was a huge blessing for them
separately. So now</span><br /><span>they can focus on themselves and progress in
there lives.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>A la that I super duper love is
Brenda and she hasn't been to church</span><br /><span>since I've been here! She
is the one that we quilt with every Monday.</span><br /><span>I LOVE her. She has
been doing really good and has been learning a lot</span><br /><span>about the
atonement for herself lately. She is very knowledgable of</span><br /><span>the
church. But needs to apply it to her life! But we think she
is</span><br /><span>coming to church soon cause she just keeps saying.."You will
just have</span><br /><span>to trust me" and were like oookay Brenda.
;)</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>We went to the stake pioneer picnic and it
was really fun! Charles</span><br /><span>came and Brenda! There were so many
investigators there from the</span><br /><span>surrounding areas and it was so fun
to meet most of them. People that</span><br /><span>are so prepared. Specifically
Mike...he is friends of the Meyr family</span><br /><span>here in bville and he
works close to bro huff Meyr with state patrol</span><br /><span>stuff. Anyways I
met him at dinner one night for-ev-er ago (like 3</span><br /><span>transfers ago)
and I might have talked about it before but he is the</span><br /><span>one with
tazing elk story. You could probably find it on YouTube.
And</span><br /><span>then the next night we were texting mike about some things
he has been</span><br /><span>struggling with about God and how he lets little
children suffer,</span><br /><span>cause he works a lot with that and I was
like...yo Meyrs you should</span><br /><span>ask mike if he would like to meet
with the sweet home sistas. He has</span><br /><span>decided to get baptized in
October and also his girlfriend that moved</span><br /><span>her last week from
Texas and her daughter, she was telling us that she</span><br /><span>has always
had members of the church in her life and has read and
has</span><br /><span>taking it as an answer from god that it is where she is
supposed to be</span><br /><span>and that it's true. Esp because her and mike
reconnected (they went to</span><br /><span>high school with each other) and he
has been investigating. I was
mind</span><br /><span>blown.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Oh and last night
we were going to see a la Lori who came to church</span><br /><span>yesterday!
(yay) and next door are some la members that we have never</span><br /><span>met
and there was a guy about our age sitting on his car and I said
hi</span><br /><span>to him and asked if he lived there and he said no! And I told
him why</span><br /><span>and he said oh are you Mormon?? And said ya are you? And
he said he</span><br /><span>used to be and that he left the church! It was
interesting because it</span><br /><span>wasn't really a bash because he was
really nice but sis Farnsworth</span><br /><span>called it a respectful
interchange of ideas haha He had all these</span><br /><span>wonderfully sad
rumors of Joseph smith and it was interesting one of</span><br /><span>the first
things he said was that he started to plant this seed of</span><br /><span>doubt
as he started to get ahold of anti material. It was
interesting</span><br /><span>but I bore My testimony of Jesus Christ. And that
seemed to do</span><br /><span>something..If anything we said did anything. We
hope. But I wasn't ok</span><br /><span>with walking away until I did, as he told
us that Mormons believe that</span><br /><span>we have to earn our way to heaven
and we don't need to Jesus Christ.</span><br /><span>Oh no boy. Not ok. Most
definitely not true. I am not perfect and</span><br /><span>there is no way I will
make it without my Savior Jesus Christ.</span><br /><span>Love always and forever
Sister Heywood! :)</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Picture
directory:</span><br /><span>Charles Thompson after
baptism:)</span><br /><span>Killed 5 spiders filling up the Lebanon
font</span><br /><span>Ice cream from divine on a rainy day for
lunch.</span><br /><span>Stand by me day. It poured this day.</span><br /><span>How
much sister Farnsworth and I love Brownsville. Really. So much.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08533714844548985495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174352326368264147.post-20384767361225731012014-07-19T17:01:00.001-07:002014-07-19T17:01:37.343-07:00<pre>Dear family!
It's been a great week! It's gone by so fast. Time is so weird out here.
The coolest thing that happened this week was teaching Joni the
restoration and committed her to reading the Book of Mormon and
praying about it..she is so nice! Also a cosmetologist! It was so fun
and she has a very strong relationship with God.
Charles is doing so good! Still trying to quit smoking and drinking
coffee! Keep him in your prayers. We had a really good lesson with
about satan and how he works which is really interesting to know how
he works and how evil and easily he try's to trick us. It was really
important for Charles to know how real that is. Satan doesn't like
that he is preparing to be baptized. And he doesn't like that we are
helping him or anything else that we do. He's a meany head!
We also went to the visitors center with charles in Lake Oswego with
Merlin and Marie Evans, it was really fun! And so good for everyone.
The Portland mission was getting there new mission president which is
elder ballards son! So there were no sister missionaries in the
visitors center and so sis Farnsworth and I got to be the ones to walk
him through all the different displays. It was really cool!!
My bday was fun starting out with walking in the morning with Marie
and Debbie Evans and they got me a Oregon ducks shirt cause I always
wear beavers clothes when we go walking which they don't like haha Had
zone training meeting and sis Farnsworth and everyone made it a really
good day...lots of yummy treats and food...oh man!
Fun memory this week was being in by 9 on the 4th and doing our
planning on our balcony/fire escape while we waited for the fireworks
to go off! The trees were kinda in the way so we just tried to
remember some girls camp song and sang them to Brownsville. It was
funny. Well and before we went in we had dinner with Kathy and Gina
two la woman in the branch and we had a campfire that we helped build.
I was laughing a lot because Gina cracks me up! The fire kept blowing
up cause she put rocks under the wood and we couldn't stop laughing so
we had our own little firework show!
There are some potential families we might teach this week and I'm
really excited..so hopefully we can make it happen. It almost happened
this week..but work schedules got in the way!
Love sister heywood!
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This week was great!! To start off I will tell you about our very
wonderful eventful pday we have had today! It consisted of the usual
quilting at the church win Brenda and other ladies which by the way
I've finished my quilt while I've been here! It's super cute. Then it
was off to blueberry picking in Albany with sis Robbins the relief
society president and they were so yummy and juicy! It was so fun and
my first time doing it! Then she dropped us off at costco to meet
sister Glenn and her daughters Grace Ella and alyse! They are the
branch presidents family and we did some of our shopping there. Oh my
goodness they are soo cute and fun! I can't even explain how much I
love them. A lot of people feel like family here. And we have dinner
with them at 6!
Brother Charles Thompson is plugging along! We have a lot of contact
with him this week and I got to cut his hair on sat. And was able to
do some service for him and we brought a less active Kathy with us and
that was a good opportunity for her! The lesson we had on Saturday was
amazing we focused in on repentance and feeling godly sorrow and it
was definitely what he needed to learn more about. The spirit was
really strong as we talked about certain things and him talking and
thinking about his wife again. Idk why but all three of us were
crying. We had already said a closing prayer and then after talking
more about a gospel principle that needed to be understood. We said
another one and it was my turn....oh man I couldn't say it without
crying. It probably was one of the most heartfelt prayers I've said in
awhile and that lesson was probably the most spiritual lessons I've
had on my mission..because we love Charles so much!! He is still
working on quitting smoking and so this week we are really going to
help him nip it in the bum! He has wonderful Amuleks and lots of
people praying for him.
We had another wonderful experience yesterday as we went to a la home
named Sandra! We have visited her a few time and this time we brought
a member with us her name is Chandra and she is amazing and so loving.
Sandra told us she has some anxiety meeting new people but it went so
well! We talked for a little bit and I told Sandra if you want you
should tell Chandra your conversion story and so she did that really
helped Chandra to see where she stood with the church which is very
strong but hasen't been to church in a very long time and is feeling
really broken and she opened up a lot more and as she cried. Chandra
just asked if she could giver her a hug and told her that she has a
light and she has so much to give and then proceeded to say come sit
at church with me and my family next Sunday we would really love
that!" Let me tell you this is why member and missionaries work
together because we went 10 steps forward with Sandra and she really
has so much to give, her conversion and testimony is unshakeable she
just says "I know it's true" we never could of done what Chandra did
for Sandra in one appt! It would have take. Us maybe 10 more if we
never brought a member. She related to her so well and I was In tears
watching this happen right before my eyes. And I know it was a very
good experience for Chandra she just kept saying it's been a good day,
it been a good day!
We also had exchanges with our wonderful stls=super training leaders
jk it's sister training leaders! I was in Albany with sister Palmer
and we had a wonderful day and the main thing I really loved was that
last time we were on exchange there we had dinner with the same family
and I felt like I should bring my hair cutting stuff! And it turns out
the mom is home alone while her husband is doing side jobs in Utah and
also hasen't been able to find a steady job for three years and so I
got to give hair cuts to three of five kids! She was so appreciative
and I know that they really needed it. She is a amazing mom! While we
were there she asked us what our parents did to strength our
testimonies growing up! I thought that was a really cool question and
she wanted advice for her family. It was so sweet. This day was also
my year mark! Woop woop!
We did service for a family the mcphersons I have talked about them
before that we always do service for. We are super close with them and
they are really good friends with Chandra's family and the Glenn's. We
have all been praying and waiting for his heart to be soften to god or
religion or general. He is gone six months out of the year. We know
it's something that Angie has wanted more and more over time as she
has learned more and expressed to her member friends. Anyways so while
service was happening she said something that was interesting about
her 5 and 3 year old boys asking questions about god and religion that
they can't answer. And so we gave her the idea of us coming over for
dinner like we have before but with Jason her hubby there so we can
share a message with them! She didn't seem to excited because she
knows how her husband would react but she ended up calling Chandra
later and telling her she wants to take the lessons from us. She would
be a wonderful member of the church and I know it would bless there
family so much. It's funny because we heard from Chandra that Duncan
had said to his mom "mom do we believe in god? And she said yes Duncan
we do and he said no we don't and she said yes we do Duncan we believe
in god and then he said no if we believed in god we would go to church
like Chandra and Sarah's family." Duncan and Tristan are super sweet
and really close to the spirit I have seen it many times. So that
dinner thing is happening this week!:)
We weren't able to teach Patricks family but we made another appt. for
this Wednesday and we are super excited! I hope that it will work out
this time and we have some good Amuleks set up for them! I love doing
the lords work and am so glad to be a missionary at this time. Im so
thankful for the gospel in my life and the many blessing it brings I
can't imagine my life without it and I know that it is and will be a
wonderful foundation as the world seems to be going the complete
opposite way. I love the fact that the gospel is all over the world it
inspires me!
Love always and forever sister heywood!
Best decision I ever made.
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Hi hi hi hi! <br />
> This week has been awful oh my goodness I just hate being a <br />
> missionary! Just wanted to get your attention.... It's been <br />
> wonderfully wonderful, expect miracles!! <br />
> <br />
> To start off we had an hr till dinner out in Halsey at the Haskins and <br />
> so we decided to do some finding and we found an older lady named <br />
> Linda and a family that has really good friends in the church and it <br />
> was interesting that he continued to stand outside and talk to us even <br />
> though they were on there way out to go to there daughters softball <br />
> game. We are planning on following up with them this week! <br />
> <br />
> We had Indian fried bread at the Evans home Wednesday night..let me <br />
> tell you that was a miracle ;) haha (I've never told y'all about <br />
> them?but there from snowflake,az) they are friends with Charles and <br />
> invited him also! The even cooler miracle is that we had our planned <br />
> lesson after dinner and Charles set a BAPTISM DATE for July 22nd and <br />
> tomorrow July 1st he is quilting cold turkey..coffee and smoking. We <br />
> have been meeting with a lot and it's interesting to me that during my <br />
> mission to see that people are slaves to these substances...like they <br />
> have to have them or life will not go on. And to see the difference <br />
> between people and there healthy who do and do not. There is reason <br />
> god gives us these commandments. <br />
> <br />
> We were able to teach this sweet sweet lady named Joni we have been <br />
> trying to catch her for quite some time now. She was on her way out to <br />
> see her dad. We sat on her porch and she lives in one of the oldest <br />
> historical houses in Brownsville. And she collects tons of antiques. <br />
> She had so many questions and has always been curious about the <br />
> "Mormon" religion! It was not in the order that we would of liked to <br />
> explain things but by the end she said said "how about we start from <br />
> the beginning" and we were like yess haha she is so bubbly and <br />
> hilarious! She was telling us all kinds of stories one of them being <br />
> when she crashed her car because she was texting and driving and she <br />
> was really embarrassed to say it and so I started to say it so she put <br />
> the restoration pamphlet up to my mouth and was laughing "shh don't <br />
> say it don't say it" and I couldn't stop laughing!!! She is so cute! <br />
> She is about in her late 50's early 60's. We are going back this week! <br />
> <br />
> We had the branch talent show and camp out in pioneer park and it was <br />
> so much fun it was a good turn out and people that we invited that <br />
> showed up! The talent show was hilarious and there is literally so <br />
> much talent in the branch!!! I have some pictures at the bottom! AND I <br />
> did my back hand springs for everyone...I still got it!! Everyone was <br />
> amazed...and I'm really sore now! <br />
> <br />
> We Are meeting Charles 3 times a week now to really help and support <br />
> him. We went saturday afternoon and before we got there he said he had <br />
> been reading for 3 hrs and he was in alma 45! <br />
> This is when he told us he was going to quit. And it was so sweet as I <br />
> bore my testimony at the end of the Book of Mormon, Joseph smiths and <br />
> the Savior. Charles said the closing prayer and I started to cry and <br />
> it was weird cause I never cry and I couldn't hold them back. After he <br />
> asked why I was crying and I told him it's because I'm happy for him. <br />
> Pray for him :) <br />
> <br />
> Yesterday we were able to meet with Wayne and Mary ough! Wayne is a <br />
> member (I've talked about him) and Mary his wife is a baptist and she <br />
> has been listening to the lessons and has began to pray about the Book <br />
> of Mormon. She has a strong belief in Jesus Christ and has that <br />
> foundation. We have told her we that we are not asking her to <br />
> disregard all of that but to add to it. Which a lot of people think <br />
> it's that way, that we are trying to tear down all that they have <br />
> every known and learn something completely new. They are soo sweet and <br />
> have had us over the past 2 Sundays for lunch. <br />
> <br />
> We got to meet and read out of the Book of Mormon with Kathy! She is <br />
> one of my really good friends even though she is in her 60's! On your <br />
> mission you gain so many friends of all ages:) her dad recently passed <br />
> away and she has been having a rough time. She has us call her an hr <br />
> before church to motivate her to get there. Satan works really hard on <br />
> her because she is a phenomenal woman! <br />
> <br />
> We were able to have a lesson and dinner with the Ragles! We LOVE the <br />
> ragles!!! They are so super sweet! They recently have come back to <br />
> church and have loved it and have really felt welcome. They accepted <br />
> to take the lessons by invitation of president Glenn. Both of them <br />
> felt really judged in there wards growing up. They also talked about <br />
> how they were taught incorrect doctorine growing up? The spirit was <br />
> strong and we know that we will really help them by teaching them the <br />
> lessons. Adam and Mary are very open and share how there experiences <br />
> have been in and out of the church. They have felt the spirit more in <br />
> there lives as they have come back. Adam said he always stayed true to <br />
> the word of wisdom even when he wasn't active. They told us that each <br />
> time they have come to church the lessons taught have been really <br />
> relevant to what they needed to hear. They recently have gotten <br />
> callings! <br />
> <br />
> I told you about Patrick and family last week and they have a super <br />
> crazy work schedule at Walmart! Him and his wife both work there and <br />
> so today when we did our pday shopping he came up to us and said hey <br />
> strangers! and so we set up a time for Wednesday at 4! He is so <br />
> awesome! Really excited to teach them!:) <br />
> <br />
> I love being on a mission and doing this fun work it is not easy at <br />
> times, but it is soo worth it!!! <br />
> Love sister heywood! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08533714844548985495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174352326368264147.post-46654092867107804092014-06-23T18:38:00.000-07:002014-06-23T18:38:01.754-07:00<pre>Hi family and friends!
It's been an awesome couple weeks! This week was the last week of the
transfer and "I really hope I stay in Brownsville....I lovee this
place and the people here!!! But I've been here as long as ever other
sister that has served in Brownsville....so idk. I wanna stay. I wanna
stay! Please let me stay!:)"---that's what I said last week....AND
guess what?...the dream team is staying #farnswood ;) we are here
staying for many reasons! :)
This last week was super busy and full of amazing miracles....one of
them being we had a mini missionary who spent a week with us! Her name
is Makena Wadsworth..soo sister Wadsworth :) she is from bend,or she
is 18 graduated from hs just last Saturday! The group of them that
came out together consisted of 6 girls and 4 boys. Mind you more girls
then boys...;) go sistas!! Sis Farnsworth and I are super excited to
have her with us!! She is super awesome super spiritual and super
beautiful! For the most part all of them are trying to decide whether
or not they want to go on a mission and to get a weeks taste of it by
doing everything that we as full time missionaries do :) whooohoo! She
was such a blessing to us and she honestly did so much for me as a
missionary...she just brought a different perspective that was
refreshing!
We had a lesson with bro Charles Thompson and she did a great job of
helping him recognize the Holy Ghost. It was so awesome because all
before that we were having a hard time helping him recognize that. We
had another lesson with him in pioneer park and read where he is at in
the Book of Mormon...which is mosiah! He wants to be baptized and what
brother Evans to do it sometime in July the only thing holding him
back is smoking..so we are helping him with that. :) we love Charles
he is so sweet. We love his honesty if he doesn't understand something
he doesn't and he lets us know if he's been reading and praying and he
will tell us "how bout not" when we invite him to get ice cream with
us! Haha he totally shut sis heywood down! It was on me! Who doesn't
like ice cream? He's crazy!
Some Miracles that happened this week:
On Saturday afternoon, real investigators, less actives, recent
converts, and other members came and the youth taught them missionary
lessons. The youth here are amazing. So many little miracles happened
during the conference. Saturday afternoon, we were talking to the
Stake president in the church hall way and a man walked in the stake
center. He had earrings in his ears and was dressed really nice. He
walked past us then turned and said, " this might be a strange
question, but do you have a Book of Mormon I could have?" The stake
president offered to go get him one then remembered that we were
missionaries and asked us, so we gave him one. He said his name was
Alex and he was just passing through on the way to his friends
wedding. He was from Wilsonville which is in northern Oregon out of
our mission. He said he had to go and started to walk out, and I asked
him why he asked for a Book of Mormon and he said that a long time ago
his friend gave him one and told him to read a passage and he never
did. Now he wants to. So I told him to find missionaries after he read
it, and he thanked us and left. The night before a young family walked
in the stake center during youth conference looking for help because
their member friend told them to find a Mormon church. The sprit was
so strong there with the youth and it was drawing people in. I learned
so much helping out with the conference...the youth these days don't
completely know how powerful they are!
Our district leader elder Lester who is from the Ukraine mission who
is super awesome and is totally supposed to be here! For example him
and his companion elder lee knocked on the door of a lady who speaks
only Russian and when she opened the door and elder Lester realized
that she spoke Russian he started to talk to her and she started to
cry! She explained that she needed help setting up her computer and
could not. Anyways so those same elders gave us a referral. A man who
was working in the Lebanon Walmart and he lives in Brownsville with
his family! His name is Patrick and he gave the elders his address! So
we went Friday night after youth conference with sis Wadsworth! Let me
tell you I never have been to this part of Brownsville! It was so
beautiful on the drive up into the mountains/hills! We pull up to the
gate and just sit in the car and stare at the posted: no trespassing
sign or we will be prosecuted. But we figured if he was expecting
us..so we walked up and just stood at the gate and then Patrick
started to walk down the hill! He was super nice and we got to know
him and tried to say bye like 5 times to let them get back to there
evening they have planned but he just kept talking! We are going to
teach them this week..hes so prepared. It's hard explain how great
being a missionary is and how fun it is. After we got in the car to
drive away I got really close to sis Farnsworth face and said really
slowly I'm. Not. Getting. transferred. And so it is..I am not! I love
how many different ways there are to do missionary work. I have felt
and continue to feel the many reasons I am here. And I love it! I love
Christs church and his work in which uses imperfect people to help
move forward! Let's be prayerful in everything we do! The Lord wants a
say in our lives and if we invite him In he will make things known to
us that are important to us in his time! I love you all and hope you
have a wonderful week! Do most of makes you eternally happy!
Love sister heywood!
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08533714844548985495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174352326368264147.post-4604482744747012302014-06-10T12:12:00.001-07:002014-06-10T12:12:06.202-07:00Why hello! <br />So last Monday I don't think I told you all but we got the chance to <br />go to the coast with Kathy, Gina, bro bivens and sis bivens! We got <br />permission to go outside of our mission to Newport! It was fun and <br />nice to get away from the pollen...Kathy and the bivens paid for all <br />of us to go to the Oregon coast aquarium! It was super fun! It was my <br />fourth time going to the beach on my mission yay! It was quite <br />entertaining cause the people we were with..crack me up! <br />We were able to meet with Charles twice this week and he came to <br />church! He slowly but surely is gaining that testimony of Jesus Christ <br />and his gospel! A key role in his conversion has been bro and sis <br />Evans! <br />We had our mission tour in Salem on Friday and we got the privilege of <br />hearing from a general authority...Elder Martino and his wife! Wow wow <br />wow. So much revelation and training that was much needed and it was <br />just so exciting because elder martino is so exciting they are from <br />Texas and had some pretty sweet accents! It's hard to explain the <br />sprit that was there and how amazing it was! We learned about how <br />every person we work with needs to have the perfect Amulek! We read <br />from Alma 8-10 and how alma who was the missionary taught the people <br />but that when alma found Amulek the "less active membre" and Amulek <br />came out with alma to teach the people and the people were astonished <br />when Amulek spake more so than alma! So as members of the church help <br />the missionaries teach the people are more astonished by the friend <br />who can relate to them more and have experienced more of life...then <br />maybe an 18 or 22 yr old missionary! I invite you all to work more <br />with the full time missionaries serving in your area and being that <br />Amulek for helping teach someone the gospel! Also to think about the <br />sister or elders you know right now and what they have sacrificed to <br />be on a mission and what it means to them to be there! <br />So one night the whole branch got together and did a huge cleanup <br />outside...because apparently someone had asked bro hoyer if we are <br />moving from our building? And he said no why? And the man said well it <br />looks like you guys have neglected your building.....WHAT. Not <br />okay...so basically everyone was there pulling weeds and let me tell <br />you I love to pull weeds super weird right? They are so much easier to <br />pull here than Mesa az! The rain loosens them up. It was SO MUCH <br />FUN...i felt so unified with the members of the branch much like I do <br />on Sundays when I get to see all of them together:) I want to relive <br />that night 50 times over! Pulled weeds, spread bark mulch, cut down <br />weeds taller than me, trimmed trees and bushes that were covering the <br />"visitors welcome" sign...ahh. It was so sweet at the fast and <br />testimony meeting Sunday president Glenn bore the sweetest testimony <br />and said that we buoy him up as we were all together cleaning up and <br />how he couldn't do what he does without the branch and all that they <br />do. <br />That night one of the young women, Kayla hovey came up to me and said <br />guess what?! And I couldn't think of what...,so she told me! She has <br />decided to go on a mission! Even though she was planning on going to <br />the college she was accepted to! (She graduated this week from hs) her <br />dad is the one that served with my uncle in Honduras. I was so so <br />happy and she said the thing that helped her solidify her decision was <br />when president Samuelian came to speak at the branch and all the <br />classes that day. She said she had been praying about it for awhile <br />and that I influenced her life by being on a mission in Brownsville. <br />Her mom also told me that I influenced her daughters life. It really <br />means a lot to me. <br />We were able to find a la named Sandra by following the spirit which <br />is always cool. Apparently she had asked missionaries to come by <br />before and they never came. So we really wouldn't have found her if we <br />weren't out searching. She is super sweet and has a strong testimony <br />and conversion story and is wanting to come back. Yay. <br />Charles is doing so wonderfully especially because his Amuleks are <br />back in town. This week we walked in and he was outback smoking and <br />reading the Book of Mormon. He seems different and like his <br />countenance has been changing. We had a lesson on the 10 commandments <br />and an emphasis on the sabbath day. It went really welll and his <br />prayers and answers are getting more wordy. In the past he has really <br />just said very few words or none at all. We love chuck he is super <br />great! He has a good sense of humor and is trying his best to <br />understand. We also explained to him that he doesn't need to <br />understand everything in order to be baptized which needed to be said. <br />He is really honest which we love! <br />One of my very favorite services this week and maybe in my whole <br />mission was cutting sister Louise smiths hair she has lymphedema and <br />has been in a wheelchair most of her life and doesn't do anything for <br />herself besides feed herself. The whole branch loves them. She has the <br />best attitude about her situation. When you know she is in so much <br />pain. I got to cut her hair and it had gotten pretty long and we cut <br />it pretty short and gave her a new style and she LOVED it. And it was <br />so cute to watch her be so happy about a haircut. <br />Anyways that is all for now! I hope you all have a great week and are <br />doing most of what makes you happy! <br />Love sister heywood. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08533714844548985495noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174352326368264147.post-6152701912950451712014-05-28T19:36:00.000-07:002014-05-28T19:36:26.973-07:00<span>Hi people who read my emails!</span><br /><span>Sorry I haven't emailed
successfully in a couple of weeks, been having some technical difficulties! I
write something and then It's too big and then I send so many pictures that it
all doesn't send! So I am cutting down. There have been so many amazing miracles
happening here in Brownsville! It's fun to be part of:)</span><br /><span>Before
you go on a mission they don't really tell you that your going to fall in love
with the people you serve and they don't tell you the amazing friendships you'll
make with companions and they don't tell you that you will have so much love for
the people you teach and they don't tell you that it will be so hard to leave
all of that, all the sudden. Transfers are not for another 4 weeks but that is
what I have learned on my mission, it's all about love.</span><br /><span>If you
remember about 2 months ago...we taught Devon and chandler randomly one night at
Randy's cafe under there cover area in the rain! Devon's best friends are Seth
and Jo two young men in the branch. They are the ages between 15-16. He has
randomly always come to church with them and they handed him a Book of Mormon
one day at church. We were finally able to have a second lesson with him
yesterday after he came to church! Church was amazing by the way but that will
be a little later. So we went over to the Seth's and there were no girls
there...Seth is the only boy out of 6 girls...so Devon Jo and seth brought 4
chairs out on the lawn, the weather was beautiful and we had a lesson! We just
got to know him better and made sure to ask Seth and Jo questions so Devon could
hear there testimonies..at the same time I know we are helping these young men
come closer to Christ because they are still trying to figure out there way in
this world. The spirit was soo strong and it is all Devon wanting to sincerely
learn. We testified about heavenly fathers love for him and how much he desires
his happiness and how much the gospel will bless his life. He comes from a tough
background father who has been in jail and a mom who is on drugs. It's so cool
to see the desire he has and the difference he sees in his friends family
because he is always staying over at there homes. His family lives in Lebanon
but he goes to school at central linn in Halsey which is part of our area so for
now we get the privilege of teaching him and seeing how far he goes with all of
this! I know that Devon's conversion will help his friends who are still
developing there testimonies of Jesus Christ and his
gospel!</span><br /><span> Charles Thompson is doing really well, been coming to
church every week reading and praying! Still working on the desire to quit
smoking he knows it is something that god wants him to do! We might be going to
the ARP meetings with him and bro Evans who actually used to teach them! You can
tell he his happy the more and more he learns.</span><br /><span>This week we
taught seminary....early morning seminary..so we got up at 5 ish and were there
by 6 and class started at 630! Props to early morning seminary students. So
grateful for release time seminary! Brownsville seminary is a way different
experience. Biggest class was on Monday of about 7 kids and smallest was about 3
kids. It was fun to teach them and the Manual makes it super easy! We studied
Ether and Moroni. We picked chandlyr up two of the mornings she decided to come
and she had not been there for about 2 months. She bore her testimony of the
difference of her days when she comes to seminary!:) she is Olivia's
daughter.</span><br /><span>Went on exchange this week with sis thelin! It was
amazingly fun. We got to teach Charles together. Did some service that made both
of our allergies go bonkers so guess what? my allergies have been super bad!
Apparently they go away after July 4th..that's too long to wait! Ahh I have been
sneezing up a storm..the willamette valley is the grass seed capital of the
world.</span><br /><span>Had zone conference this week and</span><br /><span>learned
a lot from that, lots of revelation for our area. President and sis Samuelian
also came to speak in our branch and it was magical! The branch loved them! I'm
so thankful for them.</span><br /><span>There have been a lot more miracles that
have taken place this week, but that is all I have time for! I love you all and
hope that your doing well! I love the gospel I know it's true, I love The Lord
with all of my heart!</span><br />
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