THIS PICTURE SHOWS SOME OF HARD THAT IS OUTSIDE MY WINDOW.....MY PRAYERS ALWAYS GO FORTH INTO THE LIVES OF THOSE THAT HAVE SO LITTLE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HER STORY, BUT MY HEART HOLDS HEAVEN'S BLESSING UPON HER!
Sunday, March 20, 2016
ELDER RASBAND IN GHANA
WHAT A SPECIAL TREAT HAVING ELDER RASBAND MEET WITH US....ALONG WITH OVER 400 OTHER MISSIONARIES WE CAME TO THE CHRISTIANSBORG STAKE CENTER, AND WAS TAUGHT AT THE FEET OF AN APOSTLE OF THE LORD.
LOVED SITTING BEHIND ALL THESE MISSIONARIES FEELING THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT IN EVERY WORD SPOKEN.
THIS IS WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS MORE OF!
AND THIS.....
TAKING QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE.....HOW DOES THE LORD CHOOSE WHERE TO PUT THE MISSIONARIES? INSPIRING AS HE WENT THROUGH ALL THE STEPS, AND HOW THE SPIRIT OF CONFIRMATION JUST HAPENS.
THIS IS THE DIAGRAM THAT HE PUT ON THE BOARD....LOVE THE VISUAL OF HOW CALLINGS HAPPEN....IT IS ALL ABOUT THE PROPER KEYS AND AUTHORITY.
MY MAN IS WALKING
HERE HE COMES.....ANYWHERE HE IS GOING TO OR COMING FROM YOU BETTER BELIEVE THAT MANY ARE SAYING THANK YOU FOR ALL HIS HELP. IF YOU HAVE A TECHNOLOGY QUESTION, HE CAN SOLVE IT....OR BETTER YET ANY QUESTION!
ALWAYS READY TO SERVE EVEN ON HIS P-DAY.
ELDER T WHERE IS THAT BADGE?
Sunday, March 13, 2016
IT TAKES ALL OF US
WHEN WE PUT OUR MINDS TOGETHER....AFTER BEING IN OTHER COUNTRIES THE IDEAS FLOW, AND WE GATHER TOGETHER TO LOOK AT THE CURRICULUM ONCE AGAIN.
SISTER HECKEL AND I IN A CUBICLE WHERE WE HAVE PUT UP OUR BEGINNER BASIC MODULES AND START TO EDIT IT ONCE AGAIN.
SISTER PIENE, ME, SISTER HECKEL AND SISTER ANDERSON ALL PUTTING OUR THOUGHTS TOGETHER. BEING IN ALL IN! WHERE THEIR WAS ONCE THE TWO OF US NOW WE HAVE 3 WITH MAYBE ONE MORE.
WITHIN STEP EVERY DAY
EACH DAY WE SEE THE HOLY HOUSE OF THE LORD....IT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO BE IN THE SHADOWS OF THE TEMPLE EACH DAY. I WONDER ON SOME DAYS WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE NOT BEING WITHIN STEPS AS WE COME BACK TO AMERICA.
WHAT I LOVE IS HERE WHEN YOU TAKE A PICTURE YOU CAN HAVE A COMPLETE STRANGER COME UP AND ASK IF THEY CAN HAVE A PICTURE WITH YOU....OR ARE WE STRANGERS?
BACKDROP AGAINST THE HEAVENS THAT ALWAYS TAKES OUR BREATH AWAY.
WITH THIS MAN OF MINE THAT HOLDS AND HONORS THE PRIESTHOOD THAT BLESSES SO MANY.
I PROMISED MY SWEET SISTERS IN LIBERIA THAT I WOULD PUT THEIR NAMES ON THE PRAYER ROLL, AND WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO DO SO!
LIBERIA SUNDAY FACES
I REMEMBERING THIS TIME LAST SUNDAY IN LIBERIA....AS I WAS PREPARING TO WRITE A FEW THINGS IN OUR BLOG FOR THIS WEEK, I LOOKED AT OUR LAST SABBATH IN LIBERIA AND FELL IN LOVE WITH THE FACES THAT LINGER.
MY DEAR SISTER KIMBALL THAT HAS RETURNED TO LIBERIA TO BE THE LITERACY SPECIALIST FOR 6 MONTHS. WE HAD SO MANY UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCES AS I TRAINED HER FOR WHAT SHE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IN THAT COUNTRY. SHE STOLE MY HEART WITH HER GENTLE WAYS, AND DAY AFTER DAY OF OUR BRIM MEETINGS. A LADY OF REAL FAITH AND TENDERNESS. LIBERIA IS IN GOOD HANDS WITH HER HEART!
A TINY DOLL OF HER VERY OWN THAT SISTER KIMBALL'S FAMILY MADE. I LOOK AT THE TINY HOLES IN HER HANNAH MONTANA SHIRT, AND THOSE EYES THAT CARRY MORE THAN WE WILL EVER LIVE IN OUR LIFETIME.
SISTER MISSIONARY PREPARING TO GO ON HER MISSION, AND BEING SENT OFF WITH HER ONE OF A KIND BAG. SHE WAS WRITING NAMES ON IT, AND SHE PUT MINE ON THE TOP. WHAT AN HONOR TO BE IN HER PRESENCE, AND FEEL THE STEADFASTNESS OF HER HEART TO GO AND SERVE THE LORD.
ALL SMILES AND BEING ALL BLUFFING. WHEN YOU POSE IN LIBERIA THEY CALL IT BLUFFING. CHILDREN ALL OVER THE AFRICA WEST AREA FILL MY HEART.
OUR DEAR FRIEND RYAN WHO ALWAYS HAS CHILDREN WITHIN HIS ARMS. HE IS LIKE A MAGNET, AND THEY ALL LOVE HIM.
WHEN YOU GO UP TO A MOTHER HOLDING A BABY, YOU NEVER KNOW IF IT IS REALLY THEIRS. SO MUCH OF THE TIME THEY ARE TENDING THE LITTLE ONES WHILE THE MOM IS SERVING IN HER CALLING.
EVEN ELDER'S BECOME BABYSITTERS WHEN NEEDED!
ANOTHER SET OF ARMS TO CRADLE THIS LITTLE ONE AS YET ANOTHER MOM IS TEACHING RELIEF SOCIETY.
IT WAS BABY DAY LAST SUNDAY, AND I HAD TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MUNCH TO MUCH!
Regards,
NOW GO AND BE A BLESSINGS!
Monday, March 7, 2016
MY LAST MOMENTS HERE IN LIBERIA
SUNDAY IS THE VERY BEST DAY OF MY WEEK....AS THE LEARNERS COME INTO A VERY SMALL AND SWEAT DRIPPING ROOM WITH THE LOUD GENERATOR AND SMOKE FILLING THE ROOM, THEY COME WITH EAGERNESS AND SMILES. THIS ROOM, THOUGH NOT IDEAL IN ANY SENSE OF THE WORD, IS THEIR SAFE PLACE. THEY RECEIVE LOVE, ENCOURAGEMENT AND AN OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY GHOST. I COULD THINK OF NO BETTER PLACE TO REST MY HEART FOR GOODBYES. WE ALL SAT IN A CIRCLE, AND THEY EACH SHARED THEIR POWERFUL TESTIMONIES. I NOW KNOW WHAT HEAVEN FEELS LIKE.
SINGING HYMNS OF PRAISE!
TOGETHER WE BECOME ONE IN SONG!
HOLDING HANDS IN A CIRCLE SINGING THEIR CLASS SONG!
OH, MY SWEET SHANNON WHO GIVES HER WHOLE HEART AND SOUL IN EVERY LESSON!
SISTER KIMBALL IN THE BACK TRAINED AND READY TO CARRY THE PROGRAM EVEN FARTHER IN THE HEARTS OF THESE AMAZING SISTERS!
THE LAP OF LEARNING TOGETHER!
THE WORDS OF A LEARNER FLOWING FROM THEIR HEARTS AND TESTIMONY. THE GOSPEL IS SIMPLE!
OUR TESTIMONY CIRCLE AND ANNIE ON THE LEFT SHARING HOW THIS GOSPEL SAVED HER AND HER FAMILY. AS SHE PUT IT, "I WAS A DRINKING AND BAR WOMAN". NOW, SHE COMES TO THE CLASS ON SUNDAY, BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO READ THE WORDS OF GOD FOR HERSELF.
I TOLD THEM THEY WERE PIONEERS, BECAUSE THEY WERE THE FIRST LITERACY CLASS IN ALL OF LIBERIA WITH THIS NEW GOSPEL LITERACY PROGRAM THAT THEY HELP CREATE.
WITH OPEN ARMS, THEY ARE PREPARING TO ENTER THE WORLD TO READ, WRITE, TESTIFY, UNDERSTAND AND LIVE THE WORDS OF GOD. OUR WORLD AND THEIRS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN!
Sunday, March 6, 2016
MEN GETTING THE JOB DONE
I LOVE WHEN ELDER T GETS PICTURES OF THOSE HE SERVES BESIDE.
THIS BROKE MY HEART WHEN THIS YOUNG MAN SAID GOODBYE...THEY BOTH WEPT. CLOSE RELATIONSHIP ARE ALWAYS A SIGHT TO BEHOLD. WHEN THIS YOUNG MAN BURIED HIS HEAD ON ELDER T'S SHOULDER, I FELT SUCH A DEEP RESPECT ONE TO ANOTHER.
THE GUYS WHO WIRE THE BUILDING AND SWEAT RIGHT NEXT TO ELDER T.
ELDER T AND THIS MAN'S DREAM OF BEING AN IT GUY, AND THE TIME SPENT ALONG SIDE ONE ANOTHER MADE IT SEEM A LITTLE CLOSER. WHAT A TRAINER HE IS TO SO MANY!
WHAT PALS AND GREAT BARGAINERS THEY ARE!
I LOVE SEIING HIM WITH THAT WHITE TIE AND BADGE OVER HIS HEART!
THE BOYS TRY ONE MORE TIME
OUT ON THE SEA WITH BEN CHARLIE.....THE BOYS TRY ONE MORE TIME TO CATCH DINNER. BEST THEY CAME HOME WITH WAS STINGS FROM SOME JELLY FISH!
JUST HAVING A FEW SMILES!
RYAN TALKED BEN CHARLIE INTO THE KNIFE THING!
ON THE ROAD IN LIBERIA
IT NEVER SURPRISES ME WHAT WE SEE....WHEN ELDER T AND I ARE ON THE ROAD, WE ARE NEVER WITHOUT A SMILE....SOME DAYS YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WILL SEE.
NO NEED TO RAISE HE LIFT RIGHT?
NEED A HAT...TAKE YOUR PICK!
HOW DO THEY BALANCE ALL THAT?
NOW THAT IS A STACK JOB!
A CLOTHES LINE CAN BE ANYTHING!
IT'S HARD TO SEE, BUT THIS YOUNG MAN IS USING THIS BUCKET TO WASH HIS FEET AND LEGS JUST IN A LITTLE SIDE STREET.
RIOT POLICE ONE DAY WHEN THE STUDENTS WERE THROWING ROCKS FOR A RELEASE OF A PRISONER. THESE GUYS WERE NOT MESSING AROUND. THEY THREW TEAR GAS INTO THE CROWS!
HAPPY ARE WE JUST BY THE WAYSIDE.
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