tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7289590680664532672024-02-20T16:32:33.982-08:00The Potato Field is White: Sister Jacobson in--and after--the Idaho Pocatello MissionThoughts, feelings, and other assorted zany antics from a girl with a mission.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09282522619964868229noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728959068066453267.post-80998679316472171722015-05-23T18:02:00.000-07:002015-05-24T14:40:08.179-07:00I'm a HypocriteThere's been a lot of buzz lately in the media over hypocrisy. There's something about people being in the limelight that makes us need to rip any mistake they make to shreds, especially when it contradicts what that person believes, therefore branding them as a hypocrite. I guess that's rightfully so! A hypocrite is someone whose behavior doesn't match their beliefs, and is one of the most universally upsetting types of people out there. We love pointing out the audacity of others' hypocrisies, knowing we would never be as blatantly self-deceptive as that person. However, that leads me to a confession I need to make:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am a hypocrite.</span><br />
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The wise (and beautiful) Dieter F. Uchtdorf once said, "<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); line-height: 30.6000003814697px;">If you define </span><i style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); border: 0px; line-height: 30.6000003814697px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">hypocrite</i><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); line-height: 30.6000003814697px;"> as someone who fails to live up perfectly to what he or she believes, then we are all hypocrites," <a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/10/come-join-with-us?lang=eng" target="_blank">("Come, Join With Us" April 2014)</a>. That means that if any of us ever make a mistake ever with anything we think is true, we are <b>hypocrites</b>.</span></span><br />
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But we don't like being hypocrites. So what do we do to remedy the situation? Stop having standards.<br />
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That's right. Give up. If you have any standards at all, you will break them to some degree at some point. Even the basics: most people believe it's important to be nice. How often do we do, say, or think unkind things to or about another person? You dirty hypocrite. It's widely accepted that passing judgment on others is wrong. But how often do we judge the judgers? Whether or not they're actually judgmental is not really for us to know or, frankly, care about. I'd venture to say that a good 90% of things we get our panties in a twist over have little bearing on our lives, especially the mistakes of those that are famous. Are you ever going to meet that person? Has what they've done actually impacted you or anyone you love? They might reflect general problems with society, but then again, so do our mistakes.<br />
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Most of us have some sort of truths we believe in. Most of us are trying our best to live up to those things the best that we know how. Most of us are trying to improve ourselves to the point of living in perfect harmony with our standards. Until we get there, though, I wonder how much grief would be eliminated from the world if we all paused just a second before lashing out at a hypocrite to think about how hypocritical we are ourselves. What if we extended hands to our fellow hypocrites to help them live up to their beliefs instead of casting stones to knock them right back down from where they came from? <br />
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Personally, I fall short of my standards. But that means that I have standards to fall short of! I wish I could say I was perfect, but the fact is (or at least evidence points to) that I'm human. And so are you. And I personally think that we should all stop focusing so much on others' mistakes and start focusing on our own.<br />
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Let's just all be a little more kind is my prayer in the name of the <b>only </b>perfect Being to ever walk this earth, even Jesus Christ, amen.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09282522619964868229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728959068066453267.post-78828660499164389112014-11-11T19:59:00.001-08:002014-11-11T19:59:57.055-08:00Ballet and RepentanceHey, World!<br />
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It's nice to come up for air after a month and a half of burying myself in school, church, and other activities! I've had some Gospel parallels bouncing around my head, and I need to splatter them out on a page before I forget! Don't worry, I can still pull Gospel analogies out of just about anything. Three months isn't enough to put out the cheesy RM flames, yet! <br />
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Since my freshman year, dance has become a surprisingly big part of my life, especially considering the fact that I was never really interested in dance in any way before. But on finding the <b>International Folk Dance</b> team,<br />
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<i>(Shameless plug: come see the Folk Dance team's performance "Christmas Around the World!" Use promo code "CAW2014" for $2 off each ticket, and make sure to drop the name "Katie Jacobson" when you do! ;) End plug.)</i><br />
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I've found a great way to develop skills I never knew I had and work towards goals that literally and figuratively stretch me. To work towards those big goals, and because it's just dang fun, I've taken a bunch of other dance classes, including intermediate ballet this semester. I thought the class was just going to be a breezy, fun class. Ha.<br />
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A few little notes about ballet: it's hard, and it's painful. You cannot half-do anything, and you cannot do all the cool jumps and turns the imaginary ballerina in your head does whenever "ballet" comes to mind until you master the basics of posture, muscle control, turnout, muscle control, and so much more. <br />
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One day in class, after a particularly intense session of my teacher lovingly cranking my legs, pulling my hips, and poking my butt back into place (she does it because she cares, I swear!), I thought a bit about how I couldn't expect anymore to actually progress as a dancer if I just stay in my comfort zone--where my legs don't quiver and my heinee doesn't burn for days after class. Though it might burn, the constant repositioning and tweaking and straining and stretching is what makes a good ballerina.<br />
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Now repentance. You cannot half-do anything. You cannot expect to have an unshakable, sea-parting testimony without mastering the basics of prayer, scripture study, exercising faith, attending church meetings, and so much more. Staying in the comfort zone is not what repentance is about--"good enough" is not good enough. Repentance is constant repositioning and tweaking and straining and stretching until you are a different person. When you undergo true repentance, your very desires and the core of who you are are different. And just like ballet, improvement never ends! There is <i>always</i> something to work on, even when you think you're squeezing your seat tightly enough. (Hypothetically speaking, of course...)<br />
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And just like ballet, we have a loving Teacher who cranks, twists, pulls, and pokes at us to help us reach the potential He sees in us. He does it because He cares, I swear! He helps us feel that "I<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">f ye have experienced a </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">change</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"> of heart, and if ye have felt to sing the </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">song </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">of redeeming love, I would ask, </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">can</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"> ye feel so now?" (Alma 5:26).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">It's not enough to avoid the bad. We must constantly be seeking to fill our lives with good, and better, and better. When we're comfortable, something is wrong. (And usually there's a finger coming to poke your hindquarters back into place right soon to come.) That's the fun of life!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); line-height: 22px;">This week, focus on overcoming any spiritual complacency or comfort. Stretch yourself! Throw more of yourself into improving than you did yesterday, and become a better person at the end of the day than you are now. I promise, happiness comes from sore spiritual muscles.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); line-height: 22px;">I love you all!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00784314); line-height: 22px;">-Katie<span id="goog_549694610"></span><span id="goog_549694611"></span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09282522619964868229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728959068066453267.post-73094819752039403992014-09-23T22:15:00.004-07:002014-09-23T22:16:16.814-07:00Seek LightHey, world!<br />
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I was going to start off by talking about my inner nerd, but I feel like there's nothing "inner" about my nerd. So I'll just say what I'm interested in and let you all judge me for being one.<br />
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Subject: light. Possesses both wave- and particle-like qualities. Spreads out and becomes a pretty rainbow, concentrates and becomes a deadly sci-fi weapon. Emits heat, dispels darkness, bends, refracts, reflects, is visible and invisible, and can win a race against anyone. Heck, if you were to run a race against light and tie, you would become denser and flatter in the process! <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AebYaoteskQ8am_19cCo9_Pw71LI3mDSGV7zevBSVHd1HOWhOIe1r9h1cGWnW2SCgeNZ55Ysk4sRxAyoGgRpJI_UzagSL3-AYexzh0w63KqDupC_XPYFwCbU8a88IL0zorBC92K119c/s1600/20140824_195752.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AebYaoteskQ8am_19cCo9_Pw71LI3mDSGV7zevBSVHd1HOWhOIe1r9h1cGWnW2SCgeNZ55Ysk4sRxAyoGgRpJI_UzagSL3-AYexzh0w63KqDupC_XPYFwCbU8a88IL0zorBC92K119c/s1600/20140824_195752.jpeg" height="192" width="320" /></a>The most curious to me, though, is how it draws things to it. Insects to those zappy things, bears to campfires, bums to beaches, whatever. Light has that innate quality to attract, no doubt in part because it warms and provides clearer direction, but it also seems to radiate (no pun intended) with some inherent goodness. All these qualities are shared by spiritual light as well.<br />
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(Bonus points to whoever can come up with a parallel to spiritual light and lasers and reports back to me.)<br />
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All light comes from God, which is also where all goodness comes from. His guidance through revelation is the fastest way to gain direction, it provides warmth and comfort to a broken heart, and that goodness and light inherently seem to draw people to it. Both kinds of light are very important to me and both have made cool appearances in my life lately.<br />
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Like that one time I came into the kitchen to turn the light off and found a beam shining directly on my scriptures. Or after a long day in the math lab, somehow being directed to walk upstairs to my professor's office, who normally isn't there then, and being able to get some guidance from him that helped me feel tons better that day. The light--or the Light--drew me into where I needed to go.<br />
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So in any area of your life where you may feel darkness--sadness, despair, confusion--seek light. Through good people, places, goals, activities, as long as they shed that God-given light. Seek it through prayer, scripture study, and seeking God in general. It's no coincidence that Joseph Smith said he "[remained] in darkness and confusion," before he "saw a pillar of light," (Joseph Smith History 1:12-17). God's light is given to all, and it will illuminate our paths more the more we seek Him. <br />
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<span class="verse-no" style="color: #993300; display: inline-block; font-family: georgia; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; left: 0px; line-height: 27.2000007629395px; position: absolute; width: 30px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 27.2000007629395px;">"Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life," (John 8:12).</span></span></blockquote>
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I love you all!<br />
-Katie<br />
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P.s. Here are some great videos on physical and spiritual light from people that have way more credence than I do! Watch them!<br />
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<a href="http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=1737858982001">http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=1737858982001</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=1737858984001">http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=1737858984001</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=1737858986001">http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=1737858986001</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=3701964025001">http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=3701964025001</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09282522619964868229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728959068066453267.post-67884844065043902692014-09-10T23:47:00.002-07:002014-09-10T23:47:45.755-07:00Small Reminders, Big Happiness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Starting classes up again has made my brain feel like a nice delicious plate of scrambled eggs. But you know what? Life is great! Things might seem hard (like remembering math... as a math major), things might get stressful, and sometimes it's been easy to focus on that--the right then and there of a hard, stressful situation. But the Lord has given me some great reminders this past week and a half!<br />
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1. Serving your fellow brothers and sisters will help you as much as you help others. That's not to say we should serve out of motivation to help ourselves; that's a bit self-defeating. Awkward. But in essence, we are blessed as we try to be a blessing in others' lives. In any low-grade moping I've done, I've noticed that it vanishes as soon as turn outward and try to find someone to help that day, and I've been able to feel more of God's love for me as I've focused on feeling His love for them. Even though we shouldn't use serving others as a way to procrastinate doing the things we need to (guilty.), I've noticed that when my thoughts are not centered on myself, they're much more positive and uplifting than when I try to shut out everyone with my impregnable fortress of self-centeredness. (Word? It is now.)<br />
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2. God answers prayers, but a lot of the time, it's up to us to find the answer. I've seen so many small (and big) miracles these past two weeks, but only after reviewing the things I've prayed for and the things that happened, or didn't happen, in the proceeding hours, days, whatever. It's so easy to miss when we're not looking! <br />
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Example. Before a folk dance workshop I was part of (9:00am-9:00pm. That's 12 hours of dancing. No big deal.), I felt prompted to pray to find someone to help that day. So I did. And forgot about it pretty much as soon as I started trying to remember how to dance. (Which after 18 months of groove power-down was not pretty.) As soon as I got to the audition, I talked to a girl who didn't know much of what was going on, and was able to help her out, not making the connection to my prayer earlier. Until later that night. But no sooner had I made that connection than I remembered how great it is to have a God that hears, cares about, and responds to us. Prayer is an open, continuous line of communication, if we want it to be. Cry unto Him in times of need, but don't forget about Him in between (Alma 24:27).<br />
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3. Yeah, trials are hard. But they're necessary. To become who we want to be, we have to overcome trials that our "who we want to be" selves would be able to handle. It's like spiritual weight lifting: we might be that scrawny white kid at the gym, but we have to start lifting if we ever hope to look like that fridge of a man in the corner! The best way to tackle something (or someone... not that I would know...) is take it down head on, even though we feel like taking it at an angle might soften the impact. Just go for it. With all your momentum heading that direction, you'll make it there. Just like Jacob in the Book of Mormon said,<br />
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"We have been driven out of the land of our inheritance; but we have been led to a better land, for the Lord has made the sea our path," (2 Nephi 10:20).</blockquote>
I challenge you to seek for God's hand in your life every day, because it's always there. It's there in helping you find people to serve, in answering prayers, and in helping you through trials. Show God your appreciation for His help by always remembering Him, not just when we need things or when times get hard. Life is so much happier with Someone who knows what He's doing! So get that happiness!<br />
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Hey, world!<br />
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If I told you everything I've been up to this week, you'd all fall asleep. So, cutting to the chase, tons of things have happened! Suffice it to say that I'm in Utah now, anxiously awaiting the start of fall semester at BYU!<br />
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I've also landed a job at the campus Subway, so I'm being paid for my "womanly sandwich-making duties." Go ahead. Stereotype me. I'm making money while you do. :)<br />
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All of us coworkers have asked the general get-to-know-you questions, and I've been asked a bunch if this is my first semester. Even though I already have three under my belt, I almost feel like it is! Restarting college after not being in it since December 2012 and everything that goes with it has put some ants in my pants. But through the mild worries of classes, time management, work, social life, etc., and maintaining a missionary mindset through all the upcoming things, it's just been another chance for the Lord to show me how aware of us He is.<br />
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Whether it's been through good advice from friends and family, words in a talk of a complete stranger in church this past sunday, comfort through the scriptures, or the happiness that comes from being kissed by a boy (my 3 year old nephew giving goodnight kisses... Eat your hearts out, ladies, he's a cutie!), I've been granted so many tender mercies to remind me that He loves us and He'll take care of us, especially when we're taking care of what He's asked us to do. In all my macho attempts at being a strong, independent woman who don't need no help, sometimes I let myself forget that people usually want to help, and our Father in Heaven especially does. He wants to and He will if we just let Him. He often sends help through "angels" here with people we interact with every day, and He also gives us that help through the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, as we seek for it. And as I've remembered that I really can't do it all on my own, I've found strength far greater when I lean on Him for support. Lehi in the Book of Mormon pretty well sums up the way I feel when he says,<br />
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<span style="background-color: #f9f6ed; color: #2f393a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">"But behold, the Lord hath </span><span style="background-color: #f9f6ed; color: #2f393a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">redeemed</span><span style="background-color: #f9f6ed; color: #2f393a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"> my soul from hell; I have beheld his </span><span style="background-color: #f9f6ed; color: #2f393a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">glory</span><span style="background-color: #f9f6ed; color: #2f393a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">, and I am encircled about eternally in the </span><span style="background-color: #f9f6ed; color: #2f393a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">arms</span><span style="background-color: #f9f6ed; color: #2f393a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"> of his </span><span style="background-color: #f9f6ed; color: #2f393a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">love," (2 Nephi 1:15).</span><br />
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Letting God into our lives is so much more than just aiming for Heaven and avoiding Hell in the afterlife. It's about finding Heaven through His love here on Earth, too! When we let go of our stubborn pride and just acknowledge that we can't do this without His help (or at the very least it'll be WAY more difficult than it would be with His help), we might feel like we're letting some of our strength go, but in reality, we're adding more strength to face the challenges of life than we could ever find through sheer willpower. His yoke is easy, and His burden is light. Any time we rebel against Him, we're just adding a brick to our buckets--when will we realize we're just being ridiculous?<br />
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This week, I'd encourage anyone reading this to pinpoint some area of your life that you're trying to manhandle on your own, and then to remember that God will help you with it. We all still need to put the effort in ourselves, but remember that He wants to and will help where He needs to. His arms are always outstretched, and we just need to reach back. Simple as that. (Isaiah 19:21, 20:4).<br />
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I love you all!<br />
-Katie<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09282522619964868229noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728959068066453267.post-42961087963932497482014-08-18T19:40:00.000-07:002014-08-18T19:40:21.788-07:00Creatures or Creators?Hey, world!<br />
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These past two weeks have seen fantastically fast-paced highlights and incredibly slow interludes (oh, the mundanity! Haha, ha...), but that's life! It's been a great intro back into the real world. Not every day is going to be scheduled to the minute with soul-saving, deepy fulfilling activities, and that's ok! I've remembered that winding down and relaxing is ok, and that I can still have meaningful experiences outside of inviting people to repent and such. In fact, I still feel the Spirit in my life about as strongly as I did on my mission! It's all in the way you view your situation. Will we be creatures of our circumstances and allow the events of everyday life rob us of happiness or spirituality or other positive things, or will we be creators of our circumstances, and find the happy, make the good, and choose to move forward? That's our decision.<br />
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Which leads everso silky smoothly into what's been on my mind, lately! We are all accountable for our own actions. Period. Our circumstances may affect the level of difficulty of making decisions, or even the way we think, but in the end, no one can force you to do anything. Options might seem limited, consequences might seem better one way than the other, but we always have our agency, or our power to choose. Obviously, there are those with conditions that limit their accountability, which is understandable, and is a part of life. For the rest of us though, there are no excuses! It's right or wrong. With the right, it's even broken down into Good, Better, and Best. There are so many choices! But they're all OURS to make. <br />
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Personal post-mission application: shooting guns. On the mission: BAD NEWS. Off the mission: cool! I could choose to stay stuck in my missionary mentality of "we're breaking rules and wasting precious time when we could be sharing the restored Gospel with our brothers and sisters," or I could enjoy myself with family friends and develop a fun skill. Another! Going on a date. On the mission: BAAAD NEWS. Off the mission: cool! I could choose to lock myself in a closet and take an oath of celebacy to remind myself of how much I loved my mission, and how I can't <i>possibly </i>move on from such an amazing event in my life, or I can buck up, act normal one-on-one with someone who's not another Sister (or as normal as I can be... not saying much), and move on. Personally, I don't want to allow myself to be stuck in the past when I've been preaching about progressing eternally for the last year and a half. We just have to choose to move ahead!<br />
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Totally hypothetical examples. Totally just pulled them out of the air. Totally not trying to brag about the fact that I got to shoot clay pidgeons with 12 gauge shotguns. Not at all.<br />
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I also could have chosen to curl up into a fetal position in New York City with how un-missionary I felt there, but that wouldn't have been much fun, now would it?<br />
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So for this week, read 2 Nephi 2:26-27, and decide how you can decide better in your life. Take personal responsibility for who you are, what you're doing, and who you want to become and do with your life, and choose to close any gap there might be! Start today! Nothing is holding you back.<br />
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Katie<br />
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So. I'm back. This isn't exactly harvesting in the potato fields of Idaho anymore, but I will still continue the accounts of my harvesting on a less than full-time basis. Just because I've successfully completed 18 blissful months of spiritual bootcamp doesn't mean I can coast to the finish; I've got the rest of eternity to go! And Heaven knows that I'm still on a mission; I will always be seeking to invite others to come unto Christ, and I will always be seeking to better my own spirit. I just got transferred, remember?<br />
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And what a transfer. New area, new companion (or lack thereof), new language, new customs. I've entered into a strange world of holding babies and hugging people of the opposite gender, and where people watch pictures move in magical, metal boxes. I seem to be a bit out of my element, but as I study the culture of my new environment, they seem not to detect as much that I'm an awkward, scripture-preaching returned missionary. <br />
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Haha but other than that and just a few other minor post-mission quirks, I've been fine with the transition! I've been blessed with wonderful family and friends to talk to when I feel like driving my head through the floorboards for lack of structured time, and I've also been blessed to find things to keep me busy to avoid the aforementioned feelings. I know that the promises our Father in Heaven has made to take care of those who serve Him and His children are true! In my personal studies, I've felt revelation pour into me of how to proceed and what to do, just like it did on the mission! My questions are being answered one by one, and my concerns are being addressed, or at least given peace to counteract the stress. I know I'm being watched over, and I feel the Spirit as strongly as I did while I was serving the Lord full-time. It all depends on what you do with the time you're given!<br />
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With that said, I have seen a pull to gradually fall back into who I was before my mission. To sink; to forget. But as L. Whitney Clayton said when he toured the IPM back in February, "Success is doing the small things well." I've noticed that as I start my days with a good personal scripture study, as I keep praying, as I seek the Spirit's guidance continually throughout the day, I can keep building up that spiritual armor around myself to keep from forgetting the wonderful lessons I've learned and the incredible blessings I saw and people I met on my mission. Though it does kind of feel like my mission was just a dream, not only have I been able to see the change in myself, but mission memories come back and solidify themselves bit by bit as I do the small things and as I share those experiences with others. The Lord has given me so many miraculous missionary opportunities since I've been back, and it's been such a tender mercy!<br />
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My mission wasn't a waste, and my life ahead of me, though not in full-time service, is not a waste either. Now's the time to be "in the world, but not of the world," (John 15:19). Though we all seem to focus on the second half of that statement, the first half is just as important. Those with the light of Christ burning within them need to be a beacon to those whose light may have faded, but how can we do that if we avoid anyone who fits that category? <br />
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So, hello, World. It's good to be back! Even though I apparently have a hard time letting your boys tap me on the arm still (seriously, I had no idea!), I'm ready to take you on! I know that I can do anything with my Savior at my side.<br />
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1. 4 hours of ultimate frisbee :) It's good to be back!<br />
2. The Sacred Grove: one of my favorite places in the world<br />
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We have found so much solid potential in this<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_26" />area in just this past week alone! There's Gian, Jason, Nato, Selena, and<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_28" />Westley, not to mention our amazing lesson with Luka and we picked Caleb<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_30" />back up! It's been such a tender mercy to see this area explode one last<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_32" />time before I'm gone.<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_34" /><br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_35" />And now, to address the question that's probably been on a lot of your minds: how do I feel about coming home? Well, I'll tell you.<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_39" /><br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_40" />As much as I've joked about extending for 3 more years (adding on the fact<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_42" />that I've asked President Brinkerhoff for an extension twice) and how much<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_44" />I've talked about never wanting to leave, etc., if an extension was offered<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_46" />to me, I don't know if I would take it. My mission has taught me so much<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_48" />about life, the Gospel, my Father in Heaven and my Savior, who I am, and<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_50" />who I want to be, and to not take those things out into the real world<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_52" />would be a disservice to the past 18 and a half months I've spent devoting<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_54" />my life to helping others, and myself, constantly and consistently<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_56" />progress. It's my time. I've learned what I've needed to, I've helped the<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_58" />people I was meant to, and to keep furthering my progression, I know I need<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_60" />to move on. Yes, it does break my heart to leave the people and places<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_62" />that have become such an integral part of me, but it also gives my heart<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_64" />cause to rejoice for the opportunities I have in front of me! And, of<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_66" />course, to see the other people and places that are an integral part of me<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_68" />who I haven't seen for 18 months! One of my friends from this mission said<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_70" />it's like leaving one family to go to another, and I'd say that's true.<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_72" /><br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_73" />Our stake president yesterday asked me what I had left behind in this<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_75" />mission. Lots of blood, sweat, and tears. What I'm taking with me? A lot<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_77" />more than I can explain (at least effectively all at once). Overall, I've<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_79" />learned more about my Savior, His Atonement, and how I can access that,<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_81" />which is through the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. Please, if you have<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_83" />any questions about the things I've been talking about for a year and a<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_85" />half, ask me or your local missionaries! I bear my witness, for possibly<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_87" />the last time as an authorized representative of Jesus Christ Himself, that<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_89" />these things are true. They will bless you. There is nothing better and<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_91" />nothing more direly important for you to accept in your life than this<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_93" />Gospel, and there's nothing I've learned to love more than sharing that joy<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_95" />with those that I love. And I love you all.<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_97" /><br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_98" />Until I see you all again, I bear my sure witness to you that Jesus is the<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_107" />Christ, that our Father in Heaven loves us, and that His Gospel and one way<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_109" />to live with Him in His Kingdom forever is back on the earth! How exciting<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_111" />is that?? I will stand on every rooftop I can physically climb on top of<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_113" />and shout it to everyone within earshot, where legal (locations may vary).<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_115" /> And I will because, though I'll be taking my tag off my shirt shortly, I<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_117" />will always wear one on my heart. This is just another transfer :) New<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_119" />chapters and new experiences await, but I will always have the Gospel and<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_121" />sharing it as my constants.<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_123" /><br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_124" />I love you all so much. I'll see you soon.<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_126" /><br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_127" />For the last time as a full-time servant for God in Idaho, and with all my<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_129" />love,<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_131" />Sister Jacobson.<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_133" /><br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_134" />Pics:<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_136" />1. With President and Sister Brinkerhoff at the departing temple trip.<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_138" />2. The district.<br id="yui_3_16_0_25_1406573029782_140" />3. Sister Fredrick in front of the Institute :) (<em>at top of page</em>)<br />
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So, we're calling ourselves the "send off sisters" now, haha. We've had the amazing opportunity of teaching people (no fewer than 8 now) that are in our area but are either moving or don't live there, setting dates with many of them, and then sending them on to other missionaries! Some missionaries might look at that as a bad thing, but we've seen it as a privilege. We've gotten to be the "spark" (as one of them who got baptized put it) to help people stay hooked in learning about the Gospel. In the end, the work is all the same, no matter who finds, teaches, and baptizes. We're not in this for the numbers or the glory of teaching the most investigators, we're just in this to serve God and help His children.<br /></div>
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One of them is Luka, from Egypt! He made us liver this week! We were kind of nervous going in, but it was suuuper good. He's moving in a week, but we're teaching him a lesson before he leaves! Balvina, Fadil, Jacque (the girl who got baptized), Jacque's sister Stephanie.... they're all in the aforementioned category. But like I said above, it really is cool to us! We're getting to help them and help other missionaries! What could be better?<br /><br />We also got to volunteer at a color run! We didn't run ourselves, but we filled up the bottles of color powder (and then emptied a bunch of them before the race started on each other....) and stopped traffic for the runners! Super fun! There's so much power in a stop sign and an orange vest.<br /><br />We've found some more potential investigators, too! We're seriously being so blessed here! It may not show in the amount of progressing investigators we have (that amount is 0), but we know we're "laying the foundation of a great work" (<a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/64.33?lang=eng#32" target="_blank">Doctrine and Covenants 64:33</a>)! We've come to the conclusion that these past few months have really been a lot for the members here. We've kind of been rewiring their brains to trust the missionaries again, to focus on missionary work, to increase their faith and vision, and to help them hit the ground running with their missionary work plans once the fall semester starts! We know if we hadn't have been working like we have, it might take a while for things to get started work wise, even with all the students coming back soon. But we feel like things will just EXPLODE once the students get here. They think they're just coming for secular learning. Little do they know.... :)</div>
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</a>It really is amazing though how nothing else matters anymore. Nothing matters accept serving God and doing what He would have us do. I know I'll be doing that in a different way fairly soon, but I will always owe my life to my mission for helping me see that more. There is nothing that even compares to living the Gospel. There is nothing that brings more peace, strength, and joy in life than living the Gospel. There is NOTHING else that compares! We love serving for the sake of serving, not for the numbers or the outward success. Sister Fredrick and I have been talking about how even though we're not really teaching anyone steadily anymore for the past while now, we've just been so <i>happy</i>! We don't care about earthly rewards anymore. The mission has purged that out of me. All that matters is serving God and helping His children. I love Him, and I can never repay what He's done for me, but I can sure as heck give Him the rest of my life gladly.</div>
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Love you all! Give something up that's taking you away from or holding you back from coming closer to Christ this week. Your "sacrifice" won't be a sacrifice at all, in the grand scheme of how stinkin' happy you can be all day, 'err day. And yes,I'll write next week, don't worry haha.<br /></div>
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The Color Run!<br />
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Well, this could have been a discouraging week, if we didn't love the work so much! We found out that 3 of our investigators aren't necessarily who they say they are, our recent convert doesn't want to stay longer than sacrament meeting anymore, the Balvina's brother isn't nearly as supportive as we'd like him to be, and we still aren't really teaching anybody else regularly.<br />
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BUT, Sister Fredrick and I (as well as the whole zone, turns out) know that though we may be going through a rough patch, it's merely a trial of our faith. There are times it would be easy to let ourselves get down and stay down, and there were times this week we were tempted to, but we can both feel that something HUGE is coming! <br />
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This morning, I read <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/8?lang=eng" target="_blank">Alma 8 (especially verses 13-18</a>), and it applies so much to our situation! Though Alma was about to turn his back on the city of Ammonihah forever and felt "weighed down with sorrow, wading through much tribulation and anguish of soul, because of the wickedness of the people," when the angel came to Alma, he told him that he has "great cause to rejoice" for being faithful in keeping the commandments. Even though we may not be seeing the blessings of people to teach, we have reason to rejoice just for the sake of knowing about this Gospel, living it, and sharing it. I don't care about the outward blessings anymore. As much as I love having success in our area and helping others, I don't live the Gospel or serve faithfully for those rewards. I've discovered it's because I love Him! It's because I'm so grateful for His Atonement that I HAVE to work as hard as I can! Just serving Him itself is a blessing, no matter what happens. I love my Savior, and I fear not what men can do to me.</div>
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In other news, Balvina's back! We've all decided it would be best to just keep meeting here, but let the baptism happen when she goes home. <br />
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Close up of Katie and her companionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09282522619964868229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728959068066453267.post-82986643469686541932014-07-07T16:14:00.000-07:002014-07-07T16:14:04.534-07:00 Fourth of July fun in Pocatello!Hey, family & friends!<br />
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<br />This is probably going to be short. Due to our full day P-day on the 4th of July, today is just 2 hours, so we've been running around like crazy to get things done. Sorry also to anyone I would normally email today as well who's reading this. I'll repent next week. </div>
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<br />Austin's baptism was so great! Tons of people came, and it was so sweet to see his brother, Harley, (the one who got baptized our first week in this area), do the baptizing! Their mom was there, too, and she was so happy, she was in tears! One of the sweetest baptisms I think I've ever been to.</div>
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<br />Hope you all have a great 4th of July week! Blow something up for me! Go America!</div>
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<br />*<em>She didn't send the 4th picture she described but her description is so Katie we left it in! Hopefully we'll get that picture next week! Stay tuned!</em></div>
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2. Sister Fredrick and President Brinkerhoff. It was close, but he won! That's what we get for challenging God's anointed...</div>
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3. Austin's on the left, Harley's on the right!</div>
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4. This guy was the voice of Nephi for the Hill Cumorah Pageant!! I had him say, "In the name of Almighty God, I command you TOUCH ME NOT!" It sounded 25 years older and deeper, but I was still tickleder than a 5 year-old's Elmo doll. Made my day!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09282522619964868229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728959068066453267.post-34417581752535356382014-06-23T16:03:00.000-07:002014-06-23T16:03:10.065-07:00Floodgate of Miracles<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1403562839282_3768">
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You know those moments where you feel like a floodgate of miracles is opening?</div>
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Karen and Elizabeth are roommates of a member here. We taught them a lesson and they want to continue learning!</div>
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Cody is on the ISU football team. Taught him a lesson. He wants to continue.</div>
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We were doing laps around the Institute again and found a guy named Marcelo. Challenged him to fuesball, and he accepted. And he lost :) We took him on an impromptu tour of the building, and he told us in the chapel that when he was walking home, he was stressed out thinking about a ton of things, but he felt way calmer after talking to us--aka he was feeling the Spirit mad hard. He wants to continue meeting with us!</div>
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This girl named Lexi is friends with a member here. When she asked her pastor a question and he told her to Google it, she turned to said friend, Delaney. She had the answer right off the bat, and they kept talking about the Gospel. Delaney invited her to church and to meet with us, and she did both. She already knows it's true, and she wants to get baptized!</div>
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THEN there's Kevin, who I might have told you about, but his church closed for the summer, so his roommate invited him to church with him. He came to all 3 hours, and asked us afterwards if we could have a lesson. We did, and he also wants to get baptized! </div>
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Balvina's doing great, Austin's doing great, and Caleb decided he doesn't want to take lessons anymore, but is going to read the Book of Mormon on his own and still come to church things every once in a while. </div>
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God loves us so much. I can't even tell you how blessed I feel! <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/26.16?lang=eng" target="_blank">Alma 26:16</a>! He gives us so much in return for so little! He asks us to do things that make us happy, and He blesses us in return with more happiness! The work is truly hastening--so many hearts are prepared for this message, and the only need an invitation to find it! </div>
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I don't have much time, but my gosh. I hope your weeks are going as well as ours! We're off to go watch Sister Fredrick play our mission president in ping-pong, no big deal.</div>
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2. Baseball activity! Those few years of playing way back when are NOT coming back to me...</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 16.86px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">(<em>You've only got 5 more weeks to write her, She'll be home in 6 weeks! Her current address is on the right. It's the address you will want to use til the end of June!)</em></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 16.86px;"><br /></span></span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1402956310000_3003" style="font-family: Calibri;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1402956310000_3002" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 16.86px;">So miracle: remember Harley? The awesome new convert my first weekend here? Well, his brother, Austin, and his mom just moved up from Arizona. And now we're teaching Austin! And he's getting baptized this month! And his mom is interested and we're going to send the family elders to her! For one thing, we didn't have a baptism lined up for this month, but God saw fit to bless us with this miracle! But more importantly, this is a FAMILY! And we're only in Young Single Adult work! This is the first family I've seen baptized (a few reactivated as a result of a child getting baptized, yes, but all getting baptized? No.) on my mission, and we're not even working with families! What a miracle to see the promise come to pass that the Gospel blesses families. We haven't met the mom, yet, but the brothers seem close, and the Gospel's going to bring them all even closer!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 16.86px;">Also, a ward member's sister just moved in with him for the summer! He converted a few years back and is the only member in his family.... for now :) We taught her a lesson with him and a few good friends from the ward, and she just ate it up! She's so receptive and so sweet, and we can tell this is going to be a wonderful process for their family too, even if it's just the two of them here. They'll be a light to the rest of the family, too!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 16.86px;">Caleb is fantastic! His faith is growing SO much and so quickly! He's already finished <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne?lang=eng" target="_blank">1 Nephi</a>, and he's a lot more receptive to seeing God's hand in his life! We can tell he's right on that cusp of recognizing and accepting the truth into his life!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 16.86px;">I wish I could tell you in detail the miracles we've been seeing daily. There's no time, and there's no way. Suffice it to say we're being richly blessed here. I know that diligence and obedience are divine principles. "Stick to your task till it sticks to you!" Though things may be hard, the fun is IN the hard work, not just in addition to or after or instead of. I love work, and this is the best work there is!</span></span></div>
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You know who that is? That's Ariel. Remember the Ariel we found on my first day in my last area who was super golden but then decided not to get baptized and even left us a note saying that she would never do so? Yeah, that's her. AND her mom, who wasn't going to come the first time Ariel was getting baptized, came to support her. The Lord honors missionaries' promises.<br />
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Cool story time: It was about a month after she dropped us when I left, and a few weeks after the new sisters got there before they contacted her. She said that ever since she wrote that note to us saying she didn't want to meet, she kept thinking and thinking about her baptism. She felt guilty, she felt empty, she felt something missing. Then the new sisters showed up. On their second lesson together, she told them she wanted to go through with it, even though she still had some fears. I was asked to play the flute at her service, so I got to go back and witness it, and what an amazingly spiritual service! One of the highest highlights of my mission. </div>
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David- the roommate of a less active member here. We contacted the member, set up a lesson, David came upstairs, we invited him to join us for next time, and he gladly agreed! We even saw him out jogging yesterday and re-set up an appointment because the last one went through, and he was just as excited about it as he was the first time! </div>
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John- well, we didn't really find him. He was a media referral to the elders here who cover the family stake surrounding our YSA wards and taught him a few lessons before realizing he was in our stewardship and passed him on to us. He's super solid and even is working towards a date for baptism! There are a few hitches to work out, but he really wants to do it! </div>
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Scott- we decided to get a little creative this week. In our Institute building, there's a rec room with ping-pong, fuesball, and pool tables. We walked around the building and asked people we saw if they liked any of those games. One guy named Scott said yes, and we challenged him to a game--if he won, he could just leave after the game, if we won, he had to listen to a message. Sister Fredrick schooled him in ping-pong, so we had a really good lesson afterwards, and he said we could meet up with him again!</div>
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But the miracles don't stop there! Caleb came to Ariel's baptism and the talks were tailor-made to his needs! We took him on a church tour earlier that same day, and he came to church yesterday! Again, the talks were perfect for him. We could tell he just felt happier. That's what the Spirit does!</div>
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Mirian is having some fears, but we were finally able to hook back up with her last night and read from the Book of Mormon and apply it to her situation. Though Nephi didn't know exactly how to accomplish what God commanded him to, he still went forth and everything worked out as he relied on the Spirit. (<a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/4.6,7?lang=eng#5" target="_blank">1 Nephi 4:6-7</a>).</div>
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Our blender also broke at the beginning the beginning of this week. Coincidence? ....Yeah, probably.</div>
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It's just amazing to me to see the miracles FLOODING into our area! It shows that when you're doing the Lord's work in the Lord's way as diligently as you can, He will not let you fail... at least too badly. Sometimes he allows us to stumble, but when we keep fighting our way through roadblocks, we will eventually see miracles. He's so aware of us and the work we're all doing--not just for us missionaries. We've learned and talked about diligence a lot this week, and we're definitely seeing results. Though none of the success comes directly from us, the Lord is able to bless you as you get out and diligently do what you know you need to do. The Spirit's not going to slap us upside the head to prompt us to do what we already know what we need to do. And what we need to do is work--be a creator of our circumstances, not a creature of them. We are agents to act and not objects to be acted upon.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09282522619964868229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728959068066453267.post-79048162855817555452014-06-08T15:28:00.002-07:002014-06-09T10:31:42.640-07:00Called to Share<em>Full time missionaries are Called to Serve. <strong>We are all Called to Share</strong>.</em><br />
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<em>Check out this video by Katie's friend, Elder Joshua Cordon, currently serving in the Florida Jacksonville Mission.</em><br />
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Just another beautiful [week] in the neighborhood! ("Mr. Rodgers'<br />
Neighborhood, ep.1-3000). Seriously, I've turned 3 different shades of<br />
pink, I think, and it's now mellowing into a nice semi tan! And my hands<br />
are still purple. I'm part chameleon, for those who don't know me.<br />
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Also, I got proposed to this week! We were blitzing another sisters' area,<br />
and we came upon this guy sitting outside with three empty beer cans next<br />
to him, a cat on his lap, and a nice slur to his words. After talking to<br />
him and finding him pretty receptive, we said, "When you know these things<br />
are true, will you be baptized by priesthood authority?" and he said, "I<br />
dunno, will you marry me?" ...We said no. But told him his girlfriend<br />
might! We gave him a Book of Mormon to show him no hard feelings. Poor<br />
guy.<br />
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Aside from drunk proposals and gnarly vitamin D absorbing, we were also<br />
able to have some great lessons this week! We were able to solidify<br />
Mirian's desire to be baptized and committed her to tell her family about<br />
it. That should have been this past weekend, and we're excited to hear how<br />
it went! She believes this is true from the Spirit she feels when we teach<br />
her, and we're emphasizing how reading the Book of Mormon regularly and<br />
praying about it will only strengthen that belief and make her happier.<br />
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Caleb is doing so well! He is one of the most humble people we've ever<br />
met, let alone humble intellectual. He read 10 chapters from the Book of<br />
Mormon in like 4 days and said he's praying about it! He hasn't received<br />
or recognized his answer yet, but with his sincere desire to know, he'll<br />
get it. We have confidence in the power of the Spirit that comes from<br />
reading the Book of Mormon and praying about it. We also have confidence<br />
in his open, earnest attitude in studying. He has some of the coolest<br />
questions--we love meeting with him!<br />
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A Saudi Arabian fed us Arabian food the other day! He said he's not<br />
interested, but he took a Book of Mormon and calls us "dear." Cool. We<br />
also met a reactivating member's roommate outside the other day! Her name<br />
is Elizabeth and has had several experiences in her spiritual life that<br />
have prepared her for the Restored Gospel! We're really excited to start<br />
teaching her!<br />
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I'm not going to lie and say a mission is easy--it's grueling,<br />
heart-breaking, back-breaking, not-for-the-faint-of-heart, blood, sweat and<br />
tears WORK--but it's such a party, too! I LOVE being here! I won't be<br />
reverse trunky (my own phrase meaning "focused on how much you don't want<br />
to go home" rather than the normal "focus on how much you want to go home"<br />
trunky), but I'm going to dig deep and enjoy every single second I have<br />
left! It's missionary work! Get excited!<br />
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Love you all,<br />
Sister Jacobson<br />
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Sorry for no pics last week:<br />
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1. This is me on our new pet's head.<br />
2. This is our new pet.<br />
3. This is our new pet eating one of our zone leaders.<br />
4. Gorgeous companion with gorgeous Idaho<br />
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Just another fantastic week around good ol' ISU! We're starting to see some amazing things pick up here! We're also starting to see the temperature pick up here--can you say 80's every day? I've got the makings of a bangin' watch tan this week. Stoked!</div>
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Mirian: she's fantastic. The Sisters were teaching her before, but maybe weren't really bold with extending any commitments with her. We were finally able to sit down and teach her a lesson this past week about the Plan of Salvation. Very powerful lesson! It seemed like it clicked how the Restored Gospel is the way to fully access our Savior's Atonement, which we emphasized a lot. She's willing to work towards baptism on a specific date, even though she may experience family opposition. She's fighting that fear with faith! What a trooper!</div>
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Caleb: he is such a cool person! Very intelligent, and very earnest and humble in his desire to learn more. We had a great lesson about the Restoration of the Gospel! He even came prepared with questions he had gathered beforehand with his research on the Church's doctrines on LDS.org. He didn't accept a specific date for baptism, but he recognizes that the only way to know for himself that these things are all true is to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it. One concern he had was that some churches more or less discredit science, but we assured him that we believe that all truth--religious or scientific--is from God for our benefit. He seems willing to work for his answer, and we're excited to see where it leads!</div>
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We got in contact with two others the Sisters were teaching before, but haven't taught them yet. We're so excited!<br />
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More miracles: a girl named Morgan approached us and said she was "going to be a member in a few months." Whaaa--?? She's been busy the past few days, but we're hoping to begin teaching her soon! Also, two guys came up to us while we were talking with one of their friends outside and said we could come back after a great Gospel discussion with them! Sooo many things are happening!</div>
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Put your shoulder to the wheel--it works! We're seeing so many blessings! And even if you don't physically see the blessings, put your shoulder to the wheel anyways! Blessings, seen and unseen, will eventually come.</div>
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This week has been a blast! Now that we finally have at least a foundational grasp on our area, we've been able to hit the ground running this week! We've done a ton of contacting this week, but we've still been able to teach a ton of lessons! Most of them were on the doorstep--we teach people without them knowing that we're teaching them until we've taught pretty much the whole message of the Restoration. And it works! So many people have felt the Spirit and said that we could come back!</div>
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We have some solid new and potential investigators! One is named Caleb. He's a man of science, and he's a roommate with a solid member of the Church. He's asked a bunch of questions, and we were able to get him to a missionary/investigator fireside last night where he agreed to learn more! There's also Duel, a young man we met across the street from us as we were getting home one night. We ran over to him, and it turns out he doesn't even live there, but he has a best friend that just got home from a mission. He said we could come by and teach him! We went by yesterday, and though he wasn't there, his roommate Travis was, and he also said we could teach him! We're dropping by today to teach them, and we feel a ton of potential there! People have been popping out of nowhere to be taught! It also helps that one of our ward mission leaders has been setting up a bunch of lessons for us, too! With our combined efforts, this campus will be translated in no time.</div>
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I want to tell you about my awesome personal study this morning! I'm reading where <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/gs/jared-brother-of" target="_blank">the Brother of Jared</a> and his people are beginning to travel to the promised land, and I started to compare their journey to the people of Lehi's. The Jaredites have God in a cloud leading them the whole way to the sea; the Lehites have a compass. The Jaredites build "vessels;" the Lehites a sailboat. Though both journeys are divinely guided and lead to the same place, the way they got there was completely different. So it is with all our personal conversions to the Gospel. Some may need a compass, while others may need God standing in a cloud to guide them. Some build ships, some build vessels, some part the sea, and some (well, One) walk over it. But the destination is the same. We are all trying to make it to our Promised Land--the Kingdom of God. Though God may lead us in different ways, we eventually will need to come to our own testimonies of Christ's Gospel, and then we'll need to act.</div>
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He leads us to the sea. We can't see the other side. It might seem scary, inconvenient, hard, whatever. We might feel like He's led us to a good enough place on the seashore, where we can relax on the beach. But "<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1400538108955_4198" style="color: #2f393a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1400538108955_4197" style="line-height: 22px;">the Lord would not suffer that they should stop beyond the sea in the wilderness, but he would that they should come forth even unto the land of promise, which was choice above all other lands, which the Lord God had preserved for a righteous people," (Ether 2:7). </span></span></div>
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<br />We tracted an apartment complex the other night, and an old man answered the door (student housing? Guess not...), and proceeded to tell us about how he had been hit in the head with a meteor years prior in an astronomy room and could then read thoughts, so he infiltrated the FBI, took down the Berlin Wall, and pulled the troops out of Iraq all in 45 minutes. Man... I totally had my facts all wrong.</div>
<br /> Being a sister training leader again is pretty fun! We have a sister who was struggling a bit with the transition, but we were able to help her out--she's doing great now! It's really a tender mercy this position was created, not just for the sisters we serve, but for us, too! I don't feel like I'm more or less important in this position, just doing some different work than before! It's great to get to know more sisters, and it's great to know that we're in a position to help, but we're all working for the same God doing the same work--inviting souls to come unto Christ.<br />
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This has been one of the strangest weeks of my mission! Unfortunately, Sister Mork's health has called her home after a valiant effort. Since then, I've been with Sister Faagai (pronounced "fa-ah-NGA-ee"), whose companion got her visa to Brazil (Sister Riding, my mission sister) a few days before. So we're serving both in my area and in Highland! It's been so fun! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09282522619964868229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-728959068066453267.post-89846858565802978702014-04-28T16:15:00.001-07:002014-04-28T16:44:42.340-07:00I will not let up, give up, or shut up!<i><span style="background-color: yellow;">Katie's 21st birthday is
May 11th! I would love to have her mail box flooded with cards and well
wishes from everyone! Her mailing address is on the side bar to the
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Bryson and Tom, father and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>son.
hey said they were going to read 50 pages of the Book of Mormon this
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family came to the baptism and part of them came to his confirmation on Sunday!
There was such a special Spirit there, and we know he's going to be a
huge light to his family and friends. He's going to get the <a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/aaronic-priesthood?lang=eng&query=aaronic+priesthood" target="_blank">Aaronic priesthood</a>
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we've been feeling persecuted more and more for righteousness' sake.
Though it's only Idaho, and I'm sure we only get a tiny little piece of
what anyone anywhere gets, we've been yelled at, chewed out, and scorned for
proclaiming the truth. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> However, we are the salt of the earth,
and if we choose to close our mouths, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">"wherewith shall the earth be
salted? The salt shall be thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and
to be trodden under foot of men,"</span> (<a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/12.13?lang=eng#12" target="_blank">3 Nephi 12:13</a>). I will not close my
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so persecuted they the prophets who were before [me],"</span> (<a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/12.12?lang=eng#11" target="_blank">3 Nephi 12:12</a>).
<strong>I know these things to be true, and I will not let up, give up, or shut
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Sorry! Love you!</span><br />
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<em><strong>This is a video done by Katie's home mission, the New York Rochester Mission with the quote she ended her letter with. It gives you a flavor for the passion missionaries feel about the work they are doing!</strong></em><br />
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Awesome, awesome Easter week! I probably watched the "<a href="http://easter.mormon.org/?cid=HPTU041514694" target="_blank">Because of Him</a>" video no fewer than 20 times with showing it to everybody. I also figured out the first little part on piano. Such a good video!</div>
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Dustin's getting ready for baptism this weekend also! He's so solid--he walked by himself to church in the gale-force winds yesterday morning so he could be baptized this coming weekend! He's so excited for it! One night when we had a lesson over there, he had his friend, Bryson, come over too. Turns out, Bryson lives in a house we've been knocking on for weeks without them being home ever after we received them as a referral! And he totally said he wants to be baptized, too! We stopped by yesterday night and, though he wasn't home, we talked to his dad Tom. There's no mom there, just those two, and the dad's not a member of this Church either. He took the lessons about 10 years ago, he said, and wants to sit in on our lessons for Bryson, and he offered to feed us dinner this week as well! Holy miracle and a half! This family-->eternal.</div>
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Every year, the week before Easter, a nearby stake does this thing called "Walk With Christ," where they transform their church building into... I don't even really know how to describe it. It's a journey where you learn more of the birth, life, and death of Christ. The website is <a href="http://www.walkwithchrist.net/" target="_blank">http://www.walkwithchrist.net/</a>. I don't know how helpful the site is, having never been there, but maybe there's more info on it. Good luck! In any case, we took a bunch of people there this week, including Miko. She really loved it! She's feeling the Spirit more and more, and we know big things are going to happen due to her great example back home!</div>
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Ok, so I didn't want to make you feel jealous of our weather while you were still going through snow, but now that you're having nice weather, I've been wanting to tell you about our 60-70 degree days for like 3 weeks now. Not to rub it in, or anything. But yeah.... Idaho's got nothin' on New York cold and snow. You troopers.</div>
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There's this family that goes to one of our wards where the mom and the kids are all active, but the dad isn't. They have a son, Jared, that's turning 9 today that the dad wanted to baptize, but wasn't able to because he wasn't coming to church. Our ward mission leader set us up with teaching them for the past few weeks because the dad felt better about Jared being baptized with the lessons behind him, and now the baptism is scheduled for this Saturday. Because he's 9, he falls under our stewardship, so we kind of just got a baptism scheduled for us. Hurray? They're a really fun family, and we really love working with them!</div>
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Mamie opened up this week with a ton of really great questions when we were teaching her the Plan of Salvation! Up till then, she had been more reserved with everything, but we feel like she's really starting to love learning about this. She said she wants to be baptized eventually, she just doesn't see a need to right now because she already feels happy. We just need to help her feel that sense of urgency in doing the Lord's will when He wants us to do it. I'm of the opinion He always wants us to do His will NOW.</div>
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Remember Wanda, that sassy, awesome black lady who we met when I first got to the area? She's back! And she and Charles (her man) came to church yesterday! In Sunday school, when we were talking about trials, Charles commented that God lets us go through them so we can learn, because "God don't want no fools." Testify! He wants us to learn for ourselves what's true, what's not, and how we can follow those things ourselves. We're not meant to follow these teachings blindly; we must come to some conclusion that we will follow Christ and what He's asked us to do of our own free will. Otherwise, we don't learn, we don't grow, and the whole point of coming to Earth is null and void.</div>
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This week, visit<a href="http://easter.mormon.org/?cid=HPTU041514694" target="_blank"> <span style="background-color: yellow; color: black;">easter.mormon.org</span></a>. Remember why we celebrate Easter, and remember the strength we can receive not only when we've exhausted all our strength and it's not enough, but steadily and consistently through our trials. We don't need to wait to call upon the Savior's Atonement. It's always there.</div>
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Also, because I forgot to last week, shoutout to the Tuttle family singing in the women's choir for the <a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/watch/2014/04?lang=eng&vid=3408781210001" target="_blank">Women's General Session</a>! I about spazzed my hair out! And shoutout to the Tuttles that would have been singing there if they weren't dedicating all their hearts, minds, and strengths to serving the Lord on their missions, of course! And while I'm shouting people out, might as well give a shoutout to all my fellow friends and servants on missions, both stateside and foreign. Love you all!</div>
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Remember that girl Kelsey I told you about a while ago? She didn't move to Texas, but is moving to another part of Poky, right to our zone leaders' area, in fact! We got to see her one last time and we asked her about baptism again. She expressed some concerns, mainly the fact that she didn't know it was right yet. When we asked her if she had prayed about it yet, she answered that she didn't know how. It's always such a sweet experience teaching someone how to talk with their Father in Heaven, and after we committed her to pray about everything that night, I knew she would get her answer. <span style="background-color: yellow;">"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you," (Matthew 7:7).</span></div>
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General Conference is like the highlight of my life right now. Besides the fact that I get to represent the Lord Jesus Christ and proclaim His Gospel day in and day out. You know, that's pretty cool. But I noticed a theme of preparation for big things to come. We're helping to usher in the Second Coming of Christ, and now I can taste how close it is, along with the chaos and trials that will come just before. However, we can have peace amid the chaos. We can have strength beneath our burdens. The Gospel, though we may eventually be disliked for living it, will be so much more easy to live than to not. As long as we have God on our side, we will have peace.</div>
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