tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79597419506825453462024-02-03T10:38:46.163-08:00Missionary MommasHeidi Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15768854936517902417noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959741950682545346.post-56517669887121661392018-09-17T19:32:00.004-07:002018-10-01T16:45:40.690-07:00Missionary Christmas<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6pO4_h5tlZB7CXbAliaAwM-eNdKhYVkR-0jfJ9TNga0MCqyIbmtT4ioUITfbbxDedfXB6U1ax1Itt4OV6AivrG2soyEZJmNloABDXmcMp9oXVvKenb3OehuqgbgGJd2k4U2A6Y2A_hs/s1600/Elder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="https://missionarymommamall.com/collections/clay-creations-ornaments" border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="227" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6pO4_h5tlZB7CXbAliaAwM-eNdKhYVkR-0jfJ9TNga0MCqyIbmtT4ioUITfbbxDedfXB6U1ax1Itt4OV6AivrG2soyEZJmNloABDXmcMp9oXVvKenb3OehuqgbgGJd2k4U2A6Y2A_hs/s200/Elder.jpg" title="" width="125" /></a>Is it a missionary Christmas for you? Is your Elder or Sister serving the Lord and won't be home for Christmas?<br />
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You can choose skin, eye, and hair color and if you order early enough, you can add custom text to a suitcase, make the tie match his favorite, or add her favorite cardigan to the look.<br />
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She even makes missionary couples to help keep Grandma and Grandpa apart of Christmas traditions when they are out serving!<br />
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This adorable wedding couple ornament is a great gift for those newlyweds.<br />
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The sweet little baptism ornaments, that are holding an image of Christ, are great for the little ones in your family that were recently baptized.<br />
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Come take a closer look at all the adorable options over at the <a href="https://missionarymommamall.com/collections/clay-creations-ornaments" target="_blank">Missionary Momma Mall! </a>Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08044447332049944900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959741950682545346.post-47941191668929483512018-07-24T11:02:00.000-07:002018-07-24T11:02:07.850-07:00God is My Compass<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span>Once my
first book became a national best seller shortly after graduating from BYU, I
became hooked on the entrepreneur lifestyle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Since its publication, I have built a number of companies and have
create a plethora of products that have been introduced into stores
nationwide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then came the day when I was
heavily embezzled and lost almost everything—at that moment I don’t think my
heart could have sunk to a deeper depth—in fact, I did not wish to live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Eventually
hope healed my painful wounds, and then the thought came to mind to create a
unique compass that would serve as a constant reminder of just who will always
be my best guide in life—especially when I am lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So at the position of north, upon the compass
face, the word, GOD, was added, for He, indeed, is our finest guide in life and
our True North.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The scripture, Joshua
1:9 was engraved in brass on the backside as a reminder that the Lord is with
us in all our daily travels.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9coJoqLuFyy0FrAFMMHBfI9waQdvVLEajYp1fYyHe1Xi_ud2uqroCeUG8HsHepmHrSair36Zs0Np2lCSo0LmKFJLx2QiVSLGbuGi8UYxCSRI4sNLL1B3s_NzvycNnRzQkiBdSySN5ki0/s1600/Compass+Front+Brown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="1041" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9coJoqLuFyy0FrAFMMHBfI9waQdvVLEajYp1fYyHe1Xi_ud2uqroCeUG8HsHepmHrSair36Zs0Np2lCSo0LmKFJLx2QiVSLGbuGi8UYxCSRI4sNLL1B3s_NzvycNnRzQkiBdSySN5ki0/s200/Compass+Front+Brown.jpg" width="161" /></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The<a href="https://missionarymommamall.com/products/god-is-my-guide-compass" target="_blank"> </a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://missionarymommamall.com/products/god-is-my-guide-compass" target="_blank">God is My Guide Compass</a> </b>was produced as
a gift of faith just over a year ago, and since then our company has sold
nearly 5,000 throughout the country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have received emails from missionary moms who wanted to thank us for the
inspiration the compass has become in the daily life of their missionary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grandparents have written us to say that the
compass is now traditionally given to every grandchild on the day of their
baptism. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And people of every faith have
posted gracious reviews to express the joy it has brought to them or to a loved
one.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI6nSEIJ8q7NN9IoRg5PR6MnIhR_6CEDcJ0J7-SuZW0VOuljhndIAaW3Q6YUcAKaQscKDr_2xVtG_X9vdPS3wYk-9fS30pmnd7-_KMTwnTCQvLlYsPVdyvSYsHbeIWczTZf0IkmMayEdo/s1600/Art+compass+backside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="1009" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI6nSEIJ8q7NN9IoRg5PR6MnIhR_6CEDcJ0J7-SuZW0VOuljhndIAaW3Q6YUcAKaQscKDr_2xVtG_X9vdPS3wYk-9fS30pmnd7-_KMTwnTCQvLlYsPVdyvSYsHbeIWczTZf0IkmMayEdo/s200/Art+compass+backside.jpg" width="165" /></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Life can be
terribly overwhelming, but as the prophet Joshua said: “Be strong and
courageous!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the Lord thy God is with
thee wherever you go.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hope the
compass will remind you of this constant blessing throughout your life.</span></div>
Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08044447332049944900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959741950682545346.post-34814508317139285442018-03-27T11:44:00.000-07:002018-03-27T17:13:13.247-07:0093% of RMs Experienced This On Their Mission…<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2ilNTPXzeDGCjyBw9UZVw1maoRuw6VP-Q75v9lhOWtLyz3bbo8GReWENH6kxLH3GLY9giFcT8nLZFyfkvGmycxyluVTdxQh5a9CV3pBGE0mXHzqKDGWx2WgEsw4M2c-2og4rrMiUcs7S/s1600/Spencer+Allen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="969" data-original-width="704" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2ilNTPXzeDGCjyBw9UZVw1maoRuw6VP-Q75v9lhOWtLyz3bbo8GReWENH6kxLH3GLY9giFcT8nLZFyfkvGmycxyluVTdxQh5a9CV3pBGE0mXHzqKDGWx2WgEsw4M2c-2og4rrMiUcs7S/s200/Spencer+Allen.jpg" width="145" /></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: #fff2cc;">Please welcome guest blogger and RM, Spencer Allen. Spencer served in the England London Mission (2007-2009), and attended BYU-I upon returning where he studied Digital Marketing. He now owns Vital Avenue and is helping missionaries and families all over the world!</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;"> Over the last few months, we’ve partnered with a group of local college students to help us understand what goes on during a mission. Although we’re active, happy members of the Church, including all of my siblings and I serving missions (Paris, France; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; London, England; Santa Maria, Brazil; Modesto, California), we wanted a closer look inside… at least as close we possibly can.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">It’s time I let the cat out of the bag… going on a mission puts EVERY missionary in unfamiliar situations… shocker, I know!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">Whether it’s a culture, language, geographical location, talking to complete strangers, or what’s on the dinner table, there is NOTHING like serving a mission. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">Regardless of how much my mom tried to prepare me (thank you “Try Something New Night” dinners every week for the last 2 years before leaving on my mission), there’s nothing quite like being in the moment. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">Nothing could have prepared me for the night I had pig trotters for dinner. While I’ll spare you the details, I’ll tell you one thing. It was a meal I’ll never forget.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">It may be an impossible task to talk to every single RM, but something tells me that I’m not alone in saying you’ll find yourself eating food or drinking something that you’ve never tried before at least once on your mission.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">In our research, we surveyed over 250 returned missionaries. As the results continue to come in, the data becomes more and more interesting.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">93% ate or drank something they had never been exposed to BEFORE their missions</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">63% said they ate something they felt was undercooked, underprepared, unsanitary, or otherwise harmful at least a few times a year</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">42% experienced gastrointestinal issues AT LEAST a few times a year</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">61% had to pause missionary work due to digestion / stomach related issue</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">Not only will your efforts help our team of college students, but your input and opinions will have a direct impact on those who are currently dealing with common stomach problems including constipation, diarrhea, and parasites as well as those who are looking for additional means of protection against the effects uncommon foods and drinks may bring.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #fff2cc;">Vital Avenue can be found on the<a href="https://missionarymommamall.com/products/ctr-vital-capsules-for-health-and-digestion" target="_blank"> Missionary Momma Mall</a></span></div>
Heidi Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15768854936517902417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959741950682545346.post-222892092087406352017-11-09T08:39:00.001-08:002017-11-09T09:55:07.582-08:00If it Fits, it Ships! (Except for International, then there is a weight limit) Sending packages to missionaries serving internationally can be tricky
and expensive. For many of us, the most efficient and affordable way to
get something to our missionary is via an USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate
Envelope. These are only $6.65 to ship within the US and $33.95 to
ship them internationally.<br />
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When shipping these within the US there is no weight limit. When you
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They come in a few different varieties, and all ship for the same price internationally, but vary slightly within the US.:</div>
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1. The <a href="https://store.usps.com/store/browse/uspsProductDetailMultiSkuDropDown.jsp?categoryNav=false&navAction=push&navCount=0&productId=P_EP_14_F&categoryId=priority-mail" target="_blank">standard Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelope</a>.
These are made out of stiff, but flexible cardboard and are available
free at most Post Office locations. They are designed to hold 8.5 x 11
documents. US $6.95, International $33.95</div>
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2. The <a href="https://store.usps.com/store/browse/uspsProductDetailMultiSkuDropDown.jsp?categoryNav=false&navAction=push&navCount=0&productId=P_EP14PE&categoryId=priority-mail" target="_blank">padded Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelope</a>.
These are plastic, bubble wrap envelopes and are about the same size as
the standard ones above. They are not usually available at the Post
Office and can be ordered for free from USPS.com. They are flexible and
they protect the contents. US $7.20, International $33.95<br />
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3. The <a href="https://store.usps.com/store/browse/productDetailSingleSku.jsp?categoryNav=false&navAction=push&navCount=0&productId=P_EP14L&categoryId=priority-mail" target="_blank">legal size, Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelope</a>.
These are made out of stiff, but flexible cardboard and are not usually
available at the Post Office. They can be ordered for free from
USPS.com. (click the link and it will take you to the order form on the USPS website.) US $6.95, International $33.95</div>
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If you print and pay for the mailing labels online at <a href="http://usps.com/">USPS.com</a>
you will get free tracking and a small discount over the price you pay
at the counter in the Post Office. If you are shipping to an address
outside of the US you will be directed through filling out the customs
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So, what will fit in one of these envelopes?? All kinds of stuff! This
legal size, flat rate envelope contains: 1 set of twin size <span class="highlightNode">sheets</span>,
1 YW personal progress book, 1 YW pendant, 1 CTR ring (cheap
distribution center variety), organic fruit snacks, sour belts(Hawaiian
candy), post-it note tabs and one hand written letter. All for the low
price of $33.95! You just have to watch the weight when shipping international, you can't go over 4lbs. and keep the low price.</div>
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I was able to get all of this - <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvd-7nM8DVwQLn-u3LIKRPvsUlvYGnk0BkU3V0VVylodkOq7bp1pn_MmkHCXKEIJriDgLphRxcSWqjn6TtDqgUES2RspCRYplY9mgG1xuQWMWTIBqsSkKXgkkmEyOlPsfOlX-MpcMWwY/s1600/Christmas+2014+1.jpg"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvd-7nM8DVwQLn-u3LIKRPvsUlvYGnk0BkU3V0VVylodkOq7bp1pn_MmkHCXKEIJriDgLphRxcSWqjn6TtDqgUES2RspCRYplY9mgG1xuQWMWTIBqsSkKXgkkmEyOlPsfOlX-MpcMWwY/s280/Christmas+2014+1.jpg" width="280" /></a></div>
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into this - <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZn7pWZ3MIDNep1VktUlgC-WYzh7jzfXHABqf0H0_F39no50AR9nlbyhdtb-tgoLKfBbQmaHV2kABxRnIxYUFV0NSoz9xTGDyCT6USI1YDzt0XEj9_oCD4vGRPaeLdv6ADlR63z6VkVU/s1600/Christmas+2014+2.jpg"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZn7pWZ3MIDNep1VktUlgC-WYzh7jzfXHABqf0H0_F39no50AR9nlbyhdtb-tgoLKfBbQmaHV2kABxRnIxYUFV0NSoz9xTGDyCT6USI1YDzt0XEj9_oCD4vGRPaeLdv6ADlR63z6VkVU/s280/Christmas+2014+2.jpg" width="280" /></a></div>
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Here is a nifty trick I found on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/307863324501851276/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>. I use this, or a modified version of it, every time I send a flat rate envelope package to my missionary. </div>
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<li><a href="https://missionarymommamall.com/search?q=t-shirt" target="_blank">A new t-shirt for Pday - like one of these!</a> </li>
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<li>Beef Jerky or Slim Jims (or both if you are my kid!)</li>
<li>A <a href="https://missionarymommamall.com/products/mission-missionary-pillowcase-includes-map" target="_blank">Cute Pillowcase</a> - Like this!</li>
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<li>Colored pencils</li>
<li>US Postage stamps. (Letters home through Pouch Mail require a US stamp.)</li>
<li>Fruit snacks</li>
<li><a href="https://missionarymommamall.com/search?q=bookmark" target="_blank">Bookmark - Like one of these!</a></li>
<li><a href="https://missionarymommamall.com/collections/jewelry" target="_blank">Inexpensive Jewelry - Like this!</a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="color: white;">It has been four years this month since I sent my boy off to the Mexico MTC. Do you know what that means? That means MMs is 4 years old now. However, long before there were Blogs, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Pinterest... there were Missionary Mommas all over the world.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">So on this MM Anniversary Month, I would like to take a few minutes to say THANK YOU! Thank you for sharing your missionaries and their experiences! Thank you for sharing your pictures and videos. Thank you for sharing your joys and your heartache. Thank you for sharing your best letter, Skype and package ideas. Thank you for attending the Missionary Momma Workshops. And thank you for the farewell/homecoming recipes, decorations and ideas.</span></div>
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My eyes were too eager as I opened my mission call. No matter how earnestly I tried to read line by line, I couldn’t help but read ahead to see the words “Zambia Lusaka Mission”. I could hardly squeak the words out with all of my emotions, but behind the immediate joy, I felt a little scared. Throughout high school, I had traveled to Africa a couple of times, and though two weeks there were life changing, I was apprehensive with the thought of living there for 18 months. What kinds of illnesses and physical hardships would accompany the already strenuous work of daily preaching the gospel?<br />
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Packing was quite the feat, trying to fit 18 months worth of supplies I would not be able to find in Zambia and Malawi. My parents included in the supplies <a href="http://ctrvital.com/">18 months worth of the capsules</a> that they had personally used for several years. I had tried it once or twice before in liquid form and felt my body respond well to it. Though my luggage weight capacity was limited, I felt that bringing those capsules would ease my fears of sickness.<img alt="michaela-3" height="300" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SCAWYHeQVocKjiuVfk0qxwnXBwrXa1dbXK5FsooAGyrLAf81Z76lWbmNYHbanHv474bQWWNidtVd8ttdmaSygTyIrsbusvwoPPtHfd0FnINjxSbP_dYJTB7WMEtt8y_9O5cgXQYP" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="400" /><br />
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Within the first couple of weeks in the field, I saw just how often I could potentially eat or drink things that were not very clean. Despite our best efforts, we could never carry enough water from our apartment to last us the entire day of walking, so we inevitably had to ask people for water. While our apartment had a filter on its tap, most of the people we got water from took it from wells in their backyards. Often times it was slightly brown, but when we were totally parched and it was between 90 and 100 degrees, we didn’t have much of a choice.<br />
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Through these days of drinking this water, <a href="http://ctrvital.com/">I faithfully took the capsules</a>, and the miraculous thing was that when others got sick, I never had one day when I needed to stay in sick. I seemed to be preserved.<br />
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Others were not so preserved, however. One sister struggled with constipation her entire mission while my last three companions always felt bloated, constipated, or had diarrhea almost the entire time we were together. Often times when I was ready to go they took extra time because they weren’t feeling well, or we had to stay in for part or all of the day for them to rest. Most of the time these sisters would want to soldier on and push through the pain during the day, but this often led to lost time in transition and extra time for lunch breaks.<br />
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Our mission president’s wife was always very aware of the missionaries’ health. As I was a sister training leader most of my mission, I was called upon more than once to take a sister to the hospital that was having stomach issues (whether this was from the water, food or previous health problems I am not sure). Unless there was a serious issue, we were usually told to just avoid the water and street food and go on the BRATs diet where you only eat bananas, rice, apples, and toast. Stomach or intestinal discomfort was practically commonplace.<br />
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At one point near the end of my mission I got a little lazy in taking the capsules and started feeling bloated all the time. I remember lying on the floor of my apartment with my companion during a lunch break and trying to find a comfortable position to relieve the pain. Soon after this <a href="http://ctrvital.com/">I began taking the capsules </a>again and this bloating went away. We often joked about our “food babies” and how big our stomachs would get when this bloating occurred.<img alt="michaela-4" height="300" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/P8JdE6mX7sljWKWz2nU7dcegg4KwgaBb8wdyxXIXEf5U7XGDSCkpXpBXsso7ayG1sCoMHi-ObfDpfXn4Ks-fSyOiJmiCI02z_EhvGJoYF9tcQbTO_6DuCtQriNV9TLNH01pmKIS5" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="400" /></div>
We may have laughed, but it was really uncomfortable and sometimes took away from our focus.<br />
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One particular month during rainy season, flooding buried the city’s water pipes in sludge, preventing any running water from getting to the towns we were serving in. Our zone leaders scrambled everyday to provide water for the missionaries, but many times we were left having to collect rainwater that poured from our roof. As we walked the muddy streets and saw many houses with collapsed roofs or walls saturated with water, we saw mothers and young girls walking with buckets trying to find any source of clean water for drinking, cooking, and washing. The irony was that in such a torrential flood, there was no water to be found.<br />
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Again, my companion and I could not carry enough water to last us the whole day. Though we were warned of cholera and we did our best to avoid drinking the water, sometimes we had no other alternative. It was jarring to see such tragedy all around me. Families were desperate. I often wondered as I sat in people’s houses if the rains would make their walls collapse, too. With so much sickness and fear around me, my body still remained healthy.<br />
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Watching others get sick around me was a difficult part of my mission. The mission is a time where everything familiar is stripped away and you are left to rely solely on the Lord. It is vulnerable and can be extremely discouraging at times. Discouragement and stress only made these stomach issues worse. <br />
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<i><a href="http://ctrvital.com/">Those little green capsules made all the difference</a> </i>on a daily basis as I preached the gospel in Zambia and Malawi. When I had so many opportunities to be sick and stay home, I was healthy and strong and could continue to serve and teach. Many missionaries came home and continued to face stomach and intestinal issues, including diarrhea and constipation, but the only residual effect I’ve felt from my mission was an increased desire to use my health and strength to build the Kingdom.<br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I had messed up and I knew it. I wasn’t supposed to be there. I sat at my desk across from my companion. I had my scriptures and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Preach My Gospel</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> out, studying, as was the routine every day for the past fourteen months of my life. However, for the past two weeks, it had been harder to concentrate. As my eyes drug across the pages, they were splintered with the pains of sleepless nights. The words would leave me almost before I could finish reading them. Black shadows had formed under my eyes from the lack of sleep. This was ironic because sleep was the only thing that I wanted to do. It was the only way to escape from my own thoughts. I didn’t dream, luckily, for if I had I’m sure they would have been a compilation of the same endless terrorizing images that flashed in and out of my head during the long hours of the day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Two weeks prior to that day I had decided that I would tell my mission president, God’s representative, everything from before the mission. I wasn’t worthy to be there. I had lied to my stake president and bishop. I thought that it would be easier, better perhaps, to take care of it after the mission. If I had said anything before the mission, I would have had to wait longer to leave. Everyone would have known. Wouldn’t it have been better anyway to just save myself from that embarrassment? Yet as the days and months of being in the mission wore on, the aching sore got deeper and deeper. The sting of embarrassment felt like it would be a great relief. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Back at my desk, I started writing in my journal. I had written in my journal every day of my mission. It was custom, although today was harder than usual. I scratched the month into the top of the page. N-O-V-E-M-B-E-R. Then the day and date. S-U-N 2. Up until this point, I had only mentally decided to talk to President. But today I was going to write it down. I knew that if I wrote it down I would actually follow through with my decision. My palms were sweaty. I could barely grip my pen. I felt so cold. The door was closed and the heater was on, but at my very core, I was shivering. As pen fell on paper, tears fell with it. “I need bravery to talk to prez….” Then in that very moment, I decided to put a disclaimer. A rationale. I would bargain with God. I would go home like I knew I needed to, but he had to give me something in return. I continued writing “… when I get my driver’s license and the Cardona familia gets baptized.” I felt guilty for writing it. Who am I to command God? But that condition I made with God was the only thing that kept me sane. I knew that going home would be hard. I saw all of the things that I would have to give up. I would no longer be going home at the right time with my friends. “I have to let down my home ward, my mission, the people in my area, my comp., district, zone, my family, especially my mom.” Oh, when I thought about letting down my mom, my angel mother, I couldn’t. I wouldn’t. I can’t. I have to. I must. “Right now it doesn’t matter. I know I need to be clean. I need to repent.” My mother had told me the week before in her email that I always knew the right thing to do. Those words entered my head with the sweetest peace that I had felt in the past two weeks. She always knew the right thing to say and when to say it. I could do this. Now I would just wait on the Lord. I still needed my license and for the Cardonas to get baptized. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next day we had interviews with President. The walk to church was blistering hot in my black suit. I wasn’t going to tell president anything, it was supposed to be a normal interview. But as soon as we got to the church I knew what was going to happen. I was going to crack. I was going to spill everything. I couldn’t take it anymore. The pain I was carrying around was too much. I needed to get it out. I walked in, sweaty from the beating sun. I didn’t talk to anyone. I went to the chapel to wait for my interview. I sat alone in the corner, thinking about what the next few days would be like. Surely there would be more interviews. I would have to go home. Then I would see my mom. Tears streamed down my face as I thought about prematurely reuniting with my mother. I buried my face in my lap so no one else could see me crying. I didn’t want anyone else to see me. I wished I could disappear out of existence. There was no way I was going to tell President. Plus, my conditions had not been met. If I was going to do this I was going to do it my way! </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That was me. It was my turn. I stood up, wiping the tears from my face. I tried to smile as I walked past the zone leaders who had called my name. No one must know that something was wrong. I could do this. I would just have a friendly chat with President as I had done in all of my other interviews, and then it would be over. I would leave. I didn’t have to do this right now. I walked down the long hall to the door. President opened it. “Hola, Elder Chapman!” President smiled with his cheery face, as always. I knew that voice well. He was a short little man, from Oaxaca, Mexico. He never spoke to me in English, this was comforting. It was something familiar. He had calm brown eyes that made me feel like he understood every word that I said. They let me know that I was loved and gained him my trust at the first glance. We entered the room. It smelled like chalk. We sat at the table across from each other. His eyes were locked on mine, as he asked me questions about my area and mission. But he didn’t seem to be looking at my eyes. I felt his eyes piercing my soul. Did he already know? Could he tell that I wasn’t worthy to be there? </span></div>
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Heidi Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15768854936517902417noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959741950682545346.post-7462920568024129652017-02-10T09:11:00.000-08:002017-02-10T09:11:33.490-08:002017 Spring Missionary Momma Workshop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Heidi Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15768854936517902417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959741950682545346.post-9767752215295241862016-09-28T19:45:00.000-07:002017-02-07T20:48:09.226-08:00His Image in Their Countenance<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">by Wendy Minks</span></em><br />
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There are LDS missionaries all over
the Earth. Everyday they are spotted with their suits and ties,
cardigans and skirts with that signature black name tag. I frequently
see them at bus stops and in parking lots. On Mondays I often see them
filling their carts at WalMart.<br />
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They talk to strangers, they ask
deep questions of people they have only just met. They knock on doors,
and face rejection constantly. They are bold. They are brave. They
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Missionaries
are movers, gardeners, painters, cleaners, and ranch hands. They seek
out service opportunities. They serve all - regardless of their desire
to listen to their message. They mow lawns, paint fences, scrub floors,
and load boxes. <br />
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The come from all over the
world, are of every race. They are men, women and couples. They are
young and they are old. They speak every language from ASL to Zuni.
There are no two just alike, yet somehow, even without the name tag, you
know when you are looking at a representative of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Even in a muddy t-shirt and jeans digging a garden, you know
when you are looking at a missionary. How is that possible?<br />
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<em>Alma 5:14</em><br />
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now behold, I ask of you, my brethren of the church, have ye
spiritually been born of God? Have ye received his image in your
countenances? Have ye experienced this mighty change in your hearts?</em><br />
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The
image of He whom they serve shines bright in their countenances. They
have been spiritually born of God. They have experienced this might
change in their hearts. When we see missionaries, we recognize His love
shining through them. <br />
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We want to thank all of the Presenters that came and shared their stories and talents with us, Missionary Dad, David Hill for filming this event, the Missionary Momma Mall vendors for coming and bringing fun prizes and products for us and all of you that were able to attend!</div>
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For those of you that were unable to attend this time (and those of us that just want to enjoy it again), here is the footage from this workshop.</div>
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<i>WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR THE APRIL MM WORKSHOP! Here is a sneak peek at the presenters. This will be an AWESOME experience that you won't want to miss out on! Read clear to the bottom of this post to find the link to previous presenters! </i><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Michael graduated from BYU in Marketing Communication with a minor in music. He is from Salt Lake City, Utah and served a full-timeLDS mission in the California Santa Rosa Mission. Michael enjoyed teaching seminary for a semester at Mountain View High School in Orem, Utah. He loved working as a counselor for the Especially For Youth program for five summers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Michael is perhaps best known as the composer of the EFY Medley: As Sisters In Zion & We’ll Bring the World His Truth, sung by nearly a half of a million youth since 1999 at the Especially for Youth program, and sung by hundreds of thousands more in church congregations around the world, including seminary graduations, mission farewells, temple dedication celebrations, youth conferences in Lithuania, Australia, Japan, China, Canada, the United Kingdom, throughout South America, and more.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Garth Smith</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">is an LDS music artist specializing in original arrangements of the hymns. He released his firstalbum “Sacred Hymns” in 2014, and was shortly signed thereafter by RLegacy Entertainment in Salt Lake City, Utah. His second album “How Beautiful Thy Temples, Sacred Hymns, Vol. II”, was released in May 2015. Garth’s albums have received critical acclaim from newspapers such as Deseret News, LDS Living and Meridian Magazines, and from respected LDS bloggers. His music is featured on the Mormon Channel he has his own Pandora Radio Station. Both albums are found in Deseret Book and all major LDS music outlets. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Diane Smith was born in Elmira, New York. She attended college at the University of Buffalo, where she was taught the gospel by the missionaries and was baptized. She moved to Utah and attended Brigham Young University.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Eric Richards</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> is here today because of two missionaries that shared the gospel with him and his mom one day in San Diego. Later, his own mission began in Honduras and ended in Alabama (due to a bone tumor). He played water polo and volleyball in college, during which time he met wife Megan as they worked as EFY counselors; the two were married in the San Diego temple and have 4 children.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">His current assignment is writing curriculum for Seminaries and Institutes in addition to being a Seminary Principal; he also directs for the EFY program and speaks at BYU Education Week.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Levine Family</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> has lived in Stansbury Park Utah since 2003. That is where they call home. They have 2 children. Their oldest, Daxon served his mission in Oslo, Norway. He’s 24 years old and will graduate with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in psychology in June from BYU Hawaii. Daxon just married his sweetheart, Bethani, in the Mount Timpanogas Temple this March. They live in Laie, Hawaii. Levine’s youngest, Kendal, served her mission in the Sydney Australia South Mission. She is almost 22 years old.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Kendal was an athlete all of her life and enjoyed being outdoors getting dirty. She was a 5 sport athlete and lettered in all 5 when she graduated from Stansbury high school in 2012. Kendal received a Full ride 2 year scholarship to, Casper College Wyoming, playing women’s basketball, which was her passion. After the missionary age change in the October 2012 General Conference, Kendal immediately knew she was to serve a mission. She finished out the basketball season and first year of college and gave up her 2</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 8.79px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super;">nd</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> year scholarship. She received her mission call on General Conference weekend, April 2013, and left to serve in August 2013. Kendal served just over a year when she was struck by a drowsy driver, 15 feet off the side of a road, seconds after taking a picture of a double rainbow.</span></span></div>
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<br />Heidi Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15768854936517902417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959741950682545346.post-47444214997367393692016-02-25T05:18:00.000-08:002016-02-25T05:18:38.838-08:00Glasses for Peru – Trip #1<div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">
<i>Please Welcome Guest Blogger Shannon Avery! Her family was on a "mission" to bring glasses to Peru! Here is her wonderful story!</i><br />
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Our Glasses for Peru trip was a great success! I was humbled by the number of glasses donated by kind-hearted people, and was amazed by all the places the glasses came from. I received emails, Facebook messages, and packages of glasses from people I don’t know and have never met. It’s a beautiful thing when people hear of a need and just reach out to help.</div>
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In the weeks leading up to the trip we were blessed to have two eye doctors allow us to use their equipment to read the prescriptions of our donated glasses. This made the task of finding the right glasses during our clinics so much easier! I think it would have been practically impossible to meet the needs of the people who walked into our clinics if we had not known the strengths of the glasses we received. Special thanks to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Olympus-Eye-Associates-Dr-David-T-Brockbank-117052888401190/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e5372; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Dr. David Brockbank at Olympus Eye Associates</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Riverton-Family-Eyecare-363105057104250" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e5372; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Dr. Jodi Johnson at Riverton Family Eye Care</a> for allowing me to spend hours (and even days!) reading the prescriptions for our donated glasses. We truly could not have held successful clinics in Peru without your generosity.</div>
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In the end, we took over 1,200 pairs of glasses. We received donations of reading glasses, bifocals, prescription sunglasses, prescription goggles (for car mechanics, etc.), distance vision glasses, and just about every other kind of glasses you can imagine. And they came from all over – Tennessee, Canada, Alabama, Florida, California, Utah, and Maryland, just to name a few. It was a miracle!</div>
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Before w<img alt="Glasses for Peru - Preparing Glasses" class="wp-image-766 size-full alignleft" src="http://www.missionaryexchanges.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_5331-e1455152387685.jpg" height="267" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: left; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1.5em; margin-top: 8px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="200" />e came to Peru, a friend told us about a condition called<a href="http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/pterygium-surfers-eye" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e5372; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Pterygium </a>which is caused from spending a lot of time outside in the sun, wind and dust. To protect the eye, a layer of skin begins to grow from the inside of the eye near the nose. Left unchecked this layer of skin can continue to grow until it covers the eyeball and makes it impossible to see anymore. Sunglasses with 100% UV protection will help the condition to slow or stop growing completely (it can only be removed with surgery). Most of the sunglasses you see for sale in Peru do not have UV protection, so those glasses end up acting like a magnifying glass and making the condition worse. It’s better to not wear sunglasses than to wear them without UV protection. <a href="http://www.loveourmissionaries.blogspot.com/2013/02/meet-elder-avery.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e5372; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Jake (my son who lived in Peru for two years)</a> told us that he never knew what the condition was called, but he saw it a lot, especially in a little fishing village where we were planning to hold one of our clinics.</div>
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Our friend also told us that almost all the people coming through his clinics had needed reading glasses. At that point, we only had about 50 pairs of reading glasses donated, and only a couple of pairs of sunglasses. This made me panic a little.</div>
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With this new information, we knew we needed lots more sunglasses and reading glasses. Thankfully, the Dollar Store has UV protected sunglasses and many strengths of reading glasses. With money we’d made selling missionary products <a href="http://www.missionaryexchanges.com/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e5372; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">on this website</a>, we were able to purchase hundreds of pairs of sunglasses and reading glasses for our trip. In addition, we had a huge donation of sunglasses and reading glasses from our friend Tom Rush at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tomrushplumbing/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e5372; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Rush Plumbing</a>, and we were delighted that Tom was willing to come to Peru with us and help with the clinics!</div>
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In the days leading up to the trip, we cleaned and packaged all the glasses. Many of the donated glasses came with cases, which was so great. We packaged the ones we bought in plastic bags to keep them from being scratched in transit. We also took some care packages to deliver to missionaries in the the five Lima LDS Missions and the Cusco Mission, as well as five laptop computers that were donated for us to give to a school in Huacho, Peru. Altogether, we had 12 large suitcases, and 6 backpacks. It was a sight!</div>
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The day for our departure arrived. When the boys got out of school, we loaded down our 12 passenger van (lovingly named the “Bumble” because it’s huge and <img alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://www.missionaryexchanges.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/simple-smile.png" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: none !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline !important; height: 1em; margin: 0px 0.07em !important; max-height: 1em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /> and made it to Las Vegas in plenty of time for our flight.</div>
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We had an eight hour layover<img alt="Glasses for Peru" class="wp-image-785 size-full alignleft" src="http://www.missionaryexchanges.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_5415-e1455152871200.jpg" height="200" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: left; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1.5em; margin-top: 8px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="267" /> in Mexico City, so after clearing all our bags through customs, we took a taxi to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teotihuacan" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e5372; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Teotihuacan</a>(Pyramid of the Sun). After our adventure and a delicious Mexican meal back at the airport, we boarded our flight to Lima. Having taken the red eye from Las Vegas and spending the day hiking around, we all slept the whole flight to Peru and landed after dark. It was tricky getting through customs because they thought we were going to try to sell the glasses. Thankfully, Jake can speak Spanish and he was able to convince them (after a tense 30 minutes of interviews, combing through our bags several times, and them disappearing with Jake’s passport) that we were honestly giving the glasses away at free clinics.</div>
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We were met at the airport by several of Jake’s friends from his mission. They helped us get transportation to the house where we were staying, and a couple of them came with us to make sure we got there safe and sound.</div>
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Our first couple of days were spent visiting and attending church with people Jake had taught and become friends with during his missionary service. Then, on day three, we drove to Vegueta, about 2 hours north of Lima, for our first eye clinic. I loved this place! The town was small, humble and quiet. And the people were so friendly and appreciated the glasses so much. Two of Jake’s Peruvian friends and some very dedicated missionaries came to help us with the clinic. We couldn’t have pulled it off without them! We learned so much at our first clinic, which helped make the later ones easier.</div>
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We saw literally hund<img alt="Glasses for Peru" class="wp-image-764 size-full alignleft" src="http://www.missionaryexchanges.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Family-Each-member-received-glasses-e1455152941264.jpg" height="200" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: left; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1.5em; margin-top: 8px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="267" />reds of cases of Pterygium in Vegueta, I’m sure because it’s right on the water and most people either fish or farm for a liv<img alt="Glasses for Peru" class="wp-image-770 size-full alignright" src="http://www.missionaryexchanges.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_5642-e1455154220830.jpg" height="267" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: right; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-top: 8px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="200" />ing. In the end, we gave all the sunglasses we’d brought with us to people in Vegueta who had some degree of Pterygium. When we ran out, we had to just educate the rest of them about the importance of wearing sunglasses with UV protection (and say a little prayer in our hearts that they would be able to get them). It was really heartbreaking to see someone so close to losing their vision from Pterygium and having no more sunglasses to give them. But there are so many happy stories too.</div>
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Our next eye clinic was in Ventanilla, a suburb of Lima. It was the most populated area we visited, and it was a VERY hot day. We didn’t have the rental car anymore, so we had to take two taxis with all the glasses – an adventure! Thankfully, Jake’s friends and two different sets of missionaries were there to help us. The city was so busy that it seemed like nobody could tell that we were holding a clinic. So Jared and Brig made a poster and put it out on the gate, then tons of people started coming in. Because it’s surrounded by businesses, there were lots of people who came in on their lunch and dinner breaks. It was <img alt="Glasses for Peru" class="wp-image-765 size-full alignleft" src="http://www.missionaryexchanges.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Hannahs-donated-glasses-found-a-home-e1455153567456.jpg" height="267" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: left; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1.5em; margin-top: 8px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="200" />really neat when we were leaving that night, to walk by shops and see people who’d come to get glasses working inside <img alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://www.missionaryexchanges.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/simple-smile.png" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: none !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline !important; height: 1em; margin: 0px 0.07em !important; max-height: 1em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /> Ventanilla was our busiest clinic, having served at least 400 people.</div>
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The last clinic was in Puente Piedra, another suburb of Lima. We had lots of help at this clinic, from Jake’s friends, people from the church where the clinic was held, more missionaries, and friends of from our daughter’s mission in Chile. This clinic was interesting because it was our third, so we had our system down and were able to get people through in really good time. But, being our last clinic, we were running very low on our distance glasses. And the tricky thing with the distance glasses is that we just had to take what was donated and had no way of getting more of any particular size, like we were easily able to do with the reading glasses. So the challenge in Puente Piedra was not having the needed prescriptions for the people who needed distance glasses. Don’t get me wrong, we were able to give away at least 50 pairs of distance glasses, but it felt like we also had to turn away several dozen people because we didn’t have what they needed. That was my least favorite part of the whole experience. The positive side was that we had plenty of reading glasses for everyone who needed them. And we were even able to leave what was left at the end of the night with the stake president who is now planning to hold a free eye clinic with his family, so they can give away the rest.</div>
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The thing tha<img alt="IMG_6355" class="wp-image-783 size-full alignright" src="http://www.missionaryexchanges.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_6355-e1455153483665.jpg" height="267" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: right; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-top: 8px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="200" />t struck me the most about holding the eye clinics was how much we felt like God was helping us. From the very beginning when we were trying to figure out how on earth to give life to the idea we had in our minds, opening the mailbox day after day to find donated glasses inside, and finding places to have the clinics and people who were willing to help, to getting the glasses through customs and all over the place without losing or damaging any of them, and having exactly what so many people needed. I will share a few of the remarkable things we saw:</div>
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<li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A woman came in with a severe loss of vision in one eye and perfect vision in the other. I remembered having found a pair of glasses like that when I was reading prescriptions at Dr. Brockbank’s office and wondering if I should even bother taking them because of the unlikelihood of finding someone who needed them. After searching through all my bags of glasses, I found that pair, and it was exactly what this woman needed. She had never had a pair of glasses in her life, and was finally able to see equally out of both eyes. I’d guess she was about 30 years old.</li>
<li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">One old man in Vegueta made a real impression on all of us. When he walked in the door for his assessment, he couldn’t see where the eye chart was on the wall. I don’t mean he couldn’t see the letters on the chart…I mean he couldn’t even see where the chart was hanging. In addition to giving him a pair of sunglasses for severe Pterygium, we gave him the strongest pair of prescription distance glasses we’d brought with us. Within seconds of putting them on, tears started to trickle down his face as he said (in Spanish), “I don’t remember the last time I could see.” Then he read the first four lines on the eye chart <img alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://www.missionaryexchanges.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/simple-smile.png" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: none !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline !important; height: 1em; margin: 0px 0.07em !important; max-height: 1em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; width: 1em !important;" /></li>
<li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A family came in consisting of a grandmother, mother and son. Within just a couple of minutes we found a pair of glasses for each of them, and they were so excited and thankful that they stayed and helped us with the rest of our clinic.</li>
<li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A charismatic, hard working missionary came to help with one of our clinics. He didn’t speak English but was eager to do whatever he could, so we taught him how to do a simple distance eye exam. As he started helping with the eye exams for other people, he realized he couldn’t read very far on the chart at that distance (20 feet) either. So we did a quick check, determined he did need glasses, and the first pair he tried on were perfect for him! He was so excited and worked tirelessly for hours to help us find glasses that would make that kind of difference to someone else.<img alt="IMG_6213" class="wp-image-773 size-full alignright" src="http://www.missionaryexchanges.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_6213-e1455153388192.jpg" height="267" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: right; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-top: 8px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="200" /><img alt="Glasses for Peru" class="wp-image-772 size-full alignright" src="http://www.missionaryexchanges.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_6212-e1455153226487.jpg" height="267" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: right; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-top: 8px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="200" /></li>
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There are hundreds of stories like these, but the overarching similarity is that people came with specific needs and, 9 times out of 10, God was able to meet their needs with the little offering of glasses that we brought with us. It goes all the way back to one person hearing we were taking glasses to Peru, deciding they would send their glasses to me, those glasses being the exact pair that a person in Peru needed, that specific person in Peru showing up to the eye clinic, and the person helping them at the clinic finding that exact pair of donated glasses that was needed. I don’t believe there are coincidences in any of this. I saw God’s love right before my eyes, and I can never deny that each of His children is equally precious to Him.</div>
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I’ll sum up with an <img alt="Glasses for Peru" class="wp-image-779 size-full alignleft" src="http://www.missionaryexchanges.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_6238-e1455153681223.jpg" height="200" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: left; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1.5em; margin-top: 8px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="267" />experience from our last clinic, the night before we came home. A quiet missionary from Peru asked his companion to translate a message for me. He said, “Sister, I want to thank you for what you have done for these people in my country. Most people don’t care and don’t try to help. I will never forget what you have done today, and it makes me want to do more things to help other people. I welcome you in my country and in my home forever.”</div>
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I thank all of you who donated glasses and purchased from MissionaryExchanges.com. The project wouldn’t have happened without you! And I am so grateful for the opportunity that my family had to travel to Peru and make a small difference there. The things I saw, the people I met, and the experiences I had have changed me forever. This is only the first of many more “Glasses for Friends” trips!<br />
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Heidi Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15768854936517902417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959741950682545346.post-10720825623603242512016-01-09T16:28:00.000-08:002016-01-09T16:29:42.042-08:00Merry SkypemasThe holidays are over now, but my Skype with my Missionary is still fresh on my mind! Having our little family "all together" for a few minutes was definitely the highlight of Christmas day!<br />
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We laughed, shared stories and laughed some more... it felt so good! When our time was almost up, we asked our Elder to bare his testimony to us in Spanish... the Spirit was strong! And then our 10 year old offered the sweetest family prayer! It was a little slice of heaven!<br />
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In MM households all over the world, families gathered around computers, tablets and phones to share a few minutes with their Missionaries. Some got a "Family" picture, some had new members of the family to introduce to their Missionary, some couldn't get the connection to work very well, and some only got a phone call. BUT, we were all excited to hear from our Missionaries!<br />
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<span style="background-color: #; color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">His presents are shoes, shirts and ties, two suits and socks...no fun.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #; color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">I've bought him all white clothes because….This year, I'm giving Christ my son.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #; color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">I've spent more time in the temple, my testimony stirred.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #; color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">I've reread November’s Ensign, felt strength come from His words.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #; color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">I pray more frequently. My tears are quick to run.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #; color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">Abraham seems closer because, this year I'm giving Christ my son.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #; color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">I wonder how those Lamanite mothers gave their sons to war.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #; color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">Or how the pioneers chose Zion, their sacrifice was so much more.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #; color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">My loss will be his presence. I'll miss his smile a ton.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">For two years I will pray for him, I'm giving Christ my son.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">I stare at his face when he's not looking. I memorize his eyes, their shine.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">He's always hungered for the part of him that makes his soul divine.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">The stories and lessons he always heard, His choice and mine are one.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">I'll put my faith in God's hand, this year, I'm giving Him my son.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">Past gifts have lost their glitter; I think I finally understand.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">Christ's birth should be celebrated by giving Him a hand.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">It's because I know Christ lives and reigns, that all his packing's done.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">My gift has taken years to make, this year...I'm giving Christ my son.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">I know there’s One who understands, the sacrifice I’m making. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">Who knows the gift I willingly give, the toll it will be taking.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">For He has done it all before. Greater love—there could be none. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">For years ago God gave to me, His only begotten son.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">The hands I washed, the hands I held, the hands I taught to pray;</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">Now knock on doors to find the ones who will listen to what he’ll say.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">Because I know Christ needs him, until all the gathering’s done.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.8px;">My gift has taken years to make. This year…I’m giving Christ my son.</span><br />
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<em><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Please welcome guest blogger MM Shannon Avery!</span></strong></em><br />
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I remember the day clearly…<br />
My oldest son had been serving in South America for almost fourteen months, and his brother <br />
was really struggling in his absence. They were best buddies, confidants, partners in crime :) I’d <br />
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Then one day a missionary name tag arrived in a dirty, crumbled envelope from Peru. That name <br />
tag, and the letter that came with it, changed everything.<br />
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My elder told his brother about the joy he’d found serving the Lord and the people of Peru. He <br />
explained that his name tag had gotten too worn out and he’d received a replacement, but he <br />
couldn’t bring himself to get rid of it because it symbolized the love, sweat, and tears that he was <br />
so grateful to have been able to experience. He said his name tag represented what was most <br />
important to him in the whole world – the Lord, His gospel, and eternal families.<br />
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The day my elder’s name tag arrived in the mail was a turning point for my younger son. It was <br />
simple, but it changed things for him in a powerful way. That tag and what it meant was <br />
motivating and inspiring. Most of all, it was a little reminder of his brother that he could look at <br />
every day, confirming for him that their time apart was worth it!<br />
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(Fast forward about 8 weeks… : )<br />
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As Christmastime came around a few months later, I was trying to come up with a meaningful, <br />
inexpensive gift for our family members who'd supported our missionaries during the year. Some <br />
of them contributed to our missionaries’ mission funds. Others wrote encouraging letters and <br />
emails. I really wanted something unique that would represent this special time in our family, <br />
and that would let them know how much their love and support meant to our missionaries and to <br />
us.<br />
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Remembering how much my elder’s name tag had meant to him personally, and what it had done <br />
for my son at home, I decided to design a name tag that could be hung on a Christmas tree, given <br />
as a gift, and kept in a special place in the home of any family with a missionary.<br />
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As you can probably imagine, the name tag gift was a hit! Our missionaries' grandparents, aunts, <br />
and uncles loved them! My friends with missionaries asked me to make name tag ornaments for <br />
their families too. Now, here we are at the second Christmas season since creating the missionary <br />
name tag ornaments, and I have people I’ve never met contacting me to ask if there’s any way I <br />
can make them for their families! I even had a grandma ask if I would make one for each of her <br />
returned missionary grandchildren so she could have a "missionary tree."<br />
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With how much people have enjoyed the ornaments, I decided I would offer them on a website <br />
dedicated exclusively to missionary families. And I'd also offer other products, advice, and <br />
information that I've found helpful along the way. So that's how the idea of <br />
MissionaryExchanges.com was born :)<br />
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Now, here's my very favorite part of all this, and the reason why I didn't give up when I realized <br />
how much work it was going to be, haha! All of the profits from Missionary Exchanges will go <br />
directly toward missionary work. Every penny. That is my promise.<br />
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So, the first thing we are doing is a project we are calling "Glasses for Peru." Let me tell you <br />
about it.<br />
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My son Jake (the one who sent his name tag home in the mail) was telling us about how excited <br />
people were when the missionaries would give them FREE scriptures :) But many times when <br />
the missionaries would return to teach them, they would not have read their new scriptures....not <br />
because they could not read, but because they could not see the words on the pages! Jake <br />
explains that the number of people who need glasses in Peru is staggering. As a family, we <br />
talked about how much we would like to help them out, but we just didn't know where to begin <br />
(you can see, this is a recurring theme with us...great ideas with no idea how to make them <br />
happen, haha!). <br />
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But then, a few weeks later, Jake was talking to a man in the temple about how we wanted to <br />
figure out a way to offer free eye exams, glasses, and scriptures to needy people in Peru, and the <br />
man told him that he's done that before! He told Jake the kind of machine we'd need to figure out <br />
the strength of the glasses people needed, and he told Jake where to get the glasses in bulk for a <br />
good price. <br />
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Jake is working with the stake presidents he met in his mission to figure out places to do the free <br />
eye exams. And because missionaries have a requirement for service hours, we will work with <br />
the mission president to involve the missionaries in helping with the distribution of glasses and <br />
scriptures to those who need them. Win-Win for everyone!<br />
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Our first trip to Peru is scheduled for the middle of January, after their summer vacation and <br />
before it starts to get cold there. I'll post updates on our progress as we work out the details.<br />
So there you have it! MissionaryExchanges.com is my labor of love. We only have a couple of <br />
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look around. We also have a Facebook page and a pretty lame Pinterest account, LOL! Please <br />
“Like” and “Share” if you feel inclined. The more people who know about us and like our <br />
products, the more people we can give the gift of vision. Thanks so much!<br />
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Merry Christmas, you wonderful missionary mommas! Your sacrifice is so precious ♥<br />
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Site: <a href="http://www.missionaryexchanges.com/">www.MissionaryExchanges.com</a><br />
Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/missionaryexchanges">www.facebook.com/missionaryexchanges</a><br />
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Heidi Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15768854936517902417noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959741950682545346.post-54522684099721894232015-10-21T19:03:00.004-07:002015-10-21T19:03:59.824-07:00Stand As His Warrior Today<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Take a walk with me...a few years back.......... Febuary 2013 "Mom We have to Talk" Those 5 little words struck terror in my heart. Did she quit her job or get fired? OH no, is she pregnant? No, she was going to be baptized in a church I knew nothing about. "Mom, they don't smoke, drink, do drugs or alcohol or sex before marriage!" Ok...she is going to start a new phase and I am ok with this because she will have her moral compass pointed in the right way! I am ok with this! Ha, maybe she will be a little more considerate, kind and respectful! Huh- she's been seeing these "missionaries" when I am not here. I bet this is about a "boy" doesn't matter, she seems happy, and I am OK with this! </div>
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June 2013- "Mom we have to talk" Now what can this be? "Mom, I am going on a mission, and I will be gone for 18 months" Huh? OK, I will use my vacation time and come and see you "Ahh mom, you can't come visit me. But I can call you 2 times a year and you can email me!" OH My Gosh, she has lost her mind! What kind of church sends their kids off? She told me the boys go out for 2 years. This is crazy. In my church we have missions too, but for 6 weeks at a time and they build a house in Africa or somewhere. I guess I have to Google this.</div>
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Google information I did not like. They can send kids anywhere in the world, what? There are bad people in some places; my worry gene has kicked in. More lessons and different missionaries..and YSA friends are always over and trying to get me to join. Ha, sure no way. I happen to love my coffee and occasional wine and I should quit smoking someday, but not now.</div>
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All this getting ready for this mission. That is all I hear about day in and day out and the closer it gets she is getting very prickly and I am getting sadder by the moment. How does one deal with this? I don't even have any friends who are dealing with this, so I am alone in a world of this mission. She is always gone to church or activates or institute, but I like calling it "institution" cause that's where they will send me when she leaves on this crazy mission.</div>
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She turned 21 and her papers are in. Last birthday and thanksgiving together, I am feeling sad already. She now stalks that mailbox. I need more tums. Glass of wine anyone? Everyday she is more and more prickly. Just like her brother, who seems to think, if they are mean and we fight that I won't miss them when they are gone. Silly kids. Moms will always miss their children no matter what. Although if she keeps this up I may send her early. "Mom my papers are here"! I will mark December 13th as the hardest day. Reading the call at her Bishops, she is going to Wisconsin. Its fetching cold there, why are they all cheering? Why am I crying? She leaves April 9th. OMGosh. Its weeks until Christmas, our last one for awhile. This is killing me.</div>
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April is here, it’s the night before and we can't sleep. Why is she going? I wished I had won the lotto I would have bribed her with a new car. I am sick to my stomach and I cry all the time. We are at the airport, lucky for me, we got a gate pass and I am sitting staring at her. I can smell her perfume; she looks so innocent and happy. I am a bad mom for not wanting her to go on with her life. What is wrong with me? We hug and kiss...she is gone, I watch that plane taxi out of Denver, my life will never be the same, I feel it. My baby girl is gone and there is nothing I can do about this. </div>
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I found the Missionary Momma’s group online. They are helping me figure this out. I just might get through this. I get a phone call from the airport, she said, when she goes to Wisconsin, She has a layover, I prayed about going to see her and the Spirit said I shouldn’t go. Why is God always right? HA!</div>
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I have been sent Missionaries. Started with 2, now I have 4, really? Ha that’s OK! I pepper them with questions, and I have totally danced around their questions about taking lessons. No way am I going to give up my vices. I am going to a retreat, I hope they don’t pray all day, been there done that in my own religion. </div>
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The months fly by. Packages and letter sent. Three phone calls home. Counting down the days for me. She’s witnessed so much on her mission. She has been instrumental in baptisms. She has made an impact in her mission. She is loved by many, and I have shared for 18 months. The time is here. NO more packages. No more letters. Now it’s a welcome home event. She really doesn’t want to come home and I can’t wait. </div>
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Nathan Bartling, an RM from Chino Hills, CA, served his mission in the Thailand Bangkok Mission 2012 - 2014. Nathan makes tourism videos for a living and is currently living in Bangkok. He has used his talent to put together this beautiful video of a transfer meeting! ENJOY!!!<br />
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<br />Heidi Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15768854936517902417noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7959741950682545346.post-63419512315651466112015-09-18T11:31:00.000-07:002015-09-18T11:40:51.181-07:00Our Mothers Always Taught UsYou know, growing up I always thought my Mom knew everything. Heck, she knew when I was getting into something before I even had a chance to enjoy whatever it was I was getting into! ;) I watched my Mom cook, clean, serve, study to teach lessons and pray with our family. I paid close attention to how she did things...even tho I acted like I didn't!<br />
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There were some things that my Mom did that I was SURE I would NEVER do when I was a Mom... like turning into a wild woman when my brother got lost at the swap meet. And then, yep you guessed it...Pam Campbell popped right outta my mouth one day when I least expected it, and on many occasions since! (YES, I was the wild woman frantically searching for my son in Mervyn's a few years back!)<br />
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I am so grateful for a Mom that has lived and loved the Gospel. My Mom continues to set a good example! Today she is serving a full time mission with my Dad. They are in the Mississippi Jackson Mission right now, and loving it there....except for the humidity! ;) Now she gets to "Mother" young Elders and Sisters... gosh, aren't you glad that there are Senior Couples out there keeping our kids in line!?!?<br />
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I sure hope that I am the kind of Mom that when my kids look back, they will feel blessed for the things that have been taught in our home! I am not nearly as good at cleaning, cooking or crafts as my Mom is, but I love my kids with all my heart!!!<br />
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PS A note to my kids: Running around like a stark raven lunatic does not help you find a lost child any quicker! ;) ~MoM<br />
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I asked my son why he thought the Lord did that? And he answered "Even when you are in the hardest spots, Heavenly Father can always get you out." WOW-- outta the mouth of babes. He's right ya know... He loves me, and He loves you and He preforms miracles every day to help us out! And a lot of times those miracles come through someone else! ;)<br />
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As a father, husband, and owner of <a href="http://www.chapterthreegames.com/" target="_blank">Chapter Three Games</a>, I think about games a lot. </div>
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valuable lessons and miss out on treasured memories with loved ones. This was </div>
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For my son, this dream destruction came on a day like any other. It started out as a </div>
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pretty ordinary day – we got dressed, ate breakfast together, kids left for and came </div>
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12-year-old son decided we should all make spaceships that night. It sounded fun </div>
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starships and see who the best pilot was. His dream that day was to build the perfect </div>
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ship and to win the game.</div>
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With relatively little fanfare, the chores managed to get finished, the gauntlet throw-</div>
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downs about who was going to win began, and the epic shipbuilding contest started. </div>
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For this particular game, everybody would become a starship captain building their </div>
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vessel from junk parts (cardboard game tiles) and then brave the dangers of space </div>
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(the game board) with our crews (little plastic spacemen) fighting off pirate attacks </div>
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galaxy (the one with the most money at the end of the game).!</div>
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pirates that managed to take out most of what was left, and by the last turn my son’s </div>
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And you know what he did in the face of this terrible dream-shattering tragedy? He </div>
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So why bring this up in a forum about missionaries? Because what happened at that </div>
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table - before and after that night – can be a powerful tool to prepare our kids for a </div>
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world that’s ready to gobble them up. This was even more evident when I watched </div>
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Now, don’t get me wrong - everybody loves to win. It’s easy to have fun when we’re </div>
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their confidence and self-worth still intact. A lot of this comes by watching mom or </div>
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dad’s ship (or railroad empire or plastic army) get obliterated while we laugh and </div>
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As a missionary, I was able to see both sides of the coin in this regard. I saw </div>
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‘rules violation’ of how it was supposed to be. These missionaries had learned to </div>
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As a parent, I want to see my children succeed in life. Succeeding in life doesn’t mean </div>
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matters most. When we teach our kids to shrug off the small setbacks in life - losing </div>
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battlecruiser destroyed by space pirates – it teaches them to shrug off the larger </div>
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setbacks they will certainly face – losing a job, being dumped by a fiancé days before </div>
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a wedding, or having an investigator call off a baptism and ask the missionaries to </div>
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they’ll be ready for the hard times they’ll run into as missionaries – opening a new </div>
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My boy is back in the Mission Field and you know what that means.... moooooore goofy pics!!! I love that these kids know how to have fun! Grab some popcorn and/or some chocolate (I love milk duds and popcorn together) turn up your speakers and sit back and ENJOY!<br />
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<span style="-space: pre-wrap; background-color: color: #373e4d; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><i>4 - They want to find other Sisters or RM's that served in the mission they have been called to, or where they served so they can connect.</i></span><br />
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This Sisters page is a wonderful resource for these young women! If you know a young woman that is preparing to serve a mission, it's definitely the place for her to be!!!<br />
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<span style="color: white;">With 10 months left... he came home. He realized that there were some things that he needed to take care of... so he came home. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">On a Friday afternoon I got a call from our Stake President. He said that he needed to talk to me and my husband and could we call him together as soon as possible. I said sure, and hung up. Aaaaand then my mind started to wonder... was one of us getting a Stake calling? I had a really uneasy feeling, so I called him back and asked if he was needing to talk to ME with my Husband there or if he wanted to talk to my HUSBAND with me on the line??? He said he needed to talk to us both at the same time. I asked if my Missionary was OK, he said yes.... and then I knew...</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Flight info came later that day. We were to pick him up on Monday morning. I was slammed with a cocktail of emotions... <span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I was proud that he was strong enough to make this right! But,</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> I was heart-sick, I was mad... at him, at me, at everyone!!! I was excited to see him, and then felt guilty that I was excited, I felt huge guilt...where had I gone wrong as a parent??? And I was WORRIED!!! Worried about how he was feeling, worried for his Mission President, worried for his companion, worried about how our ward would treat him and worried because what the heck do you do with a 20 year old boy....ok, man, for 6 months???<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">With such short notice, I ended up being the only one in the family that could go up to the airport to pick him up. Boy, that was a looooong drive! Once at the airport, I stared down the walkway, searching each face for my son. Then I saw him... he looked tired, and humble. I hugged him long, We cried. No banners. No balloons. No pictures. But, in that moment I realized... he is still my son and I would do anything in my power to help him. I had a deep motivation to support him in every way possible! </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">He has met with our Bishop on a regular basis, our Stake President has been wonderful, our Ward family has been kind and accepting. He has made it a priority to keep up on his scripture studies and attend the temple as much as possible! He was called to teach a Primary class and has given service as much as his schedule allows. He got a job and has reffed basketball games and umpired baseball games to fill up the rest of his time!</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Yesterday we got THE email. The email we have been waiting for since that 6 months was up!</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Early tomorrow morning I will be taking my son...my missionary... back to the airport!!! He will return to his mission, to the people that he loves. He will be able to teach with a new strength and energy. He will be unstoppable!</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Along this path we have taken, I have learned some valuable lessons! Lucky for me, I have two close friends, who have had sons in similar situations, that have held my hand and listened to me cry, scream and laugh through this whole experience!</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Here are 10 things I have learned...</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">1- Be proud of him and let him know it!<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> --Let the Bishop be the coach... you get to be the Cheerleader! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">2- Send out an email, or call close friends to let them know he is home and needs their support.<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> --The most awkward part is when people see him for the first time.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">3- Stand tall and walk with him into uncomfortable situations<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">. --Walk with him into Sacrament Mtg that first time, and anywhere else that people might be judgmental... if they can see that YOU are OK, they will know that it's going to be OK!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">4- Let him talk ALL about his mission experiences.<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> --Ask tons of questions about his mission, the people, the food, the area. It is still a HUGE part of who he is!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">5- It does get better<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> --but well-meaning people can say dumb things sometimes.... love them anyways!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">6- Keep him busy<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">. --Jobs, service, callings....whatever....keep him busy!!!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">7- Don't expect him to be perfect.<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> --Just because he was a missionary doesn't mean he won't make mistakes... and you will too... cut him and yourself some slack! It's also important to know that he may not return, and it's alright!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">8- Have fun<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">. --The extra time you have is a gift! Laugh, play, enjoy having him home while you can!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">9- The Priesthood does not move at the speed of Moms<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">! In my mind, 6 months was up on May 24th..so I felt he should be back in the Mission on that day... it doesn't always work out that way!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">10- The Atonement is personal.<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> --You can't compare where your missionary (or anyone for that matter) is to where another Sister or Elder is. The Atonement is big enough to cover each of us in the way that we need it to. It is a very personal thing between each of us and our Savior.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Last year my son had told me that he wanted to extend, but that they weren't approving extensions anymore.... LOOPHOLE! But, I wouldn't recommend it to just anyone. ;)</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">****THE GOSPEL IS TRUE****</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">~Heidi</span></div>
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