Oklahoma week 4 :)

Hola! ok womans confrence, Uchtorf KILLED IT! Dear Women, yes. read his talk or listen to it. Because really it can apply to us all! But seriously it was awesome. I need to pull my self together and that's basically what I got from his talk. Get off my high chair. I love that man. 

This week was good, had STM and it was great, did some knocking, Found out One of our investigators really likes us to go over to his house. Not just because we kinda force ourself to him, but he likes us! haha so thats always good! 

I didn't eat anything spicy still. I love my zone, district and everything, life is good. I wish I could ride my bike more but everyone is too far away from us ha:-( like 15 miles away in all directions! Spanish is getting there, I FINALLY got to use the first vision in spanish! It was incredible! There is a lot of power when you get to say those words! You can just feel the spirit so strong and it was incredible! so far Venezuela food is my favorite! 

Funny Story: On Friday HNA.Meldrum ran over and killed a squirrel. yes. Real Life. Squirrel soup YUM! no gross... We cried, the elders laughed. I also was laughing, but crying i think cause I was laughing... Hna. was crying Very funny I have a picture. First "real" hunting I've ever done haha! 

Spiritual:

There are more ways to be Good than Bad. We just don't exercise that goodness that is in us!

Life is perfect for no man. Have the pure love of christ for all - Monson.  Use that Goodness that is inside of you. Don't let envy get in your way. "Envy is the one sin that nobody really confesses. We always need to be more, better looking, have more things, we never think of ourself as being enough. Count your blessings, applaud the success of others" - Holland and most of all the greatest thing to feel you are of worth is to serve others. Sacrifices, service, prayer, and hope bring miracles. heavenly father sees your effort. he sees your sacrifice. he loves you and he knows you. Don't forget that your sacrifice though may seem small in the worldly picture, is great in the sight of God. 

Watching assignment: 

"A father Indeed" Mormon Messages. This is my Papa, my Ol' Man, the guy I hang out with on weekends and this video summarizes him perfectly in every way. So enjoy, and know how cool and great Papa is! 

3rd week Oklahoma.....Missions are hard

oi!

This week:


Pretty crazy!! Lots to do. We did some teaching (we mostly work with in-actives because finding spanish investigators here is not easy at all) so we trying to make
friends give us referrals.  We had zone conference, learned a lot, and so much that I
don't remember it all..

After ZC we got to go to baptisms for the youth! That was so fun! So
cool because I got to go into the temple! Its the smallest temple I've seen, but so pretty

I went on exchanges and spoke english for a day. 
It was really really cool to understand what people
were saying. I helped explain a bit more of the temple to a lady in english
and she understood me! Weird to have people know what i am saying haha! 
That night we had chilli and corn bread and it was the spiciest meal I've
eaten so far!

Then Friday we had DM and tried to go see some of our less actives. We went to
teach a members wife because she's a non member but we keep missing them. 

Friday night was FIESTA Night! basically spanish culture night with all
food and dancing. It was awesome!

More teaching, our investigator pool is very small right now, but we will
find more....... its a challenge we can get Over!

Spiritual:

There is a Mormon message video about a mom who never completes her list and
ends up doing many other things. Sometimes what you have planned for your day,
the Lord does not have planned for you. Thursday, our tire popped, so
we were thrown way off schedule, and had to cancel most of our apt, with 
investigators, as frustrating as it was, we got to meet with a member and
help them out because they were having a hard day. So remember what you
plan is not what the lord has planned for you!

assignment: watch the MM video: true christianity and You Never Know

Love y'all hope all is well

-hermanita

PS .....  We have been at activities mostly, theres not many people in the branch, but we get feed 5/7 a week so that is good! I finally had real spanish food friday! There was some really good stuff! And then stuff i was to scared of to try haha! ill send you my camera card when I fill it, its got lots of videos and pictures, so one day! hows conner? little bum didn't email me! hows your friends? how are my missionary friends? OH ps get on my Facebook and accept the friend requests!

Week 8 of mission and Week 2 in Oklahoma

hey yall! so week numero 2, still goin good! Just a lot of door knocking, and a lot of visiting people, we stay pretty busy! They still call me little monkey cause of my spanish.. But so far most of them have said it is mejor than last week! so that is good..

People are funny, they get really excited when we give them a LDM and then the next visit they give it back and look at us like we are demons from a bad place and they pray for us when we walk out the door... Kinda sad how good satan is at his job. Give someone a light match and he will blow it out so fast! So we've had some hard things this week, but also so great milagros! 

We had 8 inactives at church!  That was good, y un  investagdor, y lots of just good old people. 

The work is good, not too many Beans in our bean soup of teaching, but we will find them! the bean bean language is comin, (I am actually allowed to say that) poco a poco. 

My comp is great! This week we actually have a ton going on so It should be good! 

Reading Assignment: "Hope Ya Know we Had A Hard time" y " there are no true endings only everlasting beginings"

Well kiddos I still love it here and im doing great! I love my bike! it is the greatest bike in the entire world! I try to do all sorts of ticks, but i am in a skirt...I've got the bunny hop solid with a good 5 inches. and hna. Meldrum laughs at me cause I take that thing on any hill I see! I love my bike! 

The one thing I have really learned so far is that THIS GOSPEL IS SO TRUE! its not just about the church, ya its a religion, but it is so  much more than that! it is EVERYTHING. I am getting married to a captain Moroni, because he is the greatest. if everyone had his faith, HELL would be shaken. So be like Captain Moroni, and have Captain Moroni friends. 

Funny Thing this week: we have been attacked by Bugs, Snakes, and Dogs. Creatures hate us. There was a bug as big as my face in our apartment, and because I hate bugs, we called the elders to come kill it.. But they wouldnt so HNA. Meldrum grew a backbone because I do not when it comes to bugs. (anything else I am good) and she got ride of it while I hid in the office. 

But I saved her from the snake that was chasing her! So cool beans!

Spiritual: Went to an INactive member, she Told us " I am going to be better right now, because I know heavenly father wants me to pray and talk to him, I know he wants me to go to church and keep the comitments I made with him." We didnt even have to say anything she just told us "I have so much faith and now I just need to act on it" so that was AMAZING

OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY game day is crazy, 1000 of cars parked in everyones drive way, so crazy! but funny!

Things happen here that I cant explain. we had 8 Menos activos at church, that was incredible, and I have made friendships here with people who are WoNDERFUL. ******** is my favorite (he is a downsyndrom kid in our branch) he is my best friend and best teacher. That kid is perfect and I love him. 

Hope all is well and I hope your weeks are as good as mine! much love!

- Hermana Snowden

Hola familia, Estoy en Norman Ok, cinco minutos de University de Oklahoma, en el mismo ciudad.

my dirección es 1230 Creekside dr. #307 norman, OK 73071 if y'all want to send me letters

So first week here! 

Pretty Crazy getting here, the bus driver from mexico ran every red light and even passed a cop car who had his lights on, but there are no rules in Mexico!! I guess it didn't even matter, except I was terrified for my vida.

Got to the airport at 3am, flight left at 6 am, landed in OKC at noon and went straight into tracking! Pretty scary but it was good! We made 3 appointments all in Spanish,  that was cool! My mission pres is the bees knees, a way cool guy! Slept at the mission home, and met my trainer the next day! Hna. Meldrum. She is the blond version of Mckelle Shaw so we get along pretty dang good haha!

Im actually at OU emailing, I live 5 minutes from the school, my blood will now bleed crimson, born in norman, I have to be an O fan the rest of my life haha

We've got our apartment to our self. Then we go and teach our investigators and I just love them! HNA.Meldrum's bike needs a new tire, so hopefully today we will fix that, We have met TONZ of members all the kids speak english but the adults mostly only speak spanish (at least to me haha)

It's really nice here! Super pretty! Jeeps, Trucks and Cameros those are literally the only 3 cars here and Im not kidding. Perfct place for me haha! I  miss my Jeep how is he? still alive?

We have a car and a bike, cause our area is the WHOLE STAKE thats like 40 minutes in every direction, so we have both. My bike is amazing and I want to ride it, but my comps bike has a flat tire hopefully we can fix today… I want to take my bike home though its that awesome. Perfect mountain biking bike! I've never had my own new bike! (besides the crusier) so its nice to have a brand spankin new pretty one I love it! And it actually works hahaha!

But life is good, I can for sure already tell God puts people in your life. We went tracking and had no idea where to go when we looked up a door was wide open.  This Puerto Rico lady let us in with out even knocking, and so we prayed with her gave her a book of mormon, and she said "I already know this book is true" I was like… what…? seriously? but mission work is NOT that easy, so of course she was sick and couldn't come to church with us, but we will get her next week :) 

Food I've eaten pizza almost every night and I am going to get FAT here… Im sad.. haha but it shall be good, Sunday I had a good Oklahoma meal chicken, potatoes, home made bread and a yummy fruit tart thingy! Foods been good so far, kinda sick of pizza though… 

Reading assignment: read your Pat. Blessing, IT IS INCREDIBLE and if you don't have one read Alma 32

Well I love y'all, and I really LOVE the people here!! Never thought I could love people so MUCH and I honestly have met the best people!

Para siempre Dios Este Con Vos!

Sidney's Mission Goals and off to Oklahoma!!

Bet yall are sick of me already this week!

Last week here was good, Kinda useless we didint do much, so but it was good, learned some spanish. talked about things we would and want to do on our mission, watched good videos, I finnished the BOM in 4 weeks that was cool, Started the bible, wow this thing is hard to read im only on pg 50 and have like 1000000000 more pages.. but im going to bible belt so i better read it!

The poeple in my district are making bets on how fast I will end up buying cowgirl boots... So make your bets people...

reading assignmet: didnt have time to find one.. so Read a Talk from Elder Ballard

See ya'll in Oklahoma!  Follow the commandments because they will bring happiness, they are not to limit you, but to make you the happiest, kindest loving(est) person. They are there to protect us and make us good people. The priesthood is great and such a powerful thing we are lucky to be given! Its real. it is the power of God and I am so grateful I have a wonderful family who grew up with that incredible power! love you all! here from ya'll back in the states!

Para siempre Dios Este Con Vos

Three days later we got this!!

Hello fam! i made it! I knocked doors right when I got here made 3 appiontments for tomorow in spanish its great love yall!!


I made a list of mission goals but kept it at home so here is my new one, things I want to do on my mission.

-understand the scriptures more
-grow closer to God
-Learn to love all people
-Learn to understand peoples feelings
-Be happy for others
-Learn how I receive Revelation
-Learn how to really apply repentance in my life everyday.
-Learn to REALLY open up and share my experiences
-Learn español fluently
-how to be someones "rock"
-Learn to be loving and kind towards others
-learn to keep my self and others positive in CRAP situations
-See others as God sees them, in a loving child like way.

I really love my mission so much, I have never been home sick here honestly, I think mostly cause I know there is nothing in Utah for me right now so I hope none of

you are worried for me, I am doing great, But ready to leave, Im so excited to become a real missionary! the ones kids sing songs about! haha Im stoked to be in OKC but scared to be a real missionary at the same time.. LOVE YOU ALL! have a great week!

Last week at the Mexico City MTC is starting!!

HELLO! yes its been 6 weeks, i still can not figure out this keyboard, or my shower... its been really funny!
This week I had my first really good spanish mess up with an investiagator, I asked Erkia if she wanted me to pick her up for church, ended up asking if i COULD WATER HER TO CHURCH. So of course its actually my teacher as the investigador and she broke outta character and started laughing so hard! haha I felt really dumb but we were all really laughing, I might cry when that happens in the real life missionary world. Haha pray for me!

P.S. nikki sometimes we are bad missionaries and talk about "once upon a time", there is a different one and its in wonderland! so go watch it! 

reading assignment for this week : ether capitulo 12, who ever finds the secret word (faith) (SNL secret word right here) and counts the correct amount of times it says it in the capitulo gets to send me a big fat bag of peanut m&ms!

This week I finished Alma in 3 days. Because Capt. Moroni has become my hero and my role model and I want to be the mujer version of him.

I also learned the difference between compound and concubine. Its very important to know that haha!

We watched a movie about how the SLC temple was made. It was incredible! I think its called mountain of the lord or something? We have Sunday movie night its the best!

Its going good here, Im so ready to leave but absolutley terrified to go. Spanish will come, I have no idea what I am doing so if any of you professional missionaries want to send me some advice that you wish you knew as a greengo please tell me! "thats all for now folks!" love ya'll and you shall se

e me in OKLAHOMA NEXT!!! Pray for me and pray that I have a good flight! haha Love you all!



 I love the salt lake temple haha and yes I shall be married inside one day, the movie made us all bawl, took 40 years to build that temple, after the first 9 years the had to bury it because the army was coming to take it down, then they unburied it and found it was all cracked so they started over. The temple is worth everything so enjoy the sight of it! Ive gotta go soon, but I love ya! Tell the fam i love them and I shall email you saturday night I think...so watch for me!

para siempre dios este con vos

Week 4 MEXICO CITY MTC

umm well my weeks are all the same... Wednesday we had a fast, from ingles, so the dictionary became my novio, i use it ever single stinkin day I LOVE THE DICTIONARY! umm I dont really remember anything that happend this week cause I was on Allergy meds all week... For those who dont know I dont do too well on meds, haha so I was pretty much WORTHLESS most of the week. I honestly cant tell you anything that happend on those days cause I have no idea....

This weeks reading assignment for you is Keep The Chain Unbroken- pres hinckley. I just love that man.

Ever seen warm bodies? You know how R can talk normal in is head, but cant speak human very well? Thats how I feel speaking Spanish, "Theres a latino talk to him!" (in my head) then out loud "Hola!" nailed it. That's very uplifting. 

The best devotional this week, Elder Holland feed my sheep. I have no clue what its actually called, but how much do you love jesucristo? If you love him, if you want to find happiness in this life, the first thing you need to do is understand jesucristo bled from every pore, he felt ALL your internal emotional pain, he suffered on the cross and DIED so that we can have an eternal family, receive so much glory happiness, peace and love that we cant even understand! FEED MY SHEEP is what he said before, it is what he says now. I love my salvador, he literally has given me his complete self, so that I can become so much more than I ever will be on this earth. God truly has the perfect plan.

Haha no flirting! Mom im a Misonera! Im good, haha!! Food here is garbage litterally i think they pull it out of the garbage.. to pb toast and cereal cada dia..

If you want to know HOW to be happy read the book of happiness. There is so much hope and joy in el libro de mormon. It tells you how to be happy. God gives us trials to see what we will choose,but he will always give you a path that will lead to happiness. will you choose happiness or misery? CHOOSE THE PLAN OF HAPPINESS. its right there. SO EASY PLEASE JUST CHOOSE IT! There cant be any other church, we have the prophet who has been called of god! The prophet does not run this church, but our ETERNAL Father in Heaven does. He gives us direction, and if we could just understand that, the world would be such a happy place. Choose happiness. choose the plan of happiness, it truly will make you happy. I keep saying HAPPY because HAPPINESS is so real. 

3 things i miss!
dark hair... I WANT TO COLOR IT WHEN I GET TO OKLAHOMA....

send me my expansion hoodie}

and my black converse in oklahoma?? that would be great! im an idiot and didnt bring a hoddie!  what the heck?!?!

That would make me so so so happy for my hoodie and cons... love you!

para siempre Dios este con vos. 

Hermana-nieves