11ef38bc-d0a6-4ef1-be08-25e2430656c4 Elder Anson Hollingshead Back to Missionary Letters Moving Day! Whats up Everyone. I know I haven't written an email in some time but I thought I should because IM LEAVING ELVIRA! My new area is called Vinces and my new comp is Elder Matos. I already know my comp he was in my zone last 2 transfers. Super excited to see a new place in Ecuador. The mission is just an amazing experience and I just know the Lord provides a way for us to do his work. 1 Nephi 3:7, go read it. The Lord will bless you in doing his work. Love you all bye https://photos.app.goo.gl/U1p9YbdbpLdbz1819 Elder Anson J Hollingshead Ecuador Guayaquil North Mission Send me a letter at Elder Anson J Hollingshead Ecuador Guayaquil North Mission Av Rodolfo Baqerizo y Demetrio Aguilera Cdla la Alborada Etapa 7 Manzana 747 Solar 01 ---Guayaquil Ecuador Send me a package Elder Anson J Hollingshead Ecuador Guayaquil North Mission Zona Alborada, Av Rodolfo Baquero Nazur 90-323 y Calle Demetrio Aguilera 090150---Guayaquil Ecuador Previous Letter Next Letter

19e28964-7950-40e7-9484-89fbca87f4a5 Elder McKay Mulitalo Back to Missionary Letters amulek ahh Malo soifua! This week was a real boring and slow one, but still blessed, so this gonna be short This week was just kinda cooked, we went finding, but not too much came from that. My comp obliterated his back so we had to stay inside for majority of that day. Our friend Alejandro is on date so we've been having lessons with him and we bring our recent convert Ryker with us. He's like our own personal Amulek, its sweet. He's super cool, but he calls me and my comp chopped, idk why tho... anyways not too much this week, just gotta stay diligent and focused, because I been slacking on that fr. 🫪 Other than that this week was kinda cooked, I was just kinda chopped this week and it was sluggish, im gonna repent, reset, refocus. Pray for me everyone imma need it. I am eating way too good, I genuinley gotta chill, them poly genes are kicking in 😭😋🫪 On the topic of food, heres some spiritual food to nourish you 🗣️🫪 Mosiah 4:27 ", And see that all these things are done in wisdom and order; for it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength. And again, it is expedient that he should be diligent, that thereby he might win the prize; therefore, all things must be done in order." Oh boy, Patience man... I have kinda not been doing what I should this last week to keep it a buck. Im being patient with myself and repenting, but The Prophet Dallin H Oaks said, "We are all a work in progress. We are all at different places on what President Nelson called the covenant path. We need to be patient with one another and, occasionally, even with ourselves." So, be patient, kinda hypocritical coming from me, but be patient with yourselves 🏋️😤🫪 Love yall, email me ♥️ https://photos.app.goo.gl/DSwq1RW2YLAc9KTa9 Previous Letter Next Letter

16a48f1d-2808-4183-94de-feb265403f31 Elder Drake Wakefield Back to Missionary Letters Knowledge is Power Being away from america has made me very grateful to all it offers, one very important thing being a good education. It's a common challenge to teach for understanding and commitment due to intellectual differences, which I am grateful for as I've had to simplify and revise, but it also has reminded me of the eternal significance of intelligence. We read in Doctrine and Covenants section 130:18-19: 18 Whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the resurrection. 19 And if a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life through his diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come. So intelligence or knowledge is what God wants us to gain here while on earth, then combined with DnC 93:36 36 The glory of God is intelligence, or, in other words, light and truth. Which makes sense, most would claim to believe in a God who is all-knowing including me, faith couldn't be truly leaned upon if God almost or sort of knew everything. The saying "knowledge is power" works because we can trust in His will and power because He knows, therefore giving Him power. The next thought if God's glory or power is connected with His intelligence, does that mean the more intelligent we become the more God-like we become? I would say yes, then going back to DnC 130 we understand why God wants us to seek intelligence in all aspects during this mortal sojourn, because he wants our joy. God undoubtedly being the most joyus being in existence then wanting our joy wants us to become like Him as the more intelligent I become the more like Him I am, therefore the more joyful I will be. Let us seek intelligence and so too will our joy and power increase. Ladies n Gents Had some cool new friend miracles, Elder Ginsa is the goat at FB finding and we've been sick this week so we did more chatting friends and what's app work and got some friends out of it! One beimg Monica, Elder ginsa replied to her story and now she's learning! Super epic Ayy some of our orphan kids were able to come to church, a member ordered a car to pick them up(as they live several kilos away from the church). Sadly it can't be a regular thing but still pretty epic Also was Elder Chesler Bday, so our friend Vincent invited took us out to dinner w some friends and the goat brother Ridho, pretty epic ate some ramen Then this finding session we brought some members (who insisted on taking pictures which I wasnt keen on but they're pretty good so I'll accept it now) and we found two more friends! We're meeting them on Wednesday so super excited she seems excited to learn, so of course we're excited too! Yea thats kinda it, see talk to yall next week! Still loving it out here😁 -Elder Wakefield Previous Letter Next Letter

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af92e6b0-c191-48d1-b21b-a363b57a3ee6 Sister Jasmine Bundy Back to Missionary Letters That's all, Folks! Jacob 7: 26 "And it came to pass that I, Jasmine, began to be old; and the record of this mission being kept on jasmine.bundy@missionary.org , wherefore, I conclude this record, declaring that I have written according to the best of my knowledge, by saying that the time passed away with me, and also my mission passed away like as it were unto me a dream." That right there is the dumbest thing I've ever thought up, but there ya go ^ I don't really know what to say. Other than thank you for subscribing to this email campaign, I hope that you giggled at least a few times. Never have I had a better experience than serving as a representative for my Jesus. You would never be able to pay me enough money for the mental and physical exhaustion of missionary work, only true faith and deep love motivate this work. Just like the Atonement. Only love could have sustained the God of Nature as He suffered for me. All sacrifice is a similitude of the Sacrifice of the Messiah. I could never out-give the Lord. I've come to understand the power of words. The power of a testimony, the power of true doctrine correctly understood, and the power of the gentle whispers of the Holy Ghost. I want to share one more story. When I was a new missionary I was seriously convinced that I had made a mistake to serve. The weight of my "wrong decision" sat square on my shoulders and I was mortified. I knew that I would never go home early, so I was facing the thought that for the next year and a half, I would be wasting my time and I was stuck. A year and a half later, let's all turn around peer backwards. if you'll look closely at that lil sister, you'll see that there was an innocent, naive, IDIOTTTT who had know idea the impact that she would have on others, that Christ would have on her. I was eventually slapped in the face with the realization that my life was never mine, and it was never meant to be. It didn't matter the opportunities I had in front of me, true disciples leave their nets and follow Him. Christ's life was never His, and it was never meant to be. Are we not all supposed to become like Him? I'll be giving a report on my mission on March 22nd at 10:15am PST Here is the address :) 355 W. Virgin St, Bunkerville NV 89007 - much love, Sister Bundy Previous Letter Next Letter

e0b2f1f5-b03b-49e8-9370-03b247bec104 Elder Maverick Ludvigson Back to Missionary Letters Bautizmo! 🤑 Google Photos ⬇️ https://photos.app.goo.gl/gB5gQ19oNLSC1GXy9 Whats up everyone hows it goin? This email is going to be short but sweat because were going to cotopaxi! Anyways here is what happened this week. Family Castro go baptized! They are they best! There is 6 of them in total but the other daughter and her kid wont come to church 😭. And the son is on house arrest... Marco Castro, Miryam Morales and Nia Castro all got baptized! That is the best feeling in the world (i thought it was snowboarding in powder). It was a pretty stressful baptism thought but they are so excited to come to church everyweek and go to the temple in the near future! This family has strengthened my testimony of scripture power. Every night they read a chapter of the Book of Mormon as a family. Scriptures have power! My invitation is to read one chapter of scripture every day! Sorry for the lame email 🫠👨🦯 Con amor Elder Ludvigson Previous Letter Next Letter

05f0d7ff-63fa-4bba-80a1-3b16a93821dd Elder Reece Leavitt Back to Missionary Letters Another blessed week E aí meus, como vocês estão? How you guys been, whats been goin on. Hope you guys are having a great time wherever you are. But lets get into the week. This week has had a lot of ups and downs. We found out that the Venezuelan couple we are teaching is legally married. And that was amazing. They asked us to have lunch at their house on Monday. So we went over, had an amazing lunch and talked about baptism with them. But said they want their whole family ready, so that is the difficult part. But we are gonna work hard with them. I dont know what it is but we keep finding the strangest people to teach. We found this girl that got mad at us cause the other Elders dtopped teaching her. But she wants to get baptized so we are gonna get her there. She also has epilepsy. We are finding people to teach. But they are people that like to say yes to your questions. And then not follow up. So it's hard to find people that actually feel the need for the gospel. One guy in our ward has taken trips to the U.S. to coach soccer camps. And he also plays the guitar so well. Like he is amazing. It is so fun to listen to him play. And I am really glad the Lord has blessed me with patience. That is one thing that I have probably used the most on the mission so far. It is a necessity to have, otherwise you will have a lot of problems with a lot of people. ST: “Miracles are everywhere to be found when the priesthood is understood, its power is honored and used properly, and faith is exerted.” I love this quote from Thomas S. Monson, he is a great speaker and I love listening to his talks. But we are able to find miracles if we use the priesthood the way it should be. That was the week, hit me up too, I love hearing from you guys, have a great week and Love you guys. Elder Leavitt Previous Letter Next Letter

3b9a41c0-1115-4ea1-aa68-0730cbdfb991 Sister Brooke Mickelson Back to Missionary Letters Insane week Heyyy GOOGLE PHOTOS📸 https://photos.app.goo.gl/UoWFGHnRxwjSNdbB9 It has been quite the week! I'll try not to bore you with a long email... no promises tho On Wednesday our friend David texted and asked if we could have a lesson that day! So we grabbed a couple Elders to come with us (shoutout Elder Despain, and Trottier) David is a very stubborn old man, so it's hard to get him to cooperate sometimes, but at the end of the lesson we asked if he has been able to pray about a baptism date. He said no, so we figured we would make the decision for him lol. I told him that we think March 28th would be a great day for him to get baptized, and asked if he would work towards that date. He agreed, so David is on date to be baptized on March 28th! This is a huge deal to me because serving in Montana I have truly came to realize that even if I only help bring one soul to Christ, it is worth every door that gets slammed in my face. We were supposed to have Zone Conference on Thursday, but they cancelled it because the wind was soooo bad and not safe to travel in. So instead we just found people to visit. Then on Saturday... AN ABSOLUTE BLIZZARD HIT US!!! It was actually so crazy🫨not only was it snowing so hard, but the wind was insane! It was so much snow in not that much time. Another thing is snow plows do not exist in Cascade. We had to stay inside most of the day which was actually awful and I still feel guilty even though it was not safe for us to be out working haha Anyways, because of this crazy storm they canceled church🤨 Church getting canceled as a missionary is the worst, so we decided to drive to Great Falls and go to church. It was -4 degrees when we were outside scraping our car off. That is not okay, I have never wanted to feel the 120° Mesquite summer more than I do now😅Maybe just go outside and cook in the sun for me because I can't wait to be able to wake up in the morning without freezing! I forgot, this is why I was telling you that we went to church in Great Falls. So on our way there, the roads were pretty scary as you can imagine, but we were coming down a hill, and next thing we know, the semi in front of us starts swerving and ends up sideways in the road. It hit another car which ended up in the median, and somewhere in the mix a car pulling a U-Haul also got thrown into the median. It didn't look like anyone was injured too bad thank goodness! Had we been 30 seconds ahead of where we were, that would've been us. Heavenly Father was definitely watching over us. That's all I can think of at the moment, but it was a pretty good week! I put someone on date for the first time, so let's goooo! Spiritual thought: From Jeffery R. Holland “… I plead with you not to dwell on days now gone nor to yearn vainly for yesterdays, however good those yesterdays may have been. The past is to be learned from but not lived in. We look back to claim the embers from glowing experiences but not the ashes. And when we have learned what we need to learn and have brought with us the best that we have experienced, then we look ahead and remember that faith is always pointed toward the future." Learn from the past, but don't dwell in it. Keep moving forward, tomorrow is a new day! Miss you 💗Sister Mickelson Previous Letter Next Letter

5cfd5fd5-f3e5-4d8f-a15e-af4940f55e56 Sister Nayeli Andrade Back to Missionary Letters Colbey🤍 Howdy again! What a tender week! We had…. - Lunch with Korie - A Zone blitz(all the missionaries in our zone went finding in two of our areas) - Zone conference(which was so powerful! We got to present on the Atonement of Jesus Christ and it was incredible to study and prepare for it, we also learned a lot about humility and I am so grateful for that.) - Interviews with President Sorensen: - Zoom MLC pt.2: always good, and insightful. Standards 4.9.2 💅 #wegotchastised - Missionary Night with President and Sister Sorensen: the Stake youth and young adults had a devotional with our mission president and his wife! It was so cool! I shed a tear or two as President Sorensen testified of the timing of his mission and the blessing of his mission, then in the midst of it he goes “we have some missionaries who are almost finishing their missions” and invited me up and asked me to share what my mission has meant to me, it was surreal. I'll extend the same invitation to you, if you're thinking about a mission DO IT. Whether its a young mission or a senior mission, DO IT. THE LORD NEEDS YOU Stake Relief Society Conference: “hard with Jesus becomes HOLY” 🤍 And finally, COLBEY'S BAPTISM🤍🤍🤍 The service was beautiful, there wasn't a dry eye in the room. Her whole family and friends were able to join her on her special day and her best friend and step mom were deeply touched and would like to continue attending. Colbey has had many challenges in her life, things that no kid should go through, but she holds on to God's hand so tight and has such an immense faith. She bore a beautiful testimony, and at the end her dad and step mom hopped right up and ran up to embrace her....let's just say I was sobbing. This is why. This is why we do what we do. Missionary work is the work of the Lord uniting families. I felt the spirit testify of His love for families. That moment is engraved in my heart. A girl and her dad. Finally together in the gospel and the rest of the family close behind. She is such a powerful example of faith. She loves unconditionally, she brings joy to anyone around. She just shines the light of Christ. GOD LOVES YOU. HE LOVES YOUR FAMILY. He is constantly at work in our lives. I'm out of time today, but just need to share this before its time to go, ITS EASTER TIME! And the First Presidency extended this beautiful invitation! Please prayerfully consider who you can invite to come feel the peace of the Savior and worship Him on Palm Sunday and Easter (general conference) weekend! https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/welcome/easter?lang=eng#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=356eb19e-d6aa-4946-83f6-79d38ed40100 I love you all! Sister Andrade Previous Letter Next Letter

3cdb9f36-bda2-496d-9f18-50054e56d3bc Elder Brayden Taylor Back to Missionary Letters Hey whats good everybody ima start doing emails every other week and hopefully theyll come more consistantly now, but im chillin here, cant say the same for machala but things are lookin up. Bappyssss: We baptized our dude Fiel, and he was basicly a active member he just needed yo get married Then we baptized MARCOOO, thst dude is so awsome hes gonna be such a faithful member, it feels so good to feel like you baptized a true convert. Futuro bapys: We had a milagro last week with our guy, Renato, hes come to church twice and wants to be baptized and hell be baptized this upcomming sunday if all goes well. Unspiritual thoughs: Machala has gone wild, the wildness has been rámping up for a while but the gov finally came out and said were killing anyone outside from 11 at night to 5 am, soo..... itll be a wild week or so. May or may not have an addiction to gambling my dimes on this litte machine in the coco.... its okay cause im from vegas and its part of my culture. Me and smith have gotten Carried away with the list making, its been pretty fun, and yes the march madness bracket WILL be going up. Spiritual thought: Alma 38:12 Just a super dope scripture especually for missionarys, its nothing wrong to be up front with the people, its not a bad thing to be bold and be blunt. Its better to be upfront then play it softly and have a mis communication. That happens a lot as a missionary, especially with baptisim. When were up front and tell them why were here (were here to baptize... its not a secret) we get straight awnsers back, usually its no, but when were direct we find MILAGROS Previous Letter Next Letter

e8f34f5a-191c-41bb-8dad-f9f8193026d8 Elder Caiden Jones Back to Missionary Letters #83 Anotha one Hey everyone! This one's gonna be short but here's thee highlights! Google Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/SPHBKzMm2s5zEyUQ8 Email: caiden.jones@missionary.org ————————————————————————— Mission Address Letters (in Mission) PO Box 97 Marden SA 5070 Australia Packages (in Mission) 11 Sommers Avenue Firle SA 5070 Australia ————————————————————————— Most of the week was pretty chill and it was all the normal things! We did have interviews with President though! Turns out I'll be ditching the bikes soon and getting electric scooters! I can thank my surgery and doctor for that one🙏 Other than that we cleared out pretty much everyone we we're teaching because they weren't progressing, and now we're looking for people to serve and teach! Things are good. Remember that Jesus love you! I love you all and 'till next time! - Elder Jones Previous Letter Next Letter

38a0fdb9-5ed8-4c1c-954b-ca0af818f659 Elder Cameron Spilker Back to Missionary Letters Why didnt I go to the Philippines Im getting transfered to 신풍 in 수원 as a zl. the other zl is another Philppino We ran into this guy today and bro bought us lunch because I knew what 주입식 was. There are a lot of cases where people buy us food after talking with us for 5 seconds. This took all pday so im sending this 10 min late Previous Letter Next Letter