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See you soon!

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Hey yall!! This email is happy but sad all at the same time! I'm not really sure how this is possible but here I am 18 months later (well in a week;) I feel so incredibly blessed to have been a missionary here in South Carolina to what is probably the best year and a half of my life! Although hard at times I have felt an extreme amount of joy and happiness! Because I have been the worst at writing emails I wanted to write you this last one to tell you of a couple important things I have learned/developed while being a full-time missionary! 1. I have learned that Heavenly Father loves me so much! I know He loves each of His children so much and wants the very best for us! Even when we cannot see His hand in our lives He is always there! He wants us to safely return home to Him! 2. I have come to understand the Atonement of Jesus Christ better and how we can truly use it to feel comfort, peace, love, and forgiveness. Aren't we so lucky to have the knowledge of God's plan...
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The first of the last!

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Okay people! Sorry it's been a couple weeks but I have been making some of the best memories! Something that has been so rewarding this past transfer is Amber and Destinys baptisms! Although, they were both in Spartanburg I was lucky enough to be able to go back for Amber's and video in for Destinys! There is no greater joy seeing people you love so much, and that you have worked so hard with make that covenant with Heavenly Father! It makes every doubt, every long lesson, all the prayers, all the worry so worth it! I'm so thankful that they were both people I needed to come to South Carolina for! I'm starting my last transfer tomorrow with a new companion! I'm excited to meet her tomorrow! Hermana Hanson is being transferred and I'm sad about it but I'm excited for her to experience new things! Something I loved from a post I saw on Facebook this week was talking about letting Christ be the author of our lives: {Christ doesn’t start something He can’t...
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decisions determine destiny

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Hey y'all! I hope all of you know how much I love you!! I often catch myself thinking about how in the world I got so lucky to have a family like you! I worry, pray, and admire each of you so much! I love hearing about how yall are from mom! Although one of the hardest things for me has been being away from yall because ya know yall are my only friends!😂😂 but I couldnt be more grateful to be a missionary, to be here learning about the gospel and how important it is in our lives. I just know without a shadow of a doubt that the church is true. Heavenly Father has this perfect plan for each of us, and although hard a lot of the times it is sooooooooo worth it! It's so worth the joy and happiness we feel! All because of a loving Savior who gave His life so that you and I could know why it is called the "plan of Happiness!" I love Jesus so much and I tell it to everyone and anyone! Remember that He loves you more than you can comprehend and sees you heavenly potential...
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SURPRISE.......JESUS LOVES YOU!

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Hey yall! It's been a very long week full of craziness but I feel so much Joy in the opportunity I have to be a Missionary everyday. A couple weeks ago at Zone Conference we were challenged to "WIN with ONE". Meaning find one person, and teach one person every single day. We were promised that we would truly see miracles if we worked hard to find someone and teach someone everyday. The greatest MIRACLE we had this week was on Wednesday afternoon. We texted someone we were teaching that we hadn't had a lesson with in like a week and a half because he had been so busy with work. He later texted back and asked if he could call us. We had a few minutes so we said yes. We didnt really have a lesson with him we just talked. We talked about what is going on in this crazy world, we talked about how lucky we are to have a living prophet and scriptures to guide us, and then one thing lead to another and he asked us how he could better be a witness of Jesus Christ. Hermana Conno...
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Yay!!! BAPTISM!!🥳 June 15, 2020

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This week went by super FAST. To be honest it's all kind of a blurr. We have been trying really hard this week to Find people over social media. Its definitely a little harder to get that connection with people and find their needs when talking to them over text. This scripture  has never been so relevant in the work.  "Neither take ye thought beforehand what ye shall say; but treasure up in your minds continually the words of life, and it shall be given you in the very hour that portion that shall be meted unto every man." Everytime I would read this scripture I would always think about how in the very moment the words in Spanish would be brought to my remembrance or the things that need to be taught not what to say to a person to get them to respond. But the Lord really does work Miracle line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, there a little! Although most people are not so interested in learning right now, they WILL BE! Someone in my Zone used the analogy ...
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Mis queridos! April 27, 2010. Hollie "20" Birthday

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Mis queridos!  Thank you to everyone who made my Birthday so special! It was definitely one to remember. I have officially begun my "back in my 20s" stage! And I get to start it off by doing something I enjoy so much! Serving the Lord. I won't want to be anywhere else. Although some days are challenging and it feels like it's never going to end but then I just look back and see how far I've come and I am just amazed! Halfway! I can't even believe it. Feels like yesterday when I was graduating high school, going to college, and getting my mission call. But here I am, just doing my best to work hard and learn. And man oh man I just love it. I love how I have learned to rely on my Savior because he doesn't want us to go through things alone. He wants to help us because he knows how hard life can be sometimes. I love the Book of Mormon and I'm grateful that I have finally realized how much I need it in my daily life. I can tell that I am happiest ...
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"The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives.

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Mi Familia, It's been a couple week s . How  are you  all doing   with that cold Utah weather?  It was still pretty nice here until  November 1 .   T he first (actually) cold day here. We got up to go running and walked outside and had to come back inside to put a long sleeve shirt on. It was crazy because on Halloween it was in the high 80s and overnight it dropped to the 30s.  Anyways, last week   the Senior Missionaries in my area took us on a P-day to Beaufort and we were gone all day. It was so much fun! They picked us up and took us to Beaufort where we at lunch and had ice cream. We walked on the boardwalk and watched as boats came through the bridge. Then they drove us to hunting island to see the lighthouse. We got  t o climb the 197 steps to the top of it and lookout. The view was AMAZING! Elder and Sister Brandt are such Awesome people. After the lighthouse, they took us to this nature walk. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see a...
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