tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563559044420568852024-02-19T08:07:49.145-08:00Tidwell's in AfricaSandra Tidwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699704728845106404noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1056355904442056885.post-64058069294576047942015-06-12T13:56:00.003-07:002015-06-29T18:40:07.937-07:00Feb 2015 - The Family Get-Together 14-15 Feb<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Saturday, February 14, 2015</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Family Get-Together began with a Sealing Session in the Mount Timpanogos Temple for the adults. On the way into the Temple we saw Milan Tyler, who helped my 2011 Germany trip be successful by calling the parishes and the archive before we arrived. Tad & Sarah, Lyn, Emily & Taige, and Zoe & Joseph were able to be there and we sealed couples and sealed sons and daughters to their parents. Judy, Landon, and Mathis also came with us and they did baptisms for the dead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Everything went well at home with the smaller grandchildren who were being watched over by Silke. They had made a Valentine's Day surprise on the patio for us. Did you know that the middle of a walnut is shaped like a heart?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Judy helped the younger cousings play "Pin the Nose on the Lion":</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Grandpa got the technology hooked up and ready to go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Inflatible animals needed to be blown up:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When the Bybee family arrival was delayed, we adapted and moved the Bean Bag Toss to be part of the gathering activities. Joseph, Landon, Silke and Judy were great organizers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The kids were given a small plastic animal as they filed into the multi-purpose room for our formal Welcome and blessing on the food, provided by Gandolfo's Deli via Tad. Richard had milk and chocolate milk for us to drink.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Family Picture Time! John Sharp, of Sharp Photography, was very patient as the 39 of us gathered in our "color" groups for the first photo and then the Mozambique "flavored" photo. </span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Ok! Stay with me! 1, 2, 3, money!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let the relays begin: Giraffe & Crab walk relay; Capulana "baby" carry relay; Basket-on-the-Head relay. Then we played Safari, which is like Fruit Basket. "I went on a Safari and I saw all the animals" (lion, hippo, giraffe, and elephant). </span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Go, Paisley, Go!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then we divided up and rotated between 4 activity stations: Time Out For Checkers; Down By the Bay; Creativity Corner; and the Fish Pond.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Before we had dessert, Richard and I shared some spiritual thoughts we had relative to the challenges and blessings we experience on our mission. Although the timing of things changed a little, this is the essence of what we said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now, we have a couple of songs to sing and here are the words. We thank Zoe for playing for us, Mom will lead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>Richard:</u></b> In the Mozambique Maputo Mission, the Mission Purpose was to: Invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>Sandy</u></b>: In our lives, without understanding who Jesus is and why he came to earth, our lives are without direction. At Christmas time, Christian people turn their attention to Jesus and his birth, but we are promised that if we remember him every day, his Spirit can be with us to guide us back to Heavenly Father. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>Richard:</u></b> When this missionary told us about his nativity set, we ordered one so we could have it for Christmas time. When we unpacked it and set it up and saw how unique it was, we asked the craftsman, Vasco, to make 6 more sets so each of your families could have one. (Hold up picture.) You can get your nativity set over at the house today or tomorrow. We hope your will treasure this remembrance from Mozambique and that it will help you remember Jesus Christ.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Speaking and Understanding Portuguese Language</b> - When I (Grandma) arrived in Mozambique, though I had learned a lot of Portuguese by study and at the MTC, I felt very frustrated that I understood only a few words now and then. Over time my ability to understand and be understood improved greatly, but this proved to be a continuing challenge. A further frustration was that many times Grandpa did not know what they were saying either, and he was supposed to know what they were saying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>We enjoyed the blessing of Safety & Security</b>. Every day we walked and were passengers on the busy streets of Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique. Traffic conditions were almost always congested and multiple cars vied to be the first through the intersection. <b><u>Richard:</u></b> As a passenger, Grandma sometimes had to close her eyes, because the traffic was so scarey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>Richard:</u> We enjoyed the Companionship of the Holy Ghost.</b> There were many times that we were assigned to do things that we had never done before. We had confidence, like Nephi, that the way would be prepared for us to accomplish these tasks. By taking a step at a time, and through the assistance of the Holy Ghost, we were led to complete each assignment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>Sandy</u>: We were blessed with</b> <b>Friends.</b> We had friends in the branches we attended, the people who lived in our neighborhood, the guards who protected our building, personnel in the stores we shopped at, and, especially, the missionaries in the office and the couple missionaries with whom we lived and worked. We now have another “family” of friends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Grandma </b>taught a number of sisters in the branch how to crochet even though the vocabulary for crochet terms were not easy to explain in Portuguese. Then she taught Family History in Portuguese, of course. Many families and members were blessed as she taught them about gathering family history information, inputting it in Family Search, and for some to be able to take names to the Temple to do the ordinances for deceased ancestors. She also mended clothes for missionaries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Peter </b>shared how our mission facilitated their being able to make a major turn as a fmily to come to Utah, save money, and start in his cake business - all of which were impossible while they lived in New York City. Our going on a mission was a huge blessing to their family.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Zoe</b> said she was able to do family history with Mom. She found she was spending a lot off time doing frivolous things on the Internet. She decided to ask Mom to teach her how to do family history research. She was able to learn how to do Descendency Research and was able to find information on our families so their temple ordinance work could be done. This has been a great blessing to her and to Joseph's family and to others which she has been able to help with their family history. She also shared with me later that they decided to regularly attend the Temple. They are in an uncertain time regarding Joseph's employment and they need to have Heavenly Father's help in their lives.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Taige</b> said Emily really missed having us here, but that our going on a mission has brought the spirit of missionary work into their family.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Emily</b> said that the blessing that we had been given when we left on our mission that the family would be provided for was answered. She missed having us here, but she said that every time something came up that she wished she could have called us for help, someone else either called or came to their home and provided the help she needed. She knew that we serving in important ways.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Peter</b> also testified of the importance of the spirit of missionary work that they felt as a family. He said that every night the girls remembered us in their prayers. Amelia every night, except for the night before we got home, in her prayers aked that Heavenly Father would "bless Grandpa to get into the mood of driving." He said they really enjoyed Skyping with us almost every week and that was a great blessing to them and to their girls.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Tad</b> said that the experiences that Dad had in overcoming the challenges of adjusting to mission life should be a testimony to all of us that we can do whatever we are called upon to do with God's help.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The highlights of Sunday began with everyone getting ready for Church in the morning. All except Paisley, who spent the morning with her Grandma Julie, attended Church with us. Below is the program and our talks.</span><br />
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<b>Sandy's Talk</b></div>
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I am grateful for this opportunity to tell you about our experience serving in the Mozambique Maputo Mission.<o:p></o:p><br />
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The Mozambique Maputo Mission encompasses 2 countries: Mozambique (with Portuguese as the official language) and Swaziland, which has English as its official language. The Church has been in SW for about 35 years, but only 15 years in Mozambique. Currently there are about 9,000 members of the Church in the mission [1% of the population of 26 million] and they are located in the 3 centers of strength: Maputo, where we served; Beira, located ½ way up the coast of Mozambique; and Swaziland. When we left 2 weeks ago, there were 29 branches and 2 groups, and a few hours ago, when we were sleeping, the first stake was formed in Maputo. We served under President Kretly and his wife [who have served since August 2012]; and coordinated our work with the AP’s and the Secretaries, who were representative of the exceptional elders and sisters in the mission. Our role as the Office Couple was to facilitate the work of the 112 missionaries, which included as many as 11 sister missionaries and 7 couples at one time. One of my main responsibilities was to enter baptisms on the Church’s CDE system. I also organized missionary recommendation papers, mission keys, and financial documents; I taught family history classes and coordinated food for Maputo Zone conferences. It seems very strange now to not be involved in the many details of the mission. Part of my heart is still in Mozambique.<o:p></o:p><br />
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In the article “Gifts to Bring Home from the Mission Field” [2007 New Era article by President Hinckley entitled “Gifts to Bring Home from the Mission Field”] President Hinckley relates a time when he was at the airport meeting some returned missionaries. Their families were there and they were picking up their baggage. He asked one of them, “What’s all this you have?” He said, “These are gifts I am bringing home.” President Hinckley went on to share specific gifts that every missionary should bring home from their mission. I have developed a list of my own gifts that I have brought home from my mission experience.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>1. I have brought the Gift of the love of the Portuguese language<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>2. I have the Gift of inner Peace through Faith, Prayer, and promptings of the Holy Ghost.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I am a list-maker and tend to be “troubled about many things” [Luke 10:41]. My lists of things to do on my mission were long and most required me to go beyond my comfort zone – be it making telephone calls or preparing and giving a lesson or Sacrament Meeting talk – all in Portuguese. Heavenly Father blessed me with an inner peace, rather than being worried. I knew that Heavenly Father was in charge and that the most important of our varied assignments could and would be accomplished if I would faithfully do all I could and then rely on God’s divine help. Feeling the Holy Ghost was indeed a delicious feeling to me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>3. I have the Gift of the Importance of Small & Simple Things<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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In a country where 99% of the people are African and 45% are between the ages of 0 and 14, and only 3% are 65 and over, Elder Tidwell and I, white people with white hair, were not the norm! I learned that when I caught someone’s eye, smiled and said “Bom dia!” their curious and questioning countenances were quickly turned into warm smiles and reciprocal greetings. It could be a simple wave to the housekeeper who was hanging clothes across the fence, greeting the young women who weighed the vegetables at the grocery store, saying Hi to the elderly woman who passed us as we waited outside our apartment building for our ride in the morning. Even walking hand-in-hand with my husband down the busy Avenida Vinte Quatro where our 6-story apartment building was located, we were planting seeds of good will toward the Church.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>4. I have the Gift of Seeing the Gospel Change People’s Lives - </b>President Boyd K. Packer said: “True doctrine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior.” <span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 12.2666673660278px;">(Nov 2014, p 95 quoted in footnote 6).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>King Benjamin explained (Mosiah 3:19) For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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President Faust said: “Each new day that dawns can be a new day for us to begin to change. We can change our environment. We can change our lives by substituting new habits for old. We can mold our character and future by purer thoughts and nobler actions.” (Faust, President James E., “The Power to Change” November 2007.)<o:p></o:p><br />
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5. I have brought home <b>the Gift of an increased Enthusiasm for the Gospel.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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6. I have brought home the <b>Gift of Appreciation for the many Family History helps we have in America.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>7. </b>I have brought home the <b>Gift of Seeing the Blessings of Obedience & Sacrifice<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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In conclusion, let us ask ourselves: What part does the gospel play in my life? Do I remember the Lord in all things, or do I trust in the arm of flesh first, and when if that doesn’t work, turn to God? I am grateful for the opportunity to have served among this humble people, whose lives are uncluttered with worldliness. The true restored gospel of Jesus Christ has made them “rich.” They are enthusiastic followers of Christ and are being blessed for their obedience and sacrifice. May this also be out lot! --- I have a deep and abiding testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, restored with Priesthood Authority through Joseph Smith. I know that Heavenly Father loves us. He provided the way for us to return to His presence – to believe on His son, Jesus Christ, and obey the principles and ordinances of His gospel , practice repentance, and endure to the end. He promised to give us prophets, Thomas S. Monson being our current prophet, and scriptures. I testify that the Holy Ghost is real and we can experience divine help in all aspects of our life. I share these things with you in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Musical Number: "We'll Bring the World His Truth (Army of Helaman)</b></div>
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I wish I had a picture of everyone singing our special musical number "We'll Bring the World His Truth" that Zoe accommpanied. It was so neat to lead them - they sang with enthusiasm and conviction!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It is good to be with you today. Thank you for your support in prayers, emails, packages, and thoughts. We thank also our family for their support and prayers while we have served our mission.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">We were originally called on a mission to the Curitiba Brazil Temple, but after 10 months waiting for a visa to Brazil, we requested a change of assignment. We were called to the Mozambique Maputo Mission.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">We knew there would be much for us to learn and that our experiences would stretch us both in many ways. We knew that the Lord’s promise through his prophet would be fulfilled when he said, “Whom the Lord calls, the Lord qualifies.” We looked forward to a rewarding spiritual experience and a great adventure. We were not disappointed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Our extraordinary mission was not exactly like we thought it would be, but it was everything it needed to be for us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">We lived in Maputo, Mozambique, serving as the Office Couple as well as serving in Member Leader Support. We attended two Maputo branches and participated in their branch activities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mozambique is 1500 miles long and is twice the size of California, and the mission also includes Swaziland. Thanks to technology the mission held mission-wide training for missionaries and Branch and District leaders with a minimum of travel. We were excited about our field of labor where the Church is in the early stages of growth. The Saints in Mozambique are humble and teachable, preparing for stakes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Since we arrived home 2 weeks ago, we received an email informing us that the first stake in Mozambique is being formed this very day in Maputo, the capital, where we lived for the last 18 months. What a great blessing for the members there. Among other blessings of a stake, they will have a patriarch to give blessings in Portuguese rather than having to obtain a costly passport and spend more money to travel to South Africa to receive a Patriarchal Blessing in English.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Having served a mission before and speaking Portuguese in Brazil, one would think that I would have less of an adjustment period than Sister Tidwell, but on the contrary she adjusted more rapidly, and it was I that took much longer to adjust. I think it was that I was not used to having my life structured as much as a mission requires. Whereas, Sister Tidwell, being a Mother, was much more used to dealing with the changing of plans on a moment’s notice and having external forces impacting her life. When I was set apart, I was blessed with confidence and courage to overcome my mission challenges. When I needed confidence and courage, I felt the power of that blessing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">What a great companion I had for my entire mission! I am thankful for her and her diligence and dedication to serve. She learned to read, write, text, and communicate in a new language as well as to bring innovation and order to an office in need of such.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">We handled the processing of missionary recommendations. I was asked to train Branch Presidents how to prepare the necessary missionary recommendation documents for young prospective missionaries from Mozambique and Swaziland. In the Southeast Africa Area applying for a mission is a paper process. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After our review we scanned the paper and sent it to the Southeast Africa Area office which reviewed and electronically sent it to Salt Lake City for the same review that every missionary recommendation in the Church receives. When these young men and young women receive their calls it is by a letter from the prophet. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">What a remarkable opportunity for these missionaries to serve and then later to return and serve as leaders in the Church. Currently there are over 90 serving, having received their call, or are waiting for their calls. We often received phone calls from those who were waiting for their calls wanting to know of its status.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It was a great blessing to be associated with dedicated Elders and Sisters who were so well-prepared and who were willing to meet all challenges to spread the Gospel and touch the lives of families with an eternal message. You, as parents to such missionaries, can be proud of the way they take upon themselves the mantle of a missionary and boldly challenge the people to follow Christ. Being in the Mission Office we met missionaries as they arrived, as they served, and as they completed their missions. It was testimony-building as we watched the Lord’s hand in their lives as they matured in their missionary work and their skills with the language.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Like Nephi, we did not know specifically beforehand what we would do on our mission, but we knew that He would prepare a way whereby we could accomplish what He would have us do. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Soon after receiving our call to Mozambique our Mission President told us to, “Be prepared to see miracles happen here!” and that we did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The lessons we have learned from our mission will be of great worth as we proceed with our lives. Our lives have been changed because of this mission experience.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Testimony – I know the Gospel is true and that it was restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith. Jesus Christ is our Savior. Heavenly Father and Jesus know who we are, and answers our prayers. I know that missionary work is an inspired work to gather the children of Heavenly Father that they may return to His fold.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">During our Mozambique
Maputo Mission, July 2013 – January 2015, we weekly authored on-line posts to
our blog, <i>Tidwells in Africa</i>, which
is the source of these two volumes. We will use these books to remember our
experiences and the unwritten feelings in our hearts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We dedicate
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Peter Tidwell,
our youngest son, who, at our request, created this blog. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Our family,
who fully supported us with their faith and testimony that our mission call was
from the Prophet. Each experienced
unique blessings in our absence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">President
Paulo and Adriana Kretly, whose dedication and testimony for the work allowed
us to witness miracles while expanding our capacity to serve.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The members
of the Church, who through the process of conversion, in spite of opposition and
cultural traditions, followed Christ and became the pioneers of the Church in
Mozambique and Swaziland, blessing their future generations. These are our
forever friends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Elders
and Sisters, who, in spite of their youth, boldly proclaimed the Gospel with
the Spirit and challenged the people to be baptized, live the Gospel, and receive
their eternal Temple ordinances.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The young men
and women, who, as members in Mozambique and Swaziland against all odds,
volunteered to serve a mission blessing themselves, those they taught, and the
Church in Mozambique and Swaziland when they return.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">All people of
Mozambique and Swaziland, who readily gave us a smile and a greeting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sandy, who always
faithfully served her mission, was the rock of support for Richard, and ensured
that this blog was kept.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Richard, who
learned that the Lord qualifies those He calls to the work and that through
obedience we are blessed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Richard and
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strengthens a marriage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Lord, who
supported us at all times by whispering to us that He was with us and opening
all doors to assist us, because He, through the Prophet, had called us to serve
in the Mozambique Maputo Mission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Adjusting to being home has been easy, but we miss our association with the wonderful people we came to know and love in Mozambique and Swaziland. The kids had the house ready for us. They'd preparing a new Bulletin Board showing all the grandkids' school grades for 2015 and stocked the refrigerator and cupboards with basics so we didn’t have to run to the store right away. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Peter had us over for Sunday dinner and Tad and his family joined us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>3 February 2015</b> - Met with President Bunting at 7 p.m. and received our certificate from President Kretly. We were released as full-time missionaries and asked to take off our name tags. :( We got to keep them though!!!! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Provo has experienced a very dry winter, so there was only snow on the mountains. We had a few days of balmy 60s weather through the middle of the month, but, even with the cooler air, we are thankful for the sun streaming in our living room. In addition to going to dentist and doctor visits, we unpacked our stored-away boxes and prepared for our Family Get-Togethers, February 14-15. Tuesday mornings became our time to go to the Temple.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sunday afternoon, 8 February, we visited at Paul's, Emily's, and Tad's so the girls could try on their 3-tiered skirts so I could fit the waists and the length. While at Paul's we gave Jordan his Baptism Pillowcase. Jordan was baptized 30 November 2013, a few months after we left on our mission</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We received news that the first stake was formed in Maputo, Mozambique, on Sunday, February 15, 2015. Part of each of our hearts is in Mozambique. We continue to send and receive email from the wonderful Mozambican Saints. Regina Capece emailed us 8 February that she had received her mission call to the Massachusetts Boston Mission.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of the main things Lyn did was solve Richard’s suit problem. Since Richard lost 30 pounds during the first 3 months of our mission, his suit coat just hung on him and it didn’t look attractive at all. We looked to see if JCPenneys still carried a washable suit and then Richard checked Mr Mac's, but the salesmen looked at him like he was from another planet! We had purchased Richard’s suit at JCPenneys before we left and the suit was made in Jordan. We asked Lyn if she could try to alter his suit so it would fit him. She said that was one of the main things she learned to do in college and while employed at Finish Tailor, and agreed to do itl The finished product was such an improvement!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I attended Klaesara’s 11<sup>th</sup> grade “A Legacy of Liberty” program on Thursday morning, February 12. She participated in the group songs and did the narration for President John Adams and his wife Abigail in the “Liberty and the Revolutionary War” vignette. Then, she was one of 8 who were in the “Civil War” dance number. Josh Crockett, dressed as Abraham Lincoln, recited the entire Gettysburg Address with great feeling! Klaesara had her hair done up so cute!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thursday afternoon we took Fern and Henry to the remodeled Monte L. Bean Life Sciences Museum. They really enjoyed the Boyd K. Packer Room and were amazed at the drawings and models he made when he was a child their ages!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Friday evening Zoe and her family arrived from Mesa, Arizona! What a fun exciting time as the little ones ran toward us pulling their little carry-ons!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Friday we disembarked in
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members. That afternoon we were reunited
with Paul and his family, and we had dinner with Peter and Tad and their
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Saturday, February 14, and speaking in Sacrament Meeting, February 15 (11 a.m.
Edgemont 7<sup>th</sup> Ward Chapel, 555 East 3230 North, Provo).</span></div>
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many suitcases and took us to the airport early Monday morning! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It seemed unreal to be going up the famed escalator to immigration and departing flights.</span><br />
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Johannesburg, South Africa. It was the
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driver took us to the Apartheid Museum where we relived through videos and
pictures the dark days of Apartheid, 1948-1994.
“To be free is not merely to cast off ones chains but to live in a way
that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” (Nelson Mandela, June 1999).</span></div>
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grounds and then our driver took us down where the Family History Library and
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Stanley, and Ronel, who coordinated the tour on the South Africa side. Wednesday we met the others in the group; the majority of the 24 people were from Utah and all except one couple were members of the Church. We boarded our bus to begin the 305 miles we
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During the trip, Alan and our guide talked with us about
the history of the provinces we’d be traveling through, the black tribes and
how they interacted with the original bushmen, the arrival of Dutch/Afrikaans
in 1652, the subsequent British arrival, altercations over the gold and diamond
mines, and apartheid. Since we were
headed to have 3 days in Kruger National Park, Brett also explained how Kruger
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Sandra Tidwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699704728845106404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1056355904442056885.post-14208297637585364042015-01-20T12:48:00.001-08:002015-06-27T20:32:21.529-07:0012 – 18 Jan 2015 MissionHistory,FarewellParty,Neighbors,Premier <div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Monday, our last P-Day, was the long 7-hour (this includes
our stop for lunch in Xai-Xai) drive back to Maputo from Maxixe. You pass through many little villages and
along N1 there are always people walking, and groups of people waiting. Some cement houses in each small village are
painted red and have white bold lettering advertising Vodacom, the main
telephone company in Mozambique. As we
drive by people turn and look, not that cars are a spectacle to them, but they
are waiting for the next chapa or bus to take them to their destinations. Even the babies and small children peer
around the shoulders of their mothers to see what is going on in front of them,
children point down the road expectantly.
In addition to people walking, people rode bicycles and I saw one man
pedaling a bicycle, his wife straddled on the metal framework (not the handles). These people are busy providing for the
necessities of life: they carry water, wood; they sit by the roadside weaving
palm fronds together; the outstretched hands of their children hold bowls of
litchi fruit in hopes that passers-by will stop and buy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We’ve mentioned before that in the countryside
of Mozambique it is like stepping back 100 years. We saw many carts pulled by donkeys. Children play with simple toys - a stick and a
wheel rim or tire - pulling a stick to which a wheel or other things has been
attached. The stands which were full of oranges last June, are now full of
bottles of piri-piri (hot sauce), mangos, melons, pineapples, litchi fruit, and
coconuts. We saw many piles of coconuts
and trucks piled high with coconuts. I
was struck again with the beauty of this country – jungles, ocean views – but
more importantly people like you and I, with hopes and dreams as real and as
earnest as ours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Maxixe trip had its losses too. On Tuesday I realized I must have left my
silver Africa necklace in my hotel room.
We contacted the hotel and talked to our friends there, and they were
going to look for it, but we never heard back.
Sister Kretly said she would order me another one, but I still feel
sorry I did not see it on the floor or anywhere when we checked the room before
we left.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tuesday was our last Staff Meeting. President and Sister
Kretly attended via GoToMeeting. It was
challenging to take notes, because the entire meeting was conducted in
Portuguese! Since it was our last Staff
Meeting, we got to go out for lunch and I got to choose the place to go – Café
Sol, of course! Elders Douglas, Hamrick, Reinstein, Poyfair and Shumway joined Elder Tidwell and I and the Kimballs. We have always been
welcomed by the personnel there and will miss the good food and these wonderful
friends!</span></div>
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about all of the things we wanted to accomplish before Monday morning rolled
around. After a good-night’s sleep,
regaining an eternal perspective and, with the help of prayer and the Spirit we
regrouped and I know I felt more peaceful, knowing that as we prioritized our
tasks, we would be able to finish the necessities. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the computer and Internet connections.
My Internet began working again!
I do a lot of work on Word, but it was really limiting to not be able to
access the Internet – many times I need to go to a site here or there to obtain
the things I need for the document I am compiling. Tualufo sat down with me and we identified a
pile of documents which could be filed. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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the Mission History. That evening I made
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through our papers and possessions getting everything ready for the packing
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came to the “Going Away Get-Together.” Yara and Lumiana stayed for a while
after the others left. They had a
surprise for me. They sang hymn #41 <i>Firmes Seigue</i> (Press Forward Saints) to us in the same plan that we had
planned to do as a special musical number months earlier, but we were never
able to do it. It was very thoughtful of
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friends before we left for the office. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Along with the breads we gave each person a Thank You message with an invitation to learn more about the gospel. This is Antonio, who lives around the corner from our apartment building. He always greets us in English when we walk past! </span></div>
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Maputo Mission: (front) Elders Shumway and Hamrick; (back) Elder Poyfair, Naldo, Tualufo, Elder Reinstein.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We attended both branches on Sunday and were invited to
share our testimonies in both. Brother
Chivite said I had spoken “PortuEnglish”, a new language, but he understood
every word! When Sunday School time came
in the Polana Branch, we were happily surprised to see Antonio sitting next to
Sister Bernardo. I had passed on his
contact information to Sister Bernardo after District Meeting, she had followed-up
and there he was! His son had brought
him. I hope he wants to return to learn
how the gospel can further be a blessing to his life. After these meetings we said good-bye to many
wonderful friends who we have grown to love. That afternoon we had dinner with the Ponds and the Kimballs. </span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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taught crochet!</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">The weather is very warm
lately, but Laura faithfully walked to our apartment building to meet me and
walk me to Marta’s home, which I never would have found by myself.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">The ladies each crocheted a small baby shoe.</span></span></div>
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the office has been spent organizing computer files, cleaning out folders,
writing the mission history, and training Elder and Sister Kimball on some of
our duties. The Internet
hasn’t been able to connect to my laptop at the office for the last week and
that has made my work there limited.
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Richard needed to do a financial audit for the Maxixe Branch and I came
to help. We went with the Lopes couple
who would hold training sessions about councils, self-reliance. On the 7-hour trip from Maputo to Beira,
which included a lunch stop in Xai-Xai at KFC, I pinned the rest of the
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their young someplace else and return to Maxixe in about February. I noticed these parts of flowers which were
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their <i>Minha Familia</i> booklets. During the
week I had input their information on FamilySearch, which has included family
stories. This week I also finished a
couple of other member histories which we had started to compile during our
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the Kimballs. It was the end of the month, and that means Baptismal
Fichas! So far for December I had only received 40
fichas. When I heard at Staff Meeting
that the total number of baptisms was over 100, I knew I had lots of work
ahead! I trained Sister Kimball on the CDE
system we use for inputting fichas and she caught on very fast. I will finish up for December and then Sister
Kimball will take over beginning January 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On New Year’s Eve we spent part of the evening beginning to
go through our things, deciding what stays and what we pack up to take home! We
planned to have banana splits for our special New Year’s Eve snack. Before banana splits, Richard said he had an
activity – a treasure hunt for me! I
feel like I am very blessed to have my thoughtful husband who thinks up fun
things to do together. I remember when I
tried to put together a treasure hunt and how frustrating it was for me. I had tried to organize it before I put out
the clues. He explained that he just
plans it as he goes! Guess in treasure
hunts, you can be <u>too</u> organized!
I followed the clues - “go to where there used to be hot water” “got to where
you can see a saw” “get some vitamins” “go to where you see the sunset” “go
where you get cool” “go where the mosquitos cannot go” “go where skyping happens”
“go where it is super cool” “go where hot water lives” “go to the Christmas
tree.” The Christmas tree held the
treasure: a paper with the number 9134!
Then to solve that, I could only ask “Yes” and “No” questions (like the
game 20 questions) to determine the significance of the number. Well, the number is our cabin number on the
cruise we’ll be taking after our mission!
It is a balcony cabin – we didn’t want to be down where you can’t see
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When midnight came, the city was aglow with little colored rockets arching through the air over all of the surrounding neighborhoods. People were launching fireworks off apartment balconies and rooftops. The sizzles, pops and bangs of the fireworks were accompanied by joyful sounds of celebration! Now and then a bigger colorful firework would explode. The display lasted about 20 minutes before the activity died down a little. It was an amazing sight! Happy New Year 2015! </span><br />
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Leader Services) training for Saturday. MLS
is the software which wards and branches of the Church use to keep records of
membership and finances. On Thursday
evening I suggested he practice the presentation by saying it to me. Then he said, “I don’t like this
training! They won’t be able to follow
it!” He asked me to word-crunch it (down-size
it) and make it flow better. Working
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getting the projector to cooperate, the training went very well. We had prepared a PowerPoint for the overview
part, and then we went to the test system to show the functionality of the
system. There were 30 in attendance and
all 7 branches in the District were represented, some having all of their
branch presidency and branch clerks in attendance. They asked good questions and the experienced
branch clerks helped Richard explain some of the answers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We’re both feeling the stress of getting the last things accomplished. The 2014 Mission History is coming along
slowly. Then there is training, packing,
and cleaning. When I tried to explain to
a member on Sunday that we’d be finishing our mission in a couple of weeks, he
expressed “What a pity!” We have come to
know and love so many people here and it will be difficult to say “Good-bye.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2014. Included in these numbers are 29
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Sandra Tidwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699704728845106404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1056355904442056885.post-44581568789997384292015-01-04T13:06:00.000-08:002015-06-27T17:39:00.612-07:0022 - 28 Dec 2014 Games,ChristmasEve&Day,Caroling<div class="MsoNormal">
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many people shopping at Shop Rite and Premier on Monday! Afterwards, we went to lunch at Café Sol, and
discovered a new mall down on the marginal road. At Woolworth’s we found a small container
(125 g) of “dark chocolate drops” for 165 MT (that’s about $5.30!!!). The mall had some interesting art pieces. This “Guitarist” was for sale for $8,000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We had Christmas Eve dinner at the Ponds. Four the sister missionaries and Naldo, who
has been the translator for the Ponds, gathered for Christmas Eve dinner at the
Ponds. The Ponds purchased a bucket of Kentucky
Fried Chicken and cooked ham and candied carrots. I made funeral potatoes and brought some of
the fruit for the yummy fruit salad. I
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training PowerPoints and documents so that he will be ready to give the
training to the Maputo District branch presidents and clerks on Saturday
January 3. As for me, in the 4 weeks we
have before we leave, I am trying to write the 2014 Mission History. I am using a list of major 2014 events, which
Sister Hobson compiled, Staff Meeting minutes, my journal, and information from
the President and the APs. </span></div>
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their desire to have a “White Christmas.” Sommerschield Branch a had wedding and baptism on Saturday and confirmations on Sunday. In the Chamanculo Branch there was a Saturday wedding and Sunday
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continued Sunday morning. The cute
couple who were married Saturday, were baptized Sunday morning. The witness couple at their marriage was there,
and another newly baptized couple gave the talks on baptism and the Holy Ghost. They both gave excellent talks, sharing their personal experiences with gaining
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speaker at the Polana Branch Sacrament Meeting was President Mateus. He spoke about enduring to the end, despite
temptation. He said Satan doesn’t bring
the rain, but he does tempt us to stay home and not go to Church because of the
rain. We are like the seeds planted in
the Parable of the Sower (see Mark 4).
Let us be like the seeds planted in the good soil and grow and progress
in the gospel. Satan tells us that religion doesn’t matter and that the Church isn’t
true. We need to be prepared to meet the
challenges of life and not buckle under the stresses of life. We need to be built upon the firm foundation
of the gospel to persevere (see Matthew 7:24-27). Yes, it has been raining, but what of
it? What if it rains for the next 30
Sundays? Will you stay away and risk
your eternal salvation? If it rains
again on Sunday, just get an umbrella! Live the gospel, receive the blessings, and
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Manuel’s to visit him, as he had not been to Church for a couple of weeks. We sang him a few Christmas songs and brought
him some Christmas cookies. He sang
along when we sang “Silent Night.” When we explained that we would be completing our mission in a couple of weeks, he said that he was already feeling homesick for us! I
told him I was compiling the stories he has been telling us about his life, and
explained that I needed a few paragraphs about him becoming almost blind. He recounted how his vision has steadily
become worse, beginning in 1994. I will
add this to his history, add it to FamilySearch, and give him a copy before we
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they spent the afternoon and evening with us!
We took a walk and showed them where the nearest ATM was, and showed
them the chapel. Richard went with the
Kimballs to Premier to buy groceries.
They are living at President and Sister Kretly’s until right before
Christmas. Then they are moving to the
Mission Office until we leave – then they will move into our apartment.</span></div>
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missionaries who have had birthdays since the last Zone Conference. With my countertop oven, I could only bake 6
at a time! I also baked Cornstarch
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helped him put his <i>Minha Familia</i> information on FamilySearch.org. He joined us for a roast beef dinner,
complete with a chocolate cake to celebrate Kimballs’ 42</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">nd</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> wedding anniversary! </span></div>
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evening. Richard and Elder Kimball had
to go with the elders to Matola to pay for the pizza for tomorrow’s Zone
Conference – they wouldn’t accept the order without payment. By then it had started to rain, so they had
to navigate some pretty sizeable puddles.
While they were gone, Sister Kimball helped me a lot! We put Christmas tree tags together with the
elders and sisters names who have had birthdays since last Zone Conference. </span><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then we put together the cups of homemade cookies with a new pen and a message about fichas together for the missionaries for the evening of Zone Conference.</span></div>
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Zone Conference. The next wonderful
thing was that the elevators weren’t working.
Apparently with the huge rain storm, the elevator shafts had filled with
water so they had to turn off the motors!
Yes, that meant that we had to take all of our boxes down the 114 steps
to the car – we had boxes of water, tablecloths, bananas, and other things for
Zone Conference. Since we couldn’t take
it all in one trip, each of us (us, the Ponds, the Kimballs, and the sister missionaries) took multiple
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we had a couple of elders translate for us!
President Kretly reviewed the progress of the mission, gave an overview
of 2015, and taught the missionaries about seeking to understand others, how to
be covenant-keepers and how to encourage others to keep their commitments, and
explained the importance of celebrating differences, having unity, and working
together to create new, better alternatives. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sister Kretly reviewed a challenge she gave the missionaries last
year: to read the Book of Mormon
underlining the characteristics of Christ.
(I have followed through with this challenge and I am now in 3
Nephi). Sister Kretly also talked to the
missionaries about following mission rules, including keeping apartments
clean. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sister Castro Deus shared the Inspirational
story about the conversion of her father – the missionary who baptized him
thought he had been a failure because he had only baptized one person. However, that one person, Sister Castro
Deus’ father, started a multi-generation family with strong testimonies, many
missionaries and leaders of the Church.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since this was our last Zone Conference, at the end of the
meetings President Kretly invited us to share our testimonies. Richard and I have had both challenges and
successes during this mission. We will
miss our association with the people - the missionaries (especially those who
have served in the office), the marvelous couples, the members, and many other
people we have met in our neighborhood!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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break, a pizza lunch, birthday cupcakes, and the couple missionaries shared
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each of us received a Christmas gift – a collared knit white
shirt with the Mozambique and Swaziland flags embroidered on it and a temple
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Swaziland missionaries traveled home, but the rest of the missionaries traveled
to the Mission Office. Just getting
into the building from the road was a challenge because the rain storm left the
street full of mud. Next to the curb was
a wide mud puddle. The silty mud is
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pork, chicken, and mixed vegetables. Ice
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Then the districts put on skits.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We had busy days at the office the rest of the week. We put things away from Zone Conference,
welcomed 3 more missionaries, and trained the Kimballs in a few things. The
majority of their time this week has been to be trained by the secretaries
about the finances of the mission.
Richard has finally found some time to work more earnestly on MLS
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featuring messages and testimonies from the District and Branch
Presidents. Then we assembled outside
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three of the young single girls presented a dance, some of the Relief Society
sisters presented a capulana fashion show, and one of our very good friends
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met. The new Polana Branch, which meets
from 8-11 a.m., was very sparsely attended.
By the Sacrament Meeting time, there were about 70 present. The
branches will go through a time of transition as everyone learns which branch
they should be attending. President
Mateus, from the Mission Presidency, spoke about unity. What a surprise, Esperanca, from
Johannesburg, arrived and sat next to us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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History lessons. It was on beginning
your life history. In this lesson I
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skits for the granddaughters. During the
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our oldest grandchildren in response to the emails we send to them. We are so blessed to know that our sons and
daughters and their families are living the gospel and teaching the gospel to
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For FHE Monday, Elder Tidwell shared an article he found on lds.org by
clicking on the Africa continent at the bottom of the page and then selecting
Africa Southeast Area. The article,
“Changing the World One Person at a Time”, was about two of our sister
missionaries, Sister Bernardo and Sister Gomes. Check it out! http://africase.lds.org/changing-the-world-one-person-at-a-time<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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They will be traveling with family in Africa, and then returning to the
USA after Christmas. We’ll be following
them in about a month – hard to believe our mission is coming to an end!</span></div>
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Thursday. Early Thursday morning I made
cookie dough so I could bake Christmas cookies using the Mission Office
oven. I made Molasses Krinkles and
Peanut Butter Bars. I will bake the
Cornstarch Butter Cookies at our apartment, since I needed flour to roll them
out and they didn’t have any in the Mission Office kitchen. I will probably make more cookies at home,
because dividing what I made by 64 (the number who will gather for dinner on
December 16) doesn’t come out to be very much!
On Thursday afternoon we purchased the sodas for Zone Conference. We’ll be having 82 for lunch that day and
we’re ordering out for Mimmo’s Pizza!</span></div>
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the Distribution Center. However, she
was delayed in coming, so since Letía, the young lady who helps her with her
children, was waiting for her, too, I asked if she wanted to learn more
crocheting. Yes! Maria had taught her some things already. Letía chose to learn how to make a 6-petaled
flower. She caught on very quickly! </span><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On Saturday she was very anxious to show me the white headband she had completed and decorated with the flower she had made on Friday.</span></div>
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Family History Center room at the Maputo 2 chapel for the Open House. Since
there was very poor attendance, we used this “extra” time to update our family
blog and Elder Tidwell worked on his MLS training. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sunday was an eventful day. It began with our regular Church meetings are 9 a.m., but at 10:30 the Maputo 1 branch members joined us and a total of 283 people were there for Sacrament Meeting. Three branches were formed from these two branches. President Kretly and President Castanheira explained that the plans for the division had been worked on for about six months. The boundaries of the new branches (Polana, Chamanculo, and Sommerschield) were shown on the big screen and after each was explained, the members in that branch were asked to stand up. Then the new branch presidency of the Polana Branch were sustained. Chamanculo and Sommerschield Branches have the same Branch Presidents as the Maputo 2 and Maputo 1 Branches respectively.</span><br />
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Sandra Tidwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699704728845106404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1056355904442056885.post-71002140384561153662014-12-18T12:37:00.002-08:002015-06-27T18:18:37.124-07:001 - 7 Dec 2014 SnelsonsLeft,ZoneLeaderMtg,SemGrad,Crochet,Mery<div class="MsoNormal">
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hiding” last week. Monday afternoon I
taught crocheting to 2 sisters. This
week the APs were to get 60+ fichas to me to make the 108 total reported by
the District Leaders, so we could meet the 5 December submission deadline. This week we set up the Mission Office
Christmas tree and decorations. Sister
Kretly made the ornaments with photos of all of the missionaries. We also worked on PowerPoint presentations on
“Crucial Training” topics for President Kretly.
Tuesday was Snelson’s last Staff Meeting!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This month we decided to make all
of our grandchildren emails be Christ-centered to be in keeping with the Church’s
<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">"He is the Gift" Campaign. </span>These
beautiful trees easily remind me of Christ.
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Red and green are
traditional Christmas colors, but beyond that, red reminds me of the blood
Jesus shred during the atonement, His great sacrifice and gift to us. In
Isaiah 1:18 "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red
like crimson, they shall be as wool." Since my week going through hives, I
now more deeply know of in small part the miracle of Christ's healing both
physically and spiritually and the mental and physical<b> </b>suffering my
Savior went through for me. </span>The red tear-drop shaped petals on the
ground also remind us of the drops of blood Christ shed for each of us.</span></div>
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Presidency, 3 December 2014? The Church is
really reaching out to us to give us regular timely information about the
Church. One day we’ll look back and think members
have always received emails from the First Presidency, but in reality we are
seeing a new emphasis which is started here in our day. </span></div>
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stay inside, for the most part, when it rains.
It is said that people are more afraid of rain than they are of
cars! As I look around at the new growth
coming from palm trees, I notice that the beginning of a new frond comes from
the middle of the top of the tree. The
new frond looks like a sword sticking straight up to the sky. As we increase in learning by study and faith,
we can learn from this growth pattern and look to begin with our focus on
heaven and God for the influence of His Spirit to help form us into what He
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consider, prepare, and serve a full-time mission! I heard that only 40% of the needs for senior
couples are filled! The assignments are
so varied that you surely can find a place and way to serve to help hasten the
work of salvation throughout the world.</span></div>
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District Meetings, but this week the invitation became more formal. President Kretly wants the senior couples to
be more involved in their districts.
Elder Poyfair shared insights on the concepts of “teaching” and “preaching.” The manual is entitled <i><b>Preach</b> my Gospel</i>. We can preach, but it is the
Spirit who “teaches.” The Spirit must be
present for the message to go into a person’s heart. We also planned an activity for the families
for next Wednesday evening!</span></div>
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couples (Elder & Sister Humphreys and Elder & Sister Berg) who came
from South Africa to have dinner with President and Sister Kretky at the
Raddison Blue Hotel! (Just a side-note,
Sister Berg is President Steve Owens’ sister!
She’s from Houston, Texas.)
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Graduation. It was to begin at 10 a.m.,
but I went early to teach a sister how to crochet. Even though the sister didn’t come, there
were many young people there waiting for a meeting about next week’s open house
to begin. One young man, Luis, brother
of one of our Mozambican sisters currently serving in Madagascar, wasn’t part
of the meeting, so when the others left, he came and sat by me. He is going to go far in this life. He wasn’t going to just sit around and waste
time; he wanted to ask me questions! He
asked about my experiences with Seminary
and Institute, how employment needs of members are met, about the PEF program
of the Church, about Patriarchal Blessings and what kinds of things are in
them. The interesting thing about this
conversation was that we were both speaking and understanding each other in
Portuguese! That wasn’t so strange for
him, Portuguese is his native language, but for me this was a milestone that I
was actually understanding and responding and being understood. It gave me such a joyful spiritual
feeling! Yes, sometimes I had to ask him
to repeat or explain a different way so I could understand, but still I feel I
am doing so much better in conversing and being understood by others. Later in the conversation we switched to
English. His English is also very good! Since
he lives far away from the chapel where English classes are held, he can’t go
to English classes. However, he has his books and studies at home.</span></div>
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former Family History students. He wants
to get a missionary recommendation form!
He is also learning English. He
explained, in Portuguese remember, that he is doing fairly well reading and
speaking English, but it is the conversation part that was the main challenge
for him. English people talk so fast, he
explains!!! Yes, I said, it is the very
same for me in Portuguese!!! We were
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">President Kretly was the first speaker at the graduation
meeting, and then he and Sister Kretly had to be excused so they could catch a
flight to Tete. He recounted his
experiences as a seminary student, his eight years as a seminary teacher and
how these became the foundation of his gospel knowledge. It is from small and simple things, like
regularly attending seminary, that great things are accomplished. He told of a story of a young man who said
he could not make the sacrifice to get up early to get a chapa to get to the
chapel for Seminary. Then, four years
later, the President heard that this young man was having problems at school; he
had friends who were leading him astray.
If he had been diligent and made the small sacrifice each day to learn
the gospel and associate with other youth who were also being fortified by
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memorized scripture in a different foreign language. Then they sang "<i>Histórias do Livro de Mormon"</i> ("Book of Mormon Stories"). Another group performed a mini-play on a
story from the Book of Mormon. Another
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to bear my testimony. I have been
feeling the Spirit often and am so grateful to know the Church is true. Being able to communicate my feelings with a
loving Heavenly Father through prayer is so important to me. I felt particularly strengthened and blessed
during the fast this month. I didn’t get
any headaches or other pains that day or the day following. Fast and Testimony Meeting is my favorite
meeting, because I can understand most of what is being said!</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Through the atonement of Christ we can return to God</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">God will bless us if we do His will</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">It is important to use our agency wisely; live
the gospel every day</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">My daughter was blessed by the Priesthood and
became well</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">We must act to show Him we are worthy and love
Him; follow His words</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">God depends on us to work for Him here; allow
Christ to enter you life</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">The gospel makes us free</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">We need to control our desires; the Church is
our school to learn</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Let’s stay on the road; when we make errors,
let’s return to the path</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">There is no flavor, be it lasag</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"></a><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">na
or hamburgers, which is better than the gospel!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Hold onto the rod of iron, the word of God; God
loves us!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">We exercise faith and receive blessings</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">God is on our side all the way; we can secure
exaltation for us and our families</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">God led me to this Church; God answers our
prayers</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Peter and family Skyped for the first time from
their new home in Provo.</span>Sandra Tidwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699704728845106404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1056355904442056885.post-29320141254603082014-12-01T10:24:00.001-08:002015-06-27T18:18:09.952-07:0023 - 30 Nov 2014 Hives,Pie,ThanksgivingSmiths,NoWater,MariaBetania<div class="MsoNormal">
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Benadryl and a fainting spell on Monday morning. Sister Olander, one of the sister
missionaries, was very attentive and was able to purchase Prednisone, recommended
by the area doctor. I started taking it
on Monday afternoon. Needless to say, I
didn’t go shopping on Monday with Richard!
I rested!!! Probably should have
laid low on Tuesday, but keeping busy seemed to be the way to keep my mind off
the awful itchy burning sensation all over my body – and it was Staff Meeting
and I usually take the minutes! The
swelling on my face had gone down a little, so that was good! In a few days I hope this will be a
historical memory – like a bad dream! I
will spare everyone the horror of photos!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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back, but I was happy with any progress, however small. Every
day it seemed there were a few patches of skin with new smaller welts – as if
they didn’t want to be left out of the act. Wednesday evening I felt well
enough to bake pumpkins pies for Thanksgiving.
We still had some USA Crisco to make the crusts and I had specially
saved the can of pumpkin we had received last year. The pies turned out really well.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Thanksgiving. The AP’s and Secretaries
and the Ponds and the Lopes would also be there. I figured it was OK to skip a year making
Parkherhouse Rolls for Thanksgiving. Richard
purchased rolls early Thursday morning from the bakery not far from the high
school and gas station down the street from the apartment. On Thursday we worked at the office. We shed a few tears when we watched the Church’s
“What are you Thankful for” video featured on lds.org. We met
at the Smiths who have moved to a house in the city not far from the
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morning. The city was fixing some pipes
and that entire section of the city was without water. The building guard said it could take days,
weeks, or months to fix it! Wow! I was so thankful when I tried the water tap before going to bed late Friday night, and the water came spurting out!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Friday night I had my first all-night’s sleep in a
week! It was a miracle! I am so thankful to be rid of the horrible burning
itching pain of hives! I had a few spots
to contend with, but for the most part, my skin coloring has returned to normal
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Distribution Center how to make crocheted flowers. She is a fast learner, has crocheted before, and was so glad to learn how to finish the headband she crocheted for her
daughter Madeline. While we worked, I asked her son Richard to
draw me a picture of a zebra. (I brought
a little book about a zebra that he was looking at while I was there.) Here is his zebra picture, and as a bonus, a
picture he drew of me, complete with my glasses, necklace and nametag!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lessons into the regular Temple Preparation Sunday School lessons.) This
lesson was on what members need to do (as far as recommends, family group
record) to go to the Temple for the first time and what they need to do to prepare
the names of their deceased ancestors for Temple work (<i>Minha Familia</i>
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5<sup>th</sup> Sunday lesson for combined Priesthood and Relief Society. To pay tithing is a privilege. Blessings from the “windows of heaven”
(Malachi 3:8-10) are promised in addition to other blessings. It was also interesting to review chapter 12
of <i>Teachings of the Presidents of the Church:
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with me how it had helped her family to have their documents prepared before
they went to the temple and I shared what she said to the class while I showed
the picture of her family at the temple March 11, 2014. I hope the rest of the class will realize the
help I can give them. We have only a few
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it was best that way. One got the full
flavor of their enthusiastic singing.
You could tell they really liked the songs: "<i>Ele Mandou Seu Filho"</i> ("He Sent His Son") , "<i>A
Família É de Deus" </i>("The Family is of God") , "<i>Buscarei Cedo ao Senhor"</i> ("Seek the Lord Early"), "<i>Néfi Era Valente"</i> ("Nephi’s Courage") and "<i>Segue o
Profeta"</i> ("Follow the Prophet"). At the
conclusion of the program, President Kretly congratulated the children for
their excellent program. To paraphrase
what he said: I really enjoyed the
program and the songs you sang, because I know that as you learned to sing
those songs, you also learned the message of the songs. I feel real good about the future of the
Church in Mozambique, because I know that you children will become the future
leaders of the Church here in Mozambique.
You, at this young age, already know the important truths of the
gospel. I know these same things to be
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very thankful for my health and strength.
Last week has been the only week in the last almost year and a half that
I have been sick. It seems that if I
was going to be allergic to something, it should have happened my first week
here! Foods are different here. They have fewer regulations on food additives
and the government hasn’t an equivalent to the FDA. Another thing we Americans can be thankful
for! I am thankful for the blessings of
the Priesthood, competent medical professionals, prescription medicine and
over-the-counter aids, and especially for everyone’s prayers this week. Thank you!
Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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because it was the Primary program.
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<o:p></o:p>Sandra Tidwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699704728845106404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1056355904442056885.post-62034202475796404022014-12-01T09:35:00.001-08:002015-06-27T21:37:38.000-07:0017 - 23 Nov 2014 BeiraVisit,EnglishClass,Maputo,Pond,DistConf,Hives<div class="MsoNormal">
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only found one! Sister Snelson
explained that the tide wasn’t low enough.
You need to look for 3 indentations in the wet sand next to the ocean
and then dig a little and find a live sand dollar! I guess we’ll have to have that experience on
a different beach in the world. We saw
many crab holes and some of them were quite large, different from Maputo which
only has little crabs. We saw one of
the bigger crabs up on the beach, so we decided to “save” it and take it down
to the ocean. I found a piece of white
Styrofoam, scooped him up, and started carrying him. Sister Snelson, always ready for a good
snapshot, ran back to the apartment for her iphone. She explained that it is best not to take
cameras or phones with you on the beach, because somebody might see you using
it and try to steal it from you. I
walked along slowly and was doing OK, until the crab moved one of his legs and
touched my hand! I freaked out and
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some interesting shells, and stopped when we couldn’t go any farther. When we turned around to go back, the sand
and water were whipping at us and we were a sight when we got back to the
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Instead, we took a driving tour of the city. We saw that the
storm has blown up lots of sand on the road next to the beach. Brian commented that the poor people would be
rejoicing. The women come and scoop up
the sand and sell it. They can’t get
sand from the actual beach, but when it blows onto the road they can collect it! He has seen women carrying these big heavy
bags of sand on their heads! </span><br />
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the once glorious Grand Hotel. According
to Wikipedia: “The Grande Hotel Beira was a luxury hotel in Beira, Mozambique
from 1954 to 1963. …<span style="background: white; color: #252525; line-height: 115%;"> After only eight years,
the Grande Hotel Beira was closed, deemed by the company to be unprofitable and
too costly to keep open… </span>The building was used as a military base in the
Mozambican Civil War (1977-1991)and it is currently home to 1,077 squatters.” Here are pictures of T</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">he Grand Hotel in the 1950's and today, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">c</span><span style="font-size: large;">omplete with a Barber Shop</span><span style="font-size: large;">!</span></span></div>
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African animals on it for the 3-tiered skirts I’m making for grandkids. Instead, we found some other beautiful ones!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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go back someday. Instead
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catching the birds with pieces of fishing line strung between sticks set in a
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oriented her to Family History. She is
very experienced with Family History, but welcomed the new information. While we were there, Richard visited with
Elder Castro Deus and found out they were able to see Alda when they stayed in
Maxixe on their way to Beira from the Couple’s Conference. I have since texted her, but have received no
answer. As for Stelio, she didn’t know
where he was. I have since called
Sterlio, since he talks English, and discovered he is now living and working in
Inhambane, which is across the peninsula from Maxixe. He was very cordial and was glad to hear from
us. He had received our text messages,
but was always very busy at the motel, where he had worked with Alda,
and little time for himself. He is
happier with the work schedule at the new place. </span><br />
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Meeting, I went to the Palmeiras chapel to the English class Kim teaches. What a great teacher!! Everyone was involved, even me, as she used
my visit as a way for each student to practice how to introduce themselves to
someone. Their last class will be
Thursday evening and those who have attended 20 class times will receive an
English Book of Mormon.</span></div>
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dinner and invited Josh Philipps and his parents, who were visiting from the
United States to share it. I was sorry
that the appointment I made with the Manjala Family conflicted with Kim’s
plans, but that evening would be our last and I had to meet with them about
their <i>Minha Familia</i> booklets. Their
booklets are the most complete I have seen since being in Mozambique. I like to sit down with the family before I
accept a booklet to ask questions about the spelling of names, date format,
etc., but, since I wasn’t able to do that with Brother Manjala, I had many
questions to ask him and his wife. We
had a great visit and accomplished a lot.
They are a humble couple and appreciated the help in getting their
information put into FamilySearch. They
look forward to soon attending the temple for the first time and doing some
ordinance work for their deceased ancestors.
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a few weeks, Brother Manjala was very sad.
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find out to complete their families.
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right to the office. Since Monday’s
transfers, Elder Reinstein is now part of a Secretary-threesome. Elder Cummings is back into the field,
bringing his positive attitude into his vibrant missionary work; Elder Mason
joins Elder Hamrick as an AP. I worked
at inputting fichas, and we reviewed missionary recommendations, sent out
reminder emails and texts, and printed out transfer cards for the new
missionaries and later helped Brother Campira recover his user name and
password for his lds.org account. He was
very thankful, as he had lost much of the original information about his family
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treat! The circuits to the power to the
first floor at the mission office blew out due to some crossed wires, so the missionaries wanted to
go out into their areas and be more productive!
We stopped by to meet the Pond couple who arrived last Saturday while we
were in Beira. They are from Ashton, Idaho, and are on a Humanitarian Mission and are replacing the Hobsons. He is learning to drive in the crazy
traffic. Neither of them speak
Portuguese so they are using Naldo, part of the mission physical facilties
staff, to go with them to make visits about Humanitarian projects. We are excited to go shopping with them on
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milk and bread to tide us over ‘til Monday’s shopping. Found some Feliz Natal capulana “treasures”
and at the Casa de Paris store, down from the capulana shop, we found the
perfect piece of fabric with African animals on it. It washed up like a dream!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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at the Maputo 2 chapel, which made it very convenient for us. I was hoping Laura and her family would come, but she texted that she
was going to try to make it to the Matola meetings on Sunday instead. The
District R.S., YW, Primary president, and Sister Lopes spoke upstairs for the
Auxiliary Training in the Saturday afternoon meeting while the brethren had
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with the Ponds in Matola. Met the Reed
Family, an American family who have begun a 2-year assignment with the embassy
and who are attending Maputo 1. Also saw
many of my friends from Maputo 2 and had pictures with Rosalina Congo, who had
befriended me on Saturday in Maputo after the meeting. She had told me that I couldn’t go home from
my mission. I needed to go and live with
her in her house – she says she has room for me! I explained that I had a big family at home
that I needed to get back to. She was
amazed that I had 6 children (3 boys and 3 girls) 25 grandchildren and one-on
the-way. She marveled at my age, because
she said I looked so young and energetic.
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a challenging tribulation for me with hives.
I don’t know what I ate or touched, but by Sunday evening my body was
covered with raised red welts. And boy,
did they itch! When Richard sent
pictures to the area doctor on Sunday evening, his comment was, “Holy
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missionaries. They invited us to go to
the beach to have a party. I asked what
they wanted me to bring. “Something sweet” was the replay, so I brought peanut
butter bars. This is the same beach where the sister missionaries had found some sand dollars, and so I was excited to
look for them. The low tide was
apparently not low enough! Dad and I had
a nice leisurely walk on the beach while eating the sandwiches and apples we
brought for our lunch. Monday was a
holiday, so the beach was crowded with families wading in the pool and playing
together in the ocean. After the
missionaries played soccer, everyone ate the “sweets.” The peanut butter bars went fast!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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“I had
times in my mission that I did not see the results of my efforts. … I thought
that I was not a good missionary. I saw
missionaries baptizing people and I felt sadness because I did not. When I was praying I received this answer by
President Henry B. Eyring’s talk (Rise to Your Call, 2002 General Conference).
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First, you are called of God…He chose you… You are called to represent the
Savior… your calling is to bless lives….There will be times when you will feel
overwhelmed … inadequate. Well, you are
inadequate to answer a call to represent God with only your own powers. But you have access to more than you natural
capacities, and you do not work alone.
The Lord will not only magnify the power of your efforts. He will work with you Himself….when I
remember that the Lord promised that His power would go with me, I begin to
look for evidence of what He has done in the lives of the people I am to
service. I pray to see with spiritual
eyes the effects of His power. You can
have the utmost assurance that your power will be multiplied many times by the
Lord. All he asks is that you give your best effort and your whole heart. Do it
cheerfully and with the prayer of faith.
The Father and His Beloved Son will send the Holy Ghost as your
companion to guide you. Your effort will
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overwhelmed. December has many events
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for the Mozambique/Swaziland missionaries.
The most recent 3 have been called to Florida Tampa Mission, and 2 to
the Cape Verde Praia Mission. We have
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14-19). On Thursday we said “Goodbye” to
the Hobsons. Their last day would be
November 19, the same day we return from Beira.
I made 2 hot pads with yarn the color of the Mozambique flag and gave
them the following “Odds and Ends: A Mozambique Experience,” which includes
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thunder and lightning storm, hoping that our flight wouldn’t be cancelled. By
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the pillows, was a little chocolate bar, reminiscent of our stay in Summerfield,
Swaziland! In Beira you don’t have the
luxury of going to a big store like Premier to get the food you need. You need to go many places to find what you
want and sometimes you even barter to get the price you want. We went with the Snelsons to buy hot dogs,
apples, catsup, drinks, and order rolls for Seminary/Institute Graduation,
which would be held on Saturday. They
planned to feed 160! At one of the stops, we met Armindo Manjala, a brother from the Inhamizua
Branch. He and his wife each had filled
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attending MLS training sessions which would be held over the next couple of days. </span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brother Given came from the Southeast
Africa Area Office in South Africa to give the training relative to MLS, Member
Leader Support software of the Church. Elder Tidwell had used MLS for many years as
Executive Secretary and Ward Clerk in his home ward, but that had been a number
of years ago. The training covered all of MLS membership, financial, and
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Presidents and Branch Clerks as well as the District Clerk. During the training
over 30 received the training. </span><span style="color: #222222;">The training was focused on the 12
branches of the Beira District of which 4 were new ones and there had been a
number of new Branch President sustained. Elder Tidwell was there to learn how
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was great interest in learning MLS and how it could help the members and
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gathered at the Manga Branch for the Seminary Graduaton, we realized first-hand
the great impact they are having with the youth and families in Beira. Elder Snelson, in the teacher training
session, which was held before the graduation, stressed the importance of Love.
Sister Snelson reviewed teaching techniques and stressed the importance of
being in tune with the Holy Ghost. (Doctrine and Covenants 42:14 - And the
Spirit shall be given unto you by the prayer of faith; and if ye receive not
the Spirit ye shall not teach.) It was
apparent in both of their presentations and testimonies they shared that they
truly loved the young people and would miss them when they concluded their
mission in December. Sister Snelson
brought out the chocolate marble cake she’d made. In the group of teachers was Sister Rosa, who
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certificates. Sister Snelson, as part of
her talk, showed an avocado plant she had grown from an avocado pit. It was about 2½ feet tall. She likened the pit to one’s testimony. If you nourish your testimony with prayer,
weekly church attendance and partaking of the Sacrament, scripture study
(especially of the Book of Mormon), keeping the commandments, and regular
repentance, you will have deep gospel roots that cannot be shaken. As the certificates were passed out, I
recognized many names from the Excel spreadsheet of Mozambique
missionaries. It was nice to put faces
and names! I met President Bueno for the
first time. He spoke on the importance
of Remembering. (There are 240 times the
word, or forms of the word, "remember", in the Book of Mormon! (Lesson 33: A Sure
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Brazil Porto Alegre Mission, the mission we might have been sent to. The Temple President is President Warthen,
one of Elder Tidwell’s missionary companion.
Sister Ferinho is now married and has a baby – Warthens remember her. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After graduation, pictures of the group were taken. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then, lunch was served! </span></span></div>
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where the lesson was on Chastity. Sister
Snelson shared this adage, “He won’t buy the cow if he can get the milk for
free.” For the second hour, we attended Primary and it was so fun to sing with
the children. I met Elisabeth, one of
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delicious shrimp, rice, potato salad, pasta salad and delicious peach cobbler
for dessert. Sister Castro Deus reported
the success she had had with the Relief Society training she had given Saturday
afternoon. Attending were the entire
presidency from 6 of the branches!
During the evening, we received 2 calls from members in Maputo, who
missed seeing us at Church. That was so
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visit to Southeast Africa. He is the link
to the article -</span> <a href="https://www.lds.org/church/news/elder-cook-urges-members-in-southeast-africa-to-build-zion?lang=eng&query=africa+swaziland">https://www.lds.org/church/news/elder-cook-urges-members-in-southeast-africa-to-build-zion?lang=eng&query=africa+swaziland</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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during our Couples Conference. I think
the best way to share our experience is to interleave pictures into our conference
schedule! The Beira couples arrived on
Monday morning and President and Sister Kretly had us over to their home for a
Barbecue.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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(2 each truck) leave Maputo and travel caravan-style to Swaziland. We were warned that often there would be cows
on the road. We must be in Swaziland. </span><o:p></o:p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were surprised by the well-paved roads and the mountains vistas.</span></span><br />
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missed the border crossing, we saw beautiful country including this
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were supposed to arrive at noon, but we were all
challenged to follow the directions, so we didn’t get to Elder & Sister
McEwen’s in Ezulwini until 1:30! We
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">McEwens had a delicious braie (barbecue) ready. Elder McEwen had cooked a variety of meats,
and Sister McEwen had made salads and other side dishes. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The McEwens live in a nice home which is located in a beautiful valley.</span></div>
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Summerfield Estates where the group of maids gave us “welcome” hugs,</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> helped carry our bags past the peacock to the reception area, </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and then to our cottage where we would be staying for two nights.</span></span></div>
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Restaurant where we met upstairs in their Conference Room for the “meeting”
part of the conference. President Kretly
said it was like a dream to have all of us together. He hoped that during these unique few days
together we would not only enjoy the time together but also learn from one
another. We reviewed the mission goals,
vision, and numbers; heard inspiring quotes from General Authorities on senior
missionary service; discussed crucial training the branches need to become a
Stake; discussed the unique role of senior missionaries and reviewed senior
missionary standards and rules; shared Ideas about analyzing our roles and
establishing a balance in our lives.
Senior missionaries are to clear the path for the missionaries to find,
teach, baptize, and prepare members for the Temple and endure to the end. In listing the ways we can clear the path for
missionaries, we remembered Moroni 10:8,17.
Each person/couple has a gift. We must look at the necessities of the mission and then ask how your gifts can help fill these needs. We will never forget the things we have
shared together in this mission experience.
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elegant place. However, we had to wait
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end up buying something! All of the
glass they use is recycled glass and the furnaces are fueled by recycled engine
oil. It was pretty impressive to watch
the teams of workers blow glass and make a glass zebra. Yes, we did buy
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Christmas ornaments (African animals) and a cute little glass penguin. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-size: large;">We browsed the Ezulwini Craft Market and bought a few things there, too! </span></span></div>
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Pap (like corn meal), Beetroot salad, coleslaw salad and white rice.</span></div>
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Laura’s family visit on Sunday. She had
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">First the fish needed to be descaled! I’d never scaled a fish before, nor had I
ever seen such big hard scales. As I
scraped the fish with a knife, the scales were flipping everywhere, so we moved
the operation out to the kitchen balcony.
I taped a couple of the scales onto a page in my journal! Sister Bernardo came and helped us complete the
preparations: she pulled off the small
fins, cut off the top fins, took out the gills and the mouth and then cut 2
slits on the side of each fish. She put
salt into the slits and then squeezed lemon juice over the fish. A sliced garlic clove and olive oil were the
rest of the marinade ingredients. The
fish were ready to bake after church.
Elder Tidwell and I enjoyed the fish, as our friend texted me early
Sunday morning explaining she couldn’t come because she had woke with a stomach
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As I recall, that evening I forgot to write in my journal until it was really late, so
my entry is a list of things we accomplished.
One of the major things was an outline of the Family Get-Together
schedule we sent out to all of our children.
I want to make 3-tiered skirts out of capulana fabric for all of our
granddaughters! The time is speeding by
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My husband and I have many years of
experience with the Scouting program in the Church and its main motto “Be
Prepared” is one we can apply to missionary work. Another motto the Scouts learn in camping was
“Leave No Trace” which stresses being careful with fire, conserving flora and
fauna, and carrying out trash - these also can apply to our time here in
Mozambique. However, we are not here on
a camping trip; life is not a camping trip.
We want to, as Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scouting movement,
taught, Leave a Place Better Than You
Found it. He explained:<span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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"No one can pass through life,
any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without leaving tracks
behind, and those tracks may often be helpful to those coming after him in
finding their way."<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the Preach My Gospel section
“How Do I Use Time Wisely?” it states in the 2nd paragraph: “Do all you can to leave your area stronger
than you found it.” When you work in an area, or visit
a branch, met someone new, or help someone, do you leave the area, branch or
person better than you found them? And
the corollary: Are you a better person
than you were because you worked in an area, visited a branch, met someone new,
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We are in a place that someone was
before us. Elder Ellis talked about this
concept in his short meeting with us in Matola in quoted 1 Nephi 3:7. We are
now preparing the way for the next one to take our place. What have you done to
make the way clearer? Reading again from Preach My
Gospel: “The Area Book” (p. 140). The Area Book contains: Area Map, Progress Records; Teaching Record
forms for Investigators with a Baptism & Confirmation Date, Progressing
Investigators, New and Other Investigators, Former Investigators and Recent
Converts and Less-Active Members. There
are Potential Investigator forms; Media referrals and other referral records,
and Convert Action List forms. In the
Branch and Mission Information section missionaries can put a branch directory,
positions list, schedule of ward and missionary meetings, a list of part-member
families, a directory of missionaries in your district or zone. Another section
“Information about the Area” is the place to put information about public
transportation, barbershops, places to shop, places to avoid. In our Staff Meeting the AP’s report on
mission numbers – District Leaders hopefully are using the Call-In Summary
Report to keep and report their mission numbers. Preach My Gospel states “This book should stay in your
apartment after you are transferred so that future missionaries can use the
information.”</div>
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What kind of a missionary do you want
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What difference would you want others
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answers to these questions, review them often and make goals to fulfill the
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In Family History, I have some
“Leave No Trace” ancestors. Let us not
be one to our posterity or to our Mission.
May we each identify ways that we can make our assignment, our area, our
companionship, better than we found it; may we be better people than we were
when we began – not to our glory, but to the glory of God and his son, Jesus
Christ. “Be not weary in well-doing, for
ye are laying the foundation of a great work.” D&C 64:33.<span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shopping, but we got to go on Friday. I
got to see my friend Guilhermina. She
wants to get my email address so we can keep in touch after we leave. I am going to miss seeing her – as I will
miss many things about this unique country.
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Missionary Recommendations, entering baptism fichas, and making final preparation
for the Temple Preparation Class we would be teaching on Sunday. The month of October finished with 105 baptisms!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a blessing to be able to include 3 Family History
lessons into the Temple Preparation Classes in Sunday School. I have been working on putting my regular
lessons 1 & 2 together for the first of these 3 lessons. Sunday we gave the lesson and, since it had
been a while since we have taught, I was nervous about it, but it all went very
well. Even though we started late, we
had time to cover what I had planned. Elder
Tidwell manned the computer to advance the PowerPoint slides and I gave the
lesson. Elder Tidwell fielded questions
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was very pleased to see the 3 children from the selling
booth up the street at Church this morning.
They were there very early and had the biggest smiles to greet us when
we came into the chapel before the meetings began. The younger 2 girls, Sonia and Teresa, went to Primary and the
15-year-old, Antonio, went to Priesthood meeting opening exercises and then the Young Men
leader shepherded him off to the right class.
Every week new investigators attend.
New families are one of the main numbers that the mission measures
and reports. It is the foundation of
baptisms. If you find new families and
they come to Church, they are beginning on the path to baptism!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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do tithing settlement. President
Kretly, who presented the training, used the PowerPoint slides which Elder
Tidwell had put together. Branch
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separated the lists so that at each store we knew which person would be looking
for each item. We made record time! It was the first time shopping for the
Lopes’. We remember how daunting Premier
was to us the very first time! Since
Lopes’ haven’t mastered driving in Maputo yet and the truck only seats 5
people, Sister Hobson stayed home and prepared breakfast casseroles for the
Swaziland missionaries to eat when they arrived for the Area Review Meetings.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Swaziland breakfast. We got everything
else ready we had to bring with us the next day. Elder Hobson loaded up many of our boxes and
our fans (for Matola 2’s R.S. room because it has no air conditioning) so that
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long walk. We needed to buy plastic
plates for the Swaziland breakfast and District Council Meeting lunch and brackets
for a curtain in the sister’s apartment.
Since we found ourselves at the far-away Chinese store to find a
bracket Elder Tidwell thought might work, we decided to check on the stores
where I had purchased crochet hooks before. I had already given out the first 15 crochet hooks I had purchased. The Fakir store hadn’t received their new
shipment of size 4.00 hooks. So, we went
to the Casa de Paris, which is quite a walk from the Fakir store. Senior
Missionaries walking hand-in-hand must be a unique sight for Mozambicans,
because we sure got a lot of looks! Whenever
we would connect with someone’s eyes, we would say “Boa tarde!” and their
wondering expressions turned to smiles.
One interesting grey-haired and grey-bearded sixty-year-old gentleman
stopped us. He explained that he was an
artist and had been to the United States – Washington, D.C; New York City;
Silver Springs, Maryland. He thanked us
for stopping to talk with him! Elder
Tidwell told me he was a little drunk! No
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the Priesthood Leadership Meeting, 99 sisters attended the Women's Auxiliary Meeting,
and 505 members attended the member meeting!
Elder Clayton was astonished, especially noting this was on a Monday afternoon during the regular work-week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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p.m.) and Priesthood Leadership Meeting (1:30 – 3:30 p.m.); </span><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">R.S. room for the Women’s Auxiliary Meeting (1:30 – 3:30 p.m.); </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">YW room for serving the Swaziland missionary breakfast (9:00-10:00 a.m.); </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the District Council Lunch (12:30-1:30 p.m.); </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and Cultural Hall for the Missionary Lunch (12:00-1:00 p.m.).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When the Swaziland missionaries didn’t show up as planned,
we began hearing about delayed and cancelled flights! The APs informed us that the initial flight
for the visiting authorities had been delayed.
Then, when the party arrived at the airport, they found out that the
delayed flight had been cancelled!
Another flight to Maputo was leaving in a while. It was a small plane and there was only 1
seat available. Who should come? Elder Clayton? Sister Clayton? Elder Ellis?
Sister Ellis? the Security Officer? the translator? President Kretly? or Sister Kretly?
Elder Clayton decided that Elder Ellis would take the seat since he
spoke Portuguese and didn’t need a translator! </span><br />
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separate Priesthood and auxiliary meetings, the new plan was to begin the
District Council Meeting (and lunch for the visitors) immediately after Elder Ellis arrived from Beira. The combined
Priesthood Leadership and Women’s Auxiliary Meeting would then take place in
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if they were hungry and, of course, they said yes. They were glad to eat the “Swaziland
Breakfast” as we called it! They enjoyed an unexpected delicious breakfast of Cheese Custard Casserole,
Banana Apple Muffins, and Bananas. We
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the blessing on the food, he and the District leaders got their lunch and
held their meeting for the next hour. In
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Elder Ellis came out of the District Council Meeting,
he requested that the missionaries gather for a short meeting with him. Elder Ellis’s aura is of total commitment to
the Gospel. He is a seasoned confident leader. He was calm, unhurried,
and gave a powerful message to us missionaries:
God has prepared and will continue to prepare the way for his work to be
accomplished here in Mozambique and throughout the world. Remember, missionaries always go in 3’s: the Missionary, His companion, and God.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The member meeting began with "<i>Graças Damós, Ó Deus, Por um
Profeta" </i>("We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet"). Elder Ellis’</span><span lang="PT"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">s message:</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the saints are gathered together, God promises
his Spirit will be with us. (D&C 44:2) This is a glorious promise because the
Spirit inspires, teaches, reveals truth, testifies of the truth of all things,
witnesses of the Father and the Son, guides us, gives us the gift of
discernment, helps us remember truth, consoles and comforts us. When we meet, not only take notes on what is
said, but also make a list of the spiritual promptings you receive while you
are listening. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we are gathered together we need to
instruct and edify each other. (D&C 43:8-9) We teach the Doctrine of Christ
(2 Nephi 31: 17-21). By doing so, we are helping God accomplish His ‘work and
glory’ – “the immortality and eternal life of man” (Moses 1:39). He knows the end from the beginning (Abraham
2:8). Teach:</span></li>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Establish the Church with real growth –
retention of members. Converts need a
Friend, A Calling, and Nourishing with the Word of God<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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which we become sanctified (D&C 84:19-22)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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meet God (3 Nephi 27: 13-20)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Heavenly Father – one step at a time</span></li>
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- remember the Atonement and apply it in your life (D&C 59:9-12)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->When you have questions, what do you do?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->What does the Manual say? Read and apply what
the Manual says. The manual isn’t a
decoration!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->What is the counsel of our Leaders? Refer to the words of the living prophets and
apostles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->What does your Council of Local Leaders
say? There are many councils: branch, district, family, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Missionary callings are inspired and confirmed
by God before they are extended to an individual or to a senior couple.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Church is financially stable. We should
follow the Church’s example: live within
our means and save something for the future.</span></li>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->The Church is concerned about:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Are we really converted? Are you walking in
God’s ways? (Joshua 22:5) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Are we strengthening our families, especially
the new generation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Are we willing, as the Anti-Nephi-Lehies, to
bury our weapons of war for peace (Alma 23:6-13) Anything that deters us from
going to Church and following the commandments is a weapon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->What about the poor? Is there really “enough and to spare”?
(D&C 104: 13-17) Are we fasting and praying and paying our tithes and
offerings? (Malachi 3:8-12)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the specific blessings for tithe payers
is: “for ye shall be a delightsome land”
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congregation. That was a thrill!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Southeast Area office and 3 were ready for their interview with President
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not sticking to the metal box. So we used
wide see-through tape to adhere the labels.
Well, we saw that they weren’t sticking either. If we had industrial-duty sticky Velcro, we
could use that, but we haven’t found it in any of the store here. As a witness that Heavenly Father helps us
to solve even small challenges, I had prayed that we would find a solution to
the key label problem. As I prayed I
remember the “Sticky Stuff” we use to put up pictures in our apartment
walls. Yes! That was the answer. It was the perfect solution! I am grateful for inspiration! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tried the untagged keys in very lock! 5
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curtain rod in the sister’s apartment.
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crochet flowers, they wanted to learn how to make the little baby shoes! It was challenging going from sister to
sister instructing them at their unique places in the directions and at the
same time helping one sister learn how to make flowers and another sister to
begin another project. The sisters were
pleased with their first baby shoe!!
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to our branch for Church. Sunday lessons
included "Using Our Talents to Build the Kingdom of God"; "Temple Interviews &
Promised Blessing of Temples" (see D&C 107).
In Temple Preparation Class, Elder Tidwell took a picture of the class
after the closing prayer. Back row: Rufino Chivite (his wife is Celeste), Sister Bernardo, Sister Naehu, Agostinho Azevedo Inácio, Egues Armando (his wife is Luisa Azarias Húo Armando), Fernando Cossa; front row: Sister Tidwell, Justino Anselmo, Cacilde Anselmo, Nilva Cossa and her son Richard, Felizarda Cossa and her son Yuri.</span></div>
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After Sacrament Meeting, I talked with a recent convert who had
questions about family history and temple work.
I learned a lot that afternoon and evening researching his questions and
writing an email to him. Elder Tidwell
and I met with Manuel in the chapel after the meeting, too. He wanted to review the lessons on the gathering of Israel, so we read the lesson to him again and answered his
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in my journal. As I sat there, I “heard”
the next wave of rain approach! It was
very interesting. I’d never “heard”
approaching rain before! I went inside,
but realized that, because it wasn’t windy, I would have stayed dry if I had
remained on the balcony. So, I went out
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back to their 2<sup>nd</sup> floor apartment, clean the 6<sup>th</sup> floor
apartment, and further ready it for the new Brazilian couple. The other new Brazilian couple will live in
Beira. That makes 8 sisters on the 2<sup>nd</sup> floor! That’s not the record, however. At one time, there were 10 sisters in that apartment. Both new couples were to arrive on Tuesday morning
about 11 a.m. and there was much to prepare.
The Secretaries and AP’s helped move the beds, desks and wardrobes. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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shopping for a countertop oven, kitchen table and chairs and other things for
the new couple. The street where the
Home Center store is located was super busy and a traffic accident complicated
matters. We were cutting it close as the
delivery truck followed us to the apartment building. We called the APs at the airport and found
out that the couples were coming on a different flight! We gratefully had more time to get everything
in place. The rug we purchased matched perfectly with the turquoise couch, and the table & chair set brought out
the lime green accent in the rug! </span><br />
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evening. We are so blessed to have two
more exceptional couples here in the mission:
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very quiet day in Maputo – not even one truck with people yelling and waving
flags and no sirens! We heard other
cities did have some problems. The
Lopes’ and Sister Hobson (Elder Hobson was still traveling home from Beira)
came to our apartment for this week’s Staff Meeting via GoToMeeting. Next week’s General Authority visit and
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Saturday and Sunday and, having remembered that we had provided one of our
computers to show last conference, asked Elder Tidwell to come on Friday to the
chapel to check the connections and sound system. They were able to get everything working; the
office elders distributed flash drives containing conference.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On the way to the chapel on Saturday morning, I saw a huge
beetle crawling along the edge of the sidewalk.
It was headed for the street and I tried to turn it a difference
direction, but it was bent on going across the street. I regret that I don’t have a picture of this
magnificent beetle. I went to the chapel
and stayed only briefly to put down my things, and when I went back to see if I
could get a picture of the beetle, the beetle was gone. It may have been one of the wet blobs I saw on
the asphalt, or, maybe it was a super-fast beetle and it had crawled to
safety. I hope the latter was true. Next time I’m going to be more inventive
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apartment live or on time-delay over BYU-TV, I enjoyed being able to
concentrate on the messages again as we met for conference in the branch and
viewed it on the huge screen in the chapel.
About 30 people came for Saturday’s showing; on Sunday almost 200
attended. Elder Tidwell’s computer
played conference and I used my computer to bring up the English text of the
talks and followed along. I could
underline and highlight things I wanted to remember. There was a short break in between the two
sessions. I went outside and visited
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make attainable goals to work toward. We
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project. They explained that the wife of
a couple, who was planning on being married soon, was having trouble finding
documents which verified her birth. She
had already been to the city offices and they were unable to help her. The only other records she could think of
which would have the information would be school records. She had contacted the High School Mondlane
and arranged that we could go there at 9 a.m. on Monday to ask about searching
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sounded like quite an adventure, especially to me! We arrived at the school. We waited for the records secretary to arrive and the Elders proceeded to tell her our errand. Her first response was not positive. And she looked at me as if to say, What help is
this little old woman going to be? The
archive </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">room is not organized, she said.
It is smelly in there. It is dirty
and dusty, and you will get sick if you go in there. If you get sick I will get in trouble. She said I could wait outside while they went
in to search. The Elders firmly
explained that Elder Tidwell and I were there to help and that we needed to
stay with them. I prayed in my heart
that her heart would be softened. We
waited for another person to bring the key.
By the time the key arrived, the lady had agreed that we could all go
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<span style="font-size: large;">Y<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">es, it was not organized and it was dirty, but it was not
smelly. It was a sunny morning, but not
hot – an open door to a roof-top provided the light we needed. The Elders searched an additional a</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">rchive
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papers, class rolls, student folders with copies of birth and other registration
information. One of the Elders found the school papers for another investigator
which may be helpful in the future, but the miracle of finding the documents we
sought was not meant to be. There is a
happy ending to this account, though.
The Elders reported that by the end of the day, the sister had gone
again to the city office and was able to find the papers she needed there! We were thankful for this experience. Thinking of all of the many schools in this
city which might also have such an archive room is mind-boggling.</span></span></div>
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get back home for the rest of P-Day. My watch stopped working, so we went shopping for another watch. All of the women's watches are big with lots of shiny reinstones, which is not my style. Found a reasonably priced flower shaped watch at the Chinese store and purchased it. When we found out the second hand was the only thiing that moved and the large hand didn't advance, we exchanged it for another one. This one also had a problem - the stem came out and wouldn't go back in! So, it is now an object lesson. It looks functional and is cute and stylish (even though the watch is bigger than I'm used to), but it doesn't work! </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">President Eyring spoke about the
Lord’s work being filled with preparation, and that our success with the
Aaronic Priesthood brothers who are our stewardship can be measured by how much
we love them. Choosing Home Teaching
companions, matching Elders and High Priests with Aaronic Priesthood young men,
can be compared to President Kretly’s forming new companionships at transfers. </span><br />
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Tidwell related an experience he had on his mission while serving in Santana. He was a new missionary and he and his companion were to teach
an important lesson to a family, during which the family was to be invited to
be baptized. He thought that his
companion would teach the lesson, but at the last minute his companion told him
that Elder Tidwell would be teaching this important lesson and that a young
Aaronic Priesthood boy would be his companion.
He related: "</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though I was still struggling with the language, God helped
me teach the lesson and the family accepted the challenge to be baptized. Heavenly Father will help us convey His
love."</span><br />
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were asked to share their impressions of conference, and I could feel the
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questions, and clarification about the Area Review Meetings which are scheduled
for October 20-22. We were sadden to
hear that the two Brazilian couples would not be coming Mozambique – they had
been reassigned to Brazilian Missions. The
Mission had a miraculous 59 baptisms for the first week in October! Although my head was just spinning with
details after the meeting, I felt the Spirit and was amazed at what Heavenly
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and Elder Tidwell and I get to attend!
It will be November 15!! We are
excited for this opportunity for Elder Tidwell to receive this training so he
can train the leaders in the Maputo Zone, and for us to see another part of
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Brazilian couples had been approved and they may arrive as early as next
week! The will live in the 6<sup>th</sup> floor apartment! How soon can the sisters move to Level 2? When will the Secretaries and APs help move
furniture? If they arrive on Tuesday,
will be apartment be clean and ready? Uncertainties were still voiced about the
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member, entering his family information on FamilySearch. He was worried that, since his personal information
was stolen, he would not be able to recover the information he had already
provided to the Church when he went to the temple for the first time in
2008. Using the "Helper" function on
FamilySearch and information on the pink, blue, and yellow ordinance cards he brought,
we were able to bring up his Family Tree on FamilySearch. Needless to say, he was so thankful!!!! He is blessed to have a mother who is also a
member of the Church and she helps him to gather information about his
family. He watched as his FamilyTree
blossomed with the new information he brought with him! Before we finished, he wanted to know if
there was a way to access Family Search on his own. Since he couldn’t remember his original account
information, and we couldn’t get the account recovery process to work, I called
Family Search Support for help. The remedy was to make a new account for him,
which we did. He left one joyful
brother. He wants to come another time
to reserve ordinance work for his deceased ancestors and I assured him that I
would walk him through the process and teach him how to do it!</span></div>
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Brother Jambane to wish him an early Happy Birthday (his birthday is next
Wednesday, Election Day). He was very
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We sang the Portuguese “Parabens” song to him and gave him some banana apple muffins warm out of the
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gathered around him and one came up and hugged his legs! I thought, oh, how I wished a little child would
hug me in that way! I so miss those
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Sunday morning I got to lead the opening song, which is
always sung acapella, in R.S. again! I
like doing this – I like to sing and I can pronounce and fit in most of the
words to the hymns. As the lesson, “The
Power of Prayer”, was taught a sister came and sat in the chair next to
me. It was Esperança, the sister visiting
from Johannesburg, South Africa, who I had met the month before when she, her
mother, and her daughter attended R.S.
They had come to Mozambique because of the death of her father. On that Sunday in September she had explained
that she could only attend the first hour, but when she came back in a month
she would attend all of the meetings and look for me! She also attended the Temple Preparation
Class during Sunday School. She was
attending that class in Johannesburg and was happy that she would not miss
it! She bore strong testimonies of the
importance of family and the commandment of tithing. Here is a picture of us after the
meetings. The brother, Philimão, in the
picture is not a member of the Church yet.
When Esperança was trying to the find the chapel, it was Philimão who
knew where the Church was and led her to the chapel. He has been attending English class at the
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recognized a couple of them from the crocheting activity we had the week
before. I walked over to them, and one
little girl, Martinia, recognized me, she reached out her arms and gave me the
biggest hug! I thought back to the day
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the Area Review visits (October 20-22).
The visiting general authorities will visit Beira on October 20, Maputo
on October 21, and Swaziland on October 22.
The agendas we received last month were changed due to the fact that
they will only be in each place a short time.
The changes necessitated giving the changed schedules and details to the
other couples so each of us could communicate them to our area’s branch presidents. The district meeting for Saturday, October 4,
which Elder Tidwell was invited to, would be a perfect time to distribute the
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missionaries. If you are preparing to
serve in the future, learn cleanliness basics.
Mothers, teach your sons and daughters how to clean house: organize and tidy up their rooms; wipe out
refrigerators; defrost freezers; sweep and mop floors; wash walls and woodwork;
clean bathrooms including the sink, shower, and toilet; fold and hang up
clothes. Teach them how to cook and how
to preserve leftovers properly. You’ll
need to be patient as they develop these skills, but in the future they will
have a healthier experience on their mission and be a blessing to their eternal
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Peace and Reconciliation. It turned out to be perfect day
for the district meeting! Elder Tidwell
reported that there was excellent representation from the branch
presidencies. While Elder Tidwell was at
his meeting, I attended the baptism of two sisters. They are the last children of a family to be
baptized! After they got dressed and
returned to the chapel, the girls were invited to share their testimony. “Today I am a new person!” “I am on the path back to God!” These occasions give us chance to think back
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was another try for the Learn How to Crochet class and to my great
surprise there was a group of sisters waiting for me to arrive! As the District R.S. was also holding an
activity at the same time, the crochet group formed a circle at the back of the
chapel and I began teaching them.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are Rivonia, Carolina, Marta, and Laura Matica.</span></span></div>
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the district leaders were ready to begin, we joined them. The district activity was on
Self-Reliance. Sisters had been asked to
bring things and show what they had learned to make. I showed the crocheting I brought (baby
bootie, girl’s hat, boy’s hat, hair snood, and hot pad). I explained that I would have also showed them the headband, which is the beginning project the sister are beginning to learn, but one of the children, Agnes (Carolina's daughter) had put it on their head and left the room! Here she is!</span></div>
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be able to make many things. One other
sister brought things to show: a beautiful embroidered table cloth, a huge
crocheted table cloth, and a set of matching kitchen things she had machine
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Blessing.” She looked for it on the list
so the automatic piano would play it, but, as I warned her, it wasn’t
there. When she found the right song, it
ended up being “We Are Sowing.” I
explained that the 2 songs were very different, and she confirmed that by
playing the first couple of notes on the automatic piano. Just use the other tune and sing acapella
using these words. It will work. It did!
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said they would come and begin learning next week. One sister, who had never crocheted before, caught
right on and her stitches were very even. Next Saturday I’ll be showing them how to
crochet flowers to put on their headbands. The sisters to the left of the Rivonia group are Eriketa and Lina. In the next picture are Vitoria Feliciano, Cacilde Anselmo, and Adelina Mutampua.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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around it and it looks like they are going to fix it up! Up the street from us, before you turn the
corner at DHL, city workers tore up and carted away the old sidewalk. They are replacing it with red and gray
checked squares of cement. There are
also been some streets which have been newly-paved. Some say the improvements are because it is
election time and the present party to have a good reputation as the people go
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previous month must be submitted! There were 79 baptisms for September! Zone
Conference delayed some of the fichas from coming in, so I was inputting the
last fichas late Sunday night. Consequently, we only watched the 10 a.m. Sunday Session. We will watch other sessions later this week. </span><br />
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Rite store on Monday morning. The
bananas were just being delivered and were in beautiful condition – hardly any
bruises and a little on the green side.
They’d be perfect for Tuesday’s Zone Conference! That afternoon we purchased some vividly
colored fabric for 2 large table cloths we needed for the conference. That evening, upon returning home, we put
together the breakfast casserole which we’d bake Tuesday morning.</span></div>
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casseroles before we loaded up at 7:15 a.m. Our good planning paid off as the breakfast was enjoyed by the Swaziland
missionaries. We prepared the tables for
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Zone Conference is always well planned and presented. Sister Kretly gave the
background of Joseph Smith’s statement “I teach them correct principles, and
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the Church, reported: “Some years ago, in Nauvoo, a gentleman in my hearing, a
member of the legislature, asked Joseph Smith how it was that he was enabled to
govern so many people, and to preserve such perfect order; remarking at the
same time that it was impossible for them to do it anywhere else. Mr. Smith remarked
that it was very easy to do that. ‘How?’ responded the gentleman; ‘to us it is
very difficult.’ Mr. Smith replied, ‘I teach them correct principles, and they
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Effective Missionaries. He related the
story of the goose which laid golden eggs.
We are the goose, he said. Don’t
be impatient with yourself and think you need to run faster than you have
strength and thus endanger the life of the Goose. Take care of yourself so you can continue to
enjoy the golden egg of revelation. (1)
Be Proactive – D&C 58:26-28. (2) Begin with the End in Mind – Know that
Heavenly Father will help you as you are faithful – see Nephi for example of
both of these principles - 1 Nephi 3:7; (3) Plan every day and every week to Put
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return for all you have put into it: prayer,
commandments, scripture study, attending Church, etc.). Try to eliminate being in the other
quadrants: most important/most urgent (the<u>
quadrant of Necessity,</u> which include emergencies and deadlines. If you operate too much in this quadrant you
will burn out! Eliminate not important/urgent
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weeks they could reflect on their personal mission goals. The principles are to help missionaries
become successful in all aspects of their life not only as a missionary, but
after their mission. You are building a
legacy which your descendants can find a source of strength to do the
same. One of the highlights is to hear
testimonies of those who will be returning home before the next Zone
Conference. Testimonies included the
following: I learned to trust in God
with all my heart; the Lord will show you, from time to time just like he did
Nephi (1 Nephi 18:1-4) how to do hard things and the end result will be
something “exceedingly fine”; difficulties became opportunities to see miracle
in the moment; Mozambique is sacred to me, because I learned so much; I’ll
leave part of my heart here when I depart; make the best of every day and don’t
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the Hobsons went to Chinese Restaurant, where she works, to have dinner and to
sing her "Happy Birthday." She was so
thrilled that we remembered her special day and smiled as we sang “Parabens pra
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"During the colonial period it was used by the Portuguese Secret Police (Policia Internacional da Defesa do Estado, or PIDE) as a prison where they tortured people that struggled against colonial control….The list of well-known detainees includes the internationally recognized artist Malangatana Valente and the poet José Craveirinha, both now deceased, as well as many fighters for Mozambique’s independence from Portugal, mostly from the liberation movement FRELIMO… Vila Algarve´s tiles are from the famous Azulejo factories in northern Portugal."<br />
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Sunday. We helped him learn the words to
the hymn "<i>Israel, Jesus Te Chama"</i> ("Israel, Israel, God is Calling"), obtained
more information for his <i>Minha Familia </i>booklet, and read part of another chapter
in the <i>Our Heritage</i> book. He showed us
pictures of him with his students when he was a professor of mathematics,
physics, and chemistry. It is very
interesting to hear about his life in Tete before he moved to Maputo. Later in the evening we went with the
missionaries to visit Crislerio and Joanna and their family who are investigating the Church. It was their little boy David's first birthday!</span><br />
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they do not come on the day! Celeste
wanted an extra day to come, so we met on Monday. She learned how to make flowers for her
headband. Then she showed me another
project she is going to tell the sisters about.
She took out an empty heavy plastic bag which used to hold rice. She cut the ends off and then poked holes in
it with her scissors. Taking a piece of
fabric from an old capulana, she poked the fabric through the holes and tied it
off – much like a hooked rug, but using fabric instead of yarn. The finished product will be a very sturdy
rug! </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Usually we send the original paper copy.
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thought that each of us can take to heart.
He explored the meaning of the phrase “waiting upon the Lord.” We are repeatedly admonished to “wait upon
the Lord” and we associate this with patience and trusting in the Lord’s
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and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be
fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord;
and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him;
and he shall bring it to pass. And he
shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the
noonday. Rest in the Lord, and wait
patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way,
because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass… (v.34) Wait on the
Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land… (v. 40)
”And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the
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Him. When we are waiting on ourselves to
solve a challenge or trial we have, we become worried about it and try to make
our own way in solving it. In contrast,
when we trust in Him to provide a way through our challenges and trials, we
totally trust in Him and the responsibility of the outcome becomes His. He explained that when he was a Jr in High
School, his father lost his job and it was hard for them as a family. Their home teachers came and shared the story
of the Brother of Jared from Ether 6.
This story helped his family see that the people waited upon the Lord (v.
4-6). They set themselves “forth into
the sea, commending themselves unto the Lord their God.” Even when they were buried by the water (v.6) they
were always brought up and “the wind did never cease to blow towards the
promised land while they were upon the waters.”
Even in our trials, God is always directing us to our “promised land” - eternal
life. As we wait upon the Lord, the Lord
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instead of buying the muffins at the store which have a "Best Before" date that is 2
or 3 months in the future! One of the
secretaries had told me that one of the near-by stores carried Pillsbury
Lemon-Flavored Poppy Seed Muffins, so on Monday, we went to that store with the
Hobsons and purchased the mixes we needed.
Wednesday was baking day.
First, Matilde and I made two
dozen Surprise Muffins to go with the breakfast for the Swaziland
missionaries. Then we baked 72 poppy
seed muffins! We also made 16
heart-shaped cupcakes for the missionaries who had had birthdays since the last
Zone Conference. It was all-day job and
I got lots of exercise going up and down the stairs to check them as they
baked. Elder Tidwell fashioned boxes so
we could freeze them for next Tuesday’s Zone Conference. It earned me a royal headache the next day as
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purchasing water and other beverages and apples for the breaks. Matilde was so helpful in washing the
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married on Friday. Their oldest two
children were also baptized. During the
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girl so Celia could give her talk about the Holy Ghost.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Khumbulani Mdletshe which was held at
the Maputo 2 chapel. I was happy to see
members from Maputo 1 branch as they came in, since they meet in a different
building than ours now. We were all to
have read specific articles for the meeting:
“Trial of Your Faith” by Elder Neil L. Andersen; “The Gospel Culture” by
Elder Dallin H. Oaks, and “More Diligent and Concerned at Home” by Elder David
A. Bednar and the “Family Proclamation.” Elder Mdletshe asked members to share
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">In our relationships:</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Express Love and Show it; Bear Testimony and
Live it; Be Consistent. “In these important pursuits we will never be left
alone.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Our Heavenly Father and His
Beloved Son live. They love us and know our circumstances, and they will help
us to become more diligent and concerned at home.”</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">“Every [person] eventually is backed up to the
wall of faith, and there…must make his stand.” (President Ezra Taft Benson)
Elder Andersen said, “Don’t be surprised when it happens to you!” To “remain
‘steadfast and immovable’ during a trial of faith … immerse yourself in the
very things that helped build your core of faith:</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">you exercise faith in Christ, you pray, you
ponder the scriptures, you repent, you keep the commandments, and you serve
others. … Distancing yourself from the kingdom of God during a trial of faith
is like leaving the safety of a secure storm cellar just as the tornado comes
into view.” See also Ether 12:6; D&C 122:9</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Elder Oaks taught: Rely on the Holy Ghost, Lead
a distinctive life by keeping the Commandments:</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">“Many African traditions are consistent with the gospel culture and help
our members keep the commandments of God….strong African family culture … love
and loyalty … modesty.”</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Others, such as
the husband expecting his wife to do most of the work at home, that children
are servants to the father, and <i>Lobola</i> “bride price”, should be
discontinued.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">He continued:</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Pay your tithing, Build up the Church where
you live, Love One Another.</span></span></li>
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the sisters cut out the fabric and handles for their bags.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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some hard memory work as we helped him fill out his <i>Minha Familia</i> booklet. What would you remember about your first four
generations of ancestors if you were in his situation: blind with no family documents to consult?! We also started reading the <i>Our Heritage</i> book to him. </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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together plans for the details for the General Authority visit next month.
President Kretly wanted a report at Staff Meeting on Tuesday. When we had the plans ready in English,
Richard did the next step – translating them into Portuguese! </span></div>
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Smith and the authenticity of The Book of Mormon. Elder Tidwell has a great understanding of
the Portuguese written language and, of course, he knows English. It takes him a couple of hours to correctly
translate one page of text – and, he’s using Google Translate to give him the
foundation translation. Some, who do not
believe Joseph Smith was a prophet, say that he fabricated the whole story of
the golden plates and made up The Book of Mormon! How could Joseph Smith with only
a rudimentary elementary education and knowing nothing of ancient languages and
texts, make up a story with story lines which interconnect and make sense?
Modern handwriting and textual analysis reveals that the book was written by
multiple authors. “The translation was a
staggering achievement. It was completed within eighty-five days, from 7 April
to 30 June…. Considering the complexity, consistency, clarity, artistry,
accuracy, density, and profundity of the Book of Mormon, the Prophet Joseph’s
translation is a phenomenal feat.” (Welch, John W. <i>Ensign</i>, January 1988, “I Have a Question) He accomplished it by divine help.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Monday, we heard about their great camping and fishing trip to Payson Lakes
over Labor Day weekend. After a night of camping and even driving up to the
Devil's Kitchen overlook to see the red-rock formations, the van brought their
family home safely. This was to be the
van’s last adventure, for when Peter pulled into the parking lot at his work
the next morning, it had a "transmission attack" and died. [A new
transmission would cost about $2500 and the Blue Book value of a working van of that
year is only $665!] </span></span><br />
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the family and Elder Tidwell and I on many trips, has never stranded us in a
bad situation far away from home. It has
always waited until we got safely home, even in its last trip! We put an entry on our “Family Says” page and
invited the family to add memories. It
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can do the ordinance work for his father when he goes to the Johannesburg
Temple. His father, who had been taught
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Saturday afternoon! Only 2 attendees, Sister Celeste Moiana and Sister Laura Matica, but we had fun and learned a lot together!</span> </span><o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Both sisters are going to meet again with me next Saturday before the Area Authority visit.</span></div>
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Preparation Class for the Maputo 2 branch. The elders started with an “envision” activity
in which we closed our eyes and he described looking at and entering the beautiful
sacred temple. Elder Tidwell and I and
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walked him home after Church. We noticed
he had arrived late for Church and he explained that he had made a wrong turn
and had gone through a very hard time getting oriented again and returning to
his apartment. We could tell that the
experience had been very stressful and frustrating to him. I can’t even imagine being blind and trying
to navigate the bumpy sidewalks and busy streets here in Maputo. It would take a lot of faith to even leave
one's safe apartment! We had a nice visit
with him later that afternoon. We helped
him fill out more of his <i>Minha Familia</i> pamphlet and then read him some
articles. We had also brought him some music
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Monday I finished the Baptism Pillowcase for Fern who is going to be baptized on Saturday, Sep 6. Her birthday is Friday the 5th. Fern loves kitties, so I embroidered 16 kitties – 8 on the name side and 8 on her baptism date side!</span><br />
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to Fern, congratulating her on her decision to be baptized into The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Baptism is the beginning of important covenants required for each of us
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invariably you’ll hear someone say, “It looks like we’re taking everything
except the kitchen sink!” Well on our
way to the office on Wednesday morning, we saw a man carrying one of those
double kitchen sink units! We wished we
could have taken a picture of him, but we happened upon it too fast. In Mozambique you can take everything
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the outlying independent branches this week. They usually have a special dinner
with the new missionaries at their home some time before they go to their
areas. Two of the three new elders flew
to Beira and would have dinner in Beira with Kretly’s on Thursday evening. The President asked us to host the remaining
new elder, Elder Hruby, and the new sister missionary, Sister Bluker, for a nice dinner at our home on
Thursday evening. I made Parkerhouse
rolls to go with our roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy dinner. We also had broccoli, green salad, and ended
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of the things Elder Tidwell and I are responsible for is
to check missionary recommendations submitted by Mozambicans who want to serve
a mission. We probably mentioned a few
months ago that President Kretly’s goal is to have as many Mozambicans serving
throughout the world as there are missionaries from other nations serving <b><u>in </u></b>Mozambique, in other words
about 110 Mozambican missionaries. In
the first 5 years of the mission, only 35 Mozambicans served missions. This week we had a total of 63 Mozambicans
either serving missions or received their calls to serve, three waiting for
their calls, and one in the office waiting for final
documents. One of the latest recommendations we received was from a young
lady. She was so diligent to come back,
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nightmare. He is home, or traveling home
with his family having completed his mission.
He realized his 2-year mission is over and it seemed to go by so
quickly! The nightmare part is he can’t
remember anything about his mission, the people, what happened! It all alludes him, and he is so sad! He tries, but he can’t remember anything! So,
in consequence of this recurring dream, he is taking lots of pictures and
writing regularly about his mission. On
the way to the office, he suggested we stop and take some pictures of the
beautiful calm water and the stately palm trees along the bay.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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air as we near our summertime, the rainy season. It has been a very pleasant spring. The guards and others bundle up in their
coats in the morning and evening and Elder Tidwell and I walk happily down the
street in our regular outfits and no sweaters - glorying in the mild
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Friday was busy verifying the last details so the records could be
submitted and counted for the August statistics.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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coming to our Maputo 2 chapel. In
October, Mozambique will be welcoming two General Authorities! They will come for training meetings for Branch
and District leaders and missionaries. </span></div>
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details specified by the Africa Southeast Area for the meetings which will take
place in Beira, Matola, and Swaziland. These
concerns were to take up most of our thinking power throughout the weekend and
onto P-day on Monday. We made a plan,
and then started to compose emails to send to the couples in Beira and
Swaziland, and District and Branch leaders.
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for a “Learn How to Crochet” Relief Society activity on Saturday. I made a sample headband, and finished a girl’s
hat with a ruffled brim. I gathered the
instructions, in English, for the beginning projects (a headband) and advanced
projects (baby booties, baby/child’s hat, hot pad). Then, Elder Tidwell helped me get the
instructions translated into Portuguese. We made copies of the instructions and wound
skeins of yarn into smaller balls. I was
quite excited for the activity and had turned down a trip to accompany the
Hobsons to Maxixe. Well, Saturday morning
I was very disappointed to find out that the activity had been canceled! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sunday morning, at Church, I realized there were hidden
blessings to not having the crochet activity on Saturday. The first hour is R.S. and a member of the
R.S. Presidency didn’t show up until 9:15 (Church begins at 9 a.m.). The lesson leader followed a few minutes
afterwards and she initiated a discussion on the importance of coming to the
chapel on Saturday mornings to help clean. There were only a few sisters who
turned out for the Saturday cleaning assignment. That was one of the reasons why they canceled
the activity yesterday. Then they discussed visiting teaching and how important
it was to visit each other and give each other strength and help. Then they
discussed the importance of activities and how the activity was canceled
yesterday because of the chapel cleaning.
It was almost time to dismiss and I decided now was my time to ask if
the activity was happening next Saturday.
“Yes, it is!” she responded. So, I asked if I could give my
announcement. I showed the headband that
will be the beginning project and many sisters seemed very interested. I
explained how if they learned how to chain, single crochet, double crochet and
slip stitch, that they would be able to make many things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then another sister, who I had not seen
before, asked to see the headband. Then
she asked to make a comment. She stood
and told the sisters that this was a great opportunity for them to learn a
skill; they could make things for their families to use, and they could make
things to sell to make money for their families. I see this as a great blessing. Although last week they made the announcement
in Church about the activity, because it was a joint R.S./Priesthood meeting
for the 5th Sunday, I couldn't give my announcement or show the headband. So this week I was able to do both when everyone
was thinking about activities. In the
end I think the activity will be more successful than the day it was originally
planned. I am hoping so – next Saturday
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our blind member-friend Manuel was at Church Sunday. I wanted to go to his home and help him with
his <i>Minha Familia</i> booklet. So, Elder
Tidwell escorted him home to find out where he lived. I stayed at the chapel for choir practice –
they are getting ready to have a combined choir from all of the Maputo Zone
branches for District Conference in November.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since I needed a key to our apartment, and perhaps the key
to the Family History Library at the chapel, Elder Tidwell gave me his entire
set of keys. It was maybe a minute
afterwards that I noticed I had only 3 keys and the red keeper for the other
keys wasn’t in my pocket or anywhere! I
looked all around and didn’t see them on the ground outside where I had been
standing. I forgot all about the keys
until after dinner and we were heading out to walk to Manuel’s home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think everyone has their key prayer story –
and we added another to our repertoire that day! Instead of going straight to Manuel’s, we went
by the chapel to search for the keys, saying a prayer as we went. No keys were anywhere (outside or inside the
door) and no keys had been returned to the guard. We were about to give up, when I decided we
should check inside one more time. I
hadn’t taken them upstairs to the Family History Library, but just maybe I had,
so I went upstairs. Richard turned on
the light to the chapel and there on a chair were the set of keys! “Come back down!” he called! Our prayers had been answered! We had been led to the keys! We said a “Thank You” prayer and went
rejoicing on our way to Manuel’s!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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which he shares with an uncle. We
visited for a while, and then he anxiously asked us if we could read another
article he needed to read in preparation for the Area Authority Seventy’s visit
September 20. (Elder Tidwell had read one of the articles upon arriving to
Manuel’s earlier in the afternoon. Elder
Tidwell explained that he wrote important points on a whiteboard while he read. Although he can’t read it off the board
later, he asks his uncle to read it to him.
His uncle also helps him to put numbers into his phone. Manuel has been blind a few years as a result
of a sickness, but he doesn’t let that stop him from going places. He even rides the chapa! He asks other people for directions, and,
simple walking stick in hand, he goes where he wants to go. He listens to CDs of the scriptures.) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back to our visit, we were talking about
Joseph Smith, and Manuel asked how old he was when he died. He was surprised to hear that he died at age
38 and that he had been killed by a mob!
Next week when we go visit, we will bring The <i>Our Heritage</i> book and
begin to read him about the early history of the Church! We’ll also spend some time recording
information in his <i>Minha Familia</i> booklet!
As we said goodbye, we gave him the small loaf of banana bread I baked
that afternoon. He was sincerely
thankful and patted the sack the bread was in tenderly! We also are going to bring him a music CD!</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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