OKAY SO I LEAVE THIS MONDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here are the stats:
SLC (8;25am)->Dallas(12:05pm)
Dallas(1:30)->McAllen(3:00pm)
American Airlines
SOOOOOOOO I will probably be at the airport about 6:30 utah time... so I'll probably give you a call around six your time? If that is okay? You'll probably be up right? I'll try the house :) I'm excited to talk to you!!!!!! I wish it was later in the day so I could practice my Spanish with the exchange students. Then hopefully when I'm in Dallas, I can call Debbie and Sarah and chat for a bit :) So be by your phones if you are available at those times!!!!!!!! Woooooo hoooooooooo! I can't believe I'm leaving SO SOON!!!!!!!!!! My mission is just flyiiiiiiiiing by already... I'm excited but nervous at the same time. I know I'm going to have a HUGE CULTURE SHOCK FROM BEING SURROUNDED by only missionaries for the past two months haha... BUT I CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT AND BE ACTIVE AND WALKING AND TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE GOSPEL!!!!!! QUE BUENO!!!!!!!!!!!
It sounds like that slide show was really great, I WANT TO SEE IT!!!!!!!!!!! That is awesome you gave them un libro de mormon! Tell them: "se que JesuCristo vive ahora. se que Lo vendra otra vez. El Libro de Mormon es un otro testamento de JesuCristo... y a traves JesuCristo podemos regresar con nuestras familias a Dios otra vez... cuando yo veo el Libro de Mormon, tengo feliz y paz siempre. Esperanso que lean mas en este libro :) Esperanso encontrar ustedes algun dia! Lo siento porque mi espanol no esta bueno... pero yo trato :) Tengan buenas dias!"
GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALAN GOT BAPTIZED ON SATURDAY!!!!!!!!!!! It was seriously the neatest experience of my life... I can't wait to feel that in the field. Mom way to go giving your friend a Book of Mormon!!!!! You are awesome and I'm proud to call you my mother!!!!!!
OKAY I DON'T HAVE TIME BUT LET ME SUMMARIZE MY GREAT WEEK:
-JEFFERY R. HOLLAND CAME FOR DEVOTIONAL LAST TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!!!! TALKA BOUT A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE SITTING AT THE FOOT OF AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST
-SARAH SENT ME GLUTEN FREE SPICE BARS AND WE ALL CHOWED DOWN THEY WERE DELICIOUS... NOW I HAVE 5 MORE POUNDS HAHA
-WHEN PLAYING BASEBALL WITH THIS WEEK, THE BALL HIT ME IN THE ANKLE AND I HAVE THE COOLEST BRUISE IN THE WORLD... I WAS SOOOO EXCITED. THE ELDER FELT REALLY BAD SO I HAD TO EXPLAIN TO HIM THAT I ACTUALLY WAS REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE IT
I am running out of tim ebut tell Debbie thanks for the dear elder!!!!!!!!!!!! love ya and will call soon!!!!
LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!
GOD IS GOOD! I KNOW HE IS THERE FOR YOU EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY! SEEK HIM!!!!!!!
LES QIERO
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
WELL HELLO THERE MADRE AND WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!
So this week has been pretty good!!! I have to agree with Jon that some days are better than others. It is hard sometimes and I'll write you an excerpt from my journal that explains it:
I was having a hard time later in the day while we were teaching with the Elders... I was hot and tired and wasn't in the 'mood' I guess to teach (aka didn't have the Spirit)... when I prayed to God to help me through.. as I prayed, 'Nearer my God to Thee' came into my head. At that moment I was so greatly comforted by that hymn. God blessed me to remember that is what hard moments are about - coming closer to God... Mas cerca Dios de Ti... mas cerca Ti...
The Savior lives, I know it because I feel it everyday in my life. Thanks so much about the D&C 84:77. That is one of my greatest desires is to have the Savior call me His friend. You're a good one mom :) Thanks for all your support for me.
This week I had a lot of fun moments. I met a Hermana Christensen this week and we are AMIGAS ALREADY!!!!!!!!!! She is so crazy and I love her haha. She just left today for KENNEWICK MISSION!!!!!!!!!!! I told her that is where I was born and we were excited. I would have told her to say hi to everyone for me but she will be in Spanish branches I'm sure. She was in the advanced Spanish course so she helped me with my Spanish haha. BY THE WAY THE NEXT TWO WEEKS I WILL BE SPEAKING 80 PERCENT IN SPANISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UH OH HAHAHA. I try my best and that is all I can do... only two more weeks in the MTC it is crazyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy but i'm really looking forward to getting out into the world... even though it is going to be a major shell shock from being in the same mile radius of only missionaries haha.
Okay something exciting this week is that our progressing investigator Alan is getting baptized this Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!! Woooooooo! We introduced the Word of Wisdom to him and he was hesitant at first... but later while thinking about it he said he was willing to take that step of faith. Ah the gospel is great. Tomorrow we go to the TRC to teach the Plan of Salvation in Spanish. I love that knowledge. Families can be together forever :)
I LOVE YOU ALL MUCHO MUCHO MUCHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh p.s. I met Ses Maiava's neice yesterday at the mtc!!!
So this week has been pretty good!!! I have to agree with Jon that some days are better than others. It is hard sometimes and I'll write you an excerpt from my journal that explains it:
I was having a hard time later in the day while we were teaching with the Elders... I was hot and tired and wasn't in the 'mood' I guess to teach (aka didn't have the Spirit)... when I prayed to God to help me through.. as I prayed, 'Nearer my God to Thee' came into my head. At that moment I was so greatly comforted by that hymn. God blessed me to remember that is what hard moments are about - coming closer to God... Mas cerca Dios de Ti... mas cerca Ti...
The Savior lives, I know it because I feel it everyday in my life. Thanks so much about the D&C 84:77. That is one of my greatest desires is to have the Savior call me His friend. You're a good one mom :) Thanks for all your support for me.
This week I had a lot of fun moments. I met a Hermana Christensen this week and we are AMIGAS ALREADY!!!!!!!!!! She is so crazy and I love her haha. She just left today for KENNEWICK MISSION!!!!!!!!!!! I told her that is where I was born and we were excited. I would have told her to say hi to everyone for me but she will be in Spanish branches I'm sure. She was in the advanced Spanish course so she helped me with my Spanish haha. BY THE WAY THE NEXT TWO WEEKS I WILL BE SPEAKING 80 PERCENT IN SPANISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UH OH HAHAHA. I try my best and that is all I can do... only two more weeks in the MTC it is crazyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy but i'm really looking forward to getting out into the world... even though it is going to be a major shell shock from being in the same mile radius of only missionaries haha.
Okay something exciting this week is that our progressing investigator Alan is getting baptized this Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!! Woooooooo! We introduced the Word of Wisdom to him and he was hesitant at first... but later while thinking about it he said he was willing to take that step of faith. Ah the gospel is great. Tomorrow we go to the TRC to teach the Plan of Salvation in Spanish. I love that knowledge. Families can be together forever :)
I LOVE YOU ALL MUCHO MUCHO MUCHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh p.s. I met Ses Maiava's neice yesterday at the mtc!!!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
SOOOOOOOOO GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU!!!!!! I know I really missed having an email from you last week but I got your post card and it was great! Nothing like a cemetary in Idaho to brighten my spirits!!!!! hahaha I'm just giving you a bad time, I really did love it! I didn't get too much mail this week so it was quite the treasure to recieve that! I'm excited that Dad caught his limit this year... and I figured the fishing wouldn't be too good because I wasn't there :) God is saving it for when I get back :) haha just kidding. OH MY GOODNESS GOAT FUDGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE KIDDING! THAT IS THE BEST THING I'VE HEARD ALL DAY (well besides the recitation of the first vision... sorry I'm a missionary now those things are really exciting :)) TELL LANCE THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!! I'M SOOOOOOOOO EXCITED FOR IT TO COME!!!!!! WOOOOO HOOOOOO. MY COMPANIONS WILL BE EXCITED TAMBIEN :)
TELL THE NEW STUDENTS HELLO! I just got a letter from Chelsea from Japan. She is doing great! What city is he from in Japan? Wooo and tell the spanish speakers "Hola, como estas? Por favor traducira mi cartas por mi madre? Bienvinidos a Washington!" That is awesome. Send pics when you can! Actually I got like 100 from dad so there are probably some in there - I hope I'll have time to look at them all!!!!!
OKAY SO THIS WEEK I HAVE STORIES!
SO in order to not gain weight here, I only have treats on fridays... they always rotate desserts and we never know what we are having... and I have been telling my companions that I really really want pumpkin pie and that it is my favorite... and GUESS WHAT?! THIS FRIDAY THEY FINALLY HAD PUMPKIN PIE FOR DESSERT!!!!!! My companions were freaking out and went and got me a piece before I even sat down at the table because they knew how much I love it... that is true love right there :) So that was a highlight of my week haha :)
Okay and lots of Spanish mishaps this week. Okay so we were teaching an "investigator" Luis the first lesson. I was sharing with him about prophets and the importance of prophets (all in Spanish). I go to look up Amos 3:7 in my Spanish scriptures... but it is taking a while because they are new... so my companion Hermana Harrison says to me "Amos 3:7 right?" and opens her scriptures to it and has him start to read. As he was reading I thought it sounded a little weird but didn't question because most of the time Spanish sounds wierd to me... when he was done I asked him "so from this verse, what can we learn about prophets?" He just starts laughing and laughing... and I'm thinking "ohhhh no... what scripture did we give him..." Apperently my companion marked AMOS 4:7 instead of AMOS 3:7... look it up :) Maybe you would have had to be there for it to be funny haha but it was in the moment.
Pues, tengo tres semanas mas aqui en Provo. Estoy ANIMADO estar en Texas. I'm trying to use my spanish more but it takes too long. oh exciting news!!!!!!!!!! We set a baptisimal date with Alan one of our investigators. Probably one of the most exciting moments of my life... and its not even the real deal yet. This work is great! I love being a missionary for the Savior. I couldn't do anything without Him...
LOVE YOU!!!!
HELLO FAMILY DEBBIE, SARAH, STEVE, MIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE YOU ALLL SO MUCH
SAY HI TO BLAKELEY IF YOU SEE HER OR HAVE YOU HEARD FROM HER?
TELL THE NEW STUDENTS HELLO! I just got a letter from Chelsea from Japan. She is doing great! What city is he from in Japan? Wooo and tell the spanish speakers "Hola, como estas? Por favor traducira mi cartas por mi madre? Bienvinidos a Washington!" That is awesome. Send pics when you can! Actually I got like 100 from dad so there are probably some in there - I hope I'll have time to look at them all!!!!!
OKAY SO THIS WEEK I HAVE STORIES!
SO in order to not gain weight here, I only have treats on fridays... they always rotate desserts and we never know what we are having... and I have been telling my companions that I really really want pumpkin pie and that it is my favorite... and GUESS WHAT?! THIS FRIDAY THEY FINALLY HAD PUMPKIN PIE FOR DESSERT!!!!!! My companions were freaking out and went and got me a piece before I even sat down at the table because they knew how much I love it... that is true love right there :) So that was a highlight of my week haha :)
Okay and lots of Spanish mishaps this week. Okay so we were teaching an "investigator" Luis the first lesson. I was sharing with him about prophets and the importance of prophets (all in Spanish). I go to look up Amos 3:7 in my Spanish scriptures... but it is taking a while because they are new... so my companion Hermana Harrison says to me "Amos 3:7 right?" and opens her scriptures to it and has him start to read. As he was reading I thought it sounded a little weird but didn't question because most of the time Spanish sounds wierd to me... when he was done I asked him "so from this verse, what can we learn about prophets?" He just starts laughing and laughing... and I'm thinking "ohhhh no... what scripture did we give him..." Apperently my companion marked AMOS 4:7 instead of AMOS 3:7... look it up :) Maybe you would have had to be there for it to be funny haha but it was in the moment.
Pues, tengo tres semanas mas aqui en Provo. Estoy ANIMADO estar en Texas. I'm trying to use my spanish more but it takes too long. oh exciting news!!!!!!!!!! We set a baptisimal date with Alan one of our investigators. Probably one of the most exciting moments of my life... and its not even the real deal yet. This work is great! I love being a missionary for the Savior. I couldn't do anything without Him...
LOVE YOU!!!!
HELLO FAMILY DEBBIE, SARAH, STEVE, MIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE YOU ALLL SO MUCH
SAY HI TO BLAKELEY IF YOU SEE HER OR HAVE YOU HEARD FROM HER?
Friday, August 13, 2010
HOW WAS MACKAY!!!!!! NECISSITO FOTOS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who caught the biggest fish? Did everyone make it out alive? Did you not want to come back to Oly? Dad told me that he met the sherrif somewhere hahaha.
Okay well this week was sooooooooooooooooo gooooooooooooood! I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE TIME GOES BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I JUST EMAILED YOU!!!!!!!! Life is good here. At the Training Resource Center we got to teach a mom and her three little kids about the plan of salvation. It was really a special experience. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE REAL DEAL!!!!!!!! While we were teaching them though, the kids were down on the ground playing with toys... and while we were talking to the mom one of the kids grabs a stick thing and just starts beating his little sister...we all just look at her like "uhhh what do we do in this situation" hahaha it was all good though... not much phases me thanks to the Deerwester children! AND GROWING UP IN OUR HOUSE. LOVE IT! Oh and also, we were teaching Alan our progressive investigator yesterday... and I gave my first baptisimal invitation! Bah it was great. We were out of time but we are going to talk to him more about it tomorrow. He is ready for it.
Let's seee!!!!!!! Oh yeah funny story. So on Friday we get sack breakfast because we do service and eat outside. So I picked an apple and two hard-boiled eggs for my breakfast. We were eating out on the benches. I start smashing my egg on the bench so I could peel it... but all of a sudden it didn't feel right... because IT WASN'T BOILED hahahaha. So I cracked a raw egg on the bench and then ran to the garbage can... apperently the chef people put out the wrong kind of eggs haha. It helped wake me up though :)
This week I've had a lot of special, special experiences. The Spirit has helped guide me in many ways. I know that when I am striving to do the will of Heavenly Father that He helps me out.... if I study hard, He will help bring those things to rememberance when I need them most. Early this week the language study was going along really well!!! I was like "man what is going on, this seems a little bit easier" then I remembered I had asked you all to pray for my Spanish... I definitely felt your prayers and I want to say thank you thank you thank you! God does answer prayers, of that I am CERTAIN!!!!!!!! I have now completed five weeks here at the MTC! Crazy. Mom they should be sending you my travel plans in like two weeks. You will know before I do! AND I GET TO CALL YOU FROM THE AIRPORT!!!!!!!!!! SWEEEEEEEEET!!!!
WELL WRITE ME AND TELL ME ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND ALL YOUR ADVENTURES!!!!!!!!
I LOVE YOU ALL!
LA VIDA ES BUENO!
LES QIERO!
HERMANA BRICKER
P.S. I LOST A COUPLE OF POUNDS!!!!!!!!! YAY FOR MTC SALADS, SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD
Okay well this week was sooooooooooooooooo gooooooooooooood! I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE TIME GOES BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I JUST EMAILED YOU!!!!!!!! Life is good here. At the Training Resource Center we got to teach a mom and her three little kids about the plan of salvation. It was really a special experience. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE REAL DEAL!!!!!!!! While we were teaching them though, the kids were down on the ground playing with toys... and while we were talking to the mom one of the kids grabs a stick thing and just starts beating his little sister...we all just look at her like "uhhh what do we do in this situation" hahaha it was all good though... not much phases me thanks to the Deerwester children! AND GROWING UP IN OUR HOUSE. LOVE IT! Oh and also, we were teaching Alan our progressive investigator yesterday... and I gave my first baptisimal invitation! Bah it was great. We were out of time but we are going to talk to him more about it tomorrow. He is ready for it.
Let's seee!!!!!!! Oh yeah funny story. So on Friday we get sack breakfast because we do service and eat outside. So I picked an apple and two hard-boiled eggs for my breakfast. We were eating out on the benches. I start smashing my egg on the bench so I could peel it... but all of a sudden it didn't feel right... because IT WASN'T BOILED hahahaha. So I cracked a raw egg on the bench and then ran to the garbage can... apperently the chef people put out the wrong kind of eggs haha. It helped wake me up though :)
This week I've had a lot of special, special experiences. The Spirit has helped guide me in many ways. I know that when I am striving to do the will of Heavenly Father that He helps me out.... if I study hard, He will help bring those things to rememberance when I need them most. Early this week the language study was going along really well!!! I was like "man what is going on, this seems a little bit easier" then I remembered I had asked you all to pray for my Spanish... I definitely felt your prayers and I want to say thank you thank you thank you! God does answer prayers, of that I am CERTAIN!!!!!!!! I have now completed five weeks here at the MTC! Crazy. Mom they should be sending you my travel plans in like two weeks. You will know before I do! AND I GET TO CALL YOU FROM THE AIRPORT!!!!!!!!!! SWEEEEEEEEET!!!!
WELL WRITE ME AND TELL ME ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND ALL YOUR ADVENTURES!!!!!!!!
I LOVE YOU ALL!
LA VIDA ES BUENO!
LES QIERO!
HERMANA BRICKER
P.S. I LOST A COUPLE OF POUNDS!!!!!!!!! YAY FOR MTC SALADS, SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD
MARIKA SENT ME COOKIES!!!!!!!
August 3, 2010
OH MY GOODNESS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PACKAGE OF SHIRTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY ARE ALL SO CUTE AND I LOVE THEM. I HAVE THE BEST FAMILY EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HONESTLY I REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE THE SHIRTS MAMA Y THE BEEF JERKY PAPA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And thank for sending the book, Jesus the Christ... I can barely understand that in English haha but one day I will understand it in Spanish so thank you for that! It will be a great resource to use for sure. Did I mention I love the shirts? They are beautiful and I'm wearing one right now! The striped one :) Okay but thank you thank you. I OWE YOU SOOOOO MUCH! My roomate and I chowed down on the jerky as soon as we opened the package. But honestly I seriousely have the best family ever. Last night in my prayers I went through every single one of you and thanked Heavenly Father for what you have done for me and taught me in my life. I love you all!
That is a really cool analogy about the dollar bill!!! I might actually use that for one of my investigators right now - Alejandro. He doesn't really like churches right now because they have made him feel like he is a bad person in the past... it might help. I can't believe Hyemin, Sung Keun and Fic are all gone :( sad day!!!!!! If they are reading this, HELLO HYEMIN, SUNG KEUN AND FIC!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU AND DAD WENT ON A VACATION TO THE COAST?!!!!!!! AWESOME! HOW WAS IT? WAHT PART DID YOU GO TO???? Oh and you are at Mackay right now!!!!!!!!!! I was just telling my companions about it and how I love to go fly fishing. Catch tons for me!!!!!!!
Tell Bishop hello for me!!!!!!! I'll have to send him a note sometime. GUESS WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MARIKA SENT ME COOKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHA IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!! I got it during class and we were all trying to figure out what it was and who it was from (because it was same day delivery from BYU) so we all took turns sniffing it and shaking it. The box smelled like pizza so we were all certain that it was pizza haha and all the Elder's were like you are going to share right?! Later at my dorm we opened it and it was COOKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAYYYYYYY! HAHA we gobbled them down right away of course and then worked it off with some sand volleyball. THANK YOU MARIKA THEY WERE DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!! I SHOWED PRESIDENT STACEY THE NOTE :)
The Elder's in my district are basically all my little brother's now. Yesterday one asked me "Hermana Bricker are you ever in a bad mood?" LA VIDA ES BUENA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You've seen me in plenty of bad moods though mom haha. But really life is sooooooo good here! I'm excited for the field because then it will be real and I get to go outside all the time... but I'm really learning a ton here. We invited one of our investigators to church this week and he came! He is progressing well and feeling the Spirit. He isn't being easy on us though, we really have to strive hard to meet his needs and answer his questions.
This gospel helps everyone. I am beginning to see that ANY QUESTION WE HAVE WITH OUR LIVES can be answered from the Book of Mormon. I see miracles every day. The Lord is sustaining me for sure.
You are all the best and TE AMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you have time please pray for me to learn Spanish! I need help. OH YEAH AND I CAN'T BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN 4 WEEKS ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!! TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN!
LOVE YOU ALL
HAVE THE BEST WEEK EVER
YOU'RE THE BEST
HERMANA BRICKER
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