tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32011023139550154722024-03-13T21:19:01.117-07:00hermana coxHermana Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096657660445993418noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201102313955015472.post-21934973515663985462016-06-27T13:38:00.000-07:002016-06-27T19:44:25.205-07:00Final Week<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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has been extremely busy and we only get a sentence or two most weeks as to how
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Courtney has spent the last two months in the town of Ozumba and
will finish her mission there. It is a town of about 25,000. She is again near "Popo", the huge volcano. She
is 40 miles southeast of Mexico City. She is in the high elevations
again, similar to earlier in her mission. The weather is much cooler this
time of year. We have included a picture which will illustrate the change
in temperature and being under the weather! She has continued to train other missionaries
while in Ozumba but this was the last new area she will assist in opening on
her mission. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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past month ...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1) Regarding Ozumba, she says, "It's really cool.
It's a little hard to find places because the houses have no numbers on
them. This reminds me of Eastland and it rains a lot."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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go on a mission in two years. When I told them we were going to read a
scripture they all ran to the bookshelf and said what page, what page, and when we told them they can
invite their friends to church the littlest one jumped up with his fists in the
air and said yes!!!! The oldest has been trying to help his mom come back to
church but they have a lot of obstacles. I wish I could have taken a
picture of his face when we came to his house. I think he was grateful. We will
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large;">3) I really do love the people here, that is something that
I will never lack is love for this people. Yesterday, I was throwing up all
morning, I think I threw up like 6 or 7 times. I think it’s because I drank
milk that was bad. It wasn't past the expiration date but my compa said it
tasted bad. I hate being sick on the mission, but I am feeling better. This
week, we had a sick lesson with an investigator. We met him on the street
and he showed us where his house was and asked us to come back the next day.
When we came back, the first thing he asked was where was church and at what
time. He has passed through a lot of trials in his life and he wants to repent.
He was crying as he told us about what he had gone through and my compa and I
cried with him. He is very prepared and we are super excited to teach him. This
week, we did a contacting activity with the zone and they split us up with
different companions. When I got back with my daughter(a sister she previously
trained), she said "I contacted just like you did and they accepted!"
It was really cute and it made my little mom heart happy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large;">We have included some recent pictures and a video!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif"; font-size: large;">Courtney arrives home on Tuesday, July 5th. Her homecoming
(and Dallin's farewell - Honduras San Pedro Sula West Mission) will both be on
Sunday, July 10th @ 11:00 am at the Guilford Building (1525 Guilford,
Henderson, Nevada 89014 - behind Green Valley High School next to the baseball
fields). We would love to see you there!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Courtney!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hermana Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096657660445993418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201102313955015472.post-35869586397720534202016-04-16T20:38:00.001-07:002016-04-16T21:20:30.491-07:00Week 61 - 67 – It’s Been A Long Time <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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is our understanding from her emails that she has been busy moving every
six weeks and opening new areas. Her
emails have been brief, but here is a quick update. Thank you for continuing to write and support
her!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> 3/14 –
Summary: She said, “We enjoyed our multi-zone conference this week. I
am really excited that Ernesto, from our last area was baptized and that
President Crickmore gave us permission to attend the baptism. It was
beautiful.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> 3/21 and 3/28 –
Summary: We spent a small amount of time trying to figure out her classes
for Fall when she returns to BYU. We want to thank her friend, Lauren
Bowler, for helping her get everything dialed in for the Fall!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> 4/4 –
Summary: Courtney says, “With the new training and opening new areas, I
really haven’t had time to do anything. I did love Conference
though. It was so nice just to hear the voices of the prophets and
apostles and know that they are of God.” She further said that she was not going to transfer this week, but was going to train a
new missionary. She said she enjoyed opening areas but is looking forward
to staying in one place and training.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "arial narrow" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">4/11 - Summary: We
asked her about her new companion that she is training. She says, “We are
doing very well. We are getting to know our new area very well, too.
We are finding more and more people to teach. We have one investigator
who is really ready for baptism but her boyfriend does not want to get
married. We fasted for her and asked her to fast with us. When we
met her for her lesson, she said she fasted for the first time and she is
already seeing changes in her boyfriend. We also had two less active
members attend church this week. One of them served a mission. He
has not been to church for a while and his wife is not a member of the
church. We are hoping he will set a good example for her. We went
exploring in some of the little towns this week. Some of them are an hour
away. I asked these two random people when we left our apartment if they
knew where the town was and they were going to the same town! They showed
us where all the colonies are and even helped us find the house we were looking
for, it was a miracle! We have seen a miracle every day this week.”
I also asked her to give me a fun fact for the week, and she says, “A member is
making us special shampoo made with herbs from her garden!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hermana Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096657660445993418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201102313955015472.post-13213033839687859482016-02-29T23:41:00.000-08:002016-02-29T23:41:08.864-08:00Week 60<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hermana Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096657660445993418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201102313955015472.post-56867391184473508062016-02-23T21:52:00.000-08:002016-02-24T06:57:26.912-08:00Week 58 - Transfered<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Phenix and I are now in Oaxtepec, Morelos. It is close to Cocoyoc. We are in President and Hermana Crickmore's ward
and they are taking us out to eat on Friday. There is also a general
authority in this ward, but we haven't met him yet. Our house is
brand new and beautiful. My comp and I both cried when we saw the
bathroom. We also were given a cell phone – it's a big touch
screen smart phone. We are in one of the coolest areas in the
mission because we have a town called Tlayacapan. They call it the
“magic town” because it is very touristy and old fashioned. They
have lots of shows/performances and sites to visit. There is an old
Catholic church with mummies and other museums/shopping. The people
here have more money, so their hearts are more closed to the gospel.
When we got here, we didn't have any investigators. But, we found
some this week. Martha is a mom of 3 and when we finished our 1<sup>st</sup>
lesson with her and invited her to be baptized, she said yes! When
we asked her why, she said that she felt really good and she felt
that Christ was in the room with us. Also, a man named Pedro
contacted us on the street. When we went to visit him, we found out
that he is dating a girl that has three daughters who are members of
the church. He and his girlfriend both said they wanted to make
changes in their lives and want to start a new life with baptism. We
have seen a lot of miracles this week as far as
transportation/directions. God honestly sends angels to protect and
help us. The other night we returned to the house after a meeting
with our mission leader to find a group of guys outside our door, one
of whom tried to hug me earlier that day. We decided to walk around
the block and say a prayer. As we were walking, our mission leader
appeared out of the middle of nowhere and said he felt he needed to come
look for us. So he took a bus to our house and found us in the
street. He walked us home and everything was fine.</span></span></div>
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Elder Clayton and Elder Pieper came to speak to us and they shook our
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It was so hard to say goodbye to Yautepec! But we get to go there
every Monday for the district meeting so we are going with Hermano
Baca today (our old mission leader) to go eat tacos.</span></span></span></div>
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Hermana Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096657660445993418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201102313955015472.post-13569394435274443982016-02-23T21:47:00.002-08:002016-02-23T22:07:03.734-08:00Week - 56 Lessons Learned<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I complete one year in the mission. It's interesting to think that I
have lived in Mexico for one year! Everyday I discover new things
about the gospel, myself, and my relationship with God. I am not a
perfect missionary or a perfect person. But I think the Lord loves
me enough to allow me to pass through this refining process, that
will last the rest of my life. It is good we have the Atonement, so
we can change, become new again, and know we are never alone in the
process. I have been reflecting on the experiences I have had this
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Book of Mormon answers the questions/doubts of the heart, God speaks
to his children in dreams, love is a language, those that have the
least give the most, little children pray for the weakness and sins
of their parents, God is found in quiet places, the heavens cry with
us, priesthood power is stronger than Satan's power, when we change
our focus from worldly consequences to eternal consequences – God
sends miracles, the traditions of our fathers should not always be
trusted, someone on their phone during the sacrament does not
understand Christ's Atonement, covenants change countenances, when it
rains it pours, chosen leaders act on revelation-not convenience,
obedience earns respect, the Lord knows what we can handle, goodbyes
are hard-but we they are not forever, the blessings come after we
endure hard things, the Lord prepares hearts, looks are deceiving,
virtue loveth virtue and light cleaveth unto light, the Lord entrusts
souls unto those he can trust, the amount of unity in a
companionship, relationship or family determines the magnitude of the
spirit in a companionship, relationship, or family, if you don't live
the law of chastity your relationship will not function, gifts of the
Spirit do exist, the mysteries of God are unfolded to those who
ponder, in a progressing marriage – there must be found two
principles - mercy and justice - and they must be governed equally,
we have to fight for the things we love, the Lord hears the cries of
his daughters, there are always signs, the temple can change the life
of a family, counting our blessings leads to important understanding,
Satan understands our weaknesses – and that is something we must
always remember, priesthood blessings are words God has been waiting
to tell you, heartfelt testimonies touch hearts and leave lasting
impacts, forgiveness is difficult-but it's not a choice, in our
preparation to be Gods & Goddesses we must learn self reliance.</span></span></span></div>
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Hermana Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096657660445993418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201102313955015472.post-61597128828322465022016-02-01T12:26:00.001-08:002016-02-01T12:26:20.128-08:00Week 55 - One Year Anniversary!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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found so many new investigators this week, we had seven at church!
We have had a ton of work and I really love the people and my
companion. I can't believe it has been a year! I have learned so
many things here. It will be hard to leave this country. The Lord
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was awesome. First, we ate in Arcos Antiguos and it is so fresh.
Every little gated community has a pool. I want to buy a house there.
We visited a family. They bought this chicken that had a sweet BBQ
sauce that was so good that I ate the skin, which I never do in
Mexico. Their kitchen is so pretty and their bathroom … I just sat
in there for a minute and cried a little on the inside. After living
here for almost a year, a nice modern house sounds so good. It would
be a big blessing.</span></span></span></div>
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we had a lesson with Pam Campos Mendoza and the spirit was so strong.
We taught the restoration and shared our testimonies of Joseph Smith.
The Hermana wanted us to sing by ourselves to end the lesson, so we
sang “Be Still Thy Soul” in English. It was really cool.
When we ended, the spirit was like “boom” and the Hermana was
like “great message, sisters.” Ernesto said he prayed to know if
Joseph Smith was a true Prophet, and he was able to sleep that night,
which he said never happens.</span></span></span></div>
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we were outside of a door, waiting for a Hermana to come out and my
companion just started hitting this random dog with her pen and
saying, “apurate, apurate!”<span style="color: #ff3333;">(get a move
on) </span>and I was like, “Hermana, what are you doing?”
And she said, “This dog is walking so slow!” The dog later passed
us in the street and she yelled, “Walk, walk” and hitting it with
her pen again. A guy rode by on his bike and I could tell he was like
“What is she doing?” It is such a comfort to know that we have
the truth. <span style="color: #ff3333;">(We have no idea what this
means … we are just typing what she has written !!)</span></span></span></span></div>
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scripture … Alma 18:35 - And a portion of that Spirit dwelleth in
me, which giveth me knowledge, and also power according to my faith
and desires which are in God.</span></span></span></div>
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was a cool day. Homero, Lupita, and Ernesto came to church. Homero
taught the Sunday school class for jovenes <span style="color: #ff3333;">(youth)</span> and
it was pretty good. He teaches like a good American teacher. I think
he learned from his American companions. He will be a good dad. We
talked about studying the scriptures. We did a role play and after he
told the youth, “I know you're not reading your scriptures because
your actions show it.” We read in 2 Ne 1:14-15 when Lehi is saying
his final words. I like when he says, “I am encircled about
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helped the youth do missionary role plays and it was so fun. Homero
asked the class, “Who here wants to serve a mission?” Two of the
girls kinda raised their hand, and then ERNESTO RAISED HIS HAND!!!
AHHH!! Homero saw him and it totally shocked. He was like, “Wow,
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Society was good because Vania taught the class and it was great!
After church, we played the piano and sang with Homero and Ernesto
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recent division with the new sisters means that we get to keep our
investigators! Yes!! We went to a NDH in Arcos Antiguos because all
of our lessons canceled and it was good we went because it was the
birthday of the hermana and only two other sisters showed up. Hermana
Phenix wasn't feel well so she threw up. Now she feels better.
Finally, we had a lesson with our other investigators, Melissa and
Axel. I asked Axel if he wanted to be baptized and he was like, “I
don't know, like I just don't know if I'm ready?” He's been
attending church for months and knows a lot about the church. He will
be baptized soon. Melissa wants to also, but has obstacles to
overcome.</span></span></span></div>
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week was crazy. Our leaders called us this morning and said that we
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volcano is going to explode!!! We found so many new people to teach
this week who are honestly so prepared to accept this message. One
guy told us he had never felt the love of God in his life and he
accepted to be baptized. I think the hardest thing this week was that
our mission leader has a family who are not members. We are teaching
them. When he got home off his mission, his mom lost their house and
he slept literally under the stars for months until he had enough
money to put up four walls for his mom to have a house. He is 22!! He
was like, “Hermanas, I need you guys to help my family!” Talk
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club team. He was able to get us in and we
played for a few hours. I had a few nice
shots from the outside! After that, we
went to a hermana’s house with some of the Elders to eat breakfast. On the way home to Tecalco, there was a lady
selling flowers and one of the Elders bought me flowers for my birthday. It was very nice of him b/c his companions
were like, “You don’t even have money for food, why are you buying
flowers?” After breakfast, we played UNO
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Wednesday night, a brother bought pizza for my birthday and invited the
Elders and a young man named Jorge that always accompanies the
missionaries. We also went to our
mission leader’s house to say goodbye.
They took pictures with us. My
companion had asked for a blessing from our mission leader earlier in the
week. I don’t ask for blessings very
often but I felt prompted to ask. I am
kind of prejudiced to my dad’s blessings.
However, I was feeling a little stressed about opening a new area and so
I asked Hermano Harold for a blessing.
The blessings lasted like 10 minutes.
I think I will remember it as one of the really cool experiences of my
mission. He said things that I really
needed to hear. Things I had been
praying and thinking about for a while and had not received clear understanding
about. He said that I would be blessed
to only look back to see things that I had improved upon. That was something I needed to hear because
sometimes I look back and think “Ah, I did that wrong” or “I could have done
that better.” It isn’t necessarily bad
but sometimes I stress over it and Satan can use it to discourage and distract
me. I was really happy to hear those
words and know they were coming from the Lord.
He also said, “I can see that God has given you a lot of blessings and
that he has more in store for me.” I
wondered if that meant he saw that with his spiritual eyes or was it something
he observed being with us. I have
realized on the mission that the Lord has blessed me so much. When I say that, I mostly refer to my family.
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he is crazy good at teaching. He has a
gift for teaching and talking but like to the point where our investigators
were left with their mouths hanging open.
He has the knowledge of an 80 year old general authority. Ah … we love him lots and we will miss him!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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later, Hermano Harold showed up to say goodbye and give us some last minute
advice. He said, “Hermanas, who am I
going to hang out with now?” (Hermano
Harold is the ward mission leader in one of the wards that Courtney is serving
in. He recently returned home from his
mission 2 months ago.) We were with his
family for Christmas and New Years and he accompanied us often. We were like, “It is time for you to make
more friends and to find a girlfriend.”
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to miss the grandmother because she always told funny stories and checked on
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Cuautla, we traveled in a bus. As we
were going, it was quiet because the view was changing into something we don’t
see very often. GREEN! We got to the stake center and it had palm
trees and it looked like a little resort.
We went with the sisters to our area and they showed us around and then
they left the next morning. Our area is
HUGE! To get to our lessons we walk so
much and it is HOT! I have blisters all
over my feet. It sounds ridiculous but
sometimes my body hurts so bad from the sun and walking and carrying my bag
that I just want to cry. I feel like I
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RAD! It reminds me of a chilled pad in
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spoke in church and we taught gospel principles. Our investigator cried in Gospel Principles
today when we were talking about God’s love.
She said that when she was little she prayed for a brother, but her Mom
was having trouble having children. She
prayed and prayed and her Mom was able to have a son, and she had a
brother. Her brother is also an
investigator and he was sitting next to her.
It was like “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!” We
taught another family on Saturday and helped her children with their English
homework. She was so happy that she
accompanied us all day today. We visited
another family and he was like “I feel so happy, can you come visit our family
every week?” We contacted a woman in the
street and she gave us free horchata and tacos.
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big dinners and they dance and light fireworks all night. I was able to
play bball for a couple hours and then we ate a huge dinner with the family of
our mission leader. Today, we played bball in a real gym with like 30
jovenes and elders. It was good to play on a real court. We had to
say goodbye to our investigators. I have changes coming. They are
closing Tecalco. The members are great and they will be able to do the
work on their own !! We have one that we have been teaching and she
started crying and it was hard. She was the one that said she had to go to the
mountain to pray. Her prayers are the most sincere things I have ever heard.
Its like she is sitting in the presence of G</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">od when she says them. She hasn't
received an answer yet, but she is definitely looking for the truth and I know
she will find it. I am going to Cuatla with an American companion and I am
still a training leader. The areas of the mission have changed and I will be
opening this new area. It is suppose to be a really great city.
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good one, but we are tired. We did our
first divisions this week. I stayed in
the area with my daughter, Hermana Cervantes.
It was a great day and it was fun to be with her again and see how we
have grown as missionaries. Elder Toris
from the Seventy came to our mission for a mission tour. On Friday, we had meetings literally all day
with him. On Saturday, we had a meeting
with the leaders. There were 25 of us in
total. I thought it would be an hour to
hour and a half meeting. When I looked
at my watch, at the end of the meeting, it had been over three hours. It was one of the most spiritual experiences
in my life. We talked about what we can
do to improve the mission. He worked us
through what a real counsel should be.
To be in his presence and talk with him and for him to share some of the
things he did was something hard to describe.
I’ve heard about these stories before.
An apostle visits a mission and when he shakes their hands he interviews
each and every one of them. He told us
in the meeting that he interviewed each and every one of our companions. He shared with us the problems he felt as he
looked in our eyes. He shared with us
some of the experiences he had with the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He told us we will know if we have been good
missionaries when our grandkids receive their endowments. He said that the Second Coming will come
tomorrow and now is the time to prepare.
He said the weakness we have as humans is that we can’t do anything without
the Atonement, without Christ. I love
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experienced a 5.5 earthquake. The
earthquake was 150 miles south of Mexico City.
They felt the quake and it caused the ground to shake and buildings to
sway. As far as we know, she is doing
well. She indicated that she has been
transferred out to Ixapulaca and back down toward Amecameca. She has been called to be a sister training
leader. There are 6 sisters in the
mission who act in a similar capacity as zone leaders and train groups of
sister missionaries. She stated that she
was surprised, humbled, and scared.
Despite having many other sisters who are more qualified than her, she
said she was grateful that the Lord qualifies those whom he calls. She concluded by saying that nothing like Thanksgiving
exists in Mexico. She sent us a picture
of her new haircut. Thank you all for
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week, I completed half of my mission.</span><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif;">The time has really gone by fast, but I am happy.</span><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif;">I have nine months left !!</span><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif;">This week, I have felt really good in my
health.</span><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif;">My companion and I were having
some weird symptoms and so we took some medicine that cleans the beetles out of
your stomach.</span><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif;">We have felt a lot better
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">This
week we had to play “Ghostbusters” again. Last week, we went on a visit and I felt that
something was weird in the house. I felt
physically sick and I said we were going to bring the Elders over at the next
visit. When we came this week, this
person started talking about a few things that they had seen and the Elders
blessed the house. After the blessing, I
felt a lot better. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">My
companion and I want to make t-shirts that say “Amo la lay de castidad.” On the back, we would put the scripture
Hebrews 13:4. When people wonder why
they have problems in their relationships, it is almost always dealing with
these four words … the law of castidad.
Law does not mean option. The
commandments are not options !! </span><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><br />
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Hermana Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096657660445993418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201102313955015472.post-16400232790997426602015-11-01T19:43:00.000-08:002015-11-11T09:53:40.151-08:00Weeks 39-42 “HELLO NOVEMBER"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif;">Hermana
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Cox: “Because the sign on the door says ‘Pumpkin Friends’”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">We
were able to go to the Mexico City Temple this week and I did a session in
Spanish !! It was a really spiritual
experience to go to the temple as a missionary and apply the things I have
learned here. I can’t wait to go more
frequently when I get home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">We
had interviews with President Crickmore this week. I always love talking with him. He is humble and he loves us. I also was able to talk to Hermana Crickmore. She caught me up on all the latest sports
updates. It looks like the Utes have
dropped a few positions and the Aztecs have an impressive starting lineup in
bball this season. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">This
week, I have had a quote by President Ezra Taft Benson rolling around in my
mind. It is in Spanish, but it basically
says that God gives us general guidelines.
However, he wants us to figure out the details for ourselves. The more the Lord has to command us, the less
blessings we will receive. The people
that have progressed the least spiritually are the people that need to be
commanded in many aspects.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">I’ve
been thinking maybe the reason why God doesn’t want to command us in all things
and that we do many things of our own free will is because he wants us to
become like Him. He wants us to become
Gods. I would imagine that in order for
Gods to have the intelligence and imagination to create worlds and life, they
would have to create the rules for themselves and do and create things that
never before have existed. They have to be agents unto themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">If
you have time this week, please watch the Mormon Message “La Esperanza De La
Luz De Dios.” It should be something
like “The Hope of the Light of God.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">This
week is going well here. We have some
investigators that are chosen. When we
taught the Word of Wisdom to one of our investigators, we asked him if he had a
problem with any of these things. He
said that he drank and smoked every once in a while. He also drank coffee pretty often. We asked him if he could give this up. He said, “Hermanas, I have to because it is a
requisite to be baptized !!” My
companion and I just smiled and said, “Very good, hermano.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">I
love being a missionary !! I love
you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week of miracles for us. First, we went
to the temple with an investigator and two less active members to see the
visitor’s center. They are all women and
none of them are married. When we got
there, my companion was like “look!” In
front of the temple at 4 o’clock on a Tuesday were a bride and her family
taking pictures on the front temple steps.
I was like “Let’s Go!” We ran the
hermanas over there and they were all like “Ahhhhh!” They started asking
questions about what they needed to do to enter the temple and were super
motivated to start the process. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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miracle is that we went to a multi-zone meeting in Amecameca. We had enough money to get there, but we
honestly didn’t have enough money to get back. Ha-ha. We honestly didn’t know
which combi (mini bus) to ride and a bunch of them were passing by. Finally, we decided to take one that said
Chalco. When it got close to time to
pay, we asked the driver how much it would be (you can’t see the driver in combi's
– there’s like a black caged window and you talk to him through a little
hole). The driver was like “nothing, hermanas.” We were like “what?” He said, “No hermanas.” “I’m the hermano that just spoke in your
meeting.” “Don’t worry, I will take you
where you need to go.” We had some
Elders with us and they were like “how did you expect to get home if you didn’t
have money?” We were like, “well, the
Lord will provide.” Turns out he did!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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is that one of my investigators from San Pedro is getting baptized! She is the one that could not hear, talk, or
read. Wow, I am so happy for their
family. I wanted to go to the baptism,
but it’s super far away and we wouldn’t have gotten back before curfew.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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miracle is that the other night we were returning back to our house and we were
hungry. We had 5 pesos, so we thought we
would stop at this bread shop and buy sweet bread or something. So we picked one out, and when we went to
pay, the lady said, “take it.” We were
like, “we can’t just take it!” She said,
“I’m not a Mormon, but my husband is. Just take it.” We were really grateful!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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occurred when a man contacted us in the street a few weeks ago. We weren’t able to visit him until just a few
days ago. He is literally the definition
of a golden investigator. He told us he wants
to be closer to God. He’s studied our
religion and it’s clear that the church has had a lot of success, so God must
be with us. We talked to him about
Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon, the two hardest things for people to
accept – and he was like, “Well, everyone believes in something, right?” He said that it was a blessing to have the
missionaries in his home and he felt a lot of peace. He cried when we asked him if he would follow
the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized, and he said yes. He is so ready for the gospel. During the lesson, I kept having this image
come to my mind of him in temple clothes.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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joy many times this week. The Lord has
truly been watching over us. I am
grateful for the miracles that occurred this week. I am also grateful that the Lord has blessed
me with the BEST family and friends in the world. You guys really are the best, of this I am
sure. I love you!</span></i></div>
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investigators. She said that the other
night her Mom was questioning her about the church and she started whipping out
answers about the Book of Mormon and how after his resurrection, Jesus appeared
in the Americas, etc. She said, “I don’t know how, but I started saying things
that we learned from the lessons, and things I had never heard before.” We shared with her John 14:26, about how the
Holy Ghost reminds us of those things we have learned. She said she is happy because she has found
real “tranquility” or peace and she said she knows it doesn’t come from napping
or watching TV. It comes from learning
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that is super awesome. The daughter is
16 and super pretty. My comp and I have been visiting a lot with her and her Mom. Monse (the
daughter) loves English, so we practice together, she’s way cute.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Mexico. Elder Eyring and Elder Holland
came and we got to watch it for television.
Elder Holland said that we should be precisely where the Lord wants us
to be – and the Lord wants us to be in the temple. In respect to family history work he said “we
promised our parents we would not forget them” and “I will keep the promises I
made.” Elder Eyring said that the temple
is a place of illumination. He said, “You
will receive answers for the very things of which you have prayed.” He also said, “Answers will also come to the
questions that we have not been wise or humble enough to ask.” I loved that part.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Our zone has an appointment to go at the end of October. I was able to assist the open house five
times. I can’t wait to go back. I testify that the temple is “la casa del
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Hermana Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096657660445993418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201102313955015472.post-30353587453222830012015-09-09T22:04:00.001-07:002015-09-09T22:04:28.430-07:00Week 32 – Ixtapaluca and Wal-Mart<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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have great news! I am happy and healthy! I am in Ixtapaluca, Santa Barbara and my
companion is Hermana Cervantes from Sonora, Mexico. She is super nice and has 29 years. We get along well and I will learn lots from
her. My area is great! I feel like I am in America. There is a Wal-mart and a Sam’s Club close to
my house. We went to Wal-mart today and
I have never felt weirder in my life. I
felt like I was just walking around Wal-mart in LV. The members’ houses are a little more
American and so is their food. I have
made some awesome friendships here already and we took a lot of members to the
temple this week. I got an email from
one of the young women in my old area saying she missed me! I
don’t need you to send me anything for Christmas. I just want a picture of San Diego and for
you to tell me that we are going there when I get home! I will send pictures next week!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hermana Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096657660445993418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201102313955015472.post-25631934291085662512015-09-09T20:31:00.000-07:002015-09-09T20:53:44.826-07:00Week – 30 & 31 Temple Trips, Lepers, Dogs, & Songs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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it has been so long since I have written.
But do not fear, I have stories for you.
First, the temple in Mexico City is being rededicated, so right now they
are holding the open house. Hermana
Guerber and I were able to go twice with investigators. They were very impressed by its beauty and
took lots of pictures of the outside.
Because it’s in Mexico, the temple has a lot of cool Aztec designs. My favorite room was the sealing room because
everything was white and bright. Last
week my comp and I, and our zone leaders went to visit a hospital where about
15 leper patients are living. We visited
with about 5 of them and sang them hymns. They loved it and one of them tried to sing
the hymn back to us! It was a special
experience. We have washed 4 dogs in the
last 2 weeks, doing service. I am really
overcoming my fear of dogs. These past
few weeks Hermana Gruber and I have started every lesson with singing a
hymn. Our voices fit together quite
nicely and we have had a lot of spiritual experiences in our lessons through
music. One of our less actives was
crying when we sang, “I Need Thee Every Hour.”
Hermana Guerber goes home tomorrow so these past few days have been
almost all food appointments because everyone wants to feed her before she goes
home … and give her things, which has been great for me! I have met a lot of really sweet
families. I gave a talk about missionary
work in sacrament meeting. My health
little by little is improving, and by the end of my meds I should be rid of all
evil. “Adversity teaches us things we
cannot learn otherwise. Adversity helps
to develop a depth of character that comes in no other way…. We can learn wisdom, become stronger and
experience joy.” –Pres. Dieter F. Uchtdorf<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hermana Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096657660445993418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201102313955015472.post-50584631714311058082015-09-09T20:28:00.001-07:002015-09-09T20:28:40.693-07:00Week 29 - Marriage Proposal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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with her health. She has been working each day and says she feels “super
good.” She has been serving in Amecameca, but transfers are this coming
Monday. She is not sure where she is going but thinks maybe a town called
Ixtapaluca. She expects to be transferred, in part, because her
companion, Sister Grueber, is finishing her mission and returning home.
When asked about Sister Grueber, Courtney said, “She reminds me a lot of
Marisa, we are having a good time.” She also said, “My companion and I
got a wedding proposal this week. He even offered us his chickens.
He also told us to kiss him and just pretend that we were his
granddaughters. We told him we can’t do it. He told us to ask for
God’s permission. I told him … God says no. Haha!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hermana Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096657660445993418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201102313955015472.post-16492297379531707632015-08-19T23:27:00.000-07:002015-08-19T23:27:32.701-07:00Week 28<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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been sick for 3-4 weeks now, but is starting to feel better. She is sorry she hasn't felt well enough to
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her email to Darren and I. We appreciate
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Amecameca now (10 miles north of San Pedro).
I have a new companion and her name is Hermana Guerber and she is from
Arizona and she leaves in two weeks. We
haven't had a ton of lessons so I don't have a lot of stories. We did find a new investigator that is so
ready to be baptized. Her husband and
daughter died in the same month. She
said that she was sad and we were like "hey!" we have a message of
happiness for you. I am doing better
with my health right now. I am not as
tired anymore and my body doesn't hurt.
I am out working every day. After
the storm, comes the sunshine. I have
been feeling more sunshine the last couple of days. I am feeling a lot better. A lot.
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I am sorry I haven't written in awhile.
Hermana Salome was baptized. The
ordinance was a little tricky because she can't see, but we got it all worked
out. She told us she had a dream. Two of her children passed away when they
were just babies. In her dream, she said
that her two children were standing in front of the church, and it was weird
because they were not babies. They had
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super sick because her blood sugar was really high. We talked with her husband and he said he was
heating up the food for them to eat. He
left for a second and I checked to see what was heating up on the stove. He was heating two pots of farm milk with
rice. My comp and I ran home and whipped
up a quick chicken noodle soup with eggs and gave it to them to eat. We went back to visit them two days later and
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family to take care of, too. I was
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"Go give your dad a hug and a kiss!"
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crying and we talked about how Jesus would be sad if he wasn't at church. He said he would come and he and his wife
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so ready to be a missionary and we are practicing her English because she wants
to go to BYU ... just like me! Right
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sick she told me the exciting news ... her daughters are coming !!</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">She wants us to have a basketball game!</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">I love my family and friends.</span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Berlin Sans FB', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div>
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right now with school, work, and family. She is super stressed, and I am excited for
her to be baptized and watch the blessings pour down in her life. I asked her in the last lesson why she really
wants to be baptized because I was a little worried about her intentions. She said that she wants to have faith and to seguir
adelante (press forward). She said she wants
to be baptized for herself. That was so
awesome to hear because we have tried to work through so many doubts with her. We had to break the fear of changing religion.
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huge SDSU Aztec fans, so I taught my comp how to say "GO REBS!" She said it to President Crickmore and he
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hot dogs and fireworks this week. Here,
the dogs aren’t edible and the “fireworks” are more like cannons. This week was fun. The town had a fiesta for the Saint San
Pedro, which means there was ongoing music and cannons shaking our window
panels throughout the night. It also
means there were a ton of Catholics, so we contacted like crazy and beat the
record in San Pedro with 101 contacts.
My companion and I seemed to run into quite a few barrachos this
week. They prefer to talk to us in
English, so I try to make friendly conversation as we walk by. My companion asked me this week if I knew the
barrachos. I said no. She thought that was super funny. It is also funny when she started to understand
what they’re saying. I hand them word of
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more spiritual note, we have a baptismal date coming up very soon (2 weeks) for
a lady named Salome. She’s practically
blind and lives in a little house made out of wooden planks & cardboard
boxes. We love her lots. She likes going
to church and taking the discussions, but she is sad she can’t read the Book of
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