tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68839685130829251592024-02-20T07:52:03.583-07:00Alpine Klein Bunchalpinekleinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01950528432410686245noreply@blogger.comBlogger438125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883968513082925159.post-22362411616417895312015-12-23T14:42:00.002-07:002016-01-26T17:10:18.734-07:00Merry Christmas from Honduras 2015<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>For all our dear friends and family and this special time of year.</b></span></span><br />
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When we say our 'dear' friends and family, that is the understatement of a lifetime . . . We cannot even begin to recognize and rejoice in the many ways that each one of you have influenced our lives in some way. When we say we miss you and wish our most happiest and most joyful wishes for you in the New Year ahead, it's doesn't even begin to express the heartfelt emotion that we experience as we think of each one of you. You all touch our lives in so many ways. From your kind caring concern, your actual physical service and good deeds, the good thoughts and prayers we feel in our behalf, to the support we have felt throughout our missionary service, to the friendships you extend to our family, especially our children . . . thank you just isn't a big enough word. We feel emotionally connected across the miles to so many . . .</div>
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And a special thanks to our many many missionaries, serving and returned . . . what a privilege it has been in our lives to be associated with you, and to serve alongside you as we accomplish our Heavenly Father's work here on the earth. We extend our warmest Christmas wishes to you and your families and want you to know that not a day goes by that we don't think of and miss you all and appreciate the wonderful things you were and are able to accomplish during your missionary service. Thank you.</div>
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Even though life continues to be a roller coaster of challenges and adventures here in Honduras, life is good and we truly feel our blessings have far outweighed our challenges. Our Heavenly Father continues to bless us greatly, and we feel privileged to have the opportunity to testify daily of the glorious mission of our Savior, Jesus Christ. That He is the Savior of the world, the Son of God, our Redeemer. That He was born in Bethlehem, organized His Church with Priesthood power and authority upon the earth. He is the only way by which we can return to the presence of our Heavenly Father. </div>
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Jesus Christ suffered and died for the sins of the world, for you and for me, for us, giving each of God's children the gift of repentance and forgiveness. And through His resurrection prepared the way for each person to overcome physical death as well. These events are called the Atonement. We testify that it is real, and is for you for me, for us. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Wherever this Christmas season may find you, we testify that these things are real. That God is our loving Heavenly Father. That He knows us and loves us. That He desires to bless us. That we celebrate the birth of His son at this special season of the year. May you enjoy this special season with your family gathered all around. May you experience the fulness of life's greatest blessings in the year ahead. </span></span></div>
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alpinekleinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01950528432410686245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883968513082925159.post-64886280308192485772015-12-07T16:23:00.003-07:002016-01-26T17:32:59.881-07:00Missionaries teach A Savior is Born<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(Sorry so long in between posts . . . I broke my camera in September and have finally received a new one! Hurray! So more photos on the way . . . in the meanwhile, enjoy these cell phone photos! Thank goodness for cell phones!!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As Missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it is our great privilege to testify daily of the important role of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Even though He came to earth, suffered and died for us upon the cross . . . </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfaf3; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Of Him the Prophet, Joseph Smith, </span><span style="background-color: #fdfaf3; font-style: inherit;">also declared: “And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony, last of all, which we give of him: That he lives!</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-style: inherit;">“For we saw him, even on the right hand of God; and we heard the voice bearing record that he is the Only Begotten of the Father—</span><span style="background-color: #fdfaf3; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“That by him, and through him, and of him, the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God” (</span><span class="scriptures" style="background-color: #fdfaf3; border: 0px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="scripture" href="http://scriptures.lds.org/dc/76/22-24#22" style="border: 0px; color: #5e6c84; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">D&C 76:22–24</a></span><span style="background-color: #fdfaf3; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">).</span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Many Christians throughout the world are familiar with the testaments of the Savior found in the scriptures of the New Testament. The accounts of his life and teachings as found in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Yet as missionaries and called representatives of the Savior, we testify of revealed further witnesses of the Savior, revealed through modern prophets in the Latter-days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Knowing that doubt, disbelief, and misinformation would remain after centuries of darkness, our loving Heavenly Father brought forth an ancient volume of holy scripture comparable to the Bible, which contains the fulness of the everlasting gospel of Jesus Christ. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This volume of holy scripture provides convincing evidence that Joseph Smith is a true prophet of God. This record is the <b>Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The prophets in the Book of Mormon knew about the mission of the Savior and taught His gospel. After His resurrection, Christ appeared to these people. He taught them His gospel and established His Church on the American continent. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In order to gain a knowledge that the Book of Mormon, as revealed to the prophet Joseph Smith is true, a person must read, ponder upon what he is reading, and be willing to pray and ask God if these things are true. The honest seeker of truth will soon come to feel that the Book of Mormon is the word of God.</span><br />
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<li> <span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"I am the light and the life of the world. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end" (3 Nephi 9:18).</span> </li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"I am . . . your advocate with the Father" (D&C 29:5).</span> </li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"I am the good shepherd" (John 10:11)</span> </li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"I am Messiah, the King of Zion, the Rock of Heaven" (Moses 7:53)</span> </li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger or thirst" (John 6:35)</span> </li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">" I am the resurrection, and the life" (John 11:25)</span> </li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"I am the bright and morning star" (Revelation 22:16)</span> </li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"Jesus Christ, your Redeemer, the Great I Am" (D&C 29:1).<a href="http://christmas.mormon.org/"> </a></span><a href="http://christmas.mormon.org/"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl" style="color: #627aad;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="cursor: pointer;">ASaviorIsBorn</span></a></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Many people are curious about this Book of Mormon, of which we teach from and testify daily.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The book was written by many ancient prophets by the spirit of prophecy and revelation. Their words, written on gold plates, were quoted and abridged by a prophet-historian named Mormon. The record gives an account of two great civilizations. One came from Jerusalem in 600 <span class="small" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">B.C.</span> and afterward separated into two nations, known as the Nephites and the Lamanites. The other came much earlier when the Lord confounded the tongues at the Tower of Babel. This group is known as the Jaredites. After thousands of years, all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are among the ancestors of the American Indians.</span><a class="bookmark dontHighlight" href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3168491836782617964" name="p3" style="background-image: url(https://edge.ldscdn.org/cdn2/csp/ldsorg/notebook/20130501/images/study-tools-sprite.png); background-position: 0px -493px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; cursor: ns-resize; height: 25px; left: -13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 30px; z-index: -1;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The crowning event recorded in the Book of Mormon is the personal ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ among the Nephites soon after His resurrection. It puts forth the doctrines of the gospel, outlines the plan of salvation, and tells men what they must do to gain peace in this life and eternal salvation in the life to come.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/introduction?lang=eng" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Introduction to the Book of Mormon)</a></blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Christ's Visit to the America's </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I love to study the visit of the Savior to the American continent as relayed in <b><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/9?lang=eng">3 Nephi of the Book of Mormon</a>.</b> Especially at Christmas time, I find it brings me closer to the Savior. I hear His voice as I read and study His words found in these scriptures. I'm so impressed with the beauty of this section of the Book of Mormon and the powerful witness of our Savior, that today he lives! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I see many similarities to our day as we anticipate the Second coming of the Savior. The Nephite people had become an independent and proud people. No longer listening to the voice of the prophets. Gradually, they came to reject religion and the teachings of God as revealed through the prophets. Secret combinations flourished in the land, and Satan gained great power upon the hearts of men, tempting them to be proud of their independence, and not looking to the Lord in gratitude and seeking His guidance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There were a few righteous among them. Nephi continued to lead the Church with power and even performed many miracles, but still the people in general preferred to disbelieve and trust more in the works of men than those of God. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And in those days a storm began, such as one as had never been before in the land. Lightning flashed and thunder shook the earth, violent winds carried away people, houses, flocks and herds, never to be seen again. Many great and notable cites were sunk, and many were burned, and many were shaken and fell to the earth. And many died and were injured in the great storm. Even the whole face of the land was changed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For several hours the storm raged and shook and blew and just as all were doomed to perish, the quaking and tempest ceased and a darkness settled over the land in all parts. For three days the people mourned in darkness and no light could be seen, nor candle penetrate the great darkness. A great mourning and weeping could be heard throughout the land. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then a voice began to speak from the Heavens and was heard throughout the land. Imagine how the people felt when they heard, "<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.00784314); color: #333333;"> “Will ye not now return unto me, and repent of your sins, and be converted, that I may heal you?” (</span><a class="scriptureRef" href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/9.13?lang=eng#12" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3 Ne. 9:13</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.00784314); color: #333333;">)."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.00784314); color: #333333;"><i>“Behold, I am Jesus Christ the Son of God” </i>(</span><a class="scriptureRef" href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/9.15?lang=eng#14" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3 Ne. 9:15</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.00784314); color: #333333;">).</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.00784314); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He declared to them that by Him, redemption came, that through Him the law of Moses was fulfilled. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.00784314); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When the darkness dispersed, the people gathered at the Temple in the land of Bountiful. Once again they heard the same voice, Mormon tells us - </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.00784314); color: #333333;">“it was not a harsh voice, neither was it a loud voice; nevertheless, and notwithstanding it being a small voice it did pierce them that did hear to the center, insomuch that there was no part of their frame that it did not cause to quake; yea, it did pierce them to the very soul, and did cause their hearts to burn” (</span><a class="scriptureRef" href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/11.3?lang=eng#2" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3 Ne. 11:3</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.00784314); color: #333333;">)</span></span></blockquote>
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<b>The Voice of God . . .</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> And again a voice came from the Heavens saying,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.00784314); color: #333333;"><i>“Behold my Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, in whom I have glorified my name—hear ye him”</i> (</span><a class="scriptureRef" href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/11.5-7?lang=eng#4" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3 Ne. 11:5–7</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.00784314); color: #333333;">).</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Very few people in all the history of the world have been blessed to hear the voice of God. And as the people looked towards the heavens they saw a Man descending from the Heavens. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> He was clothed all in white, and he came down and stood in the midst of the people. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He reached out his hand towards the people and spoke to them saying, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>“Behold, I am Jesus Christ, whom the prophets testified shall come into the world.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>“And behold, I am the light and the life of the world; and I have drunk out of that bitter cup which the Father hath given me, and have glorified the Father in taking upon me the sins of the world, in the which I have suffered the will of the Father in all things from the beginning” </i>(<a class="scriptureRef" href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/11.9-11?lang=eng#8" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3 Ne. 11:9–11</a>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And all the people fell to the earth, but Jesus Christ invited them to rise up, and come to Him and see the marks from the crucifixion, in His hands, and the wounds in His side. He invited them to come forward and to touch and to feel Him. And one by one the people did come, and they did touch and feel Him, the resurrected Savior, a member of the Godhead, the creator of innumerable worlds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When the last of the people had come unto Him, and touched and felt, they then all fell to the ground and worshipped Him, saying, </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.00784314); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>“Hosanna! Blessed be the name of the Most High God!"</i>(3 Nephi 11:16)</span></span><br />
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While he dwelt with the people, many things did he teach and testify, many mighty miracles he works. Yes . . . those were days to never have been forgotten.<br />
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<b>The Powerful Book of Mormon . . .</b><br />
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I love the powerful witness of the Book of Mormon. It testifies of Jesus Christ, of His prophets, of His doctrine of salvation. What a blessing it would be if every family could the testimony found of the Savior in the Book of Mormon. What a blessing it would be if every family could study the words of the Savior, liken His teachings to their home and their lives.<br />
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<b>From Birth to Atonement . . .</b><br />
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As the Savior, Jesus Christ prepared to leave the disciples He established here on the American continent, He left them with these words . . .<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>“Behold I have given unto you my gospel, and this is the gospel which I have given unto you—that I came into the world to do the will of my Father, because my Father sent me.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>“And my Father sent me that I might be lifted up upon the cross; and after that I had been lifted up upon the cross, that I might draw all men unto me, that as I have been lifted up by men even so should men be lifted up by the Father, to stand before me, to be judged of their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil. …</i></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“And no unclean thing can enter into his kingdom; therefore nothing entereth into his rest save it be those who have washed their garments in my blood, because of their faith, and the repentance of all their sins, and their faithfulness unto the end.</i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Living Christ - </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The mission of the resurrected Savior did not end with his visit to the America's. The continuing miracle is that He has revealed Himself to men again in our day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Modern day prophets and apostles together testify to the words of the Prophet Joseph Smith, who restored the gospel to the earth again . . . </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfaf3; font-style: inherit;">“And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony, last of all, which we give of him: That he lives!</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-style: inherit;">“For we saw him, even on the right hand of God; and we heard the voice bearing record that he is the Only Begotten of the Father—</span><span style="background-color: #fdfaf3; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“That by him, and through him, and of him, the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God” (</span><span class="scriptures" style="background-color: #fdfaf3; border: 0px; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="scripture" href="http://scriptures.lds.org/dc/76/22-24#22" style="border: 0px; color: #5e6c84; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">D&C 76:22–24</a></span><span style="background-color: #fdfaf3; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">).(Excerpts from <a href="http://jesuschrist.lds.org/testimonies-of-him/articles/the-living-christ-the-testimony-of-the-apostles-of-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints?&lang=eng">The Living Christ</a>)</span></blockquote>
<b><i>As Christ lives today in a resurrected body, so shall we!</i></b><br />
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alpinekleinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01950528432410686245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883968513082925159.post-14290555623177124752015-10-24T14:42:00.001-06:002016-01-26T17:52:08.477-07:00Eternal Perspectives on MotherhoodI've always loved the beautiful line from the hymn by Eliza R. Snow entitled, "Oh my Father", that speaks of eternal parenthood and forever families-<br />
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<b><i> "Truth eternal . . . tells me I've a Mother there . . .</i></b></div>
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Something I've always felt in my heart is the presence of an eternal <i><b>Mother in Heaven</b></i>. A sacred not secret point of doctrine not often mentioned in the doctrines of the<a href="http://www.mormon.org/"> Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint</a>s (The Mormons). Although infrequently mentioned, a no less important thought and principle than the fact that we are all children of a Heavenly Father who loves us.</div>
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A tenet of our faith that has always drawn me closely to learning and following gospel principles is that the family unit, a mother, father and children, is at the center of our theology. It simply resonates within me that the family is the purpose of all other gospel doctrine and principles. The earth was created for families, to nurture, strengthen and bless one another. Our Savior, Jesus Christ came to earth, suffered, died and accomplished the Atonement, that we might all have the opportunity to be Eternal Families. A beautiful scripture from the Pearl of Great Price, tell us what our Heavenly Father's purpose is -</div>
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<i>“This is my work and my glory, to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man” </i></div>
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<i>(<a href="http://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/moses/1.39?lang=eng">Moses 1:39</a>).</i></div>
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I'm so delighted to read this beautiful essay, <a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng">Mother in Heaven</a>, that appeared just recently on the <a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/essays?lang=eng">essay site</a> of the Church. <br />
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I'm linking to and copying the complete essay in it's entirety here because it's a subject I would love to ponder more about. <br />
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I've always loved catching the light of Christ in the eye's of women through my photography. I believe that through our womanly and feminine images and roles we are able to catch a glimpse of the Heavenly Mother in whose countenance we were created. <br />
To visit original article click <a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng">here</a>.<br />
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaches that all human beings, male and female, are beloved spirit children of heavenly parents, a Heavenly Father and a Heavenly Mother. This understanding is rooted in scriptural and prophetic teachings about the nature of God, our relationship to Deity, and the godly potential of men and women.<a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng#1" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1</sup></a>The doctrine of a Heavenly Mother is a cherished and distinctive belief among Latter-day Saints.<sup style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng#2" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2</a></sup></div>
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While there is no record of a formal revelation to Joseph Smith on this doctrine, some early Latter-day Saint women recalled that he personally taught them about a Mother in Heaven.<a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng#3" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3</sup></a> The earliest published references to the doctrine appeared shortly after Joseph Smith’s death in 1844, in documents written by his close associates.<a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng#4" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">4</sup></a>The most notable expression of the idea is found in a poem by Eliza R. Snow, entitled “My Father in Heaven” and now known as the hymn “O My Father.” This text declares: “In the heav’ns are parents single? / No, the thought makes reason stare; / Truth is reason—truth eternal / Tells me I’ve a mother there.”<a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng#5" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">5</sup></a></div>
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Subsequent Church leaders have affirmed the existence of a Mother in Heaven. In 1909, the First Presidency taught that “all men and women are in the similitude of the universal Father and Mother, and are literally the sons and daughters of Deity.”<a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng#6" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">6</sup></a> Susa Young Gates, a prominent leader in the Church, wrote in 1920 that Joseph Smith’s visions and teachings revealed the truth that “the divine Mother, [is] side by side with the divine Father.”<a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng#7" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">7</sup></a> And in “The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” issued in 1995, the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles declared, “Each [person] is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny.”<sup style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng#8" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8</a></sup><br />
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Prophets have taught that our heavenly parents work together for the salvation of the human family. “We are part of a divine plan designed by Heavenly Parents who love us,” taught Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.<a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng#9" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">9</sup></a> President Harold B. Lee stated, “We forget that we have a Heavenly Father and a Heavenly Mother who are even more concerned, probably, than our earthly father and mother, and that influences from beyond are constantly working to try to help us when we do all we can.”<a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng#10" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">10</sup></a></div>
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Latter-day Saints direct their worship to Heavenly Father, in the name of Christ, and do not pray to Heavenly Mother. In this, they follow the pattern set by Jesus Christ, who taught His disciples to “always pray unto the Father in my name.”<a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng#11" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">11</sup></a> Latter-day Saints are taught to pray to Heavenly Father, but as President Gordon B. Hinckley said, “The fact that we do not pray to our Mother in Heaven in no way belittles or denigrates her.”<a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng#12" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">12</sup></a> Indeed, as Elder Rudger Clawson wrote, “We honor woman when we acknowledge Godhood in her eternal Prototype.”<sup style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng#13" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">13</a></sup></div>
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As with many other truths of the gospel, our present knowledge about a Mother in Heaven is limited. Nevertheless, we have been given sufficient knowledge to appreciate the sacredness of this doctrine and to comprehend the divine pattern established for us as children of heavenly parents. Latter-day Saints believe that this pattern is reflected in Paul’s statement that “neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.”<a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng#14" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">14</sup></a> Men and women cannot be exalted without each other. Just as we have a Father in Heaven, we have a Mother in Heaven. As Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles has said, “Our theology begins with heavenly parents. Our highest aspiration is to be like them.”<sup style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/mother-in-heaven?lang=eng#15" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">15</a></sup><br />
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<li id="2" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">See “<a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/becoming-like-god?lang=eng" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Becoming Like God</a>”; see also Elaine Anderson Cannon, “<a href="http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Mother_in_Heaven" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mother in Heaven</a>,” in <i style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Encyclopedia of Mormonism,</i> ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, 5 vols. (New York: Macmillan, 1992), 2:961. For an extensive survey of these teachings, see David L. Paulsen and Martin Pulido, “‘A Mother There’: A Survey of Historical Teachings about Mother in Heaven,” <i style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">BYU Studies</i> 50, no. 1 (2011): 70–97.</li>
<li id="3" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Zina Diantha Huntington Young recalled that when her mother died in 1839, Joseph Smith consoled her by telling her that in heaven she would see her own mother again and become acquainted with her eternal Mother. (Susa Young Gates, <i style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">History of the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints</i> [Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1911], 15–16.)</li>
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<li id="4" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">See W. W. Phelps, “Come to Me,” in “Poetry, for the Times and Seasons,” <i style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Times and Seasons</i> 6 (Jan. 15, 1845): 783.</li>
<li id="5" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“My Father in Heaven,” in “Poetry, for the Times and Seasons,” <i style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Times and Seasons</i> 6 (Nov. 15, 1845): 1039; “<a href="https://www.lds.org/music/library/hymns/o-my-father?lang=eng" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">O My Father</a>,” <i style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hymns,</i> no. 292; see also Jill Mulvay Derr, “The Significance of ‘O My Father’ in the Personal Journey of Eliza R. Snow,” <i style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">BYU Studies</i> 36, no. 1 (1996–97), 84–126.</li>
<li id="6" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“The Origin of Man,” <i style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Improvement Era</i> 13, no. 1 (Nov. 1909): 78.</li>
<li id="7" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“The Vision Beautiful,” <i style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Improvement Era</i> 23, no. 6 (Apr. 1920): 542. At this time, Gates was the recording secretary of the Relief Society general presidency.</li>
<li id="8" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“<a href="https://www.lds.org/topics/family-proclamation?lang=eng" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Family: A Proclamation to the World</a>,” <i style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ensign</i> or <i style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Liahona,</i> Nov. 2010, 129.</li>
<li id="9" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">M. Russell Ballard, <i style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When Thou Art Converted: Continuing Our Search for Happiness</i> (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2001), 62.</li>
<li id="10" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Harold B. Lee, “The Influence and Responsibility of Women,” <i style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Relief Society Magazine</i> 51, no. 2 (Feb. 1964): 85.</li>
<li id="11" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/18.19-21?lang=eng#18" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3 Nephi 18:19–21</a>; <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/matt/6.6-9?lang=eng#5" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Matthew 6:6–9</a>; <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/john/17.1%2C5%2C21%2C24-25?lang=eng#0" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">John 17:1, 5, 21, 24–25</a>; see also <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/matt/4.10?lang=eng#9" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Matthew 4:10</a>; <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/luke/4.8?lang=eng#7" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Luke 4:8</a>; and <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/13.9?lang=eng#8" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3 Nephi 13:9</a>; <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/17.15?lang=eng#14" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">17:15</a>.</li>
<li id="12" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gordon B. Hinckley, “<a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1991/10/daughters-of-god?lang=eng" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Daughters of God</a>,” <i style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ensign,</i> Nov. 1991, 100.</li>
<li id="13" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Our Mother in Heaven,” <i style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star</i> 72, no. 39 (Sept. 29, 1910): 620. Rudger Clawson was the editor of the periodical and likely author of this editorial.</li>
<li id="14" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/1-cor/11.11?lang=eng#10" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1 Corinthians 11:11</a>.</li>
<li id="15" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dallin H. Oaks, “<a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1995/04/apostasy-and-restoration?lang=eng" style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #0091bc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Apostasy and Restoration</a>,” <i style="background-position: 0px 0px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ensign,</i> May 1995, 84.</li>
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Go to lunch with a friend, pay someone to wash your car, buy dessert for the weekend BBQ, buy popcorn and drinks at the movie house . . .<br />
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Watching the following video just about destroys me . . . I can barely make it through without just breaking down into a puddle . . .<br />
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<b>My Thoughts for Missionary Families and Others . . .</b><br />
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Many many members of the Church have served missions in developing countries of the world. Many families have members now serving in developing counties. Many many families hear about the heartache, the challenges of these members of the Church, and others, through the reports of their missionaries. Many wonder what they could possibly do to help when they are so far away . . . .<br />
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Malnutrition is a serious problem throughout the developing world. It literally stares us in the face daily in our missionary work here in Honduras. And it pulls at my heart strings daily. Many severely malnourished children suffer lifelong cognitive and physical defects, leading to increased levels of poverty and decreased potential earning power. Which in turn become a vicious cycle in the next generations.<br />
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Because of the success of the Church's (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) missionary program in bringing many people into the gospel in developing countries, it is not unusual to find severely malnourished children among the Latter-day Saints in these countries. Honduras certainly being one of the most humble countries that is an example of malnourishment amongst it's very youngest members of the Church. <br />
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The <a href="http://www.liahonachildren.org/#/home">Liahona Childrens' Foundation</a> was created about six years ago to address malnutrition among Latter-day Saint children worldwide. It is a federally recognized 501 (c) 3, non-profit organization, independent of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Although it is administered by faithful Latter-day Saint members, and is funded by members of the Church in the United States and other countries.<br />
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Malnutrition is a hidden condition and not easily detected, but through weights and measures based on Standard Growth charts set by the World Health Organization, the Foundations volunteer screeners can accurately identify children in need of nourishment assistance. Re-screenings later on show that the children receiving the supplements show significant progress in a short amount of time. <br />
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Branches, wards and Stakes all over the world are currently in need of supplemental health to provide nourishment to severely malnourished children in their units. The cost of preventing such cognitive and physical problems related to malnutrition is surprisingly reasonable . . . less than $100 a year to provide the supplemental nutrients needed to feed the brain and body during this critical period of growth and development.<br />
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<b>I am only suggesting . . .</b><br />
that if you are searching for means to make a difference in the life of many of the members of the Church throughout the wide wide world . . . you consider taking a look at this organization and see if it is something that you can support. <br />
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I can share my own thoughts with you with every bit of energy that I possess, that the situations you see in this video, and the other videos available on their <a href="http://www.liahonachildren.org/#/home">website</a> occur everyday of the week in many homes and families throughout the world, and certainly it is widespread throughout Honduras where we are serving. <br />
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The day is almost gone . . . and hardly a minute has passed today, in all the busy-ness, that our thoughts haven't turned to that land that we love. I imagine even now . . .<br />
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We didn't make any new 4th of July memories today . . . unless you count wishing "Happy 4 of July!" to another American couple we happened to meet in a restaurant overlooking the ocean on the coast of Honduras . . . who when they heard us speaking English, stopped by to wish us a "Happy 4th! . . .<br />
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I had a list a mile long . . . enumerating all the things that were wrong with America. (Even though I love it dearly, and truly 'Pledge my allegiance" at every opportunity . . .)<br />
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And it's true . . . it is far from perfect. And I'm sad to say, that I do believe it is becoming less perfect as each day goes by. <br />
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But now, my new list is even longer . . . in fact it's so long . . . I could go on and on and on and on about all the things that are RIGHT with America! Many many many things . . . that truly I have not had an appreciation for in the past.<br />
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Someday, when I have more time (like in 2 years . . .) maybe I will try to really enumerate all the great blessings that I took for granted living in this grand country. ALL the things . . . that are RIGHT with America. And I think you would be surprised.<br />
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<i>(One of the most inspiring Independence Day celebrations you will ever see - Enjoy!)</i><br />
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<i>(One thing I am sure of . . . these young people, surely are the Hope of America!)</i></div>
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I have been charmed, mesmerized, enchanted, inspired . . . in my moments of free time this week with the <b><a href="http://www.mormon.org/">Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> </b></div>
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theme on all the social media sites this week . . . </div>
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I can't see the end of this week come without sharing . . .</div>
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Everything that is good, everything that is wonderful, everything that brings joy into my life is</div>
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Every talent that I have, every good friend that nurtures, every family member that is my greatest treasure . . . is</div>
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Every beautiful scene that I capture, every animal creature that roams the earth, every act of kindness, love and support received is . . .</div>
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The answer to every prayer, every moment of peace, each purpose</div>
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Why else would anyone leave the comfort of home and family, a beautiful life filled to the brim with blessings each day, loved family, loved friends and neighbors, a life of comfort, a fulfilling job, giving up a business that was the creation of a lifetime, every modern convenience you can imagine, beautiful grand babies who filled their grand parents days with such wonder . . .</div>
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travel away from home and loved ones and dedicate three years in service, 24 x7 days a week in voluntary service to the Lord and his servants here in a foreign land very different from the one we are accustom to?</div>
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<b>Because of Him.</b></div>
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<i>Because of a lifetime of blessings received.</i></div>
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I find it remarkable this Easter season the amazing capacity to reach out and touch our friends and neighbors with our testimonies of the Savior, as well as those scattered across the world who are actively seeking the knowledge of the Savior in their lives. We see each day those who are prepared beforehand for our missionaries message, one of peace, joy and the blessings of eternal life. </div>
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Many are actively seeking and we are here to share that message. Many find hope and comfort in their trials, answers to their long awaited prayers, through the peace the Gospel of Jesus Christ brings. </div>
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I'm including links to the amazing technology that we have seen this year to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Ones that have reached out and touched me, and I know many others around the world. There have been several that truly have touched my heart. You'll find them all linked and connected in the post and hope they also uplift and inspire you and bless your life in someway as they have mine.</div>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">He is Risen.</span></b></i></div>
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<b>Two other #BecauseofHim thoughts worth sharing - </b><br />
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I also agree with every word shared and <a href="http://middleagedmormonman.com/home/2014/04/i-choose-to-believe.html">blogged</a> by this:<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/middleaged.mormonman"><b>Middleaged Mormon Man</b></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Some choose to believe that this world is all there is – that it happened by some fluke, a coincidence.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Some choose to believe that there is no Supreme Being – no God, nor Creator. No one.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Some choose to believe that we are random – merely here “because.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Some choose to believe that life is about getting what you can get – and the only rules are those society fabricates for itself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Some choose to believe that Jesus was a myth – a fantasy conjured up by desperate people.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Some choose to believe there <em>could</em> have been a Jesus – who was a pretty good teacher and philosopher.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Some choose to believe that when they die, it is all over. Forever.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Some choose to believe that they will spend their lives forging bonds with loved ones that will be destroyed at death – never to see their departed loved ones again.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Some choose to believe that they are forever broken – beyond repair.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Some choose to believe that life is a continual struggle – eventually resulting in eternal nothingness.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Some people choose to believe that life is darkness, and meaningless.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Some people choose doubt and fear.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">I can’t do that.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">I choose to believe.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">I choose to believe that there is a God, who is the Father of my Spirit. And He loves me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">I choose to believe that everything around us, including us, is part of His design for our eternal happiness.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">I choose to believe that He has established a way of living that can ensure our return home to Him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">I choose to believe that He sent His Son, Jesus Christ to earth, to show us that way of living.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">I choose to believe that Jesus Christ was more than a teacher or philosopher. He came as the Savior of all mankind. Amazingly, that includes me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">I choose to believe that He willingly gave His life, and came alive again, clothed in glory and immortality.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">I choose to believe that because of this, Jesus broke the chains of death, and that every person that has lived on this earth will be reunited with their body – clothed in glory and immortality.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">I choose to believe that I will again see my mother, father, brother who left this life years ago. We will be reunited.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">I choose to believe that even though I am broken, I am <em>not</em> beyond repair – the Savior can mend me through the power of His great atoning sacrifice.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">I choose to believe that the pain, anguish, bitterness, suffering, grief, guilt and horrors of this life can be swallowed up by His atoning sacrifice – if I am but willing to accept His offer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">I choose to believe that life can be filled with joy and light. The light which chases away the darkness.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">I choose to believe that there is a point to this life. A meaning.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">I choose to believe in hope.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">I choose to believe that hope, joy, meaning and light only exist because of, and through, my Savior, Jesus Christ.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">I choose to praise Him, and worship Him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> ©2010 Susan Noyes Anderson</span></h6>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Gethsemane brought Jesus to His knees.<br />“<em style="color: #1a6890;">Remove this cup from me</em>,” He dared to ask.<br />His humble prayer, “<em style="color: #1a6890;">Thy will, not mine, be done</em>,”<br />allowed no respite from the fearsome task.<span id="more-2344"></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> Then Judas branded Jesus with a kiss<br />and set in motion all that was to be.<br />For silver, he gave up a heart of gold,<br />betraying Christ, the Man of Galilee.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> In lesser ways, His friends forsook Him, too.<br />“<em style="color: #1a6890;">Could ye not watch with me one hour</em>?” He pled.<br />But sleep earned their devotion more than He<br />who slumbered, once, within a manger bed.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> They loved Him, but they failed to understand,<br />though He had warned them clearly, in His way.<br />When Peter struck and smote a Roman’s ear,<br />Christ healed the grievous wound without delay.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> For He would bow Himself beneath us all<br />and heal the wounds by our own sins laid bare.<br />The day had come; just One could pay the price<br />for every soul whose burden He would share.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> The great and dreadful reckoning was nigh…<br />the final act for which He had been born:<br />when love would overcome the bonds of death<br />and mercy be returned for hate and scorn.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Meekly, Christ gave Himself into the hands<br />of greedy men who hungered for His life.<br />His goodness and His honor mocked them all<br />and flayed their sanctimony like a knife.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> Abusing Him in body, mind and soul,<br />His people judged Him blasphemer, not King.<br />They looked to Roman rule to kill their Lord<br />by means that promised untold suffering…</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> To crucify, not stone, the very One<br />whose agony would save them from their own.<br />What irony that He, to save the world,<br />would tread the bitter winepress all alone.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> When Pontius nor Herod would condemn,<br />the people chose Barabbas over Him.<br />Then was He scourged and stripped and crowned with thorns,<br />His innocence reviled from limb to limb.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> No mark of disrespect was deemed too foul,<br />though He accepted all with kingly grace.<br />No hand of kindness dried his bleeding brow;<br />no voice defended Him, nor pled his case.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> Instead they jeered and followed His advance<br />to Calvary, Golgotha also named;<br />Christ’s hands and feet were nailed upon the cross:<br />The Lamb of God, bloody but unashamed.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> The shame belonged to others––and the guilt.<br /><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Naught but a few emerged with hands still clean.</span>Peter denied Him thrice; disciples fled.<br />But John was there, to grace the final scene.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> And Mary, too, and others of good heart.<br />“<em style="color: #1a6890;">Behold, thy mother!</em>” … Christ was heard anew.<br />His thoughts, in death, were for another’s care.<br />“<em style="color: #1a6890;">Father, forgive…They know not what they d</em><em style="color: #1a6890;">o</em>.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> <em style="color: #1a6890;">Oh, God, my God, hast Thou forsaken me</em>?<br />In Father’s absence, Jesus had to own<br />the sins of all the world, without relief;<br />He paid the ransom for our souls, alone.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> And when, at last, He uttered, “<em style="color: #1a6890;">It is finished</em>.”<br /><em style="color: #1a6890;">Into Thy hands, my spirit I commend</em>.<br />He willfully surrendered life for love,<br />so mercy could serve justice, in the end.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> His followers had still not understood;<br />they mourned Him as if everything were lost.<br />Christ promised He would rise again, and yet…<br />they saw but darkly, torn by grief and tossed.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> The women went to honor Him once more.<br />An angel came; the stone was rolled away.<br />At first, they grieved to find His body gone<br />and looked upon the angel with dismay.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> Where was their Lord? Had evil men conspired<br />to steal the body and defile His flesh?<br />But when the angel spake, their fears were stilled,<br />despite the sting of death…the wounds, so fresh.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> “<em style="color: #1a6890;">He is not here, for He is risen</em>.” <em style="color: #1a6890;">Lo</em>,<br />“<em style="color: #1a6890;">He goeth before you into Galilee</em>.”<br />Departing hence, the women saw Christ’s face<br />and fell before His feet on bended knee.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> In glory, He appeared to His disciples<br />and bade them touch His hands and feet and side.<br />Their minds and hearts were pierced, deeply as He was,<br />for truth had been revealed and sanctified.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> His resurrection meant that Death was vanquished.<br />The door was opened wide; He held the key.<br />His sacrifice atoned for all God’s children,<br />from Eve and Adam…through eternity.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> Christ’s gift to us is sacred and enduring:<br />His saving blood, the only peace we find.<br />In word and deed, forever we’ll revere Him––<br />The Lamb of God, Redeemer of mankind!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><em style="color: #1a6890;"> ”…I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me,</em><br /><em style="color: #1a6890;">though he were dead, yet shall he live.” -John 11:25</em></span></div>
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alpinekleinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01950528432410686245noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883968513082925159.post-71569669394272668682014-04-15T00:00:00.001-06:002014-04-15T20:32:13.024-06:00The Crazy Life we Lead . . .Whew! This schedule continues to astound me . . .<br />
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We started 5 hours away from home this morning in Tocoa, one of our member districts. Returning from 5 days on the road (and in the air) meeting with members, missionaries, leadership, setting new missionaries apart, delivering missionary callings, interviews with members in the Districts just in time to shop and get lunch together for a P-day activity, we invited one of our closer zones of 30 missionaries to join us for P-day.<br />
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While I was shopping and lunch preparing, Norm was holding an Office Staff meeting to discuss our transfer schedule and new arriving missionaries which begin tomorrow morning bright and early. <br />
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The P-day activity was a hike, which was wonderful and so much fun to spend three hours with our missionaries, climbed 1500 feet in elevation and left me inspired but exhausted. <br />
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After returning home I've been packing the boxes, bags, sheets, meal preparation stuff we haul with us about an hour away for our newly arriving missionaries and putting together all the things we need to welcome new missionaries.<br />
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Finally at 10 pm it's into the shower, ordering a gift online for our tax person who we are so grateful for, especially since tomorrow is April 15th! <br />
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And it's up at 5am tomorrow to start the meal cooking in the crockpots that we will bring with us to our new missionary meeting and to pack the car and be out the door at 7am. <br />
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It's almost getting a little too springlike to be sharing photos from the holidays . . .<br />
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So maybe it will be a cold blustery day where you are and these photos will fit right in.<br />
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For us, here in Honduras . . . it's already 90 degrees everyday, with the promise of much warmer temperatures to come in the next couple weeks. <br />
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In <a href="http://alpinekleinbunch.blogspot.com/2014/01/and-it-was-very-good-year-2013.html">part one</a> we shared all the fun adventures we had in Honduras when some members of our family arrived for Kelsie and Mike's wedding in the Tegucigalpa Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It includes photos of our travels in our mission as they mixed and mingled with the missionaries until we arrived in Tegucigalpa for the wedding.<br />
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alpinekleinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01950528432410686245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883968513082925159.post-49606451486071030092014-02-08T04:32:00.005-07:002014-02-08T04:32:53.740-07:00Ultimate Destination WeddingWelcome to part two . . .<br />
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For the beginning of the story be sure to check <a href="http://alpinekleinbunch.blogspot.com/2014/01/and-it-was-very-good-year-2013.html">here</a> . . .<br />
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As we have discovered during our service here in the San Pedro Sula East Mission . . . we are so blessed! When we were first beginning to comprehend and understand our new callings a year ago we had no idea how especially our family would be blessed through our missionary service.<br />
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One of the most apparent ways has been the opportunity to have Kelsie and Mike travel here to Honduras, along with other family members to be sealed not only for time, but for all eternity in the Tegucigalpa Temples. One of the newest and just recently dedicated temples of <a href="http://www.mormon.org/">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. </a><br />
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For a little information about Temple weddings you can see what I previously blogged <a href="http://alpinekleinbunch.blogspot.com/2013/07/whats-up-with-all-those-mormon-temples.html">here</a> . . . and also on the Church's website <a href="https://www.lds.org/new-era/2004/10/planning-your-temple-wedding?lang=eng">here</a> and <a href="http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/mormon/weddings/">here</a>. <br />
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It's not difficult to see what a wonderful opportunity it is to have the support, love, friendship, camaraderie that come from being part of a family. That's not to say that it's impossible to achieve success in life without one, but they certainly can bring many advantages, great joy and happiness to this life. Life can be challenging enough as it is, and with the help of family, it just makes those challenges much more doable. Our greatest desire would be that each of our children experience the joy that can be found in a happy home.<br />
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We know that our Heavenly Father's plan is a plan of families, so that all who come to earth have the possibility of enjoying that happiness and safety that comes from families. It's the best place to experience and learn to love others unconditionally, as our Heavenly Father loves each of us. <br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">God is our loving Heavenly Father, we are his children, he does have a plan for each of us. He wants us to return to his presence after this life. He gives us the experience of families so we can learn to become like him, and return to live with him again one day along with our families. As we learn and grown and follow our Heavenly Father's plan, we earn the blessings of eternal life after we pass from this world into the next life. </span></blockquote>
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<b>Tribute to our Grandma Klein . . .</b><br />
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This week we lost an amazing member of our eternal family - an inspiring mother, grandma to 39 grandchildren, great-grandma to 33! To each of her descendants she was an inspiration in some way. I think it's pretty safe to say that each one felt her influence in many ways in their life. We all have our own talents and skills that have increased with her nurturing assistance through the years.<br />
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We were blessed as a family to have Grandma Klein live with our family for 7 years. In fact, during the time I was in nursing school . . . . I don't know how I would have ever gotten through those years without her assistance. It was so wonderful to come home to dinner on the table, apple dumplings in the oven, a clean kitchen, laundry done, happy kids . . . I don't know how she managed to accomplish it all. But she did . . .<br />
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Some of lives greatest lessons I know I learned from Grandma Klein. Patience with sad, naughty, unhappy, crying or whining children . . . who could not possibly benefit from that one! To love first and foremost . . . to serve. That service was the key to almost everything. Unselfishness . . . she ultimately gave everything away . . . everything. <br />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As I write this, I
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made me feel loved and special.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She sent
this last tin box of cashew turtles because she knew that is was my
favorite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It reminded me of when I was
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She made each of us feel as though
we were the favored child.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">One day I decided
to not go to school, third grade was just too hard!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We lived across the street from the school
and as I hid under my bed I could hear the last bell ring, school has started
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year”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I then asked how old I was when I
learned to walk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“18 months she
answered”, then she sensed that I felt bad and she went on to explain, “But you
were such a beautiful child, I wanted to always hold you and so I never allowed
you time to learn to walk”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believed
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">When Kristin and I
were about to leave for our 3 year assignment in Honduras, I looked at my
mother and thought, “perhaps this is the last time?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn´t want to believe it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She looked like an angel to me, and she
was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sent from heaven to bless and care
for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel so very blessed to have
had her and cannot wait until I see her again.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To those of you who
have cared for her in her final days and hours, I thank you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish that I were there with you, I really
do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And to Wayne, I will always be grateful for
thinking of me so that I could say goodbye to mom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was so very sensitive of you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /> </span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">My mother loved me.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> ~~</o:p></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Zeke</span></blockquote>
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alpinekleinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01950528432410686245noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883968513082925159.post-12820656585787912042014-01-14T23:16:00.001-07:002014-03-21T20:30:30.621-06:00AND . . . it was a VERY Good Year . . . 2013Well . . . We don't really know where that year went . . . it seemed to be over in a flash . . .<br />
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<i>(Edited note - we didn't plan on this at the time, but this is actually part 1 of a three part series that is based on Mike and Kelsie's wedding here in Honduras and the reception back in the United States. You'll find <a href="http://www.alpinekleinbunch.blogspot.com/2014/02/ultimate-destination-wedding.html">part two - The Ultimate Destination Wedding</a>, and <a href="http://alpinekleinbunch.blogspot.com/2014/03/kind-of-like-song-that-has-no-end.html">Our Family Story - part 3</a> if you click the links.)</i><br />
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At this time of year in January of 2013 . . . we were just getting used to the idea that our life was about to change dramatically with our new calling to serve a mission in a Spanish speaking country. We had just sold our family home of 17 years . . . a huge change in our life . . . we had remodeled one home, remodeled an apartment that we then moved into . . . built a new townhouse in Highland UT, and moved again . . . and before we even got unpacked . . . received a calling from the Church of Jesus Christ to serve far away from family, friends, our new home . . . for 3 years.<br />
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And it has been an amazing year. We're grown in leaps and bounds in ways that we never thought possible. <br />
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And we sure know how to end the year in a flurry . . .<br />
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As Kelsie, our youngest and last of our unmarried children became engaged to be married about one week before we left for Honduras. Much to our surprise and delight, she and Mike decided they would travel to Honduras to be married in the Tegucigalpa Temple. The newest temple, just dedicated in March of this year. We weren't sure it could actually be done . . . there were a few unusual complications and arrangements that needed to be made before this could actually come to pass.<br />
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As the year progressed, we were so blessed to have everything fall into place for them to travel to Honduras, along with other family members for this wonderful event. We are so grateful for the many people who offered support and help to not only plan a wedding long distance, but who served, and assisted us in a million different ways, some big, some small, yet each of upmost importance to us . . . so that all could be accomplished, and we could still dedicate ourselves to our 216 missionaries every minute possible :)<br />
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And the time arrived . . . and they came . . .<br />
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<b>The Fun begins . . .</b><br />
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Our family members arrived on TRANSFER day . . . so they got to meet our missionaries right away as we had a dinner planned for our departing missionaries.
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We all enjoyed Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu with fruit, veggies, rolls and rice pudding for dessert.<br />
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Almost immediately the festivities began . . . and they continued on throughout the holiday season. What a blessing the family is . . .<br />
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We know that the gospel blesses families . . . and we are so grateful we can be family forever! Just this temporary separation physically while we serve in Central America only confirms the importance of forever families, and the blessings of the temple!<br />
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We set off immediately to share the bounteous beauty of this country we call home currently. Our first day we headed to<b> Pico Bonito </b>for the day. A National Rainforest located on the Northeast coast not quite to La Ceiba. They have a lovely restaurant and plenty of trails to hike to enjoy the beauty of the area.<br />
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After a delicious lunch and enjoying the many kinds of beautiful hummingbirds flying about visiting all the different feeders on the patio . . . Norm, Kristin and Kim set off on a hiking adventure with a native guide front the forest. <br />
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<b>Experiencing SanTiago . . .</b><br />
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During our period of service here in the San Pedro Sula East Mission, we attend a variety of Sunday meetings each week, hardly ever attending in the same branch more than twice as we have missionaries serving in so many different areas, we love to visit as many as possible and meet their investigators. But we knew we wanted to bring all our family to Sacrament Meeting in Santiago. A lovely little town not too far outside of San Pedro Sula. <br />
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(Here we are with the Branch President - and his family! A wonderful family!<br />
The branch had just returned from their first temple trip, which they had been preparing for, for quite some time. The branch president and his wife were newly sealed in the temple! It was wonderful to hear all their sweet testimonies about their experience there - they invited nearly our whole family to participate and share their temple testimonies also!)<br />
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Bright and early Monday morning we found ourselves in the car and on the road to Tegucigalpa, after miraculously finding the cell phone of Mike's dad Larry in the pouring rain in the parking lot of a store we stopped at on the way, and picking up our spare tire that was being repaired, and a stop at the local bakery for breakfast items . . . . we were on our way! <br />
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The weather was rainy and overcast the whole way . . . but fortunately not too many adventures on the road. We did stop at this fun market to take a look at their handicraft items.<br />
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<b>Finally we arrived at the beautiful Tegucigalpa Temple!</b><br />
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With it's incredible views of the city of Tegucigalpa - capitol city of Honduras.<br />
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Kelsie and Mike wanted to experience a traditional family dinner of Honduras for the evening meal before their wedding the next day. It would be our only opportunity to have everyone enjoy a family dinner together . . .<br />
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at Asado - El Gordo - it doesn't look fancy . . . but the food was just what we hoped for!<br />
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I think we were a little sad to realize this was our last night with our youngest daughter, our only unmarried child . . . tomorrow . . . all that would change.<br />
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(stay tuned for part two . . . beginning with . . .<br />
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<b>The Temple . . . </b></center>
alpinekleinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01950528432410686245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883968513082925159.post-68286997975273917092013-12-21T06:37:00.001-07:002013-12-24T05:36:49.961-07:00We Wish you a Merry Christmas!<center>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">As the holiday season approaches, we have pondered on how</span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">this special time of the year.</span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">We do so love to send Christmas cards to all our much loved friends</span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">and family. (Many I'm sure think we have disappeared these last two years</span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">as we missed sending cards during our remodeling and moving Christmas's!)</span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">But now here we are in Honduras.</span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">And sending Christmas cards from Honduras is not an easy thing to do :)</span></b><br />
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<b>San Pedro Sula East Mission - serving for three years as </b><br />
<b>Mission President and wife to 216 young and amazing missionaries!</b><br />
<b>It is an amazing blessing and opportunity to share the message of our Savior.</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">So here is our virtual </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">for 2013.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>"The Nativity Story"</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>2006 film</b></span><br />
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<b>We want to share our testimony and holiday message of our
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We are so grateful to have this wonderful opportunity in our
lives to bear testimony of our Savior, Jesus Christ every day!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hope to always carry this testimony in our
hearts and remember to share it each day as we return home and continue in the<br />
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<a href="http://www.lds.org/training/wwlt/2013/hastening"><b>“Work of Salvation”.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></a><br />
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But what a blessing
at this marvelous time in our lives to teach of the Savior and His sacrifice,
love and atonement on our behalf each day of our lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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And what is faith in Jesus Christ?<o:p></o:p><br />
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</span>Faith in Christ means trusting in Him, remembering Him, and following
His teachings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a conviction that
He is the Son of God, “The way, the truth and the life.” (John 14:6)<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world and the Son of
God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is our Redeemer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each title points to the truth that Jesus
Christ is the only way by which we can return to live with our Heavenly
Father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He suffered and was crucified
for the sins of the world, giving each one of us two gifts -<br />
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Then his resurrection prepared the way for
each person to overcome physical death as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These events are the essence of the atonement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He therefore saves us from both physical and
spiritual death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>He is very literally
our Savior and Redeemer. </i><o:p></o:p></div>
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We love these two very sacred and different principles that
describe who is our Savior Jesus Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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It brings us great joy to proclaim to all that he will once
again return to earth and reign in peace for a thousand years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and He will
be our Lord forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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On January 1, 2000 the First Presidency and Quorum of the
Twelve Apostles issued the declaration titled<br />
<i><a href="http://jesuschrist.lds.org/SonOfGod/eng/testimonies-of-him/articles/the-living-christ-the-testimony-of-the-apostles-of-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints"><b>“The Living Christ”.</b></a></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b><i><a href="http://jesuschrist.lds.org/SonOfGod/eng/testimonies-of-him/articles/the-living-christ-the-testimony-of-the-apostles-of-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints"> </a></i> </b> </span><br />
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It begins – <o:p></o:p></div>
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“As we commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ two millennia
ago, we offer our testimony of the reality of His matchless life and the
infinite virtue of His great atoning sacrifice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>None other has had so profound an influence upon all who have lived and
will yet live upon the earth.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of Him the Prophet Joseph Smith also declared: “And now,
after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony,
last of all, which we give of him; that he lives!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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“For we saw him, even on the right hand of God’ and we heard
the voice bearing record that he is the Only Begotten of the Father –<o:p></o:p></div>
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“That by him, and through him, and of him, the worlds are
and were created, and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters
unto God” (D&C 76:22-24).<o:p></o:p><br />
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And we like the apostles and prophets bear testimony that
Jesus is the Living Christ, the immortal Son of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> "</span>He is the great King Immanuel, who stands
today on the right hand of His Father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is the light, the life and the hope of the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His way is the path that leads to happiness
in this life and eternal life in the world to come.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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God be thanked for the matchless gift of His divine Son”.<o:p></o:p><br />
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We are grateful to daily share this testimony now and seek
to share this gospel message each day throughout our lives.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><b>Much love to all<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>And best wishes for a wonderful holiday season!<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i><b>President Norman Klein and Hna. Kristin Klein<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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Here Comes the Bride!</div>
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in the Honduras, Tegucigalpa Temple.</div>
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Even grandma and grandpa great were able to come this far</div>
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They truly are world travelers!</div>
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It's a full house - and it feels so good!</div>
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<img alt="Mormon Temple" class="rightImage" src="http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/mormon/marriage/images/mormon-temple.jpg" style="border: 0px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Salt Lake Mormon Temple" /><a href="http://www.mormon.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #333300; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Mormonism</a> offers many great and wonderful promises, such as happiness, peace, and a deeper understanding of God and His works. Perhaps the greatest promise of Mormonism, however, is embodied in the <a href="http://mormonismdoctrine.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #333300; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Mormon doctrine</a> of celestial marriage.</div>
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Celestial marriage refers to a type of marriage which Mormons believe is intended to last beyond the grave and through eternity. "Celestial" means "heavenly," and indeed, a celestial marriage is a heavenly marriage. This does not indicate a marriage that takes place in heaven, but rather a kind of marriage that is heavenly in nature; it is divine in its origin and potential.</div>
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Mormons assert that for a celestial marriage to occur, several key steps must be followed. First, the man and woman must be sealed, or bound, by one holding the authority of God to perform such sealings, which can only take place in <a href="http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/mormon/temples/" style="border: 0px; color: #333300; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Mormon temples</a>. Second, the couple must seek, with all their hearts, to individually and jointly follow Jesus Christ. Third, the sealing must be confirmed by God through His Spirit.</div>
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During Christ's life on earth, He passed His authority on to chosen individuals who acted in His name. The Bible records, for example, that He ordained his apostles and gave them the "power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils" (Mark 3:14-15). To at least one of His apostles, Peter, he gave an even greater power: "whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven" (Matt 16:19).</div>
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This authority to bind both on earth and in heaven is today referred to as the sealing power. It is part of the full authority of God, or the priesthood. Lost to the earth after the death of the early apostles, the priesthood was restored to <a href="http://www.josephsmith.net/" style="border: 0px; color: #333300; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Joseph Smith</a>, the first Mormon prophet. By heavenly decree the priesthood and constituent sealing power were passed from Joseph to others, including the apostles, in the Mormon Church. The divine power is used to seal marriages in the temples, thus establishing the foundation for eternal families—the type of families that God wants His children to have.</div>
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If a man and woman have been married only by a civilly recognized authority (such as a government or religious representative), their marriage will end at death. They can, however, work towards gaining permission to enter a Mormon temple and be sealed together so that their marriage will be "bound" on both earth and in heaven. More frequently, Mormon couples are encouraged to be married and sealed together in the temple at once, contingent on local laws.</div>
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A temple sealing is considered one of the very highest ordinances that Mormons can receive, and Mormons believe that an eternal marriage is something highly desirable and extremely sacred.</div>
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Eternal marriages do not just happen; faithful Mormons do not consider them a "checklist item" that can be performed at a specific place and time and then be forever done. Rather, eternal marriages are a constant work in progress. Although the start of the eternal marriage may be dated from the point at which the sealing was done with proper authority, the couple must live their lives in a way worthy of the blessing of eternal marriage.</div>
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<img alt="Mormon Temple Family" class="rightImage" src="http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/mormon/marriage/images/mormon-temple-family.jpg" style="border: 0px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Seattle Washington Mormon Temple" />A couple shows their continued desire for their marriage to be eternal by following Christ in their daily life. Faithful Mormons who have been sealed together strive to understand and keep God's commandments. They continually try to be like Christ, seeking to be humble, patient, honest, obedient, loving, forgiving, and kind. These are but a few of the godly attributes which they try to instill in their lives and in their relationship.</div>
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After a couple has been sealed together by the proper authority, and after they have proven their commitment to an eternal marriage through persistent actions, they have the opportunity to have their sealing confirmed by God's Holy Spirit. This is not an earthly ordinance; it only comes through revelation from God directly to the individuals in the marriage. Such a divine confirmation may occur in this life or in the next.</div>
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In many ways, the confirmation of a couple's sealing is a "stamp of approval" given by God, a divine recognition that their union will be eternal. This is the true definition of a celestial marriage—one that has been ratified by God as being in full force for the eternities.</div>
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The sealing power that is integral to creating a celestial marriage also has a role in the rest of the family. Children can be sealed to their parents by the same authority, with the expectation that the entire family structure can endure through this life and extend into the hereafter. If a couple was sealed together prior to the birth of their children, then those children are, in Mormon terminology, born in the covenant, and partakers of the divine promise possible through the sealing of their parents. If a couple is sealed after their children are born, then the children can be sealed to the parents in a special ceremony that takes place, again, in a holy temple.</div>
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To build an eternal family is not an easy task. It requires faith, commitment, and a lot of hard work. Such a family is viewed by Mormons as the desired ideal for their own family. Not everyone is successful, but thanks to a merciful God we can have confidence that the intentions and honorable desires of our hearts will be given full consideration on Judgment Day. Faithful Mormons have the God-given hope that through the three elements previously discussed they can come as close to the ideal as possible and take part, through God's grace, in the celestial family they desire.</div>
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Such an aspiration might not have ever been even conceived of were it not for the revelations granted from God in the form of Mormonism. Truly, the <a href="http://www.mormon.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #333300; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Mormon Church</a> is the very restoration of the full gospel of Jesus Christ in these modern times.</div>
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<span style="color: black; text-indent: 0px;"><b>There you have it . . . stay tuned for part II. This story is definitely to be continued . . .</b></span></div>
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<i>Here in the throes of an accelerated time of missionary work in Honduras . . . our thoughts especially at this time of year turn to feelings of gratitude and thanksgiving. Even though they don't officially celebrate our North American holiday of Thanksgiving . . . we're so grateful that for all our lives we have had at least one season to especially give thanks and focus on gratitude.</i></div>
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We find we can't pass through our lives each day, mixing and mingling and experiencing the many miracles of this incredible time without thoughts of gratitude passing through our minds on a continual basis.<br />
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We have so much to be grateful for . . . we try to express our gratitude to the many who fill our hearts each day with their service . . . and find that no words are adequate to express the gratitude we feel. Our hearts certainly are filled to over flowing . . .<br />
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<i>(while you're reading this little gratitude tour - we thought we'd take you on a tour of our recent visit to Guatemale for our Mission President Conference)</i></div>
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<b>Our family - all of them!</b> Those many who support in so many ways so we can be here serving! Each of our wonderful children, their spouses, our parents and many brothers and sisters who shoulder extra burdens in their life so we can be here serving our Heavenly Father.<br />
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<b>Each other - there are two of us here, supporting each other, lifting each other on a daily basis!</b><br />
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<b>Our Assistants</b> - What would we possibily do without their example, their hard work, inspiration and guidance on a daily basis. We appreciate their unending cheerful countenances even through all the rough spots.<br />
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<b>The Desters and the the Johns</b> - our compatriots here in Honduras! We lean on each other regularly and gain support in each of our different labors.<br />
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<b>The many helping with our up and quickly coming wedding!</b> - Many are contributing some large tasks and many many are assisting in small ways that are so meaningful to us! We can't thank you enough for the worries you are taking from our minds . . . and our hearts!<br />
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<b>Modern Technology</b> - makes ALL THIS possible . . . everything from transfers, communications, blogging, photography, teaching, presentations - it's all a great blessing for sharing the gospel message.<br />
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We didn't think we would be celebrating Halloween this year. Most of the missionaries and people shared that they didn't really celebrate Halloween here. And the Christmas decorations started to go up in the shopping areas and grocery stores about the beginning of October. Every once in a while we saw some fun cookies or baked goods with a Fall / Autumn / Halloween colors or theme.<br />
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Suddenly our home was bombarded with a melee of costumed little ones with many of their parents, and our neighbors in tow. Norm wasted no time in inviting them ALL into the house . . . before you knew it, he was pulling out family photos, explaining our purpose in Honduras for the next three years, and sharing a message of the Temple. Since many of them are aware of the new LDS Honduras Temple in Tegucigalpa, but don't really know what it is.<br />
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So that is what Halloween looked like in Honduras for us!</div>
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And the other 80,000 full time missionaries serving world wide. It's an opportunity to be involved in the most amazing and uplifting events of your lifetime. Increasing numbers of young people have answered the prophet's call to <a href="http://www.lds.org/training/wwlt/2013/hastening">"Hasten the work of Salvation"</a>. And we need more and more Couples serving as Missionaries also! <br />
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The encouragement to get involved, to join the missionary effort and bring his sons and daughters back to him through the atonement of Jesus Christ, is needed everywhere in the world, but we see the hardships of the people and the blessings of the gospel so clearly here in the San Pedro Sula East Mission. Sharing the gospel changes lives daily!<br />
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We know that every soul is precious to our Heavenly Father. The gospel is about helping people to progress and bring them back to our Father's kingdom. Investigators need the gospel in their lives, new members need help staying strong in their new found faith, less active members of the church need help to rekindle their faith, and the active members need constant spiritual nourishment. There is much to be done. It takes everyone to move the work forward! All of these efforts are accomplished so well through the guidance and direction of Couples serving as Missionaries in all parts of the world. It's a wonderful opportunity to give back, to share with others the gospel message you hold so precious in your life. A message that has blessed the lives of your family! <br />
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<i>On September 21 - Karianne and Greg welcomed little baby Ella to the family.</i></div>
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<i>We are so delighted she is here all safe and sound.</i></div>
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I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to travel to Ohio from Honduras</div>
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and spend a week with them getting to know this precious little one.</div>
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Big sister Addison is pretty happy about her new little sister also.</div>
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Wedding plans continue for these two happy ones!</div>
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(engagement photo shoot from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chelsieclarkephotography">Chelsie Clarke Photography</a>!)</div>
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They will be traveling to Honduras for their temple sealing in December</div>
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and we can't wait to see them :)</div>
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They also came for a visit in Ohio and we all had a wonderful reunion together!</div>
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and you can't beat 'apple picking' in Ohio!</div>
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(these photos and more can be found on their <a href="http://thebiasedboulder.blogspot.com/">blog</a> :)</div>
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And hope to see you in December in Utah!</div>
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here in San Pedro Sula East Mission :)</div>
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Jonny cakes will be getting a baby brother or baby sister.</div>
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<br />alpinekleinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01950528432410686245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883968513082925159.post-51540019786273477982013-10-08T07:22:00.000-06:002013-10-08T07:22:16.579-06:00Just Random Stuff . . . Oh Goodness . . . it's been busy . . .It's been a long time since I've taken the time to create a personal blog post for our Alpine Klein Bunch. Ohhhh . . . goodness . . . it's been busy around here :)<br />
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The days just seem to blend one into the other, and before we knew it . . . a whole three months have gone by since we left our cozy home in Alpine / Highland, our Cleo, black lab and almost everything we own to spend three years in the service of our Heavenly Father.<br />
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WE see the Lord's hand in the work everyday. </div>
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We see the LORD's hand in the work everyday. </div>
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We see the Lords hand in the work EVERYDAY! </div>
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I wish I could make it more clear . . . we see in almost every talent, skill, opportunity, insight that we have been blessed with throughout our whole lives in anyway, is now being utilized to further the work of the Lord upon the earth at this time.<br />
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We don't know why it wasn't obvious to us before. But I'm willing to bet that it isn't just us. It's not just us that Heavenly Father has blessed with strengths, knowledge, insight, gifts, blessings, talents . . . and now is the harvest people. Now is the time that we give our all . . .<br />
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<i>Hark all ye nations, hear Heavens voice. Through every land that all may rejoice. Angels of glory shout the refrain, truth is restored again. Oh how glorious from the throne above, shines the gospel light of truth and love. Bright as the sun this heavenly ray, lights EVERY land today!</i></div>
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You can too . . . become a part of <a href="http://www.lds.org/training/wwlt/2013/hastening/special-broadcast?lang=eng">"Hastening the Work"</a>.</div>
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I can't stop thinking . . . these young people ages 18-25 approximately are way more amazing that I was at their age . . . yes it's true. Their level of maturity, willingness to sacrifice . . . I'm constantly amazed at their insight with their service here in the mission, their faith . . . and more. They were saved for the latter days . . . it's absolutely true and it's becoming very apparent.<br />
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Many many many people here have infinitely more faith than I do . . . I'm trying to catch up . . . It's a common situation here for couples in Honduras not to marry. As one embraces the gospel and desires to be baptized, if they are living with someone and / or have a family together . . . well, they need to get married before they can be baptized. Here in Honduras, that is easier said than done. It's a great test of their faith . . . It's expensive for them to get married, some must save for many years to accomplish this. Then they have to travel and pay more money to get the records needed to get married. It's complicated but the long story short . . . One such family lived apart for many, many years trying to save the money, and obtain an opportunity to travel to get the needed records etc, to get married. Before they could do so, one of the parents became seriously ill and passed away. Such a heart breaking situation . . .<br />
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We experience the law of tithing in action here. I remember when we were young and starting out with our new family, we tried to logically fit our tithing money into our meager budget but the math just didn't work out. There simply wasn't enough. Yet we faithfully paid our tithing every month, before we paid anything else. And for us, I can say that we never went without. We can't explain how the money stretched to pay the rest of the bills but it always seemed to work out. Now we are experiencing the same principle in relation to time. There's no possible way we should be able to fit into our 24 hours every day the amount of things that must be done. The list is long and endless and each needs it's appropriate due time. We give the time to the Lord and he magnifies it and it all seems to fit in. We don't have extra time . . . we just have enough. And that's what matters. The Lord's work get's done . . .<br />
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Groundhog day - it's 5:44 am - time to rise and shine once AGAIN. It's a do over, lather, rinse and repeat, and repeat and repeat . . . one of these days we'll get it all right (like in three years) and then the clock will reset and we'll be back in the real world once again. :)<br />
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BUGS! They are so annoying and you get bitten in the most inopportune places!! There's no getting away from them, they are constantly everywhere . . . big ones, little ones, tiny ones, invisible ones . . . seriously . . . invisible ones. They are the ones that cause us the most problems! One lesson we learned is to pack food VERY well. Wrap it up tightly, but it inside of something. Put that inside of something else. And maybe if you're lucky the bugs won't be able to find it . . . but usually, they don't eat much.<br />
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UGGGG! No diet coke in the pantry, no diet coke in the storage room . . . no diet coke in the closet . . . hmmm . . . maybe there's one left in my backpack . . . nope . . . . Ugggg! No diet coke and I don't get to use the car for three more days . . .<br />
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HURRAY! - I spy one in the back of the fridge . . . whew! That was a close one.<br />
It's a good thing I'm not picky . . . they have the most unusual random soda here and you never know what it's going to be. Real Diet Coke is not always easy to find. But you can find other things like Diet Cherry Dr. Pepper, Diet Cherry 7-Up, Diet Vanilla Pepsi . . . I get the impression some grocery store back in the States sends all their random less popular soda item . . . I'm sure and somehow they end up here. Good thing I'm not too picky . . .<br />
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I frequently feel so sad for the struggles of this beautiful country . . . really, it's so beautiful . . . but it has problems! In many ways . . . maybe we're just extremely unlucky, but since we've been here - a whole three months, almost every credit card we brought with us has been used fraudulently and has had to be replaced. It's not like we have time to do this! . . . crazy! We have to monitor the accounts so carefully. And we are not careless, we're always very careful . . . but occasionally have to let them out of our sight at gas stations (they pump the gas for you!) and sometimes at restaurants also. It's crazy . . .<br />
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Ha! I've spent months cultivating a relationship with the beautiful birds here . . . and they are picky picky picky!! I've tried everything, even homemade gourmet bird food - and they usually are still un - enticed!! They do come in all colors, shapes, and sizes. You can see some amazing parrots from far away. You can always tell when they are in the neighborhood because they are sooooo noisy! Lots of loud squawking whistles, chatter - but they stay high up in the tallest trees. I think it's because they know everything gets eaten here . . . and they don't want to be next.<br />
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One thing for sure . . .<br />
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There never is a lack of COLOR in our days . . . from morning 'til night . . . different<br />
sensations, light . . . sometime black, sometimes white . . .<br />
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<br />alpinekleinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01950528432410686245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883968513082925159.post-34366360700334773342013-09-08T06:18:00.000-06:002013-09-08T06:18:16.937-06:00How Beautiful . . .How beautiful upon the mountains . . .<br />
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Isaiah, a prophet of the Old Testament speaks of messengers who bring glad tidings, who publish salvation, who share a message . . . of the gospel . . .<br />
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In ancient times . . . before the luxury of instant communication through modern technology, a message of peace was spread by foot. Runners going village to village, on foot, sharing the glad tidings, the good news . . . a gospel message of peace in this life and in the world to come. An opportunity to return to the Heavens, to dwell in families in the presence of a Heavenly Father who loves us and desires to bless us . . .<br />
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Wonderful news . . .<br />
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Wonderful messengers . . .<br />
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Still going on foot . . . to share the glad tidings . . .<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kkleinrn/9701061714/" title="Our honduras mission - sharing a message of peace in this world and in the world to come with a loving Heavenly Father and our families forever. www.mormon.org by KkleinRN, on Flickr"><img alt="Our honduras mission - sharing a message of peace in this world and in the world to come with a loving Heavenly Father and our families forever. www.mormon.org" height="640" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2816/9701061714_8296e77ccb_z.jpg" width="480" /></a><br />
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alpinekleinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01950528432410686245noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883968513082925159.post-3336782708752679222013-09-04T06:29:00.001-06:002013-09-04T06:29:20.865-06:00Looking Through our Window . . . One really unusual and quirky thing about me . . .<br />
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That I bet you didn't know . . .<br />
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I'm like a bug . . .<br />
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Always attracted to the light.<br />
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I love light, looking at the light, considering the light, studying the light. With my camera, trying to capture the light (which always keeps me trying again, because seldom ((with a few exceptions)) do I ever feel like I can capture the light the way I really want to . . .)<br />
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((But that is the subject for an entirely different post once again!))<br />
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One of my favorite lights is the light from a warm home that radiates from the windows, as you stroll through city streets, neighborhoods, big cities, littie cities, sky scrapers at night . . .<br />
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And you ponder . . . what is going on behind all those warm windows of light?<br />
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Here's just a little glimpse into our warm window of light the last few weeks . . .<br />
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Making chocolate zucchini bread . . . it's a tradition in our family. We all love to garden. We all have an abundance of zuchinni at this time of year. We all make chocolate zucchini bread. I think this family tradition was started by my grandpa Morawetz. At least that's whose recipe we all use. I treasure mine . . . all scarred with batter and oil stains from years of use. <br />
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One of the invitations we receive frequently is to participate in the Stake Conferences of our mission here in the Honduras San Pedro Sula Est Mission. I captured this cute photo during one of those conferences. The excitement for missionary work after the<a href="https://www.lds.org/training/wwlt/2013/hastening/"> "Hastening the Work"</a> broadcast has been amazing. What a blessing . . . everyone wants to be a missionary. We are trying to help them do this as we coordinate with ward councils, speak to members, encourage our missionaries to seek the help of members. It's an exciting time for missionary work in the church. <br />
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Throughout the Primary organization here in our mission, we see many mini missionaries in all the meetings. Here is one of the cutest examples . . . I have many more :)<br />
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Heehehehe - this bad boy . . . he reminds me of something right out of the "wicked witch of the west" cast of characters. There are many beautiful birds here that fascinate me as I spend my early morning scripture moments on our little baclony. This guy is not one of them . . . but I appreciate him even so. Call me REALY quirky . . . but I have to think . . . in a country full of beautiful birds . . . what does it feel like to be the less attractive one? <br />
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A good point to ponder don't you think . . . ??<br />
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This also brings a smile to my face . . . it is so representative of the life here in Honduras. If it wasn't for the loudpseaker attached to the 2x2 support pole, the recycled discarded office chair turned buggy seat, the barely there four rubber tires . . .<br />
<br />(The people here use their little carts to transport their family everywhere, sell their various wares - usually a mini market of an abundance of fruits and vegetables. You see them on the busy city streets, clip clopping along to the sounds of cars honking and ziping by them on all sides. I've reconciled to the fact that horses were meant to pull buggies . . . they have been doing that for a long long time. But I don't think they were ever meant to do that with cars surrounding them on all sides. That has to be a little disconcerting to a horse . . .)<br />
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You'd think you went to bed and woke up in "Bonanza"! <br />
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I fully expect to see Hoss, Little Joe and Ben come around the corner any minute . . .<br />
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Wow, that really dates me doesn't it :)<br />
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This is actually just a glimpse at Honduras . . . a country so lovely . . . with a people so warm. A country filled to the brim with so many struggles . . . it is indeed sad. But we count our blessings . .. . both those we enjoy during our time of service here. And those we have been so blessed with throughout our lives back home. <br />
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We love and miss you all!<br />
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~~xoxoxoxo~~<br />
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ME<br />
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<b>Recipe: Chocolate Zucchini Bread</b><br />
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2 C sugar</div>
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Cream together</div>
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Add 2 C, grated zucchini</div>
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3 C flour, 1 tsp salt, 1tsp soda, 1/4 t baking powder, 1 tsp cinnamon, 7 tsp cocoa</div>
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3 tsp vanilla</div>
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2 Tb softened margarine</div>
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alpinekleinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01950528432410686245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883968513082925159.post-20084971446298315242013-08-22T23:01:00.001-06:002013-08-22T23:01:38.937-06:00Putting out Fires . . . Putting out Fires . . .<br />
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That's what we do.<br />
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And on a pretty regular basis.<br />
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But, it left us with many fires . . .<br />
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We started to count just how many and realized in 48 hours - it looks a bit like this.<br />
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<li> Reassuring two missionaries they weren't going home after they nearly burned their house down. We're just grateful they're alive! I think we'll have to ban candles during the many power outages. It's flashlights . . . or spending the evening in the dark . . . We just put them to work as painters! (Missionaries! . . . save your money and get your flashlights and batteries ready!)</li>
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<li> That left us with a single missionary . . . who is now helping out at the office for a week! Hurray!</li>
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<i>AND my favorite . . . A get away lunch out with the somewhat stressed mission president wife . . . too bad it wasn't something exotic, but the food court at the mall will have to do :)</i></div>
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Something that I have observed in my life . . .<br />
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As we miss, even briefly, opportunities to partake of the gospel through our attendance at Sunday meetings, Sunday School, Relief Society etc - it only takes moments, days and very few weeks before we find ourselves slipping and falling behind in our own inspiration, power to receive revelation, how close to the spirit we feel and the capacity to obtain peace in our lives every day. <br />
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I can immediately feel the difference if I miss even one Sunday of attending Sacrament meeting, Sunday School and Relief Society. I don't know about everyone else, but I need that constant nourishment in my life to uplift me, inspire me to be better, to try harder each week to follow the example of our Savior Jesus Christ.<br />
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When I miss even one Sunday's church attendance and then return two weeks later - I can tell there is a void in my life and I have to work that much harder to regain that previously attained level of the presence and blessings of the spirit. <br />
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So for me . . . being in a foreign country, even though technically I "speak" the language, albeit roughly, I struggle each week to maintain the spirit. Even though I attend regularly, I still don't understand 80% of the messages shared during the Sunday meeting schedule. Sometimes I'm striving so hard to catch the gist of the message, I fall short of the blessings of the spirit.<br />
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Right now, in my current circumstance, my personal gospel studies have to fill the void that I would usually gain from attendance at Sunday meeting each week with my ward, friends and neighbors. I try to have a "Daily Spiritual Experience", something that lifts, inspires and enables me to experience and share peace in my life. I crave the peace that the study of the scriptures brings. It's truly an "ahhhh" moment as I open the scriptures each day and read and study those things that can bless each of our lives. <br />
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Besides the scriptures . . . my favorite place to "hang out" that I try to make time for as often as possible, are the gospel magazines, the "<a href="http://www.lds.org/ensign?lang=eng">Ensign</a>", the "<a href="http://www.lds.org/liahona?lang=eng">Liahona</a>" (a new favorite!!), even the "<a href="http://www.lds.org/new-era?lang=eng">New Era</a>" and the "<a href="http://www.lds.org/friend/?lang=eng">Friend</a>" magazine. (After all . . . I never know exactly who my audience is going to be next week . . . youth, children, adults . . . we speak to all of them :)<br />
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So it did my heart much good to come across this article by <a href="http://www.lds.org/church/leader/henry-b-eyring?lang=eng">President Henry B. Eyring</a>, someone who is even more dear to my heart, as the First Presidency Message this month . . .<br />
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<i>Take a minute and go read it . . . I'll still be here when you get back :) Really - go read it or you won't understand the rest of this blog post . . .</i><br />
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(So basically THAT was a very long introduction to the rest of this blog post . . .)<br />
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As I exercise faith and approach my Heavenly Father in prayer and offer a prayer of gratitude for my many blessings . . . truly the list is long. Very long. I almost can't even count all the many blessings I am so grateful for. My heart fills with gratitude for the many blessings I experience in my life. <br />
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I hope that as I continue to journal, (blog) all things in my life, and the life of my family, children, grandchildren - and those things that touch our life everyday - that it can be more of a "book of remembrance". Remembrance for blessings, an expression of gratitude and thankfulness. That I might be more likely to keep the Lord in remembrance of my life every day. <br />
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Heavenly Father has blessed me with an opportunity to live in the beautiful country of Honduras, with a people so lovely and warm and filled with the Spirit. They go about thanking God that they are still alive each day. <br />
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Heavenly Father has blessed me with inspiration each day as I prayerfully seek it. Prayers answered, questions answered, guidance received moment by moment.<br />
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Heavenly Father has blessed me with a good husband who leads and seeks the Spirit for guidance each and every day. Someone who depends on the Spirit to guide all his actions and decisions.<br />
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Heavenly Father blesses the lives of my children daily. <br />
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A daughter is getting married and the way has been prepared for her to travel to the temple here in Honduras <br />
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She has been blessed with a new job in one of the most difficult and competitive markets in Utah currently - nursing. She has found an amazing man who honors his priesthood and will take her to the house of the Lord.<br />
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Another daughter enjoys good health during her pregnancy. Her husband has found the employment he was seeking. My granddaughter is healthy, learns quickly, and brings joy to her parents each day. (and to her grandparents!)<br />
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A son has a beautiful family, enjoys a choice place to live amongst a busy city, which is safe, secure and blesses their lives each day. My grandson is nurtured and well cared for by each of his parents, is also healthy and the joy of his parents (and grandparents :) He is well respected by his employers and given honorable assignments that he enjoys.<br />
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Our oldest son enjoys all the blessings of the gospel in their home. They each serve our Heavenly Father in callings diligently, they experience the missionary spirit in their lives on a regular basis. Their home is warm each time we have opportunity to visit, they have been blessed with many talents they use on a daily basis to enhance their lives and the lives within their circle of influence.<br />
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Our shipment from the States arrived on Monday! What a welcome surprise. We had been warned that it may be two months after we arrived in the country before our shipment would be delivered. We hoped it wouldn't be that long . . . but didn't dare to get our hopes up.<br />
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So we just tried not to think about it . . . and to our surprise, they called us and said it was being delivered! <br />
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Then came the unpacking . . .<br />
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For someone who doesn't like to move . . .<br />
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I can't believe how many times I have packed and unpacked in the last 18 months. You would think I would be an expert by now. And truthfully, I do think I have improved.<br />
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My problem is I'm lacking my right-hand organizer person. I never was the organizer in the family :) But just like when faced with decisions in life . . . I find myself asking . . .<br />
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The unpacking of the boxes - and all the wrappings, tape and trimmings!</center>
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his home after an amazing job well done.</div>
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We had some exceptional visits with the wonderful Branch</div>
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Beautiful scenery aside . . . it was one of our favorite visits to a Branch since our arrival in Honduras. We were so warmly welcomed by the members there . . . they were so happy to see us and and each person wanted to shake our hands and have an opportunity to say hello.</div>
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We had an opportunity to speak and share our testimonies in sacrament meeting and share our enthusiasm for the missionary work that is occurring at this time. Bless the </div>
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Just wanted to refer you all to the couple currently serving</div>
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San Pedro Sula WEST mission . . .</div>
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They served for several months here on this island and truly made</div>
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in this beautiful place . . .</div>
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Take a look at some of their experiences<a href="http://ourhondurasmission.blogspot.com/2012_11_01_archive.html"> here.</a></div>
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