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So, we got to have General Conference this weekend. It was spectacular!!!! I went in with a list of questions and each and every one of them was answered at least once. We had 5 investigators attend and they were all at sessions where all the talks seemed to have been written specifically for them. The talks that really stand out in my mind right now are the ones from the First Presidency.</div>
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First, President Eyring. I missed a few minutes of his talk (around the middle) because we had an investigator come in and we needed to show her where to go, but when he spoke it felt like he was speaking directly to me. The part that got me the most was when he was preparing to speak at the University. I have been having a hard time because I really don't measure up to my Book of Mormon heroes, Abinadi, Ammon, and Alma, but hearing him say that he had <em>become</em> them I felt so much peace. I realised that I don't need to worry about measuring up to them right now, but I must NEVER stop striving to <em>become </em>them. On a similar note, when Elder Packer talked about his testimony when he was younger, and when President Uchtdorf talked about helping in the Church while in Texas, I felt a similar peace.</div>
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Next, President Uchtdorf's talk....와! It was basically the answer to life the universe and everything....and QUITE a bit more literally than 42! I have never heard the relationship between God and man explained so eloquently. It put everything we try to convey to investigators, especially when they have a hard time keeping commitments, and ESPECIALLY when those commitments are prayer and scripture study, it put it all into perspective. It was spectacular! Intense, but spectacular!</div>
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And then President Monson. I love our prophet!!! First of all, he quoted the Beatles in just about the BEST way I could've imagined! I literally laughed out loud! I love learning and teaching about the consistency of our Heavenly Father. It is the only way the gospel is true, and if God isn't constant and unchanging, there really is NO truth in the world. I love that the most powerful, infinite, loving, caring person in the cosmos not only wants us to pour out our souls to Him in open and honest pray, but He <em>commands</em> us to do so! And when we do, and let Him know the bad things that happen, the things we're just not good at, our worries, our joys, and our desires, everything; when we let Him know those things, He blesses us. I have felt that SO much the past few months. I bear my soul to God not just daily, but sometimes hourly, and usually constantly. I never quite understood what it meant to pray always till I was always truly striving to act in a way that I would not only feel comfortable if Christ was with me but in a way that would cause my Heavenly Father to be proud of what I was doing. To even STRIVE to live in such a way, you need to pray always and believe God is with you. And the great thing about that, even when, because of mortal weakness, you don't <em>feel</em> that God is with you when you need Him, if you just <em>believe</em> that He is, all it takes is a simple prayer and you can feel Him there. Through God's strength we really can do anything...even knock on the doors of strangers and with excitement share a rather peculiar (but true) message (even if your shoe is held together with a piece of string, your hair is crazy, you're dripping with sweat, and you're scared spitless)...you can do it because God and all His angels are helping you, and it's all because you asked Him for the help. I <em>know</em> this is true! I know God loves me and wants me here and now. I know I'm doing what's right and I'm doing work that is pleasing to Him because I can feel the Spirit and God answers my prayers!....yeah, I liked President Monson's talk! ^^</div>
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I loved conference. I seriously can't wait for the Conference Liahona to come out! I wish I had the time to focus on every talk. They were all so inspired...and they all make me feel like something BIG is coming! There is an urgency for so many missionaries and so may strong members of the church, seemingly more so now than ever before. Something is going to happen and it seems like it'll happen soon. It's gonna rock!</div>
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On a lighter note, I passed off lesson one pass-off this week. I'm getting ready for lesson two and mid-way pass-off and then (in hopefully a week and a half) I'll be half way to becoming a senior. GAH! It's soooooooo hard! But oh well!</div>
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Hope you're all doing well. I love you all!</div>
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~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908823074193465930.post-12611701857483021182011-10-03T21:26:00.000-07:002014-01-11T21:27:46.695-07:00A Day in the Life :) (of a missionary)<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
So, it was a holiday yesterday so we're emailing today! Can I just start by saying that I LOVE being a missionary!!!!!</div>
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Ok, Evan (and everyone else) here's a story...it might not be super exciting to you all, but it has a special place in my heart. </div>
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One day on my mission (it was actually this past Saturday) my companion and I were having a usual Saturday where we were behind on our 전도s (contacts) and putting our trust in the Lord that if we put in the necessary effort he'd help us meet our goal. Well, it was night time and it was kind of cold and neither of us had jackets, but it was okay, because we were walking around Korea during the night, when it's all lit up and feels super like we're in Korea, and we were talking to everyone without fear and without hesitation because the Lord was on our side! Well, we first ran into these three 15 year old (in Korean age, 14 in American) girls who were getting 떡뽁기 (not sure on the spelling but it's this super Korean food that is way spicy and super delicious) and we started talking to them and it was great. They responded the way Korean teenagers usually respond, by first being astounded that we spoke Korean and second, being transfixed by the size of my eyes (it's really embarrassing and I'm pretty sure that my eyes scare little kids). Well, anyway we got their phone numbers and they wanted to meet with us the next day (really weird, THEY usually never make the appointments and it's ALWAYS exciting when they do!!!) Well, we went on our way and we met this man who kept giving us free food while we talked to him (dumplings and the sweet bean pastries which are now actually one of my favorite foods...they are amazing fresh, but still, go figure!) I was super wanting to give him a Book of Mormon because he was so nice and seemed a little interested in it, but he was blind in one eye and couldn't rea\d very well. I still really wanted to give it to him but I didn't know how or what to say. I told Sister Seipel this and we decided that we'd tell him that if he called us we would come to his little cart and read the Book of Mormon to him because we thought he was awesome. He hesitantly agreed and tried to give us more food, but we didn't let him and we went on our way. The next day (Sunday) came and our girls came!!!!! Well, two of them and they brought three friends. It was so much fun. We spent the first half hour doing English and the second teaching the first lesson. They were all really into it and all committed to read the Book of Mormon Introduction and pray about it and they wanted to meet the next day (Monday...yesterday) so we invited them to the ward dinner that was going on on account of our new bishopric and said we'd do some English and some gospel after. Last night at the dinner they felt a little awkward and out of place with the other young women in the ward, but the Young Women's president came to our lesson and they LOVED her! We got to watch the Restoration DVD with them and they got super into it and then we talked about meaningful scripture study and prayer...and they all committed to daily prayer and scripture study! We love our girls!!!!! We're meeting them again tomorrow (because we were busy tonight...they want to meet everyday) and we're so excited!</div>
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So there's your story Evan! I hope you like it.</div>
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We are so excited for this week. Our zone had a special fast this Sunday for new investigators and that day we got 5...the Lord truly loves and blesses His missionaries!!!!! We have 4 people committed to coming to Conference (which is this weekend...and I will be able to see all of the sessions and in English...our mission president likes us to go to all of it and all in our own language...it's great!)...this work is too cool!!!!!</div>
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I love you all and hope you are all doing well. I am so grateful for all your love and support and prayers! Stay awesome!</div>
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~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908823074193465930.post-63029108556157551742011-09-25T21:23:00.000-07:002014-01-11T21:25:18.222-07:00Hard week, not much time...hope you enjoy it anyway.<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
K, so my email wasn't working for a WHILE so I don't have much time!</div>
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Thank you so much for letters (Davis, yeah, finally got it) and emails. You have no idea how much joy and encouragement they bring. I've been having kind of a hard time lately, and knowing that I was going to be able to hear from my family and know that you're all proud of me and cheering me on...it just means a lot, so thank you!</div>
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This language is basically beating me up everyday and stealing my lunch money, but it's coming. I love my investigators and am starting to understand how hard it is when they don't keep commitments and when they punk out on their appointments. It's really sad when you know they're going in the direction that would align themselves with the Lord, but they just won't let go of things like coffee or working on Sunday...it's so sad!!! And on the flip side, it's just SO happy when you have investigators that at first seem hard and intimidating and then the next time you meet them they have read a bunch more of the Book of Mormon than you had assigned and they have all these questions that get you so excited you could probably fly. I've also learned that I am a person of INTENSE emotions! When I'm happy there is nothing that can bring me down...unfortunately the same can be said about sad and scared and anxious, but also excited. I'm so grateful that anger doesn't seem to be a hard one though. :)</div>
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The Lord loves His missionaries, and one of the coolest things I've learned through recent study of the Book of Mormon is that when someone truly has an understanding of the Atonement and truly repents the FIRST thing they want to do is help their bretheren (ie missionary work) whether it be through prayer, direct service, or preaching repentance (all parts of missionary work.) I love it! And I know that it's the same way for everyone. If Satan wants everyone to be miserable and if we are truly on the Lord's side fighting the good fight, then we need to be able to share our joy, but the only way to share it is to feel it first...and that's why everyone needs to repent all the time, so they can help everyine else repent too!!! Isn't it cool?!</div>
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Well, I'm pretty sure I should go soon. I'm sending some pictures so that you can get a feel for where I'm at...sorry the city ones are at night...the city looks the coolest then. I'll get some more of the day time. And Danny, as for what Korea is like, it feels like I'm in a big Final Fantasy (especially 7) city every day with a little bit of Firefly mixed in (and the pictures of the city are for you!)</div>
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Love you all and hope you are doing well!!! Stay Awesome!</div>
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~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908823074193465930.post-88043597086858829372011-09-20T21:18:00.000-07:002014-01-11T21:21:11.445-07:00Hard...but rewarding week :)<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
So...this week was a little hard. I occasionally feel pretty inadequate at teaching and talking, but the great thing is, the Lord's here to help me rather constantly. I've also got an amazing zone that's more than willing to help with anything. I just love being a missionary.</div>
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Well, today we got to go to the temple!!! I love the temple, it's the greatest thing ever!!!!! It was so great to be with so many missionaries. When I'm around a lot of missionaries it reminds me of how it felt in the MTC -- like there is not a single thing on the planet that could even remotely be considered impossible!!! Missionaries are the greatest!</div>
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Sister Seipel and I came up with a new contacting idea but haven't tried it out yet. So, on Saturday we went to Young Womens to build a little 정 ("jung": kind of like trust, but not really...there's not an English word for it). Well, while we were there I just started drawing everyone...just little thumbnails...it was a big hit! They were so cute about it! So, we're thinking about using drawing to get people we meet on the street during contacting to meet with us again. We haven't actually done it yet, but we're hoping it'll be good. We're not the best at being fun when we 전도. (If anyone has ideas...)</div>
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We had a couple of MIRACLE lessons this week. The first was with 오지연 (O-ji-yun), a theology student who knows the bible backwards and forwards in multiple languages. She has some interesting takes on the bible and she gets off on tangents a lot. It can be a little scary when we prepare, but she is seriously the cutest person, so it's always a blast meeting with her!!! (Just some heavy "deep doctrine" questions every time...yikes!) Well, it was amazing because at first she would NOT read the Book of Mormon unless we were there...and then, she got a little curious. It was great. I love it when people open the book for themselves and really start on the road to the truth. It is so so so true that no one can convert someone, they have to do it themselves. Well, we got about half way through lesson 1...major progress!!!</div>
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Miracle lesson 2: 유지수 (Yu-ji-su). She seemed like she was just in it for the English, but when we met the second time she had not only done the reading (the Intro to the BoM) but she'd read the title page, the testimonies of the three and eight witnesses, and the testimony of Joseph Smith!!! And she really wanted to keep going. It was amazing!!!!</div>
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I love getting to teach all these wonderful people! It is seriously so great. But probably one of my favorite things is how different the Spirit feels for each person! I love this mission thing! It's the greatest! Everyone should have the chance to be a missionary. It's the hardest thing ever, but the things you get to experience, even the hard ones, are so amazing! God loves us all so much and so individually! I love how much I get to learn and I love how pure and undiluted the gospel feels as a missionary. This work is truly great and marvelous!!!</div>
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Well, I love you all and hope you are doing well! Gotta go!!!!! Keep keeping me updated! It makes the work that much easier and worth it when I get to hear how people are doing!</div>
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P.S. Next week my P-day is on Monday again, so I'll be emailing Sunday your time...I think. Just so-s y-all know!</div>
~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908823074193465930.post-90269691703320994232011-09-13T19:17:00.000-07:002014-01-11T21:22:09.661-07:00I LOVE KOREA!!!!!!!<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
So, it's been a great week. We got our email time moved due to 추석 (I think that's how you spell it) It's the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving and it was Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. So, we had to wait till Wednesday for things to be opened again.</div>
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We had Zone Conference/추석 party yesterday...it was awesome!!!! I got to sing (Army of Helaman) and speak (New missionary testimony)...both in English. It was awesome to see people I was in the MTC with. It was also awesome to get to meet so many amazing missionaries. It was so uplifting and so wonderful.</div>
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So, my companion is fantastic! Her name is Seipel 자매님. She's from Orem, went to Mountain View, (and knows Ruthie). Her birthday is a couple weeks after mine, she's half Korean, super humble, likes pushing me in missionary work, and is probably one of the most grateful people I've ever met! Every night after we go through key indicators and make goals she and I count the miracles we've seen. Our goal is to have five a day. It's amazing how great doing that is...makes even the worst days end happy!</div>
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I love our area and our investigators! 방예은 didn't end up giving cookies to a neighbor, she ended up giving nectarines to the apartment security guy. She was super cute and it was so hard for her, but she was so so happy, it was perfect! One of our new investigators this week, Ahra, is just about the cutest thing I've ever met! She spent about a year in Jacksonville, Florida (and her English is amazing...hence her giving us her name in English and not Korean.) She is so excited about the gospel and she's been online doing some research on our church (especially the Book of Mormon) and all she can say about the Anti-Mormon stuff she's found is that it's all lies, because she knows that the Book of Mormon is a good book and the people who write those things just don't understand. She's amazing! She loves learning about the gospel and wants to come to church and wants to read the Book of Mormon...it's great!!!!!</div>
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I am understanding SO much more than I thought I would. I can pretty much follow what goes on in lessons and even though I can't say much and what I can say is really simple and slowly said, my companion always has me teach and bear testimony. I get a little discouraged at times because I can understand SOOO much more than I can say and I can't think of things very quickly and I'm basically constantly struggling, but then I see what I know and remember how fast I've learned it and recognize God's hand in all of it, and those bad thoughts just melt away...it's great being a missionary!!!!</div>
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We're doing our kids English class again tonight...we're excited, we're going to teach them how to write really basic letters and emails in English and how to address an envelope in America. The mom's will probably enjoy it a little more than the kids (especially considering we talked about American Thanksgiving last week and they each made little Indian headdresses...it was fun!). I think it's pretty cool getting to teach English to people. It makes me a little sad when they don't want to progress in the gospel though. That's where it gets difficult. But it's great!</div>
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Well, I hope you're all doing well. I wish I could see Evan and Danny on the football field! Mom, I hope your new calling goes well (I love that calling!!!!!) and Dad, hope your breakthrough stays awesome! (Ok, I don't know what to say to a scientist, it's ok though :) Oh well) Korea is great, and the work is even greater!!! Mom and Dad, you'll have some letters coming your way soon...as soon as I can get to a post office :). Stay awesome everyone! The Church is true!!!! 2 Nephi 5:27</div>
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~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908823074193465930.post-50665664633632290122011-08-30T19:28:00.000-07:002014-01-11T19:30:35.917-07:00End of my time in the MTC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908823074193465930.post-34516825664416980472011-08-23T10:22:00.000-07:002014-01-11T19:07:34.129-07:00Last P-Day in the MTC<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
So, in case you didn't get it from my title...today is my last P-day in the MTC. This time next week pretty much won't exist for me as I am landing in Korea at 6:35 pm next Tuesday (and I'm leaving the US at 2:10 pm on Monday....I love time changes!)</div>
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So, not too many stories to share this week. One of my teachers is on a vacation with his family for this week so our last day seeing him was on Saturday. It was sad. Ummmm...Sorry, not too many stories!</div>
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Well, mom and dad, I have some news for you. I have a layover in San Fransisco from 12:18 pm to 2:10 pm and I'm aloud to call home at that time...so be expecting a call from me between either 3:18 and 5:10 or 4:18 and 6:10 (I honestly cannot remember the time difference between California and Maine...sorry) but yeah, I get to call home, so please don't forget! Yeah, that's my exciting news.</div>
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I'm going to miss my district and my companion so much. It's crazy how close you can get to five other people when you spend pretty much all day everyday with them for 12 weeks...ok, maybe not that crazy!</div>
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Our temple trip was good today...it was our last temple breakfast :( but wow, that food is soooo good! I have loved getting to go to the temple a lot while I've been here!!! It's been awesome!</div>
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Oh, I got a Korean name this week from my Korean companion! (Have I told you about her? She's a solo sister with the natives and she's in my companionship..it's great!) well she took what my name means in English and made me a Korean name. Usually they take your initials (or really they do whatever they want)...Anyway, my name in Korean means "a lot of love" and it's Kim Ta Eh (I guess that's how you'd spell it in English...I don't know) But yeah, Kim is my "family name"...but then she remembered a last name that's closer to mine "Ma"...but she likes Kim better (she is Sister Kim after all) So yeah 김다애 is my Korean name...or 마다애....still haven't quite decided!</div>
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Ok, in language study this week we are finally learning "middle form". As missionaries we will be teaching in high form because the gospel is an honorified subject. We never speak in low form because you're not supposed to as a missionary. (If you don't understand any of this that's ok...I'm not good at explaining it) But all of our contacting and conversational Korean will be in middle form...and we started learning it yesterday. It's great! There are a lot of vowels said in a row and it feels kind of funny to say. It sounds so much more like how I imagined Korean would sound and less like Japanese...a little less. I'm actually very excited to go out and teach in a language I don't know and then pretty much not be able to understand anything! It's awesome! I'll just have to rely on the Spirit a ton! it's gonna be great!!!!!</div>
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Ok, so I don't have much else to say and I don't have much to respond to (my last P-day in the MTC and nothing mom and dad? really? :) I love you!) So I hope everyone is doing well. I love you all! Thanks so much for all your support!</div>
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~McClellan 자매</div>
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So let me start off by saying that I'm leaving two weeks from yesterday...and I don't speak Korean :) It's great fun and I'm so excited. I can (slowly) bear my testimony of the Book of Mormon and the restoration and a few other things and I can teach all the lessons (again, slowly and with a lot of stuttering) so it's gonna be FANTASTIC!!!!!</div>
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Ok, so I spoke in Sacrament meeting this week...in Korean. We have to prepare a talk every Sunday on a specific subject and then two missionaries get picked at random to give their talks. It was really so much fun. I don't so much enjoy learning Korean in a classroom, but getting to speak it and use it and try new things and mess up a lot is the best! I love our native sister. She's a solo sister and is in my companionship. She is so much fun and it is great getting to speak Korean to her. I was happy on Sunday, because she understood pretty much all of my talk :). After we give our talks we then say something to the effect of "this is what I think/hope I said" and then give our talk again in English. All the talks are very short, but guess what, 3 weeks from now I'm going to be giving a talk in Korea in Korean...it's going to be AWESOME!!!!!</div>
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So, this is probably my favorite news of the week: My teacher, Brother Andersen, got engaged yesterday!!!!! My class is sooooo excited! He is such a great teacher! So, here's the story. Last week Elder Gillis (in my district) was getting coaching from Brother Andersen. Well, they were working on asking "penetrating questions" to be able to better teach members. Elder Gillis was doing a great job because all of the sudden the other three of us in the classroom heard Brother Andersen talk about this girl he'd been dating and "taking it to the next level." Elder Finlinson, Sister Paul, and I all kind of stopped and stared and then after class we asked him about it and he pulled out this ring book full of post-its...we went a little crazy with excitement! We had to promise not to tell anyone, including the two other sisters in our district who weren't there...it was really hard. The next day he tells us that he's ordered the ring and it should get here on Wednesday (as in tomorrow) and he's also ordered glass slippers (yeah, GLASS SLIPPERS!) that will get here Friday/Saturday. Well, then yesterday came and he was doing a teaching evaluation for her as part of her applying for a job to work at the MTC and after she bore her testimony (his words:) "she was just too cute" and he proposed right there with a CTR ring. Yes, this is my teacher, and this is all only fitting. Well, right after he came to my zone's table at lunch and announced to my district that he was officially engaged and that we were the first people he told...funny thing, we had just seen him about an hour before and now he was engaged...it's great fun!</div>
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Well, I love the MTC. We have "progressing investigators" that we teach all in Korean. This week we committed one to baptism and then found out that he might have cancer. This one is being played by Brother Wells, and he likes to kill off the investigators he plays, and the fact that he's going to be missing our last week of class makes us all believe that he's killing this one off. Our other investigator (played by Brother Andersen) is having a hard time with the idea of baptism, but we're working on it. It's been so great getting to have "investigators" and this week we're getting two more. Each missionary in our district had to come up with an investigator they were going to be and now we're going to teach each other. We get to teach the Elders. I am very excited!</div>
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Here's a bit of interesting news: I ran into two people from UCAS this week. One of them is a missionary, Sarah Cowden, and she's going to somewhere in California. It's cool because we basically see each other everyday. I also ran into Mr. Nelson, my old high school counselor. He's in the branch presidency of the Thai branch. It's was a little bizarre.</div>
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I also got to do a Korean name at the temple again today...they're the best! We always get so excited when we get to do them!!!</div>
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So mom, tell Rose hi for me. I love her to pieces!!! she is just about the cutest and sweetest person on the face of the planet and she is such a WONDERFUL friend! I just adore her!!!!!</div>
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Well, this is my second to last P-day at the MTC. So, if any of you want to try your hand a dear elders (and please do, I'm the only one in my district who has never gotten one...the others get them almost everyday...they seem fun :) hahaha) you've got a little under 2 weeks. Love you all tons! Thanks for all the prayers and support!</div>
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Ok, so yeah, I'm 22 now! It's pretty awesome! It was great to have a birthday in the MTC (even if it was one of those really hard days that makes you cry in front of your teacher and your class...but whatever, it happens! Still gotta keep on keeping on!) I loved all the cards from everyone. And mom and dad, I LOVED your present! My zone did too! They all thought it was very cute and very me! hahahaha And it was awesome, the sisters in my zone threw a surprise party for me and this sister who turned 21 on the 7th. It was great fun!</div>
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So we just got back from the temple and while we were at temple breakfast (the mashisoyo highlight of the week) we ran into Sister Paul's mom and aunt! It was soooooo awesome! Her mom is seriously the cutest person on the face of the planet! It was so fun!</div>
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Well, in other news, my district has this mechanical dolphin that's been passed down for YEARS! Our teachers really kind of hate it, but when you're in one room all day every day doing the same thing all the time you need some sort of entertainment...and if that happens to be a cardboard dolphin that was made out of a Chirstmas present, has really old candy canes stuck to the back, and is pretty odd in basically all regards, it works! We also have this sticky octopus toy that we usually keep on the ceiling, a ball of crumpled up yellow paper that we use to play end of the day "district volleyball" in the classroom (it has now been replaced by the octopus...the octopus sounds funnier when you hit it and it doesn't hurt as much when someone accidentally hits it into your eye twice...I may have had that experience...maybe) and lastly, we have our lovely hebaragi (sunflower). We recently transported it to a really nice pot that Elder Finlinson's mom sent us and we have part of Alma 32 on a nice little card to go with it (also from Finlinson changnonim's mom). Well...we have this one teacher, Brother Wells, who has tried to throw away our toys a few times...but no worries, we always saved the day. But this week he just walked into the classroom and without saying anything just picked up the dolphin (which also had our octopus and our paper ball in it...don't worry, the hebaragi is safe and happy and growing about an inch a day...and it's just about to bloom!!!!!) and walked out. The Elders came in, saw our dolphin was missing and went on a mission to retrieve it. They found it in the trash (it was clean trash though) and they saved it and hid it...now our teacher thinks he finally got rid of the dolphin, but little does he know...we're resurrecting it our last week at the MTC...it will be most epic!</div>
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Ok...now for the concussion story. so, Thursday morning we were getting our room ready for cleaning checks. I was a little on edge because I hadn't been able to find this shirt that I wanted to wear for a couple days. Well, I went to make my bed and as I went to do that I hit my head on the bed frame of the top bunk and was pretty much automatically down on the ground holding my head and crying. I was down for a while but I got up eventually and finished making my bed and went off to breakfast (we got a "huzzah" on our cleaning checks by the way). We went to class and did that for about three hours. I was alright, a little dizzy and nauseous (I'd hit my head pretty hard...and if you know me...yeah, it makes sense) and during the coaching time with our teacher I had a really hard time remembering how to write things. My teacher and my companion suggested that I go to the clinic, so I did. They were full so we got shuttled to the urgent care clinic at BYU. when we got there I sort of fell out of the van. It was funny, because when we talked to the receptionist lady and I told her what had happened she said that they actually saw this thing a lot from missionaries...it didn't make me feel any less dumb :) Well, long story short...I gave myself a concussion from making my bed! Fun stuff!</div>
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Well I love you all and hope everyone is doing well. We got our first native last night and are leaving 3 weeks from yesterday...time is seriously zooming by now! Stay Awesome!</div>
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So, I have four weeks left in the MTC...in a way I am so ready to get out and get preaching! Also, I'm getting a little nervous...but mostly excited! I can't believe I'm going to actually be in KOREA!!!!!!</div>
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We got our new districts this week...they are so so so so great! We got permission today to go, as a zone, with our Sister from Mongolia to get her endowments...it was AMAZING! I thought it was just so cool that we all got to be in the temple together...and as a whole zone! I honestly cannot express how much I love the temple! We also were able to take Korean names with us from this Sister who is Korean but is learning Cantonese. It was soooo cool! Ok, and seriously, Korean romanization is terrible! I was glad I could read the Korean...and I felt bad for the temple workers...they had no clue what to do with the name! (funny side note, Korean women don't have names on their paperwork...they're just so-and-so's wife...so...that's interesting)</div>
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The four days...yeah, I'm having a birthday in the MTC! It's a very very exciting time. Just in case you all were wondering. Very Exciting!</div>
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I have been working so hard on the language. I almost have the first vision down in Korean. Pretty cool! We now have two new "progressing investigators". We've been teaching one, but now we have both of our teachers being that we're completely into the new curriculum. It's kind of sad, we were getting our old investigator pretty close to baptism...it was awesome! I am so excited for our new ones though, I love teaching in Korean. I've noticed that the more I'm able to teach in Korean and share the gospel in it, the better I get at it. I drill things and go over vocab and work on verb-forms all the time, but it never sticks till I'm able to use it in an environment where the Spirit is telling me what to say! It's basically the coolest thing ever!</div>
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I wish you all could meet my district...like I really really do! Over the past week we've grown exceptionally close...I think it's due to the newbies coming in. It's been incredible. I've been able to see testimonies grow and language abilities increase more over the past week then in my whole time at the MTC. It's been so cool having the younger district come to us with questions about the language and the gospel, and knowing that we really don't know and having to trust in the Lord completely to be able to give good advice. I've grown to love Preach my Gospel so very much. The more I study it, the more I understand why we need to be studying it. Same thing with the rules. My whole district has gained a greater understanding of why we have the rules we do and why we really need to be exactly obedient in everything. This week has been phenomenal!</div>
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Well, I got to sing in Sacrament meeting this Sunday. That was pretty fun. I sang How Great Thou Art (first, third, and fourth verses in English and finished with the fourth verse in Korean) My Korean...well, it was fun. I messed up a couple times which was embarrassing, but after the meeting, Sister Shin (the branch President's wife) told me that I did really well with the Korean and then she and her husband gave me this way too nice compliment in Korean that I didn't understand, but they said that it was a saying that you only said to someone with a really good voice...President Shin wrote it down for me and told me to ask my teachers what it meant...I haven't done that yet, but I will.</div>
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I am really going to miss the MTC at the end of these next four weeks...like a lot! This experience has strengthened my testimony so much. I didn't even know it was weak, but I look back at where I was on June 15th and it's crazy, it's like I'm already a different person...a much much better person. I think of what I would or could be doing if I weren't here and the ONLY thing I can think is: EWW! I mean, I love who I am and where my thoughts and desires are right now. I love the direction I'm going and how I'm really just beginning to understand what life is really all about. I can't wait to go and share this message of happiness and love with the Korean people. And even thought a lot of people probably won't accept it...it's worth it for the few who do!</div>
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~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908823074193465930.post-39760077985185975992011-07-26T10:13:00.000-07:002014-01-11T18:36:40.793-07:00So Much to write...So little time!!!<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
So, I haven´t had time to read anyone´s emails, but I promise I will....after email time though! :) I have so many things to tell all of you!</div>
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First, last Tuesday we had the greatest devotional!!! It was by F. Melvin Hammond (emeritus seventy) and his wife, Bonnie. Basically I love them! Sister Hammond talked to us about going out cheerfully. She also talked about how when you use music in the lessons that it is magical...that made me smile. The way she talked about the Boook of Mormon was also inspiring. she and her husband read from the Book of Mormon in English and Spanish everyday together. She very passionately talked about the hard work that went into learning Spanish and how she cherishes that language through reading and studying the Book of Mormon in Spanish. After she spoke she accompanied her husband in singing...oh dang, I can´t remember and I forgot to write it down. It was incredibly sweet though! Elder Hammond then gave us 4 promises of devine knowledge we will gain through the Holy Ghost. 1. Jesus Christ is the Savior of the World, 2. Those who pursue and ask will gain a testimony of the truth and divinity that the book is true, 3. Joseph Smith is God´s revelator and prophet, 4. The Church is the Lord´s kingdom again on the Earth in preparation of the second coming. He also told us that every soul we can get to read the Book of Mormon will be able to recieve those same promises. I could go on, I just adored them! They reminged me so much of Grandma and Grandpa Mickelsen...it made me very happy. I just wanted to go up and hug them at the end of the devotional.</div>
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Ok, Sunday´s fireside was also fantastic! We got to hear from Steven B. Allen. He´s important at the MTC, and he´s awesome, I just can´t remember what he does. He used to be a producer for the Church and was in charge of all the LDS commercials for a while. We watche d commercials the whole time! I just laughed and laughed. It´s funny that you can avoid commercials your whole life, but after no TV for 6 weeks LDS commercials are more than welcome (and the Testaments is legit entertainment!) I just want to share some of the taglines...they´re cute! "When everything says you can't, believe in the part of you that says you can." "It's not who youi aren't, it's who you are. And being yourself is being great." "Sometimes the most important thing you can give is yourself." "It's often life's small moments that bring the greatest memories. Don't let the magic passyou by." "The people in your heart can't see what's in your heart. You need to let them know what's in your heart everyday" "How [companions] feel about themselves is often how they see themselves." "Sharing, it's the icing on the cake" "If you think childish arguments don't hurt your marriage (or companionship) don't kid yourself." "Whatever you do in life just do your best." K, so I know they're cheesey, but hey, I'm a missionary, they're true, and it was entertaining! :)</div>
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Two last things and then I'm out of time :(</div>
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First, one of our teachers went to Lake Mead last weekend and we had subs on thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Well, he taught us again last night and told us about this dream he had while on his trip. So in his dream he got another mission call. He was worried about it because he just didn't have the time to serve another two year mission. Well, he didn't tell anyone but somehow he ended up back in the MTC all dressed like a missionary with his suitcases and tag and everything. He thought about all the things he was supposed to be doing (school, finding a wife, etc.) but the thing that made him want to break out of the MTC was the fact that his missionaries (my district) didn't have a teacher. He spent most of his dream trying to find us and started freaking out because he couldn't, so he decided to break out. He had a whole plan of taking off his tag and finding a visitors badge but he woke up before he could do it. So, in short, our teacher missed us :)</div>
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Last, and I need to type fast, the fire alarm went off in our building at 2:00 AM last night. It was the LOUDEST thing I've ever heard and it completely emptied the building (no fire...they don't know why it went off). But here's the story: I got out of bed, realized what was happening (through a serious half-asleep fog) and the first thing I grabbed wasn't my shoes or my glasses...it was my nametag! hahahahahaha, NO ONE else had theirs, but I, for some reason, just HAD to have mine before anything else. Yeah, I'm definitely a missionary!!! hahahahahaha</div>
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Out of time! Bye :)</div>
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~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908823074193465930.post-27130569609464401722011-07-19T08:25:00.000-07:002014-01-11T18:33:56.267-07:00HALF WAY through the MTC!!!!!<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
So this computer won't print my emails...and as I am timed that means I've only glanced at the ones people have sent me.</div>
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Mom: Thank you so much for the package!!! It means so much to read that I am loved :)</div>
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So, all of the older districts left yesterday. I miss them more than I thought I would. (Especially Sister Myrick...she and I got close.) Well...yeah. It's a lot quieter with no natives (they have got to be the loudest people in the MTC) and the older districts were just so cool. there was a lot of excitement and a lot of crying yesterday...and the occasional "what have I gotten myself into", but it was great. They're all going to be such good missionaries!</div>
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So I auditioned this week and didn't get asked to perform. I instead got asked to come back this week with a different song (I auditioned with Amazing Grace and this week I got asked to sing O Divine Redeemer). I keep trying to meet with my accompanist, Elder Jepson going to the Japan Kobe (I think) mission, but our schedules clash a little. He's a really amazing pianist!</div>
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This week we get to teach our first all Korean lesson in the TRC...it's pretty exciting, my companion and I have been working on the vocabulary we need to be able to teach this lesson.</div>
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Ok, so I really don't know what to write about...let me think....hmmmm....OH!!!! Evan! Congratulations on turning 12, getting the priesthood, and getting to be able to go to the temple...that is all so exciting!!! You are sooooo awesome! All my friends here are excited for you too!!!</div>
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Oh and mom, I thought about what I want for my birthday. When the natives came they all had these PMGs with Korean on one side of the book and English on the other (so you were looking at the book and the page on the left was in Korean and the page on the right was in English) and you can get all the pdfs somewhere online...If you could make me one of those that would be great (because you can't buy them) and if it could be a little one...that would be cool. While I've been here I actually did get a little PMG in English. It's about the same size as my scriptures. Elder Finlinson in my district's mom made him one through alphagraphics and now everyone who sees his wants one, so he has his mom send them and people buy them...it's really funny!</div>
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Oh, so I just got put in as branch music director. I find the whole leading music while singing in Korean (which I'm still not very good at) a little overwhelming, but it's so exciting!</div>
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Well, I'm sorry, but right now is one of those few times in my life where I just don't know what to say. So I guess I'm done!</div>
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I love you all and hope you are all doing well. I love the letters and packages you send (and if you don't want to take the time to write a letter, dear elder is awesome for that)...please send me your addresses so I can write you all better!</div>
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Love, Sister McClellan!!!</div>
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~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908823074193465930.post-77001203522822526012011-07-12T08:52:00.000-07:002014-01-11T18:28:59.479-07:00So, it's been another week in the MTC...Hello everyone!!!<br /> <br />So, a lot of the novelty of the MTC has worn off. I don't know what people do when they're only here for 3 weeks...I'm starting week 5 and I feel like I just got here (well, in some regards I also feel like I never had a life before the MTC.) So, Nothing tooooo exciting has happened. We still have our older districts...but today is their last P-day...they're all leaving on MONDAY!!! It's crazy! I am seriously going to miss them soooo so much! It feels a little like high school around here right now with all the Koreans passing around notebooks and journals for people to sign...I love it! Oh...speaking of journals...I'm already almost done with the brand new one I brought and I've only been here four weeks! I didn't realise I'd write so much...wow!<br /> <br />So, one really cool thing that I want to share is about this AMAZING fireside we had on Sunday. It was given by the head-honcho MTC guy, Richard Heaton. He started off by telling us that he wanted to speak about a VERY important principle: repentance. He asked the congregation to come up and share their honest opinions and thoughts on repentance. A lot of people talked about how they understand repentance, but his favorite answers were from the people who felt scared and terrible when they had to repent. He talked to us about the history of the word repentance and how it's Hebrew and Greek roots meant to turn (away from sin and towards God) but that the latin root meant to feel regret/contrition and is the same root as for words like penitent, penitentiary, and penance and that because of the corruption of the bible people like Martin Luther believed that the only true way to repent was from inflicting pain on themselves so they could feel a portion of the suffering of Christ. He then talked of William Tyndale (love that man!) and how when he was translating the bible from Latin to English he made the word repent. It still has the "pent" from the Latin, but it also has the "re" as in return...so now we finally have that thought creeping back into the scriptures. We were then taught a little about the true beauty and joy that comes from repentance. He shared with us some stories of people in his life who had repented...the room ended up in tears...like everyone! After one of his stories he showed a clip of the District (think missionary work reality show, but actually real life...it's amazing!) and he had us watch specifically to see the joy and peace that grew as this woman was going through the repentance process. Now this was a clip we had seen many times in class and had used for an example of how to teach, but watching it form the perspective of the investigator was amazing. Seeing the way she was able to change her life and the joy that she was able to have and how happy her family was...it was amazing! He then began to share scriptures form the book of Alma...this is where I just broke down (Alma is my favorite!) He shared part of Alma 36 (my favorite part) where Alma is teaching his son, Helaman, about his own process of repentance. But it was interesting, because now this scripture hits me harder than it ever has, and it always hits me pretty hard. When Alma is visited by the angel he remembers all his sins and feels the most exquisite pain, but here's what I never realized, as SOON as he says, "O Jesus, thou Son of God, have mercy on me..." and that whole part (that seriously fills me with the Spirit every time I read it) as soon as he says that and begins to turn away from sin and finally turn to God, THAT is the moment he begins to feel the most exquisite joy! (if you haven't read Alma 36 lately...you should seriously read it again...it's the best!) We also touched on Alma 26:21 (another favorite chapter in Alma...I pretty much can't go even three days without reading it), Alma 27:18, Alma 42:24, oh I wish I could just share everything with you! It was soooo amazing! Best fireside ever! I'll just share one last thing cuz then I'm out of time (curse my slow wpm)...It's small, but in D&C 109:21 there is a promise given to missionaries. A promise that we can speedily repent...and seriously, how great a promise is that. And I know it's true, because I've already felt it!<br /> <br />Well, I love you all and I honestly wish I had more time...I wish I had time to write you all individually (if you send me your home addresses I can...please PLEASE send me your addresses!!!) I hope you are all doing well and thank you so much for the support you give me. I can feel it! Thanks for the packages (Marilyn) and the emails (grandma) and the letters....and pleeeeaaassee, keep 'em coming...they make my day!<br /> <br />~Sister McClellan :)<div>
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So time flies by here. That first week went by so slow and now all the older district is getting their flight plans this Thursday!!! It's crazy...I'm going to miss them so much. Let me just tell you a little about them. First there's Sister Richardson. she's the coordinating sister of the zone. she is so sweet and so pretty and gracious. The Elders in her district call her mom...it's kind of funny. She's a dancer and she is just wonderful. She is in my room with the other sisters in my district and her companion sister Myrick (pronounced just like it looks: my-rick). She is also pretty awesome. She knows SO much vocabulary...like SO much!!! She's funny too...always cracking really dry jokes. She's convinced that one day she'll marry an Asian...it's pretty funny listening to her talk about it. And then there's sister McComber and Sister Nelson. They are in the room next door and they have such a special place in my heart. Sister McComber is the branch chorister and she is just about the friendliest, happiest sister in the whole world. Oh, I just love her so much! And her companion, sister Nelson, is just this little ball of sunshine wherever she goes. She really likes pretending she's angry all the time, but she is just about the HAPPIEST little blond haired blue eyed person!!!! We also have Sister Brady, who reminds me so much of my friend Ruthie it's crazy, and Sister Mecham, who is always saying something really funny and never accepting of praise for it, who both came the same day as my companion and me and are in our district. We also got our natives!!!!!!! They are so so cute. There's Sister Lee, perfect tiny Korean girl who is just so nice and so sweet, Sister Jeon (I think that's how you spell it in English) who is just the quintessential gorgeous asian...with freckles! And then Sister Nam, so funny!!! she is always getting embarrassed for one reason or another but she is so outgoing and so friendly but also so shy...she is ADORABLE!!! Oh, I wish you could meet these sisters!!! The Elders in our zone are pretty fantastic as well. I don't know them as well, and I really don't know any of the natives (there are six...and they are a blast. We took temple pictures on Sunday...it was sooooo fun!!!) But I do know the ones in my district, elder Finlinson and Elder Gillis...they are so great. They still don't know how they feel being outnumbered by Sisters...even more so when they older districts have left. But they're really great! And one of the other districts has Elder Miller, Elder Messick, and Elder Porter. Elder Miller has spent most of his life living in Tokyo and he was actually a model for Gap out there...mainly due to the fact that he's white! hahaha, it's great! We've had fun talking about Japan!!! And then Elder Messick, he is from California and is pretty cool. I honestly don't know him that well though. Elder Porter has lived in Utah all his life, first up near Logan and now in St. George. He has been EVERYWHERE! It kind of makes me a little jealous. His sister is also an artist and just got featured in some sort of European fashion/art magazine. Pretty cool. The other district has Elder Ward, Elder Jones, Elder Choi, and Elder Olson...and I don't know them well at all. We all sit at the same table for every meal, and they always sit at one end and I and my companion are usually at the other with Sister McComber, Sister Nelson, Elder Miller, Elder Messick, and Elder Porter...I love my zone! Pictures will be coming!!! Oh...and we're all going to be featured in the Korean Liahona soon...they took a picture for it on Sunday!</div>
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It was awesome...and not totally random, the MTC let us see the Stadium of Fire fireworks show on Saturday!!! We had this big fireside that was amazing. It was all about freedom and not taking it for granted. They told some stories that are never going to leave our minds. We all left really loving the United states!!! and then they gave us chocolate covered ice cream bars, and let us stay up till almost midnight watching the fireworks from the MTC campus....it was packed! It was so awesome though. sister Myrick got this great video of the show and the audio is hilarious...its a bunch of the elders from our zone just making some very funny commentary of the whole thing!</div>
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Wow, I really type slow...hmmm....yeah, I miss my laptop...I typed much faster and better on it. Thank you so much for the packages and the letters and my skirt getting fixed...if I had more time I'd have more detail. Love you all! Stay Awesome!</div>
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~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908823074193465930.post-80056497682555591602011-06-28T10:33:00.000-07:002014-01-11T18:26:10.786-07:00I LOVE THE MTC!!!<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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So, I love the MTC!!!! I kind of have to as I'm going to be here for 12 weeks. My companion and I are getting along great. She is fantastic. She understands the language so much better than I do. I honestly am not getting it as well as I had hoped. But I know that through the Lord's help I will be able to communicate with the people if I continue working hard.</div>
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As far as the food goes, I love the salad bar...I eat it everyday! It's pretty much the only thing besides cold cereal that doesn't make me feel sick after I'm done eating. I've only got to go to one choir practice so far and I sadly wasn't able to sing in the seminar. I love getting to go to the temple (got to go again today...last time before it's closed nearly the whole month of July. But I heard that my zone might get assigned to help clean it next week!!!) I really do love the MTC. The first few days were difficult, but the Spirit is so strong here and you get so see people everywhere with the same purpose and a strong testimony of the gospel...and it's literally EVERYWHERE!!!! It was funny, today while we were in line at the temple cafeteria I was able to talk to Myrick Chamenim and Richardson Chamenim (wow that looks different in English!), about how cool it is to see missionaries all the time everywhere! It still feels bizarre that I'm actually here right now!!!!!!</div>
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So, I unfortunately don't get to sing for a few more weeks. Things were overbooked in our branch. But I will be auditioning for a solo in front of everyone either this Thursday or next.</div>
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Um....Oh, I wish I could remember everything, but unfortunately I can't right now. Let's see...oh, I just wanted to share with you some of the things I've been learning in the scriptures. I'm doing a few things, first of all, mom, I'm getting a list of lesson scriptures and their summaries together for you to make into flashcards (if you wouldn't mind)...it's funny...I'm not that good with the language, but I'm known in my district as the class scriptorian....hahahahaha, I think it's great. Secondly I'm re-reading the Book of Mormon (oh MAN how my testimony has grown in the power of that book!!!!) and I'm looking for references to the atonement, the promise that if you keep the commandments you will prosper in the land, and on the side references to artifacts like the sword of Laban and stuff like that. It's been great, I'm not too far along yet...I get so distracted with cross referencing and all those exciting things. Can I just tell you, the gospel is sooooo much fun!!!!!!</div>
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We had a great fireside on Sunday...and on Friday. Elder Bednar spoke on Friday about how to be a PMG missionary. And on Sunday...oh, I can't remember his name, but he spoke a little about the sacrifices we make to be on missions and the hardships we will go through as missionaries. I'll go in more depth in my letter.</div>
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It's been so great being able to focus so heavily on the gospel. And it's been wonderful to be able to share those feelings everyday with people who share my beliefs. I wish I could type faster (I've gotten too used to my netbook keyboard) because I just can't tell you enough how amazing this experience is. I love you all and I REALLY love hearing form you...it keeps me from getting discouraged and reminds me that I can do this!</div>
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~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908823074193465930.post-51927196736304456242011-06-21T10:09:00.000-07:002014-01-11T18:25:40.180-07:00Week 1<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hello everyone! The MTC has been amazing so far and I love it here! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I'm going to be here till August 29th...that's 12 weeks!!! Such a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">long time, but I know I'm going to need it! Korean is soooo </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">incredibly hard! I really love it though. I'm already praying, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">bearing testimony, doing contacts, singing, and even occasionally </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">thinking in Korean. It is really a beautiful language and I can't </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">wait till I can know it better and can better express my thoughts and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">feelings in the language! I have gotten a little discouraged at times </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">already. I feel inadequate at times, but the feeling is usually </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">fleeting...so that's good. My companion's name is Sister Paul. She's </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">moved around a lot and her family is currently in Indonesia....cool, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">huh? She and I are a near perfect match. We compliment each other so </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">well. Last night we gave our first lesson and it was so much fun! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Our contacts are fun to do to. I love being here in the MTC because </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">everyone you contact and teach wants to hear more and wants to get </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">baptized! hahahahaha, it might be giving us a false sense of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">security, but we don't mind! Sorry there aren't any paragraphs, the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">"enter" key on my keyboard doesn't work :( oh well. I enjoy the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">schedule here, I usually feel very well rested, and it's so cool, at </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">6:00 am the Sisters get to have the gym for exercise classes. I </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">usually use the time to work on vocab and scriptures while on the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">elliptical. And this week the gym is closed due to training for new </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">mission presidents, so we go out to the field...Sister Paul like </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">volleyball...yeah, I play volleyball...yikes!!! But she's going to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">teach me how to be better...yeah...yikes again! I got to go to the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">temple this morning. It was so great. My whole district and a couple </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">other Sisters from our zone was in the same endowment session and we </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">all went to the cafeteria for real breakfast (meaning not MTC </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">cafeteria food) afterwards. I absolutely LOVE my district and zone. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I'll be sending pictures soon. We got to go take pictures at the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">temple on Sunday. I'm singing in Sacrament meeting this Sunday. The </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">topic is knowledge...I'm not quite sure what I'll sing yet, but I'll </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">think of something. I'm going to join the MTC choir. The practices </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">are Tuesdays and Sundays. I'm so excited. Oh, we got to sing Called </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to Serve on Sunday at the Sunday night devotional...life long dream of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">singing that song at the MTC: accomplished!!! It really has been a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">blast here! I can't really believe I'm actually here! The Spirit is</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">so strong everywhere and everyone is so happy and so full of such </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">great energy all the time. it's absolutely fantastic to be able to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">see that everyone around you is here for the same reasons and wants </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the same thing: to bring all souls to Christ! I wish I could share </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">more, but I really didn't realize how short 30 minutes is (the</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">computer has a countdown clock in the corner and it kicks you off </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">right at 30 minutes...Davis, sorry for giving you such a hard time.) </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">There's just one more thing I want to say before I get kicked off. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">PLEASE PLEASE "dear elder" (go to </span><a href="http://dearelder.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">dearelder.com</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> it's self explanatory.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> I'm at the Provo MTC and going to the Seoul Korea mission...it's</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">easy!) me and/or send me letters. My address is on facebook and on my </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">blog (</span><a href="http://thegreatlifeofmissamanda.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">thegreatlifeofmissamanda.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">) and letters are really </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">great in boosting confidence and getting over frustrations. Tell me </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">anything! I would love to be able to leave the MTC with at least a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">small handful of letters from friends and family...plus I can spend </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">more time reading those and I'll see them more than just during my 30 </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">minutes on P-Days. I love you all and hope you are all doing well. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Love, Sister McClellan P.S. Mom, Dad, Evan, and Danny, I'm writing </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">you another letter today...one with more detail and that's more </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">personal. I love you all so much!!!! Stay awesome!!!!!!! P.P.S. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sorry about any typos...no spell/grammar check >.<</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span>~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908823074193465930.post-48245037054599552282011-06-13T04:51:00.000-07:002011-06-13T04:51:11.878-07:00So...I'm leaving on a mission!Tonight I get set apart as a missionary!!!! It's actually happening! (finally)<br />
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I had a big ole concert last night...all sacred music. It was fun. I did alright, not my best, but not too bad. And it's over! That's a pretty cool thing! Afterwards we had a bunch of people over for ice cream sundaes which were delicious. We then pulled out my mom's birthday cake and had her blow out the candles. (it was yellow butterscotch chip cake with homemade chocolate frosting...I burnt the butterscotch a little, so it sounds better than it tastes...unfortunately).<br />
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Today I'm going to be finishing up my packing, tying up loose ends, getting the last few things I need for the mish, and getting set apart. Then tomorrow at 1:20 I board a plane for Utah, and I then MTC it up starting Wednesday! I'm so incredibly excited!<br />
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I'm going to have my parents keep up my blog and my facebook for me while I'm gone...so hopefully it gets done! I'll put all my mission info on here today so it'll be here and on facebook.<br />
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I honestly can't wait to go! It's going to be fantastic, I just know it!<br />
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~Manda~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908823074193465930.post-40660890478202618692011-04-15T11:00:00.000-07:002011-04-15T11:00:48.005-07:00If my family were all played by actors in the movie of my life.I got sent home from work today for being sick. It hasn't been fun. I'm not sure what I have but I'm congested, have a cough and a sore throat, have chills and am rather nauseous. Overall, I feel rotten. So I decided to start the casting for when they finally decide to make my life into a movie...and I started with my family.<br />
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This was hard, but I think I ended up with a good cast. Now, they're not really chosen based on looks (my brothers are all blond and all the actors I have are brunette, I know), it's more cuz I felt like they'd be awesome playing that person in my family. So, with that said, here you are, the McClellans celebrityified:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Davis Cleveland as Daniel McClellan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zachary Gordon as Evan McClellan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anton Yelchin as Davis McClellan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ellen Page as Amanda McClellan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Downey Junior as David McClellan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Sandra Bullock as Lynda McClellan</td></tr>
</tbody></table>So yeah, that's the cast I have so far for the movie of my life. It's pretty exciting. That's all, back to my sick bed.<br />
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~Manda~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908823074193465930.post-24207223542600390902011-01-25T01:17:00.000-07:002011-01-25T01:17:06.530-07:00Mission Papers: Officially sent off and everything!So tonight I got a voice mail from my mom that informed me that my mission papers are all officially in and everything! I'm so excited! It was kind of funny because I was at work eating my peanut butter and jelly sandwich dinner when I checked my voice mail and I literally jumped up and down (which hurt because I sprained my ankle slipping on the ice last night). And the next customer who came in was the first person I told....I'm just soooooo totally excited! So far I've had lots of ideas from people as to where I'll get sent:<br />
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<ul><li>My Bishop: Costa Rica or Argentina</li>
<li>Grandma: somewhere Spanish speaking</li>
<li>Aunt Jean: Portugal (or SLC...that's what I've heard A LOT: Temple Square!!)</li>
<li>Mark the Shark: Pennsylvania or Scottland</li>
<li>Jimmy: Russia</li>
<li>Shuey: Nebraska or Germany</li>
<li>Customer: NYC</li>
<li>Josiah: Japan or Temple Square</li>
<li>and me (today's feelings anyway): Kansas or Temple Square for state side and Germany or somewhere in Africa for foreign (I change my mind on kind of a daily basis...so many great places, cannot choose which!)</li>
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For now I think I might put up a world map up somewhere and put flagged pins where people guess...I want lots of guesses (it's fun...maybe a little cheesy, but still fun). I honestly don't know where I'd want to go and I really don't care where I get sent, I'm just so excited! And in addition to all this, I just got a new calling as of yesterday--I'm now a ward missionary. I'm super stoked! I'm kind of sad I'm not in charge of all the music (cuz I love music AND being in charge) but I am very excited for my new calling!<br />
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So yeah, if you are reading this and can think of a place where I'd get sent, just let me know!<br />
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Love ya!<br />
~Manda the future full-time missionary~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908823074193465930.post-65231293548764019762010-11-09T12:43:00.000-07:002010-11-09T12:43:38.453-07:00Cleaning Check Procrastination!Has it really been that long?! I used to be so good about blogging and journaling, and now... Well, that's the past now, oh well.<br />
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Life has been exciting! I'm just about done with school, I have an awesome job, a few fun voice students, amazing roommates, a ton of really great friends, and so naturally I will tell you about those things rather than finish up for cleaning check right now. (I am unfortunately a procrastination addict.)<br />
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School's been good. I miss taking a lot of classes. Just taking voice is a little boring, but I'm doing some really fun stuff, so I guess it's ok. I can't wait till my masters so I can take more classes...*sigh* oh well.<br />
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My job is good too. I'm one of the top sales people in the store, my new boss really likes me (getting a new boss only a couple months after I'd started was an ordeal, but it's all fun now!) It was awesome working there on Halloween because I (naturally) got put on candy duty. I got to talk to all the little kids and gush over their fabulously fantastic costumes. We ran out of candy so fast tho...it was CRAZY!!!!!! I loved it tho..especially the part where multiple moms told me how great I was with kids and that with my enthusiasm I should work for Disney! Now wouldn't that be fun (and so totally me?!) I'm unfortunately too tall (and out of shape) to be a princess at one of the parks, but I would seriously love to work for Disney...that'd be awesome!<br />
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My roommates...where do I start?! Well, I seriously LOVE LOVE LOVE them!!!!!!! We all have so much fun all the time and we all get along so well. We've made so many plans, some of which might not ever happen, but a lot of our plans already have! Two of our things that I'm really excited for is our early Thanksgiving and our early Christmas. We decorated like CRAZY for Halloween, and now we're going to have a little apartment Thanksgiving dinner on the Sunday before Thanksgiving and then an apartment Christmas on December 12. We have a "family" prayer and scripture study at least once a week where we go through apartment goals and read scriptures, talk about things that have happened throughout the week and all kneel in prayer together. Just so you can know who and what I'm talking about for future reference here's a little about them all:<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-pWm30JoWmHmqTEPqNbM_CnqOtnOQWUqWRC6_KNcKODCsUkHu7_6n5dG6emmhqW7hBh479EROLOwm4aCLJ-yYtqKrsXnRZH8L93usWt_SWFhQMDJGsApsS5UFbcqsb5s3skJ32kF2kOP/s1600/74806_1713511961852_1359750491_31901732_1313392_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-pWm30JoWmHmqTEPqNbM_CnqOtnOQWUqWRC6_KNcKODCsUkHu7_6n5dG6emmhqW7hBh479EROLOwm4aCLJ-yYtqKrsXnRZH8L93usWt_SWFhQMDJGsApsS5UFbcqsb5s3skJ32kF2kOP/s320/74806_1713511961852_1359750491_31901732_1313392_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Briana (pronounced: BrAI-ana not BrEE-ana...she doesn't like it said wrong...and who could blame her, it's her name) is a freshman at BYU and just about the cutest thing you'd ever see! She is our FHE mom and is always making sure we're doing ok. She's super sweet and super social...kind of impossible to not love!<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5NKkEu8uQjXD4N9Km_FrDA5Hx4vhtOlnIur3i1R87A3UCEbF4-qUjao5dc38Fp5SIJWKJ7y98vmyLfI9xi4AqNNWuLwCA4MANA2zuLDo7QoPUS6wqFSGtEa9AgOeS5l6hdVEQ6fye52R/s1600/149238_1715916140484_1315625228_1909711_8269057_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5NKkEu8uQjXD4N9Km_FrDA5Hx4vhtOlnIur3i1R87A3UCEbF4-qUjao5dc38Fp5SIJWKJ7y98vmyLfI9xi4AqNNWuLwCA4MANA2zuLDo7QoPUS6wqFSGtEa9AgOeS5l6hdVEQ6fye52R/s320/149238_1715916140484_1315625228_1909711_8269057_n.jpg" width="290" /></a></div>Kassie is Bri's sister. They share a room and are so so cute in the way they act together. Kassie's on the BYU color guard, is a junior, and dresses super cute! She's always so happy and excited about things...it makes living with her absolutely FANTASTIC!!! Kassie and Bri are also from Spanish Fork..just thought you'd like to know that!<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWr40SbsOGM9plH0zpivHvxMzey6TeQ4HOxT3aAl2nQN7w4IWv2l3nTnJd1Z_-7UmJW4Rzqoy0U6J8kN5ZoFAjR0eonQz6kmP93WPtAAFyYjDxcRAlS6c5pwcBsLb0WZWmI2s_IjwMOe-j/s1600/149642_1718367521633_1311600060_1918378_6049160_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWr40SbsOGM9plH0zpivHvxMzey6TeQ4HOxT3aAl2nQN7w4IWv2l3nTnJd1Z_-7UmJW4Rzqoy0U6J8kN5ZoFAjR0eonQz6kmP93WPtAAFyYjDxcRAlS6c5pwcBsLb0WZWmI2s_IjwMOe-j/s320/149642_1718367521633_1311600060_1918378_6049160_n.jpg" width="198" /></a></div>Claire is also a freshman at BYU. She's from Montana, super smart, was Valedictorian of her high school, applied late to BYU and got in with an almost full ride scholarship (she'd have had a full ride if she were a member.) She's super cool...like SUPER cool!!!! I love talking to her about religion because she grew up mostly Lutheran and has a lot of Catholic background too. She comes with us to church occasionally (which is always fun because then the five of us get to be together at church..yay!!!) But yeah, she's awesome!!!<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaGECzQ1MeFJdBLMD-p1rKVK7EeL3f0vwYkQNxB2xrzq4qM1KAOtwBYMRcLwNhlhw0W3WpP4HWxq8i9AKVdw3fDXmXEwkjs6wYIL8jbGTeRySBwAAOTIHRLxzrLtm5pL72QX6aOOLN85z/s1600/46359_10150279552080574_653260573_15179340_7227260_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaGECzQ1MeFJdBLMD-p1rKVK7EeL3f0vwYkQNxB2xrzq4qM1KAOtwBYMRcLwNhlhw0W3WpP4HWxq8i9AKVdw3fDXmXEwkjs6wYIL8jbGTeRySBwAAOTIHRLxzrLtm5pL72QX6aOOLN85z/s320/46359_10150279552080574_653260573_15179340_7227260_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>And then there's Brooke. She and I hit it off starting day one! She is so bright and happy all the time, which is good for me (cuz I tend to occasionally not be those things a lot...sometimes). I absolutely LOVE my Brooke! She makes life absolutely fantastic! She puts up with my crazy, is so loving and nice to everyone, helps push me to make friends (I'd be a hermit without her)...oh wow, I just love my Brookery!!!!<br />
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So those are my roommates! Aren't they awesome?! Well, like I said, I've got a LOT of friends now...it's kind of crazy, but I'm only going to share a little (a very little) about a select few of them. There are these two apartments down the hall that are right across the hall from each other and my apartment calls them the "touchdown apartments" (long story, but they are the "touchdown apartment" boys.) They are pretty exciting. The Glenwood is doing this big film contest, and their's is probably going to win...once it's online I'll post it here and then you'll be able to see how awesome they are! hahahahaha...it's fantastic!!! (We basically love "Hot" Allen, Chirss, the Heeb, "touchdown" Justin, Rad Dad Chad, Josie, and pretty much all the boys in touchdown!)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Chirss (he's really Chris, but what's the fun in that). He dressed as a Zombie slayer for Halloween...he's going to protect us during the Zombie apocalypse!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starting with the guy holding the spear: Rad Dad Chad, Justin, Josiah (Josie), Shawn, Cody, and then the Heeb is the one being eaten by the gator</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two "hot cops", a hippe, and a zombie slayer...no wonder they're our favorites!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brooke and I with "hot cop" Allen at the "Unleash the Freak" Halloween dance</td></tr>
</tbody></table>So that's life more or less...now I unfortunately really DO need to be cleaning...dang :(<br />
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Bye, love ya!<br />
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~Manda<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bri, Brooke, and Claire right before True Blue</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bri, Brooke, and Claire after True Blue</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The night we stole doughnuts from the Krispie Kreme dumpster and then hung out at Walmart...it was awkward cuz I ran into someone I work with that night...yeah, but fun times!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had two fish, Waffles/Finn and King Louie...but we ended up accidentally killing them in less than a week...we didn't get new fish, but we did hold two funerals for them.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bri, Kassie, Brooke, and Claire hiking the Y...I was at work :(</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bri (cave woman), Brooke (Robin Hood), Claire (little Bo Peep), and Kassie (something awesome) at the ward Halloween party with Brother and Sister Morris (bishopric...Where's Waldo and Carmen San Diego...they found BOTH of them...yeah my roommates are cool like that)...I was at work this night too</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brooke, Claire and I all dressed in black and creeped around BYU on the real Halloween...this was when we turned wild!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></td></tr>
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Not much to report today, this week's gone by sort of fast. I got a new job at a comfort shoe store at the mall (Tradehome Shoes) were I'll be making minimum plus commission, I hung out with a few of my friends this week, Igot a free pearl necklace, Iworked, had cleaning checks (I passed, yay) and I only had one migraine all week (that's a happy thing!!!) Oh, and last night I realized I'll be 21 in two weeks!!!! How exciting!!!!!! (well, I'm excited anyway! yay!) That's all, just wanted to wish you all a happy Pioneer day!!!!!!!<br />
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~Manda~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908823074193465930.post-56274396005457822312010-07-13T08:44:00.000-07:002010-07-13T08:44:46.680-07:00HAPPY 11th BIRTH DAY EVAN!!!!! YOU ROCK!!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVYEXPWAH458JshvBB4dEjDEAiWlQF6mP5qa6arjGplyA2c2OHdiM8ISrmsZ_mW67jXzw66kxn235uDEeaMrM0bRtx3zWAtVEGqNZt_OkQ3pQR1MM-LBk14KqKpPObKJcNCjVssBy38rN/s1600/n568983341_1345035_5179.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVYEXPWAH458JshvBB4dEjDEAiWlQF6mP5qa6arjGplyA2c2OHdiM8ISrmsZ_mW67jXzw66kxn235uDEeaMrM0bRtx3zWAtVEGqNZt_OkQ3pQR1MM-LBk14KqKpPObKJcNCjVssBy38rN/s320/n568983341_1345035_5179.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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So basically my little brother, Evan turned 11 today (he gets to rhyme with his age again!) He's pretty cool...I mean, after all, his is my brother! He's probably one of the sweetest kids ever, he loves people, he's a crazy good little musician, he's smart as a whip, he always wants to do what's right, he was my model when he was two (he'd let me dress him up in his Looney Tunes letterman jacket and spike his hair and then take pictures...he looked sooooo cute!!!!), but I think the reason I love him so much is that he loves me and thinks I'm pretty cool too (no one tell him the truth, ok? That'd ruin the illusion.) So, Happy 11th Buddy!!!! Love you and miss you! hope you have an awesome birthday!!!!!!<br />
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~Manda~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908823074193465930.post-37857532722667581992010-07-05T22:37:00.000-07:002010-07-05T22:37:11.881-07:00Long Day & The Ever Constant Job Search!So I'm pretty much WAY tired right now! I've had the most amazing week, but I'm going to post more on that later. I've realized through this week how much of a slacker I really am right now. I was pretty stellar in high school, but I've gotten exceptionally lax as of late and that just isn't awesome. So, there's something to work on! :)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div>K, so I woke up at 5:45 today and headed over to TRAX (I was in SLC and decided that the earlier I got to TRAX the earlier I'd get to my apt and the more likely I'd be able to get to work on time)...Well, I got to TRAX, checked the schedule, bought me up a ticket and waited...and waited...and panicked a bit as I waited some more. I then remembered that because the 4th of July (my favorite holiday second to Valentines Day) landed on a Sunday that today might be a holiday of sorts...and it was, so no buses. I would've been able to get to Sandy, but not Provo. I then headed to a hotel and used their phone, but it would only call local numbers which made it hard to even call people in my ward. I then found a pay phone and called my mom, and then finally came up with the smart idea of heading back to Grandma's condo (the place I had spent the night with my cousins on our way from Idaho). When I got there I was able to use Marly and Claire's phones (they're my cousins, my life-saving cousins!!!) And at 9:06 I finally found a ride and was able to get to work only a little late. </div><div><br />
</div><div>I worked till 5, got home at about 5:30 and returned to my seemingly fruitless job hunt. I found a few positions open at 7-eleven (mmmm, Slurpees...I want one sooooo bad right now!!!) and Home Depot, and then I was on Facebook with my old KFC buddy, Tyler, and he suggested that I apply where he works: Costco. So, I did. And that was my day...oh, and I had a chicken sandwich and some dry cereal (I was too tired to cook...speaking of which....I really need some water!!!) I also discovered that listening to Lifehouse on Pandora practically SCREAMS high school for me...it's kind of crazy.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Ok, I'm going a little nutty with my sleepiness...have a fantastic night everyone! Love you all!!!!!</div><div><br />
</div><div>~Manda</div>~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908823074193465930.post-48947517187979671872010-06-24T08:46:00.000-07:002010-06-24T08:46:16.418-07:00yaaaAAAaaawwwwnnn!!!! *long night!*So I couldn't get to sleep last night. I've been looking for a new job (not that $7.50/hr isn't great...hahahaha) and for some scholarships (I started looking into Study Abroad programs....wouldn't that be awesome?!) and I kind of lost track of time till 3:45 AM. I tried to go to sleep but I ended up just laying in bed staring at the ceiling for 20 minutes instead of sleeping. So I got up, put on some exercise clothes and went for a walk. I ended up going a total of 9.2 miles (I Google Mapped it when I got home...<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=1565+N+University+Ave++provo&daddr=provo+canyon&geocode=FQU-ZgIdjzlY-SnR_alyopBNhzGFNGZhuWot7g%3BFbIgZwIdc0FY-SlZt96MApBNhzF3VZkXOSuPTQ&hl=en&mra=ls&dirflg=w&sll=40.28415,-111.66016&sspn=0.09507,0.220757&ie=UTF8&ll=40.285811,-111.645813&spn=0.095068,0.220757&t=h&z=12">check it out!</a>). For those of you familiar with Provo, I walked from the Glenwood to Provo Canyon and back (you . I'm tired now, but if I go to sleep I'll miss the incredibly busy day ahead of me. So instead of sleep i'm going to hop in the shower, go give plasma, go to school, then go and do all the other stuff I have to do...and till then I will nostalgically remember my wonderful bed. Wish me luck!<br />
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Oh, and if you hear of any job opportunities near me...let me know, ok?!<br />
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Adios!<br />
~Manda~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908823074193465930.post-41794540060592628092010-06-21T17:04:00.001-07:002010-06-21T17:04:16.765-07:00Happy official first day of summer!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ok, yeah, I haven't posted in forever, but for starters there hasn't been much to post about besides my overly abundant number of shortcomings and secondly my computer was MIA for about three weeks. But I wanted to wish everyone an absolutely fantastic premier of summer. Longest day, most sun, festivals at Stonehenge...oh the joy! So yeah, that's about all I have for today! Have an utterly fantastic, amazing, awesome day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-XhVu8O3PXCHBXo7kN58-pj3KF3Wn-IouFgogDXczBu_qaFkUccOiRlPRv5pIkQmu_btA0VK91GHzG2OI54DIDavBR19Yl6C_RCA8R8hjSAqa2OV7NPKHcMl1d0VSH_Vo8CFlvcuzgKE4/s1600/mrrogers_20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-XhVu8O3PXCHBXo7kN58-pj3KF3Wn-IouFgogDXczBu_qaFkUccOiRlPRv5pIkQmu_btA0VK91GHzG2OI54DIDavBR19Yl6C_RCA8R8hjSAqa2OV7NPKHcMl1d0VSH_Vo8CFlvcuzgKE4/s320/mrrogers_20.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">P.S. Isn't this pic amazing?! I thought so anyway!</div>~Mandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805169070919798999noreply@blogger.com1