tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58646750023069130312024-02-06T19:42:15.552-08:00ELDER JAXSON BOWEN Madagascar Antananarivo MissionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864675002306913031.post-91497770199222569102017-08-15T16:06:00.001-07:002017-08-15T16:06:16.952-07:00Last night is Madagascar.....Last supper! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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How do I focus words on what my heart feels!? Thank you President and Sister Foote for leading my son and inspiring him to work hard, make a difference, build a solid testimony foundation, and mentor him to be the BEST and obedient while serving the Lord! The pictures were all such a treasured gift that our family has cherished and learned by your example to perhaps one day do the same. One day may we meet so I can truly say, a heartfelt THANK YOU for loving</div>
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<br />susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285181503641981948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864675002306913031.post-21529745563696925012017-08-14T23:15:00.001-07:002017-08-14T23:15:26.210-07:00WEEK 102-Dying (going home from Paradise)-TESTIMONY <div dir="ltr">
Well another great week! For those who don't know I am dying!!! Term missionaries use for going home. so I have already left my area. I left last Saturday instead of Thursday due to the unbeatable planning skills of the aps. I got into Tana and Elder Nelson was there to pick me up and we were taken straight to Ankorandrano. We both worked there before, so we went back to visit members and we had a dinner set up with an old member. I got to see my son Elder Passey who is currently working there. Then on Sunday we went to the Ankorandrano church and then zipped on over to the Ambohimanarina branch to get some final goodbies. I walked in about 10 minutes after they started and all the heads turned my way and everyone started smiling. Then we went and sat down after I shook a couple of hands and the first 10 minutes of sitting there was turning around and making eye contact with everyone haha. It was great. Then it ended and we went around and visited members. So that was done and we worked our way back to Ankorandrano where we had a final dinner with Bishop Olivie. HE MADE US FRIED CHICKEN. Yeah let's just say I ate a lot haha. and now we are here. We are going to go play soccer today and get some last minute goodies and then Tuesday we have interviews and then we are taking off for the long flights to get me back to America!<div>
<br />Well, I've had a lot of time to think about my time here in Madagascar and I've had plenty of times to give goodbye testimonies. I have learned a lot on my mission. Random life skills, a new language, how to get rid of bed bugs, etc. I've seen that families that are centered on the gospel of Jesus Christ see success and have peace in the home. I have had many confirmations that the Book of Mormon is true. I know Joseph Smith was a prophet called of God and that he saw Him and His son Jesus Christ. I learned that scriptures have to be read and actually can be applied to real life circumstances. I know and am a part of the true church that was restored on the earth today. However, all of these things that I know to be true emphasize the strongest point of my testimony. That Christ Lives. A true, perfect, resurrected being with an almighty love for all mankind. He knows all of us one by one....and that is my testimony. </div>
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<br />I look forward to seeing everyone coming up here! I'll get in on Thursday in the evening Fresno Airport 4:45 pm. See you all then! Mandra-pihaona!</div>
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Bishop Oliviera and his wife and daughter<br />
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Elder Nelson, Elder Heo, Elder Passey are some in this picture<br />
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Best Fried chicken!!!<br />
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susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285181503641981948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864675002306913031.post-17424411589284957142017-08-07T22:15:00.001-07:002017-08-07T22:15:35.798-07:00WEEK 101 herinandro 6Well another great week in PARADISE! So I have started saying my goodbys to everyone which has been pretty sad. Unlike past areas I actually know for a fact that I'm leaving haha, so I can get a goodbye in to everyone. We have had the normal schedule with a picture at the end of them. My plans are to fly up to Tana on Thursday where I'll be on splits with Elder Nelson. We don't have a set area so we are going to go around Tana and visit members for a couple of days and probably go on a couple of splits with Elders. Then the next Wednesday, I get on the plane to take me home to America. Flight plans from there are pretty crazy; Tana(Madagascar) to Johannesburg(Africa), Johannesburg to Atlanta(United States). Atlanta to Salt Lake. Salt Lake to Fresno. I think it's a total of 25 or 26 hours of flying! So we have that to look forward to. But, until then, we are still rockin it here in Paradise. We had a baptism this week. Two people got baptized and everything went great!<br />
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<br />So then we had a big meeting with our dmb(District Mission Branch) and all the branch missionaries and it was great, haha. They are all so pumped for their callings and they know that we have a lot of work and they are all willing to help out the missionaries. Then at the end of all that they gave me the floor to give my dying speech to them all. Then we took a dope picture as you will see, haha. Well it is sad that I'm leaving but heading onto bigger and better things. I had my last Sunday here so I feel like I have already said goodbye to everyone and now I'm just waiting to leave, hahaha.</div>
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<br />My favorite lesson of the week was yesterday. We went to teach this recent convert family and they had a friend that is kind of visiting here. We taught her last week and she was the one asking all the questions whether God answers prayers or not, and stuff. She came to church! We went and taught them again and we gave her a Book of Mormon. She accepted it and eventually committed to reading it and praying about it. Now the cool part was that the recent convert family is still learning and, they were also helping us teach so it was a really good time. They had very interesting ideas on how the devil answers prayers but we will leave that story to another time. </div>
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<br />Well I'll probably shoot another email out next week to warn you all of the coming of Elder Bowen. But for now, I'm loving my last days in Paradise. Usually when I tell people I'm leaving, I tell them I'm going to America. I am going home but I am also leaving my home. I love Madagascar. It is my home away from home. </div>
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<br />Enjoy the pics! Also we went to a huge waterfall last week so here are some pics from that!</div>
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susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285181503641981948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864675002306913031.post-47954511264053970632017-07-31T16:57:00.000-07:002017-07-31T16:57:21.438-07:00WEEK 100 Aleo very tsikalakalam-bola toy izay very tsikalakalam-pihavananaAnother great lesson packed week. Elder Allen and I are killing it lately! So not a whole lot of news this week. We got some new investigators this week due to referrals which makes a full program, a jam packed program. It's been great! We are flying from time to time to try and keep up with everything going on. The most eventful days were probably Saturday and Sunday.<br />
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<br />On Saturday we started out the day by going and teaching English in the morning. Let me tell you teaching English makes me realize that I'm horrible at it. If someone asks me a word, I'll understand it and then the more I say it, the more it starts to sound like another language I don't speak. When that was over we went and ate lunch and then got out to work. We started out teaching the normal scheduled people but sometimes took a little longer than they should have, which was alright as they were great lessons. So we were going to attend a baptism for the other area but since we were late we decided to just stay in our area and keep the program going. We went to this one guy that we haven't been able to catch lately and he was there. We taught him and his sister who was there and she was super interested. So that was great! Then Elder Allen and I went on a quest to find these old investigators. The wife came to church and told us to go back to them. We went looking for them last week and didn't find them and the number she gave us didn't work. Then some time this week we were walking to an appointment and a member rolls up in his car (car for work) and offers to take us to the path that leads to their house so we can stop by them to visit sometime. So we saw it the location and this last Sunday we went looking for them. We went up the path and literally it just lead to a thousand other paths. So we were about to turn back and this little girl came up and asked what we were looking for. We told her the name of the investigator and she said ok follow me. She took us right to the house where we had a great time with them. Then after that we were going to make our way to our usual Saturday night time, and instead of taking the normal path our investigator told us there was another faster way and he offered to take us. Well, he was wrong. It actually was longer and we had to perform some American ninja warrior stuff to get there. But it was a good time.There was a spot where we had to climb through a fence, stand on a little stick and jump a solid 6 foot gap over a river. I made it, it wasn't the cleanest landing but hey I made it. Elder Allen got close... he jumped but didn't have the kangaroo legs of Elder Bowen so he got his leg dipped in water hahaha. We eventually made it to the time to where we played some fun games with the kids asking them gospel questions. Let's just say it took them a while to answer right to get the candy...</div>
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<br />Then onto Sunday! It started out as having a great day at church. Lots of investigators came, I taught Sunday School to the youth, then we had priesthood. Following that, we had some baptismal interviews for the upcoming baptism on Saturday. They both passed so there will be a baptism this Saturday! Then we had a meeting with DMB and with the branch missionaries. Now we have a great schedule for getting help from the branch missionaries. So after that we went and ate lunch. On our way out we saw this one lady we talked to at this restaurant. We talked with her on Saturday and I told her I would find her, then boom the next day she is hanging out right around our house!!! And, turns out she lives right by us and she had taken lessons before. That was awesome! We went out teaching some of the normal people and then we ran into a rut. So we basically had to choose out of our four times left, the two that we could make it to. Then I realized we were right next to some super awesome members that are also branch missionaries. We stopped by and they were more that willing to help. We went on member splits and ended up catching all of the times and they were defintally times that we needed to stop by. </div>
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<br />In a lot of those lessons I saw a lot of the time we were talking about prayer and the answer to prayer. We had a lady talking to us about trials. Why God sends them, why we need them and so forth. We had some good answers for her thanks to the Book of Mormon. Then she asked how long her trials will last. It got kind of personal for her right there but then it turned to a really good discussion about personal prayer. She said that she gave up on God a while ago because he wasn't answering. I told her he was answering but maybe she wasnt listening. She then committed to learning with us again this next week and she might even come to church this next week. The power of the Spirit was very present in the lesson and you can tell that she felt it. </div>
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susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285181503641981948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864675002306913031.post-60105713238163981162017-07-24T19:50:00.001-07:002017-07-24T19:50:04.913-07:00WEEK 99 Surprise baptism!!!Well we had a great week this week... and by the title I'm guessing you all want to know what the surprise baptism was...<br />
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<br clear="none" />So down here in Fort Dauphin there is a big exam going on right now. It's basically the equivalent of graduating high school but there are a lot of people who don't pass and retake it so this year there are a lot of people taking it. Some of which are investigators and members. So we have this one investigator that has been coming to church on and off for a while and he has been pretty good about coming these past couple of weeks. Well after church he received a priesthood blessing to prepare for the big exam. We didn't get to see him after as we were pulled aside for something else but we stopped by his house later that day. We talked to him about the blessing and about preparing for the big exam. He said the blessing was awesome and he feels calm and ready to take this big exam. It was so great to hear that he felt the power of the priesthood. We hope that he will continue to remember that and we hope that it will continue to help him recognize this is the true church. </div>
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susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285181503641981948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864675002306913031.post-37858137312078393772017-07-17T16:13:00.000-07:002017-07-17T16:13:50.734-07:00WEEK 98 kely sisa...work is insane, 29 investigators at church!So another great week comes and goes! We had some great times this week. It seems like we are starting to get our program figured out now which makes for a lot of teaching times in a little amount of time which is great! This last week we had some awesome stuff happen.<br />
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We had these investigators that we hadn't seen in a while. Every time we went to stop by they weren't home until this last week when I stopped by and talked to the wife. She said that the husband has been really busy with his work. We made an appointment time with them and visited them. We talked to the husband and he said he has been wanting to go to church and take the lessons from the missionaries but he couldn't due to his work. He said the task that they were doing is completed and they can learn by coming to church now. Well we were at church and we didnt see them... so we didn't think they were there until I went to their house to talk to them and they said church was awesome! I was way surprised! They said they came in with the huge amount of people that come in after the sacrament and then they left after sacrament meeting and that's why we didn't see them. But they were so happy they could make it to church yesterday! Then we visited them and we have a set program to visit and teach them. Awesome people!</div>
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This week in finding investigators we found an awesome new family. Talking to them last night we figured out the guy is good friends with our branch president! Perfect! They were way nice and we plan on teaching them this upcoming week. </div>
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Also we have this one guy who we have been teaching for a while and we talked to him about baptisms this last week. He said that he and his buddy, that we have been teaching, both want to get baptized. We found out that he isn't legally married to his wife so he needs to take care of that but we found out that he has his birth certificate here and so does his wife, so it should be pretty easy to get that done but we will see... </div>
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Things are going great here. The work is insane! ...and it just keeps getting better and better! Our program is packed and yesterday we had a whole 29 investigators at church... quite a lot to keep track of but we manage it haha. This church is so great for these people and their faith in Christ is changing them as it is changing me. I love it here!</div>
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susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285181503641981948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864675002306913031.post-66012104196136311282017-07-10T22:11:00.000-07:002017-07-10T22:11:06.238-07:00WEEK 97 Tsisy Vaovao-baptiam-transfersWell another great week has come and gone. For those that didn't see the pictures, President Foote came down to Fort D this week. We had an awesome conference with him and I gave my dying testimony (while still on my mission). I still have the rest of the transfer to get to work so I guess it isn't really the end yet. But, we had some great times this week<br />
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<br />This last Saturday we had a baptism. Two from our branch and three from the other branch. The ones from our branch were two kids that weren't baptized when their parents were baptized. One is 17 years old and the other is 11 years old and we had the dad baptize them. It was way nice. Then I got to hop in the water and baptize someone from the other branch haha. Water wasn't too cold but it was a windy day and yes it was freezing when we got out. Oh and the guy that was supposed to give a talk at the baptism didn't show up so I had to whip one together really quick and give it. But besides that it all went smoothly.</div>
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<br />The news with one of our couples waiting for the marriage papers, they are really close and might have it done this month! We have another couple that has to go all the way to Diego (north tip of Madagascar) but there is a member that is going up there from Antananarivo so we might see if he can grab her birth certificate for us. I think if that all works out we will be having some more baptisms coming up here. </div>
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susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285181503641981948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864675002306913031.post-47442991960805054852017-07-03T07:04:00.001-07:002017-07-03T07:04:53.748-07:00WEEK 96 vita ny fetyAnother great week! So this week was pretty busy since it was our first week together. It took a lot of planning to be able to merge together our two programs but we seemed to get it done. It made for a quick and busy week walking to and from times, we were like olympic speed walkers. But we did see some awesome miracles this week.<br />
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There is this one guy named Fridais who lives in Elder Allens old part of the area. I guess that he had connected them and wanted them to come teach him. He caught on right away and was talked to about coming to church. He wanted to but the only problem was that he had to work on Sundays. But he said that if it's the true church, then God will help him find new work. When Elder Allen and I went back to him yesterday he said he received an answer to his prayer. He found a new job! It's not all set in stone but he says he thinks it will work out. We taught him about the Book of Mormon and he is very exited to get one as soon as we get more down here in Fort D. </div>
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Well this week we found a couple more new investigators. We keep finding some awesome people but a lot of them aren't married according to the law. Some of them aren't even married according to the culture, so for some families we have to wait for the cultural thing to be done and then they will get it legally. Sadly, the cultural way requires so much money to get it done so that's why no one does it! We are still waiting for a lot of our investigators to get married and then as soon as that is done they are ready to get baptized. That's about it for this week. another great one to look forward to! </div>
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susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285181503641981948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864675002306913031.post-41496345513308295132017-06-26T21:56:00.000-07:002017-06-26T21:56:19.008-07:00WEEK 95 - ndao isika manao fetyAnother great one! So we got some early transfer news today. For my last transfer we are combining two areas. My old area and another Fort D area. Let me tell you it is a work load. Both areas had pretty full programs and now we have to merge them together somehow! But it will be a good time!<br />
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We were pretty busy this week trying to get everything together and saying goodbye to Elder Francom who just went home. We actually had a pretty packed program just due to everyone wanting to feed us but it was a good time having some interesting dinners... but the work is going better than ever. We have quite a few couple that are getting their papers all in order so they can get legally married so we are just waiting for that. Most of them are coming to church and the ones that don't usually can't attend due to work but everything is getting worked out. </div>
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We actually have this one family that we always mess around with because we walk by them many times a day and they are sellers on the street. We found out they are related to some members and have been trying to get them to come to church for a while and they finally came yesterday! It was awesome! </div>
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So a lot of the work recently has been Elder Allen (new comp) and I trying to figure out ways to put our programs together so we can fit everyone in. Also trying to figure out who people are at church haha. We have a long list of recent converts we have to keep track of but luckily there is a dope member that is preparing for a mission and he helped us out a lot. This week should be a fun week packed full of many many lessons. </div>
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The highlight of the week was sitting in church during the sacrament. It was quiet and I got to watch the deacons pass the sacrament while listening to the wave's crash on the beach right behind me as the cool breeze came in from the open window right behind my head. To top it off it's during the sacrament so the spirit is stronger than ever. You ever want to find Paradise, come on down to </div>
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susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285181503641981948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864675002306913031.post-59409245864533534552017-06-20T23:16:00.002-07:002017-06-20T23:16:23.712-07:00WEEK 94 Nandeha lakana izahay!<div>
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<br />So Elder Allen and I had a split this last Saturday. I took him into my area and we had a great day. So we have this family that has really been progressing. The only thing holding them back from baptism is that they aren't legally married. They are working on that and are getting close to having it done. We had a great lesson reviewing the Plan of Salvation. We talked about our purpose here on earth and the Atonement and it just clicked for them. It was great! </div>
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<br />We decided to drop a couple of people this week which opened up the program to get some fresh meat. So we went tracting and actually found some awesome new families.</div>
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<br />We also went on splits with Elders Blatter and Parraga and I got to go into another area with Elder Parraga! Work is going great in all the areas here in Fort D so it was a great split to get to see how awesome the work is going in another area.</div>
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Another great week in the Paradise of Fort D! So today we went and hiked up the mountain by Fort D and I sent a pic as to why it is named that. Look for the dolphin tail...<br />
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We had an awesome week this week. President Foote just came down and visited us and he left this morning to go back to Tana. As he was down here we had a zone conference. Elder Hunter and I talked about the importance of preparing ourselves spiritually and mentally for lessons. How we must study and prepare our minds to be influenced by the Holy Ghost. Then President talked a lot about how we need to look at ourselves before we try and correct others. If there are things we want others to be doing then we must be doing them first. Now this may sound easy if referring to a new investigator reading or keeping commitments, but it can also boil down to our efforts and desires in this gospel. If we want others to be exited and happy about it, we ourselves must be. </div>
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Besides that, the week went great. We had an awesome lesson with this guy named Alen. He is kind of a punk but he is a cool guy. We had a pretty serious lesson with him talking about how important this is, and if he really wants the fullness of blessings he has to go all in. We committed him to coming on Sunday, again, and he didn't show up... until after Sacrament meeting started. Then he walked in! It was awesome! Besides him, we had our random dude come again and sadly we couldn't teach him this last week but we are going to try and catch him this week. Other than that, our other investigators and church members are still champions.</div>
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Well things are great here in Fort D! Lovin' the mission right now and I'm loving seeing the work of God's hand here in Madagascar. I hope everyone has a great week!<br />
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This week flew by just like last week. We had an awesome week filled with lessons with awesome investigators and recent converts. </div>
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<br />Last thing this week was the talent show. All the branches here (3) got together and put on a talent show this last Saturday. There was a lot of singing and dancing. Actually all of it was singing and dancing and we, the missionaries, had our own dance for the people. I don't think I have ever done anything in my life that has pumped up a crowd so much as I did this last Saturday. The dance we did was called the Barinjaka and the people loved it. There wasn't one person sitting down hahaha. And, the next day everyone called us the barinjaka elders!!!</div>
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<br />Well things are still going great right now. Still covered in bed bug bites but besides that, paradise is still paradise. I'll send you all some pics to prove it. But I know the church is true and it was established on the earth by Christ and restored by Joseph Smith. </div>
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Beautiful beaches in Fort Dauphin</div>
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Pday lunch on the beach!!!<br />
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Nightly sunsets to enjoy<br />
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The beginning part of the week is always hard and was spent saying goodbies and taking pictures and then here I went out to Fort Dauphin and got to meet a lot of new people. Still don't really know anyone but its been a good time. I am with Elder Hunter and this last Saturday I was on splits with Elder Francom doing baptism interviews so these past couple of days are all mashed into one. I am still a little confused on the area but it's been a good time so its not a problem!<br />
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This is Jaxson's Mom who was beyond happy on Mother's Day as we skyped for almost 4 hours of non stop talking with Katelyn/Trevor/Kaden, Linzi/Robert, and the rest of us Jason, Carson, Tyson, and Bryson....and even our two dogs were in the fun! (Jaxson has not personally met our new dog!)<br />
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Jaxson and his companion Elder Nolan were on the streets at 3 a.m. to get to the church to begin skyping with his companions' family. On the way, they were stopped by 2 police officers who wished them a good time. Upon arriving at the chapel(which is one of the best in all of Madagascar) the power was out! NO POWER means no Skyping!!! After checking everything they decided to check the generator and discovered there was no oil in it. I would like to think it was all the years of boy scouting that may have taught him a few things or simply his common sense so they could get on with skyping. So glad Elder Nolan was so patient as we skyped!!!!<br />
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Jaxson's first story was of a RAT! Yes, a rat who had chewed a hole in the bottom corner of the door so it could enter and exit freely. Yikes! They had already killed one but as it is common knowledge when there is one, there is another. Jaxson went to the fridge and saw a long black thing....it was a rat tail! His companions tried to barricade with a wall but the rat jumped and disappeared. For over 30 minutes every kitchen drawer, every shelf, every inch of the disastrous kitchen was covered searching with no luck to find that rat! Jaxson thought to look under the oven pulling open the under drawer and that rat was simply staring at him! He slammed the drawer and lite a paper on fire and threw it under then turned on oven. Never killed it!!! Then they made another barricade and with knives and other weapons they fought that rat for 2 hours. Later they saw the rat again on the fridge, that long black tail. They built a bigger barricade using a tunnel to trap the rat in and to block the end. Brooms and mop in hand (of course Jaxson was using hand actions-hilarious!) they killed it. The good news is the rat is gone. The bad news is the landlord bought a cat and now it smells of cat pee/poo outside their door!<br />
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The best treat was to witness Jaxson receiving his transfer phone call from Elder Lake as we were skyping. This coming Friday he will most likely take a plane down to the very southern end of Madagascar to Fort Dauphin, a beautiful beach area....COWABONGA he yells and kept laughing at this happy news.<br />
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He will continue as Zone Leader training another soon to be Zone Leader.<br />
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Jaxson has tasted some interesting food but the most memorable is noodles with sardines and mayonnaise served COLD......You can decide if he liked it or NOT but ate it all!!!! <br />
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Still having some sick days now and then, but it doesn't stop him for long. He is not a fan of the side poop holes in the ground he gave us a description of and call them toilets but has us laughing so hard as he showed us his missionary planner with missing pages....great toilet paper in any emergency! ( yes he also acted this out in great detail the several bathroom stories...!)<br />
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Loves President and Sister Foote and is learning a great deal from them. President Foote knows his scriptures and stores so well that Jaxson desires the same knowledge. <br />
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Loves the area he is in and will serve anywhere President Foote sends him. 32 baptisms to date this year in area he is currently serving. Looking to continue doubling the number of members to get a temple on Madagascar!! The average family has 3 children in Madagascar.<br />
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When he gets home he can hardly wait to get treats of Tiger Butter, ice cream, and lots of others things he mentioned at Rocky Mountain. He misses his candy store!! ha! Looking forward to BYU Provo.<br />
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Gecko's are in his room and they are so loud at night....he made the sound many times which I conclude he hears non stop. The Madagascar kids continue to be afraid of the missionaries as the many parents tell their kids that the missionaries take care of naught kids which scares them. He told of a story a kid that kept yelling foreigner at them which gets very annoying and happens often. So Jaxson told him to be careful as he eats little kids! haha.....he stopped calling him a foreigner!<br />
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He gave some advice to Carson who is waiting for his mission call to arrive. He can speak the language so well and all the different dialects. He has learned 5 so far....each is like a new language.<br />
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Best Mother's Day wishes and best time Skyping!!! Love my Elder Bowen!<br />
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Our first view of Jaxson<br />
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Receiving transfer news!<br />
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His 'holy' shoes!!!!<br />
<br />susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285181503641981948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864675002306913031.post-68848304714100083892017-05-08T20:05:00.001-07:002017-05-08T20:05:15.339-07:00WEEK 88 Chillin with Pops!Another great week. So right now my dad (trainer) is sitting right next to me! He came back to visit his son... actually just to visit Madagascar but luckily I'm here haha. Today we went and played some soccer with the Malagasies and we lost in PKs... so we will just look forward to taking them next time.<br />
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<br />We had a great week this week. We started out the week with tracting a new area that we found next to our house. We got some solid times and return times. Luckily its an area closer to the church so we had some good success. Then on Wednesday we continued out tracting searching for people as we got dogged for a couple of times and we ended up finding some pretty cool new people. We had a dope lesson with our star man Rafaly. He had awesome questions about the Book of Mormon and he even got his family to learn with him. He says he still wants to read it to find out if it's true before he does anything and we are ok with that haha. </div>
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Me and POPS!<br />
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Our Soccer field<br />
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Our Soccer TEAM!<br />
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A fun surprise email from Grant Schroedter<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">the hail storm</span><br />
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I was a little sick at the beginning of the week so that slowed us down a little but we still pulled out a good week. </div>
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Currrently our dime investigators are named Heingo and Liva. Heingo came to church a couple of weeks ago telling us they used to attend church a couple of years ago. The church was in a different location and then from them moving, they couldn't attend anymore. Now that they found out it's closer, they have started coming again and they haven't stopped yet haha. We saw them at the activity last week and we talked to them about church and they really enjoy it. So they are doing great. </div>
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Our recent converts are doing great as well. Sadly Kiky can only attend every other week at church due to a problem at his work but they are all still doing great even though there was a little mix up at the last activity. Clara said they were pretty upset then but its not a problem anymore. </div>
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Today we had an awesome soccer game. We play the Ankorandrano ward every two weeks and they have been winning recently... but today we took the win! 3-2 was the final score and yours truly scored that last one. Awesome day haha. </div>
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susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285181503641981948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864675002306913031.post-46059977647847376382017-04-19T19:58:00.001-07:002017-04-19T19:58:32.442-07:00WEEK 85 Azafady aminao e! Baptism-Families can be Together ForeverHey everyone! Sorry for the late email. We didn't get the chance to email this last Monday. We had a stake activity we went to that took up alllll day and funny thing is that there were no places to email anyway because they celebrate Easter on Monday. So that explains my emailing late. Just hopping on really quick right now to get out a quick email. <br />
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The highlight from this week was the baptism! We had a great baptism of Kiky (husband), Mariette (wife), Clara (child), Mickaella (child of clara), and Sharon (child of Salim and Landy).<br />
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susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285181503641981948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864675002306913031.post-9992303730795786892017-04-12T20:21:00.002-07:002017-04-12T20:21:21.537-07:00WEEK 84-tonga ny transfera-Great Conference! hello Elder NolanWell another great week has come and gone. So we got transfer news this last Sunday and as expected, Elder Lake is leaving. It was a quick three weeks but now I'm getting Elder Nolan and it should be another transfer of killing it.<br />
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<br />This week was great with General Conference to end it. We went this last Saturday and Sunday to the mission bureau to watch it in English. Truly was a great General Conference. We noticed that the Plan was talked about quite a bit. Also the great wisdom of our Prophet to read the Book of Mormon. Another great conference! </div>
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susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285181503641981948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864675002306913031.post-23341521231098418412017-04-03T19:03:00.000-07:002017-04-03T19:10:15.397-07:00WEEK 83; Mpamboly coco! Wrong Clara-April Fools President Foote!Another great one! So today we had the zone activity, but it wasn't just our zone. It was a Tana combined activity so we had three zones. We found this nice indoor place and played volleyball and soccer for two hours. It was a huge change from playing on the dirt field haha.<br />
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A couple of changes this week. We usually work in this area called Ambohinjanahary every Tuesday and Saturday but the work is kind of slowing down there so we are changing our schedule to open up a new area called Ampatolampy that is closer to the church in hopes of getting more luck and meeting new people. </div>
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Investigators still are doing great. Sadly we haven't taught Liva and Tahiry in a while as Liva is in Fianarantsoa working right now and she is busy with work and the kids. But hopefully he will come back soon and they will get back on track. Johnny told us he and his family would be coming to church this week but sadly didn't come again. We have a new families coming to church again after a couple of years and they are on track to be baptized. Still a little hesitant about the church but they seem to like being there. And, Caroline comes to church with her daughter and they want to get baptized but she is not yet married according to the law so we are waiting on that. </div>
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So, a weird thing happened over this past week. Last week on Sunday we were going to go to Clara, Kiky, and Odette house. While we were walking, we got a call from "Clara" saying they couldn't learn that day. So we turned away and went and found another program. Then on Thursday we went and visited them and they were mad at us for not coming on Sunday! So we told them Clara called us, yet she denied calling us. Lets just say everyone was confused that day. We just assumed that it was someone else who happened to be named Clara and happened to be taking the lessons. So then this last Sunday we were out working and we got a call from "Clara" saying that they couldn't learn anymore and that we shouldn't go to their house anymore. It was way strange as they came to church that day and seemed to be having a good time. So I asked the lady if it was really Clara and if she was the mother to Michaela (her daughters name). The lady said yes and that we can't come anymore. So of course that didn't sit right with us and we went over to their house. We knocked and they let us in as normal. I asked Clara if she called us and she said no. Then we told them the whole story of what happened and they said that it is someone from Clara's old church who was quite angry when she left. The person was calling us claiming to be Clara and telling us she couldn't learn anymore in an attempt to get us to stop going over there. Well, better luck next time. </div>
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Besides that, we had a great week. We had dinner with Lalaina last night (the guy on the moped with us last week) and it was wayyyy good. Fried rice and chicken. Not your typical Malagasy food. And he made us ice cream haha. Other news is Elder Lake and I are officially addicted to mentos, the fruit ones. </div>
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Oh and we got President Foote with an April fools joke! We told him we accidently hired a realitor to show us houses and now she wants five million ariary. (3000 ariary to a dollar) Right as he started freaking out we told him it was an April fools joke. Then he got us back. He said, "you guys want some early transfer news?" we said yeah of course! He said "April fools boys!" </div>
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susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285181503641981948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864675002306913031.post-1186604500730542752017-03-27T20:52:00.000-07:002017-03-27T20:52:52.454-07:00WEEK 82 Legendary team of Lake, Bowen, and Lalaina!!!Another great one!<br />
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So this week we had some great times. This Tuesday we had an MCL with President Foote. Discussed some things about the mission and what we could do to be more productive. Then after that we went out and taught a family that Elder Lesch and I tracted into while we were on splits. we talked to them and they said they almost didn't let us in because they thought we were J Dubs, common thing here in Madagascar. We had a great talk with them about the church and they said they would love to get a Book of Mormon. Sadly we couldn't teach Liva and Tahiry because of their child being sick and they were at the doctors for a while. </div>
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susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285181503641981948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864675002306913031.post-1769009987878095442017-03-20T21:42:00.004-07:002017-03-20T21:42:50.247-07:00WEEK 81 COWABUNGA BRO-Elder Lake - church is true!Hey everyone! So this email will probably be a little shorter! Sadly I got a little sick this week and that hindered the work but this week was still awesome!<br />
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susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285181503641981948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864675002306913031.post-72012675398384511242017-03-13T19:38:00.001-07:002017-03-13T19:38:08.684-07:00WEEK 80 Salama Dahole! - Cyclone - Elder Ellis knowledgeYes there was a cyclone this week! Crazy amounts of rain and really high winds. Luckily no one was hurt and nothing was broken. So that hindered the work on Tuesday night and Wednesday due to people calling us and telling us not to come haha. The work picked up after that. Here are a couple of highlights from the week!<br />
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<br clear="none" />So from our new knowledge from Elder Ellis we went out on Tuesday to find some new solid investigators. The best time of the day was with this one family we have been talking to for a while. We taught them about the Gospel and talked about faith. Then we stressed the importance of coming to church. They said they would come to church this next week. He went on telling us he wants the best for his kids and his wife. He told us that all of the churches they have been to haven't been too good for them. We told him that he would find the right one next Sunday... then we testified to them of the truthfulness of the message and we ended up reviewing the restoration with them. Awesome time! </div>
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<br clear="none" />Sadly our star investigators couldn't learn this week due to the rain on Tuesday and there was a little accident at an activity on Saturday and they didn't come to church. We were worried for them but Elder Tshetu said that if they see the church is true then it won't be a problem. So we are praying for them!</div>
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<br clear="none" />Then we set a baptismal date for Kiky, Odette, Clara, and her daughter. They came to church and Clara even brought her husband, who has been having problems lately. We went and taught them and they said ok let's set a date! They almost put it for this Saturday but due to the dads work schedule, they set it for April 15, a week after the transfer ends. Then we proceeded to teach Clara's husband as he hasn't really been in the picture for a while and it was basically Clara and the family teaching him, it was awesome! </div>
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<br clear="none" />So that's the update on those guys. This week we went knocking and finding, and we found some awesome new people. We have some great follow up times this week, some splits, and a zone conference to look forward to. We prayed hard this last week to find new families to teach and we found! Elder Ellis said it many times and now we find ourselves saying it a lot, that God is a God of miracles.</div>
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susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15285181503641981948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864675002306913031.post-34566943834211901692017-03-06T19:18:00.001-08:002017-03-06T19:18:56.167-08:00WEEK 79 Loholona Ellis-Transfer staying-We won soccer-7 baptisms!<div dir="ltr">
Another great one this week! So this week was a little hectic due to transfers. This Tuesday and Wednesday Elder Lingani said goodbye to some of our members and investigators. Then on Thursday I went on splits with Elder Shoemaker. We went and worked in his area but it is still in my branch since our branch is split with 4 Elders. On Friday we had a mission conference with Elder Ellis! He came and gave us a great lesson. He talked about how God is a God of miracles. How we need to trust in his power and push the work even harder and find those Golden Families. That night I went to another area and did a Baptismal interview for some other elders.<br />
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Saturday came around and it was the first day with my new comp, Elder Tshetu. He is also from South Africa. He is awesome and we have been getting along great. Turns out we were both into a lot of the same things from before the mission and we both have a great desire for the work so needless to say we get along. So Saturday we had an awesome English lesson with our class and then later we attended the baptisms for our branch. 7 baptisms! It was great and everything went smooth. At night we went out to work. We visited Mamy and went over the baptism interview with him but sadly he didn't come to church this Sunday so we will postpone his baptism for the 25th probably where he can get baptized with our other amazing family which we taught that night. We taught them the Law of Chastity and luckily they are already married by the law. But they saw the great importance of the lesson and really enjoyed it. Our awesome member help was hilarious. He went a little too in detail about his temptations before his baptism but it made for a good lesson haha. Then they came on Sunday and they brought all of their kids! Great time! </div>
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Today we went and played soccer and yes the missionaries took it today. We beat the Antananarivo Ward 2-1 today. So there's another one for the Elders. <br />
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Sorry but no pics this week. Card got wiped this last week so we will be recovering that this week hopefully. <br />
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Everyone have a great week!<br />
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