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haha...i have just entered not only what seems like a different mission, but a completely different world! this last week has been pretty crazy, the biggest change i have had in the last year or so.
Just like... riding a bike
Lengua Unica
February 13th 2012
okay, today is a big email day. because ive got big news!!!! changes again! i cant believe it. they say your last six months fly by, but i didnt really believe it entirely....but its true...i have not felt the last two transfers at all! the days are flying by and they are about to fly by faster because
yup. its hard to believe but its true. :)
i dont have much else to say, this last change was probably one of the most difficult changes in the most difficult areas, but it really was a blessing because i have grown the most. my testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is stronger than every and i feel my relationship with my Father in Heaven growing every day. i have learned to work with people that are very different than me and i am coming to accept the challenges of life without getting discouraged (aka no baptisms). every experience in the mission is for our benefit whether its success or ...nonsuccess...ive seen miracles in the challenges. it really just comes down to trusting that God knows best and it will all work out for our benefit. it really has been a blessing and now i am getting exactly what ive asked president for for the last three transfers!!! haha! now well see if i really wanted it :) i love you all and i hope everything is going well. write me!
January 30th 2012
why is my family so big?! i want to write you all every week...but time just doesnt cut it...i love each of you so much its impossible to write it out in words in an email.. its much bigger than 12pt font. and even though the majority of you dont write me often, or dont send cards, you really need to quit feeling guilty about it. because i dont feel bad. i know you love me. in every moment of my lifeyou have been there to support me. i feel the support without paper and ink. i feel it over thousands of miles and without telephone lines. even without photos or a computer. i feel your prayers in every moment that i have been here. and i thank you for them. i love each one of you so much. please quit telling me how much you suck. and how guilty you feel. i hope i am not saying anything to make you feel guilty and if i am im sorry, because i dont mean it. i love love love love love love love you,. and when the time comes you can all show me how much you love me in person....cause time is running out...FAST
January 23rd 2012
sorry! its been awhile since ive sent one of these and this ones not going to be very long...
this last week Elder L Whitney Clayton and Elder Nelson came to El Salvador. we had the oportunity to have a missionary meeting with Elder and Hermana Clayton. it. was.awesome! we got to meet witht he two missions and i got to see Hermana Wooten and Hermana Unger...it was definately a highlight. but the meeting was awesome. i know that ive heard general authorities speak before. but i have never learned so much, or been so interested in what they have to say since the mission. really. its like my entire being hangs on every word they speak! yesterday he came again to our stake conference. and President Cordon as well. it was a spiritual feast! we had an investigator come and after the conference talked with president Cordon for about 20 minutes...we still dont know what they talked about, but we are pretty sure it helped him a lot in his progression to conversion. speaking of Jairo. i have to tell you about him. about two months ago Hermanas Meza and Dalton taught him and he was impossible, one of those people who are too intelligent for their own good who just wanted to fight about prophets. they couldnt even teach one third of a lesson. then he went to church with his aunt last sunday and everything changed. he listens to us. he wants to know. when he prays, he talks and asks God. he reads the Book of Mormon. haha. the second time we taught him he told us he wasnt able to read much...just the introduction, the testimonies of the three, the eight, and of joseph smith, and first nephi until chapter 5...we just left him the introduction to read! his questions are questions of the soul! it is one of the most amazing experiences that i have had here. we are also teaching a girl named ingrid. our bishop gave her a book of mormon a while ago and she has read it all. and prayed...and has a testimony that its true! we are working with her to get her to church...other than that. not much is going on. i love my area, panamericano, chalchuapa, and i love my companion, hermana Meza...from honduras. all is welll...god is awake. i love you
January 2nd 2012
its probably a good thing i didnt have many emails in my box today (EN: Translation: Why did no one write me this week?) because i am writing all about the last two weeks...the last crazy two weeks!!!!! i dont really know where to begin entonces this letter will probably be a little scattered. sorry about that...
so here in El Salvador they dont really celebrate Christmas. i mean few people put up nativity scenes and even less people talk about the birth of Christ. however it is a time of party! Ataco is a party town, and if i werent in the mission i think it would be pretty much the coolest part of El Salvador. however i am on my mission and even though i still think its one of the coolest parts of ElSalvador, it is HARD to teach people when all anyone does this time of year in Ataco is work, and drink. i think the cantidad (not sure if this is a word in english or spanish, but im going to leave it) of drunks in the street doubles, or perhaps triples, in the month of December...and magically they all know us and want to talk to us...all the time. we cant walk down the street without someone yelling 'Elderes! Élderes! venga! necesito su ayuda!!!! quiero cambiar mi vida!' or 'Dios le Bendiga Angeles de Dios!' or 'Voy a ir a la iglesia este Domingo!!! 7am!' its pretty amusing.... one actually followed us for a while trying to give us hugs.....hermana Bonilla was a little scared...I turned around and told him he had to quit drinking and go to Church...he stopped following us.
anyway, back to the point, christmas adventures. the celebrating that they do do here for Christmas takes place on the 24th of Dec. they all have a big family dinner and drink and make merry, about 5 or 6 families invited us to dinner, but we could only accept the invitation to go to three...but im getting ahead of myself...here, we'll number the adventures...
1. a 'Dog Story'
at about 3 in the afternoon we were visiting a less active member and as we were leaving, as in walking out of the gate, out of nowhere their dog bit Hermana Bonilla!!!! she yelped and jumped and the dog let go. at first she acted like it was nothing but as we were walking away i could see tears in her eyes, we rushed as fast as we could (we were stopped by a drunk man promising to change his life and go to church the next sunday) to the house of Hna Sonia, our recent convert nurse. we looked at the bite and it didnt look too bad, the bite didnt draw blood, but we were still pretty nervous. the Ataco Health Center was closed until Monday, so we were only able to clean it, when we went in on Monday the nurses were all freaking out about the bite and told us we needed to go get all the information about the dog, especially if it was vaccinated or not. when we went the owner told us that this dog was famous at the Health center because it always bites people! and that it still wasnt vaccinated!!!! there really isnt a crazy end to this story because after a week of watching the dog its behavior hasnt changed, which means it doesnt have rabies and my companion isnt foaming at the mouth, so i think and hope all is good...plus we got a good story and awesome pictures!
2. Eating....
the people here in El Salvador eat...a lot. they have huge portions and if you dont eat the huge portions they make fun of you and talk about how you never eat anything. so like i said earlier we had a lot of dinner invites for Christmas Eve. and the Christmas dinner really is delicious. everyone eats different versions of the same thing. they are called Panes Rellenos! its french bread rolls filled with this cabbage salad mixture, cucumber, tomato, chicken, radish, and then on top they pour this delicious sauce that i still dont know what it is called. the first house was Monica Figueroa and her family. this family is going to get baptized! teaching them reminds me alot of teaching the familia Velasquesz. they are wonderful and a definately one of the families that if you dont eat everything on the plate it means you hated the meal! but they were first so it was all good :) next we ran over to Alexander, a recent convert, he gave us three panes rellenos each and then when we finished them gave us another. we felt like we were about to die! and we could hardly walk away from the house. when we got to the velasques family we told them that we couldnt eat another bite of anything for the rest of our lives, so they made panes rellenos for us to take home!!! haha...i was an adventure. oh! and then we passed by the Figueroa home to say goodnight because they told us to pass by before we went home...and they gave us cake!...thankfully they had put it on a plate to take home. ! pretty much i love ataco!
3. Rats!
when we got home on the 24th, full to the brim with delicious food. Hna Bonilla went in the room to change and all of the sudden i hear 'AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!' , a really long and high pitched scream that only Hermana Bonilla can give...then she runs out and says 'hermana pappas! hermana pappas! there is a rat in my clothes!!!!!' a few days earlier when we got home there was a mouse in the house. but when we opened the door it ran away outside. Hna bonilla had been a little paranoid and tended to squeal when she thought she saw a rat. which happened often...so i didnt really believe she had seen a rat, but because i am a loving companion is started sifting through he clothes. im sure you can imagine after 6 months of living in this house my things arent really perfectly organized, and niether were hers, but i did my best to find the 'rat' after moving all of her clothes out of the room, shaking each item, and 15 minutes of looking i gave up, thinking she was crazy. after a few minutes of her hitting random items in the room with a broom handle she heard a noise coming from the fan box...she called me and stood on a chair while i moved all the items away from to box and i started hitting the box with the broom handle...after a few hits we heard a scuttling noise, i hit it a couple more times and this HUGE rat ran out!!!!!!! we started screaming and laughing. it ran out the back door into the sewer grate....we started laughing and then all of the sudden ran out of the sewer and into our bathroom!!!!! climbed up the wall and onto the roof and we havent seen it since....!!!...the best part.....i got it all on camera!
so you all know that Marlon got baptized about 3 weeks ago. it was beautiful. it was perfect. and he is on fire. he wants to go on a mission so badly and is visiting with us and going to get preach my gospel. his girlfriend wasnt happy about his decision to go on a mission, even though shes a member, and he started reading scriptures to her aobut the importance of it! and now she is okay with it. on Christmas Jose was baptized...it was a locura! because he didnt come to church in the morning and one of the members toldus that she saw him drunk on the 24th, like i said before the word of wisdom is THE sin of Ataco, so were a little worried, but we found him, he didnt drink, and he was baptized. he too is going to go on a mission. oh! and the picture....remember Alexis? from Sensunapan? when i saw the baptisimal pictures of Jose, i was reminded of Alexis...can you tell me why?
Monica was not baptized this week. her parents Miraculously gave her permission, but she decided to wait until this month...which really was the best decision because it gives her and her family a little more time to prepare. both of us and her felt like the 22nd is a good day. but she is still on fire! and her family is opening up, not only did they feed us on Christmas, but on New Years too (fried fish! have you ever eaten just a fish...fried! with head, tail, and everything! its delicious!) and when the family is feeding you...their hearts are definately opening up!
anyway, i think thats it for time.i am a little sad today. we recieved changes yesterday, and i am getting transfered...and not to Belize. niether i nor hna bonilla could sleep last night. we are SO sad! i dont want to leave. i love my area, i love my companion. she is pretty much the best! not just a companion but a friend. we work well together and we are finding people...even president told our zone leader that he likes our companionship...why change a great thing? so what if i have 6 months in the area? whats one more? anyway. not my will....its all good! iknow i cant see the big picture...but yeah....all is well. we are in 2012! i just completed my first entire year of being out of the states, not speaking english. waking up at 630 or earlier (who thought that could have ever happened!) life is good. i love you. God loves you. Happy new year...
p.s. what do we talk about in church the entire month of December? CHRISTMAS!!!!! what do we do in church when christmas lands on a sunday...TALK ABOUT THE BIRTH OF CHRIST!!!!...what did they talk about here...fasting and tithing....there ARE some traditions that i miss :)
December 26th 2011
i have so filpping much to write and NO TIME!!!! i just wanted to wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS...ayer! and say i love you and i PROMISE i will send a llllloooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnngggggggg letter telling about all my christmas adventures! and more from new years....important things you should know...jose DID get baptized yesterday. and it was AMAZING!!!! carlos is not getting baptized. he fell into tempation and cant get out of it. we are still working on it. but we'll see...pray for Monica Figueroa, with a miracle her parents will give her permission to be baptized this week! miracles happen. this i know! i love you all and will talk to you next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 19th 2011
Me in a tree!
us in the back of a pickup
me teaching a viajita
me with little kids in Ataco!
me with hna bonilla, we did a dance for the mission talent show
December 12th 2011
these last two weeks have been full of miracles....i cant believe i have beeen blessed to see and experience the things i am seeing and experiencing...i hope i will be able to remember it all...
Carlos- did i write about him? about two weeks ago Carlos found us in the street, he was drunk and started following us. there are a lot of drunks in Ataco and the majority are harmless...about three weeks ago one started running after us trying to hug us. we never feell in danger, but its always good to be careful. anyway,I half paused as my companion kept walking away, usually we tell the drunk me following us that they need to stop drinking and go to church on sunday, they usually reply, OKAY! and then go their way. i dont know how it happened, but i started having a conversation with Carlos. we set up an appointment for the next day and i told him if we came he couldnt drink. he told us the bottle in his pocket is his last one. we went late that day to try to find his house but couldnt find it. and imnot sure if we were really planning on going to his house the next day, but a story i read in the liahona kept coming to my mind about these one missionaries who did practically the same thing i did, didnt go to his house and then three weeks later found out the guy had actually quit drinking and was waiting for them...so the next day we went. he opened the door..clean shaven, with clean clothes and waiting for us. his mom came to listen, we explained a little bit more about the word of wisdom and he said that he is done drinking and doing drugs and wants to be a member of our church, no other. (!!!) since that day he has gone to EVERY meeting in the church, taken part in a service project of the quorum of Elders and is reading the book of Mormon every day. his mom cries every time he talks about how much he wants to change...and he has a baptisimal date for next Sunday....this is the biggest miracle i have ever seen...imagine if we had just treat him like nothing or didnt go to find him.
Jose- for months we have been hearing his name, a reference of one of the members that always says he will be interested, but never invite him to have a lesson. last sunday we were walking with this member and we passed a group of guys, as we were walking away he tells us that his friend was in that group...we called him over and set an appointment to talk with him. when we had the lesson he told us that it is time for him to join a church and he wants to join ours. (!!!) he came to church on sunday and we invited him to be baptized on the 25th...its really cool metaphorically speaking because his birthday is the 24th, so he'll celebrate his birthday on saturaday and he'll give his present to Christ on Christmas...we still have a long way to go before we realize this amazing metaphor, but we could do witha few of your prayers in the process, thanks!
other than that this last week has been filled with spiritually uplifting experiences, we are in the middle of 4 missionary training meetings aimed at helping us better our teaching. and its working. we are learning to follow the spirit and ask question and teach people, not just lessons. as we are applying these principles to our teaching we are finding a lot more success! its pretty amazing
anyway, i love you. God loves you. and not much else really matters!
November 28th 2011
One Year Gone!
in three days i will complete ONE YEAR IN THE MISSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i cant believe it. part of me feels like ive been out only a short while, the other part of me feels like ive been out an eternity. time doesnt work out here like it works in the real world...in fact i have somewhat complete forgotten the real world...i try to think of what i did before the mission and my mind draws a blank... I DIDNT DO ANYTHING!!!!!!
What Has Changed?
the mission makes a person feel so productive...we get up at 630 (at the latest, we have started getting up at 6 to go for a run or play basketball...) ...i remember when it was IMPOSSIBLE for me to get up before 10....30....(EN:Or noon-ish)we study at least two hours, sometimes more if we get dressed really fast....ive learned to take showers that are SHORTER than 5 minutes (i know, i know...A MIRACLE!!!)(EN: No, really, it is!), it could be because the water if FREEZING cold. we work all day, visiting people and trying our best to help people, and just be their friends. i am in bed by 1030 (not at 3am!) and i am asleep by 1045...
What makes me nervous...
i am slightly nervous (only slightly right now because i still have 6.5 months!) that when i return home i will slip right back into who i was. i realize that it wouldnt be the worst thing in the world, because i wansnt a horrible person. but to be so productive now and to not do anthing afterward scares the heck out of me! progress...that is the key. siempre necesitamos progression!
Line upon line
i have changed so much in the last year. day by day you dont feel the change...but week by week and month by month the little details change everything, until the person i am, is completely different from the person i was. and the person i will be is much better than the person i am...at least i hope so!
i love you all. i miss you all. i hope your thanksgiving was as wonderful as mine! im thankful for you!!!!
Philippians chapter 1 verse 3
and just for fun, chapter 3 verse 2
November 21st 2011
(Editorial Note: This is one of my favorite letters from Casey due to the blatant evidence of her loss of the English language. It makes me laugh! My sister has turned her life over to the Lord! I love the evidence of it in her language.)
Slipping through my fingers...
i really cant believe it, ANOTHER transfer is OVER!!!!!....my mission is quickly slipping through my fingers and i have no control over it!!!!!!! i guess i can just live it up and have all the awesome experiences that i can. this transfer i am.... ... ... ... ...STAYING IN ATACO!!!!!! yes that is right! i am not having transfers! Hna bonilla and i are going to continue giving war...is that a phrase in english?... Marlon has another date, its for this next sunday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANITA!!!! i am going to give you a baptism!...actually we dont know for sure because his girlfriend cant be there this next sunday so its either this sunday or the 14th of December!....we are still working like crazies ..although we went to the temple on friday...oh my gosh...i went to the temple a bunch of times before the mission and in the begining, but i never felt what i felt in this temple....it feels like home....i wouldnt mind living in the temple. and the san salvador temple is flipping amazing! it is so so so beautiful and there is a spirit that is indescribable... (word?) ...then today we had a baleadas party, baleadas are the food tipico in Honduras. today is the LAST pday of Hna Bermudez :( she is going home!!!!!!! so we got together with another zone to make baleadas...its not that i dont like my zone, but we get along much better with the elders and sisters of the other zone, so we just spend our pdays with them :) it was pretty much awesome. other than that nothing much is happening. i am aaaaallllll goood.
i love you all!
November 14th 2011
I am talking about me, dang it!
everyone is telling me that they want to hear about me and dont really know how im doing...but i feel like i am writing about me.
my experiences...i mean, how would YOU be if you were walking up a hill and somebody just asked you if they could be baptized?! yeah, there are hard days...or hard weeks, when people only just want to teach you what they know...or test your knowledge about the scriptures...or just invite you in because they dont want to be rude. and there are people that fight with you. and people that no matter how clearly you say 'repent and be baptized because you are going to el infierno if you dont' just cant understand.
i think i am losing all tact
i have to try not to offend people when they ask if what im really saying is that their church doesnt help them return to the presence of God. because am now trying to just make people understand...but they dont!!!! and its not my spanish that's the problem!!!!!!!!.
i am learning to be pretty darn blunt, which may or may not be a good thing :) but sometimes its fun...haha! the other day we were teaching a guy who likes to say he talks clearly (but he really just talks in circles about abstract ideas)....about the third or fourth time he repeated 'hna pappas, you know that i like to speak things clearly' i stopped him and told him 'no, you dont like to speak clearly, you like to speak very unclearly in circles!' his wife started to laugh hysterically and clap...BECAUSE SHE KNOWS ITS TRUE!!!!!!!!!
.... yeah, there are hard times...
but its like what president says, very rarely we remember the pain. we forget pain quite easily. and really the only pain comes from wanting everyone to accept and live the gospel...they dont know what they're losing, but we do...and so it hurts
...but i've been thinking about the scripture in Corithians 15 40-41...it says that there is one glory of the sun. one glory of the moon...but there are many many stars in the sky. its sad, but God knows that the Majority of his kids arent going to make it to the celestial (or even the terestrial (no idea how to spell that)) kingdom. and its sad...i just hope that me...and my family make it there.
vaya pues!
i just want everyone to know that i love the Gospel of Jesus Christ!!! ITS TRUE!!! i love the plan of salvation, because there really isa purpose to us being here on earth! we DID exist before we got here...we WILL exist after this life...and there is a plan. its important to realize that this life really is small...REALLY small...its so short but what we do here has eternal significance
...i really dont know what i believed before the mission, because every day its a new realization of what i know and what i believe. i feel like i never knew this stuff before, even though i professed that i did...i believed it, sure...but now i know it!!!!
i am happy. i hope that tells you something. i have never been happier in my life. because i know. and the hard stuff. really doesnt matter, because the hard stuff always...ALWAYS...has an expiration date.
I love you all and hope you too are happy. i miss you but even that wont last too much longer...
November 7th 2011
This week was pretty awesome. we lost a few days because of the whole Hermana Estrada foot fiasco, but we worked hard and saw some miracles!
miracle number one: on thursday we have noche de hermanamiento at the church (night of brotherhood?) at 7pm...but this thursday we had a super long lesson that we didnt get out of until almost 8...we debated for a few minutes if we should or shouldnt go to the church and in the end we decided to go. about thre quarters of the way up the huge hill to the chapel this kid comes over and tells us there is someone on his cell phone that wants to talk to us...uh huh, sure!....needless to say we were VERY untrusting so finally after a minute of trying to convince us unsuccessfully to take the phone, he put it on speaker and a girl named jessica started talking to us and told us something along the lines of: "missionaries! my name is Jessica and this kid holding the phone is my boyfriend, his name is Marlon, and he wants to be baptized as soon as possible! he has a Book of Mormon and is reading it as well as Principles of the Gospel, he is going to church on Sunday and i just need you to call me to tell me what day his baptism will be so i can get off work! is that okay?!"...she paused and I actually said "are you kidding me?! is this a joke?!" she assured me it wasnt....we have a baptisimal date for the 24th of November!
miracles numbers 2-6: on Sunday we usually leave the house around 630 to wake everyone up for church...do missionaries do that in the states?!?! anyway, EVERYONE said they couldnt go, or that they were sick, or just didnt open the door...we were pretty down when we went to the church at 730...but de repente! Carlos came again! very surprising and also Fernando (he wasnt awake when we passed by in the morning so we had given up on the idea that he would come) Marlon came...and then when i had thought that i had seen all the miracles for the day Sabrina came...with her husband!!!!!! (carlos)...in order for you to really appreciate that miracle you need to hear the backstory...
Backstory of Sabrina and Carlos:
we contacted sabrina last week. when we were giving her the first lesson at the end she told us that about eight years ago she was praying to God to find the church that he wanted her to be in...she was praying and praying and praying and one night she had a dream and in the dream Christ told her that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints was his church...and for 8 years SHE DISMISSED THE DREAM AS NOTHING!!! even though she knows that it was the answer!!!! but there is something that is holding her back and we dont know exactly what it is...anyway. we wanted to teach her husband too but she told us that Carlos likes the things of the world and he has told her that he knows hes going to Hell, but hes okay with it...hmmm....anyway on saturday we talked to him and i was pretty blunt telling him that hell isnt pretty and we read the story of Alma the Younger...he didnt seem too interested...BUT THEN HE CAME TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY!!!!!!!!?!?!?!...we are a little confused. but i guess well see what happens...so in your prayers please include:
and ME!!!!
i love you all i am all good and i am loving life...the rain has gone and everyday is BEAUTIFUL!!!! i miss my family...but i.love.el.salvador!!!
November 1st 2011
The Craziest Day Ever!!!!!
Hello lovely family. yes i am writing on tuesday! yesterday was the Craziest day EVER!!!!!
remember about a month ago when i wrote about how Hermana Estrada sprained her ankle, well, its been bugging her still so we FINALLY made an appointment to get an Xray, we left early in the morning hoping to just get an ankle brace and return before noon...until they found out that it wasn't a sprain...it was a fracture!!!! she had three small fractures in the little leg bone (i have no idea what its called). so they sent us back to Ataco to get clothes and return to Santa Ana, however on our way back to Ataco the car we were in blew a tire...thankfully we were pretty close to a car shop and less than an hour later we were back on the road. we made it back to Santa Ana in time to break a piñata with the Hermanas there...p.s. the house of the nurse has three bathrooms and hot water....i was half tempted to sprain my ankle just to be there for a week...kidding!...anyway...Hermana Estrada is in bed for 7-10 days. no walking, no working. Thankfully! there was a trio in Santa Ana and i am back in Ataco today with Hermana Bonilla...she has four months in the mission but only two weeks in El Salvador because she is from Columbia and had trouble with her visa. She was serving in one of the missions in Columbia and now she just got here only to have emergency transfers...she says the culture is completely different, she can hardly understand the accent here because 'the people here dont speak spanish they speak slang' :) life is crazy, its wierd to have a different companion but i think it will make me work harder...Hermana Estrada and I were too comfortable with eachother.! :)
the rain has gone and now the days are beautiful and happy and the nights are flipping cold...i just bought a blanket today because i sleep with two layers and a blanket and still wake up three times a night with cold. but its all good. i love you all and hope you have a great week! ill write more on monday (Hopefully!!!)
October 24th 2011
What a week! i know i say that every week, but every week its true...nothing really happened this week it rained and rained until about wednesday and then the weather took a 180 degree turn and now it is bright and sunny and warm....which is just great except that i bought three sweaters last week...but its all good cause everyone is saying that even though it isnt raining anymore (and wont rain until next year!) the weather is about to get really cold...anyway, i doubt you all want to hear about the weather...
Write Me More, Please!!
(EN: Okay, that is not really what this says... but it is what it means!)
due to recent occurances in the mission we are now only allowed 45 minutes to write people...and can only write immediate family...this means that i can still recieve emails, but that all my responses to everyone but my immediate family will have to be through snail mail... ;) i love you all and will talk to you in approx 8 months... :D
me me me. i am all good. today we went to tour a power plant that sucks water from the center of the earth turns it all into steam makes electricity and the pumps the water back down to the center of the Earth. pretty cool. the best part was that we had to wear hard hats! but then afterward we took a little hike to see some hot springs and just to prove that the Lord protects us from danger but not our own stupidity (technically we are not allowed near ANY water) one of the elders took a step where the earth was just a thin shell over boiling sulfur water...his foot was covered and now he has 2nd degree burns all over his foot. and it started blistering and...yeah, it was gross...we are going to see what happens with that....there are just some experiences that the only good outcome is a cool story...
Thoughts on Revelation(s)
this week i have been studying revelation. mostly because even though i love the book of mormon and thinking of all of the fulfilled prophecies in it is really cool i always think it would be even cooler to read about the future beyond our time...and then i realized that is pretty much what the book of revelation is all about!!!!!!!! so i started reading it...i still dont understand all of it, but most of this week i have been thinking about the second coming and everything thats going to happen...im pretty excited about it, the only thing is that we need to prepare...this life is all about preparation. its easy to get caught up in what we call life, the little things that distract us. but really if we always keep our eternal perspective and prepare for the future we will be okay! ...but at the same time living in the moment and doing all the good that we can...i always laughed at the part of the hymn that says 'then wake up! and do something more, than dream of your mansion above...' because who really just thinks about living in the celestial kingdom all the time...until this week when i have been living in that thought...anyway the point is dont get distracted by the little things that happen in life (or the seemingly big things) keep the eternal perspective and do all the good you can, for yourself and for other people.
Me Me Me
i keep getting emails that say i dont talk about myself very much. i feel like all i do is talk about myself. i am great, my comp is all good...i am still with Hermana Estrada, she reminds me so much of trish its not even funny...we've been together three months and still have a month more at least. i love her to death, but i hope we have changes this next transfer because i want to go to Belize...please pray for that! (yes, it is a completely selfish desire) i love life and cant imagine going home ever....i know the culture is completly different, but i have forgotten a lot of the US culture and am scared to go back...whew! i still have a while left...alright..i really have nothing else to write. i love you all and will write...next week!
October 17th 2011
It's... Christmas?!?
this week was definitely interesting...it rained and poured ALL week...in fact it is still raining and pouring. its flipping cold and i only have one thin sweater (because who in the world thought that i would need more than one in El Salvador!!!). i am buying a coat today. :)
Because of the weather i feel like it is Christmastime....i am driving my companion crazy because all i want to do is sing christmas songs, give service and drink hot chocolate, apple cider. and soup... every day i burn my tongue more! the last thing we want to do is go tracting outside!...but we do....however the people in Ataco are not like the people in Sensunapan and more often than not they tell us that they arent interested and perhaps we can come back when it stops raining...and then they shut the door....youd think this would make us sad and discouraged but for the last week i have had a inexplicable joyful feeling...i think it has to do with the Christmas cheer i am feeling two months too early!....all is well!
in other news we had a baptism friday! Fernando...do you remember about Alexis in Sensunapan. he's a repeat! he is amazing. just takes everything as it is and knows its true. i am so grateful that i got to be his missionary!
Please pray
please pray for our investigators we have a family that needs lots of prayers they are in a difficult situation that is going to take time to fix...more than anything they need patience and motivation...but their kids are getting baptized at the end of the month! (we hope!!!)
Familia Laguan!
i love you all and hope all is well...stay safe!
October 3rd 2011
this week was definitely a pday week...on Wednesday we had a multizona and we in Santa Ana all day and then with General Conference....usually by the end of the week i am in desperate need of a pday, but today i feel completely rested and ready to work!!!...but we get a pday anyway :)
highlights of the week:
Katherine was baptized Wednesday! after the multizona we had to run back to Ataco (not literally), the multizona ended at about 430, the baptism was scheduled at 6 and it takes an hour and a half to travel back to the area. we got the the church at 615 and we started it at 630...a miracle!
also....LA FAMILIA VELASQUEZ!!!!!!!!! milagro de milagros!!!! it was soooooo beautiful and everybody was crying and they were sooooooo happy! it was really special. this baptisimal service made it to the top of my top baptisms list, well, all baptisms are top...but you know what i mean...
General Conference....I can not believe that six months have already passed by since the last General Conference. can not believe it. but how awesome was it!?!?!?! i cant choose a favorite talk, there are so many! but of the ones i think i needed most were from Barbara Thompson about recieving personal revelation. and then President Uchtdorf....oh my gosh...it was Marvelous! about the two extremes that satan plays in our mind, that we are something, and then that we are nothing. but the reality lies in between, that we are of great worth because we are children of God, but at the same time we are nothing, we have weaknesses and in a moment its all over. we have all power and at the same time we have no power....talk about profound. there was another...oh! the Gift of Choice!!!! i loved that about how really there are two choices, and it is not for us to decide to have a mix of both, it doesnt work like that. and President Eyring about the Baptisimal Covenant! especially because thats kind of our focus as missionaries. there was so much knowledge, it was a spiritual feast! and there were so many things that help me now as a missionary and things that are to help me in my life. after hearing President Monson's talk, when we were back in Ataco i could litereally feel a bubble of protection around us. how awesome is it that we know how to be happy and safe, if we so but choose. this world really is increasing in iniquity at a rapid pace and the gap between 'us' and 'them' is growing wider and wider. and if people would just open their eyes and ears, they too could find real peace...i feel so blessed to have been spoon-fed this knowledge and taught to look for truth rather than just accepting what i've been given. this morning i was talking to an old lady on the bus. we started talking about religion (obviously) and she informed me that she was Catholic, that no matter what she was taught to not even listen to other beliefs because going from one church to another is playing a game and that is NOT right. in fact its the worst thing a person can do. sadly, this is the idea of the majority of the people here...i was born this way, i am going to die this way, and there is nothing you can say to make me change my opinion. people see others searching for truth and look down on them because they are playing with God. i am so thankful that i was taught to not just 'be Mormon' but to search for truth. and there is truth in every person that you meet. I am thankful that my parents allowed me to go to the Bible Study of the Church down the street, and the take part in celebrations of other religions and cultures...experience is what this world is all about and if we close our eyes, our ears, our hearts, and our minds to everything but what we've been taught since childhood we miss out on a lot. a whole lot. so this is my challenge of the week. be open. try something new. learn something from somebody else. open your mind. open your ears. and listen! :)
I love you all and hope you have a fantastic week!
September 26th 2011
The dice in the air
this last week is either numbered one of the best weeks of my mission or one of the worst....the dice are still in the air.
last Monday after playing softball with another zone my companion was messing around and fell and sprained her ankle really badly, so badly that she had to be off of it for one entire week! this last week we had 3 baptisms scheduled and a ton of work to do! so everyday we had to find sisters of the ward to stay with her and sisters to leave with me to teach...difinitivamente it was a week to remember. God had a huge part to do this week and he came through (surprise!!!) I was able to leave and visit people everyday sometimes i had to talk the entire lesson but other times a returned missionary could leave with me and take part in the lesson. in one lesson i had a sister from the ward that didnt have any experience as a missionary and a recently returned missionary, our ward mission leader...it was really weird because the lesson played out like he was my comp. bouncing back and forth teaching the plan of Salvation....i kept expecting to hear Hna. Estradas voice and then i would hear his...WEIRD!!!!! also our neighbors have like three families living in one house and they have a ton of kids, and they helped us EVERY day to watch Hna Estrada after school. a blessing straight from God. on Wednesday Hna Estrada and I were both going insane me from stress and her from having nothing to do in the house all day...she read half of Alma in one day...we read chapter 6 in preach my Gospel, especially about patience....we decided this really was the test of the week. the ultimate test of the week happened yesterday when i arrived at the house of Alex, Alejandra, and Katherine without my comp. to pick them up for church (the three that were going to get baptized) when alejandra answered the door she told me that only she was going and that the other two didnt want to go to church and didnt want to get baptized..!!! (the day before i asked them all how they felt and they all said yes!!!!!) i prayed harder than i have ever prayed in my life and went in to talk to Katherine and Alex, i started talking to Katherine when her mom told us that she was not okay with the baptism now and that they need more time and......yeah...... we read scriptures together, prayed, talked and cried and in the end Alex and Alejandra came to church. we talked some more and after church brought their mom to the church to talk with the elders while me and two recent converts went to work things out with Katherine....after testimonies and scriptures and hyms and prayers we found out that the real problem is that Kathrine didnt want to get baptized with her sister....that was it!....so we changed her baptisimal date to wednesday and we all went to the church and Alejandra and Alex were baptized and their mom felt the spirit and started to cry and now she wants to get baptized.....!!!!!! how awesome is that!!!!!!!!?!?!?!?!?!?
it was either the best week of my mission, or the worst...i guess it just depends on how you look at it....
September 19th 2011
Hola Family and Friends...
not much to say this week. ...we had the baptism of Abigail yesterday!!!!!! it was beautiful! and we are working hard to complete with the other five...every baptism is a miracle and every miracle needs prayers to happen! please pleas please pray for our investigators...i love you all and hope you have a fantastic week!
Sonia Velasquez
Mauricio Velasquez
Alex Diaz
Alejandra Diaz
Katherine Diaz
September 12th 2011
"Hello Beloved Family and Friends!"
We have six baptismal dates!!!
i want to thank each and every one of you for your prayers for me and for our investigators...BECAUSE WE HAVE 6 BAPTISIMAL DATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO! yup yup yup. its pretty exciting. our lìder misional gave us a thought yesterday that i cant to share with you all because, true confession, i havent written in my journal in over a month...or two...and i dont want to forget this idea, because its really good....ready?
Christ can do everything. nothing is impossible for him. for us, walking on water, healing the sick, moving mountains, are miracles. it is impossible for us to do these things with our own power. but not for Christ, to do these things is as easy for Him as it is for us to breathe. He can do everything. However there is one thing that is a true miracle for Christ and that is when somebody has a change of Heart. when somebody decides to repent and change their own life. this is a miracle for Christ because he will not, he cannot, obligate a person to change. He cannot make a person repent. so everytime we witness a change of heart in somebody's life, everytime we have the opportunity to witness a baptism, we witness a true miracle for Christ. How beautiful is that!?! I know that the work that i am doing is the best work one can have the opportunity to do. to help people change thier lives... i witness miracles everyday.
Miracles right and left
Especially right now i am seeing miracle right and left. we are teaching the Velasquez family and they have accepted a date! the 26th of September! Sonia is all for it, this is the date that she felt when she prayed about it. Mauricio is still a little shaky, he needs prayers, he is putting forth effort, yesterday we passed by to see how everything was to go to church about 45 minutes before and he was still asleep, i didnt think he was going to come, but he did! and they go to every single church activity during the week if they are not working, and we visit them at least three times a week (if not four or five) they are awesome! so please continue to pray for them. Also their kid, Abi...she was going to get baptized with them, but she wants to go to the Temple on the 24th, which means she needs to get baptized and confirmed this week...so she is!
In your prayers
Alex, Alejandra, and Katherine, also need prayers. they are ages 11, 12 and 13. they are always in the house the two older kids dont go to school and thier mom is ALWAYS working. they have too much time on their hands. we are visiting everyday and trying to help them, but they are finding it difficult to change. they go to seminary and all the other activities. I know that this could really help their family and also thier mom. thank you for your prayers!
And sick... again... again...
in other news...there is no other news...i got sick again :) and i dont even know why! i dont eat from street vendors and i wash my vegetable with bleach...but that is the life i guess...i got a blessing and by the end of the night i was better! thank goodness for the Priesthood, works miracles (for us, not for God)
Information from home
I just recieved a mountain of information from home. 'the restaurant,' or rather my family's restaurant that has been part of, i mean, has been our life for the past 17 years is closing in two weeks...and Trish is going to have a baby...A BABY!!!! there will be 6 baptisms here within the next two weeks...the only thing that will not kill the climax is if the world were to end in three weeks...


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I am back today with another week in review art journal spread. Over at Simon says Stamp the Challenge is H is for. I decided that H is for Home.
I started out with some gesso, various blue Gelatos, some background stamps, Archival Ink, white acrylic paint, and a stencil.
For my weekly planner page I used some yellow Gelatos. I took a stencil and baby wipe and wiped some of the Gelatos away for a more interesting background. I then used some homemade washi tape to divide the days out. The washi tape is deli paper that I wiped excess paint, ink, and stamps off on from various other projects. I also punched circles out of the deli paper and added in the dates.
I used a Dylusions Stamp set to stamp my houses onto the same painted deli paper. I then cut them out and adhered them to my pages.
Next I added in my photos from the week and framed them out with more handmade washi tape.
Lastly I added in a quote. I colored a journal card with more Gelatos, but this time used some blue Gelatos through a stencil.
And there you have it my No place like Home week in review art journal spread. Make sure to check out the challenge over at Simon Says for even more inspiration. As always thanks for stopping by!
Sunday, February 8, 2015
No place like Home
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Your journal pages are so beautiful. The background patterns and the houses are lovely. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. :)ReplyDelete
What a pretty layout!!! I love the pages!!!ReplyDelete
Really nice journal pages! That background is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
I so want to get some Gelatos
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Have you guys tried those Kale and Brussels Salad kits with the cranberries and pepita seeds? Well my husband and son are addicted! Then one of my clients asked for a yummy dressing to go with her meals so I made a much healthier version of this dressing!
Sweet Onion Dressing
1/2 red onion
3 green onions, whites & greens
1/2 cup olive or avocado oil
8 tablespoons maple syrup
6 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon mustard powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
1 tablespoon poppy seeds
- Put everything but the poppyseeds in vitamix or blendtec.
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- Place dressing in mason jar, add the poppyseeds and cover with lid.
- Shake well and refrigerate.
- Use in salads, dip veggies in it or smoother on sandwiches.


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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
My first project for the CWC DT!!!
The theme this week was Pumpkin Carving/Pumpkin Patch so I used the "Bear In Pumpkin Patch" cut file from Page-Kits.com. You have GOT to check out all their files, they are SO adorable!!! Okay without further adeu, here's my project!
I did a picture frame & put a picture of my nephew Ethan & the pumpkin that he carved last Halloween. I just LOVE how it turned out & is that cut file not too cute?! I got the wooden picture frame from Michaels & just mod podged that piece of Best Creations Inc. paper right onto the frame. After it had some time to dry I used my craft knife to cut the rest of the paper off around the edges & the inside hole where the picture goes. After that I just used cardstock scraps and the SCAL program to cut the little bear & pumpkins file & glued them on using my zig 2 way pen.
It was easy as pie & turned out great I think! I gave it to my nephew & he was sooo happy with it! So don't forget to head on over to Cooking With The Cricut to participate in our challenge & get some great inspiration!
Have a great Wednesday everyone!!! :)
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and a great job you did, I cant wait to see what you cook of for the rest of the challenges :)ReplyDelete
You ROCK VALINE!!!! I bet that frame just sparkles so nice with that best creations paper! It is a true keepsake! Precious!!! I love it. Thank you so much for being a part of the CWCDT :-)ReplyDelete
What a cute frame you created!ReplyDelete
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What a wonderful project you made! Your nephew is a cutie :)ReplyDelete
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very nice thank you for sharingReplyDelete
This frame is adorable:) You did an awesome job! TFS.ReplyDelete
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i can't believe how perfect that pattern paper is for this frame and Melin's cuts!ReplyDelete
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Absolutely handsome. Can't say beautiful because it's for a little guy. TFS!ReplyDelete
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Remember the baby cocoon that I mentioned making with my handspun yarn a few weeks ago, followed the next week by making a hat for Gus and beginning another hat for Feathers with the remaining yarn? The day before Aurora went into labor I stayed up late finishing Feather's hat so I could give it to her the next day.
She too loved her hat. I'm sure it's the crochet butterfly that won her over. (Sorry for the blurry pictures – my camera has been dropped a few too many times; it's getting increasingly harder to take a sharp image without a tripod.)
Sadly Gus hadn't worn his hate to the hospital that morning so I wasn't able to take a picture of them together wearing their matching hats. Here's the picture from the previous week.
When making the hats I deliberately used more of the blue/grey sections of the handspun yarn for Gus's hat and the red/orange sections predominately in Feather's hat. I had grand plans of a picture of these three grandchildren in their matching handspun wools. Alas, it was not to be. Unexpected circumstances had made MJ come to Oregon two weeks earlier than she's originally planned and by the time Aurora had Violet our son had flown out here so he could drive back with MJ on Saturday. They only had a brief time Saturday morning with Aurora and Violet before they headed for the long trip back home. Aurora hadn't packed the cocoon for the hospital and I wasn't about to make a big deal out of trying to make it work.
Try to picture the two children above wearing their hats, sitting together with Violet/
The Baby Cocoon, officially known as the Eskimo Kiss Hooded Cocoon, pg 94 of Welcoming Baby Home by Tricia Drake. I used a N/10mm Knook that Ed made for me for the Cocoon and a J/6mm Knook for both hats.
When Violet was five days old Aurora put her into the Cocoon. She loved it! She'd been a bit fussy but as soon as she was snuggled into the cocoon she relaxed and fell asleep.
That afternoon friends stopped by to see Violet and visit. Nine month old Baby Ava was very intrigued by this real doll.
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Comfortable, modern apartment in excellent Chelsea location,
This is a clean, modern apartment with all the expected mod cons – flat screen TV with digital channels, broadband internet connection, Bose iPod speakers, washer/dryer etc.
The location is excellent – 5 minutes walk to Sloane Square (centre of the universe for the London upper-crust) and its tube (District and Circle lines) and 2 minutes from the Kings Road with its fashion boutiques, and buzzy bars and restaurants.
The flat is on the first floor (good lift) of a 1920s built block which has been totally modernised and sleeps 4 people in a double and a twin bedroom. There's one bathroom.
The living area (14ft3 x 13ft9, 4.35m x 4.2m) has a 3 seater sofa and arm chair, side tables with lamps, dining table that extends to seat 6, bookshelf, flat screen TV with digital channels, broadband internet connection (bring your own laptop) and, Bose iPod speakers (bring your own iPod).
The galley kitchen is small but functional and has all the expected appliances including a microwave and washer/dryer (but no dishwasher).
There are two bedrooms – a double and a twin. The double (10ft10 x 10ft10, 3.3m x 3.3m) has a 6ft wide bed and spacious built-in cupboards. The twin (10ft6 x 10ft6, 3.2m x 3.2m) has two single beds and also has good cupboard space.
The bathroom has bath + hand and over showers, basin and loo.
The flat is in a great position. You are 2 minutes from The Kings Road with its blend of high fashion and street-wise culture reminiscent of the 60s, numerous shops, pubs, cafés and restaurants. Ranelagh Gardens and the grounds of The Royal Hospital (where the annual Chelsea Flower Show is held) which are open to the public are a 5 minute stroll.
The same distance at 68 Royal Hospital Road is Gordon Ramsay's restaurant (he's one of our most celebrated chefs) with what many say is the best food in London – but you MUST book ahead.
7 nights or more £225 per night, 5 or 6 nights £245 per night.
Sorry – minimum age 8.
This is a No Smoking property.


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Companies and government organizations are increasingly incorporating the ideas of gamification into the way they assess whether job applicants are the right fit for an open role. But recruiting managers should be careful to determine whether they are gamifying work-related elements or just having candidates play games. If the latter, then the game is not related to the job and will have little value as a pre-hire selection tool – and could even backfire.
Gamification is ostensibly used to test a candidate's skills and abilities by asking them to play some form of game. Recruiters often take this approach because they think that transforming applications and assessments into a fun and interactive process will improve the candidate experience.
The problem is that many games aren't a good way to work out whether candidates are suitable for the role they are applying for. Games can often cause applicants to question the credibility of the application process and the company. Furthermore, users interacting with a game expect it to deliver a fun, light-hearted experience that later hiring-related interactions are unlikely to provide, and this is likely to make the company appear inconsistent.
Don't Neglect Traditional Assessments Although games can certainly add something new and different to the recruiting process – just ask the US government – recruiters shouldn't rush to jump on the bandwagon unless they have good reason. If they feel that a game fits well into the recruiting process, provides relevant, valid feedback that helps with objective assessment, and is cost effective, then it's probably worth the investment.
Recruiters should take four steps before diving straight into gamification.
1. Evolve traditional assessments to be more engaging: They should do this by judiciously adding gaming elements, such as instant feedback, interactive elements, and multimedia.
Current assessments are backed by extensive research on their validity (i.e., whether they produce the best fit candidate), their cost, and the reactions that candidates are likely to have to them. They are proven, and they aren't expensive to implement.
2. Carry on using multimedia simulations: But only if you have the budget for it. Simulating work behaviors and contexts gives candidates a realistic preview of the job. Well-designed simulations are good at predicting whether someone will succeed in the role.
Candidates tend to like multimedia assessments and perceive them to be more job-related than games-based assessments. However, simulations can be resource-intensive to develop and maintain.
3. Do your due diligence before considering gamified assessments: Research into the validity and user perceptions of gamified assessments is still in its infancy.
More study is needed to understand candidate reactions, potential adverse effects, and whether meaningful job-related indicators are being measured.
4. Move with caution before adopting serious games based on artificial scenarios: These include games such as fantasy quests and challenges that entail climbing through various game levels. Serious games are intended to collect information about candidates based on the way they play a game, but this approach could:
- Unintentionally favor serious video game players. (Are those your best workers?)
- Induce pressure and anxiety. (Is this the best state of mind for a fair assessment?)
- Create a negative impression for candidates who see it as irrelevant to the job.
- Frustrate candidates who don't feel the game showcases their true job-related skills
- Fail to capture meaningful indicators of a candidate's fit for a role.
If you want to use serious games, do the upfront planning to ensure the game directly measures the competencies, skills, or abilities that lead to the desired business outcome.
Take a Fresh Look at 'Traditional' Assessments If recruiters want to rejuvenate your talent identification processes, they don't have to be seduced by gamification. Thanks to technology advances, traditional assessments have been reinvented. Today, recruiters can expect a traditional talent assessment solution to be:
· Interactive: A two-way process interacts with the candidate, adapts based on candidate input, and offers feedback throughout the process, which in turn increases engagement.
· Logical: At each stage of a step-by-step process, candidates can get information and feedback that lets them make informed decisions about whether to continue or decide to opt out.
· Valid: Industry-leading psychometric assessment products measure the competencies, abilities, behavioral styles, and preferences that have been proven by research to produce business outcomes.
· Precise: Cutting-edge algorithmic assessments use advanced machine learning and semantic analyses to predict employee retention for a specific role.
· Customizable: Traditional assessments can be tailored to any company's branding, colors and media – and be cusotmized to produce specific business outcomes today and in the future.
With these capabilities, recruiters can add vitality and rigor to their talent assessment approach without having to invest in costly and unproven video game-style techniques.
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Lawmakers anxious about how the president's budget would hurt rural America pressed Donald Trump's pick to run the Agriculture Department for reassurance, and Sonny Perdue made open commitments to nearly every one of their requests.
"If I'm confirmed, I'm gonna get under the boards and get some room and work for agriculture producers and consumers to let this administration and any of the people making decisions in that budget area know what's important to America," Perdue said at his confirmation hearing.
"These are important programs, I recognize that," the former Georgia governor said. "I will do everything within my power within the confines of the administration working there to match what our desires are."
His words were welcomed by lawmakers, who used the hearing to voice deep dismay at Trump's recent budget proposal, which called for a 21 percent, or $4.7 billion, decrease in spending for the Agriculture Department was further evidence.
"Unfortunately during the two months of the administration, it's clear that rural America has been an afterthought," said Democratic Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow. "Even before President Trump took office, he sent a message by waiting until the last minute to name his pick for agriculture secretary."
Perdue, who joked earlier that Trump "saved the best for last" in filling his Cabinet, assured Stabenow and the rest of the committee that he was the strong, tenacious advocate for rural America that they were looking for.
"I think you're probably aware senator without confirmation, I have had no input in the budget. Obviously I think you probably saw it before I did. I've also had some concern," Perdue said. "Obviously, as a member of this administration, I view the budget similarly to what as governor when I'd get a revenue estimate I didn't like as well. I didn't like it but we managed to it."
Specifically, Perdue pledged support for nearly every issue brought up by the committee, from unstable dairy prices to poor funding for forests to research into opioid addiction and improving broadband access to rural communities.
A number of committee members, including New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Vermont Democrat Sen. Patrick Leahy, raised questions about immigration reform and temporary work visas.
The two senators argued that immigrants make up the bulk of agricultural workers and were hindered by seasonal temporary work visas for year-round farming.
"If we don't have proper immigration reform and a debate about holistic policy, it is going to harm families in New York and it's going to harm agricultural families in upstate New York and Long Island," Gillibrand said.
Arkansas Republican Sen. John Boozman and Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennett both pushed Perdue on the future of U.S. trade, specifically with Cuba. Perdue said he was open to improving trade with Cuba through private financing in order to support Cuba's agriculture workforce.
"We have the product they need and they would like the product," Perdue said. "The big issue I'd heard is with paying for workers."
Perdue agreed that trade and immigration reform were needed to help American farmers and pledged support to these efforts if given the position.
Perdue's father was a farmer and his mother a teacher. He graduated from Warner Robins High school and earned a doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Georgia. And he referenced this upbringing to emphasize he understands the challenges farmers face.
Perdue's stance has environmental issues and climate change has some interest groups concerned. He is expected to be tough on environmental regulations while promoting trade. He was endorsed by more than 600 farm and agriculture business in a letter late February.
No committee member pressed Perdue on climate change; he and Trump hold similar environment views with Purdue criticizing climate change in a piece for the National Review.
"It's become a running joke among the public, and liberals have lost all credibility when it comes to climate science because their arguments have become so ridiculous and so obviously disconnected from reality," Perdue wrote in 2014.
Last week, he said he would step away from his businesses, including a grain business worth between $5 million and $25 million, according to a financial disclosure form released from the ethics office.
"It should be no surprise that the incoming Trump administration, which has proposed putting executives from Big Food and Big Oil in top cabinet positions, would pick someone like Governor Perdue – who has received taxpayer-funded farm subsidies – to lead the Department of Agriculture," the Environmental Working Group said in a statement when Perdue was first announced as Trump's pick mid January. "We hope the Senate will look closely at these subsidies as well as at the political contributions Governor Perdue has received from food giants, farm chemical companies and farm lobbyists, and ask whether he will help fix or help defend a subsidy system rigged against family farmers and the environment."
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Facial care and other skin care
The Maribel Yébenes Institute of Beauty and Aesthetic Medicine has created a series of specific facial care treatments.
Request more information or an appointment. Free first consultation
Oxygen therapy
Skin regenerates and looks very radiant, also pigmentations fade and complexion is uniform. Intensive rejuvenation treatment that deeply regenerate tissues through the constant application of oxygen throughout treatment. Whether sprayed, inhaled or as main active ingredient of the various cosmetics used.
Price: 100€
A revolutionary rejuvenation treatment, particularly suitable for women of 35 years of age and onwards, who begin to notice the first signs of facial sagging and muscle weakness.
The treatment begins with a thorough skin diagnosis, to subsequently apply the most appropriate type of skin peel, then an exfoliation is performed with an aluminium microcrystal-based dermabrasion. After a laser scanning of the dermis, for collagen to regenerate more easily, Vitalift equipment is used, with which the facial muscles are remodelled and toned. Finally, a Kigelia Africana-based cream is applied. This ingredient has powerful skin tightening properties.
Price: 120€
This exclusive three-dimensional effect treatment is the comprehensive solution to prevent and stop premature ageing. This facial therapy combines the most innovative and effective ingredients for cell regeneration, coupled with strength and the benefits of sound as well as vibration of the tuning fork, reaching muscles and tissues deeper. Wrinkles and fine lines are smoothed out. Skin recovers its vitality while the tightening effect of the epidermis is enhanced.
Price: 120€
3D Lifting
This treatment uses state of the art radio frequency to tighten tissues, providing elasticity and hydration to the skin in a single session. An ideal treatment for pampering your skin.
Price: 145€
Treatment by stimulation with deep waves for facial rejuvenation with immediate visible results. It provides elasticity, smoothness and radiance to the skin.
Price: 145€
Pearl beauty flash
In one session, it provides immediate radiance and glowing skin.
This treatment removes all signs of fatigue from the face and restores energy and radiance to the skin.
Due to their great rejuvenating power, pearls are used; the most coveted natural treasures of the South Seas. They remove dead skin cells enhancing the uniformity of the complexion, stimulating regeneration and increasing the skin's resistance against external aggressions.
Price: 150€
Facial Magic
An intensive anti-ageing cure against the signs of ageing. Signs of fatigue disappear from the face, wrinkles fade, the complexion looks brighter and the skin appears plump and perfectly hydrated.
Price: 165€
This is an unprecedented cocktail of active ingredients that penetrates into the deeper layers of the skin and causes a boomerang effect on the epidermal surface, restoring incredible radiance to the complexion, youth and freshness.
Results: A new face! Skin looks and feels incredibly radiant, plump and deeply moisturised. Flash effect.
Price: 165€
Gold and caviar
Restore lost radiance of past years with these two elements. A facial is performed and then a peel. With micro-techniques, muscles are restored and a caviar and gold massage is perfomed, to end by applying a mask. Provides powerful energy to the skin. A perfect formula to restore lost radiance.
Price: 175€
This treatment is one of the star products of the Maribel Yébenes Beauty Institute and produces spectacular results.
This technique combines the most precious ingredients of Chinese ancient culture such as tea, pearls, soy and gold with the most advanced technology to achieve clear, radiant skin.
This treatment provides an immediate flash effect. The face recovers vitality, and skin is softer, tighter and more radiant. Fine lines are smoothed out and pores refined.
If the number of sessions are extended, this treatment is an effective anti-ageing cure that prevents and delays the natural ageing process and perpetuates the skin's firmness and youth.
Price: 180€
Ideal treatment for recharging the skin's energy, hydration and nutrition, providing radiance and immediate firmness to the face, décolleté and arms. Ideal for when you wish to look your best.
The treatment combines equipment with revolutionary active ingredients. Muscles work with currents and cosmetics rich in polysaccharides and naturally occurring peptides to oxygenate and bring an extra dose of strength and energy.
Flash effect, where collagen synthesis is reactivated instantly resulting in a very noticeable lifting effect on dull, sallow and tired skin.
Results: Custom face-lifting in record time
Price: 195€
Skin care prior to and after summer
We all know the harmful effects of sun exposure. We suggest both facial and body treatments, to prepare the skin before the summer and to treat it following this season.
Prior to summer
Before starting the summer season it is essential to treat the skin to avoid further problems and to manage the harsh summer conditions.
This treatment aims to prepare the epidermis for the first sun exposure and avoid the appearance of sun spots and wrinkles caused by the sun's rays. Tanned skin radiates light, life and health, but it is essential to care for prior to exposure so that UV rays do not harm its beauty.
Price: 120€
After the summer
Following summer excesses, it is absolutely essential to regenerate and repair the skin in depth and replenish optimal levels of defences to face the harsh winter cold. UV radiation, sea salt, chlorine, wind, above all, all of these together, have left their mark on the skin.
The skin's DNA is damaged, so it is necessary to restore its balance acting not only in the outer layers, but at the cellular level.
Price: 150€


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Bring Branches and Remote Offices Under IT Control
SD-WAN Monitoring
See Network Detail the SD-WAN Vendor Doesn't Have
As businesses continue to migrate from expensive and inflexible MPLS network architectures, software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) has emerged as a key technology for managing application and network load over the public internet. It's particularly good for businesses with a large number of remote locations. But SD-WAN fails at providing application context. Its limited view of performance monitoring is optimized for routing, not apps.
Organizations are deploying SD-WAN to pair multiple cheaper public internet connections, or pair a public internet connection with existing MPLS connectivity, to lower costs and add network reliability. SD-WAN isn't new—load balancers for multiple internet connections have existed for some time. But SD-WAN technology allows IT Ops groups to prioritize traffic. You can send VoIP and other critical application traffic over a higher-quality connection, while moving recreational application usage to a lower-QoS connection.
Comparing IPSec VPNs in an SD-WAN deployment for capacity, jitter and latency metrics
Find missing application performance information
While SD-WAN technology can help improve the reliability of connectivity, it provides limited information on the performance of applications across a wire. So while SD-WAN can tell you that Connection A is operating faster than Connection B, it cannot tell you if the performance of your Point of Sale application is poor. Or that your network is unable to support VoIP. Or that the performance of your application over WiFi has degraded due to WAN connectivity.
How AppNeta Monitors SD-WAN
AppNeta lets you contextualize application performance with your SD-WAN deployment. By monitoring both apps and the network paths they are traversing, AppNeta shows you the real-time status and performance of the dynamic routing your SD-WAN provides. This comes in handy in a few particular situations.
AppNeta monitors through and around your SD-WAN provider to provide a real-time comparison
End-user experience
By design, your users see applications, not dynamic routes. Seeing performance from their perspective is crucial to reduce issues and improve response time. SD-WAN solves routing issues, but it doesn't give the real-time performance information you need to solve issues faster.
Multi-ISP setup
If you're relying on multiple ISP connections to serve employee or customer locations, you're likely not getting the real-time visibility into what network you're using. AppNeta can monitor traffic over directed links as well as send traffic over the public internet. You can benchmark and compare your services for SLA validation, issue mitigation and proactive alerting.
Retail locations
SD-WAN functionality usually stops once it gets to your WiFi router. In retail spaces, many companies are deploying public WiFi as a benefit for their customers and to serve in-store offers and understand consumer foot traffic. In this new retail world, WiFi for the customers moves from being a cost center to being a source of revenue. It's critical to provide fantastic network performance to keep customers on the WiFi while in store.


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Wayne "Buddy" Thacker
Graveside Service
Wayne "Buddy" Thacker age 68 of Evansville, Indiana formerly of Burkesville, Kentucky passed away on Friday, June 10, 2016 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. Buddy was born on December 04, 1947 in Cumberland County, KY to the late Robert "Bob" and Bessie Riddle Thacker. He was an U. S. Army Veteran having served in the Vietnam War. He was a recipient of the Purple Heart. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his stepmother, Geneva Thacker, his special friend, Sherry Nation, siblings, Billy Joe Thacker, Aline Riddle, Malba Perkins, Robert Earl Thacker, Willie J. Thacker, and Imogene Thacker.
Survivors Include:
One Daughter- Michelle Clemons of Albany, KY
One Step Daughter- Felicia Wray of Burkesville, KY
Sherry's Daughter- Angie Tucker of Evansville, IN
Two Sisters- Pansy Lee of Burkesville, KY and Sally McKee of Louisville, KY
Two Brothers- David Thacker and Mark Thacker both of Burkesville, KY
Six Grandchildren- Adam Spears, Joanna Henderson, Christina Albertson, Curtis Wray, Jeremy Smith, Johnny Riley, Jr.
Four Great Grandchildren- Zoey Henderson, C.J. Henderson, William Albertson, Edward Riley, Jr.
and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends
Graveside Service:
Monday, June 13, 2016 at 4:00 P.M. at Chestnut Grove Cemetery in Cumberland County, KY with military honors. Family requests visitation on Monday, June 13, 2016 after 2:00 P.M. at Ballou & Stotts Funeral Home in Burkesville.
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Air duct cleaning plays a big part in enhancing the quality of your indoor air.
If you allow the contaminants to spill out of a dirty HVAC system, you'll be breathing in irritants. If you have allergies or asthma, it's particularly bad news.
With so many air duct cleaning services to choose from, it can seem overwhelming.
We're here to help…
Clean Ducts For Better Air Quality
If you don't have your air ducts cleaned every couple of years, they can become contaminated and cause health problems.
If you have allergies or asthma, the particles escaping from your HVAC system can make things worse.
With as many as 1 in 5 people coming into contact with dirty air at work or at home, you want to make sure you're not one of them.
Is Air Duct Cleaning Worth It?
When your HVAC system is dirty and the ducts start backing up with irritants and debris, this is then pumped back into your house.
Avoid inhaling dust and debris, pet hair and dander, and get the ducts cleaned on a regular basis.
It's not just for health reasons that you should address this problem…
You'll use less energy if your HVAC system is running efficiently. It will also last longer if you keep it properly maintained.
Air Flow Problems in Greenwood Village
The City of Greenwood Village is named for the Greenwood ranch.
Developed by gold prospectors and becoming a farming community in the 1900s, Greenwood Village is part of the Denver/Aurora/Lakewood area.
Like most places in Colorado, you'll get almost 250 sunny days a year in Greenwood Village. The flip side is that there's also a lot of snow. Whether it's for the heating or the AC, your HVAC system won't get much rest.
If you're looking for the best air duct cleaners in Greenwood Village, Altitude Comfort is the obvious choice.
Altitude Comfort: Duct Cleaning Done The Right Way
Altitude Comfort is the smart choice for air duct cleaning in Greenwood Village
Don't waste your money hiring a company who operate duct cleaning as an add-on to another business.
Trust a company with the proper equipment, certification and expertise to get the job done.
Altitude Comfort makes use of machines with HEPA filters to make sure your ducts are spotless and the air you breathe is clean.
Call (303) 995-0627 and chat to a friendly member of the team.
How To Determine If You Need Air Duct Cleaning
Watch out for discolored carpets. If you notice more than usual soiling on your carpet, particularly around the baseboards, it might be a sign that your HVAC system needs cleaning. Dust and contaminants often makes their way toward carpet fibers. They tend to linger.
If you smell anything nasty when you start up your heater or AC, this is an indication the ducts need cleaning.
Be vigilant and it's not hard to know when your air ducts need some attention.
What Will Air Duct Cleaning Cost?
Look to spend from $500 to $750 on air duct cleaning. There's no point kidding yourself you can get a good job done for less.
If you spend the money now, you'll make savings in the long term while also breathing in better air.