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March 23, 2015

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK TO CAMILLE AND DADDIO!!!!! WOOO!!!!

in other news. this week was pretty amazing. W had our zone conference on wednesday and Elder Zaballos of the Seventy came with his wife and spoke to us and it was awesome. I couldnt understand him, but it was still awesome! woo!

I just wanted to share about one of my favorite scriptures! D&C 84:88 

¨"...I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up." 

I know that God is always with us. He loves each of us more than we can possibly imagine, more than we love each other. He knows us better too, and He always wants to help us! He is always with us. ALWAYS.

I want to share my testimony that families can be together forever. It is because we have an older brother who LIVED for us and DIED for us and LIVES AGAIN still for us!

Jacob 6:5 says "..cleave unto God ad He cleaveth unto you" He really is with us always and He unfailingly send His Spirit and His angels to us. This gospel is amazing! Because of this gospel of Jesus Christ, Families CAN be together forever! for real! 

I am so greatful for Christ and all He does for us. There is always a light at the end of the tunnel. 

I love you all, Im praying for you guys back in Carlsbad.

Love

Hermana Lane

Look at that Cat

March 16, 2015

whoa man, well this week was pretty eventful!! presidente y hermana warne ASKED to come with us to two lessons on tuesday and so they were there. my very own mission president and wife! it was so cool. they are seriously the sweetest people, im soo lucky. mom and dad, you do not have to worry, im in very good hands. They came to francesca and daniela, (two recent converts) and it was amazing. 

then wednesday, Cinthia agreed to BAPTISM! WOOOO! this is huge because shes had like 50 lessons and her kids and boyfriend are all members and so now they can be an eternal family!! WOOOOOOOOO!! shes got until 11 april! WOOO!

oh man so our district meeting was about "why do they need it" why do people need to hear our message. so the DL had elder benvenitas get up and tell us about why we need to live in arizona. and he was so convincing, he was all like, "you can put cookie dough in your car and then go to the lake -as i have done- and they will be fully baked by the time youre done at the lake" it was so funny, but the best part of the meeting was when DL had elders peterson and miller get up and tell us why the lego movie had to be the first movie we see when we go home. THEY WENT TO TOWN on it. they talked about every single character and every single actor and every single super hero and they just went to town. it made me feel like i didnt appreciate it as much as i should have. it was so awesome. oh yeah, and the song too, everything is awesome. 

but moral of the story, EVERYONE needs to gospel. and you just need to pray, read the scriptures, go to church, talk to people and youll find out why. 

last night we taught family history work to a less active familia and it was incredible. seriously, d&c 128:15 its part of our salvaction to do work for the dead. their salvation is on us. thats the only way we are all gonna be able to be together! thats the only way whole entire families can have that privilege!

also, i think everyone should listen to "life is a football game" by troy dunn. its so touching and it puts things into perspective! this is such a big deal! the gospel is a big deal! share it! toss those little fears satan puts into your head aside and talk to them! talk to people! its not weird! We got rejected a million times yesterday and it was so fulfilling! 

 

i love you all, thank you for your encouragement and prayers! 

love

hermana lane

Summer of 69

March 9, 2015

oh man oh man,

this week was pretty awesome! i asked my first person ever to be baptized and she said yes! woooo! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON THE 13TH MCKENNA I LOVE YOU!!! WOOO!!!

We are so blessed here, the work is really growing. the members--active and inactive--are all super sweet people, and yesterday three people came to church who havent gone in such a long time. I dont know, its all God, though. He really has a plan for every single person. EVERY SINGLE PERSON. its amazing. 

man, so we had to go to the docter on Friday and we went with a senior couple in the mission and after we were done with what we had to do, THEY BOUGHT US DUNCAN DONUTS! I almost cried. i would have cried. It was so awesome. holy cow.

but while we are on the subject of food, i think every person here is trying to fatten us up because the portions are sooo huge. so huge. its insane. but I mean, its delicious so its okay i guess!

yesterday was testimony meeting because we had a branch presidency change on fast Sunday and so i got up there and shared my little testimony in espanol and it was awesome. up. so broken.

love you all!!

love

hermana lane

I'm Alive

Feb. 24, 2015

ay mom and pops! im alive! i go into the campo this morning and got my new companera hermana bradhsaw!

 i love you all! i sedn more details next week!!!

love

hermana lane

askfhlkasd

Feb. 17, 2015

WELCOME TO CHILE ELDER NICKERL.

I want everyone to know that Elder Nickerl is alive and well! its so awesome seeing someone from home aorund the ccm every day!

AND UM CONGRATS EMMA ALLEN ON HER MISSION CALL. ARGENTINA. WOW. WE GON BE NEIGHBORS!

i felt my first chliean earthquake today! as we were waiting to write home, there was one! it was like the millionth earthquake since we have been here but it was the first one we could actually feel!!! so awesome. 

Ah, this week was a piece of work. we had an amazing discussion with María about church attendance. the spirit was so strong and we made her cry. you know its a good day when you made someone cry! we were definitely carried by the spirit in that discussion. but i gotta say, unity in a companionship is EVERYTHING. if youre not unified, you cant work as a team and the lesson wont be as awesome as we need every single lesson to be!

ah. so sunday i got called to give A TALK IN ESPAÑOL, like they WOULD do that. the theme was repentance. they literally called me to repentance. it was an interesting experience. the talk was no bueno but as soon as i started bearing my tesimony i felt the spirit so strong, even thgouh even the latinos probably couldnt understand my epañol hahah but it was awesome. 

I found out that we have the pleasure of hearing from PRESIDENT AND HERMANA WARNE next sunday for our evening devotional!! every two weeks we have devos by a stake president from one of the missions that are reporting the following week and i am so happy that its MY mission this time!!! im so excited to meet them!! 

I have been thinking a lot about temple and family history work this week. its so so so important that we are getting it all done. its right there next to missionary work. it IS missionary work. there are so many people just waiting to be baptized and waiting to have their work done for them. for real, i wish i could emphisize it more. DO YOUR FAMILY HISTORY AND TEMPLE WORK. these people had lives, hopes dreams, let downs, pains, trials, and families. they need to progress already! they have been waiting long enough! 

I am sooo grateful for my family. so grateful for all those people who gave their lives for the Bible and for the Book of Mormon. We each have a purpose here that is greater htan we can even comprehend. we affect more people than we know. and on that note, every can be a missonary. who are we to say if we pass someone on the street that they dont need to hear our message just because we´re judging them by the way they look? for real. this is the work of salvation. its not a casual thing! this is real. this is it! we cant just keep the church all to ourselves. every needs the gospel in their lives. 

Mother Theresa said, if you judge someone then you wont have time to love them. 

I couldnt be happier anywhere else than here on a mission! i leave exactly a week from today to finally get going with the real mission work on Rancagua!! this is seriously the best experience. ive had to grow so much haha my compañeras are very different from me and so the christlike attribute of patience is always being improved with but i love them so much and my whole district. everyone needs to learn how to love AND accept people who are different. 

Thanks so much for the emails!

Ill send my new address next time im able to write. 

love you all!!!

Hermana Lane

TRYING NOT TO CUSS

so apparently aúpa is a cuss word in argentina. ive been saying it like nothing else cause the dicationary i have sais it meant "come on" im learning something new every day!

ah, so last pday, we rode in a taxi and we placed a Book of Mormon with the driver. it was awsesome. so awesome. 

funny story though, the first time we tried riding a taxi we went and started getting into to this taxi looking car! and we couldnt understand him so we just kept doing our thing and then hes all like, "NO SOY TAXI" I AM NOT A TAXI and it was pretty much the greatest thing. 

um GUESS WHO SURPRISED US ON SUNDAY- LINDA K BURTON AND SISTER MARRIOTT FROM THE RELIEF SOCIETY AND YOUNG WOMENS. they came with their spouses and ELDER SABALLOS (?) OF THE SEVENTY. 

theyre talks were amazing. i wish i had time to tell you all everything. but theyre so amazing. missionary work is a labor of love! its amazing. how much you can change lives. 

theres a missionary in my district who does old greg and napoleon dynamite impressions and its amazing. 

EVERYONE READ JOHN 13 ITS AMAZING. 

WE GET NEW GRINGOS TOMORROW! WOOOOO!! thatll make 55 total people in the CCM. fun fun fun fun fun.

i go tmy visa! i go home 12 july 2016! and i have two more weeks in the CCM!

thanks for the emails and encouragement. HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD LIFE!!!!

LOVE,

Hermana Lane

SUPER EXCITING THINGS

so this week was amazing. it went by sooo fast. 

so starting off with the most exciting news of the week,

I SAW ELDER ANGEL EN EL CCM!!!! he was here yesterday with his companion and me and mi compañeras got to see then and talk to them!!! it was so exciting! tha last time i saw him, HE was the one in the mtc! hes so tan now! and SO THIN! eeek!

also, we found out that our amazing maestro, Hermano Henriquez went tracting with like 6 apostles when he was on him mission in california like three years ago. elder ballard, christoffersen, elder scott, and holland and a couple others. so insane. he said they way they tought was amazing. they would teach and still be able to keep it a conversation and they would crack jokes and do funny things. so awesome.

ahh, our investigators are doing alright... we can do way better as companions but its all good. dad, i shared part of your conversion story with our investigator yerko. i hope thats okay hahaha ive just keep getting impressed to share it all over the place!

aattached is a picture of all the wonderful people staying at alcantara! all of these people are leaving for their missions on 10 febrero EXCEPT my district. so its gonna be just us for like a day, until we get all the people reporting on the 11th. im so excited. we are so spoiled. every night we come back and i look up at that beautiful house and can see the stars behind it and its such a beautiful sight. all of the elders in my distrito are the funniest people you will ever meet, i feel sorry for them that they have to put up with three heremanas who are not...funny.. hahaha at all. the woman on the left is CECILIA! she works at alcantara with elder and sister jacobsen and she is the funniest lady. she doesnt speak any english but whenever we are running late she yells TOOOORTUUUUGGAAASS! the best thing ever.

the ccm is awesome, but im excited to get going on the real stuff in rancagua. 

i was reading in john this week about when Christ washes peters feet. and its just amazing to think about the kind of love he could have for all of us. and all he asks is for us to have the same love for each other.

last sunday, my compañeras and i were sitting at the temple and the spirit wasnt there and we were just frustrated and were trying to plan our lessons. and then i just started thinking about the work we do in the temple. and i started talking about how i knew families could be together. even in the eternities. thats probably the strongest testimony i have, that we can be with our families together! everything will work out! families can be eternal! 

today i couldnt stop talking to heremana johnson about my familia and it made me so grateful that i have been so blessed.

i love this mission, and im so excited to be doing this. i cant believe im actually doing this!!!!

love

Hermana lane