Monday, August 3, 2015

Jake #6 - Provo, UT - Three Days Left, His Grace is Sufficient

 

Jake #6 - Provo, UT - Three Days Left, His Grace is Sufficient

                    January 9, 2015 Hi Everyone,    There are three days left. It feels very weird to think about what's coming, but I'm more than ready. I've made very fast friends

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Jake #5 - Provo, UT - Spanish Improving, Eight New Elders, Wrong Suit Came

 

Jake #5 - Provo, UT - Spanish Improving, Eight New Elders, Wrong Suit Came

                     January 2, 2015 Hi Everyone,         This week we finished with a couple of the mock investigators. Now we have become the mock investigators for some of the

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Jake #4 - Provo, UT - Christmas at the MTC

 

Jake #4 - Provo, UT - Christmas at the MTC

                                          December 26, 2014 Family and Friends,    So Christmas was a blast. The Apostle Elder Nelson came and spoke

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Jake #3 - Provo, UT - Energetic, Spanish Speaking Companion, Working With Little Sleep

 

Jake #3 - Provo, UT - Energetic, Spanish Speaking Companion, Working With Little Sleep

​​                                                December 18, 2015 Hey,         So Its been a very quick week. My progress

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Jake - #2 - Provo, UT - In a Trio, Advanced Questions, Can't Wait to be Out

 

Jake - #2 - Provo, UT - In a Trio, Advanced Questions, Can't Wait to be Out

   December 12, 2014 Hey Everyone,      So big new for this week. I am in a trio now - with Elder Nelson the ex-boxer and Elder Kanyuck, a musician. Elder Kanyuck has a band called Emerald Alley and

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Jake - #1 - Provo, UT - Two Days In, Pulled me to Intermediate Spanish

 

Jake - #1 - Provo, UT - Two Days In, Pulled me to Intermediate Spanish

                                                   December 5, 2014 Hey guys.  I'm an Elder. I constantly say that. My P-day is

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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Riley #85 Torrance, CA - Supposed Dangerous Heat Wave, Growing the Chinese Program

 

Riley #85 Torrance, CA - Supposed Dangerous Heat Wave, Growing the Chinese Program

                                                September 15, 2014 Dear Family,         We have interviews with the mission president this week, so I will talk to him then. When would be the latest you'd be in California? and when does the BYU winter semester start

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Riley #84 Torrance, CA - Fried Chicken Knuckles, District Training

 

Riley #84 Torrance, CA - Fried Chicken Knuckles, District Training

                                 September 8, 2014 Hi Everyone,    Mother, what did you mean about coming to LA in December? What plans do you have? I thought you were going to Uncle Brad's house.       We should have interviews with President Weidman coming

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Riley #83 Torrance, CA - Minor Wreck, Reading the Book of Mormon by Christmas

 

Riley #83 Torrance, CA - Minor Wreck, Reading the Book of Mormon by Christmas

                                                   September 1, 2014 Hi Everyone,       Nathan and Jake: Green and say good luck to him from me.       Yes, the spelling mistakes made it very obvious Mother wasn't the one typing. Also, thank Bowman and PopPop for

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Riley #82 - Torrance, CA - Elder Hsiao, Sister Chou came to Visit

 

Riley #82 - Torrance, CA - Elder Hsiao, Sister Chou came to Visit

                                                                August 25, 2014 Hi Everyone,              Thanks for the letter. Nice that you guys are getting so much rain. It has still been pretty dry here unfortunately. Pretty much the same weather as always. We had a great week.

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Riley #81 - Torrance, CA - Exchanges and Zone Conference

 

Riley #81 - Torrance, CA - Exchanges and Zone Conference

                                    August 18, 2014 Dear Family,            Thanks for sending Michele's blog entry. It's been a long time since I've seen one.      This week went pretty well. Nothing too out of the ordinary, but we were able to

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Riley #80 Torrance, CA - The Baptism and the Courage of her Sister

 

Riley #80 Torrance, CA - The Baptism and the Courage of her Sister

                                           August 11, 2014 Hi,          Is the film your participating in related to school or is this something separate? By the way, in case you didn't know, we aren't allowed to use the internet. We can't just Google

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Riley #79 - Torrance, CA - A Bizarre Twist, But An Answer to Our Prayers

 

Riley #79 - Torrance, CA - A Bizarre Twist, But An Answer to Our Prayers

                                      August 4, 2014 Hi Everyone,       Sounds like a lot is happening over there. I think my official release date is Jan 7 right now, but I may be able to return a week or so early if necessary.

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Riley #78 Torrance, CA - I'm Rusty in Speaking Chinese, Her 1st Time Seeing Rain

 

Riley #78 Torrance, CA - I'm Rusty in Speaking Chinese, Her 1st Time Seeing Rain

                                                    July 28, 2014 Hi!            Unfortunately, I misplaced my camera in the move, so I haven't been able to take any pictures this week and the ones I took last week are still on it.  The Chinese program

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Riley #77 - Huntington Park, CA - Transferring Back to Palos Verdes Branch & Mandarin

 

Riley #77 - Huntington Park, CA - Transferring Back to Palos Verdes Branch & Mandarin

                                               July 21, 2014 Hey Everyone,      Argentina! That's awesome news for Jake!  That'll help with the families we were working on. About my release date, I should be back in either the end of December or early January,

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Riley #76 - Huntington Park, CA - Couple Inspired to Relocate to CA

 

Riley #76 - Huntington Park, CA - Couple Inspired to Relocate to CA

                                  July 14, 2014 Hi,     Sorry, didn't take pictures of us this week, but I will try for next week to take a lot.    Before I forget, I am planning on sending a package home this week or

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Riley #75 - Huntington Park, CA - 4th of July, Superstition, Saving us some Goat

 

Riley #75 - Huntington Park, CA - 4th of July, Superstition, Saving us some Goat

                                July 7, 2014 Dear Family,    Thank you for the letters. We are running low on time today, so I am not sure how much I'll be able write. Sounds like an exciting week with Mollie's homecoming and waiting

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Riley #74 - Huntington Park, CA - World Cup and Riots

 

Riley #74 - Huntington Park, CA - World Cup and Riots

                                            June 30, 2014 Dear Family,      Thank you for pictures and emails. I worked really hard to take pictures this week, but forgot to after Monday. I did take some on Monday, but none with any of us in

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Riley #73 - Huntington Park, CA - Teaching that Stabbing people is wrong.

 

Riley #73 - Huntington Park, CA - Teaching that Stabbing people is wrong.

                    June 23, 2014 Hi Everyone!      Thanks for the letter. It's so strange that Mollie is home, and also that she's gone again to Michele's. Good to hear she is still herself and adjusting well. I am still not

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Riley #72 - Huntington Park, CA - Weird Hollywood Moments; Noise, Noise, Noise

 

Riley #72 - Huntington Park, CA - Weird Hollywood Moments; Noise, Noise, Noise

                           June 16, 2014 Hi Everyone,    Don't worry, I am doing fine. I am hoping to go back to Chinese before I head back, but there's still

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