This is Maria Jose!
Monday, April 22, 2013
Noche de Musica
April 17, 2013, 8:14:15 AM MST
Hey!
So we have been so blessed this last week, despite illness and plans that fall through! It turns out that most times when your plans fall through there is just a better plan that God will open up to you. So Roxana was able to be baptized this last week and what a special moment that was. I have never met ANYONE in my life that wanted to be baptized as much as her. She is just so humble and sincere and has felt a confirmation in her heart that this Gospel is true. It has been an amazing experience to become her friend. And I also truly believe that there are people in life that we are meant to meet. Her daughter, Maria-Jose has some various handicaps but is so smart, she just needs love and patience. As we have been teaching them, she has been opening up and showing us so much love when we come. I know that I was supposed to be here to help her feel special and loved. She even loves to sing and I got the UKE!!! (Thank you mom and dad) and I'm going to teach her how to play a few songs so she can sing at her own baptism.
We had a really awesome event at the Visitor Center this week called, Noche de Musica y Inspiracion (Night of Music and Inspiration) and I got to sing again but this time in Spanish. :) It was so fun and also, Hermana Schoemaker, who was my roommate in my last area, and I wrote a song together and performed it...so I'll hopefully be able to send a copy home to you guys. My comp and I had a few hard times this last week, but I'm so grateful I'm learning this all now before I get married. haha. Like for real. But we had a break through and were able to talk it out and now we are establishing boundaries (like we learned altogether in Helen's workshops). Life is good, I have been able to relate with so many people here because of what our family has gone through and I feel so happy when I can testify to them that it does get better and that Our Heavenly Father loves us no matter what we our those we love do. This I feel so strongly. I love you all!
So for Birthdays....Dad yours is coming up,. Claire.. So I'm just going to write you all birthday cards and just please pretend like I sent them to you on your actual date.
Thanks again for your love and letters!
Hermana Corrinne Clement
Hey!
So we have been so blessed this last week, despite illness and plans that fall through! It turns out that most times when your plans fall through there is just a better plan that God will open up to you. So Roxana was able to be baptized this last week and what a special moment that was. I have never met ANYONE in my life that wanted to be baptized as much as her. She is just so humble and sincere and has felt a confirmation in her heart that this Gospel is true. It has been an amazing experience to become her friend. And I also truly believe that there are people in life that we are meant to meet. Her daughter, Maria-Jose has some various handicaps but is so smart, she just needs love and patience. As we have been teaching them, she has been opening up and showing us so much love when we come. I know that I was supposed to be here to help her feel special and loved. She even loves to sing and I got the UKE!!! (Thank you mom and dad) and I'm going to teach her how to play a few songs so she can sing at her own baptism.
We had a really awesome event at the Visitor Center this week called, Noche de Musica y Inspiracion (Night of Music and Inspiration) and I got to sing again but this time in Spanish. :) It was so fun and also, Hermana Schoemaker, who was my roommate in my last area, and I wrote a song together and performed it...so I'll hopefully be able to send a copy home to you guys. My comp and I had a few hard times this last week, but I'm so grateful I'm learning this all now before I get married. haha. Like for real. But we had a break through and were able to talk it out and now we are establishing boundaries (like we learned altogether in Helen's workshops). Life is good, I have been able to relate with so many people here because of what our family has gone through and I feel so happy when I can testify to them that it does get better and that Our Heavenly Father loves us no matter what we our those we love do. This I feel so strongly. I love you all!
So for Birthdays....Dad yours is coming up,. Claire.. So I'm just going to write you all birthday cards and just please pretend like I sent them to you on your actual date.
Thanks again for your love and letters!
Hermana Corrinne Clement
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Hello from DC!
April 10, 2013, 11:30:57 AM MST
Hey!
I hope that all is well and that it's not too hot already. It's getting hotter here, but it's alright because it's turning GREEN too! Today we went to the city to the Cherry Blossom Festival and the blossoms are in full-bloom right now. :) So amazing. And it
was really cool because people will just go and have picnics and do yoga and take pictures there all day long. We got to just walk through the blossoms and talk to everyone. Very Fairytale-like. We also met some really interesting people and a lot of
members would go out of their way to run up to us. They were really nice and excited to see us. haha.
I really enjoyed conference this last weekend. I watched part in English and part in Spanish, and I find it amazing that I could receive revelation during both languages. The Spirit truly is universal and can speak to us in whatever language we may speak.
I really loved Elaine Dalton's talk about the divinity of Daughters of God and how amazing we are, and how blind we are to that fact. I also really loved President Utchdorf's talk in Priesthood Session about us being Toddlers and how just like we do not
condemn little children that are trying to walk and constantly stumble, the Lord does not look to condemn us. He rejoices when we make even the smallest steps of improvement. When we look outside of ourselves for one moment to help another person.
We are not meant to be perfect in this world, and just as a toddler sometimes may feel like he can't do it, we too feel inadequate or unable. But I'm learning that when we just keep trying, we keep looking to do good, and we truly come to know who we are,
we will succeed......it may take a lot of tries....but we will! :) I love you all! I hope that you are enjoying the fun and special moments with everyone you meet. The world is full of amazing people, who just like us need a little help sometimes.
Love you all!!!
Hermana Clement
(PS. I just got the email that the uke should get here tomorrow! Thank you mom and dad! :) I'm playing in a performance this Sunday so PERFECT! Also, please use the Ukulele picture instead of the one I sent you fore the plaque. The guy at the passport picture place didn't let me check the photo before he printed it...So It's weird and too much white. hahaha. Sorry, I tried! Thanks again for everything!)
Hey!
I hope that all is well and that it's not too hot already. It's getting hotter here, but it's alright because it's turning GREEN too! Today we went to the city to the Cherry Blossom Festival and the blossoms are in full-bloom right now. :) So amazing. And it
was really cool because people will just go and have picnics and do yoga and take pictures there all day long. We got to just walk through the blossoms and talk to everyone. Very Fairytale-like. We also met some really interesting people and a lot of
members would go out of their way to run up to us. They were really nice and excited to see us. haha.
I really enjoyed conference this last weekend. I watched part in English and part in Spanish, and I find it amazing that I could receive revelation during both languages. The Spirit truly is universal and can speak to us in whatever language we may speak.
I really loved Elaine Dalton's talk about the divinity of Daughters of God and how amazing we are, and how blind we are to that fact. I also really loved President Utchdorf's talk in Priesthood Session about us being Toddlers and how just like we do not
condemn little children that are trying to walk and constantly stumble, the Lord does not look to condemn us. He rejoices when we make even the smallest steps of improvement. When we look outside of ourselves for one moment to help another person.
We are not meant to be perfect in this world, and just as a toddler sometimes may feel like he can't do it, we too feel inadequate or unable. But I'm learning that when we just keep trying, we keep looking to do good, and we truly come to know who we are,
we will succeed......it may take a lot of tries....but we will! :) I love you all! I hope that you are enjoying the fun and special moments with everyone you meet. The world is full of amazing people, who just like us need a little help sometimes.
Love you all!!!
Hermana Clement
(PS. I just got the email that the uke should get here tomorrow! Thank you mom and dad! :) I'm playing in a performance this Sunday so PERFECT! Also, please use the Ukulele picture instead of the one I sent you fore the plaque. The guy at the passport picture place didn't let me check the photo before he printed it...So It's weird and too much white. hahaha. Sorry, I tried! Thanks again for everything!)
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Sheep Duct Tape
April 3, 2013, 8:23:58 AM MST
Hola Todos!
Sooo...the weather is spastic! It's sunny one day, then rainy, then windy, then random snow! It has been really fun foretell the forecast together..we're are usually off. :) But, I hope that everything is going great back home and that Easter was fun! Happy Birthday everyone that is coming up!! ( Kristen, Camie, I think Claire???) Ah, I'm sorry I don't remember all of them but know that I love you and that I'm grateful you were all born!
This week has been a good lesson week, we have been teaching so many members that have been going through hard times and lots of KIDS!! I think that is one of the highlights, is getting to teach families and doing it in really creative ways. My companion just stares at me because I like using random pictures and tying them into the topic. It pretty much always works! Hermana Engman is super awesome though. She is little bit too much of a perfectionist at times, but she has taught me a lot about the importance of being organized, being consistent, and being on time to things. We have been trying to keep the happy balance of being efficient and hard working, but also, keeping calm and enjoying the times when nothing works out the way we planned it.
This week we had a referral for a guy named Byron who we called a lot and the appts we set up fell through. Well we were persistent and we finally got to met him and his mom and found out about halfway through the first lesson that they are members and were baptized in Guatemaula a long time ago. I brought out the Book of Mormon and they both smiled really big, and we learned more about how he had wanted to be a missionary, he had wanted this life, but life happened and he lost sight of it and he told us how he has lacked the light and the peace that he once had. It was a powerful moment and I realized how easy it is is to let life get in the way of what is truly important. Which can ultimately lead us to unhappiness. I am trying to focus of the positives and blessings everyday because, everyday really is a gift witht the people we love. Love you all! I missed being with you for Easter but I look forward to talking to you on Mothers Day!!
con mucho amor,
Hermana Clement
ps. Super excited for General Conference this next weekend!!! We only get to watch 2 sessions because we have a shift at the Visitor Center BUT, it's going to be amazing!!
ps. Ph also, I found SHEEP DUCT TAPE and have been using it to label my stuff. :) :) I was smiling all day.
Hola Todos!
Sooo...the weather is spastic! It's sunny one day, then rainy, then windy, then random snow! It has been really fun foretell the forecast together..we're are usually off. :) But, I hope that everything is going great back home and that Easter was fun! Happy Birthday everyone that is coming up!! ( Kristen, Camie, I think Claire???) Ah, I'm sorry I don't remember all of them but know that I love you and that I'm grateful you were all born!
This week has been a good lesson week, we have been teaching so many members that have been going through hard times and lots of KIDS!! I think that is one of the highlights, is getting to teach families and doing it in really creative ways. My companion just stares at me because I like using random pictures and tying them into the topic. It pretty much always works! Hermana Engman is super awesome though. She is little bit too much of a perfectionist at times, but she has taught me a lot about the importance of being organized, being consistent, and being on time to things. We have been trying to keep the happy balance of being efficient and hard working, but also, keeping calm and enjoying the times when nothing works out the way we planned it.
This week we had a referral for a guy named Byron who we called a lot and the appts we set up fell through. Well we were persistent and we finally got to met him and his mom and found out about halfway through the first lesson that they are members and were baptized in Guatemaula a long time ago. I brought out the Book of Mormon and they both smiled really big, and we learned more about how he had wanted to be a missionary, he had wanted this life, but life happened and he lost sight of it and he told us how he has lacked the light and the peace that he once had. It was a powerful moment and I realized how easy it is is to let life get in the way of what is truly important. Which can ultimately lead us to unhappiness. I am trying to focus of the positives and blessings everyday because, everyday really is a gift witht the people we love. Love you all! I missed being with you for Easter but I look forward to talking to you on Mothers Day!!
con mucho amor,
Hermana Clement
ps. Super excited for General Conference this next weekend!!! We only get to watch 2 sessions because we have a shift at the Visitor Center BUT, it's going to be amazing!!
ps. Ph also, I found SHEEP DUCT TAPE and have been using it to label my stuff. :) :) I was smiling all day.
heyo
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:06 AM
Family! How's it going? Happy Easter coming up! I hope the Easter bunny leaves a poop trail from the baskets like it did a couple years ago. hhaha. I love you so much and I'm so grateful to have you in my life.
We've had a lot of miracles and also a lot of trials. It has been really interesting coming to Glenmont with Hermana Engman, because in her 2 months here hardly anyone has cancelled an appointment and they never really had to use back up plans...So when we had a day that everyone cancelled it devastated her. But, that's a part of the mission! haha. So it's been a good learning experience for both of us. We've been working really hard and it's so cool that the Lord does send those blessings. We have been working with a lady named Roxanna, she is amazing and has such strong desires to do what she knows is right, but because of past circumstnaces and choices she feels stuck. Yesterday we had the most emotional lesson with her and it was amazing that through all of her pain and trials in life, she has a faith in Jesus Christ that is unshakeable. I cannot even imagine to be as strong as she is in her situation. I have learned so much from her and I have felt Heavenly Father's love for her so strong. I know that we don't have to have hard trials to have faith in Chirst, and I just hope that we don't ever let them get in the way and separate us from him.
I love you all! Dad, I'm sorry I spent more than usually this month...I'm working on it for the next month to cut back. Thank you for your support and patience. :):)
Mucho amor,
Hermana Clement
Family! How's it going? Happy Easter coming up! I hope the Easter bunny leaves a poop trail from the baskets like it did a couple years ago. hhaha. I love you so much and I'm so grateful to have you in my life.
We've had a lot of miracles and also a lot of trials. It has been really interesting coming to Glenmont with Hermana Engman, because in her 2 months here hardly anyone has cancelled an appointment and they never really had to use back up plans...So when we had a day that everyone cancelled it devastated her. But, that's a part of the mission! haha. So it's been a good learning experience for both of us. We've been working really hard and it's so cool that the Lord does send those blessings. We have been working with a lady named Roxanna, she is amazing and has such strong desires to do what she knows is right, but because of past circumstnaces and choices she feels stuck. Yesterday we had the most emotional lesson with her and it was amazing that through all of her pain and trials in life, she has a faith in Jesus Christ that is unshakeable. I cannot even imagine to be as strong as she is in her situation. I have learned so much from her and I have felt Heavenly Father's love for her so strong. I know that we don't have to have hard trials to have faith in Chirst, and I just hope that we don't ever let them get in the way and separate us from him.
I love you all! Dad, I'm sorry I spent more than usually this month...I'm working on it for the next month to cut back. Thank you for your support and patience. :):)
Mucho amor,
Hermana Clement
Drug deal?? :)
March 20, 2013, 9:04:46 AM MST
Hey Everyone!!
okay primero, Elder Mann, estoy bien...graicas. jaja. Second, I just got transferred today to a new area and I'm Senior companion to a missionary that's like 4 years older than me (Hermana Engman). :) She's super chill and awesome! haha. Our mission is so small and so it appears we have to "grow-up" so to speak pretty fast, because I wasn't expecting to become senior companion for a while. But, it will definitely be a growing experience, basically it will be the same I just take the blame if things go wrong.
In other news I found out that Javier, the first convert that we had, is still going to church in Colombia!! We were kinda worried because we haven't had the best communication with him there...but we talked to the friend of his dad who told us he is super busy with school and work, but still keeping strong in the Gospel. I cannot express how happy I was to hear that.
Also, this last week we met this homeless man on the street and decided to gicve him a granola bar and a pass-along card to come visit the Visitor Center. So, we gave it to him and he was super nice and happy, then he gave us a mysterious piece of paper that had an address with directions to pick up two packages for 234k. We were like, "no that's okay you proba..." and he said, "no, no,no no, you gave me this, now you go do that." "but sir, don't you need.." "NO,NO,NO,no, Ima gonna go this and you go do that". We did not call the phone number, don't worry. Well, this week has been good, I've learned a lot and I'm not gonna lie it was hard to leave Hna. Word and Shaw, but I'm looking forward to a new transfer, it will be good. Love you all! Keep strong and remember who you are! OH, and check out the videos on mormon.org and mormon messages on lds.org they are really good. :)
con mucho amor,
Hna Clement
P.S. THANK YOU for the packages and letters! (Marcus and Kim! I got your christmas one!! Love you all. and Mann Family, thank you for forwarding Gyver's package! Love you.)
PS. 2. CAM thank you for the music and jelly beans! so good.
Hey Everyone!!
okay primero, Elder Mann, estoy bien...graicas. jaja. Second, I just got transferred today to a new area and I'm Senior companion to a missionary that's like 4 years older than me (Hermana Engman). :) She's super chill and awesome! haha. Our mission is so small and so it appears we have to "grow-up" so to speak pretty fast, because I wasn't expecting to become senior companion for a while. But, it will definitely be a growing experience, basically it will be the same I just take the blame if things go wrong.
In other news I found out that Javier, the first convert that we had, is still going to church in Colombia!! We were kinda worried because we haven't had the best communication with him there...but we talked to the friend of his dad who told us he is super busy with school and work, but still keeping strong in the Gospel. I cannot express how happy I was to hear that.
Also, this last week we met this homeless man on the street and decided to gicve him a granola bar and a pass-along card to come visit the Visitor Center. So, we gave it to him and he was super nice and happy, then he gave us a mysterious piece of paper that had an address with directions to pick up two packages for 234k. We were like, "no that's okay you proba..." and he said, "no, no,no no, you gave me this, now you go do that." "but sir, don't you need.." "NO,NO,NO,no, Ima gonna go this and you go do that". We did not call the phone number, don't worry. Well, this week has been good, I've learned a lot and I'm not gonna lie it was hard to leave Hna. Word and Shaw, but I'm looking forward to a new transfer, it will be good. Love you all! Keep strong and remember who you are! OH, and check out the videos on mormon.org and mormon messages on lds.org they are really good. :)
con mucho amor,
Hna Clement
P.S. THANK YOU for the packages and letters! (Marcus and Kim! I got your christmas one!! Love you all. and Mann Family, thank you for forwarding Gyver's package! Love you.)
PS. 2. CAM thank you for the music and jelly beans! so good.
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