Teach Me How to Jimmer (THE ORIGINAL)

There is a lot of hype about Jimmer! People who don't even play basketball are hearing all about this BYU player. I am a Mormon so I of course have heard about it and I would in fact like to be as good at basketball as him. I am a 5-8 missionary though. And I do not practice half as much as he does! Some people are trying to be like Jimmer. I am trying to be like Jesus. How many YouTube videos are about Jesus?
I want there to be a contest about who can make the most views YouTube on their video about the Savior. I mean a video about Jesus that makes Him look as good as this video makes Jimmer look! Who will share His talent and His skills?

Separation Anxiety

Kamusta Mo!

Primero Ako nahiguma kaninyo!

Karon Semana Nindot Jud! As In Nindot gahapon!

Some days I forget how to Talk in English. I can't really talk to the pulti's on the Dyipneys it hard to switch from Bisayan to English so I talk to the white people in broken English... On the dyipney the other day there were three white girls I told them bisayan then tried to translate to English "free the tour" I said talking about the temple tours we have every Thursday. We are basically visitor center missionaries too because we give tours of the temple and explain it and explain baptism and prophets and the church. Its fun but at the same time hard because none of us had training for it so we never know exactly what to say.

Church and Sports?: How I Use Sports to Discuss the Gospel as an Online Missionary

I have been called to invite others to come unto Christ! What a wonderful calling in this world that so desperately needs the knowledge of a Savior. I have been assigned (in addition to normal missionary work) to use the internet to fulfill my purpose! Today technology is HUGE, so why not use that to our advantage as we seek to bless the lives of the people in the world?

Called to Serve...in Cyberspace

As a full time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I get to experience a little bit of everything. No two days are exactly the same. Although every day includes some listening and teaching, gospel study and discussion, the people and places are always changing. From washing dishes in a smokey trailers to sharing scriptures with strangers in public restrooms (yes I've done that) to watching people I love come to know our Savior and be baptized, each day seems to hold a new adventure. The most recent adventure in my missionary life, however, is internet proselyting.

How Can I Know?

I have found in my life a constant struggle to recognize God's influence. It is consistent with God's plan for it to be this way. This is because it is given to man to choose. "Wherefore, the Lord God gave unto man that he should act for himself. Wherefore, man could not act for himself save it should be that he was enticed by the one or the other" (2 Nephi 2:16). I think that I often lose sight of this. However I'm so grateful for it. God trusts me to make right choices. That's some serious responsibility right there. However, sometimes I don't have confidence in myself to make the right decisions. How can I know if I am making the right choice?

Mormon Messages: What Matters Most

Helping Investigator Find Work

Hello Family!

First of all I love you!

This week has been full of Drama. Lol not really but kind of. We teach about 9 kids in Tintay and when we went to teach them yesterday they all had a childrens' quarrel and two ended up crying. We taught them Satan is happy when we fight "Ayaw Away" (Don't Fight!) We patched things over and they all listened to the lesson.

My Gospel of Joy

Hey everyone! My name is Sister Meaders. I'm currently serving in the New York Rochester Mission, one of the pilot programs for online missionaries. In addition to our regular, face-to-face proselyting, we spend about 2 hours a week working on blogs and Facebook, sharing the gospel with whomever we can reach and in whatever medium we can.

It's so amazing to see the way that the Lord is fulfilling His promise that He will "bring forth [His] word unto the children of men, yea, even upon all the nations of the earth" (2 Nephi 29: 7). We're told that the amazing leaps in technlology today are inspired of the Lord, and inventions like airplanes and the internet are to fulfill His purposes (Ensign, April 1988). I know that's true!

Blogging For The Lord Tips for Online Missionaries

For all the missionaries that want to share their blogs. Here are a few tips:

We missionaries for the church of Jesus Christ we have a responsibility to share the restored gospel with everyone. We have a great opportunity to share it with many people on the World Wide Web. The Lord has allowed us to blog our hearts out and now is the chance! Share your testimony with investigators and members and strengthen the testimonies of others everywhere. You can blog all of those little thoughts that come to you when you are dreaming big and if you write it down when you think it is right put the scriptures in there with a link to mormon.org. You write something then highlight it then click the link botton and they have a link to whatever you link it to: online missionary chats, lds online missionary world, and even other online missionaries! Click any of the blue words on this blog to test it! Also if you have any more questions about blogging discuss it with your fellow missionaries and other members who blog. Let's get this thing started!

Missionary Barbie

HELLO FAMILY!

First of all I love you!

Secondly I love the kids in the Philippines. Yesterday one of them asked me "Ate Barbi mao?" or (Older Sister) Are you a real Barbi. Haha they are so precious. We teach a bunch of kids in Tintay and more and more join every time we visit Tintay. We have about 10 kids that sit in on the lessons.

Another lady this week told me that I looked like a doll. Being white in the Philippines there is no blending in. It's really good for talking about the gospel though because we are recognized as missionaries. We hear whispers as we pass by "Mormons!" The Filipino people love to practice their English on me and I love practicing my Bisayan on them. The only hard thing is my listening skills to the language isn't as good as it could be because they speak English back to me when I speak Bisayan. Most people learn English when they are kids in school so their English is amazing, but like I probably feel about speaking Bisayan they are shy about their language.

Oh Say, What is Truth?

Oh say, what is truth? 

'Tis the fairest gem

That the riches of worlds can produce

and priceless the value of truth will be when

The proud monarch's costliest diadem

Is counted but dross and refuse.

We are all searching for truth. It is what we all aim for, it is what we want to obtain, and it is what we dream about. Truth, where can one find it? How can we obtain it? What are we willing to do to hold it in our hearts and never let go? Is there a sacrifice not great enough to obtain such a blessing? 

Jesus Christ likened truth unto a mustard seed, "Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and where unto shall I resemble it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it." (Luke 13:18-19)  

Making New Friends: 40 New Investigators in A Week

Dearest Family!

This week has been awesome. We have been having  an adventure and finding many new friends. Many people are prepared to  hear the gospel and I love them all. We have been teaching many  children lately and they are so precious. I can see why the children  are favorites. We have been doing a lot of finding this transfer,  because I only have one companion now Sister Caluyo and the area is  split so there is four of us. Sister Williams and Sister Tumala. I  love the Greeny she is so nice and is way fun. We all live together and it's definitely good memories!

Our area is split so we basically can go any where in the area we want. We didn't set specific boundaries for our companionships because  we can discover new areas if there are no limits! We got to choose how the area was split. It seems like there are a million people we  haven't met yet and we had 40 new investigators this week and invited  500+ people to learn! We are only increasing everyday.

Sister Emmilie Buchanan: Online Proselyting in Montana

 “I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. I have been called of him, to declare his word, among his people that they might have everlasting life.” I have been called to serve as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Montana Billings Mission. Little did I know that among the open fields, mountainous ranges, and big skies of Montana, my call would extend to the realm of facebook and blogspot. Indeed, I am an online missionary.

My name is Sister Emmilie Buchanan. About a month ago I began online proselyting. This includes spending an hour a day online, sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the medium of social networks, and blogs. We live in an exciting time. Truly, the glorious gospel is sweeping the whole earth.

Splitting the Area in Cebu City

Nahigugma Ko kaninyo!

First of all I love you!!

This week is transfers week and the power of three is being seperated. Our area is being split in two and we will have four people in our apartment. Sister Williams is training for the first time, and me and Sister Caluyo are going to be companions. Our zone leader Elder Gubb is transferring and so is our Assistant to the President Elder Gatdula. Sister Bundac is going home this week and it makes me realize how fast the time has been going by. People I know are going home now!