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Dear Family and Friends, Well, well, well … another week? are you serious? This is seriously getting out of control. I’m getting to the point where every week just seems like a blur and time is just going faster and…
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Dear Family and Friends, One of the people I was closest to in the months leading up to my mission always told me that a mission was a “refiner’s fire.” I hope he is reading this because man, do I…
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Dear Family and Friends, Well, this wraps up my third week serving in the San Jacinto Branch. I can’t believe how fast it’s gone already. I can’t believe I have been away from Beaumont for three weeks. I still talk…
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Families of T.H.E.Missionaries, Attached is the March Focal Point for your enjoyment. As you know, our purpose as a Mission is “to invite others to Come unto Christ.”  You can see from the recent baptismal pictures our missionaries are fulfilling that purpose one…
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Dear Family and Friends, Every week that goes by I seriously get so freaked out by how fast it’s gone. I feel like just yesterday I was sitting in front of this computer screen typing. It’s pretty weird. Anyway. So…
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Dear Family and Friends, Man, it’s been kind of a wild past week. I don’t even know where to start. First off, I’m still dealing with the shock of going from the poorest area in the mission to the richest….
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Elder Viitanen has transferred. His new address is: Elder Carlos Viitanen 3415 Havenbrook Drive, Apt. 1705 Kingwood, Texas 77339 U.S.A Also there has been a change in the email policy, the missionaries can now email to people other than the…
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Dear Family and Friends, I am getting transferred from Beaumont. It’s pretty lame. Yesterday, at church, I gave my  testimony to say goodbye to the branch and I broke down like a baby. That hasn’t happened to me my whole mission….
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Dear Family and Friends, This was a pretty eventful week! But like always, I don’t know where to start or what to say because my mind just cramps up when I sit down in front of the computer. And, I…
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Dear Family and Friends, HOLY COW! I woke up this morning and realized that I have less than 9 months left to be a missionary! What the heck?! That just sounds wrong! I still feel like I just got here!…
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