Qué Padre

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Monday: Full 45 minute workout! It's almost 6 pm and it was a normal day of pdaying. We had two lessons planned but they both fell through but then we received a phone call from the elders quorum president asking if we would like to go to his house for family home evening. That is just a time set apart for a family to come together and learn more about God and come closer as a family. His 9 year old daughter taught the lesson. It was so amazing how strong a 9 year old is in the gospel. Like it says in  Matthew 18:2-3  2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, 3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. I just really like those scriptures because children are the sweetest things in the world if they are raised correctly. Key word "if". 

Tuesday: I ran for 45 minutes straight with out stopping!  I am dead! I am going to study finding in doctrinal  study this morning because today is my day to lead the first few moments with people in Spanish and Elder Manzano is going to lead the first few moments if we meet someone who speaks English! It has been a bad day. Our only "solid" investigator we have doesn't want to be baptized anymore!  Our lesson with our less actives wasn't there. Hopefully the less active we are going to visit is here she is really nice but talks a lot. We talked with her but we didn't teach anything because it was "raining". To me it was sprinkling if that. And I was standing in the rain while talking to her and she said are you okay you're gonna get sick in this awful rain. I just laughed and said thanks but I'll be fine it's 100* and sprinkling. If I get sick I will be surprised. And then we are going to meet with the young men's president and see if he needs anything. The young men's president is the best. Great lesson with him! Matthew 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. That scripture was the scripture of the day for us! 

Wednesday: I got an okay work out today... I wish we could ask the girls to leave! We had good lessons today with less actives about going to church hopefully they come this Sunday. Then we had a lesson with a PI (potential investigator). She and her daughter are freakin interested. I am just upset that I am going to miss the next lesson with them on Saturday because I will be hitting it up English style with the ZL. 2 Nephi 11:7 For if there be no Christ there be no God; and if there be no God we are not, for there could have been no creation. But there is a God, and he is Christ, and he cometh in the fulness of his own time. I just really like that scripture. 

Thursday: LEG DAY!  I am freakin dead!  Today is going to be a long day! We don't leave the house until 4 then we have a lesson at 4:15then dinner and lesson at 5 then lesson at 6:15 then lesson at 7 then another at 8... I CANT WAIT!!  I am just praying that non of them cancel on us! James 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. I have faith that they won't cancel but now I have to put in the work! Mathew 5:16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Every member a missionary! If you are a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints be happy in everything that you do! You know the answers to the three W's 1. Where did we come from? 2. Why are we here? 3. Where are we going? I ask everyone reading this to truly ponder in your hearts the three W's and search for the answers and I can testify that the only way you can find the full correct answer is through the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. If you are not a member of the church I ask that you ponder these questions as well and if you can't find the answer to these questions email me or call some of the many friends you have that are Mormon. Another thing I would like to point out is that everyone deserves to believe what they want and everyone should be willing to defend any type of religious freedom. Even if you may not agree with it you still should defend that persons right to believe and worship as they please. The Prophet Joseph Smith said "I am bold to declare before Heaven that I am just as ready to die in defending the rights of a Presbyterian, a Baptist, or a good man of any other denomination [as for a Mormon]; for the same principle which would trample upon the rights of the Latter-day Saints would trample upon the rights of the Roman Catholics, or of any other denomination who may be unpopular and too weak to defend themselves. If you desire to worship freely but you don't want someone else to worship a certain thing then you do not have a right to worship freely. It is my belief that a man and women are ordained of God. And I have a  right to believe that, but that does not give me the right to hate or criticize people who wish to lives there lives the ways that they want, but they do not have the right to criticize me just because I believe something different from them.  All of our lessons fell through and no one wanted to talk with us!  So I had great studies this morning but that is it... 

Friday: there was a lady in the gym today... A lot of meetings today so not much studying got done today... We taught three lessons today first one was with our dinner I did it all! #icankindofspeakspanish The second one was with a lady who is strong in her faith and just wants to argue with us I didn't really understand her because she talked really fast! The last lesson was with a less active member and again I taught it #irock and I just talk about the blessing of coming to church and I shared the scripture in Mosiah 2:41And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it. I really like this scripture because it makes me want to obey the commandments of God as best as I can so I can live again with him forever! We are waiting for our ZLs to get here so we can go on exchanges! #bunnunlockthetruck #bunndontkillmytribe 

Saturday: Full 45 minute run! #tribeslowdown Tribe is the best! I wish he wasn't getting transferred in a couple of weeks. We talked while we drove and we were super spiritual. It was the best mix of both! We taught a lot of less actives and they loved us and want to go to church again! #tribeandstudyvinrock  I love American food so much! We had a member fed us lunch at a place called Boston Market #yummy then a member fed dinner with pizza #superyummy #canistayinamerica? It was really nice getting a breather from Mexico. 

Sunday: It is another one of the missionaries birthday and he lives with us so tonight everyone from our district is coming over to sleep over! I'm not that excited. We did a lot of finding but nobody was interested but no fun stories. So our ZLs and one other companionship came over so there was 8 elders in a house meant for 3 maybe. We stayed up talking till 3 in the morning. I'm so glad today is P-Day! 

~Elder Studyvin

"Cops, Jehovah Witnesses, or Mormons? What are you?

🏼This is one of my favorite scriptures from the New Testament, because it's so easy all we have to do it come unto Him. The scriptures are Matthew 11:28-30

28 ¶Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light

(I am going to write down the event right after it happens so if I say we set up a date for a lesson then I say oh I hope something happens that means it just happened) I think what he means is this letter is more like a journal...a progress of what happened and is happening.~~Mom 

Monday: The first lesson was with this sweet old man who we have to teach so slowly because he misses a lot of what we say. Which is really helpful to me because I can't speak quickly. The second lesson we had was with a man we met on the street. He was about 50 and I was so excited for this lesson because he seemed really excited when we met him on the street the other day, but when we knocked on the door we got yelled at. The man said, "NO QUIERO SU IGLESIA! TENGA MI IGLESIA!! VAN VAN VAN!" Which in English is "I don't want your church. I have my own church. Go away go away go away." So I got a little upset but then I got the strong overwhelming feeling that I needed to bear my testimony, and I did. After I did I wasn't upset I felt peace and happiness. I knew that I wasn't going to get to teach him or see him baptized or enter the temple but I had a strong feeling and I knew that one day another missionary would knock on his door and he would accept the gospel. After that we went to our last appointment with a family. We teach the parents one day in Spanish and then the next day we teach the daughters in English. So today was the day to teach the daughters and I am always extra excited to teach them because it is in English. So we get to their door and all of the lights are off. And their car isn't in the driveway. We knock on the door and nothing. We wait then knock again annnnnnnnd nothing. So we wrote them a note on a card of the Phoenix temple, and then text them and say we passed by and they weren't there. We went back to the car and sat and thought of who to visit and we had the idea to visit an older lady who we knocked on her door about a week ago and she said to come back around this time because she went to Mexico to visit her husband. We went to her house knocked on her door and shared a little message about how Jesus Christ lives and how he wants everyone to live with Heavenly Father again. The two lessons we did have there were members present which is freakin sweet! 

Tuesday: During studies we received a phone call from a man in another ward who was doing seminary patrol and he said a Hispanic lady walked into the church and asked if this building was a house of prayer and stuff like that. He gave her our phone number and said she is going to call us. Hopefully she calls us! So we got a call from our zone leaders saying they have a referral for us (which means a member has a friend who is a nonmember who they think will like the church) and the ZLs said that this lady needs help moving into an apartment and we said yes that would be lots of fun! So we moved her in not even having the intention to say much about the church but she kept asking questions about it! It was so awesome! I think she is going to be a very promising investigator! We also got a call from the English missionaries down in Glendale and they have a referral for us as well. Last week was a long and slow one but like it says in the New Testament in James 2:17 "Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone." I love that scripture because we need faith and if we don't test our faith we don't have faith. We had 2 lessons with less active members about the importance of going to church and they were both really excited to see us and said they would definitely go to church! We are in daily planning session right now and my companion and I just "discussed" about what to teach our investigators. I have been struggling with him. 

Wednesday: Got a freakin awesome workout in the gym today! We meet with two less active families and they were so happy to see us and we asked them to come back to church and they both said yes and then they both gave us names of people who lived near them to visit! We found a new investigator through a member during dinner! When we walked into our dinner appointment we saw a new kid we had never met so we thought oh man the members brought him over but he is not going to want to listen to us. But we found out that the kid asked to come over to the house. The member told him yes of coarse but we are having the missionaries over so I understand if you don't want to come over. And he said yes I would love to hear from them! And we taught him about families. We shared the scripture in Mosiah 4:14-15       

14 And ye will not suffer your children that they go hungry, or naked; neither will ye suffer that they transgress the laws of God, and fight and quarrel one with another, and serve the devil, who is the master of sin, or who is the evil spirit which hath been spoken of by our fathers, he being an enemy to all righteousness. 15 But ye will teach them to walk in the ways of truth and soberness; ye will teach them to love one another, and to serve one another. 

I freakin love those scripture because every time I read them I want to be the best dad I can be! Always attending activities, playing with my kids, and being the one who wakes up in the night to comfort them or get them what they need! We helped a random lady wash her car and we asked if we could stop by another day and she said yes but she is really strong in the Bible and said she would prepare her questions for us so I don't know if it's going to be a good lesson or not... 

Thursday: Another freakin solid workout! Thursday's are the hardest days because we don't leave the house until 5. We do normal everyday studies until 1 and then from 1-5 it is weekly planning studies and I have a hard time staying focused because I don't get to help with anything. We had three lessons planned but all three fell through.  So we did a lot of tracking which at least in Arizona is not effective because almost everyone has a sign that says "no soliciting" so when we knock they yell at us or other things! But they are at least nice enough to offer us water!🏼 We are daily planning and he is just talking about his other areas in his mission because he already planned for the day.  I want to help him but he won't let me! I have had a headache all day and my comp has been singing in the car all day really loudly but I didn't want to be mean to him and tell him to stop. 

Friday: We didn't get to do a full workout today because a woman came into the gym so we had to leave. It was sad. Two of our three lessons fell through . But we had an amazing one with a less active and oh my gosh she can talk your ear off in English or in Spanish! We are headed to meet one of our investigators who always cancels on us. And we are going to talk with him about why we are here and that stuff. I really hope he is home! He wasn't home but we went to another referral and the owner of the house came from around the corner and when he saw both of us he put up his hands and started to slowly back away as we walked up to him and when we stopped he stopped walking away but he still had his hands up. He said, "Cops, Jehovah witnesses, Mormons, what are you?" So we answered him missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He pointed his finger at our car and yelled "Begone you fowl demons of the infernal pit of hell!" So we told him to have a nice day and left.Apparently we are daemons! 

Saturday: Just had a freakin full 45 minute workout! 🏽 Happy P-Day Adam! The day before PDay Eve. So I was on my knees praying before personal study and all of a sudden I feel like I am falling so I look up at the clock and I had fallen asleep praying so I missed all of personal studies today... . We had three lessons planned and they all canceled but we knew three people that we also needed to teach and those three went really well. All of the lessons were about enduring to the end! I love talking about that! And I know if I endure to the end and obey all of the commandments of God I can live with him and my future wife forever! And I can't wait to get married and treat my wife like the queen she is! And spend eternity with her!️ We met another person who thought we were of the devil. It is so funny to listen to what people think of us. If you guys have funny stories of what people have said about LDS members email me! 

Sunday: mucho mucho español! I can't handle all of the Spanish! Hopefully at least 4 out of 7 investigators come to church today.  Nope, none of our investigators came to church today! . Really sad thing. But we got a less active family to return to church! We did a ton of tracking and we only found one family who seems really excited about coming to church and doing actives with the church we have a lesson with them on Saturday but I won't be there to see how it goes because on Saturday I will go on exchanges with my ZL. 

️ Elder Studs

O Ya

Hello all

How's it going? Have you been reading your scriptures? No? Well that's one of the biggest problems we have here with less active members and with our 5 investigators. So if someone asks you to read something just read it. 

I am having a great time in the 119*F weather here in
Arizona and no it doesn't feel that hot. Like I said before my mission I would choose 119 with no humidity over 85 with 100% humidity! 

And please if you plan on meeting with someone do it but if by any chance something else comes up, inform the person that you won't be able to make it. We had a total of 8 lessons this past week which is good. Actually we have the highest numbers in the zone but we had planned on
18 lessons. 10 people didn't answer their door or didn't show up. It is the most frustrating thing in the world. So please be kind to people and tell them if you can't meet with them. 

I love all of you stay awesome.
~Elder Studyvin

 Some things never change

 Power snacking

Did someone say heat?

First Baptism

No official update from Elder Studyvin this week. He did send me (mom) a program from his first baptism. I'm sure he's not really taking credit for it. He said the spirit was really strong. Here's the program. Go ahead and translate it! What I find really interesting is that even after four years of high school and two years of college Spanish, I can't read much BUT the words Jesus Christ translate in any language. That's what it's all about...bringing people to Jesus Christ. Please keep Elder Studyvin in your prayers and send him an email: Jordan.Studyvin@myldsmail.net.

~Alicyn

Arriving in the mission field

Here are some pictures from the mission blog taken the day the new missionaries arrived in Glendale (July 28, 2015) and met their companions. I snagged a couple of Elder Studyvin.

Hola Y'all

Hey guys how's it going? I am in Peoria Arizona right now in the Agua Fria ward and oh my gosh SO MUCH SPANISH!!!! My brain is killing me!
TO EVERYONE THAT SAID TO ME, HEY ITS GONNA BE HOT IN ARIZONA it's really not that hot! I love it! The people are so friendly! Hispanic people are way nicer than white people it's crazy! The most effective way to get in a door here is asking for water because it is illegal here to not give people water so we have meet a lot of people! 
My Spanish is getting a lot better! Thanks to my companion Elder Manzano! He is a native Mexican! He didn't speak a lick of English until he started his mission so that kind of gives me hope! 

I love being here I love serving the Lord! I honestly wish I was on a bike so I could get into shape but we have a gym at our apartments so I'm gonna be huge after 3 months here! 

Now that I am in America I would love to hear from all of you in the form of letters that way I can keep them forever! I love all of you guys and I wish the best for all of you!

Love Elder STUDyvin 🏼

Mission Address:
Elder Jordan Studyvin
Arizona Phoenix Mission
18001 N. 79th Ave. Suite C50
Glendale, AZ 85308-8394