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Mendenhall Matters: July 2012
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I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13. Sunday, July 8, 2012. I Can Do Hard Things. Today Aaron Kobe Mendenhall was baptized! We're so proud of him, he's such a good boy. These precious moments are some of the things I will miss for the next 18 months, but I can do hard things. Look at me now, in a little over a month Kent and I will be in Nepal , a third world country, serving our Heavenly Father and our brothers and sisters , being examples of the gospel so that one...
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Mendenhall Matters: January 2013
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I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13. Saturday, January 26, 2013. Mosiah 2:17 And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom, that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God. The last couple of weeks have been filled with busy days, eye opening experiences and moving forward the work that we were sent here to do. The next two days were spent looking for some kind of thank-you souvenir for t...
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Mendenhall Matters: March 2013
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I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13. Thursday, March 14, 2013. Helaman 1:18 And it came to pass that because of so much contention and so much difficulty in the government . . . . . When the bandhs happen it really hurts those who are trying to run their businesses and make what little money they can. Also on bandh days or when days the internet is not working or both I have been crocheting, hats,baby blankets, purses. I'm leaning lots of new stitches. The festival...
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Mendenhall Matters: April 2013
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I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13. Thursday, April 18, 2013. Doctrine and Covenants 88:118 .teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith. Karen and Jim Greting from California, they are the water specialists for the Church in the Asia area. We all went to Shangrala for dinner and literally felt like we were in Shangrala this night. The children in Nepal all have English class...
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Mendenhall Matters: "The Lord Loves, The Lord Lives"
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I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13. Sunday, September 22, 2013. The Lord Loves, The Lord Lives". Our internet has been off, on, off, on for the last 5 weeks, and so it's been difficult to write and load pictures for my blog. Today they were here a couple of hours so hopefully it will stay on so I can get this sent. This blog will be a little random because it's been so long since I've been able to write. Yaknath Adhikari and President Bishnu. I didn't have a red b...
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Mendenhall Matters: May 2013
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I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13. Monday, May 20, 2013. It is what it is. It's been a month since my last blog and I have lots of excuses why I haven't written so I won't bore you with the excuses but share what we've been busy doing . This will be a lake in our yard in a few minutes. It does cool things down a bit however. The temperature has been up in the 90's the last week and that is the temperature in the house. Inside our lovely tuk tuk. On Friday we took...
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Mendenhall Matters: October 2012
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I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13. Saturday, October 27, 2012. D&C 93:39 And that wicked one cometh and taketh away light and truth, through disobedience, from the children of men, and because of the tradition of their fathers. What is Dashain you ask? Can you understand now why I picked the scripture in D&C to go along with this post? There are just some traditions that should probably end. We're told that many people go into debt to celebrate this holiday&#...
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Mendenhall Matters: June 2013
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I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13. Thursday, June 20, 2013. John 4:13-14 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again; But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. Our Bansbari Home with Lake. Elder Rempp made it fun by sticking candy bars among all the towels and combs and soap. I should...
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Mendenhall Matters: December 2012
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I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13. Saturday, December 29, 2012. I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men . . . . Ecclesiastes 3:10. Before I share our experiences of the last two weeks, a couple of funny Nepali things, first, the time. Meetings don't ever start when they are supposed to, I couldn't figure out why, but now I know. They don't wash their cars in Nepal, they dust them. Devi and Lucy folding towels. We had traveled about 2....
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Mendenhall Matters: October 2013
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I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13. Wednesday, October 23, 2013. James 1:3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. This is the smoke stack where the bricks are cooked, there are hundreds of these around Nepal, hence one of the reasons for the pollution in the air. Tibetan woman working her loom, they sit on the floor for 8-10 hours a day making beautiful rugs. It was lunchtime when we went and most were on their lunch break. Kent greeting Rak...