This past week in Chimal i had a really neat experience...

A picture of my current area.

My companions and I this morning!

The best ward mission leader ever in Chimal and his brother...our investigator, 

and my Hermanita Irma!

My favorite kids in Chimal.

Flori...she will be baptized in Chimal this week...sad to miss it! and her friend the member in red.

Best dia blanco ever!

Saying goodbye.

Saying goodbyes...the second time is harder.

Hello,
So yesterday, I went to Connie and Craig's "farewell". They are going to the Tacoma, Washington mission to serve. While I was there, Morgan, I met that gal in your mission, Madison Hyland's parents. They were nice. Madison comes out of the MTC this Wednesday. I wish you could read this before so you could tell her I met them. Anyway, I already sent a little bit about her to you. It would be amazing if you were her trainer. She is right there in Sandy and you could give her parents a personalized hug when you get back, and trust me, they would love, love, love that. I think---I know I would. Her dad said they have another friend in the same mission. An elder. I didn't ask who. I don't know any Elders names there.

His name is Elder Heiner...haha he told me when she got her call because he was in my district...so funny. but i did meet her...she is adorable! Tell her parents she is with the best missionary in the whole mission Hermana Garcia. She literally is perfect! I love her so much. and Hermana Hyland is so special and working so hard! SHE IS DOING GREAT!

Anyway, tell us about how your week has turned out. I am still writing on Monday, just in case you get on before Thursday. I didn't want you to get on and have nothing to read. I'm so excited to hear where you have changed to and who you are with. I hope you are safe and happy, and healthy.

Spencer was fine. Apparently he did get lost out hiking alone. Chad Dunford got after him on FB and said he broke the second law of hiking. He said what is that, Chad said tell someone where you will be going. Spencer said, what is the first law, Chad said are you kidding - DON'T HIKE ALONE!!! I thanked Chad on there for that reminder. It was funny. But only because he is home. It wouldn't have been funny if he was lost out there somewhere. Here are a couple of pictures he took and posted. The first is Dead Horse Point in Moab, and the other is probably while he was lost on his SOLO HIKE!!

So funny. Typical spencer! hahaha next time invite me!

His comment on this was something like: "cairns-point the direction of the trail. the most simple form of communication, and they make all the difference when hiking alone."  I didn't know he got lost til the next day when Nate came over and said something about it. OH well, he is alive and home. That makes me happy. Nate said something, I said I didn't know, he said don't you read his instagram? I said I don't have it. Spencer said, thats why I posted it there, she doesn't have it. I may have to look at yours and see what he put on there. He did find Kamie and her hubby down there. They invited him to come hot tub with them at their hotel. He left his swim suit on his bed. Apparently her hubby let him borrow one of his. He ripped his pants and had to throw them away and couldn't find anything open to buy new ones that late, so I'm not sure what he did. He only took an extra pair of shorts.

hahahahaha so funny!!

Andrew Price is home tomorrow. His mom posts a number count down every day on Facebook. It is awesome.

Mom is going to the dr some time this week to decide for sure about surgery. They were telling them about the side effects and she decided she wasn't sure if she should do it. She wants to know more and then decide. If she does it, it will be next week still.

Tell her to just pray about it!

Okay, you're on. I want a picture of you and you're companion if possible. Who she is and where she is from. I'm excited to hear where you are going to be serving. I hope all is well. We still pray for you every day.

I sent that info...if you want to copy and paste it.

Becca's birthday was this past sometime - oh, Saturday. Christine gave her two bunnies from what I can see on FB. Funny.

She sent me pictures. so funny!

We went to the Bountiful temple Saturday night. The Spencer family. Steve and Kelly, us, Julie and Blake and mom and dad. It was fun. Julie and Blake leave on a cruise this Thursday. They cruise from Sun. to Sun. I think, but they are flying stand by so they are leaving Thursday to make sure they get there. They will have fun I hope.

FUN! I WANT TO GO TO THE TEMPLE! hahahaa i love it with all of my heart!

Love you, stay happy, healthy and strong. Take care of Morgan!! Drink lots of (filtered) water.

Love you so much, Mom

I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY. Lets just start off by saying, Dilan, my convert in Chimal is preparing his papers to go on a mission at the end of this year. HE IS SO EXCITED! Seriously....and i am just so happy for him. it was so hard to say goodbye to my family in Chimal, but i know i am where i am supposed to be.

So we had transfer meeting on Tuesday and i was completely shocked about my transfers...this is the last place i wanted to come, but i prayed all week long i would be ok with where the lord sends me and i can honestly say that i am so excited to be here!! Even though we just got here last night at 9pm...hahaha so Tuesday after transfers we stayed with some sisters in the capital because Wednesday morning we had a conference with Elder Anderson of the 12 apostles...it was INCREDIBLE. but our area is so far away it would have been silly to go there and then have to go again Wednesday so we stayed the night close....then had the conference...i got to see all my friends from the MTC! IT WAS SO FUN!!! But my camera was dead, so they are all going to send me the pictures....also i saw Elder Marsh who went to Olympus...and he took a picture of us as well...it was so fun. I sang a song with a few other missionaries as the musical number in the meeting and then said the last prayer...it was scary...hahahah i was reallllly shaky...but it went ok i think,. anyways after the conference we got on the bus and headed to our area..we left the conference at about 430...and were on the bus until 830...and from there we were with the zone leaders and had to go another 30 minutes in bus to our area...but there was no buses cause it was so late...so we found a nice man with his flete...aka a pick up truck with bars on the side...which we are allowed to use only in 2 zones of our mission and he helped us out...he wasn't even headed to solola but he went and helped us out. Anyways we got to our area at 9...and didn't have an area book...and as we re-opening the area we know NOTHING! SO...we will literally be starting from scratch..but it is going to be so fun!! I am excited. The area is called LAS CUESTAS...hahaha look up the word in Spanish..lets just say it is all hills...but not just a little hill...they are HILLS! but i am SO EXCITED! I pray to be sufficiently humble to learn what the Lord wants me to learn in this area. to be who he needs me to be.

So, i am definitely not going to be able to share with you all that Elder Anderson taught us, but i can tell you it was incredible. As we read in 1 Nephi 15:14 and discussed our responsibility as missionaries in Guatemala, i felt so strongly that my calling came right from a loving Heavenly Father who knows me and knows my needs. he knew what i needed to become the best person i could become...to become who he needed me to be. he also talked about gaining the confidence of the Lord...having the spirit...and experimenting the conversion and being clean.....i pray i can come home clean and changed!!

This past week in Chimal i had a really neat experience...2 weeks ago we had a family night with a bunch of families in the ward...all the families who went were like less actives with problems..and i was asked to give the lesson that i hadn't prepared at all...i thought...but i had been studying in the week in Mosiah 3:19..and how the gospel is to help make bad people good and good people better....as we put off the natural man, we are changing from bad to good and as we become saints we are able to become better...we discussed in depth the scripture and a few other scriptures..and that was it. the spirit was strong.....anyways, a few days later Moi, our inactive ward mission leader, came to church and he started to tell me how his brother, one of our investigators...who has kind of gone of the deep end, he was there...and he said after we left he and his brother were talking and the Moi said his brother changed completely...that he started asking about what he had to do to go on a mission...and that he wanted to change...and lots of stuff....i wish i had more time, but i will explain EVERYTHING in a few weeks...anyways.l..i know that the spirit had prepared me to be an instrument in the hands of the Lord...that week before, what i had been studying not only helped me to be converted, but it was what Jairo, the kid needed. The Lord knew his needs. Heavenly Father has a perfect plan and everything happens just how he wants it to happen. I am grateful that i was able to be an instrument for the lord and that i was able to recognize the spirit and share what needed to be shared. it is humbling...because i literally did not know what to share...and i had thought of sharing something different, but at the last second, during the hymn i changed...i am so grateful!!

I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH! Keep being great. i cant wait to give you hugs, but know that i am determined to give my all. until the last second. i dont want to look back with regrets at all. and i want to be the instrument that the lord needs.

Hermana Oliphant

A couple of other emails she answered...


On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Lisa Oliphant <balfoliphant@comcast.net> wrote:

Did you get an email from Matt Stewart??

YES!!" I AM SOO EXCITED FOR HIM!!! SO EXCTIED! He is the best!  (Mission call to Mozambique, July 20 I believe!)


On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 4:24 PM, balfoliphant <balfoliphant@comcast.net> wrote:

I think it would be so fun if you get to train the new missionary from Connie and Craig's ward. I need to look up her name again. How fun would that be if you could come home and meet her family. Just sitting at work thinking about it.  She is the one I told you about that was coming soon. This is her week to be finished in the MTC.  Just looked her name up. Madison Hyland. Look for her if you can!

Love you, 

Mom

I MET HER. She is in my zone. She is so sweet. I am not training her though. She is doing well. Tell her family she is safe and sound.I am training a girl from Costa Rica named hermana Wong...her dad is from china. she is great. i am actually in a trio....with another girl hermana montecino...she is training as well..and opening an area that hasn't been worked in for 6 weeks...aka we are starting from scratch!! I AM SO EXCITED! Here on the shores of the waters of mormon in solola!

Same place as the emergency transfer away from??

different place..same zone! farther away now!!