Hermana Shoop arrives at El Salvador Santa Ana Mission 4/13
Pres and Sister Cordon welcome Hermana Shoop
Pres and Sister Cordon welcome Hermana Shoop
Friday, April 19, 2013
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Priesthood Power
> So my favorite talk in Conference was Elder Eyrings talk and also
> Elder Falabellas talk. Look them up and reread them if you get the
> chance. Sunday night after conference, Presidente held a devotional
> and he mentioned that someone at the CCM had invited a bad spirit in.
> He said that at 10pm he was going to hold a prayer to cast out the bad
> spirit. It was shocking to all of us because we had heard nothing of
> it before that. So at 10, Presidente comes down and we are all
> kneeling silently as he tells us about a dream he had after he was
> called to be the CCM Presidente and before he moved into the CCM. He
> said that in the dream there was a mob of angry people outside the
> gate trying to get in, and just inside the gate were Lamanite and
> Nephite warriors defending the CCM. He said that the Presidente before
> him had had the exact same dream before he was Presidente. He then
> cast out the evil spirit, blessed us and sent us to bed. It was a very
> powerful prayer and an amazing story. It is cool to know that we are
> being protected. I love you all and will write you next week from EL
> SALVADOR!!!!!!!!! Dear Elder me a lot. I love you.
> LOVE, Hermana Heather Shoop.
> Hermana Heather Shoop
> El Salvador Santa Ana/Belize Mission
> Elder Falabellas talk. Look them up and reread them if you get the
> chance. Sunday night after conference, Presidente held a devotional
> and he mentioned that someone at the CCM had invited a bad spirit in.
> He said that at 10pm he was going to hold a prayer to cast out the bad
> spirit. It was shocking to all of us because we had heard nothing of
> it before that. So at 10, Presidente comes down and we are all
> kneeling silently as he tells us about a dream he had after he was
> called to be the CCM Presidente and before he moved into the CCM. He
> said that in the dream there was a mob of angry people outside the
> gate trying to get in, and just inside the gate were Lamanite and
> Nephite warriors defending the CCM. He said that the Presidente before
> him had had the exact same dream before he was Presidente. He then
> cast out the evil spirit, blessed us and sent us to bed. It was a very
> powerful prayer and an amazing story. It is cool to know that we are
> being protected. I love you all and will write you next week from EL
> SALVADOR!!!!!!!!! Dear Elder me a lot. I love you.
> LOVE, Hermana Heather Shoop.
> Hermana Heather Shoop
> El Salvador Santa Ana/Belize Mission
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Week 3 CCM
> So on Sundays here we go to sacrament, and everyone has a talk
> prepared, because they announce the speakers in the meeting without
> telling them before hand that they will be speaking. I told my teacher
> on saturday that I hadnt had a good sunday here yet because I spent so
> much time worrying about them calling me up to give a talk. He told me
> not to worry about it, and said that I would not be giving a talk the
> next day. I had the best sacrament meeting because I was so relaxed
> and not worried about anything. THEN they called my name... Hermana
> Shop... Shup...? (The Latins NEVER say it right). I had a mini heart
> attack in my seat, but I went up and I gave a talk on how God reveals
> the gospel in every dispensation, IN SPANISH. It was terrifying but I
> felt so good afterwards. I am just glad that Hermana Nielson had her
> talk ready for me to read, because I only wrote about a minutes worth
> of it, and so I gave her talk (But almost all of the Nortes talks are
> the same because we basically copy them out of Preach My Gospel.).
> Yesterday I had the MOST SPIRITUAL DAY since I have been here. I got
> one on one lesson during Book of Mormon study time, on the Atonement.
> And then I got private language tutoring. And then our night teachers
> gave the best lesson on How the Book of Mormon answers questions of
> the soul. And we each got to bear our testimony of the Book of Mormon.
> It was so happy. I loved it. I love you all.
> Hermana Heather Shoop
> El Salvador Santa Ana/Belize Mission
Birthday Story
> So on my birthday, I awoke to my Latina roomates and Hnas Nielson and
> Quarez singing Happy Birthday to me. It was a pretty much normal day
> after that but then at lunch everyone was acting super weird. Then
> they all DISAPPEARED. I could not find my companion or anyone. Then
> Hermana Nielson comes out of the kitchen and takes me by the hand. She
> leads me back into the kitchen where all my missionary friends and my
> friends on the kitchen staff are all singing to me. Then I see a PINK
> PIG cake! I almost started to cry. The kitchen staff had found out
> that it was my birthday and because I am one of their favorite
> missionaries (and they make me special meals everytime there is
> pork...) they had made me a chocolate birthday cake. They said that
> this would be the only piggy I will ever eat. It was very nice. Later
> I found out that they broke a rule doing that but because they are not
> members they did not get in trouble. That was the best part of my
> birthday. Im trying to get the pictures that the kitchen staff had
> taken of it.... Well I have to go, but I will write letters soon. I
> love you all! Hugs and Kisses!!!!
> --
> Hermana Heather Shoop
> El Salvador Santa Ana/Belize Mission
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Week 1 at the CCM
I have been doing good during the day at the CCM (MTC in Spanish). I
have found a friend in Hermana Nielson because we have a lot in
common. She loves music and both of us miss it so much. They took our
ipods and cameras away and put them in a vault because apparently
those things have gone missing in the past. You wouldnt think we would
have that problem here but we do.
-The Norte sisters (North American) live in a house around the corner
from the CCM. It is temple housing for the Guatemala Temple. Because
of how full the CCM is we stay over there. Security guards with huge
rifles and handguns are stationed all along our route to and from home
so we are always protected. Living in the Casa is the worst because we
cannot unpack. There are no closets so we live out of our suitcases.
We sleep in barracks and have to constantly lift our bags onto our beds
if we want anything out of them. The showers are the worst part
though. There is nowhere to put your stuff to change into and the
water trickles out. Even with the lack of water pressure there is
always hot water. The other day the CCM Presidents wife, Sister
Nicolaysen asked me what it was like over there and I told her
everything. She told me that they were planning on moving us over to
the CCM housing in a few weeks, but after talking to me she is trying
to get it pushed up to next week! Our teachers here are amazing! We have a day teacher,
Hermano (Brother) Lopez who is so doctrinally smart we are convinced
he is going to be the prophet one day haha. And our night teacher,
Hermana (sister) Melgar is the best spanish teacher. She helps us alot
with pronunciation and grammar. They are the best teachers in the CCM.
the first day we got here I immediately learned that it is rude to
leave food on your plate or throw it away. So I eat a ton! The chef
here knows I cant eat pork and so he makes me a special dish of
chicken everymeal. The kitchen staff all know me by name. I eat only
fruit for breakfast and vegetables whenever possible. I have also been
drinking a ton of water. Last thursday we began teaching our
investigator Pedro. We gave him a Book of Mormon and already asked him
to be baptized. He is talking to his family about his interest in the
church and we will ask him again tonight. On sunday we had exchanges
and I had a Latina companion who taught me a lot of spanish. I havent
gotten any letters yet and I heard that the DearElder letters always
arrive on thursdays. But we can only send mail out on Wednesdays, so
try the regular mail and I will let you know how fast it gets here. I
love you all! I only have 30 minutes to write and my pday changes
weekly, next week it is tuesday. I love you!
Hermana Heather Shoop
El Salvador Santa Ana/Belize Mission
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have found a friend in Hermana Nielson because we have a lot in
common. She loves music and both of us miss it so much. They took our
ipods and cameras away and put them in a vault because apparently
those things have gone missing in the past. You wouldnt think we would
have that problem here but we do.
-The Norte sisters (North American) live in a house around the corner
from the CCM. It is temple housing for the Guatemala Temple. Because
of how full the CCM is we stay over there. Security guards with huge
rifles and handguns are stationed all along our route to and from home
so we are always protected. Living in the Casa is the worst because we
cannot unpack. There are no closets so we live out of our suitcases.
We sleep in barracks and have to constantly lift our bags onto our beds
if we want anything out of them. The showers are the worst part
though. There is nowhere to put your stuff to change into and the
water trickles out. Even with the lack of water pressure there is
always hot water. The other day the CCM Presidents wife, Sister
Nicolaysen asked me what it was like over there and I told her
everything. She told me that they were planning on moving us over to
the CCM housing in a few weeks, but after talking to me she is trying
to get it pushed up to next week! Our teachers here are amazing! We have a day teacher,
Hermano (Brother) Lopez who is so doctrinally smart we are convinced
he is going to be the prophet one day haha. And our night teacher,
Hermana (sister) Melgar is the best spanish teacher. She helps us alot
with pronunciation and grammar. They are the best teachers in the CCM.
the first day we got here I immediately learned that it is rude to
leave food on your plate or throw it away. So I eat a ton! The chef
here knows I cant eat pork and so he makes me a special dish of
chicken everymeal. The kitchen staff all know me by name. I eat only
fruit for breakfast and vegetables whenever possible. I have also been
drinking a ton of water. Last thursday we began teaching our
investigator Pedro. We gave him a Book of Mormon and already asked him
to be baptized. He is talking to his family about his interest in the
church and we will ask him again tonight. On sunday we had exchanges
and I had a Latina companion who taught me a lot of spanish. I havent
gotten any letters yet and I heard that the DearElder letters always
arrive on thursdays. But we can only send mail out on Wednesdays, so
try the regular mail and I will let you know how fast it gets here. I
love you all! I only have 30 minutes to write and my pday changes
weekly, next week it is tuesday. I love you!
Hermana Heather Shoop
El Salvador Santa Ana/Belize Mission
NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.
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