A Fun-filled Weekend

*** June 19, 2004 JOURNAL: Last Night In Guam (for now?)
          I can't believe it's almost been a week already (since the MTC).  All the elders from our district are gone to their respective assigned areas already.  Elder Wright - Saipan, Elder Barker - Palau, Elder Morris and Elder Christensen are staying here along with Sister Wagstafff and Sister Fusi (who came from the New Zealand MTC).  NO actual times for good byes.  Kind of sad but probably for the better. As for me, I'm alright.  I just can't wait to get to work.  It's been slow here, mostly because of training/orientation messing with the possibility of any real scheduling.
          I leave for Pohnpei Monday morning.  I'm pretty excited I get to learn a new language!  I'm determined to get this language.  It sounds complicated to my ears, but the people around me say it's an easy language to pick up on.  BRING IT!

6 May 2013 Yet Another Sunday Review with Weekend Photo Dump

Yesterday was Fast and Testimony Meeting Sunday.  A visitor, Brother Whiting, shared his testimony.  He said the morning of his flight his son took him to the airport.  His son gave him a Book of Mormon and challenged him to place it during his trip.  After the plane took of a girl asked if Brother Whiting would switch seats with her so she could sit next to her family.  He begrudgingly agreed.  He noted his new seat partner was writing in her journal and studying her bible.  As they talked about their respective religions, he shared with her the Book of Mormon.  The lady said that morning after she said her prayers she meant to bring a novel with her but she had the distinct impression that she should leave her novel home because someone on the plane would give her a book to read.  Cornelius is alive and well where ever we go!

Last night I got to join a lesson with the sister missionaries in Makakilo ward.  It was with a lady from Pohnpei.  It was a good lesson.  It showed me that my language skills are somewhat wanting.  It's time to get back at it and work on keeping up my language skills!  In future posts I plan on having a translated section and hopefully some of my friends can help me with accuracy.

First Friday Hannarah's Night:

 Caleb's 1st Birthday Party:

New Missionary Orientation and Coupon Extravaganza

The awesome notes from orientation.  It was after the first day of orientation that I realized the mistake in writing in pencil.  It's a good thing I'm trying to decipher this now and not ten years from now ... it may be too faded by then.

I broke this down into two parts so it doesn't get too lengthy all at once

***06/17/04 Orientation Notes: Day One, Part One
          - Doctrine and Covenants 31:3

"Lift up your heart and rejoice, for the hour of your mission is come; and your tongue shall be loosed, and you shall declare glad tidings of great joy unto this generation."

          - 2 Nephi 4:16

 "Behold, my soul delighteth in the things of the Lord; and my heart pondereth continually upon the things which I have seen and heard."

          1. Internet Analogy:
               a. The Holy Ghost is the internet of the mind
               b. It connects to the giant search engine: Heavenly Father.
          2. Another Analogy:
               a. The battery starts the engine (<-- power)
               b. Obedience starts the spiritual engine (<-- the Holy Ghost)
               c. the power of the gospel is in the spirit
          3. Learn the language of the spirit
              (we are the limitation of the spirit)
               a. Doctrine and Covenants 130:22 - the Holy Ghost is a personage of spirit
               b. John 19:26 - the Holy Ghost can teach all things, bring all things to remembrance
               c. Doctrine and Covenants 8:2-3 - tell your mind and heart
               d. Jacob 4:13 - speaketh the truth plainly - teaches things as they really are
               e. John 15:26 - testifies of Christ
               f. 2 Nephi 2:10 - law = blessings or punishments

18 April 2013

Yesterday I went to a couponing seminar at the Honolulu Advertiser Building in Kapolei.  I learned some great new things!

I've been couponing now for almost two years, picking up tips and tricks here and there.  The benefit of this seminar is that it was free, which means most of the information was very basic.  The catch (because there's no such thing as a free lunch) is they try to get you to buy subscriptions to the Sunday paper.  Our household already has two subscriptions to the Sunday paper (this is the only sure way to get all the coupons), but you can get up to five subscriptions if you go to the seminar.  For now, two subscriptions is enough for our family.

          Here's what I learned:

Principles of Couponing:

1. Use a coupon when something is on sale
2. Use multiples of the same coupon to stock up on a particular sale item

Important things to know:

1. You need to know the coupon policies of the stores at which you want to use coupons.  (see coupon page /\)
2. It is suggested that you get one subscription to the Sunday paper per member of your family
3. You don't need to use every coupon!
4. If a coupon expires, Let it go.  And preferably let it go to a warehouse where they will ship it overseas because military families can use expired coupons for up to six months past the expiry date

So I usually lug around a giant binder full of all the coupons I clip and print.  Then look up all the match-ups, search coupon databases and set up scenarios.  Doing all this work takes me 10s of hours each week.

Yesterday I learned how to use a filing system instead

<<First: Get inserts from Sunday paper and write the date

>>Second: Put into filing folder

<<Third: Clip as needed

*keep coupons for five months then trash or donate to military families





They also talked about a new website that should take out all the work from finding match-up and creating scenarios at: staradvertiser.com/smartshopper

So, exciting.  When I get to using the website next week, I'll post about it.

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