{"id":7523,"date":"2023-10-14T10:33:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T20:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/delisahargrove\/?p=7523"},"modified":"2023-10-14T10:33:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T20:33:39","slug":"julio-mendizabal-rest-in-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/delisahargrove\/2023\/10\/julio-mendizabal-rest-in-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Julio Mendiz\u00e1bal, Rest in Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Sometimes there are just no words, but emotion compels you to express something \u2013 to acknowledge a significant life, to affirm the faith\/knowing that brings peace while surveying heartbreaking tragedy, to express love for those left behind.<\/p>\n

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For me, the story began through my brother Daylen\u2019s missionary letters.\u00a0 He\u2019d met an amazing family while serving in a Boston suburb.\u00a0 They were deeply religious and devoted to family.\u00a0 Daylen and his companion taught them.\u00a0 We received letters mentioning Antonio, Liliana, Scarlet, Claudia, Julio, and Luis.\u00a0 And then pictures.<\/p>\n

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I was visiting my parents when they received the first pictures of the Mendizabal family. We felt a connection, a knowing, with these people we\u2019d only heard about.<\/p>\n

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Daylen sent a picture on baptismal day of himself and these people who would impact his life forever. I was so impressed by their goodness and desire to follow Jesus Christ\u2019s gospel.<\/p>\n

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Daylen and the Mendiz\u00e1bal siblings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A few years later, I met the Mendizabal family in person as Daylen and Scarlet married in the Boston Temple for time and all eternity.<\/p>\n

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Our families intertwined even more several years later when my brother Dannen married Claudia and was sealed to her in the Jordan River Temple.<\/p>\n

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Julio married Summer and Luis married Katrina.\u00a0 Anthony and I lived near Luis and Katrina in Ewa Beach.\u00a0 When Antonio and Liliana came to visit them, we visited, too.<\/p>\n

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While my parents served a mission in Santiago, Chile, and my sisters and I visited them, Liliana invited us to visit her cousins in Valparaiso.\u00a0 One of my favorite memories of the sun over the ocean happened while staring at the sea from her beautiful condo after she\u2019d fed us the most delicious food.<\/p>\n

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The whole family is full of incredibly bright, generous, loving people.<\/p>\n

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Rest in Peace, Julio Mendiz\u00e1bal<\/h3>\n

It is so fun to have two brothers married to two sisters!\u00a0 As such, we saw the Mendizabals at double the family events, especially since Julio and Summer only lived 30 minutes away from Scarlet and Claudia\u2019s families.\u00a0 We know them! We love them!<\/p>\n

And so Claudia\u2019s family group text on Friday left us all shocked, confused, and devastated:<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease keep our family in your prayers. We were just told that our brother Julio has passed away. We are on our way down to Mapleton\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat?!?!?\u201d\u00a0 (That was my initial response to the news.) \u201cI am so sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Julio is a larger-than-life personality.\u00a0 He is a tall guy and his presence fills the room.\u00a0 He didn\u2019t seek attention, but he was always so visible with his great laugh and observant nature.<\/p>\n

\"Julio
Julio Mendiz\u00e1bal with his niece and nephews<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A little while later, Scarlet confirmed the terrible news.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s gone. We are trying to get our family here tonight and tomorrow \u2026. thank you for keeping them in your prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Did you notice what I did?\u00a0 In the devasting loss of their brother, both sisters instinctively mentioned prayer. Their profound faith in Jesus Christ has been so evident.<\/p>\n

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Daylen was about to board a plane for Shanghai when he got the news.\u00a0 Had the news come few minutes later, he would have been gone.\u00a0 Instead he found the next flight to Salt Lake City and waited for it for hours. Waiting is not our family\u2019s favorite pastime.<\/p>\n

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Summer and their two oldest kids (15 and 12) left home that morning.\u00a0 Julio and the two youngest (10 and 8) were eating breakfast.\u00a0 Julio choked on something. He and the kids couldn\u2019t get the obstruction out.\u00a0 He stumbled to the neighbor\u2019s house with the kids.\u00a0 By the time the neighbors opened the door, he was gone.\u00a0 EMS arrived quickly, removed the obstruction and began CPR.\u00a0 They tried for 20-30 minutes to revive Julio, but even with the defibrillator, they couldn\u2019t get his heart beat back.<\/p>\n

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Shock. Dumbfounded. How tragic.\u00a0 How heartbreaking.\u00a0 How random.\u00a0 And because of that, we knew Julio\u2019s life and death were in God\u2019s hands. He is the author and finisher of our lives and faith.<\/p>\n

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Daylen sent me something a non-religious coworker texted him that succinctly describes our faith.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s truly the definition of heartbreaking and would make 99% of the world question, Why? Why him? It\u2019s not fair!<\/p>\n

You and how you\u2019ve commissioned your entire family to put God first puts everyone in the rare 1% that trusts our time on earth is short and just a small piece of eternal life and love from the Heavenly Father.\u00a0 You know this. You believe this. You are different. You got this.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The Lord\u2019s Plan of Salvation<\/h3>\n

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We believe that we are eternal beings. We believe that God is the Father of our spirits and has a plan for our eternal progression<\/a>, a plan in play before we came to Earth. We believe that in a heavenly council, God our Eternal Father presented a plan for us whereby we could come to Earth and receive mortal bodies.\u00a0 Because of the fallen nature of mortality, He gave guidelines\/commandments and prophets to remind and direct us back to Him.\u00a0 Most importantly, since we didn\u2019t have the capacity to overcome this fallen world ourselves, Jesus Christ became our Savior. He promised to overcome sin and death, to offer grace to heal wounded minds and hearts, to increase our capacity to follow Him, and to do things beyond our natural abilities to help those around us.<\/p>\n

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For us, the whole point of life on Earth is to accept and receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Redeemer, and Healer and Mediator, and every other title He has. When we do that, our sins are redeemed and we live as He would, as disciples of Jesus Christ. Because He broke the bands of death, Jesus provided a way back to the Father<\/a>. And because of Jesus Christ\u2019s atoning power, we can be resurrected like He was.\u00a0 Resurrection fuses bodies and spirits together forever.<\/p>\n

With Jesus at the helm, we had the confidence to follow God\u2019s plan and come to Earth. That also means we have the confidence to follow God\u2019s plan as we leave this life.<\/p>\n

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We believe that the beautiful relationships forged and nurtured and fought for in this life can persist beyond this life.\u00a0 We do not espouse a \u201ctill death do you part\u201d doctrine.\u00a0 We believe that the power and authority of God to bind on Earth and in heaven that was manifest in ancient times has been restored by apostles and prophets in modern times.\u00a0 The sealing power which binds on earth and in heaven has been restored to the earth and ordinances and covenants with God bind us to God and each other for \u201ctime and all eternity.\u201d<\/p>\n

We know that this life is not the end of Julio.\u00a0 His goodness and generosity and deep love for his family are still very much a part of who he is as he passes from this life as we know it to the spirit realm to await Jesus Christ\u2019s Second Coming and his own resurrection.<\/p>\n

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You have impacted our lives for the better, Julio.\u00a0 Go with God. Until we meet again.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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