So this week. well I guess, first I got transferred. I am now in Snoqualmie Falls in the Bellevue South Zone (and yes that's next to my old zone Bellevue). My companion is Sister Mcbride, she is from Page Arizona. And from what I can gather from the hour that we have been together, she is awesome. And I also learned that Sister Eaton is possibly my STL and she's serving in BeaverLake. So I also learned that Brother Sansing does an update for them. so I thought I would do a shout out to him. Hi Brother Sansing!!
Anywhos, this week Sister Madsen got sick so we were in for 2 days. And we've had like NO contact with any of our investigators really. but we finally got an appointment with Mary and Erik and of course Sis. Madsen was sick on that day. So we arranged to go on splits with the members and I studied my buns off to make sure I could teach just fine. so I got there and waited and waited. They didn't show up. So I texted them and they said they're looking into an LDS church that is closer to their house. XP Yeah, I was pretty disappointed.
Oh yeah, last p-day I signed with a guy named Bill who is deaf. and has Down Syndrome!! It was so great. We're new friends. But I'm sad I won't get to see him again cuz I got transferred :( Oh well, I told Elder Rainey to sign with him. Maybe Bill will get over his "I hate Mormons." and become an investigator cuz they won't be talking at him, they'll be signing with him instead.
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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Monday, May 12, 2014
Service
This week was good. We helped out at a Lutheran Church to feed people who can't get food for themselves. It was really fun and everyone is just so grateful. We're going to go back this week too. I can't wait.
We also finally got in contact with Mary and Erik and were able to set an appointment up with them!! Oh yeah, so excited.
And besides my surprise temple trip*, noting else really happened this week. Transfers are next week, so p-day will be on Tuesday.
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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you
[*Note from Dad: She told us about the Temple trip on the phone when we talked to her on Mother's Day. The Mission President needed a Sister to go with them to do some Sealings, so they called Michaelanne and asked her to go with them and arranged for another Sister to work with her companion while they were gone. She said it was fun.]
We also finally got in contact with Mary and Erik and were able to set an appointment up with them!! Oh yeah, so excited.
And besides my surprise temple trip*, noting else really happened this week. Transfers are next week, so p-day will be on Tuesday.
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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you
[*Note from Dad: She told us about the Temple trip on the phone when we talked to her on Mother's Day. The Mission President needed a Sister to go with them to do some Sealings, so they called Michaelanne and asked her to go with them and arranged for another Sister to work with her companion while they were gone. She said it was fun.]
Monday, May 5, 2014
The Novel
So, this week was good. We met, well actually, it's more she introduced herself to us. So last Sunday this lady name Mai Beswick came up to us and said "I'm not a member and I want to meet with missionaries." We were like, "Okay, great!" So we met with her and it turns out that she was baptized when she was 8. She removed her records when she was in her 30's, and now she wants to come
back. She wants to get baptized. And that's not all. She technically lives in Olympia (which isn't even in our mission), but she works in Shoreline taking care of an elderly couple 5 days out of the week (so she's not even in our area) but our church is the closest to her so it takes less time away from her job when she comes to ours. So, in other words, we have permission to teach her, but she also wants to get baptized on June 5th in Arizona because her sister is getting married there so her whole family will already be in Arizona. XP It's an interesting situation, but she's great and is so full of faith.
The other day while we were out tracting, there was a house that had the 10 commandments on the stones that Moses brought down from the mountain. I stared at them. and I said "Sister Madsen...I have to poke the commandments." So I did. I poked the commandments.
We also met with Grace this week. It went really well, she opened up about how she misses North Korea and her family and friends that she left behind. Last transfer I had shown her a family picture. So, to compare her situation to help understand I understand what she's going through I told her about mom's death and how I miss her and how I won't be able to see her again right now. But because of the Plan of Salvation and this Gospel, I'll be able to see her again and live with her and my family for eternity. And I told her that I knew she would see her friends and family again even if it wasn't in this life but she will in the next. It was really cool.
We met a former investigator named Devan. Sister Lee had said we wouldn't get along, so I was a little nervous to go meet her but it turns out she really likes Doctor Who. so we were able to connect there and she wants us to come back. So I'm hoping we can help her understand the Gospel.
We had dinner with a recent convert and her family. She's the only member in her family right now. We were talking with her daughters and we snuck the Gospel into our conversation and it went well. At least we felt like it went well. About an hour later we got a text from her thanking us for our message. Cuz her daughters have never had so much fun while talking about the Gospel. I think we're making some progress with them.
We had Zone Conference as well. It was AMAZING!! I love Zone Conference. There's always so much to learn. but the main thing that stuck out to me was extraordinary faith. So I studied more about faith and realized how easy it was to get extraordinary faith. Because all we have to do is keep our covenants that we have made and our faith will continue to increase. I thought that was cool.
We had a lesson with Calvince and Carolyne (yes we learned it's not Calvin. but Calvince). They made us goat meat. It was really good. We had to eat with our hands and everything like we were in Kenya! It was so awesome and delicious!! :D om nom. And the lesson went well. We taught the 1st half of the Plan of Salvation. but then Calvince interrupted cuz he wanted to talk about baptism.
They want to be baptized, but won't set a date because they really want to know how to be 'Mormon'. Like how they're supposed to be after there baptized. So were going to teach them the commandments and hopefully that will help them.
Then last but not least, we had dinner last night with a family whose son has autism and he started throwing a fit. And I couldn't help but smile. How I miss working with kids who have special needs.
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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you
back. She wants to get baptized. And that's not all. She technically lives in Olympia (which isn't even in our mission), but she works in Shoreline taking care of an elderly couple 5 days out of the week (so she's not even in our area) but our church is the closest to her so it takes less time away from her job when she comes to ours. So, in other words, we have permission to teach her, but she also wants to get baptized on June 5th in Arizona because her sister is getting married there so her whole family will already be in Arizona. XP It's an interesting situation, but she's great and is so full of faith.
The other day while we were out tracting, there was a house that had the 10 commandments on the stones that Moses brought down from the mountain. I stared at them. and I said "Sister Madsen...I have to poke the commandments." So I did. I poked the commandments.
We also met with Grace this week. It went really well, she opened up about how she misses North Korea and her family and friends that she left behind. Last transfer I had shown her a family picture. So, to compare her situation to help understand I understand what she's going through I told her about mom's death and how I miss her and how I won't be able to see her again right now. But because of the Plan of Salvation and this Gospel, I'll be able to see her again and live with her and my family for eternity. And I told her that I knew she would see her friends and family again even if it wasn't in this life but she will in the next. It was really cool.
We met a former investigator named Devan. Sister Lee had said we wouldn't get along, so I was a little nervous to go meet her but it turns out she really likes Doctor Who. so we were able to connect there and she wants us to come back. So I'm hoping we can help her understand the Gospel.
We had dinner with a recent convert and her family. She's the only member in her family right now. We were talking with her daughters and we snuck the Gospel into our conversation and it went well. At least we felt like it went well. About an hour later we got a text from her thanking us for our message. Cuz her daughters have never had so much fun while talking about the Gospel. I think we're making some progress with them.
We had Zone Conference as well. It was AMAZING!! I love Zone Conference. There's always so much to learn. but the main thing that stuck out to me was extraordinary faith. So I studied more about faith and realized how easy it was to get extraordinary faith. Because all we have to do is keep our covenants that we have made and our faith will continue to increase. I thought that was cool.
We had a lesson with Calvince and Carolyne (yes we learned it's not Calvin. but Calvince). They made us goat meat. It was really good. We had to eat with our hands and everything like we were in Kenya! It was so awesome and delicious!! :D om nom. And the lesson went well. We taught the 1st half of the Plan of Salvation. but then Calvince interrupted cuz he wanted to talk about baptism.
They want to be baptized, but won't set a date because they really want to know how to be 'Mormon'. Like how they're supposed to be after there baptized. So were going to teach them the commandments and hopefully that will help them.
Then last but not least, we had dinner last night with a family whose son has autism and he started throwing a fit. And I couldn't help but smile. How I miss working with kids who have special needs.
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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you
Monday, April 28, 2014
Crazy Week
Blog:
Well, this week was good. kinda crazy. sadly all of our appointments fell through :( and no one came to church. :( but Calvin did come to the new member fireside. It was AMAZING. This guy who is deaf and has Cerebral Palsy bore his testimony and well it was amazing and it almost made me cry, which is saying something cuz it's not easy to make me cry. But that made my day. But that was the most exciting part of the week.
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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you
Well, this week was good. kinda crazy. sadly all of our appointments fell through :( and no one came to church. :( but Calvin did come to the new member fireside. It was AMAZING. This guy who is deaf and has Cerebral Palsy bore his testimony and well it was amazing and it almost made me cry, which is saying something cuz it's not easy to make me cry. But that made my day. But that was the most exciting part of the week.
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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you
Monday, April 21, 2014
Happy Easter
So miracle for this week. So last year I met this guy named Jim at the car repair shop and we were talking with him. He has a deaf son and such and he said he lives in Edmonds. We almost put him on date for baptism, but he had to go. So he gave us his phone number to give to the missionaries in Edmonds. So we sent a referral. So when I got here I looked for that referral. The Elders didn't have it and we didn't have it in our area book. So, I searched my stuff thinking i still had the number but I couldn't find it. Well. this week I found it!!! Yay!!! So now I can call him and see if he's still interested. And cuz his son is deaf we'll probably just give to the ASL Elders. They're really excited about that. hmm. ... yeah.
That's all I can think of for this week. I hope everyone had a happy Easter!!
сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you
Monday, April 14, 2014
Because of Him
Sister Madsen is from Layton, Utah. She's a year older than me.
She came out a transfer after me. We were both trained by the same
person. Yeah...she's awesome. We've had a lot of fun this week.
This week was good. We saw Caroline. It was kind of nice seeing her without Calvin being there cuz Calvin always dominates the conversation so now we know what she understands. And it was really good. She wants to be baptized but isn't willing to accept a date :( but she did come to church for her first time! :D That was very exciting.
We also saw Grace (who is our North Korean investigator). We were able to meet with her without her husband which was nice cuz now we know where her English is at and what she understands and what she doesn't understand. She also came to church too!! :DD I hope she enjoyed it. She only stayed for the 1st hour though.
Now for my shout out!
"BECAUSE OF HIM"
This Video is really good. It's for Easter. We watched it at our ward mission leaders house, Brother Ricks. It's just simply amazing. It shows the what Christ did for us and "Because of Him." we all will be resurrected and such. This video is just so good.
http://easter.mormon.org/?cid=HPTU041514694
#becauseofhim
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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you
This week was good. We saw Caroline. It was kind of nice seeing her without Calvin being there cuz Calvin always dominates the conversation so now we know what she understands. And it was really good. She wants to be baptized but isn't willing to accept a date :( but she did come to church for her first time! :D That was very exciting.
We also saw Grace (who is our North Korean investigator). We were able to meet with her without her husband which was nice cuz now we know where her English is at and what she understands and what she doesn't understand. She also came to church too!! :DD I hope she enjoyed it. She only stayed for the 1st hour though.
Now for my shout out!
"BECAUSE OF HIM"
This Video is really good. It's for Easter. We watched it at our ward mission leaders house, Brother Ricks. It's just simply amazing. It shows the what Christ did for us and "Because of Him." we all will be resurrected and such. This video is just so good.
http://easter.mormon.org/?cid=HPTU041514694
#becauseofhim
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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
More Transfers
So this week has been CRAZY!! We met with Victer and Grace (our north
Korean investigators) and they gave us A TON of Kimchi. I've eaten so
much Kimchi it's rediculous. I'm kimchid out.
Oh yeah, I didn't get transferred, but Sister Lee did. :( My new companion is Sister Madsen She's from Layton, Utah.
Anyways, so our district leader, ELder Keeler.and Rainey, because of the bedbugs, were living with ASL South this whole week. Well Elder Rainey got Bronchitis. So they had to stay in all week. His voice sounded so bad! But he's better now and they're back in their apartment.
But because Elder Rainey was sick, Elder Keeler had to interpret for deaf/blind. Well, Elder Keeler has a hard time doing that cuz he's basically deaf. But he didn't do to bad. Elder Searing did help too so. yeah. they interepeted for conference.
And conference was so good!! I really liked the talk about the whirlwinds, the one about the horse bit, and Elder Aidukatis. They were all so good.
We had dinner with Blanca on Sunday. She gave me A TON of clothes XP. She's been cleaning out her closet and were the same size. I guess it's a score for me.
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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you
Oh yeah, I didn't get transferred, but Sister Lee did. :( My new companion is Sister Madsen She's from Layton, Utah.
Anyways, so our district leader, ELder Keeler.and Rainey, because of the bedbugs, were living with ASL South this whole week. Well Elder Rainey got Bronchitis. So they had to stay in all week. His voice sounded so bad! But he's better now and they're back in their apartment.
But because Elder Rainey was sick, Elder Keeler had to interpret for deaf/blind. Well, Elder Keeler has a hard time doing that cuz he's basically deaf. But he didn't do to bad. Elder Searing did help too so. yeah. they interepeted for conference.
And conference was so good!! I really liked the talk about the whirlwinds, the one about the horse bit, and Elder Aidukatis. They were all so good.
We had dinner with Blanca on Sunday. She gave me A TON of clothes XP. She's been cleaning out her closet and were the same size. I guess it's a score for me.
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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you
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