So, to start off this week has been good. We've been doing TONS of finding. We found this girl named Sarah. She used to meet with missionaries and she now wants to meet with us again. And she wants to come to the Relief Society Activity this week. We're super excited about her.
This week we had to stay in for one day. And we found this Mormon Message called "Dayton's Legs". It's so good!! I love it so much. we also found a bonus video called "Reach and Share" and how because of this video this family joined the church. We started sharing it with our members to help them to see different ways to do missionary work.
Here's a link to Dayton's Legs:
https://www.lds.org/youth/video/daytons-legs?lang=eng&cid=NEMar14
That's really all for this week. Love you all!
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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Monday, June 9, 2014
Cats, horses, mowed lawns, oh my...
So, this week has been good. We went on exchanges. It was slightly weird because I went to BeaverLake with Sister Eaton. so being in an old area with an old companion was a little weird. But it was kinda nice. But I just felt really weird the whole time. I felt kinda out of place. But the exchange went well.
Then we went and saw Carrie who is a less active. She is an awesome less active. She is from England. she works for Microsoft and is a crazy cat lady. She has 6 cats. There's Mr. McHenry (he's her favorite), Daisy (She hates everyone), Zebedee (is scared of everything; but I think he's starting to warm up to us), Doogle (he's my favorite one and he loves shoes; it's really funny), Flourance (she's very nurturing; kind of like mother cat), and Penelope (she loves to suck her thumb; it's really cute). we never leave without TONS of cat hair on us. We mowed her lawn this week. Yes, I mowed my first lawn. And it looks pretty good. I must say myself.
Then Sunday. Sunday was just awesome. So this ward is like HUGE into Family History and the talks were on Family History and then doing the work in the temple.
Anyways, after church we went and saw a former investigator named Margi. She's Catholic and has horses (which automatically makes her super cool) and she feels the need to get baptized again because she doesn't agree with infant baptism. And her priest won't let her get baptized again. so we asked her what's her problem with our church? what's holding her back. And she said "I've been Catholic my whole life. How could I change?" she's just scared to change. But we committed her to pretend to be a 'Mormon' for a month. And if she liked it, we'd help her get baptized. So were going to start working with her again and she's going to come to church next week.
So, after we saw her we went to her fellowshipper's house and told them the news and when we finished. they gave us 2 referrals!! They sound pretty awesome! I'm super excited about them.
Then after that, we went and saw another family that we had been meaning to go and see for like the last 3 weeks. And after we finished visiting with them and we were heading out, their daughter who is in 8th grade walked out with us an said "I have a really strong impression that you need to meet my friend." So she walked with us over to the friends house and told us how she has come to church once and she really liked it. And she also told us how she's been weaving the gospel into their conversations. But it was really late so we didn't knock the door (in fact, it was WAY late....past curfew, within that time, our district leader had called 3 times XP hehehe..oops) But we are working on the best way to introduce us to her friend. I'm really excited. It was just an AWESOME day.
So we had ward coordnation this week and one of the ward missionaries did Kendall's favorite scripture. 1 Nephi 2:15 "and my father dwelt in a tent." Lets just say I just about died of laughter when he shared that.
And the next 3 p-days will be on Tuesday cuz we're going to the temple and transfers.
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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you
Then we went and saw Carrie who is a less active. She is an awesome less active. She is from England. she works for Microsoft and is a crazy cat lady. She has 6 cats. There's Mr. McHenry (he's her favorite), Daisy (She hates everyone), Zebedee (is scared of everything; but I think he's starting to warm up to us), Doogle (he's my favorite one and he loves shoes; it's really funny), Flourance (she's very nurturing; kind of like mother cat), and Penelope (she loves to suck her thumb; it's really cute). we never leave without TONS of cat hair on us. We mowed her lawn this week. Yes, I mowed my first lawn. And it looks pretty good. I must say myself.
Then Sunday. Sunday was just awesome. So this ward is like HUGE into Family History and the talks were on Family History and then doing the work in the temple.
Anyways, after church we went and saw a former investigator named Margi. She's Catholic and has horses (which automatically makes her super cool) and she feels the need to get baptized again because she doesn't agree with infant baptism. And her priest won't let her get baptized again. so we asked her what's her problem with our church? what's holding her back. And she said "I've been Catholic my whole life. How could I change?" she's just scared to change. But we committed her to pretend to be a 'Mormon' for a month. And if she liked it, we'd help her get baptized. So were going to start working with her again and she's going to come to church next week.
So, after we saw her we went to her fellowshipper's house and told them the news and when we finished. they gave us 2 referrals!! They sound pretty awesome! I'm super excited about them.
Then after that, we went and saw another family that we had been meaning to go and see for like the last 3 weeks. And after we finished visiting with them and we were heading out, their daughter who is in 8th grade walked out with us an said "I have a really strong impression that you need to meet my friend." So she walked with us over to the friends house and told us how she has come to church once and she really liked it. And she also told us how she's been weaving the gospel into their conversations. But it was really late so we didn't knock the door (in fact, it was WAY late....past curfew, within that time, our district leader had called 3 times XP hehehe..oops) But we are working on the best way to introduce us to her friend. I'm really excited. It was just an AWESOME day.
So we had ward coordnation this week and one of the ward missionaries did Kendall's favorite scripture. 1 Nephi 2:15 "and my father dwelt in a tent." Lets just say I just about died of laughter when he shared that.
And the next 3 p-days will be on Tuesday cuz we're going to the temple and transfers.
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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you
Monday, June 2, 2014
Persistence
and why they're so nice and such. so we taught her the restoration. It was so powerful. She looked like she was going to cry and the only question she had when we finished was "How did Joseph Smith share this with others?" That was the easiest question I think I have ever answered on my whole mission. And she wants us to come back. And she said she's going to read and pray about the Book of Mormon. We're so excited about her!! We can't wait till we meet again and follow up! :DD
As for the rest of this week, we were in the finding stages so we've been doing a lot of finding (aka tracting and contacting, etc....) but were having fun with the spirit while were at it! ^_^
Here are some pictures of us at Snoqualmie Falls. We took them this morning.
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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you
Monday, May 26, 2014
Blisters
I love my new area. but i really miss seeing Puget Sound. I turn expecting to see it. but then I see houses. so it's a little disappointing. but oh we'll. We have Snoqualmie Falls in our area. (water falls) I'm excitted to go see them! We're going to go see them today or next week.
So this week we are basically out of miles, so we've been walking everywhere!!(so many blisters on my feet XP) I just keep telling myself that they're being prepared for Disneyland.
So a member gave Sister Mcbride a referral last transfer and we went to do a follow up visit with the referral and we met his wife and 2 kids. They were so cute!!! Skyler and Vivienne. They're around 6 years old...I think...maybe a little older...not sure. But Skyler can't talk. He has Autism. He was so cute. He pulled us into a little play house, so me, Sis. Mcbride, Skyler, and Vivienne were all in this tiny play house. And suddenly, Skyler decided he wanted to sit on my lap and I wasn't prepared for it so I fell backwards and the play house fell and broke. Not permanently broke...hehehe...but that's all right cuz they have to move it anyways cuz they were planning on moving soon. So I did them a favor...I guess.
This area makes me think of Beaverlake. Then again, it is 5ish minutes from Beaverlake. But I'm loving it. It's really great.
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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you
So this week we are basically out of miles, so we've been walking everywhere!!(so many blisters on my feet XP) I just keep telling myself that they're being prepared for Disneyland.
So a member gave Sister Mcbride a referral last transfer and we went to do a follow up visit with the referral and we met his wife and 2 kids. They were so cute!!! Skyler and Vivienne. They're around 6 years old...I think...maybe a little older...not sure. But Skyler can't talk. He has Autism. He was so cute. He pulled us into a little play house, so me, Sis. Mcbride, Skyler, and Vivienne were all in this tiny play house. And suddenly, Skyler decided he wanted to sit on my lap and I wasn't prepared for it so I fell backwards and the play house fell and broke. Not permanently broke...hehehe...but that's all right cuz they have to move it anyways cuz they were planning on moving soon. So I did them a favor...I guess.
This area makes me think of Beaverlake. Then again, it is 5ish minutes from Beaverlake. But I'm loving it. It's really great.
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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Back to Bellevue
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
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
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
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