Transfer Eleven Week Five

Dear Family,

This week was a pretty good one.  :) It has been fun to do all of the Halloween activities. We had our Halloween party this past week, and it turned out great!! There were tons of people there and it was just awesome!!

This week we also had a really fun lesson with Destiny and Angel. It is always fun to teach them. We had to talk about the Law of Chastity this week, which was a little weird. It is hard to teach that to a 12 yr old and a 14 yr old. We did it though. Angel is 12 and was really funny about it. He compared chastity to fishing. He said that we are the fish, and when we get caught on one hook, to not ever leave that one for another one. It was a pretty good analogy. We let that one be :) It helped him understand and that is what matters :) It was fun to listen to him teach us the Law of Chastity in his own words. I have really enjoyed teaching them and just spending time with them :)

Holiday's are really fun. We always have a party to invite everyone too. It is great!!

I am loving this work! It truly is God's work, and things are going marvelous!! I love it!!

I love you all so much!! Next month are transfers and a baptism!!

I love you! Stay safe ans have a happy Halloween!!

Transfer Eleven Week Three

Dear Family,

This week was a crazy one. We received 8 referrals and wanted to contact all of them, so that is what we did.

It went well. We are starting to work with a lot of them and the others we have to get back into their homes. :) It was good though. We are excited to start working with them.

We have also been working with a lot of the members. We are trying to get everyone more excited about missionary work and try and tackle the fears that some people have because of it. It is going well and we are able to get to know a lot of the people.

This week we also had an adventure. We ended up spending 18 1/2 hours in the ER. I had some abdominal pain and had to go get it checked out. I am doing okay though. They didn't find out anything wrong, and all of the tests that they did came back with a negative. I am not worrying about it too much. :) I am doing well  :) Being there that long, meant that we missed Elder Evans. I was uber bummed about that. Luckily we have some amazing elders, and are going to be learning what they learned during out meeting :)

All in all this week was good. We worked with more deaf kids, and I am learning a lot. I have a lot of gospel terms down, which is fun. :)

Things are going well. Sister Edgley and I are still getting along amazing and are just having a good time :) It is exciting :)

I love you all so much! I hope you have a wonderful week!

Transfer Eleven Week Two

Dear Family,

This week was a pretty good week! I love being with Sister Edgley and am having a wonderful time with her!! She is truly an amazing sister!!

We are doing a lot. We are teaching Destiny and Angel. They were supposed to be baptized on October 25th, but sadly they said that they weren't ready yet. They want to have stronger testimonies and want to be more ready. I know though that that was okay. They have decided to set the goal as November 8th for their baptism. It should go well, so we are progressing towards that. It will be good. It is always so fun to go over and teach them. I enjoy it a lot!

We are also teaching some deaf kids. Because Sister Edgley is deaf, she signs. Because of that we get to travel around the mission and teach deaf kids. It is really exciting to be able to watch her sign and to kinda understand what is being said. I am learning a little bit, but I still don't know everything. Eventually I will become better :)

We had an amazing ward activity this past weekend! It was a Latin Festival, so many of the Latin people in our stake came together, and there was amazing food, and wonderful dancing. It really was a party and was tons of fun!

We have kinda adopted a cat. He belongs to the person who lives in the apartment under us. We have named him Steve. He is so cute!! He is a black cat and is just adorable :) It is fun :) It is helping Sister Edgley a lot too. She has a cat back home, and when she is sad she goes and pets Steve. It is really cute. Steve is an outdoor cat and I never pet him. Sister Edgley does though. It is fun :)

I am so grateful to be a missionary. It is crazy to think that this time last year, I was doing the same thing :) Emailing my wonderful family, and preaching the gospel. It is so exciting to be able to do this work and to help people come closer to Christ.

This coming week there is going to be a mission tour. We have Elder Evans coming to our mission, and are going to be able to meet with him on Friday. It is going to be so exciting!!

Thank you all so much for everything that you do! I am so grateful for your prayers, and your support.

I love you all so much!! Have a wonderful week!!

Transfer Eleven Week One

Dear Family,

This week was a pretty good with. With transfers happening things were a little different.

Sister Bullen got transferred and I stayed. This is the first time that I have stayed in an area while my companion has left. It is a little crazy. This meant that we took the time on Monday and Tuesday to say goodbye to all the members that we could. It helped me get to know the area though, which was good. I know some of it but it was just nice to be able to get to know it better :)

On Wednesday Sister Edgley came!! She is amazing!! She was born deaf but has partial hearing in her right ear. She has a hearing aid and that helps her. She is also really good at reading lips. She is such a sweetheart :) Her last companion served in this ward for 10 months, so she knew a lot more about it than I did. It was fun. She is very outgoing and is just wonderful. :) She is from Kaysville, UT. Don't we have family from there?? She is just a sweetheart!! She signs, so we are going all over the mission to go and teach these kids. It is amazing!! She is teaching me how to sign and we are actually using it. It is funny in the car though. I drive so her left ear is facing towards me. This means that a lot of the time she can't hear me. I have started waving my hand in front of her face to get her attention when I want to talk. It is kinda funny. Otherwise, I just touch her arm and make sure that she is looking at me. It is working out wonderfully :) I am really loving serving with her :)

I have met lots of members and have started building more relationships with them. It is fun to see the connections that I have in all the different wards I am serving in. So many members know each other. It is exciting :)

We are trying to do new things and to really make this ward our own. There are things that we are going to be applying from the different missionaries that we have served with and from the different areas. It is really fun to be able to really be in control of how to do things. It is a tad stressful but Sister Edgley is truly wonderful :)

We haven't been able to meet with our investigators, but we will. We are planning on meeting with them this week, so it should be good :)

Conference was amazing!! I love being able to listen to the Prophet and Apostles. It is wonderful to hear their council and to know what they would have us know :) I enjoy it a lot :)

Well, I love you all!! I hope you have a wonderful week!! Love you!! <3 <3 You are in my prayers :)

Transfer Ten Week Six

Dear Family,

This week was a pretty good one. We were able to get a lot done :)

Oh, Transfer week!! I found out that for the first time on my mission that I am going to be staying while my companion leaves. Sister Bullen is going to Banning and I am getting Sister Edgely. It should be good :)

I am going to have to summarizes it because I forgot my planner again.. I really need to get better at doing that...

We were able to work with our investigators Angel, Destiny, and Bernice. They are progressing well! It is so exciting to work with wonderful children!! They have a cousin that lives with them and he is thinking of taking the lessons too!! It is just amazing!! I love working with them!! Destiny and Angel are still progressing towards their October 25th baptismal date. It is the same day as the trunk or treat so we are going to be working on that in the morning. It should be exciting :) It is just amazing to see the faith of this children of God progressing!! I love it!!!

The other work is going well too. We are really working with recent converts and less active members. We have a few that need some work, so we are doing that :)

It was kinda exciting this week. We got to do something that hasn't happened before. We got to watch a movie!!!  :) It is called "Meet the Mormons". It is a documentary of 6 Mormon families around the world!! It is amazing!! It doesn't preach the gospel at all, but lets others know that we are normal!! It is great!! It comes out October 10th, and I encourage everyone that can to go and see it opening night!! It is truly an amazing movie!! It will make you laugh, and cry. :) It is just wonderful!! That was fun. We got to gather as 2 zones of missionaries and see it before it even came out. It was something the First Presidency has us do :) I wasn't complaining. It was great!!

This coming week is conference!! This past weekend we were able to watch the General Women's broadcast. It was amazing!! I got a lot about temple work and making those covenants with God from it. It was so good!! I am excited to one day go and make more covenants in the temple. It is going to be wonderful!! I am also really excited this coming week for General Conference. We have been talking a lot with out members about King Benjamin. In Mosiah 2 and 3. Just how when they were preparing for conference they came with questions and made sacrifices. They prepared themselves.

That is something I ask all of you to do. Prepare yourself for conference. Come with a question, and you will receive an answer. Whether is it a work or a phrase or an entire talk, there will be an answer for you.

 I love you all so much!! I hope you have a wonderful week!! <3 <3 <3