Hello one and all! I am
so excited to be able to email! It seems like ages ago that we had a break! So
as I announced last week, I am training! I found out last Sunday and so Sister
Manning and I spent Monday saying goodbye to people and then spent the night in
Grimsby.
Tuesday was a whirlwind. So we woke up around 5 and pushed Sister Manning's suitcases to the train station so she could catch her 6:28 train...so then I was with the two Grimsby sisters, who were also both leaving. So we pushed their luggage to the bus stop and we caught the bus to Hull. We got to Hull and had a mini breakfast with the sisters there and Sister Jäger and I caught the train to Leeds. She left to go to her area and I joined some other Sisters there and we waited for the rest of the party to arrive! So there were 8 new missionaries coming in, so once all 8 of us trainers were there, we caught a bus to the chapel where we had instruction on training in the primary room and then we went into the chapel and waited for the new stars to come in. They filed in and we had a mini get to know you meeting where they came and introduced themselves and said where they're from and then Elder Jackson announced who their trainers were. I am training Sister Tautkus, who just so happens to be like my third cousin twice removed or something crazy like that. Our family history consultant couldn't figure it out. But my Aunt is her mom's cousin...anyways so we got to know each other and we went to a beautiful mountain to dedicate our missions. This is something new that President Turvey has started for us to go up and say a prayer as a companionship to dedicate ourselves to the mission and to Christ's work. Then he bought us ice cream! I mean, we could see our breath, but why not?!? So we went back and got her luggage and then caught the train. We wound up having to spend the night in Hull with the sisters there because the train got there just in time to miss the bus to Grimsby. But that was actually a blessing because it turned out, I had accidentally left my overnight bag in Hull since I had been helping another sister with her luggage and my bag was sitting on top of her case for easier carrying...so I got my bag back! No worries!
Wednesday we woke up around 5 again to catch the bus. We barely missed it, so we had to sit in the bus station for about an hour. So we did personal study there. I really hope you guys are picking up on the fact the busses aren't very well timed in our favour. Anyways, it was smooth sailing from there. We got to Louth in the afternoon, had lunch, companion study, and 12 weeks. Then we did minimal shopping and met a few members before tea with Keeley. Keeley is the less active we met last week who invited us over for tea. And guess what?!? Her boyfriend wants to take the discussions! He said he's just curious...but we all know that's where it starts! So hopefully things will work out there. Then we had missionary correlation and branch council meetings. Which I kinda felt bad about because Sister Tautkus had no idea who any of the people we were talking about were. But she will by next time!
Thursday we woke up early again and went to District Meeting. District meeting got changed due to the Zone Leaders wanting to come, but again, that turned out to be a blessing because we missed the bus on Wednesday...so cool thing! Our new District Leader was my District Leader in my first transfer! So that is pretty cool! We've decided we're basically the Arizona District because he's from Mesa, his companion in from Phoenix, and I'm from Queen Creek! The other three people aren't from Arizona, but half is pretty good! So then we talked to people on the bus, and Sister Tautkus and I handed out our first Book of Mormon! Then we had lunch and began teaching! We went to visit Jackie and then Josephine and then practiced street contacting before going over to Sister Stephenson's house for tea. Then we went in for twelve weeks and planning!
Friday was pretty short. We had a flat inspection in the middle of companionship Study and so we had to finish companion study afterwards, then we weekly planning and lunch. So literally our entire morning was taken up. So we went into town and did some service for Sister Stephenson. She needed some gallon jugs moved upstairs, so we did that for her and then caught the bus to go to tea at the Harvey's. Then we came back to Louth and we had a lesson with Jane and Andy. Oh and it was also my six month mark! Crazy days! I've been out for a third of my mission! It doesn't even seem possible!
Saturday was really the first normal day we had. We went to town after studies and did Mormon.org time and then came back for lunch. Then we tried by a few people who weren't in (story of our life) and began
knocking. We met some not so nice people and then went to get a pastry to celebrate my six month mark since we didn't get to the day before. We continued street contacting and trying by people and then went in to do Area Book Finding (which basically just means we put Formers into the app for an hour) and then went out. We tried by one more person, and he was in! So we set a return appointment and then went for tea at the Wilsons and then did 12 Weeks.
Sunday was Remembrance Day, which is the equivalent to our Veterans' Day. So we went to church and President and Sister Turvey were there to speak to the branch. They spoke on gratitude and, of course, missionary work. Then we taught Gospel Principles and had relief society. There was a "Linger Longer" afterwards where we had food and spoke to everybody. A great miracle that happened was a Sister brought one of her friends and he said he wants to learn more! So we're just praying we can get over to his house soon. He lives kinda far away, but I know the Lord will provide. Then President and Sister Turvey joined us for a lesson with Ben. We re-taught The Restoration and it was so good! He definitely felt the Spirit and said he wanted to recommit to meeting with us more often! So that's some good news! Then we had another lesson with Jackie and read the story of the Brother of Jared with her and talked about prayer. Then we walked down to the library and synced our iPads to the church server so they had our key indicators. It looked so sketchy. Obviously the library was closed at that point, so we were just standing outside, using the wifi, no big deal. Then we came in and made Sweet and Sour Chicken for dinner. It was amazing. Then we had 12 Weeks, planned, and began cleaning up dinner!
Today has been pretty fast paced. We woke up, exercised, cleaned, got ready for the day, studied, shopped, and went to Grimsby. We have exchange tomorrow and then Zone Training Wednesday. So yeah, it has been crazy.
My spiritual thought comes from the talk "Lest Thou Forget": "I encourage you now, to recall, especially in times of crisis, when you felt the Spirit and your testimony was strong; remember the spiritual foundations you have built. I promise that if you will do this, avoiding things that do not build and strengthen your testimony or that mock your beliefs, those precious times when your testimony prospered will return again to your memory through humble prayer and fasting. I assure you that you will once again feel the safety and warmth of the gospel of Jesus Christ."
Love you all!
Sister Hope
Tuesday was a whirlwind. So we woke up around 5 and pushed Sister Manning's suitcases to the train station so she could catch her 6:28 train...so then I was with the two Grimsby sisters, who were also both leaving. So we pushed their luggage to the bus stop and we caught the bus to Hull. We got to Hull and had a mini breakfast with the sisters there and Sister Jäger and I caught the train to Leeds. She left to go to her area and I joined some other Sisters there and we waited for the rest of the party to arrive! So there were 8 new missionaries coming in, so once all 8 of us trainers were there, we caught a bus to the chapel where we had instruction on training in the primary room and then we went into the chapel and waited for the new stars to come in. They filed in and we had a mini get to know you meeting where they came and introduced themselves and said where they're from and then Elder Jackson announced who their trainers were. I am training Sister Tautkus, who just so happens to be like my third cousin twice removed or something crazy like that. Our family history consultant couldn't figure it out. But my Aunt is her mom's cousin...anyways so we got to know each other and we went to a beautiful mountain to dedicate our missions. This is something new that President Turvey has started for us to go up and say a prayer as a companionship to dedicate ourselves to the mission and to Christ's work. Then he bought us ice cream! I mean, we could see our breath, but why not?!? So we went back and got her luggage and then caught the train. We wound up having to spend the night in Hull with the sisters there because the train got there just in time to miss the bus to Grimsby. But that was actually a blessing because it turned out, I had accidentally left my overnight bag in Hull since I had been helping another sister with her luggage and my bag was sitting on top of her case for easier carrying...so I got my bag back! No worries!
Wednesday we woke up around 5 again to catch the bus. We barely missed it, so we had to sit in the bus station for about an hour. So we did personal study there. I really hope you guys are picking up on the fact the busses aren't very well timed in our favour. Anyways, it was smooth sailing from there. We got to Louth in the afternoon, had lunch, companion study, and 12 weeks. Then we did minimal shopping and met a few members before tea with Keeley. Keeley is the less active we met last week who invited us over for tea. And guess what?!? Her boyfriend wants to take the discussions! He said he's just curious...but we all know that's where it starts! So hopefully things will work out there. Then we had missionary correlation and branch council meetings. Which I kinda felt bad about because Sister Tautkus had no idea who any of the people we were talking about were. But she will by next time!
Thursday we woke up early again and went to District Meeting. District meeting got changed due to the Zone Leaders wanting to come, but again, that turned out to be a blessing because we missed the bus on Wednesday...so cool thing! Our new District Leader was my District Leader in my first transfer! So that is pretty cool! We've decided we're basically the Arizona District because he's from Mesa, his companion in from Phoenix, and I'm from Queen Creek! The other three people aren't from Arizona, but half is pretty good! So then we talked to people on the bus, and Sister Tautkus and I handed out our first Book of Mormon! Then we had lunch and began teaching! We went to visit Jackie and then Josephine and then practiced street contacting before going over to Sister Stephenson's house for tea. Then we went in for twelve weeks and planning!
Friday was pretty short. We had a flat inspection in the middle of companionship Study and so we had to finish companion study afterwards, then we weekly planning and lunch. So literally our entire morning was taken up. So we went into town and did some service for Sister Stephenson. She needed some gallon jugs moved upstairs, so we did that for her and then caught the bus to go to tea at the Harvey's. Then we came back to Louth and we had a lesson with Jane and Andy. Oh and it was also my six month mark! Crazy days! I've been out for a third of my mission! It doesn't even seem possible!
Saturday was really the first normal day we had. We went to town after studies and did Mormon.org time and then came back for lunch. Then we tried by a few people who weren't in (story of our life) and began
knocking. We met some not so nice people and then went to get a pastry to celebrate my six month mark since we didn't get to the day before. We continued street contacting and trying by people and then went in to do Area Book Finding (which basically just means we put Formers into the app for an hour) and then went out. We tried by one more person, and he was in! So we set a return appointment and then went for tea at the Wilsons and then did 12 Weeks.
Sunday was Remembrance Day, which is the equivalent to our Veterans' Day. So we went to church and President and Sister Turvey were there to speak to the branch. They spoke on gratitude and, of course, missionary work. Then we taught Gospel Principles and had relief society. There was a "Linger Longer" afterwards where we had food and spoke to everybody. A great miracle that happened was a Sister brought one of her friends and he said he wants to learn more! So we're just praying we can get over to his house soon. He lives kinda far away, but I know the Lord will provide. Then President and Sister Turvey joined us for a lesson with Ben. We re-taught The Restoration and it was so good! He definitely felt the Spirit and said he wanted to recommit to meeting with us more often! So that's some good news! Then we had another lesson with Jackie and read the story of the Brother of Jared with her and talked about prayer. Then we walked down to the library and synced our iPads to the church server so they had our key indicators. It looked so sketchy. Obviously the library was closed at that point, so we were just standing outside, using the wifi, no big deal. Then we came in and made Sweet and Sour Chicken for dinner. It was amazing. Then we had 12 Weeks, planned, and began cleaning up dinner!
Today has been pretty fast paced. We woke up, exercised, cleaned, got ready for the day, studied, shopped, and went to Grimsby. We have exchange tomorrow and then Zone Training Wednesday. So yeah, it has been crazy.
My spiritual thought comes from the talk "Lest Thou Forget": "I encourage you now, to recall, especially in times of crisis, when you felt the Spirit and your testimony was strong; remember the spiritual foundations you have built. I promise that if you will do this, avoiding things that do not build and strengthen your testimony or that mock your beliefs, those precious times when your testimony prospered will return again to your memory through humble prayer and fasting. I assure you that you will once again feel the safety and warmth of the gospel of Jesus Christ."
Love you all!
Sister Hope
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