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Sis Havey is the bomb diggity. Love her. #soulsista. ❤️ |
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| Our mini missionary Sis. Sours. It's where the stake assigns youth who are thinking of going on missions with full time missionaries so they can see if it's really something they wanna do. I love LOVE this idea. I wish I could've done it. If any of you currently reading this are in a position to suggest this to your stake president DO IT. It's so rad. Our mini missionary Sis. Sours was awesome!!!! It was way cool to see her confidence and attitude change throughout the 3 days she was with us. She was able to give out a Book of Mormon with her testimony in it. It was hard for her, but she did it. I'm so proud of her! She's gonna be an awesome missionary. |
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| WE FOUND A CHICK FIL A!!!! #INHEAVEN 😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻 |
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| Brother and Sis. Mette. I love Bro Mette!!!! He's the kindest and sweetest person ever! He has Parkinson's and has a hard time doing things, but he sure shows you how much he loves you by getting you water and just really making you feel important. The light of Christ LITERALLY illuminates him in ALL he does. He's such a great example of Christlike love and the Christlike attributes that I hope to fully gain someday. It's just amazing cause there's so much that he could be mad or negative about, yet he CHOOSES not to. He chooses to be happy and look outward just like Jesus Christ did. Brother Mette is one of my heroes. Sis. Mette isn't a member. But we still call her Sis. Mette anyway. She's gonna be baptized one of these days, though. I know it. Service is gonna be the way to her heart and long and lasting conversion. I KNOW it. She's awesome. |
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| This is Jim Bray. He's the Zone Leaders (elders who share the ward with us) investigator who was just baptized. He is so awesome too. He was so golden. We call him Santa. He also drives a red semi truck. So he's pretty legit, I'd say. So y'all better watch out...Jim is comin' for you. He gonna find you and bring you to church with his red truck.... But no worries. This isn't sketchy...this is YOUR eternal salvation. You'll thank us all later. I promise 😊.... Do you wanna be on the nice list or not ? Ha jk about the list. But for real, there are churches ALL OVER THE WORLD! So go find one and check it out. It was way cool cause Jim's friend from Iowa actually introduced him to the church and came to church with him here once AND came to speak at his baptism this last weekend. Seriously what an awesome example Linn is to us all. I know that as we open our mouths like Linn did we WILL see miracles and CHANGE LIVES... not just once but FOREVER. " FOREVER. FOREVER. FOREVER!" |
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| ELDER BENNETT (well okay NOW it's JOSH and no I'm not joshin' ya) came back to visit the mission with his family. It was so awesome! He's become one of my bestest friends from the mission so it was cool to see him. He's such a stellar missionary! And I learned so much from him. It was an honor serving together. The rest of us missionaries have BIG shoes to fill. |
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| Hermanas FOR LIFE. ❤️ #soulsistas |
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| Me and Sister Griffin are ALWAYS twinning. If you didn't know it already ... She's super awesome!
WASHINGTON CITIZENS RUN & HIDE FROM SISTER MISSIONARIES
#JONAHSTYLE 🐋🐋🐋WHALE OF A STORY...
Funny story.....
This week we saw people walking towards us, and we thought "awesome! More people to share the gospel with!" But then psych, one guy saw us coming down the sidewalk and started walking super fast into his garage and closed the door and hid. We knocked on his door, and even though he totally knew we knew he was home, he kept hiding. We left a pass a long card of the Nauvoo Temple on his door. One day he'll call the missionaries. One day he'll be baptized. I know it.
Another couple was walking on a lovely, cool, summer evening and when we approached them friendly and nice, they said, "Nope we already have a home church." Then they walked super grandma fast. I just kept talking to them saying, "No, y'all should come back because I know this message is true, and it'll bless your lives forever. I promise you won't regret it." It makes me laugh, but at the same time "You don't even know what this is, cause you haven't even tried it yet. Come back!" It's interesting how so many people run away from us and hide. They're like Jonah. WHALE 🐋🐋🐋 it's gonna be great when they finally accept this forever life changing message.
Seriously I feel like I'm E.T. or something when everyone runs away from him cause they're way scared they're gonna get Ebola or some thing. And then Satan is like the government people who are trying to get E.T. cause they know how wicked awesome and life changing he is. Seriously let's be real...E. T. is the coolest and so are missionaries! I seriously cannot get over how funny it is that people are running away from us. I didn't think I was scary looking. We are just 2 AWESOME 19 year old girls that have THE BEST message for YOU! This isn't Mary Kay or Avon y'all...so OPEN UP.
Miracles:
("Rise Above" Mormonad) Anyone else find it interesting that the colors are the same as Batmans colors?😈 Let's RISE ABOVE together and let go of our weaknesses and things that are holding us back from becoming the best we can become. I know I wanna become the best missionary I can become so I'm gonna think of all the things that are holding me back from my full potential and work on letting them go. President Griffin talked a lot about this during new missionary training this last week. He related it David and Goliath and how the leaders of war wanted David to wear all this armor, but it was weighing him down, so he took it off. And he was able to defeat Goliath and yet if he had kept the armor on he probably would've died. So I'd like to invite all of y'all to take the time to take this challenge with me and let go of your " armor of war" and see the difference it makes in your life as you become closer to Christ and closer to the vision of the person you see yourself becoming and God knows you can become. I know we cannot do this alone. It's not easy, but because we have Jesus Christ in our lives we CAN AND WILL rise above everything IF we first have the desire and ACTUALLY DO IT. Let's RISE ABOVE.
The Lord says if we labor all our days and save but one soul, how great will be our joy with him; on the other hand how great will be our sorrow and our condemnation if through our acts we have led one soul away from this truth. How cool is it that we get to talk to EVERYONE? We seriously talk to EVERYONE. We've even run a couple people down. (Don't y'all worry we AIN'T EVEN CLOSE to "prancercising". I've truly seen so many blessings from that. So many miracles. We are always looking for more people to teach... to build up our teaching pool and also so we don't let anyone miss out on this awesome message. I have really come to better understand the importance of ALWAYS OPENING YOUR MOUTH to share the gospel. It would be selfish of us NOT to SO WHY SO OFTEN do we just sit there and not say anything? YES sharing the gospel can be hard, but y'all it's soooo important and I KNOW God really will help us know what to say.
I was reading in the August 2016 New Era magazine "The Message You Send"... "Talking, thinking, dressing, and acting in a way that’s truly modest is a message that’s based in the gospel, and that’s a powerful message. It reminds us of who we really are and sends a message--to the world, to us, and to God--that we know God really is there, that we love Him, and that He’s ready to help, no matter what problems we’re facing. That message can inspire and empower. And it certainly will change someone’s life--including yours. So, what message do you want to send today?"
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Remember, "There's never a second chance for a first impression." so.....THINK & ACT wisely.
I loved this quote:
"It's important to be patient with imperfect people, because God cares a lot more about who we are becoming than who we once were. And we are all imperfect people striving for the same purpose, to become better."
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NONE of us are perfect so it's important that we all be kind to each other. Be patient.
President Gordon B. Hinckley once said, "Take a chance on people. Think of the chance God took when he called you."
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WOW. if that isn't a slap to the face idk what is. For real, let's be kind. Remember we are all imperfect people striving for perfection. Again this isn't always easy but with Jesus Christ's help I know we can overcome this and become more patient. I know my patience level has grown a LOT since I've been here. It's definetly NO WHERE near perfect but it's getting better. It's improving and that's all that matters.
We had a little fireside for the mini missionaries before we got them and President asked, "are there any Hermanas?" I raised my hand and President said, " Awesome, we have 1". I totally psyched President for a minute and then, "oh no, you're not an Hermana. She's wanted to be an Hermana from day 1." Haha. It was so funny. I'm an Hermana at heart. Haha.
Here's some talks to read cause they're the BOMB! I'd like to invite y'all to read these from April 2015 GENERAL CONFERENCE: found in Gospel Library app under " general conference" or on Lds.org
You KNOW you're a missionary when :
You think of churchy analogies for EVERYTHING. 😂
So here's some for y'all this week ...
I was washing the dishes and it made me think of us and Jesus. Why you might ask? Because some of the dishes were able to be cleaned super fast and the stains or food was way easy to get off. Yet others had been on the plates for awhile and it took some scrubbing, extra soap, or even help from the comp. We are not perfect people and we sin and make mistakes and some are easy to overcome and get rid of. However, there's some that take a LOT of time. And so we need the Savior's help ALWAYS. Please remember Jesus Christ LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE. He's always, always gonna be here to help us. Remember to use the precious gift of the Atonement in our everyday lives. There's always, always, always, ALWAYS a way back.
Bug bites ...... So the mosquitoes here are really bad. They are evil little devils. They like to bite you until there's nothing left to bite. The big bites itch and are painful and can even scar if you're not careful. They're annoying and distract us from the more important things in our lives. That my friends, is just like SATAN 👹👹👹👹 Satan likes to attack us with his buddies with all of these worldly things and weigh us down and hurt us and weigh us down from our most important tasks in life. Yet with bug spray and anti-itch cream, which is like the Savior, we really can overcome these things. Again, it's NEVER a too late to come back & FIGHT OFF SATAN with help from Jesus Christ. It's so important to read the Book of Mormon and pray daily. It's the small and simple things that will help us stay away from Satan and his buddies grasp. Prayer is our link to heaven and Heavenly Father so KEEP ON PRAYIN. I love the gospel. I love Jesus Christ. I'm grateful to have the knowledge that it's NEVER too late for me to come HOME to Heavenly Father. To come back from being the one lost sheep...to be part of the group again. SATAN CAN BITE ME. 😉 Actually, no he CANNOT, because I'm putting my "bug spray" on. So he has NO power over me! And I know the same can be for each of you as you apply these things in your lives.
Last night Sister Mühlestein and I taught a young couple who were taught previously. The previous missionaries answered some of their questions, but they still had lots more. They told us a few days ago that they had questions on eternal families. We studied a LOT and went to the lesson with an awesome member. We got to know them a little, and answered their questions. I wanted to tie it into the Restoration, which we did, yet it was kinda scattered. Even though it didn't go quote like we wanted it to, it was the lesson they needed. I was sooooo beyond nervous. They had sooooo many awesome questions which were pretty deep. My comp and I really know the member needed to come with us, cause she helped a TON on the things we weren't sure about. And it was cool to see Heavenly Father's help in that lesson. He brought soooo many things to our remembrance... Even things we had only heard once in seminary or Sunday school or church long ago. I am grateful He really does help us when we prepare and do the very best we can.
Even though I was feeling a little discouraged and defeated in the lesson with this young couple--who wanted all their answers and to know where the "evidence" was RIGHT THEN, and told us things they heard about Joseph Smith that were TOTAL misconceptions-- I felt comforted by something Elder Bennett once said, "You're more successful than you think you are. Don't get discouraged. Be happy." That phrase just kept running through my mind. I knew I had prepared the best I could. I knew God would do the rest. I knew my companion, and the member, and the Holy Ghost were there to help me. I am so grateful for all of that. It was a great experience even though it was pretty rough. That phrase brought peace to my mind and my heart. I am grateful to have the opportunity to learn and grow because I KNOW we CANNOT grow in our comfort zones. I'm ever so happy & grateful to have had that experience to help them learn more about the church and the things I believe & KNOW deep within my soul to be TRUE.
Sister Mühlestein said us having our mini missionary training is prep for me being an STL(Sister Training Leader). HAHAHAHAHAHA isn't she funny 😂??? NOT. 😁😳😂
Here's some cool quotes I loved this week :
"You cannot change someone else. You can only change you. You can lean on Jesus Christ to make yourself stronger."
"When we decide we won't participate in church. we are drawing ourselves away from the Savior."
"Being offended is a choice."
"No one can make you feel inferior w/out your permission."
"We can act or be acted upon."
YALL ENJOY YOUR DAYS OF LIVING THIS WEEK¡¡
Love sista Ällowitz
1319 Butterfield Rd. #552
Downers Grove, IL 60515
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