January 30, 2017
Dear Friends and Family!
Another week has gone by, in two days I'll be halfway through my first transfer. People's houses and apartments here have that stucco concrete texture, except stuffed with shells. Sometimes big ones, sometimes small ones. It can in fact get cold here. A cold front came through and I was wearing my coats, BRRRRR! Luckily it didnt last long. Humidity is a real thing here. Something cool that happened was when someone who Sister Elwell and Sister Olsen previously knocked on saw us and HE ASKED US to come visit him and his family. I was just wowed that an investigator CAME TO US! Then later last week, a ward member CAME TO US and asked us when she could come out and teach an investigator with us. Its awesome to see the seeds planted before grow and we get to reap rewards from those seeds of faith.
Sister Elwell and I celebrated our late birthdays, hers was actually the day before i met her! We also celebrate me being here for two weeks haha. We made a cake and maybe ate the whole thing in 24 hours...... We love eating! Being on a mission takes a lot of energy, my bed has never felt so good at the end of a day! I got to bear my testimony at church, and everyone there kinda got to know who i am. Thats really nice. We had zone meeting and worldwide missionary training. As for the schedule Sister Kelly Prue explained in her email. My mission was already doing it when I got to my mission. We apparently do a lot of pilot testing for things like that. So cool beans for me. The new key indicators really help us focus on our purpose better. We helped one of the sisters in our ward, Nicole, move into her new apartment. I think she is awesome. The plantation of Georgia is diffferent but really neat. We went out to a pretty remote place this week but so fun to drive through a jungle! At least thats what it looked liked.
Something we are starting to encourage members to do help share the gospel is to start using skype with the missionaries and to use FB messenger. I challenge all of you to set up or get familiar with your skype account. Here is the routine for FB Messenger:
1. Start with a prayer
2. Open up FB Messenger App and scroll through your friends
3. Listen to the Holy Ghost's prompting on who to share a message with
4. Share a video, testimony, quote, invitation to the friend you chose
Sister Elwell and I celebrated our late birthdays, hers was actually the day before i met her! We also celebrate me being here for two weeks haha. We made a cake and maybe ate the whole thing in 24 hours...... We love eating! Being on a mission takes a lot of energy, my bed has never felt so good at the end of a day! I got to bear my testimony at church, and everyone there kinda got to know who i am. Thats really nice. We had zone meeting and worldwide missionary training. As for the schedule Sister Kelly Prue explained in her email. My mission was already doing it when I got to my mission. We apparently do a lot of pilot testing for things like that. So cool beans for me. The new key indicators really help us focus on our purpose better. We helped one of the sisters in our ward, Nicole, move into her new apartment. I think she is awesome. The plantation of Georgia is diffferent but really neat. We went out to a pretty remote place this week but so fun to drive through a jungle! At least thats what it looked liked.
Something we are starting to encourage members to do help share the gospel is to start using skype with the missionaries and to use FB messenger. I challenge all of you to set up or get familiar with your skype account. Here is the routine for FB Messenger:
1. Start with a prayer
2. Open up FB Messenger App and scroll through your friends
3. Listen to the Holy Ghost's prompting on who to share a message with
4. Share a video, testimony, quote, invitation to the friend you chose
Those are the steps that they told us, you could also end with a pray of gratitude at the end if you wanted. Its an easy way to send that message of Joy. Its takes most people several times of hearing the restored truth to start "getting it" NO EFFORT IS WASTED!
Well, Its so interesting to be a missionary, and you learn so much. It will be crazy to see what the future holds for me. Hope you all are doing great. Let me know how your lives are. I will write letters back as well as I can.
Love, Sister Prue
Love, Sister Prue
Sister Jill Prue
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