So this week was an pretty interesting week. We had
transfers on Wednesday so the few days before that were pretty much filled up
with me packing and saying goodbye to the friends that I had made in my time
spent in Providence. Then on Wednesday when I moved to my new area and got to
meet my new companion, his name is Elder Cianciotto. The only problem though
which is what makes this an interesting week is the fact that the day that I
got here Elder Cianciotto got sick and so we have really not had a normal day
since I got here so in reality the highlight of my past week was being
transferred to a new area. Hopefully I will have more to tell y'all next week
but until then see have a great week!
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Here comes the cake
(Sister Slade)
Yesterday we started making the cake for Johana's wedding
that is on Saturday. As we were putting it in the freezer so we can decorate it
on Friday I said, "Here comes the cake." but was yawning and
apparently I made a really funny face and Sister Jelderks couldn't actually
tell what I was saying. Sorry this week's title isn't actually that funny, but
nothing else funny happened this week.
We had exchanges on Thursday. I was with a missionary who
had just barely gotten into the mission field, so she had been on a mission for
a whole 7 days. It was really interesting to reflect on how much I've grown and
changed in the last 17.5 months. I think some of you will be very surprised
when I come home. If Sister Slade from 18 months ago walked in right now I
wouldn't recognize her.
I had my last interview with President Strong on Friday.
Weird. I really am going to miss President and Sister Strong. They've done so
much for me and have helped me make it to the end of my mission.
I don't have much else to say, it was a pretty average week.
God is good
Sister Slade
pictures
1-6. We went to an arcade with some other sisters for Pday.
it was a lot of fun and we won some DC character cards.
7. We cut up some old blankets for service at the animal
shelter. The only problem was they gave us paper scissors to cut the fleece
blankets.
8. A really hideous and uncomfortable chair at the restore
February 12, 2020
(Elder Petersen)
Hey Everyone so this week has been an amazing last week has
been an amazing week with finding 8 new people to teach, 5 people that we are
teaching who went to church and one person that we are teaching who is on date
to be baptized! So this week started out with us going to the temple on
Tuesday, then on Wednesday we had an appointment to meet a non-member named
Clara who wants to know if there is a God and whether or not this church is
true. Then we had an exchange with our District leader so that he could make
sure that we are telling the truth and to keep us accountable. During that
exchange however we found 5 new people to teach they are all from a family of
11 and from what I could tell they are interested in learning the gospel. The
final two people that we found were these adopted Marshallese kids who were
adopted into an active member family, this is awesome due to the fact that they
are two almost guarantied baptisms for this area! The most exciting thing that
happened for me though is that our transfer board came out yesterday (Sunday)
and I am getting transferred! I will be leaving my birth area Providence and
heading up to Malad which should be an exciting change of scenery. Love y'all
and hope you have a Great week!
Thursday, February 6, 2020
LDS or Lacking doughnut syndrome
(Elder Slade)
To the best Friends and Family a person could hope for,
Well, it's been quite the week. In just the past week, I've been in three different companionships. Thursday night, there was a companionship exchange that the MTC presidency thought was for the best because of certain circumstances with another companionship in my district. So for three days, my companion was Elder Dansie. Things were eventually figured out, and we went back to our original companionships, and I was back with Elder Lavold. However, just yesterday, Elder Lavold woke up pretty sick. We went to the clinic, and discovered he had Influenza, and he had to be quarantined, or as they put it, put in "isolation". This resulted in me being in a tri-companionship with Elder Dansie and Elder Robinson. Moral of the story: be ready for anything, and just try to have a good attitude!
Other than that, I've been loving it at the MTC! It is snowing so much (I love snow!). I've been learning so much, and I think I've grown a lot just being here. I am getting so excited to get out in the field and teach the gospel. We've had several lessons with people and it is amazing to me to see how people are touched by the message we teach. I've realized how blessed I am (and we all are) to be able to teach people and use the Book of Mormon to change lives.
The title comes from Elder Dansie just yesterday, when his parents mailed him two boxes of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, the best kind of doughnuts. I was so excited!! Any day is a good day when you have Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. Elder Dansie is awesome, aside from the fact that he drinks fermented milk (it smells nasty). He's also an incredibly talented piano player, and he's really smart! We get along really well.
I am leaving the MTC next Wednesday, so my next P-day will probably be on the following Monday in the field, so it'll be about a week and a half until I can talk again, but know that you are all in my prayers and I love you!
Pictures:
1. The Elders in our district
2. Me in my trio (Elder Dansie is on the left, Edler Robinson is in the middle)
3. They served us Subway one day. Yay. My favorite. (That was sarcasm if you couldn't tell)
4. Me and Elder Lavold at the temple last Thursday
5. Elder Dansie and I
6. Our district at the temple
7. There's a stray cat hanging around the MTC. Elder Lavold loves cats, he has two cats at home named Mowglie and Pepper!
I can't believe I forgot a potato joke!! What am I thinking? I'll repent now though...
What do you call a long, curved potato with a monetized video channel?
A professional U-tuber!
Hehe, lol.
You should date my son!
(Sister Slade)
It was a weird week. It was one of those weeks where every day you wake up and are confused about what day it is. This week's title comes from the family that fed us last night. They have a son that gets home from his mission 10 days before I go home. They kept telling me I should take him on a date when we both go back to BYU. At one point someone said that our personalities would go really well together and everyone got really quiet and just looked at me. Then they nodded in agreement. It was only a little bit awkward.
On Wednesday we had our extra pday. President Strong also had us watch a movie called Free Solo for district council. He wanted us to see it with the view that we can overcome what seems impossible to most people or even ourselves. It was a good movie.
Nothing else too exciting happened until Saturday. A young woman in our ward really likes us for some weird reason and invited us to her birthday party. So we went skating with a bunch of 13 year olds. It was actually pretty neat because her dad is less active and her grandpa isn't a member and we were able to talk to them quite a bit. Her dad even came to church the next day. Yay!
Also on Saturday was a baptism. My first transfer in Harrison we found a man named Gene. He dropped us at one point but we felt prompted to keep going by. Eventually he started reading the Book of Mormon (has since finished the Book of Mormon) and decided to be baptized. President strong gave sister Jelderks and I permission to Skype in for the baptism. It was a really spiritual experience. I'm glad I was able to be a part of his conversion.
God is good!
Sister Slade
Pictures:
1. We played pool for pday last week
2. Sister Jelderks missed the whipped cream challenge
3-4. we found a baby hammer
5-8. what you think a car share is going to be like
9-10. What a car share is actually like
11-12. At the party
13-14. GENE'S BAPTISM
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