Hi ya, April 28, 2014

Hiya! 

 So this week was a really good one!  It has gone by so fast, and next week is transfers again!  Gosh this transfer has really flown by, its so weird.  Sister Scott and I have been together for like 4 months now, and it has just gone by so fast.  We don't really know what will happen at transfers, anything could happen since we both got here like the same time, but we think that one of us will leave.  But really fast, before I forget...we will be able to skype on mothers day, so may 11th, and its a bit tricky cause transfers are like 3 days before.  So if I am in louth, then I will be skyping around 5 or 6 ENGLAND time..not sure what time that is in the states.  BUT, if I get transferred, then I have no idea what time I'll be skyping.  I'm telling you this now in advance so that you can maybe get something figured out.  What time is your church at?  And also, I have a skype account, i just don't remember it.  So if you could email me my skype account and password, then I could just skype your account mom from my own account.  I think that would be easiest, just because it will be a little tricky with transfers and all.  But this week was really a great one!  Gosh, Louth is just on fire right now!!  Our investigators are doing so well!!  S is doing so good!  She is just hilarious!  Seriously, she is like the funniest person I have ever met!!!  She is 64, tiny (smaller than me) and just a crazy woman hahahaha!  We were able to do some service for her on Thursday, we helped her with her back garden (her backyard--people get offended if you call them backyard/frontyard).  And it was disgusting.  I have never seen so many slugs/snails in my life.  And they are SICK.  Seriously, I was like throwing up.  And S and Sister Scott thought it was funny to mess with me, so I was so paranoid the whole time cause they kept playing mean jokes on me:(  hahahaha But it was really funny and a good time.  She is the most solid investigator that I've taught on my mission so far.  She's just doing everything to find out for herself.  And she's already in Mosiah 18!!  Crazy.  Her day to stop smoking by is this wednesday, and she has been having a hard time cutting down.  So she got a blessing yesterday.  So please pray fro her.  Her baptismal interview will be this Friday.  hahahaha She kept calling our Branch president 'Father O'grady'....but his name is President Ogramm.  ahahahahaha and she kept teasing all the young men at church yesterday.  She is practically a member already!!  She's great!!  

And A came to church as well, along with his less-active friend.  So that was truly a miracle!  A is so great!  He like bore his whole life story to us, and he has had a really rough life.  But he is so great.  And he is solid.  And he is definetely a KINGDOM BUILDER.  So things are really looking up for our area here in Louth!!!!  I'm still freaking out a little about my driving test, because one of the other sisters, (our sister training leader)borrowed my book and cd so she could study, cause she had like 2 days before her test.  BUT she didn't pass it..........so I'm a bit worried.  I'll get my things back next week so I'll still have some time to study.  But it will be hard hahah.  But yeah things are great.  And I got the cd from amazon, and THANK YOU SO MUCH!!  it was amazing!  And we listen to it like everyday cause its so good!  So really thank you!!!  Anyways, have a great week!!  Love ya!

Sister Staheli

                                             Snails, snails everywhere!!

Hiya!  So this week was a really good one!  It has gone by so fast, and next week is transfers again!  Gosh this transfer has really flown by, its so weird.  Sister Scott and I have been together for like 4 months now, and it has just gone by so fast.  We don't really know what will happen at transfers, anything could happen since we both got here like the same time, but we think that one of us will leave.  But really fast, before i forget...we will be able to skype on mothers day, so may 11th, and its a bit tricky cause transfers are like 3 days before.  So if i am in louth, then i will be skyping around 5 or 6 ENGLAND time..not sure what time that is in the states.  BUT, if i get transferred, then i have no idea what time i'll be skyping.  I'm telling you this now in advance so that you can maybe get something figured out.  What time is your church at?  And also, I have a skype account, i just don't remember it.  So if you could email me my skype account and password, then i could just skype your account mom from my own account.  I think that would be easiest, just because it will be a little tricky with transfers and all.  But this week was really a great one!  Gosh, Louth is just on fire right now!!  Our investigators are doing so well!!  Shirley is doing so good!  She is just hilarious!  Seriously, she is like the funniest person i have ever met!!!  She is 64, tiny (smaller than me) and just a crazy woman hahahaha!  We were able to do some service for her on Thursday, we helped her with her back garden (her backyard--people get offended if you call them backyard/frontyard).  And it was disgusting.  I have never seen so many slugs/snails in my life.  And they are SICK.  Seriously, i was like throwing up.  And Shirley and Sister Scott thought it was funny to mess with me, so i was so paranoid the whole time cause they kept playing mean jokes on me:(  hahahaha But it was really funny and a good time.  She is the most solid investigator that i've taught on my mission so far.  She's jsut doing everything to find out for herself.  And she's alreayd in Mosiah 18!!  Crazy.  Her day to stop smoking by is this wednesday, and she has been having a hard time cutting down.  So she got a blessing yesterday.  So please pray fro her.  Her baptismal interview will be this Friday.  hahahaha She kept calling our Branch president 'Father O'grady'....but his name is President Ogramm.  ahahahahaha and she kept teasing all the young men at church yesterday.  She is practically a member already!!  She's great!!  And Allen came to church as well, along with his less-active friend.  So that was truly a miracle!  Allen is so great!  He like bore his whole life story to us, and he has had a really rough life.  But he is so great.  And he is solid.  And he is definetely a KINGDOM BUILDER.  So things are really looking up for our area here in Louth!!!!  I'm still freaking out a little about my driving test, because one of the other sisters, (our sister training leader)borrowed my book and cd so she could study, cause she had like 2 days before her test.  BUT she didn't pass it..........so i'm a bit worried.  I'll get my things back next week so i'll still have some time to study.  But it will be hard hahah.  But yeah things are great.  And i got the cd from amazon, and THANK YOU SO MUCH!!  it was amazing!  And we listen to it like everdya cause its so good!  So really thank you!!!  Anyways, have a great week!!  Love ya! Sister Staheli

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Happy Easter,April 24, 2014

Hey there family!! 

 I hope you all had a great time in St. George for Easter, the pictures looked like you guys had fun:)  And like it was very warm.  haha.  This week has been so great!  And sorry for the late email, but it was a bank holiday yesterday so like everything was shut down.  So we are emailing today.  But I guess the highlight of this week is definitely S.  Oh my gosh she is so amazing!!  ahahaha and she is just so funny!  So we have worked with her a ton this weekend, and she is so excited for her baptism on May 9th.  She has a smoking problem, but she is so dedicated to stopping that she is getting professional help for it.  Which is the first person that I've worked with to actually do that.  She is also reading, she just finished reading 2 Nephi.  On Sunday night she came to a baptism in Grimsby (since we don't meet in a chapel, whenever there are baptisms for anyone-children included-we have to go to Grimsby).  So a little girl from our branch was getting baptized, so she came and she LOVED it!!  Oh my gosh it was such a great night!!  She was like almost in tears after she watched the actual baptism.  And then afterwards she was talking with like EVERYONE and she kept telling everyone that she would be joining us on May 9th.  And then she asked President Ogramm (our branch president) to baptize her.  hahaha she is sooooooo funny, and she is so solid and so prepared.  When we teach her she always uses the phrase-'ya, this rings true somehow!'.  And its true!  The gospel of Jesus Christ is something that is instilled inside all of us.  That desire and that hunger to know more is something that is with us ever since we lived with our Father in Heaven before this life.  We have all heard it before and the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only way back.  Its a way of life.  And thats what S is learning.  The members are doing a really good job fellowshipping her!  She's is so excited to join and also to go through the temple!  she is hilarious, I wish you guys could meet her!!!  

And also we found a new investigator this week, his name is A, and he is so great!  He was a referral from a Less Active member (who is trying so hard to come back)- Brother I.  And he came to the baptism as well.  He really enjoyed it and asked us for a book of mormon right there.  We will be meeting with him this week, and he said his mom is also interested.  So we are pretty excited!  Things are looking so great for our area, and I know that these prepared people will be baptized soon!!!  I am feeling loads better as well, so you guys can all relax now:)  The medicine is doing well, and Sister Pilkington gets mad at me if I'm not taking proper time to rest.  So don't worry, I feel loads better, and Sister Scott and I are finally feeling healthy:)  We had the car this week, and so we were able to go by some less actives in weird villages.  One of which was deaf, so I was trying to use my broken sign language to communicate, but then I realized that American sign language is different than British sign language.  But it turned out alright!  It was a good week, and the weather is looking up as well!  We are trying to ween ourselves off of tights, because we are addicted.  But it is hard.  Anyways, I  love you all so much, and I hope that you guys have a great week!  Love you!

Sister Staheli

April 14, 2014

Hey there fam!!!
  I hope you all had a great week in Atlanta, I was thinking of you guys often, especially when it was raining, knowing you guys were in some nicer weather:)  So good news and bad news from the week.  I will start with the good news!  So our investigator S, is getting baptized!!  She is going to be getting baptized on May 9th, but I think we will move it up a week, if we can, so that it can be this transfer.  She is so great.  At first when we started meeting with her she was asking us all of these really weird and strange questions that were half true about really weird/sacred/principles, and then we found out that she had rented a book from the library called 'Introduction to Mormonism'.  It was written by a non member, so there was a lot of false information in there, but it actually turned out to be a good thing.  Cause now she is reading the Book of Mormon, she's almost done with 1 nephi, and she's not weirded out.  She is so great!  She is like late 50's early 60's.  And it all started because she was walking her daughters dogs that looked exactly like Chryssy.  hahaha.  She is so funny, I love her!  We will just be working on the Word of Wisdom with her.  For everyone back home....NEVER START SMOKING.  It is the worst habit to kick, and I hate it.  So many people here are addicted to smoking, and it just destroys your body.  Most nights Sister Scott and I just come home and we just carry the stench of smoke with us.  You'd think that we are chain smokers, BUT WE AREN'T.  But seriously, its the worst.  But she's great, and I have no doubt in my mind that she can stop.  She wanted to get baptized on April 26th, but both Sister Scott and I thought that it would be a little too soon, and we want her to be ready.  So I have no doubt that she will reach her date.  
So for the bad news.  So I have been sick for the past little while...like the past few weeks, and just this week we found out that Sister Scott and I have STREP THROAT.  We both have been sick for a while, and Sister Scott is on Anti-biotics, but I thought that I was getting better so I didn't get any.  But don't worry, I'm going to get some today.  So we had to stay in for a few days this week, so that we could rest.  It has hit Sister Scott harder than me, so she hasn't been able to get out of bed for a few days.  But hopefully we will be better and stay better.  But this week the Sister Training Leaders came on exchange.  I was with Sister Wynder, and Sister Scott was with Sister Scott.  They stayed in and rested, and Sister Wynder and I worked.  It was so good to see other sisters.  Since we never are able to.  But yeah, it was definitely fun to have them here.  Also, I booked a day to take my theory test for my license.  You have to book it a while in advance, so I am taking it on May 15th, its a week after transfers, so just in case.  But that is why there will be a charge on my card, I had to book it online with my card.  But that's about it for the week.  It was a good one!!  It truly flew by.  I can't believe how fast time is flying!  Oh and shout out to my girl Kim Dahl on getting her mission call!  That's so exciting!!  I'm so proud of ya!!!!  Philippines is getting the best missionary!!  I hope you all have a great easter!!  Try and remember Jesus Christ a little bit more this week, and serve him a little bit BETTER.  We all need to strive to fulfill our purpose on our own individual road to True Discipleship.  Have a good week!
Sister Staheli