Busy Week!

New Haircut and Sister Dunkle

Okay, so this past week was crazy!  We had activities on top of one another.  Monday we played basketball, just not with our district.  I lost both games. lol  I'm a little rusty, but I actually made some 3 pointers. lol.  We plan on challenging our investigators soon.

Tuesday we had zone conference which was long, but fun.  We played gospel battleship.  The TIWI boxes didn't come in yet...bummer. (These are the boxes you install in your car and they let you know if you are breaking the law.)  

Then we had the Relief Society birthday,  a pinewood derby and something else, I just can't remember.

Our investigators are great.  They are eager to learn more about the gospel.  I love it!  They have family over right now and we haven't been able to extend a date for baptism yet, but we are planning on challenging them soon.

The district is just fine.  Elders are being elders.  No district activities thus far.

My companionship has been awesome, I love being with her.  She is such a sweetheart!

Three funny things that happened last week:

1.  My companion got stuck under by bed when she was trying to hide from me.    The story goes she was looking for something, then got the idea she would try to scare me, but instead she got stuck, so I had to help her out.
2. The bishop scared my companion when we were out in the car planning. lol
3. Last night my companion was so tired that our of nowhere she started singing a random made-up song.  (I wished I had recorded it)

The best part about last week would have to be going to all the activities.  Something that was spiritually awesome about last week was we were visiting someone yesterday and they weren't home.  So as we were leaving, someone saw us and called us over.  Needless to say, they became a potential investigator.

In sacrament on Sunday I sort of stayed awake...um like I stayed awake for half of it.  Sometimes I snore and when I do my companion says she nudges me and I stop.  I'm will be trying tic-tac's, it usually works.    The pills you sent me to help me sleep at night knock me out; it's nice.

The snow is gone, but now there is rain.  It rains about every other day.

We have New Beginnings in YW that we have been invited to this week and I am looking forward to that.

I got to go now, we have some shopping to do.

Love ya!

Sister Donner

Lot's of Rain

 This week was pretty good, although it did rain a lot.  It rained all but two days last week and I'm starting to get tired of it.  My shoes keep me pretty warm.

Our investigators are doing great.  The one who is working on quitting smoking is out of town right now.

We did a couple of days of tracking and it actually went well.  We found a potential investigator which was awesome for us because we are struggling to find new investigators.

I did receive the package that was sent and I love the sweaters and shirts you sent. I will admit that I divided my chocolate with Sis. Dunkle. I loved all the letters from the family, please tell everyone thank you!

The least favorite part of my week was being sick due to lack of sleep.  Wednesday I actually slept for three hours and after that I felt good.  I am sleeping a lot better now, although now it gets hot.  I do take the Melatonin and it knocks me out.  It's nice.

Oh, by the way, I despise daylight savings time.  It completely messed me up on Saturday.
Saturday we attended the baptism of the kids who we were teaching in the other ward, the one's we gave to the Elder's who took over.  I had to give a talk which surprisingly went well.  Awesome day!

A funny thing that happened this week was I accidentally fell asleep during the last part of the closing song in sacrament.

One of the best parts of last week was Sunday because we had a fireside where Janice Kapp Perry spoke.  It was really awesome and she even sang the sister missionary song.

I gotta go.  Love ya!
Sister Donner

Awesome Baptism!

All us missionaries with Janice Kapp Perry!

Just a So-So Week...

My week was so-so.  Remember the baptism I told you about?  Well it didn't happen because she was still smoking.  Lets just say by the end of the day I wanted to scream.  It was actually our fault, we didn't tell her she had to be smoking free for two weeks, we just told her that she had to stop.  She is still committed to being baptized, however her son is not ready.

My district is the same.  The new elders seem to be adjusting well, except the old ward seems to mention us a lot to them.  The Zone is awesome too.  They are all very friendly and helpful with advice and such.  I love my companion, we get along so well.

Something funny did  happen last week.  Sister Dunkle is from California and has never really seen a cactus, so when we were walking and she saw one, she just wanted a thorn.  I told her, "Don't touch it.  It will hurt!"  But what does she do, she touches it and gets pricked.  Then she starts complaining about how much it hurt.  My reply to her was, "I told you not to touch it."  Needless to say, she learned her lesson.

Saturday we basically had not one to see, and it was pouring rain, so tracking was out of the question.  We had a prayer and from our prayers 5 names came to us and then a couple more.  With just those names we filled our whole day.

The best part of last week was a less active priest, who has not been to church forever, came to church...it was awesome!

We eat everyday with members, usually the same families over and over again.  The ward is starting to pray for missionary experiences.

I am sleeping better and having some very interesting dreams and right now my allergies are pretty bad here, especially since the wind has been blowing hard, but it's bearable.

I gotta go now.  Love Ya!
Sister Donner

At Witt's End

Sister Dunkle and Sister Donner at Witts end with each other.

Sister Dunkle

So last week was pretty rough for us since we only cover one ward now, but it got better towards the end of it.  We are having a a baptism this Saturday for two of our investigators, a mom and her son; they are golden.  We are pretty excited!  The other investigator is doing well.  The ward is really starting to help us our too.  We received quite a few referrals from them on Sunday.

I did receive  the envelope and I might take you up on your offer to send me some medicine to help me sleep.  I still haven't managed to stay asleep at night at all.  I honestly think it's stress, but I was more stressed on my mini mission and I still got plenty of sleep.  It's not because it's cold either because I have really warm quilts that I sleep with, so I don't know what could be causing it.

So the chocolate situation is fine.  I only had three dark chocolates this past week.

The weather has actually been really nice for us and we love our new car.  It has a Bluetooth so we usually call on it.  And no, I have not taken a picture of our car, I keep forgetting to.

My district is fine.  We met the elders who took over our other ward, and they seem pretty nice.

My lease favorite part of last week was trying to contact people who did not want to be found.  There was one incident where a man answered and yeah, he gave me the creeps.
So a funny part of the week was when we were talking to the new elders on the phone, Sis. Dunkle hung up on them.  She did this three times.  We couldn't stop laughing when they called back.

Then only thing I can think of that I need is more letters from the family, the rest of the stuff I an get here.

So I gotta go.

Love ya!
Sister Donner

Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day was awesome.  We received your package that day.  Sister Dunkle and I absolutely love the package!  And Yes!, we ate all of the chocolate!  We also got a BRAND SPANKING NEW CAR!!!  We got it because we had kept the previous car so clean that Elder Short (the vehicle coordinator) rewarded us.
We will be getting TIWI in April which is something we had in the Tempe Mission.  It is a box that checks if we are following the law when we drive.

My least favorite part of last week was that it rained a  lot.  At one point when I was going out, I stepped in the mud and started sinking.

Something funny that happened this week is we got our car stuck in the mud when we were at an activity at the church, so some of the relief society sisters helped me push it out.

Physically I am feeling a bit sore because I sleep on the top bunk and probably because we helped someone move on Saturday.  Stretching feels really good.

My favorite part of last week was hearing that my companion and I are staying together for one more transfer and playing a game on Valentine's Day with the ward called "Battle of the Sexes."  It was really funny.

I love my mission president, he is really nice.  My district is doing great, however some of the elders are leaving, but it's all good.  We not cover just one ward and there are Elders in the other ward, but we lost all of our investigators and 6 baptisms to the elders who took over our other ward.  I am not too happy, but it's the Lord's will, not mine.  One of our investigators said she will not have elders, so we will still be teaching her. I do love the members in my ward.

I stayed awake for both sacraments this week.  Thank Goodness!!!

I didn't receive your envelope this week, but then I am not impressed with the mail service either.

I Love You!!!!!!!
Sister. Donner

Once There Was A Snowman...

We are back at the Family History Center emailing.  The medicine you sent for my cold is working and I am getting a lot better.  I also received the books you sent, thank  you so much for sending them.  I haven't received the Valentine package yet.

We went on splits on Friday and I taught a part-member family, who is from Alaska.  I taught lesson three on the gospel of Jesus Christ pretty much all by myself.  They really are a great family.

Something funny that happened this past week was we were driving around looking for a street on our map, so we decided to pull over to the side of the road.  As we were doing this, another car suddenly pulls out in front of us.  I'm thinking, "Uh, Oh", but then it turns out to be our District leaders.  The first thing they say to us when they get to our window is, "You are out of your area." To which we replied, "No Elder, you are out of your area." which was true. LOL

My lease favorite part of last week was sleeping on my neck wrong and for three days it has been sore. Lately I've not been getting enough sleep; one night I was literally wrestling with myself.  Since I hadn't gotten enough sleep, I slept through both sacraments, even though I tried hard not to.

I did a really dumb thing yesterday, I burnt my cheek with the curling iron while I was doing my hair and so I now have a burn line on the side.  Note to self, "Don't try to read while curling your hair." (I cut my hair and it looks really good curled.  I actually love it and may keep it this way for awhile)

My favorite part of last week was getting to do service for DI.
The picture I sent is of a snowman we made.

Alright, I've gotta go.
Hope everyone has an awesome Valentines!

Sister Donner

My hair cut.  It looks really cute curled.

Taken from our front door.

Picture taken by member where they had dinner on Saturday.

Slip Sliding Away...

My week was very interesting.  Most of our appointments cancelled on us and no one was answering their doors.  So yep, it was a lot of contacting, but no results.

Something that we are doing that seems to be working is contacting the less active members.  My favorite part of last week was Sunday.  We had two less active families come to church.  It was awesome!  I did stay awake for both sacraments.

My least favorite part of last week was Saturday.  We walked the whole day!  To top it off, dinner cancelled on us. We had to wait an extra hour for dinner since Sis. Clemens,  who we live with,  made us dinner.  We were way over miles, which is why I didn't get the package you sent, but we will be picking it up from the mission home today.

I did get the boots you sent  on Wednesday at our missionary meeting.  Elder Ross, who I saw on Wednesday, said he hated my other pair.  We had training that day and I saw everyone from my district, so when I got the package with the boots in them they said, "And it continues!" LOL  Apparently they are not receiving as many letters and packages as I am.

The boots work fine and are very comfortable.  I think I have everything to keep me warm.  The only funny thing that happened to me was I slipped on the ice, twice.  It actually snowed today, so yep, I fell in the snow.  No snowball fights or snowmen.

I love my companion!  She is fun and easy to get along with!

I gotta go now.  LOVE YA!!!
Sis. Donner