Sister Jerusha Bundy Back to Missionary Letters No longer an island girl Hey fans Another week has passed here and not anything too new but there has definitely been some things that have happened so ill get into it. First off, the sun didnt last. The clouds came back and it was a little sad but nevertheless, the work went forward. We had exchanges and I went to a little island with sister pelton called Salt Springs Island, you have to take a quick 45 minute ferry to get there and of course it kinda broke down for a bit so we got stuck on it for a little extra time but thats okay, i like being on a boat. Sister Pelton and I hit the streets of SSI right away. SSI is a super small community, not even a stop light for me to run a red through. I felt like i was on a getaway from the big city and i soaked it all in. We talked to some really cool people, knocked a lot of doors, and picked flowers along the way. No one really let us in but I was content. It was so quiet and peaceful there and I really enjoyed it, it reminded me a little bit of Prince Rupert. I would definitely go back. Later that night we helped teach some Ukrainian refugees english, or helped them with their english, they were super sweet! It felt good to be back in my area with Sister Reed though, we are always pretty busy and its exciting for me, completely different flow of missionary work but ultimately the same goal. Ill give a little update on all of our friends now: Ray: ray is just better than ever, hes practically my canadian dad at this point, he is deep diving into the doctrine and covenants and is super smart, understands and accepts almost every aspect of the gospel. He bought two new suits to wear at church and he looked great! We had a lesson about the priesthood with the stake president and his wife and it went so well. Ive definitely grown my understanding of the priesthood throughout my mission and its actually one of my favorite topics to teach. It was very tender. Ray is seriously an angel though. If my parents ever decided they didnt want me, i just know Ray would take over, he is just the best Jaryd has been on a spiritual high lately, he came to church and we had a really great lesson about marriage and families with him Patt is doing SO GOOD! i just love this woman, no one brings me as much joy as patt does lately, she is just pure in heart, we found out how to work her tv and have been able to have her watch some church movies, we also got her a picture book of Mormon and so we a making progress here This week was good and we so many miracles! But TRANSFER NEWS CAME I knew this one was coming, im getting transferred to abbotsford and im covering YSA, never thought id cover ysa but here we are...... im sad to leave victoria and sister reed, we worked hard, we got lots done and i know victoria will be in good hands. Ive learned so much from sister reed and im really bummed i only got one transfer with her but my new compie sister ahlstrom will be great im sure. We get to take the ferry today (the cruise) and it might be my last time sadly, im going to soak it in🥲🥲 Anyways time for a spiritual thought Doctrine and covenants 88:67-68 67 And if your eye be single to my glory, your whole bodies shall be filled with light, and there shall be no darkness in you; and that body which is filled with light comprehendeth all things. 68 Therefore, sanctify yourselves that your minds become single to God, and the days will come that you shall see him; for he will unveil his face unto you, and it shall be in his own time, and in his own way, and according to his own will. I know that our happiness is directly related to our personal purity. Jesus Christ is our only source of peace and He is our person to look to. I have a testimony of prayer. If you have struggles in your life. Praying about it will show God that you are seeking his help, i pŕomise you that He will answer them, in His own time, in his own way, and according to his own will. I love you all. HAPPY EASTER! Jesus Lives. Watch one of my favorite easter videos! The Good News https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/video/easter-videos/2022-04-004-the-good-news?lang=eng Because of Him: An Easter Message https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/video/easter-videos/2022-04-004-because-of-him-an-easter-message?lang=eng -sister bunny Previous Letter Next Letter

Sister Lydia Clark Back to Missionary Letters #SURPRISEIT'SME HEY EVERYONE! Here are some highlights from the past few weeks! Sorry I am literally the worst at writing weeklys! - Feburary Transfers! We got 14 new missionaries and got to help them have a good first impression of our Mission! - Mission Leadership Council which was camping & backpacking themed - Exchanges in Weaver Lake! I got to go back to my old apartment #sofun - Zone Conference! 3 Nephi 5:13 Behold, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I have been called of him to declare his word among his people, that they might have everlasting life. - Lot's of late nights helping Sister Gochnour paint a backdrop! So fun! - Exchanges with New Prague! I went with Sister Wilson who is a brand new missionary! - Exchanges with Alexandria! They live 2 hours away so we got permission to stay the night! I have never had a worse night haha! They left a window open and it was SO COLD. plus they live right next to a train track so I woke up to a train coming by twice hahah. I literally thought an earthquake was happening - Lamb of God concert! - March madness! We're reading the whole Book of Mormon this month and I'm only 70 pages behind #gome - I hit 17 months as a missionary yesterday! Our friends are doing good! Sadly our friend Damoan who was on date for baptism is no longer on date. He hadn't been coming to church and he recently just lost a loved one which is so sad. So prayers for Damoan would be much appreciated! We are also teaching a super awesome friend named Kristian! Some missionaries in Chicago called us one night and told us they had a friend who just moved to Bloomington and is coming to church with us on Sunday and he did! We've been teaching him ever since and he is SO AWESOME! Lot's of miracles happening around here and God's hand is so evident in all of it! LOVE YOU ALL! Have the best week ever! Previous Letter Next Letter

Elder Trey Hafen Back to Missionary Letters Chapter 18: Faith in the Grind of Z-Ville Zionsville is a tough area so I haven't been writing emails as I should because of the Momentum we've been having. This is definitely an area where you need Faith. So some news. After my first transfer in Zionsville we Continued the work. We kept the momentum we had and kept our eyes on hitting big goals. Welp a missionary had to go home and now we are double covering. This double cover is different. Zionsville is in a different stake than Noblesville. Usually when you double cover you want to be in the same stake. But in this Scenario we are covering 2 areas in different stakes. Kinda like a Mesquite Missionary area but in easy mode. Mesquite missionaries cover 2 stakes while I'm covering 2 areas in 2 different stakes. It was tough but we worked through it. So yes I'm in a trio. Last transfer Elder Gutke and I crushed our goals last transfer. But it took a lot of Faith and Hope. We took an area that was nothing into something. I really love Ether 12:6 6 And now, I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things; I would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith It took a lot of Faith to get the area where it needed to be. It took a lot of hope to keep the efforts going. But I believed. Even through all the doubts, errors, and mistakes we still got through it. When you have Faith and Hope in Christ life gets easier. But when I had this Faith and Hope I still had challenges that I had to overcome. Satan's fiery darts were still coming at me. When you represent Jesus Christ I guess that's what you get at times. I'm really grateful for doing this great work. I apologize for not putting much effort into this email. it just been a whole lot of grinding and babysitting. Hopefully the next one will be better. P.s Fisher had a stake conference and I meant Vai Sikahema. We talked football about how he played for the eagles and if he reamberber Randall Cunningham and Jon Gruden on the coaching staff. He was really impressed by me knowing that stuff. but sadly we couldn't talk for long because he had places to be. I also had cow heart in beef stew. didn't know until the end of the dinner. It was some great stuff, especially the way they prepared it. Welp hopefully next email will be better than this. Pray for Pitshou Rosine Josie Jack Ben john mac Previous Letter Next Letter

Sister Savannah Cannon Back to Missionary Letters Aussie for life 🥲 G'day friends!! This is my last email 😥 My heart hurts thinking about leaving Australia and the beautiful people I've met here. But I am excited to give my family a big hug. Last update: 》lots of lasts.. Which just broke my heart 💔 》a lot of teaching opportunites on the go this week! 》last few lessons with my best friends Raph, and Ata. I'm going to miss them! I know they will both be baptized so soon 🤟 》dinner with our new bestie, Lori! She is a BYU professor living in Aus for a bit. Been fun to teach her about the crazy australians 😜 》felt the australian ocean breeze one last time 》on P-day we last minute decided we wanted to do a little look out walk, we ended up doing like three hikes in our dresses in the heat of the day hahah it was so fun! 🌞 》met two guys on the street who told us they are in their church choir. So of course we asked them to sing us a song, and we returned the favor and sang I am a child of God for them. So fun haha I love it 😁 》last dinner appiontment with the Tahiti family. My fav people ever! One of my fav things on my mission has been being in the members homes..i will miss it 》took a crocadile tour today and they are officially my biggest nightmare. So so freaky. The words of our tour guide "you just have to be faster than your mates" But I did hold a baby crocadile today! 😅 》just want to say how grateful I am for my companion, Sister Fang. She has been a huge blessing to me and i'm going to miss her more than she knows 💖 My mission has been one of the greatest experiences of my life! When I decided to serve a mission I thought of it being a big sacrifice. I now see it as a huge blessing! I could not tell you all the things I learned, but know that they all helped me to be more aware of the love Heavenly Father has for each of His children. There were many challenges along the way, but I'm so grateful I chose to keep going and moving forward even when I didn't understand everything. I have been able to look back on experiences and see how God was helping me grow to become more like the Savior. I know God has a perfect plan for each of us, and Jesus Christ is the center of that plan. I'm so grateful to know that families can be together forever! I know Joseph Smith was a true prophet that restored the true Church of Jesus Christ back to the earth. I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God. It teaches and testifies of Christ, and we can grow closer to Him as we read and strive to live by it. I know Jesus Christ lives, and His Atonement is a gift for each of us. He is my strength and I know it is through Him that we find true peace and happiness in this life. I leave these things and the last 18 months with you all in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. MY HOMECOMING IS THIS WEEK!!!! I'd love to see you there! March 10th @ 10:30am Address: 355 Virgin St, Bunkerville, NV 89007, United States I love you all! Thanks for supporting me throughout my mission. I feel so blessed to know each of you. JESUS LOVES YOU!! See you soon 🥰🥰 Love, Sister Cannon Previous Letter Next Letter

Elder Andrew Maxfield Back to Missionary Letters Una Bautismo!!!! Okay here we go.... I'll be caught up, this just might be short and the next one long😁 This week (Feb 12- 18) was intense! So intense that I don't remember much of it😅 I'll do my best to remember🤷‍♂️ - We had our multi-district P Day and played volleyball for 3 straight hours. Not joking. It was soooooo much fun😱 volleyball is aweosle once you understand a little bit about it😌 - The most epic 11:30pm tired P Day breakfast burritos somebody could have😂 We gave 2 blessings earlier but after P Day so we were exhausted and just wanted to eat our first food of the day🥲😂 - THE PRANKS! We pranked the Sisters car with saran wrap and lots of random things😁 it's always too much fun. It was their Valentines Day surprise, along with a couple nicer things🤷‍♂️ - We drove to the top of our area, which was the LAKEEEEE!! We got a wayyyy better view of it from further north and it was soooo pretty🥹 def a must go back! - We had a weird Saturday😂 we were challenged by the STLs to see who could talk to more people. Let's just say we won the battle but they won the war. We talked to 56 people and it was a great time. We also got to help with JOHNSON CITY'S BAPTISM! It was epic, one of the best I've been too😌 THATS ABOUT IT! NEXT WEEK IS CRAZY! I know because I've already experienced it, it kinda sucked but we're going strong😁 Please let me know if there's anything you wanna talk about! I love youuuu!!! Another email coming very shortly😘🧡🥱👌🤷‍♂️ - Elder Mayfield🐿 Previous Letter Next Letter

Elder Braden Harris Back to Missionary Letters One Month > One month in the field is kinda nuts to see. I'd like to say it went by fast but unfortunately time is relative and theres so much time left haha. A great thing that's been working for me is changing the mindset from "I still have 22 months left" to "I only have 22 months left." It's given me the perspective to make the most of every opportunity I can and take the time to grow the most I can. When we teach the Plan of Salvation, a main point we focus on is that our purpose here on earth is to grow and learn. While taking this perspective, every hard thing that goes on your life is then seen through a different light. Instead of thinking about how bad things are, you are thankful for them, and embrace them; because you know that you are growing and becoming the person God needs you to be. > I have seen this in one of our friends that we had the wonderful opportunity to tract into this week. Before we go tracting, we always start with a prayer so that we can feel impressed by the spirit to choose the right area to knock doors. Normally I don't feel any sort of promoting, but this one was different. I knew that wherever Elder Athay would choose to find, he would lead me to the right person. So we then chose an apartment complex and parked the car. We walk directly to the other side of the complex with no hesitation; directly to an apartment door. We knock on the door and immediately see a smile on the person's face. We give him our normal introduction and then he goes on to say that he used to be a member. He left because of the things that happened in his life. He was treated terribly by his parents in ways that I can even write in this email. His whole life has been a trial since he came into this world. Yet somehow, he's the most loving person I have ever met. Elder Athay led me to that door, not knowing who was on the other side because the spirit told him to. It turned out that I was the only one with the recourses to connect with Adam because of his past. I know that he has become a beautiful soul because of what he has gone though. He has become strengthened by his trials and it is something that we can all learn from. I know that he has much more in store but he has not yet found his purpose. He struggles with the idea of a Loving Heavenly Father because of his past; which lead him away from the church and religionas a whole. I just need to get him to see that Heavenly Father gives his children trials and hardships because he loves them. Loving someone enough to hurt them is a hard thing to comprehend and I do not blame Adam at all. > God has not left him stranded though. No matter what Adam thinks, God is still there, knocking at his door. After he shared his life experience, he then shared something that can only be described as a miracle. He said to us, that every time he agrees with a friend to go to their church to check it out, the missionaries end up knocking at his door. Turns out earlier that day, his girlfriend invited him to their families church and he agreed to go. It is no coincidence that my companion and I were lead directly to that door. God still cares. God still works. God is still present. No matter what feelings Adam has had towards God; He still shows love for him. He is not done with Adam, just like how He is not done with anyone of us. Miracles have always happened, they still happen, and they will continue to happen. > I can't help but see God's love for each and everyone of His children. I just wish that everyone could see his everlasting grace. You cannot run from Him. He will always be there. He loves all of you, and I love all of you as well. ❤️ Previous Letter Next Letter

Sister Elspeth and Elder Francis Kuta and Sister Jerusha Bundy Back to Missionary Letters Sister Elspeth and Elder Francis Kuta said Sister Jerusha Bundy came into the office and they enjoyed seeing each other. Sister Bundy was there on a leadership meeting. Canada BC Previous Letter Next Letter

Elder Talon Easton Back to Missionary Letters Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you all know that after 6.5 months of missionary service in the Colorado Denver North Mission, I am being sent home to receive medical treatment (stomach stuff, ill be good). But no matter what happens in these next few months Colorado will always have a place in my heart, and I just wanted to say thank you to all the people who made these last 6.5 months special🤍 Previous Letter Next Letter

Elder Jaeger Lee Back to Missionary Letters 日本 Hello everyone! This week was pretty good. And P-day was lit! Previous Letter Next Letter

Sister Kaylee Sonnenberg Back to Missionary Letters 9 meses en Carolina del norte!! Una parte de mi corazón esta aqui para siempre Sé que la verdadera iglesia ha sido restaurada en la tierra otra vez y estoy muy agradecida por este tiempo que tenga para ayudar a otros a encontrar y experimentar este mismo gozo y paz que he sentido a través de Jesucristo! I know that the church of Jesus christ has been restored on the earth again and I am forever grateful for this time I have to help others find & experience the same joy and peace that I have felt through Jesus Christ! 9 months in North Carolina!!A part of my heart is here forever I know the true church has been restored on earth again and I am so thankful for this time I have to help others find and experience this same joy and peace I have felt through Jesus Christ!I know that the church of Jesus christ has been restored on the earth again and I am forever grateful for this time I have to help others find & experience the same joy and peace that I have felt through Jesus Christ! Previous Letter Next Letter

Elder Christian Martinez Back to Missionary Letters "When you struggle, when you are rejected, when you are spit upon and cast out and made a hiss and a byword, you are standing shoulder to shoulder with the best life this world has ever known, the only pure and perfect life ever lived. You have reason to stand tall and be grateful that the Living Son of the Living God knows all about your sorrows and afflictions. The only way to salvation is through Gethsemane and on to Calvary. The only way to eternity is through Him —the Way, the Truth, and the Life."-Elder Jeffrey R. Holland As we begin the New Year, may we always remember that God loves all of His children, and that He will always be by our side. The Atonement will carry all of us, I know that to be true, may we always remember Christs Atoning sacrifice as we begin this new year. Happy New Year! 12-30-2019 Hey everyone! Hope you all have been great! I apologize for not sending an email last week, my pday was Christmas and I was all over the place. Christmas was great, we went to the Sanders family's home and had breakfast. They have 6 wild funny kids. They showed us all their presents, they were very excited. We then went to the Rambo family home, they gave us gifts, they gave us a ginger bread house, and a painting that one of their kids made, it was great! We then hung out with our District, we made gingerbread houses and played spikeball, it was really fun 😆 afterwards we had dinner with the Webster family, they're a great family. This will be a shorter email because 1. We have a really busy pday today and 2. it's new Years eve. A talk I read this week is from the March 2001 Ensign by Elder Holland titled missionary Work and the Atonement. A quote I love from it is "The Atonement will carry the missionaries perhaps even more importantly than it will carry the investigators. When you struggle, when you are rejected, when you are spit upon and cast out and made a hiss and a byword, you are standing shoulder to shoulder with the best life this world has ever known, the only pure and perfect life ever lived. You have reason to stand tall and be grateful that the Living Son of the Living God knows all about your sorrows and afflictions. The only way to salvation is through Gethsemane and on to Calvary. The only way to eternity is through Him —the Way, the Truth, and the Life." The Atonement will carry all of us, I know that to be true, may we always remember His Atoning sacrifice as we begin this new year. Have a wonderful New Year everyone! Love, Elder Martinez Previous Letter Next Letter

Sister Alyson Cook Back to Missionary Letters Decision making Good (Insert time of day you are reading this) Everyone! I hope you're having a fantastic time wherever you are. And if you're not, I hope that you can change it! This week has felt like I ran a marathon spiritually/mentally. We are so blessed to be busy in this area. We are all so tired, and it feels so good! It means Ive been accomplishing the task of serving the Lord with all my heart might mind and strength and there is truly no better feeling than that. Ive decided I want to have a berry farm. In our outside time, we have been exploring the wooded PA terrain, and with me being a desert dweller, I am largely captivated by the lush foliage that seems to grow on every surface that holds still long enough. (My companions laugh at me during walks because I'm picking flowers and leaves to press) One of the many miracles of nature is wild berries! We've found wild black raspberries, wild black berries, and wild strawberries. And with a bag of frozen berries costing close to $8 at wally world, we've taken it upon ourselves to take advantage of what God has given us. Ive been living my best hunter-gatherer life and picking berries! (Before anyone emails me yelling at me to be careful about what I eat in nature, I promise these berries are good. We've eaten so many we surly would have been dead by now if they were poisonous.) Ive also decided I want to be as cool as the dude we saw on our way to the store. Everything was normal expect one thing. This man had an iguana just chillin on his arm out of the open window. Just sitting there basking. When asked what the name of the said iguana, he replied "I don't know. I call him a different name everyday." Ive decided that I need to have more Charity. I was reading in 1 Corinthians 13, and the first verse really packed a punch. "1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not a charity , I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal." Nothing I say as a missionary matters unless I have Charity. That's some pretty powerful stuff! It legit felt like I had been slapped across the face. It's something I need to have more of, for the rest of my life! Thank you all for all your support and patience. I love you all! Previous Letter Next Letter