It's starting to cool off, we should get our first frost this week. We had meetings. Felt the Spirit. We taught lessons. Felt the Spirit. We prayed a lot. It made us happier and more optimistic. Felt the Spirit. Saw a round carrot. Lots of veggies. Keep on keepin' on. Love you! Say twice as many prayers this week, it'll be awesome. Sister Christine Rollins
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| We found a plane with Alaska on it last preparation day. Cool. |
My record number of mosquito bites in two minutes I think currently sits at
8. We'll see if I can improve this week. I've been trying to track how many I
can kill in a certain period of time, but half the time I squish them and then
they don't actually die because they turn in mosquito zombies. Such is
Alaskan life.
I found Dana this week! Who is Dana, you may ask? Well, when Sister Rollins was way back in Fairbanks in March, she met Dana while volunteering at the Foodbank. She asked Dana if she wanted to meet with missionaries, and Dana said yes, but she lived in North Pole. Sister
Rollins unfortunately failed to get any contact information from her and
things happened in such a way that she didn't think she would ever see
Dana again. Fast forward to July, and Sister Rollins happens to see Dana
in the Foodbank parking lot! So she asks her for contact information and
only gets a street name. And of course, this isn't a short street... But it's
something. So Sister Rollins, on exchanges with Sister Oliver, determines that she's
going to find Dana. They drive down the street... And pick out two houses
and their first two candidates. Walk up the driveway, ring the doorbell, and
who would answer? Dana of course! Obviously. If this is the Lord's work
and Sister Rollins is supposed to find Dana, she'll find Dana. So she did.
Now Dana has a Book of Mormon and an appointment with the
missionaries this week. Good stuff. Read your scriptures, don't do drugs, and don't dye your clothes or your
bathtub yellow.
Love you all!
Sister Christine Rollins
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Sister Johnson and I also got a pumpkin from Tricia's garden.
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I helped plant the cabbages in June and now we're harvesting before
the moose get them! This is me and Tricia, she's awesome.
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It's been a fabulous week! Coolest miracle was when Daniel committed to live the Word of Wisdom now and try to prepare for baptism by September 3rd. When the Spirit convicts you in your heart... You can't deny it! It's gonna happen. The coolest part about it is the support of the members that they're giving him! They're super awesome in helping him. That is key with anyone trying to change their lives! Another cool miracle came when we met Aubrey, who just let us into her house. (This has never really happened to me on my mission, people just letting us into their houses when we knock. Except for in the past like two weeks.) She's super cute and wants to keep meeting with us, which is a #miracle #hallelujah. Alaska's doing great. Sister Johnson is doing great, we're preaching the good word. We helped out at the Tenana Fair, it was small and very Alaskan but fun. We told people about family history and helped them sign up for family search accounts.
Once upon a time in the far away land of North Pole, Sister Johnson completed week 2! It was
a good ole time. Cool miracles! I went and knocked on a door, someone let us in! (Side note: that's actually
slightly terrifying. Don't go into stranger's houses if you're not protected by the Lord.) The
owner of the house asked if Cynthia had sent us (who's Cynthia? No idea) but she wanted a Book of Mormon and Cynthia had invited her to church. We had a good discussion and we're
going back Tuesday. Mary Ann's her name. I gave a training about turning outward. We told the elders that had to eat the cereal as fast as
they could, but they couldn't bend their elbows. So they got to feed each other! Watch for Elder
Wilson in the background feeding himself - he didn't actually get any cereal to eat, although
there was plenty on the floor! Moral of the story? Go feed other people, because then we're all
happier and more filled. Video included for entertainment purposes.
People are quitters (of smoking), comers (to church), and moving forward. Remember President Monson in your prayers this week!Love,Sister Rollins
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| Oh, and when you fly from Anchorage to Fairbanks at night then you can watch the sunrise at 11:30 and it looks like this :) |
Wow! It's been a crazy good week :) I'll attempt to catch the highlights. So my new companion is Sister Johnson! She hails from near Modesto, California (Waterford
if you want to get technical or actually know anything about California.) She's brand new in the
mission field, but you can hardly even tell! She already teaches like a boss and even committed someone we're teaching to baptism on October 1st. It was definitely a lesson
planned and taught by the Spirit, which was awesome. Daniel is super excited to prepare for
that day! He has been reading the Book of Mormon every day like a champ and can't wait to continue to progress! Apologies for the excessive exclamation marks, but it's exciting! It won't stop raining up here... We were walking down the street yesterday and got to a puddle
we had to walk through. Sister Johnson's starting to learn real fast a lot about the fun side of
missionary work, wet shoes and all :) Sister Johnson also has acquired her Alaskan cold... It's been a good week for her :) luckily I've
avoided it. I'm doing quite well, but the good thing is it's not about me! It's all about service, and as we
remember Mosiah 2:17 we can all glorify Jesus and be happy :) in all seriousness, though, I've
never been happier than these past few weeks just devoting myself to helping others come unto
Christ. I'm going to use my last four months of this the best I can! Love you all! Sister Rollins
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| Sister Johnson and I outside the temple! We're super in sync and both wore purple cardigans the first day |
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| I got to go to the temple with these wonderful sisters who are now home...Shout out to Kaeli and Michelle :) |
Sorry, no time to write this week! North Pole is going crazy with work, four investigators at church yesterday :) and lots of lessons! Transfers this week, I'm still in North Pole but training a new missionary! So exciting :) Love you!
Sister Rollins
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| It's a hog! Gabriel just has his pet chillin in his living room. He calls Leonard his hog. |
