TWELVE colors to remind us that in TWELVE days she will be home!
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Friday, April 4, 2014
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
COUNTDOWN...
So... it is APRIL 1st...
that means TWO things...
HAPPY APRIL FOOLS day
and the countdown for Sister Sharon Andersen to come home has officially begun...
DAYS!!!*no... this is NOT an April Fools Joke!!
Monday, March 31, 2014
Letter #74
Dear Family ~
This week has been... Pretty normal. Nothing really crazy to report
on :) Which is a good thing! I don't want to top that lice outbreak from last week!
haha
Daddy; You will be glad to hear we are not teaching the "ex- drug dealer"
anymore. :( Sadly, he wasn't the only one that dropped us this week!
:( We got dropped a couple of times! I hate it when we get dropped, or
have to stop meeting with someone. I just hate giving up or feeling like I can not help this person.
on :) Which is a good thing! I don't want to top that lice outbreak from last week!
haha
Daddy; You will be glad to hear we are not teaching the "ex- drug dealer"
anymore. :( Sadly, he wasn't the only one that dropped us this week!
:( We got dropped a couple of times! I hate it when we get dropped, or
have to stop meeting with someone. I just hate giving up or feeling like I can not help this person.
What helps me is that President
has been giving direction- We need to be very upfront and bold with
people. He doesn't want us wasting time with people that aren't making
changes. This one hurt real bad, it felt like a real bad
breakup!! He just keep saying "I hope we can still be friends! I
hope there no hard feelings!" hahaha It was a pretty awkward
experience. He also confessed to us that if we weren't so cute he probably
wouldn't have keep meeting with us. So... moral of story Don't flirt to
convert! (Even if your not trying to) Only because it doesn't always work! hahha
People need to be converted by the Spirit, not by the missionaries! :)
Another sad story; We are going to have to move back James' baptism date :(
He has to move it because his vacation and then having to cancel some appointments :( So...
I'm most likely not going to get to see him get baptized :( BUT I will keep
reminding myself me being there is not what is most important! :( It helps to think that maybe Sister Wakefield could skype me in :)? Hopefully ?!?
has been giving direction- We need to be very upfront and bold with
people. He doesn't want us wasting time with people that aren't making
changes. This one hurt real bad, it felt like a real bad
breakup!! He just keep saying "I hope we can still be friends! I
hope there no hard feelings!" hahaha It was a pretty awkward
experience. He also confessed to us that if we weren't so cute he probably
wouldn't have keep meeting with us. So... moral of story Don't flirt to
convert! (Even if your not trying to) Only because it doesn't always work! hahha
People need to be converted by the Spirit, not by the missionaries! :)
Another sad story; We are going to have to move back James' baptism date :(
He has to move it because his vacation and then having to cancel some appointments :( So...
I'm most likely not going to get to see him get baptized :( BUT I will keep
reminding myself me being there is not what is most important! :( It helps to think that maybe Sister Wakefield could skype me in :)? Hopefully ?!?
I'm so pumped for General Conference! :) I've really learned to love
Conference on the mission :) I have gotten so much more out of it out
here! I have heard it is harder once you get home to enjoy as much as when you are on your mission. I am determined to continue to love it, and get as much as I can out of it... :) I loved
the Women's Conference! It was so good. I loved having the range of ages, and how they used so many Primary children songs. I'm telling you... You learn everything you need in life in Primary! :)
I got to go to "Spanish Land" again! I actually got to do on double
exchanges this week! I got to go with the STL, and the Sister in our apartment. It
was so much fun! More than I have had in a while! :) We got to go to an Inner Faith Day Camp thingy.
Conference on the mission :) I have gotten so much more out of it out
here! I have heard it is harder once you get home to enjoy as much as when you are on your mission. I am determined to continue to love it, and get as much as I can out of it... :) I loved
the Women's Conference! It was so good. I loved having the range of ages, and how they used so many Primary children songs. I'm telling you... You learn everything you need in life in Primary! :)
I got to go to "Spanish Land" again! I actually got to do on double
exchanges this week! I got to go with the STL, and the Sister in our apartment. It
was so much fun! More than I have had in a while! :) We got to go to an Inner Faith Day Camp thingy.
I got to play games with some troubled kids. At first it was weird being around kids because as missionaries I am not around babies and kids all the time, and I can't hold them or anything. So I'm hoping once I am around family it wont be like that! haha!
Well, I love you guys!!
God be with you until we meet again :)
~ Sister Sharon Andersen
P.S. No one can drive their last month on the mission; just in case you get into an accident, or get a ticket, or something like that. haha!
We mustach-you if you want to celebrate with us!!
Happy Birthday SISTER!
Rain Rain...
Go Away... Come again another day!
Pancakes before starting a Juice Fast
Pancake FUN!
YUMO!!
We saw an alligator at the Library . . . eek!
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Saw that LOVE was in the air...
Perfected by adding this simple word... !!!
Monday, March 24, 2014
Letter #73
DEAR FAMILY!!!!
How do I began to describe this week!?! I'll just start with the
highlights. Things have been a little "cray- cray" (crazy) around here!
hahaha (to say the least)
1) We have a new investigator. Yay! He is a former drug dealer. (but no
worries he is turning his life around... and we always meet him in
public places. So... haha don't worry to much daddy)
2) 5k's are no fun and not worth a t-shirt! :) The whole time I was
doing it, I kept thinking to myself; Why do people enjoy this again?
People do this for fun? And last but not least... Why am I so out of shape?
:( the Elders and Sister Wakefield got medals though! :)
3) I almost got ran over by Sister Wakefield as she was backing up.
She is not a very a good driver and I can't drive my last month :(
4) There was a lice outbreak in our apartment! :O One of the sisters
thinks she got it in her last area!
5) SO as result of that... We have spent one day cleaning the WHOLE house,
and at the laundromat washing ALL OUR CLOTHES!
4 sisters in one apt= a lot of clothes :)
And just for your info... I have a lot of clothes :(
So to sum it up... My feet hurt from walking trying to find
investigators. My legs hurt from the 5k. My head itches from the the
special shampoo we have to use (to prevent us from getting lice too)
And my hip may be bruised from getting backed into. hahah. I'm
getting old! haha
We have been doing a ton of walking the last couple weeks! We are also
doing a lot of "finding" this transfer... which honestly isn't my favorite thing!?
Having to go up to random people and talking with them is not easy.
But it is starting to pay off. We have been meeting some pretty interesting people.
We were walking home after doing some surveys over by the library and
we saw this shadow behind us. Sister W and I both turned around and the guy
behind us had headphone on (like everyone else!) We offered him a card and he took
out his head phones and started talking with us. (This rarely happens...
so we were both excited!) We were walking the same direction
and we ended up walking with him for about 30 mins. We taught him about the
Restoration as we walked. He had the best questions! Those questions lead into
everything else we talked about! He has a church he attends right now but isn't
quite sure about it yet. He seemed to be really interested or at least curious
about Mormons. For some reason had just picked up a Book of Mormon on
Monday and had already read the introduction!?! Coincidence... I don't think so! hahhaha
I've learned even more out here on the mission that there is always a reason. :)
You have got to take the good with the bad... he also had some interesting question.
He also asked us about our magical bulletproof and fireproof underwear! haha.
We have meet with him a couple of times this week... the hard thing with him is
anytime the spirit is present he gets uncomfortable and makes a joke. I know he
understands and is searching, we are just trying to help control his searching! hahaha.
Google is not our friend! While we were teaching about the Restoration, he asked the best
question- "So why is your church the only one that has the same organization and set up
as Christ church in the bible?" Ummm... because it is Christ Church, and he is the same today,
yesterday, and forever! We are just trying to help him pray and recognize his answers.
That is the hardest thing!
Then there is Curly. He is almost 90 years old, and we meet him just walking
around. He owns his own Heating and Air Conditioning Company. He still
installs them himself too! haha. He is in his LATE 80's and still hasn't retired. He
has some crazy stories! He also tries to be a charmer... He told me I have a pretty
darn good face! hahaha. And he also asked if we were 18 years old? So apparently...
we still look young. Well actually Sister Wakefield gets asked all the time if she has
graduated high school yet haha. He also asked if we had boyfriends? haha. He is also
meeting with the 'J-dubs' (Jehovah Witness). So that should be interesting to talk
about too.
As always I am short on time :( I love you guys so much!
How do I began to describe this week!?! I'll just start with the
highlights. Things have been a little "cray- cray" (crazy) around here!
hahaha (to say the least)
1) We have a new investigator. Yay! He is a former drug dealer. (but no
worries he is turning his life around... and we always meet him in
public places. So... haha don't worry to much daddy)
2) 5k's are no fun and not worth a t-shirt! :) The whole time I was
doing it, I kept thinking to myself; Why do people enjoy this again?
People do this for fun? And last but not least... Why am I so out of shape?
:( the Elders and Sister Wakefield got medals though! :)
3) I almost got ran over by Sister Wakefield as she was backing up.
She is not a very a good driver and I can't drive my last month :(
4) There was a lice outbreak in our apartment! :O One of the sisters
thinks she got it in her last area!
5) SO as result of that... We have spent one day cleaning the WHOLE house,
and at the laundromat washing ALL OUR CLOTHES!
4 sisters in one apt= a lot of clothes :)
And just for your info... I have a lot of clothes :(
So to sum it up... My feet hurt from walking trying to find
investigators. My legs hurt from the 5k. My head itches from the the
special shampoo we have to use (to prevent us from getting lice too)
And my hip may be bruised from getting backed into. hahah. I'm
getting old! haha
We have been doing a ton of walking the last couple weeks! We are also
doing a lot of "finding" this transfer... which honestly isn't my favorite thing!?
Having to go up to random people and talking with them is not easy.
But it is starting to pay off. We have been meeting some pretty interesting people.
We were walking home after doing some surveys over by the library and
we saw this shadow behind us. Sister W and I both turned around and the guy
behind us had headphone on (like everyone else!) We offered him a card and he took
out his head phones and started talking with us. (This rarely happens...
so we were both excited!) We were walking the same direction
and we ended up walking with him for about 30 mins. We taught him about the
Restoration as we walked. He had the best questions! Those questions lead into
everything else we talked about! He has a church he attends right now but isn't
quite sure about it yet. He seemed to be really interested or at least curious
about Mormons. For some reason had just picked up a Book of Mormon on
Monday and had already read the introduction!?! Coincidence... I don't think so! hahhaha
I've learned even more out here on the mission that there is always a reason. :)
You have got to take the good with the bad... he also had some interesting question.
He also asked us about our magical bulletproof and fireproof underwear! haha.
We have meet with him a couple of times this week... the hard thing with him is
anytime the spirit is present he gets uncomfortable and makes a joke. I know he
understands and is searching, we are just trying to help control his searching! hahaha.
Google is not our friend! While we were teaching about the Restoration, he asked the best
question- "So why is your church the only one that has the same organization and set up
as Christ church in the bible?" Ummm... because it is Christ Church, and he is the same today,
yesterday, and forever! We are just trying to help him pray and recognize his answers.
That is the hardest thing!
Then there is Curly. He is almost 90 years old, and we meet him just walking
around. He owns his own Heating and Air Conditioning Company. He still
installs them himself too! haha. He is in his LATE 80's and still hasn't retired. He
has some crazy stories! He also tries to be a charmer... He told me I have a pretty
darn good face! hahaha. And he also asked if we were 18 years old? So apparently...
we still look young. Well actually Sister Wakefield gets asked all the time if she has
graduated high school yet haha. He also asked if we had boyfriends? haha. He is also
meeting with the 'J-dubs' (Jehovah Witness). So that should be interesting to talk
about too.
As always I am short on time :( I love you guys so much!
God be with you till we meet again!
Love, Sister Sharon Andersen :)
P.S. I got an email from the Mission President saying that we are allowed to read emails during our free time from friends and family. So feel free to email me, then I could read it before p-day and have more time to write you back :)
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