Hogs, Kids, and Chicks {February 16, 2015}

Dear Chandlerites and whoever else read this,

 

Hey! So….I’m going to just get right into my photos.

We went to someone’s farm and saw a bunch of happy animals. LOTS OF PIGS.

​….some adorable little calves….pretty little guy.s…

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And geese and curly feathers,

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and scary chickens,

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and I drew myself as a student of hogworts for Sister King…I know. I’m a professional artist. 

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So today is my last P-day. That’s weird. But we’re going to have an AWESOME WEEK. I would tell you more, but I guess I’ll probably be emailing next week in the mission home? I don’t know. But I have to save some cool stuff…

 

My scripture I’d like to share is 1 Nephi 19:18…but I’m going to change it a little to have my name in it because that’s fun….

 

 

And I, Sister Gale, have written these things unto my people, that perhaps I might persuade them that they would remember the Lord their Redeemer.

 

I guess that’s the entire point of writing these emails. I mean yeah the stories are good to tell and all but really I’d like you all to just come closer to Christ. That’s my purpose as a missionary anyways.

 

Well, I don’t have much else to say this week! See you soon!!!

 

Love,

Sister Gale

Gobble Gobble! {December 1, 2014}

Dear Turkey Tom,

 

So, as I told y’all, I was doing the turkey this year. AND IT WAS AMAZING. To quote the men,

 

“This is delicious!”

“…best turkey I ever had!”

“…10 times better than yesterdays!” 

 

I was proud. I know we shouldn’t have pride, but oh well. The men were hovering over the bird like a bunch of vultures. It was great! 

 

We also relocated a cat this week. She was bothering some of the people in Teton so we moved her to Sugar. Someone adopted her, but we named her Adele (because she was smoky and I thought of the song I Set Fire to the Rain…I don’t know). 

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OH! And we got transfer calls this week! I’m staying in Sugar and I’ll be getting Sister Hancock!!! YES!! You read that right. My sweet MTC companion from my singles’ ward back home whom I went on a trip to Mexico with. YEAH! That one! This is going to be FUN. Our area is now part of the Yellowstone Zone, but that’s okay because I have friends up there. I’m getting Elder Simmons as my District Leader AGAIN. Ohhhh man. This is going to be a party transfer. I’ve been giggling all week about it. And Sister Brough will be in my old stake down in Pokey. I wrote the Stake President for her to let him know how great she is. Wheeee! 

 

Comp selfie! On Thanksgiving!

​This photo is going to take some explaining. You see, Sister Brough’s thyroid has been bothering her so she called the mission doctor. He told us to meet him at Burger King…..as then he took her blood…in the restaurant…one of the workers came up to us when he was nearly done and told him he couldn’t do that. I’m pretty sure he was confused (the worker). It was great. Oh. And the doctor gave us a dozen farm fresh eggs.

 

Here’s a drawing I did of the situation:

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Yup. hahaha.

 

 

Anyways! This week for my thought I’m going to share the new Christmas video:

 

He is the Gift

 

I love this video! Love, love, love. It’s a great reminder to the “reason for the season.” This year, why don’t we all remember Christ more? (or….have “mas Christ” get it? get it? I’m smart)

 

I love you all and I know that He loves you. Take care and have a great week! 

 

Love,

Sister Gale
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I Have a Sweet Tooth {September 15, 2014}

Dear Bob and Ray and the piano-playing mice (I think my dad is the only one that’ll get that reference),

 

Well, well, well. I am now in Sugar City. My companion and I cover the entire stake (nine wards) and three towns (Sugar, Teton, and New Dale). Sugar is our largest town (population of about 1500 people) and New Dale is our smallest (about 300 people?). So far, it’s been a hoot.

 

It smells like hay everywhereeeee (except for the parts that smell like cow). There’s a LOT of people that work for John Deere so there are a LOT of John Deere tractors. It’s like my childhood! Crazy. I even got a John Deere hat from a guy we had dinner with:

 

​It says “Idaho” on the back. AND IT FITS MY HEAD. I love it.

 

It’s country out here for sure. In one day I heard “barrow pit” mentioned 4 times and “creek” (gotta say it “crick” though). Everyone talks about the weather and the crops (P.S. stock up on bread because the wheat went bad because the rain/hail rotted it/damaged it…..and the potatoes this year are going to be small). 

Our area is 90something percent members (my companion said it’s about 98%….talk about finding the needle in the haystack!).

 

But yeah! It’s going to be fun here. Let’s get on to the pictures…

 

Last photo together as a district…

 

Saying my goodbyes to Siera and Cailey (and Liam?)…

Sister Brough and I sitting in our carrrrrrrr….

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ANNNNDDDDD THE DEMOLITION DERBY (I know):

A little comic thingie I did in my planner…

 

Really. I leave the city for two days and I go to a demolition derby. What the what? It was fun. There were A LOT of people there. 

 

My family is going to ask anyways so…

Sister Brough is from Memphis, Tennessee and has been out for three months. Yeah? I don’t know what else to say 🙂

 

I’m looking forward for this next transfer. I’ll probably die here in Sugar. We’ll see! 

 

My Spiritual Thought:

 

So I guess this week I’ll talk about Alma 37: 6-7…

 

 6 Now ye may suppose that this is foolishness in me; but behold I say unto you, that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise.

 7 And the Lord God doth work by means to bring about his great and eternal purposes; and by very small means the Lord doth confound the wise and bringeth about the salvation of many souls.

What are some “small and simple things”? Reading scriptures, praying, etc. etc. And it is so true! The little things are what make things happen! It’s the “easy” things that’ll change lives. When Naaman went to be healed of his leprosy, he was told to wash in the river. Not to go do some grand thing, but to take a bath. Simple! I know if we do the small things we can be clean, we can find lasting joy, we can have eternal life!

I love y’all and hope you have a great week!

Love,

Sister Gale

Don’t Head Butt without the Full Armor of God {September 1, 2014}

Dear…..Eh….Galatians and Ephesians,

 

Happy Missionary Monday! 

I’ll have one and a half thoughts today. The half is just to explain a picture. That’s what  I’ll start with I guess.

​This is Siera and Cailey dressed in their Armor of God. I got this idea from my former companion, Sister Jacobson. As we were reading in Ephesians 6, about the Armor of God, we had the girls find the different parts for it. Bonus points for Siera for the shield of faith in the form of a OneDirection kid cutout and bonus points for Cailey for her bowls as her breastplate of righteousness.

 

Ephesians 6:13-17

 

 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Yeah. It was fun. We were laughing up a storm. So much fun 🙂

 

Let see what other pictures I have today…

 

OH! I’ve been decorating envelopes. I got some Disney-Pixar stamps and let me tell you. Those are the best thing of my life. And I have a few Harry Potter stamps, but I can’t draw those as well. BUT DISNEY. I think my favorite is my Mike Wazowski or Boo. I’m pretty sure I didn’t color Dory right. Oh well. I think I did a good job on Flick too, but it’s kind of a boring one. But look at that hand! Dang.

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Annnndd…My companion running on her bike…

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Annnd huge cinnamon rolls from Mrs. Powell’s…

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And of course…a selfie…

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I was looking at old pictures when my hair was darker. I’m going to have to color my hair soon. It’s not quite cool enough to do that, but it’s going happen before too long (I know, my dad won’t be too happy about that. Oh well!).

 

Okay. This is going to sound ridiculous but I had the BEST olive oil and balsamic vinegar I’ve ever had in my life this last week. Holy cow. The olive oil was like….Persian Lime and the vinegar was cinnamon pear. So. GOOOOOD. I could have had a whole loaf of bread dipping it in that mixture. I really had to use self control that night. Man I love olive oil.

 

This week is another video thought. This video is probably my new favorite mormon message. It is pretty artsy in the videography, but it looks cool. And the story is amazing…it’s called “The Hope of God’s Light.” I love this video. It just reminds me that God is there, He does listen to our prayers, and He just wants to hear from us and for us to be closer to Him. I love being a missionary because I just help people on the path that this man found. I get to help them know our Father. How cool is that? I get to know my brothers and sisters. I get to know our Father better. I get to feel more love for them and see them as what they can become. Have I said how much I love that word? “Become”….it signifies growth and learning. 

 

Anyways. 

 

We get transfer calls this week! I’ll let y’all know what’s happening. I love you!

 

Love,

Sister Gale

Jedis and Elders {August 4, 2014}

Dear People of the World that read this,

 

I forgot to put this in last week but…

“What do mint chocolate chip ice cream, grass, and my new companion have in common? They’re all GREEN!!” Copyright Sister King 2014

 

But not really. You hear trainers say all the time that their greenie is training them or that they came pre-trained. Usually they’re not being literal. But I am. Seriously. Sister Whalen. My home girl from California. She’s already trained and she’s such a good missionary! She’s been out for three and a half months already but she has this thing DOWN. She’s pouring gasoline on this area (not literally).

 

This is what an old planner looks like next to a new one…

They get all puffy and dirty! Ew. 

Random Sister King cartoon from before she left me for Montpelier…

Yeah.

umm. Ugly moth.

 

​And day old kitten!!! 🙂

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LOOK AT IT’S LITTLE FACEEEEEEE. Awhhh 😀

Quote from Caden H.

“Working out is my alcohol and sore muscles are my hang over”

(He’s wanting to be an amateur body building. Funny kid.) I love it when people act all tough and whatever but they’re just big softies. It entertains me every time.

We went on another Blitz this week. This time in the Elders’ area. We met a really cool guy that gave us a coupon thing for a free pizza at his pizza shop. FREE FOOD. yes. He was super prepared. Totally ready to be baptized I think.

We helped out at the Ammon Days thing. That was fun. I learn a little martial arts and broke a board. No big deal. The elders decided to break the board. with their heads. Elders…seriously. A couple of the elders got beat up by a 15 year old jedi kid in a sword fight thing. Funniest thing of my life. I can’t even begin to tell y’all what that looked like. I told the kid not to go easy on them, he said he only tries hard on his master. He still beat the snot out of the elders. Don’t worry. They’re mostly okay 🙂

Yeah. That was pretty much my week.

This week I’m doing a Mormon Message as my thought….

Wrong Roads (Click me!)

So yesterday our District Leader had some Young Women he wanted to go with us. We didn’t have appointments and we couldn’t go into the area where we were planning on going to, so we stayed in a different neighborhood. This neighborhood doesn’t have as much work as our others so we just needed houses to visit. We weren’t having much luck. So we prayed! And prayed and prayed and prayed. Finally one of the girls spoke up and said she might know of someone we could try to visit. So we went to the house ANDDDD no one was home. (Sad trombone sound). But then that cul-de-sac she took us to was one of mostly none members. So even though they weren’t home, we had other houses to try. Life is like that sometimes. Sometimes we are lead to areas we think are not helpful or answers to prayers, but it turns out that they were! They were a blessing in disguise. I love you all and hope everything is FANTASTIC this week!

Love,

Sister Gale

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S’more s’mores. {July 21, 2014}

Dear telephones and staplers,

 

Can I just say how thankful I am for the temple? Sister King and I went to the temple this Thursday FINALLY. We needed to recharge our spiritual batteries. We felt as though we were running on 5% and were blinking red. That’s not good as a missionary! Everything seemed so much more dramatic when our batteries were low. Now we are functioning human beings. Yessssss.

 

This week we visited the sister in the retirement home that was asking for us. She didn’t have her hearing aid in though so that made it interesting….I had to yell to invite her to be baptized. I’m sure that not very many missionaries can say they yelled at someone asking if they’d like to be baptized. The traveling Sister Training Leader, Sister McKnight, was thoroughly entertained. She said she hasn’t experienced anything like that yet on her mission and she’s going home at the end of this transfer.

 

Speaking of transfers! We get calls this Thursday. Now. I’ve been in Ammon for about six months and in interviews with my mission President this past week it sounds as if I need to be prepared to leave. That’s okay. I LOVE this area. I love my people here, but I also wouldn’t mind experiencing other parts of my mission. We will have to wait and see!! The suspense is killing me! (not really killing. I can wait)

 

Not much else happened this week. I’ll be playing for the musical fireside on my flute for the visitors center on Sunday. I’ll be playing a medley of songs about Christ called “He Lives!” I love preforming so I’m excited. I need to practice more, but I’m excited. 

We did take some pictures of a really cute wedding reception (don’t worry, we didn’t crash another wedding. The stuff was just set up)

I think it’s cute. My favorite part???

​Quoting the best movie ever? Bronus points!!! (bonus+brownie points)…The movie is The Princess Bride be-tee-dubs.

{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEe1cTDbXHU}

 

My companion drew a picture of Christ for practice. She is ashamed on how terrible it is. I’m ashamed that she thinks this is even remotely bad!!!

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And a shameless-selfie because I really don’t know what to take pictures of 200% of the time…

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I guess this brings us to the spiritual thought of the week…

 

Fun fact: I usually never know what I want to do for a spiritual thought. I just choose something and go with it.

 

So I love the NewEra magazine Mormonads. They’re great. This week I’ll share one about attitude….

The scripture (Proverbs 15:13) says…

 

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

 

Sounds like a Confucius say quote thing, doesn’t it? But it’s a good thing to remember. Doing service and turning out from yourself really will make you happier. The best way to be happy is to share the love of Christ with others.

I’ll share another mormonad just because I like it….

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As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

 

Look at that sad Elder with no mail…..you should write to the missionaries you know! Even if you’re not best friends with them or whatever, they’ll really appreciate a letter from home. Just sayin’

I love you all and hope you have a great week!

Love,

Sister Gale

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nothing witty in my brain today {July 7, 2014}

Dear [plural noun] and [plural noun],

 

So this week was the 4th of July annnddd I have a lot of photos. Kind of. 

 

Well…first let me show you how great the Book of Mormon really is….

​You see…we use it to hold up a rod to hang a curtain on because Idaho (like most of the world) is silly and doesn’t understand that Day Light Savings is dumb and so the sun isn’t set until about 10pm. Our bedtime is 10:30. Yup.

 

Random field of farmness for my Dad….

​I don’t get the sprinklers. Why don’t they irrigate? Eh.

 

Dooms day….”End of the World” (My sister Melly always talks about her end of the world dreams and stuff)…

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A SCORPIONNNNNNNN

​That thing was hard to make. I didn’t really understand the instructions. I did my own thang (Yes. Thang)

 

And a drawing that I did this time (copying Sister King’s style)…

​Look at me go with my ukulele (“small guitar” “violin” etc. etc. Don’t people know what ukuleles are?)

 

Mustashe photos (courtesy of my family for sending a fun 4th of July package. I think they were just wanting photos haha)

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​AND NUTELLLA! Oh my heavens. This is what Ambrosia tastes like…

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Now the 4th of July photos…

 

My makeup…

{and now a cartoonish version I did}

In the car on the way to the fireworks with my companion (photobombed by my little friend, Shaylee)…

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Sitting on the famous potato bench thing….

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a million fireworks….

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And the temple!

​(ooooo ahhhhhh)

Anyways. We had a good week as you can tell. We were able to see my mom’s high school friend again this week. She gave me a hug and a bag with skirts in it. AND MINI CADBURY EGGS. I love those things. I love chocolate.

We roasted hot dogs and marshmallows with the other sisters that our sister training leaders cover. We walked ALL the way around the river (well. bridge to bridge), got ice cream (reed’s dairy guys. best stuff ever. Apparently their chocolate milk has POTATO FLAKES IN IT. Only in Idaho), saw some not-so-great break dancers (that was just funny. They were mildly terrible. Not that I can say much. I can’t dance to save my life), and had lots of fun.

Today’s little thought comes from Joseph Smith in History of the Church…

“As you increase in innocence and virtue, as you increase in goodness, let your hearts expand, let them be enlarged towards others; you must be long-suffering, and bear with the faults and errors of mankind.

 

“How precious are the souls of men!”

 

Something I keep thinking about is how much more I love people now. I thought I was very loving before my mission, but now I love SO much more. I see more people like I see my two sweet sisters with Joubert Syndrome; not as there are but as they will be. None of us are perfect so we can’t expect anyone else to be. We just need to know that we are all brothers and sisters and learn to treat each other as such. I love my friends in Idaho. I love talking to them about our Savior, Jesus Chirst, and our Heavenly Father. I love talking to them as my siblings and all the families that have accepted me as their own. Being a missionary is AWESOME. If you can go, GO. If you can’t then be the best missionary you can be at home. “If you’re not a full-time missionary with a missionary badge pinned on your coat, now is the time to paint one on your heart—painted, as Paul said, “not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God”” (It’s a Miracle. Elder Andersen).

I love you all and hope you have a fantastic week!

Love,

Sister Gale

Yeee-hawww {June 16, 2014}

Dear Bulls and Heifers,

 

“What’d you do this week Sister Gale?”

 

“Whatever I felt like it! Gosh!!”

 

Actually. We saw a rodeo. A children’s rodeo. Funniest thing ever (well maybe not as funny as midget wrestling would be…but almost!…yes that’s a thing. One of our members said she went to it. I almost died when she said that. I can’t believe it’s a thing. This is a long side note. Sometimes I think I’m Jim Gaffigan). I didn’t take any photos because I am foolish. Actually. I don’t think I took any photos this week. Oops. That’s a darn shame. 

 

Here. I’ll draw y’all a very accurate doodle of it….

​See? The bull is angry and the little kid is wearing a cowboy hat and cute little chaps. I didn’t draw the helmet because I forgot until just now. #artist 

 

Anyways. This is a drawing of me playing my uke at a garage sale…

​Everyone be in awe of my art. Yes. If you will notice the cardboard box in the bottom left side corner, it says “Free!” on it. Let me tell you what was in that box. Free books. Not just any book though. No no no. The BEST book ever, The Book of Mormon and pass-a-long cards and pamphlets about the message of the Restoration. We were helping out at a garage sale of one of the non-member ladies and we decided to bring a box over of free books. We don’t think anyone took a book, but they did look at them! Yeah! Do you know how many people were asking me if I was selling my uke though? Or uke lessons? I should have said “I’m not selling uke lessons, but I am giving away free lessons about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints!” but I wasn’t quick enough to think about that.  In my defense though, the lady that we live with did wake us up before our alarm to get us to help at the garage sale. We got ready in 10 minutes to help and we were out doing missionary things 3.5 hours before we usually do. Excuses excuses. 

 

Oh. And we got our transfer information last week. I am staying in Ammon for at least one more transfer it seems! I’m okay with that. I get to see Fiddler on the Roof this week AND on the Forth of July I’ll be seeing “the best fireworks show west of the Mississippi.” Yeah buddy. 

 

Let me now tell you about my little friend, Conner. He is a 13 year old boy with Down Syndrome and he is ADORABLE. I can’t even handle it. He is a complete little gentleman (when we come over he pulls us inside and links arms with us and leads us to the couch then he’ll take my bag and hang it up in the coat closet). He also just loves one of my sisters with Joubert Syndrome, Nancy. She has a video on Youtube of her signing to the theme song from Signing Time with Alex and Leah and, according to his mom, he will watch it for 30 minutes straight every morning since I showed it to them, while waiting for the bus. He even signs with her a little. SO. CUTE. I love this kid. I was playing my ukulele for him and we were singing Primary Songs together. It was fun 🙂

 

My spiritual thought today is in Zechariah chapter 5 verse 1….

 

Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

 

Just kidding. I’m not going to talk about a Biblical food fight.

 

No. My real thought is this…

 

Heavenly Father, Earthly Father

 

(it’s a video link. Click it!)

 

This is probably one of my absolute Mormon Message videos. It’s so perfect! Every time I watch it I can’t help think about my amazing parents. I love them so much and my testimony is where it is because of them. They not only teach me about the gospel, but even being away from them teaches me the Plan of Salvation even greater because when I return home from my mission I want my parents to be proud of the work I’ve done in my 18 months. The same goes to when I return to my Heavenly Father. Life is so short, before long our “4 minutes” will be over. I want my Heavenly Father to be proud of the work I did while on Earth. 

 

Missions really are the best thing in the world.

 

I love you all and hope you have a great week! That’s all for this week.

 

“T-t-t-t-that’s all folks!”

 

Love,

Sister Gale

 

Part of your…..Worlddddddd {May 19, 2014}

Dear Sebastian and Flounder,

 

This week, I don’t have too many things to talk about, but I do have A LOT of photos. So get excited. Because they are awesome. They won’t be in order because I don’t work that way, so you can just deal with it. Punks.

 

I’m going to start with a drawing by my companion…

​It’s like the funniest thing of my life. Look at that Elder Napoleon Dynamite being all…Napoleon and stuff.

 

Here’s my companion doing a Maria from the Sound of Music pose…

​{the painted version I did in Lightroom}

Fancy. I know.

 

And a pose from the Little Mermaid of yours truly…

​(I’ve been laughing about this photo pretty much all week. I even have a green skirt on. I win)

 

And here’s me with a goat…

​I’m winking I think. I’m not really sure…but then it started to eat my scarf…

​Goats….seriously the best animals ever. Love ’em.

 

Here’s a picture of farm stuff…

​{the painted version I did in Lightroom}

I thought my dad would like the tractor, so I have a closer photo of it.

​Meh.

 

Then…the creepiest building ever…

Waterfall in down the canal…

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Ladybug…

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Me standing in the hay with my ukulele…

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And a sun burnt tree…

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As you can tell, we had a pretty fun week. We also got to go to the temple with ALL the sisters in our mission, but even better than that, we got to go to the temple with our recent-convert as she did baptisms. We got to hold her towel for her. I felt like a real adult. 

 

We had stake conference this weekend. But it wasn’t like normal stake conference. It was a fancy broadcast one. From BYU-I. It was great. But the night before we had what used to be the adult session of stake conference, but it was for anyone 12 and over and it was on my favorite subject: Hastening the Work of Salvation in His Time. I was so wanting to be in a southern baptist church during that meeting. I had so many feelings of AMMMENNNN and all that jazz. But this week my thought will be from the scripture that I loved the most that night. It comes from the book of Isaiah chapter 60 verse 22 and it says…

 

“A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.”

 

It’s a fairly short verse, but it says a lot to me. I am small. In fact, I am nothing. But one small act I do can do SO MUCH. I think I said this last week, but my 14 year old recent convert (the one that we went to the temple with) said she wants to go on a mission so she can do for other families what we missionaries did for hers. I am only one girl, but because I came on a mission, another young sister wants to do the same. Her future family will be members. And their influence will change others. My one choice to come on a mission will reach to thousands. That is just incredible to me. I will give another scripture that I thought of while thinking of my nothingness. It is in Alma chapter 26 verses 12-16…

 

“12 Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever.

 13 Behold, how many thousands of our brethren has he loosed from the pains of hell; and they are brought to sing redeeming love, and this because of the power of his word which is in us, therefore have we not great reason to rejoice?

 14 Yea, we have reason to praise him forever, for he is the Most High God, and has loosed our brethren from the chains of hell.

 15 Yea, they were encircled about with everlasting darkness and destruction; but behold, he has brought them into his everlasting light, yea, into everlasting salvation; and they are encircled about with the matchless bounty of his love; yea, and we have been instruments in his hands of doing this great and marvelous work.

 16 Therefore, let us glory, yea, we will glory in the Lord; yea, we will rejoice, for our joy is full; yea, we will praise our God forever. Behold, who can glory too much in the Lord? Yea, who can say too much of his great power, and of his mercy, and of his long-suffering towards the children of men? Behold, I say unto you, I cannot say the smallest part which I feel.“

I have always loved these verses…Alma is amazing. I know that our Heavenly Father watches over us and because of Him, we can do ANYTHING. Nothing is impossible when you have the Lord on your side.

I hope you all have a great week. I love you and invite you to bring someone closer to Christ (that means bringing yourself to Christ as well). Take care!!

Love,

Sister Gale

The Royal Breeze {May 12, 2014}

Dear Beethoven and Bach,

 

So this week was transfer week and I got my new companion, Sister King from St. George, Utah. She’s awesome. She is my twin and that makes me happy. And she draws me pictures…

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I think she’ll be famous so I’m going to save all the drawings from her and then I can sell them for millions in a couple of years. That’s what will happen.

Here’s a picture of us together…

​And a shameless-selfie wearing a bear hat from my friend, Elder Duano…

​Look at my fabulous hair (thanks to my friend, Matthew Elliot. He’s a fantastic hairstylist).

This week will be my official half-way mark. That’s crazy. Sometimes I believe it, sometimes I still feel like I just came out. It’s been a weird 9 months. I’ve grown a lot and I’ve met a lot of people. The days that I just want to give up, I remember the people that I’ve come the closest to and I just think to myself that maybe there’s another family that needs me. I know with the family that got baptized here in Ammon that more lives will be changed because the daughter said she wants to go on a mission so she can help others the way that the missionaries have helped her and her family. I just love that! Because I decided to go on a mission, a young girl wants to do the same. I love that family and other families I’ve met. 

​Here’s the little camel my mommy sent me for my hump day. It’s pretty cute. I carried it around with me the first day I got it.

I’m suppose to take more photos, so I took a photo of a karaoke machine we found. It takes cassette tapes. That’s weird.

​There’s not really too much to talk about this week. I just feel good. Tired. But good. I feel love for my friends, family, and my people here in Idaho. 

I’ll write y’all again next week! Love you!!

 

-Sister Gale