Sister Hale in Seattle

  Helllooooo everyboddayyy Update for this week: So regarding the subject line: a pineapple is a river in the sky, so basically we're gonna get rained on A TON for a long time   (I'm low-key kind of excited, it's gonna be so much fun  ) We also had exchanges this week so I got to be on an island, which was so fun :) we met a lady who converted to Judaism and talked about our temples and sealings and stuff and that was SO cool! Sister Manning and Sister Briggs both turned 20 this week!!!   we had a mini party for each of them, I woke up early both days to blow up balloons and stuff (I set my alarm to vibrate and put it on my bed for Sister Manning's birthday so she wouldn't wake up XD) it was very fun :) ALSO my Ward Mission Leader's wife is one of the people who was in charge of helping to organize/plan the LLC (on campus housing at USU) and she voted to have the thermostats in each room! I was super excited about that cuz having a thermostat was nice, ngl....

  Доброе утро   (Good morning in Russian  ) Update for this week (some cool things): •We knocked 280 doors this week tracting and it was AWESOME •We taught the WHOLE Restoration on the doorstep and I recited the first vision and it was AWESOME •We had a youth mini MTC activity MTC Wednesday and it was AWESOME •I got my retainer fixed and now its AWESOME (again XD) •We tracted into a few members on purpose and a few on accident; one of the new move-in is coming from HERRIMAN UTAH, FROM THE SAME STAKE AS THE ONE WE USED TO LIVE IN!!!!! (And that's awesome XD) Scripture of the week: Isaiah 53:4-5        "Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed" This scripture is talking about Jesus Christ and it makes me so so grateful...

Hola   Update for this week: Not a ton has happened this week...  Except we have some nonmembers who gave us a service referral for their backdoor neighbors! They're super sweet, we spread mulch in their yard in the rain on Saturday and it was SUPER fun   they gave us some of his ceramic stuff he makes to thank us which was super kind :) but it was so fun to find a fellow artist!!  ALSO our ward is AMAZING and they're all jumping on the missionary bandwagon. We have an upcoming activity for the youth on Wednesday and we're gonna talk to them about the missionary purpose, do a little training, and have a Q&A which is SO EXCITING! We are also creating a video for the relief society about how they can do online finding. AND we're planning a youth missionary Olympics in March which is gonna be super fun!! (Basically they're split into teams and get points based off of what missionary activities they do, like teaching a lesson with their family, doing a "comp st...