November 26, 2022: HOT COVID ANYONE?!

Hot COVID? I mean... Hot Chocolate? Sometimes I get the two mixed up! We gave out hot cocoa to people in their cars who were waiting to receive free Thanksgiving meals. We served over 1,300 families here in Wasilla. IT WAS FREEZING BUT I LOVED IT!

Called to ask Brother Wolverton if he could baptize the Drayton's and he answered the phone, "Hey sisters, I'm chopping up a caribou but what's up?" LEGENDARY.

The Draytons were baptized this week! Their testimonies are so strong. I am BIG proud of them and their growth. We had to get special permission for their family to get baptized because COVID rules say that we aren't allowed in churches. Very stressful situation but they did it! They made their first covenant with their loving Heavenly Father. Nadine described baptism as a weight being lifted off her shoulders. I knew that she had felt the truest of true joys that can only come from our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Nadine texted us asking if Veggie Tales was an appropriate show to show her kids. We answered, "Yes! We love Veggie Tales!" And she answered with, "Ok, we will make it part of our daily routine" Oh yeah, Nadine and I are BFFS. HAHAHA oh man I love these Alaskans.

Travis the gas station man, paid for my Freal Frazzle Friday, Frazzle and told me that his favorite part of working here is seeing us missionaries come in. He told me of how Alaska is full of people with darkness and we remind him of lights in the darkness. This inspired me! By simple means, we accomplish amazing things.

We taught the Stanton Family over Zoom and we asked their little girl, what she knew about the Book Of Mormon. She started singing, "Book of Mormon stories like my teachers taught to me...". It was cool to see that she didn't fully understand what the Book of Mormon was about BUT she bore her testimony through the song she was taught in Primary.

When you are looking back, you are holding back. Live in the moment! Be lovingly honest! Hope for good times to come! I have often found myself dreaming about the past that it has distracted me from actively finding opportunities to better serve others. Everyone has their good times and their not-so-good-times. As we shake off the not-so-good-times and focus on what we hope to gain from those experiences will help us become who God needs us to be. Yes, this is easier said than done. But by just having the desire to change, being honest with ourselves, and choosing to focus our efforts on bettering ourselves will help us transform our lives out of the darkness and into the light. The light of Jesus Christ. Step by Step, it IS achievable.

When The Settlers Bay Ward heard that our thanksgiving was cancelled, many loving members put together a whole feast for us! Sister Gubler contacted our mothers and asked them what each of our favorite thanksgiving desserts were. She literally cooked all day and made us each, our own favorite dish. My ABSOLUTELY AMAZING mother, told her of my Great-Grandmothers roll recipe and WOW my heart is full for Sister Gubler and her charity for us missionaries.

3 Nephi 20:37

Arise, sit down = Karate kid

All I want is the Gospel to spread as fast as Corona is :,)

I am forever grateful for each and every one of you!

I LOVE YOU ALL!

Sister Rex

¹frozen corn>negative temps

²ThanksGIVIN cocoa

³Drayton Baptism

⁴sherbet 4 days

⁵Wasilla Train!!

⁶freal frazzle Fridays