Sister Elly Rex: Anchorage Alaska Mission 2020-2022

  UPDATE: The 17 cat lady... now has 21 cats! Oh what JOY! We cleaned her house lovingly and afterwards we were told to not enter her house ever again, due to unhealthy hazards. Love that!  We helped [Lily] clean out her chicken pen with 14 chickens. I've never met a more hardworking 11 year old in my life. She loves her chickens!  I was reading in 2 Nephi 9:30 and I pondered on how some individuals have their hearts set upon "treasure being their God". I realized that my God is my treasure! Jesus Christ  choose  to become the Savior and Redeemer of the world. Now, is our time to choose to refocus our lives on Christ and who he needs us  to become . Who does Jesus Christ, the Son of our loving Heavenly Father, need you to be?  I asked this question to my sweet quilting friend, "Do you know that your Heavenly Father loves you?". She responded, "I am not sure, but I know he is there listening to me when I am sad". She continued on telling of how she had ...

  Hay there! Me and Sister Staheli moved 50+ cubes of hay into Judy's goat barn this week! It was so fun!!  We are teaching two new friends one is named Rick & one is named Bobbi. So yeah basically I'm teaching Rick & Bobbi haha! Shake n' Bake! Sister Wilhites 21st birthday was this week and I made her have the BEST birthday ever! Photoshoots, waffle breakfasts, sunrise studies, manicures... etc! Last week, I made sure to tell everyone we saw that it was her birthday and HOLY GUACAMOLE. We literally got cake at least twice, Every. Single. Day.  This. Week. I've never had so many sugar crashes in my life! One of the members who invited us over wanted to give us a full makeover and I've never felt so painted before. While she did my makeup, she shaved off HALF of my left eyebrow. LOVE THAT... oh well it will grow back:) I drove us to Anchorage for an appointment and while we were at the Doc's office, FOUR!! JUSTIN!! BIEBER!! SONGS!! Came on!!!! #tendermerc...

  W: "You are what you eat" Everyone: *pauses & stares at me* R: "Are you calling me a carrot?!" This week started with us getting a carwash and sitting in a Wendy's drive-thru for 45 minutes to get frosties... while contacting of course! Then I drove to the chapel and flew my fish kite out of the back of our RAV4. We received a self-referral by a elderly woman named, Bobbi. Her husband died a year ago and she is very lonely. When we called her, she told us the only reason why she was getting by was because of K-Love. K-love brought her closer to her savior as it has for me. My testimony of Jesus Christ began to grow as I fell in love with Christian music. I related to her with my love for the positive encouraging radio station. I love Bobbi.  Service this week included more crawl spaces, filming Facebook videos, and bucking cow stalls.  Covid stinks worse than the cows stalls we bucked! The sisters we lived with sat by the wrong elders during Zone council. ...

  Ever gone to church with the moon still fully up? I have...  This week has been full of blessings! My weeks are always full of blessings but this week it involved priesthood blessings! The priesthood is the power given to a worthy man from God. The priesthood can provide blessings of comfort and healing to those who have faith in Jesus Christ. I have seen many miracles come through the power of the priesthood. My companion received a blessing this week for healing from a brother in the ward. Tammy wasn't having a good week due to family issues and health concerns for her and her husband. We taught her the power of the priesthood one night and she asked for a priesthood blessing the next day! It was a very spiritual experience for her and us as the Holy Ghost spoke through Brother Seims. A very humbling experience for sure! Matthew received the Aaronic priesthood on Sunday and he and his family were filled with  JOY  from the experience.  Nothing is more import...