Sister Elly Rex: Anchorage Alaska Mission 2020-2022

  I hiked the Matenuska Glacier &Holy Guacamole! I have never seen a glacier before but it was one of the most beautiful places EVER! I got a couple Sisters and Elders together and we drove 2 hours up a mountain to see it. On the way, we had to drive up and down steep roads and in one instance we slid pretty intensely next to a cliff. I was thankful that we said a prayer before we left because I'm pretty darn sure that it we didn't, I wouldn't be writing you this email!!  It's truly magnificent how Jesus Christ made the earth under the direction of our Heavenly Father! If you ever go to Alaska, I would 250% recommend;)  We were having a rough night on Friday but I know that God knows what we needed that night. It was THE NORTHERN LIGHTS! We received a text that they were out and we instantly cruised down the highway to the Palmer Hayflats to see them again. This time, they were dancing and moving in the sky. What a beautiful blessing.  Nadine offered us Beluga Wh...

  I've noticed a pattern in missionary life. One week is slow, kinda ugh and the next week is crazy and super exciting!!   The week started off with the Big Lake elders calling us to help them with a service. We didn't know what it was for until we got there! There is a young couple building a house by themselves in the middle of the Alaskan Winter!!! Who the hex does that? Alaskans are CRAZY! The whole project was under this huge inflatable plastic dome. It was FREEZING. The night before, it snowed 6 inches and their dome collapsed! They were going to give up on their project BUT saw that the missionaries were offering free service and they reached out to us to come to help them get the snow off and resume their project! One of the Elders was bragging to the young couple about how I write songs and the man asked me to sing for them. So in the middle of the construction zone, I sang "path-paver" and the spirit was so strong!  THE IRON DOG is the world's longest, t...

We went to a family home evening one night and the girl gave us full glam makeup for a Facebook video and I have never worn so much makeup in my life! I ended up looking like Barbie and my comp looked like a goth vision of Fiona from Shrek. On our way home, we noticed some Elders on the side of the rode with their hazard lights on. We pulled over and they told us to look up!! Yeup!! That's right! I would have never thought that I would see them looking like a Barbie doll haha.  A simple valentine's message-     Jesus spent his life serving others. He blessed, taught, prayed, and loved others with his whole heart.      2 Nephi 26:30 "...the Lord God hath given a commandment that all men should have charity, which charity is love. And except they should have charity they were nothing".     Serve someone this week! Show them the love! The world needs a lot of love.  Love the coolest Alaskan, SISTA REXY

  Can you fetch me a pail of water? Or 12? A set of Elders in our zone asked us to help their friend due to her water pipes being frozen(which is a very common thing here). We drove an hour to get to her place and when we walked in, she pointed to 12 huge water containers and told us to go to the sink in the most ghetto laundry shop I've ever been to, down the street.  This friend was full of tattoos, head to toe. She had layered chains around her neck and wrists. Her house reeked of smoke. She informed us as we walked in, that her favorite thing was skulls! We looked over at her daughter who was quietly painting an animal skull... HAHA but none of this bothered me or kept me from smiling. Why? Because I could see she had the desire to change. She had a light in her eyes that showed potential to learn and improve her life to become closer to her Savior. It doesn't matter what we look like or what our differences are. We are all children of our loving Heavenly father who loves ...