Sister Elly Rex: Anchorage Alaska Mission 2020-2022

  "You're a seasoned missionary" -President King President King and Sister King are still unable to return to Alaska. So we had Zone conference and interviews online. President King inspires me. Between his wife having a tumor and running the biggest proselytizing mission in the world, he continues to have faith. Every interview we have had, he reminds me of the young missionary I was when I arrived at the airport. My pink dress and pigtails;) This time was different though. He promised me some things as long as I follow the Savior. He said, "Will you follow the Savior for the rest of your life?". Then he wept. He reminds me of the scripture, 3 Nephi 17:21,  when the Savior's heart is so full of love for the multitude, that he wept.  "And when he had said these words, he wept, and the multitude bare record of it, and he took their little children, one by one, and blessed them, and prayed unto the Father for them".  President King is the most selfle...

We helped John with his boat that he is renovating (which will take him YEARS, but he loves fixing things). The missionaries have been doing service for him, for a long while. He brought up how he loves the singer, "Enya". I brought up how I was singing at church on Sunday. He told us, "You've done so much for me, I need to come". Sure enough, John was in the front row seat, 20 mins before church started. I talked about The Holy Ghost and how it speaks to us, through feelings of comfort and peace to our hearts. He is the third member of the Godhead. I explained that God, Heavenly Father and His son, Jesus Christ have bodies of flesh and bone. But the Holy Ghost doesn't, he is a spirit. If he wasn't a spirit, he could not dwell with us in our hearts giving us those feelings of peace. I also sang a song in the middle of my talk &told the congregation that the spirit talks to each of us differently. John came up to me after in tears and said, "I...

 -Teancum Happy Valentine's day!  I wanted to first express my gratitude for my mission president and his wife, President and Sister King. A few days ago, Sister King found out that she has some build up behind her eye that has been affecting her physical state. They will be staying in Salt Lake City until they find out her diagnosis. They told us the news in an emergency missionary zoom meeting. President King said in tears, "We are physically in SLC but our hearts are in Alaska". Please keep them in your prayers, we are praying for a miracle so they can come back to Alaska soon♡. The Assistants to the president are overlooking the mission and President King does interviews online when needed.  We were in an "eh" mood on Friday when we decided to drive around to find people outside. There was a dense fog, so not many people were out. We found a man who told us he wasn't interested. BUT I asked him who would be and he said the girl upstairs! We went back the...

I left the Matanuska ward. Our last visit, was with Bishop Matt Adam's family. He told us that we have influenced the Youth to serve missions and that they have more girls wanting to serve missions than boys! Sophie, his youngest daughter told his wife, "I want to serve a mission now because if those sisters can do it, that means I can too!". I am so thankful that I was able to influence the youth in Palmer to work towards a deeper devotion to Jesus Christ.  But now, I'm in Auke Bay Ward! Which covers the coast of Juneau. It snows and rains a lot here. But I AM IN LOVE WITH IT. We walk the streets with our snow shovels and help people shovel their driveways. By the time we are done talking with them inviting them to hear about the restored gospel, it has already snowed so much that we would have to shovel again!  I feel like I am living in a fairytale. Everything is white, bright green, or coastal blue. I have never met people so kind and happy. For example, It was po...