Our adorable girl is doing so well, despite a bad cold, a blizzard and A FLOOD!
Being woken up because an upstairs toilet exploded and water was gushing down the walls and out of the lights....her response was "isn't this hilarious?" and went about getting out of the apartment at 3:30 am with a smile on her face.
Love that girl!!!!!!
You Can Trust your companion, but you darn better never trust Satan!
November 16
Hey Everyone!!! So I love this quote to start, at MLC this week or mission leadership council President Jacobsen said this about looking at each others computers and it was awesome!! I loved it! But how true it really is, we can trust really anyone around us but in all reality we can never trust Satan and the outside world! We must be founded on Christ and always strive to strengthen our faith! :) We had a great week.. I was sick for most of it but because of that I know the Lord blessed us! We saw so many miracles and just were able to recognize the Lords hand even more completely in our lives! :)So this past week was my little sisters birthday!! Woot Woot! :) She is 10! Love ya Grace, but on her birthday I was pretty sick and when I was writing in my jounral I decided to write down all the miracles that happened that day, of course it happened to be Friday the 13 which 13 is my favoirte number so of course I wrote down 13 miracles.. so I want to share them with you all today! :) Just remember Miracles do happen!!1.We went finding in the morning and the first door we knocked on was a lady that wants to meet with us! She was super nice and set up a return appointment! :)2. We met this referral that we have been trying to contact for quite some time! He happened to be home and was leaving for work but just talking to him was great!3. We were able to talk to a referral we got on Tuesday named trent that set up a time to meet with us for this upcoming week! He is super prepared! :)4. We felt impressed to stop by an old potential from like last year and we wound up talking to a different person but that person wanted to meet with us and decided to talk to us more! :)5. We contacted a referall that we had had for a long time, they didn't want to meet but we finally were able to catch them home!6. We had an amazing lesson with a less active family that I love! They are progressing well, we shared Moses 7:1-4 with them.. which I love. Go check out how many times satan says I in the first verse.. maybe try not to say I so many times this week!7. We had dinner with a less active member as well, we taught the first vision and the spirit was so SO strong!8. We were able to get some gloves from the elders they thought they had taken to greenville but they didn't! The member that needed them was asking about them so it was a miracle they had them! :)9. We were able to sing songs throughout the day even on my limited voice we were still able to smile our way through the cold day!10. We had a three way call with the elders in our district and were able to hear about their great miracles from the day. They had so many good things happen! They picked up quite a few return appointments which was awesome!11. Sister Steele was so awesome and totally was patient with my sick head and voice! She is just incredible and totally a miracle!12. I was able to take nap during lunch which gave me the energy needed to keep going! The missionary schedule is SO inspired.. man so great! :)13. The greatest miracle of that day was how much the Lord answered our prayers. I just love being a missionary, we would ask for something specific and it happened. When we have faith and are obedient the Lord will accomplish so many great things! I love being a missionary!!! :D :DAnyways.. my life is great, it's fantastic, it's the best! I can't ask for anything else, even on the days when things are hard or the clouds come out we always always can see the Lords hand in our lives! I am so thankful for this gospel, the eternal perspective that it brings helps us to always press forward with a steadfastness in Christ! :) Have a great week everyone! Look for the miracles, I promise you that they are there!!!Love Sister Chisholm! <3
Sis Chizzy's temporary home due to the flood! We are so grateful to the Chapman's for taking in these cute girls!
Keep Calm and Carry ON!
November 23
Hey everyone!! This weeks theme was PERFECT!! Oh my goodness gracious.. this week has literally been the most insane week of my life.. But it also was the greatest week as well!! :) Isn't it amazing how that works!? :)
So this week I was able to go on 2 trade offs!! One in Holland and one in Big Rapids!! :D My trade off in Holland went really well, I learned a ton from Sis Averrett about finding and also how to look at things in a different light. Then in Big Rapids we were able to PC or go on campus and talk with tons and tons of kids!!! It was AMAZING!! Oh man.. I love LOVE teaching people that are my own age. It's seriously the best. They are receptive to the gospel and are in a place that they desire to change! :) I LOVED it! Sister Trent and Sister Phelps are awesome! I again learned so much from them, the both are so diligent and doing so well! It was fun to be in a trio for a little bit again too! :) Then on Thursday while we were there we had a girl that is preparing to go on her mission hang out with us all day! :) We got so much work done and it was just awesome! Again a bunch of pcing and it was all just awesome! :)
We had a zone training this week which also went really well, at least I thought so! :) We trained on the importance of members, and the spirit was definitely there because we shared things that we didn't have planned at all. It was incredible to be in the presence of so many amazing missionaries. I love that feeling! :) The elders talked about Sabbath day observance which was also incredible and obedience. Something that really stuck out to me was one of the elders talked about how obedience can be put kind of like the three kingdoms. We have the lowest level of obedience being those who are disobedient and don't desire to be obedient. Then the middle level is those who kind of halfheartedly want to be obedient but won't take the steps to do so. Then we have the highest level of obedience which is those who are striving to be obedient. Pay attention to that word strive. It doesn't mean that we are exactly obedient it doesn't mean that we don't sin or make mistakes or have weaknesses but that we are striving and that we desire with all our heart to follow Jesus Christ and be obedient. This really impacted me! :) I hope it does you too! :D It was a great training I LOVED it!
Then we had a thanksgiving FLOOD !! haha This totally happened last year too.. but again Heavenly Father is just teaching us to be grateful!! :) At 3:30 in the morning on Thursday night someone was pounding on our front door!! I jumped out of bed turned on the light and heard just pouring rain!! But it wasn't outside.. it was coming through all the lights and in through the ceiling!! We had a giant mess of course! haha but the people beneath us had called maintenance and he was pounding on our door! It was super funny of course one because it was like 3 in the morning and 2 because what?!?! Who has a flood?!?! Sister Steele and I do! :) haha But the blessing is that not one of our things were destroyed.. we had some bad smelling clothes and some papers that kind of rolled up a little bit.. but everything else is okay! :D But they best best part is that we get to live with a member until they get it all figured out! :) I am loving it, we are living with the Chapmans and I am telling you Heavenly Father directed them when they made their house. It was made to house missionaries. :) The spirit is so strong and we are able to still accomplish the Lords work without being distracted. We even get to have family prayer with us and brother and sister chapman. It's been such a blessing to live with them and I couldn't be more happy that they are so willing and that we get to be with them! :D I LOVE it!!
So that was pretty insane.. in the work side of things.. :) :) We received a referral about 2 weeks ago from the Grand Rapids elders who got a media referral that was actually in our area! So His name is Trent.. Sis Steele and Sis Bates taught him on trade offs on Tuesday and then we taught him again on Friday! The spirit was there even though we were all sorts of out of it because of our apartment but since the spirit was there it all fell into place! That's the only way to do this work, with the spirit! :) We set him on date for January!! And then he actually came to a baptism on Saturday and to all 3 hours of church on Sunday!! :) It honestly has been such a miracle.. the work has been a little slow here for the past couple months and I just feel like so many things are about to take off! I know the Lord is preparing people to hear His gospel. How thankful I am to be able to be that instrument in His hands!! :D
All in all, it has been one of those weeks where again I am so thankful for my Savior Jesus Christ and for the strength He gives me each and everyday! There is no way we could do this work alone, it wasn't meant that way! I love serving and along the way I am becoming more and more close to the spirit and learning so many incredible life lessons! :D
I hope you all are grateful for the most important things this upcoming thanksgiving, this week I was again reminded our grateful I am for my home, for a roof over my head, for my beautiful family and for this great and glorious work!! :)
Have a wonderful week!!!
Sister Chisholm! <3
trade offs with the sweet big rapids cuties!! :D
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