Transfer 10!, goodbye Sister Fuller :( an awesome week, make the most of every second

Today's the first day of transfer number 10.... weird!! This past one went by wicked fast! It just keeps happening!!! We've done so many fun things this week though! We went to the zoo, Vermont - Joseph Smith Memorial, sleepover with the sister training leaders, the beach, girls camp, transfer calls, new investigator.... oh manny... so many crazy adventures this week! Oh so I'm sure you're dying to know the news from transfer calls! Sister Fuller is getting transferred to Arizona... ;) she's going home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhh!!!! and then I'm of course staying here! surprise surprise! haha :) all I know is that i'm getting a junior companion but I have no idea who it's gonna be! It'll be a fun new adventure though!! :) I'm so glad I get to stay here in Portsmouth though!! Still loving it here!!! :D So at girls camp we got to go to the testimony meeting and the sun was just setting! One of the priesthood holders there closed the meeting and he said something really cool! He was talking about the sun and asked if we knew how long it took from the time the sun was touching the top of the trees to the time that it was down behind the trees so we couldn't see it anymore... 4 1/2 minutes... :O crazy right?! He related it to our youth and how it just goes so quickly! so of course in my head it just switched to mission... and it was just a really cool analogy thinking about how quickly it goes by!! You have to make the most out of every second! Just those 4 1/2 minutes! or 18 months!! :O ahhh! it just flies by and before you know it the sun is setting! anyway... I could go into this wayyyyy more... haha but I've got to get on with the rest of this week! :)

So Monday we spent pday with the sister training leaders :) We did emails and then met them at our apartment and then we went to the York zoo/amusement park!!! It was so much fun!! We saw all the animals!! lions, tigers, zebras, monkeys, kangaroos.... and then rode the rides!! we were probably the oldest ones there but just like little kids we thought it was the greatest thing ever and had so much fun!! :) haha! We were there for a while and then went to the mall and got sister brown's ears pierced!! :D and then we went to texas roadhouse for dinner! :) and then pday was over and our dinner appointment got cancelled so instead we went over to Mary's house, did our laundry and had FHE with her and Amanda! Mary is so awesome and had a great lesson prepared all about prophets! So that was super fun too! :) It was a great Monday!!!

Oh! So we've been trying to go to the memorial with Brenda for a while now and things just keep happening and we have to reschedule! She wanted to go last transfer before we were even here but it just wasn't working out! But finally we had it worked out that we were gonna go Tuesday and then again.. things came up and it wasn't going to work... so Brother Hafen called Brenda on Sunday and told her we couldn't go anymore... so Monday night we get a call from Brenda and then she said that she prayed about the church and then four minutes later bro hafen called and said we weren't gonna go to the memorial and so she thought that was a sign that she wasn't supposed to go because if God wanted her to go then He would make it happen! So she decided that was her sign that the church wasn't true! So she called to tell us that... so we told her we didn't think that was her sign...and asked if we could call her right back.. so we called bro hafen and then called sis keele and Sister Keele said she had to make some calls and might be able to work something out to take us... so we hung up the phone with her, said a prayer, then she called back and said she could take us!!!!!!!!!!! So we called Brenda back and said that we said a prayer and that someone could take us!!! God works in mysterious ways but did want her to go and so we told her that it was going to work out!! :) Ahhhh!! it was such a miracle!!! So Tuesday morning we went to the food pantry then sister keele picked us up, we went and got Brenda, and then we went to Vermont to the Joseph Smith birth place!! It was so cool!! She loved it!!! and she said she would pray again about the church :) haha! ahhhhhh!!! It was a crazy day!! We got home at 7 and rushed to a member meal at the Fox's! and they are just the cutest little couple ever!!! :)

Wednesday Marsha and Helmar decided to take us out to breakfast! so we did that and then went to the food pantry! then bingo got cancelled so they took us to the beach! haha :) and then we went home and our power was out :O but it was okay because we've been wanting to use our grill so we finally had the perfect time to do it!!! haha... it was a little crispy but still good! Our neighbor helped us figure out how to get it going and everything and then took our picture! haha :) then we called the zone leaders and told them our power had been out for two hours and asked if we could sleep at the sister training leaders and then just go to district meeting! and they said yes! ahhh!! haha!! best thing ever!!! so we went to coordination and bible study! then we went to Exeter and had a sleepover with sister brown and sister sowards!!!! :D haha...I won't even tell you what time we went to sleep... haha but we got up at 6:30, got ready and went to district meeting! :)

Thursday we went to district meeting! Last one with our district! Sister Fuller and Sister Brown are the only ones leaving us though! The rest are staying!! After lunch and pictures we went to Brenda's! She was disappointed that we didn't have time to get ice cream in Vermont...haha...so we walked to the store and she bought ice cream for all of us and we ate it as we walked back! We had her watch the Joseph Smith movie because we didn't have time to watch the long one when we were at the memorial and she so loved it!!! :) Then we had dinner with the Regans and then they took us to the beach and ice cream for sister fuller's last time!

Friday we did weekly planning! and then we had a lesson with Robert! Then we went and saw Larry! And then we went to Girl's Camp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhh!! It was so much fun!! It was just in Exeter at Zion's Camp so it was not too far away! just like a 30 minute drive! Their theme was so cute! It was "Let it Grow!" and they rewrote lyrics for the song let it go... from frozen... haha! it was awesome!! :) We got to have tin foil dinners with them and then go to the testimony meeting! It was so good! It's so different out here where the girls are the only ones in their schools that are members and just hearing how strong they are and they have to be and be that example to those around them! they were all saying how they loved that week being able to be surrounded by people who had the same beliefs as them! They're amazing!! There were even some nonmembers that came and got up and bore their testimonies! It was just so amazing!!! I love girls camp!!

Saturday we mostly just did packing stuff for sister fuller.... we went to the kills to get some of her laundry done so she could pack and then we helped sister kill coloring things for her primary sharing time :) and then we had dinner with the keeles!!! Love them!! :) then went home for transfer calls!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday we had church then a linger longer!! Then we taught Steve! the Gray's friend that has been coming three weeks in a row! Brother and sister gray and Brother Hafen were there and we taught the restoration and it went well and he seems really interested to learn more! We have a return appointment for Wednesday!! :) Then we came home, sister fuller finished packing! then we had dinner with the abaroa's! then we went to Mary's! And that was it! Crazy last week of the transfer!!! I really can't believe she's going home!!! Lots more crazy adventures to come!! wonder who my new companion will be!!! transfer meeting tomorrow!!!!!! ahhh!!! well I hope you all have a wonderful week!! Happy 4th of July!!!!!!!!! LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!! :D

Lots of fun pics this week...

Here are some pics of our trip to the zoo, the Joseph Smith memorial in Vermont, ice cream!!, girls camp and getting Sister Brown's ears pierced. So much fun!

District pday (olympics), cute sister missionaries, a trip to the zoo, transfers next week!!!!

Oh manny.... 9 days... 9 days!!! that's it!!!!! is that crazy or what?! :O It feels like we just got here!! ahhhhh!! and now that's all that's left of this transfer!!! Sister fuller goes home in 9 days... what the heck?!?!!! haha! kinda freakin out over here.... transfer calls are this saturday...and this time i'm actually pretty positive that I know what's gonna happen! haha well I can guarantee that i'm staying and sister fuller is leaving! so that is kinda comforting to already know! haha so it won't be too much of a surprise! haha but it's still crazy! there's so much to do and so little time!!!! Today we are going to the York zoo!!!!!!!!! :D pretty excited about that!! :) it's gonna be so much fun!!! :) last Monday we had district pday! we all went to Exeter and we had district olypmics! We did hula hooping, bubble gum blowing, egg races, whip cream catching, face painting.... haha it was lots of fun!!

Tuesday we went to the food pantry! then we went and saw sister bock and taught the restoration with the pamphlets! then we did Mormon.org time at the library and then did our studies! then we went to the regans for dinner and then went with the regans to the Keenes and taught another new member lesson! then on the way home the regans took us past the zoo and we got to look around..... so that's why we already have pictures at the zoo before we've even been... hahaha! and we're gonna take lots today!! :D

Wednesday we went to footprints again! and then called bingo! then after that we went to Marsha and Helmar's and had dinner! they fed us lamb!! and latkes! yum yum.............well I do like the latkes (potato pancakes) but I don't know about lamb... haha that was fun! then we went and had coordination with brother hafen and then had a lesson with the kings! We taught them the restoration with the pamphlets! then we went to bible study that brother abaroa teaches! then we went home and had some extra time so we just walked to Portsmouth and back! oh and got orange leaf on the way home... :)

Thursday we had district meeting! then after that we were supposed to have two other lessons! but they cancelled.... so it ended up being a crazy day we had to think of other things to do! we went and saw brother momna a less active! and then went to York and tried to contact another less active but their address didn't exist! but we got to see the beach :) then we had dinner with the kills!

Friday we did weekly planning and then went to the church at 12 and were there until 6!! We had a blood drive at our church! We got there and helped sister grace make salad and sandwiches to feed to people after they gave blood! and then sister fuller and I were in charge of the registration desk........  oh manny.... it was all in the gym and I had to just sit with my back to all that was going on... ughhhh! it was so gross! :O but i survived... hahaha... after that we came home and had dinner! then we went with marsha and helmar to their jewish temple!! It was really interesting! we couldn't understand anything cuz it was all in Hebrew! haha but their books do have some translation in them..but it's so weird cuz they are backwards! It was really cool to go with them though! It was very different! I'm so grateful for our church and I know that it is true!! We got to talk to a few people there and talk about how we're missionaries and what we do! They were all super nice and then after the service the Rabbi took out the torah scrolls and showed them to us! so it was pretty neat!

Saturday we walked to the kittery block party that was going on and just walked around there for a bit! then we went and saw sister bromfield and then we had a lesson with Robert! We taught the plan of salvation and it went really well! Then Brother Turley a member in the ward brought us pizza for dinner! He's so awesome :) and then our lesson with Amadou got cancelled... so instead mary just took us out for ice cream! So we got to have a lesson with mary and mandy! :)

Then Sunday we had church! It was really good! super good talks from the high councilman and a returned missionary couple so it was all about missionary work!! none of our investigators came but we had two potential investigators!! :) Tori and Steve were both there so that was cool! Then we went to the caspers for lunch! and then tried some potentials and then went and had a lesson with Brenda! She had a friend visiting and we got to teach her the restoration and answer lots of questions and just had a really good discussion with them! It was really cool! Then we had dinner with the Gongs! then finished up our studies, went to bed and now it's pday!!! :D we are finishing up our emails super fast so we can get to the zoo!!! gonna be so much fun!!!!!!!!!!! hope you all have a great week!!! LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!! :D

76 mosquito bites!, hula hoops, teach, serving and Ice cream!!!

So I usually remember to bring my planner with me when we do emails so I can look back on the week and remember what we did every day... but we were so excited to get over here that I forgot it... oops... so we'll just have to see how good my memory is... haha... anyways.... it's been a really good week! I don't know why we don't get to Skype for Father's Day... pffft! lame... but I hope you all had a wonderful father's day! here's a super amazing Mormon message that you all should watch!!! It's one of my very favorites!!!!!!!!! http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=2119328537001

sooooooo good! you'll love it too :) anyways...go watch it :) so last Monday we just decided to do some more exploring and we walked around downtown Portsmouth! We got some ice cream :) and then just walked around and went in some of the stores! It was super fun! then we went to family home evening at sister Whitney's house that night and a few other families came and we had dinner and then we watched that Mormon message for the lesson :)

Tuesday we went to food pantry and did service there! then we went to the Regans for a bit and then they took us out to get ice cream! and then we went to the Kills for dinner! yup...dessert first :) haha! Then the sister training leaders came to our house and we had an exchange meeting and then I went to Exeter with Sister Sowards...my mission mama!!!!! :D and Sister Brown stayed in Kittery with Sister Fuller! I got to go with my trainer and Sister Brown was with her trainer!! :D so cool :) haha it was so much fun!! Wednesday we went to a food pantry so that was super fun! then we went and read the book of Mormon with their 90 year old investigator Alice!! she is so cute! And she loves Moxie! It's this weird soda that everyone out here loves! Well some people say it's wicked good and then some people say it's nasty and I've heard all sorts of things about it... but she couldn't believe I hadn't tried it yet! so before we could read she had us go get a can and I had to try it!! haha! she is adorable! and guess what... I was actually pleasantly surprised... it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be! haha! then we read the book of Mormon with her and then we went and tried to see some less actives.. then we had a lesson with another investigator... and we met outside! genius idea right?! it was such a nice night! ....yeah....bad idea...all the mosquitos were out! haha...we had a good lesson and then went home and everything was fine we didn't think we had any bites! and then the next morning I wake up scratching my legs.... so we counted... 76 mosquito bites!!!!!!! ridiculous!!! 41 on one leg and 35 on the other.... oh manny... so itchy!!!! it was a rough couple of days....haha but they're doing much better now! It was soooooo much fun to be with Sister Sowards!! We had a blast just reminiscing and talking about the good old days ;) and just talking about how crazy it is how time flies!!! :O so weird!!! but yeah it was so much fun!! I just love her!!! :) 

Thursday we had district meeting and then district lunch! We went to Las Olas a Mexican restaurant and it was delicious...but we forgot to take a picture...fail.... :P we'll have to take some today because it's district pday!! we are having an Olympic sports competition so all the companionships had to come up with something to do...we're bringing hula hoops :) haha! after lunch we went and taught Brenda with sister hafen! Then....I can't remember what we did after that.... but we probably ate dinner and did some other missionary stuff.... :)

Friday we did weekly planning and then we had a lesson with Robert! Sister Reeve came with us and was so awesome!!! We got to hear all about her conversion story and she was able to really relate to him and we invited him to be baptized! He is going to cut down on cigarettes every day and be done smoking in July and then his date is July 19!! So we're working towards that with him!!! :) Then sister reeve took us out for ice cream :) I love that everyone just knows how much I love ice cream :) hahaha! it's really great! and they're so kind in helping me with my goal to make it to every ice cream place in the area!!! :D haha! it'll happen! :)

Saturday we had to go get our car inspected! And then after that was done we went to the Regans and raked leaves! Then we came back home and changed and then went and saw Larry with Mary!! :) haha! then we went to the Keele's for dinner! :) And then we just walked around Portsmouth and did some street contacting! Saw the pirate ships and took some cool pictures of the sunset!! It's so pretty here!!!! ahhhh! I love it!! :)

Sunday we had ward council and then church!! not sure where Robert was...but Tori was there again and we got her number and gave her ours!! :) so that was pretty cool! and then the Gray's brought their friend Steve and he stayed the whole time! After church we had lunch and we just sat outside in the sunshine for a bit and talked to our next door neighbor Clifford! He's pretty cool he lets us borrow his lawn chairs and just loves to talk! haha :) then we went and saw a bunch of less active single ladies! We went to find a few and met them for the first time and they were super welcoming and let us right in! It was so refreshing! haha one of them asked if we could schedule a time to come back! So we'll get to see sister Bock every week hopefully now and she wants to start coming back! :) then we went and had dinner with the Smiths! They're such a cute family :) and then we came home did our studies and went to bed! and I think that's all we did this week!! Hope you all have a wonderful week!!! LOVE YOU LOTS!!!! :)

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So I usually remember to bring my planner with me when we do emails so I can look back on the week and remember what we did every day... but we were so excited to get over here that I forgot it... oops... so we'll just have to see how good my memory is... haha... anyways.... it's been a really good week! I don't know why we don't get to Skype for Father's Day... pffft! lame... but I hope you all had a wonderful father's day! here's a super amazing Mormon message that you all should watch!!! It's one of my very favorites!!!!!!!!! http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=2119328537001

sooooooo good! you'll love it too :) anyways...go watch it :) so last Monday we just decided to do some more exploring and we walked around downtown Portsmouth! We got some ice cream :) and then just walked around and went in some of the stores! It was super fun! then we went to family home evening at sister Whitney's house that night and a few other families came and we had dinner and then we watched that Mormon message for the lesson :)

Tuesday we went to food pantry and did service there! then we went to the Regans for a bit and then they took us out to get ice cream! and then we went to the Kills for dinner! yup...dessert first :) haha! Then the sister training leaders came to our house and we had an exchange meeting and then I went to Exeter with Sister Sowards...my mission mama!!!!! :D and Sister Brown stayed in Kittery with Sister Fuller! I got to go with my trainer and Sister Brown was with her trainer!! :D so cool :) haha it was so much fun!! Wednesday we went to a food pantry so that was super fun! then we went and read the book of Mormon with their 90 year old investigator Alice!! she is so cute! And she loves Moxie! It's this weird soda that everyone out here loves! Well some people say it's wicked good and then some people say it's nasty and I've heard all sorts of things about it... but she couldn't believe I hadn't tried it yet! so before we could read she had us go get a can and I had to try it!! haha! she is adorable! and guess what... I was actually pleasantly surprised... it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be! haha! then we read the book of Mormon with her and then we went and tried to see some less actives.. then we had a lesson with another investigator... and we met outside! genius idea right?! it was such a nice night! ....yeah....bad idea...all the mosquitos were out! haha...we had a good lesson and then went home and everything was fine we didn't think we had any bites! and then the next morning I wake up scratching my legs.... so we counted... 76 mosquito bites!!!!!!! ridiculous!!! 41 on one leg and 35 on the other.... oh manny... so itchy!!!! it was a rough couple of days....haha but they're doing much better now! It was soooooo much fun to be with Sister Sowards!! We had a blast just reminiscing and talking about the good old days ;) and just talking about how crazy it is how time flies!!! :O so weird!!! but yeah it was so much fun!! I just love her!!! :) 

Thursday we had district meeting and then district lunch! We went to Las Olas a Mexican restaurant and it was delicious...but we forgot to take a picture...fail.... :P we'll have to take some today because it's district pday!! we are having an Olympic sports competition so all the companionships had to come up with something to do...we're bringing hula hoops :) haha! after lunch we went and taught Brenda with sister hafen! Then....I can't remember what we did after that.... but we probably ate dinner and did some other missionary stuff.... :)

Friday we did weekly planning and then we had a lesson with Robert! Sister Reeve came with us and was so awesome!!! We got to hear all about her conversion story and she was able to really relate to him and we invited him to be baptized! He is going to cut down on cigarettes every day and be done smoking in July and then his date is July 19!! So we're working towards that with him!!! :) Then sister reeve took us out for ice cream :) I love that everyone just knows how much I love ice cream :) hahaha! it's really great! and they're so kind in helping me with my goal to make it to every ice cream place in the area!!! :D haha! it'll happen! :)

Saturday we had to go get our car inspected! And then after that was done we went to the Regans and raked leaves! Then we came back home and changed and then went and saw Larry with Mary!! :) haha! then we went to the Keele's for dinner! :) And then we just walked around Portsmouth and did some street contacting! Saw the pirate ships and took some cool pictures of the sunset!! It's so pretty here!!!! ahhhh! I love it!! :)

Sunday we had ward council and then church!! not sure where Robert was...but Tori was there again and we got her number and gave her ours!! :) so that was pretty cool! and then the Gray's brought their friend Steve and he stayed the whole time! After church we had lunch and we just sat outside in the sunshine for a bit and talked to our next door neighbor Clifford! He's pretty cool he lets us borrow his lawn chairs and just loves to talk! haha :) then we went and saw a bunch of less active single ladies! We went to find a few and met them for the first time and they were super welcoming and let us right in! It was so refreshing! haha one of them asked if we could schedule a time to come back! So we'll get to see sister Bock every week hopefully now and she wants to start coming back! :) then we went and had dinner with the Smiths! They're such a cute family :) and then we came home did our studies and went to bed! and I think that's all we did this week!! Hope you all have a wonderful week!!! LOVE YOU LOTS!!!! :)

Media blitz, interviews, new way of teaching, lobster (yum!), so busy...

Another crazy week in Portsmouth!!! :) Last week after emails we pretty much just spent the rest of the day shopping! Well...we didn't even buy anything but we went to like every single store imaginable and looked around! then we got dinner and then we went to Mary's house for FHE! :) It was her and her cute daughter Mandy and we had root beer floats and had an awesome lesson on prayer! :) So fun!! Tuesday we went and did service at footprints! We stocked the shelves with canned vegetables and soup and stuff and bagged loaves of bread! and then we came home had lunch and our studies! Then we went to the Hafens and talked to brother hafen about our schedule for the crazy weekend with the missionary media blitz! He was helping us to get members to come out with us and making sure that we had things to do every hour of every day! He's awesome! Then we went to Brenda's who is an investigator in Dover that the elders were teaching and so now we are! Sister Casper came with us and that was really good! Then we came home and the sister training leaders had to come pick something up from us and then we all went to dinner together! Then we went to the relief society enrichment night and sister reeve taught us all how to make the perfect crust for pies and we all made hand pies! they were delicious! so that was fun :)

Wednesday we went to footprints again and we did service there until 2! Then we came home and had a super quick lunch and then Marsha and Helmar were there to pick us up and take us to bingo! :) That was super fun as always! and then we had coordination with brother hafen at the church! then brother hafen came with us and we went to the Kings some less actives in the ward and we had a really good lesson with them! We talked about CPR (church, prayer, read scriptures) and how CPR saves your life and how these things help you so much in your life and we talked a lot about 2 Nephi 32:3 feasting on the words of Christ and it was really cool relating it to Thanksgiving when we feast but when we feast you usually eat a whole lot and then don't want any for a while after that... it's kinda like the kings! they got baptized last year and were doing so great and then they stopped coming in the past few months :/ so we talked about that and how we have to continually be feasting on the words of Christ! we have to feed our bodies physically! and spiritually! :) it went really well and they have been reading the scriptures together and had some really good questions! We are trying to help them to work towards the temple so hopefully we can get them back to church!! :)

Thursday was super awesome! We had zone interviews! Oh and it was my freaking year mark!!! what the heck?!?! haha that is just so crazy.... Everyone came to our chapel and we just do like rotations where we're in zone meeting and the sister training leaders and zone leaders teach us and then we meet with sister stoker and then have personal study and then have our interview with President Stoker! It was really great! We now have a new and improved way to teach that they taught us... and it's gonna take some time to learn... haha we're using the pamphlets a lot and it's just supposed to be really simple and basic! We practiced a lot and they said it's gonna take 20 hours of diligent practice to get it down! haha so we've got a lot to do! But it was some people from church headquarters that came to mlt and taught mission leadership and now they're teaching us and right now in our mission there's one baptism from every 21.2 investigators... and with this new way of teaching that we're doing we're gonna make it one baptism from every 5 investigators!!! there's been lots of cool miracles already so it's really cool!!!! But it's hard because it's totally different from what we've been taught all this time! But it's good cuz it's supposed to be just simple and brief - we are teaching the restoration in 7 minutes!!!!!! it's pretty crazy!!! and you know me....I like to give every single detail....hahaha...but nope! we don't have to tell them everything! We're supposed to cut the fluff! so this should be interesting :) haha! but yeah I guess this is how they're teaching them in the mtc now! crazy stuff but I'm gonna trust them! :) After interviews we went to a soup kitchen that Sister Grace volunteers at and we met her and helped her for a bit! that was super fun! then we went to the Regans and had dinner with them! They are awesome! and then they went with us to teach the new member lessons the Keenes! The 12 year old boy and 9 year old girl were just baptized last year! So we tried out our new way of teaching simple, brief, 7 min restoration lesson with the pamphlets and it went really well! We all bore testimony about the restoration and about the book of Mormon and it was really good! :) Then the Regans wanted to take us around to see the beach and stuff on our way back and they took us to Mount Agamenticus and that was pretty cool! :) They're gonna take us again when it's not so foggy because they said it's so cool you can see the ocean and everything but it was just too foggy!

Friday was the start of our crazy weekend! the missionary media blitz!! :) It was a crazy busy weekend and we had lots of good appointments and lots of members that came with us and posted stuff on their social media! It was pretty cool that we got permission to go on our facebook too! It was way weird though... haha! Anyways we started off doing our weekly planning and then we went to the church with sister keele and had a lesson with Robert! That went really well! we just read the book of Mormon and invited him to come to church and guess what! He actually did!!! :) Then we went with Sister Hall and saw Janee a potential investigator that we met at the library a few weeks ago! We talked to her for a bit and she told us how she used to have a roommate that was Mormon but she passed away in January :/ but we had a good conversation with her! Doesn't look like it will go anywhere right now though cuz she has a lot going on and isn't really that interested right now... after that we went to the Reeves! They took us to the beach and we had lobster bisque... and then we went to a different beach and got lobster rolls! haha it was sister fuller's first time having lobster!!!!!!! ....and....she was not a fan.... bahahahahahaha! I thought that this lobster roll was better than the last one cuz the meat was shredded so it was a little easier to chew!! still not my favorite thing...haha but it's a fun experience! haha and mostly it was okay cuz the next stop was Lago's! so I got to wash it down with Maine wild blueberry ice cream!!! :) yum!!! so delicious :) then we went with the reeves to Mary's and taught the first new member lesson to her! That was awesome :)

Saturday we went with two of the young women Kennon and Camille and saw a less active Sister McCarthy! That was so much fun and they are getting super excited to serve missions some day! :) Then crazy things started happening and appointments were falling through and members were canceling :/ but we worked it all out! so we just stopped by Brother momna a less active that we hadn't met yet and he came out and sat on his porch and just talked and talked to us! Then we went to Larry's another less active! Have I told you about his routine? haha it's so funny! maybe I already told you but we go over and he says okay what's on the agenda today...and he starts off telling us about the weather and then says okay next is a personal story...this time he gave us two options and we had to pick which one we wanted to hear that day! haha and then he asks religious questions and then we get to share a message and then we take turns of who gets to say the prayer each week! It's a great routine! haha he's pretty hilarious! Then we went and had dinner with sister seamons! then we went with mary and had a lesson with Amadou! oh and on the way there we saw the cute geese family so we had to stop and take pictures! haha :)

Sunday was good! Church was awesome! Robert came and stayed for sacrament meeting! Amadou called us and wanted to come but had to work but said he could get next week off! Then after church we went to the keeles for birthday cake and ice cream for the youngest daughter :) it was Frozen themed of course! haha so cute!! :) and then we went with sister hafen and saw Brenda again! She is british and we can't always understand what she is saying...haha but she loves to talk! Then we went with brother hafen and tried a few less actives but none were home! then we went and had dinner with the Lees! they are an awesome family and they're moving to the Philippines in two weeks! so that is sad! but it was fun cuz they're two little girls were so excited to have sister missionaries and so we talked all about missions and what we do and they were loving it!! :) Then we stopped by some other members the Udy's to get to know them! and that was it!!! and now it's pday again already!! crazy how that happens!! now we're onto week 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what the heck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This transfer is going by wicked fast.... well!!! I hope you all have a great week!! love you so much!! :)

Temple trip, teaching, service, sunburned, covering the whole ward...

So....it's been a pretty insane week!!! Sister Fuller and I are now covering the whole entire Portsmouth ward... which is huge! haha...this is gonna be crazy! The elders area was closed for the rest of the transfer and now it's just us sisters here! So this is just crazy! haha but anyways....last week... I told you about monday sort of already? we went to the Boston temple and that was just amazing!!!!!!!!!! And I got to see sister duffy and sister brooks there!!! It was so great!! :) Then Sister Hafen took us around Boston and we had lunch and then came back, emailed, then went home and wrote letters and then Sister Mitchell the bishop's wife came and picked us up and we went to family home evening at the Lee's house! A bunch of the military families all get together and do fhe every week so that's super fun! It's also super sad though cuz there's so many people that are moving! :( we've got lots of awesome families in the ward! So we had dinner and then a lesson with them! 

Tuesday we went to Footprints the food pantry and we did service! We helped them restock and get ready for wednesday - the day that all the people come and get food! The volunteers there are so awesome and so funny! They are so used to the elders being there that sometimes they forget and will say "Elder Tait!" haha! some of them were asking if they could just call us elderettes! haha :) Then we came home and had our studies! then we had mormon.org time! then that night we had a lesson with Amadou and Mary came with us! It was kinda a interesting lesson because all of his roommates were coming in and out and the tv was on in the other room and it was just hard to teach... then his girlfriend showed up and they both said they wanted to come to church on sunday! so that was really good! but he had to work so they didn't end up coming :( then mary took us to orange leaf and we got frozen yogurt!! :)

Wednesday we had district meeting because all the mission leadership had a meeting on thursday so it got switched to wednesday this week! Then we came home and went to bingo! so much fun :) haha i love all the old ladies there! After that we walked to a farmer's market and then the elders picked us up and we went to the church and had coordination with brother hafen! And then after that sister hafen went with us to see a less active sister and that went really well! 

Thursday we tried to see a few less actives in the morning but they weren't home so we just left sticky notes on their doors! and then we had lunch... and some people came over to work on our disgusting bathroom and so we sat outside for a little bit and just read ensigns! ...and we didn't even think about wearing sunscreen....then came in a realized that we got a little sunburned... oops...yeah we're fried to a crisp! we look like lobsters! haha... then went to York which just happens to be real close to the beach and Nubble lighthouse! so while we were trying to find where some members lived we took some pics and then we went and saw the Kills! we just were going to introduce ourselves and get to know them and then they fed us dinner! :) 

Friday we did weekly planning and then it was a pretty crazy day we went to the hafen's with the elders and we had to do some coordinating and figuring stuff out because the elders were gonna be gone the next day! So that was crazy! And we had dinner with the Hafens they are just so wonderful!! :)

Saturday we went to the church and helped with the ward cleanup around the building and pulled weeds and put mulch down! it looks really good now! :) and then we had a bbq! :) then we went and saw the mondors! then saw larry another less active! then we went and got frozen yogurt because we felt we deserved it after all the craziness that's been happening ;) haha and then we went over to mary's house and just visited with her and her daughter mandy! We had cupcakes and then the ice cream man came :) and we got to see her cute little kittens :)

Then sunday we went to ward council, then church! So we're sitting there after sacrament meeting talking to all the different people, trying to get to know everyone and brother hafen is talking to this girl so we go over and talk to her too! her name is Tori and she said she's been exploring and learning about the church for a few months and really likes it so she decided to come check it out! :D she lives in north hampton which is in the exeter ward and said she's been there twice but that portsmouth is closer for her to come to! So she just came!! how cool is that?!?! she came to gospel principles with us and we tried to see if we could meet with her this week but she is a preschool teacher and is going to school too so she's really busy... but she said she'll be back next sunday! :D So that was pretty awesome!!!!!!! After church we met with Brother Hafen and went over the ward list with him and talked about who is active and who is less active and who we should focus on trying to go see... We have a huge list so that should keep us busy for a while!! After that we had time to do our personal study then we went to the Hafen's for dinner and then went with them to the Vallincourts for dessert and sister farwell and her husband came too! So that was good! :) and pretty much that was our week!!!!!!!!!! crazy things going on!! we've got a really busy week!!! Especially now that we are covering two areas! So it should be exciting!! hope you all have a wonderful week!!! love you so much!!! :)