New Adventures Everywhere!

Hello friends and family!

I hope you all had a fantastic Easter and week leading up to it! It was definitely a week full of excitement here!

On Wednesday, we had a specialized training for all of the sisters in the mission! It was so great to be able to see all the sisters together and to catch up with them. We started off the morning with some trainings. We had a training by Sister Cleveland on remembering to Depend On The Savior (D.O.T.S. everything was poka-dot themed!), then a training for a sister in the mission and one from a member of one of the wards. One of my favorite trainings came from a member of the mission presidency. He trained on Women and the Priesthood and it was mind blowing! Words cannot even say how awesome this training was and how inspiring and uplifting it was! Basically he spent the whole time telling us how awesome we are and how interesting it is that women don't need the priesthood power given to them to go through the temple but men do....it was just so wonderful I don't even know how to tell you about it in a way where you will understand like we all did! Another one of my favorite trainings was from President Cleveland. He talked to us about Joan of Ark. Yep, Joan of Ark! He told us about her life and then proceeded to talk about how each of us are like her. He talked about the greatness that is in each of us and how through our different talents and abilities we are able to achieve and succeed! We had lunch where they made us Cafe Rio pork, while we ate we watched a slide show of pictures of the sisters that we had been asked to send it. The afternoon part of the day was spent in our work out clothes because after we learned about health and staying healthy, we did a strength/cardio training thing called Tabata and then did Zumba! It was such a great day!

Another cool adventure that we got to have this week was going to the Holocaust Museum here in Terre Haute...yep....there is a Holocaust Museum all the way in little Terre Haute! The owner of the museum, Eva Kor, is a survivor of Dr. Mengele's (not sure on spelling) twin experiments. We got to go and listen to her talk about her experience there and tell us her story about forgiveness. It was so awesome! That was on Saturday and then on Saturday night, we got permission to go to the local Eastern Orthodox service. It was a really neat experience and it was so cool to be able to go to another church and see how they worship. It wasn't one of their normal services and was actually pretty long, about 3 hours. We were standing most of the time, sitting down sometimes. It was so different from what I am used to but it was a really great learning opportunity. We were also able to meet so many of the great people there who were so kind and welcoming to the 10 missionaries in attendance. We were invited by the bishop of our ward so we went with him and his sister in-law too. At the end of the service they have a big feast to end Lent ( I think...) so they had us stay for that and we were able to talk to some of the members more as well as Father Paul, the priest. It was amazing!

It was also a great Easter here! We had beautiful weather and were able to spend the day focusing on what Easter is all about! We also felt so loved by the members of the ward and were given many little Easter treats! It was a good day and a good week! I hope you all were able to remember your Savior and that He lives.I love you all and hope you are having a good spring! It is beautiful here in Indiana and it is so nice to be able to see it green again!

Love,

Sister Abbie London

1. Sister Jones and Sister Francis...we have all been companions at one point

2. Easter Egg from the Hellman's!

Scones, Mice and Awkwardness all around!!

Hello Everyone!

It has been a good week here with the Hoosiers! A very crazy week but I wouldn't expect anything different in the Haute! 

So Tuesday was a very busy day. A lesson fell through so we decided to try by one of our investigators who we hadn't been able to get in contact with in a couple weeks...bad idea. Not really because we were able to finally know why they had been avoiding us...He got anti-ed. They let us in, but would not let us even get a word in, instead he proceeded to tell me what it is that I believe. He started cussing and after a few choice words of his and feeling the spirit leave, I opened the door and told them we were leaving. Then he decided to cuss at us some more as we left. At least he didn't throw mashed potatoes at me...but it was not a fun experience. We were both upset about it and took it out of the random bubble wrap we had in our apartment! That did make it feel a little better but now we are out of bubble wrap...

Then on Wednesday, we had exchanges! I went with Sister Hain! It was a fun day with an awkward lesson! So through a lot of misunderstandings, we started teaching this lady in Brazil and had a lesson scheduled with her for that day. As we pulled into their driveway, they told us that some of the men (Elders) were coming too. Right as they said that, the Elders come driving down the street. We go in and start talking and then here come the Elders knocking on the wrong door to the house. They come in and sit down and we try to have a lesson. My companion wasn't saying anything because she was sure that we were pranking her (long story that I don't have time to explain...)  and then one of the Elders isn't saying anything. This lady starts telling us here life's story and after ending up having an Elder be my teaching companion for that lesson, she mentions how she has never been baptized. So I committed her to be baptized and the male in the house had to leave. So the Elders left almost as awkwardly as they came in. We talked to them later and found out that the whole situation was just a big misunderstanding...the person we were teaching kept getting the words Elder and Sister confused, in turn making all of us not sure who will teach her. Since she's in Brazil, we decided that the Elders should teach her, but it was just so funny! I hope that made sense...

So as some other random highlights, I got to see a wiener dog kill a mouse during a lesson this week and got to have scones for dinner last night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was wonderful! 

It's been a good, busy week with another one ahead of us! With Easter coming up, you should all check out mormon.org/BecauseofHim  It is a great video that you can share with others by using #BecauseofHim  The church has asked the missionaries to spread the word with people and help make Easter more Christ-centered! 

I hope you all have a great Easter week and that you take some time to remember the wonderful fact that our Savior lives! 

love you! 

Sister Abbie London

1. exchanges with sis Hain