One Whole Transfer

Hello Everyone!

I cannot believe that I have already been here for a whole 6 weeks! It has felt like forever since I was home, but I still cannot believe that it has gone by this fast!! I am still in training so will be staying here in Fishers for at least another 6 weeks to finish that! Then we will see where I go from there! So since I'm still in Fishers that means that my address is still the same and I really would love to hear from all of you! Letters give me something to look forward to at night when I don't get to be out working!

This week has been good! Nothing too exciting to report on though. Pretty much the same old stuff that we usually do but we did get a new investigator this week! She is pretty intense and has had some family issues lately so it is really hard to get through a whole lesson because she is telling us all of her problems. When we met with her on Saturday our member showed her this awesome Mormon Message that helped invite the spirit back and made her feel something. It had Elder Holland telling a story and at the end she said, "I want to meet that guy! Who is he?" We told her that by coming to church she would be able to have that same feeling, but sadly she couldn't make it. I have a feeling that unless she starts letting us actually teach, we might have to drop her. We are missionaries, not therapists.. She is really sweet though and makes scarfs! I bought a cute light pink one (real shock on the color right?!) I hope she continues to feel the spirit because this gospel would help her so much in her life right now! Hopefully things go a little better tomorrow when we meet with her.

Other than that, we haven't had any other big things happen. Just the small everyday miracles that make everyday out here worth it!

Love you all, 

Sister London

This was my district last transfer! 3 of the people in this picture are leaving. The one on the far left w/the sunglasses is being transferred, same with the Sister next to him and the Elder next to me folding his arms is going home tomorrow. This is the Fishers/Indianapolis 2 district!

A Week of GA's

Abbie and Sister Donaldson

Hello!!!!

This week I had the opportunity to hear from 3, yes 3, General Authorities! It was amazing! On Wednesday we had a big mission conference with Elder Schwitzer from the 2nd Quorum of the 70. It was such an amazing experience where I learned so much! It was so cool to meet him and have to opportunity to learn from him and his wife. There were so many wonderful thoughts shared and I wish I had my journal to share some of those, but I left it at home.

Then this weekend was Stake Conference and Elder Holland came out to rearrange the stake presidency! So we got to hear from him this weekend as well, both Saturday night and Sunday morning. On Sunday I was 11 rows away from him and am pretty sure we made eye contact during the closing hymn. It was such an amazing experience and his remarks really hit home for me. On Saturday night he was typical Elder Holland. Speaking with his voice raised and he even pounded on the pulpit! He did it in a very loving way though! He spoke on how in life it feels like we will always be in darkness when we are going through a trial but Heavenly Father will always be with you. He is closer to you at those times than ever before. One thing that I really liked that he said was "This is the church of happy endings." So no matter how hard it gets, this gospel only brings happy endings. That is something I need to be better on remembering. We also heard from Elder Dunagon. He is an area 70. His remarks were also truly amazing! It was just such an awesome experience!

This week we haven't really been able to get in contact with many investigators so we have trying lots of people.On Thursday-Friday I went on an exchange with one of the Sister Training Leaders, Sister Donaldson. While we were out on Thursday night, we got contact with a potential Sis. Knight and I had been trying to schedule an appointment with. He was home and we had a nice conversation with him about keeping our promises to the Lord. He is a minister who was writing his sermon on that at the time. We got talking about the Book of Mormon and he asked why the Bible doesn't mention the Book of Mormon. So we told him it did and scheduled a time to meet with him in a couple weeks to teach him more about where it says that and how the Book of Mormon and the Bible work together! The exchange was an awesome experience! I learned so much and was so lucky because Sister Donaldson is going home next week so I got to have a transfer with the most experienced Sister in Indiana!

Last night we had a music fireside by Nela Otuafi. He is a Tongan songwriter and producer who writes music about the gospel. It was called "The Power of Music" and was just so good! I loved it and he is really good. I encourage all of you to look him up and listen to his music! Also I wouldn't mind if you sent me some of his CD's mom! ;)

I hope you are all doing well! I would love to hear from you! Sisters need mail too!!!

-Sister London

Caught in the Rain

Abbie with her deep fried Reeses 

Hey Everyone!

This week has been awesome! We went to the Indiana State Fair last Monday and had lots of fun there! Sister Knight and I rode the famous Fishers train down! It is so much cooler than Trax! We pigged out on Lemon Shake-Ups, Elephant Ears, and fried foods! I got deep-fried Reese's and Sister Knight got deep-fried veggies and also a deep-fried Snickers! The Reese's was so good! It was like when we put them on smores but so much better! The chocolate was all melty and delicious! I also got some Reese's Peanut Butter Popcorn because it was the year of Popcorn at the fair! It was an exciting time and a lot bigger than the Utah State Fair! 

This week there have been lots of random rain storms and on Wednesday night, we were PCing and got caught in one! We were at a park and were on the complete other side from the car, so by the time we got back to the car we were literally soaked!!!! It was awesome! The rain wasn't freezing but the rain drops were HUGE!!!! 

Abbie and Sister Knight soaked from the rain

 We got a new investigator this week named Michael. He is 74 and we met him out in his garage smoking a couple weeks ago. We were finally able to meet with him! He had lots of questions about Joseph Smith like "Will you still go to heaven if you don't believe in Joseph Smith?" He was really hung up on that question but after we were able to teach him about the Book of Mormon, he understood a little better. He is going to pray and read the Book of Mormon! He is so sweet and nice! 

So we aren't on bikes anymore here in Fishers! Well, the Elders still share a car but the senior Elder in charge of cars was worried about us because we were the only sisters in the whole mission on bikes. So the other sisters will be getting the new car when it comes in, but until then they pulled an old car back out for them to use! It is so nice and we are able to spend more time out doing work!

One of the members here is Samoan and made us some Kaloua (?) Pig, clear noodles, chicken, and rice the other night! It was really good! She also made some yummy pineapple that had some type of sauce on it! It was really good and I actually tried some, and LIKED IT!!!! :D 

It's been a good week and can't believe that there is only a couple more weeks until I am done with my first transfer! Love you all and miss you all! 

-Sister London

Howdy Ya'll

This week has been good. Not too much to report on except our investigator made it to church yesterday!!!!!!!

That was super exciting! Since she is older, we never know if she will be feeling good enough to make it to church or not, but we called her yesterday morning and she said yes! Wahoo!!! It was great! She sadly couldn't hear most of the testimonies, but that's the great thing about the spirit, it is felt in your heart not you ears! It was so great!

We got a couple new potential investigators this week, so hopefully we can get a hold of them to schedule and appointment to actually meet with them! With school starting next week, I think we will be able to catch more people at home as well.

I have been reading Jesus the Christ in my personal study and it is just great! I started chapter 4 today and I have gotten so much out of it! It gets a little confusing sometimes but being focused really does make it so much easier!

Sorry this is short! It's been a slow week with not too much to report on, but on the bright side, I got my SASSY HAIR up so anything is possible today! Woot woot! Love you all so much and thanks for all the love and support!

-Sister London

haha also! One of the potentials we met this week was watching Duck Dynasty on TV when we were out talking to her. Sister Knight was writing her # down and she said, "yep, i've just been hanging out with uncle si here." i got super excited and talk to her about the show. she was watching the episode when they teach sadie how to drive. another episode started when we were on her porch talking with her and the little title thing was playing and it got the song stuck in my head the rest of the night! haha i was singing it as i biked! sister knight thought it was funny that i knew it! I told her when she goes home next year, she has to watch it! the potential told me the new season starts aug. 14 so put that on your calenders

"Anything's possible with my sassy hair up!!!" Abbie London's motto

"Like my fighting irish shirt?!?! A nice lady in the ward likes to buy Indiana shirts and give them to missionaries who don't have one! She only had a Notre Dame shirt but I like it so I'm not complaining! Don't worry though, I bought a Hoosier shirt at Target today too!"

PS-Abbie has officially been gone a month! We as a family couldn't be more excited.