Buses, maggots, Sign Language, and apple cider vinegar!

Wow! hahahaha the title of this sounds sick!!!! anyway! first thing is first!

      I was on exchanges with sister Katz! (from WY) and she and i went to a members home for dinner! We had gluten free pasta with spaghetti sauce with ground meat! It was okay! tasted funky! Didn't know if it was just a secret ingredient! so....I was done eating and looked at my plate and what did i see.....a worm.....a maggot to be exact.......on my plate......it was in my meat! I was really quiet the rest of the appointment and sister katz asked what was wrong and i told her! and she said "Oh my gosh i wish you had told me because i had an impression that said "DONT EAT THAT MEAT!" and so she and i heard that apple cider vinegar kills like....i don't know....bad stuff in you...? ahhaha so we went and got vinegar and water and chugged! So of course zone conference was friday and EVERYONE found out about this little experience! And then i was at church on sunday and a YSA in the ward comes up to us and says "Sisters! Here is a gift for you!" it was cute and wrapped nice and we opened it and it was......vinegar....hahahahhahahaha SO MEAN! But hilarious! hahahahahahahaha anyway! so i have been drinking that all week! I think i am clean now!

     So sister Katz is also a sign language missionary! And so she taught me some sign! so i have been signing ever since last tuesday! Sister Tenney and i pray in sign every day! :) i love it! There was a deaf girl in the ward sunday and i got to have a conversation in sign! the Lord blesses us with hidden talents to do His work! I love it! I love you all!!!!

       Really short short email but i hope everyone knows how much i love The Savior! He knows me! He reaches down to lift me up! and i am forever grateful! I know that Jesus lives! I have been memorizing The Living Christ! and I thought about it! how amazing that the 12 disciples sign their names at the end of it! Why???? I have never seen any other church put out a document where they sign it! Why sign it!? Its because they are the 12 apostles! They know it! They are not just leaders of the church but leaders of the World! I LOVE IT! It amazes me! I know that Christ directs the affairs of His church ! I know that! I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What am i doin new years eve???? MISSIONARY WORK! Its gunna be the best day ever! 

      oh one more thing! We were at institute the other night and the teacher asked what "Hosannah means" and it means: Please Save us! Why did people shout hosannah when Christ entered into the city???? Its because They KNEW He was "mighty to save"! I along with them say "hosannah to God and the Lamb!" I am so grateful for that Lamb, Jesus Christ, this Christmas season! I am HIs servant....and i feel liike im getting preachy! ......BUT I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

Because i have been given much i too must give!

-Sister Wise

And THAT'S why we carry pepper spray folks!

Well WOW! hahahahhahaa there isn't much email time left! hahaha BUT i have to tell this story! So sister Tenney (who is the BOMB by the way) and I take the bus to UWM Campus in Milwaukee! So we were on the bus! It was really interesting! So we were talkin to people! Tellin them about Jesus! and it was great! but we get off at a stop and this guy starts talkin to us and i said "HEY I KNOW YOU!!!!!" he was this crazy guy i met in West Allis like 6 months ago!! he was CRAZY! and then this guy started like sayin inappropriate things and makin me feel uncomfortable so i tried to avoid him! so we get back on the bus and we standing because it is PACKED and this guy is standing behind me and has his arm like on the rail above my head and he said "your hair smells so wonderful!" and that was it!!!!!!! and i look at sister tenney and she and i are freaking out because this man surely was a psycho! and right as we look at each other we hear a thud! and a woman lost consciousness on the BUS! and so this guy stopped creepin on me and got off the bus so he could get to work on time! DIVINE INTERVENTION!.....at someone else's expense......BUT DIVINE INTERVENTION! hahahah so cool! kinda.........anyway! THERE WERE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED ON THE BUS! hahahhaha but that was one of the craziest ones!

     It has been my first week in this area and as a Sister Training Leader! Kinda weird! and a HUGE change!! But i LOVE sister Tenney my new companion! She is from Snowflake Arizona and has been out a year! 

     We had our ward Christmas party on saturday and it was a ball! So fun and weird to be back in a YSA ward! but so fun! I Love this time of the year as well!!!!

      I know that Jesus Christ is the Savior from the world! So many people are in DARKNESS! I loved what Elder Bednar said at the Christmas devotional! He was talking about Darkness and light and he was talking about the nephites who were in COMPLETE darkness for 3 days! No sun, no moon, no stars, we talk about it but its hard to imagine! and then he said that when Christ came, the 1st words he used to describe himself was "the light"! light penetrates ALL Darkness! not just some types of darkness...but all darkness! ") what a blessing! 

     ANYWAY! that is me! It is a beautiful life here in milwaukee! The sun is shining..........sometimes...... :) hahaha but i wouldn't rather be ANYWHERE else! :) i KNOW that The book of Mormon is a true book! It shows me that God still talks to us and always will! i love you all!!!!!!!!!!

Because I have been given much i too must give!

-Sister Wise

Bing Crosby said it best...:"I'm Dreamin' of a WHITE THANKSGIVING"

23 November 2015

well! It happened! IT SNOWED!!!!!!!!! and when it rains it pours! THERE IS SNOW EVERYWHERE! hahaha its fun!!!!! its really fun to watch your companion (who has never seen falling snow might I add) just look out the window the WHOLE time during studies! hhahaha SO FUNNY! I may or may not have thrown snowballs at her! She doesn't really know how to make them so I have the advantage!

     Well I don't have a ton of time! BUT elder Schwitzer of the 70 came to our mission this week! HE IS A SERVANT OF THE LORD and you can't deny it! He was funny, he was captivating, he used parables and he was passionate about all he had prepared to talk with us about!!!! it was great! I felt the spirit so strongly!!!

       BIG NEWS: SHELBY AND ABBIE were baptized on Saturday the 21st! MY little sisters birthday!!! WHOOP WHOOP! (welcome to adulthood mal mal) haha and also my grandma wise's birthday! I feel her helping me in my missionary service everyday! :)

      But the baptism went well! Shelby and abbie were so happy!!!!! :) the ward all came and the speakers were well prepared! I was so pleased but more importantly the Lord was pleased! He is pleased! I know that this is what He wants for them! And then their father (who is not yet a member) said the closing prayer and it was such a great and genuine prayer! I know that he cares for his daughters! :)

      IT WAS SO CRAZY TO SEE PICTURES OF MY SISTER WITH JESSICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for those who don't know! Jessica is a girl that we have been teaching for some time! She is supposed to be baptized in 2 weeks! and she went to BYU and BYUI to see some friends this week and she met up with my sister, Madison! She sent pictures to a member and he showed me! I WAS SO EXCITED! She thought maddy and I were twins! Almost but not quite! hahaha :) I love my sister! It was weird to see my two worlds collide! :) ahhahhaha

      Well I best be goin! FOR THERE IS A WORK FOR ME TO DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but I LOVE this work! I thought about it! And we were walking in snow that was almost knee deep and it was COLD and I was in a skirt!..........talkin about all sorts of uncomfortable! hahaha and I just thought "I wouldn't rather be ANYWHERE else!!! I love these people! I love this mission! I love my mission president! I love my companion! I love my s upportive family! I love my supportive friends! BUT most importantly I love my Savior! and I love His Father! Who is also my Father!

      I KNOW that this is the true church! It kinda  hit me today like a load of bricks! I was listening to a talk by Jeffery R Holland! And he was talking about how this church is true and there is no way it could have been man made and I just thought "Woah.....he has got a point there! Woah! This is true! WOAH!" it was awesome!!!!! Its so true! And I am reminded of that everyday! I love you all!

 

Because I have been Given much I too must give!!!!

 

-Sister Wise