Hey everyone I hope you all had a great 24th of July. Here in Michigan they don't really celebrate the 24th so we just had a normal day!!! 

Monday: We had our P-day. We decided to go to Donut Burger. Sister Cruz told me about this place and I thought it sounded gross. It is a hamburger place but they use donuts as buns. Well it is so good. it sounds nasty but it was so good. Then we went and saw Eric our recent convert. We talked to him about patriarchal blessings and gave him some talks to read over. It went great. He is so funny. After that we went and saw Bill. We taught him about overcoming his addiction to smoking. We gave him a program to help him to quit. He is doing better and wanting to be baptized. 

Tuesday: We went and saw Sister Robertson, she is a less active. We taught her about Law of chastity and to live it. This lesson is always awkward to teach but it is something you just go with. The lesson went great. 

Wednesday: We had District Meeting and I gave an instruction on the Prayer of Faith. It turned out so good. I just went with the spirit. I was actually suppose to instruct on another topic but this is something that God knew we needed to hear and talk about. After that we went see Bill. We went over the baptism interview questions. He is getting there and wanting to make the change in his life to become better. 

Thursday: We went and helped Peggy our investigator. It is so great to help her with her yard or helping her to do service. It feels so great to help others. We then went finding. It has been hot and humid and so finding is always fun!!! 

Friday: We did our weekly planning. Went and visited with a less active and taught him a little about scripture study and the importance of doing those simply things to become better and to feel of Gods love. We then went to a members house and had our lesson with Bill. It was great. We talked about Prayer and showed a video on the importance of it. The members family was amazing. 

Saturday: We went to Almont and visited with our investigator A.J. He is so ready to be baptized and he loves learning and loves coming to church. We talked to him about the Word of Wisdom and he has been sober from everything for 7 years. It was a great lesson. He is on date to be baptized on Aug 29. 

Sunday: Was church. It was great. An Elder from the ward just came back from his mission in japan. He told of all his experiences and they were great. Here is a little analogy that he shared with us from a General Authority that came to visit: You are walking down the road and then you come to stop there is a giant rock in your way, Jesus Christ is standing next to you and tells you to push the rock. After many attempts you give up and say to Jesus," I cant move the Rock'. Jesus says, " I didn't tell you to move the rock, I said to push the rock, moving the rock is my job." Jesus is our savior and he is there to help us through our life's he doesn't tell us to push through life with out his help. He is there to help us move or continue on with his help. 

Well I love you all!!! Have a great Week!!

Sister Alisha Carol Betts

Me and Sis Cruz

July 20, 2015

July 20, 2015

Hey everyone!! I am in my new area!! I am in Lapeer South Area. We live in Oxford. This week has been busy learning the area and training my companion. 

Monday: We did our normal stuff and then I packed my stuff. It was really hard to say goodbye and pack!! I miss Adrian but I know this is where God needs me. 

Tuesday: Was transfers!! We got up and headed to Livonia for transfers. We got there and met our new companions. My new companion is Sister Cruz. She is from Roosevelt Utah. She is great. She has only been out for 6 weeks. I am training her. I was super nervous but it has been great. Then we went to lunch with a member Sister Smart. After we went and met with a Less active and taught him about prayer. It was a great lesson. 

Wednesday: Was our district meeting. I meet our new district and had a great meeting. I love meetings we learn so much. Then we went and met with our investigator Bill. He is trying to quit smoking. He is on date to be baptized on Aug 2 so that is really exciting. We have been teaching him about quitting smoking and he is almost there. 

Thursday: We went and helped our investigator Peggy. She lives on the one of the lakes and we have been helping her with her yard. Her husband has Huntington's it is like Parkinson's so she takes care of him. We helped her plant flowers in her yard. It was great. I love helping others. Then we did some finding!! This area is hard to find people everyone already has a church and nobody has been interested but we will find people. 

Friday: We did our weekly planning. It is crazy how time flies. After that we went and helped Peggy some more and then we went and visited with Erik. He was recently baptized in march so we talked with him about Patriarchal Blessing. He is super funny. 

Saturday: Today we got a severe hot weather warning so it was really hot and humid. It was 91 but felt like 115. we were told to drink lots of water and to stay cool. We went and saw a less active and taught her about church. She came to church and even brought one of our investigators for us. It was great.

Sunday: Was my first Sunday here in Lapeer. It is amazing to me to see how much the gospel is the same no matter where you go. This ward is great!! They are all friendly and nice. They care about you and want to get to know you. We taught the relief society lesson on temples. It was a great lesson. 

Well that was my crazy week!!! I love you all and hope everyone has a great and safe 24th of July!!! 

Love Sister Alisha Carol Betts

Transfers!!!
July 13, 2015

Hey everyone, This week was great!! I found out that I am getting transferred tomorrow so today is a lot of packing!!!

Monday: We had a meeting with an investigator Betty. We went to meet with her and she took us to lunch. We then taught her the Restoration. It was a great lesson. She understood what we were teaching and how she can become apart of this gospel. The spirit was so strong during that lesson. Then we just did our normal stuff. Shopping, cleaning and laundry. 

Tuesday: We had a couple appointments with some potentials. We went and saw one and taught him about the Book of Mormon. He was interested in reading it but not in meeting with us. So we taught him about it and then gave him our card. After him we went finding. We did a lot of finding we were able to teach 11 other lessons and to be able to get 2 new investigators. It was great!!!

Wednesday: It was our Zone Meeting. We learned a lot about helping our investigators to understand our message. We talked about how we can better teach to understanding not just teaching at someone. I love meetings. You learn so much on how you can improve. We also learned about BREAK. 

B background

R read

E explain

A apply

K know or testify 

We use this to teach people using the scriptures. it is a great tool. 

Thursday: We went finding in the morning and then we helped the Elders move things into Tecumseh for the New set of Elders  coming to Adrian. It was a lot of fun!!! We then and had dinner at the Ward Mission Leaders house and had correlation. 

Friday: We did our planning for the new transfer!! That was exciting!! After that we met with our investigator Kristy and her son Mathew. It was a great meeting we talked about the Plan of Salvation and how we can all live with our families again forever. This lesson went great. The spirit was so strong. Kristy and Mathew know that this gospel makes sense and they are excited to learn more. 

Saturday: We had our day open to Finding and Contacting!! It was a long but great day!!! We were able to see how God works in our life's. He was able to help us and provide us with people to teach. 

Sunday: Was my last Sunday in Adrian. It was hard to say good bye to everyone but I know that this is where and want God wants. We then went to see one of our investigators Carol. We talked to her about Church and the importance of going to church and receiving answers to our prayers. 

Well that was my week. I hope you all have a great week. I will send my new address next week when I know where I will be!!!

Love you all!!!

Sister Alisha Carol Betts

4th of July and Baptism!!!
July 6, 2015

Hey everyone,

This week has been great.

Monday: We had our normal P-day. We just cleaned, and relaxed. Later that night we went and saw Cody our investigator. We went over the commandments and also missionary work and service. It was a great lesson.

Tuesday: We did a lot of finding. Later that afternoon we were able to help one of our investigators Brian move. It was a lot of stuff but with Gods help we were able to help him.I love helping others that need help. After that we went to our Ward Mission Leaders house and ate dinner and made the announcement for Cody's baptism. It was great to see them and work on our program.

Wednesday: We had our district meeting and I was asked to give an instruction on teaching to others understanding. It went great and I learned more about how to teach others differently and to help them to understand the truth. After that we had our BOM class and Steve our investigator came with us. It was great seeing him and how he was trying to understand the reading and following along. The spirit is so great to help guide us and show us the way.

Thursday: We went and visited with Bro Jeffery and his sons. They are great, we taught them about service and showed them the LIFT video. If you haven't seen it, I recommend looking it up on Mormon channel. It was a great lesson about serving others and helping those in need. After that we had our last missionary lesson with Cody before he was going to be baptized on Friday. We went over what we had taught him.After that we stopped by a potential Kristy and Jenna. We were there at the right time. At first they were hesitant with meeting with us but they felt the spirit and they are comfortable with meeting with us.

Friday: Cody's Baptism!! It was a great experience. I have noticed so much of a change in his life. We had a lot of people there to support him and his decision. It was great to see his parents there and also his grandparents to be there and experience this as well. His testimony is so strong and great.

Saturday: was the 4th of July. We had a ward breakfast. It was great. we had a lot of less actives show up and also a couple investigators. They had a auction for cakes and deserts for girls camp fundraiser. It was great. After that we went finding. A lot of people were not home but we still were able to talk to some and make return visits. Fireworks here are ok!! They have them go off until about 2 am!! That was fun!!

Sunday: We went to church and Cody was confirmed and received the Gift of the Holy Ghost. It was a great blessing and very spiritual. We had a investigator Betty with us and she had such a great time. She felt the spirit so strong testify of the truth of the church. She also felt like she had found her place in life.

Well I hope you all have a great Week!! Transfers are next week so we will see what happens!!!

Love Sister Alisha Carol Betts

Cody's Baptism!

Cameron Family

Me at the Adrian Park

Our District Elder Colson, Elder Rackham, me and Sister Fe'ao

Me and Sis. Fe'ao at the Park.