WELCOME HOME SISTER ALISHA CAROL BETTS

Returned Home September 14 2016

Last Day in Michigan! Sister Betts, Sister Edmonds, Elder Walker, Elder F, Elder Bennett

Sister Edmonds,Sister Betts, Elder F, Elder Walker,Elder Bennett

Sister Edmonds and Sister Betts on the Airplane!

Last Week in Michigan-Sept. 12, 2016

Hey everyone! I cant believe that my mission is almost over! 

      This last week has been great! We have seen so many miracles. We met 2 new investigators, Crystal and Dee. We met Dee while we were contacting around our apartment building she lives in one of the other buildings. We talked to her about Christ and also the Book of Mormon. We are going to see her this next week. Crystal was found when we were on exchanges. She is a mother of 2 kids and has recently lost her grandpa. We talked to her about the Plan of Salvation. She really understood it and wants to learn more. 

       We then saw Sister Schopper this week and we talked to her family about family history. They all seemed very interested and knew a lot of their family members. 

       We also met with our investigator Josephus. He is doing good. We helped him to know how he can receive answers to his prayers and how God can help him. He is progressing so good. 

       Then we also met with our investigator Rose. We talked to her about the Restoration and also about prayer. She is use to praying the Catholic ways and so she is going to pray the way we taught her. She is doing great and wants to come to church to see how it is. It is exciting. 

      I am doing good. It is been hard to say goodbye to people but I am excited to continue my mission at home. I know that I can continue to bless people at home. I am thankful for all you guys and your support of my mission. 

I want to leave you with my Testimony, I know without a shout of doubt that this church is true. It is amazing to see how people change their life's to become better and want Christ in their life. I know that Joseph Smith restored the Gospel on the earth and that he is a prophet of God. I know that Thomas S Monson is the prophet on the earth today and leads and directs us to return to live with God. I know that God lives and so does Jesus Christ. I know that we need to Trust in them and turn to them everyday. Multiple times a day. I know that our families can be sealed together for time and eternity. I know and can testify that Christ died and suffered for each of us and knows how to help us through this life in times of good and hard times. I know that God and Jesus Christ love each of us and wants us to succeed in this life. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ Amen. 

 Thanks for all that you do! Love you All! 

Sister Alisha Carol Betts

Zone Conference!- September 6, 2016

Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great Labor Day! 

This last week has been great! 

       Last Monday we held a FHE with the Grand Blanc Ward. It was a lot of fun! We had a spiritual part and then we played an activity. The ward really liked it. We also saw our investigator Josephus. He is doing good. He is going through some hard times but has been wanting to learn more about the gospel. We taught him about church and the Sabbath Day. He is going to try and make it to church. 

        Then Tuesday, it was Zone Conference! That was so great and amazing. I learned so much! I loved how we talked about talking with everyone and also about goals. Everyday me and Sister Howard are trying to talk to everyone. We have been working on teaching right then and getting in the door. It has been working. We have found 2 new investigators that let us right in and they want to learn more. They really got along.               Wednesday, we met with Sister Schopper and her family. We taught them the Restoration. It was great! Sister Schopper told  us of her conversion and how she knows this gospel is true. Bruce is doing amazing and is reading and understanding the Book Of Mormon really well. He wants to know all the information before he is baptized but we are working on it. The first meeting we talked about the Plan of Salvation and he really enjoyed it. We showed him the bible verses and how they talk about the kingdoms of glory. He never understood it until we explained it. The second visit, we talked to him about having faith and acting on that faith. We had our Ward Mission Leader come with us and it was great! He knows the Book of Mormon is true and that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. 

        Then we met with one of our new investigators Debra, she is catholic but wanted to learn more. We taught her the Restoration and she really understood it and wants to read the Book of Mormon. Then we met with Rose. She is one of our new investigators as well. We met her while tracting and she is interested in learning more. She has read the book of Mormon and knows it is true. We talked about the restoration and she was very interested. This week we have seen so many blessings from God. Always remember God is here for you!

I just wanted to let you all know that my Homecoming will be on Sept 18 at 9 am at 575 west 400 north, Spanish Fork Utah! Everyone is welcome to come. 

Well I hope you all have a great week! 

Love Sister Alisha Carol Betts

Elder Patterson, Elder Thompson, Elder Yorgosen, Elder Shumway, Elder Goff, Sister Perry, Sister Landeen, Sister Howard, Me!

​In front of the Fenton Sign!

​The outfit that Brooke Sent me. It is so cute! I love it! 

Sister Sullivan! She is the Gospel Principles teacher! 

​Thanks Brooke for the Outfit! 

We are matching! We planned that! 

Zone Conference August 2016

Sisters Hannah Lindsay,Abrianna Jensen, Nichole Wach, Patti Meldrum, Katherine Ekker, McKenna Thomson

Valerie Landeen, Suzanna Perry, Samantha Howard, Alisha Betts, President Cleveland, Jennifer Cleveland, Emma Pettingill, Sara Carter Ashley Witt

Elder Dave Meldrum Cameron Patterson, Copeland Anderson, Christopher Thompson, Micah Scholes ,Nathan Yorgason, McKay Shumway, Bryce Birschbach, Nicholas Goff, Joshua Hansen, Joshua Carlisle, Brandon Jones, Jackson Walker

Garrett Hartzfeld, Joshua Thompson, Nathan Ferguson, Braxton Bennett, Matthew Chandler, Isaac Taylor, Andrew Hall

A Week Full of Adventures!!!-Aug. 29, 2016

Hey everyone! I hope you are all doing great! We are doing amazing! Life as a Missionary is the Best thing! This last week been great! 

     First we but our investigator Bruce on Date for baptism. He is on Date for Sept 24. He was a little hesitant at first but he is progressing so good. We talked to him about the Book of Mormon and we committed him to read the first chapter of Nephi, when we came back on Friday he was already to 1 Nephi 6. He is understanding it so well. He loves to learn and really wants to find out if this is right for him. 

      Monday, we also had our District Activity! It was a lot of fun! We played Ultimate friesbee and then a game kinda like dodge ball. It was fun!

    Tuesday, we also went on exchanges with the Flint Sisters. They came here to Grand Blanc and Blitzed the area.That means they both worked here in our area. It was great! Sister Jensen and Sister Wach are amazing sisters. We met so many prepared people. We also found a new Investigator, named Stephanie. She has family in the Walled Lake area that are members. She is interested in learning more. We are going to see her next week. 

     On Thursday, we celebrated Sister Howards 11 months on her mission and also my 18 months on my mission. It was great! We went to a little shop in Holly and got some Cheesecake. It was amazing. 

     We have found many of God children that have been prepared. We are teaching a few this next week. We are excited. 

     We also has the opportunity to go to the I'm a Mormon Devotional with a Less Active family, the Schoppers. They are great! They really enjoyed the testimonies that were given. Sister Schopper said it reminded her of when she first joined the church. 

      It has been a week of many miracles from God. I am doing great! We are bus working our butts of to finding and talking with everyone. That is our Goal, TALK WITH EVERYONE!! 

       In studies I have been reading in Chapter 10 about teaching. This week I have been focusing on teaching  to their understanding and also helping them with their concerns.

Well I hope you all have a great week! I love you all! Sister Alisha Carol Betts

​18 Month mark! Eating Cheesecake! 

District! Elder Patterson, Elder Thompson, Elder Yorgosen, Elder Shumway, Elder Goff. Sister Perry, Sister Landeen, Sister Howard, me!

​Exchanges! Sister Jensen, Sister Howard, me, Sister Wach!!

​District Activity! 

Me, Sister Howard, Sister Perry, Sister Landeen, Elder Thompson, Elder Yorgosen, Elder Shumway, Elder Goff, Elder Patterson!

Many Miracles From God- Aug. 22, 2016

Hey Everyone! I hope you are all doing good. This past week has been great! 

    First we found 2 new investigators this week. Bruce. He is Golden! He has learned a little bit about our religion and has a daughter that is Mormon. He even has been to church with her. We met him while tracting and he was really into learning. We talked about The Restoration and he was really interested. He then told us he had read the Book of Mormon and he knows that it is true. God does lead us to prepared people. 

       Second, Josephus. We had just left Specialized Training and we were Tracting, he was mowing his lawn and he stopped and we talked to him. He use to be Jehovah Witness but he isn't anymore. We talked about the Book of Mormon and he is really interested in reading it. We took a member with us and it was a great lesson. He is excited to read it and meet with us again.

       Then we had Specialized Traning with President and Sister Cleveland. That was great. We laerned and applied talking with everyone. We have seen so many miracles by applying what we learned at Specialized Training.  We were also able to meet several new potentials by opening our mouth! 

       On Thursday it was my Return Home Temple Trip. The Temple is going to be closed when I come home so we went with the one year temple trip missionaries. It was amazing. I really love the temple and the spirit is always so strong. 

     We also stopped by and saw a couple Less Actives this week. We met with Sister Clardy. She has been less active and active off and on for a while. We talked about Gods love for us and how he cares for each of us. We are going back and teaching the lessons to her. 

      Then we met with Sister Rose. She is doing good. We talked about Prayer and how God loves to hear from us no matter what we are going through. 

       Then we went to the Zone Activity! Our zone blitzed- we all went finding and tracting in Lapeer. That was amazing. We saw a lot of miracles and were able to help the Lapeer Elders out. We met 4 potentials that were interested in learning more about the Gospel. 

       I am doing great! It was really good to go through the temple. I really learned and felt of Gods love. Me and Sister Howard are doing great. We are learning more and more to Open our Mouth with Everyone.. That is exciting. In Studies I have been learning more and more about testifying. That is my goal this week. to testify more. Well I hope you have a great Week. Love you all! 

Me and Sister Howard at the temple!

Me and Sister Howard at the temple!

​President and Sister Cleveland! 

Some of the Missionaries that are returning home with me! They had to split us up to go to the temple. 

Elder Walker, Elder Goff, Me. President and Sister Cleveland. 

Week 2 of the Transfer Already- Aug. 15, 2016

Hey Everyone! I hope you are all doing great! 

This last week has been great! President Cleveland has been talking and teaching us to talk with everyone. It has been a bit hard but we have been trying to talk with everyone. I have defiantly been able to see many miracles to talking with everyone. We have found 2 new investigators but then they decided not to want to continue to meet with us, it was hard but we are continually finding more and more people. We met with Elisabeth this week and talked about the Book of Mormon. She is very interested in learning more about it and reading it. We then went and helped a member of the ward Sister Cousins with some service. We helped her to clean her barn and fix a fence. She really appreciated us helping her. We then met with the Schopper family. We talked about the temple and the blessings we can receive from going to the temple. She is excited to go and do the work for her family. This week in studies I have been reading about teaching skills and commitments. I really like how it talks a lot about bearing testimony and promising blessings to everyone. it is something I will be working on. Other than that it has been a week of finding people to teach and blessing peoples life. 

Well I hope you all have a great week!

Love you!

Sister Alisha Carol Betts

Detroit Service Project!

Detroit Service Project!

Detroit Service Project!

 Service in the HOOD!!! (Detroit)- August 8, 2016

Hey everyone! This last week has been great! Monday was our last District meeting/ District activity for the transfer. It was great! We played Frisbee and basketball. Then we made really big bubbles.

    Tuesday was really hard to say good bye to Sister Estioko, but that is life in the mission. Always moving around and getting new companions. My new companion is Sister Howard. She is great! She is from California. 

    Sister Howard and I have seen so many miracles. It is amazing! 

On Tuesday we met with a Potential investigator, Janice. It ended up being a meeting with her and her Pastor. That was fun! He was pretty much telling us that we were wrong and that we were going to HELL. He was trying to argue with us but we just simply told him we are not here to argue and then we testified of the Truth. Then we left. It was a fun first day for Sister Howard. 

     Wednesday we went and saw Sister Delossantos, s

he is a Less Active. We talked about the Plan of Salvation. We mostly focused on our life on earth and also the atonement. She has been through a lot but know the Gospel is true and is trying to come back. We also were able to meet 2 potentials named Eva and Evita. They are in the Flint area so we talked with them and sent in the referral. They want to learn about the Book of Mormon.  

      We then met with Sister Schopper on Friday, We talked about her receiving a patriarchal blessing and she is excited for one. It was a great lesson. She is one the road to going to the temple. 

      Saturday was so great helping with the service. Our mission participated in a service project for Detroit. We all went to Detroit to help them clean up 300 neighbor hoods. It was so great.We helped clean yards, trim trees, rake yards, and weed their gardens and yards. It was great to help out in the community. We also met a lady named Monica. She was the mail lady and she was super nice and interested in Learning more about the Book of Mormon and how she can raise her family better.

      Yesterday we were able to see tons of miracles and we were able to find a new investigator. Her name is Debra. She is Catholic but she is interested in learning about the Book of Mormon. We are excited to go and teach her.  In studies I have been focusing on the Finding chapter and have been reading a lot about teach when you find and find when you teach. We are also using the How to begin teaching points as door approaches. It has been great.  

Well have a great week! I love you all! 

Sister Alisha Carol Betts

District Activity! 

Elder Thompson, Elder Oviatt, Elder Goff, Elder Chandler, Sister Landeen, Sister Martin, Sister Estioko and Me!

​Saying good bye to sister estioko!

​Detroit Service Project! Sister Howard, Sister Cleveland, Me, Sister Witt, Sister Lindsay!

​Me and Sister Howard!

Me and Sister Howard!

Service Pictures will come later from Sister Cleveland!

Transfers!!! August 1, 2016

Hey everyone! So it is time for Transfers again. Time is going by way to fast. I will not be transferred. I will be finishing my mission here in Grand Blanc. It is going to be a great Transfer. Sister Estioko will be transferred so I will be getting a new companion tomorrow. 

This last week has been great. We did a lot of finding this last week and was able to meet with a couple new potentials. We met Shawn and his wife Laura. They are great. We talked to Shawn about Prophets and how we have a living prophet on the earth today. He is interested in learning more. We also talked with a man at the park named Tim, we also were able to talk about prophets and also faith in Christ. It was great. Tim was not interested but that is alright. 

We then met with Sister Delossantos this last week she is a Less Active and taught her the Restoration. She has a strong testimony of Joseph Smith and how God answers prayers. We also were able to talk about Prophets she knows that President Monson is a true prophet. It was a great lesson. 

We also were able to talk with a man at the Gas Station. His name is Matt. He has seen the missionaries around and we talked to him a little about what we do. He was interested and took our card. He said he would call us sometime. Other then that we tried to find new investigators. It was great. In studies I have been studying How to recognize the Spirit. I really love this chapter. I have learned more about the spirit and how I can recognize it in finding. 

Well I hope you all have a great week! Love you all! 

Sister Alisha Carol Betts

​The Grand Blanc/ Clarkston District! 

Sister Estioko, Me, Elder Oviatt, Elder Thompson, Sister Martin, Sister Landeen

​The Grand Blanc/ Clarkston District! 

Sister Estioko, Me, Elder Oviatt, Elder Thompson, Sister Martin, Sister Landeen

Extreme Heat Alert!!! July 25, 2016

Hey everyone! I hope you had a great 24th of July! Here in Michigan they don't really celebrate it so that is alright! 

      This last week has been good.  We have been doing a lot of finding and talking to everyone. We were able to meet a couple potential investigators this last week. We first met with Janice. She had missionaries come by sometime last year. She is interested in meeting with us and learning what we belief. We also met Amy. We talked to her about how to find faith in Christ.  She invited us back to teach her. 

       We also met with our Less Active Sister Delossantos. We taught her the Restoration and we focused on how the Gospel has blessed her family. She has seen many blessings of the Gospel in her family. We are planning on helping her to go to the temple in a couple months. 

       We also met with our investigator Ronney. He is doing good. We talked to him about the Book of Mormon.  He is interested in reading it and we invited him to read and pray about it. 

       Then we also met with a Less Active, Megan. She is having a hard time right now with her divorce and her testimony. We talked to her about how God has a plan for each of us and we need to trust in him. 

       This week we also had our first Interviews with President Cleveland. He is such a inspired man. It was great. We talked about how to work with members of the ward and then how to work with and bring those sheep back to Christ. 

       Other than that we did a lot of tracting and contacting. It has been a great week, except for the 3 days that we had a extreme Heat Alert. the weather and Temperature got over 100 with humidity. We were only allowed to be out for a little while then we had to take a break. It was so hot. 

        In studies I have been reading the Finding Chapter. I really love reading this. I learn new things each time. My ponderizing scripture this week has been my mission scripture! It is D&C 18: 15-16. 

Well I hope you all have a great week!

Love you all! Sister Alisha Carol Betts

At the Ice cream Place in Linden. They hand make these benches with bears on them.

At the Ice cream Place in Linden. They hand make these benches with bears on them.

In front of the ice cream place with a Bear holding a ice cream cone. 

Tracting and Finding Week- July 18, 2016

Hey Everyone! This last week has been great! 

We met with our new investigator Ronney. We talked to him about the Restoration. He was really interested in learning and reading The Book of Mormon. We are going to teach him about it today. He is wanting to find God and to become closer to him. 

Then we met with Sister Delossantos, she is a Less Active we are working with. We talked to her about Church and how she can gain more out of sacrament with her children, We are helping her with some quiet books and activities for them. 

We then met with Jesson our other investigator. We talked to him about the Book of Mormon and read with him the introduction. He is doing good. We are finding ways to get him to progress and come to church. 

We also have been applying Zone meeting and trying to talk to everyone. We went to the park last weekend and did some contacting. We talked to a lady named Wonetia. She is very involved with her church but loved to talk with us about Trusting in God. She isn't interested in learning more but she was so nice and kind. 

Other than that we have been tracting and trying to contact people. It has been a great week just busy trying to find new people to teach. 

Well I hope you all have a great week! Love you all!

Sister Alisha Carol Betts

At the Lake!

​Trying on some crazy hats!

​By the Linden Sign! 

​Dessert Pizza! For the Dessert Night, nobody showed up so the elders and us just ate our desserts and went home. It was sad but fun! 

​Cute Smily face!

Miracle Week- July 11, 2016

Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great 4th of July! We went to a ward breakfast and then we had a BBQ at a members house. It was alot of fun. Then we got to listen to the fireworks from our window. Fenton has one of the largest firework shows in this area. They were amazing. 

        This last week has been we have been able to find a new investigator named Lindsay. We met her while tracting. She is a single mother that was not raised with a religious background but is looking to find it in her life now. She attends the Freedom Center and is really interested in reading the Book of Mormon. We are also helping her with some service. She is great. 

         We also met with  a Less Active family named the Coy Family. We talked to them about how to receive revelation and how to gain a stronger testimony. They even came to church on Sunday, we were excited. 

        We also had Zone Meeting and I learned so much to apply into our area. We have been working on Talking to everyone and to find different finding opportunities. It has been great, we have seen so many miracles. 

        We also went on exchanges, I went to flint with Sister Jensen, it was great. She is a great Sister and I learned so much from her. 

       Yesterday we were able to talk with one of our potential investigators and teach him the restoration over the phone, it was a great lesson, it was different but good. He is interested in coming to church and seeing how we worship, we are excited to have him come. We also had our Dessert Night! It turned out great! Here are some pictures!

Well I hope you all have a great week! Remember the Lord is Always there to help us through things. 

Love Sister Alisha Carol Betts

​Our Dessert! Chocolate Brownies with marshmallow in the middle and a peanut butter and chocolate frosting. It was good. 

​Our Dessert! Chocolate Brownies with marshmallow in the middle and a peanut butter and chocolate frosting. It was good. 

4th of July outfits!

Me and Sister Jensen on exchanges!

​Thanks Mom for the $5, we went and got some Ice cream from a place in Holly called Cupcakes and Kisses. 

Feeding the Ducks!