It’s February already!!!- Feb. 1, 2016

Hey Everyone!! I cant believe that it is February!! It is crazy how time flies.

This week has been great. We have meet several potential Investigators. We have seen miracles this week. Our investigator Peggy is really busy right now so she is not reading or praying. We are hoping to see her this week to teach her about prayer and the importance of the Book of Mormon.  On Sunday we had Sister Clark, she is a Less Active come to church, It was a surprise. She has been in and out of the Hospital so we haven't been able to meet with her. She really enjoyed church and she was happy to be there. She also brought her non member husband and her granddaughter. She loved Primary. We are going to see her this week. Bill is doing good. The ward is going to ask him to participate in the Easter Program so that will be great. This area is doing good. We are finding those that want to learn about the Gospel. God has a plan for each of us to find his children. I am doing great. I love it here. Sister Ili is doing amazing. She is teaching and learning and really opening up.

Miracle: This week we have been finding on the dirt roads. It is fun. Well we decided to go finding after Church on Sunday in an area I haven't been too. We were walking and we were able to teach two other lessons and we were able to find 2 new potential investigators. Bill and Laura. They are very interested in the Book of Mormon. They had one at one time but cant find it. They invited us to come back and to share the book of Mormon with them. It was great. God does answer prayer.

Ponderizing Scripture: This week I have been Ponderizing Alma 34:32-34. It talks about not procrastinating the day of our repentance. I also was Ponderizing D&C 82:3. This one talks about how much is required and how if we sin we will receive greater condemnation.

Well I hope you all enjoy your week!!!

Making a Turkey. A member gave us a turkey and so we cooked it.

Making a Turkey. A member gave us a turkey and so we cooked it. 

Sister Ili and I before the sun melted all the snow!! We now don't have any snow!! It is sunny and warm. 

Sister Ili and I for New Missionary Training!!!

January 25, 2016- 11 Month Mark!!!

Hey Everyone!!!

Time flies when you are having fun. I cant believe that I have been on my mission for 11  months. It is crazy.

Well, This week has been great. We have been teaching several people on their door steps. It has been fun. Peggy is doing great. She is reading and praying about the Book of Mormon. We are hoping to get her to come to church sometime. We will see. She loves when we come over and help her with some service. It is very rewarding to see how much she appreciates us coming to help her. Bill is doing great. We are reading the Book of Mormon with him and he is understanding it very well. He loves to read it. This week we also were ale to help Sister Holquiest with some service. We helped her clean her house and to visit with her. She is a member and is older and needs lots of love and service. We love helping her out. We also were able to go t Almont and visit with some Less Actives. We helped Holly Hiekkinen with some service as well. We helped her to clean her house. We also talked to her about church and activities that are coming up. She is coming to church this week. We also visited with Sister Robertson, we talked about the Sabbath day and how we can rest from our labors and how we can focus on Christ. She really liked that lesson. Over All this week has been a Service week. It is great to help those that need help. Well I hope you all have a great week!!!

Ponderizing Scripture: Alma 32:21 Faith is not a perfect Knowledge.  

21 And now as I said concerning faith—faith‍ is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope‍ for things which are not‍ seen, which are true.

Donuts a member gave us!!!

Me cooking!!!

Jan. 18, 2016- Birthday and Exchanges!!!

Hey Everyone,

Thanks so much for the Birthday wishes!! It was a great day. This week has been great. We had interviews with President Gerber and Sister Gerber, They are just amazing. I love when they come and give us instructions. We talked about being Epistles of Christ and always leading by example. We talked about the importance of being missionaries and how we are here to find and help bring people unto Christ, Then we had exchanges. I went to Flint again. It is becoming a regular thing. I loved it. I was able to see a couple of the same people that I was able to see the last time. Sister Ili and I are doing great. We are teaching Peggy. She is the one we help with service. She is reading the Book of Mormon and she loves it. She is learning more and more. We are planning on teaching her about the Plan of Salvation. We are still looking for more investigators but it is going great. We were able to help a lot of people with service this week so that is always good. Bill is dong great. He is learning and understanding the Book of Mormon everyday. He is progressing greatly and is eager to keep learning. On Sunday for my birthday we went to church and made a cake for the Sunday school class it was fun. They loved it. On Sunday we learned a lot about peace and turning to God. I know that if we pray and ask God to help us he will. He loves each of us and wants to help us to return to live with him again.

Ponderizing Scripture: Mosiah 4:30, it talks about watching our thoughts our deeds and our word. Center our life on Christ.

Well I hope you all have a great week!!

Love Sister Alisha Carol Betts

Cake Sister Edmonds and Sister Wood made me on exchanges!!!

Birthday Picture!!!

Birthday picture!!!

Jan. 11, 2016- It's finally winter in Michigan!!!

Hey everyone, I hope you are all having a great winter. Winter has just started here. We have been hit with snow. It is crazy. This week has been good. We are busy helping Peggy with service. She is also reading the Book of Mormon and she really likes it. We have been doing a lot of finding new people. We have had the opportunity to talk to several people but none was really interested. This week we also had Zone meeting. It was great. I love meetings. We talked about the Sabbath day. The instruction that was given was to teach it as a separate lesson. It is great. The we talked about our purpose as missionaries and how we can better bring people closer to Christ. It was a great meeting. On Sunday, Sunday School and Relief Society were cancelled so we just had Sacrament meeting. It was great. The speakers talked about our desire to make and keep goals and how we need to have faith. They also talked about 6 principles that makes it possible to have the spirit with us. These principles were: Pray Always, Study the Scriptures, and Worthily participate in Ordinances. These were great. I really learned a lot. I hope we all have the spirit in our life's more. Well I hope you all have a great week!!!

Love Sister Alisha Carol Betts

Snow Snow Snow

Me and Sister Ili going to do service.

Winter Has Finally Hit!! Snow Snow Snow!!!!- Jan. 4, 2016

Hey Everyone!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Well I am training a new Sister. Her name is Sister Ili. She is from Samoa. Sister Ili is doing great. She loves to learn and is very eager to try things out. I love helping her to figure things out. I am helping her to learn how to cook, eat American food, and to learn English. It is fun.

We have been doing a lot of finding. With the Holiday session, it seemed like most of our appointments were cancelled. It was hard but we kept going. We are praying to find new investigators. I have learned to pray and turn to god and he will help you. Susan is doing good. She is reading the Book of Mormon but we haven't seen her this week because she was out of town. Hunter is doing good. We are seeing him this week and we are excited to start teaching him about the Book of Mormon so they can read it as a family.  This area is great. I love it. The ward is doing amazing. In studies I have started to read the Old Testament. I am in Exodus, It is great I am reading about Moses and how he is trying to go free the children of Israel. I love reading about the old prophets and how they turned to the lord. Well I hope you all have a great week!!

My ponderizing scripture of the week: D&C 59:9-13, it talks about keeping the Sabbath day Holy. What sign do we want to give God? 

Love Sister Alisha Carol Betts

The New District!!! 

Elder Johnson, Elder Mathias, Elder Abbott, Elder Finau, Elder Benjamin.

Sister Ili, and Me. 

Sister Ili and Me!!!

Sister Ili and Me!!!

Christmas and Transfers- Dec. 28, 2015

Hey everyone, I hope you all had a great Christmas. We sure did!!!

This week was a bit slow with the Holidays. We weren't able to see Susan or Hunter but we will see them this week. We were able to see Diane and Arlene so that was good. We haven't been able to see them lately. We were able to talk to them about Christmas and Christ. This week we were also able to see a couple less actives. We saw Holly Heikkinen and also Sister Robertson. With Holly we are trying to get her to come to church and to understand the blessings that comes from church. She is hopefully going to come this next week. Sister Robertson is doing good. She is just really busy with work. We read His grace is sufficient with her and she loved it. We talked about grace and the atonement. She really enjoyed it. We also were able to help Peggy with her Christmas Party. We were able to help her set up tables help with the food and then we got to meet some of her family members. It was great.  On Christmas it was great to Skype. It was fun to see everyone and see how they were doing. We also had breakfast at a members house and they bought all the missionaries Nerf Guns so we had a nerf war. it was a blast. Then on Sunday we found out about Transfers. I am staying in Oxford. Sister Parker will be leaving. She will do great. I am also training a new Sister straight from the MTC. It will be lots of fun. Well I hope you all have a great week and have a great New Years!!

Love Sister Alisha Carol Betts

Us at the Bourret house!!

Us at the Christmas Party, making toy trucks for the Nurseries.

Our Christmas PJ's!!

Christmas Day, Opening Presents!!

Us with Peggy and Dick for Christmas party!!!

Me holding a chicken at the Measles home!!

At the Christmas Party with all my old Companions. Me and Sister Fe'ao.

At the Christmas Party with all my old Companions. Me and Sister Cruz.

At the Christmas Party with all my old Companions. me and Sister Woodruff and Sister Cherrington!!

The whole mission at the Christmas Party!

Exchanges to Flint- Dec. 21, 2015

Hey Everyone, I hope you are all enjoying the snow. Michigan has not got any, we just have cold weather and rain.

This week we had exchanges. Sister Parker and Sister Edmonds stayed in Oxford, and I went to Flint with Sister Wood. It was a lot of fun. We went finding and we were able to see a lot of miracles. We met a young lady named Amber that just lost her nephew but was very open to learning more and meeting with us. We talked about God and how he is there and loves each of us. It was a good lesson. Flint was fun. Don't worry we were on the outskirts of flint. In the safe area. It was fun.

         Then on Wednesday, we finished Peggy's fence. It turned out so nice. It was a lot of fun. We also has district meeting and the instructions were on the Book of Mormon and the Gospel of Homework. They were great. They talked about using the Book of Mormon to teach and using direct assignments or readings for our investigators to read. I loved the meeting. Then we met with Bill. We talked about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the baptismal covenants we made at baptism. it was a great lesson. He is doing great.

        On Friday we met with a potential investigator named Don. We talked about the Restoration and how the Mormon church came about. It was a great lesson. We are hoping to get to teach him more.

         On Saturday we went to Almont. We went and helped Holly with some service. We helped her to wrap some gifts and then we talked about President Monsons talk on Be an example and a light. She really liked this talk. It was great.

        On Sunday we had the Christmas Party. The program was great. They had the choir sing and then the Primary sing. They also had different stories they told of the true meaning of Christmas. It was great.

Well I hope you all have a great Christmas. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Love Sister Alisha Carol Betts

Me painting Peggy's fence!!

Sister Parker and Me painting Peggy's Fence!!

Me and Sister Parker with our 25 days of Christmas chain. Sister Parkers mom sent us.