Hey ya'll!
So it's been quite the week here in Alaska! Leaving
Anchorage was hard, but the more time we spend in Sitka, the
more I realize how much Sister Claspell and I need to be here. What a blessing
to know that Heavenly Father knows exactly where to send us when he needs us!
Saying good bye to some great missionaries this week at transfer meeting was
hard as well but I feel so blessed to know them and learn from them over the
past three months!
So this week was as follows:
Monday-PDay..packed, said goodbye to people, shopped, got
ready to leave. Had a lesson with Audrey this night and took the brand new
sister missionary, Sister Faupula on her "First Harvest"
(first missionary experience) to Audrey's lesson with us. We each bore our
testimonies to her and the spirit was so strong! She wrote in our people
journal (basically a big journal that everyone we meet on our mission
signs-kinda like a yearbook) and she mentioned her desire to continue to read
the Book of Mormon and learn-she's going to Stanford (which is awesome) and
she's already looked into institute and staying in contact with the
church-yay!!
Tuesday-Transfer day. We had transfer meeting and then went
to the temple afterwards with all the missionaries that were going home or
going far away from Anchorage this transfer. It was very bittersweet but so
cool to see how much those missionaries loved their missions-inspiring!
Wednesday-flew to Juneau and got to meet some people in
Juneau! At the Anchorage airport one of the workers there is originally from
Sitka and his sister lives here now but is less active with a nonmember
boyfriend! That was cool, definitely a divine intervention for me to meet him.
We have an appointment to meet with his sister this week. We also found the
plaque ( in Juneau) with the dedicatory prayer that was when Alaska was
dedicated for missionary work! (that's what the pictures are of) That was fun!
Also met Sister Claspell this day! She's SO great! Such a hard worker, such a
sweetheart and I already just love her so much. She's from Southern California
(15 minutes from Disneyland!) and has been out Since September. We get along
really well and already have a lot of fun! It's been a blast serving with her.
Stayed the night in Juneau (the ocean is seriously in their backyard-so cool!)
Thursday-flew to Sitka. Sat by a less active on the plane
actually! He was born into the church but married a nonmember and kind of fell
away but he mentioned that "the mormons" are the ones he agrees with
the most. haha It was good to talk to him and bear or testimonies to him. It
seriously kills me to see people become less active after being baptized. There
are a lot of people here in Sitka that are less active and I just don't
understand it.. either these people don't understand the significance of the
atonement or the significance of the restoration. Either is just so lonely and
depressing, I can't imagine living without a knowledge of the power covenants
have to lift our burdens completely!
We met the Ady family this day-they are seriously like our
favorite people! (we'll be skyping from their house next week) Sister Ady came
and got us a few hours after we arrived and gave us a tour of the town. (which
is pretty small, about 8,000 people) she fed us dinner and then bought our
groceries (she insisted on it) and she has just taken us in. She's incredible
and has a heart as big as Alaska.
Friday-got to meet some more people! Met with two less
active families and two people from the ward council.
Saturday-Continued meeting people here in town meet with
most of the rest of the ward council. Mostly the same as Friday.
Sunday-Ward council and church. The ward here is pretty tiny
but there are some really incredible people here in the ward. People were so
willing to give us anything we need and several people teared up when we talked
to them because they were so excited to have sister missionaries! It's been
about ten years since sisters were in Sitka.
It's great to be a missionary. I love it so much and feel so
blessed to serve in Sitka at this time! I love you all and really appreciate
your love and support! Look forward to Skyping next Sunday!
Love ya!
Sister Hedelius
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