January 29^th, 2018 - The time goes so quickly

Hello!

Transfers are next week.  The time between them goes by so quick. 

This week we got to see 5 people on our visiting teaching list! We only have 11 more before the end of the month and we have already done 16 so we are really close to being done but sadly so is the end of the month.

We were able to do some service for one of the sister`s in the branch we got to help clean her house before the branch activity that was on Friday. It was a musical fireside and then a movie “Love, Kennedy” which apparently was really good. The music part is all we had time to stay for and she gave a great talk about the hymns in our hymn book! 

We were able to help another non member lady clean her house this week as well.

 We had the youth come out to our place on Saturday to stack the wood and then they could go sledding down our slope I quite enjoy our slope it is great exercise :). With the new pile of wood it should last so it will be good for a while :)

Last night our Book of Mormon read was good.  We read Mosiah 19-21 it was very interesting

I hope you have a good week! 

Love,

Sister Russell 

Ether 12:4 

 Hope is the anchor of the soul

Bergland

I spy with my little eye..... a knife ​

January 22^nd , 2018 - We thank thee for a prophet

Hello! 

How was your week! I’m going to report on two weeks this time.
I have had a lot of things that I never have I experienced on my mission this week. I got offered a cigarette ( I did not take it), I got called mommy, I went sledding in front of our house, and I saw a cat get killed in front of my eyes by dogs and I got to hear from our new prophet Russell M. Nelson!

Last week we were able to watch President Monson’s funeral.  That was really touching.  We were also able to watch (via Skype) a baptism from Sister Silvennoinen old area.  Technology is wonderful except when your phone dies.  The rest of the week was just appointments with investigators and dropping by to visit some people who don’t attend church very often.

So this week has been kind of eventful. We went to International Falls for district meeting and after that we had interviews.  It is much nicer to have in person meetings rather than Skype meetings. We really enjoyed the Tuesday news conference and listening to President Nelson.  Yesterday I spoke in church and well I spoke for 20 minutes or more. I spoke on the reason we need a restoration and about the Book of Mormon I even used 3 quotes that Mom sent me in it :)  And today we went sledding ( I asked permission before, we are only allowed if they are small slopes and not to extreme!)  It was a lot of fun. 

Other than that my week has been pretty normal!
Love you! Hope you have a great week!

Love,

Sister Russell

​Ether 12:4 

 Hope is the anchor of the soul

 District Meeting and in front of our wood stove

January 8^th, 2018  - 496 days on the mission

“Happy first week of 2018! 51 more weeks to go :)

This week has been very crazy but good!
On Monday we drove to Winnipeg for zone conference! And we got to take a picture with the Center of Canada sign which is very cool!

Tuesday we had zone conference which was great! We got to learn about our new baptism goal for our mission 180 convert baptism in 2018! It was very exciting! And we got a lot of training on how to work with members!  and we started out on exchanges.  I went with Sister Jimenez.  And I got to see the Hadfield`s! It was really nice being in an old area even for a day! And I got to see Sister Z who is a less active and I helped with her dishes!

Wednesday I was still in Winnipeg and we also ended the exchange in the evening because everything was closed on Monday we were allowed to do a little bit of shopping so we did that and made it to Warroad at 9 and stayed the night there! It was fun being with the Warroad Sisters.

Thursday we did work in Rainy and we helped Selena take out the carpet in her daughter`s room! It was a lot of fun getting dirty :) 

And then we have been doing some work on the reserves this weekend. And we went to Church it wasn't cancelled so that was nice there were 23 of us there :) 

I hope you all had a great week! 

Love you!

Sister Russell 

January 1^st, 2018 The Blackout year has ended

Hello 2018!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy New Year! P-day is today! Zone Conference is tomorrow. So we are driving to Winnipeg after we get our emails done.

And to start off with there will be a full moon tonight so look up and she its beauty.  The old Famers Almanac calls it a “Full Wolf Moon” as opposed to the “Full Cold Moon” in December.  

I can`t believe that 2017 is done with! It really has been a great year with new places, new people, new things and lots of blessings! 

I have never missed going to church on my mission! Until now because of extreme cold they cancelled church so that is really weird.  Mind you minus 40 is weird too. ....

This week has just been crazy and cold .... I really miss summer... 

​I hope 2018 treats you well and remember to set goals because they help us stay motivated and to work hard!​

Love you!
Sister Russell

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Ether 12:4 

 Hope is the anchor of the soul