Jenn on a Mission

Subject: Mushing Date: March 29, 2010 12:23:40 PM PDT Hi Family! This week has been a good week. Last Monday after I was done emailing and shopping we went mushing as a zone. That was a pretty sweet activity for sure, so now I can say that I have ridden on a dog sled. I have some cool pictures from it so I will be sending them your way soon. Saturday was also transfer day, seems crazy I have already been here for 6 weeks. And wow Mom, I cannot believe all those people are coming home! I guess that is how you will feel about me. I found out that I am staying and so is my companion. We were pretty excited for sure as we really like serving together and wanted to do at least one more transfer together. A lot of our focus was less actives, and I have to say that they can be harder to work with than the investigators. Each of them have their own stories and reasons as to why they are not going to church anymore. Trying to get them to figure out why they are not coming...

Mushing Hi Family!     This week has been a good week. Last monday after I was done emailing and shopping we went mushing as a zone. That was a pretty sweet activity for sure, so now i can say that i have ridden on a dog sled.  I have some cool pictures from it so I will be sending them your way soon.  Saturday was also transfer day, seems crazy i have already been here for 6 weeks. And wow mom I cannot believe all those poeple are coming home, I guess that is how you will feel about me. Found out that I am staying and so is my companion we where pretty excited for sure as we really like serving together and wanted to do at least one more transfer together.   Alot of our focus was less actives, I have to say that they can be harder to work with then the investigators.  Each of them have thier own stories and reasons as to why they are not going to church anymore.  Trying to get them to figure out why they are not coming and how we can help the...

Here's another shot, from far away: Here is Sister Dalton and Sister Booth in their hats! Subject: Re: The Field Really is White :) Date: March 22, 2010 12:18:49 PM PDT Hi Family! I hope every one is doing well. We had a good, but different week this week for sure. Ever since I have gotten here I have been so blessed to find people to teach. I remember my trainer, well Sister Dalton, telling me on my first or second day here that this does not usually happen. And she seemed to keep saying that to me as we would have return appointments for people we tracted into. I guess that was the first time it had happened to her and she has been out in the field for 7 months now. For me, I was thinking: Okay, are you sure? Because it seems to happen a lot to us. We found two more investigators last week from tracting. They are great people. Trevor is one of them and he is looking to change his life around and really wants to hear more of what we are teachin...

One of the first activities that Sister Booth was able to participate in was a bonfire with some investigators. It looks pretty dark and dreary, but I'm sure it's not too abnormal for weather in Alaska! Here's a view of the beach and the water: Another one: This is a different part of the beach: Here's Sister Booth: Another one: Here's Sister Dalton: Here's the beginnings of the bonfire: Another view: It's finally roaring! And maybe a little windy, but definitely getting darker: This is either the investigator, or one of the Elders that came along. It looks like he has a little left-over marshmallow from his s'more... It looks cold! Thank goodness there was a bonfire to keep them warm!

Sister Booth has really been able to experience the joy of baptisms. She had another one with an investigator who was a little young. His name is Victor and he looks really excited to be baptized! What a cutie! Good job, Victor! Here he is with Sister Dalton and Sister Booth: Here he is with his sisters: Here's another letter from Sister Booth. The pictures of the sledding activity will be coming soon:) Subject: The Field Really is White :) Date: March 15, 2010 12:14:14 PM PDT Hi Friends and Family, First please know I have a new email as they had us change it to Google this month. So when you email me you will need to use this email address now. For friends, please send your physical address when you email so I can write you back! Thanks for those who already have. I really appreciate hearing from all of you. This week was awesome! Of course it was a pretty cold week in the beginning, as it snowed 16 or so inches but it is all good. Snow in March...

The Field Really is White :) Hi Friends and Family,      First please know I have a new email as they had us change it to google this month. So when you email me you will need to use this email address now, for friends please send your physical address when you email so I can write you back! Thanks for those who already have I really appreciate hearing from all of you.      This week was awesome! Of course it was a pretty cold week in the begining as is snowed 16 or so inches but it is all good, snow in March is not something i really experienced. As well as it getting down into the single digits most days, i have to say the whether varies here alot that is for sure. I had one amazing experience and one not so amazing experience this week, first the good one. We were able to experience a baptism on Saturday of a investigator we have been teaching for 3 weeks, he is such a great person and his spirit is so strong. I am truly gr...

Hi Family! Made it another week! It is so cold this week that is for sure, i thought wind was bad in the heat but it is far worse in the cold as it blows the snow everywhere and makes it much colder. But i am sure surviving and loving Alaska! We are having great success with the people here and i am loving them. We are so privileged to have a baptism this Saturday for Steven Cain. He is amazing, we were referred to him by the bishop as his wife is a member. He was pretty much ready when we started teaching, it was crazy half way through our third time teaching him when we where going to ask him if he would be baptized on a specific date he beat us to it and told us he wanted to and that day. It has been so awesome to see his changes and his spirit as he truly has come unto the lord and is ready for baptism.  We also are making great progress with Oscar, he is amazing as well. So eager to learn what we are teaching and to read on his own to learn more. He came to church on Sund...

Sister Booth and Sister Dalton had the opportunity to help with an Iditarod. They helped out on Saturday, but the race was on Sunday - which means that they weren't able to actually see it :( Oh well, maybe another time! Here's Sister Dalton getting ready to eat breakfast (I think): Here's Sister Booth with her name badge to get in to help: Again: Here's Sister Dalton: Here they are together: Now with a bigger flash: It looks like they are getting bundled up! I'm sure it was very cold. You can read more about the service in Sister Booth's letter below. The next group of pictures are of another baptism! It was the baptism of Steven Cain. It's also mentioned in the letter below. Here's Brother Cain with the person baptizing him (I'm not sure who that is): I have to admit that I'm not sure which one is Steven Cain and which one is the baptizing member! Sister Booth didn't label the people, so I don't know ...

Hello Alaska!! Sister Booth has arrived and is looking forward to getting used to the coooold weather and snow! Of course she'll also enjoy the beautiful scenery... Sister Booth was assigned to the Wasilla area, where she will be serving in the Wasilla Stake and Ward. Her companion is Sister Dalton and she's looking forward to working hard to figure things out. Here's Sister Booth with some beautiful mountain scenery in the background: Here she is again with more of the scenery taking over the picture: Here is just the scenery: More of the mountain. It looks like lots of snowmobiles have been out... Here is Sister Booth with Sister Dalton: Again... And again... Good luck Sister Booth and Sister Dalton!!

Snow and more Snow Hi Family! Such a great week here in the mission field, I am really loving it here. So when i first got here the weather was pretty warm, I am learning warm for them is 50 and that is becoming warm to me now. It was in the 40's and 50's for the first part of the week and then towards the end it we had a drop of snow and with that the tempature dropped. On friday was the first day i had to pull out my big coat for tracking as it was 10 degrees all day long which is freezing when you are in it for an hour. I am learning to stay warm though quickly there is alot of tricks you can figure out that is for sure.  I am quickly loving to track, in the MTC you always hear that is most missionary's least favorite things to do but i actually do not mind it at all. Sister Dalton was up for it so we tracked. My first day of the work we found Kelly, she is so amazing. She let us in and talked to us for 45 mintues. She was amazing and we came back a few days later to...

Sister Booth is starting out her mission in Alaska! She was welcomed with open arms and lots of green! A family in Wasilla, who is amazing, takes very good care of the missionaries up there. Sister Coyle even found me on Facebook to send me pictures and let me know how Sister Booth is doing!! One thing the Coyles do for the missionaries as they arrive, is have a "greenie" dinner for them. Sister Coyle makes all of the food green and gives them a warm welcome! Here's Sister Booth in front of the "Greenie" sign: Here's Sister Booth with her awesome "green" food: Something else that Sister Coyle does is allow the sister missionaries to come over and work-out at her house. Sister Booth talks more about it in her letter below. Here's a few pictures of Sister Booth giving the "Body for Life" work-out a try: Here's a letter from Sister Booth: Subject: Snow and more Snow Date: March 1, 2010 12:49:02 PM PST...