5/29/2013

Hey Everyone! I feel so bad I haven't had the chance to email until now. we drove over to the library on Monday and it was closed on memorial day :( we have been so busy that right now is literally the only time we have had to do it! We don't even have time for lunch most days we are so busy :) its a good thing.

It sounds like you all had a bunch of fun camping. it was crazy to think this last week that school got out! haha I can just imagine kaden will all the ladies. I am so glad you got the phone call from the lady in my ward. she is so awesome! we almost ended up moving in with them at the beginning of last transfer. I love the outfit that grandma got me! i am actually wearing it today :) it has a really cool pocket on it that i can stick my mormon.org  cards in.

To give you a little update for the week...well i can't. It just has been so awesome! It started off with last teusday...I woke up and just felt like I really needed to learn how to teach the restoration in spanish! (we have a few spanish restorations pamphlets and books of mormon) So i did! I taught sister struhs and we were just laughing so hard the whole time. I felt so strongly to take a spanish book of mormon with us. later that day a member called us and asked us if we had a spanishs book of mormon for her friend! Of course I was jumping up and down I was so excited. We went over to the members neighbors with her later and we were able to give her the spanish book of mormon! they are Jehovah witness and have alot of tough crazy questions but they are progressing! the husband knows english. But later that week we found not 1 but 2 more spanish speaking investigators! It was such a miracle. we have a few spanish speaking members in our ward so they came with us last night. I couldn't say a ton but I did manage to say a few things in spanish about the book of mormon. they invited us to come back thursday!!!

We also were able to go do baptisms for the dead with Miss Kim! the water makes her a little nervous but she did awesome. she was just all smiles afterward

 

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Tenesha and her two kids baptism got pushed back to next saturday. the son didn't come to church on sunday and we really want them to be baptized as a family. but we have been able to meet with them alot. tonight we are teaching the 10 commandments and we made it into a puzzle activity to keep them interested :) it should be fun!

we met a total of 10 new investigators last week!!! this area is sacred grounds to me! It has been so blessed. alma 26:12 says Yea I know that I am nothing as to my strength I am weak, therefore i will not boast of myself but I will boast of my god for in his strength I can do all things. Yea, Behold, many might miracles we have wrought in this land for which we will praise his name forever!

This describes perfectly how I feel.

We were able to teach a total of 38 lessons this last week!!

I was studying fasting alot this week this fast sunday coming up. I have always been really bad at fasting but I was reading a talk from the 2004 november ensign so its kinda old but it talks about starting and ending a family fast while kneeling by the table. I thought that was so cool! We have been doing alot of FHE's lately and I have realized how much strength they really do bring. Try to do one this week before sunday and decide as a family something you can fast for :) I love ya'll.

Transfers are this week I am not really sure what will happen but I keep getting the feeling I will be leaving Odenton :(. I will let ya know on monday.

Love ya!

Sister Fullmer

5/20/2013

Hey friends and family!

I just wanted to say hi from all the way back east! This week has been crazy busy! We have 6 new investigators and are just talking to literally every person we see!. we have been working alot with the less actives and the members in this area and it has brought so many blessings! We got to teach relief society on Sunday and the lesson was on temples. Man, it made me miss going to the temple so bad! one thing that really stood out to me was the importance of having a current temple recommend. I was thinking about it one night while I was trying to sleep and I compared it to an I.D.

and ID has your name, hair color, weight, height. etc. but how does a temple recommend identify you? .It identifies your faith in HIM. Always have a current temple recommend and make it a point to go to the temple! He needs our help with his work. the missionaries on the other side of the veil are working over time to bring the souls there to Christ but they can't do it alone. We are the ones that have to help these precious spirits progress to the waters of baptism, and endure to the endowment! They can't be perfect or complete without us. and we can't be perfect of complete without them!

Go do baptisms, go do a session. Just GO! Heavenly Father will bless you. Pray for the person you are going through for. You are there escort. Pray that they will accept the blessings of the ordinance and pray that they will feel your love for them. Temple work is the most selfless thing that we can do. As we prepare for the Ogden temple to be finished, get ready!

Love you all!

Sister Fullmer

 

 

5/6/2013

To all my friends and family!

I just wanted to share a quick scripture with you this week. It is in Alma 5:14 - 28. And now behold, I ask of you, my brethren of the church, have ye spiritually been born of God? have ye received his image in your countenances? Have ye experience this mighty change in your hearts? And how behold, I say unto you my brethren, if ye have experienced a change of heart, and if ye have felt to sing the song of redeeming love, I would ask, can ye feel so now?

Can others tell we have the light of Christ in us personally and in our homes! Be an example to neighbors that are less active or non members. feel the need to sing the song of redeeming love and reach out to those lost sheep of his fold with love. We are seeing so many miracles out here from reaching out to less actives. Befriend them! Help them remember what they already know! Be bold and loving, when you combine the two it is never overbearing.

This week has been a long one but I have really learned how worth it all the hard work really is. And that goes for just life in general too! When times get hard go forward with confidence that something around the corner will be even better. 

Have ye experienced this mighty change in  your hearts?

Do you let the gospel shape and mold you? The gospel of Jesus Christ will bring more happiness than anything else possibly could here on this earth. Let is shape you! let it mold you! I promise that if you do, you will experience this mighty change of heart. I know I have. Odenton has become sacred land to me. It is where I have been truly converted. I love the Savior and I know without a doubt he loves all of us and is there for us with his arm of mercy extended to us...but are we willing to grab his hand and let Him pull us out? Trust in the Savior and in our loving Heavenly Father's perfect plan.

I love you all!

Sister Fullmer

4/29/2013

Hey there!

What a blessed week out in Odenton :) I have an amazing new companion Sister Struhs. She is from Blackfoot Idaho! That is where grandpa grew up right? She even went to BYU-I woo woo.
She came in with a fire that Odenton needed! I remember sitting in transfer meeting being so incredibly nervous (almost shaking haha). when she got up to bear her testimony I knew that she would be my new companion. I really have been so blessed to have such an obedient companion. Odenton has been on fire this last week, we got tons of members out to our lessons which are always so beneficial. OFFER to go out with the missionaries in the area. It is such a blessing to have such strong members! We met 5 new investigators since Thursday! Wow! Not to mention we got to end the week great with the baptism of Miss Kim. What a special thing to be a part of! She had been so excited all week. The spirit was so incredibly strong as she was cleasend from everything that has been bugging her about her past. It was kind of funny, a member fromt he ward baptized her, him and his wife have really fellowshipped her and even took her to buy her first dress on saturday morning! They are seriously the best member missionaries! When he baptized her, at first her head didn't go all the way under so he pushed her down more and she started flicking her feet around. When she came out of the font she said that after she realized that brother denney wasn't trying to drown her haha that she felt so much calmness and peace. It was a really cool moment. after she got up and bore her testimony that she knew it was true and that it made her so happy. She also said that she knows that God loves her because we were able to come knock on her door and save her from the saddness that she had. The whole night was just to good to be true. The next day she was confirmed a member of the church and was given the gift of the holy ghost. I don't think I have ever felt so much joy! honestly! She came back to her seat with tears in her eyes. The humility she demonstrates is just so powerful. It really has been an amazing week :) This morning I was studying and the verse in Matthew 5:14-16. I have read these verses probably a hundred times but they have never stood out to me like they did this morning. Heavenly Father has each blessed us with unique personalities and talents. So why do we hide this light? I know that each of you has an amazing responsiblity and role here in this life so stop pretending to be someone else and just be yourself. plain,raw, natural. YOU! Be excited about the gospel :) share it with everyone you see and take every oppurtunity you have to be an example of the believers! "Bask in its life giving light" I love you all so much! Keep praying for me and my companion. Pray for Jean and Jandell this week that they will understand the happiness that this will bring them. I am so proud of you for having family prayer!

Love Sister Fullmer

 Sister Struhs New Companion

4/24/2013

April 19, 2013

Dear Sister Fullmer:

Congratulations on your call to serve as a Trainer for a new missionary!  Elder Holland has stated that this is the most important leadership responsibility there is in a mission.  What a wonderful blessing this will be in your life and the life of the missionary you will train.

“The responsibility to train a new missionary is a sacred trust from your mission president and from the Lord.  A missionary’s first companion has a profound, lasting influence on the development of the missionary’s attitudes, habits, and ability to fulfill his or her purpose.

“Your purpose as a trainer is to help your companion understand and live the principles described in Preach My Gospel so that they new missionary is able to help an increasing number of people “come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end” (Preach My Gospel [2004], 1).

“Your goal is to help your companion be the kind of missionary who, if called upon, could train a new missionary by the end of the 12-week training period.  Make sure your companion has opportunities, from the very beginning, to take the lead in teaching and planning situations, even if he or she is somewhat hesitant or is not yet strong in language or other skills” (Instructions for Trainers).

The Lord has selected you as one who will set the example for being exactly obedient, hard working, 

and effective in teaching the gospel.

May the Lord’s choicest blessings be with you in this sacred assignment.

Warmest regards,

Mark L.  Richards, President

Maryland Baltimore Mission

4/22/2013

Hey Family and Friends :)

It sounds like you all had a really good week. Moab I am sure was lots of fun, it sounds super exhausting haha. Ash! awesome job at the track meet, I hope you do it in high school so I can watch. I got your letter this week, and I am hoping I will have time to write back. Thank you I hadn't gotten any mail all week so i really needed that to cheer me up haha. Its always good to have a letter from someone to motivate ya throughout the day. I was going to send my SD card home last week but I couldn't find the new one. but I found it so I will send it home today ....I promise. How was grandpas preisthood ordination I was praying all day that everything went well. How are you Kade? I haven't heard from ya haha write me a letter sometime.

So I found out this morning that I am staying here in Odenton but I will be training!! Man. I am so nervous. But I have praying super hard since I found out that I will be able to have peace and that I will feel confident. Pray for me extra hard this week and my new companion that all will go well and that she will have a easy time adjusting. I can't beleive she is at the MTC right now just like I was a month ago. I remember feeling so nervous about who my new companion would be. I am excited I get to train someone and help them just like Sister Long helped me. I will miss Sis Long a ton. She is awesome and we have had some really good times together.

Annapolis was so fun. I can't wait for you all to see the pictures that I took when you get my card in the mail. It was absolutley beautiful! The spring here is gorgeous. We were on bikes this week and it actually was a ton of fun haha. I am gonna have buns of steel. I did have to buy a GPS today at the store so I can't navigate until the one you sent out gets here. I will just have to return the one I bought. And I had to get a new skirt that is easy to ride bikes in. So maybe just check my balance for me and deposit some in if needed.

We were able to take Jean and Jandell out to the temple visitors center this last week. It was incredible and the spirit was so strong. I have learned out here that not everyone is going to be the 3 week miracle convert you hear about. It takes real conversion. I don't want these people to just go less active as soon as they have been baptized. But this Saturday we have a baptism at 2 for Miss Kim. She is so excited :). and then for Jean at 7:30. Keep them in your prayers. I know this week satan will do everything in his power to get them to be tempted. so pray hard for them that may have strength. We are helping miss kim try on the baptism suits tonight so I am really excited :)

I love you all. Keep me in your prayers this week and send me a line of encouragment or your testimony or ANYTHING haha. I will need it. I love you!

Sister Fullmer

4/15/2013

Hey Everyone :)

WOW! What a crazy week! So it all started with a zone training out in annapolis on Tuesday and that night I got to go out for an exchange in Kent Island!! I was out there for 48 hours. Man, it is so beautiful. It was neat for me to be in a different area and be able to recognize how much the spirit really works through me and others. I witnessed so many miracles out there for such a short time. I went out with a sister named sister logue and her companion stayed in Odenton with Sister Long. The first night we went to a less actives home for dinner. Sister Logue warned me it probably wasn't going to happen and that she has never let them in her home. Well...we got there...and she did. We had steak of course ;) yummmmy. Anyways..this less active has lost her son a few years ago in an accident where he was hit by a car. She has been very depressed. We talked alot about faith in the atonement with her, the spirit was just pounding. out of the blue I just felt so impressed to tell her that her son who died at 15 was doing missionary work on the other side in the spirit world. She was silent and broke down into tears I was a little nervous at first I was afraid I had offended her but I continued to not say anything and just let the spirit speak. she finally looked up at me and said thank you. she said that right before her son died she had the missionaries at the time over for family home evening. She explained how they had planned a whole lesson but at the last minute they told her they decided they felt super impressed to talk about missionary work with her son! That was just a few days before he died. What a miracle. She was so touched and she knew it was an answer to her prayers. It was truley a beautiful moment and we could all feel her son watching over her. She told us she was ready to give up smoking and wants to go through the temple to receive her endowments and prepare her sons name to have his work done. We also went and saw another less active that has never let them in before. She let us in! She was this awesome hippee lady haha. She is super into holistic healing/ natural eating and such and I talked to her about my back haha she made me this herbal salve too! But what was really neat was earlier this week I had studied alot abou the word of wisdom and how so many members just brush it off because they dont have a problem with smoking or drinking etc etc. I realized while studying that it is so much more than that! More than half of D and C 89 is about eating healthy! I was able to share with her a few things I had learned and it was cool to see how the lord really prepared me to talk to her that night.
She was touched and thought what I had studied was super neat! ....everyone at home. TAKE THE WORD OF WISDOM SERIOUSLY. haha take care of your bodies eat healthy foods, excercise, get enought sleep. Our bodies are a precious gift so we need to take care of them.

I came home to a construction zone haha they had ripped the ceilings off in our apartment because we are having such a hard time with the pipes leaking. We are currently living at a members home. Her husband is deployed so it works out perfectly. She is taking us out to annapolis today to see the harbor!! I can't wait! we also started riding our bikes this week which has been fun. My bum is sore. We used the subway card so thank you! I was also wondering if you could send me out that extra GPS we talked about, my Sperry shoes that i got at graduation and some more of my pills.

I am so excited for tomorrow! Even though I am across the country I will be there with you guys when grandpa gets set apart :) I have smiling all week because of it.

We had five investigators at church yesterday! MIss Kim is praying really hard about being baptized this sunday! We hope she gets there and we have 2 other baptisms scheduled for the 27th! we jsut want to make sure they are truley ready to be baptized for themselves and not just for us. We are taking Jean and Jandell to the temple visitors center this week which should be awesome and they both are progressing so well! Thank you for sending out the talk and the quote from confrerence I am definantly going to print them out and use them.

Have fun in Moab! send me some pictures and I will send the SD card home tomorrow! Love you all and read your scriptures :)

Love, Sister Fullmer

 No Car this week

Mission Apartment has some leaky pipes