Goodbye Sister Stevenson and Hello Sister Cheve!

This week has been amazing, crazy and a little stressful waiting for moves call! I will be staying and getting Sister Cheve, and Sister Stevenson is off to Cork, in Ireland! CRAZY! I will miss her! But hey we both live in Utah...so...BFFS for life! 

We had a barbeque with the Elders on Monday, for Elder Yates last pday. Man they are crazy it was really fun, and they came the pouring rain, I don't remember so much rain ever. super fun, and we splashed all the puddles, and man I love that rain! Liquid sunshine as President Brown told me! that it is liquid sunshine!

Marco is really good! He is so funny, he told us he would come visit us in Utah, so we could cook for him...sure Marco if you come to Utah we'll make you dinner..haha. he is really good, and his prayers have been getting better, and more reverent! 

Alyssa and Maree are really good, sad to have Sister Stevenson say goodbye to everyone, I'm glad I'm not leaving yet!

Jorge and Lucas are good as well

Nothing to crazy and out of the ordinary this week! We had lots of fun, and I'm getting my energy back, (YAY) hopefully I'll figure things out quickly! My birthday is this week (yay for being 20) and Im excited to have Sister Cheve! 

Love you al!

Sister Buhler

Another week in Aberdeen....

Marco is doing so good! The ward is amazing and fellowshipping him!!  YAY! We taught him twice this week! He is really progressing! WOOT! 

Then Sunday he isn't at church, I am annoyed because he said he would be...but Sister Stevenson (being the positive person she is) says, he was probably up studying for his exams, and slept in. Sure sure. After church we phone Marco. 

Marco=M

Sister Buhler=B

m- hello?

b hey marco it's sister buhler

we were just calling to make sure you didn't die, becuase you weren't at church

(sister stevenson laughs)

m-yeah, i was up studying till 5am, and wanted to come, but didn't hear my alarm

b-oh....well okay....you are forgiven...

So moral of the story listen to Sister Stevenson!

Jorge and Lucas are doing well! Jorge is really excited to get baptized, and we are going over to help clean since there Dad is going to be gone, not just for a month but now for 2..yikes.

Alyssa and Maree: are good too! OH MY GOODNESS! Maree is getting MARRIED!! YAY! She is next September (2016), we are just happy there is a date! 

We went on exchanges with the STLs, which is always good, I am reminded how much I love these Sisters, and how grateful I am for their examples in my life!

I have been studying Alma 5, holy cow! That chapter...is crazy! 

The best is vs. 26

If you have felt to sing the song of redeeming love, I would ask can ye feel so now?

boom. intense. Alma surely wants his people to seriously look at their lives, and align it better to what God wants. 

I am grateful for the prayers and fast in my heath. I am doing much better, and doctors are fixing the problems! I love you all!! Have a good week!
Sister Buhler

Marco

Tuesday: We had District Meeting which was really good (as always) we had the Assistant to the Presidents there and the Zone Leaders, so more involvement with different missionaries, it was really good. We had Mission Coordination that evening as well. Oh and we are sitting eating dinner, and the phone rings with an unknown number, I answer conversation

me: hello, this is Sister Buhler

other: hey Sister Buhler this is Sister (something, I can't remember) from Massachusetts.

*sister stevensons jaw drops

other: we have a guy we want you to start teaching, his sister got baptized in Angola, and he lives in your area, his name is Marco

then they gave us a phone number and address. 

so we call marco, no answer but he calls us back, and we set up an time to meet, the next day

 

Wednesday: so we meet Marco, he is super awesome! From Angola over here studying for 2 more years! He is studying mechanical engineering! We taught him the Restoration! 

 

Thursday: we had planning for the week, and called some people, and tired by a couple people

 

Friday: This member named Richard, who Sister Stevenson re-activated, he is so funny! He knit me a hat, and is making me a scarf, anyways for my birthday we took us out to Cosmos and bought us new skirts, and a sweater! The nicest man ever!!

 

Saturday: We taught Marco the Plan of Salvation, his cousin sat in on part of the lesson! It was really good! He read the book of Mormon and is super sincere!

 

Sunday: Marco came to church! Wahoo! He loved it! After church we had dinner with the Geekies, and updated some records! 

 

It was a pretty good week! I'm trying to take it slow so I don't over do it! I am so glad to be teaching Marco, and this transfer we have gotten so many referrals, while I've been sick, I know the Lord knows me and loves me! I am grateful to be here! Thank you for your prayers, and all you do! I love you! have a good week!

There is so much to be thankful for!!

Tuesday: We had a really good District Meeeting, and chapped a lot of doors (woot) We saw Maree who is doing really well, she is super amazing! And we are excited she is coming back to church!

Wednesday: We taught Jorge & Lucas, and GUESS WHAT?! JORGE IS GOING TO GET BAPTISED ON SEPTEMBER 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So excited! We talked to people, then went and saw Audrey, she loves to talk about Jesus, but really believes firmly in the Trinity and likes to bible bash (although we don't) so we probably won't see again...we had dinner and I made nachos which were delicious! 

Thursday: Weekly Planning and we say Elsie we taught her lol the law of chasity which turned into her lecturing us, on how we needed to keep it...hahah she said "i'm old it's easy for me! it's you two i'm worried about" hhaha she is just so funny! We taught Alyssa who is doing really well, she has a lot of questions, but loves learning!

Friday: We went out and visited a member in this small town, she cut Sister Stevenson hair, and fed us lunch! (yay!) We came back and Sister Stevenson's hair wasn't quite how she wanted it, and slightly uneven, so guess who fixed it? ME. I'm super surprised it actually looks amazing! WOOT! I'm awesome! Haha, we had a meeting and had a nice dinner!

Saturday: We went and did more knocking on peoples doors, went to the beach and talked to people, then we went to the Geekies, who are the best people ever, and they fed us homemade pizza and ROOT BEER FLOATS!! WOOT! We had some really interesting conversations as well, all in all a strange but good day!

Sunday: Church was really good, then after we had lunch, and I wasn't feeling to great, the senior couple brought some medicine, and gave me a blessing! 

I was reading in Mosiah this week and loved these two: Mosiah 2: 23-24

 23 And now, in the first place, he hath created you, andgranted unto you your lives, for which ye are in debted unto  him.

 24 And secondly, he doth require that ye should do as hehath commanded you; for which if ye do, he doth immediately bless you; and therefore he hath paid you.And ye are still indebted unto him, and are, and will be,forever and ever; therefore, of what have ye to boast?

He immediately blesses you! There is so much to be thankful for!! I love being in Aberdeen! And I love you all! Have a great week!!! 

Sister Buhler xx

My week in a nutshell....

Tuesday: We had Zone Interview Training, which is a meeting with our zone and President Donaldson and Sister Donaldson and the Assistant to the President- Elder De Vries and Elder Neideck. It was really good, the APs spoke on something Pres. Donaldson told them to about teaching about the Holy Ghost, oh my goodness, I wish I had learned about that earlier in my mission, it was truly amazing and powerful! Next we split off to workshops with 4 stations about finding people to teach. The first one was taught by Elder Yates,(who is the District Leader) and Elder Carter. Then Elder White (who is our zone leader), then Elder Tang (other zone leader) and Sister Wilkinson and Sister Sawyer (the sister training leaders). They all were really good! Sister Stevenson and I came away so much better! The instruction was clearly what we needed and helped us through out the week! After the meeting we went on exchanges, I was with Sister Wilkinson who is amazing (well they both are) and we visited the Davies, and cute family! She is from America, and met her Scotish husband at boys camp as leaders, they have 3 darling children! Then we went and did some chapping, and stopped by a referral who will hopefully will be seeing tuesday! Yay! 

Wednesday: We made cookies as thank yous and delievered them, we went to June Cotiers home for dinner! And did some more finding! 

Thursday: After weekly planning we went and saw Elsie who is doing really well, we spoke on the Word of Wisdom, her lessons are always interesting, she was trying to tell us, how when she drinks coffee its decaf AND she poors lots of milk so technically it's no longer hot.....oh dear....so that was fun, then we had dinner with the Twigger Family, they are from England and moved over because he works at BP and they have 3 boys, who are crazy and so fun! They have the cutest english accents ever! Then we had a RS activity!

Friday: We went and saw Richard, he is seriously the nicest man EVER! He gave me hat he knit, and is making Sister Stevenson a matching one, and he gave us a brand new Book of Mormon, the leather one...he kills us with kindness, bless that man, right now he is in remission, but is having serious problems with his kidneys...Then we went and did some weeding for the Schellhous family and they had a good bye party they leave for france tomorrow. So sad! They will be missed A LOT! 

Saturday: We had lunch with the Elders and Fraiser, then went to the church so I could practice a song I was asked to play in sacrament, we tried by a referral, and then had dinner, dropped more cookies off and did some finding! 

Sunday: Church was really good! Afterward Sister Stevenson had a blood sugar crashed so she slept and I made phone calls, and updated records, then we went to the Geekies for dinner! I love that family sooo much!!! They are so kind, and funny! 

It's been an amazing week! Most of our investigators well all, were out of town:( But this week most are back! (yay) Hope you all have a magical week! Love you!!!
God bless!!

xx Sister Buhler

Missionary Work

Sorry there is not much to put on the blog...since i've been in bed all week long! Elsie came to church which means she is re activated! YAY! She is amazing! it's so nice to see the gospel take a positive effect in her life! Jorge and Lucas came to church and they are doing really well. Alyssa is picking a baptism date this week, and Rena and Maree are both progressing and doing really well!! I love it!!! It's been crazy to read the Bom i'm behind from being sick! Since i was sleeping most the day! but i love it! i love the book of mormon! I love this gospel and I love being a missionary!! xx

Count your many blessings

Well sister and president Donaldson probably think I'm crazy! I had to give sister Donaldson a call to report about physical therapy! then the next day I hit my head and received a small concussion...and had to call them..by the time I actually meet them they already knew me...haha oh well! and boy are they absolutely wonderful! they are amazing! super down to earth super excited, everyone loves them and are way excited! This week has been so great! We were able to teach Jessie she is going out of town for 2 weeks, but said she'd read the book of Mormon! Alyssa is doing good, she is going to pick a date to be baptized hopefully tomorrow! things are looking up! Elsie will be re-activated in 2 weeks, Rena came to church and will be re-activated as well in 2 weeks, and Maree is getting more involved with the church! HOW AMAZING RIGHT?! The lord has blessed us so much this week! I can't even count all the blessing because they are so many! I love being in Aberdeen! Oh plus it's been like 60s this week! everyone is out in shorts! haha warm weather hopefully coming this way! Thank you for everything and all the support! I love you!