Feb. 15, 2016 Last Mission E-mail

 

Hey y'all!

 This week has been so crazy!! My companion was sick this week and we yet again did a TON of service.. I don't really have a ton to write from this week.. other than about service... We did a ton of yard work for a in active member.. She is super nice and us and the elders were able to help her out a ton.. Her yard was covered on poison ivy... So we got a little bit itchy...but nothing to bad.. We really had a good time helping her out.. It was all fun and games.....until her dog got out........

So we were just working away and then we were like is that your dog.... she was like oh no.... so then the dog thought we wanted to play.... Long story short... the dog ran away and the elders chased her...but didn't catch her.. and we spent about 2 hours looking for the dog. We saw her a few times but she kept running from us... we even tried to bribe her with Pizza.... we then just decided to let the dog come back on her own.. So we left... the dog came back late that night....

I think that really is the only exciting story from this week honestly..

We got to have dinner with President and Sister Smith. That was really good.  We shared a message on Charity and I shared Charity's story with them.. They really enjoyed it.. They said she should enter it into the Ensign.. So that was cool.  I was like that's my sister!! haha..

Anyways, I am running out of time but I am so grateful for y'all and y'alls support.. I am so grateful for the time that I have had to serve my mission. I have truly grown so much and I am so blessed to have served here in this amazing place with these amazing people! I know that I have met some of my best friends here. I know that Heavenly Father has placed me in each one of my areas with each one of my companions for a reason! I am so grateful for the relationship I have built with my Savior Jesus. I have been able to come to understand just a bit more about the Atonement and about the importance of having a Savior.. I am so grateful for the knowledge that I have of this Gospel and of the happiness that it brings to me. I know that Heavenly Father lives and he loves us so much! He is so mindful of each one of his children. He wants what is best for us.. We just have to trust him.. I am so grateful for the plan of salvation. I am so grateful to know that I will live with my family for all  eternity if I keep the commandments. I am so grateful for Joseph Smith and the faith he had. I am grateful for the Fullness of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. I love this church and I love this work! I will see y'all in a few days!

#Giveemheaven

#Northsidestrong

#ZION!

#Missionarywork

Love yall!

Love, Sister Hannah Seegrist 

February 08, 2016

 

 

This week has been crazy! But super slow.. So not much to write about.. so it will be super short!

Monday we chilled at the church and played some games with the elders..

Tuesday I taught in District meeting.. I taught on Companionship unity... I had the elders make PB&J using the arms of their companion... I will send pics. It was really funny! We did service for a Less Active.. That was super fun! We painted for her. Lots of walking and contacting.

Wed we tried some people and saw some LAs. We had a really great lesson with one.. She was super sweet and really opened up to us..

Thursday my comp wasn't feeling well and we did weekly planning.. We taught Book of Mormon class. We taught on Mosiah 1,2,3. They are such great chapters.. Y'all should do and study them.. :) We felt we did pretty good on that one.. It was one of our better ones we have taught.

Friday We did more service and a less active took us to Golden Corral. Nothing to excited...

Saturday.... even more service.. We helped out a part member family clean out their garage. That was fun!

Sunday was a good fast Sunday! We have a great ward!

Sorry this letter is SUPER short... Nothing to exciting this week.. Hope y'all have a WONDERFUL one and a HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Love y'all

Love, Sister Seegrist.

 

Feb. 1, 2016

 

 

Hey Yall,

This week has been pretty good. We had fun and had some changes!

So Monday we did a Nerf War with the Elders... Some of them were excited then others... but we had fun!

Tuesday we had a good district meeting. We learned about the importance of asking for referrals and using the scriptures. It was motivational.. We had interviews with President Smith. I just love him.. He makes you really just feel so loved.. We talked about me coming home and staying focused these next few weeks! He really is just so loving! We then got to see our Gator Lynn. That took up a lot of time.. She really loves to talk.. But we got to read out of The Book Of Mormon with her.. We had dinner with a less active family and went to the other wards Mutual.. We were teaching/answering questions for them about missionary work. It was pretty good and we really enjoyed it, most of them are planning on serving missions.

Wed. we did service for a less active with the Elders. That was lots of fun! She then took us out to lunch. She kept getting after us and the elders for acting like children...... haha...But she loves us and treats us like we are her own kids..  We then went and saw this other LA family. They are super cool! We read the Book of Mormon with them. We then went contacting in this super nice neighborhood. There was only like 1 guy out.. But we had fun! The houses here in Tally.. are huge and beautiful!

Thursday we did weekly Planning and had dinner with a awesome member! We then went to Book of Mormon class. The Office Elders taught. They did such a good job.  We studied Jarom, Omni and Words of Mormon..

Friday we did service and saw some wonderful Children of God and walked... :)

Saturday we did more service and met with some more wonderful Children of God. A non member took us out to dinner. She is super sweet. She just struggles with things in the Gospel. But she is so great! She knows its true. She even pays tithing.She knows the blessings that come from it and she really loves paying it..

Sunday was good! We had a really good Sacrament meeting on the Family! It was really good and Sister Smith came up to us after and was like "Did y'all hear that? It is super important" Oh, talks on marriage and family make missionaries cringe sometimes... hahaha... but she was right.. It was super important.. We then went to a special stake thing.. They are getting a new ward in Tally! That makes 6 Wards and 1 branch in Tallahassee.. Which is wonderful! They are building a new church building.. But in the time waiting they made a new ward... Which messed a lot of areas up... But it is all for the better.. We just lost a lot of our area, but we are excited to see what the Lord has in store. We are really looking forward in Finding new people who are truly prepared.

I think that is about all that happened this week! i love y'all and hope you have a WONDERFUL week! Keep being awesome and relying on God in those hard times!

“No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God … and it is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire and which will make us more like our Father and Mother in heaven.”

—Orson F. Whitney, quoted by Spencer W. Kimball,

I love y'all

 Love,Sister Hannah Seegrist

Jan. 25, 2015

Hey, That was my comp for yall.

She is great actually!

So this week wasn't anything super exciting. So this week for us was a little slower, but it was good. We had a missionary broadcast. It was a world wide broadcast to just missionaries. The spirit was so strong when we were all singing because we knew there was over 50,000 missionaries singing as well.  There was a lot of things in it that I think I really needed to hear. I really loved how they talked about how the most important work going on right now is missionary work. I think it is super awesome to be apart of that.

 We did finally get to have a lesson with one of our investigators! Which was really nice. She is 75. We were talking about The Book of Mormon with her and she is super excited to learn more.

We did a lot of service this week. That is always fun! Keeps us super busy here. There are a lot of people who need it here. We got to go on splits with the STLs. They did it a little weird. We all just went to their area. Which was cool. They are on a college campus. So we just talked to people ALL day! All of our apt's fell through, but it was super cool because we were able to have 2 lessons with random people, we met off campus. They were both super interested in learning more. The lord really does provide a way. I learned a lot from them too.
This week we did a lot of walking! Which was really good. It got a little cold here the last few days! Which is always a shock here in Florida..But it does get cold here every winter.  Nothing really else happened this week. I am so grateful for this week though. I have really learned a lot. I want to just leave y'all with this really good quote.

“I would hope, I would pray, that each of us … would resolve to seek those who need help … and lift them in the spirit of love into the embrace of the Church, where strong hands and loving hearts will warm them, comfort them, sustain them, and put them on the way of happy and productive lives.”—Gordon B. Hinckley,

I hope y'all have a wonderful week! Keep the Faith! Love you!

Love, Sister Seegrist

Jan. 18, 2016

Hey y'all, Sorry I am almost out of time!! but I just want y'all to know the church is true and that I am so grateful to be serving here in beautiful Tallahassee. This week we did a lot of service and walked a ton, which has been really fun! We had some fun times! Sister Bushnell and I get along really well and we are pretty much the same person and its rather FREAKY at times!  But I know I am needed here with her and in this Wonderful area! I am super excited to see what the Lord has in store for this area and what I am to learn here.. I have already learned so much! I am so excited to finish my last few weeks on the mission STRONG~ Again sorry this is so short but we are out of time! I love you! and Remember to KEEP THE FAITH!

ps.. Sorry for not sending pics.. I don't have a way on these new computers! 

Love y'all! 

Love, Sister Hannah Seegrist 

Jan. 11, 2016

Hey yall,

This week has been so crazy!!! So this email will probably be all over the place and probably be super short..

So Monday we packed all day.We had dinner with a non member that we served ice cream with at the rehab center.

Tuesday we had a nice last district meeting. We had lunch with some members and said goodbye to a lot of people! I am going to miss that place very much! But I know I am needed in Tally.

Wed. was crazy long! We didn't have to go to transfers until 4 and then I didn't get to Tally until about 730 or so. But it all worked out really well. My new comp is Sister Bushnell. She is from St George. She is super awesome!

So the next few days were crazy and a blur my comp was sick and we had a lot of planning stuff to do. I don't really know what happened.. haha

My ward is really big and everyone are doctors or some other really high profession. This is the biggest town that I have served in.. So much traffic..

Sorry this email is really dumb.....

So I guess I will just end it.....with a funny story.. haha

So yesterday we were 15 min's. late to church! haha which is a big NO! NO! for missionaries.... So we thought it was ward conference, my comp was told it started at 10.. so at 9:05 the elders texted us and asked if we were here. haha yeah, we still got the there kind of in time..  haha but it was all good. Makes me laugh.. Sorry I am super boring..

Good news is I am alive and that's all that matters..

Hope my email is better next week...

Love y'all!

Love, Sister Hannah Seegrist

Jan. 04, 2016

Hey y'all,

This week was been so nuts!!! So much happened but it was so great! 

We got to see one of our less actives who had their baby. she is adorable! 

We had some CRAZY weather this week. lots and lots of rain. half our area flooded.. 

We had apt checks and we then went of splits with the head STL's. Or the Sister Apt's which was weird. They never do that... But it was really fun! It was only for a few hours and we just all stayed in Bonifay and worked. :) We had an amazing lesson with Terra. We taught her the Restoration and she was so open! She really loved learning about the Priesthood and the miracles that it can do. I know she is so prepared she just needs to see that faith that she has! We still had some crazy crazy weather all week... But on Thursday we biked.. because we had no miles.. haha it was a bit wet but we had fun and we were safe.. all we can say is we were so tired by the time we had to be in(5). So we planned and went to bed a bit early. Some epic new years party... haha.

We had a really cool thing happen this week. 

So on Friday we planned to see a lot of formers and potentials so we were out working and no one was home!  We came home to grab something and then headed back out.. while we were home I said a little prayer that we would at least find someone who needed/wanted to talk to us.. 

So we had this one lady down but we didn't have the right address so we saw this house that we thought well maybe she lives there.. So we knocked on the door and this lady opens the door a little and see us, then opens it more and starts talking to us.. She was like "Do you want to come in" We were like sure.. At this point we didn't know if this was the lady we were looking for or some one else. So we told her our names and what we were out doing. She then told us her name was Christian, (not the lady we were looking for) But she was so nice. She let us teach her and talk. She said we could we come by anytime and that she might come to church! 

That was a super dragged on story. but it was cool

We then had some other cool visits!

 Our investigator Liz almost dropped us.. but she said as she was texting us she felt that she really shouldn't... #thespiritisreallyworkin.

We had another really cool thing happen this week. On Saturday we were trying to see this less active guy who we've tried to see a few times.. and we always get his sister.. So a few weeks ago we gave her a family history card an asked her to check it out... So when we went back she was like " I looked at the site and she had so much luck! she is super excited to find more! So we set up a time to come back and help her with that.. :) 

last but not least.. ARIEL CAME TO CHURCH! Finally! After the opening song. She walked in and we about started to cry! That was great! 

So the biggest news of all..... I am getting transferred! I am headed to Tallahassee! I am excited but sad. I have loved serving in Bonifay. it is such a special place and I have grown a lot here. I know I am needed in Tally and am super excited for this new adventure! :) The lord knows what we need and where we are needed! He really does know us personally! I sure love y
all and hope y'all have a wonderful week! 

Love, Sister Hannah Seegrist