January 05, 2015 - Kohnir the creepy doll!

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!

I hope y'all had a great week and New Years. Hope no one partied to hard, like me.

 Monday we got Sister Blake. She is great! We get along great! She is super funny. So after we picked her up we finished the day. We had dinner with this member. They have a new born baby who was born on December 18th. The baby is super cute.   They are super nice people.

Tuesday we had Zone Training in P-Cola. That was fun, even though I was super sick and was #outofit. The P-cola sister trainers taught and the Elders taught,it was good. Then we had a zone activity after. We played four square. That was so much fun! I never thought that four square would be fun,  we really have a great zone here in Pensacola.  We had a four square tournament and winner got 100 extra miles. That was cool. We lost! Gulf Breeze sisters won. Good thing we carpool with them a lot, haha. Then we had a good rest of our day working. We had a delish dinner with a member. They made us a ton of Italian food, you know me and my love for the Italian.

Wed. we went and said goodbye to someone in the ward who is moving to St George. We walked around and to be honest this was just a weird day, and we had to be in early. We did some comp study.

Thursday we did the usual weekly planning. We then had a lesson with M. and V. They agreed to allowing us to teach them the lessons. Which is really great! We feel that it will help him understand more about the church, and this way we aren't pushing it upon them. They are a really great couple.  Then we had a lesson with J. We were teaching her the Restoration. We have these cups as visual aids, while we were building up the church we realized we forgot the two most important cups. The two types of Priesthood, which is pretty important, since that is a huge part of the Restoration. We tried to do it without and it really didn't work, but it turned our really, really, good. She told us that the way it worked out was perfect and helped her understand it more and the importance of it.  We told her that the church wasn't the same if we didn't have the Priesthood. She then told us that she believes that everything happens for a reason. She was super open and is super excited to learn more. We are so grateful that she understood and it made sense to her. She also mentions to us all the time about how she is freaked out my organized religion and how do we know if the Prophet really is called of God. This lesson helped her a lot, maybe this story doesn't sound as cool as it really was. haha anyways it was!!!

Friday was my half birthday haha.

We saw some less actives  and had lunch with two of them. We biked around a lot looking for souls to save.  Then we walked about two miles to our dinner appt., which was really great!  We had a lesson with them, E. and R.. E. is getting Baptized this Saturday. We are so excited and happy for her! R. gets to baptize her. She really has come such a long way.  It has been a privilege to teach her. She asked Sister Cooper and I to speak at her Baptism. At the lesson we taught about eternal families, temple work and family history. That all went really good. :) Then we had movie night. We just actually went over the roster with the Elders.

Saturday, we saw Miss K. she said she wants to work towards Baptism. Yippy!!! She is really great!  We then worked at the Thrift store. #nerfgunsaremyweakness.

We have been trying to visit the do not contacts this week. While we were contacting we met this lady who is Buddhist. She invited us inside and has so many questions. She had so many different, not correct thoughts on Mormons. We set up another appointment with her, she is really great! We are excited to get to know her better, most of them have moved. We had a great dinner with Sister C. After that we went to play Volleyball. That was a lot of fun!! Then we had a sister wide fast, where all the sisters in this mission fasted. Sister Smith ( our Mission Presidents wife) said the prayer. That was really nice and cool!

Sunday we saw some less actives and members.

So, Kohnir is this creepy doll that we got at the thrift store,  he hides all over the place, haha..

Well, this is all that has really happened this week. Everyone  please read Geneses 19:17. Great scripture about new beginnings.  

Anyway,  I hope you have a great week! I love you!

Talk to y'all next week!

Love, Sister Seegrist

December 29, 2014 - Christmas/Trio

 

So First off this week has been CRAZY, CRAZY, CRAZY! Haha

I guess not to crazy but it has been busy and really good! So, I guess the biggest news is that I'M GETTING PUT INTO A TRIO TODAY!!  so this sister is getting emergency transferred to Navarre. Sister Cooper is training her but when Sister Cooper goes home in 6 weeks I will finish her training. She has only been out for 1 week. I'm so excited to be adopting my first child. :)

That is the biggest news. lol

 So it was really nice to Skype y'all on Christmas!

On Monday we did a little bit of shopping, not too much Sister Cooper wasn't feeling good. But good news, I found where I can buy GATOR heads in Navarre. I will have to get one sometime. 

 I made a gingerbread house at a members home. Mine didn't fall! Muahaha it looked kind of good for ya know Hannah Decorating it. ;) haha

Tuesday we about died!  The weather was nuts! So in the morning it was storming super bad. really strong wind and raining like CRAZY. Also really crazy thunder and lighting.  We had district meeting.. I was scared to drive. The wind slowed down so it was all good. When we got to the church, the power was out. After district meeting the rain slowed down and it was just sprinkling, so we went home and got our bikes. Then it stopped and it was good for a few hours. So we went and saw R, E, J and a less active. We then had dinner with the S. family. They really do remind me of home, I love it!  We then went caroling with the gulf breeze sisters. While we were caroling it started to rain again, we went and saw a less active after trying a few other houses. She let us in and that is when it started PORING, but we had umbrellas with us, so we just left and went  walking towards our car to put our bags away, it was raining like crazy. We tried a few other people,  sang to a few people.  We went to this one house and they invited us in they were in the gulf breeze ward. They gave us cookies and hot cocoa by then the storm was nuts,  it was raining so hard,  there was lighting and crazy thunder again. While we were at their house the power went out,  we then realized we had to drive home. So we left, when we got in the car we checked our phone. The Zone Leaders tried to call us. They texted and said everyone should be in side early because of the weather. Oops it was 9 pm by that time. We were driving every single street light was out including the Stop lights. #creepy. it was like that on the way to district meeting too, but it was light outside then.  I had Sister Cooper drive because I'm a baby.  So while we were driving we couldn't see because of the rain and crazy lighting, but when we pulled out on 98 it was creepy pitch black and all we could see was head lights coming straight towards us. Sister Cooper didn't pull all the way into the middle lane (cause she could see) then she realized that and about panicked thank goodness she didn't panic and pull out.  She just slowly pulled into the rest of the lane. and it was all good.  When we got home we said some mega prayers of thanks! Someone then dropped cookies off at our door. (The Y's)  

Wednesday, we played ultimate Frisbee, that was a lot of fun. While we were taking a water brake, Sister Beukers (gulf Breeze sister) saw one of those spinning toys on the play ground, we ran over to it and started playing. Everyone else then came over to play on it too.  Eight missionaries and some ward members.   As everyone else was leaving back to the field. Sister Beukers and I decided to just run and spin one last time...............................

 This story would be better if there was a video..

So Sister Beukers went and she almost fell. so I was like "watch out I will go first" I ran grabbed on then tripped on my own two big feet.  I then fell into no joke a big muddy puddle. It was actually just a wet sandy mess.  Sister Beukers started laughing, I was just laying on the ground laughing my head off.  I then got up and dusted off my booty. It was all wet and sandy, same with my back.  Then we were walking back and Sister Whetten and Sister Cooper where walking together. Sister Cooper had asked "Where is Sister Seegrist" Sister Whetten looked back and had seen the whole thing happen.  She was laughing so hard. She was the only one besides Sister Beukers who saw it.  Thank goodness none of the Elders saw that hahaha it was a had to be there moments. haha #stilllaughing So after that exciting event we had a Christmas eve lunch with a member we then saw the R's family (R and E) She is super excited to share the gospel, I love it! She said she can't wait to tell everyone about the Mormons. haha She carries her Book of Mormon around with her. :) We then had a exciting party with white elephants and everything, yummy food,that was with some members.

Then it was CHRISTMAS!

I hope you all enjoyed talking with me as much as I enjoyed talking with you! The time went by way to fast!  Thank you all for the great packages and gifts. I love them all. I love y'all. We went to some members homes on this day. That was really good! :)

Friday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you had a wonderful Birthday. I meant to tell you happy birthday over Skype but didn't. oops. Hope it was good though. Love you!

So Friday we just really did the same old stuff.  We went to see a less active, she wasn't home but she had her baby! Oh my cutie! It is super cute! We are going to eat with them tonight :)

Saturday, we had 3 lessons with investigators. That was really good! :) We had a good day. This is when we found out about our little Child.  Well Sister Coopers child and my soon to be adoptive child. It was just a really great day on Saturday!  We got a lot done and just had a good day! 

Sunday the Elders spoke in church. They both did a really good job! We then saw one of the R. girls. That was good. She is 14,Super nice. The mom is a member, but was only active for 1 year. The daughters are slowly investigating the church,not really progressing though. They have been through a ton of missionaries. Maybe someday!

Today we are getting the newbie! She is coming from Mississippi. There are now no more sisters in Mississippi. Weird, sisters are only in Florida and Alabama now. Lets hope they re-open some areas so I can serve in one of those two states ( Georgia or Mississippi.) That'd be cool.

Well, I love you all. Have a great week and Happy New Years!

Love, Sister Seegrist

December 22, 2014

 

Hey Everyone! I hope y'all have had a great week! I hit my 4 month mark here in Navarre! I feel like I have been here for so much longer but it goes by so fast! its hard to explain.

 So This week was WET! It rained Friday, Saturday, Sunday and today. 

 Tuesday we had a good day. We had a great district meeting. I taught about the Holy Ghost. It went better than I thought it would. Thank goodness. We then had lunch with a less active. She had us help her wrap some Christmas Presents. She is super nice and we are her "Main Girls." We had our Christmas Party Saturday and she drove us there. We thought she left us but we found her and said "we thought you left us" she said back "Are ya kidding me? I wouldn't leave my two main girls" She also calls us her home girls.  She is like 50, its great! We  tried some other less actives but no one was home so we did some street contacting. We also took R and E on a church tour. That went good.

Let me just tell you all how much I DISLIKE goat heads!! They are EVERWHERE!!!!!!! They just get in everything. I often find them in our Apt floor. grrr.

Wed... was just one of those days. We went to Choir... haha and worked at the thrift store.. oh and had our Christmas Party there. The manager gave us $25 gift certificates there for Christmas .

Thursday was mom and dads anniversary. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!!!!

We then finally got to meet with one of our investigators that we haven't seen awhile. She is doing good. We saw E and R. That was good. We then did #weeklyplanning

 We had dinner with a member.. let me just tell you I will NOT be that returned missionary.........

 We then had a funeral that we had to go to. It was for a non members husband. She wants to be baptized but she doesn't understand we have to teach her first. We will start teaching her when she gets back in town. After the services we had to go to Correlation Meeting. That was good. That RM was there to...... 

Friday we did our usual  we saw some less actives. We did get to meet with one who invited us over for Christmas. We are looking forward to that. Her husband isn't a member. Then we had movie night. The only people that came was the Navarre Elders and the Gulf Breeze Elders and us.  so we just watched the Restoration in hopes that someone would show up.. nope. Good movie though.

Saturday, we helped set up for the ward Christmas party. It was a night in Bethlehem. That went really well. Then we worked at the Thrift store. We saw V and M, We watched "Joy to the World". M who is a non-member was crying. He is not super open about his feelings. He then asked for a copy of the movie. He said he really enjoyed it. when V asked about it he was just quite, he was still teary eyed and changed the subject. It was actually a really neat experience.

After that lesson we went and had our Christmas party! That was really great! the missionaries and ward mission leader where in charge of  the "gifts of the Magi" We sold " Gold, Frankincense and Muir." It was really cool.

Sunday was a day full of Church! We went to Gulf Breeze Sacrament because R and E couldn't come to  Navarres but we really wanted them to go so we went with them. We then went to our ward. That was good. Sister Cooper sang in the Choir. They did good.. We then saw a less active on the Island. She is super nice! She got Sister Cooper and I massive bags of treats! Well it is  wrapped but she told us it was treats. She is super nice and loves us coming over!  Then  we had dinner with the C's. They are a great family. Their  dad is deployed right now. 

Well, that is really all I've got for you this week! I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas! I love you!!

Love, Sister Hannah Seegrist

December 15, 2014

Howdy everybody!

 Can you believe that it has been almost 6 weeks since Strickland left? Goodness So this week was great! Monday we just did the same stuff. e then went to see a potential named K.. That was well just really, awkward. #righton. That is all he said  and we found out that it is just him and his dad that live there. We told the Elders to go see him.  He was pretty receptive to the Book of Mormon. 

 Tuesday we went to the Zoo! That was so much Fun. I have never seen a 27 year old Elder so excited about birds. We had a lot of fun.We went with our whole District. That lasted until about 1:30 then we had a church tour planned for 2 but they cancelled. We then practiced out District introductions for half mission.  That  was  really fun.  Then we went to a members for dinner.  We saw R. and E. she was sick  we then went to see the sisters and practiced  for Half mission. We did a pageant for our District intros.

Wednesday we worked at the thrift shop and saw V. and A. We  saw and a few other people as well. Thursday was Half Mission Conference. That was so much fun! We did musical performances that lasted about 2 hours. We then had lunch which was catered by Sunny's  BBQ that was really great! We then did our district intro's and ours was great! Everyone now thinks I breed Jelly Fish in my free time! Haha. We did our stocking exchange. I got Sister Rohwer. I got her a bunch of random stuff. I think she liked it. The sister who had me was a senior sister. She made me a ton of homemade candy. Which was so good! She also made me a scarf and a few other things. I loved it. We then got to watch Meet the Mormons! That was so good! It really was a great movie! After Half mission we came home and went to the Relief Society Progressive Dinner. That was good. That lasted the rest of the night.

Friday we saw our usual people, and  we talked to a lot of people. We saw R. and E. We also had dinner with a member.  Then we did our missionary movie night. That was a lot of fun!

Saturday we tried to see miss K. but she wasn't home. We then went to the thrift store. We then saw V. After that we did weekly planning. We then had a big dinner with some ward members. They cooked us Ribs and BBQ Chicken, it was really good. We then had missionary Volleyball. That was a lot of fun!  Sunday we did a lot of contacting after church. We talked to 10 people in 45 mins. We then had dinner and saw C. That was all really good! So, I'm sorry this letter is really boring this week, nothing too exciting happening here. E. is still doing well. She is done drinking now. She has come so far. I cant believe when we met her she was drinking an 18 pack of beer a week and now she is off completely. It is crazy what Heavenly Father can do when you put your trust in him. I know that he really does help us in whatever way we need. He really does answer our prayers when and how they need to be answered. He loves us so much. He wants what is best for us. I hope y'all have a great week and remember why we celebrate Christmas. I love each one of you!  Thanks for everything you do!

Love, Sister Hannah Seegrist

December 08, 2014 - Lessons, Movie Nights and Service

Hey everyone!

 This week was just another fast one. Can y'all believe that I have been out for 4 months! Time really does just fly by! I don't really know what happened this week.

On Monday we just filled out Christmas Cards. 

Tuesday we had District Meeting, that was good. Then we went to see some less actives, also we went to visit with R. and E.  E. is doing so well! She even wanted to move her Baptismal date up. But she has wait a bit longer :) 

Wednesday  we worked at the thrift store, we saw C. We then saw J.. We talked to her about the Book of Mormon. We then set up an appointment with her then we had dinner. We also tried to visit some more less actives, but nobody was home. We did get in to see the C's. They really are so nice to us. Every time we go over there they give us some kind of food or money to buy food, it is ridiculously nice of them.. 

Thursday was really long.  We saw R. and E. tried to visit with some of our investigators, contacted some referrals, had dinner and a lesson with V. and A. That went so well! Then we had correlation meeting. 

Friday was another long day. We tried to see a less active but she was sick. We then finished weekly planning. We saw another less active and had another great lesson with Vi. We made some candy pretzels with her. We then saw Va. She is doing good.  :) We also had dinner and another lesson with R. and E. with Sister C.. That was really great!  Then we had movie night, gotta love MMN ( Missionary Movie Night). It is great! We watched The Testaments. #Churchfilms 

Saturday was full of service. We helped Sister K. move. We then worked at the thrift store. Then we helped clean Sister K. house. Then we tried to see another less active but the wife wasn't home so we couldn't go inside. We walked around and talked to some people. We then had dinner and went to volleyball. We do volleyball every Saturday night! I love it! 

Sunday we went to church. None of our investigators showed up. E. was sick. Then  after church we went to see a less active on the Island. Then we talked to a few people. We also tried to see some potentials but they were not home. Then we had dinner with Sister L. She is great! Then we watched The Christmas Devotional, which was really good! I hope y'all got to watch it, if not I would encourage you to watch it.

Today we went to the beach! I saw some dead Jelly Fish. The beaches here are so pretty! The sand is just so soft and bright,  also did you know that Navarre has the longest pier in the Gulf of Mexico? At least it was before the last hurricane wiped it out. I still think it's the longest though. 

So this next week should be really great. We have  a district activity tomorrow. We are going to the Zoo. That should be fun,  that is what my district wants to do. Hopefully I will get y'all some pictures next week. On Thursday we have Half Mission Conference! We get to watch "Meet The Mormons" I am super excited! I am pretty sure we are the only mission that hasn't seen it yet. haha We also are doing a gift exchange. I got Sister R. to buy gifts for. I'm glad it was her. She is the only Sister I really know on this half of the mission. haha. On Sunday is Sister C. half birthday so we are celebrating. Well I hope you have a great week. I love you!! Thanks for the support. You all are awesome! Remember that God loves you. I love y'all. Have a great week! 

Love, Sister Hannah Seegrist 

December 1, 2014 Condemned to _ _ _ _.

 

Hey everyone!

I hope y'all had a great Thanksgiving! Mine was good!

 I had my first bashing and condemned to h_ _ _. I have never been told that I was going to h_ _ _ _ for what I was doing. We were walking around this neighborhood and we saw these two guys outside, the one guy had just  pulled up as we were walking.  I was like "lets not talked to them".  I was just kind was drawn to them, then it was too late!  I tried to give them a family history card and the one guy (basher) asked if we were Mormon. We said yes, then that is when it all started. He  was tearing apart Joseph Smith and calling him a liar saying that anyone who believes in him and what he said is a liar. We tried to leave and he was like " No, I'm almost done, then he would talk for another 10 minutes. We finally were like "We really have to go!" We shook his hand and walked away after 30 minutes of him just telling us we were going to H_ _ _.  The funny thing was that the brother that was outside was standing up for us. He was saying all this stuff to prove his brother wrong.  The basher was from California #weirdcalifornians! haha...  He also told us that God lead us to talk to him and his brother. That they were placed right there at the time so he could "Help" us. I just don't understand how people think they are being Christ like when they are just ripping down other peoples faith! Even though for me it was actually a testimony builder. 

      Tuesday we had District meeting which was really good! It was about obedience. We then saw some investigators and less actives and had dinner at a members house. 

     Wednesday we followed the promptings of the spirit and went back like half a mile just to talk to this person we had passed while biking.  I don't know if anything will come about from it but it was cool. We saw this girl sitting on the porch, the house was a ways set back in the yard. We had just passed them then Sister Cooper and I both felt like we should have talked to them. We both tried to justify it but we couldn't.  So after biking about half a mile up the road, we turned around. She was still outside so we walked up to her and come to find out she is only in middle school. (We had previously planned to talk to them about the Plan of Salvation.) We asked her if her parents were home. She went and got her dad. When he came out 2 more kids came out. They were super nice. We gave them a Plan of Salvation pamphlet and our phone number. I Don't know if anything will come out of it but at least we talked to them. 

    On Thanksgiving we had 3 meals. I felt so fat, the last house we went to was a non member in gulf breeze. We work at the thrift store with her.  I had to drive the 15 minutes home.  I have never had a big creepy fire truck come up behind me blaring it's horns!! 

    On Friday we went and visited some less active members,  that was good! Then we had movie night and went on exchanges. Sister Dyches came with me here in Navarre! That was a lot of fun! She is a great missionary. She is super fun as well! 

    On Saturday we still were on exchanges.  This lady asked if I was pregnant this week!  I was like "NO!"  it was because the skirt I was wearing was pulled up over my belly while we were biking and it was kind of tight so I pulled it down.  She was like " oh my gosh, I'm sorry you don't look pregnant it was just  the way the skirt was.  I haven't eaten anything since then.. jk.  me not eating? PSH Bahaha, that's like saying Santa isn't fat!

     Sunday was really good! We found a new investigator her name is Virginia. She is super sweet, she is about 25 maybe. Her boyfriend is a Mormon but isn't active. His records aren't in the ward. We met her through a less active that we see every week! She said we should go and see them sometime. Then about 10 minutes after talking about it she came over to her house. We met yesterday, we started talking to her and she said we could come over sometime and see them. We went to see her yesterday and chatted for an hour and then we set up two return appointments with them. They are feeding us dinner on Thursday! 

On Friday we will do something else with her! She has the cutest puppy ever! Those Teacup Pomeranians are so cute! It looks like a big gerbil. She only weighs one pound. I wanted to just stuff it into my backpack. Then we had dinner and a interesting rest of the night.  If y'all haven't already you should watch the "He is the Gift" Video,  it is super good!

 I love y'all so much! I hope you have a wonderful week! Sorry if some of this letter is all over the place.  Here is a picture of our crazy pyramid of all the sisters in our zone.

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Love, Sister Hannah Seegrist

November 24, 2014 "The Giraffe was Creeping!"

So to start off, this was THE FASTED WEEK EVER!

Time just flies by like you wouldn't believe! It doesn't seem like it was last week when I emailed y'all..

It really has just been a CrAzY week!! We got dumbed by our "Investigator." She told us to  "Google the Momentum]Church, it's awesome Rock and Role" They teach mega anti-Mormon stuff and I'm pretty sure people only go because it's on the beach sometimes. Oh well, she has still been nice to us. She texted us and told us Happy Thanksgiving. Her heart will be softened someday, I'm sure! We also had some less actives that we have been working with tell us not to come over right now. Which is fine, I guess. In their own time, I suppose. So other then that roughness of the week. We had Zone Training in P-Cola. We then had Zone Activity. We played Football. That was a lot of fun! (kind of..) I looked like a dancing chicken, haha...We also had some lessons that day! :) We also had a great dinner with M. and V. They made us steak! We saw some less actives, we went tracting for the first time for me! It's so scary going up to doors.. it was fun though. So Friday marked my 3 months here in Navarre! It has been so great! I absolutely love it! I love the ward here and I love everyone we meet! We have met some pretty interesting souls.'
 We went to the Island yesterday! It was stormy all yesterday but when it cleared up a little we drove to the Island and saw a less active lady that lives over there. We also walked and looked at the water. It was so creepy looking! I have never seen the Gulf so angry! It looked like a bad day at the California beaches. It was dark and waves were crashing like there was a hurricane a'comin. Sketchy! haha, it was cool though. So today we are going out to lunch with the B. They are the senior couple in Brewton, AL. They are coming to take us to this BBQ place. #Carnivore.  I can't believe that this week is Thanksgiving! This year went by so fast! I remember what I did last Thanksgiving. It is going to be weird not being with family over the holidays, but I hear that it just doesn't feel like they happened, haha. 

 So I heard a quote this week that is so true! It goes "95% of missionary work is awkward the other 5% is extremely awkward" So true! haha... I have come to the conclusion that I really just don't care anymore if it is awkward, it's fun!

Oh, there is this little girl in our ward, who is the cutest little thang. We were telling her about how we went to the zoo and she was like "the giraffe was creepin'" She is 2 years old, haha...man  ya gotta love little E.

Sorry this letter is just all over the place. Oh, did I mention it rained for like 2 days straight? I love the rain! haha umm lets see.... If any of y'all have any questions, feel free to ask. That may make the letters more exciting to read. Well, I love y'all so much and I hope y'all have a wonderful week! Remember to stay happy and that GOD LOVES YOU NO MATTER WHAT! I love knowing that my Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ love me!! Knowing that brings me so much peace. Knowing that they are always there for me.  I hope y'all can remember that! Also remember the things y'all are grateful for this week and fellow weeks to come! Something to always remember is to be grateful for is the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ! I know that, and  I truly am so grateful for that! I am also so grateful for all of you! Y'all have impacted me in some way or another! Thanks for all that y'all do! I love you! Have a AMAZING THANKSGIVING~

LOVE, SISTER HANNAH SEEGRIST