Archive for June 2023

Helloooo everybodyyyy!! I hope all is well! This week I feel like a lot happened so let's get started.

On Monday we had a district activity so we played basketball, volleyball, and kickball. Let's just say it's interesting playing kickball with 8 people. It was so hot we all felt like we were getting sunburnt so we went inside. When we got inside one of the Elders in my district brought a bunch of corn on the cob and he made us all Mexican street corn and it was delicious.

On Tuesday we had a new member lesson with our recent convert named Scott. We invited Brother Skanchy from the ward so when we were walking up to Scott's door there was this lady sitting in her car and she yells "Oh are the Mormons back?" And we turned and were like "Yep that's us" and this lady goes "Oh well he doesn't want to be Mormon and he's not even home so you need to leave and not come back" I thought that was funny because he was already dunked. AND THEN Brother Skanchy goes "then why does he keep coming back to church?" After that, we just went up and had the lesson.

On Wednesday we exchanged with the Saline Sisters. I spent Thursday in Saline. While I was there, the church released the new Preach my gospel manual for missionaries so that's super exciting

This week it's been raining on and off but when it's not raining it shoots up to the 90s and let's just say I'm dying here. The humidity makes it feels like someone is sitting on my chest and I can't breathe. Pray for me that I don't randomly pass out.

Sunday was super cool!! We were sitting in the ysa ward and this random girl walked past wearing street clothes. We went up to her afterward and introduced ourselves. She said her name is Isabel and that she's been going to church in Chicago since March but that she's not a member yet and that she wants to meet with us!! And then after church, we were in a tornado watch and when the storm hit, our power went out and apparently our power will be out until Wednesday so we have to find somewhere else to stay which isn't the best. The moral of the story is it's been a week!!

Anyway, I love you all so much!!

Trust in the Lord

Love,

Sister Welch ♡

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We are grandmas who love puzzles

Sister Parry!!

Street contacting in the rain

Finished product

This is us dying with 98% humidity

Moments after the "tornado" and before we found out our power is out

Helloooo everybodyyy!! I hope your week was amazing as always. This week was one of those weeks that felt like an eternity but flew by. Weird stuff.

On Tuesday we had MLC in Canton so we spent most of the day there talking about mission stuff. Nothing too exciting. They fed us Mexican food for lunch and just as a little helpful tip if you ever come to Michigan, DON'T get Mexican food. It's just not good here. I didn't realize how blessed I was when I had access to it every day.

It got super hot here this week. We spent a lot of time outside walking and my body hurts. I got a little sunburnt and I have a slight watch tan line. I think I look tan until I stand next to literally any other person and I'm actually whiter than a ghost so that's just great for me.

We got a referral yesterday from the temple square sisters of a man that was already at our church building wanting to meet with us. We showed up as fast as we could and he just popped off with a bunch of really good questions. He was genuinely curious. We gave him a Book of Mormon and he said he'll read it!!

On Saturday we were able to go to the temple with a recent convert for her first time. We just did baptisms with her. I get in the font and the guy baptizing, I have never met. It was also his first time ever baptizing anybody so I was a little apprehensive as it is. He dunked me the first time and it's normal for your feet to kind of slip out from underneath you but usually, the man baptizing will use his hand to kind of lift you up from your back. He just decided not to do that but he was still holding onto my other arm so I was just flailing around drowning in the baptismal font... It felt like an eternity that I couldn't get my footing. Mind you the font is probably 3-4 feet deep. I literally had to push the man away from me so that I could grab ahold of the railing into the font and get my feet under me. I was mortified but also kind of wanted to cackle because come on it's funny. Just a note to self to always tell the person baptizing to either use his hand to lift you up or literally step on your feet. That's what sister Straatman did after me cuz she didn't want the same experience.

Something that was said in the temple thought that has really stuck with me is what one of the temple workers said. He said when you are getting baptized to pay attention to 3 names. Your own name, the person you are getting baptized for, and Jesus Christ. When each of the names are said he wanted us to think about how when he says our name, Heavenly Father is aware of me and my life. And when they say the person's name, Heavenly Father is aware of them and the life they lived. That really stuck with me because God is truly in the details of our lives even if we don't know it. HE IS AWARE OF YOU!!!

I love you all so so much and miss you every day but there is no place I'd rather be than Ann Arbor, Michigan!!

Trust in the Lord

Love,

Sister Welch ♡

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U of M stadium

district council

fully bloomed peony

fat daddy's chicken

TEMPLE

otter pops and puzzles