crazy week..

Monday we had dinner with the stahls and it was awesome a less active family was there and we did a family mission plan for their family home evening.

Tuesday we had to weekly plan and tried people all day it was busy.

Wednesday was fun we went to MLC oh man i love it. always get to know the zone leaders well its fun and the temple which is my favorite thing!!!!!!!! then i got to see sister Dvaz and wells oh i love them all!

Thursday was Council day. always long but it was good. then we took the long drive home got back about 930 so tired but so excited for everything that will be happening!!!!!!!!!!!! it will all be fun.

Friday we had district meeting and then had lunch as a district we went to this Chinese place and it was good. then we planned with the zone leaders. then we saw some people. saw a less active couple and there lesson went well. they were reall talkative about it all. 

Saturday we came to rapid and helped someone pack some things then we weekly planned cause weren't done with that then we went to a baptism in the other ward. then we had lunch with the sisters which was fun then planned with the zone leaders until we meet with our ward mission leader at night. it was a long crazy day!

Sunday was really good church was awesome! love the sacrament. then we saw a ton of people man i love teaching people i missed it. 

hope you all have a great week love you!

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Sister Haley McDonald

1 reunited at mlc

2 my mom and grandma

3 trio days flashback

4 selfies

Happy New Years!

Okay so last Monday we got transfer calls but i was already done emailing so sister wright went to Minot and i got sister Brough on Thursday!

Tuesday sister wright packed a lot but we saw our investigator and she is so golden. sister wright said good bye and she said she will invite her to her baptism next summer (it would be sooner but there is a chastity problem)

Wednesday was mainly saying good bye and packing nothing to exciting.

Thursday we took sister wright to the church to go to Bismarck. i was in a trio for a day. i was with sister seegmiller and Allen they are awesome! i was able to write letters back to people and we saw our investigator again. It was the bets lesson yet. it was very calm and she cried a little bit. she also told her cousin to back off of the missionaries cause she likes learning! she basically a member but like the best ever so golden!!!!!!! i got to meet the sister investigator holy cow he is so funny and i gave him some sass and he was quiet haha and they were able to have a good lesson. it was awesome! then i got sister Brough wohoo! she is awesome and im so excited to be with her this transfer.

Friday we have district meeting and it was really good. we meet with a lot of people and basically all the lessons were about the plan and that was really cool! we saw our ward mission leader for dinner and we had a really good lesson after and she is studying her patriarchal blessing more so thats awesome!

Saturday we went to a baptism but the person didn't show i feel so bad! but we meet with the elders to discuss Philip group.. if anyone knows how to help a group become a branch and support them i would love to hear your thoughts!. it was new years eve and the Winwards a senior couple in the area help and gathering for us. we had dinner and played games and holy cow it was so much fun. Elder Winward is hilarious he pushed elder Nielsen backwards ina reclining chair and it was the best plus he burned sister Seegmiller haha it was a good night.

Sunday was interesting.... most everyone cancelled almost had a fight during gospel principles all normal stuff right?? ya but we had a good lesson about scriptures with a less active so that was good.

i hope you all have a fabulous week love you!

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Sister Haley McDonald

1 me and sister wright

2 all the hand sanitizes i got for Christmas....i got a problem

3 sister brough and i!

Merry day after Christmas!

well this week was awesome!

we got 2 new investigators!!!!!!!!!!! they are super solid and want to be baptized and come closer to god its beyond exciting!

we also actually ended up with a blizzard yesterday it was insane. couldn't really see the road but the elders drove us around thankfully.we Skype which was fun. always a good time to talk to the family.then we hung out with members all day. played some games and helped with dinner. it was so much fun i love my mission and meeting all these new people. its the best thing ever!

hope everyone had a good Christmas and have a good new year!

love you

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Sister Haley McDonald

1 dinner with the hedlunds

2 us with our tree in pjs

3 Christmas selfie

4 beginning of the blizzard.. it got worse

SNOW!!!!!!!!

well we had exchanges this week. sister allen came to the valley with me! it was fun we tried a ton of people and got to have a lot of fun. we had dinner with them and its always fun hanging out with them!

we had to get our car fixed because the air wouldnt stay warm and its cold here well its actually warm today but ya.

friday we had to stay inside because there was a storm and it was too cold.so we hung out.

Saturday we went to the ward Christmas party that was fun we had an inside snowball fight which was great. kids tried to attack us.

Yesterday was the best. we went to philip with the elders. we gave a lesson and then we saw a ton of people out there it was great! i love the group hopefully they will be a branch soon.

sorry my emails are so short i just do the same thing and i love it!!!!!!!!!!

oh i love being on a mission and seeing the good in people its my favorite thing!

1 a giant deer in kadoka

2 snow

3 pretty mornings!

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Sister Haley McDonald

crazy busy week...

basically this week was spent planning for zone conference. we put together this awesome Christmas party with ugly sweaters talent show and testimony meeting.

Friday was zone conference so we got a lot of training and had so much fun. our training was really good. we hope that it helped everyone. during planning earlier in the week though we had this deer head... remember what mission im in but we named it Steve and there are some funny videos hahaha.... 

1our Christmas tree

2 us and the zone leaders with Steve the deer..

3 Christmas party night

4 our amazing zone :)

5 some of the decorations we had

love you all have a great week :)

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Sister Haley McDonald

december...

well first off we are getting snow this week hopefully we haven't gotten like any thus far. but maybe this week

we have been working on family;y mission plans with everyone lately. so let me explain a family mission plan is a plan to accomplish by the end of the year and then have goals to get there

so like for the year have someone take the discussions so monthly you'll have family home evening or attend the temple and daily you'll pray for mission opportunities for yourself not just missionaries. so thats a lot of fun seeing what families want ot do and you are able to measure what you need help with.

so 25 ways over 25 days

day 1: we cleaned a ladys house because she cant do it anymore and there was a lot of trash we didnt get it asll done because there is so much we wish we could do more

day 2: i wrote the parents but it probably isnt there yet..

day 3: told someone how awesome there are

day 4: we went to church

they are so easy everyone should do them and it really just helps you be a nice human being its great.

i dont think anything crazy happened this week so i love you all you awesome have a great week :)

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Sister Haley McDonald

1 went on exchanges this week

2 our cool district

3 most of our zone at mt rushmore

4 the missionaries in the rapid valley ward

Happy thanksgiving!!

well its been a good life 

Monday we played some sports and then we played card games at a members and its so much fun they are the best. then me and sister wright had a really good conversation about being better to really help the ward do missionary work.

tuesday was like the best day we had awesome lessons and it was just a wonderful day.we had a less active really tell us what is wrong and it was the best thing i have never felt the spirit work through me like that and all it was was tesimony thats it and it was like the best thing of my life.

Wednesday we saw a less active and her home is always amazing i love it. she also told us why she doesnt come to church and how its hard for her it was great.we planned with the elders that day to help the members and that was good as well.then we went tracting pretty good stuff. then we met with a new family who are the best they just get it all. they also got home like 2 years ago from their mission in boston they are the best!

Thursday was THANKSGIVING but odly i didnt eat until i died it was weird..... but loads of fun we hung out with members all day and played games got to really know them. and it was great kinda weird going to someones home for thanksgiving but all good haha

Friday was good too. during studies i was thinking about how i can find people and district meeting was all about it how unique haha.we talked about the new christmas video.

the rest of the week was trying people so nothing crazy.

https://www.mormon.org/?cid=HP_FR_25-11-2016_dMIS_fmorg_xLIDyL1-A_

so this is the Christmas video and everyone should watch it and do the 25 ways over 25 days its the best thing and i just love it so much

enjoy this Christmas season but remember we should always be willing to help others love you all!

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Sister Haley McDonald

1 selfies with the rapid sisters

2 thanksgiving day

3 the dog its huge so cute!!!!!!!!!!!