"EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE"

Well today marks 2 months as me being a missionary. Crazy to think! As
I look back I can see that time has FLOWN by. And I just can't believe
it. Next thing you know I will be hitting my 6 month mark. Crazy!!!
Christmas is exactly one transfer away! 6 WEEKS!!!

This week was better than last. I received a priesthood blessing from
Brother Spray. He is a member of our ward, and we really have a close
connection with their family.! Get this!!!!! So sister spray has
family in Glendora. I was wondering if her family knew my family, come
to find out they are good friends and went to the same ward. CRAZY!

We have been volunteering at a retirement home called Avante.... And
we go around doing crafts with the people who are there. We went into
this room, and her name is Ruth. She has a hard time talking and
mumbles. Sister Johnsen was asking what she needed, and she was saying
"Heal me! Heal me!" So sister Johnsen and I kneeled and said a prayer
to her. The moment we said Amen, she fell asleep. The power of prayer
is real and this moment was definitely a testimony builder. I am so
thankful for the power of prayer to feel close to my Father in Heaven.

Tom dropped us. :( but he knows he is going to be baptized into this
church. Whether or not it's with us, we do not know. But he really
wants an eternal family and the only way he can have an eternal family
is through this church. I know for a fact that he will get baptized.

So we had a lot of service activities this week. One day we helped a
lady meal prep, and so she bought us dinner. We ate at Arby's, and the
Song "Every breath you take" by the police played. Hence the reason
why my subject is that.
The next service activity was hollowing out butternut squash and small
pumpkins with Sister Spray. We have the coolest relief society here.
They are so loving and caring and care so much about the woman in
their ward. They had a unity lesson yesterday where all of the women
of the ward got together and were unified. We had a light lunch and a
PowerPoint/video, with pictures and music, and we had women get up
(including me) and share a brief story. It was so beautiful.

This week was so much better than last week. Service really does help
you forget about things and makes you really selfless.

This week was just amazing. But now we are getting into the cold
months. This past week we got up to the 80s, and today we are hitting
the 40s. AHHH!

Meal prep!!

Holding a hedgehog at an investigators house!
There will be more pics next week! 👌🏼

I love Virginia and I especially love the people!

I love you all!

PONDERIZE: D&C 31: 9 Be patient in afflictions, revile not against those that revile. Govern your house in meekness, and be steadfast.

Love you all! And stay warm! 😘❤️


Love,
Sister Pewtress

"Don't let the fear of striking out, keep you from playing the game!"

Hey ya'll!!

I hope all is well in Vegas or wherever you are.

This week was pretty good. We had multiple lessons with Tom and Laurie
and we received a ton of new investigators. We have been doing a lot
of tracting and a lot of less active-recent convert work as well as
working with the members in the ward. We are definitely striving to
make the ward better.
So last P-Day we had sisters p day, where all the sisters in the zone
get together and just hang out. So we did a scavenger hunt at target.
Hoe stay it was so much fun. SOOOO MUCH FUN! I love p-days because we
get to somewhat be normal people. Haha. Honestly I love missionary
work.

So I have been praying to have change. Because as a missionary you do
the same thing every single day. Wake up at 6:10 get ready to work
out, go exercise, get ready for the day, personal study, companion
study, training, lunch, lessons till 5, dinner till 6, then back out
doing lessons till 9, come home plan for the next day, and get ready
for bed. It's honestly a very strict routine and sometimes you get
stuck in a rut. But this week was definitely crazy.

We had zone meeting, we had service, and just a ton of other things.
It was nice to be able to have a little change in our schedule.

The biggest change of all is transfer calls, where president and
assistant to the president calls people if they are getting moved to a
different area. WELL I AM NOT GETTING TRANSFERRED, BUT the elders we
had in our ward (pictured below are getting moved and they are closing
the area that they were in, and Sister Johnsen and I are now covering
the WHOLE HARRISONBURG, DAYTON, AND BRIDGEWATER AREA, AS WELL AS YSA
STILL. Think Heavenly Father answered my prayers. YEP THATS RIGHT.

Keep praying for Sister Wilson, she is still getting diagnosed. 😔 but
we love her and president so much.

Also keep praying for Tom and Laurie that they will both be baptized.
Laurie was scheduled for this weekend, but is probably not getting
baptized because she hasn't been to church but only once. UGHHH.

Being a missionary is probably one of the hardest things I will ever
do, you love the people so much and you out all of your effort into
loving someone so much. I love you all so much.

Elder Albrecht, Elder Dickamore, Brother Mathusek (ward mission leader), me, and sister Johnsen. 

Our scavenger hunt pics. 

Don't tell president.

Haha just a few..

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! From right to left, Hermana Romero, Hermana Powell, Sister Johnsen, and I.

I love you all. And miss you dearly. 

PONDERIZE scripture this week: James 1:5!

Sorry I forgot last weeks.😩🙈

Love,

Sister Pewtress

CHANGE YOUR SPEED

Well we got tiwi's put into our car. Which basically is a device that
tells you to slow down, driver not there, or AGGRESSIVE DRIVING. They
are really nice as long as the coordinates and gps are coherent to the
actual mile signs posted. I was driving on this road and the speed
limit is posted as 35, well the tiwi says that it is 25, so we were
holding up traffic. (Oh by the way I drove in Virginia, mom. And I
didn't die,but we almost did. Not my fault though!) so anyways we got
tiwi's! They are pretty cool!

So we had zone conference this weekend down in Charlottesville! I love
zone conference! They are so much fun! We got to see President Wilson
and his wife! I love them so much and they are probably the best
mission president and wife ever! They love all their missionaries!
Zone conference was amazing!

We also had Return and Report! Where all the new missionaries from
this past transfer got back together down in Richmond to do some
finding. We went around finding in downtown Richmond where there are
cute little streets with a bunch of shops, especially antique shops!
(grandma you would of loved it, but Harrisonburg is better for the
small town shops!) Richmond was beautiful and I had an amazing time
catching up with my old Mtc friends.

This past week we have been meeting with Laurie and Tom daily. Laurie
is set for November 7th and SHE CAME TO CHURCH! Coming to church is
the first big commitment that people need to do to be ready to be
baptized. Tom is scheduled for November 15th and he came to church
too, but also went to his other church. He is receiving answers from
his other church more than this one. UGHHH! But it's okay! Taylor our
miracle, has basically disappeared. Which is soooo sad, and we miss
teaching her. She was going to fast for what she needed in her life.
So please pray for her.

We have been doing a lot of finding. But last week ( I forgot to tell
y'all.....) WE MET A WICKEN! Which is a WITCH! She is a white which
and she only does protection spells, but my companion, sister Johnsen,
loved listening and I was honestly afraid to say anything. But it was
kind of cool! My companion liked it a little more than I did.

Anyways this week was a lot better than last week, and I am finally
seeing that the little miracles are way better than the big miracles!

I am so grateful for this gospel and for this opportunity to teach
Young single adults that no matter what they go through Heavenly
Father has his arms wide open for us to return back to him. ( just
like the Prodigal Son) coming on a mission is probably one of the best
things that I have ever done, and will ever do (except getting
married). I know that the priesthood authority has been placed here
again because Heavenly Father loves us all!

I love you all and miss you tons, but this is where I know I am
suppose to be, and I know that I have been called here for a reason!

Talk to you all next week!

Happy birthday grandma!!

This is in Richmond for return and report.

Where we do our weekly planning!

First time ever having Jimmy Johns! 

The Mennonites driving a carriage! With car seats!

This week was sooo fun! Love you all



Love,
Sister Pewtress

"It's a beautiful day to save [souls]!"

Well it's been another week!!! It was definitely a rough week, but a
good week at that. I have really seen the Lord work in mysterious ways
and my testimony of this gospel has definitely been strengthened. It
is definitely hard work with college students. They have so many
distractions that bring the spirit away. We had 4 on date this week
for baptism. 2 of them are still on date but there baptism keeps
getting pushed back. We are working so hard at pushing them towards
baptism. So please keep Laurie and Tom in your prayers.

We have been working a lot with the Less-Actives and recent converts.
A lot of the less actives have gotten into anti. Which is so sad. 😫 I
know that when the day comes and they see that this is all true they
will bow down before God and ask for forgiveness. Please pray that all
may be well with them and they will be reminded of the blessings that
this gospel brings.

ITS FREEZING HERE! ❄️❄️❄️💨💨💨 the high today is suppose to be 45?
Freezing I tell you! And just bask in that warmer weather over on the
west coast!

I love this area and I am so grateful to be here in the place that I am!

I know that this church is true and that Joseph Smith saw God and Jesus Christ. I know that he translated the Book of Mormon, and that it is another testament of Jesus Christ.

I love you all and hope you all stay warm! Remember who you are and DO MISSIONARY WORK!

My PONDERIZE scripture helped me out so much this week! "Therefore continue on your journey and let your hearts rejoice; for behold and lo, I am with you even unto the end." Doctrine and Covenants 100:12!

I know that He is with us all He lives and He knows what we go through.

This weeks PONDERIZE scripture is...... Doctrine and Covenants 4:4!

Have a great week all! 

Love,

Sister Pewtress

LEAVES ARE FALLING ALL AROUND!! :) 🍂🍁🍃

From the rooftops to the ground! HOLY COW!! The leaves here are
changing and they are falling!! There's a huge red tree that we found
and OHHH myy!! I hope I'm not making you all jealous!

Anyways! We were going to have a baptism last Saturday, but he wasn't
ready:/ people are scared of change... That's what I have noticed
while being here. Especially in YSA(young single adults). But we have
three people on date for baptism right now!!! It's amazing! We have
Laurie, Tom, and Louis. Laurie is sooo sweet! They had found her on
July 4th! And she is now set on getting baptized on October 25th! Tom
set his own date for November 14th, but we might have to push it
forward. :) and Louis he has been set for a while, so we are just
waiting for him to be ready! I know that these three have been waiting
a long time for this!

MIRACLE TIME!: so my companion and I were on exchanged with our sister
training leaders, and Hermana Powell was with me. We were in this
apartment complex and we were just knocking! Well we were on the last
floor and we were knocking on the door and this girl starts walking up
to her apartment across the way. And we said hello! But no initial
contact. We finished knocking on the door that we were at, and no one
was home. So we were going to leave, but WE TALK TO EVERYONE! So we
knocked on the door.... We felt so awkward, because we had just said
hello.. So we started out by saying if there was a Kristina who lives
there.. (There was no Kristina), but we said that all these apartment
complexes look the SAME! And so we talked to her. Her name is Juliana
and she said that she had met with the missionaries before!!!! And
that her best friend was serving in Northern California. We have a set
appointment with her tomorrow!

Another miracle was that, we got a referral! Taylor has met with
missionaries before and her boyfriend broke up with her because he is
focusing going on a mission.. We will be in contact with her too!

The Lord works in mysterious ways and I am so grateful to be a missionary!

I also hit my ONE MONTH MARK! I can't believe I have already been a
missionary for over a month! It's an amazing experience to be a
missionary!

So I really wanna do the PONDERIZE scripture! So the scripture I want
to do this week is D&C (doctrine and covenants)  100:12! I challenge
you all to be a missionary this week and to PONDERIZE this scripture
or another that you really like!

I love you all! And I hope you all are having a warm time in Vegas!


Love, Sister Pewtress

One month mark I got some Benny's pizza!! (Mom you would love this pizza place and the pizza is thin and like $5!!!) 

WATCH OUT THERE IS A HURRICANE! (2nd P-Day)

  Well this past week we didn't have a lot of me investigators.. But I
DID FINISH THE BOOK OF MORMON IN 6 DAYS!!! It's so much better when
you read it in order! You can really understand it! I learned so much!
And I am so grateful to have the Book Of Mormon in my life! What did
ya'll think of conference!? Wasn't it amazing to get 3 NEW APOSTLES!!
It was amazing!! I loved how Elder Holland and President Nelson...
Talked about mothers opens our divine potential in this life! It was
so sad to see President Monson struggling, but you can definitely see
how much he misses his wife. It's sad to think that so many apostles
are passing through the veil, but just think of the other side and the
party they are having! I love knowing and teaching others that this
life we have here isn't the end!!

Soo we still have 3 investigators who are scheduled for baptism this
week and next week! I love the area of Harrisonburg! And my companion
Sis. Johnsen! We get along so well!!

This past week was freezing! We had a hurricane that rolled up
northward to the coast, and with where we are the cold front comes
down into us because we are high into the mountains! So it got really
bitter cold!! Let's just say Mom I might not be coming back with ALL
my finger and TOES!! Lol just kidding.. It is amazing! I am in the
country aspect of Virginia... And let's just say there is a lot of
cows and horses and MANURE... ITS SMELLS LIKE MANURE ALL THE TIME.. it
reminds me so much of when my grandma says "I LOVE THE SMELL OF THIS!"
Haha! But... The members here are so humble.. And working with YSA
makes you realize our potential! I love it here in Virginia and I
never want to leave! I know I was called here for a reason!

I hope you all enjoyed conference and received revelation to prayers!
I know that Thomas S. Monson is a prophet called of God and that his
apostles are called of God as well! I am so excited for this week and
for the things that I will be able to see happen!

I hope you all are WARM in Vegas! Because I am freezing HERE!!!! Haha!

I love you all and i hope to here from you all!

When I finished the Book of Mormon!

We even matched but when we finished the Book of Mormon in 6 days!!

Check out that slug!!!

1st Week in Virginia

*Before we begin, let me introduce myself. I am Hannah's Aunt Chandra and I will be taking over this blog for about 18 months while she is diligently serving the people of Virginia. Be not afraid; as it will not be my thoughts and words but Hannah's, or Sister Pewtress', if you will. So check back often if you miss her emails or photos because I will be posting them all right here!

Now let's hear from Sis. Pewtress......



 Well I am here in the beautiful country of Virginia!!!!!! Ahhhh! First
off it is so different from Vegas! Crazy different!!! When you are
driving on a freeway there is no sense of direction! There are trees
every which way!! There are rivers in just the middle of cities...
It's soooooo crazy... I am in the Harrisonburg area! My companion
Sister Johnsen and I are serving in a YSA area, but the wards are so
small that we are combined with a family ward for sacrament. Speaking
of my companion, she is from Alpine, Utah. She recently just got out
here in June and is already training... CRAZYY! Well this first week
was somewhat crazy. Or at least it was a big culture shock... The
weather has been getting colder and the leaves are changing..
BEAUTIFUL!!! I love it! During the week we have been running every
other day(aunt Steph you would be proud of me! And there are so many
HILLS!!!) my calf muscles and quads really do get a good work out! It
so much easier running here but also hard because the air is sometimes
thick.. Well at least these past few days it has been rainy so today
is very humid.... We have been tracting/finding for basically this
whole week.... And we got a referral from some of the elders in our
zone, and he is just GOLDEN! He is set on date for baptism for October
10th. And we met with a young girl (we are YOUNG SINGLE ADULT
missionaries & JMU is in our zone) and she is on date for baptism for
the same day... And another man is also on date for baptism, but he is
out of town so we haven't been able to meet with him. :/ but it's
okay.. If y'all could pray for them to strengthen them it would be
great! It's a brand new week and General Conference is this weekend!!
So president Wilson wants us all to read the Book of Mormon in a
WEEK!!! That's at least 80 pages a day! Crazy but we all know that
thought the Lord we can do hard things! THEY HAVE A CHICK-FIL-A here
in Harrisonburg!!!! YAYYY OH AND A TARGET!!! Soooooo thankful! There
are so many people here in our ward who feed us.. We don't get food
everyday but we are grateful for what we do get.. For lunch and
breakfast we really have a budget... So this past week I ate salad,
and cereal... Hahah( Sis. Cook don't hate me!) haha.. But I have
honestly learned how to deal with living on a budget! We live in a
small town, and we live in an apartment with Hermanas. 3 OF THEM!! We
squish... Haha!! But I really enjoy talking with them and hearing
everyone's story! OHHH and there is a small but big population of
Mennonites that live here in a town right next to Harrisonburg, called
Bridgewater.... Most of them ride in the carriages!! We actually saw
two of them last night driving back into town! Pretty great! My
companion and I get along very well! We both love sports and we both
love working HARD!

Anyways! Women's conference was amazing!! It really hit me hard
because the girls name was Ava, and the great aunts name was Aunt
Rose.. Two family members, but it was a beautiful story!

Yesterday during church, our relief society teacher said," as little
kids we wear ctr rings, and that means choose the right. As adults we
wear ctr rings as well, and we all have gone through the  temple, so
when you look down at your ctr ring, instead of choose the right, it
says CURRENT TEMPLE RECOMMEND!" They both mean the same thing, but it
applies to us as adults!
I am so thankful for temples and for the opportunity that I have to
teach people that they can be married and sealed to their families for
all eternity! I know this gospel is true, and I know that I was called
to Virginia for a reason! I don't know why, but Heavenly Father sure
does!

REMEMBER TO WATCH GENERAL CONFERENCE THIS WEEKEND!!!! (Guess what time
ours is at here in Virginia, 12&4 pm!!! THATS SOOOOO WEIRD!! But it's
okay!

I love you all and I can't wait to here about your week and what you
learned at General Conference!!

You are all the best and I am so grateful for the support and for the
prayers. I can definitely feel them! Till next week!!!
GOD SPEED!!!
Love,
Sister Pewtress


This is the mission home!!! We were able to stay in the Monday to
Tuesday night!! It was so nice! And GORGEOUS!!

At an investigators house they had a ferret.. It was one of the coolest things I have done.. Plus they are so flexible!! CRAZYYY