Hello family,
How is everything going in all your lives? I bet that you are all really busy with school and work and all the things that happen with life. right now in New England fall is in full swing. The leaves are changing, the days are getting shorter and cooler.
we were suppose to go to a city called Bar Harbor today, but I love how Pres. Jensen gives us enough rope to hang yourself. So we used our best judgment and decided not to go.
We have had some really awesome miracles happen in the last few weeks. We had a smack down lesson with one of our less actives we work with and now she is coming to church! Now because she is coming to church she has received a calling to be Branch Chorister. She loves it. It is amazing how the gospel brings the best out in people. She now has a confidence that I didn't know that she had. She dyed her hair and bought a new out fit for church. She is so cute.
we had a day where our appointments fell threw. We were kind of bumbed about it, because one was with a lady we have a baptismal date with. We were out tracting and the first house we knocked on invited us in. We basically had the first lesson. She knows we are from God and is really interested in hearing more about the church. We see the today so we will have to see what happens. I love how the Lord works to make sure His children are taken care of.
At church yesterday we had a surprise. Nick, the guy that was baptized a month ago is moving to Cincinnati, Oh. He had gone there to see a friend and go to a baseball game and now he is moving there. I asked him if he prayed about it and he said that he did and it fells right. I hope that he stays close to the church.
I hope all is well and that you are looking for miracles in your day, because that is God saying I love you.
Love you all,
Sister Foy
Monday, September 22, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Letter form 9.8.08
Hey there family-
This might be a little short, but I will write. The house got struck by lighting??! I was a little scared because I didn't read the letter before looking at the pictures. I am glad that everything is all right. We have a third bed. Pres. Strout the branch president got a hold of a bed that we could use for the transfer. There is a sister coming out next transfer so one of us will be gone at the end of this transfer. Sister Pace goes home with Sister Mecham in November.
Nick is doing fine. He went out of town for the weekend so we didn't meet with him. I love you and hope that all is well. I know that the Lord well help us when we ask and are ready for whatever answer that he will give. It is amazing serving the Lord, I love it!
- Sister Foy
This might be a little short, but I will write. The house got struck by lighting??! I was a little scared because I didn't read the letter before looking at the pictures. I am glad that everything is all right. We have a third bed. Pres. Strout the branch president got a hold of a bed that we could use for the transfer. There is a sister coming out next transfer so one of us will be gone at the end of this transfer. Sister Pace goes home with Sister Mecham in November.
Nick is doing fine. He went out of town for the weekend so we didn't meet with him. I love you and hope that all is well. I know that the Lord well help us when we ask and are ready for whatever answer that he will give. It is amazing serving the Lord, I love it!
- Sister Foy
Monday, August 25, 2008
Letter from 8.25.08
Hey family,
Wow, where do I begin. This week was interesting. We knew on Thursday that Sister Mecham was getting transferred so we have just been saying good-byes and preparing for all that. I will be getting two new companions; a trainer and a greenie. This should be really fun to see how everything will work out since Sister Mecham burnt the bed that was left over from the last three-sum that was here. We are scrambling to find a new bed for the new sister.
Last night we had dinner and a lesson with the Neas' and Nick. That was fun. We had a lesson on Alma 23 and 24 about burying your weapons of war. I realized that I have some really big shoe that I have to fill once Sister Mecham is gone. She has touched so many lives. Everyone here loves her.
We tracted into this couple last week that is so golden it is unbelievable. He is related to like half the branch. He sees how there could be so many churches and that there is a need for a restoration. When we knocked on their door it was like they were waiting for us or something. But there is a down side. They are moving out of our area. Yeah, we went over for our first lesson and they told us they had bought a house and that they would be moving, but still wants to hear the lessons. Sister Mecham knows that Elders in the area they are moving to. She said that they are really good missionaries and that they would take good care of them.
Last Sunday there was a couple there that hadn't been there before. At the beginning of the third hour Pres. Strout pulled us out to meet the wife. Her name is Sallie and she wants to start the lessons again and get baptized. I was thinking ok lets fill the font. She wants her husband, who is a member, to baptize her, but he has some word of wisdom issues to work through. The cool thing is that when we went over for our first lesson he was the one who acknowledged the fact he had a problem with the word of wisdom.
Nicole, the one who just got married has a request, could you get the scripture mastery scripture stickers? She has been hounding me for them. I guess I said that I would get them for her wedding present or something.
Love you all,
Sister Foy
Wow, where do I begin. This week was interesting. We knew on Thursday that Sister Mecham was getting transferred so we have just been saying good-byes and preparing for all that. I will be getting two new companions; a trainer and a greenie. This should be really fun to see how everything will work out since Sister Mecham burnt the bed that was left over from the last three-sum that was here. We are scrambling to find a new bed for the new sister.
Last night we had dinner and a lesson with the Neas' and Nick. That was fun. We had a lesson on Alma 23 and 24 about burying your weapons of war. I realized that I have some really big shoe that I have to fill once Sister Mecham is gone. She has touched so many lives. Everyone here loves her.
We tracted into this couple last week that is so golden it is unbelievable. He is related to like half the branch. He sees how there could be so many churches and that there is a need for a restoration. When we knocked on their door it was like they were waiting for us or something. But there is a down side. They are moving out of our area. Yeah, we went over for our first lesson and they told us they had bought a house and that they would be moving, but still wants to hear the lessons. Sister Mecham knows that Elders in the area they are moving to. She said that they are really good missionaries and that they would take good care of them.
Last Sunday there was a couple there that hadn't been there before. At the beginning of the third hour Pres. Strout pulled us out to meet the wife. Her name is Sallie and she wants to start the lessons again and get baptized. I was thinking ok lets fill the font. She wants her husband, who is a member, to baptize her, but he has some word of wisdom issues to work through. The cool thing is that when we went over for our first lesson he was the one who acknowledged the fact he had a problem with the word of wisdom.
Nicole, the one who just got married has a request, could you get the scripture mastery scripture stickers? She has been hounding me for them. I guess I said that I would get them for her wedding present or something.
Love you all,
Sister Foy
Monday, August 18, 2008
Letter form 8.18.08
Hey family,
This week has felt like an eternity, but it flew by. Sister Mecham and I went to the oral surgeon in Bangor on Tuesday to get checked out for her root canal. The doctor didn't think that she needs to get the root canal done as fast as the dentist thought. He said that it could wait till she got home. So no more trips to Bangor for teeth.
We went out to dinner with our ward mission leader on Friday. The restaurant had ESPN on doing a recap of the swimming events. Man it was hard not to watch.
So what is this host dinner thing? Is it for less actives or something? I love working with our less actives. Yes they need a kick in the pants every once and a while, but they are still good people.
The weather right now has been kind of crazy. It has been unseasonably cool and wet. It is humid, but I think that i have gotten use to that. The weird thing is that the leaves on some trees have begun to change colors. I guess that is has been cool enough at night to make them change.
I had to speak in Sacrament meeting on Sunday and then we taught the gospel principles class. That class was a very interesting class let me tell you.
We have a good week set up this week. I think that we are eating dinner at the apartment twice. I can't wait there are some good cooks out here.
All is well here, I hope all is well there.
Love you all,
Sister Foy
This week has felt like an eternity, but it flew by. Sister Mecham and I went to the oral surgeon in Bangor on Tuesday to get checked out for her root canal. The doctor didn't think that she needs to get the root canal done as fast as the dentist thought. He said that it could wait till she got home. So no more trips to Bangor for teeth.
We went out to dinner with our ward mission leader on Friday. The restaurant had ESPN on doing a recap of the swimming events. Man it was hard not to watch.
So what is this host dinner thing? Is it for less actives or something? I love working with our less actives. Yes they need a kick in the pants every once and a while, but they are still good people.
The weather right now has been kind of crazy. It has been unseasonably cool and wet. It is humid, but I think that i have gotten use to that. The weird thing is that the leaves on some trees have begun to change colors. I guess that is has been cool enough at night to make them change.
I had to speak in Sacrament meeting on Sunday and then we taught the gospel principles class. That class was a very interesting class let me tell you.
We have a good week set up this week. I think that we are eating dinner at the apartment twice. I can't wait there are some good cooks out here.
All is well here, I hope all is well there.
Love you all,
Sister Foy
Monday, August 4, 2008
Letter from 8.4.08
Hey there family-
Yes last week was a very interesting week. But this past week was fun. I got to eat two things that I have never had before. We had lobster at the Neas'. It was John's (the dad) birthday and he likes sea food. I think I like lobster. The tails are tough, but the claws are better. Well... let me back up a bit. This was Friday so we usually have dinner and a lesson with the Dow's so we had two meals that night. At the Dow's we had deer. There is a family in the branch that has a dear farm so it wasn't as gamy as wild deer. It was like having a piece of beef.
This probably not making much since but all this happened the same day Nick had his baptismal interview. At like 5, we had lobster with the Neas' then we booked it to the church for the interview then ran over to the Dow's for dinner and a lesson. It was a busy day. Nick passed his interview so he is getting baptized on Saturday. My first one, I can't wait!
Next p-day Sister Mecham is getting her cavity filled so we will be picking up our e-mails, but expect a letter in the mail again. Sorry p-day is only really 10-6pm. That is not a day that is a time period. So we won't have time to write our e-mails. Then on Tuesday we get to go to Bangor again so Sister Mecham can get a root canal. She is sooo excited, let me tell you.
So spike is a dry Mormon now? Did you tell him that is a sign that he needs to get working? No, I understand that he needs to work all this out at his own pace. George, the one that his wife moved to South Dakota, we dropped him because he said he needs to work out the Book of Mormon out on his own, but he will continue to come to church. And when he is ready he will give us a call. It was a good thing that he came to that decision on his own. We were feeling that same way.
Everything is going good and I hope all is well back home. Are you keeping all my e-mails? If not tell me so I can print them off so I can keep them.
Love you all,
Sister Foy
Yes last week was a very interesting week. But this past week was fun. I got to eat two things that I have never had before. We had lobster at the Neas'. It was John's (the dad) birthday and he likes sea food. I think I like lobster. The tails are tough, but the claws are better. Well... let me back up a bit. This was Friday so we usually have dinner and a lesson with the Dow's so we had two meals that night. At the Dow's we had deer. There is a family in the branch that has a dear farm so it wasn't as gamy as wild deer. It was like having a piece of beef.
This probably not making much since but all this happened the same day Nick had his baptismal interview. At like 5, we had lobster with the Neas' then we booked it to the church for the interview then ran over to the Dow's for dinner and a lesson. It was a busy day. Nick passed his interview so he is getting baptized on Saturday. My first one, I can't wait!
Next p-day Sister Mecham is getting her cavity filled so we will be picking up our e-mails, but expect a letter in the mail again. Sorry p-day is only really 10-6pm. That is not a day that is a time period. So we won't have time to write our e-mails. Then on Tuesday we get to go to Bangor again so Sister Mecham can get a root canal. She is sooo excited, let me tell you.
So spike is a dry Mormon now? Did you tell him that is a sign that he needs to get working? No, I understand that he needs to work all this out at his own pace. George, the one that his wife moved to South Dakota, we dropped him because he said he needs to work out the Book of Mormon out on his own, but he will continue to come to church. And when he is ready he will give us a call. It was a good thing that he came to that decision on his own. We were feeling that same way.
Everything is going good and I hope all is well back home. Are you keeping all my e-mails? If not tell me so I can print them off so I can keep them.
Love you all,
Sister Foy
Monday, July 21, 2008
Letter from 7.21.08
Hello family,
Sounds like you are all on the move! this week has been... I don't know exactly remember what has happened everything has begun to blur together. Oh, ok I remember something. We had lunch last district meeting with our district. We were invited to come and have lunch with the Elders and we think we know why. Our senior zone leader is very sure of himself and the district leaders companion totally has a man crush on him. So all through lunch it was ego petting. It was interesting to see that. Sister Mecham and I are really happy we are sister missionaries because we don't have to pet any ones ego to feel really special, we are not trying to be APs. Hehe
I have been really tried this week so it has been hard to focus. There was a time that I could have my brain on and my body just go through the motions, but alas I am getting old and that does not happen any more.
You wanted to know about Nick, the one that kicked out his girlfriend. He is on fire. We taught him last night about the law of tithing. We were kind of scared that he would not want to because he is already paying child support and alimony, but he was totally for it. He has been our saving grace this past transfer and now. We know that he is all in and just can't wait till he gets baptized on the 9th of august.
We had a cottage meeting at the Neas' on Saturday. They are a recent convert family. we invited Nick and George and we all played jeopardy. It was fun. Bro. Neas has a major chewing and drinking problem and both Nick and George are giving up one or the other. It was really good or them to see that they can give it up and that life can happen with out them in their lives.
We are trying really hard to find some new investigators, but the summer time is really hard because people are out camping or doing things with the family. We got a referral from a sister in the branch that seems promising. She has been introduced to the Book of Mormon and has read for it a little and wants to have us come over. she is a nurse so it is hard to catch her. And there is another lady who we tracted into that is interested, but she is a cardiac nurse in Bangor and is going to school at the same time so she is really busy.
I think that I won't get transferred for a while because of the length of time that sisters have served here before. I don't have a problem staying here for a while. I like it here.
I hope that all is well on the western front. The only thing here is the heat and the humidity.
I love you all,
Sister Foy
Sounds like you are all on the move! this week has been... I don't know exactly remember what has happened everything has begun to blur together. Oh, ok I remember something. We had lunch last district meeting with our district. We were invited to come and have lunch with the Elders and we think we know why. Our senior zone leader is very sure of himself and the district leaders companion totally has a man crush on him. So all through lunch it was ego petting. It was interesting to see that. Sister Mecham and I are really happy we are sister missionaries because we don't have to pet any ones ego to feel really special, we are not trying to be APs. Hehe
I have been really tried this week so it has been hard to focus. There was a time that I could have my brain on and my body just go through the motions, but alas I am getting old and that does not happen any more.
You wanted to know about Nick, the one that kicked out his girlfriend. He is on fire. We taught him last night about the law of tithing. We were kind of scared that he would not want to because he is already paying child support and alimony, but he was totally for it. He has been our saving grace this past transfer and now. We know that he is all in and just can't wait till he gets baptized on the 9th of august.
We had a cottage meeting at the Neas' on Saturday. They are a recent convert family. we invited Nick and George and we all played jeopardy. It was fun. Bro. Neas has a major chewing and drinking problem and both Nick and George are giving up one or the other. It was really good or them to see that they can give it up and that life can happen with out them in their lives.
We are trying really hard to find some new investigators, but the summer time is really hard because people are out camping or doing things with the family. We got a referral from a sister in the branch that seems promising. She has been introduced to the Book of Mormon and has read for it a little and wants to have us come over. she is a nurse so it is hard to catch her. And there is another lady who we tracted into that is interested, but she is a cardiac nurse in Bangor and is going to school at the same time so she is really busy.
I think that I won't get transferred for a while because of the length of time that sisters have served here before. I don't have a problem staying here for a while. I like it here.
I hope that all is well on the western front. The only thing here is the heat and the humidity.
I love you all,
Sister Foy
Monday, July 14, 2008
Letter from 7.14.08
Hello family-
I hope that you all got your letters. Last week I went up to Bangor to do some shopping, like mom said I was born to do it.
Any way this week was awesome. We got to meet with all of our investigators which sometimes doesn't always happen. Nick was our miracle this week. We pulled up to his home and we noticed that his live-in girlfriend's car was not there. When we walked in the lights were all on and there was music playing, which that never happened before. we sat down for our lesson and he announced that he was no linger living in sin. He has a word of wisdom problem so I just assumed that he had stopped smoking. I am very naive. He kicked his girlfriend out! That was the change that we noticed when we walked in. There wasn't a shade over the house. The light was shinning forth. The next thing that he announced was that he wanted to move up his baptismal date two weeks. I was so happy from last week when he actually set a date that I really didn't quite understand the cool factor of having the investigator move up their date. I am still learning all this stuff still.
We also got to teach Mike who we have to move slow with because he is dyslectic so he has to go really so when he does his readings. He seems to be moving along pretty good we just wished he saw the importance of keeping consistent each week instead of every other week.
George is having a hard time getting an answer to his prayers about the Book of Mormon. We are still optimistic because he came to church yesterday and he still does his readings and wants to meet with us for lessons.
Saturday we had a mission wide conference call. That was cool. Pres. Jensen wanted to implement a new way of reporting numbers and thought it would be faster if he did it then instead of waiting for zone conference. It was cool because I had to say the opening prayer and an elder I came out with that is on the other side of the mission said the closing. I had been wondering how he was doing and I am sure now that he is doing just fine.
Last night was transfers. No I did not get transferred or you would have gotten a very short e-mail like last week. Sister Mecham was scared because she has been here 6 months and it is about time for her to be transferred, but we are together here or another 6 weeks. We are glad because the guys are moving in the right direction and a new missionary might throw them off.
Well I can't think of anything else...
Love you all,
Sister Foy
I hope that you all got your letters. Last week I went up to Bangor to do some shopping, like mom said I was born to do it.
Any way this week was awesome. We got to meet with all of our investigators which sometimes doesn't always happen. Nick was our miracle this week. We pulled up to his home and we noticed that his live-in girlfriend's car was not there. When we walked in the lights were all on and there was music playing, which that never happened before. we sat down for our lesson and he announced that he was no linger living in sin. He has a word of wisdom problem so I just assumed that he had stopped smoking. I am very naive. He kicked his girlfriend out! That was the change that we noticed when we walked in. There wasn't a shade over the house. The light was shinning forth. The next thing that he announced was that he wanted to move up his baptismal date two weeks. I was so happy from last week when he actually set a date that I really didn't quite understand the cool factor of having the investigator move up their date. I am still learning all this stuff still.
We also got to teach Mike who we have to move slow with because he is dyslectic so he has to go really so when he does his readings. He seems to be moving along pretty good we just wished he saw the importance of keeping consistent each week instead of every other week.
George is having a hard time getting an answer to his prayers about the Book of Mormon. We are still optimistic because he came to church yesterday and he still does his readings and wants to meet with us for lessons.
Saturday we had a mission wide conference call. That was cool. Pres. Jensen wanted to implement a new way of reporting numbers and thought it would be faster if he did it then instead of waiting for zone conference. It was cool because I had to say the opening prayer and an elder I came out with that is on the other side of the mission said the closing. I had been wondering how he was doing and I am sure now that he is doing just fine.
Last night was transfers. No I did not get transferred or you would have gotten a very short e-mail like last week. Sister Mecham was scared because she has been here 6 months and it is about time for her to be transferred, but we are together here or another 6 weeks. We are glad because the guys are moving in the right direction and a new missionary might throw them off.
Well I can't think of anything else...
Love you all,
Sister Foy
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