Twenty and still growin!

Lindsey Roylance to you

 

Well, everybody. It's true. I have reached the ripe age of 20. It's been a glorious day today! Many wonderful plans. We got permission to go just outside our area to go to Holy Hill, a catholic shrine for Mary this morning. Then my wonderful companions took me out for Mexican food. What a treat!

This week has been a week of miracles. I absolutely love this ward. So golden. Best member missionaries I've experienced who have so many friends they want to share the gospel with!

We taught Olivia, a convert of 1 month (but has attended for 3 years but couldn't be baptized til 18), the plan of salvation. This was at her neighbors house because of the situation with her mom. Well, mid-lesson guess who knocks at the door? Her mom! The family is going thru a really hard time and her mom came in to ask if we could pray with her for her family. Talk about heart softened. It was very spiritual and a great step in the right direction. Hopefully Sister Ruiz can practice her portugese on her soon!

We also have been working with the Cantrell's, a less active family. Amanda is 17 and desires to serve a mission. She is the sweetest thing I've ever seen and has a big heart. She desires to come to church but has been staying home to take care of her sick mom and sister. They just happen to be sick a lot. Well, in working with Amanda and teaching her the missionary lessons to prep her for a mission, the Spirit whispered to her that she needs to come to church whether or not her mom and sister do. It also whispered missionary work within her own friends. She is so excited about the gospel and gave us like 5 names of her friends and we didn't even tell her to do any of this. Power of the Spirit right there!

Saturday we went over to the Jordan's whose story is the most legit I've ever heard. Talk about hard core druggies, rehab, homeless, living in a tent and more. But guess what? You'd never know it because they are the cutest couple and are going to be sealed in May!!! Now we get to teach Bro. Jordan's kids the gospel. Greatness!

Well, what a wonderful spirit filled week it has been. I Love Missions.

Hope ya'll have a great week!

Sister Roylance
 

Tuda Bem? Como Vai?!

Lindsey Roylance to you

 

Hey everyone! So this week was pretty great. I drove 3 hours to milwaukee Tuesday night and met my new comps wednesday. My new companions are Sister Proffit who goes home in 6 weeks and Sister Ruiz who is waiting for her visa to brazil. Being in a trio is super fun and I am learning soo much from the two of them! Also, lessons I am learning a lot from their teaching skills. I'm excited for us!

 

I am in Oconomowoc Wisconsin. 3 people and 2 beds... Poor Sister Proffit has the air mattress. Also, Learning portugese from Sister Ruiz with language study for an hour a day. :)

Still Junior comp but hey I am the designated driver!!! Finally. Haven't driven in 6 months. But apparently my Utah status (with experience in snow) qualifies me for the job :)

Learned some pro stalking skills this week. So we know a girl and we know she works graveyards and gets home between 730 and 1030 in the morning. So we go out to her house at 8:30 and knock. Nope, she is not home. We do studies, personal and comp until 1030 outside her house and then knock again to see if she snuck in. Unfortunately she still wasn't home but hey! She's important.

We had a lesson with Suzette. We taught the Restoration. Surprisingly, unity wasn't an issue. It was a really great first lesson in our trio and the Spirit was definitely there. Suzette's great because she has lots of questions and answers them herself= awesome. She also came to church for the first time yesterday and boy was it a spiritual block of church!

Well, I love ya'll. Happy happy to be here. and Happy St. Patrick's Day!

My new address is

675 Worthington St. #204

Oconomowoc, WI 53066

Sister Roylance

Off to Kettle in a Threesome!

Lindsey Roylance to you

 

So, I found out a few days ago that I am indeed being transferred this week. I will be going to Kettle Moraine (not sure how to spell). Not only that but I will be in a threesome! Might be a weird adjustment but lookin forward to it!

Said many goodbyes to the Stevens Point branch yesterday. I will be driving to Milwaukee 3 hours away Tuesday night.

 

So this week was awesome! We, representatives of the Church, won the volunteer of the Year award at the YMCA. Great way to represent the church! 

Also a week of miracles. This week has been a week of miracles! We got in contact with people we have tried and tried to, and then this week we met with two individuals not even at their own house, but someone else's that we tracted into and they were visiting. Similar situation we met with others that wouldn't normally be where we found them but through the hand of the Lord, they were placed there for us to meet and introduce to the gospel. 

I'm loving my time here. It's so precious. Can't believe I've been out 6 months already! Love the gospel!

March 3, 2014

Re: Life among the Hmong

Lindsey Roylance to you

This week I had exchanges with my grandma (trainers trainer) Sister Bennett in Wausau! It was amazing. For service I taught a Hmong lady english using numbers, letters, colors, and months. Awesome! We also got to teach a Jewish man Sabbath Day Holy. Great time! Interesting what I learned there! Then for dinner we went to a Hmong family's home and I got a Hmong name!!! Bucketlist item fulfilled.

This week we had a lot of focus on Less actives. We have been meeting with a few and are gaining a great relationship with them. We have established a reading pattern with them to get them started into the Book of Mormon to help them understand and apply the scriptures.

The Elder's in our branch had a baptism. Awesome to see Ryan get baptized after a year and a half of investigating. His wife and in-laws are members in our branch and Saturday answered prayers I'm sure! Amazing, next step is the temple where they can be an eternal family!

 

We had a genius plan yesterday. For third hour we went into Primary where they talked on Testimonies. We of course had them write/draw their testimonies on a paper that we could include with the Book of Mormons we give out. What is more precious than a testimony of a child? Nothing! They are truly adorable.

I studied fasting a lot. Didn't realize the power of fasting! I feel i have not used that resource of help from the Lord like I should've all my life. Great talk is called Fasting with Power. Ya'll should read it.