Last day of being 21!

THANK you soooo much for all the Birthday wishes for tomorow! Mom thank you so much for my package- I got them at zone conference and everyone in my district were all around me when I opened my 2 packages and loved my crest whiting strips and deodorant everyone else was not too excited! But I was thrilled thank you so much and anything else should be at the mission home and I should get them next tuesday! So thanks so much! The pictures from Tara- loveeeedd them made me a bit trunky but good trunky! Thank you so much though! Ty and Levi look so handsome and loved the shirts! JORDAY AND NAES- How is efy? Any cute boys? Did any counselors remeber me by chance..prob not- im a lost cause! Any cute Counselors....hey i do come home in 16 months from today! I have officilaly been out for 2 months Today! Crazy huh! 

Zone Conference was soo great! I got asked to play the piano so was a little nervous cause I have Zero time to practice, but the meeting was incredible! We also had a preach my gospel activity were they would put up quotes and then we would have 10 seconds to go the page it was on in our PMG's and guess who was one of the winners! This sister- well with the help from me having extra points for being a New missionary so it was all becuase we get double points but still it was fun and everyone gets so competitve and the prize- American Rootbear! haha Which you cant get here! To bad I dont drink soda, but the elders loved it! It was fun to be around and meet more sisters too! We are slowly repopulating and there are more and more! I love it! and it was great to see President and SIster Rasmussen! They are such incredible people and would do anything for me and asked about my family  and Marana and everything! But thank you for the packages- I really appreciate it! 

This week not gonna lie, not the best week for numbers, but a needed week for sure! This week I learned it is all about your attitude! This week I decided to have a positive and fun attitude in the worst situations and it really works! If you tell yourself you love knocking doors in the pouring rain and ice cold wind, then you love it (ps in our mission when you knock in the rain which is like every day, your husband gets better looking so not bad- were willing ), if you tell yourself you love your companion no matter what she says or does, then you love her and have a better time. It is all about the attitude. and it definitly helped this week because everyone of our lessons got flogged this week. Such a bummer and very frustraing, but once again it is all about your attitude. So we didnt teach any lessons this week really. But found some really solid potentials and allowed us to focus on improving our finding skills and as we did, we did much better and could see our hard work pay off. I know the lord prepares his children to hear this message, and we are going to find them as we rely on the spirit. I love talking to people on the street, everyone has a different story and life and just such neat people. Well most people. This week we got yelled at pretty good by a man at this door saying to never come round and that we ruined his day, and that we are prisoners of faith. Others beleive we are sales women, or are there to show them around a house that they are standing by. haha Just laugh it off, it makes a good story in your journal (Ps dad, I made a goal to write everyday because I know you did and so far so good thank you for your example). Amy I wish you taught me polish before I left, the elders are teaching 3 polish people and they speak about 10 words of english and through rough translation are still able to bring the spirit. I said I would talk to you flying over to help teach them :) 

I also got to teach YW on sunday and such a fun day- we even went out and sat in the sun becuase it never shines here except that day. It was fun to get to know them and talk with them. 

Today was fun- I got to choose what to do today on Pday for my bday so I chose to go to Glaucster Cathedral and a festival there in glaucster. The Cathedral is were the filmed parts of the Harry Potter Movie and they look just like the movie! I went to Hogwarts today! So crazy it was just like the movie!  It was soooo coool and I cant wait to go back again and take more pictures- its cost £3 (pounds) to take pictures and it is the end of the month so all of us missionaries are broke and have no money from our missionary funds! But then we went to the festival down by the dock and saw all these old ships and they had music and food and old english stuff. It was really fun! But all is well! Love you all and hope summer is fun! Naes congrats on your award- my comp is so proud of you! Love you all and have a great week 

Cheers

w9 Sister Wengert

Cheers!

Seeing you on skype yesterday made my life for the next 18 months! Mother's day is officially my favorite holiday! Sooo fun and sorry Tara and TJ, something went dumb on skype and I couldnt get all reconnected but it was so fun to see the boys and you and talk for a bit! Mom- everyone in my district is still talking about how funny you are! haha so thank you for bringing some humor to our missionary lives- It doesnt take much! But all is well and another rainy and hail filled week! 

This week we taught a former investigator who had a date to get baptised and it feel through and a year later we come into the picture and we taught a really good refresher of the restoration (my first "First" lesson on the mish so far) and the spirit was so strong! and at the end of the lesson I got the oppurtnity to extend baptism and she excepted! she  has a date for the 31st of May! Extending baptism was so powerful and such a cool experience! She is really excited but we have a lot of work to do before that date! But prety exciting! Miracles are so real as  a missionary! I love it! Last Pday we saw this guy and his dog and he was walking but we were in our pday clothes and had no pass along cards so we just passed by and didnt say anything! Turns out that night we saw him again! we stopped him and talked with him and gave him a book of Mormon and set up a return appointment! Coincidence I think not! I love miracles, they make everything so worth it! 

This week I ate a sharon fruit for the first time! It is this orange looking fruit you eat here in england! Sooo good and I ate pumpkin for the first time as well. Like the orange part :) Also I had "Missionary chicken" for the first time, a lengendary meal the Beazor family feeds the missionaries! This week a sweet old lady taught me how to eat like a lady, with a knife in your right now and fork in your left! Ill teach you to eat "properly" as she says when I get home! This was right after we modeled here japanese dresses for her! Way good! We also did a lot of service this week at Mama Chesters Home! This women is one of the greatest women that has ever lived! She is originally from Bostwania and her son is a ward missionary and is always working with us! Such a neat family! But Mama Chesters takes good care of us and tells us all of her words of wisdom. She makes sure we never go hungry and is planning on taking us sisters to get our nails done (She looked at my missionaries nails and said " Gurl, me and you need a day to get our nails did) haha Such a sweet women! We built her a shed and painted it for us with the other 2 sets of elders. Suprisingly it looks pretty good! 

This week we had a combined district meeting with the missionaries in Glaucseter. Such a neat and so spirtiual meeting. I love learning from other missionaries and hearing all their experiences! We are all missionaries in almost the same area, but have such differenet expereineces! I love it! 

This week we also had splits with sis Neilson this week! Love her to death and learn so much from her each time! She is from Utah and we are allready making plans for when we get back to go boarding and eat at Olive Garden! 

This week I got some interesting compliments from some people! Some lady as she was slamming the door in our faces yelled ou Hey Nice teeth and slammed the door! Another person yelled out hey I respec you but I believe in Science not jesus! haha Love the people more and more here! I cant beleive I have finishe my first transfer allready- it really has flown by! Our District Leader Elder Lyman leaves Wednesday and its sad to see him go! But

Mom- for my birthday don't send me that toothbrush I have it all figured out but I would love crest whitenting strips maybe and some real dove powdered deodorant none of that spray on stuff! Love you so much! Thanks for all you do! Dad hope you and Naes had fun in The GC! Missed you on Skype- but dad thank you for answering that random UK phone number! Love you all and have a great week! Cheers!
w9

Another week in the EBM aka Earth's Best Mission

6 May 2013

HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO yesterday!! Thanks for the visual of food dad! Ahhhhh Its killing me- I want some green chili so bad!! haha But yesterday we had a DA at an American families house, and they remeber Cinco De Mayo and made English "Mexican" food! haha Didnt taste much like mexican food but it was the thought that counted! Tara Jo- Those pictures are adorable! Everyone huddled over me at our zone Pday today and ohhhed and ahhed on my two handsome boys! Im so glad ty loved his card and their is hope that they both remeber me! I love that! But Im glad Ty had a fun birthday party and way to suprise Dev! Sounds like Fun!
This week has been a building and learning but really good week! This week we didn't teach much at all- all of our lessons got flogged unfortunatly. But I have hope that in the next 18 months I will be able to teach my "first" first lesson in the mission, all of our lessons so far have been flogged, but I guess the Lord just wants to teach my patienece! And slowly Im learning to have patience as a missionary!
Mom is everyone getting my emails- and can you get me Brindy's and Olivia's email address?? Also, I can use Cd's we have a DVD player that we watch the district on that we can listen to Cd's or USB's also work whatever is up to you! Thanks SOOO much for the package! Made my week when I went to the mission home and got it! Good work on the scarf- way cute and I have gotten many compliments on it! so Thank you and that was the best smashed Fig newton in the world! Really- and were did you find that cute bag of Chocolate Covered Palmogranets! So cute and soooo good! and thank you for all the great letters!

This week we have seen some incredible miracles: that is one of the coolest things in missionary work is to be able to see miracles every day! We taught this random lesson with this lady we found on the street who left and then turned around and came back to us and she lived in the craziest, dirtiest, smelliest, covered in laundry, and her crazy partner in his bathrobe but the spirit was so strong as I shared a scripture on the atonement and testified that the Saviour (UK spelling, I really can still spell) knows how she feels. But it was a really cool expereince! We also met some really cool potentials this week by following the promptings of the spirit on who to stop and talk to who are totally out of our way- they all strengthening my testimony of the Lord's hand in missionary work! It is so cool!  I took the train to Birmingham this week on Friday for a trainers follow up meeting and got to see Everyone who was in the MTC with and it was sooooo great! We seriously sprinted across the train station and embraced in handshakes! It was so good to see everyone in my district! We were the biggest group to enter into the mission and still am until June! Pretty Cool! Awwww I loved it and such a great meeting- and we got post that got sent to the mission home so even better! But it was so fun to see everyone! Im glad you got to talk to Sister Rasmussen, she is so great and they are seriously like parents to all of us missionaries!

Remeber the 17 year old who's mum and sister passed away- he has been impossible to stop by and actually see, we have tried over 7 times, and we finally got a hold of him and set up an appointment! So its pretty exciting and have such a good feeling about him! This week we did a lot of service, and I basicall rebuilt a shelf for this man in our ward who has some health problems and he loves to talk to us, it was the man who we sang a song too once- just me and Sister Obies Sanchez....a bit awkard, but hey that is the name closet to describe missionary work!
Derek is in New  Hampshire! What the heck I had no idea! But im excited for Derek to finally get to the feild- Derek send me your emails pleaseeee! Love you but please! But when will you go to Argentina- I wish you were reassigned to England! That would be awesome and we could be companions again!
Today we had a Zone Pday and it was so much fun! We had a vollyball tournament, played some ultimate frisbee, some rugby, and just hung out and ate chocolate- story of our lives here in England! The cholcolate is so much better here than in America! Sorry to say! But it was a blast, and fun to see everyone- there were probably about 35 elders and us 4 sisters ;) way to represent Sisters!

I get to skype this Sunday! I cant wait- Dad your not gonna be there!? Bummer!! Your leaving saturday morning! But Dad maybe I can call you?! Ill see what I can do! I sure hope so but have fun in Hava Supi- Im jeaolous and take lots of pictures and email them to me! But Sunday unless things change- Ill probably skype around 6 oclock which means about 10 oclock there! Sorry dumb time chagnge- but ill give your email to the person I am skyping with and email your name to her- any questions ask TJ, when in doubt just ask him! But I cant wait to see your faces! Maybe we could even work out a three way skype with some of my other favorite people! We will see:) But all is welll here! Mom- one thing I would LOVEEE is if you would send me a few deodorant sticks- they dont sell powedered Dove deodorant here- only gross spray stuff- that is all i want for my birthday haha! But we will talk on Sunday! I cant wait! Home sounds great and mom congrats on your new calling- it is an inportnant calling and you will do soooo well! Love you all and thanks for all you do for me! This work is so awesome and it is a privelage to be apart of it! I love this gospel! Have a Fun dabby Dosy Week! Love ya

Cheers

W9 SISTER WENGERT!

Someone in ENGLAND loves YOU!

29 April 2013
Well another week has flown by and such a great week with many miracles and awesome moments! Tuesday we had a zone meeting which was so great and all about the importance of the first lesson! I finally got to meet all the elders and sisters in my Zone and even saw Elder Mcfarland and Thompson and SIster Vance from my MTC District! It was the best moment and we all stood in a circle and just said how much we have missed eachother and how it has been for all of us! I was like a mini Family reunion! The best moment! Being with so many great missionaries in one room is so powerful and a reminder of how privelaged I am to be serving in the EBM- Earths Best Mission is what we are told! But definitly a highlight of the week for sure! This week we have found some pretty solid potentials which is exciting becuase we arnt having much luck gettting in contact with some of our others! We met this really cool 17 year old kid who's mum and sister just passed away last week, it was so sad but cool to testify that he will see them again! I wanted to just hug him so bad poor guy! But hopefully this week we can met up with him and teach him the Plan of Salvation! We meet this huge black guy who literally his thighs were the size of my waist haha, huge and we had a really good conversation about Christ but in the end was not interested but before he left he said " One Tip.. Lose the badges" haha Pretty funny!
This week we also threw a suprise birthday party for a Recent Convert that I have truely come to love her and her two girls about Jordan and Janae's age! JORDY- she added me on Facebbok will you excpet her:) Maybe get to know her:) Awesome Girls! But we suprised her with cake and ballons and it made her day and ours! So fun, the cake was made with love and it looked that way, a bit dodgy but made with love. European ovens take a bit of time to get used too! haha Same with the washing machine, apparently somehow I managed to die a load of my laundry blue...just my luck! haha But I will survive! I have many lessons the hard way here! Bread does not last very long unless its frozen cause apparently American Bread is full of preservaives...shocker! But ya we keep most things in the freezer here! The other night at a Dinner App. An American family made us Elders and Sisters "Cafe Rio" burriots! I was in heaven even though they were a bit different but at this poin anything that is remotly close to the food from home is my new best friend! hahaha!
MOM! I get to SKYPE ya for MOTHERS DAY on the 12 of MAY! So im pretty excited about that, Im counting the days till I can see your faces! I miss you all so much!
This week we have quite a few lessons cancel which is very frustrating, I prepare so I can teach perfect, and no lesson! But im here for the next 18 months, odds are that I will be able to teach quite a few lessons! Just means more finding for us! Yeah :) haha but when you work hard finding that means more people to teach! So its worth it! Mom good job on your missionary efforts! You might as well just put on a tag! Your killing it and its so awesome! I also had a drunk man hit on me one day while finding! He came and almost ran me over on his bike and began to follow us and talk with us! He kept talking to us and I tried giving him a card, but said he hated American, but that we were both very attractive, but ya he would not leave us alone. But dont worry mom, Pdays we practice our self defense that the Ward missionary Mark teaches us! haha Im set, but ya pretty funny!
One day we were knocking and a church of England Pastor answers the door and starts laughing! haha He says HI Im Ben, a Church of England pastor, and you are on the closet path to satan; I almost started laughing! I couldn't beleive this was real! But I introduced ourselves and tried to give him a mormon.org card and he was just tearing us apart and saying he would pray for us and slammed the door! Sister Obies Sanchez was awesome and testified to him as I wanted to run down the street so that was  a lesson learner for me! Dont ever be afraid to testify of the Truth! But the good news is that the Church of England is praying for our welfare, so we should be having some serious success soon! So thank you Church of England!
The Baptism this week was so AWESOME! and Im more fully understading why you love Missionary work! Tania was so happy the entire time! It was incredible and her mom even came to ther service- earlier she would not even come into the room with us! She was terrified of us! But she came and felt something! The feeling of Joy you feel as Tania was baptised was unlike anything I have ever felt! I love it and it makes me want to work even harder to find others to teach so the can feel what Tania has felt and the feeling of Joy you feel as a missionary is so unreal!- and Tania's mom came to Church the next sunday as well! Pretty exciting!! So We also had splits this saturday which were so great and defintily needed that! Sister Koons and Sister Nelson came to Cheltenham friday night and spent the night and Saturday we divided and concquered! It was awesome to learn from other sisters and they are just such fun girls! Sister Nelson and Siters Obies came early to the Church to begin to fill up the font, but apparently did not change the temperature on the water so when Tania went into the font to be baptised it was WAY to hot! haha I could not believe it! We had to go get buckets of ice cold water and put them into the font! Haha It was defintly a memorable baptism! haha but Tania was laughing! But such a cool expereince to be apart of! And Tania's mom said she wants to start coming more regulary to church so we are so excited to see that miracle! I played the piano at the baptism and mom can i just say THANK YOU for the 12 years of practicing! I can not thank you enough! It is really cool because I have zero time to practice, but I can pretty much play any song well and many people have commented on my playing. I dont know how, I was losing it at USU! haha But it is prett cool and am using it a lot so thank you mama!
TJ- will you put my email Jessica.wengert@myldsmail.net on my blog anyone can email me and would love anything!! Your the Best!
I want to see pictures of Prom and Janae's teeth and everythig! Mom will you email me pictures PLEASE!! Home sounds really good and about the same as when I left! That is really cool about the Boston Bombing! the USA still has hope! haha and ya mom it does feel a bit wierd being the miniority and everyday someone asks " why are you so tan" haha! But I love it here and every day things get better and better and I love the work more and more! The ward retreat sounds awesome! PS mom- sorry about your finger! I would gladly chop off my hand to have a navajo taco with extra avacoados on top! haha 17 months I will :) Jordy- good job in everything softball and all the good choices your making! Im proud of you! Janae you still love your teeth! Tanny man! The Work and the Glory are so good and Im glad your reading them! Your such a stud and wil be such a great missionary some day! My little box works great and we use it as a district every pday! USB's or CD's work great whatever is cheaper to send! I would LOVE anything!! Thank your for being you and the great family you all are! DEVIN HAPPY BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK! Your getting OLD :) But you still got it goin on! Dont worry! Go to a shrimp Buffet for your BDay! and my sweet TY TY! HAPPY 3rd Birthday this week! I wish so badly I could be ther! TARA dont let TY forget about me! I want to see Pictures next week of his cute Birthday party! Thanks for all you do! Someone in England Loves you! The Church is True and I love this work!
Cheers!
w9 Sister Wengert

22 April 2013

Hello Mom, Dad, and the Fam!

Its Monday agian- and each day is getting better and better! It truely is- your week sounds like a pretty good and normal wengert week! Jordy way to go! 8th in the State for Softball- that is better than we did! and 2 over the fence! Taking after your big sister- sersiouly that is so awesome! Keep me updated on it all! So proud of you- way to represent Marana Tigers! Mom you gave out a Book of Mormon? Way to go- easier said then done! I told all the other Elders that you did and we were all so excited and were shouting and high fiving- helping the Lord's Work progress! That is so awesome- just some random lady at the Mall! Bold- something Im slowly acquiring- Being more Bold but its Coming! My ward is so great and Sundays are one of the best days in the feild! Im getting to know more of the members and have established some friendships allready! The American Young Women and I love each other and say ahhh another Amercian! haha the other day a member Sister Brazington took us shopping- such a sweet family that takes such good of Just us Sisters here not so much the Elders, but we were in the car and her 2 year old daughter taps me on the shoulder and says Hey " I Love America" in her adorable brit accent- haha we all died laughing, they have no idea were she got that from! So Cute! But Yes Baptism on Saturday- I can't wait! Even though I didnt do a whole lot I have really grown to love Tania and well send you pictures of it on Monday! Not every missionary gets to be part of a baptism in the 3rd week of her mission! We had her interview on Friday and it was an hour long, when it should be less than 30 min and me and Sister Obies Sachez were so nervous down stairs going over if we taught everything! We had Sione Kalamafone or (whoever you spell it) a professional rugby player sit and babysit the other Elder as his comp was giving the interview and we talked for a while and such a neat guy- he is from Tonga and I told him about Skyler! He said Sky will have an easy mission, unlike here he said, the food is so good but will be very different for him- but can you foward this to him! Tell him Im serving in Siones Ward in England! Crazy! But Pretty good week- This week not 13 potentials unfortuantly but still a good week a lot of canceled appoitments and Lots of Finding and yelling to us at the doors- you just learn to brush it off most of the time. (Dang Red Grove Drive is the worst) haha

This week we had a small miracle- we had 30 min before we had to be home and we were at our flat but we went out for the last 30 min and had nothing. As we were walking home and GQ'ing everyone we saw we walked by a group of huge black guys in hoods and smoking- it was dark and we were in an ally way and I was getting a bit nervous not gonna lie they were a bit dodgy really- I was about to pull out some self defense moves I had learned on last Pday! haha We didnt bother stopping them cause we were nervous, but one stopped and asked if we were mormons, I hesitatnly said yesss and he was like hey me too! We were both like WHAT- (Like Tara says What) and he said he went to church in Gloucster and now moved here but didnt know were the church here is! Hahaha Definitly a lesson learned! You never know who the gospel  can touch! But we gave him the directions to the church and just a small miracle but defintily impacted me! Pretty neat and we shared it at District meeting! The Elders were like that is so awesome!

But ya this week we have quite a few potentials that are going to allow us to stop by and share the 1st lesson so pretty exciting! Including Zxcocratee (Sock-ra-tee) who has three teeth and a intersting story but gotta love it! So im excited to really practice what I did so many times in the MTC!

On Saturday the SUN was actually shining- quite the rare occasion for England but there was a ward activity that night! So much fun we had a DA at the Church before and then and went and set up! It was such a blast they played a bunch of tv show games like jeopardy and such! We sisters were on the Young Womens team and had a blast with them! I love being with them and am getting to know them more and more and some have become my little sisters! We go and do YW on Fridays just to help out and also cause so many sisters are now serving, that were just examples of it I guess! I love it! But on one of the games we played they were playing songs and then stopping it and then asking for the lyrics! They played a Donny Osmond song and NONE of them even knew who Donny Osmand was- the adults all did but they had never heard of him. Made me feel a bit old really! Pretty Funny- It was fun to listen to "real" music for a bit! haha

Sunday I taught Gospel Principles- the Ward Mission Leader asked me the night before but I was a little stressed and it was on Sacrafice- but it ended up really good! I had lots of great comments and had lots of people complment it said it was so  "Lovely"! But it was really fun and have decided it is abetter expereince to not prepare and just teach by the spirit becuase you learn more yourself! It is a pretty awesome feeling! I love this work and am proud to be in the long line of great Missionaries that we have in this family! Dad- That geneology was really intersting thanks for that! Its funny before the mission- might have been a bit of  a bore..but its funny to see your priorities change on your mission! I love it and keep it coming! It gives me more motivation to work harder cause I have a lot to live up to! W9 Baby!

Mom- could you email me some fun sheet music just a couple every now and then if you can figure it out- maybe Like the Waterfall or some church music! I would Love it! and Just a heads up I can listen to ANY uplifting music that isnt too upbeat, our choice really! So if you have any good stuff send it or email it my way?? Maybe some Vocal Point?? You could email me? I would Love it
Elder Chardon is the best! I wish he was my district leader! He is such a stud!!!! ... Sister Wengert is such a good missionary! Good job helping her be a missionary before she even was called! Cheers! Elder Chardon - From Holland!

That was Elder Chardon haha As you could guess!

But missionary Life is so good! It is work that is for sure but this week should be a good one! Tomorow is Zone Meeting! So i will be able to see a couple in my MTC district which I cant wait! Random fun fact- people in England have Pet RATS- and I finally held one! haha Suzie Lonterman had one and insisted that I hold it Ill send a pic! Love you all and home sounds good! I want a pic of Janaes Teeth and the new horse! Love you all I love this gospel

Cheers

W9 Sister Wengert