So I promised you that I would tell you what we did for Thanksgiving. So we actually went to a party place called Noah's! We watched a movie and we ate a wonderful turkey dinner with mashed potatoes and beans and apple pie and pumpkin pie and corn bread! I've never had corn bread for Thanksgiving before! It was cool because I was able to tell the first Thanksgiving story to the sisters at my table (I was the only American at my table). Everybody loved the food and when we were all so full we did something great to give us all belly aches. We did some Line Dancing!! It was super fun and we did all the American classics like Cotton Eyed Joe and the Electric Slide, but all the sisters had a good time learning the steps. We also had a craft room where we made some Christmas decorations. It was a super fun day!
So my Christmas schedule is super busy! The Square is packed at night and there's so much to do! I have a couple of Christmas assignments, but my favorite one is the Christus. So basically we're just "herding" the people along to make sure that we have one flow of traffic, but there's one job that I did the other day and that was bearing my testimony in front of the Chrustus and then playing the narration and closing with my testimony. I really liked doing that! It really helps to bring the spirit when you testify of Jesus Christ and how He is the center of everything.
Love you all!
Love,
Sister Stolp
Sister Stolp
Called to Serve!
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
Proselyting
Dear Family,
How are you? Life has been good here. Not too crazy yet. The Square is still pretty quiet except for Fridays and Saturdays and Sundays. my companion is really dreading the Christmas rush! There will be so many people coming on the Square every day! Lately we've been getting the worst people on chat! Most of them are trolls, so they ask us questions like "how do magnets work?" or random stuff like that. We have had a couple of sincere people, but they end up not referring, so it's really sad.
Well, my first transfer is almost over! I won't be the baby anymore! I heard that there are only 7 sisters coming in next transfer. (My class had 24 sisters) I think the reason that there aren't that many sisters coming in is because there are a lot of sisters coming back from outbound.
Love you all!
Love,
Sister Stolp
Greetings
So, this week has had it's ups and downs; here are some of the ups! So earlier this week we met two Italian boys and I started the contact!! I was so proud of myself and even sister Bowden said that I did a good job! So we met them on the side of the Tabernacle and we started telling them about the Restoration right there. They were both practicing Catholics and it was pretty cool and at first they didn't want anything to do with the Book of Mormon, but we explained about it some more and one of them referred and asked for two Books of Mormon for both of them. It was really neat and after they referred we showed them the highlights of Temple Square. One of them was really open and told us about what he did in the Catholic church and they kept saying how similar our church is with their church. So after the tour we found out that they just gave us their address to send the missionaries and not their phone number, so we can't call them. I'm really sad about that!
I also have another cool experience that I want to share with you. We were in the TC and we finished talking to one of our investigators and we had an awkward amount of time 'til our next appointment, so my companion decided to take a turn around the Square. So we walked into the North Visitor's Center and we were walking next to the New Testament paintings. There was a guy who was walking there also, and we started talking to him. He just opened up to us and told us how he and his wife want to adopt this little boy, but it would cost them $50,000. They already adopted another boy 4 years previously and that costed only $10,000. So he told his wife that if they adopted this boy that they would have to sell their house and go live in an apartment and that they would have to buy second hand cars from now on. So he came to Temple Square to get some insight on what to do. So that's where we come in! Sister Bowden was able to ask him some questions and one of the questions was, "What would you be able to give this boy?" The man almost started crying, he said that he would be able to give him love, an eternal family, and an older brother. My companion then shared 1 Ne 4:6-7 and he said that he needed to be like Nephi and "go and get the plates". So he left knowing that he needed to adopt that boy. The next day...a sister gave us a note and it was from that same guy!!! In the note he said that he had never felt that much peace as he did after he made that decision to adopt the boy!! It was such a special experience and I'm so glad that I was a part of that!!
Love you lots!!
Love,
Sister Stolp
I also have another cool experience that I want to share with you. We were in the TC and we finished talking to one of our investigators and we had an awkward amount of time 'til our next appointment, so my companion decided to take a turn around the Square. So we walked into the North Visitor's Center and we were walking next to the New Testament paintings. There was a guy who was walking there also, and we started talking to him. He just opened up to us and told us how he and his wife want to adopt this little boy, but it would cost them $50,000. They already adopted another boy 4 years previously and that costed only $10,000. So he told his wife that if they adopted this boy that they would have to sell their house and go live in an apartment and that they would have to buy second hand cars from now on. So he came to Temple Square to get some insight on what to do. So that's where we come in! Sister Bowden was able to ask him some questions and one of the questions was, "What would you be able to give this boy?" The man almost started crying, he said that he would be able to give him love, an eternal family, and an older brother. My companion then shared 1 Ne 4:6-7 and he said that he needed to be like Nephi and "go and get the plates". So he left knowing that he needed to adopt that boy. The next day...a sister gave us a note and it was from that same guy!!! In the note he said that he had never felt that much peace as he did after he made that decision to adopt the boy!! It was such a special experience and I'm so glad that I was a part of that!!
Love you lots!!
Love,
Sister Stolp
Monday, November 5, 2012
Halloween
My Halloween was great! The Square closed at 5 and we ate dinner and had a Halloween party. This was some sisters first experience with Halloween. That was pretty funny. They're starting to put up Christmas lights, which makes me and my companion super excited for Christmas!
So every single day we have what's called TC, and that's where we call our referrals and teach them over the phone. So I was in there today and I was sitting in my chair about to call someone when I stopped to listen. Behind me there was a sister speaking Spanish on the phone, in front of me there was a sister speaking Hindi(India) and a sister speaking Italian. I also heard a sister speaking Japanese on one of the phones. At that moment I realized that the scripture Mosiah 15:28 has already come true! This is the time where the salvation of the Lord is being declared to all nations! It's truly amazing! There are only two places in the world (I think) where missionaries can't set foot in and that's mainland China and Israel. Yet, we have a sister who is from mainland China and there was a family from Israel who came to Temple Square! This is such amazing work, I'm so glad I'm a part of it!
Love,
Sister Stolp
So every single day we have what's called TC, and that's where we call our referrals and teach them over the phone. So I was in there today and I was sitting in my chair about to call someone when I stopped to listen. Behind me there was a sister speaking Spanish on the phone, in front of me there was a sister speaking Hindi(India) and a sister speaking Italian. I also heard a sister speaking Japanese on one of the phones. At that moment I realized that the scripture Mosiah 15:28 has already come true! This is the time where the salvation of the Lord is being declared to all nations! It's truly amazing! There are only two places in the world (I think) where missionaries can't set foot in and that's mainland China and Israel. Yet, we have a sister who is from mainland China and there was a family from Israel who came to Temple Square! This is such amazing work, I'm so glad I'm a part of it!
Love,
Sister Stolp
1st Week
I survived my first week here!!! So I'm sure some of you are wondering "What does a Temple Square missionary DO all day, anyway??" Well, I'm here to tell you!
I get up at 6:30 and exercise. Then at 7 I get ready for the day ie, take a shower, put on make up and eat breakfast. At 8 I have personal study and at 9 I have companionship study. Then it depends on the day. On different days at different times I have Square time where I talk to people on the square and give tours and teach about Jesus Christ. Yesterday, I also worked at the Jerusalem map desk. Or I have TC time where we have chat or where we call our referrals and see if they would like us to teach them over the phone and have local missionaries teach them as well. Some days I open and close the Joseph Smith movie where we share our testimonies on Joseph Smith or other principles and after the movie we contact the people and see if they would like to learn more or if they have any referrals. The mission is a baptizing mission. We find to teach, teach to baptize, and baptize to seal. My first Saturday we went to a baptism. My companion and her former companion taught this guy and he accepted the invitation to be baptized. It was way cool to start off my mission with a baptism! (even though it wasn't mine)
Tomorrow I hope to pass of and that is where I give a tour to our zone leaders they determine whether I am good enough to give tour to people who ask. When I pass off I will also be able to participate in an investigator lesson/tour that the local Salt Lake missionaries have requested! Pretty exciting!!
It's really neat to share with people of different faiths about our beliefs and teach them the trials that the early members of the church had to go through and help them to realize that it's only through Jesus Christ that we can return to our Heavenly Father. I do get rejection and I do get a lot of people who just come here to argue with us. But I am here to represent Christ and I am trying to see them how God would see them. I am very grateful for the chance I have to help people from all over the world and from so many different faiths see the beauties of the gospel!
Love,
Sister Stolp
I get up at 6:30 and exercise. Then at 7 I get ready for the day ie, take a shower, put on make up and eat breakfast. At 8 I have personal study and at 9 I have companionship study. Then it depends on the day. On different days at different times I have Square time where I talk to people on the square and give tours and teach about Jesus Christ. Yesterday, I also worked at the Jerusalem map desk. Or I have TC time where we have chat or where we call our referrals and see if they would like us to teach them over the phone and have local missionaries teach them as well. Some days I open and close the Joseph Smith movie where we share our testimonies on Joseph Smith or other principles and after the movie we contact the people and see if they would like to learn more or if they have any referrals. The mission is a baptizing mission. We find to teach, teach to baptize, and baptize to seal. My first Saturday we went to a baptism. My companion and her former companion taught this guy and he accepted the invitation to be baptized. It was way cool to start off my mission with a baptism! (even though it wasn't mine)
Tomorrow I hope to pass of and that is where I give a tour to our zone leaders they determine whether I am good enough to give tour to people who ask. When I pass off I will also be able to participate in an investigator lesson/tour that the local Salt Lake missionaries have requested! Pretty exciting!!
It's really neat to share with people of different faiths about our beliefs and teach them the trials that the early members of the church had to go through and help them to realize that it's only through Jesus Christ that we can return to our Heavenly Father. I do get rejection and I do get a lot of people who just come here to argue with us. But I am here to represent Christ and I am trying to see them how God would see them. I am very grateful for the chance I have to help people from all over the world and from so many different faiths see the beauties of the gospel!
Love,
Sister Stolp
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