Tuesday, March 26, 2013

MISSIONARY FRIENDS!

Ever since the "new missionary age" announcement was made in the October 2012's General Conference it's clear to see that girls are flooding into the mission field like no other time in the history of the church! Personally, I LOVE THIS! I am so humbled to be a part of this great work! I look forward to the day when we will be able to tell our grandchildren that WE were counted as one of the many who took it upon themselves to stay worthy and true to the faith, so that when the time came for the new missionary age changes, we were ready to get out there and give it our all! I couldn't be happier for all the girls and boys who have decided to serve! Way to go!

So . . . included in the number of girls who have been called to serve are some of my closest friends! I was able to go through the long "interview/doctors appointments/application/waiting for that white envelope" process with a few of the most awesome girls ever: Megan, Sarah, Natalie and Leilani! We have SO many girls from BYU-Idaho and my home stake who I have been able to share mission experiences with these past few months! Honestly, these are the most AMAZING girls! Go get 'em ladies!


  • Kylee Young- France Lyon April 3rd!
  • Chloe Jackson- Colorado Denver North April 3rd!
  • Jessica Poulson- Minnesota Minneapolis April 3rd!
  • Colette Olsen- California San Jose April 3rd!
  • Leilani Ikahihifo- Colorado Colorado Springs April 10th!
  • Sami Judd- Honduras Comayaguela April 17th!
  • Savannah Kei- Korea Seoul April 17th!
  • Courtney Davis- Russia Yekaterinburg April 24th!
  • Janne Collins- Florida Orlando April 24th!
  • Diana Morales- Dominican Republic Santo Domingo East April 24th!
  • Kristina Nye- New Mexico Albuquerque May 1st! 
  • Lizzy Petherbridge- Poland Warsaw May 1st!
  • Devin Line- California Sacramento May 8th!
  • Shayla Davis- Philippines Cauayan May! 
  • Megan Peterson- Argentina Resistencia May 22nd! 
  • Veronica Martinez- Florida Jacksonville May 29th!
  • Natalie Batton- Washington Seattle June 5th!
  • Rebecca Brink- Alpine German-speaking June 12th!
  • Emily Ogden- Louisiana Baton Rouge June 12th! 
  • Sarah Richardson- Minnesota Minneapolis June 26th! 
  • Jillian Bentley- South Dakota Rapids City June 26th! (YAY FOR JUNE 26th!!!!!)
  • Lindsay Mattei- Brazil Fortaleza July 10th! 
  • Janna Blair- Florida Orlando July 17th!
  • Kaylee Banner- California Oakland/San Francisco July 17th!
  • Sarah Peterson- Brazil Curitiba South July 24th!
  • Stephanie Winchester- Australia!
  • Carson Duke- New Jersey Morristown!
AND since technology is so great these days I was able to meet (over the internet of course) some of the girls I will be serving with in the North Carolina Charlotte Mission! I'm SO excited to meet and serve with all of you! Rebecca, Peyton, Miriah, Elise, Kylie, Melanie, Morgan, Kristy, Coulette, Camilla, Britain, Brittany, Brailee, Erin, Amy, Berlyn, Courtney, Kaylee, Marae, Ayancy, Mckahl, Hannaniah, Alida, Elizabeth, Ali, Jenna, Mckenna, Grace, Alley, Desiree, Kim & Jasmine!  It'll be the best 18 months EVER!




P.S. if any of you future sister missionaries are wondering how to connect with other sister missionaries; there is this GREAT group on facebook called "many are called...but few are sisters". Check it out! Best thing ever!

P.s. sarah. . .I made this for you boo ;)






Megan :) You're the cutest!


Court, Best reaction ever!

Leilani, I loved temple prep with you! You're so great!

Teach them the word of God with all diligence: Jacob 1:19




8 comments:

  1. These are so cute! ill be serving with sarah in minneapolis! I could care less which one you do, I would just love to be able to use it as my cover photo on facebook (cheesy? who knows! adorable? I think yes!) I think these are adorable and i know all of us sisters appreciate you doing this! lots of love (:

    i posted it on facebook already but just in case,

    Karlie Donohue
    From Elk Grove (sacramento) California! serving in Minneapolis Minnesota on june 26th 2013 (:

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    1. KARLIE! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! :) OKAY, I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU TO SERVE WITH SARAH! SHE'S THE GREATEST! SO I'M GOING TO POST A TEMPLATE OF THESE MAPS ON HERE TOMORROW, SO KEEP AN EYE OUT! I CAN MAKE A FEW HERE AND THERE FOR PEOPLE :) BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A TON EASIER TO JUST POST THE TEMPLATE FOR PEOPLE ;) THANKS AGAIN GIRL!

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  2. What an amazing young woman you are! My daughter has been called to serve and she showed me your site. With all of your crazy business of preparing if you have time, we'd love for you to make her one of your beautiful signs. We like the tan one you posted on FB. The info is:

    Sister Ali Lloyd
    Australia Sydney Mission
    June 5, 2013 - December 2014
    email: annelloyd@comcast.net
    thank you!

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    1. THANK YOU SO SO MUCH! :) SINCE THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY REQUESTS FOR OUR PERSONALIZED MISSION MAPS, WE'VE DECIDED TO START SELLING THEM ON OUR ETSY SITE (DETAILS WILL BE POSTED LATER TODAY):) THIS WAY YOU WILL FOR SURE GET ONE! :) MY SISTER HAS AGREED TO HELP ME PERSONALIZE THEM SO IT WON'T TAKE ME AS LONG!

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  3. Karlie, I am new to the Adobe Reader and all that. Right after I saw this, I actually found a tutorial similar to it on Pinterest. I went to the link and to edit it or anything it's saying I have to have the paid version of it. Which one did you use to make these? Hope that makes sense!

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    1. Hey Kellie! So are you asking if there was an online document that I went to to make these? If so, my sister and I actually made ours from scratch! :) We're working on getting them to our Etsy store and are going to sell personalized ones :) I'll post the link later today! Keep an eye out :)

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  4. Sister Maggie McKinney
    Brazil Florianopolis Mission
    Departure Date: July 3rd, 2013
    until January 2015
    maggie.mckinney@aol.com
    I love these maps!! They are so cute:)

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    1. Maggie! Thanks so much :) My sister and I actually just put all the maps up on her etsy shop, you can go here to check it out!

      https://www.etsy.com/shop/Its4Keeps?ref=seller_info

      We've just had so many girls wanting them that it'll take up too much time, so we decided to sell them for super cheap! :) I hope you like them!

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