We had moves call on Sunday night and I am Staying in Lisburn for another move (6 weeks). So much love for this place.
This week was slow to be honest but still full of fun. I will publicly announce that I had a bite of black pudding. SWAG. I'm so proud.
AND. I drove.
on the opposite side of the car
on the opposite side of the road
Only for five minutes but I'd call it a success on account of I didn't crash.
Friday night we went to Amie & Michael Lowry's house for dinner and I was introduced to:
EAT 'N MESS.
The best thing I have ever eaten and which will be in my heaven. Not exactly sure how sound that doctrine is but whatevs. Point is, it is angelic. I'll make it for y'all when I get home.
And we got to try on a bomb suit! Michael is in army and works with detecting explosives. (DAD - don't put these pictures on the blog okay? ONLY in the e-mail.) It was sweeeeet!
We then spent the weekend in Bangor because Sister Allen went to the hospital so Sister Stevenson needed a companion. It was fun to get out of Lisburn and don't worry, Sister Allen is better and has been discharged :)
We made Move-zookies -- like Pizookies but on Moves Night -- *shout out to Ryan Powers for reminding me of the beauty of pizookies! They were Red Velvet cookies with Vanilla ice cream, so divine. And we may or may not have eaten the remainder of Eat 'N Mess for breakfast.. YOLO.
Sister Skagen
Monday, January 26, 2015
It's baltic, so it is!
Baltic is a word they use for "cold" and this week definitely was B A L T I C.
Good thing I wore tights that weren't fleece lined on the coldest day. -___-
Last Monday our dinner appointment cancelled so we went out chapping. Let me just tell you that I am not a fan of scary movies. In fact, I'm a proper pansy. This moment was probably one of the scariest moments of my life.
We approach a house at 6:30pm that is completely dark, no lights, no car, blinds shut. We knock anyway because that's what you do as a missionary. We have a 3x rule. You ring the doorbell, chap the letter box and then you knock. So two of those down and Sister Crawley and I are chatting to ourselves when all of the sudden:
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?"
A small old woman with white hair appears from no where, literally no where (most people have curtains in front of their doors) and is s-c-r-e-e-c-h-i-n-g. Straight shrill voice.
"GET OFF MY DOORSTEP!"
"WHO ARE YOU? THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY!"
Holy cow so frightening, mostly because we hadn't expected anyone to be home. Surprise.
Later in the week we met with Sean and he is legit! So ready for the gospel. The Lord does prepare people! We meet with him again this Tuesday.
So there was one night that we got to our flat about 3 minutes before we were to be inside. We decided to walk down to the petrol station and back. We met a man named Graham and within two minutes we had 2 other men all talking to us about the gospel! One of them left the discussion without us getting his contact info and since then we had prayed so hard every prayer to find him because he seemed so interested. The next day while in the library teaching our recent convert, a man sits down on the couch next to us.
JAWS DROPPED. It was the one who got away! We were in shock. He ended up not being interested but such a testimony that God hears and answers our prayers. hollaaaa
AND IT SNOWED. An inch! But it's way better than rain.
While walking home that night by the park, Sister Crawley and I are just minding our own business when something hits me in the back of the head. I turn around and this kid yells "CHUMP!" and runs away back to his little friends.
It was a snowball. Okay well like 1/8 of a snowball because the genius decides to throw it through a fence which took most of the impact.
I was raging though! How dare that little tween throw a snowball at me and then run away! Face.me.like.a.man!
I know why he ran though, it's obvious. He knows I'm from Pennsylvania and have had yeeeaars to perfect the art of snowball making, you don kno nuttin bout dis! Awe yeahh.
But. This week was great. Sister Crawley and I worked our tails off! We make a pretty good team. Although the majority of our appointments cancelled or didn't show, we were able to find loads of potentials and had plenty of opportunities to share our message.
I AM LOVING IT HERE. :)
Sister Skagen
Holywood District!
Good thing I wore tights that weren't fleece lined on the coldest day. -___-
Last Monday our dinner appointment cancelled so we went out chapping. Let me just tell you that I am not a fan of scary movies. In fact, I'm a proper pansy. This moment was probably one of the scariest moments of my life.
We approach a house at 6:30pm that is completely dark, no lights, no car, blinds shut. We knock anyway because that's what you do as a missionary. We have a 3x rule. You ring the doorbell, chap the letter box and then you knock. So two of those down and Sister Crawley and I are chatting to ourselves when all of the sudden:
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?"
A small old woman with white hair appears from no where, literally no where (most people have curtains in front of their doors) and is s-c-r-e-e-c-h-i-n-g. Straight shrill voice.
"GET OFF MY DOORSTEP!"
"WHO ARE YOU? THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY!"
Holy cow so frightening, mostly because we hadn't expected anyone to be home. Surprise.
Later in the week we met with Sean and he is legit! So ready for the gospel. The Lord does prepare people! We meet with him again this Tuesday.
So there was one night that we got to our flat about 3 minutes before we were to be inside. We decided to walk down to the petrol station and back. We met a man named Graham and within two minutes we had 2 other men all talking to us about the gospel! One of them left the discussion without us getting his contact info and since then we had prayed so hard every prayer to find him because he seemed so interested. The next day while in the library teaching our recent convert, a man sits down on the couch next to us.
JAWS DROPPED. It was the one who got away! We were in shock. He ended up not being interested but such a testimony that God hears and answers our prayers. hollaaaa
AND IT SNOWED. An inch! But it's way better than rain.
While walking home that night by the park, Sister Crawley and I are just minding our own business when something hits me in the back of the head. I turn around and this kid yells "CHUMP!" and runs away back to his little friends.
It was a snowball. Okay well like 1/8 of a snowball because the genius decides to throw it through a fence which took most of the impact.
I was raging though! How dare that little tween throw a snowball at me and then run away! Face.me.like.a.man!
I know why he ran though, it's obvious. He knows I'm from Pennsylvania and have had yeeeaars to perfect the art of snowball making, you don kno nuttin bout dis! Awe yeahh.
But. This week was great. Sister Crawley and I worked our tails off! We make a pretty good team. Although the majority of our appointments cancelled or didn't show, we were able to find loads of potentials and had plenty of opportunities to share our message.
I AM LOVING IT HERE. :)
Sister Skagen
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
ALL IRELAND CONFERENCE
So the Titanic museum was pretty sweet! It is the world's largest Titanic Visitor Center. The boat sunk because she wanted to get baptized obbbbviously. Check out the pic for proof.
We went down to DUBLIN BABY. All hail the Republic of Ireland. The Northern Ireland accent is muuuch harder to understand than Dublin at least. Talking was smooth sailin brah. I was on exchanges with Sister Henkel. She is from Germany and is wonderful!
The next day we had an All Ireland Conference. Love it. President and Sister Brown were there and the instruction was on point! The theme was involving the members in missionary work. WE CAN NOT DO IT ALONE, PEOPLE. We need your help. If you are having missionaries over for dinner, invite a nonmember! So simple and the missionaries will love you forever.
Our investigator Chris, dropped us. Saddest text of our lives. Please take a moment of silence as we wallow in self-pity.
...
Cheers.
We just had such high hopes for him. All is well. BECAUSE GUESS WHY.
Mormon.org self-referral baby. Awe yeaaaaah. We're meeting with Sean tomorrow and are beyond stoked! I love being a missionary!
Especially when we experience moments like this:
"Hi sir how are you?"
"I don't have a lady to rumble around the sheets with!"
... anddd we're leaving now. hahahahaha.
Sister Sahara Skagen
Scotland/Ireland Mission
51 Spylaw RD
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH10 5BP
United Kingdom
Sister Henkel and I.
We went down to DUBLIN BABY. All hail the Republic of Ireland. The Northern Ireland accent is muuuch harder to understand than Dublin at least. Talking was smooth sailin brah. I was on exchanges with Sister Henkel. She is from Germany and is wonderful!
The next day we had an All Ireland Conference. Love it. President and Sister Brown were there and the instruction was on point! The theme was involving the members in missionary work. WE CAN NOT DO IT ALONE, PEOPLE. We need your help. If you are having missionaries over for dinner, invite a nonmember! So simple and the missionaries will love you forever.
Our investigator Chris, dropped us. Saddest text of our lives. Please take a moment of silence as we wallow in self-pity.
...
Cheers.
We just had such high hopes for him. All is well. BECAUSE GUESS WHY.
Mormon.org self-referral baby. Awe yeaaaaah. We're meeting with Sean tomorrow and are beyond stoked! I love being a missionary!
Especially when we experience moments like this:
"Hi sir how are you?"
"I don't have a lady to rumble around the sheets with!"
... anddd we're leaving now. hahahahaha.
Sister Sahara Skagen
Scotland/Ireland Mission
51 Spylaw RD
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH10 5BP
United Kingdom
2015!?
How is it already 2015? MAN. I think
back to where I was this time last year and where I am now. Well.. That
escalated quickly. But really, I am amazed at how we think we have a plan for
our lives and The Lord says I have a better, more perfect one. I am grateful
for personal revelation and the blessing that it is.
This week we chapped loads! So many
funny moments I'll just share two favorites :)
1. After knocking we see a man walk
into the front hall with what looks like a skirt on. Sister Crawley and I are
making guesses and think it's a kilt. He walks away to go get his key to unlock
the door and we are so sure, yes, definitely a kilt. Said man opens the door
and he turns out to be...
a super attractive young adult in
solely a bathrobe.
And I froze.
Because I am already awkward and
it's only been 2.5 months. Don't worry though, I did pull myself together and
we actually had a really great conversation about the gospel. Awe yeah.
2. We took Nathan Reid out knocking
doors with us. (He's allowed to, we are just not allowed to enter any homes
with a single man). Sister Crawley and I did a door each and told Nathan it was
his turn. He didn't want to but I had already rang the doorbell. A stone face
man answered the door and stared. So Sister Crawley and I stayed silent
And so did Nathan.
....
We all just stood there for a solid
10 seconds.
Sister Crawley starts laughing so I
stepped up and did the door approach. He was definitely not interested but we
almost fell over laughing afterwards.
On New Years Eve we had to be in our
flat by 6pm. We ordered pizza, drank Schloer (sparkling juice) and just hung
out, swaaaaag. And New Years Day we watched movies alllll day. It was
fantastic.
Back to work now though. We have
loads to do in the Lisburn area and I'm confident that Sister Crawley and I can
bring much success.
We did find a new investigator this
week, Chris, while chapping and had a lesson with him on Friday. We will meet
with him again this week, we have high hopes for him and know the gospel will
bless him.
Today we are going to the Titanic
Museum in Belfast, it's supposed to be super cool!
Good Luck everyone going back to
school, work and real life. Make this year a great one! You are stars!
Sister Skagen
because everyone gives me crap about my age and how
I'm so "old" hahah. I'm feelin' twenty-twooooo
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