Month: November 2014

Another Week Down!

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Hey y’all! (:

This week my email is not going to be a very long. It’s been hectic!
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This week, Sister Wittwer and I have just been playin catch up. I didn’t talk any about this last week, but from last Saturday til Tuesday we had other Sisters in our apartment. So we’ve been running around like chickens with our heads cut off. We’ve been taking care of sickies! But all is well now. We just hadn’t gotten any of our goals for the week, so Friday and Saturday were all contacting days. Wow. We got tons of contacts and lots of return appointments. It was cool. (: God is so good and knows exactly what we need! He put people in our path, right when we were about to give up, that allowed us to keep going. SO GOOD!
Sister Wittwer is a champ, I love her so much and I am so grateful for all that she does for me. (:
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I hope y’all are excited for Thanksgiving! I know I am!! I love FOOD! especially southern food. 😉 YUM! All that grease, oil, and butter. Who doesn’t want that right??
Let me know what y’all are thankful for! I would to hear!
I am thankful for my Savior and His sacrifice for ME. I am thankful for the restored gospel and the fact that I found out for myself that it is TRUE. I am thankful for my parents and all they do to support me. I am thankful for my dear Grandma Cutler and the fact that she writes me EVERY WEEK y’all. I may not be the best at replying to her (or anyone for that matter) but I am truly grateful for her dedication. (: I am thankful for my brother and knowing that he will protect me at any time. I am thankful to my Heavenly Father for everything He has given me. (: He is so good to me. I am also VERY thankful for all y’all who pray and support me from miles away. I feel the strength from y’alls prayers.
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THANK YOU!!!!
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Y’all are the best. Have a great week and pig out this Thursday!! (:
Love,
Sister Jesselyn Drummond
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Miracles all around!

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So as a mission we have a goal to reach 500 baptisms by the end of the year. We have been praying for the mission to reach that goal of 500 baptisms and that we will be able to find someone to help add to that! When Sister Wittwer and I had our meeting in Birmingham 2 weeks ago an Elder gave us a challenge to find someone BRAND NEW by the 15th who will be progressing. Sister Wittwer and I kinda forgot about that for a week or so then 3 days before the 15th(Wednesday night) we prayed to find someone who would become a progressing investigator. Now before I go on, I need to back up for a sec. So last Monday we went to Wal Mart for the last 15 minutes of the night. Sister Wittwer got out of the car and I see her start walking across the parking lot. I followed, naturally, and we helped this woman put her groceries in her car because she had A TON! We told her we were missionaries and that we shared a message about Jesus Christ that will help strengthen her faith and that will help her build her relationship with God. We asked if we could share this message with her sometime this week and she agreed to meet on Thursday. We got her number and address and we told her we would call/text the day before or the morning of before we came by. So Thursday rolls around and we go to meet Aspen. (: WOW! She is phenomenal! She told us that she has had so many trials in life and that she is ready for a change. She wants a change. She said she wants to recommit herself to God, SHE WANTS TO BE RE BAPTIZED! Y’all, Sister Wittwer and I were so in tune that lesson it was crazy! The spirit did not cease for 1 second during that lesson!! AAAHHHH! (: We shared with her Alma 36:3, on page 298 in the Book of Mormon but we told her to say ‘O my daughter, Aspen…’ Instead of Helaman. It was so cool. After she read it all she could say was, “Wow! That was meant for me!” Y’all it was so cool! Then my amazing companion invited her to be baptized on the 30 of this month! She agreed and we told her we will be bringing by a calendar in the next couple of visits. So we set up a return appointment for Saturday(the 15th) and we were praying that she would read from the Book of Mormon. Turns out she did!!! She even came to church yesterday! (: Y’all, there are so many miracles happening here. The Lord is being very generous and helping us achieve our goal of 500 baptisms! It’s going to happen! (:

There have been smaller miracles of course! We had a total of 9 new people to teach this week. (: 1 of which was a referral from Salt Lake headquarters! Let me just say, here in the south, that doesn’t happen very often. It was a fabulous lesson we had with Addine. She told us she didn’t have a church home…hello missionaries attack! (: We pounced, in a gentle loving way of course! (:
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I wanted to share with y’all my short and very condensed testimony.
I KNOW that this church is true. I KNOW that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is Christ’s church once again upon the earth. I KNOW that it was restored through the prophet Joseph Smith. I KNOW the Atonement of Jesus Christ is real. I have felt both the healing power and enabling power of it. I KNOW that we can be forgiven of our sins through the Atonement. I KNOW that Jesus Christ is my Savior and Redeemer. I KNOW that through Him all mankind can be saved. He is my Lord, my friend, my brother. I KNOW I can turn to him for ANYTHING. I KNOW that the power of prayer is real and that we can pray to our Father in Heaven at anytime and at any place and he will hear us. I love my Savior. I love my Heavenly Father, who I know is VERY VERY VERY proud of me. He loves each and everyone one of us.
I leave this with y’all as my testimony and witness, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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LOVE Y’ALL!
Have the best week ever!!! (: (: (:
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One-heck-of-a-week!

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Wow. Being an STL is stressful haha. Both Sister Wittwer and I have been stressed! So stressed we lost our appetites! But no worries, they are back! (:

Another stressful thing that I was FREAKING out about was I lost my scriptures this past week…I had no idea where they were! You feel very lost without your scriptures as a missionary and just wow…BUT!! A MIRACLE y’all!! While at lunch today…we had a member text us and tell us that she had my scriptures!!! OH MY GOODNESS!!!! I literally was jumping off the walls I was so happy haha. (: So there you have it haha.
Some other fun stuff that happened was I went on 2 back to back exchanges! Yikes that was fun haha. I went to Booneville (yay) from Thursday to Friday and taught an amazing lesson with Sister Smith! She is just so bomb! (: I love her! Then from Friday to Saturday I went to Corinth with Sister Dillon and we rode a trolley around town?? That was fun! They were having like a kick off thing for the holidays and let me tell y’all…I was not happy about that…I don’t want the holidays to come because that means I will have x amount of time left… /: But I know it will come eventually. Just all too fast. o:
So those were way way fun and OH! I, Sister Drummond, have only been in my area for 2 days this entire week. Crazy right? Because we had to drive to Birmingham for meetings on Tuesday then exchanges Thursday–Saturday. I don’t count Monday because well, it was P-day. So fun right? RIGHT! (: I love it. Stresses and all.
So that has been my week. Crazy right? For me it was haha. I’m ready for a nap, but will I take one? Probably not. YAY!
Well I love y’all so much and I hope that y’all have one-heck-of-a-week! (:
Love,
Sister Jesselyn Drummond
Booneville exchange with Sis Smith and the awesome lesson! Yes, he is really really awkwardly close to me.... /:
Booneville exchange with Sis Smith and the awesome lesson! Yes, he is really really awkwardly close to me…. /:
Corinth exchange with Sis Dillon on the trolley! (:
Corinth exchange with Sis Dillon on the trolley! (:

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TUPELO MISSISSIPPI

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Well guess what y’all, I’m STILL in good ol’ Mississippi. Tupelo to be exact! And Tupelo is Elvis Presley’s birth place! Awesome right? (:

So I’m also a Sister Training Leader, which is like a Zone Leader, but a sister. It’s pretty cool. I get to go on exchanges and do trainings in zone training! It’s fun. We have a giant meeting in Birmingham every month to help prepare for zone training. And that meeting is tomorrow! Yay for traveling!!!!(Not…) But it will be fun.
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My companion is Sister Wittwer and she is from Bountiful, Utah and she is SO AMAZING!! I love her so much. We have fun together. We dance in the car and laugh and have a good time. We work really well together which is awesome too.  This is going to be a BOMB transfer. We are hoping we get to stay together for Christmas. (: Something awesome about Sister Wittwer, she went to SUU so we can still hang out together after the mission! But that’s not for a while. (:
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So the awesome thing that happened this week was HALLOWEEN!! I hope everyone got LOTS of candy because I didn’t. And everyone, wish my daddy a happy birthday! It was his birthday! (: I don’t remember how old he is though…so don’t ask. 😉 Sister Wittwer and I dressed up as Elders! It was fun. (: We looked pretty legit. We borrowed some of the Elders ties and wore them. (:
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This week has been good. Still gettin used to the new, GIANT area. I’m really glad to be back in the Tupelo North zone! I can go on exchanges with the Sisters in BOONEVILLE!!! Woot woot! (:
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So life is good! (: All is well. I can’t wait to hear from y’all next week! (:
Have the BEST week ever!!!!!
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Love,
Sister Jesselyn Drummond

p.s.

Sorry y’all! Here is my new address! (:

2690 McCullough BLVD #130

Belden, MS 38862

Lots of love forever! (:

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Last day with Sister Merriam! And I thought it was going to be my last chance getting a picture with the Alabama sign...guess not! (:
Last day with Sister Merriam! And I thought it was going to be my last chance getting a picture with the Alabama sign…guess not! (:
Us as Elders and then the Elders tryin to be us
Us as Elders and then the Elders tryin to be us
Sister Wittwer and Sister Drummond
Sister Wittwer and Sister Drummond
Last picture in West Point!
Last picture in West Point!

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