Sorry about last week y’all I got really busy and ran out of time! Which I’m running out of time again!! I have had a lot of people to email and getting ready for the end! Like my subject says: ‘ it’s the final countdown’ y’all!
Next week you will have many pictures! I PROMISE!!!
I love y’all so much. I’m doing well and just letting y’all know I’m alive. (:
Love forever,
Sister Jesselyn Drummond
Here’s at least 1 picture for y’all to enjoy and a sneak peak of what is coming next week! 😉 Ha.
Sister Nelson and Sister Drummond at the Alabama Birmingham Temple
So I totally don’t have very many pictures this week because I switched SD cards from my camera…oops? Oh well they are good pictures. (:
So this week, we obviously had transfers! I was sad to loose Sister Crandall but she went to one of the best places ever!!! Which is Tupelo Mississippi!! How fun! I love that place! She is going to rock it. (:
My new companion is Sister Nelson! She is from Elwood, Utah. When I asked her where that was she said Tremonton…I think that is how that is spelled??? I don’t even know. But she is wonderful! She was trained by Sister Brunner so we have that companion in common! I can’t remember if there is anymore haha. Oh well.
So the fun stuff that happened this week! The first day we were together! An ice storm hit and let me tell y’all, EVERYTHING iced over. Also, the funny thing, we ran out of toilet paper that day.. /: So we decided to walk to Krogers which is only right across the street from our apartment complex and guess what!? IT WAS CLOSED!!!! So we went all day without any toilet paper, we had to use paper towels, let me just say, those aren’t the softest things… (: But we decided to go ice skating in the parking lot because there was a big layer of ice over almost the entire thing! It was so fun and poor Sister Nelson totally biffed it!! It was HILARIOUS!!!! We had fun. (:
We went tracting a lot this week and got a good amount of potentials to start teaching. We just have to go back! Also, church was so fun!!! I think it was the most interesting Relief Society I have ever attended. We had someone say that she thinks she is as close to perfect as she can get without being resurrected. IT was interesting. But other than that. We had an excellent week!
I look forward to seeing what this week will hold! Not sure about the weather yet, but that won’t stop us right!? (:
I love y’all so much! Have the best week ever!! If you are struggling, remember to breathe, pray and rely on the Lord! (:
Love,
Sister Jesselyn Drummond
This cool door mat we saw while tracting! o:Our new investigator! His name is Ape!APE! 😀
Well, there is so much to say! So I will try to be as short as possible because I will be making up pictures from 2 weeks!
First, the only pair of jeans I came out with…ripped. Yikes!!!!! I had a giant hole in the butt and I didn’t know!! Super sad! ):
Does the second picture look like a hamburger?? well guess what it’s not!! I guess it’s like a view of a landscape haha. From far away it looks like a hamburger!
The first week where it snowed!!
This next picture, Sister Crandall and I went walking in the bitter cold and it was so cold I had to cover my face!!! We felt like arabian knights!! (:
Sister Crandall and I when we went tracting at night when it was 17 degrees outside!! We found this awesome note someone had power washed into their driveway! *ROLL TIDE!!!*
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Look into our eyes. Do you wanna be baptized?
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This is when it snowed last week and it turned all icy, when we were on exchanges, it doesn’t look that bad, but there is a layer of ice underneath that snow!!
Then it was raining and Sister Crandall were contacting for like an hour and we got soaked!! I know it’s a horrible picture ha but hey, looked how wet I got!!
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Alright! Now I can start from last week! So last Monday we went to the Space and Rocket center with April!! (: It was really cool! I plan on going again with my parents! 😀 So there will be lots of pictures from there!
#4 picture is a giant room that has lots of screens and shows like the same thing….ALL AROUND YOU! You literally are surrounded ha.
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 It’ll dry. I promise.
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The Space and Rocket museum had a lot of stuff you could sit in! It was fun! (:
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Do these suits make Sister Crandall and Sister Drummond look fat?
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Sister Drummond is just hanging around y’all.
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After the space and rocket museum, April then came out with us on a team up! It was fun! (:
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There are two Sister Drummonds in this picture. Two is better than one.
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Blast off!
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Sister Drummond, April Cook, Sister Crandall
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Alrighty! Here is all of our crazy pictures from our snow experience! 😀
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This is when it first started to snow! Headed on out!
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Here we go! 😀
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Just pondering in the snow! (:
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I’m so happy!
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It’s gettin deeper!
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It’s so beautiful! (: A nice quiet place to think
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No one is on the roads!! We walked up and down this road…it took us 45 minutes to contact 2 people!! Because the right side of the road is not our area, the left side is. (:
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The field is white already to harvest!!!! Not always in the way we expect!!
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Look how deep it is! o: This is on our way back home haha!
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I was doing heel clicks!
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There it is!
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Look at all that snow!!
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We made snow angels! (:
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Sister Crandall making a snow angel!
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So we stopped to help make this snowman…sorry it’s blurry, hopefully we will be getting another better picture, but we stopped to help these Indian men build a snowman because they never had before! It was quite fun! To be honest, I think this was my first legit snowman I built too! (:
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This was at about 8 at night, it was still snowing! We were told to stay in for the rest of the night.
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We made snow cream!! (: It was SO GOOD! (:
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We had made a mini snowman and we melted him with Hot water… it was funny. (:
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This is my district!! (: leave it to Sister Crandall to be the only non professional one! (:
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We are so funny!
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We went to Tennessee for district meeting! (:
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Coming back to Alabama! I’ve been to all 3 states our mission covers! (:
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This magnet was on a members fridge…isn’t it hilarious!? I almost peed myself because I was laughing so hard! Plus, this member is old enough to be my grandmother. (:
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Look how cute and matchy matchy we are!! (: We even sound alike it’s kinda weird!
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I think everyone should have this on their mailbox. (:
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Well that. is it y’all! I hope that y’all have a great week and remember to smile and make the most of the moment!!
Oh I almost forgot, Transfers are this week. Sister Crandall will be leaving me. ): So sad, I will also be over 2 areas now. Crazy right!!?
Alrighty! I don’t have a lot time today because we are going to the Space and Rocket Museum with a member today so yea! But I wanted to share of our winter wonderland experience!
Okay, all week we had been hearing about the bad weather that was going to hit Friday in the afternoon. We asked random people on the streets about it, we talked to members, and we even checked our weather radio! It was to be cold ALL week. And yes, it was. Sister Crandall and I went walking and tracting in 17 degrees and lower because of the windchill…and let me just say, when it’s that cold outside with humidity….I felt like I was going to literally become Frozen….just like Ana. 😉
It’s a type of cold that just doesn’t sit outside of you, it literally will eat through all your layers and sting to your bones. It’s insane! But not even that can stop the work of the Lord! We had a lot of people tell us we were crazy!
There was one morning we turned on our weather radio to hear what it had to say for the day and it told us that: ‘The windchill could cause frostbite, hypothermia, and DEATH.’ Sister Crandall and I looked at each other with wide eyes and stunned faces. It was really funny. (:
I was also able to go on exchanges with Sister Conant this week! We were actually on exchanges when the snow hit so we were stuck inside most of our exchange. It was fun cause we got to sit and talk a lot about who knows what! (:
This week has been good! I have really enjoyed it. I can’t wait to see what this week holds! More snow I hear! o:
Hey y’all! I don’t have much time this week so it’s going to be INCREDIBLY short.
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This week was wonderful we got a lot done and guess what! We set a baptism for the 21st! Nothing is going to stop another baptism is the box! (:
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I just want y’all to know that I am alive and doing well. (: Hope y’all have a very happy Valentines Day and remember to share the love with those who may not have as much. (:
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Love y’all! Pictures will come next week! (: Have a superb week! 😀
Alrighty y’all! The interesting thing that happened this week was we had a baptism in our little box! (: Y’all are probably really confused right now! I was at first too, don’t worry haha.
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We got a call from our ward mission leader on Tuesday, remember I haven’t been here very long at this point. Almost a week. But he told us that the Bishop’s granddaughter is getting baptized on Sunday and she is 9 years old…that means her baptism needs to go through the mission y’all. We were flabbergasted! This just does not happen!! Well we were able to teach sweet little Madeline, and her younger sister, Isabelle, who is 8, in 3 days! Yes, 3 days so they could be baptized together. (: It was the cutest little thing! Seeing the young girls make promises with God was a wonderful experience! (:
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Also some numbers for y’all. I don’t remember if I explained ever before but our mission is doing this thing called the ‘hour of power.’ Where for 1 hour we just go crazy nutso bold and invite EVERYONE to be baptized. Or if we are focusing on a different key indicator it will be that. But this last week we were focusing on baptismal invitations. Now our goal as a mission was to get 2 thousand invites within 6 hours throughout the week. That is a lot. We as a zone decided to really push ourselves! Can I just say, I have not been more proud in my entire life!!! The Huntsville North zone started out on Tuesday with only 58 baptismal invites in 1 hour. We kept increasing and last night, a SUNDAY of all days…our goal was 200 baptismal invites in 1 hour. Y’all our zone, the Huntsville North zone in 1 hour got 318 baptismal invites!! SAY WHAT!?!?! We got a total of 872 invites for our zone in 6 hours! I’m just braggin on these missionaries now. (: THEY ARE SO AWESOME!! As a mission total, within 1 week in 6 hours we got a total of over 3 thousand. WE BLEW OUR GOAL OUT OF THE WATER!!!! Best mission ever!! I’m so excited to see how the Lord is going to bless us because of our hard work and boldness. (: SO COOL!!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
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Sister Crandall and I are just partyin here in our small box. (: We love it and can’t wait to see how else the Lord is going to bless us! (: Love y’all so much!! Keep on keepin on! Have a great week!
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Love,
Sister Jesselyn Drummond
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Found this ‘anointing’ oil in a Christian shop! o:Awesome mural of Jesus! (:EXCHANGES! (: Love these sisters!Madeline’s baptism!! (:
Hey y’all!! I hope everyone is doing alright. (: I know I am!!
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This week, my email isn’t going to be very long, just a warning. (:
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First I already told y’all where I am so first things first, my area boundaries consist of a 5 mile by 5 mile box. Yes, a box. I’m literally living in a box! It’s quite fun! There’s so much to do here though!! And within in our little box, there is a ward. It is the smallest ward boundaries in the South Eastern region of America! (: Cool right? I may or may not go crazy…
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My companion is stellar!! She is so diligent and steadfast! I love her so much! We already get along so great! She has also been companions with some of my past companions. Sister Platt and Sister Wittwer! How fun. (: I think it’s cool how some of my companions have other similar companions as me, so it’s bound to happen! (:
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Some exciting things, at transfers I got to see Sister Alexis Rogers!! SAY WHAT!? I love her so much! She is beautiful as ever!! I’m so happy that she has decided to serve a mission! I can’t wait for her to start her adventures here in the Alabama Birmingham Mission! (:
Also at transfers, I saw a lot of my past companions and I took pictures with them! That was fun! (:
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So just yesterday, right before our dinner appointment, we were tracting, we had been tracting for maybe 2 hours already and this last house(we weren’t planning on having it be the last house) a very kind gentleman let us in and he had all these AMAZING questions. His wife was just soaking it all in and didn’t have much to say…but HE, asked all the right questions. We were able to explain a lot of things he had questions about and even give him some new information. It’s amazing how the Lord blesses us because of our diligence. (: LOVE IT!!
Well that’s it for this week y’all! I hope that y’all have a splendid week! (:
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Love,
Sister Jesselyn Drummond
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The AWESOME recent Convert in Tupelo, MIThe cool shirts we made with the Elders! They are like our best friends!The cool shirts we made with the Elders! They are like our best friends!The backs of our really cool shirtsAlabama sign! (:I’ve been companions with all 3 of these sisters!! (: Sisters: Zackrison, Platt, Drummond, & AllredSister Crandall is the second from the left! Been companions with Sister Wittwer(left) and now Sister Crandall! Sister Crandall has been companions with all 3 of us! Sister Reasor(next to me) I have been on exchanges with her and I love her!! (:The beautiful Sister Rogers!! LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!! (:
Well life is getting crazy!! I’m getting transferred y’all! So, no mail this week til I get my new address out!! NO MAIL THIS WEEK.
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I know for a fact that I will be leaving Mississippi…): Leaving the Tupelo Stake. That’s okay though. I guess I’m needed other places. But guess what!! I spent about 10 months of my mission in Mississippi. WOW! Alabama here I come! I was born there and I guess I will die there too. SWEET!
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I’m excited to see what my new area has in store for missionary opportunities!
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There has been a lot that has happened this week. We have found a TON of potential investigators and things are just happening here in Tupelo! I’m sad to be leaving, but I know Sister Allred and her new companion will work hard together to help bring more souls unto Christ. (:
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I don’t have much more to say, so y’all have a great day and know that SISTER DRUMMOND LOVES YOU!!!
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Love,
Sister Jesselyn Drummond
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Pictures: Awesome light saber pictures!! (: (:
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Let there be light.The loser has to clean the bathroom.The Force is strong in this one.“Look into my eyes,” says Sister Allred.Sister Allred, April Cook, and Sister Drummond spreading joy.
Welp, as said in my subject line of this email. This is the last week of the transfer, so y’all know what that means! I have transfer calls on Saturday! SO, DO NOT SEND ANY MAIL NEXT WEEK UNTIL AFTERÂ MONDAY. Got it? (: Good.
This week was really good. We went tracting in the FREEZING cold. That was fun and awesome haha. We got a lot of potential investigators and I am really excited to go follow up with them all.
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We went on exchanges with some sisters. The Amory sisters, which are Sister Robison and Sister Mason. Sister Mason came to Tupelo with me as Sister Allred went to Amory with Sister Robison. It was really fun. Now here’s a story! Sister Mason and I were tracting one morning and not having too much success because it’s a weekday. But that’s okay! So we decide to go get some lunch because I’m always hungry and there is a nice Chinese buffet on the side of town we were on that has a really nice deal for lunch. So we went! And while we were there, we had really yummy food and then at the end of our meal when we were stuffed beyond anything…we waited patiently for our check. And the waiter brought us our fortune cookies but no check. So we waited a little longer (it felt like forever) and finally the waiter came to and said, “your meal has already been paid for. I don’t know by who.” WHAT!???? Alrighty y’all, that NEVER happens here. It’s really rare. It’s not like we are in Utah and see members everywhere who will so willingly pay for missionary’s food. It was so amazing!! (: So to whomever it was! THANK YOU! (:
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Then I went on exchanges with the Booneville sisters, Sister Smith and Williams. I went to Booneville with Sister Williams and Sister Smith came to Tupelo with Sister Allred. It’s always fun to go back to old areas. (: I forgot to get a picture with Sister Williams. ): There is a lot happening in Booneville and I am so happy to see the successes of the missionaries in that area. (:
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Also!! During interviews with President Hanks…a pipe broke at the church so we were so lucky enough to clean up! Haha. Good thing we were there! o:
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Well, that’s it for now y’all. I love y’all! Have the best week ever and remember, no mail next week…until AFTER Monday. (: Thank y’all!
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Love forever,
Sister Jesselyn Drummond
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Sister Mason and me at the Chinese buffet!Gifts to Sister Hanks! (It was her birthday!)Pipe break!!! o:
Sister Jesselyn Drummond 