Of Training and Tracting

HIIIIIII!
How are you all?! This week was FANTASTIC. It rained! It's cold!
There's snow on the mountains! I have a wonderful companion! We aren't
living in two places! I ate lots of yummy fruit! We are tracting a
lot! If you can't tell, all that equals a very happy Sister Fletcher
:) Sister Wright is my new companion. She's from Eagle Mountain and I
knew her in junior high! She's AWESOME. I'm convinced she came
pre-trained. We laugh a lot and have so much fun together and spread
the joy of the gospel to everyone in St. Iggy:)

I don't have a lot of time, I was just notified that the zone leaders
are switching out my iPad and giving me a new one. SO I'm frantically
typing away and sending all my pics so I still have some evidence of
being on a mission.

This week we had to drop a few investigators :( that never ever gets
easier. But I have been able to see that when we do what is right and
focus on the missionary purpose, God places people in our path that
ARE prepared. Just like last night! It was the last door we were going
to knock on. I was hesitant to go because there was a Beware of Dog
sign. #stillhavescars but Sister Wright was undeterred. We walked to
the door....no dogs....not even a bark....weird. We knock..."come in,"
we opened the door to see the stunned face of the owners of the house.
Then the dogs came running and luckily they were just happy to see us,
no biting. Owner was astounded that we made it to the door without
the dogs barking. He said missionaries had tried to come to the door
before but the dogs would keep them out. We told him that God provides
a way for  missionaries to find people that are prepared to hear
our message. It took some coaxing, but we built a good friendship with
him and his daughter and have a return appointment! Hoorah!

Gtg! The church is true! Be happy! Cheer loud for BYU for me. :)
Love, Sissy Fletch

 Rainbow

St. Iggy water tower

 

Sister King and sister Granados. Mtc buddies at transfers together
waiting for our companions

 

Sister king and I in the wilderness tracting on splits

My new companion Sister Wright!

HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY!

Gueeeeeeeess what? I'll be staying in St. Ignatius and training a new missionary! *EXCITEMENT, PANIC AND MIXED EMOTIONS* The area was split, so Sister Rammell is going to Missoula to be a Sister Training Leader (STL), and they are putting ELDERS in Ronan. That was a surprise!

First off, I am so excited that the area split! This area was SO ready for two sets of missionaries. And I'm even more excited that Ronan will get Elders (those bunk beds aren't going to last long. And the hot pink sheets and cat posters everywhere are sure to be a hit!) hahaha. I'm going to miss Ronan a lot. It'll be good to see the work progress in Mission though! They will get the work moving there in ways that Sister Rammell and I couldn't. We saw the work in St. Ignatius take leaps and bounds this week and I can't wait to continue it with my new companion! She's coming to the best area in the mission. :) I am a little bit scared to be a trainer, but I know it's going to push me to be the best missionary I can be.

I want to tell you a little bit about the people we are teaching in St. Ignatius. We have one lady on date for baptism, E. She's this great little 70 year old lady. :) I first met her my first week in the area. We went to her for referral in the area-she’s related to everyone here. She didn't want to hear our message, but she would send us to family members who she thought needed some help. We did that for about a month, and then decided that she was more open to listening to the lessons. We asked if we could do a scripture study with her one day, she said yes. We continued to meet with her and ended up sharing the first three lessons with her and inviting her to baptism! She came to church this last week. She's the first investigator we've had coming to church in a loooooong time. It was overwhelming for her, but the ward was great with fellowshipping her.

R is another person we're teaching. He is studying the Book of Mormon a lot because he wants to be able to tell people if it's true or not and have real evidence for it. I was praying every single day that I would be able to stay here for a while so that I would be able to teach them. And my prayers are being answered. :) I am here to teach R and his wife S. I know that. And I want to do everything I can to help them receive the restored gospel. 

I am so happy that I've been able to see the work hasten in this area. Sister Rammell has been a great trainer and it came as no surprise to me that she was called as a Sister Training Leader. She is exactly obedient and completely dedicated to her mission and to accomplishing God's purposes. I'll be forever grateful for her example to me and the foundation she set for me on my mission.

I love being a missionary. I love this area. Miracles are happening here in St. Ignatius and Ronan! We saw so many miracles this week. I was brought to my knees in tears multiple times because of how grateful I was to see my prayers being answered! The work is progressing here! The smoke has cleared! IT RAINED! Happy, happy, happy!

Cupcake for Sister Rammell

Drove into the boonies. Literally up the mountain. But we taught a less active!

SUPER intense role play at district meeting. Role plays are REAL.

JobCorp sign- "Mountain Lion sighting on 8/27/15. East End closed til further notice!!! Bear sightings out at Reservoir. No Res walk this weekend.

All the smoke. SO SAD. My mountains were gone!