Alice on a mission

  Hna Petranek went through the temple this week! How exciting?! During that time (7:30am to 12:30pm), I was with other sisters. I got so hungry but no one was eating!! Then one of the sisters tells me that they are doing intermittent fasting. So, I tried it (against my will) and let me tell you I did NOT enjoy it. There were some good laughs, good times, and great lessons this week. And then it ended with Sunday, which was so bad it was comical-- like, "come at me, life! What more can you throw at me??"  Better news: so we live in the basement of some members and I really like them! They gave us a lil christams tree and lights. And their golden doodle wears a christmas sweater, so, basically the windows of heaven are wiiiiide open! It is the little things. Send me your Christmas card!! Or email me your fam christmas photos! I wanna see you all🥰🥰 8060 S 615 E Sandy UT 84070 Pics 1 working out!! 2 one of my fav missionaries wears alligator cowboy boots. He isnt a cowboy,...

  Hello! URUGUAY🇺🇾 This week I got the news that even though missionaries assigned to Uruguay are going to start working on their visas, I will not get the opportunity to go because I have been in therapy. I understand the logic the Mission Department is using. And although this was difficult for me to hear, in the end, my mission is not about me. At first, I wanted to make God promise me that He will bless me a ton if I stay here, but it looks like He beat me to it !! God doesn't owe me anything; in fact, I owe Him everything.  THANKSGIVING 🥧🧡 Sis Petranek and I made breakfast, took polaroids, listened to Christmas music and made sugar cookies for our district!  Then we had district council and our thanksgiving 'feast,' provided by BYU catering. No comment, only gratitude! We had a fire and roasted marshmellows and hit a piñata. We didn't have a bat, but one elder took the llama out with his fists. You know, the typical things you do on Thanksgiving. But it was so ...

  This week has been the busiest week of my mission life! And as a missionary, the words 'busiest' and 'best' are synonomous. I am training my best friend! Her name is Sister Petranek and she is from Virginia and she is amazing!! She is fun and we get along really well, which is all you can ask for honestly We had lots of lessons with members, we found a new person to teach, we got lots of people to church, and we had a twenty minute long rejection over the phone. All in a week's work! And I am happy to have a companion willing to work along side me:) The mission is changing me SO much. For the better, but also when I come home I am going to be that weirddd return missionary. Hopefully I won't be too bad !  I love you all Xoxox hna hall:)

  This week was very good. It was also the end of an era: my best district yet. It took a miracle to make this district. None of us were supposed to meet each other but due to very divine circumstances, we all enjoyed these last 6 weeks together:') But I am excited for the change because sometimes being too close to missionaries distracts me, so it was great for the time being, but I am ready to refocus! I am staying here in Draper and I am going to train! How exciting?! I have really grown to love the Draper area and ward  I am excited to be here for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It feels like home! We went up a lil mountain and filmed a music video in the snow. It was the best day of my mission life. One elder loves to vlog and another elder had a really smart idea to ditch his snow boots on the hike up because they were giving him blisters, but then it really started to snow, so he got a very cold. My companion's face started turning blue and an elder fell and cut his hand. A...

I am just pretty happy and grateful! I can't believe that God loves me enough to put me here in Utah with my best friends  My district calls itself a celestial family district, because we want to be together forever:) My district spent Saturday doing service for ward members! We raked leaves, painted, and cleaned a pond. It was so fun!  Sister Hopkins and I had many lessons with English members and we were blessed to feel the spirit strongly. I love strengthing the ward and stake! It is one of my favorite jobs that we have as missionaries. The govener of Utah state mandated masks, social distancing, and made it so social gatherings (events not put on by an organization) are not allowed. Our mission likes to stay on the cautious side, so all of our pday activities were cancelled. That is a bummer because we were going to celebrate our the birthday of some of our fellow missionary friends. We were super excited, but we have still had fun driving around to boutiques! We are waiti...

  This week went by quick! I dont have much to say. Cool things 1) we got up super early to go to the mountains to shoot a piano/vical/cello music video for the facebook page and it was beautiful and super fun to get out! The location was soooo pretty but also private property so these two hunter guys made us leave. Exciting! 2) it was sister hopkins birthday so we celebrated as a district by eating pizza and having a little party