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| 2nd Zone Picture before transfers |
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| 4 months out |
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| Found a pretty cool place with trees so we had to stop for pictures! |
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| When simple things like a "Scrub Daddy" make you happy! |
Sister McKnight
Monday, March 27, 2017
Pictures 3-27-17
Letter 3-27-17
So this week has been crazy! So last email, I said that we got to do a church tour with Marsha and how she had a good thought about getting baptized but didn't know what day. But then we visited her again, this last Tuesday and we brought up her baptism and then I said " so we have three dates that you can get baptized: April 8th, 15th, 22nd, which one is your baptismal date?" and she said " well I have to change some things, so April 15th sounds good. " :) We were internally screaming with joy! :P We were so proud of her because we had asked 2 times before and she said no and she said yes this time! :) So I really appreciate all of your prayers, they can and do make a difference! :) You are all amazing and the best ever!
Also this last Saturday, was the General Women's Broadcast! And guess who came???........ Janelle!!!!!! She came to the ice cream social before and then to the Conference/ broadcast! It was amazing! It was just what I needed to hear and she loved it! And the members of the Pasco 6th ward are amazing fellow shippers! They are the best! So one thing that I would invite all of you to do is go up to someone either you don't know well or don't know at all in church and introduce yourself and become their friend, it will make their day. :)
But other than that, this week has been a roller coaster because my companion, Sister Passey has not been feeling well and the doctors 'think' it might be her ears and she might have some type of vertigo, but they and we are not 100% sure.... so yeah.
Anyways, one thing I learned from Sister Hanks, one of my Sister Training Leaders as we talked and I reflected, is that I do have faith. I have a lot more faith than I think. Because "Faith is Trust- trust that God sees what we cannot and that He knows what we do not." ~ Dieter F. Uchtdorf I had faith that God will protect my family while i left for my mission. I have faith that when I open my mouth, he will fill it. :)
You all have enough faith. :) You just need to step back and look and "Cast not away therefore your confidence" ~ Hebrews 10:35. :) <3 It took 19 years for me to recognize that I have faith, so much more faith than I realize. And that, was a tender mercy or gift that Heavenly Father gave me this week. :)
What were some Tender mercies that you have noticed this week? Please share! :)
Also I wanted to say thank you to my family for the Easter Package I got. :) We loved it! :) Thank you both Grandma McKnight and Grandma Lofgreen for your letters. :) They make me happy.
I hope all is well for you. You are in my prayers. :) <3
Never forget that " He is in the detail of [your] lives, especially when things seem to be going wrong all around [you].... Christ's light can shine brightly through the thickness of any trial or tragedy because He has overcome it all." ~ Chris Deaver.
Love you all, Always and Forever,
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~Sister McKnight
Washington, Kennewick Mission
Also this last Saturday, was the General Women's Broadcast! And guess who came???........ Janelle!!!!!! She came to the ice cream social before and then to the Conference/ broadcast! It was amazing! It was just what I needed to hear and she loved it! And the members of the Pasco 6th ward are amazing fellow shippers! They are the best! So one thing that I would invite all of you to do is go up to someone either you don't know well or don't know at all in church and introduce yourself and become their friend, it will make their day. :)
But other than that, this week has been a roller coaster because my companion, Sister Passey has not been feeling well and the doctors 'think' it might be her ears and she might have some type of vertigo, but they and we are not 100% sure.... so yeah.
Anyways, one thing I learned from Sister Hanks, one of my Sister Training Leaders as we talked and I reflected, is that I do have faith. I have a lot more faith than I think. Because "Faith is Trust- trust that God sees what we cannot and that He knows what we do not." ~ Dieter F. Uchtdorf I had faith that God will protect my family while i left for my mission. I have faith that when I open my mouth, he will fill it. :)
You all have enough faith. :) You just need to step back and look and "Cast not away therefore your confidence" ~ Hebrews 10:35. :) <3 It took 19 years for me to recognize that I have faith, so much more faith than I realize. And that, was a tender mercy or gift that Heavenly Father gave me this week. :)
What were some Tender mercies that you have noticed this week? Please share! :)
Also I wanted to say thank you to my family for the Easter Package I got. :) We loved it! :) Thank you both Grandma McKnight and Grandma Lofgreen for your letters. :) They make me happy.
I hope all is well for you. You are in my prayers. :) <3
Never forget that " He is in the detail of [your] lives, especially when things seem to be going wrong all around [you].... Christ's light can shine brightly through the thickness of any trial or tragedy because He has overcome it all." ~ Chris Deaver.
Love you all, Always and Forever,
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~Sister McKnight
Washington, Kennewick Mission
Monday, March 20, 2017
Letter 3-20-17
This week was AMAZING!!!! On Friday we got to do another church tour with our other investigator, Marsha! :) She even came in a skirt! She decided to do that on her own, because we want this to be an amazing experience, we just say wear what you are comfortable in but that is presentable, you know. :P Anyways, she came even though she wasn't feeling the best, because we couldn't reschedule so she came. A member came with us, Sister Adams, the tour went great! We sang her 'Joseph's first prayer' for her at the end, because she wanted to see it and I caught her wiping away a tear. :) It was beautiful! Then we asked if she'd been praying about a specific date to be baptized and she said she hasn't but she feels good about it,(being baptized) so I'm SOOO excited to commit her to a baptismal date. :)
So yesterday, Sunday was amazing! On reason it was awesome, was because Janelle, one of our
investigators came to church, again, now two weeks in a row!! :) She's amazing!
The lessons on Sunday were amazing! They were all about the family and teaching the Saviors way. :) <3 And I just wanted to take some time to thank my amazing Mother and Father! :) <3 Thank you for teaching the Saviors way: calmly, listening, talking, helping, loving those you teach (:P of course you would love your kids :)) . It truly did make a difference. Continue to teach repentance, and how it is not a bad thing, its' a beautiful, wonderful gift. So don't give up on us Mom and Dad. :) I haven't and will never give up on you to become even more Christlike. :) Thanks for being there for/with me and teaching me the things that I am now teaching others. Thanks for listening to me and understanding me, and hearing and connecting with me as I am growing older. :)
Also one thing that I learned yesterday is the one way that can really help strengthen the family, is strengthen your marriage. And that it's very important to do that because Satan is working very hard to attack and tear apart the family as much as he can.
Everyone, please take time to pray and thank your Heavenly Father for the families which you have. Step back and really look at how they have helped you in your life and helped you become who you are today. :) Also take time to go and thank them personally, it will be amazing and it will help your family grow together, even closer.
I love you all and I thank you for everything that you do for me, You're all the best! I love and appreciate all of you and the difference you have made in my life! <3 Never forget that you all helped me to be where I am and who I am today. <3
Love,
~Sister McKnight
Washington, Kennewick Mission
So yesterday, Sunday was amazing! On reason it was awesome, was because Janelle, one of our
investigators came to church, again, now two weeks in a row!! :) She's amazing!
The lessons on Sunday were amazing! They were all about the family and teaching the Saviors way. :) <3 And I just wanted to take some time to thank my amazing Mother and Father! :) <3 Thank you for teaching the Saviors way: calmly, listening, talking, helping, loving those you teach (:P of course you would love your kids :)) . It truly did make a difference. Continue to teach repentance, and how it is not a bad thing, its' a beautiful, wonderful gift. So don't give up on us Mom and Dad. :) I haven't and will never give up on you to become even more Christlike. :) Thanks for being there for/with me and teaching me the things that I am now teaching others. Thanks for listening to me and understanding me, and hearing and connecting with me as I am growing older. :)
Also one thing that I learned yesterday is the one way that can really help strengthen the family, is strengthen your marriage. And that it's very important to do that because Satan is working very hard to attack and tear apart the family as much as he can.
Everyone, please take time to pray and thank your Heavenly Father for the families which you have. Step back and really look at how they have helped you in your life and helped you become who you are today. :) Also take time to go and thank them personally, it will be amazing and it will help your family grow together, even closer.
I love you all and I thank you for everything that you do for me, You're all the best! I love and appreciate all of you and the difference you have made in my life! <3 Never forget that you all helped me to be where I am and who I am today. <3
Love,
~Sister McKnight
Washington, Kennewick Mission
Monday, March 13, 2017
Moments with Members
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3-9-17
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3-8-17
She's precious. Funny, strong, sweet and everything I would want in a daughter. We enjoy the elders but I gotta say we love the sisters. If you ever need anything from her or for her please let me know.
~Julie Dawes
PS- the video was funnier in slow motion. But I guess it doesn't send that way. She gives sister Passey the funniest look but you can't see it.
Okay, I just re-watched it and maybe it was funnier being here, but we all had a good time.
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2-26-17
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2-9-17
Your daughter is doing well. National Pizza Day!
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| December 2016 |
Letter 3-13-17
Well....haha.... This week has been quite some week. :P It's been really busy without it being busy if that makes any sense. :)
Tuesday we had such an amazing zone council! We learned how to become better missionaries at a whole other level. Lots of missionaries that have been out way longer than I have said that this training changes everything! In a nut shell, we learned how to make each lesson we teach meaningful and personal to each one of our investigators. We learned how we should pray and teach the first lesson better that way the people we teach will be more willing to except Christ in their life and to demonstrate their faith by following the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized by someone holding the priesthood power of God. :) It was amazing! We learned how to better be their guides in the conversion process and by having three main things that can help "keep the line tight" :) which is
C.P.R.
Church attendance
Pray daily
Read your scriptures
Those three things can do miracles and I've seen it work in our investigators lives. :)
Please continue to pray for Marsha and Janelle, we so dearly want them to be baptized by the end of this upcoming five week transfer. :) <3
Then to the crazy part, so you all know that we got bit by something and my companion wasn't doing well, we went to the doctors because it wasn't getting any better and it started to get worse. We went to the doctors and they still couldn't find out what was wrong with her so she did tests and found out that she had a UTI and she got medication for it. Then we went to a skin doctor for her bites (36 of them) and they gave her cream to help with that, which it is working, with the swelling and redness, but no one could tell us what had been biting us, not even a pest control man. :/
But one of our investigators gave us some Biotamacheus earth (however you spell that) and put it between our two mattresses which helped. I recommend anyone that has a bug problem, get this, it will work miracles! Anyways, so we didn't stop getting bites completely, but then one of our members called and told us everything that we were experiencing matched up to be what was called an assassin bug or a kissing bug. :/ Now we are not entirely sure, but yeah. Because we found what we thought was a squash bug, but which could really be an assassin bug.... so as we were deep cleaning again, I found a dead one so we are going to keep it and ask around and see if they know what it could be. But we put that earth stuff ALL OVER our apartment and see how that can help from the meantime till they bomb the place. :P But yeah, so fun! haha
So yeah then today, we got our transfer calls and Sister Passey and I are staying together for another transfer! (5 weeks this time) She's been in the area for 5 transfers now. :) It's going to be awesome, she's my step mom and she's going to greenie bust me and we are going to see more miracles. :)
Sorry for that long story, but that's all that really happened this past week. I love you all, please continue to write and email me and send pictures I love all of them so much!
Through Christ you can do hard things! <3
Love,
~Sister McKnight
Washington, Kennewick Mission
Sorry, I forgot one important part! :P So one of our investigators, Janelle came to church yesterday!!!!!!! AHHH!!!!!! We were so excited! Then to make Sunday even better, Sister Passey and I sang "Joseph Smith's First prayer" hymn 26 in sacrament meeting. :) <3 I think we sounded really awesome! We got to sing harmony together! It was perfect for Janelle and what she needed to hear. :) <3 It was so awesome! AHHH!!!! <3
Tuesday we had such an amazing zone council! We learned how to become better missionaries at a whole other level. Lots of missionaries that have been out way longer than I have said that this training changes everything! In a nut shell, we learned how to make each lesson we teach meaningful and personal to each one of our investigators. We learned how we should pray and teach the first lesson better that way the people we teach will be more willing to except Christ in their life and to demonstrate their faith by following the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized by someone holding the priesthood power of God. :) It was amazing! We learned how to better be their guides in the conversion process and by having three main things that can help "keep the line tight" :) which is
C.P.R.
Church attendance
Pray daily
Read your scriptures
Those three things can do miracles and I've seen it work in our investigators lives. :)
Please continue to pray for Marsha and Janelle, we so dearly want them to be baptized by the end of this upcoming five week transfer. :) <3
Then to the crazy part, so you all know that we got bit by something and my companion wasn't doing well, we went to the doctors because it wasn't getting any better and it started to get worse. We went to the doctors and they still couldn't find out what was wrong with her so she did tests and found out that she had a UTI and she got medication for it. Then we went to a skin doctor for her bites (36 of them) and they gave her cream to help with that, which it is working, with the swelling and redness, but no one could tell us what had been biting us, not even a pest control man. :/
But one of our investigators gave us some Biotamacheus earth (however you spell that) and put it between our two mattresses which helped. I recommend anyone that has a bug problem, get this, it will work miracles! Anyways, so we didn't stop getting bites completely, but then one of our members called and told us everything that we were experiencing matched up to be what was called an assassin bug or a kissing bug. :/ Now we are not entirely sure, but yeah. Because we found what we thought was a squash bug, but which could really be an assassin bug.... so as we were deep cleaning again, I found a dead one so we are going to keep it and ask around and see if they know what it could be. But we put that earth stuff ALL OVER our apartment and see how that can help from the meantime till they bomb the place. :P But yeah, so fun! haha
So yeah then today, we got our transfer calls and Sister Passey and I are staying together for another transfer! (5 weeks this time) She's been in the area for 5 transfers now. :) It's going to be awesome, she's my step mom and she's going to greenie bust me and we are going to see more miracles. :)
Sorry for that long story, but that's all that really happened this past week. I love you all, please continue to write and email me and send pictures I love all of them so much!
Through Christ you can do hard things! <3
Love,
~Sister McKnight
Washington, Kennewick Mission
Sorry, I forgot one important part! :P So one of our investigators, Janelle came to church yesterday!!!!!!! AHHH!!!!!! We were so excited! Then to make Sunday even better, Sister Passey and I sang "Joseph Smith's First prayer" hymn 26 in sacrament meeting. :) <3 I think we sounded really awesome! We got to sing harmony together! It was perfect for Janelle and what she needed to hear. :) <3 It was so awesome! AHHH!!!! <3
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Monday, March 6, 2017
Text from Frank (an investigator)
February 27, 2017
Thank you. Heavenly Father I life these two sisters up for you to watch over and protect. TO guide and do your will. Give them the wisdom and courage to do your will. Bring the lost and hungry to them as a gift to share the word. Bless them Father as they are a blessing to me. A gift from you to me and how I love to talk to them about you. That they travel and share their love for you with all they meet. In the name of your living son Jesus Christ. Amen.
Every parent's dream letter
So this past week I learned a lot about how lucky I am for the two of you being amazing parents, and I just wanted to thank you for that. :) Thank you for sharing your testimony to us as your children. Keep doing that, it will help build us as kids to become stronger, knowing that you know, love and believe the things that are taught in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. :) And another gift you receive is having your own testimony strengthened in the process. :) Continue letting them know how much it means in your life, answer their questions about the gospel and to talk about the temple and how important it is to be able to go there one day. :) One of our part member families talks about how she wishes her parents could have done that and she hopes she can do that for her kids now, even though her husband is not a member, which we are working on. :P They are all great people. :) I also wanted to say thank you for having us do family scripture study every day and family prayer. It has and will continue to make a difference in the family. So many again, have talked about how they wish they could have been better, but we're so lucky that you've been already doing that. :) I love you both so much and thank you for all that you do. :)
P.S. hey Dad, just a question because I'm curious, have you figured out or know your priesthood line? We were studying about the priesthood for a part member family that we were teaching and he wanted to know more about the priesthood and I came across that men can trace their priesthood all the way back to Christ and how amazing that is! :)
Anyways I love you both and thank you so much for everything that you do for me and the family!
Love you Always and Forever,
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~Sister McKnight
Washington, Kennewick Mission
P.S. hey Dad, just a question because I'm curious, have you figured out or know your priesthood line? We were studying about the priesthood for a part member family that we were teaching and he wanted to know more about the priesthood and I came across that men can trace their priesthood all the way back to Christ and how amazing that is! :)
Anyways I love you both and thank you so much for everything that you do for me and the family!
Love you Always and Forever,
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~Sister McKnight
Washington, Kennewick Mission
Letter 3-6-17
So one thing that I have learned so far on my mission, is that I've become a crier..... :/ Why, I don't know :P But it's starting to happen and my MTC family (group) can testify to that, haha but while I've been on my mission, I've been able to feel the Spirit so strongly, it has been amazing! :) While yes, there has been multiple hard things on my mission even in the first 4 months, almost 2 transfers in, the gifts and feeling the spirit as strongly as I have, has been so worth it. :)
One of our investigators Marsha said something like this, that really hit me in the heart (in the good way of course), I commend you two for being out on a mission. It takes lots of faith in what you believe to leave everything and come out here and serve. It must be a blessing to be able to learn everything you do in this short year and a half, then to have to wait to experience the same lessons in about 10 years. And I'm like, yeah that is yet another blessing that I'm able to receive by being on a mission is getting those experiences that others would have to wait and get within a span of 10 years give or take. I then I related that to baptism now verses later. Where we want her to be able to receive those blessings of baptism now instead having to wait such a long time to receive those blessings that God has been tried for her to receive. So this last time we met with her she changed her answer from no to I know I should get baptized but it's the wanting to. :) That's a big huge step in her conversion but know we get to work with her more and talking about the blessings again that she will receive and the next time we will meet with her, which is tomorrow, we will extend a date. :) I'm so excited to see where this takes her. :)
Another fun story, is that with our other investigator Janelle, we got to do our first church tour with her.:) The spirit was so strong there, we did it yesterday. :) We went around and explained what some of the rooms were and what they did in them, and awe, it was amazing! I loved being able to do that church tour with her and a couple in our ward named the McDonalds. :) Such a cool spiritual uplift. :)
K, now this part it a bit nasty but I might as well tell you so you are all posted... So we think that we got fleas..... I know it's gross! We don't know where we got them but yeah..... We've tried everything to get them away but it doesn't work.... so please pray that we will get it all figured out and it will be good. :)
I love you all! Continue to follow the straight and narrow path that has been placed before you and you will be blessed. :)
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~Sister McKnight
Washington, Kennewick Mission
One of our investigators Marsha said something like this, that really hit me in the heart (in the good way of course), I commend you two for being out on a mission. It takes lots of faith in what you believe to leave everything and come out here and serve. It must be a blessing to be able to learn everything you do in this short year and a half, then to have to wait to experience the same lessons in about 10 years. And I'm like, yeah that is yet another blessing that I'm able to receive by being on a mission is getting those experiences that others would have to wait and get within a span of 10 years give or take. I then I related that to baptism now verses later. Where we want her to be able to receive those blessings of baptism now instead having to wait such a long time to receive those blessings that God has been tried for her to receive. So this last time we met with her she changed her answer from no to I know I should get baptized but it's the wanting to. :) That's a big huge step in her conversion but know we get to work with her more and talking about the blessings again that she will receive and the next time we will meet with her, which is tomorrow, we will extend a date. :) I'm so excited to see where this takes her. :)
Another fun story, is that with our other investigator Janelle, we got to do our first church tour with her.:) The spirit was so strong there, we did it yesterday. :) We went around and explained what some of the rooms were and what they did in them, and awe, it was amazing! I loved being able to do that church tour with her and a couple in our ward named the McDonalds. :) Such a cool spiritual uplift. :)
K, now this part it a bit nasty but I might as well tell you so you are all posted... So we think that we got fleas..... I know it's gross! We don't know where we got them but yeah..... We've tried everything to get them away but it doesn't work.... so please pray that we will get it all figured out and it will be good. :)
I love you all! Continue to follow the straight and narrow path that has been placed before you and you will be blessed. :)
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~Sister McKnight
Washington, Kennewick Mission
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