March 16, 2014

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!!!

I heard that it's St. Patty’s day! haha they don’t celebrate here! SO! Hope everyone is doing AMAZING!!!! :) WOW! This week went by FAST!!!!! Well, last Monday we played capture the flag... I wrote letters because I was sick and couldn't breathe!!! Kept coughing!!! But it was fun! Some of the elders in the mission have a broken arm or sprained wrist so they helped me write letters :) mom and dad!!! You should be getting a letter soon!!! :) Anyway! It was way fun! We went to FHE later that night and taught them about how to put on the armor of God! It was a ROCKIN lesson! :) And then we played the question game which was way fun! You sit in a circle and you can only ask questions back and forth… if you answer one, you’re out! :) We had Zone Meeting which was AMAZING!!!!!! haha we worked with Elder H. and I. (our zone leaders) and planned it together! So Sister G. and I taught the majority! I wanted everyone to be really excited… so I was a little over bubbly! BUT! It worked :) they got excited and zone meeting was a lot more fun! We just UP'd our mission standard of excellence from 1 new invest. a week to 2 so we can hit our baptism goal! :) and find more people to teach! SO! We really focused on faith and finding new ways to find investigators! It was really cool to be with the other missionaries and see their concerns... and try to help them, and support them! I LOVE MISSIONARIES!!!!! They ROCK!!!!! The missionaries in Ang Mo Kio are trying to help the ward to really clear up the ward directory! SO! We are finding a lot of less actives!!! One part of trying to do this is finding them on Facebook. SO! We use some different ward members to search for these wonderful people on Facebook, and we have found a lot of success in doing so!!!! We have been in touch with a lot of them and are even planning on visiting some! It's really cool that we have this technology to use!!!! :) WE HAVE THE COOLEST PEOPLE IN OUR WARD!!!!!!!!!!! The L. family! They met while ballroom dancing!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 I died! They were at the same studio... and were dance partners! IT WAS SO CUTEEEEE!!!!!!!! Anyway!!! They have the cutest kids ever! Their daughter A. is so sweet! She is 4 and we bring her stickers to church every week! She wants to be a missionary and give stickers to little girls like we do! IT’S ADORABLE!!! We went on exchanges this week! I went to Woodlands!!!! IT WAS SO FUN! I went with Sister N, and was able to see D.O. (just left for her mission to the Philippines!) and the S. family! It was really fun to talk with Sister N. and to be in my old area! I miss those people so much!!!!! We have been able to do a lot of heart attacking this week! It was fun! hahah it was hard to not get caught!!!!! A. one of our RC, it was her birthday and she sent the sweetest sms when she saw we heart attacked her! She just explained how she really felt love from God through us, and she is just the sweetest lady ever! I went on exchanges with Sister K. in Choa Chu Kong area and it was a BLAST!!!! She has the CUTEST recent convert, her name is F. and I had her add me on Facebook! She is ROCKIN and wayyy fun! We talked to her about the gospel of Jesus Christ... and her testimony is so strong. It is really admirable to see how much she has let it change her life!!! We also helped them plan for their area because they are in a trio and over two wards, so it was really fun to be with all of them!!! We did a service project with them and some of the elders in their area! THEY ARE WAYY TO FUN!!! I love the fun personalities all the new missionaries have! They are the best!

MIRACLE OF THE WEEK!!!!!!

Sister G. and I get on the MRT and this guy just stops and asks us (HE ASKED US!!!!!!!!!!!!!) if we were missionaries..... and then asked for our name card!!!! WHAT?!?! 1st time that has EVER happened to me!!!! IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He came to church, had an amazing experience and we are meeting with him next Sunday!!!!! <3 I love being a missionary!!!

SO! hahah we had a rockin lesson with a less active P! He is speaking in church in a few Sundays... but he didn't know that! We read over his topic and helped him pretty much write a talk... than we took him up to the chapel pulpit and had him give this talk. Than we asked him if he would for real give it march 30^th. It was pretty much the greatest lesson ever! haha :) it was fun! We were able to visit a lot of members this week! Carol and Nikkie with their daughter F. are SO CUTE!!!!! They are Filipino and just got sealed in the Manila temple together!!! It was amazing to talk about enduring to the end with them!!!!

We also visited the M. family! The husband is from Ireland and the wife is from Singapore and they have the most ADORABLE 3 sons ever!!!!!! The whole night was just a party :) we had a fun lesson! we had them write down the things they had done over the past 2 days... then went to a diff. room in their house and talked about the pre earth life (what it was, who was their etc.) then went to a diff. room and talked about this earth life... and why we are here! We then had them look at the things they had been doing to see if it matched up with why we are here! We are here to prepare to meet God! To return to him! And it was cool for each of us to think of what we can do better! ANYWAY!!!!!!!

This week was AMAZING!!!!!!!! Yes I did go to the Dr. Mom and Dad and I’m on antibiotics and cough syrup that makes me super tired!! BUT! It’s helping a lot! :)

Going to Kalua Lumpur tomorrow!!! SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) I can't wait!!!! It’s going to be a blast!!!! I’ll send pictures :)

This gospel is true... it brings joy and light into darkness... it changes hearts and lives for the better, and our savior Jesus Christ carries us when we cannot! Life may be hard... but it's supposed to be! That’s how we grow... and are able to return to our loving Father in Heaven! I love you so much everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 keep on keeping on!!!!!!!!!!

Love

Eternally
Sister Waldvogel
O.W.L.E <3


 

 

We received this wonderful email from a dear Sister in Singapore (November 2013)

Dear Bro & Sis Waldvogel: I’m EL from the Woodlands Ward, Singapore Stake, where your daughter is currently serving. I serve as the Stake Relief Society secretary and my husband, T, serves as the Stake Young Men president. Our oldest, J, has finished serving in the San Jose CA mission and is currently schooling at LDSBC, SLC. My youngest, S, will be finishing school in the first quarter of next year and will proceed to serve in the military (compulsory) before going on a mission. He serves alongside with the missionaries as a ward missionary. The missionaries are an impact and example in influencing the young minds as they serve in our midst. The missionary force in our Ward has doubled and our missionaries have stepped up their effort in helping us be better missionaries.

Sis Waldvogel and her companion had been to our home and shared simple meals with us. She is an amazing and spunky missionary. There’s just something abt her. We love having her in our ward. I’m so happy to be acquainted with them and what strength they will bring when they return home. Thank you for sharing your daughter with us during these passing months. We know she will go on to do great things in life.

Recently, something just happened to us. I have attached a picture of what Sis Waldvogel, her companion and 2 other Elders, did to our door. They totally BOMBED our door with LOVE!!!!! I was home the whole time and they were so quiet abt it. S. came home from school and had asked me to check out our door. What a pleasant surprise!!!! I had since left my door looking so pretty. My neighbors had come by asking what it was all about. It had created a good conversational piece to introduce the church to them. I hope they will accept invitations to our home for a brief visit with the missionaries. Sis Waldvogel is just AWESOME!!!!!!!

Thank you for watching over Sis K. L. and making her feel welcome in your home. I am happy that she has decided to serve a mission and be able to serve in the St George area. She truly loves the mission and for the miracles she has experienced,

Thanks again for your kindness toward Sis L. and Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Sincerely, Evelyn

Monday, March 10, 2014

FAMILY AND FRIENDS!!!!! <3 How is everyone?! :) i hope your all doing FANTASTIC!! Singapore is AMAZING as always!!! this week was sooooo busy, and cool, and hard, and all of the above!!! :) IT ROCKED!!! lets start with monday!! :) we went to the Zoo with Sister A, H, G and Elders C, H, F, and Ha! IT WAS A BLAST!!!!!!! i'll send lots of pictures! we went to the elephant show, and a sea lion show! took a million ridiculous pictures and had a lot of laughs!! :) We went to the A. families house later that evening for dinner and had an AMAZING experience! Their daughter is getting married next month, and they are having a reception in Singapore before they go to the Hong Kong Temple! And they really want to involve the missionaries! and share the gospel during it!!! I WAS AMAZED!!! at all the ideas they had! they want us to come early, and just talk with lots of people, and they also want to have some mormon messages playing, and talk about how families can be together forever! I CANT EVEN TELL YOU!!!!! how much i want to be like that for my future life! it's their daughters wedding reception, and they are involving missionary work in it! we are making a lot of great plans to have some missionaries sing, and just talk to as many people as we can1 WE ARE SO EXCITED!!!!!! i really love this family! they are the best!!!! i'll have to let you know how everything ends up going! BUT! i'm stoked!!! anyway!!! this week we went with Elder H, and Elder S (Ang Mo Kio elders) to heart attack some members!! IT WAS WAYY FUN!!!! and we got some member appointments for next week!!!! So we are really happy!

 

Sister G. is AMAZING! she has served in this ward before, at the very beginning of her mission, and so she created a member book! with all the members pictures... facts... names.... and when we visited them! so we updated that on tuesday, and found some Less Active members! It was a really great day!!!!! BUT! sadly i got sick this week :( i'm going to go to the Dr. and get something to help me get better soon... i've been holding onto this cold for a long time! :( BUT! it's gonna be good! :) THURSDAY WAS MLC (missionary leadership council!) It's where President Mains, AP's, Zone Leaders, and Sister Training Leaders have a meeting :) IT'S AMAZING!!!! it's quite long, but you come out feeling very inspired, and pumped up!!! i really loved every second of it!!! we made a few changes for goals in the mission... and talked about a lot of different ideas to build up our mission! Leaders are Truly inspired! That's all i have to say about that!!!! My favorite part is at the end we go around and everyone bares their testimony! IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the spirit was so strong, and you could tangibly feel the love that President Mains has for every missionary in this mission!!!! i feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to see first hand all the prayer, thought, and faith that goes into all the leadership!!!!! :) anyway! we were able to go on exchanges with 2 diffrent companionships this week! I went with Sister A, and Sister L :) IT WAS SO FUN!!!!!! the day with sister A was amazing, because 1st off she is like my bestie so it was a blast to be comps again! we had some really good heart to hearts during the day, and the spirit was really felt!!!! Sister L is an amazing missionary! She is so much fun, hard working, obedient, and has such a strong spirit with her!!! She and i were able to go contacting, and give a BOM to a girl who is from Myanmar and she was ill, and it was a really good experience to testify that she can find comfort through her savior Jesus Christ! :) We were also able to visit S. (1st RC)!!!! i was wayyyyy excited to talk to her! she is doing amazing, and i miss her a lot! she is the sweetest!!! That evening we went to Stake Confrence with elder Gong (area 70 president) and it was so cool! I was able to shake his hand several times over the two day period he was here! He is the funniest, most spiritual man! I really enjoyed hearing all he had to say about members and missionaries working together!!! on Sunday we went to stake confrence i saw AC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love that woman!!! haha she is the craziest sweetest old chinese lady ever! she was passing me notes during the meeting and i just couldn't help but laugh at how funny she is! I'm really glad she loves coming to church though :) she has a lot of friends and i ihope she is doing well! I was able to see several Woodlands Ward members!!!!!!! I LOVE THEM!!!! i miss them a lot! It was really good to catch up with everyone, and see that they actually remember me! haha :) Also! we had a lot of great meetings with the AP's about leadership and really helping the missionaries catch the vision that Presidnet Mains has for us! :) and we also met with Elder H and Elder I (zone leaders) they wanted to involve us in this weeks zone meeting, so we are really excited! i'll send a picture of our ideas we wrote down on the board :) We have seen a lot of miracles this week!!!!!!!!! We were able to find a less active who has been LA since his wife passed away.. and we are praying we can meet with him this week! He has a lot of amazing potential! We are also really excited to find new investigators this week!!!! :) thats our goal!!! And We have loved getting to know the sisters more!!!! it's amazing! we have called each of them every week to see how they are doing, sing them a song, really give them words of encouragment! THEY ARE AMAZING and wonderful missionaries!!! I love them each so much!!!!!!!! IM CRAZY BLESSED!!!! the end! :)

 

well family!!!!! and friends!!! i love you so much!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 this church is true... miracles happen.... and God is mindful of each of his Children... and the Atonement will and has carried us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3

love

eternally
Sister Waldvogel
O.W.L.E <3

March 3, 2014

Hi family!!!! THIS WEEK WAS CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) Sister Guzman is an amazing companion! Not to mention we are like the same people!!! haha we have the same goals and desires for the area, and the sisters in the mission :) So! I'm STOKED to work with her!!! :) This week was so cool! We saw a lot of miracles!!! First, our investigators! S. and K!! The cutest kids ever!!! S. is a 15 year old boy and he loves to dance!!! So we are great friends!! haha and K. is the sweetest 12 year old girl! They are siblings and want to be baptized so badly!! We had a big fast for them yesterday as they asked permission from their parents... And although their parents didn't say yes... we still have faith that anything can happen!!! :) So we will continue to pray and fast! :) We had an amazing lesson with them! We compiled a whole bunch of scriptures about the Holy Ghost and how it can help lead and guide you! Then we had them write down what it was saying, and how it could apply to them! It was really neat to see how strong their testimonies are... even though they are still investigating the church!!! I love people who are so prepared!!! So! Ang Mo Kio Ward is really cool! Once a week they have an FHE for the recent Converts, less actives, and investigators :) and then they have a School of the Converts on wed. evenings where they read from the Book of Mormon together and it's just the coolest thing ever! They are ROCKIN RC in this ward!!! One of my favorites being Brother P! He’s a 65 year old man, who doesn't walk very well, but he is the funniest, most spiritual man! He loves the gospel and is an AMAZING member missionary! He shares the Book of Mormon with everyone! And follows us to several lessons!! He is a hugeeeeeeeee help!!! Sister A. is also amazing! I love her so much! She is so sweet and is willing to help us in whatever is needed! Needless to say I already LOVE this ward!!! So on Thursday we had an AMAZING planning session!!! It was really long, but we set a lot of amazing goals for the ward... we are striving to go to each auxiliary and have them set goals for missionary work, compile it into the wards goals and then break down to what each family needs to do in order to achieve those goals :) This is our ward mission goals and plan :) WE ARE SO EXCITED!!!!!! We have a lot of great plans to really get this ward PUMPED!!!! We also have a lot of plans for the Sisters in the mission and what we want to share with them! Our goal is to help them understand and feel the love that God has for them, the love we have for them, to be patient with themselves and to be happy now!!!!! So we are sharing the video on the atonement and how it applies to missionary work! (Everyone look it up on YouTube!!!) And helping them understand that the atonement can help them in all of these aspects!!! :) Another investigator, I. finally met with us! It's really difficult to meet with him! BUT! He feels so happy every time we meet with him, and we were able to help him see the importance of coming to church and obeying the commandments so he can be baptized and find joy! :) We had a very nice lesson with him... and although he didn't come to church we were glad that he felt the spirit!!



 We met with a brother P! HE ROCKS!!!! The spirit was there so strongly in that lesson! We talked about the priesthood...  So he is preparing himself... and that was a HUGE miracle!!!! :) We are soooo excited for him! He is so ready!! We made a super cute certificate of achievement for Brother P! He finished all his rc lessons! SO! I’ll send you a picture!! It’s adorable! We put a lot of stickers and colors on it! :) He loved it so much and said he was going to frame it!!! :) haha.

On Sunday I was able to bare my testimony and let the ward know how excited I am to serve with them and build up the area together!!! SO! I know that as we involve the Lord in his work we will see Miracles!!!!!!!!! That’s about all I’ve got this week!

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!
Love
Eternally
Sister Waldvogel
O.W.L.E!

February 25, 2014 Hello Family!!!!!!! Also Dear Friends!!!!!! <3 Well I have some news!!! I was transferred!!! Called to the Ang Mo Kio Ward, and I’m crazy excited!!! My companions name is Sister Guzman! She came out with my trainer, is from New York and her dad is in a I'm a Mormon message!!!!!!!! She is the best! I love her! ALSO, I was called as a SISTER TRAINING LEADER!!! It’s so crazy! All I can say is God can make weak things strong! And over the past two days I have felt so blessed to have first-hand been able to feel that! It’s amazing what happens when you are a missionary and put your faith in the Lord to lead and guide you! :) Anyway! This week has been CRAZY!!! We had a lot of things happen! In the 1st ward we had several sisters who took care of us, because I LOST MY VOICE FOR 4DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s so hard to be a missionary when you lose your voice! Anyway! We had many sisters make us soup and give us stuff to make me feel better! Anyway! We had a ROCKIN Zone Meeting where our zone leaders talked a lot about 1) praying 2) being a PMG missionary 3)using the book of Mormon and it was amazing! They are the BEST ZONE LEADERS EVER!!!! Elder Frey and Elder Black rock! And our zone is the best! I miss them a lot! I’m trying to convince the Assistants to President about transferring Sister Guzman and I to the North Zone, haha ;) anyway! So I have been sick a lot of this week! BUT!!! We just got a new investigator J! She is the cutest! She is a referral from President Woo's family and she is amazing!!! Has a lot of questions and really wants to continue meeting with us!!! :) I'm glad we were able to find a new Investigator for the Woodlands ward before I left!!! Yes I left woodlands :( :'( :( I cried!!!! a LOT! But I’m glad I’m still in Singapore! I'll still see them! :) A. went back to Mongolia, but she will be coming back soon! I hope to take a picture with her! She and M. are the cutest!!!!!! I miss them so much already!!!! She sent us an SMS thanking us, for showing her Jesus Christ... It made everything worth it!!!! I absolutely love when that happens!!!! SO! We met this super cute girl from china! Her Name is J. and we love her a lot! She lives in the same place we do! She came to a Chinese ward baptism with us! Where she met the Chinese elders! We are hoping to be able to meet with her soon! She is really sweet and we pray she wants to learn!! :) We also had a lot of miracles in the 1st ward!!! We went to a home, and they fed us AMAZING Korean food! It was the best!!! They are from Korea and have the most adorable little boy! He is six and so well behaved!!! Anyway!!! We had a super spiritual experience! We talked to them about how they first found the church and about his mission. We shared a message from (Helaman 5:12) and it was AMAZING!!! We gave the younger boy a BOM and invited them to read it together as a family! And the whole home just filled with the spirit! I love having those experiences! They make every part of missionary work, totally worth it!!! So we found out about transfers and here is what happened.... hahah it's sat. morning, Sister Proffit, Alfrey and myself are reading from the leadership section in the white handbook (of course haha) anyway! The phone rings and I look across the table, it's from President Mains... Sister Proffit grabs the phone and answers it... she smiles and hands it to me than starts dying of laughter!! I compose myself and he tells me I’ve received a new calling from the Lord and I was just shocked!!! Anyway!!! I was freaking out over the weekend trying to get everything packed and ready to go!!! I'm really sad to leave Sister Alfrey and Sister Proffit! I love them so much! BUT! I’m grateful that I was able to serve in woodlands ward! And I’m grateful that I have this opportunity to work with all the sisters in this mission!!!! I'm so excited to travel throughout Singapore and Malaysia!!! It's going to be an amazing chance to really forget about myself and get into the work!!! So! Monday (yesterday) I moved into the Senkang house and that morning we went to the airport and picked up all the new missionaries! THEY ARE AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! I love them all! We took them contacting, which was fun!!! We kept talking to people who couldn't speak English!! haha! It was really funny cause that doesn’t normally happen!!! BUT! It was so fun! We then went to the chapel, held a meeting and then some breakout sessions! Sister Guzman and I gave a session on passing out a copy of the Book of Mormon, the First Vision, and a few mission rules! It was fun! We took them home to sleep and Sister Guzman and I went to an FHE for Ang Mo Kios recent Converts! We wrote thank you letters to other missionaries and had a little lesson :) it was wayyy fun!!! Then this morning! We went to the chapel and had New Missionary Orientation! I gave a talk on OWL!! (pops that was for you) and about going where the Lord wants you to go, Being who he wants you to be, and Saying what he wants you to say! It was really good! It went even better than I thought it would! :) haha I was nervous!!! Anyway!!! We just had lunch with Elder Tony, Elder Robinson (APs) Elder Black and Elder Frey, and Elder Harper and Elder Wang :) now we are here! And I’m super stoked for the rest of this week! I have really learned a lot about praying... and involving God and Christ in this work!!! Also! I have learned a lot on striving to be obedient to obtain the spirit! To have it with you always! Because you can't do this work without the spirit! I love you so much family!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU’RE AMAZING!!!!!!!!! Keep on keeping on!!!! <3 Love Eternally, Sister Waldvogel O.W.L.E <3

February 24, 2014 We received this nice email from Hailee's companion... Moms and Pops Waldvogel! Sister Alfrey here:) Ive been Sister Waldvogels companion for the past couple weeks. Im emailing you to inform you that your daughter ABSOLUTELY ROCKS and has been called to be a Sister Training Leader (no shocker there) and is picking up the new missionaries at the airport as I am typing this email! She wont be able to email today but I think the plan is for her to get on tomorrow evening sometime!

February 17, 2014

 Hi Family!!!! How is everyone?! We are just a hot mess over here! haha we have been really sick this week, so it was a little slower! :( but! we still saw a lot of neat miracles! Monday night we met with a couple in the 4th ward and we asked them about their missionary experiences and how sharing the gospel was going for them! IT WAS AMAZING! They were doing an excellent job and made me want to be a better missionary! The husband was passing out copies of the Book of Mormon like crazy and trying to read it with his friends! He also had a really cool idea! He has been playing board games and puzzles and inviting a lot of people over :) anyway, it’s just awesome!!! We finally had a coordination with the Woodlands elders!!!! it's been so long, because our schedule has just been crazy! In this coordination meeting I felt really overwhelmed, like I had so much to do.. and I was sad I couldn't be doing it sooner! BUT! I realized I just need to take it one step at a time and learned a lot of really amazing new things to incorporate... I have learned a lot about how patient God is with us and how we can do SO MUCH when we include him in his work! I really am grateful that we aren't expected to be perfect... but we are expected to strive to be better and stretch ourselves! I love being able to learn and be humbled as a missionary! You realize that there is so much to learn! Life is a journey of becoming.. this is my new moto! :)

 

The family that emails you is from 4th ward, the M’s… BEST FAMILY EVER!!!! They rock our world!!!! We went to their house for dinner and let me just tell you! they ROCK at sharing the gospel! I want to be like them all the days!!!! This ward is really amazing at being disciples of Christ!!! Sister Alfrey and I were sick for about 2 days.. so we slept a lot and it was so nice!!!! Our Zone Leaders called us on Valentine’s day and sang to us and told us to get better! It was so nice!!! :) made us feel much better! It’s hard to just lay down and do nothing when your used to being up and doing something every moment of everyday!!!! haha :) we had a wayyy fun Chocolate dipping party!!! where I met a family who just bought a house in St. George close to ours!!! The C. family!!! Watch out for them! They will be living in Sage Hallow right off 2450 South, haha :) anyway!!! I also met Krista’s cousin!!!! The L’s!!! The Coolest!!!!! Their family rocks and the view from their house is INCREDIBLE!!!!! As for miracles this week!!!! We had to take a taxi the other day, and as we were riding in the taxi we contacted the driver. He was a Buddhist who had some bad experiences in the past with Christians. After we talked with him and learned more about him we shared the gospel and how it's something we come to invite people to pray to God and find for themselves that it is true. We were able to give him a copy of the Book of Mormon. He told us how we were unlike other American girls that he has met and he was very impressed with how we were living our lives. It was just a really amazing experience!!! This week has been a little difficult.. a lot of cancellations! BUT!!!! we are going to keep working hard, and we have a lot of amazing potential investigators!!! We just have to keep praying and working hard. And of course OWLE!!!! I have really come to realize that as long as you are doing your best and owle, Christ will make up for the rest and you will find the joy that comes from being a missionary!!!!!!!!

I LOVE YOU FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love
Eternally
Sister Waldvogel
O.W.L.E <3