Sister Rachel Russell's life as a Missionary: August 17, 2015 2nd to last Monday before transfers!

Howdy Ya'll!

I just love Alpine. It is so beautiful and i hope i get to stay in this area. Transfers are coming up this Saturday.

My companion and I went on a Hike this morning. Well to me it was actually more like walking up a Hill but it was still beautiful:) We talked to a few Jehovah Witnesses this morning and they were very respectful and nice. I talked about temples with one of them and he thought they were cool. We talked a lot about the similarities of our beliefs and it was cool:) They were a lot older then we were and they said they respected that at such a young age we were sharing the Gospel. At first they tried to show off all their Skills with memorizing their Bible verses and such but could tell we weren't really amused. We were very respectful and said, "ya that is very interesting and cool" We got to share things about missionary work that they liked. It felt good because we set that example for our faith and they set their example for theirs. It really changed my views on them because they past Jehovah witnesses that i have met were not the nicest people. Lets just say i wasn't feeling the spirit when they talked with us. We just had a recent convert who was a Jehovah's witness and she talks a lot about how you can really tell a difference. The Spirit is real:) I sometimes pray for Jehovah witness's safety because people talk really bad about them which makes me feel bad. There really are some good people.

Our mission President advised us to do more service which has been amazing! I love service and they people here love it as well. It soften peoples hearts towards us and we have been having much more success with talking to people. They realize that we are really that scary. They also compare us to Jehovahs witnesses when they first see us so they will sometimes just go inside. Or some will say, "are you Jehovahs witnesses?!" angrily, and we will say no and then they are all the sudden nice. Ha sorry i am talking so much about Jehovah's witnesses. We are around a lot of different religions so it is super cool to learn about them.

It builds me testimony stronger when you realize all those truths that were built upon. I am so grateful for the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints. This is the True church of God. There was a cool story that someone talked about at church Yesturday, Its about the Temple that they built on the east side of Berlin during that war. It was a great story and I exhort you to look into it:)

Love ya'll and The Church Is True! Have a great Week!