Stewart, Madison

Holy! I have quite the update this week!! get a load of this. On Tuesday night a "bomb cyclone" hit the Seattle area. Sammamish got hit really hard. I haven't seen as much damage anywhere else. Winds were above 70 mph and coming from the east which apparently... the trees aren't equipped for! We were aware that the power was going to be out but we didnt know how serious it was until our zone leaders showed up at our door. Along with the power being out for serveral days, we didn't have any phone service either so it was difficult to know what our mission leaders wanted us to do. They decided to have all the missionaries without power stay with other missionaries that had power. We traveled between Seattle and Sammamish for about 3 days. One day I drove for 5 hours!!!! It was not fun! The traffic was horrible everywhere because all the traffic lights were out. We would wake up in Seattle pack all our stuff back up in case the power came back then head to Sammamish ...

Dear Brother and Sister Stewart, Thank you for allowing your daughter to serve alongside us here in the Washington Seattle Mission.  We have grown to love her and she will be sorely missed.  She has been an outstanding missionary.  One of the great blessings of being a Mission President is the opportunity to get to know the wonderful missionaries that are sent to the Washington Seattle Mission.  As they learn to fulfill their purpose, their lives are forever changed.  We have loved having Sister Stewart here with us and I am confident you will see the great change that has taken place in her life. As you welcome your daughter home, we trust she will have the opportunity to share her strong and vibrant testimony.  As part of her daily service, she has shared that testimony with countless individuals.  Her selfless service, obedience, dedication to the Lord, and reliance on the Spirit have helped her grow in many ways.  She has developed many habits...

Happy Monday!!! Just a short update today :) This week was sad! Sister Duryea left me. We had so much fun together and I'm adjusting to her being gone. BUT  Sister Feletoa is my new comp! She is the cutest Togan from Salt Lake City!! She is super funny so this transfer should be awesome!!!!  Plus, its my last! However, its a quickie so i only have 4 weeks left. Thats crazy. I had my last interview with President Henderson yesterday. Dont worry. He prayed that I will find a husband. Phew!!!!!! My parents sent me a picture of our Christmas tree and now I'm ready to be home tomorrow  On the real, I am pumped for the next 4 weeks! This time of the year is THE BEST for missionary work. So many festivities and so many things we can invite people to! It's easy to keep busy and have fun near the holidays. Wahoo! Also, I'm so blessed to be ending my mission in Sammamish. My people are here! I LOVE this area so much!!!!! A QUOTE I LOVE: "Will we stay bound to the Savior rega...

Guys!!  This week was lit and cool and awesome. RANDOM FUNNY HIGHLIGHTS: Not too many updates about anything really.  Sister Duryea and I get into different sayings every week or 2, this weeks has been "awesome sauce" We can't stop  This week Sister Duryea randomly said "same chip different dip." Thus my email title. She's a funny gal. We are always cracking jokes n pranks....  Oh ya! A couple weeks ago a member pranked us and we got em back this week. We left a thank you note for feeding us with a fake spider next to it ans another fake spider in the bathroom. They said we got em real good. Fun times good times!  LIL WEEK RECAP: On Thursday, Sister Duryea cut a five year olds hair and I did their dishes! It was a members kid, and she basically just shortened his bowl cut. It was funny. The dad vaccumed the kids hair off her feet after and said "Jesus washed feet...and I vaccum them"  Friday we went to the temple! Man it was just awesome and great!...

Happy Monday, everyone! Today's email is a little longer than normal but I have some experiences that I would love to share with you.  I got sick so the beginning of the week was kind of slow but I was able to recover quickly. Thankfully, just in time for Halloween. We got to spend it with Nan slaughter, who makes 500 donuts each year and fries them in her driveway for the tricker treaters. We spent about 5 hours rolling and cutting the dough, which was a really fun way for us, as missionaries, to spend Halloween. Btw hope u all had the spookiest time and had cool, funny costumes! On Saturday, we helped with a soup and service activity that the stake relief society put on. There were many different stations to help out at. I chose to work on the "Songea station". There we got to write letters to children in Songea. You could read a little bio about them. While reading, I got choked up because of how amazing these children are and the hardship they have been through. It wa...