Pictures of Seattle Washington

Here are a couple of pictures I found on the internet of downtown Seattle Washington.

I thought that since Hermana Hoskins only has a couple more weeks until she heads to the Washington Seattle mission field, I would post some pictures of her area.

This is the current Mission President of the Washington Seattle Mission, President Craig M. Moffat, and his wife.
This is the Seattle Washington Temple

This is a map of the Washington Seattle Mission, as well as the surrounding missions in Washington.

Highlights From May 8th Letter

Tiffany writes: "This week Elder Ballard came to speak to us. It was such a good talk. He talked to us about having the desire to spread the Word of God. He told us that we have to be the best missionaries the church has ever sent out so that we can cut through all of the technological clutter that stops people from asking questions of the soul - like Why are we here? Where are we from? and Where are we going? He also pronounced an apostolic blessing on us that
1. We would have a deep abiding desire to find people and share the gospel;
2. The Spirit would be our constant companion;
3. We would have the power of discernment;
4. Foundation for things to come (that this mission will be a foundation for greater things in life to build on).
He was so amazing. He said that if we truly have the desire, miracles will happen."

"In the Training Resource Center (TRC) this week, we taught lesson 2 - I don't think I was ready, but I was still so uplifted by the end because we were still able to teach through the spirit - or the spirit was able to teach through us. Thursday was a really good day. It's almost like the Lord realized I couldn't wait any longer to have my prayers answered because it was like blessings were raining down on me. Two Spanish concepts I've been having a hard time with just clicked during language study. And then the same day my companions and I went to the referral center (RC) (where people call in to ask for DVD's and bibles and BoM's that they saw advertised). We are supposed to call to find out if they ever received that item and to find out how they liked it and try to teach them or send missionaries to them. I was really nervous to go call people. But while I was there I ended up getting an incoming call - I haven't been trained on how to receive calls but somehow it just worked. And the lady who called seems really interested. She called in for "The Lamb of God" DVD and also wants a copy of the Book of Mormon. And she said that it's ok if I call her back. So I now have an investigator. I'm so excited!"

"This week has been such a good week and has gone by really quickly!"

Tiffany's zone at the MTC

Here are some more pictures of Tiffany's zone taken on May 3rd. It looks like a fun group.

Tiffany sent me the memory card from her camera so that I could download some pictures for the blog. Here are some pictures of the people in her zone.
This is a picture of Tiffany and her companions, I think it is outside of the Provo Temple. From left to right: Hermana Hines, Hermana Wilkins, Hermana Hoskins.
These are the Elders in Tiffany's zone. From left to right: Elder Anderson, Elder Rands, Elder Haertling, Elder Woodard, Elder Luce.

Highlights from May 1st letter

Tiffany writes: " We had another teaching opportunity at the TRC yesterday. It went really well. I don't know if I could have chosen better teaching partners or companions. Things are going really well here. I am super busy though. We wake up at 6:00. We go to class on the 5th floor at 7:00am and study until breakfast. Then we eat and go back to class and have a teach until lunch. Then we eat, then guess what. We go back to class on the 5th floor and study until dinner. Then we have go back to class and have another teacher until 9:00 pm. Then we plan for 30 minutes. Then head back to the dorm room (home). Crazy, huh? It is good though."

"In class this last week Brother Richardson was talking to us about remembering why we are here on missions and about how we are going into a spiritual battle. So he had us draw pictures of a shield and why we were here. It was really good."

highlights from letter April 24th

Tiffany has two companions, Sister Hines and Sister Wilkins. Tiffany says that they get along really well and that both like to play basketball, which is nice, since that is one of Tiffany's favorite things to do.

Here are some highlights from her April 24th letter.

"We got to go to the temple today! I was so happy. ... They are keeping us pretty busy but I think that's a good thing. I am learning so much! I can write/say my testimony in espanol. Yo se, que Jesu Cristo es mi hermano y me ama yo se que el libro de mormon es la palabra de Dios y es verdadero! ... What I said was I know that Jesus Christ is my brother and loves me. I know that the Book of Mormon is the work of God and is true! Yesterday my companions and I got the chance to teach some people in what we call the TRC - Training Resource Center. Volunteers, usually converts to the church will come in and act as though this was before they had been baptized. So this was the first time that we got to go the the TRC and I was really kind of nervous. ... The teaching experience at the TRC was AMAZING! It was like we as companions weren't teaching but allowing the Holy Ghost to teach through us as one! It was the most powerful thing I've ever experienced! I loved it! When they would ask a question that I didn't have the answer to one of the other sisters would know exactly what to say! AMAZING! "