"Ofa Atu!"

Hello!

This week went well. Sister Hala'api'api and I are getting better at understanding each other! haha. Language study is really fun. English is so difficult sometimes. 

We went on exchanges last week and I got to go to Boise North. I saw two people there from my other areas. One was an investigator's mom and the other was a couple that met in the single's ward I served in last fall and now they're married! They looked so familiar when I walked in and then eventually we figured out why! All my areas are so close together that I see people I know all the time. It's fun. 

Also when I was in Boise North we saw a homeless man outside the gas station. He asked us if we had any change. We didn't but I was holding the Book of Mormon and so I asked him if we could give it to him. He accepted it and we explained that it was another testament of Jesus Christ that goes with the Bible and that he would find peace in reading it. He was really grateful. When we got back in the car we looked over and he was already reading it! Sometimes the Lord puts us right where we need to be. 

I've learned some Tongan words! Ofa Atu = I love you. and then Malo e leilei is hello!

Have a great week! Ofa atu!

<3 Sister Bishaw

"What smoking help you a lot?" -Sis H. "Well, it doesn't help me at all."

Malo e lelei!!!

I'm learning some Tongan! 

This week was pretty busy! On Tuesday we got to go to a Relief Society activity where we learned about herbs and got to taste-test them! After that we contacted a former investigator and he said that he and his wife quit smoking! And that he wants to get "dunked" soon. haha. 

On Wednesday we had zone conference. All the missionaries in Boise and Meridian got together. I always feel so spiritually drained after those meetings! But in a good way. On Thursday night we visited with one of our investigators from the Congo and helped her with her English and learning what all the road signs mean. That was fun. We've contacted a lot of people and met a lot of interesting people this week. We spoke in one of our wards on Sunday. Sister H gave her first ever talk in English it she did so well! She made everyone cry the spirit was so strong. Then Sunday night we contacted two potential investigators and set appointments. And then we made it to this member's house just in time to help her sister pack up her car to drive back to her home which is 4 hours away. Inspiration! 

I love my mission! Have a great day!

<3 Sister Bishaw

"Your future wife gain 10 pounds."

Hello!

So my new companion is Sister Hala'api'api from TONGA! I love her. She is so sweet and has so much faith. She is really bold and just tells you how it is. 

We had a good week even though we had a few trials. Two of the people we've been teaching don't want to be taught anymore. We are really sad because we love them and want them to be happy. But we all have the freedom to choose. 

Other than that we've been having fun doing service and teaching other people. The members here take really good care of us. We went to a member's house to talk to our families on Sunday and they also made us dinner. It was nice. 

I get to help Sister Hala'api'api with her English which is fun. Maybe my calling is to help others with their mission language. 

At the trainers meeting on Monday one of the Elders dropped a hymn book and Sister Lee from Korea said "Your future wife gain 10 pounds." bahaha

Love you all! Please write if you can! 

Sister  Bishaw 

Lani made this for my birthday!

Don't waster the juice! She gave in to peer pressure....

Yummy?

Salting it...

the first bite! ew

Pure concentration

Bye Hermana Turner!

uh oh, the tire cover came off the trailer on transfer day! 

Good thing we have duct tape! haha

Romans 8:28

"If you ever marry a guy who doesn't get this..."

Hello!

So today is transfer day. Sister Turner went to Nampa to speak Spanish! I will miss her, but she will be able to learn Spanish better there. I will be training a new missionary again and staying in Boise. I'm excited! 

So we had a lot of stuff going on this week. Tuesday we went on exchanges. Sister Turner went to Nampa with the Spanish sisters and I got Sister Cline. We had a awesome gospel discussion with an LDS family that fed us dinner and the dad said "if you ever marry a guy who doesn't get this just call us and we'll have him over for dinner." haha. 

Wednesday we had Sisters Conference. It's always fun getting all the sisters together. We have 25 right now and we are going to have 41 by June. Exciting! 

On Thursday we taught this family about how the Book of Mormon can answer questions of the soul. Like the 12 year old asked "How do I know if God answers my prayers?" and we read from Enos https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/enos/1?lang=eng It was so cool that he actually asked that!

On Friday we had another meeting...this time zone meeting. We went to Hawaiian BBQ for lunch. And had dinner at a members house. That's important information because on Friday night we both woke up and puked. We were really sick and stayed in all day Saturday. So we don't know what got us sick but we think it was something we ate. The Elders came and gave us blessings and on Sunday morning we woke up feeling a lot better. Power of the priesthood!

Have a great week everyone! Letters/emails are much appreciated!

Also, Happy Early Mother's Day to all the mother's out there! 

Love, Sister Bishaw

"So, I'm Apache, and You're Jesus Christ." -Scarry Larry

Hola! 

So this week was awesome! Last Monday we took a lot of hilarious pictures so check it out. Tuesday was my birthday and we got to go to the Boise temple! We also had a great lesson with a couple we are teaching. We taught them about the word of wisdom and tithing and they accepted those commandments right away! The wife said that she drinks coffee so that would be hard to stop but then the husband suggested that she drink a nice fruit smoothie instead and she thought that was a great idea! Some people are so prepared. We also met a man named skip and helped him move his TV. He was so cool. He talked to us for a while. He says he loves everything about our church except Joseph Smith. We went tracting on Wednesday and we saw Scarry Larry's ice cream truck in Scarry Larry's driveway and specifically knocked on his door and met him! He is 70 and he started the truck 21 years ago. He developed his own breed of tomato and he knows a war dance. He said God is in his heart and not in the church. We also looked at our nametags and said "So, I'm Apache and you're Jesus Christ." Nice. He's a cool guy. On Friday we met this lady who is getting evicted from her apartment on Wednesday. It was really sad. She has some LDS family so she wanted to know if the church can help her. We got her in touch with the Bishop so hopefully he can. She has 2 children and the baby is developmentally disabled. We read from the Book of Mormon and told her to not give up hope and to keeping praying and all will work out. It's cool to be able to use the scriptures to comfort others who are struggling. Right after dinner on Friday we stopped by to see the family from the Congo. The mom gave us each a plate of homemade French Fries with mayo! They were good but we were so full. On Sunday we had 13 people we are teaching come to church! We worked really hard to help them get there this week. It was great to see them all there. A family that sat behind our family from the Congo invited them over Sunday night for crepes and to have the lesson at their house. The LDS people here help us so much. The work is really picking up getting ready for the mission to split. It's an exciting time. 

Love you all!! 

Sister Bishaw 

Members bought us Mongolian BBQ on my birthday! SO GOOD!

haha

There's my cake! haha thanks kimmie ;)

We take pictures of cool license plates...

Monia is a pro at the Cello! ;)

And she is a gangster ;) She was singing Justin Bieber haha

Dorks

bahaha

Sonia's car!

Drive Sober

We have 7

bahaha We went to the aquarium 

sorry I can't take serious pictures....

Oh well I guess this one is normal...We got to pet the sting rays!

Yeah she's cool 

At the train depot looking out at the capitol!

yes

John 3:16. Best. Ever. 

Temple trip on my birthday!

Rice. Another awesome one!

"I'm passing my testimony out like candy!"

Hola!

Monday night a miracle happened! We were teaching this family and they told us that they wanted to get baptized. Awesome right? So we asked them why the want to be baptized. They gave amazing answers. One wants to be cleansed and get a fresh start. And the other wants to be sealed to his family for eternity in the temple. I almost cried I was so happy for them. 

Wednesday was new missionary training all day. It was really awesome. We learned a lot about how to be better missionaries and companions. President Cannon always plays this awesome talk by Elder Holland where he says "Feed my sheep!" Elder Holland's word always hit me. If we love Christ, we will do all we can to serve him and put him first. I think we're all working on that. One funny thing an Elder said was that 3 weeks ago he was struggling to share his testimony and now he's "passing it out like candy!" haha

Wednesday night we went to young women's with one of our investigators. She loved it and she made a really cute apron! The girls there were so nice and welcoming to her and the leaders invited her to girl's camp. 

So funny story: we came home for dinner on Thursday and found our apartment door open. We were chickens so we had our neighbor check it out for us. He came out and said that there was no one in there but it was really weird because the deadbolt and the regular lock were locked. Hermana Turner tried to close the door with the deadbolt open! haha. We thought it was inspired though that we came home when we did because if our appointment didn't cancel we wouldn't have been home until 9. 

This past weekend was stake conference. One sister gave an amazing talk about family history work and how it is the same thing as missionary work. Our ancestors need us and they want to help us. The conference on Sunday was actually a broadcast to the whole valley I think. Elder Hales spoke to us about strengthening our families through family home evening, scriptures study, and prayer. The simple things really do make the difference. Sometimes I think we get too distracted by things that don't matter so much. 

Sunday night we went to a families house for our investigator, Diane's, "birthday." She is a refugee from Rwanda and a lot of refugees don't know when their birthday is. So this family that has befriended her decided to throw her a birthday party because she's never had one! So sweet! They got decorations, dinner, cake, and presents! It was really fun. So Diane's birthday is now officially April 21st. :) 

We taught our family from the Congo as well. The oldest son who is 17 is really getting into the Book of Mormon and he's really smart. He came to church all by himself on Sunday because his dad was working. He made us a promise last week and he for sure kept it. We gave him 4 chapters to read this week because 1 was just too easy for him ;)

Everything is well here! I turn 22 tomorrow! ahh!! 

Have a great week everyone!!

Love, 

Sister Bishaw

Shout Outs: 

-Congrats to Dan and Danielle on their baby on the way!! Nephew #6?? ;) 

-HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BROTHER DYLAN!! 

-HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AUNTIE PAM AND STEPHANIE ALGER! Birthday twins!

Happy Birthday Diane!

awuh

Cake time!

Blow out the candles!

Amazing family. So cute. 

Present time! 

"Scary Larry's Ice Cream"

Hello!

This week was great but really busy. We made an appointment with one of our investigators and the second we got there they were running out of the house to go to the hospital because his pregnant wife got 2 bee s

This week our left taillight went out! We should of just got them both fixed last time. But we just did planning while we waited almost 2 hours for the dealer to fix it. Good times. 

We did this cool object lesson with a family where one person has to do push-ups to pay for each person's doughnut. It was supposed to symbolize how Christ has already paid the price. So even if someone didn't eat their doughnut, he still had to do the push-ups. It didn't work too well because we didn't have enough people. The mom was taking her sweet time picking out her doughnut while her son was still doing push-ups. It was hilarious. But it's true. Christ has already paid the price whether we accept his gift or not. 

On Sunday we taught the family from the Congo. They ALMOST came to church but ended up not coming at the last minute. We taught them that night about the Sacrament and why we go to church. I felt genuine love for them as I testified boldly that going to church will help them to know if this church really is Christ's church. 

Thanks for all your support! I love my mission. 

Love you all!

Sister Bishaw

PS. We actually saw an ice cream truck that said "Scary Larry's Ice Cream" on it. bahaha

We found Boise's Admiral

I'm tatting a bracelet! It's coming out cool :)

hahaha