Training again!

Hello!

Mom and dad I loved the book! (The Dr. Suess one) It was amazing! Thank you so much for that!

I am training! Her name is Sister Sarah Bibb and she is 22 years old from Saint George, Utah! She knows Katelynn Moss! (A cousin) She is amazing!! It has only been half a day since we have been together but I can already feel her sweet spirit and love for the work and a desire to serve with all her heart. I know that this companionship has been brought to pass by revelation. There were only 3 new Sisters coming in so I am very humbled and happy for this opportunity!

At this point, I don't really have much to update you on and I can imagine Teresa will have this very long description of her week, but mine won't be as good! But everything is going great! Helen will soon be getting baptised in the next couple of weeks! I am so excited! Sister Gallozo will be coming back for the baptism. It was so wonderful serving with her, she is so incredible! I am so blessed to be serving in the England Manchester Mission! We were able to have 3 new Investigators so far for this week and so I am excited to show Sister Bibb more of the area and people!

I hope everyone is Healthy and Happy and that you know I love you all! Thank you sooo much for all of the support you have given to Teresa and I!!
Love always, Sister Rachel Kullick

More next week!

TERESA - Hi ya Fam!

Ok so this was moves week as you must've known! I am sorry but this is going to be a very short email because I am in Glasgow right now and I don't have my journal with me to remember everything!! So on Monday I will write what has happened with me! But trust me, It has been a very eventful week. I am still serving in East Kilbride with Sister Baxter! Thank goodness!!! I love it here and love her, so it is perfect :)


By the way mom, I know you will do wonderfully in your new calling! This will be good; you will finally learn to love activities! And trust me, we desperately need them! They actually provide opportunities for ward unity and for fellow shipping investigators - how great is that?! And YOU get to be a part of it!! Get excited mom! Ha-ha. Love you with ALL of my little heart! I promise I'll fill you in on Monday, no worries ;) Love Always, Sister Teresa Kullick

Mission life is simple

TERESA - Hi family!

I am not excited to go back home; I'm not going to lie. As the end of my mission approaches I am getting more and more nervous! I really love all you guys but I don't want to leave my mission yet. It's funny how simple life has become while serving. You don't have to worry about anything else but the gospel and your investigators, etc. But I hope when the time comes I'll be ready? Ha-ha

By the way mom, are your glasses 1.50 or 2.00 prescription? Can you let me know? Thanks!! And thank you soooo much for the book!! (I sent them each the Mormon Mission Spoof on Dr. Suess' Green Eggs and Ham.) I LOVE it! It is the bestest ever. Sister Baxter and I read it frequently! hehe Thank you!

Ok, this week, golly gee, I can't even remember the start of it! The weather was really raining so that really cut into our finding efforts!  But anyway what’s been happening... The progress with M.C. is a ton better. We prayed about it and talked with Bishop and we moved some lessons around and those weird empty feelings have gone! We still have no idea what it was but we're glad it's no longer an issue :).  She still has a baptismal date but we will have to push it back because she didn't go to church this Sunday. Nooo! But no worries, we are going to teach the importance of the Sabbath and church this week.

We also had a lesson with Brother R. H., our recent convert, and Sister B., a member of 5 years. It was great because we talked about how to study the scriptures by applying them to you personally. It's funny cause since it's natural for me to always do that it was weird to see people that don't do that. And because of that, they get nothing out of the scriptures - crazy! So we went over Lehi's Vision and helped them apply it to them. It was a whole lot of fun!

Things with K. are going well. We had her at church yesterday! It was so good! We have her praying right now on baptismal date because every time we try to schedule one for her she feels pushed. So it's all in the works :) We will also be giving her the smoker's clinic so we are excited for that as well.

Since it was so rainy we got totally soaked this week. So on Saturday we were on our way back to our flat and right as we were walking on the sidewalk a car comes zipping around the corner and drives into this HUGE puddle. Yup, you guessed it; we were dripping from head to toe! It was a total movie moment right there ha-ha. I felt like I was on a water ride I was THAT soaked! We were laughing SO hard!! It was way too funny :)

Since we've been told by all our priesthood leaders (i.e. members of the area presidency and seventy) that our focus should be on members we have really been doing that. We have been getting to know loads more members and they are the best! I am loving the East Kilbride Ward. They are amazing and hilarious! I know that as we develop a better relationship and trust with them that the work will progress. Among my many favorites are the Lang's, McNally's, and Munro/Cook's! They have been super wonderful to us since I've been here, gosh I love 'em! ha-ha

Oh and guess what? Church on Sunday was very eventful. We went into YW's and talked about the missionary schedule and how we decided to go on missions (so fun!) and then we taught gospel principles like always, and then I gave a talk in Sacrament meeting! It was so exciting! I spoke on one of my FAVORITE topics: Our Loving Heavenly Father. People said they enjoyed it so that's good! To be honest it is a really easy subject to speak on and so that makes it easier as well!

I'm hopefully going to send a package soon with loads in it for people and my photos from Edinburgh, so be on the look out for that too! Thank you so much again for everything. I love you guys so much and I pray for you every night! Your sacrifices for us to serve have been absolutely incredible. Thank you for making this happen. I love you!

Love Always, Sister Teresa Kullick

Tripped mid sentence

RACHEL - Dear Family and friends,

This week started off really good. I have a tendency to run with joggers when I see them and to share the gospel with them. I have had some pretty great quality gospel conversations before! Well, on Monday I tried to attempt to run with this young man. Everything was great until I fell flat on my face! ha ha I had tripped in mid sentence. Needless to say that stopped my conversation with this jogger. My knees hurt a little bit but I couldn't help but laugh afterwards because it was a great memory I knew I would cherish forever :)

Last Tuesday we had an amazing Specialized Training! We were trained on Weekly Planning and Nightly Planning. It was phenomenal! I loved the trainings that we also had with Finding. We focused more on handling objections and getting the appointment. I really did learn quite a lot and have already begun to apply it into the missionary work. I have already used a lot of responses of handling objections that we had suggested by all of our leaders and Mission President and they have turned out to be really good conversations where the other person begins ponder a little more about our message instead of just brushing us off. We have also completely changed and rearranged the way we do Weekly Planning to be more efficient for our Nightly Planning. It has been a difficult transition but we know that our leaders are inspired. It has been exciting doing it a little differently from the past year but now I can understand more the expression "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" ha ha I know it is not impossible though because I am doing it slowly and surely!


We were able to have 4 of our Investigators come to church yesterday which was wonderful! We had really tried hard to make it more of a focus and give more effort in having members present at Investigator lessons. This resulted in calling quite a lot of Sisters in the Ward. Because of that, our Investigators already knew some people at church and felt more welcome and comfortable. I am very grateful for the service from the members. It is good to know that we are all in this together and that it is a joint effort. Sometimes members aren't given a chance to help because they have never been asked. I suppose that's why it is really helpful for the Missionaries when members actually go up to their Full-time Missionaries in their ward and let them know they are available. Because we all are available even if just for an hour, we should always have time for the Lord's work and His representatives here on earth. This has made me think about the type of member I was before my mission and the one I want to be after. I had tons of free time and yet I could've actually done something productive and shown the Lord I actually cared by sharing the gospel with all of my brothers and sisters and helped out the missionaries.

I was able to go on an exchange with Sister Babbel this week and we had an amazing 48 hours full of miracles! I don't know if you remember but Sister Babbel was Teresa's companion in the MTC. It was actually quite funny because we were suppose to exchange right after Specialized training on Tuesday but no one had informed Sister Gallozo and I that we were exchanging. So when I went up to Sister Babbel's companion who was my old companion (Sister Suaybaguio from the Philippines) and said when are we going to have exchanges with each other she replied right now. I laughed because I thought she was joking but ha nope she wasn't. So we did it the following morning. It was a great exchange though! One day we had 33/7 in QGC's and Appointments! She is very comfortable when she teaches and she has polished teaching skills as well. She teaches to the "You". She was a great example to me of just simply talking to people anywhere and to not fear. We recognized that this would be the only time where we would ever serve together considering we came out at the very same time, but it was great to share what we have both learned during the time we have been out in the Mission field.

Love you all!! Hope all is well!

Love, Sister Rachel Kullick

Rachel & Sister Gallozo

 Sister Rachel Kullick & Sister Gallozo

 A Sunset that I liked

Me with African Food

Manchester Mission Conference

RACHEL - Dear Family!

I hope everyone is well and doing great! It is a great time to be a missionary and I am grateful for my calling! This past Monday, our Zone got together and we had a BBQ and played football! Needless to say I was the only Sister playing with all of the Elders but it was still a great time! Although, my body really ached for a couple days after and that was a good indicator to tell me I am lacking in my endurance which I desperately need as a missionary! That Monday evening, we had the Lancaster Sisters come to sleep over in our flat for the Mission Conference the next day. One of the Sisters was my old companion, Sister Dell and it was great to see her and catch up with her :) In the England Manchester Mission, we are so blessed to have such wonderful and hard working Sisters!

That Tuesday half of our mission got together and we heard from Elder Packer of the Seventy and his wife. That was wonderful because Elder Packer just had a Question and Answer Session the entire time he spoke, I loved it! President Bullock spoke about the Holy Ghost which was great as always. I have been able to feel so much power from the basics that only comes from the plain and precious truths of the gospel. I was a great time to listen to a General Authority. As I met with Sister Packer, she said she was going to the Scotland/Ireland Mission next and so she asked me if there was anything I wanted her to say to Teresa from me. I just gave her a BIG hug and asked her to send that on to my Sister! Hopefully, Teresa got it ;)

We have a wonderful Investigator that we are teaching right now named H.! She is golden! She is a mother of three children who have all grown up and are out of the house. For one appointment we were going to teach her the Plan of Salvation (Bacon and Eggs style) but when we began to speak to her at the beginning of the lesson Sister Gallozo and I both felt impressed to watch the Restoration DVD with her. She was so moved by the Spirit at the end of it, she was in tears. When we asked her what she felt, she gave the most unique and unexpected response I have ever heard as a missionary. She said that the feeling she had was difficult to describe but that it was like how she felt as she looked down at her baby that had just been born for the first time. She explained she felt truth as she watched it. She gave a prayer at the end of the lesson and prayed that the whole world could feel this same way too! Wow! I am so blessed to be able to witness so many miracles of lives being changed and touched by the Spirit of the truthfulness of the gospel. I hope I always remember how I felt in that lesson.

We were able to have 5 New Investigators this past week which we are excited to see them progress! We were able to teach a Less Active man who hasn't been to church for 20 years. He expressed how ever since he left the church he has never been as happy as he was when he was living God's commandments. He gave us, Sisters a call to begin to teach him again and to help him come back to church. Last Sunday was the first Sunday in a long time for him, but he loved it! Just looking at him, it is a testimony to me that it is never too late to come back or to change no matter how far down the line we may feel, Heavenly Father wants each one of us to come back into His presence. I am grateful to be a member of the Only True Church on earth. I am grateful for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ restoring the Whole truth back again on the Earth. No matter what persecutions we may receive, it does not negate the fact that this is still true, no matter how had Satan tries. We the Latter-Day Saints must be the living witnesses that there is a Christ and that God does live. I know this is true, I know it is.

I love you all and hope everyone is healthy and happy! Take care! Love always, Sister Rachel Kullick

Scotland Zone Conference

TERESA - Hello Family!

I would first like to start off by saying how much I love you two. Mom, Dad, you are important to me and I thank you for all the love and support you give me. I just want to make sure you don't think otherwise! I would have to be a complete fool not to see that! It's like what you always say dad, “Look at their motives”. And let me tell you I have really learned to implement that on my mission. Thank you so much for teaching me that lesson growing up, I needed that. So I know with ALL of my heart that you both love me and I love you.

This week has been great! On May 11 (wed) we had a Scotland wide Zone Conference! Elder Allen F. Packer of the Seventy was there! We were all to shake his and Sister Packer's hand at the start of the meeting. Sister Packer gave me a hug instead and said "this is from your sister." She had been at the Manchester Mission the day previous and met Rach! Gosh, I was so excited to hear that! It made Rachel feel not so far away :). She even said in her talk that they visited the Manchester Mission "and had met your sister, which by the way, you both look exactly the same!" I totally got a personal shout out from Sister Packer in her talk! Ha-ha It was totally amazing! The conference was excellent and I learned sooo much! Sister Packer's talk really hit me. She spoke on making your missionary experience wonderful. That our attitude is EVERYTHING. That that is what makes the difference. She brought up the "Not Even Once" concept, which I loved! Not even once will I let anything distract me from the work, what a waste that would be. She said that you will return with NO regrets when you let nothing distract you from the work you have committed yourself to do. What a waste that would be. And I think about how it could apply to the rest of you back home. You decided to come here to be here. Not even once should you let anything stand in the way of our eternal goal of returning to live with Heavenly Father. We will go back to Him with no regrets when we let nothing distract us from the great work we've been called to do here on earth. What a waste that would be right?

Elder Packer talked about the need for us to be purified and the need for us to know our investigators. That the gospel of Jesus Christ is the plan, the big picture. Each gospel principle or doctrine is a dot in the dot-to-dot picture. Each of them connects and is important to make up the big picture, the plan. It is our job as missionaries to help our investigators connect the dots and to help them discover the relevance to them personally. He said we Hear > Remember > Understand > Apply > Become. That is an ongoing cycle we face and our investigators face. I liked that. He said to remove all distractions in your missionary work as well. I LOVED it!

We have a new investigator! Her name is M.C. and she is scheduled for baptism! The lessons we had so far with her went very well so we were happy about that. She seems to understand the doctrine quite well but for some reason, Sister Baxter and I always come out of those appointments with her feelings a bit off. Like something is wrong. We cannot seem to figure out what on earth that it but we keep praying for the gift of discernment to know what it is. We feel we have an idea so we are teaching her today and are going to try to see if we can figure it out and resolve it. I hope so because I would hate to lose her! But K. T., our other investigator is progressing and doing very well! No baptismal date yet but I just know that she will be baptized! It has been a slower process with her but it will be worth it. We leave her appointments feeling really great- so that's good! And also Brother G. M., our recent convert, is struggling at the moment. His family is not happy with his decision and is disowning him because he's joined the church. He's mostly blind so it's a lot harder to get around and meet people so with his family saying bye he won't have anyone but the church. I shared with him a scripture that Elder Holland used in his October Conference talk, D&C 84:88. I told him that he will never be alone and that he will receive the help he needs. That, like Elder Holland said, angels will attend to him. Both the angelic and the mortal kind. The gospel and its members will always help and lift him. I also shared my favorite scripture D&C 68:5-6: "Behold, this is the promise of the Lord unto you, O ye my servants. Wherefore, be of good cheer, and do not fear, for I the Lord am with you, and will stand by you; and ye shall bear record of me, even Jesus Christ, that I am the Son of the living God, that I was, that I am, and that I am to come." I hope he took comfort in those words because I know that he will never ever be alone. Would you all please pray for these people? They need that little bit of extra help. Thank you.

We had Zone Development Yesterday and it was so much fun! The training was excellent and it reinforced what Sister Baxter and I need and want to be working/improving on. So we going to get on that! I know that Heavenly Father is so aware of us individually. So much so that at Zone Conferences, he makes sure to talk about exactly what I always need. ALWAYS. It never fails. I am so thankful for His personal involvement in my life!

By the way, Sister Baxter is from Draper Utah and she is the BEST! (You already knew this of course but there is no harm in saying is more than once!) She is younger than me and went to the BYU-I and graduated in 3 years!! What a smarty pants! She is an amazing person and I love her loads. She is my pally! We are always laughing. Now THAT is a good thing :)

I love you all and I thank you again like I've done a thousand times before. You are wonderful! I love my sister Rach and I know that we have gotten here because of your help. Thank you! Love Always, Sister Teresa Kullick