October 26, 2015 4 MONTHS!!

Weird stuff. I've been out like 4 months now. Just realized that! That's a whole semester at school! 4 months feels a lot longer at home. Weird to think I only have 14 more left!

This week was a blur really. We began the week by visiting some less active members and we visited a woman who had giant Flemish rabbit babies. I flipped. For any of you who know me, you know that I have always wanted a Flemish giant rabbit to take on "hops". As soon as she told us she just got some, I almost screamed and said "CAN WE SEE THEM????". She laughed at me and then brought us over to the cage. I'm telling you people, THIS IS A BABY! THEY GET HUGE!! Made my whole week.

More time was spent in the woods this week and we found a car completely smashed by a tree. SICK. This place is weird.

We had District meeting and welcomed Sister Moody to the crew! Love that squirrel. Nobody is looking at the camera and I think its the funniest thing ever. Good times.

Got a sweet package from mom this week filled with Halloween stuff, yummy food, and these scarves that I actually use as turbans when I want my hair out of my face. Sister Thompson thinks its weird. Back off.

walking out of the apartment.

Walking back down to the apartment because sister Thompson forgot something.. AS USUAL. just kidding. she means well. These steps down to our basement apartment are killer though. Its a full on trek every day.

Sister Thompson got her first scarves from the alpaca house this week! So proud of her!! I got an upgraded scarf this week. Beautiful stuff.

Sorry about the uneventful week! Just a lot of talking to people and teaching and preaching and all that good stuff. Every day this church gets truer and truer and I know that I am exactly where I am supposed to be. I love this gospel and the happiness that it brings me that I get to share with everyone! If you've got even a little baby testimony, share that stuff. I read a scripture in Mosiah Chapter 15 this morning that perfectly backs up my point.

 7 Yea, even so he shall be led, crucified, and slain, the flesh becoming subject even unto death, the will of the Son being swallowed up in the will of the Father.
 8 And thus God breaketh the bands of death, having gained the victory over death; giving the Son power to make intercession for the children of men—
 9 Having ascended into heaven, having the bowels of mercy; being filled with compassion towards the children of men; standing betwixt them and justice; having broken the bands of death, taken upon himself their iniquity and their transgressions, having redeemed them, and satisfied the demands of justice.
 10 And now I say unto you, who shall declare his generation?
We have the most amazing and blessed opportunity to declare Jesus Christ's life and gospel to the world! That is cool stuff.
I love you all so much! Have a great week and be good!!

​Peace out.

Love,

Sister K-Dawg

October 19, 2015 Chili Con Carn

This week started off with a disgusting picture of Elder Merril and Tempest on the right. Gives me the willies. This is my new district though! Elders Riches, Daum, Thompson, Austin, Maghn, Hislup, Merril, and Tempest. And then Sisters Me, Thompson, Adams, and Ludvigson. I love these people! We actually have District P-days which are fun because we play glow in the dark Frisbee and volleyball. There's also food so that's a plus. I'm also a basketball all-star now after a lot of practice. Elder Merril played basketball in high school and asked if I played. I must have looked like I knew what I was doing. I don't even know what a 3 pointer is.. Next time you see me I'll be in the NBA so keep an eye out for that one.

Exchanges were this week with Sister Jackson and Moody! I love them! I went to Lake Stevens for the third time and I feel like I know everyone there now. Fun stuff. It was fun to be in a 3 pack! We probably looked like an army knocking on doors. An army of Helaman, that is.

This week's crock pot dinner was chili! It was delicious. Crock pots are literally a miracle. I love them. We just entered into our ward's chili cook-off on the 27th and as good as this chili was, it is not gonna cut it for this chili cook-off. I NEED RECIPES PEOPLE!! Send in your best chili recipe that will win us first prize and gain the respect and referrals from our ward! I'm joking. They respect us, but I do want referrals so I'm serious. We are gonna win this thing.

We went back to the Alpaca house!! We knocked on the door, and Roxy answered and asked to be baptized!! (Roxy the alpaca) WHAT A MIRACLE!!! We are so excited for her.

We got some good presents this week! The first of the two was some beanie babies from Sister Lyons. I love her. She brought out a huge box of them and let us pick which one we wanted.

I picked the one that looks like Charlie of course. Miss that little rat.

The second of the two was a necklace that was made of newspaper in Africa from Sister Curry. I ended up giving it to Peggy that night. She loves that kind of stuff. We had the most amazing experience with her last night. She gets really terrible pain that has made it hard for her to progress or do anything really so we asked if she would like a priesthood blessing. She accepted and we went over last night with Brother Corr and Brother Rushton. They gave her a blessing and the spirit was soooo strong in that room. She started to cry and she said "I have never felt this light before". She is always so sad when we visit her and I saw a whole new light in her last night. Brother Rushton said that as Brother Corr was giving the blessing, he could see Peggy dressed in all white working in the temple. I started to cry obviously at that point. I never knew how much I could love these people so much. I am so grateful to be a part of this glorious and wonderful work.

I will leave you with this weird quote that Sister Thompson and I can't figure out for the life of us but just take it for what it's worth.

"And as the shepard (shepherd thank you very much) looked up at the stars he asked what holds up the sky Gods or Pillars?"

 The answer is God. Easy.

I love you all! Have a spooky week! Share the gospel! Be smart! BYE!!

Love,

Sister Blister

October 12, 2015 Sister T and K Makin Our Way Through Arlington, USA!

Can you guess what kind of week I've had??? A GOOD ONE!!

This week was actually a little frustrating because we walked and walked and walked and walked all day and nobody was home and everyone cancelled their lessons with us. Super lame. But HEY!! Did you know that blessings don't come until after the trial of our faith?? Well we saw a lot of blessings from the Lord for our screaming in pain feet. We received some awesome referrals and people have been randomly coming to us out of nowhere. Its awesome. We have a full week of lessons this next week. I'm pumped for sure.

I am sorry for the lack of many pictures this week but Sister Thompson and I will work on that. This week will be a little about my adventures and relationship with my little flower, Sister Thompson.

As I said before, we walked A LOT this week. Walking a lot means talking a lot! Sister Thompson and I had many great convos and we pretty much know everything about each other now. We laugh because when it gets quiet, one of us will say "so, what have you been up to lately?" hahaha We literally spend every second with each other so it makes us die laughing.

We also have been dancing and planning some choreography before bed. We listen to the Saturday's Warriors CD on repeat and we know every word to every song on there now. Shout out to mom for hooking us up with some sweet beats.

We also gave talks this Sunday! Fun times being a missionary and not having any time to prepare one.. Still good though!

The other night we saw some kids selling stuff in the trailer park so I pulled over and we got out to see what was good. They were selling yarn and some weird crocheted things. They were just a dollar (what a steal) so I bought some from them and they all cheered. haha I'm assuming they weren't getting too many people who wanted yarn or a weird crocheted thing. We took them home at the end of the day and just kinda stared at them wondering what the heck we would do with them. Turns out, they make great cup holders! My camera has some cool sparkly effect on it so I put it on this pic to show you just how great these things really are.

Sister Thompson and I saw these moo-moos at Wal-Mart and we just kinda looked at each other and knew we had to get them. It was quite magical actually.

We took an obviously staged picture of what it  might look like during our down time before bed. Some nice chats with our crocheted cup holders and moo-moos. (And a lil bit of dancing)

We also try to cook! Its great! We made this crock pot Mexican chicken stuff and Mexican rice. (picture doesn't do it justice) It was actually really delicious! Look at us.. learning to be adults or something..

Just when we think we are master chefs, Sister Thompson fails at making microwave hot chocolate. Good times.

Well, I hope you all have an absolutely fantastic week! "What ere thou art, act well thy part!" Love that quote. Be good and do good my dear friends and family! I LOVE YOU!!

Love,

Sister K Baby

October 5, 2015 Witches and Wolves

Hello friends!! It has been a crazy week! I'll tell you why:

Great start to October this week! get ready for a story.

 We have a little section of our area that is out in the boonies that is full of houses super far apart. We decided to make a goal to tract it out! There is like zero information about this part of our area in our area book  so we planned to go knock doors on a few streets. The first street we chose was 160th. We found a few people who asked us to come back and then we got to the last house. Weird stuff always happens at the last house on the street. We had to walk down this long stretch of dirt road in the forest to get to it and it looked like it was abandoned or something. I thought, "maybe we shouldn't knock on this terrifying house?" but we did anyway. We knocked and then heard a small, old woman's voice saying "COME IN!". I was not about to just walk into this house. She came to the door and she was the cutest little old lady about 4 feet tall. We ended up talking to her for a while. She showed us a bunch of old pictures of her childhood and told us about her life. She was a talker, that's for sure. We told her we had to go and she grabbed my hand and said "let me read your palm, I'm very prophetic". She brought my hand to the light and told me about how I had a great love in my future and that I shouldn't try to please everyone else. She told me to be more courageous and to follow my heart. Quite surreal actually. When we were about to leave she closed her eyes for a second (probably casting a spell or something) and told us that we were protected. whaaaat??? As we walked away from the house, we were silent for a time and then after a while I broke the silence and said, "Sister Thompson, do you believe in ghosts?" hahaha We bursted out laughing and the next morning we talked about the situation a little more and decided that we met the nicest witch ever. Good times.

As we continued our journey in the woods, we were chased by two sets of dogs, and found a creepy old ice cream truck randomly molding away amidst the trees. Weird place I tell ya. I'm sure there will be more stories to come.

Here's the truck:

Sister Thompson and I had to get a good companionship photo so here we are in our heavenly glory. Pretty sure we knew each other in heaven.

I also got to see my MTC compie at zone conference earlier this week! I LOVE SISTER PACKER!!!!

Wasn't General Conference fantastic?? Our prophet and apostles lead and guide our church in righteousness and love. We had the blessing and opportunity to listen to their words and messages this past weekend. You can feel the power in their words as they speak. What they teach is true. We are so blessed to hear from them!

 I have never been closer to my Heavenly Father than while I have been here serving him 24/7. I love being a missionary. I love sharing the happy truths that bring us so much peace and joy through this life. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true! Isn't it great that you are a part of it? If you aren't, get on it! I love you all! Let your light so shine before men!

Love, Sister K

September 18, 2015 It's A Girl!

​It was a beautiful, Tuesday morning. The birds were chirping and the morning dew was settled on the thick, green blades of grass. There was a sense of new life in the air. This was the day that Sister Krummenacher gave birth to her first, beautiful, brand spankin new, baby missionary!

WOW I love my new companion! THIS IS SISTER THOMPSON!!

Sister Thompson is from Las Vegas and she loves to dance and sing with me all day! She is a fantastic missionary. We have so much fun together freezing our lil tooshes off. This was a kitten that a lady we teach has. There are baby kittens everywhere!! I know what you're all thinking.. "Why not puppies??" I really don't even know. I'm a lil ticked like I'm sure all of you are.

ANYWAY, I am loving being a trainer. It has been a little stressful but I am managing quite easily and I just take big ole breathes if I ever start to freak myself out. I really do love it though!

Not much else happened this week! Just a bunch of getting used to the way Sister Thompson and I teach and work together. She is a great teacher and hard worker and I am excited to see all of the work we do together.

When I went to pick up my new missionary, my whole missionary family was there! Here's my geneology picture for you. From Left to Right. Sister Tennant is my Grandma ( she trained sister Johnson), then there's Sister Johnson my momma (She trained me), then me, then sister Thompson my new baby! Super fun to have all of us there for a pic.

Here's another picture of Sister Johnson and Tennant's new companions too:

 Super sad day because Elder Rein Jes(not sure how to spell it) left  for Taiwan on Tuesday and a bunch of the other Elders in our district. We tried to make our picture as awkward as possible because we cant touch in any way so we thought we might as well go with it. We became really good friends with the zone leaders and Elder Rein Jes was in a three pack with them waiting for his visa to go through. Well it went through and now he's gone! Kinda sad, but Our new district has sisters in it! YAY!! Friends!!

I got one of the sweetest packages in the mail this week! A ton of craisins and letters from the students I taught at home! I cried with joy. I love my kiddos and miss them terribly! Thank you so much Marcela!!!

Last night we were talking about how cold it gets in our basement with a less active family we teach and the lady was so nice and gave us some crocheted blankets and a Disneyland Tigger sweater to wear! Seriously some of the nicest people you'll ever meet here in Arlington. I highly suggest paying a visit sometime. Now we're warm!!!

Living in the basement of a house really isn't that bad. We have a separate door that we go through and its pretty much the same as If we lived in an apartment. The only things that are a little annoying about it is that the lady who lives there gets to control the heat. We literally freeze in the mornings but this morning we were talking about how when she turns the heat on we will have to celebrate with guacamole. SHE TURNED THE HEAT ON LITERALLY 30 MINUTES LATER. hahaha no guacamole though.

 I LOVE MY NEW COMPANION! We seriously get along so well. President usually asks what we want in a trainer and Sister Thompson said she wanted someone with a sense of humor. haha When I went to go get my new companion, they do a big ceremony type thing where the trainers are on one side of the chapel and the new missionaries are on the other side and president calls the trainers and companions together and you sit together in the middle. When he called sister Thompson and I together I ran over there and gave her a huge hug and literally swept her off her feet. quite magical actually. Everyone laughed but I shed a tear.

Thought this was funny. The other day we were walking and this field totally looked like the default Windows background with the green grass and clouds. Hope you all know what I'm talking about. We laughed.

Just another fantastic week as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints! I love it! Sister Thompson shared one of her favorite scriptures with me this week and I love how simple it is:

"Believe in God; believe that he created all things, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend." (Mosiah 4:9)
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BELIEVE IN GOD! There is nothing more joyous than that simple message. God lives, and he has provided a way for us to return and live with him and our families forever. We can't even comprehend the blessings that await us for eternity when we heed that message.

I love you all so much and I cannot wait for general conference this weekend! Come listen to a prophet's voice on BYU TV this Saturday and Sunday!

 I pray for you, and love each one of you so much! Have a WONDERFUL week!

Love,

Sister Becca Krummenacher

September 21, 2015 Training!

Guess who's training??? ME!!! I'm taking over Arlington and I get a new baby missionary straight off the plane tomorrow! I'm so excited you have no clue! Sister Johnson is leaving me to fend for myself but I think I can manage. Still gonna baptize the whole town so.

With transfers this Tuesday and all the craziness going on, our district is getting all split up :( Love these guys a whole lot. Just a bunch of weirdos sharing the good word. Also, the two Elders who were both from AZ are both leaving me so I'm pretty sad about that. I've realized a mission is pretty much just a bunch of goodbyes. Goodbye family! Goodbye trainer! Goodbye Elders! Goodbye Ward! Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye!!!! Sad way to see it but let me be sad for a second okay?

My sad second is over because I had a great week. It felt like it lasted five billion years but nevertheless, still great. (scripture language) side note: read your scriptures.

This is the Carter family! Words cannot describe my love for them. Brother Carter is the most hilarious guy I've met. We read the Book of Mormon a lot with them and he says that the words in there are super weird. He told us that he was at work the other day and someone made him mad so he thought " I'M GONNA SMOTE YOU!" hahaha We laughed for a while about that one. He also thinks its funny that Nephi refers to himself as a man "large in stature". Brother Carter puffs his chest and says " I NEPHI, BEING LARGE IN STATURE.." lol. He enjoys reading it though so that's all that we could ever want. Sister Carter is my mom out here. She feeds us dinner once a week and she loves us so much. She is going through the temple in October and I am so so excited for her. I LOVE THEMMMMM.

We had exchanges again this week and I was with Sister Jackson in Lake Steven again! She is my favorite ever!! She just got here last transfer and she is amazing. I hope we get to be companions someday. HANG LOOSE.

Oh man we did so much service this past week and we also had to move all of our stuff to our new home!! I love it though!! only one bathroom but that's okay just a lil more stinky. We helped pick up trash at the park and clean out all of the homeless peoples "homes". Kinda sad actually. To me, I was throwing away an old beat up chair, but to them I probably threw away their lazy boy recliner. It had to be done though. Dismiss my ratty hair. Brother Rushton laughed at me for "posing with garbage". I was proud of my yellow vest and full bag of trash. Back up.

This morning we said our goodbyes to most of our district and zone leaders. We shared pancakes, laughs, and tears :(

​Well that's about it for this week! Next time you see me I will be a trainer!! IM SO PUMPED!!! Pray for me.. Read your scriptures, say your prayers, be a good example, and endure to the end! Smile all the while. You are all loved. BE GOOD AND DO GOOD!
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​Until next time,

Sister K

Xoxo gospel squirrel.

September 20, 2015

I (Rebecca's mom) found this post on the Washington Everett Missionary Moms' page that I'm apart of.  I love finding extra tidbits about what Rebecca is doing!

"Sister missionaries teaching my son about the gospel. He is a little delayed spiritually because of his autism. They are helping him understand things, one principle at a time, to help him get ready for baptism. He loves his sister missionaries."