Great Week!

WELLLLLLL this week was pretty superb. We kept oober busy and it seems like the work is just taking off, not only in our area but in the whole mission! It's awesome to see how much work the missionaries and members are doing together. Right now the hastening of the work is truly happening.

We have been doing a ton of leaf raking. Holy CROW people out here have more leaves than I thought was imaginable. I mean honestly, imagine leaf piles taller than me. It is so possible. But the colors are wicked. As we have been leaf raking my arms are getting super buff. The first couple of days they were so sore because we hadn't done any like lifting or anything with our arms. I couldn't even lift my arm to a 90 degree angle! It was SAD! All welllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

Yesterday was James Flanders baptism! Talk about amazing! He is the cutest sweetest old man on the planet and was so happy when he was baptized. We got to teach him along with the Elder's so that was an awesome experience. He told us after that he has never felt so good in his life! I shall send you a picture of all of us with him!

Today we are going apple picking with the Ure's and I am so excited! Who knew that I would actually enjoy picking things off of trees, when I used to complain about having to pick peaches or something. Todays email is kinda short because there wasn't too many significant things that happened. This morning we taught seminary and that was fun. Early morning. Here at 5:40 AM :) WOOOOOOOH. A great start to my awesome p-day! I love you all!!!!!

Sister Boldt

I Wouldn't Want To Be Anywhere Else

So sounds like you have had some fun this past week! Hahaha Oh Nik... What will we do with him?? I am so happy that I was able to hear about how he is doing. Oh and Dear Jace... I want a picture of you doing the fire dance! PRETTY PLEASE?!?! (Notice that I used pretty n front of the please... That means I am asking super nicely :) ) Have I mentioned that I really really miss all of our Provo adventures?? GARRETT HAWKINS. Yup, I really am serving in his ward and keep in contact with one of his friends who is totally adorable. She is brilliant! :) I got a letter from Mat Haskell! STEPH!!! I want to be there with you! Will you promise to tell me who wins the Utah vs BYU game?? I NEED TO KNOW!! Brigham City Temple with Mitch... Oh that was a great day!!!! I am just having oober amounts of fun lately and it really is sky rocketing my happiness!!

I really really miss you but on the bright side I am super happy and things are going great! :) Let's see... What to tell you about the mission so far. This past week we had 26 member lessons, which is a new record for us. That is actually really high and we are going to succeed past it! We also are teaching an awesome investigator who almost has a baptismal date. UMMMM..... We are going to go over on miles this month... Oops! We have already decided that we just need more miles because we cover two wards and we have less than everyone.. Hopefully our ZL's will get the picture. Soon.

Oh by the way.. I have eliminated cheese and milk from my diet.. My stomach stopped hurting and my headaches went away.. That means I am more than likely lactose intolerant... ARE YOU FREAKIN KIDDING ME!! It's been so hard, since, well you know me, I drink a ton of milk. But all well I feel much better and all. I had the cool experience this morning to go to the sculpture gardens with a member and that was a blast! Yes a sculpture garden :) It was way fun and I got to be with two of the cutest little kids on the planet and Sister Ure. So it was a delightful experience. I really am in awe of what the Lord can do. Seriously his hand is in all things. Something that I have recognized more than anything out here though is that the Lord blesses so much and all he asks of us is to keep his commandments. That is so simple, yet so hard for us. But I know that when we do the simple things in life, the blessings poured out upon us reach much higher and bless us for eternity. I LOVE IT!! Steph, do you realize that a year ago today I had no idea I would be on a mission yet. Like I had no plans for one? Isn't it crazy how the Lord knows where he needs each of us and places people and opportunities in our path so that we are able to get where he needs us to be? I truly have such a testimony of the Lord knowing each of us individually. It has been shown to me more than once on my mission and I hope it continues to! I work so hard so that the Lord can shape me into the missionary I need to be. It's perfect. I have to go now because p-day is over at 6! But next week I shall have more updates for you :) I am having the time of my life and I really learn so much every day. I honestly love it. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else or do anything else at this time in my life. Talk to ya next week!

I love you and miss ya!!

Sister Boldt :)

I LOOOOOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!

HELLO ALL! :)

This week was transfers and I didn't get transferred! But I had an appointment with the doctor and BAM! On a diet :) Yes, I know what you all are thinking... I am going to be really bad at this whole diet thing. Well ya'll are right.. I totally am. I really can't do the whole diet thing... I am trying! But I just can't be on a diet!!

On to the work! We are sooooooooooooooooooooooo busy, like all the time! We barely have time to really do anything at all. It's been awesome! I LOOOOOVE BEING A MISSIONARY! Who knew that I would love this so much, SO intensely?? Sister Murray has been the best companion on the planet! she is amazing and her weaknesses are my strengths, then vice versa. so it truly has been great. We had the opportunity to teach SYC and that was superb! It was very spiritual and Sister Murray shared her conversion story. She is a convert of two years and no one else in her family is!

Today we are going to play kickball :) What else shall I tell ya'll.... sister Hoellein is still my friend out here and she wakes me up every morning to work out.. If I don't get up she punches me :) Yes, she truly is amazing... haha. The Ure's are an awesome family that is totally cool and they love us missionaries. They are members who pretty much are my favorite.. I know I shouldn't have favorites but I totally do :) OH and at Transfers.. Elder Bushnell is back! He was my district leader in the last area and now he is one of the Elders I work with. Yup, it's been fun. The weather has been pouring rain and very humid. It is awesome!! I love rain!! In fact, I love New Hampshire... I don't think there is anything else really to talk about... SO yeah!! I hope all is great!!! :)

LOVE, SISTER BOLDT!

HOLA; A New Companion

HOLA :)

That is about as much Spanish as I have picked up so far. I am slowly learning it though because the 2nd ward is half Spanish and when we go over to their homes I have to try and figure out what they are saying. They sometimes make fun of me :) But that is totally okay :) This week was one of a lot of craziness. I have a new companion. Her name is Sister Murray and she is the BOMB! I am not kidding you when I say that she is totally awesome. She was ETed in on Monday and since she got here our numbers have doubled. It has only been 1 WEEK! i love her to death. She is from California, UKIAH and is super energetic and funny! Also this week is transfers which is why I am e-mailing on a Wednesday instead of a Monday!! :)

So we have been doing what we can that is as close as you can get to tracking in this mission. Tracking down less actives who half the time don't answer and the other half of the time just don't want to talk to you. I know that it seems difficult then, but really it just makes life funny. We get into some awkward and funny situations. I also had the lovely opportunity to have a little girl splash pee all over my leg :) Talk about exciting :) I am doing really well and Nashua is FABULOUS! Literally. The families here love us missionaries and I have grown quite close to them. I am now on my second transfer in this area. I hope to stay for about 4.

We had the cool experience of watching a set of the Elder's we work with teach. Man i wish I could teach like they do. There is something about being on your mission for about a year and being able to just tune into the spirit super easily. They both can do it. I heard from Maddi recently and she is doing awesome! i am super excited for her down there and also Garrett :) I love p-day cause I get a ton of e-mails and letters from practically everyone and it just keeps me going. Today I got my haircut from a member and that was awesome. I needed one desperately. My baking skills are getting better too. We try to use those for less actives also :) I love the atmosphere around New England. It is oober busy yet very chill it seems like.

I have come to a conclusion that I am just always going to be off and on sick. They say it's the missionary way. So hey we just push through it all :) BY THE WAY!! HAPPPPPY BIRRRRRRTHDAYYYY NATE!!! :) :) :) :) I WISH I WAS THERE!! YOU ARE GETTING SOOOOOOOOOOO OLD!! :) You should also write me sometime because I have questions for you. Dating ones. About you. Yuuuuuuuup :) LOVE YA!!!

NEXT: HAPPPPPPY BIIRRRRTHDAYYYYYY OMAAA!!! Sorry I missed it, but I can only e-mail on certain days :/ i hope your life is amazing and I love you sooo much!!! :)

I love you all so much and hope things are going great!!

Love, Sister Boldt

This is the four of us!! Except that was Sister Rainsdon... and now Sister Murray is here!! :)

Matching Shoes!!

Sister Hoellein and I on a car ride to a members home :) We get to go on splits with each other occasionally

When You Do What the Lord Wants You Are Blessed

I started my week off with just working hard and visiting a ton of less actives. Nothing too exciting happened until about Friday. We went on splits with the Sister Training Leaders who were able to teach us a ton. I was with Sister Calder all day we had an amazing experience where we picked up two new investigators. We had gone up to a door to find a guy that no one has talked to or seen in like a year. Chances were he wasn't going to be there, but we went anyway. When you do what the Lord wants you are blessed. :) So, we go up to the door, walk past a woman and a man, and go to buzz the door when we hear "Are you guys Mormon??" So we flip around and this woman is sitting there and she is like "Are you Mormons???" We replied with a confident yes, and BAM! From there we were able to talk to her and her boyfriend for 45 minutes. At first it started out with them being all bashin on the Mormon religion, and by the end of it, she was in tears and he was amazed and they invited us to come back and teach them all that we know! It was an amazing experience.

My roomies (Hoellein, Wagner, Rainsdon) and I have had a fabulous week of bonding and working hard. We all love each other a TON and today we spent the morning putting all of our beds in one room. :) It was great! We also try to just serve each other every day! President told us he knew that we were all going to be great together! He was dang right about that one! Church is something we are still getting used to because we have sooooooooooooo many meetings. But we have a wonderful Sister from the 1st ward who always brings us food in between sacrament meetings. :) We are so blessed and well taken care of by everyone! I am back to just maintaining my weight even though I should be gaining all the time. I guess I am just well blessed with a metabolism that loves me! :) I love being out on my mission and the people seriously make my day every day. I never though this is where I would find myself in a million of years, but hey, the Lord had a plan for me and he made sure I was going to be where I was needed.

Last fun experience of the week, we were able to get a less active sister back to church and she went up and bore her testimony. She told the congregation that the sister missionaries are the reason she was there today. Not to toot our horn or anything but... Sister Missionaries Kick Butt!!!! I really do love it here, and Nashua is an amazing place to be serving right now, things are starting to happen! We had Zone Conference on Thursday. It was amazing and I am learning how important it is to have member missionary work going. The statistic is 3 to 5 investigators will get baptized if there is a member present at their lessons! Isn't that AMAZING?? I thought so, plus we are moving forward with a digital mission, yeah, it's pretty dang awesome right now. Serving in this time is when the work is going to explode more than it has already! :)

Love lots,

Sister Boldt

Things Are Looking Up

Okay so I know that last week I was kinda pretty much a horrible mess :) But this week I am much better and I think I am working everything out. I am almost positive that last week was just a very very horrible no good very bad day (I hope you recognize that book...) I got your letter, and all I can say is that I pretty much started crying because it arrived on a very hard and day and I miss you so much. So it was the best thing on the face of the planet! INCLUDING Hali's note :) I was so happy!!

Yeah so my reputation apparently is one that I am not even sure what it means. Everyone just always says "You are getting Sister Boldt??? That means you are getting the best!" or "Sister Boldt.. you aren't even going to know what hit you!" On the second that could be because I am a bit hungry ALLLLL the time. I have an even better story for you than the getting lost one! Seriously my companion and I have so many experiences like once every 3 hours :) We actually went to the wrong address... Yup. FOR a dinner appointment. Talk about AWKWARD!!! I love it though!!!

As for the Elders.. I LOVE THEM! They crack me up and I honestly half the time don't even understand how I could love them as much as I do already. They are super hilarious in the way the act and talk with the people around them. I work with Elder Bastida and Elder Brimhall (2nd ward) and then Elder Bennett and Elder Neil (1st ward).

I love you!!!

Love Sister Boldt

Sister Boldt and Sister Rainsdon

Sister Boldt and Sister Rainsdon

Sister Wagner and Sister Boldt

P-Day Excitement

First Week in New Hampshire

Okay so I don't even know where to start right now! I am like having a million mixed emotions for so many different reasons! I want to cry, I am like way happy, and I just don't even know how to explain it to you!!This week has been so very overwhelming. Like I can't even describe it! GUESS WHAT THOUGH?!?!?! I have officially been out 2 months, in other words, 16 more to go! :)

Let's see what to tell you about the area... Um apparently I am gaining a reputation out here. Don't worry it's a good one I hear! But so pretty much I love my daughter! (That's what we call our greenies!) She pretty much is the best! I LOVE IT! She is a visa waiter and her actual call is to Argentina, so she speaks Spanish which is really good because around here... EVERY ONE IS HISPANIC OR SOMETHING! Actually in the 2nd ward there is one family, the Lopez's. Yup.. 37 members in the ward. One third of our ward is the Lopez families! Crazy huh? We do work with two sets of Elders because we are over two wards. Which is some serious crazy sauce. They are fabulous though and help us out all the time. First day story for you! We arrived, I am the designated driver, and we were supposed to go to a dinner appointment. But we got lost. and then we didn't have the address to get home. We had the wrong phone numbers for everyone. So we said a silent prayer and just waited it out. Eventually our DL called us and he asked us how our first day was gong and was able to help us get home! It was OOBER funny!

Oh by the way, I have seriously been pigging out. Like I EAT SO MUCH! Hahaha I love you!

Love, Sister Boldt

I went rock climbing!

Lobster racin!

This is me after I WAS SO TIRED!!

Shot-gunning in New Hampshire

It's weird that I am e-mailing on a Wednesday, but that is just because it is transfer week. I hard core miss you, but I know this is where I am supposed to be and I remind myself of it each day. Now for my week!

So Saturday.. yeah talk about crazy! I am being transferred. I am training. I am shot-gunning an area. I am DEAD MEAT. Pretty much we received a phone call from President Packard on Saturday while out to dinner with the Elder's as a last hurrah before transfers. We missed the phone call and he just asked us to call him back. When President calls you on T-Day you know someone is getting transferred. So we called back, first off we assumed it would be Sister Preszler so I wasn't worried at all. He asked if I would be willing to train. I said "sure, I can do that." Then he asked for Sister Prezler and said the same thing. She confirmed she could do that. So we got all prepared and waited for him to tell us who was transferring, but he didn't. Say what?! Then later that night is when all the transfer text came in. Lo and behold there was my name saying S. Boldt Nashua 1/2 ward. Which really meant Sister Boldt you are going to Nashua, New Hampshire and going to be over two wards. Oh by the way there aren't sisters there so you have to start out (hence the name shot-gunning). By the way just to add to that, you get the opportunity to work with not 1 but 2 sets of Elders!

In my head I had a mental breakdown. I have been out for 6 weeks, haven't finished my training, and am supposed to train a sister AND shot-gun the area! But after a long car ride home, I was better and now I am just back to freaking out. I have never been so scared in my life and my poor Greenie is going to think she got the worst. At the same time though, I know this is where the Lord needs me at this time so with relying upon Him (which is all we have going for us) we will be able to do it. It really truly threw us for one. Like honestly threw me. I never thought I would be the one transferring. I know it will be a blessing in my life to have this experience. So I am all ready for it!! :) I said goodbye to one of the cutest families on the planet last night and they were so sad I was leaving. All the little kids were like the cutest telling me goodbye. Starting on Friday I will be in New Hampshire with a new address! Wish me luck!!

Hmm... I got my first missionary true sunburn! Yup, fired half way down my upper arm, and the shoe tan line is coming along great. All I can say is that when I get home.. I don't think I should go out into public the way I look :) Not much else happened this week, but it really was fabulous and I love it. I am sad to be leaving Westerly and going to the completely opposite end of the Mission, but hey, I would rather be there than in the Boonies. :) Best quote I heard this week from the Branch President: "Holy crap sisters; this is clear out in the boonies!" He is from Cali and anywhere with out a close society is the boonies :) It's fabulous! I love you so much and miss  you a ton!!!!! Keep filling me in! LOVE YA!!!

Love, Sister Boldt

An Eventful Week

MONDAY: Last p-day we went crabbing. Yes, I caught crabs on the beaches in Naragansett! :) We used hot-dogs and crabs love HOT DOGS! Who knew? It was so much fun and we went with our district! If you haven't been able to tell yet, we do a lot of things with our district; mostly because we enjoy each others company. :) Then that night we went tot he Garrett's for dinner. :) They are a fabulous family and always love it when they can feed us. We shared a message about having personal peace in our lives and it was just what they needed since they just moved and things have been kinda hectic.

TUESDAY: We did a lot of service and did some drop by visits. One to Charlotte who is a 60 year old woman. Less Active. She really enjoys visits from the missionaries, but isn't interested in coming to church again. Makes it kinda difficult but every week we invite her and invite her to the activities, she has yet to show up. Then their is Hazel. Hazel we do service for every week. Usually cleaning, and she loves us.

WEDNESDAY: This was a day of interesting events. Normally we go to the Johnny Cake center but this time we went to visit Gabra. When we got there she was an emotional mess. Literally. After we had sat her down and found out what was wrong, she informed us her had been hot. She wants to go the temple, she realized how much the Lord is in her life, and she is so grateful for the grandkids she is taking care of. It was amazing. So now we are preparing her for the temple and she is going to be sealed! It is exciting. She is an amazing woman. Gabra is a native American who was taught and because a member years ago. Then she moved out here and didn't know where the church was until some missionaries arrived at her door. she says she was never more excited in her life until then. Then later on we ate dinner with Bob and Cindy. Interesting story about them. Bob and Cindy are Sister Saede's friends from Bridgeport. They own a beache house on the Misquamicut beaches. That's where we ate with them. They have been members for three years now, except that Bob is very inactive. Something happened with the church that he didn't like and hasn't had contact with the church since. You are probably thinking, well then how did we get there? Well he allowed us to come over, and then we prayed and ate. He was oober friendly and we clicked very well with him. Then before we left, he asked me to say a prayer. I offered it and afterwards he said he was so grateful and to stop by any time in the week before they leave. As we left, Sister Saede and Cindy informed us that it was truly a miracle because he hasn't allowed anyone from the church into the house, said a prayer, or even talked with anyone from church since he fell away. We were an answer to Cindy's prayers. It was awesome to recognize how the Lord works!

THURSDAY: 4th of July!!! So we didn't have any plans. The Elder's in our distract had no plans, and President Packard didn't give us a curfew. :) Therefore, we had a district 4th of July. We had District meeting starting at 10, then at two Elder Greene made us all ramen sandwiches (By the way, so unhealthy for you, yet so delicious!) Then Sister Preszler and I prepared a music number (Yes, I am playing the piano thanks to my zone leader for asking me about my musical talents...). Then we traveled up to Newport with Elder Bushnell and Elder Oaks to have a barbecue with the Newport Elders (Elder Greene and Elder Butt). We met them and had the Barbecue and then went to Fort Adams to watch the fireworks go off. Where we were sitting we could see fireworks going off across the bay to the island, plus we were watching them go off straight in front of us next to the ocean. It was totally awesome! These are some experiences that I would never give up for anything! After we had to travel home and it was so long! Sister Preszler and I didn't actually get home till 1:30 A.M. But it was still fun!

FRIDAY: We went to Zone Meeting and that was a blast as usual, then we taught John the Plan of Salvation. John is 50, and is Teddie's neighbor. He loves learning about the gospel and while we were teaching him he asked us if we were ever worried about the places we go because of the sketchiness of it all. I told him we weren't because we relied on the Holy Ghost and our Heavenly Father to guide us. He was mind blown that we would rely on such a thing.and we informed him how great of a blessing it was. Teddie then bore testimony of how it blesses her life daily and Sister Preszler did too. It was an amazing experience. Then after, we went to Teddie's to eat. It was so much fun. Josh was sick so that was unfortunate, but Ava and Theo love it when we come over. Theo is my buddy and we always giggle and laugh together. Don't worry.. he is 5. :) We are going to go to the beach with their family next week and Theo is going to show me how the pros go crabbing. :)

SATURDAY: We started out the day painting a house, that was oober fun! We do a lot of that out here actually. Then we went and pulled weeds at John's place for fun and I actually got sun burnt. :) After that we went to the Library to work on our Google Docs and everything, that was a blast. Then we went and stopped by the Abston's who insisted on feeding us dinner that night, so we were able to do that.

SUNDAY: Sunday was a day of fasting and praying. We held a special branch fast with the focus to help us grow and strengthen us. The Branch is really discouraged because there aren't very many new members (On the plus side, a family just moved in from Cedar City who are members!) We are doing our best to keep our heads high too. President West reminded us all that it does take time and that we need to realize in the future we will be able to look back and see the results. Then after church, the Wests fed us dinner and we invited them all to invite someone to the Branch part on Saturday! They are going to try~

So that has been my week and it was eventful! I am still sick unfortunately, but I am pushing through. :) I am really working hard to stay focused on all and just enjoy the work I am doing. I love you and miss ya!!! :)

Love, Sister Boldt

First Baptism

It has been a fantastic week with many ups and downs.

Monday we had District P-day with our Zone Leaders at the beach, we had a sand castle building contest, yeah... we won :) Sister Preszler is an art major so her skill combined with my enthusiasm made us the winners! We actually went to the beach 3 times this week, District P-day, dinner with the Garretts on Tuesday, and Dinner with the Garretts on Friday.

We had a Sister's training meeting that lasted all Tuesday up in Boston. We left our place at 6:15 AM and got home that night at 11PM. It was a LONG day. But it was superb. I actually was not bored at all and they fed us some amazing food. I got to see Elder Fabrizio and it seems like he is doing amazing and is almost finished training his "greenie". We got a talking to from Sister Packard about modesty. The most interesting thing that I found from that specific meeting is pretty much everything that was addressed, every topic was something that an Elder had mentioned or asked Sister Packard to talk to a sister about. It was emphasized immensely that we work hard to be as modest as we can because we are working along side many Elders and right with them in the same ward. THE biggest problem isn't too low of shirts or too short of skirts, but more along the lines of oober tight clothes. In my interview with President Packard this last week he told me I looked radiant and that he was happy I was also  always modest in my dress. Way to go for me, right?

Then on Wednesday we served in Johnny Cakes which is pretty much just like a DI our here on the East Coast. It was pretty awesome! I love being there and doing service ALL the time! We also had a correlation meeting where we pretty much overloaded our Ward Mission Leader, Brother Parson, with the news of everyone we have been teaching and contacting. Including Less Actives, Members, Potential Investigators, and Investigators. IT was AWESOME!

Thursday we had Interviews with the President that last from 11-4 and those were pretty great. President Packard is one Amazing man. He takes each of us in and then tells us that we can talk about anything and everything that is on our mind. If we don't have anything then he asks a few questions and then it is done. He really cares about each of us individually and you can totally tell. He is pretty much one of the best Presidents out there! After that we went and taught our Investigator Jovan. He is unique because he has already read PMG twice. Jovan loves the gospel and I had the opportunity to invite him to be baptized! He accepted!!  He will be the first convert in this branch since it was created. It is so exciting and everyone wants to help him in whatever way they can. The date projected will be August 17. We are working on maybe being able to also Baptize his sister and brother who are extremely interested in the gospel! Wish us luck!

Saturday we stayed home all day because I threw up all night the night before. I have been weirdly sick and some days I just have an awful pain in my stomach. But we don't let that stop us! We can't wait to be out teaching others and help them come unto Christ! O(I slept for 8 hours of the day!)

Sunday we continued to teach our Gospel Doctrine lesson and it went well. It was on the Three Kingdoms of Glory, yeah... that is difficult sometimes! Especially when you have non members there who are pretty much "Dry Mormons".. I am probably going to have to get a filling refilled because it fell out Sunday morning in ward council... that is way up in New Hampshire. That was my week and it was pretty fabulous! I miss and love you all!!

Quick Bad Luck Moments: Got Locked out of our Apartment and Sister Preszler had to climb through creepy Stans window, Had to get our oil changed and tires rotated - got lost, I got locked in the bathroom for 15 minutes (our house is kinda really old), Our dryer shrinks everything so Sister Preszler's new shirt is now my size instead of hers, it is so humid outside that my clothes are all constantly moist :) Despite all of that we love the work we are doing and are working hard!

I love you Family and will write next MONDAY!!!

Love Sister Boldt

P.S. Adina seems awesome!!

Sisters Gledhill, Williamsen, Me, and White at the airport!

Sister Preszler and I before bed

Walking on walls

And She's Off!

Mileaha has successfully entered the MTC. Although it may be hard for some of us to let her go for 18 months, we know that she is where she is supposed to be! The people of Boston are lucky to have her and she is going to be an incredible missionary!

We stopped for last lunch at Coney's!

Mileaha and Nate!

Mileaha and Amber

Mileaha and Steph

Mileaha and her Dad

Amber, Mileaha, and Steph

Mileaha and her Mom

Mileaha and her Parents

The Boldt Family

Saying goodbye is hard, yet so exciting