Sunday, March 16, 2025

Breaking out of prison!

Guys i fly to montana on tuesday and guess what time i have to wake up?..... 3am πŸ˜. Im gonna die but its fine. 
This week has been good! Time for the recap β¬‡οΈ

Google photos βž‘️

Day 1 πŸ‘
 
-Pday! I got to talk to all my people and it was great

-saw sister andersen for the last time before she headed to estonia πŸ«‘πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ͺ 

-i played volleyball again! These 2 guys joined us and i was finallyyyy able to ge some swings off of them! I got hype it was so fun.
 
- everyone has graduated from calling me cashmoney, to just calling me money and im living for it πŸ€‘


Day 2πŸ‘

- temple day! We did an endowment session

- i got to draw for the first time in a long time

-i got a package from this cute lady in my ward! 
( shout out sister richardson )πŸ’“

- we worked in the kitchen for our service project. Me and feds were on aloha bowls so we had to wear aprons and hairnets. If youve seen my google photos you will know that it is not the look 

- quentin L cook came and gave us a devotional! It was cool bc they only have apostles come like every 6 weeks so we got lucky.

- the choir sang during the devo and the asl missionaries were included! It was the coolest thing ever so see people signing so big and emotional that it low key made me emotional. It was soooo cool πŸ€Ÿ

Day 3πŸ‘

It was my moms bday so i got to call her! 
( happy bday momma πŸŽ‰)

-me, coil, and feds have decided that we are going to have a triple wedding when we get home and were all going to marry elder day.

-we got to help the new missionaries! ( which means im not new anymore and that thought makes me want to throw up ). The first girl i hosted was from fiji! Being back in the same parking garage i had just been dropped off in a week ago low key sucked. Seeing everyone sad made me think about how sad i was when i did it.

-we ended up helping the newbies for like 3 hours. Lugging suitcases up and down stairs for that long really works up a sweat and we were exhaustedddd

- my parents sent me diet dr pepper and ive never been happier πŸ˜

-erickson decapitated jesus "thats worse than the romans"

-2 nephi 22-27

- broke into the cafeteria and got icecream sandwiches πŸ¦

Day 4 πŸ‘

- i did feds hair in super cute bubble braids 

- we learned how to invite people to get baptised and it was much harder than expected so now i have something to work on for personal study lol

- my teacher said " your sins died with jesus. If you have given your sins to christ, you are forgiven, and your sins are gone, they dont exist." And i already knew that but for some reason when he said it that way it blew my mind 

-if we have faith in jesus christ, we have nothing to fear. When they say to "fear god" its not meaning that we should be scared of him, were supposed to be scared without him.

Day 5πŸ‘

-another temple day! Sister wallis was on the bus and we got to yap it was a party

- the bus to the temple was soooo hot. ( pai remember the train to lagoon? Worse than that )

- " i feel like im on the bus ride to my funeral" " only you, you, and you get to carry my cactus"

-got a cutie package from my mom

- we got our flight info! On tuesday im outta here ( and i could not be more relieved ) πŸ›©

- i was in a weird mood for class this day and my favorite sub teacher happned to come in. I was trying to practice teaching her the plan of salvation and i just couldnt. So she looked at me and goes " who is jesus christ to you? How do you feel his love?" So i bore my testimony ( low key angrily) about how jesus shows me that he loves me and i shared a few experiences with her. It filled me with so much peace and comfort and i was able to express how i felt about him to her and she cried. I learned just how powerful testimonies can be in teaching, rather than just using my script in my head. It was really cool. 

Day 6!πŸ‘

-played pickleball with the boys!

- stopped playing pickleball with the boys because some random elder was trying to control eveything and it was annoying

-played 4 square " CHERRY BOMBBB " πŸŸ£

- hey mtc eployee what kind of sauce is that? "Um genuinly no idea... mystery sauce?" Brother you WORK HERE

-in class we did testimony meeting! One of the elders said something that really stuck with me
"I cant wait for my testimony to be tried, because i know that god doesnt give us things we cant handle". Like wow

- Elder day continues to be the goat. He walked up to me during our break in class and pulls a little hot wheels truck out of his bag and says 
"I have a hot wheels for all the sisters, but i only have yours right now.... i chose the truck because youre powerful, youre strong, and you can get anyone through anything." I wanted to cry and it was so hard not to give him a huge hug πŸ˜­

-" he stood up after gethsemane, he knows how to carry you." Jesus felt all the pains and suffering of man all at once and still he found the strength to stand and continue. He wants you to rely on him, and he showed you that you can by going through that.

-ok so youve all heard me say how awful the food is, and the mystery sauce for dinner was low key our last straw. So me, Feds, and Coil made a plan to have coils friend give us chickfila through the fence and we pulled it off πŸ˜‚. Only barely tho because we were dumb and chose a spot right in the middle of literally everything so people started yelling at us and a freaking parade of like 30 people walked by singing a song in samoan so our elders panicked and grabbed the bags we had passed them and sprinted up the hill. It was low key stressful but so worth it to have some actually edible food lol.πŸ”πŸ—

- we almost got caught by an old man while we were dividing up the food with the boys, so we quickly covered it and feds starts fake crying and thanking the boys for their testimonies so that he wouldnt talk to us 

- 10/10 day lol πŸ˜† 

Day 7!πŸ‘

-sunday!!

-also happy bday elder haycock πŸŽ‰

-at breakfast there was a little mishap with feds and some cream cheese. Ill just say that 0% of it ended up on her bagel

- i watched one of my best friends open his mission call. Salem Oregon is really really lucky

- had a lil party for haycock and at some 3 day old cake πŸŽ‚

-saw my aunt angela! 

I lovedddd the mtc. Even though it was so hard, ive already grown so much as a person and ive learned soooo much here. We keep talking about how exited we are to leave ( which is still so true )
But this is the only time were ever going to get to experience this, so even though im ready to get to montana, im sad to leave the mtc. I was blessed with the best comp and the best district. God definitely knew what he was doing when he put us together. His timing was exactly what it needed to be, and weve all realised that since being here. Im gonna miss them, but i know im meant to go and love the people in montana, just as much as i was meant to love the people of district 16B. 

Love you all so so much! Next time you hear from me, I'll be in montana! πŸ”

-sister cashdollar :)

Sis. Cashdollar - 1st week of real life mtc


Hey guys long time no see. This week has been so awesome! Minus the whole saying goodbye to my family part. That was no bueno. 

Heres my google photos link!!

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Ive decided im doing my emails in bullet points by day so i can fit more. At least for now, ill probably change my mind next week we'll see.

1st day! πŸ‘

- last day with my fam. It was sad, but i was still soooo exited to get started!

-walked in and found my comp! I was going through the line to get my phone and i heard someone yell my name and it was sister federico! Quick hug and i got whisked away to grab my bags 

- i found out i am very high maintenence. It took me and 4 sisters ( who didnt speak english ) to get my massive bags up the stairs. I felt so bad lol. 

- me and sister federico adopted sister coil and made our own unofficial trio 

- i found ella! ( sister wallis )🧑

- listen to what they say about the food here. Its disgustinggggg. But its fine ill live.

-my phone wouldnt work for the first 2 days so i couldnt tell my family i was alive. Kinda fun ( def realising how much i rely on my dad to do everything for me πŸ˜‚)

- really really cool devotional!

Day 2!πŸ‘

- me and feds ( sis federico ) are gonna have to fight over our teacher. hes a baddie 

( dont tell jesus i said that )

i realised i know a million people at the mtc 

-i found kaitlyn!! ( sister andersen ) shes been here for like 2 months and this is her last week! So we just barely overlapped

-showed feds pictures of my friends and now she has a crush on one of them ( only the real ones get to know who ) 

- we had to teach a real life person. But we did so good. Teaching by the spirit is low key easy. ( i say with the fake confidence i gave myself )


- we started hiding little mini jesus's all around the mtc. And people keep stealing them because theyre rude πŸ˜€ 

- my district is hilarious and i love them. The boys low key act like they hate us half the time but they know they love us πŸ˜‰ 

- we played uno! Shout out sister buckway for sneaking the cards in 

Day 3 πŸ‘

- me and feds are living on donuts

- i was told to take my piercings out ( clear studs for the win )

- we went to the timpanogos temple! Better known as the timmytonga temple according to sister coil. It was so good! We did inititories and baptisms! I saw 2 ladies from my ward. One of them hugged me and i lost my cool ( bc i miss my mommy ) Queue the tears lol. On the way back we drove past 3 seperate turns to my house, the turn to my best friends house, and my brothers school. I was fighting the tears again lol.

-took cute pics outside the temple 

-me and feds went to the store to get gum! But there was no gum so we settled for 40 dollar pink waterbottles. But theyre kinda matching and thats how we justified it.

-we climbed 6 flights of stairs straight while saying our missionary purpose. Not fun but the message behind it was good πŸ˜‚

- our teacher taught us in a scottish accent 

- the days feel soooo long here. But they also go by fast if that makes sense. Im having to journal twice a day to make sure i dont forget anything

Day 4! πŸ‘

-started memorizing the lessons were gonna teach. And i realised i can memorize stuff fast. We had to speed teach it and for the 1st time in my life i didnt have any anxiety about talking in front of people.πŸ€“

- i got hardcore judged by another sister from a diffrent district about my piercings. She didnt think i was raised in the church because i had them.

- I GOT TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL πŸ literal highlight of my week lol. Its been forever since i got to play

-had a really good personal study!

- theres this elder me and feds are obsessed with. His name is elder lavender. We had to teach him about jesus and it was terrifying. 

- my shoes are killinggg me feet so im breaking the rules and wearing my open back docs πŸ˜Œ

-the boys yell "3.1.4!!" Eveytime we talk to them because thats the number for the missionary standard " no flirting ". Its creative ill give it to them.

Day 5!!πŸ‘

- sunday!! The best day around here 

-me and feds had to teach a little micro lesson in relief society. It went super well! We went into it with a lesson plan, but once we were up there it went straight out the window. Our topic was " conversion by the spirit" so we did our intro and then i shared an experience i was not planning to share, but i was promted to so i did! And it worked out perfectly. 

- it was fast sunday so that means testimony meeting! This elder ( who was british ) shared his testimony and low key called us all out. He said " to all the people who are homesick, hate to break it to ya, but this is home now. Youre here, we all signed up for this, so just trust that god has you and get to work." I kinda needed to hear that haha.

- another thing i got out of church was to " go find the one thats lost" meaning there are people waiting for me to teach them. And if i stop now, they will never get to hear the joys of the gospel. So i have to keep going!

- " you need to lean on god to be able to feel him". God will always give you what you need, but you cant expect to get anything you dont work for

-We gave eachother cartoon characters that match our personalities. Feds is remy from ratatouille, sis coil is tiana ( frog version ), and im tigress from kung fu panda because i give " tom boy baddie energy" ( direct quote from feds )

-ive been slowly teaching feds asl and shes living for it. 

- " moses was low key eating that pose up" you dont get context for that one 

- we finally broke our fast and we muncheddd.

- the boys sat with us willingly for the first time in forever. We made them give us charecters that reminded them of us. Elder day ( our fav elder ever β€οΈ ) said we remind him of the "Fairies" from sleeping beauty. Cry. Hes adorable.

- i love my district so much. Its crazy how close you can get with people in a short amount of time. We keep talking about how sad we are that were not all going to the same missions, and me and feds are already making plans for when (🀞) were companions again.

Ive learned soooo much being in the mtc. I can say with confidence that i know god is my loving heavenly father. And i promise that he loves you and he knows you. I miss my family. I miss my friends. But i know that i am exactly where i need to be, doing exactly what i need to do, and i know montana is the place i need to do it! " it wont be easy, but it will be worth it" So here we go, just 17 1/2 more months!

Love you all so so much!!

- sister cashdollar :)


1st week of hmtc! πŸŽ‰

Being thrown into missionary life head first has actually been so fun. If you know me, you know I would stay out until like 2am everyday playing volleyball and getting food with my friends. Having to go to bed at 10:30 and getting up at 6:30 has been a huge adjustment ( a much needed one ). But I have been very sleepy 😴. 

My district is the best district by far, sorry everyone else. And I got so lucky with my comp, I literally love her ( shout out sister Federico ).

I went into hmtc honesty expecting to hate it haha. But I ended up loving it! We start early in the morning and finish at 9pm. We have two 3 hour classes a day and usually a 1 hour workshop in between. The break between the workshop and my last class has been killing me tho. I got so bored, but now that I’m so close to leaving I’m realizing all the things I should’ve been doing during that break instead of just sitting there πŸ˜‚. ( don’t tell anyone but I’m not packed at all ). The one thing making that break something to look forward to, is my best friend coming to see me everyday. Even if it’s just for 30 minutes between her getting off work, and me having class, we always make it work. Saturday was my brothers birthday so we went to top golf on my break! It’s kinda fun being out in public and having everyone ask where you’re going on your mission. Usually that kind of attention would freak me out but I’ve been loving it. 

The classes have been so fulfilling! I’ve never been more spiritually fed in my life. If my testimony can grow this much in a week, I can’t wait to see how much it grows over the next 18 months. 

Spiritual thought πŸ’­ 

One of my teachers shared this scripture with us and said β€œ I know these words are true, and they are in the Book of Mormon so that means that I know the Book of Mormon is true too.” And that was wild to me. Everything in these verses I already have a very strong testimony about. And while I’m gonna say I already knew the Book of Mormon was true, this just confirmed it more. It’s Moroni 10: 3-5 and it basically talks about having a question, and asking god for an answer, and it testifies that if you ask with a sincere heart and a real intent, you will always get your answer in the right timing. I know that’s true. So that means the Book of Mormon is true too. 

Moroni 10: 3-5

3 Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and 'ponder it in your hearts. 

4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will/mani-fest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. 

5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may "know the 'truth of all things 

Anyways long story short I already love my mission and I am so exited to keep going! I leave this Wednesday for the mtc! I’m terrified to leave but I’m so exited to be in Montana! Love you all see you in 18 🫢

-Sister Cashdollar

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