Alysha Cox's Missionary Blog

  Only 7 more emails and then I'm done writing them 🥱😖 This week was awesome, had some good lessons, met some awesome friends, biked in some awesome weather, and went to an awesome meeting where I got an awesome transfer fate hint. It was kind of... how do I put it? Awesome?  Lol, na it was good. But this week we were texting one of our friends and talking about the plan of salvation and what happens after death, we know so many beautiful truths. But we know every last detail, God will be the final judge, luckily we do know about him. We know he loves his children, he knows everything, and in the end, things will work for our good.  We also had a chance to knock on a few doors and found several new friends. One of them invited us in, and we had such a great discussion. I felt the spirit testify of truth as we testified that Joseph Smith was a prophet and Jesus Christ's Church was restored again to the earth. These truths are so powerful to me!  In another lesson, w...

  Hey everyone!   This week was good. Haha, we had 2 exchanges. The first one was Sooooo good! Had a great lesson with our friend Steve. He's pretty much on date! Too awesome. We also brought up baptism with Darne!    The second exchange, the sisters ended up throwing up because of food poisoning that took down their whole district. We kept them over night and took care of them, and eventually took them to the ER. Haha, that's an exchange for the books.    Here's a spiritual thought from my personal study this week.    "These are just a few of so many trying circumstances we may face in life, solemn reminders that there is a cost to discipleship. To Araunah, who attempted to give him free oxen and free wood for his burnt offering, King David said, “Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: … [for I] will [not] offer … unto the Lord my God … that which doth cost me nothing.” So too say we all." -Elder Holland   Haha, but ye...

  Week 66 01/16/2023 Hey everyone!   This week I have learned a lot about prayer, when you pray when there is nothing else you can do, it just helps so much.  Ha ha, As we went out and were talking with people on campus, I wasn't feeling it, but we went out anyway, it was just incredible as I taught others those truths penetrated my heart, and we had way more success than normal, which was just a huge tender mercy.    But a set of sisters near us are having apartment troubles so they have lived at our apartment with us this whole week which has been the funnest thing!!   So while this week was meh, there was also a lot of tender mercies in it too!   Love,  Sister Cox  

  Week 64 01/02/2023 Hey everyone!   We are moving apartments this coming week!   We had zone conference!    We went on exchanges with the sisters in Kokomo! I loved it! It was like the first time all our lessons didn't cancel on an exchange I've led haha!   Lots of biking and member work going on.   What song describes my past week?  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/i-can-do-all-things-2023-youth-album/highs-and-lows?lang=eng Highs and Lows 2. You get me through the winter nights. You say my name bring me back to life. Like a fire burning in my chest, Feeling oh so loved, and I won’t forget, www.churchofjesuschrist.org   We started to meet our friends in Muncie one. Whitewashing is so hard, but we finally are starting to make some progress!!   Good Lessons. Feels like everything I study in personal study gets used in lessons, even when I don't expect it. MAKE TIME FOR SCRIPTURE...

  Hey Everyone! Happy New Year! Things I did -Played musical number at MLC -Gave Talk in our new ward -Went up 3 flights of stairs with a bike a million times -left anderson, went back to ball state -now in Muncie 1 ward Benny's Patriarchal blessing We got to go to a recent convert's patriarchal blessing. It was so cool. The spirit was so strong. Even though the patriarch only knew Benny for a short few minutes, as he recieved his blessing I was blown away by how perfect it was for Benny, how much our Father in Heaven knew Benny. It was also cool to see Benny's reaction, and how he felt that he had an important work to do! I need to pull out my patriarchal blessing now! Markus Plant man Markus called us and he was distrought as his friend had just recently passed away. We taught him about the spirit world, about how every person would live again. As we read the scriptures he would pause us and say, read that again, that really stands out to me. As we taught with the scriptu...

  Merry Christmas!   Highlights of the week!     Christmas  -Caroling at retirement center -Sleepover with sisters -Oven caught on fire at dinner   Christmas zone conference  -I played piano for a bunch -Awesome musical numbers -Mission President and fam caroled to us   Crazy winter storm -Cold -Didn't get snowed in   Transfer calls -Staying with Sister Brown -Ball State + Muncie 1 -Rip Anderson. You will be missed   Miracles - Visited this lady right before she went to the hospital and were able to pray with her. Perfect timing -Taught Shay and Whitney the restoration and they were crying the spirit was strong. So Awesome!! -so many awesome lessons!!     1. CAROLING 2. COOL GYMNASTICS SKILLS 3. :) 4. Gifts 5. ZC @ Moes 6. White elephant I got an Elders starter kit, but I gave it to my godson. 

  Hey!  This week we met with our campus friends, for the last time before winter break sets in. 3 weeks of empty campus. Remember that detail, it'll be important for later. One of the girls in the branch left for her mission on Tuesday, but we got to be in a trio for the beginning of the day because she didn't have anything to do. That was so fun! We got to do comp study and teach a lesson together. She's awesome! Then, we went on exchanges and I got to go with Sister Peterson. That exchange was super cool. She's on her first transfer, but such a good missionary. Haha, when we walked into a thrift store during lunch (they have free bread), a guy walks up to us and starts talking about church with us, how he wants to go to church, and the missionaries used to knock on his door and we got his number and I started to explain what the Book of Mormon is and give him a copy when another man walks close and kinda joins the conversation, then he tells us not to proselyte in hi...