Hi Everyone!
 

So this week has been good but very stressful... its good for me though. We are teaching tons of people in our zone, we have the most investigators haha. We have more dates for baptism in our district and we get calls from the district asking how in the world are you doing so good?? I am just like, I have no idea, its not us it is all God's work. We are just here helping duh. We have 2 kids getting baptized which I am so excited about, they are so smart and I love them. They read the Book of Mormon 30 mins a day and pray too. They are Matty and Tyler's age, I want the best for them so much. They live in a bad area which scares me almost everyday, there parents want to move and I don't blame them. They have so many shootings and gangs there. One time we went there to teach and we were walking across the street and this black car passed us and its hecka dark. We couldn't see in and then he backs up to us and we are like great we are going to get shot or kidnap... Well it ended up being a cop and he said did you hear gun shots? Did you just get here? And we were like what?? He said you need to get in to a house because there has been shootings going on. We were like ummmm okay.. Yeah we ran to our lesson as fast as we can haha. But the kids will be baptized this Saturday which I am so happy for, they are so ready.
 

We are teaching this other family who are awesome, they like fell out of the sky. We were looking for someone and my companion walked up this drive way to see if this house was it. A girl came out and said can I help you? We said oh we are just looking for someone but we end up teaching her instead and gave her a Book of Mormon. She has been reading it and we have been teaching her and her husband and they are so ready for this in their lives. We don't know how God put us there but he needed us at that time in that area to find her and teach her. She said she has been praying for something and then here you are, you helped me find what I was missing. My companion and I were like wow! It is amazing how people are so ready to hear the gospel.
 

Then we are teaching some other people and it has been crazy. They either think I am there baby or honey and I am like NO I AM NOT! Gosh it sucks sometimes being a girl! I was trying to set a time to see this guy to teach him and he was flirting with me. He said what are you going to bring me?? I said the gospel because you seem like you need it right now! I keep telling myself they are God's children and to love them, I just get done getting hit on by old guys.
 

My companion and I are good, the only thing that gets hard is that we are soooooooooo alike that we butt heads and if one is angry with the other one we don't talk about it. It sucks for me because I have to act like the adult and say okay we need to talk about this because I know she wont bring it up. We need to because if we don't the spirit is not there and it drives me crazy. But so far we are doing good.
 

Transfers is on the 29th, I will let you know what happens. Oh by the way things have changed here, I have big news! I will be taking over my facebook again but only for mission work here. They told us we will be getting ipads and that we need to teach people on the internet so just so you know not to go on my facebook anymore.
 

I have been good for the most part, I got a bad cold and its getting worse which sucks. I am dealing with it hoping I get better soon. Yes I did get the stickers, I loved them thank you!! 
 

I love you all and hope you are all doing good. I will write you more next week and that you will see more of me because I will be writing a lot on facebook about  mission work everyday. Okay love you bye!
 

Sister Fengel <3

Hi Family and Friends!
 

So this week has been good, a little boring haha. But we had a great week, we taught so many great people. The ones getting baptized, when we went to teach them the lesson was amazing. It went so well, we taught the gospel of Jesus Christ and the spirit was so strong in that room. You can tell they all felt it. The kids who are getting baptize know so much and I am grateful I get to see Gods hands in their lives. The older brother gave a prayer in the end and me and my companion started tearing up because it was so heart felt. He is so ready to be baptized. We have been teaching tons of new people, we are hoping they will start progressing soon. I never thought I could feel this great love for people I just met but I do. I am so filled with God's love for his children, its so hard to hold it in. I cry at night for them, I am pleading for God to help them and to not give up on them. I want them happy, I want them to take this gift God has for them. I know even though I have about 7 months left, even if its hard and days I don't even want to get out of bed I do because I know God needs me here. I need to be what he needs me to be.
 

My companion and I are doing way better haha. For 2 days we kinda wanted to kill each other but we are both alive so that's good. We talked it out and we are soo close, I never have been close to a companion like this before, its nice. We have become best friends. She is amazing and I love working with her. The only reason we get done with each other is because we are twins, we are the same person haha. We love each other and we have each others backs because we don't let anyone mess with the other one which is good.
 

But other then that I am good,
see I have a smile on my face :D I love you all and hope you are all well take care love you!!

Sister Shelby Fengel

Hi Everyone!!

This week has been crazy fun. We have been very busy with trying to find more people to teach so that has been our focus. We have been tracting and trying to contact people. Some areas are sketchy but hey we are alive so we are good, no worries I promise. My companion and I have been working hard. We are both independent and opinionated so we bump heads together but it is just fun and jokes. We really get along which I enjoy, we have been good for each other. She used to play rugby so I fell in love with it. When I get home I am going to join RUGBY! I am excited for it! She has helped me a lot to relax because I was having one of those days. There have been crazy storms here but we were at the apartment and she said lets go outside. I said no, there is a storm! She said come on, so I went with her. But then she ran in the storm with pjs on and jumping around and dancing, I think she is crazy at this point. But she comes to me and said you need to learn how to dance in the rain sometimes. She was dead right, we had tons of fun in the rain running around! We had huge lighting and thunder going on and we were soaked but we loved it. She was right about learning to dance in the rain, I have been so busy and just working. I have not been enjoying any of it because how I have been feeling. It made me think about trials and how they are not desirable or easy but they help us and either we can be miserable in them and be bitter or we can enjoy life and learn from our hardship and let it change us for the better. So that is what I been doing now.

 

I did enjoy General Conference! I loved Jefferey R. Hollands talk, President Eryings talk and Russel M. Nelsons talk, they were so good, they helped me a lot. Our Investigators came to one session which was awesome, they loved it. We were watching it once though during Saturday and a huge storm came and the signal was gone. I freaked out because I was missing my favorite talk so we ran outside, got soaked and went to the Mission Presidents house. We asked if we could finish watching it at their house, thankfully they let us in We were so wet but they let us in anyways. We got to finish it there and I was happy! No weather is taking General Conference away from me!

But other then that this week we just been teaching tons of great people and trying to find people to teach. I sent you a package so let me know if you get it please! I hope you did! I love you all and hope you are all doing good and I miss you all and will write you more next week!!

Sister Shelby Fengel 

HI everyone!!
 

So this week has been long and stressful. I was in court (no I didn't get in trouble this time) I had to get my investigator out of jail............ It's a long story but yeah we had to rush there when we got a call and went there in our pjs to get him out of jail. I called Brother J, I felt so bad because when we got there he was there. He canceled all his plans for us, we felt so bad. He came to pay bond for our investigator, I felt sooo bad..... I kept looking down and apologizing, he said it was fine but we still felt bad. We were there in court watching the judge and the cops and the prisoners, my companion was so excited for the thrill of adventure. I was just tired of all this happening to me on my mission. I got sick because I didn't eat after I took my meds so Brother J was going to take us out but I felt bad as it was so I said no I will be fine and he said NO you need to eat! He ended up having a lunch in his car so he gave it to us to eat but we had to go to or investigators house so Brother J followed us to make sure we actually ate the food. He is a good Dad. We got our investigator out, that is all that counts. If anyone needs to get out of jail just call us, we will come get you out. We are sister missionaries that fight crime!

Other than that we went to a member's house to do service for them we had a blast there. I built some toy boxes, that's right I use tools and didn't hurt myself! Then we were talking because I went to eat at someone's house and I told them "yeah I went and saw my little boy" (that is what I call my investigators baby). He is soooo cute! The person thought I meant my baby and I said "yes I have a kid on my mission, they let me stay here even if I had a kid. The daddy lives in South Chicago haha. My companion laughed so hard!

 

 That's right I am hood.

My companion had her birthday, she is 20 years old now. She is not a little girl anymore haha. I love her sooo much, she makes me tired but she is so much fun to be around. She makes my day even though she worries me because she has this problem where she faints. It happens almost everyday and it freaks me out. I keep telling her if it happens again I am making you go to the doctor! It is from rugby, she got something in her head so that is what happens. Hopefully it stops because it freaks me out when she falls over.

I love teaching my awesome peeps. I am teaching this one family that I just love so much. The kids are on date for Oct 19th. I am excited for the boys to be baptized, they are so ready, I am happy for them. Other than that our goal is finding and it sucks haha. Its hard but we will keep going.
 

I love you Mommy!!!!! :)
 

Sister Fengel

Hi Everyone!

This week was better then last week so that is a plus haha. I am training a 19 year old, she is super cool! She is from New Hampshire and has 12 people in her family, her name is Sister P. She makes me tired sometimes because she is go go go. I am all good with that its just with my meds, I am not the same like I used to be. I feel bad sometimes because she wants to be pushy with the members but I told her if you do that you will loose them.. I told her that you have to earn their trust and build a relationship by serving them and making sure your focus on the work. If they just see you pushy and begging for people to teach they wont help you. So she is awesome but she needs to learn patience and charity first.

Other than that it was good. I helped at the community lawn party our ward threw and I got to face paint for people haha. I have no idea why they trust me with that but it was fun. All our investigators were there which was awesome! Then I got to talk on Sunday, I think I sucked but everyone loved it. It was okay, I could of done way better. Not much happen this week. Oh yeah there has been a lot of shooting because where our investigators are a kid got shot crossing the street. They went to the funeral. Yeah its been getting bad out here but we are safe where we live so we are good. My foot is fine I just pulled something and I am taking pain meds for it so I should get better soon.

Yeah I heard about M, she told me and sent pictures. Um everyone is doing good, E is teaching a lot of people. B is good and J finally is out with all of us now serving in Washington! So far everyone is good.

I love you to Mommy and miss you! I am always praying for you guys :)

Sister Fengel <3

 Hi peoples!!!!!

So let me start off that this last week was horrible haha. It has been a bad week........... Let's start with Monday last week: So me and my companion went on a trip in to the city on bike rides, it was so much fun. We had a blast but the next thing we know we can't find our bikes........ So we look and look walking all in Chicago city and we are getting sick and I am tired because I didn't eat much and my foot started to hurt. My companion looked worse then me so I took her somewhere to eat and I had no money so I didn't get anything. As we are done we try to go find our bikes but then we get lost in the city, the sun went down... it's been 3 hours. Its 8pm now and we don't know what to do. My companion and I get upset with each other because we are stressed and tired and in pain. We sit near a step in the dark in the city crying and done with all this crap. We pretty much said to each other hey lets just go to the airport and go home I know where that is haha. But we don't call the president because we don't want to get in trouble for getting lost and to this day he doesn't know so don't tell him!!!! But back to story of our nightmare: So here we are and we know a member named J who has been like our Dad out here but then we argued who would call him... I lost so I texted him because I am to scared to call him. I told him we need help. Of course he calls and says what happen?? I said well we lost our bikes and don't know what to do, I told him I guess I can take the CTA but he said no it's too dangerous. He said I am coming to get you and I said no its okay I feel bad but nope he got in his car to come look for us. So we walked down this street we don't know and can't see anything in the dark. I get soo tired I fall to the ground and just sit there and say I am DONE! We wait and he finally comes. We get in the car crying and he is trying to calm us down. He finds our bikes, take us to our car and he said if I could I hug you I would I feel bad but we just gave him a hand hug. He saved our lives, if it wasn't for him I would probably had to sleep in Chicago somewhere haha. But yeah make sure you thank J for saving your daughter!!!!

 

Then I had a panic attack, long story............. But I have to go see the doctor this week, I will let you know more on that story later. Then one of our investigators dropped us and we tracted all week. People just slammed the door in our faces and tell us to go away so yeah. Then some of our single guy investigators are mad at us because we don't like being alone with them. We told them it wasn't that, I just can't be alone with you haha. Yeah I was pretty done with last week.... its been a bad week.

 

 

Other than that I have good funny story: My skirt fell off in public, that was fun.... Then my companion and I got transfer calls, I am staying and training again of course and my companion is training and white washing an area in Chicago Heights. I will miss her because she is my daughter! So it will be hard, it was hard for her. She had to hold tears all through church. J the guy that is like a Dad to us tried to make her feel better haha. I told him it won't work, I tried. So I will be staying though and I am giving a talk at church and teaching classes. I am sooooo tired, I just want to go to bed and not get up. But that is my crazy week here in Chicago. I will let you know more about my life next week love you tons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Sister Fengel <3

 

 

Hello everyone!
 

I miss all of you sooo much!! So this week has been soooo longgg. I am way dead tired, I am surprised I am still moving because my body is pretty much not there and my mind. I have been working and tracting none stop.....

Tracting is the least of my favorite things because people are not nice at all. They yell at us or tell us to get lost so that helps me want to keep going but hey what are you going to do, that is mission life haha. But you do get to talk to great people and hear their life stories and talk about the gospel and that means everything to me and I love to do it.

The members are great, I love them so much I love working with them. They truly do care and it makes me feel like I have a family. We are teaching great people that I love! The family we are teaching are great, they came to church and have been progressing so much and it brings me to tears because I feel God's love for them and see the changes in them to want to be better. They both got blessings and the mom was crying, I can tell she feels the spirit so much and see her eyes light when we teach her.

  

We had a BBQ for a home for people that can't afford much, we went to help out and found someone and we are teaching her. When we taught the first lesson her eyes were so bright, she loved it soo much. She enjoyed it and was holding the Book of Mormon and said this is the most beautiful book! She looked at us and said I know Joseph Smith is a prophet, he has to be. I am soo happy for her, I hope she feels the truth of it with the spirit and wants to know more and grow in the gospel.

Then we taught a lest active member, she is amazing! She is a sweetheart and wants to learn more and try to come back to church. She is a cancer survivor. What touched me the most was were going to teach this investigator and we said okay we will teach the 3rd lesson. But after we prayed about it, it felt so wrong so we thought what would God want us to do and we both thought the plan of salvation, We both got the feeling that was right so we started that and had our member there who I am very close to. She is very sweet. As we taught the plan the Spirit was so strong in that room, we had our member bear her testimony on it but then she started crying. She said I lost my aunt a few weeks ago and I needed to hear this. I have been going through so much and have been struggling on knowing the plan of salvation was true and she bared her testimony that she has no doubt at all that this is true now! After she finish me and my companion were hit hard with the spirit and we said goodbye to our investigator and stayed a bit and talked to the member. We told her that God was watching out for her because he guided us to teach this lesson because he knew who needed comfort. Its amazing what the spirit can do!

I loved what the Stake President said about how we are in the sea and its dangerous. We are in the lifeboat safe going to the island but there are people with just life jackets going to the island as well. I think about how the waves are bad and there are sharks in that water and sharp rocks. They will not make it back safely. We are the ones in the lifeboat, we can just past them by and go safely home or we can help save them. We can reach our hands out to them and say grab my hand and I will bring you in to safety. That is what we need to think about the gospel, we have the lifeboat to our Heavenly Father but there are so many people out there that do not have that and its our job to go and try to save as many of God's children as we can. We mean everything to Him.

I have had a really bad week but the only reason why I am still going is because of my Father in Heaven and my Savior Jesus Christ.

I love you all and wish you well! Talk to you next week. that week I will know if I am being transferred so I will let you know. Take care :)

Sister Fengel