Happy January!!

Here is Sister Toomer's latest!

Can you believe that I have been out for 4 months? Seems like I just got out here, but not too. So ya, I'm famous because I was in the paper! I'm sending you more and I also sent the grandma's one as well.

The work is definitely hastening, and it's because the members here are so great and want to share the Gospel with their family and friends! It's awesome!!! We have been seeing miracles in how the members are sharing the Gospel. There was a less-active lady that knew she needed to go back to church but didn't want to go alone, so she took her non-member friend. We have been teaching the Non-member and she says that we are heaven sent because she has been looking for something more. She is going to get baptized hopefully next weekend. She used to smoke but for her new years resolution she quit and can be baptized!!!!! Her names Cynthia! 

Also, the miracle baptism with the stubborn investigator is really excited to go to the temple. She was telling us the other day that she can't wait to be sealed with her family! I love this Gospel and I love sharing it with others!!!

Thanks for all the letters and all the support you give me. I can definitely feel the prayers and love in my behalf!!! Don't forget you're a missionary too! Love you all!!!

Love,

Sister Toomer

Also, here is a link to the newspaper article that Sister Toomer was in  called "Sister Act". Although you have to create a profile/log-in to view the article. She's amazing!!

Happy New Year from Sister Toomer!

We can't believe it's already 2014! Here's the latest from Sister Toomer!

Hey All! Love you!!! Happy 2014-- wow time is going by super duper fast! Thanks for everything I really love hearing how everything is going and I just love your stinkin guts. Training's great I got super lucky with an awesome trainee, she is getting into the groove and loves the work which always helps. 

We work really well together and this week we lead in our zone! The work really is hastening and there are more and more people ready to hear the gospel! We are teaching this little family that told one of her friends she wanted a better life and Dah dah! that's were the Gospel of Jesus Christ comes in, and that's when we come into tell them of the great news! Also we found some great people that are just ready. I love it! 

We are teaching this Lady named Cynthia that just absorbs everything we teach her and thanks us for coming into her life...it's soooo cool- I'm loving the change and the work here. It's great to be a missionary! And I'm in the East Oregonian paper! ON the front page!!! I'm famous-- well, the sister missionaries here are cuz I guess there has always been Elders and they interviewed us cuz we are different then what they had before. Also people here say that it was weird because the church does not get publicity like that in the paper. So that's kinda cool. The 2nd ward I'm over is going to send you a copy.  

Love you all!

Sister Toomer

 

 

Here is a picture with Elder Ballard!!! Sister Toomer is towards the bottom left in the middle. So exciting!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 2013 is over and we are that much closer to seeing our sweet Sister Toomer!!!! Here is the GREATEST Christmas email we got from her!! So exciting!!! =)

 

Best Christmas Ever!!! I got to see my family on Skype and cry and laugh and everything with them it was wonderful!!! Also the members spoiled us with delicious food and good company. And a miracle happened!!! So Roberta, the investigator I asked you to pray for cuz she is sooo stubborn calls us up after Christmas at 6:20am in the morning and says she has unexpected company coming and she needs help with a project. So Sister Brudnicki and I go over in our service clothes ready to help her clean her house...and much to our surprise she's like "alright I'm ready to be baptized and I want to do it today!"! 

We were shocked. I personally thought I was still sleeping but then my head was going 90 miles and hour thinking of her interview she needed and to call the bishop. It wasn't a dream!!!! We planned a baptism in 10hours!!! Craziest day but the best because I knew she was making a step closer to her Heavenly Father and I was so blessed to be a part of it!!!! It was definitely a miracle! Gotta Love the mission life!

 

And I am so glad that you got to see my amazing companion she is wonderful! You will have to take her to dinner or something cuz she's pretty legit! Keep sharing what you know and doing HT and VT because I'm seeing that the people that fall away said they didn't feel loved because their HT and VT never visited them! So sad! But you can do it!!!! I love you all and am so proud to be a part of the Toomer familia!!!

Have a wonderful New Year!!!

Love,

Sister Toomer

If you would like to send our amazing Sister Toomer anything for Christmas it's best to send it to the mission home address:

Sister Tiffany Toomer
Washington Kennewick Mission
8202 West Quinault, #D
Kennewick, Washington
99336

Thank you to all of our family for the constant support and love! We hope you all have an amazing Christmas! We will miss Sister Toomer but we know she will be well taken care of!

Merry Christmas!

Happy December from Sister Toomer!!

Here is a letter she wrote recently...

I love you!!! Thanks for all your support and love really I have the best family a sister missionary could ever ask for!!! That is soo cool you got a hold of Sister Clegg's sister she is super excited to meet you!!! 

I think I will be in Pendleton for Christmas but transfers are next week so I will know for sure then. We are actually doing wonderfullly here and have more and more people to teach! We took two younger boys to church yesterday and they said they want to go again!!! Then we have this kinda crazy lady we are teaching that says she will get baptized if she has goggles, and nose plugs and ear plugs so we are getting really close with her cuz she is super afraid of water. But really it's salvation! I was reading how when Christ came to the America's and the first thing that he did kinda was tell the people he loved them and let them witness of him and then gave people the authority to baptize people so really it is that important!!! I love learning and growing in the gospel!!! And Pendleton really is a wonderful area the members are so supportive and I couldn't ask for more! Also cool story, Kurt met a kid that is from Pendleton and I know his family. They were actually the first house I taught I lesson at here! Small world!!! Life is great! Sometimes I wish I could just drag people to the font but I need to learn patience and it's good :) There is this lady named Roberta and her family are new converts and she goes to church all the time but is being stubborn on being baptized so if you could keep her in your prayers that would be great! You're the best!! Oh and I went on exchanges with Spanish speaking sisters and the church really is true even when you can't understand the language, the spirit was there. It was really cool and I learned a lot.

I pretty much smiled cuz I couldn't teach in Spanish although I did bear my testimony in Spanish- soy Jesus Christo Vive! I know Jesus Christ Lives!!! :) What more do they need;) jk Thanks again for everything and are all of you going to be at one place for Christmas cuz I have a place I can Skype at! Should be good!!! Love you all!!

Love, Sister Toominater

Sister Toomer's Thanksgiving!!

We missed our girl this Thanksgiving, but it sounds like she had a great time!

11/25/13

I'm so thankful for you!!!! I can't tell you enough of how blessed I am to have such a wonderful family and for all your support and love you send my way! Thank you for fasting!!! You're amazing the work really is hastening-we have been getting more referrals than ever before and they are more and more people ready to hear the gospel, I love it! We have a one lady that just needs to be dunked cuz she is pretty much a dry mormon and is being stubborn!!! So if you could pray for Roberta Tollis to be baptized!!! Her whole family are converts to the church she is just being silly. Anyway Sister Clegg will not be with me this Christmas season. She is going back to Orem,

Utah the 19th so if you want to go to her farewell that would be sweet!! She is such a great missionary and I got super duper blessed to be her companion!!!! Thanksgiving will be a blast we are having a party with like tons of families that all want to take care of us so no worries! And I just wanted to thank you for being the best family a girl could ever have!!! I love you!

Love,

Sister Toomer

Another Letter-

11/28/13  Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!

Man this week was awesomely exciting!!! So for thanksgiving since everyone is asking... I had a big breakfast with members and then a two thanksgiving dinners at different members home! It was delicious! We did walk to our different areas so that helped make room for more and more food. We also visited tons of people on that day so we got desserts galore! The church is so amazing! Missionaries are famous kinda, well according to members here. My companion leaves in like 2 weeks sad day! She is so great and I have learned tons from her!!! She talks about home a lot which is alright, but no worries I'm still keeping her working ;) She really is a great missionary and I really did get blessed!! Cool experience too. She taught a family a year ago and they were sealed in the Washington temple this Saturday and Sister Clegg got permission to go and since I'm her comp I got to go as well!!! It was the sooo cool! Makes me super excited for the day when I can go with my future man someday! Also I was thinking of our people we are teaching and how they could go in the temple in a year like this family did! It was such a cool experience!!!

We are teaching this lady that is on date for baptism and she doesn't come to church- kinda frustrating...but anyway we had a really cool lesson we were teaching her the plan of salvation and we brought a member with us and he brought his ipad to show her pictures and stuff. And we were going on with the lesson and the spirit was there and the member kept fiddling with his Ipad. We ignored him and finished the lesson. After the prayer the member asked our investigator if she had a relative named Kathrina and she was kinda weirded out and said ya that is my mom's grandma. He showed her his ipad and Kathrina was written on the notes page and he said he had a prompting to write down her name. He said that a women was telling him how to spell it and that Chris the investigator needed to get baptized so that she could do the work for her. It gave me chills but you could totally feel her presence and the spirit was sooo strong! I probably didn't give this story justice but it was amazing and I know without a doubt that there are those on the other side of the veil watching over us and helping us find our brothers and sisters! The gospel is true and it really does bring happiness and peace in my life! Thank you all for being wonderful examples and raising me in this wonderful gospel!!!!

I love you all and wish you the best in all your endeavors!

Love,

Sister Toomer