Anna's Adventures in the Isles

Best. Mission. Ever. Eildon Hills Oh how lovely and oh how windy! If only I could send you all videos... it got a little intense with the wind. I hope you can sense the panic that is in our eyes because we almost got blown off the mountain a few times. But, oh what a… Continue reading Chicago may be the Windy City, but Scotland is the Windy Country

RAIN: Because of the Hurricanes, or something like that in America (We don't really hear of news on a mission, so I have no Idea what is going on in the world), we got some crazy storms on Thursday and Friday! It usually is just a light mist and sprinkle when It is raining here,… Continue reading IT’S RAINING BLESSINGS!!!!!

I know I say this every week, but WOW! what a crazy week! We were hardly in our area it felt like! EDINBURGH, CARLISLE, DUMFRIES AND BACK AGAIN: We had a meeting in Dumfries, but the only way to get there by 9 in the morning was by taking three different trains starting at 5:30… Continue reading WE’VE GONE ROGUE!

Okay, about the subject line title.... since we moved into a new flat, we had to buy everything... but turns out, the flat didn't come with a mirror. SO, we have had to be creative with how we get ready in the morning and mostly it's just when we are walking by the stores in… Continue reading No Mirrors. No Problem!

Finally, a full week here in Galashiels and it's been interesting! STEPHEN SMITH: He's a 93-year-old man who is living in a care home and is a member of the church. A member told us about him and that he can't come to church because he's there. So, we decided to stop by and say hi… Continue reading Hello from the Outside

Well well well, another crazy week, but I know every missionary says that.   BIG NEWS: WE FINALLY MOVED INTO OUR FLAT! Home sweet home! But we moved in Friday night, and we had to take a train back up to Edinburgh for the weekend for Stake Conference so we were literally in our flat… Continue reading Edinburgh to Galashiels… rinse and repeat

Oh my goodness, not only was it a crazy week for me because it was the first week in the field, but for my entire mission. Everyone keeps telling me that our group will be famous for being the newbies in the midst of the storm of what happened. Pretty fun. Let me tell ya… Continue reading Ireland? Scotland? WHATS GOING ON!!?!?!?

We received a letter from the Mission Home letting us know she arrived in Scotland on Tuesday with a cute photo of her with President and Sister Macdonald.