Missionaries are the reason Samsung and Facebook are still in business.

 

Helloooo!

Good news!!! We had transfer calls and I'm staying here in Annapolis with Hermana Hacking!! This duo is just too powerful to break up yet. And boy do we have some big plans for this transfer. 

Today we also played pickleball in the pouring rain for our district activity. But hey, I still smoked everyone with my mad skills and we had tons of fun even if we were soaking wet in 40 degree weather. 

Other highlights

-Elder Basset of the 70 and his wife joined us remotely for a 3 day mission tour/training

-We finally got a pic with our pupusa plug, Monica

-Why I believe FB live (check it out on FB!!) with my favorite senior missionaries. https://www.facebook.com/111888333820001/videos/2718113351740885

-We've had really good contact with our friend Ariana and she is preparing for baptism

-Being a missionary is just the best 

Sorry for this super decent email, I promise the pictures will make up for it :) 

<3, Hermana Dangl 

That sunrise thoooooo

And this sunset on the same day!! 

Did a bad thing and painted our hair black. 

The girl, Monica!!

Just a dad being a dad.

The fam

I love the Neilsons with all of my heart. 

Something so beautifully bomb

 

Hellooooo! 

So this week we started talking to a new guy named Joel! He is so cool and after we taught him the Restoration he was like "wow". WOW is right!! It's some pretty good stuff. 

Then we talked with our friend Melque and he wants to be baptized!! He has such a strong desire to follow Jesus Christ and change his life. These are the kinda moments in life that I'll never forget. 

SOOO Wednesday morning we woke up to the worst news ever: new covid restrictions which means we are pretty much back in isolation. I don't think I'd ever had a day go so bad so quickly. However, at that moment I had no idea that this would be such a tender mercy filled day and one that I would never forget. That morning, we walked out into the freezing cold to run and the sky was painted with the most beautiful colors. And if you know me, you know I live for moments like these!! We went to the bridge, our favorite sunset/sunrise spot, where you can see the entire bay then ran to the Navy Stadium on the way back. As we stopped by, a super cool guy let us go onto the field to take some pics! Later were able to do some service and had an amazing time and then had a super good correlation meeting with our Branch President. Later we had a Mission Devotional to get some clarification about the new rules and it was just rough for everyone. It's hard to be so obedient and try so hard to follow all the rules hoping that things will get better, just for them to get worse. That day I was shown that God is, without a doubt, so involved in the details of our lives and that there are so many tender mercies each day that we just need to open our eyes and look for. 

This week we also had interviews with President and I begged him to let me stay in Annapolis because we got big plans for next transfer so we'll see. 🤞🤞

In other news, we are now on a first name basis with Monica at the pupusa truck and she knows our order. My life goals are complete. 

We had the most amazing testimony meeting on Sunday and I am so amazed at the faith and dedication of the members in our branch. So many of them have sacrificed so much and it's an honor to know them. It's tiny but mighty!! 

That's it for this week!! 

 

<3, Hermana Dangl 

Sunrise

Soarin, flyin

Big Navy Fans

Some cool historic building.

That's . . . . pretty cool

 

Hola!!

This week has been awesome and I have loved President Nelson's invitation to flood social media with gratefulness!! If I've realized one thing, it's that more people than I thought went through a phase where they thought wearing fedoras was cool. But for real, how blessed are we to have a prophet of God on the earth today??? 

Last Monday we got to go bowling as a district!! Shout out to all those days I spent bowling in the Wilk freshman year that prepared me for this very moment.

We had splits/exchanges and I got to hang out with my MOM (My trainer, Hermana Eich). I got to show her around Annapolis and we reminisced on the good days, and she got to meet her granddaughter!! It was a beautiful family reunion.  

So now for our girl Ariana! She is so cute and loves the Book of Mormon, and is a senior in high school so life's a little crazy right now. But she accepted an invitation to be baptized in December!! 

Geovany is a super cool guy that we are teaching English to and the gospel! He has a super strong testimony of Jesus Christ and really loves our message.  

Some senior missionaries moved into our complex and they are absolute angels!! They brought us cookies and are so cute. 

Some random stuff

-Our neighbor's dog is named Jabba the Mutt and we've also made names for our neighbors and their dogs because it gets a little lonely around here sometimes. 

-We found a peeling foot mask so we tried it and our feet are supposed to peel off in about 4-6 business days so I'll let yall know how that goes. 

Oh and I guess this other thing is kinda cool but I hit my halfway mark this past week!!! I can't even explain what the past 9 months have meant to me and I wouldn't trade them for anything!!! Thank you 2020 for being one of the best years of my life and for teaching me more than I ever could've imagined. I love being a missionary and I am so, so, so blessed for my amazing support system. Hey! Surprise! That's you! So today I #givethanks for my family and friends because I couldn't do it without y'all! 

You know, everytime I reach in my pockets and hope to find some cash I forgot about, 10 times out of 10 I just find old masks. And that's on 2020. 

This week we finally put up our Christmas lights to match our tree that's been up since Halloween. Merry Chrysler!! 

If you are a real one, you remember Edenilson and how we put him on date to be baptized but then we kinda lost contact with him and I left the area. But he just got baptized last week!!! 

Thanksgiving Day isn't complete without a turkey bowl, so we brought out the pickleball court and had a pretty heated tournament. The day before Thanksgiving, we drove down to the mission office to pick up food boxes since we weren't able to eat with anyone but of course we stopped by the temple on the way home so it was all worth it. That night we all got on a Zoom as a mission to eat pie together and watch a video we all made about what we are thankful for. Then we finished off the festivities the next morning by having pie for breakfast and I would NOT recommend that. A sugar crash at 9am is not a good thing. 

It was a super good week and we started talking to some new friends that have a ton of interest. Also a cute Hermana brought her giant pot of tamales to church and was handing them out after the meeting and it was the cutest thing ever. Love you all!!

 <3, Hermana Dangl 

Bowling gang 

 

Smores pies with Danny for 9 months.

Fallll! 

Hermana Otilia is the GOAT (Greatest of All Time) and makes us tamales. 

 

Squad meetup at Crumbl

Temple!!

Cutest family that made us the best apple pie.

Debated sending this but our lights just look too good.

 

We love Sis. Newbold. She's my mission grandma.

Family photo! My mom on the left and my daughter on the right.

The gift of thumbs

 

Because Spanish isn't enough, I am learning ASL!! At this moment, my vocabulary is super limited, but at least I can tell a deaf person that I am thankful for bread, my family and a turkey 👌 

And on that note, happy almost Thanksgiving!!! Due to our restrictions, this Thanksgiving is gonna be a whole lot smaller BUT, Hermana Hacking and I will be throwing our own Thanksgiving Feast Rager and it's gonna be amazing:)

This week we were able to do a ton of service!! At one place, we were able to pick out some stuff and I found a pickleball net and paddles so we are STOKED. 

We also had Zone Conference and we got to see the temple and all the lights on the grounds!! 

This week we got to meet Nora in person and she is so cool! We talked about the Plan of Salvation and she absolutely loved it. She is a super hard worker and is so dedicated to learning English to help provide for her family. <3

We also had a super cool mission FB Live event called “Why I Believe.” Every month, we have a speaker come and share their conversion story and why they believe.  We heard from this cute older couple who were both missionaries for the Methodist church, but after a super crazy train of events and undeniable spiritual experiences, they ended up getting baptized.  God is so involved in the details of our lives. 

And finally, I am taking on the challenge to learn how to juggle! I shamefully failed to achieve my goal to learn a couple months ago, but I'm gonna get it this time!! 

That's it for this week! Love you all! 

Ciao, Hermana Dangl 

Service! 

I LOVE THE TEMPLE!!! 

Our district leader is a meme so we made him as a rice krispie, 

but then it started to get old, so naturally we had a funeral. 

Happy Sunday! 

Just your favorite companions 

celebrating Halloween a month late.

We love cute Ally (our Mission President's daughter)!!!

Pickleball queens

Freedom Pupusas

 

Hey y'all!! WHAT A WEEK. Election week has passed and we are all safe and chilling... for now! 

The lockdown wasn't too bad but our neighbors probably hate us because we had an indoor soccer match, but then I serenaded them with my ukulele so we are good now. The second we got an email saying we were free to leave, we raced outside and got pupusas to celebrate our freedom. Also, the weather was amazing this week so we spent a good amount of time on our balcony rating the dogs that walked by and getting tan before I won't see the sun for the next 5 months. 

The good stuff...

-We taught a new girl named Mariluz and she is so cute I love her.  Also Nora too. I'm just glad we finally have some girls we are teaching :) 

-We also taught the doctrine portion of our District Council and killed it yet again.   

-I scheduled in 5 hours of crying because we had a new missionary training and our district leader was seriously concerned for our emotional health when he saw our schedule. We explained and I can promise you that we are both thriving and our mental states are more than fine. 

-Church and a beautiful Sunday drive.

-Met a cute, old veteran at the WWII Memorial and he told us some of his stories.

-We started to have an ant problem so we killed them with oven cleaner, multi purpose spray and bleach. Imma bug killa queen. 

Today we went to Target and I got some nail polish but it slipped out of my hands and it ~shattered~ and spilled everywhere. So this lady got her walkie talkie out and said "clean up on aisle 11" like they do in the movies. The homie Robert came to clean it up. Apparently I lowkey ruined their floor soooo :// I didn't even get more nail polish though because I was scared I'd drop it again so I just took the big L.

Last but not least I heard that the BYU football team is actually kinda doing alright!! Who knew???  

Anyway, go Cougs

-Hermana Dangl 

Friendship bracelets because we are actually at girls camp rn

Your fav duo with the pretty sunset.

The closest I've been to a boy in 9 months.

Our dog rating and sun tanning spot.

Definitely one of my best moments.

Join my zoom meeting plz.

Back into lockdown . . . .

 

So yeah, we are back in lockdown but for the first time, it's not because of Corona. We are completely locked down for the next 2 days until stuff cools down with the election because apparently some crazy stuff might happen and they want to keep the missionaries as safe as possible.... But in other news, this past week was SO GOOD. Also I got to vote for the first time so wooooo!

First off, being a new mother is amazing. 10/10 would recommend. Hermana Hacking is from Utah (ikr what a surprise!!), she was reassigned from the Dominican Republic, and she hasn't even hit her month mark of being a missionary. She is cooler than I'll ever be and was in the MTC program for native speakers because she pretty much knows Spanish already. We are the dream team and have some big plans for this next transfer. 

This week we got to make a second trip out to Potomac to go to the mission office to get a mission phone for my companion. We were driving home through Rockville <3 and I pointed out the only Crumbl in our mission so we decided to run by on our way home. We were ordering and a guy behind us offered to buy us a box of cookies! I thought stuff like that only happened in Utah but I guess not! We ended up talking to Shane and his friend after who are members up in the Baltimore area. Such a tender mercy!!!

Our Halloween consisted of us being on that missionary grind but we wanted to get some good content for the folks back home and make Halloween really scary so we dressed up as Elders. If you want to see some good looking Elders, just check the pics at the bottom and I can guarantee you won't be disappointed. 

We also talked to this really cool girl named Nora this week!! She moved her super recently from Honduras and wants to learn English but is also looking for a church to attend. We love Nora, she is hilarious. 

Some more highlights include: hot tamales from Hermana Otilia, my favorite view of the temple from the Beltway with all the pretty fall trees, testimony meeting at church on Sunday, and we gave cookies and goodies to my favorite family with the cutest kids on Halloween. 

Well life is crazy, but life is SO good. I am grateful for change and for growth and for the opportunity I have to be a missionary and serve the people here. 

Romans 8:38-39 <3

Con amor, Hermana Dangl 

My child!! 

My temple just showing off like always.

Me being a good citizen.

Us being straight up ICONS on Halloween.

Always a good time in Naptown (I'm a local so I can call it that). 

 

Money moves only

 Surprise!!! I'm gonna be a MOM!!! Yeah don't worry, your thoughts are the same as mine. What is my mission president thinking??? But for real, I am so, so, so excited to train and for this new adventure. It's gonna be a gooood time! But rip to Hermana Hunsaker because she got demoted to English :/ 

In other news, we are teaching this new guy named Dennyis who called us up one day saying that he wanted to learn more about the Book of Mormon and Bible.  He is super cool and really has a desire to learn.

One night we were teaching a cute older lady in our ward and she was yawning a bit but as my companion was explaining something  . . . . all we could hear is really heavy, steady breathing on the other end.  After a second, we realized SHE FELL ASLEEP. So we low key hung up but then she called us back a minute later when she woke up and apologized a million times. She is so funny I love her. Now I tell my companion her teaching makes people fall asleep; it's good for the comp unity. 

We did service at a new place where we sorted things into boxes for families in need. The main girl Michelle was SO COOL and she said she wants to be a missionary too and do what we are doing. She's right. Missionaries are pretty cool. Then she sent us home with a box of random stuff including a brush, drink coasters, a manual juicer, and conditioner. Interesting combo but I'm not complaining.

We had a super good last district council!  I might be biased though because Hermana Hunsaker and I taught it and talked about the Restoration which is always a crowd favorite. 

Also starting next Sunday we are going to be able to go to church every week! What a huge blessing!! We were able to have our last branch Zoom Devotional Meeting and it is always super small, but there was such a strong spirit. 

Love ya’ll! 

Hermana Dangl 

Pirates of the Caribbean in real life.

Like and comment when you see it.

Service!! 

Crushed everyone with my pickle ball skills at the district activity.

FALL BABY <3