tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12838645602522208002024-02-07T03:16:58.118-08:00Fred and Sheryl Phillips Manchester NH MissionSheryl Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981069650129949721noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283864560252220800.post-80513303467486600242012-07-09T05:52:00.000-07:002012-07-09T05:52:58.625-07:00Summer in Vermont<br />
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We are loving the summer here. As you can tell we have been working so much we totally forget to stay in contact with all of our love ones. We have a singles over 30 group that we teach every Thursday. We are helping start a singles 18 to 30 group. We have a big family history day at the church coming up on July 24th. We are taking a group to the Hill Cumorah Pageant--wish all of you could be here to attend. We have been teaching a lovely lady who has a camp on the Lake and really enjoyed being there for the 4th of July and watching the fireworks over Lake Champlain. We teach about 20 lessons a week. We have never worked this hard in our whole lives. I've been made to feel very welcome by the St. Paul's United Methodist Church. I will be conducting a bible study with them soon. Can't wait!!!!!Sheryl Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981069650129949721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283864560252220800.post-73394864922541102532012-03-20T13:16:00.000-07:002012-03-20T13:16:31.772-07:00Forever Friends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9f7NzV09TLj6iJW2hAvPhZu94Cdk7qk6N1GjIHikMng6XQtc_jbyr6ySvz-ifzwQ549mXPOuR8gjRzlnpuwJ9LScUQX1VAsGqrNUVjyo_yQ3igm-jS8wm5C4K2MDxLRA_Fxy3eUTBcs/s1600/IMG_1139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9f7NzV09TLj6iJW2hAvPhZu94Cdk7qk6N1GjIHikMng6XQtc_jbyr6ySvz-ifzwQ549mXPOuR8gjRzlnpuwJ9LScUQX1VAsGqrNUVjyo_yQ3igm-jS8wm5C4K2MDxLRA_Fxy3eUTBcs/s320/IMG_1139.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>We know there are some people that we are to meet and this family is one of those. We will love them forever. Helping and teaching people about the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the BEST!<br />
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There has been very little snow, very few sub freezing nights, but lots of wind. The country here is beautiful, lots of trees, rolling hills, rural dirt one lane roads and lots of lakes, rivers and marshes. We are now right on Lake Champlain. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"> The lake is the 6th largest lake on this continent, has 23 islands and goes North up into Canada.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"> There are more people here and the economy is better. We have all the stores here we need, and what we do not have is in Burlington, VT 26 miles South. St. Albans is the main area for the Vermont Maple Syrup industry. Right now they are in the middle of "sugaring"-collecting the sap for the syrup. We are having warm days and cool nights and I guess that is ideal for the sugar maple sap to run from the trees. We have been invited to go see the process for ourselves. We have a friend in the church who is one of the largest syrup producers in Vermont and he has invited us down to his "sugar shack" and see how the process works. His company taps about 150,000 trees. Most of the trees are large enough that they require 3 or 4 taps. They do about 1500 trees the old fashioned way, by hand tapping and collecting the sap in wooden buckets and then go around and collect the buckets with a horse and sleigh. We are looking forward to the outing. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">This is large dairy country out here with lots of huge dairy barns. There are several creameries here to process the milk, and also Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory is about 40 miles south of here. They also have a small processing plant here is St. Albans. Most of the large dairies here are milking 300 to 400 cows three times a day, so they are pretty much a 24 hour operation. Big milk tanker trucks are all over on the roads, whereas in Maine the only large trucks on the road were log trucks. There was more wildlife in Maine than we have seen in Vermont. There are wild turkeys, moose, white tail deer, cougars bear and who knows how many other small creatures, not too many horses and tons of cows. The work of spreading the Gospel is the hardest but the most rewarding work we have ever done. We are up at 6:30 every morning and usually don't get to bed until after 10 at night. We drive over 500 miles a week and hope our car holds out until we get back to Idaho. The country here in Vermont is lots and lots of hills and forests. Our area takes us up to within a mile of the Canadian border. We brought our pass ports with us in case we get lost and end up some where we should not be. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;">We are looking forward to a temple outing in Canada next month with our new converts!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"></span>Sheryl Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981069650129949721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283864560252220800.post-5360446213651830982012-01-02T13:03:00.000-08:002012-01-02T13:03:47.687-08:00December/January 2012 Happy New YearI was going to faithfully post to the Blog every week, then we realized that it would have to be every month. Now I'm not even doing that. We are trying to keep up with the young missionaries that are in our district and zones schedule and fast finding that we are not young!!! Go figure!!! We are not sure why we are assigned the same mission calling and an area of our own, which needs lots of work, but we keep reading the 1 Nephi 3:7. The weather is great here. Right now, there is no snow on the ground and the temperature is 34 degree F. We put new tires on the car because we drive TONS, but haven't had bad roads. We do have lots of humidity living next to the 6th largest lake in the United States (Lake Champlain). We travel to the villages up and down the lake, but have never parked and walked the lake or been on the lake. We have had deer meat from road kill, still seeing lots of wild turkeys, and get sugar highs daily from the yummy maple syrup. The people are friendly. The branch is small and spread out from near the Canada border to miles below. We have lots of farms and farm land. I'm sure there are more cows than people. Most people work on the farms or drive into the Burlington, the city. See how there is not much to write about. Pretty boring stuff. Knock doors, teach, find, convert. Enjoy the spirit. Work hard get little sleep, pray and fast!!! So far no conversions, but lots of seeds planted. We pray that someday germination will take place. The Gospel is true and its blessings are for all. Keep praying for the missionaries.Sheryl Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981069650129949721noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283864560252220800.post-30287299641674894052011-11-26T18:12:00.000-08:002011-11-26T18:12:00.259-08:00Vermont in the Winter (collecting Maple Sugar)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3UsMNdrVRxm1x2dsunbc18IGAo4zXi-C-1CTvVVasTLfqCl-QO7_l5vewjO6sWL4xbIFBF23ynkP3JDBWBvjBbXUV1ILbYyD6jK6wiEBNDV5qOD572tdrPNsKUdRtH-M2PEy7HbjWMeg/s1600/IMG_0083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3UsMNdrVRxm1x2dsunbc18IGAo4zXi-C-1CTvVVasTLfqCl-QO7_l5vewjO6sWL4xbIFBF23ynkP3JDBWBvjBbXUV1ILbYyD6jK6wiEBNDV5qOD572tdrPNsKUdRtH-M2PEy7HbjWMeg/s320/IMG_0083.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>We have been surprised at how nice the weather has been. Prayer helps!!! We needed to travel our area and find all of the villages so that we didn't get lost in the blizzards, if they have a big ones like last year. We did have one small storm the day we had district meeting, the day before Thanksgiving. It was beautiful the way it stuck to the trees and make it look like a winter wonderland. I forgot the camera! By the time I got back home, the snow was melted. It was very warm today (50 degrees). Lots of people to talk to when it is warm. We are getting use to the smell of cow fertilizer, skunks, and wood burning stoves. <br />
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The Vermont Maple Syrup is even better than Maine's Maple Syrup. It's the only sugar I use. I'm learning how to cook with it and love it tons. We know what a Maple Syrup Farm looks like. It's a gravity process. This area is mostly dairy farming with large fields of corn and grass for cattle and huge barns.<br />
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Our branch area is large and takes us close to Canada. Our cell phones keep using towers in Canada and giving us extra $15 roaming charges. Hope to visit the Montreal Quebec Temple soon.<br />
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We live in a much newer house. It was build in 1900. We actually have light switches. We also have heat, hot water radiators, which work real well. The last house only had light bulbs with pull cords in the middle of the ceiling.Sheryl Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981069650129949721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283864560252220800.post-87474651666755851462011-10-16T16:15:00.000-07:002011-11-07T19:04:01.100-08:00Last Week in ME<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCO1pTqJncIzbSaldg0iBRqQr8UFmpheNQr-xS3FylQonxRlvwMx9goCQI8E1Bv-zVeAVGK7aI0C9QXUVLSqTIv_4FtCHzSZ4kO4aEMNhKTDo0ejvpYaoRaDwZRth6MbRjMSoJhhe7pAw/s1600/IMG_1030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCO1pTqJncIzbSaldg0iBRqQr8UFmpheNQr-xS3FylQonxRlvwMx9goCQI8E1Bv-zVeAVGK7aI0C9QXUVLSqTIv_4FtCHzSZ4kO4aEMNhKTDo0ejvpYaoRaDwZRth6MbRjMSoJhhe7pAw/s320/IMG_1030.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>We are really being pushed to finish up in Maine. We visited over 100 inactive families plus the regular active families in about 25 different villages. We moved 23 records of people we verified moved. We wrote letters to find change of addresses. Teaching 6 new investigators. Are you tired yet, we are!! They really need couples in the mission field. New England people are careful and cautious, it takes them a long time to make any commitment. We love the maple syrup. It is good on everything. The fall colors are excellent. The weather has been nice. It is not very cold. We spend most of our day driving between villages on bumpy narrow roads and count ourselves lucky if we have pavement. The wild turkeys are ugly. The deer are bigger than what I have seen other places. Addresses don't exist. Turn at the junction of this road and then over the hill next to the pink barn. Past the school down the road on the right for a piece and left at the lake. We haven't seen any moose or bear yet, but are told they come out at night and we hate driving the narrow roads in the woods at night. We get lost a lot and then experience miracles.<br />
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We are being transferred to our own branch where we get to knock on doors!! We are the only missionaries in a little larger area than here. Vermont here we come, ready or not!!Sheryl Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981069650129949721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283864560252220800.post-30930939602134367312011-10-05T18:04:00.000-07:002011-10-05T18:10:43.511-07:00Busy in October<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEgL3mv3Jqk_C_JITUyf5NzrGV8z8xfMdq4Gf-mJC15hkQb_F_XyE7sR_-w7PKCSaZvjQAVCnaLpdrDAvjG28tBOxXxZKUtMCOglNIzAq6uRGIwtxCWbrgvovkdsQt-DwXoblDVvFJeJc/s1600/IMG_0972.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEgL3mv3Jqk_C_JITUyf5NzrGV8z8xfMdq4Gf-mJC15hkQb_F_XyE7sR_-w7PKCSaZvjQAVCnaLpdrDAvjG28tBOxXxZKUtMCOglNIzAq6uRGIwtxCWbrgvovkdsQt-DwXoblDVvFJeJc/s320/IMG_0972.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The Fall colors are beautiful here. The field is ready for the harvest-look at the statue on top of the Capitol Building in Augusta. The joke here is that the native American Woman is Sister Moroni.Sheryl Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981069650129949721noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283864560252220800.post-35407250319305481502011-09-07T16:30:00.000-07:002011-09-11T19:02:56.890-07:00Spirit Felt in ME<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd2fN2Lsk02BZEYGSuI2d9_UpYAuaCLFRfsNdCmSgJRTDValDj3QQ6_2wEQQTkEQdAptkVWG01IzleUYWTwILW_qTGpsblRF2NRghwLNGDCCCQia8xFiFeADaaeq8eIgo0yYnN6za6Qeo/s1600/IMG_0965.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd2fN2Lsk02BZEYGSuI2d9_UpYAuaCLFRfsNdCmSgJRTDValDj3QQ6_2wEQQTkEQdAptkVWG01IzleUYWTwILW_qTGpsblRF2NRghwLNGDCCCQia8xFiFeADaaeq8eIgo0yYnN6za6Qeo/s320/IMG_0965.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>We have been doing a lot of traveling. Meeting wonderful people. Taught three discussions yesterday. Tremendous spiritual experience. <br />
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Can't believe all the water here. Rain and also the largest lake East of the Mississippi- Moosehead Lake! Beautiful!!! Where other people have their own swimming pools, the folks around here have their own lakes. Small little lakes in backyards everywhere! Quite a project wandering small country dirt roads lined with trees trying to find people. <br />
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We are in charge of a stake day of service for the poor and the needy in this area. Unemployment here about 60%, so lots of poor and needy. We have 27 more contacts to make this week, and I'm cub scout leader. We need to be cloned!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtfYbNNIDnTxlqGZRAhqB7cdnmhllEIugD5YqTmfc3hHvu8x2n_Q4HahECubHbIRdHoZ6n_EiuvgdDYA8NLqP8pj0B71kWgWxS2QlXibPJkQ28A0o1oxyDR_Rp2V1Be9mPE-yjPRAXZw/s1600/IMG_0046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtfYbNNIDnTxlqGZRAhqB7cdnmhllEIugD5YqTmfc3hHvu8x2n_Q4HahECubHbIRdHoZ6n_EiuvgdDYA8NLqP8pj0B71kWgWxS2QlXibPJkQ28A0o1oxyDR_Rp2V1Be9mPE-yjPRAXZw/s320/IMG_0046.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Today we had are first district meeting, quite a drive to and from, but found people in Lincoln and Milo. I've lost count of all the small villages we have been to this week.Sheryl Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981069650129949721noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283864560252220800.post-21102685354892408012011-08-19T12:00:00.001-07:002011-08-19T12:18:36.268-07:00Spiritual Week One: MTCThe MTC has been an excellent experience. We highly recommend it! We have never searched the scriptures and studied this much in so short a time. One of our most memorable moments was Tuesday evening before the evening meeting when the youth entered the hall. They told us Monday that we were here with 2,500 young men and women between the age of 19 & 21. Our group was 22 couples and one single sister. Wednesday another 450 arrived. We just checked out of the MTC. If you're in the area, Elaine, my sister is giving us a going away party tonight. Come crash the party. We would love to say good by. We leave for the mission field early, early, in the morning. Sheryl Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981069650129949721noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283864560252220800.post-27174449853682780652011-08-07T13:47:00.001-07:002011-08-19T12:18:36.276-07:00Sheryl Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981069650129949721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283864560252220800.post-63648879944605116732011-08-07T13:34:00.000-07:002011-08-07T14:14:59.233-07:00Mission Photo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVdiiHj9ochGTtWsw_K4jMOs9SKsCkD9LKpveR_5-OindZV0zAlxTC6rzSoGDDFNHFi3MpqB-Uk4xDIhfmoCMgUIGXzjP36RHWDutAG9Wr5dYhjeyG5lhVW97g5o2IRCVNJa-EAvNGzM/s1600/IMG_0256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVdiiHj9ochGTtWsw_K4jMOs9SKsCkD9LKpveR_5-OindZV0zAlxTC6rzSoGDDFNHFi3MpqB-Uk4xDIhfmoCMgUIGXzjP36RHWDutAG9Wr5dYhjeyG5lhVW97g5o2IRCVNJa-EAvNGzM/s320/IMG_0256.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">We started a blog to communicate with family and friends about our mission. We pray this will be the simplest way to stay connected with our loved ones.</span></div>Sheryl Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981069650129949721noreply@blogger.com5