So this week has been crazy to say the least. Everyday was
full and we had so much going on! Its so good though I love being busy and I
love even more being busy with missionary things :) It was a really great week
and its amazing to me how much the Savior lifts us up when we need it and how
much joy comes from living like Him and close to Him! It been such a great week
though:
Monday: CRAZY! we went and emailed at the library and then I
got my hair colored... red yes! love it though! We then went and finished
emailing... We went and played basketball at the church. Our Zone has this
thing going for this really cheesy WWE belt that they got and whoever wins the
basketball game that they play gets the belt so... it get pretty funny and we
all have a good time :)After that we went to the college and played sand
volleyball. Went shopping then we went over to Sister Petty and elderly widow
in the ward and she has 2 peach trees in her backyard and so we went over and
helped her pick some (there were so many!) we loved it though we got some
peaches out of it though and they were so good! We had dinner at Cafe Rio ( yes
I have gotten over the fact that I don't really like it because everyone here
eats it) we ate with sister Lynch and we got to here all of her amazing stories
of when she joined the church! We then helped out the other sisters for the
rest of the night delivering stuff they needed help with!
Tuesday: We had district meeting that morning. It was fun as
always and we did a get to know you activity since its the beginning of the
transfer, After we left and us sisters picked up pizza and frosty's. healthy I
know and we had lunch at the temple, Because we had a session at 1 that we had
to get to. It was a blast though and we had fun! I always love going to the
temple and the peace that is there. I was really just a great time and brought
a lot of peace to my mind and helped me to focus on the eternal perspective!
After that we went back to the temple with Natasha and had her new member
lessons it was good we are planning on going with her this Saturday to do
baptisms at the temple. It was good to see her though because we haven't seen
her in a while she has been out of town and then all of our craziness happened
with sister Bly. After that we had dinner and went back to the stake center
behind the temple and had a meeting with the stake president and we went and
tried to contact some people. We finally got a hold of Vicki who has been on
our list for a while. She invited us in and we ended up talking to her for and
hour and a half and she was so nice. Found out she has a daughter who is a
really active member of the church, we invited her to come to church and she
said she would try, she was so sweet and kind and really willing to listen to
us!It was really like the best day!
Wednesday: Was a long day! We had a ton to do, we went over
to Delsa's she is a Less Active member and we visited with her. She is 92 and
she reminds me so much of Nana! haha she is a hoot though and we visited with
her for a while and talked a lot about how Christ helps us over come our trials
and she said she would try coming to church some time this month she just has
to " get the courage" After that we went and got some sheet music for
a conference in October for a general authority who is coming... somehow no one
here got the memo that Owsley's don't sing, so we are working on that! We
helped out Sister Billings in our ward she is redoing a trailer they bought and
we were painting for her (mom I will have to send picture you and Sarah would
Love It!)We helped pick more peaches that night, Then we had a lesson with
David, we taught him the plan of Salvation. He understood it well but now we
are just helping him understand that prayer is so important to knowing these
things are true! but he is reading scriptures all the time and loves studying
them so much! He motivates me to be better about studying!
Thursday: Had another busy day we went over to the mission
office early to get may bag that I had left there talk for a with the senior
office couple who I love! (they are seriously like grandparents love it!) had
lunch at Culvers! Went over to the Physical therapists so sister Bly could her
her Knee thing figured out. (I think I told you she tore her ACL in February?)
so that took a while We Weekly planned for a while then we got a little stir
crazy and we went over to the Mclaws in our ward and helped her out. Had dinner
with the travellers that night. I pretty sure they emailed you some pictures :)
they were so excited to do that! :) but they served a mission in the Manhattan
Temple so we heard all their really cool stories! Then we had choir practice
for this conference we are having. Kind of of crazy getting a lot of
missionaries to sing... never again will I volunteer to help with anything music
related ( had no clue what the heck I was doing haha!)
Friday: had Choir practice that morning again. Finished some
more weekly planning The we helped out sister Petersen with the High priest
social that night. We got to go and it was so funny reminded me of the felicita
ward back home! :) Not too much that day though.
Saturday: Was crazy... Paperwork in the morning. The we had
set up a time to do church tours during the day so people could bring there
friends. Ya no one showed up for the 1st hour. went home for lunch and then
went to Barb martin in the ward she signed us up to sing in church and she had
a song she wanted us to sing ... still not sure how the heck I am getting roped
into all this music stuff I think people assume that all missionaries can
sin... NOT TRUE! We then went back to the church to be there for more church
tours...no one showed up for the 2 hours... ya... Picked more peaches that
night. had Dinner with the Albrechts who I love and I had Navajo Tacos for the
1st time and they are so so so good! Then we went to the Mclaws and mad
cinnamon rolls for Ward Choir the next morning.
Sunday: Great day! it was the stakes "invite your
friend to church day" and thy had the whole sacrament meeting based on
Christ. It was great best part the youth sang the theme song for this year and
it was beautiful. David came to church and we also had a few non-members and
less actives there too! so it was good. Had dinner with the Hamilton and they
has there friend Shyla over and so we taught her and we wants to take the
lessons! #miracles. Went and tried to contact some people after that and we got
a hold of Rosa's family who we also have been trying for! And they told us they
want us to teach there daughter as well. So it was a good ending to the day!
It was such a busy and crazy week but so worth it! I
love this work and its crazy to think I don't have a tone of time left. it all
goes by so fast. I love the joy that comes though with this gospel yes its hard
but its so worth it a the end of the day! love you all and hope you have a
great week!
#itsnotgoobyeitsc-yalater
Love,
Sister Owsley
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