This week was full of lots of ups and downs, just like usual! But as you all know, I like to focus on the ups!
Monday was super awesome. We played lots of sports as a zone, and when we got home that night, I discovered that Sister Schott, the member that we live with, had gone and bought me a bunch of flute music because she wanted to hear me play! She is literally the best!!!
We also had a great time going to mutual with the youth this week. The ward mission leader from another ward came and taught self-defense! He is the top volcano scientist in the world and is a 5th degree black belt. He’s like the most legit old guy I’ve ever met!
Anyway, we also had exchanges this week! The STLs slept over at Sister Schott’s and then I spent the day in our area with Sister Proctor, which was fun because then I got to know her a lot better and we spent time heart-attacking more members with cookies.
Another cool part of our week was that we finally got a new investigator! You all know those are few and far between here…
I think the best part of my week though was that I found out that Luz and Anthony are both getting baptized next week!!! I am so so excited for them and I hope I’ll be able to go back to Portland next Saturday to see them! What an incredible privilege it is to see two more of the people I taught decide to make covenants with God!!!
Also, Ali messaged and told me about going to the temple visitors center! He loved it and said it was really special when he went. He is working on finding a few names to actually take and do baptisms, and then I should be able to go with him! For those of you who don’t know what that means, we believe that anyone who didn’t accept the gospel in this life will have the chance to learn and accept it in the spirit world after they die. We perform things like baptism and other saving ordinances for those who have passed on so that they can accept the gospel and make covenants with God. We believe that we have a special responsibility to do this for our family members who came before us, so we use websites like familysearch.org to find their records and take them to the temple. Pretty neat, no?
Anyway, here’s your little dose of funny for the week. I normally don’t like fish, but Sister Schott was determined to have us all eat salmon for lunch yesterday. So I tried it, and it was actually pretty good haha. The first thing she said to me was, “Proud to you!” It’s so funny because my comp does this thing where she says stuff wrong to bother people (i.e. proud to you, mean at you, scared from you, etc.) and now Sister Schott and I have started to pick up on it. This isn’t good for someone who is planning on becoming an English teacher haha.
I hope you all have a good week! Try something new, or do something out of your comfort zone. Mine was just a stupid little example, but I’ve been so blessed by the number of times I’ve stepped out of my comfort zone on my mission! I hope you all have a fabulous week!
Love,
Hermana O’Barr
