Hey guys! This week was crazy!
On Tuesday, we had essentially a sister trainer leader over all the sisters in the mission, Sister Crouch. She is such a diligent missionary. Overall I learned a lot on how to be a good missionary.
Wednesday was odd. Sister Crouch had to meet back up with her companion, who was with the STLs. So we drove her over to their apartment. We had a lesson with a member. We met the sisters for lunch, then had a lesson with our friend Dorinda who was supposed to be baptized on Sunday. We also met with a member of our ward.
On Thursday, we had a mentoring session with a new mentor. It was fine, a little awkward. We met with the sisters for lunch again. It was fun! We had a meeting with our ward mission leader to make sure everything was good for Dorinda's baptism. We've been looking for some new ways to find and we decided to post on Facebook in a a Corvallis group. We did an ad for free service and everyone loved it! We've gotten so many responses. Several people are interested in lessons, more people would like help. Its been crazy all the responses we've gotten.
We had NMT and district counsel on Friday. We ate lunch at the Institute with the zone. We had fun playing pool. Then we knocked on some doors and spent some time responding to all the facebook messages we received. We had dinner with a member family. Everyone is preparing for this ice storm. We've gotten a ton of messages from members telling us to stay safe and to not go out.
Saturday was cold! We got a big ice storm. President didn't want any of us driving. It limited what we could do. We had a service in the morning and they lived close enough that we walked. Then we came home and ate lunch. We decided to go back out and knock on a few doors that lived by us. We came home, had a cool zoom lesson, then made dinner. Sister Flake and I decided to play some card games, then the power went out in the middle of it. We decided that we would stay at our apartment and hope we didn't freeze. It came back on about an hour later so we were all good.
On Sunday, everything was cancelled. Church and our friend's baptism was cancelled. We rescheduled it for next week. President still doesn't want anyone driving. We got even more ice and snow overnight so we decided to walk to the sisters apartment. It was a 2 1/2 mile walk on straight ice. We planned on staying the night with the sisters so we packed the stuff we would need. We kinda looked homeless, lol. It was so fun! Definitely an experience I won't forget. We ate lunch with the sisters, then walked to the Institute for Come Follow Me with the YSA. We definitely could have been more productive but we also couldn't go anywhere.
I hope everything is going well for everyone! Stay warm and safe. I know the Lord watches over us and can help keep us safe during this bad weather! Love you all!
Love,
Sister O'Barr
