Hey everyone! This week went by so so fast! And not a single day went according to plan. Also, the leaves are so gorgeous here! So vibrant in color and it makes me so happy!
On Monday, I got permission to drive the mini van with all the sisters so we went to lunch and Target! It was so much fun!!
Tuesday was pretty good. We went to help this member in our ward who broke her wrist do some cleaning. We got a call from our landlord because they wanted to send someone to come fix our leaky sink immediately. That totally changed our plans so we biked back to our apartment to let the guy in. He fixed our sink, which is so good! We then biked to a further out part of our area and spent the entire afternoon contacting out there. We visited with lots of members. Our last appointment offered to give us a ride home because they had a bike rack. We were so grateful!
We had interviews with President Cornelius on Wednesday. It was pretty chill. Afterwards, we had 2 friend lessons. Both of the guys were a little interesting and I'm not sure they will progress. We biked to this cute family's house.
We had zone conference on Thursday! We learned lots of good things, like how to run a council properly, how to be dignified. It was some good conversations. We came home, did some study stuff. Then we had dinner with such a fun member! She gave us little Halloween goodie bags. We had such a fun conversation. Then we asked if she needed any help and she had me remove some arms off a chair.
Friday was fun! We went on exchanges with the Spanish Sisters. I went to their area and I felt so bad for Sister Martinez and Sister Eubanks. It poured rain, all day long. Literally everything canceled on them so Sister Eubanks and I spent some time replanning our day before we went on exchanges. I was with Sister Kukahiko and we had a blast! Lots of lessons, and a super fun dinner. I got to have some good conversations with her and get to know her. It was fun!
We exchanged back the next morning. We had a great day planned, we were going to get lunch downtown and then public contact and visit a bunch of people we have not been able to. Well, Sister Eubanks' bike broke on the way there. So we had to figure out what to do. Dairy Queen was close so we got lunch and sat for a minute to replan our day. We ended up ditching our bikes at a members house who lived nearby. We walked around the entire area and visited a bunch of people. We had some great member visits. Then we had dinner with a couple and helped build a couch for them. And a table. We did a ton of church invites and wrote cute thank you cards to all our members who have fed us or come to lessons. It was good!
Sunday was pretty chill. We went to church and we had a lesson. The guy was nice but I don't think he's gonna progress. We had dinner with some awesome members. They are so kind. We also did some planning for the week!
In my studies this week, I spent some time studying my identity as a child of God and stumbled across this quote from Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf:
“I believe the Savior Jesus Christ would want you to see, feel, and know that He is your strength. That with His help, there are no limits to what you can accomplish. That your potential is limitless. He would want you to see yourself the way He sees you. And that is very different from the way the world sees you. The Savior would declare, in no uncertain terms, that you are a daughter or son of the Almighty God. Your Heavenly Father is the most glorious being in the universe, full of love, joy, purity, holiness, light, grace, and truth. And one day He wants you to inherit all He has.”
I hope you all recognize your true identity as a child of God. This truth gives you so much power and strength, especially during rough times! I love you all and hope you have a fantastic week!
Love,
Sister O'Barr
