Hey guys! This week was a little crazy and odd.
Tuesday was Sister Chatwins birthday!! We went and visited with one of our favorite couples, the Wilburs. They are so cool and so sweet! We had dinner with the bishop and his family. His wife made a strawberry shortcake and it was so good! We had another little lesson with a super sweet lady who we've been trying to get baptized for so long! She's adorable though.
Wednesday was crazy! We had MLC in Eugene. One of our sets of sisters needed a new car so we went and exchanged cars in a parking lot so we could drive their car up to Eugune and trade it in for a new one. We also met with some STLs coming up from Grants Pass and they hopped in our car to carpool up. MLC was good! We drove back to Roseburg but stopped in Sutherlin to go on exchanges with those sisters. So we dropped Sister Chatwin off and picked up one of the sisters, Sister Blake. We dropped the Grants Pass sisters off at their car, then ran to Winston for a quick lesson, then back to Roseburg to exchange cars back with the other set of sisters. I got to drive our truck and it was so fun! I really liked it. We came home and ate dinner, then met with the elders quorum president to talk about the less engaged members we are working with.
Thursday was good. I was on exchanges with Sister Blake in my area. She is brand new to the mission. We went and visited some members and had some little lessons. We exchanged back, then Sister Chatwin and I went to dinner with the coolest lady. She was a member, her husband wasn't. He wouldn't let her go to church for 30 years. But he died a couple years ago and she said she tries to never miss a Sunday now. She told us all about how she kept growing her faith and trusting the Lord. It was so cool to hear her story! She took us to feed her sheep and cows afterwards and it was a party! We then had a lesson with our friend.
Friday was crazy! Everything we had planned fell through. Our 2 hour service and every lesson canceled except for dinner. We had to completely replan our day. We went over to a less engaged members house because she is amazing! She is working on coming back to church and she was telling us that she just ordered a new temple dress and using it as motivation to overcome some addictions. She also just got two adorable puppies! We sat and played with them for a bit and it was so fun. We had a lesson with one of our new members. She is so fun! We were visiting people in this gated community and this car rolls up next to us and we both thought we were able to be kicked out. Turns out it was a members husband and he said his wife would love a visit from us, so we went to their house and had a fun little visit with her!
Saturday wasn't the best. We both kinda lacked motivation and the smoke was so bad. It was also so muggy out. Everything we tried to do and everyone we tried to visit didn't go through. We were able to visit a member who's 80th birthday it happened to be! That was awesome! We also visited with a super sweet less engaged member who lived in Alaska for 10 years. She has a bear skin in her house and it was awesome! We had a good little lesson with her. We went to dinner at this cute diner and got some good burgers.
Sunday was decent. We went to church and met with our relief society president. We then visited with the basher guy. We probably aren't going to continue to teach him. We had dinner with a wild family with a ton of kids! Then we planned the week and hada couple calls.
Even though part of this week was a little rough, I've still been able to find so much joy and am growing from all these experiences! I've been reading in 2 Nephi 2:2 and this verse stuck out to me:
“Nevertheless, Jacob, my firstborn in the wilderness, thou knowest the greatness of God; and he shall consecrate thine afflictions for thy gain.”
Everything works out in the end and will help us grow! I hope you all have a fantastic week!
Love,
Sister O'Barr
