Hey everyone! This week was a little frustrating but overall good!
On pretty much every day but Friday, we had 3 or 4 lessons planned. The people texted us back in the morning, then we’d bike to their house and they wouldn’t be home or were sick. Or they would cancel in the morning and we’d have to replan our entire day because we had planned it around those lessons. We used so much time biking to and from places. But other than that, the week went well! We had dinners almost every night with some fun members. We have such a young ward!
We went on exchanges. Sister Bean came with me to my area. She hasn’t been out very long but is super sweet. While walking around a neighborhood, this lady started talking with us. She told us she has some really good friends who are members. She was pretty set in her church but she told us that she could see the light of Christ in us and in our smiles, so that was cool.
We had some fun services. We had emailed a less engaged member and she invited us to come help her and a bunch of older women quilt. They meet at the church every week and help pin quilts, then when they are done sewing them, they donate them to the church. It was fun and the ladies thought it was so fun that we came! We also helped pull weeds for this less engaged member. I guess I should say, we dug out giant 5 foot tall weeds from her lawn. They were massive and required we used a shovel to dig out the roots. It was fun!
On Friday, everything went through! We had 5 lessons, we were able to find a family that wants to learn more about the gospel. They are so cool! An awesome member picked us up for dinner. We had a good time with them!
Saturday was interesting. We decided we should go downtown and do some public contacting since we have downtown Medford in our area. I had done it in Corvallis and there were tons of people out. But there was no one! We were so confused because we were passing all the shops and just no one was there. We walked around a ton, visited some people.
Sunday was good. We were both asked to speak. It went pretty good. I’ve spoken in every ward I’ve served in! We had ward council and a couple lessons that went really well! We had a fun dinner too.
I spoke on personal revelation and there’s a quote a I really liked that I used from President Nelsons talk, “Revelation for the Church, Revelation for Our Lives.” I hope you all enjoy it:
“Nothing opens the heavens quite like the combination of increased purity, exact obedience, earnest seeking, daily feasting on the words of Christ in the Book of Mormon, and regular time committed to temple and family history work.”
I miss you all lots! Hope that you have a great week!
Love,
Sister O’Barr
