Hey everyone! I'm in Oregon! I'm in Corvallis for my first transfer. My trainer, Sister Richins, is super nice! She's from Arizona and is the oldest of 7. She has been out for a year.
On my first day, we first went to the stake center in Eugene, where I met my trainer, ate lunch, interviewed with the mission president and picked up bedding. We were there for so long. We rushed to our apartment, which is about 50 min from Eugene, unloaded our suitcases, then ran to a member dinner. The family was so nice and they made so much food.
We are pink washing the area which means that elders were here before us. The apartment was a hot mess so when we got back, we had to move the beds from the living room to the bedroom. We have done a lot of cleaning.
On Saturday, we had new missionary training and district counsel. It was fun to get to meet all the missionaries in the area. Sister Richins and I had a teaching appointment in the afternoon. We went grocery shopping, then came back to clean. The other sisters in the area came over to help us clean. We had dinner at the bishops house. They have an adorable farmhouse. Their family was so cute. It was a really good time.
On Sunday, we went to church. Everyone in the ward seems so excited to have sisters. We came back to our apartment, which has no AC. We came back to do some personal study, weekly planning and such. We contacted a ton of people. We had dinner at another members apartment. Sister Richins made me lead the message but I thought it went decently. We decided to knock on some doors of people we have in our area book. The first guy said the guy no longer lives there and laughed in our faces. We knocked on a few more people's doors and got similar responses. The last door we knocked on was a guy who used to be a member. We talked about his mission and his girlfriend seemed pretty interested. Guess we'll see if anything comes from it.
I'm excited to see what else is in store for me this transfer!
Love,
Sister O'Barr
