Dear Family,
Another wonderful week in Oliver/Osoyoos! Heavenly Father is bringing
miracles to Sister Parkinson and I as we work hard at trying to invite everyone
to come unto Christ!
Tuesday was great! We were able to get in contact with a former
investigator and talk to her about coming to church. She still has such a desire
to learn, but is super busy so we are hoping her schedule will loosen up a
little so we can meet with her again. We were able to do some service for Sister
L. so that was good because we will find ANY excuse to wear pants as sister
missionaries lol Sister Parkinson and I also able to get a priesthood blessing
from Brother Whitesell, our Branch Mission Leader. He is so great and the
blessings definitely helped both me and Sister P.
Wednesday was great. We had District Meeting so that's always fun! We got
to see R., a recent convert, and committed him to stop smoking. He said he
would do his best, so we were thrilled about that as well! We also met with A. that night and had an awesome lesson with her all about
repentance and truly changing the desires of our hearts. She is wonderful and
Sister P. and I are so glad she is so willing to talk with us.
Thursday we had Cody O's funeral. It was so sad but a very colourful
and bright. His mom was very at peace with everything and takes comfort in
knowing she will be able to see him again someday. We also got to have dinner
with the B.'s. We just love them so much. They are like my adopted
grandparents out here(:
Friday we went on exchanges and I learned so much from our District Leader,
Sister Kunz! I had been feeling kind of bad because I didn't feel like I was
being a successful missionary. She told me that something that helps her is to
remember that everyone has their personal agency and that our job as
missionaries is to give everyone the necessary tools for them to make a right
decision. If we are doing all we can to help them, then we are being successful
in doing our job as missionaries.
Saturday we did weekly planning since we didn't get a chance to do it on
Thursday. We did some tracting that night and got to watch some of The District
that night as well.
Sunday we went to church and then had dinner with Sister H., a
less-active. She is great and is so sweet. We had been fasting all day for a
baptism in October as well so the food tasted even better!!
Yesterday was P-day and so that was good! We had a lesson with R. and E. and N. were able to come with us. They are so great for giving
up their time to come with us. We found out R. hadn't smoked in 4 whole
days!! It was a miracle and we told him to keep up the good work! We also saw
T., Sister B.'s step brother, and I invited him to baptism. He said yes!!
We set a date for October 19th and we are hoping to be able to help him in any
way we can to help him be ready by that day!! We are so excited!!! We also had
dinner with the B.'s again and had a great lesson on temple work.
This week was so incredible and I hope that I get to stay in this area for
at least another transfer! We find out about transfers on Monday! I love you all
and hope you have an amazing week(: the church is true!!
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We made homemade oreos!! This one is for you Auntie Head(:
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The sunset on....Saturday I think haha
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Love, Sister Larsen(:
I asked her about the title of her email..... this is what she said.
oh yeah, on Friday we ran into a guy who had met with the J.W.'s a
while back...forgot to mention that, and he told Sister Kunz and I that about
us lol it was pretty funny.
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