Chickasha, Oklahoma- Week 67

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I'm tired...... we had to go to Seminole this morning for a doctors appointment for Elder Pearson. Seminole is a hour and a half away, and of course I have to drive..... so we get up this morning, and there is thick fog, of course there is. So I not only got to drive for a long time, but the fog was there the entire time. So what a lovely stressful trip that was, and we just got back. So yeah. But this week was pretty good. Service was fun at the museum, and since Elder Mcvey left, Elder Roundy went to transfers and Elder Williams is his new companion. On Wednesday, the Branch had a Fall Festival, and it was really fun! There was lots of games and food, and a  lot of people showed up! Including some non-members. Halloween was fun, we went to a members house, and we played games there. They had a game called lightening reactions, there are these things that you hold and there is a button on them, you wait till the light turns green and the last person to push the button got shocked, we all had fun with that game, hahaha. So I can't remember all this week, I blame the stress about driving, haha. But it has been a good week. 

Elder Mcvey and I

Chickasha, Oklahoma- Week 66

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This week we had to wear our suit coats because it was below 60, so it is getting colder outside! On Thursday we had to ride in the rain, and we got soaked, hahaha, riding around in the rain reminds me of my first area. So that was fun, sort of, hahaha. So on Tuesday, we did service at the museum, but every other week I have a meeting over the phone during that time, so I had that this week, so I didn't get to do much this week. But the meeting was funny, so at the beginning of the transfer, the zone leaders broke their phone, it was old, and fell apart, so they got a new one, so during the meeting, we all hear them log out of the call, and so we don't know that to do, so we are trying to figure out that happened. It turns out the the zone leaders accidentally dropped their new phone in a cup of water,hahaha. They sort of got it working again, but we could barely hear them over the call. When all that was over I did get to do some service, what I did was help clean this old saddle that they had, we had some saddle leather cleaner and some rags and were scrubbing it, trying to clean it up. On Wednesday, we did service at the animal shelter; we had fun walking the dogs, and Elder Roundy found a piece of Elder Lyman's name tag in the grass, so we told him about that, and it turns out that he had the other half and never could find that last piece, so we mailed it to him, it is cool that even after all this time that we were able to find it. Lois is still doing great, and was telling us that she can't wait till she is able to go to the temple! Our investigators are doing well, we are having a fall festival at the church on Wednesday so we have been trying to invite as many people as we can to that, hopefully there should be a lot of people there. This week we went on exchanges, I went with Elder Roundy to his area and Elder Mcvey and Elder Pearson were together in this area, it was a good exchange, we were able to teach a few people and improve our areas. We had a good Sunday, we got to meet with Sam and Anthony again, they are progressing, every time we go there I always learn so much, they have some hard questions at times, so after, I always study it and am able to learn more. With transfers, me and Elder Pearson are staying together, and Elder Mcvey is going to OKC, and Elder Roundy's new companion is Elder Willams. This week was good, stressful at times, but the work here is still going forward. Love you! 

Chickasha, Oklahoma- Week 65

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The weather is starting to get a little colder! I love the cooler weather, the only thing that I'm not a fan of is when it gets below 60, we have to wear our suits. But this week has been pretty good. We had a good lesson with Tone, and next time he is going to teach us the restoration. We had a good time at the museum as usual :). We had a great lesson with Arthur, we have been meeting with him for a while, and in the beginning he said he would meet with us, but didn't want the lessons, now we are teaching him, and he is keeping commitments, and is doing great. I love the change we can see in people. Lois is still doing great! She is amazing, and she loves her calling in the branch. We are giving her the new member lessons now. On Friday, we were able to go to one of our investigator`s house, had a good lesson with them, they had lots of questions, so I have been busy studying for them so I can answer their questions next time.  This week we did a lot of service, on Saturday morning we had a service project to help one of our investigators remove trees, bushes, and vines from their front and back yard. It only took about 2 hours and it looked so much better, then after that we helped one of our recent converts move. We got a new investigator this week, he is taller then our mission president, he told us that his grandfather was 8 foot...... thats tall. We had a great lesson with him, we taught the restoration, and I think that was the best lesson that me and Elder Pearson have taught so together. It's funny now that it is getting colder, I am like, I remember this last year, wow that was a long time ago, hahaha! I love you, hope that you all have a great week!

Chickasha, Oklahoma- Week 64

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So this was a pretty good week, we had a fun zone p-day, we had it at a members house in Pauls Valley, they have a huge back yard, so we all made an obstacle course, it was really fun. It first started out with throwing a Frisbee into a net, then after that wheelbarrow across the field, then it went to a path that led through the forest, and they put string all over the path so you had to avoid the string, after that was a sprint to the next part, a three legged race, then a grape toss and we had to catch them in our mouths, then finally putting a bike together and racing it to the finish line, it was a really fun p-day! After that we had a meeting, and that went to the end of the day. The meting was mostly about how we can better work with members. On Tuesday, we did service at the museum, I think that volunteering at the museum is one of my favorite service things that I have done so far. Lois is still doing great! Wednesday we did service at the animal shelter, it is a lot of fun being able to work with the dogs. We have been doing more teaching this week, so that is nice, the work here is getting better. One of the members invited us to hear a guest speaker at the collage here, and it was really cool listening to him, it was about the effect we have on nature, it was interesting. In church on Sunday we had a lot of people there this week, I think it was around 90, so we are still slowly growing! The weather has been nice, but it was starting to warm back up a little, it is pretty windy today, so maybe that means that it will cool down. the scripture I am going to "poderize" for this week is 2nd Nephi 12:2 "And it shall come to pass in the last days when the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established at the top of the mountains and shall be exalted about the hills and all nations shall flow unto it." Have a great week! Love you!

Chickasha, Oklahoma- Week 63

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This has been a good week, the weather has been really nice, and last night it was starting to get a little cold, so i am loving the weather. :) We are still doing service at the museum here, it is so much fun to do, that day in the morning I had a meeting over the phone with the other district leaders, and that took a long time, so I didn't get to do that much at the museum, but what I did is took old pictures and put them in protective sleeves. On Wednesday we had Zone Conference, we heard some really good training from President Walkenhorst and the AP's, so after the zone conference, we went to the mission office to pick up more supplies, and in the office they have a list of departing and arriving missionaries, and the sisters that came out with me from the Mexico MTC were on the list! So I was talking to one of the English sisters that came out with me and said, "hey guess who is going to have their name on that list next transfer?", so she ran over to the list, and was like no way! I haven't been out that long! It was really funny to watch. Everything is going well, we have been talking to a lot more people who say we could come back, the problem we are having now is meeting with them again, preparing for district meeting training have still been a little hard, but every week they seem like it gets better, so I am glad for that. Time is going by so fast, I can't believe it is already October, its crazy. The highlight of the week would have to be with one of the recent coverts that we are working with, she finally got her patriartical blessing! We have been working with her for a while, helping her overcome her fears of things in the church, the temple, and this! She was so excited, after she got home she called us right away and told us! :) She said it was so worth it. Lois is still going great too! :) She has a calling already, and it very eager to be able to serve in the church. General Conference was really good, it was sad not being able to see some of the familiar faces that we were all used to, but I enjoyed the talk Elder Bednar gave at the end about them. some of the main topics I got out of conference was to have a current temple recommend, always have the Holy Ghost to be with you, and follow the prophet. For today we are having a zone p-day, so the whole zone is going up to Pauls Valley and we are doing this big obstacle course that some member up there is setting up for us, should be lots of fun! and I will send you pictures off all that next week! :)

Chickasha, Oklahoma- Week 62

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This week felt pretty long, we had Zone Conference on Wednesday and that took up almost all off the day, so that felt like that went on for a while. This week we have been tracting a lot, we haven't gotten any new investigators yet, but there was a few that said we could come back sometime next week. I'm still trying to get used to having more language study and now 12 week (training Elder Pearson) now in the schedule, but it is slowly getting better. We have been busy riding around. I put that odometer on my bike on Friday, and it says so far I have ridden 20 miles on the bike, that's a lot, I'm going to see how many we ride in a week.:) And of course the high light of the week! Lois's Baptism!!!! Her baptism was on Saturday! It was awesome, and lots of people showed up to support her, I was so happy that she was able to heal enough for baptism, this has been something she has wanted more than anything else since I first got here, and that was probably more than 3 months ago,:) on Friday the I went on exchanges with the zone leaders from Pauls Valley, that went well, we had a good time together and was able to learn a lot from them. There are two members of the branch who had knee replacements, so everyone in the branch was making the joke that there must have been a sale on knees lately:). And one of the people who got the replacement, came to church with his walker, so he and another member who was already using a walker were trying to race each other down the hall ways, it was really funny to watch, hahaha. We watched the eclipse last night, it was soo cool!!!!! There was a lot of people outside watching it happen. 

Baptism! :)

Chickasha, Oklahoma- Week 61

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So this week has been pretty busy, so on Wednesday we went up to transfers, we had to be there at 8:45 for a another meeting before we met the people that we are going to be training, so I'm training Elder Pearson, he seems like a great missionary and hope that we see lots of miracles this transfer! We were at transfers for a while, and got to see a lot of people, President said that a third of the mission was there, so lots of things are getting moved around lately if a whole third is getting changed up. After transfers we went and got my bike, so it is all fixed now, and with that recall thing, they also gave me a $20 gift certificate, so I used that on a cool little bike computer, so it can tell me how fast I am going on the bike and a few other things, I haven't tried it out yet, but hopefully I will do that soon. Oh, and I forgot to tell you, I am also District Leader now also, so I'm in charge of the district, and also give training every week, so that is something I'm trying to add onto with my personal studies in the morning is to prepare for district meeting. I already gave a training last Friday and I thought it went pretty well for my first time doing it. Elder Pearson and I have been starting to tract a lot more now, so we have gotten a few people that we are going to try to meet up with again later this week, hope everything goes well with that. So we have been busy this week this the tracting, and we also have had some good lessons. Last week we were talking with a less active member who hasn't been to church in a very long time, so we talked with him last week, and invited him, but said that he would be working so he could come, so last Saturday we went over and talked with him some more, and he was telling us how he knows that he needs to change, and that he could try to get off work so he could come to church on Sunday. On Sunday, we are all sitting down and church just started and he wasn't there, but then we saw him walk in and sat next to us!!!!! Super exciting! It raining all morning, so he couldn't work on roofs that morning, it was so cool seeing him there:) I think that was one of the highlights of the week! Our investigators are doing good, Lois is getting baptized next week!! She cant wait, she is awesome :)  On Sundays there is usually between 60-80 people there, I think this week we had 73, but our highest we ever had while I was here was 97, so we are growing, I can't wait for the day when it finally becomes a ward.

Elder Pearson and I

Some Cool Clouds Coming In

One of the members here has been working on this car for 8 years, it looks so cool!