9/17/2012

Funky transfers have just transpired.

I am now above and to the side of my two old areas.

I am in ES. Mi companera es Hermana D. She is younger in the mission but diligent, I know we will find teach and baptize and bring those people to the joy that the Lord has waiting for them.

 

I am so appreciative for every person in my life, those who stay a while and those who move forward faster then others. Right now I get the chance to experience a new beginning and love more people, I feel truly blessed.

 

In FB had a ton of rain yesterday (it was crying because I left!) and the sunrise was gorgeous. It has taught me just what Matt 6:25-33 good will watch over us as we trust him and obey him. I am grateful for the chance to be still in the storm of the world around me. God has me in his hands I just have to forget even more about my self and give everything! I am so thankful for the chance to be serving. Consider the lilies and compare it to the life of the missionary. Always changing and always growing for better if we follow God's will.

 

Adele! Viva la mission!

I love you! Thank for your amazing support and awesome spirit. I feel your prayers. I will forever be grateful.

 

ps My theme for the last two transfers has been "calm in the storm" see Walter Rane's "Triumphal Entry" or Palm Sunday I love how Christ is so peaceful even as everyone around him is so crazy and excited but he always just has that peace...

 

September 10, 2012

Thank you for the birthday wishes! I kind of feel 22? Sort of?

:-D

My week had been okay. Learned a lot yesterday from a companion study with the District leader. About taking care of the sheep we have so God knows he can trust us with more.

We don't have any "investigators " but once Bro G believes in himself and trusts God he'll know the gospel is enough to help him in all the commandments. 

That is actually a starter for today I want to bear my birthday testimony.

 

I am a blessed daughter of an eternal Father. He loves me enough to bless me with the treasures (that come in treasure boxes that sometimes look like trials with the locks and such :-D )

I know that God is the same yesterday today and tomorrow. I know His eternal power is on the earth upon the mantel of His prophet Thomas S Monson. I know God uses imperfect people to do his imperfect work. I know I am imperfect. I know am progressing and I know I choose happiness.

I love that every choice has a consequence and that its not easy to find treasure. I do know the more we look for treasure (ie read scriptures, pray, immerse yourself in all good things that you have already) we can find more. What more can he give that we don't already have? We must recognize what we have so we can treasure it and then give thanks and then in his great mercy he helps us find even more treasures.

 

I love my brothers and sisters. I love them imperfectly but I want to do so perfectly. I am so thankful for time and for time past. Time is spelled L-O-V-E. :-D thank you for all the time and love you've given me.

 

 

Thank you mom for all you do! 

LOve you!

 

Sister O.

Texas McAllen Mission

200 W. LaVista Ave

McAllen Texas 78501

9/4/2012

How's your companion this week?  She is doing better :-) Just still has to be cautious with medicine and everything and so i got to do splits with members and see miracles with them.

We have some really great potentials that we're working with. I really think brother G will get an answer soon! I know that some families in the branch are so powerful that they will be finding more missionary opportunities as we move forward. We're going to visit and help them get excited for that! this month's theme in the branch is serve your neighbor so they'll get the chance to serve and hopefully feel inspired to invite them to learn or enjoy something as a family.

There is a really sweet return missionary that we get to work with too because we are the closest sisters to her :-) and school for her doesn't start til January. So we're going to find and help some families prepare for baptism!

I am so excited for Sunday! Elder Holland is giving the CES fireside address!

 

I am fine just so thankful for everything. thanks for the package.  Everything is so great! 

Really the one thing I want for my birthday is letters and pictures of recent stuff (weddings birthdays school whatever) gimme paper and words over things any day :-)

 

 

love you mom! thanks again! you are wonderful!

Sister O.

Texas McAllen Mission

200 W. LaVista Ave

McAllen Texas 78501

Aug 20

Congrats to J keep doing all the good stuff and something even better will come up sometime!

Ya I'm staying in CC and I am sorry I didn't save enough time to write.

great quote of the week: "Happy thoughts are like sun beams from your face" -Dahl

 

I love you all please pray for bro t and brother g

 

Love you all!!!

 

the island is beautiful we hope to find more people there!

August 13th

Hello

My companion and I are doing well. She's got medicine and such but still is getting drowsy and coughs. So we're working on it :-)

I like the hair cut, your hair may be longer then mine. I'll try and send a picture next week.

Sis T. is amazing I will definitely tell you wheres and whens of the pictures -I hope I'll still remember!

Ya Elder W. has been in my prayers as some really great elders head home my heart goes out to them because they are so strong and have to go conquer another mountain.... and eternity and such. I like the farewell thing they have that sounds like it would be great.

I hope I can speak decent spanish when I get home!

 

I am grateful this week for the spirit. Its companionship is the key. Still learning, still falling and smiling in my head telling satan thanks for reminding me of this and then I get back and move forward and never let satan win! I love it! Thank goodness we have the support of our Father in Heaven. He's the winning side after all :-D

Great quote by Joseph Smith

i like the quote you sent this week reading the Ensign by The Prophet Joseph Smith--  

“All your losses will be made up to you in the resurrection, provided you continue faithful. By the vision of the Almighty I have seen it.” 

I know that we have so many blessings waiting for us! I just don't want as many good blessings here besides happiness and peace so that in heaven they'll have more to build my home with ;-)

Keep praying for us! I feel the strength of your testimony every day.

 

But ya funny thing of the week: you know you've been a sister missionary too long when your companion says you act like you're from the 50's (i guess fellow isn't a normal word ! and when you have a pj skirt)

 

All in all 

Love you mom!

 

hard week for my ears. I need to listen better. Does anyone have any tips? because I know I've heard them but I probably wasn't listening well enough to soak it in! 

sorry! love you!

 

This week we need prayers to help us get out and find those souls waiting and help to always have the spirit with us. Specific prayers work miracles 

 

LOVE Sister O.

(by golly!)

Texas McAllen Mision

200 W. La Vista Ave

McAllen, TX  78501

August 5th

The mission life the low down!

 

I wake up at 6... my brain doesn't wake up til 6:30 which why I wake up at 6. I try and read or write in my agenda (which is pretty much my journal) and I wake myself up again at 6:35 get dressed and start exercising in the apartment with "Ye Elders Of Israel" its a great work song and it gets me and my companion up and singing about leaving sins behind all day every day.

We try and go for a short run and then we get ready. Its an improvement from 4 sisters with one bathroom in one hour to 2 sisters in one bathroom in one hour so its pretty good. this week I ate a lot of rice, pasta, and oatmeal because they were left overs from other transfers and I had no money on my card. 

 finally...

So I am doing way better at planning and just getting things written down and then having everything have a place and keeping organized. It needs work but the area is steadily improving and also we are too.

 

My poor companion has had a cough for like 4 weeks and well we're gonna help her get over it this week.

and next week I'll tell you about studies and then some of the fun stuff we do during the day.

Please just remind me to talk about it :-)

 

PS HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT L. HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE K. HAPPY BIRTHDAY J AND S!

And for all those who I may have missed HAPPPPPPPPYY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Love you all!

 

Hermana O

July 23, 2012

Its true as I prepare to teach all these people I learn so much first!

 

? So how was your week in Corpus Christi?

It was a good week we have a couple that we have preparing for baptism and most of the week our thoughts are with them but we didn't find new investigators. We realized how powerful our tiny branch is when so many were at church on Sunday and what a blessing that was!

If you could pray for Sis N and Bro B. it would be appreciated!

? Who is your companion?

My companion is Hna R. Ella le gusta perros y es un fashiontista (tiene precision con como mira ella es muy bonita)

? Where is she from? she is from the same city you were born in!!! I thought that was cool :-) and yet she's mexican (long story ask me after my mission :-) )

? Address? ummmm .....pues en corpus I'll try and send it in una carta esta semana

 

Congrats to L, I better get some pictures of all these weddings! (k, every body in fresno/slc or whatever! ) 

hehehe Presidente asked how is your family and all I could say was good! I got to see more pictures or something

:-D hahaha no just I love you all I'm so grateful for your prayers!

 

Our lessons on Sunday were a lot about gratitude, I am so thankful to be a missionary and each and everyone of you have helped me to be here. Thank you for all you have done and you continue to do, I feel your love and sacrifice. Love you all!

 

-Sister O.

July 16

CC is great.

The members are varied but mostly beach lovers and well just as excited to share the gospel as we  are. We are so blessed to have people who have seen the blessing of the gospel in their lives and we are helping them to recognize the power and blessing of bringing others.

This week we've been challenged to talk to everyone and the Spirit has guided us to some great people who are just ready. With hard work we were able to bring two new investigators to church :-D The Branch here is small and powerful. And I don't understand why God has blessed us with this much success, but I am grateful he is merciful. I think that with love enough to do the things he asked us to (obediencia) and to desire his will and to PLAN! I know all the plans we made to work out but I have seen that plans give us the chance to open the windows of Heaven and have guidance. Not my will but the Lord's. I still have so much to work on in all of these things but I am grateful again for the mercy of the atonement and the chance to grow.

 

I know if we try and invite everyone near us at least one person is going to say yes. Please tell me if you find someone in the grocery store or something! I found an older gentleman here at the Library who would have known trying to ask for computer help would have led to finding out his daughter is a member is part Indian and has served a mission... You know life happens for a reason. Lets make sure we open our eyes to see it mom ;-)

 

Helping someone else helps us!

 

Good luck with everything. I love you!

 

And please tell everyone I love them too.

 

-Sister O

July 9th

I'm going to CC! The Bluff! Elder Assistant to the President gave me some names and I'm already praying for them and inspiration to help them! 

I will tell you all soon how it is!

Sister R. is my new companion she was here in mission before so I already know her and we're going to go help and baptize the people and strengthen Zion!

More later-

Hermana O.

July 2

OKay

My companion is training this coming transfer so I don't know where I'll be next week :-D Oh the life of the mission!

Um I'm doing good on everything (minus nutella but like I said I don't know where I'll be :-)  )

 

Um quick experience plus first scripture 3 Nephi 11:21 we are here in L.E. and we have the power to baptize this people so now L.E. is Zarahemla!

Officially.

Oh cool story: the family that baptized their boy recently; she shared with us how her sister in law was crying during the baptism: so we're going to help her feel that amazing feeling always :-) the spirit!

And also this same family; the first time I met them we talked and I didn't really understand (2 months ago my Spanish still needed help) so my native companion turns to me after I understood only so much and asks will you share a scripture? Sure! The only thought that came to my head the entire time I was kind of understanding was diezmo.... oh I also didn't know if they were members or investigators so I just pulled out tithing like this " there is an ancient law that our church follows its called tithing" and shared a scripture and ya... like this! So after my companion was like why did you share that? And I said I have no idea! Its the only thing that came to my head! And so two months later she tells us how her family has been blessed by tithing and I just felt the comfort from the spirit that I had done my work. that I had helped this family indirectly and well follow that spirit be humble and he will lead you.

 

Giving all my desire to God so he can lead me is my goal this week. His will His plan its the most intelligent thing to do! :-D

 

Love hermana O