Greetings from KFalls!

February 20, 2017

It's been yet another great week here in K Falls. There is a lot that I could report about but I will just be like the people in the Book of Mormon and "write upon these plates (my weekly email) a few of the things which I considered to be most precious" - Jacob 1:2. So even if my weekly email isn't very long, I hope you find the precious things that I do decide to write about to be of great worth to you (:

Last Monday for Pday we were able to go and play a little bit of disc golf... and I didn't know what disc golf was before I went. And the whole disc golf course was covered in ice and snow... so I walked very slow and was one of the only people that didn't fall at all! I also found out that I am very bad at frisbee and learned this is why I don't do sports!

This week we had a lesson with a young boy who just turned 8 whose mom is a less active. He has been coming to church for awhile now with some members and he loves it. Well we decided that we were going to teach him about prophets, and he just soaks up anything and everything that we tell him. Well while we were talking about prophets he suddenly started to sing follow the prophet and Sister Gregory and I just decided that it was the most adorable thing ever and we started tearing up a little bit. He loves the gospel. His mom doesn't want him to be baptized until he is a little bit older, so we will just keep teaching him. Seriously it is the best.

This week I met someone in our Ward who is doing some amazing things with missionary work! He has been in the scouting program for years now, and here in Oregon they have 20 non members coming to their scouting program. He told us that in the last 4 years he has been able to baptize 7 of those boys/families! How amazing is that, I can see the importance of the scouting program, it works wonders!

This week I was able to go on exchanges with some sister from Lakeview. Basically as STLs for our training we just go on exchanges, which form 24 hours means we go into mine and Sister Gregorys area and do missionary work. So I was with Sister McClellan who is from Arizona. She and I were able to go out and do a lot of tracting which meant we had a lot of time to talk and get to know each other. We were able to find 3 new investigators that day, and 2 families! It was super awesome. It felt so good to be on our feet doing the work that our Heavenly Father has called us to do in this area. It taught me as a leader I need to be able to listen to the people around me. I think I thought I was a good listener before my mission but as I have grown in my mission I see that I struggle with it sometimes. I am grateful for all of the little instances that our Heavenly Father shows us to be able to help us learn and grow as individuals. 

Is week we were able to have interviews with President Russell and it was so nice to be able to spend some time with him and Sister Russell. We were able to have some training before hand and so we were able to learn more in depth about the Plan of Salvation and a little bit about men's and women's roles in the Plan. It was all so interesting to hear about. I then was able to go into my interview and we talked a lot about the area and such and he made it sound like Sister Gregory is going to be leaving. I'm not exactly sure but that's what I took from that! So it is time to know the area!!

On Sunday we woke up to a surprise of like 2-3 inches of snow outside! It was amazing! But then by the time we got out of church almost all of it was gone! Crazy weather here in Kfalls!

Yesterday during sacrament meeting, one of the speakers spoke about love. The love that we need to have in this life in order to over come all of the evil that surrounds us. In Matthew 22:36-39 we read:

36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Love is all that really matters in this life. It is important to love God obviously. He is our Heavenly Father. And he loves us so much. But it is also important to love our fellow men. I know that I have began to love missionary work, that I have been happier and I have found more joy in the work. It helps me to be able to love the people more. It helps me through my trials. And I know that the same can come in any stage of life that you may be in. As you begin to love God and love the people around you, I can promise you that you will find more happiness then you can imagine. I am so grateful for every person that I have met on my mission. They have changed my life and continue to do that. 

This is probably one of the worst weekly emails I have sent in awhile, but I am so grateful for the opportunity that I have to be on my mission sharing the gospel with the people of Oregon! Thank you for all of your love and support and each of you give me. I hope you have a great week!

--- Remember who you are and who God expects you to become ---

Love, Your Favorite Sister Missionary,

Sister Harrison

 I woke up on Valentine's Day and made ❤️ pancakes. I topped them the Corvallis, peanut butter, applesauce & syrup. Don't knock it till you try it!

 These are some matching leggings that my mom sent to us. We thought about wearing them out proselyting but then decided against it.

 I look like a giant next to Sister Gregory, it's fine.

 This is my desk, I hung up the banner that I got in the mail!

When I finished getting ready I walked into the study room and found this ❤️ of nice things that Sister Gregory left me! She is awesome!
 

 

We got a ❤️ shaped pizza for lunch. We were feeling very festive!

So one morning this week I woke up and said my prayers and then laid on my bed for a minute when suddenly I heard a ribbet. I thought there was a frog under my bed and I made Sister Gregory look under my bed and everything. She didn't find anything until late that day, when she saw a frog on our light switch. The real frog was probably outside our window.