Sister Bailey Anne Harrison: HAVE FAITH SISTER!

July 17m 2017

Hey Fan Club! This week has been so fantastic, we have been busy basically every second, which is good but by the end of it I am exhausted! But it is always good to earn your pillow every single night. But first things first, I am getting transferred! I am being sent to the COAST!! I am going to be a Sister Training Leader in Coos Bay with a Sister named Sister Lunt. This will be her last transfer in the mission, so I will be missionary killing her, which should be a lot of fun. And I am going back to the Coast for the end of the summer! Seriously, so blessed. And I was already looking at the area I am going to.... and they need some help. Soooo I am going to take the things that I learned in Klamath Falls and put the coast of FIRE!!!

Alright so on Monday we went and did some Mini Golf with Sister Burton and the 1st Ward Sisters. It was so much fun, and I feel like I talked about it already, but it was like a real gold course but made miniature. Super fun. I have loved all of the adventures that I have been able to go on with Sister Burton, I will miss the Pday fun!

On Tuesday we were able to go up to Eugene for Missionary Leadership a Council. We left at 5:30 in the morning and drove up. We love the road trips that we get to go on! We got there a little early so we were able to go and get some breakfast before the meeting. The actual meeting was a lot of fun. It was President Orton's first Leadership Council. It was different being there without President Russell, so the set up was different. But the spirit was there so that was the same. There was one segment in particular that really stood out to me. The Assistants began talking about all the strong leaders in the Book of Mormon, Bible and in Modern Day. Captain Moroni, Nephi, Brigham Young, Alma, all of these men that had leadership qualities that we are striving for. They talked about the rallying cry that Captain Moroni had, The Title of Liberty. My rallying cry should be my purpose as a missionary. At the end of the presentation the Assistants talked about how they invited a set of Elders who are great leaders to come up and talk about how they have been able to strengthen their zone through their leadership roles, all of a sudden our Zone Leaders, Elder Murphy and Elder Falatea, get up. They read Alma 26:12 "Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever." In the Klamath Falls Zone we know that without God, we wouldn't have been able to see all the miracles that we had seen in this zone the last 2 transfers. They then talked about all the things they have been able to do, and suddenly they asked Sister Roach and I to stand up. As we stood up they thanked us in front of the whole leadership in the mission. Elder Falatea said "These sisters had the driest area I had ever seen in this entire mission, and because they baptized, our missionaries are baptizing!" In that moment I felt like we had seen so much success in Klamath Falls, after the Elders sat down President Orton came over and thanked them for their comments and told us to keep up the great work. But, without God we are literally nothing. So we can't forget that.

(We had to match for out last MLC together, pink was the color!)

So after MLC we literally drove home... and by the time we got back it was time to go to sleep. So then Wednesday we had the opportunity to go up to Girls Camp! It was at this camp called Ester Applegate, and it was beautiful. Sister Roach and I helped the girls pass off a personal progress experience under Individual Worth. We had 4 rotations for the different years. Sister Roach and I thought the idea was kind of silly but it was a HIT, one leader even wanted to do it for a mutual activity and copied down the entire idea. Weird haha. So we read a couple of scriptures like D&C 18:10 Remember the Worth of souls is great in the sight of God. We talked about how our Heavenly Father wants us to think about ourselves, the girls were really involved in a discussion. Then we read a story about being a bucket filler or a bucket dipper. In the story when you are a Bucket Filler you say positive things about yourself, but when you say positive things about others you fill up yours and theirs. But when you are a bucket dipper, you try to dip into others peoples bucket to fill yours, but that never works. In return you are just dumping out your own, this is like bullies and such. So we then went out side and played a little object lesson. The girls were in two teams and had two buckets each. One of the buckets was filled with water and you were trying to fill your other bucket. But to do that you had a cup and you had to pour it into your other team mates cup by pouring it over your head. But every time they poured they had to say a positive comment about themselves or one of the other girls. It was so great! We always went back in and asked the girls how they felt after saying all those positive feelings. With out a doubt they always felt really happy and excited. We gave them a quote and invited them to think about someone in their life that needed their bucket filled and challenged them to reach out to those people. I loved being up and spending time with those girls! It was a blast!

(A picture that we took of the girls doing the activity, so much fun!)

(Sister Roach and I at Girls Camp, we stayed away from the water while the girls were down there, they had a lot of talk about throwing us in, so we waited until they were done :) )

This week we had a lesson with Vic, our recent convert. We were teaching about the Plan of Salvation and got to the Atonement. When we were talking at first he was telling us about how much he is loving the scriptures. He kept saying"I feel jacked up!!" I still don't think he knows what the word means. But he is loving the gospel and is so grateful for the opportunity he has to be a member. He read a chapter about how easy the gospel is. He decided that he needed an easy button because it was just so easy! We then started teaching and he basically taught the lesson. Then I got to teach about the atonement and I got to testify about why I came on a mission. In Preach My Gospel it says "As your understanding of the Atonement of Jesus Christ grows, your desire to share the gospel will increase." And I was able to testify to Vic that as he continues to come to understand the gospel more in his life that he will want to share the gospel with everyone, and he is already starting to see that! Then Vic started asking about transfers and I was a little nervous about it, he looked at me in the eyes and said "Sister, you need FAITH!" So I got called out by my recent convert, so nice of him, hahaha but I probably needed it.

We had a lot of opportunities to go out and contact different people this week. Last night we had a really cool experience. We went to go see a lady named Glenda. I had taught her a couple of times and we felt really prompted to go see her. She has a lot of potential. We talked to her and she told us that she had to put her dog down and she was having a really hard time with it. We talked about prayer and about how her Heavenly Father loves her and knows her personally. I began telling her that I was being transferred, but testified that there is a reason that missionaries stopped by when we did. That God has a plan for her and that she needs to continue down this road. She and I began to cry, the spirit was so strong. I know she is a choice spirit just like all of us are, I can't wait to see the miracles that happen with her.

The other day someone during sacrament meeting said a quote that I have heard a million and one times but it's one that really hit me. "Make it a good day or not the choice is yours!" I think I heard this on the school announcements everyday for years. But it really hit me. In this life we have the opportunity to be happy. We really do! I have see. So many people going through life's hardest trials and they are the happiest people around. Positivity is key. I know that as we apply the gospel in our lives that we will find the happiness that our Heavenly Father wants us to achieve. It all starts with the simple things, reading the scriptures, saying prayers and attending church. This is where we will be able to make it the good day or not! And don't forget, the choice is always yours.

Well fan club, it has been a pleasure to tell you about the last week I had with the Klam Fam. I am so sad to leave, but I will go where the Lord needs me, and right now that is on the Coast in North Bend! I know the Lord knows us personally and is willing to give us miracles if we put in the effort! So I hope you have a great week and do something fun so you have something cool to email me about (; LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!

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

Love, Your Favorite Sister Missionary,

Sister Harrison

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