Another
week has come and gone folks! I feel like I can not even keep track
anymore about what happens during the weeks, they just fly by so
quickly. But I know that we did see many many miracles this past week,
because as we work hard we know the Lord is going to bless us! I am
loving my area here in North Bend, Oregon! The weather are great and I
feel like everyday we are meeting more and more people who are willing
to listen and come closer to Jesus Christ!
Love, Your Favorite Sister Missionary,
Okay
so the biggest miracle that we had this week was that we put someone on
date for BAPTISM! And she was a real miracle. The Elders last Monday
night told us that they found someone that they thought we would be
better suited to teach and they scheduled an appointment for her the
next day to meet us at the church. Well it had been a rough morning, we
had met with someone who had been meeting with the missionaries in the
past and they dropped us, said that they didn't want to meet with us
anymore. We were pretty discouraged but put on our happy faces and went
to the lesson that the Elders had set up for us, and we met Lindsey. She
is 19 years old and just graduated from High School this year. She is
attending the Community College here in town that starts classes this
week. We started talking to her and getting to know her, she told us
that she had never really had the opportunity to go to a church before.
She went with some friends going up for herself never really had a
church. As we continued to talk we said something to the affect of, "As
you continue to meet with us and come closer to Jesus Christ you will
have the desire to follow his example and be baptized." She then asked
what she needed to do to get baptized, the spirit was so strong and for
the next hour we talked about what she needed to do to be baptized! She
is on date for October 28th!
Super amazing experience. As we talked to her she has already read the
Introduction to the Book of Mormon and the section with the witnesses,
and said the other time she just kept thinking, "wow, this must be
true!" Seriously, she was a blessing sent to us from Heavenly Father. We
told the Elders that we know the way to missionary work in this area
now, they go find, and we will teach haha! But really we are so grateful
for Lindsey!
We
went on exchanges this week with some sisters in the Zone, it was so
much fun. I went with a sister who is just finishing her training this
transfer, and it is so fun to be out with the ones who are still
greenies! I learn so much from them. Funny experience with her while we
were tracting we knocked on a door and a lady answered and said, "Oh
girls we are Jack Mormons in this house!" We started talking to her and
apparently her family line is through Lorenzo Snow, her mom and her
grandma are members of the church but then it stopped with her mom. She
said that she really loves the church but just never had an opportunity
to join it! Super cool! So we kept talking with her and asked if we
could come back, she then said no. WHAT THE. She said that she is more a
spiritual person and not so much a religious person. But we kept
talking and asked if she would be interested in coming to our Trunk or
Treat coming up, trying to invite her to a more social gathering first,
and she said yes! So hopefully we can get her and her kids to come and
get to know them better and introduce them to people in the ward!
This
week on exchanges Sister Huang, for dinner, taught us sisters how to
make Chinese Dumplings, and I would be lying if I told you I only ate 5.
Seriously we probably made over 100. SO MANY DUMPLINGS. But they were
so good, and then the next day we fried them and made Potstickers. I
don't think I could ever go to China, I would come back weighing 100
pounds more, haha!
We
had the opportunity this week to go to what they called a Harvest
Luncheon. It was put on by the other ward in the area but both wards
were invited. It was all about missionary work and so they asked both
sets of Sister Missionaries to come and talk about their missions.
Apparently in the spring time they had a luncheon about seeds, and
planting seeds. So in the fall they were talking about harvesting the
seeds that we planted. It was a really fun time because they also had
some sisters from the different wards talk about their missions years
ago, one lady got up and said that every time she talks about her
mission she cries, this will probably be me, you have all been warned.
But it was cool to talk about what drives people to share the gospel
with others, if you think about it WE ARE SO BLESSED. I AM SO BLESSED. I
was raised in a home that taught me gospel principles and helped me
become the person I am today. I am blessed to have the gospel in my life
and so many people out there don't have that blessing, I think this is
why I share the gospel, the reason why I came on the mission. Because I
am so blessed that I don't even have an excuse to not do it. And I am
grateful for that.
We
had a lesson this week with a lady named Candy. Candy a couple of weeks
ago was invited to go to the other wards BBQ that they were doing by a
member. Well she showed up to the BBQ and apparently the member never
showed up! But Candy did and met a bunch of people. She has taken the
lessons before and when we met with her two weeks ago she didn't seem
too interested but said that we could come back. So we went back this
week and were expecting more of a socializing visit and trying to teach
the gospel as we talked with her. But then she started asking us
questions! Mainly asking what makes us different from other Christian
churches! It was so AWESOME! Anyway, we invited her to the Women's
Session and she didn't show up... but that was because she ended up
having to work! We found out a member in the ward knows her so we are
hoping to go over this week and meet with her again!
We
had the opportunity to have interviews with President and Sister Orton
this week! I don't think I express this enough but I LOVE THEM SO MUCH.
Seriously, they are like parents to me and I am grateful to have them.
Not much to talk about with the actual interview part, but I just love
them a lot and I am very very grateful for them (:
Alright,
all of you women out there. I sure hope that you watched the Women's
General Session this past weekend and if you didn't THATS OKAY because
you can go repent right now and watch it on lds.org,
because it is ALREADY THERE! I love conference, aka Missionary Super
Bowl. It is just too good. I can say that I received a lot of answers to
my prayers during this session of conference and I am very eager for
next weekend to come! I loved all of the talks and have so many quotes
that I could share with you today but I think this quote from President
Uchtdorf is what I am going to share today:
"Choosing the path of discipleship will lead to untold happiness and fulfillment of your divine nature."
He
talked about how we can choose our destination and some of the stops
along the way. Sometimes trials may come up that we have no control of,
but as we continue to choose our final destination and remember our
divine nature, we know that we will get there! And I am so grateful for
the message because I know that it is going to bring the most happiness!
Sister
Huang and I were able to teach Gospel Principles yesterday. It was on
Eternal Marriage, she kept looking at me and saying "I don't have an
Eternal Family, so I think that you should just teach this!" And I had
not even thought about that once when we were asked to talk and then I
felt so bad! But the awesome thing about Sister Huang is that she is so
excited about the future. As she got up and shared her conversion story
to the class and expressed that she doesn't have an eternal family now,
but that she is so excited for one in the future, the spirit was felt. I
was grateful for her courage in getting up and sharing her strong
testimony! And I am grateful to have the knowledge that my family is
eternal and that as I continue to do all that I can here to keep the
commandments and the promises that I have made with Heavenly Father,
that I can live with them FOREVER!
Thanks
for tuning into another special with Sister Harrison and Sister Huang! I
hope you were able to see all of the miracles that we are having here
in Oregon, I am grateful for all of you and for your love, prayers and
support. I hope that you have a great week this week and that you
remember how blessed you really are! Love ya!
Love, Your Favorite Sister Missionary,
Sister Harrison 
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---Remember who you are and who God EXPECTS you to become---
PS DON'T FORGET TO TUNE IN FOR GENERAL CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK (:
There is this lady in our ward who is ALWAYS giving us chocolate, this week is was like Easter with Chocolate bunnies!
Last
week we earned donuts and ice cream from our district and Zone leaders
for finding the most new investigators in the mission #booyah
This
was from our Zone Pday last week, we played beach volleyball, you might
not be able to tell but we are all cold and wet because we got rained
out! #WelcometoOregon
I love all of these missionaries! #CoosBayZone
