Hello Fan Club! It has been a wonderful week here in Sutherlin and I
am loving it, I am happy to be back here in the Burg!
So a little bit about my new companion, she is awesome by the way. Her
name is Sister Nielsen, she is from Las Vegas, Nevada and her favorite
thing to tell people is yes there are Mormons in Las Vegas, they even
have a temple, haha. She has been out on her mission for 6 full weeks
so I am here to help her finish her training. She is a HUGE Harry
Potter fan, loves Astronomy and has Latina in her blood so we both
love Mexican Food, win win! She is super fantastic and I know there
are going to be some fun adventures from this transfer.
So a little bit more about my area, I am serving in Sutherlin, Oregon!
It is about 13 miles north of Roseburg but it is still in the Roseburg
Stake. It is a small town, probably about 8,000 people. It is really
cute and the members that I have met so far are super great and I love
them already. The funny thing that Sister Nielsen always laughs about
is that the biggest news that ever happened in Sutherlin was the
opening of a Dollar General and a Dollar Store, and people to this day
still talk about it. But I love small towns so I am pretty sure that
we will get long very nicely (:
This week has been a lot of getting to know the area and seeing where
we are at with out teaching pool. It was a little bit hard with trying
to have lessons and such because of Thanksgiving a lot of people were
out of town so hopefully this next week we will be able to find more
success!
Speaking of Thanksgiving, we were treated very well, more like spoiled
in the food department, but we aren’t about to complain. We were able
to serve a Thanksgiving dinner at the Soup Kitchen here in town the
night before and that was a pretty neat experience. It was cool to see
all of the people that came out to serve the dinner but then it was
also good to know that you were helping so many people and they were
so grateful for the service. This one older gentleman even pulled out
his harmonica and played a couple of songs for us, it was awesome!
Then on actual Thanksgiving Day we were able to serve dinner to people
at our church! The Ward got a dinner together for the people that
wouldn’t normally have anyone to eat with so they were able to eat
with their ward family. it was super nice and so fun to see the love
that is here in this ward. So we ate there and then we had another
dinner that night with the Wolfe family! It was so good, and by the
end of the night Sister Nielsen and I had to be rolled out of that
house to come home for the night, haha! So we had a lot of things to
be grateful for that day! Grateful for a ward that takes good care of
their missionaries ♥️
We did get in contact with one of our investigators named Ken. He is a
pretty cool guy, he was actually a referral from someone in the good
old Melrose ward when it was still around! We tried all week to try
and find a member for Kens lesson since he is a male and we need a
female to teach him, and everyone we tried to ask was busy or out of
town (it was kinda hard since it was my first week, I was not much
help). So we ended up just stopping by and following up with him, last
lesson they invited him to live the Word of Wisdom! Well he has been
doing a great job, is certainly progressing and has been making
improvements but still could do better. We read with him Mosiah 2:41,
one of my favorite scriptures, and talked about how if he follows the
commandments of God that way day he can experience never-ending
happiness. He got a huge smile on his face and said that since he has
been meeting with the sisters that he has felt a lot of happiness, we
testified that he would be able to feel even more when he is living
the commandments fully and is face was in a sort of shock and said,
“well I better get to it!” What a funny man haha! I am excited to meet
with him again!
The other day we were trying to go and contact one of our
investigators but they weren’t home and Sister Nielsen had a feeling
to go and contact a Less Active, well we got there and found out that
the person had moved away but sine we were there we decided that we
should tract the street. We were then able to find this lady named
Heather who has never had religion in her life and she is expecting a
baby in a couple of months! she was is so prepared and instantly
accepted a Book of Mormon and said that we could come back tomorrow!
We are grateful for the inspiration that the spirit gives us every
day!
This week for training Sister Nielsen had to memorize the last 2
paragraphs in the Introduction to the Book of Mormon. One of my
favorite things that I have memorized, it says:
“We invite all men everywhere to read the Book of Mormon, to ponder in
their hearts the message it contains, and then to ask God, the Eternal
Father, in the name of Christ if the book is true. Those who pursue
this course and ask in faith will gain a testimony of its truth and
divinity by the power of the Holy Ghost. (See Moroni 10:3–5.)
Those who gain this divine witness from the Holy Spirit will also come
to know by the same power that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the
world, that Joseph Smith is His revelator and prophet in these last
days, and that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the
Lord’s kingdom once again established on the earth, preparatory to the
Second Coming of the Messiah.”
The Book of Mormon is the keystone of our religion. As we come to know
that the Book of Mormon is true we gain a testimony of so many
different things, and all that we need to do is have faith and pray to
our loving Heavenly Father. He loves us and he is willing to give us
answers to our prayers, all we have to do is ask! The Book of Mormon
is my favorite thing to share with people as we are out talking. The
other night we had a really cool experience during a dinner message,
we were sharing the Book of Mormon and invited the members to share a
copy with their friend, instantly they both knew exactly who needed
it. I love the Book of Mormon and I am so grateful for the spirit that
comes when we are sharing it with those that we love!
As you all know the Light the World video came out!! Woohoo! I am so
excited to be able to for another year to be able to Light the World!
#LighttheBurg
Thanks for all the love and support Friends and Family! Hope you all
have a wonderful week! WORK HARD
— Remember who you are and who God EXPECTS you to become —
Love, Your Favorite Sister Missionary,
Sister Harrison ❤️
Us at the Church Thanksgiving Dinner 🦃🦃🦃
Thinking of Grandma Hurst 💕
I ♥️ The Book of Mormon
I ♥️ The Book of Mormon
Have a great week!!!
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