Announcement

This week has been one of very few but amazing service assignments!

Last Saturday was a short day at Camp Wildwood. I yet again got to help out with the zip line (and may or may not have brought an extra helper see pic) It was all going smoothly until a young man from a YSA (young single adult) ward that was up there decided to go upside-down on the zip line (which is a huge no no since we only have 1/2 harnesses and it is not safe). The rules are that if someone does that in your group then the zip line gets shut down and no one else from your group is allowed to go down. Sadly he had to learn that his actions has consequences and so we shut the zip line down and ended it for the day.

Due to Veterans Day I did not have assignments Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday was a beautiful day at the temple and we had a great Institute class that night.

This week we had Family History on Thursday and were excused from all of our other assignments. We got to have 2 men visiting from the Service mission department in Salt Lake. They came to observe and learn about what we do in Family History and the new project we were given to work on! I also got to be in a little meeting with them where they asked us questions and we gave some feedback on how to make Service missions more successful. 

During the beginning devotional for Family History, Elder Bramwell (My mission leader) announced to us what we have all been waiting to hear, that the First Presidency will be sending out a letter to church leadership announcing Service missions TOMORROW! Oh was my heart so happy. We have been told for so long that it was going to be announced "in a few short weeks", but hearing that it was happening, and on Friday seeing the announcement was so exciting and I cannot wait to see how it will bless so many others!

If you missed the announcement here is the link to the article on it!

https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/church-changes-recommendation-process-young-missionaries

Have a great Thanksgiving ya'll!

Sister Owsley

Pics:

1. Brought my brother to help out at Wildwood :)

2 & 3. Family History with our visitors Brother Chandler and Brother Williams 

I built a shed

Hello Friends and Family! I hope everyone had a great week.

Monday at Interfaith I put in all the volunteer hours into our database, let me tell ya there are a lot of volunteers and this took me the entire day, but I definitely felt accomplished when I was done. 

Today (Friday) I got to go to a NCPC (North County Philanthropy Council) Volunteer Award luncheon. This sweet family that has been volunteering at interfaith for around 12 years working in the Soup Kitchen received the award. There were probably about 98 different organizations that gave out awards. It was such a cool event to go to and you just feel so good leaving the luncheon knowing how many people are doing so much good in the community.

Tuesday at Habitat for Humanity I helped build a shed. It was awesome I helped with some framing, put up the plywood, built some shelves and started on the door!

Wednesday I may or may not have spent the day at the 2nd happiest place on earth, but don't worry because I spent Thursday at the #1 Happiest Place on Earth! :)

I have loved taking part in The prophets challenge that he gave to all the women at General Conference to read the Book of Mormon by the end of the year and mark verses about Jesus Christ. While doing this I came upon Alma 5:61 which talks about how Christ is our Shepherd, and we are His Sheep. As we listen to His guidance through the Holy Ghost, He will always protect us... from any ravenous wolf. I encourage you all to go back through your notes or through talks from this past general conference to remind yourself what you can be doing to follow the prophets council!

<3

Sister Owsley

Pictures:

1. The shed

2. Me with on the "Spirit of Giving" interfaith Newsletter with a donor who with her company prepared 100 sack lunches for the homeless

3. & 4. Photo booth pictures from the NCPC luncheon

Heart, Might, Mind and Strength

Hello amazing people!

This week has been so amazing and I am so grateful for that. Nothing crazy cool happened but I have just felt so much peace and love this week!

Last Saturday due to it being the 4th Saturday I didn't serve at Camp wildwood but I did get to go to the Temple with Brooke who got to go through for the first time!

Monday was a great day serving at Interfaith it was busy which made it super fun! Lots of people had lots different assignments for me to do, so it was great and I got lots done!

Tuesday at Habitat for Humanity I went back to painting (big surprise lol) but it was all on the exterior doing touch ups.

Wednesday and Thursday at the temple were both amazing days because those were a few of the days that the Carlsbad missionaries could come so I got to see missionaries that have served in our ward in the past and that are serving now so that was super fun!

Thursday night we got to stay after our shift to do baptisms with our ward and mission, But in-between we went outside to walk around temple ground and there was the most gorgeous sunset I have seen in a while! It was awesome and totally made my night.

This week I am grateful for the power of priesthood blessings. After having a hard past couple weeks, and then getting a priesthood blessing the beginning of this week, I am grateful for the strength it gave me to do the things I needed to do, to help me keep moving forward and keep serving with all my heart, might, mind and strength. So this week remember that it is okay to not be able to do everything on your own and priesthood blessing are powerful!

Have a great week ya'll

Sister Owsley

Pics:

1.Temple with Brooke :)

2. Sister Caudill didn’t get the whole funny face thing 

3. LOOK AT THIS SUNSET 😍