These past 2 weeks have been so nice!
Mostly because of the amount of times I have had to be in
the temple! Not just serving there but also being able to go and be a patron
and do the work for those that have passed away! It has brought me so much
peace and steadiness in my life! And I hope all of you can going to the temple
any way you can! Even if it is just going on the temple grounds and feeling the
peace and seeing the beauty of the lords house, I know that it will bless your
lives!
At Interfaith last week I got to help finish sending out
all the Thank you notes that the families who received gifts from the “Adopt a
Family” wrote. It was a big job that took the entire day but I was glad that I
got to help and get it done!
I didn’t get to go to habitat for humanity last week
because this crazy thing happened in San Diego. It rained. And made the job
site very hard to work in, so I got the day off.
Family history center was super last week! We have been
working on a project Salt Lake gave us to work on called the “yes or no
project” which is pretty much pre indexing. This last Wednesday we finally
finished a large section of the project- California WW2 draft registration
cards! There were over 1,300 sections to look through and make sure they were
marked correctly. So we were all pretty excited when we accomplished that!!!
Institute has been so amazing this new semester, I have
loved going in depth in the doctrine and covenants. This week we talked about
how we can have all things clarified to us with the help of the Holy Ghost! We
read in the book of Revelations and got to notice all the symbols that were
used and in D&C 77 we got to read about what they all meant! I love
learning new things in the gospel and growing my testimony in ways I never
thought.
Being on a service mission is hard stuff! The tug of war
of being a missionary yet being at home is something that I hope I can one day
master but until I become perfect (ha!) I'm just trying to figure out the
balance one day at a time. Even with the trials and business of this mission, I
am so grateful for it! I am grateful that I get to still be a missionary even
with my small mental health trial. Most importantly, I am grateful that I do
not have to go through this mission alone and that I can pray to my Father in
Heaven and receive guidance on how to orchestrate my days and weeks, so I can
more fully follow His Will.
<3
Sister Owsley
Pictures!!!
1. Finished California WW2 “yes or no” project 2. Quick
trip= check off another temple... absolutely LOVED this temple
