Oh hey haven't wrote an email in quite some time!
These past few weeks I have been chugging along with ups and
lots of down, but hey such is life right?!
Oh man where do I begin...
Interfaith has been tons of office work yet fun, thanks to
the people I work with there! A few Monday's ago I got to go and serve before
my assignment there at the morning soup kitchen it was super fun to be able to
interact with those that come into interfaith needing help and to help make and
serve them a meal!
The Habitat for Humanity job site that I serve on has been
getting built super fast, which is so awesome! But I am no longer serving there
as of right now, I am taking a little break to try to help myself get better.
So sadly the pink hard hat and tool belt will be put on the shelf for a little
while.
The temple, Family History Center and Institute have been
just great! The temple is closed for 2 weeks, and I miss it...a lot, the Family
history center is oh so fun, and I am loving studying all about church history
at institute!
Old town has been amazing! I absolutely love going every
week and meeting so many different people. This is the place where I get the
most questions about my name badge and why I volunteer here, and I absolutely
love answering all the questions they ask and telling them all about how I am a
service missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Just
the other day I met a mom an daughter from Japan who were members of the church
and another family from Utah and the daughter is just about to leave on a
mission. I got to answer questions about why I volunteer there to a man from
Tijuana, and I got to share all about the church and BYU schools to worker at
the park. It is such an amazing place to volunteer and I love every minute of
it!
Camp Wildwood has been super fun! Last week after raking
many many leaves, I got to go with one of the managing sisters up there, Sister
Frost, and learn how to check groups out and make sure they cleaned everything
right. I am glad that I got to help because it was a large group of many different
families who came from Arizona, which meant many rooms to check.
Just yesterday we had our March Mission Conference that was
at Camp Wildwood ranch. It was so much fun! We started with our opening
meetings and watching a video and slideshow about the Camp. We then had
instruction from Sister Dyer on how General Conference is coming up, and after
hearing her words I am way more excited than I thought I was for it! Then we
had instruction from Elder Dyer (Mission Leader) on who we are! After that we
got to serving there were missionaries in groups all over raking, clearing
volleyball courts and building shade structures. After eating lunch we got to
have some fun and anyone who wanted to got to ride the zip line. I got to help
them up top get all hooked up and go and it was fun pushing some missionaries
down... don't worry it was all with there permission :) All in All it was such
a great day and if you haven't heard me say it before here it is, I LOVE MY
MISSION.
Lastly today after speaking in sacrament meeting with a
member of the High Council in one of the wards in my stake, I got to go to a
lunch for Sister Fraser. Today was her homecoming talk and she is now
officially done with her mission. She has taught me so much! She is kind,
patient, caring, and always so concerned about others. She was my first sister
training leader in this mission and since I got called to be a sister training
leader, she has been my companion. I am so sad to see her leave but excited to
see what the future holds for her at BYUI - and to see her again there in the
winter!
These past few weeks have been some of the hardest since
coming home, but have been filled with so many tender mercies. I have learned
over and over again that God is always there, he will never leave our side and
as we turn to him humbly he will help us in ways we never expected!
Until next month when/ if I remember to write an email
Sister Owsley
Oh and one thing I forgot...
I HIT MY HALF WAY MARK!!!! 9 months down, 9 to go! don't ask
me how I feel because I have such mixed feelings haha
1. nailed it
2. half way party sponsored/ forced upon by mama Owsley
(love you) <3
3. Mission Conference
4. we will miss sister Fraser!
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