Week 8: Craziest Week!

WOW.  Of all the crazy weeks on my mission, THIS has been the craziest so far.

First of all, I'm not in Midland anymore, even though there is still one more week until the next transfer!  (We have transfers every 6 weeks, which means I'll have a total of 13 transfers on the mish)  So, there were two Sisters serving in Andrews, TX: Sister Kynaston and Sister L.  Sister L hated Sister Kynaston and told her this often.  She was very depressed and very sick (she had all kinds of stomach issues that were unexplainable) and they really were not able to get much work done here because they had to stay inside all day.  Sister Kynaston was handling it like a champ and loved Sister L even though she was so terrible to her.  The cool thing is that Sister L didn't know if she really needed to go home, so she and Sister Kynaston did a fast while we were on exchanges in Midland to try and get an answer about that.  Well, she did get an answer and it was that she needed to go home.  Also, in the mission, they have been trying something new.  Instead of having Junior and Senior companions, we are taking turns each week to drive the cars, lead planning session, lead lessons, and basically just being the "Senior" companion every other week.  These Sisters kind of took it the wrong way and completely started getting on each other's nerves every time one of them would try to lead out on their week.  It was just a huge mess, so since my two companions in Midland are the Sister Training Leaders over these other Sisters, we all made a trek to Andrews and did a little exchange with them to assess the situation.  Long story short, Sister L went home yesterday and we were all very happy for her because she was just so miserable in the mission and now she can be at home with her family and her regular doctors so they can hopefully get this figured out.  So, we were thinking Sister Kynaston would just join us in Midland for the last week of the transfer and we would have two companionships in Midland, because we needed the help.  But on our way back to Midland, we got a call from President Heap, asking for some counsel on what should be done about this situation from my companions.  We were in a store called Porter's (the only grocery store in Andrews) and I was looking at Jesus shirts when my companions drop their mouths and looked at me with wide eyes.  So, I was wondering what was going on and they told me that President wanted me to go to Andrews and that he was very confident in my ability to get the work moving again and to help Sister Kynaston and he actually said that I was a hard worker and that he knew it would be so good for the area!  I just started crying because I thought I was doing a terrible job!  It was an amazing witness to me that I am supposed to be here at this time so I can do certain things that the Lord needs me to do, right now it's come to Andrews and help Sister Kynaston get the work moving!

So, I'm in Andrews!  A little teeny town with three major stores: Porter's, Shopko, and Beals (pronounced Bells, it's a clothing store).  If we want to go to Walmart, we need to go to Odessa, so there's that!

Anyway, I'm so happy to be here in Andrews and I'm really excited because I already met a family earlier this week and the husband got called to be the new Branch President!  They are the Mcarthurs and they are AMAZING!!  They made all five of us (when we came on exchanges) their famous Avocado Milk Shakes and they had Soy Milk for me!!  I was seriously so happy.  I'm getting the recipe for it because it is so good!!

I love you all very very much!  Keep being amazing and I would love to hear any mission experiences y'all have in Utah!!  Thank you!

Love,
Sister Heather Overson

PS - My address is

101 Teakwood Dr. Apt H
Andrews, TX 79714

And they can forward all the mail I get in Midland, so it won't be a big deal if there was anything send to the other address! :)