Sept. 18, 2016
Friends and Family!
This week has been pretty insane. It seems like everything in the world is happening!
| At the temple, Sister Snell, Sister Kynaston and me! |
Tuesday was insane just because of transfers. Everything has been super crazy for Ariana and her family because they had to move. So, Monday morning, we went to their old house and helped clean everything up: vacuum, dust, mop, sweep, clean, the whole shebang. That didn't take too long, but it was really funny because we planned to meet early, like 8, but Veronica didn't meet us until 9:30! She has kind of a reputation for being late, so that was pretty funny :) On Monday, we were in Odessa at Walmart shopping when Carnel called and told us that her Mom, Patsy, had slipped and fallen and broke her leg! And that she needed someone to go over there and check on her. We told her we were in Odessa, so she got a hold of someone else and she ended up being fine. Patsy did not have a broken leg, but now she has a HUGE purple, blue, black bruise that takes up the entire underside of her thigh!! I guess she dropped a soda can of Big Red and it exploded and got Big Red all over the kitchen, so Patsy went to bend down to pick up the can, and she did the splits! So, she landed on her leg pretty hard, but she's okay. So, we went over for lunch on Tuesday to make Patsy lunch and make sure she was doing okay. When we got there, she was WALKING AROUND AND HAD MADE US BURRITOS FOR LUNCH. She obviously was not letting this injury get to her! After that, we went and got a bed that Sis McArthur picked up from the Zone Leaders in Odessa for Sis Snell. Sis McArthur helped us set it up and we discovered a handy little bar on the side that when pulled, collapses the whole bed frame - LOL! We just turned the bed so that bar wouldn't get pulled and hopefully everything will be fine :) THEN WE GOT SISTER SNELL! Sister Kynaston and I got her a couple things to make her seem more at home in our teeny apartment: we got her a mug that says "Don't Mess With Texas" and some pens and white out to go in it and we also made her a planner cover with some pressed flowers in it and then we made her a welcome sign :) It was quite fancy and she enjoyed it, especially the mug! Then we had dinner at the McArthurs and spent the rest of the night unpacking :)
| Sister Kynaston cut Sister McArthur's hair. She actually did a good job, but yeah. It was traumatizing. |
Wednesday, Sister McArthur took us to Odessa with her and dropped us off at Walmart while she went to her class. We shopped for her and got stuff for Sister Snell. Sister Snell then received her new missionary blessing and we went back to Andrews and ate lunch :) Also, turns out Sister Snell is an AMAZING cook and made us a huge breakfast that morning! She just loves making food and her food is always delicious! I can make food, but I need a friend and a recipe, but she is, like, master chef. It's awesome! We spent the rest of the day putting together Sister Snell's bike and doing a short little weekly planning session so Sister Snell could see who was in the area and just get a better feel for who we go see etc. We then had dinner with Carnel, Patsy, Abby, and Sarah and got Sarah to come to Young Women's with us!! Ariana was there and she got her temple recommend!!!!!!
| Ariana and her temple recommend! |
On Thursday, we volunteered at the Food Bank again and got to go through a big pile of junk in the back that they had donated to them, but aren't allowed to put out for the people to take. We ended up taking home, shampoo, conditioner, 3 onions, and two cans of buscuits! The people at the food bank really
| Ariana gave me a weird Mexican candy. |
take care of us, especially Steve - they are just so awesome and make sure we are safe and fed :) We also went finding and it was really cool for Sister Snell because we found a lady moving to Midland and we were able to take a bunch of stuff to Operation Blessing for her! Sis Snell got to teach her a little about the Restoration and she really enjoyed it. We then had dinner with the Youngs while their daughter, Laurin, who is the Family History consultant, work with Ariana to find some names to take to the temple on Friday! Satan really REALLY tried hard to stop that from happening and unfortunately succeeded. . . Ariana had all kinds of trouble setting up an account and finding names, so she didn't end up finding any.
| We made kale chips with Ariana! |
Friday, we went and saw a recent convert, Winnie, and talked to her about the Word Wisdom. Apparently, she's had some trouble with drinking tea, so we wanted to ask her about it and try and help her. She just kept repeating, over and over again, that she doesn't drink coffee no mo', doesn't drink alcohol no mo', no smokin', and she never did any drugs. She kept dancing around tea, so finally we were blunt with her about tea and how it is kind of part of the culture here and it's hard not to drink it, but the Lord will give her strength, so hopefully she'll get it! We then did a
| Apparently the temple has a doorbell!! |
Yesterday was also crazy. We went to church. Nobody was texting us or calling us back, so Ari and her family didn't come to church. After lunch, we went to see Bro. McMahan, like we always do after lunch on Sundays, and Sue was yelling from the inside that the door was open. Well, it was not and we heard her get up out of her chair, groaning, and swearing, trying to open the door, when we finally went through the back and came in to talk to her. She told us that Grandpa Mack fell that morning!!! We still don't really know what happened, but we do know that he broke his knee and that the Youngs were taking good care of him. We tried to visit him in the hospital after that, but he was on his way home and we knew he was in good hands with Sister Young :) We then brought a Bible to this guy who ordered on online and stood in the heat outside his trailer on the outskirts of town, watching chickens go and steal his momma dog's food while she was inside the hutch taking care of her two week old puppies while he told us about having a vision of a red head in cargo telling him his name was Elohim. It was an interesting experience :) the best thing about yesterday was it was SISTER SNELL' S
| Happy Birthday, Sister Snell! |
Also, I have another cold. My throat has been killing me and I have a very runny nose, but I'm getting better!
Like I said, this week has been kind of crazy, but I'm just so grateful to be here in Andrews and serving with two wonderful companions who help me. I'm very grateful for this branch and everything they do for us and for each other and I'm just so grateful for all the Christlike love that has been shared this week!
I love you all and I hope you have an amazing week!
Love,
Sister Heather Overson