Week 17 - Cold, Cool, and way Cool!

Hello Everybody!

Not a ton has happened this week except that I got super sick with some sort of nasty cold thing that put me down for 4 HOURS on Tuesday.  I slept for that long!  I'm slowly getting over it, but it's been pretty rough this week going out to work.  

 Sister Snell and I in the car
 on the way to Odessa :)

On Thursday, after I took another nap, we went and saw Sarah, Abby's older sister.  Abby was grounded to her room because of some missing assignments, so we got to teach Sarah without her, which ended up being very good.  Abby just sits there the whole time saying, "I know the answer!!" and being annoying, so it was a blessing we got to teach Sarah without her there.  Well, the coolest thing that happened that night was that Sister Snell got to invite Sarah to be baptized AND SHE SAID YES!  We then set a date for the 15th of October!!!  It was a miracle and a huge sign to Sister Snell that she is supposed to be here on a mission and that she is doing good things here!  We're now working with Sarah to get her baptized and helping her to not be scared of being baptized.  She has expressed the desire to wait a few YEARS to get baptized and also the fear of what her friends will think about her baptism.  We were able to go talk to her last night about all that and she definitely feels better about it :)  We just love that family so much and we're so happy that Sister Snell is here performing miracles right alongside us!  We love her a lot, too!

Then, on Friday, we had a little mini exchange with the Sister Training Leaders from Midland.  They're basically Zone Leaders for Sister Missionaries and their main job is to make sure the sisters in their area are okay emotionally and spiritually.  We were having a really rocky start to this tripanionship, so they came over for a few hours just to talk to each one of us separately and help us with our individual problems and with our companionship problems.  We all sat on the floor and cried together and we have made some serious progress since then!  We have all set goals to accomplish within our companionship and for just ourselves and we are really working at it!  It was so good that they came to Andrews (an hour away for them) and that they were willing to help us!  We love them a lot.

 It was President McArthur's
birthday on Tuesday!

Also on Friday, we were trying some former investigators and they didn't end up being home, but their grandchildren were (16 and 17 years old) and we were able to teach them the restoration!  It was such an incredible experience and the spirit was so strong!

Then on Saturday night, we went to Odessa with a member and our recent convert, Winnie (she was baptized in January) and we saw the Women's General Broadcast!  It was so so so so good!  I loved Elder Uchtdorf's talk - it really spoke to me.

In preparation for General Conference this week, I would invite anyone who reads this email to find a question you want answered in General Conference.  It can be about life, about the gospel, about a big decision you're making soon, anything.  I PROMISE it will be answered if you listen close enough with an open heart and an open mind, with a "sincere heart and real intent" as Moroni suggests in Moroni 10:3-5.  Miracles can happen and questions can be answered during General Conference! 

We found a HUGE GINORMOUS
BEETLE THE SIZE OF MY PALM!!

Anyway, we're all doing just great here in Andrews and I love you all!  Have a great week and an amazing General Conference weekend!

So of course I had to pick it up!

Love,
Sister Heather Overson

PS - It's actually starting to get cold today - it's like 60 degrees outside instead of the normal 100!  It feels nice :)