Wow, it kind of feels like the Wizard of Oz! Twisters, lions, tigers, bears! ...haha, not really though, I was super lame this week, and didn't take like ANY pictures, except for this one while we were finding, and we found this tree that is completely bear-proofed!
(For those of you who don't know why some Texans put metal on their trees, it's because of squirrels, not bears, Sister Hoover enlightened us. :P)
Haha, well family and friends! I hope this letter finds you well!
It's been a crazy week, but it's been pretty darn amazing! We are working a lot, with our two areas, covering two cities, and doing a lot of finding, and we were finally able to get some more teaching opportunities this week! We met a young man named Jack who was fellowshipped by some of the YSA, taught the restoration by some elders in Odessa, and came to church this week! We had a lesson with him yesterday, and talked with him more about the Spirit testifying of truth, and how the message we share really does help our personal relationship with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, so questions are very important! It was really neat, and interesting to hear from him, that he's basically just been told to believe his whole life, instead of spiritually searching for truth. Another testament that member-missionary work is the way to go, because Jack's new best friend is one the members in our little YSA branch.
It's fun to see how close everyone is to each other here, even though some of the members have their families around, they are all really close to each other, because our congregation truly is a family!
Speaking of family moments, we go out on splits with the Relief Society in our family ward on Thursdays, and we go out and visit some of the sisters in the ward, and we meet their families too so we can all get to know each other better. We were at a members' house, and were talking a little bit about childhood, and I brought up the fact that I can't remember a lot of mine... this conversation ensued:
Brother Shannon: "You can't remember anything? Were you in an accident?"
Me: "Yes, I was an accident."
Brother Shannon: "Can you tell us about what happened? Did you get head trauma?"
Brother Shannon: "Can you tell us about what happened? Did you get head trauma?"
Me: "Do what? ...oh was I in an accident... not was I an accident... no I wasn't in an accident."
Sister Hoover: "Wow, that's embarrassing."
There is never a dull moment in missionary work! haha
And in the true nature of the crazy rollercoaster missionary work is, here is one more thought to leave with y'all this fine day, this is from a talk given by Elder Holland a few years back:
"Why is this so hard? Why doesn’t it go better? Why can’t our success be more rapid? Why aren’t there more people joining the Church? It is the truth. We believe in angels. We trust in miracles. Why don’t people just flock to the font? Why isn’t the only risk in missionary work that of pneumonia from being soaking wet all day and all night in the baptismal font? You will have occasion to ask those questions. I have thought about this a great deal. I offer this as my personal feeling. I am convinced that missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience. Salvation never was easy. We are The Church of Jesus Christ, this is the truth, and He is our Great Eternal Head. How could we believe it would be easy for us when it was never, ever easy for Him?"
All my heart,
Sister Heather Ann Lagrosa
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