Hello hello!

Boy. This week has gone by really slow. We have had 11 member lessons this week which has been super amazing, but also surprisingly tiring. But I am so grateful for the members in my ward. They are awesome.

We went to drop off some banana bread this week to some Elders and it wasn’t raining when we went into their apartment but when we left… oh man it was pouring. We didn’t have an umbrella so we got drenched. Again😂

We had a lesson with these two little girls this week, one is 9 and the other is 13. Their mom is a member and she wants them to be baptized so we talked with them after our lesson and set a date for them to be baptized! That was super exciting!

Some Sisters moved this week because we are getting another set of Sisters and they’re being put into a quad apartment. One of these Sisters is my dear old companion. Man I love that girl, I’m so grateful I get to serve around her again. She’s a breath of fresh air. It was fun spending the afternoon with her and her comp, good times.

We had a Mission wide Zoom call this week and kinda got chastised… but honestly, it was all stuff the mission needed to hear. A nice hard love slap to the face😂 It was nice for me too because while not a ton of the stuff they talked about applied to me, it was a reminder that I still need to be better.

It has been really, really hard to focus lately. Leaving my last Zone was a big hit to me that I definitely wasn’t prepared for. I knew it was gonna be hard, but it was harder than I thought. I have since had time to adjust and I’m doing a lot better, but it threw me off for a little bit. My anxiety came back to visit and all motivation jumped out the window. Having that Zoom call was the slap to the face I needed to remind me what I signed up for.

Why am I out here? Why did I give up so much to be here? Why does this matter so much to me? Well because it’s TRUE, gosh darnit! I know it is! These truths I have an opportunity to share every day are straight facts, and it makes me happy. A good friend of mine asked me today why I’m still a member of the church. And that’s exactly why! Because it makes me happy and how could something that brings so much joy to so many people not be true?

As a missionary, it is my responsibility to share this message. That is my purpose in life right now! This should mean everything to me. And I have lost sight of that for a bit. It’s really easy getting caught up on Facebook and get distracted, but that doesn’t help anyone. It’s really easy to sleep in and start the day late but that doesn’t help anyone either. It is hard to get up on time and get dressed and exercise and start the day. It is hard to focus in and reach out to as many people and share a message of Jesus Christ as I can for 2 hours on Facebook. But those things are the things that make me better. Those are the things that will change me. And heaven knows I need that kind of change. That’s how I will become the person I need to be, by doing the hard things. ESPECIALLY when it’s the last thing I want to do. This really does mean everything to me! When I remember that, it makes the hard things easier.

The best thing is that doing the hard things makes me the happiest. I feel the change when I’m doing the hard things and it feels way good😁

I’m grateful for this church and I know it’s true!

I love y’all so much! Thank you for all you do! Keep smiling and have a great week!

Scripture of the week! Luke 9:24

Get Busy, Get Lost!
-Sister Oldham