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| Ree Drummond's Ranch & Lodge Sis. Giauque, Sampson, Larrabee, Titmus, Walker |
I don't even know how to tell y'all everything that happened this week! It has been not a normal missionary week! It started out pretty mellow. We had P-day last week and the senior couple sisters took Sister Sampson and I to Ree Drummond's (The Pioneer Woman) ranch and lodge where she films her cooking shows. It was super cool! Her ranch is huge and so gorgeous! You can see for miles of green rolling hills and so many cows! Sometimes I wonder why we are so blessed to see all of God's incredible creations. They are beyond amazing! Even the cows 
So, Sister Sampson got some kind of bug, and so we were in a few days. She's better now though, and doing great! But in the meantime we did what we could, and she still had a great attitude. Man do I look up to her!
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| Green rolling hills. So Beautiful! |
Every Tuesday we go to "Christ's Cupboard" and bag up food and supplies for those who can't afford a lot. Its truly humbling to see the circumstances some of these people are in. My eyes have been open so much to what it is like to have nothing, and every day we find ourselves just wanting to do as much as we can to help them. It was so great to be able to help them unload their cart into their car and hear a little bit of their story. It is also pretty cool to work with several different denominations on this project. We have made great relationships with so many people this way. There are so many good and incredible people here in Pawhuska:)
Saturday we had a service project called "Helping Hands" where the community comes together and helps a family in need. We painted someone's home, and fixed a few things to make it more sturdy for the storms here. It was really cool because we got to work with several other denominations on this too, and so many amazing people. It was really cool to see so many who love Christ, come together and serve. The people here in Pawhuska Oklahoma are truly incredible, and I am so glad I get to work with them side by side in projects like this.
So the week only started to get crazy Wednesday. We were taking it easy for Sister Sampson, but by the end of the night we were going strong again and had a crazy miracle. We had 10 min till dinner so we decided to knock some doors near by. We had no success until we caught Marilyn putting her lawn mower together. We started talking, and we ended up mowing her lawn. She said she would love to come to church sometime. We both explained what church would be like as we switched off mowing. She was so excited about the idea of church! We can't wait to see her there next week!
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| Storms Brewing!😮 |
So we got bad news on Wednesday. After dinner we got a phone call from one of our investigators Christy. She needed us at the hospital right then. We rushed down there with our Branch President and another member. Something happened to her husband and he was being rushed to the emergency room. The sister, Christy we have been teaching, was devastated in the situation she found him in. We sadly learned the next day that he didn't make it. It was so hard to see her the way she was. It broke our hearts so much to see her suffer like this. We helped her go back to her home and clean it out, and we felt prompted to remind her of the incredible blessings of the temple and one day being sealed to him for eternity. This brought tears to her eyes and some comfort. We will miss Henry dearly, but we know he is at peace on the other side. I am so grateful to know that even when tragedies like this happen, we will be able to see them again. I know families are forever, and that brings me the most peace being away from mine right now. I love them so much, and don't know what I would do without them.
As we were biking home from the Hospital, we saw the storm we heard about rolling in. We were getting ready to crash when we got this unexpected text from our Zone Leaders, and our mission presidents wife saying, "Elders and Sisters you need to get to your storm shelters (tornado shelters!!!) immediately. No need to panic, you have time, but better safe than sorry." So I guess our night wasn't over yet |
| Shelter "bath tub" from the storm! Sister Walker, Sampson & Elder Giauque |
The next morning we pulled up to our home and the craziness didn't end. A HUGE tree fell over in the night and barely missed our truck and the power lines! See pictures below for definition of "huge tree" and "barely missed".
#miracles that we were not home when that crashed to the ground! and that our truck was ok, and no fire started from the power lines!
On a lighter note, Stormy is getting baptized Thursday!! We are so excited for her and proud that she has made this decision to follow her Savior. We also are going to be teaching a recent converts granddaughter the gospel, and after each lesson do a short voice lesson. We are going to check on how approved this is first though. But she lit up when she heard she could learn more! She is so sweet and we are excited to teach her!!
So no doubt we had a lot going on this week, but one thing we have learned from all of this, is that there is a plan, and that plan was presented to us by our Father in Heaven, and we all accepted it, every son and daughter on this earth. We came as children of our Heavenly Father to learn and to grow, and to become better disciples of Christ everyday. We will go through weeks that are unexpected and they might try our faith, but I know that our Savior Jesus Christ has allowed us each day to find peace. We just have to be willing to use his divine gift, the Atonement. I know with my whole heart that this gospel of Jesus Christ is true.
Your Challenge this week is to get a new copy of the Book of Mormon and write your personal testimony in the front. Then mark 5 or more of your favorite scriptures. Mark the pages with bright colored tabs and give it to a friend, co worker, family member, etc. I invite you to pray about who to give this precious book to. They will be blessed personally, and you will be blessed for sharing your testimony with them.
I love The Book of Mormon so much. I have been able to see it bless my life and strengthen my testimony so that I can help share it's message with others.
I can't wait to hear your experiences with this!
I love you all and hope y'all have such a great week!!
Love, Sister Walker
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