Week 51 - Tornadoes & Transfers

Well that transfer went by way too fast!! We got transfer calls Saturday and we are both gonna run Pawhuska into the ground for another 6 weeks! We are so pumped!! LET'S GOOO!!

I am so excited to learn so much more from Sister Sampson, and see so many more miracles out here! I feel like the last 6 weeks have been the most adventurous transfer of my mission.

Tornado weather
(picture posted on Facebook of the storm
 that was headed towards Pawhuska)

By the way we had another tornado come pretty close to us this week We were on our way to an appointment and this all happened on 15th St, which is about a half a mile long uphill. We start biking from the Church and we get a call from our investigator Mike we were about to go see. He said there were severe thunderstorm warnings. Less than a minute later a lady pulls over super concerned. "You need to get to a shelter RIGHT NOW!" Uh so our first thought is Bruce and Sharon we call them up and start heading that way.  The 10 mins it took us to bike there we had 2 other people stop us and tell us there was a Tornado warning.  Oklahoma folks are so nice, not everyone stops and makes sure we are safe! We get to the house and about 10 min after getting inside it was so still , (the calm before the storm) the sirens started going off, and then the sky turned dark gray and it picked up within 5 seconds.  We had 60 mile n' hour winds, rain,  hail and tree branches flying everywhere. We were blessed that Pawhuska just got the storm and no tornado.  It was fascinating to watch, from inside of course:) (Indian legend says that Pawhuska will not have a tornado touch down because 2 rivers converge here. But we still get the storms)

We got to attend the Pawhuska graduation to support someone we are going to teach. Her name is Joselyn, and she is the sweetest young women you will ever meet! It was cool to think that my Sister Emily is Graduating this year too!!! Shout out to her and all of the 2018 graduates!!!!  I'm so excited for you!!!  It's so amazing to start the next chapter in your lives.  Just know that God's Plan for you is great and very personal for you  He Loves you!

Last breakfast at the Pioneer Woman's Mercantile.
Elder & Sister Giaque are headed to Nebraska
to continue their Building, Agriculture, Service Mission.

One thing that I've learned this week is that the spirit will guide you to safety and protect you. This is a smaller town so everyone knows who you are.  But there are those interesting people out there.  We had a sketchy moment one night where the Spirit told us not to go home.  There was a van following us in the distance and we had Bruce and Sharon in mind so we headed up there.  We listened to the spirit in a split second, and we were safe that night.  The Lord defienetly protects his children. 

This week I have also learned a lot about attitude. Our attitude plays a big role in how we handle challenges and life in general. We choose to have a good attitude or not and what we choose will determine how we go thru challenges.  If you think everything stinks, then it will. If your attitude is positive you will grow, and no, it won't be easy, but it will be worth it.  So, my challenge is to have a positive attitude.  

Life is Pawhuska is just so awesome!  We are both so excited to set new goals and see the next week's in the area flourish so much!  I hope y'all have a great week!! 

See Miracles!!!

Love, Sister Walker

Sister Walker
painting the town

Sister Giaque went home to Boise for a week and got to
see Mom & Dad.  It was a great visit to hear more
about Pawhuska and how Sister Walker is doing.